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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21

First Person Crenaated In America.
The first white person lawfully Gre
mated within the present limits of the
United States, according to wishes and
desires expressed by himself, was Colo
mel Henry Laurens,. one Of the Revo-
lutionary patriots. He was born in
Charleston. 8. c., in the year 1724, and
died on his plantation near that place
on Dec. 8, 1892. His will, which he
had requested them to open and read
the next day after his death, was sup
plemented with the following: Il sol
EMMY enjoin 1t upon my son, as an in
dispensable duty, that, as soon as he
conveniently a after my decease, he
cause my body to be wrapped in
twelve yards of towcloth and burned
until it be entirely consumed" The
request was carried out to the letter
and was the beginning Of cremation In
America.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21

A few months since when the
Mitchell supporters in this county
were doing all the talking, one who
visited Day county would have
Thought that when the votes were
couated in November that there
would be so few votes for Pierre
there would be little need of
i count. In fact it looked as if
the county was unanimous for
Mitchell, But it was just another
case Of the farmer who heard the
frogs singing and agreed to deliver
q thousand frogs but when he went
to catch them he found only one
lone frog in his pond. He did not
know that one frog could make so
much noise. This il the same case
with the Mitchell supporters in this
county. When they returned from
Pierre where they had transferred
themselves, and what little influence
they have, to Harry Hunter and
Mitchell for a price they Immediately
VI up i great shout for Mitchell
which they have kept up for over a
.M M M4| 1NN #-fF
year. The people Of the county
were not Interested in the capital
contest or anything else political al
that time and paid little or no atten-
t1on 81 them. They kept bowling
hi Nfltchsll and hearing no praise
Pierre and having nothing they
~id contradicted they were deceived
owla-noise and immediately
,olo<sd the story that Day county
l6ijd - better than two 10 q fol
ell. They fooled tho Mitchell
~nIHsfn - well q themselves
Nv everybody IN the county
~ free rides III over ths
Gteteq and part 81 Canada i
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21

The Englishman Is less social than
men Of any other nationality; / mean
he is less conscious Of the ties which
bind humanity together, his moral for
nation owes little to his relations with
other men, he scarcely troubles him
self about what they think. and II he
ever considers the matter at all It
makes no difference In his sentiments
and actions. In short. the Englishman
h to Q certain extent Z recluse; he II
mors aloof from the world In which he
lives and the ndghboss whom he e.
bows than the man Of any other
nationality. - Deutmy's '.Ths English
PooploL~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21

upon their territory. The fact that
Mitchell boomers are already talking
that the Milwaukee is soon to build
across the river gives the lie to the
Mitchell story that the country
opposite Pierre is worthless.
The Mitchell frogs in Day county
have stopped croaking they have
been silenced by the people talking
for Pierre.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21

Husband-You are not economical.
Wife-Well, If you don't call q m
economical who saves her wedding
dress for Z possible second marriage
I'd like to know what you think econo-
ny h liks.-0lasgow Timss.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21

Il observe that you invariably praise
Four rivals" said one actress.
YES" answered the other. "It's the
wisest thing to do. 1t sounds mag
Unanimous and also conveys the impress
sion that you do 10 consider them
worth being Jealous of."-Washington
Star.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21
Legislative Ticket.

NNSN"tHFN HHNN~'
For representatives
John Ewald
5. l.. Potter
Paul r. Zaht
For senators 32nd district.
f. c. Toy, Day county
Richard Williams, Marshal county
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21

w judgs ourselves b. what W feel
enpsbls o. doing. while others judge
T. by what We have already dons.-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21
State Ticket

State Ticket
For congressman
Chas. II. Burke
Eben w. Martin
For governor
Samuel II. Elrod
For lieutenant governor
J. +. McDougall
For secretary of state
David Wipf
For treasurer
c. b. Collins
For auditor
j. II. Halliday
For state superintendent
George w. Nash
For land commissioned
c. J. Bach
For attorney general
Philo Hall
For railroad commissioned,
w. G.. Smith.
For Judges of the supreme court
Dighton Corson
Howard G. Fuller
Dick Haney
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21

A would be grateful public il waiting
10 reward the man who will invent q
. window that can always be opened
easily In summer, but can only be
opsasd BY consent Of the majority In
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21
TICKETS
President THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Vice President c. w. FAIRBANKS.

