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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-06-03
Martens Bros, insures crops
against hail damage.

| Martens Bros, insures crops
against hail damage.
| Carl Hapgood and wife were
visitors from Summit last Mon
day.
! DR.. H. G.. C. Rose returned
yesterday from his trip to
California.
Editor Perkins and wife, of
Wilmot, came down the first of
the week and attended the un-
yelling ceremonies.
Miss Steff1er gave her scholars
in the fifth grade drill play
yesterday as recognition of the
close of the school year.
Eddie Watson came down
from jamestown, N. d., yester-
terday to attend the high school
commencement exercises.
Will Emanuel, who is travelling
for the Red Wing Furniture Co.,
was visiting Milbank friends the
first of the week at his old home
here.
| O. r. Antelman and wife. of
Aberdeen, were visiting with
Milbank friends Monday and
taking in the decoration day
exercises
Fl. O. Breckenridge and wife,
Mrs. G.. Puder, r. j. Hicks, Mrs.
G. Porter and Miss Bertha
Thorndike were among visitors
from Big Stone on Memorial
day.
George Merry returned from
a visit to his farm near Glen
wood, Mimi, Wednesday. He
reports things as looking well
in that locality, although they
were having too much rain
there.
Mrs. G. Sutcliff and Mrs.
Bartlett and little daughter
were thrown from a buggy on
Decoration day, their horse
taking fright. Fortunately no
injury resulted and the horse
was speedily captured.
The library closed the first
of the month SO far as to giving
out books, and the reading room
will be closed for the summer
this week. The librarian, Miss
Shannon, expects to spend the
summer in California, where she
goes in week or two accompany
ing her sister, Mrs. Flood and
children to that state for several
months stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Nj. Pasco
arrived home last week, having
enjoyed couple of weeks visit
with friends at Bonair, Iowa,
after leaving Arizona. Mr..
Pasco gained somewhat in
flesh after coming north, and
although still quite weak it is
hoped that with the advent of
mild weather he will continue
to gather strength.
William jennings family are
mourning the loss of parrot
Poll, who had the freedom of the
house, escaped out doors and
wandered off before she was
missed, and the attempt to find
her was unsuccessful. She
managed to get over to the other
end of town and one of the
Morley boys seeing a strange
bird in tree, thoughtlessly used
his shot gun and ended Polls
life.
The reiteration on the part of
the Review and the Twin Brooks
News of the silly story that the
delegation to the state conven-
ton had candidate in the per-
son of Mr.. W. B. Saunders for
presidential elector, indicate that
these papers believe that a lie
well adhered to is as good as the
truth. The foolishness of the
assertion is apparent to anyone
at all acquainted with the facts,
but it contains as much truth as
most of the other assertions ad-
vanced by the Rabbitt-Bentley
organs.
The yellow journalism of
Willie Hearst's papers was we'll
illustrated by the San Francisco
Examiner few days ago, when
that paper printed an alleged
physical encounter between two
of the distinguished members |
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-06-03

The following is a list of new
telephone mum bers recently
placed on the local exchange:
69-2 Commercial Cafe.
69-4 Ed Johnson, saloon.
H. A. P. Ryger, residence.
ia Creamery.
l66 J. S. DeForest, laundry.
l67 Al Diets, residence.
40 S. M. PascO, residence.
l2O Peter Eye, residence.
1872 e. w. Phelan, residence.
1l9-4 Knute Nelson, residence.
l68 Mrs. Sahr, residence.
l64 Wood Bros, lumber yard.
l62 Masonic Hall, connected.
Rural Line-Will Alderman.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-06-03
Married

At the county court room by s. S. Lockhart,
county judge. on May 81 1904, Ebert ,Ellfeon
Of Dawson. Mimi, and Lilly Muller, of Mil
bank. South Dakota.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-06-03

At the NJ. E. parsonage In Mlbank, at 3 D. M,
by Rev. S. A. Chappell, Miss Florence Hen
ming, of Milbank. and Mr.. A. j. Turner, Of
Kllborn. The newly married couple will make
their home on the farm in Kborn.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-06-03

