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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07
senbow and His m.ssmate

When the brave Admiral Benbow
was common sailor his messmate,
who was stationed with him al the
same gun, lost his leg by cannon
shot. The poor fellow called to his
friend Benbow, who took him upon his
shoulder and descended with him TO
the cockpit, but II happened that just
as the poor fellows head came upon
q level with tine deck another ball
carried that Of also. benbow, how
svsr, knew nathing " tine matter and
carried the body down 10 the surgeon,
calling out III the latter that he had
brought patient, desiring some one
to bear q hand The surgeon turned
about and exclaimed:
why, what do you do here with q
man who has lost his headl'
Lost his head says Benbow. "a
wing scoundrel! be told me II was
mis- leg, but j never believed what he
said in my life without being sorry Tor
II afterward."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07

The handiness of the squirrel ss
something extraordinary in the animal
world. lie sits up on his hind paws
and uses the fore paws in many ways
lust as man does. he strikes with
II and wards of blow from another
and squirrel quarreis rarely go fur
ther than attempts TO cuff each other
like children a lady who lives In our
county and who is the protector OF
squirrels In that region told me that
she had contrived a little rack to DE
filed with nuts, so that they came to
the opening singly, one dropping Into
the place as another was taken out,
and this was fixed by her window so
that she could watch the squirrels
come. One day q squirrel took the
last nut and was quietly eating II on
the window bench when another came
and, finding none in the rack, went mp
to the eating squirrel and gave him q
deliberate box on the ear and Went
away.--W. j. StIllman In Century.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07
VARIETIES or IVORY.
The Best CSnass Fsom rhe sIephants
VI kSsst AfFies.


Ivory IL, strictly speaking, obtained
only from the tusks OF the elephant, tue
fnest Of which come from the east
coast OF Africa. This hard, heavy,
tine grained green or guinea ivory is
esteemed for its Transparency &rd be
cause its light yellow Or pale blood tut,
unlike rIe whiteness " 0tltaf kinds
which becomes yellow, bleaches with
age The different species OF African
elephant supply almost ali cue ivory
used in Europe, its quantity Is enor-
NOUS. One London trm sells 10000
tusks yearly In billiard balls Under
% heavy a drain tue supply must fail
but to fal back upon are remarkabIe
deposits of inammoth tusks which have
accumulated on the rivers eischarglng
into the Arctic ocean.
Since man began TO express himself
IN art he has made use Of ivory. Here.
however the term has a wider appll
cation. IT covers the teeth of the hip
popotamus, the long tusks Of the wal
rus and even the single tooth Of the
narwhale Under the description of
worries comes carving In polished stag 5
horn and in buue. fi'hhe most remark
able of prehistoric worries Is tue repEe-
sentation of q head aud shoulder of an
iibeS carved In reindeer horn, which Is
done with 50 much science and obser-
walton, though the work Of a cave
dweiier of Dordogne, that natupalists
are able to assign 1t 70 the ibex of the
Alps rather than that OF the Pyrenees.
/ BHliard balls are turned from the
most perfect elephant tusks, not neces-
sariiy the largest, for the best aud
most costly are made from teeth scarce
lly Jaeger than the balls themselves In
diameter and known as ball teeth,
Some OF the balls turned from even
these are better than others. They are
OF higher grade the nearer they are
10 the termination Of the nerve which
runs through the tusk, and the smaller
this is, as may be observed In the
black speck to be seen on ball, the
better the quality.
Fossil or blue ivory Is sometimes
found In commerce and Is used occa-
sionaly In the manufactures OF dew
eiry. IL is evidently from the ltnsks
OF antediluvian mammoths buried In
the earth for thousands OF years, dur
Ling which time they have become
slowly penetrated with metallic salts,
which have given them a peculiar blue
color, allowing them 10 he used as tur-
.qu0ises. Chicago News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07
Malay Lite~ature.