National Ticket
For presidential electors
H.. ). Morris
II. II. Cuisine
j.. Anderson
ID. X. Evans
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-21
Ticket.

JuhhGIhh NhIt
For Judge Fifth judicial circuit.
James III. Mccoy
County Ticket
For register of deeds
Chris Grue
For treasurer
II. q. Wickre
For clerk of court
Albert Smith
For superintendent of schools
J. III. Hetley
For Judge
John Ill. Lund
For auditor
Manson Rexford
For states attorney
Frank Sears
For sheriff
Phillip Gross
For surveyor
Josephus Alley
For coroner
NJ. &. Schenecker
For justices of the peace
l.. w. Scripture
August Hoaglaud
II. q. Dalen
l.. w. Lewis
For constables
h. w. Reick
J. X. Chapman
Herman Bury
Levi Faulkner
For commissioners Ord district
Nick Moxness
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
On n Fifteen Acre Farm.

The Philadelphia Record tells a very interesting story about the success which has been attained by E. H. Hert- zog, a young farmer of Lancaster, Pa, who owns a farm containing only fif- teen acres, and made on 1t last year, besides his own and his family's liv- ing, $1,279.60, net. MT. Hertzog has on his farm 50 apple trees, 400 peach trees. 40 plum trees, one acre of raspberries and one-quarter acre of strawberries. He also raises poultry for market. his net profit from this source last year amounting to $53S.76. He also keeps three cows and sells some butter and milk. The Record gives the following itemiZed statement of what MT. Hert- zog made on his toy farm last year:
 941 boxes of raspberries at 10 cents per quart.
 $50 boxes blackberries at cents a box.
 InO boxes huckleberries at 10 cents a box.
 75 boxes gooseberries at cents a box.
 B boxes entrants at cents a box
 300 punches onions at cents a bunch.
 40 bushels onions at so cents a busheI
 1hbushels green beans at 75 cents a bushel
 bushels. of green beans at 75 cents a bushel
 800 punches radishes at 2h cents bunch
 baskets peaches at $1.50 a basket.
 4 bushels plums at $2 a bushel.
 f bushels pears at Scents a bushel.
 50 bushels apples at 25 cents bushel. 1000 pickles at $4.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
Pa ker on the south.

NaSnVifle American.
 In the course of a personal conversa- ton recently, Judge Parker thus express ed himself concerning the people of the South: ''Elliott, they are a great peo- pie; they are the countrymen of Wash ington and Jefferson and Madison and Jackson and Lee. Their courage and their consistency have never failed. They have changed velvet for homespun and endured the pinch of honorable poverty, and are just now beginning to reap the reward of their great sacrifices. I have Implicit faith In their ability to solve rightly and righteously the difficult prob lens with which they are confronted, and believe 1t Is the duty of their coun- trymen at the North to permit them to solve those problems unmolested by irri- tating political interference from the out side"
 These are the words of a man Of rational views and a correct sense of justice. Judge Parker believes the South ern people are capable of managing their own affairs, of coping with such local problems as the race question without outside interference. It is refreshing to hear Northern man, Democrat or Re- publican. talking in this strain. and it is but another evidence of the good sense and sound judgment of the distinguished Jurist who. among all the suggested can didates for the Democratic nomination for President, is the least objectionable to any class of worthy Democrats, and who ought to be acceptable to all Demo- crats.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
SHEER IArpI1nENcE.