The "yellow" journalism of
Willie Hearst's papers was we'll
illustrated by the San Francisco
Examiner few days ago, when
that paper printed an alleged
physical encounter between two
of the distinguished members
of the Methodist general confer
ence at Los Angeles. The con-
ference stopped in it's proceed
ings and denounced the paper
by unanimous resolution aud
refused it's representative per-
mission to attend further ses-
sions of the conference. Al
though the paper in a subse.
quent edition made an abiect
apology, the incident shows the
"yellow" desire to sell papers
regardless Of truth or decency.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-09-09
B-y WILL N. HARDEN,
c..,,;.h,. 1903. b, HARPER a BROTHERS

clusion what's best then TIL come
down an see you. I'm interested IL
George Buckley, an don't you let thai
slide out O. yore mind in yore excite
ment He's been a friend true an
tried to me an mine, an I'll stand to
i'm or die. Now, you 90 on to the
warehouse"
sand when will you be DOWN." asked
the merchant.
"Jest as soon as can see some way
out O. the difficulty" said Truit1
evasively. II tell you, you are too ex
citable-you go off half cooked. That's
what got you in the trouble that you
say has worried you so much. Why
even eff you had shot the scalawag just
now, you'd "a done it too quick to've
had any fun watchin' i'm squirm. I'd
ruther see dern coward that's wrong
ed me or mine beg fer life AN to see
i'm die. We all die-that's common as
Dig tracks in wet weather, but only the
dirty, sneakin' towards is afeard Of It
You 20 on now; we are a-losin' time
I'll come down-I'll come down!
amt no anarchist, goin' round KILN
big men In Office, but that feller's got
to be tended to, an I'll study up
some'n'."
When Hillyer had gone back down
the railroad to the warehouse Truitt
sauntered into the hotel Office. "What
time does the next train go to Allan.
ta" he asked.
There's another on the Southern In
ten minutes" answered the clerk.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-09-09

fighting, for, although artillery had
taken it's place in the battlefield. the
infantry flrearm was possessed Of lit
tie range or accuracy. Accordingly,
at Blenheim and Malplaquet two Of
the most bloody struggles Of later
times, although the slain show a de-
creasing ratio, the losses on both sides,
out of q total Of about 10000 combat
ants, were, in the former engagement,
$4,000 killed, wounded and prisoners,
while the cost Of driving the French
from strong position at Malplaquet
was 10000 killed and wounded out Of
force Of about 10000.
Although in the larger armies Of
more modern times losses have reach
ed in many instances high figure,
yet the percentage Of slaughter. espe-
cially of killed to wounded combatants,
has shown remarkable decrease
from the horrible figures Of ancient
battles and sieges, before the discovery
Of gunpowder and the increasing per-
fection Of firearms as 1t
may appear-began to diminish the
butchery which invariably attended
the encounter Of armed hosts in olden
times.
The explanation is that fighting is
now carried on at such a distance and
In separate bodies of infinitely great
maneuvring power that the least tao
tical advantage becomes instantly OBJ
vious, while the abandonment Of ar
NOR and the ponderous weapons Of the
melee have endowed bodies of troops
with superior mobility, both in ad-
vance and retreat.
In old days, when the effective range
Of the longbow was not more than IS to
20 score yards. q battle could only be
decided by. armies coming to close
quarters at an early stage Of the COM
bat. The consequence was they be-
came so intermingled that they could
with difficulty be separated, and in
deed, the victor was often quite unable
to feel assured of success until he
found no more of his opponents to
slaughter. Moreover, 1t was much
more difficult to make effective use
Of cover then than now, and the bow
man Of Agincourt was debarred from
the use Of his weapon in the prone po-
sition adopted by his successor, the
rif1eman Of today.
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Copper Hall Cents Were Issued From
the Mint in 1898.

