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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09
THE MOSLEM BIBLE.
How the Koran, According to Tradfx
ton, Was Gives Il Man.

la Arabic the word Koran means
''that which ought to be read" The
Koran is divided into IA chapters CALI
ed suras,,a word meaning really row"
"order," series" In manuscripts
these chapters are not numbered, but
bear titles, sometimes derived from
the subject matter, but usually from
the first important work. Some chap
tiers have two or more names because
Of differences in the manuscripts fol-
lowed. Each chapter is divided into
smaller portions, called verses by nom
Moslems, but in Arabic known as
"ayat," signs or wonders. The entire
book again is divided into sixty equal
portions, called "ahzab," each subdi.
vfded into four equal parts. or into
thirty parts called ''ajza," each consist
ing Of two 'ahzab," and again divided
into four. All the chapters except the
ninth begin with the bfsmillah, an
the name Of the most merciful God"
Twenty-Five begin with certain letters
OF the alphabet, which are believed to
be the peculiar marks of the Koran
and to conceal several profound mys-
teries, the understanding Of which, the
more intelligent confess, has not been
communicated to any mortal their
prophet only excepted.
According to Moslem tradition, the
Archangel Gabriel paid "a, visits
to earth while revealing to Mohammed
the wishes of the Creator. Some few
chapters were delivered entire, but the
greater part was revealed piecemeal
and written down at the prophets die
tation by Zaid, his secretary. The first
revelation, 1t is generally agreed, con-
tanned the first five verses of the nine
ty-sixth sura. After the passages had
written down they were published
to the prophets followers, several Of
whom took copies, while most learned
them by heart, and the originals were
then placed in a chest in no particular
order. For this reason it is uncertain
when many Of the passages were re-
vealed.
Abu Bekr, Mohammed's first success
sor, collected the originals, which were
on palm leaves and skins, and had
made by Zaid from the dictation
those who had committed the pas
to memory. He further placed
the suras in the order still followed
the longest at the head OF the
list without regard to historical Sc
quence. Some time later Osman hau
the Koran copied In the Quraisp dAa-
Iect and supnressed the versions laade
by Abu Bekr.-Chicag0 News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09
BXnN BUILT OF HOLLOW CEMENT BLOCKS.

BARN BUILT OF HOLLOW CEMENT LOCKS.
a fire destroy the wooden portion it
can be replaced at a comparatively
slight cost, as the walls and floor
would remain intact. The tower,
which adds so much to the appear
nce Of the building, car be used for a
silo. The cost Of the structure COM
plete is figured at over 5000.
To this account the Rural New York
er adds that Mr.. Cutshall gives the
following information: The cement
blocks are hollow, two cores, 8H by 4
inches. They are better made hollow
o IN account OF making a dry, warm
house and for ventilation. Size OF
blocks is s by 8 by 20 inches. The
weight is fifty pounds. They can be
made by any laborer. The complete
outfit costs $125. With this you a
build a statehouse by a little skill add
ed. We usually leave the blocks to
dry three OF tour days before laying.
We use good lime mortar cut with
portland cement to insure the tensile
strength. / claim to build the barn
for about the same money it would
cost In wood. l use cement for floor;
finished floor In carriage room and
rough floor In stalls, padded With clay"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Eternal gratitude is eternal slavery
No man knows enough to entitie MN
to conceit.
If you wish no man to suspect your
secret, don't have one.
When some people work they make
80 much fuss you are sorry they start
ed.
1t Is q sign a sick man Is gettihs
better when he begins to worry aoou'
his doctor bill.
They are about even-if you are q
boy, 1t is the wood box; II you are q
girl, 1t Ia the dishes.
Every thief admits at the end OF az
life that he would have prospered bet
ter as an honest mar.
OF what use are friends7 In pros
perity a nan has no use for them; IN
adversely they have no use for him.
Atchlson Globe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09