Referring to MT. Bryan's continuous nagging at Judge Parker for maintain ing a becoming silence The Butte In- ter Mountain says:
 Judge Parker is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President. His affiliations with that party have been closer, more loyal. and more long enduring than those of the gentlemen who assume to question his party Mir. Bryan to demand assurance from Judge Parker with respect to the lat ter's views of various theories culti- vated by the twice defeated candidate. It would be no less impudent for Judge Parker to undertake to dictate a plat form for the St. Louis convention in which he hopes to secure a nomina- tfon. There is not much doubt that. 1t would strengthen his candidacy before the members of his party if he would break silence long enough to say so.
 The Inter Mountain Is not exactly fair to Judge Parker when 1t says he is a candidate. A man is a candidate when he announces himself. or when he authorizes his friends tol announce him. Judge Parker has done neither, and so far as we know he has not even let 1t be known that he would accept a nomination. He occupies the some- what anomalous position of being spoken of all over the Union for the high position of President of the Uni ted States. yet Is not letting it be known that he is or will be a candi- date.
 We thoroughly agree with our con temporary that MT. Bryan's criticisms of Judge Parker can only be properly characterized as impudence. and that it would be equally impudent for the latter to dictate a platform. If he chooses to say that much it would re- lieve the situation to some extent. IL is only fair to say, however, that there are prominent Democrats and newspa- pers in the South who do not approve his silent attitude. and think he should come out and define himself and his position. They do not seem to remem- Der that by so doing he would classify himself with Bryan and Hearst and thus lose the respect of the best and most conservative elements of the country. His silence under all the cir cumstances is not hurting him with those who are most concerned Tn the triumph of sound Democracy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
Biggest Photograph Ever Made.

At the , recent ,;e1 Dresden exhipbtiS1 o1 photograph which is said to be the largest one ever taken. This gigantic picture measures 80 feet 8 Inches by feet II inches. It represents the Bay of Naples, and was taken from Castle San Marine. the highest point behind Naples, from which the eye commands the whole city and bay as far as Mount Vesuvius and Capri. In order to se- cure as extensive a panorama as pos- sible, six different views on as many plates measuring S1x10.5 inches. were first taken. From these six plates, which were designed with a view to continuous series, six enlargements, 4 feet II inches by 6 feet ' inches in size, were prepared by means of an appara- tus with a lens one foot in diameter. The enlargements were made directly on silver bromide paper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
The Salaries of Women.

There are 400 women in New York, some young and some not, who have salaries bigger than United States Senators. MT Rockefeller's secretary's annual income is $14,000 and the young, or at least not old. woman who occupies a similar re1a- tion to H. H. Rogers, also a Standard oil magnate. drags off $10,000 a year. These girls all begin as stenographers. Then they are found to possess the necessary good sense and diplomacy to answer routine 1etters without calling the boss of the job to their aid. Later they are found to be competent to handle delicate matters of business, and then the boss begins to rely on them. He may be at his country place, fifty miles out of town and he will telephone the office. The secretary tells him what's doing. and then he will probably say: Well. use your own Judgment in this matter and that" He usually finds that "her own judgment" Is good So 1t happens that many of the big things reported in the financial columns of the daily news papers are really negotiated by the young women secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
Emma Goldman a Trained Nurse.

Many people are under the impression that Emma Goldman Is an anarchist by trade. They seem to think she makes her living by making speeches. As a matter of fact. Emma Is one of the hard working women of New York. She is trained nurse and good one. It is only about once in a month that she finds time to attend a public meeting, but every time she appears the fact Is noted in the newspapers. This leads to the belief that she spends all her waking hours going aabout fomenting trouble. She is seen frequently on tho streets on the lower East side, and of- ten at the Liberal Club meetings. She is anything but the bloodthirsty, torch waving amazon pictured by popular prejudice. She is a mite of a woman. not over feet high, and weighing about 110 pounds. She is about 42 years old. Her hair is thin and of a colorless blonde. and though her fea- lures are irregular, she has a sweet and kindly expression. which gives the im- pression of beauty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12