The Malay tribes possess but little In
me way Of literature, the greater part
like that of Java, consisting OF TO
mances known under the sanskrit
name OF 'echeritra," or the Arabic one
OF '.hikayat." Their subjects are taken
from the Hindoo epics, from the local
legends Of lava, from the Mohammetian
tales from Arabic and from the stories
Of Malay princes, hardly less fabulous.
such compositions differ from those OF
inc Jevanese In that the gredter num-
her OF them are IN prose. The Aaiays
ars possessed OF no ancient mani
scripts or inscriptions on stone or
brass. Their whole literature. all IN
the Arabic character, is certainly not
OF greater antiquity than their CONVEX
sion 10 tine 'Mchammesian religion the
earliest recorded specimen of It being
the vocabulary of the Italian Rigs-
,fstta. collected In the Aioiuccas IN ilo2l.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07
QUEER MANx CUSTOMS.
why Natives Ate the Meat Before
They Supped the Broth.


Peculiar TO itself is the code of laws
Of the Isle of Man. The laws of Eng
land have never prevailed there, AMI
some of the Manx enactments are very
curious One of the earliest enjoined
"aIl Scots TO avoid the land with the
next vessel that goeth into Scotland,
upon pain of forfeiture of their goods
and bodies TO prison" Another enact
ed that "Irishwomen lettering and not
working be commanded forth of this
isle with as much convenient speed as
may be" Q561). The first of these laws
was the result of series OF raids on
the Manx coast by Galloway rover
named MacCulloch. 1t is said that it
was at this period that the Manx Gus
tom originated of "eating the meat be-
fore they supped the BROTH" lest they
should be deprived of the more sub
stantial part by the appearance at their
doors Of this Scotchman and his crew.
About this time the parish clerks were
ordered ito stand at the church doors
at the time OF service and whip and
beat all the Dogs" During the seven
teenth century a law was made that
"whosoever shall be found or detected
to pull morse tayles shall be punished
: mon the wooden horse of the parish,
thereon 10 continue two hours, and TO
be whipped naked from the waist up
ward"
Manx deemsters-the high court
judges-are still sworn, as they have
been for hundreds Of years, by the
following curious oath: by this book
and the contents thereof. and by the
wonderful works that God hath mi
raculously wrought IN the heaven
above and ia the earth beneath In six
DAYS and seven nights, do swear that
/ viii, without respect Of favor or
friendship, loss or gain. consanguinity
or affinity, envy or malice, execute the
laws Of this isle Justly between party
and party as indifferently as the her
ring backbone doth lie in the midst Of
the fish. So help me God and the con-
tents OF this book"
Every woman, widow or spinster, IL
the Isle OF Man. whether she be owner,
occupier or eFen lodger, enjoys the
franchise for the ManK house Of keys
elections Every widow enjoys half
Of her husbands personal estate and
has q life Interest In his real estate,
and she cannot be deprived Of this by
Will Her written consent must be Oh
tanned TO al transfers and deeds AZ
fecting her husbands property. On
the other hand. no married woman
Can legally own in her own right either
money or property in the Isle Of Man.
She can have no separate ESTATE unless
specially provided before marriage
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07

Tits curious to observe that even the
greatest realists do not venture TO be-
stow eyeglasses on their beroiBes. 1T
is rather odd, too, seeing bow many
charming women do In real life wear
them and are not debarred by them
from the most dramatic careers and
the most poignant emotions. but while
tine modern novelist has bestowed eye
glasses on everybody else be has not
yet had the hariiheod 70 put them on
the nose of his heroine. Why?-1Sirs.
John Lame IN London Outlook.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07

quarts OF water a day mot Ice water,
but Just ordinary cold water as II
comes from the faucet Il drink two
glasses when Il get up 10 the morning,
two when Il go to bed and j drinklit all
day. Ilhaye big pitcher Of It put on
my desk, aud whenever i look up
from my work for q minutes rest i
drink giass OF water. no mineral
water, no Charged water, no health
water for me, but just plain. good old
fashioned water. no De sure. the salt
water baths at the sbore did nae a 1T
tie good, but the damp days at the
shepe took all the good away. Now J
take fresh water baths lintsrnaily and
spsnd nay samnsss where AZ - high
and Sdry.,.--Nsw York Frees.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07
w.aaanx. and Fun-r.ls I'm chsna.