II is more welcome because | think
il is a token of forgiveness for what
| did some thirty feet back, when l
was applauding myself. Your pre-
sident, it seems, spoke my name and
| didn't hear it. Everybody else
seemed to clap their hands, and as |
thought it was the right thing |
Joined in. OF course it was the
wrong thing, but ! am always com
hitting some such mistake. But
the only thing / am sorry for is that
l got caught. l have got over all
those feelings Of delicacy which ere
supposed to belong to good society
and now | don't care for anything
so long as l keep out of Jail.
"Most everybody gets into the
habit Of ~applauding when he sees
Others at it, and for one, | cannot
resist. Besides, | got SO used to
compliments that | canaot sleep
nights.
But | took my goods to the
wrong market. Emperors don't
want peace, permanent OF temporary
on any such basis. They don't want
any race suicide. What they want
is people and then more people. |
was coolly received by this emperor,
and SO was my proposition. And SO
| let it go. Every time | think |
have formed a solution of the diff
culties, some n comes along and
upsets it.
"And that reminds me-, five years
ago China bought two German mis-
sionaries. She paid 100000 apiece
for them, although they We're not
very active at the time. But there
are several hundred missionaries in
China, and I'd be glad to sell 'em all
at the same price. | don't believe
we have got down to where we want
to thrust our civilization on innocent
"In 1902 there we're eleven mis-
sionaries in China, and in that year
they had a catch of 5000 converts.
Judson Smith called it a harvest
There were 5000 pagans being born
every day in China, and we were
converting them at the rate of two
and one-half a day. So it would
quite q while to get everybody
converted"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09

khlErAGAEJs6 w NY
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A CONCRETE BARN.

Hollow Cement Blocks Can BE Made
by Amy
The illustration shows a barn some
what out OF the ordinary, of which a
Rural New Yorker correspondent tells
that 1t is owned by j. NJ. Cutshall OF
Indiana and was built by him. 1t is
built Of cement blocks. The blocks
were made on the ground where the
building was erected. 1t Is % by 40
feet. and the walls are II feet high.
The entire floor Is made of portland
cement, and the interior OF the barn Is
ftted up with every convenience. Ev-
cry detail both In work and material
was followed out In the very best way,
A building Of this construction VII
last as long as time endureS. Sh,ald
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09

Purchasers should not think that the
fact that a feeding stun has a guaran-
tee tag attached to Ii necessarily In
sures its being of good quality. One
should read the guarantees. For exam
pie, among the cottonseed meals which
Were found on our market there was
n which contained but 26.25 per cent
OF protein, while good cottonseed meals
which are unauthorized and hence do
not contain excessive amounts of hulls
usually contain from Al per cent 10 AZ
per cent of protein. 1t would appear as
II some consumers so utterly disregard
the guarantees on the bags that even
If a sample Of cottonseed meal were
guaranteed to contain but approx
mately 20 per cent of protein they
would buy 1t just as readily and pay as
great a price or possibly within a dol
lar as much per ton as IL it were guar
anteed to contain 43 per cent Of pro-
tein.-Rhode Island Experiment Sta
ton.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09
When Preparing For seeding.

Ii a clod crusher is used do no have
II with a fiat crushing surface. The
u In the Illustration, with several
crushing edges, Is much more effective.
says an American Agriculturist writer.
IL Is made of two inch hard lumber
eight inches wide and about seven feet
long. The boards are held In place by
three strips Of iron half an inch thick
and three inches wide bent into notch
Is TWO inches deep and six inches long.
except the last n behind, which is to
Be eight inches long. Any blacksmith
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09
WoMEN,s WEAR IN WARTIME