|
the Mint in 1898.
The Treasurer Of the United States
on May 6, 1903, redeemed two half
cent pieces. This is the first time In
the history of the country that any
such coins have been presented for
redemption. 1t Is more than a century
since the first half cent piece was COIN
ed, and 1t Is nearly fifty years since
the Government discontinued minting
them.
Possibly not one person in a thous-
and now living in the United States
ever saw a half cent piece.
The last annual report Of the Dr.
rector of the Mint, page 50, shows
that 7,S95.222 Of these coins, repre-
senting s39,476.11. were issued. For
almost half a century each annual re-
port Of the Treasury Department has
included them among the "outstand-
ing" obligations Of the Government.
= The half cent piece was the coin OF
the smallest denomination ever made
by this country. 1t enjoys the dis
tinction also of being the first coin is
sued and also the first whose denomin-
alton was discontinued. The United
States Mint was established in 1892,
and copper half cents and cents were
issued in 1893. Half the total number
of half cents issued were coined rre-
vious to 1910, after which year their
coinage. with few exceptions, was linn
tied. None were coined for circulation
from 1912 to 1924. nor from 1886 to
1S4S. Finally, in 1857 their coinage.
with that of the copper cent, was dis
continued. On account Of their lin
tied issue in the last years Of their
| coinage they practically had disap-
peared from the channels Of trade.
The need Of adopting the half cent
as the lowest value computing factor
for coin was made in the early days
of the Republic. Colonial half cents
and British farthings Of the same
commercial value were then In circul-
alton, and many articles were priced
and sold In half cents. With the prog
reSS OF the nation values rose ana the
needs for a half cent disappeared. and
their use following the first decade of
the century was almost entirely con-
fined to multiples.
| While all other discontinued types
and denominations Of United States
coin have found oblivion, the half cent
is the only one which the Treasury T..
ports do not record some portion Of
the issue redeemed. This singular
and unexplained fact has been one OF
frequent comment and inquiry from
mint and treasury officials.
Large quantities of half cents are to
be found in the stocks of coin deal
ers. The most common dates are sold
at a good premium and the extreme
ly rare ones are worth their weight In
gold.
| Ferran Zarbe of st. Louis was the
man who sent the two half cent pieces
to Washington for redemption. He now
prizes highly the little vouchers call
| ing for "one cent" which were sent to
him with that amount of current coin
| in exchange for the two half cent
! pieces he had forwarded.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-09-09

ear ana tlCt6teQ ".
they will Jest break the'r necks to vote
fer you next election. You barely got
in by a squeeze last time, but they'll
rush you in like the woods aflre when
this tale fits out"
Governor. I'm waiting your orders"
said the policeman, who seemed to feel
that mistake had been made and that
he was oterhearing private matters.
"Wait In the hail." Telfare said. "rll
ring if l need you. This mans been
drinking"
"Huhvt sneered Truitt as tha door
closed after the policeman. I'm dry
as a chip. an I reckon you got some
O. the best settin' round, an yet you
hain't offered feller drap."
"Now, what do you want?" Telfare
asked, doggedly miserable, defeat writ
ten all over him.
"Nothin' now," answered Truitt. I'm
goin' back an tell George Buckley that
l pulled yore year fer you. Hes felt
this thing purity bad-a proud man nat
urally would-but when tell i'm what
l done an that you tuck it like Ounce
at school. why, it's my opinion he'll
jest feel sorry fer you. I do, know,
an I'm free to confess I feel a little
grain ashamed myself, but that will
wear of, reckon. God Almighty ort
to provide different way o. pullin'
skunks down from Their perch, but 1t
seems he hain't. That's all I have to
say.--Gaod day, yore excellency." ..-
Truitt left Telfare sitting at his desk,
sullenly, desperately silent, and went
out. Through it all the mountaineer
had not removed his hat, and his chew
Of tobacco was still in his mouth.
TO BIZ CONTINUED.
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er will take the feet Of a ground mole,
sew them up In a sack and tie them
around the baby's neck all Is well.
do not know why this Is so, but 1t is.
The baby must chew the rag.
Mayor A. H. Boyden Of Salisbury,
is the sort Of man that would die for a
friend IL necessary, but, like most Of
his countrymen, he Is superstitious.
He would not think Of starting off on
a fishing frolic on Friday.
All Of us are afraid Of 13-the un-
lucky number. Many Of the hotels in
North Carolina omit 13 in numbering
the rooms.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-09-09
FoLLTs CROWN OF FOLLY.
Woman's Cruelty to Woman 10 Ineom.
prehensible to Men.