Ne0O1nEe uh~r&Af 80
Strangers In China have the greatest
difficulty when meeting funeral or
wedding procession on the street 10
distinguish one from the other. Inc
same red cloth coolies carrying roast
cd pig md other daiuties, appear III
the procession, the same smaller COO
hes carrying cheap paper ornaments
and the same noisy turnout and al
This when some old person IL being
carried 10 his last resting place as
when the youngest and most beautiful
Celestial maiden is being carried 10
The new home prepared by her nus
band. The crowd ar the funeral Is as
noisy as ut wedding, and the guests
eat just as much. The only difference
indeed between the two Is that IN the
center OF ono the bride IL carried IL
an Enclosed sedan chair, borne on the
shoulders OF some men, and followed
by her bridesmaids. In that OF the
Other the coffin is carried and the
mourpers follow. Indeed, an Enshsn
WRITER says that no event In the iiie
a. q uhinaman as hall 90 importan'
~ hisx unerai.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07

Few people have amy idea that
within Eve hours railway Journey from
london there is semitropicRl belt
equal TO many In South Africa Ten
minutes only by steamer across The
sound from Plymouth viii ronNincs
the most skeptical Of this fact In the
private gardens belonging 10 the Earl
Of Mount Edgcumbe there is one more
sheltered than the rest though only
separated by 0 short tut stiff CLIMB
from the sea below Here In the open
flourish all the year round fine tree
cnmellias OF the true Cupe varieties
rich pink and creamy white one tree
exhibiting the peculiarly of both colors
blossOming III once; sturdy blue gums
grow here twenty feet high; fine
clumps of giant and dwarf bamboo,
splendid fruit and Tree palms, the arc
matte nutmeg and other spices, enor-
NOUS geraniums. ferns from al parts
OF the world and, last, but NOT least,
healthy oranges, lemons and cttrons
AL growing vigorously Old their respec-
tive trees-a wonderful testimony TO
the mildness OF the south Devon ano
Cornish coasts.-Pail Mall Gazette.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07

During the tenth century no woman
was allowed to appear at church with
out veil 1t had 70 be a real veil. too,
covering and concealing the features
In order that the prayers and media
tons OF the men might not be disturb
al by the contemplation Of feminine
loneliness. There was tradition that
the origin OF the custom was In an or
der from a great French saint. When
young man he met little girl with
features SO noble and beautiful that
although he was many years her senior.
he Immediately fell In love with her
because she resembled a young lady
to whom be had been engaged years
before. but who died In his arms. The
nan ard ~ <hiA separated. and he
Hocono = r9fcCt. Many years later be
~ ~ n Nv congregation Just as he
y '<rf ~ pulpit - preach. and
~ s. slu<bed Hin ~ ouc1 a -
M he eeruico M I|I<e.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07

Excessive Dashfuiness Is no Joke %
me- person who suffersffromlit. Such a
person was Jared Pnifpot HAN q
dozen times IN his life he had wanted
% marry somebody. Ibnt could never
nmmon the courage b say %. and ne
had become a middle aged inscseior
and .yIJnc,e Jarci'' TO a large collection
Of niecss and nephews. -Uneie, one
OF these youthful relatives assen MN
one day, ..how tiess'tt happen tnat ion
have never taken nib unto your
10y. .sywhat would be the use.
,ehiltry' sighed Uncle Jared.
any backbone"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07

''If people afIiieted with rbeunatisn
.woud only try a simple remedy right
at band Instead OF seurrJiDg all over
The country for q cure they would get
well a good sight quicker" said o man
who WAS ocnce 30 Ihnottoi up with
|.theumstisn that he fh&d 10 case
|ssuschse. 's'Just Vet them airtnk ywats.,
|uQusrts usf.it. That's what did sthsEk usi-
|raess Gf<r me. Il drink saeqat three
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07

Great Writers Not Correct Writers.
There is not q single great author IN
our literature in whose works nuiner-
Gus errors have not been pointed out
or thought 20 be pointed out. They are
charged with violating rules Involving
the purity II not the pernanence Of the
language a somewhat depressing in
ference follows from the situation thus
revealed The ability TO write English
correctly does not belong TO the great
masters OF our speech. IL is limited to
the obscure men who have devoted
themselves to the task Of showing how
FAR these yaunted writers nave ftiisi
short of the ideas of linguistic propri-
ETY. entertained by their unrecognized
betters AS q result Of these critical
crusades there is no escape from the
dismal conclusion that the correct use
Of the language is not TO be found IN
the authors whom every one reads
with pleasure, but is an accomplish
ment reserved exclusively for those
whom nobody can snoeeed in reading
at all.-sFrofessor Thomas X. L.ouns-
bury in Harpers Magazine,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-07