Homenad Cloth of Many Kinds.
scraped Horn For Hats.
We had one cotton mill to spin the
warp. The people stood in line TO get
a bunch Of cotton for warp. The filing
was yarn, cotton, fax and tow. We
got our dyestuff from the forest. 1t
was almost as bad ON timber as tho
tanbark trade Is now. There was great
rivalry among the women to see who
could have the prettiest dress. have
a quilt made Of cotton and linen called
a Confederate quilt.
The clothing for every member of the
family was made from the raw ma
terial, carded, spun, woven, dyed and
made with homespun thread.
The tow linen cloth had one peculiar
ity. 1t was a great stretcher. 1t was
often exchanged for other things. A
man and his wife started to town with
cloth sufficient to get some articles. On
the way he remembered he needed a
gimlet also. He told his wife. They
decided to tie the ends Of the cloth
to two sapiings. he to stretch a gim.
let put Of 1t.
took great interest In the silk In
dustry. We fed the worms on null
berry leaves, and such beautiful silk
We did have. A bright stripe In q cot
ton dress made 1t very fns. A family
made gloves, beautiful silk mitts. with
bees embroidered ON the back. Moth
ing went to waste. The thorn trees
Furnished NJ pins and hatrpins. Our
millinery was u crowning effort.
Hats were made Of cotton thread GRO
cheted. put on Q block. stretched very
stfR and ironed, then wired. We had
homemade flowers and all kinds Of ma
tsrial for trimming. A cloth frame
made stin and covered with scraped
cows horn was much admired. II Il
DID look Ike q cocoanut cake.-Char.
kite N. c. Observer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09

In the Gentleman's Magazine. an OLD
English publication. for 100 appears
the following: ION Wed. 20 (Augusu
at seven In the morning was decided %
Newmarket Q remarkable wager Tor
LOCO guineas $4,000 laid by Theobald
1aaf, Esq, against the Earl Of March
and Lord Egiinton, who were to pro
ude Z 4 wheel carriage with q man In
4 to be drawn BY 4 horses 10 miles an
hour; Il was performed IN 80 minutes
and n seconds." Each Of the horses
wal ridden BY . jockey and only bar
messed to the carriage By loose straps.
Between the hind wheels sat another
Jockey. who guided the carriage BY
moving q handle like that Of the mod
efn bicycle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09

alone, whilst the president passes
through "the states lately in rebel
lion," for the grandeur of the nation
and the majesty of the people!-
Harry Watterson in Louisville Cour-
ier-Jourhal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09

One Of he 6sw instances Of I stream
running up hill can be found In White
county, Ga Near DE top of Z noun
tain + Z spring. evidently I sfphon.
ana the water rushss fkom Il with suf-
neient force to carry II ~ ths side o.
Z very steep hin for nsaxiy half Z mile.
Reaching the crest the water flows on
- ne east and eventually nnds IT.
way 70 the Atlantic ocean. or course
= p OF the same nature a. = geyser,
out The spectacIo q : Strsam Of water
now1mg up q steep incline en- probably
- found nowhero elso a re country
ma appeaD ovon moro remarkable
onan ~ ssysers q ~ xeIlowstone.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09

@S@A8 III"
mo average weight per bushel and
~ average Yield Of the most produc-
tfvs varieties Of winter wheat for ne
past-dvs years. including 1904 at he
Ontario experimental farm are report
q - foilowss Dawson Goidsn ChaR.
oae pounds. "a bushelss, Imperial
Amber. 61.2 pounds, IS buahsls; Prize
Isker, Us pounds. B7y0 bushels; silver
DoSlar, UrT pounds. u bushsls: Buda-
lest. GA pounds. ~ ouncos; Rudy.
al pounds. "a bushsls; Fortyfoad.
0oI pcunda, 66.l bushels, and Egypdan
Amber. Ola poundA b5-2 bushels. In
1904 Dawson Golden Cha6 -Dcssesssd
~ strongest and Red Hussar ths
weakest straw. ard Ironclad. Iasma-
Ma Red and PriAs II America ven
fRsestfr rust.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-09

Who can beat this for a letter
he ad? w. p. Knotey attorney-at-
law, M. d., N. p, harness, buggies.
wagons, hog-tight fence, sewing
machines, separators and ice. Farm
implements, breeding stables. Farm
and city property, cattle, and hogs
bought and sold. Money to loan.
Legal instruments drawn; also teeth.
Douglass, Butler county, Kan, U. S.
A.-From the Kansas City Journal.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Removes All Quarantine Against
Lafayette. When Trains Will
Stop Could Not be As
certaiued.