pFonoHuIOio 20 moHs
A young woman in this town went
visiting to New York. She was visit
ing some suburban people in an aris-
tocratic neighborhood outside the town.
She went to a party and was intro
duced to a number Of. girls. They
seemed nice enough girls, and she had
a good time. But when she met them
down in New York, they didn't know
her from rabbit She afterward
heard that they said her father was a
storekeeper.
And she had good cry at the cruelty
Of women in general. She said she
would die before she would treat a
dog that way!
But she came home and was visiting
at house where girl was working
for her living. She and the girl and
the other girls at the house had a good
time one afternoon together. And then
few days later the proud storelfeep-
ers daughter sailed down town in her
fluffy white duds and passed the girl
she had met a few days before and
cut her dead Could she be speaking
to every hired girl she met on the
street?
Why, Of course not. And the second
girl went home and had good cry.
And she wouldn't treat dog that way.
And she went to a dance in the
country where they move the things
out Of the front room and the kitchen
and put the fiddler and the caller on
in the bedroom door. And she met a
big footed Dutch country girl who
danced on her heels and threw the
boys around like sacks Of flour. And
the country girl thought the city girl
with her big hat and town clothes was
just the sweetest thing out of Heaven.
And when the country girl came to
town looking like a fri 1t one Satur-
day night she ran into the city girl and
her chum from the West Side on par
ade with the dapper little clerk and
pretty-looking tin-horn gambler
whom all the girls at the shirt waist
dance said was lust dead swell" And
do you think the town girl spoke to
the big-footed country girl with her
funny clothes on?
Not on your tintype. She turned her
face the other way, and she and the
other girl and the two boys sailed by
prouder than a peacock
And so it goes. Cruelty and pride
and vanity stabbing their way through
the world. Women are worse than
men. Men accept one another for what
they are really worth. A rich man VINO
has honestly earned his money, thinks
nothing Of talking to someone's hired
man. The railroad brakeman ana the
railroad president have relations tnat
their wives never could assume-pro-
viding their wives are fools. A man IS
proud of the fact that he has worked
with his hands and come up IN the
world. There was a woman at the fed
Grafton of clubs last spring who was
once head waiter at the Whitley Hotel,
In Emporia, and though she was a cul-
tivated, honest woman, she was
ashamed of it, and If the Gazette had
printed the fact at the time the fed
Grafton would have mobbed the office.
Now, why? II her husband had
once been a porter at the Whitley
and had made money, he would have
been proud of his rise. Women are
funny. This Is a funny world.-Em-
poria, Kan. Gazette.
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A JAPANESE GARDENBR.-Sir Edwin
Arnold had a great many stories in IL
lustration Of japanese traits.
THE Japanese gardeners" he once
said, have carried their art further
than we have carried ours. A land
scape gardener In Japan is esteemed
highly. He Is looked on quite as we
look on a poet or painter. And these
Japanese gardeners are truly remark
able men. I was riding with one or
them near Kioto on an August after
noon. and We came to a steep hlll-
side.
Tell me- said, how would you
plan a road to the top Of that difficult
hill?"
"The gardener smiled humorously.
"T think he said, that I would
first turn some cows loose and see how
they got up.'"-CollieTs Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-09-09
CHAPTER XXI.

9|1HE next morning. after break
fast, Mrs. Hillyer called her
husband aside. He followed
her into the parlor, where she
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-09-09
FIRST AMERICAN COINS.

TO BIZ CONTINUED.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-09-09
CHAPTER XXIII.

E.TAHEN Truitt arrived in the great,
M bustling passenger depot In At
V lanta it was noon. He elbowed
his way through the sQuirm-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01
"What Shall We Eat?'