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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-21
REPORTS DAVID HARUM TRADE
George Miller Complains to Police of
A. Ashton, but Officers Say
They Have No Case

Again the David Harums' spring
into prominence and this time the com
plaint is against A. Ashton. a brother
of Harry Ashton, who is serving a 100
day jail sentence for assaulting a man
with whom he had made "A horse trade.
George Miller living at the Adams
house, S52 South Stephens avenue. COM
planned to the police yesterday that he
bought a horse for $50 on Monday from
A. Ashton. l7O5 South Grand avenue.
and gave a check for full payment.
Miller stated that when he went to get
his horse Ashton led out an old worth
less animal that could hardly stand up
and told him that that was the horse
which he bought
Miller says he refused to take the
horse and went to the bank TO stop pay
ment upon the check but found that II
had already been cashed. Yesterday
he went to Ashtons stables and took
the horse which he says he bought and
put it in the Tallyho stables near the
police station and notified the police.
The police state that their hands are
tied as far as making any case against
Ashton because there is no law cover
ing case Of this kind.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-21
ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY
Boys Accused of Stealing Jewelry and
Money Plead Guilty Before
Justice
justice
Snccial to- Thc Ierald.

SpCClHl " j Hc IItldlb
CORONA, Dec. 20,-Carl Lehnberg,
aged 10 years, and Martin Grizzle, aged
IA years, were arrested today and
charged with robbing the residence OF
Ed Bloom on Citron avenue November
5, from which money and jewelry were
taken. They were arraigned before JUS
tice Cummings and pleaded guilty to
the charge. The justice bound them
over to the superior court at Riverside
and fixed their bonds at $1,000 each.
They were taken to Riverside at noon
by City Marshal Peach and were re-
manded to the custody of the sheriff.
This afternoon the boys We're arraigned
before Judge Noyes of the superior
court and pleaded guilty to the crime.
The court ordered the boys imprisoned
in the county Jail until Friday, when he
will continue their examination. A num-
Der of residences have been robbed in
this city during the last month. The
suspects were followed and arrested by
City Marshal Peach
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-21
TAKE SUSPECT AT REDoNDo
Prisoner Identified by Miss May
Rldgeway as Man at Whom She
Fired Several Shots
Special to The Herald

Special to The Herald
REDONDO, Dec. 2O.-H. Ogden, a
longshoreman, was arrested here last
night, having been found lettering on
the premises of William Usrey under
suspicious circumstances.
E. Hathaway said that late last even
ing he discovered a man hanging
around his house, whom he chased
away very shortly afterward. William
Usrey who lives short distance from
Mr.. Hathaway, found man on his
premises. He Immediately gave chase,
the man running over the hill toward
the town, where he was captured by N.
E. Devore.
At the trial this morning Miss May
Ridgeway identified Ogden as the man
who tried to effect an entrance to her
house last Thursday night. when she
fired four shots without effect.
Ogden was remanded until Saturday,
when an effort will be made by the
authorities to make a charge of bur-
glary against him.
Go to Coronado for Christmas week
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-21
TRUSTEES FAVOR FREE MOLE
City Legislators Of Gan Pedro Accept
Proposition fer New Asrber With
Enthusiasm

Special TO The Herald
SAN PEDRO, Dec, g0,-Considerable
enthusiasm was given to the plan Of
voting bonds to build a free mole or
harbor here at the meeting of the city
trustees last night, The trustees APP
pointed a committee Of eleven citizens
to meet with Hike committee 60 be
appointed by the chamber Of commerce
here, the two to take some action,
The committee appointed last night
consists of Messrs. HoRaboom, Adair,
Karr, Pickering, Whitman, Burns,
Bickenbach. n. sepulveda wetherby,
Cronin and Kelly, all representative
citizens and property holders.
Citizens have been consulted and the
opinion Is almost unanimous that San
Pedro must have a free wharf. Some
have said that the purchase of the
present wharves between First and
Fourth streets would be better, and
this plan will be talked over when the
two committees meet. 1t is likely that
the plans thought most feasible Will be
laid before the Los Angeles chamber
of commerce and the advice of that
body asked.
Go to Coronado for Christmas week.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-21