most hopeful future of this Alabama movement was the fact that 1t was led bya judge.
 A Chicago sooioiogist spoke next. in sisting that reformatory established by citizens association should not seek State aid. Mrs. Farmer. gentle New England dame. recounted touching incident of young culprit's gratitude to humane judge.
 Then followed warm handclaps and goodbyes, and as the little circle parted, voices were tremulous and eyes were humid.
 Half an hour afterwards, on the stage of the Jefferson Theatre-for session of the conference was going or--Dr. Cummings rose, and began h.sfnorously to tell of how he had played hoolxy' and wandered off from the big school of MT. ogden that morning to little room but said: There found the greatest teacher I have ever listened to in my life-there found Judge Feagin-and he got no further. for awhile, for the audi ence went wild, hurrahing and eiapping as people do in the South when the heart Is touched by that type of man who stood there in splendid ma gnanimity and brotherly love He finished when the cheers subsided telling them that though he had the best teachers all his life, one hero in Alabama had bettered their best, and that as he sat at the feet of the noble Southern judge, he realized that he himself had much to learn, and would go home and learn it. Everybody in that audience became Dr. Cummingss friend. so true 1t Is that the imminence of God revealed in human voice stirs the immortal souls of men.
 Dr. Cummings then spoke delightfully."- of his visit to Tuscaloosa. and of the red and white badge of the University of Alabama pinned on his coat by one in that City of Oaks. and in words whose genuneness were their elquence he ex- pressed the firm and fixed consciousness that forever from this moment would he wear in his heart the red and white of Alabama. Observer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
The President nnd c um.

Chattanooga Times.
 It is stated that President Roosevelt was only prevented from calling an extra session of Congress to take action on the Crum appointment by the assurance from the party leaders that 1t would be taken uu promptly and acted on in December after the election. The President has manifested a most unfortunate persist ence in this case which Is not reassuring to the country. The intense opposition ex- hibited to the confirmation of this man. not only by Democrats, but by influential Republican leaders. would with Presi- dent who had due regard for the peace and quiet of the country and who ain1ed to keep down animoslties and bitterness among the people. have operated to se- cure the withdrawal of so unpopular an appointment. But, having taken up the Idea that Crum's selection was distaste- rul to the Southern whites solely on ac- count of his color. and mstalxing an offensive obstinacy for determination, he has decided to force 1t upon the country at the risk of keeping alive racial discord and provoking bitterness among people who. if let alone, would soon settle the questions fairly and amicably among themselves. Political demagoguery is bad for the country. but 1t IS likely to be- come a curse when it finds an eloquent exponent in the Presidential office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
The Huntsville Tribune says:

It is quite remarkable that The Montgomery Advertiser. so patriotic in every other respect, should be so un- friendly to the material and developing interest of the State of Alabama m interest peculiarly dependent upon pro tective tariff, should strike a blow at protection when opportunity occurs.
 To us it is also quite remarkable" that our Republican contemporaries should so invariably credit the present tariff with all the good times that our country has enjoyed or Is enjoying. It has become so common that we sup pose all of them naturally fall into 1t and repeat 1t on every occasion. We admit that there are interests in Ala bama. as there are elsewhere. which profit by the protective tariff. but as they form but a very small minority Of the population, and as the majority are taxed to pay for their extra prosper
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
po rrfEr .srr. oR .sEr..
A Dispatant Who Fevors the Latter
 Offers Some Arguments.
New York Times.