In reply to a letter from the
Board of Health presenting con-
ditions existing in Lafayette with
report of the Commission of
Doctors appointed by Judge
Pugh to examine the health con-
ditions of Lafayette. the follow
ing telegram was received Mon
day from DR.. SouchOn:
New Orleans, La, Oct. 2, 1905.
DR.. Geo. C. Babcock, Secretary
Board of Health, Lafayette:
Quarantine against town of Lafa-
yette raised tomorrow, Oct. 3.
EDMOND SOUCHON, NJ. D.,
President State Board of Health.
The following telegram was
also received from Supt. Shack
ford:
Midland. La, Oct. 2, 1905.
DR.. Babcock:
Am sure all our men join me in
congratulating Lafayette upon being
freed from quarantine.
E. E. SHACkFORD.
Inquiry was made yesterday as to
whether the trains would begin stop
ping at Lafayette as the State quar-
antine was raised, but no definite
answer could be obtained. The mat
ter is indefinite and from the best
information at hand the companyewill
not move its division headquarters
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04
INJUNCTION
Permanent.
Police Jury Ordered by Court to
Discontinue Quarantine, Up
on Report Of Commits.
A sion Of Doctors.

Thursday morning at 10
o'clock, the time set for a final
hearing by Judge Pugh in the
suit for a permanent Injunction
against the Police Jury and
guards maintaining a quarantine
against the town, the court
house was crowded with citizens
of the town and parish. The
report of the Commission of
Doctors appointed by the Court
was called for and DR.. F. j.
Mayer, the secretary, submitted
it. The Judge then asked the
attorneys for plaintiff if they
wished to submit any evidence.
Judge Julian Mouton stated
that they submitted the report
and had no further evidence to
offer. District Attorney Camp
bell for the defendant stated
they had no evidence to offer,
and were willing under the re-
port to leave the court to act.
Before rendering decision,
Judge Pugh briefly spoke Of the
police duties Of police iuries and
municipalities stating that their
powers were large and it was
difficult to define the limits. In
quarantine matters, while large
power was given them to act for
the public health, yet still this
power must be exercised with
due discretion and mindful Of
the rights Of those quarantined.
He cited an instance Of an at
tempt on the part Of the health
authorities Of San Francisco to
shut in 10000 people because Of
several cases ofbubonic plaguein
their district. which the Federal
courts prevented, holding the
quarantine unnecessary and
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04
CITY BOARD OF HEALTH
Will Remove All Quarantine On
Oct. IS Is Suggested by State
Board, Retaining Proper
Restrictions.

Lafayette was the nrSt town
in the State to express itself in
accord with the suggestion of
Surgeon j. H. White of the
Marine Hospital Service that
quarantine against New Orleans
and other infected places should
be raised under proper restric-
tions Oct. Is. The following
telegram was sent to DR.. Sou
chon Sunday by Dr. Babcock:
Lafayette, La, Oct. 1, 1905.
The Board of Health of the town of
Lafayette is in entire accord with your
suggestion in regard to raising quar-
antine against New Orleans. Oct. Is.
GEO. T. BABCOCK.
Secretary and Sanitary Officer.
BY Oct. IS all danger of infec-
tion will practically be elimin-
ated and q further continuation
of the quarantine is therefore
unnecessary. OF course, a GER
tain amount of caution must be
used. It is possible, though
hardly probable, that fever
might be brought to Lafayette
by opening up, and for that
reason the Board Of Health will
take full precautions. No per-
son will be admitted from an
infected place or district with
ont a certificate showing he was
well when he left and had not
been in an infected house or
locality within six days before
leaving. Upon admission here,
he will be met by an inspector,
and required TO at once report to
q member of the Board of Health
for examination. and he will then
be further required to report
daily for three days to the health
officer who will take his tempera-
ture. In event anyone admitted
shall show fever within three
days he will be at once isolated
and qnarantined. In this way
even should q case develop, it
could not possibly spread. Be-
sides frost will in all probability
occur between Oct. Is and Nov. l.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04
Distressing Accident.