This morning Shaver and Pearson
met in the board room and the question
of the road maps was brought up.
Shaver charged that Pearson had
neglected his duty in making any. The
surveyor replied by producing the maps.
The lie direct was next handed back
and forth. Shaver then drew back his
good right as if to strike the surveyor,
who calmly awaited the onslaught. No
blood was shed, however. Shaver took
his seat and the board resumed routine
business.
rot yet.
Hotel del Coronado leads them all
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-21
HUNTINGTON MAY CHANGE
Railway Chief Tells Chamber of Conn.,
merce Officials He Is Investigating
New Plan for Stoppina Cars

Henry r. Huntington, in a letter to
the chamber of commerce yesterday,
said that he, in company with "A num-
Der of heads of street railways through
out the United States, is making an
inquiry into the merits of stopping a
street car on the near side of the
street instead Of the far side, as is
now done.
dressed a communication to Mr.. Hunt
ington asking him to have the cars
of the companies of the city of Los
Angeles stopped on the near side of
the street and gave as a reason the
theory that accidents would thereby be
lessened, as the motorman would of
necessity slow down his car before
attempting to cross.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-21
GRAND JURY REPORTS

SANTA ANA, Dec. 2O,-The Orange
county grand jury made it's annual re-
port this afternoon The report finds
the conduct Of the cOunty's business
in a satisfactory condition" It was
recommended that the jury be i'm
paneled in future in June at the close
OF the fiscal year instead of in De-
cember as at present, The county's
receipts for the last year are found to
be $441, ,S91. 10 and expenditures $4O2, .
sol .S3. Many minor improvements in
roads, bridges and school houses are
recommended and the supervisors are
advised to look up the matter of coun-
ty hospital to care for INDECENT sick.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-21
for the approaches when rock was

for the approaches when rock was
called for in the specifications.
This morning Pearson went before
the jury and answered the charges, at
cuser. He told the members of the
jury that Shaver had expended three
times as much in removing the material
of the old bridge and putting it into
new bridge at San Jacinto than a
reputable contractor had agreed to do
the work for; that the men sent to
haul the bridge stuff away were intoXi-
Gated for several days, and that graft
entered into the rebuilding job at San
Jacinto.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-21
.CLEWS CONFIRM
MURDER THEORY
SHERIFF BELIEVES FOREMAN
WAS SLAIN
Officers at San eernsrdIno lnvestl gate
Death on the Desert Of George
Graham, Employe Of
Santa Fe
Special to The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
SAN BERNARDINo, Dec. 2O.-Cor-
oner Plttman has returned from Bar
stow, where he went in company with
Sheriff Ralphs to investigate the
strange death of Section Foreman
George Graham of the Santa Fe near
Hiawatha siding, a few miles west of
Barstow.
1t has been found that OH the night
Graham was killed two Mexicans en-
ployed as track men near Hiawatha
disappeared without drawing their pay
ana have not been seen since in that
section. Other circumstances which
the officers will not divulge have been
discovered, they state that point very
conVincingly to the confirmation of the
belief that Graham was murdered.
Sheriff Ralphs is still on the desert
and hopes to gather further clews that
may lead to the discovery of the where
about of the men who took the fore
mans life.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-21
WOMAN BIGAMIST SENTENCED
Mrs. Rose D. Porter of Santa Ana
Must Spend Thirty Months in
San Quentin
Special to The Herald.

oTFGIdI TO 7 HH I1E!dIu.
SANTA ANA, Dec. 2O.-Mrs. Rose D..
Porter, arrested at San Diego three
weeks ago for bigamy and found guilty
of the charge by a jury here last week
was sentenced by Judge West today
to thirty months at San Quentin. Mrs
Porter, who is "a years old. was
married three years ago to William
Porter of Cotton and in July of this
year was married again in this city to
Custer McComas of Puente Porter
swore to the complaint of bigamy. Mrs
Porter weDt bitterly when brought into
court, but stood up for sentence with
out a shudder.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-21
LONG BEACH WOMAN MISSING
SDeCia1 IN Tho Herald

LONG BEACH Dec 2O-Mrs. D. A.
Cushman, wife of peddler residing
in this city, has disappeared. Cushman
says that three years ago his wife at
tempted to commit suicide and that
since that time she has been despond-
ent. The couple have lived at 236 Main
street. Yesterday the husband was in
Los Angeles and returned at a lats
hour to find that his wife was gone.
They came to Long Beach from San
Francisco about three months ago.
y weeks trip to Coronado $3.50.