EscW IOFk IImeS.
 Country doctors may not know every thing. partic -ariy in the estimation of urban specialists but what they do
 know about vast number of things, being usually based on experience and common, sense.s Is very apt to be use- fuL Therefore we are not at all sur prised to have received from a medi- cine man up in New Milford, Conn, whom we will call Dr. Wrong because he didn't want his name used and
 Wrong" is just as far from his true name as 1t would be possible to get. most Illuminating letter on the vex- ed question whether hens "sit" or "set" "a letter vastly better than anything recently written oR the matter by anna teur philologists. Including ourselves. pr. Wrong begins his defense of set ting" hens by calling attention to the fact that the sun and other celestial bodies are allowed to "set" as often as they choose, without complaint from anybody. and he thinks that this Is Justification for letting hens do the same, on the mere authority. as he ex- plains. "of common usage among those interested in the subject" There is something in that perhaps. but not much, in our opinion, and the doctor does much better with his case when he says: Another reason for the use of set in talking about hens Is that 1t is necessary word, without a sym onym. A setting hen on an empty nest or one containing only artificial or sterile eggs Is not incubating' any thing, but she is setting for all that. Sitting expresses an idea altogether different. All fowls, without distinction of sex or age, sit" occasionally-in the dust on hot day, for instance--but only adult females ever set Moreover. hen is setting whether. at a given moment, she is on her nest or walking about in search of something to eat. have seen three hens sitting in one nest and only one of them was set ting the other two having gone there to lay. How can I express this idea without using the word forbidden by the purists?" That, now, is a good let ter, written from large knowledge of It's subject, and based, too, on accurate theories of language. It doesn't con- vince us, indeed, that we should fall in with rustic usage, but 1t nearly, if not quite, persuades us that the word sharps are all wrong in their coudem- nation of setting" as applied to hens. It would be far from the first or the thousandth time that they have cor rected what MT. Bryan calls the com mon people" when the latter were right, but. until the experts and the eminent ones who follow--or preceed-the ex- perts realize their error and reform, the rest of us must humbly submit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
Not the Place for Cannon.
Philadelphia North American.

I-UIIdUtIpHId NUTIH AIltIICdH.
 Men of vigor and hope Of the highest preferment in national affairs have for years striven to avoid the Vice-Presi- dency of the United States. In theory 1t is the second best office in the gift of the people: as a matter of fact 1t has come to be regarded as a resting place for wornout statesmen or a means to the qualification of the vanity of men of wealth who have done pocketbook service for a party. Small wonder. then that Uncle Joe" Cannon. Speak CT of the House, protests strenuously against the proposition to make him the President's running mate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
Consideration for the Prisoner

Senator Dolliver of Iowa tells this story on himself: T reached a cer- tain small town during a campaign" said he. and found that the proprietor of the hotel where I usually stopped own accord rather than pay a judg- ment which he considered unjust He asked the sheriff please to let him out for two hours to hear his old friend Deliver speak. The sheriff agreed. and sent an order for the release of the prisoner for two hours for that purpose. Then he considerateiy added at the end of the order: The rest of your punishment is remitted"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
VIII Be Commended.

BIrmInBndIn NeWS.
 Acting-Governor Cunningham will be commended by every law-ablding citizen of Alabama for the stand he has taken against lynchlng and lawlessness. But commendation Is not sufficient in itself 1t must be supported by cooperation. and hence the necessity for prompt trials of those who disgrace their communities by insulting the laws and establishing mob rule. Lynchlng in Alabama must be stamped out at whatever cost. It leads to moral retrogression, intellectual de- generacy and business stagnation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
Pu1sling Amer,c.n SI.

Richard Strauss. the Austrian conl- poser, who recently left this country. understands pure English fairly well but finds difficulty in keeping up with the elusive quality of American slang. "I am greatly puzzled" he said ona day, ito understand the principle that makes thing slang to an American that would be quite regular to a Ger man No one seems surprised when I say don't think be can play if hut there is a laugh when I say precisely the same thing in the same words He can play 1t, I don't think"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
Travels of the Liberty Bell.
Philadelphia Ledger.

It is apparently decided that the 1ih. erty bell Is to go to St Louis. That is right. It Is a narrow and short-sipbtad spirit that would keep 1t at home Tbo bell belongs to the whole American people. Every journey it makes evsrv
 time 1t is exhibited. 1t becomes thai al, and it returns to the statabn,,ao with associations deepened and widen. ed. No single object at the World ' Fair will attract more attention or viii excite more patriotic sentiment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
Henderson Returns to nnhnn,..

Former Speaker David B. Henderson, of the national House of Representatives, Dubuque, Ia. For the past year he beS been engaged in corporation law practice in New York city, but the conclusion now reached is that he and New Yori, do not harmonize. The climate troubles him, and the fast pace of the big city Is not to his taste wy