Every day the same old question,
What shall we eat for breakfast
for luncheon, for dinner? assails
with monotonous regularity the
patient housewife who seeks to pro.
vide good living for the family in
agreeable variety at a moderate
cost. There is q daily department
in the Chicago Record Herald
which is intended to answer this
question satisfactorily every day
in the year. 1t is entitled "Meals
for a Day. and provides menus
for the three meals every day,
with the necessary recipes. These
menus and recipes are carefully
selected by the Record Herald's
household editor, and cash prizes
are awarded to the best that are
received. Housewives everywhere
are invited to participate in the
competition. For full particulars
see the MEALS for a Day" depart
ment in the Chicago Record Her.
ald.-Adv.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01

Movement of Seven prisoners
Prison Population. -,o 7
within the week. Not one was
received. Of those who went out,
A. d. j., 664, paroled at the June
meeting of the Board of Control.
was released on parole, and the
following were discharged: S. M,
1850; E. L. B., 1850; L. G. T.,
1861; j. A., no; G. F., 1126, and
B. j., 1884.
There are 615 prisoners confined
here, of whom 449 are in the first
grade; Isl in the second, and
fifteen in the third.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01
THE GROWTH OF MOB LAW
Continued from page four.)

Continued from page four.)
also believe that if law we're
passed making lynching an offense
against the United States govern
ment, punishable by death, it
would have beneficial effect on
the morals of the mob. The law
could be so constructed that if a
lynching occurred in one district,
the perpetrators could be tried in
another district, where the people
are more law.abiding, and where
there would be some chance of
conviction. l have no doubt that
after few convictions, there would
be material decrease in the num-
Der oflynchings. When the would
be lyncher knows that he is liable
to pay the extreme penalty of the
law, he will come to the concIu.
sion that lynching lisa very danger
Gus pastime. It is fact that it is
not matter of conscience that
keeps the majority of the people
from breaking the law, it is the
fear of the law itself; the fear of
paying the penalty of the law.
Mob law is a disgrace to the
United States, and unless we wish
to see ourselves drifting toward
anarchy and to see the laws of our
country trampled in the dirt, and
to have other nations think that
we are degenerating and are in
capable of enforcing our own laws,
lynching must cease. It is now
time for the people to decide
whether the mob OF the law shall |
triumph.
A. ISL. H.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01
EXCHANGE BOX.

The occupant of 2O9 wishes to
exchange the Farmers Tribune,
the Eau Claire Leader, the Du.
luth News Tribune, the Osseo Re.
corder, the Cincinnati Emo uirer,
the Cleveland Plain Dealer and
the Pigeon Falls Times for the
Butte Miner, the Seattle Times,
the San Francisco Examiner and
the Buffalo Commercial.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01

The Labor AS the chapel will
LAY Program still be undergoing
repairs, there will be no indoor
entertainment in the prison on
Labor Day. In the morning the
men will be granted the freedom
of the park, where the band will
give concert. A special holiday
dinner will be served, and the aft.
ernoon will be spent in the cells.
Letter privileges will probably be
granted.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01
TO INMATES.

For the Information of new arrivals and all
others desiring to send THE MIRROR to friends
We wish to say that the privilege will be granted
by complying with the following rules: Write
out your own name, register and cell number
and send to this office with name and address
Of person to whom paper is to be sent. Each
paper must be kept clean and folded in the
same manner as 1t is when you receive It and
placed IN your door every Friday night. All in.
mates are requested to comply with this order
whether sending out copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01

Assistant Deputy Warden Col
ligan returned from his furIough
on Thursday last.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01

Guards Backland and jerks have
been kept busy escorting visitors
through the institution. The fol-
lowing registered in the printing
Office: Mrs. j. Pringle, Winifred
Pringle, and Ursula Pringle, ST..
Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01

The woodwork in the printing
Office and library was repainted
last Saturday. The painters are
now at work on the roofs of the
various buildings.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01

Steward Bordwell's office in thu
store cellar is nearing completion
He expects to move in within tn,
next fortnight.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01

The Mirror Hundreds of visitors
Register have passed through
the prison this week, people from
out of town who have come to the
Twin Cities to attend the state
fair. Besides Usher Wurdeman,