OUS8BSSSug1k 0SOU~sOnSs
Jas. Guidry, son of Mrs. Jules
Sevat, was the unfortunate VIC
tim Of q most distressing acci-
dent Saturday morning. He
was employed in gin owned by
Adolph Deiean, of Duson, and
while attempting to unchoke the
gin, his left arm was caught.
In trying to extricate himself
with his right arm, it also was
seized by the gin, and had it not
been for q colored man, working
near him, who pulled him away
from the gin he would have been
cut to pieces. He was at once
taken to CASTOR Chiasson's home
and Drs. Cunningham, Webb and
Hunter immediately called in.
They found it necessary to am
putate the left arm but are try.
ine 70 sase the right arm, which
= badly crushed. Mrs. Sevat
and his brother, Clifton, left "
- - IS Fl
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04
NUMBER 5.

here for the present nor order the
trains to stop, because of the object
ion of DR.. Tabor, health officer OF
Texas who threatens to stop the
trains at Echo if the cars stop at
Lafayette.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04

In order to improve the ap-
pearance of his shop and provide
better facilities for turning out
work, Jno. A. Buquor, the
tailor, has had an addition built
to his shop for a work room and
the whole front is now used as q
fine show room in which he has
displayed a large stock of hand
some suit and trouser patterns.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04

Send or phone your order for
groceries to Bernard & Meaux.
Their goods are reliable and
their prices will suit you.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04
For Rent.

House with three bedrooms,
hall, dining room, kitchen and
pantry. Apply to
DIR. T. B. HOPKINS.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04

Ramsay & Upton can sup
ply you with meal. grits,
feed oats, timothy alfalfa and
prarie hay, wheat bran neutri
line and other feed stuffs.
Phone 19S.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04
Notice..

Guards whose bills were approved
at the Police Jury meeting held Sept.
I, can now get their money.
FELIX II, MOUTON, Secretary.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04

Don't buy your fall suit till you
see our stock, we can please you
and save you money, too
Schmulen.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04

Fall Garden Seeds in bulk or
packages at the Moss Pharmacy.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04

Something sweet and good
that new cane syrup at Brous-
Sard Bros.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04

Three cakes of fine soap.
Violet or Carnation, for 25 cents
at Lafayette Drug Co.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04

The Falk Mercantile Co. have
q new rubber.tired hearse, and
are well equipped to attend to
funerals and grave yard work.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-10-04
LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER L. 1905

oppressive. He further SAID that
when in want of law knowledge
he went to a lawyer, when in
want of medical knowledge, he
went to q doctor, that the medi-
cal fraternity were agreed that
yellow fever was neither infec-
tious or contagious, but was
propagated by a mosquito. Such
being the case the Court was of
the opinion that one case or two
or even more of yellow fever did
not constitute sufficient reason
for quarantining a whole town.
In an extra judicial way he
spoke of the urgent necessity of
every physician Immediately
reporting any case of yellow
fever or suspicious case. Also
referred to the fact that Lafa-
yette like many other towns had
become panicky on the report of
yellow fever in New Orleans and
in his opinion this had had con-
siderable influence in shaping
opinion in the parish. Further
thatindiscreet talk On the part of
citizens had much to do with
the state of affairs in the parish.
The Judge then stated that he
had examined the report Of the
six physicians whom he had ap-
pointed to examine the health
condition of the town. They
were unanimous in saying that
no yellow fever existed in LAfa-
yette nor even q suspicious case,
and all united in the opinion that
q quarantine was unnecessary.
Accepting this report, he rem
dered his decision. making the
injunction permanent, but re-
serving to the Police Jury the
right to quarantine should Lafa-
yette become infected again.
Douglas Island news., 1905-03-22
THIRD INFANTRY MINsTRELs

The Third U. $. Infantry Minstrels of Fort Seward, entertained the people of Skagway last night in royal manner with the best performance of the kind ever produced in Skagway. There was a large attendance, in fact the hall was crowded to the door.
 Everyone of those who took part in the affair was good and the music by the orchestra was excellent, as we'll as the singing of the performers.
 Everyone present spoke in the high est terms of the evenings entertain meut and expressed themselves as to be pleased to attend aRain.-Skagway Guide.