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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-06-02
Sioux Falls Pioneer Dead,

Theodore D. Francis, a pioneer resi-.
dent of Sioux Falls and for sixteen
years employed as a guard at the
penitentiary, died suddenly Of paral-
ysis of the brain. He is survived by
his wife and daughter.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-06-02
Bad Coins Flood Yankton,

The country around Yankton has
been flooded recently with counterfeit
half dollars so skilfully made as to
impose lpon experts. A man was ar.
rested Saturday after passing one Of
them and number were found on his
person.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-06-02
ARRIVE AT JAPANESE PORT.
Five Russian Warships Captured by
Toqo's Elect.

Washington, May 3O.-The Japanese
legation has received a cablegram
from Toxic stating that the Russian
war vessels captured by Admiral Togo
arrived safely at the naval port of
Sasebo during the day. According to
the cablegram the vessels are as fol.
lows:
Orel, Nicholai l., Apraxine, Seniavin
and Maisuru.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-06-02
MANY WoRkMEN ENToMBED.
cove.in Occurs in Gunnison Tunnel In
Colorado.

Colorado.
Montrose, Colo, May 31.-A cave-in
occurred during the day in the Gunni-
son tunnel, one of the large irrigation
projects of the United States govern
ment, entombing a number of work.
men, variously estimated at from
twenty to twenty-five. 1t is not likely
that any of the men are dead unless
they were caught and crushed to
death by the falling earth, for the air
pump pipes running into the tunnel
have been working almost without in
terruption since the accident happen
ed at 10 a. m. A shaft is being sunk
directly over the spot where the men
ar. buried
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-06-02

ond. The colleges REPRESENTED were:
Yankton, Mitchell, Huron. Redfield
and BroDkings.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-06-02
eskY's SQUADRON
Frs KOREAN STRAITS.

o]estyensky's squadrons
ing through the straits in
FORMATION, cruisers in one
'ps in the other, ship be-
was kataoka's fleet that
a, IN to do the work OF
Like a swarm Of angry
new at their prey. reck-
ger. This attack proved
The discipline of the Rus.
ana they needed not the
'ne E, hagship to change the
the squadrons. While
nee nee' was getting in its
with torpedoes Admiral
esnlps cleverly attacked
70 On the weaker side.
Users We're aligned. This
neavy guns a double line
sasS saool at, while only the
sg,s T with their light guns
toso,s 10 few precious bat
l. 'le fon russian battleships.
iear OF hitting their
retreat. for at an angle.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-06-02
MitchelI Wins oratoricaI Contest.

The state intercollegiate oratorical
contest at Yankton was won by Burton
Tanner of Mitchell university. Charles
r. Hatch of Huron college was
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-06-02
Monday, May 29.

Governor La Toilette of Wisconsin
has vetoed the bill authorizing the use
of voting machines at primary cleo
tions.
The petition for new trial for Mrs.
Mary Rogers, convicted of the murder
of her husband, has been denied by
the supreme court of Vermont.
DR.. Alexander Hammond, aged
eighty-six years, is dead at Milwaukee.
For many years DR.. Hammond lived
at Glencoe, ILL.,, which city he founded
Milton ]. Palmer is dead at Chicago,
aged eighty-one years. He was
brother of the late Potter Palmer and
for many years was his partner in the
dry goods business.
The city council of St. Thomas, Ont,
has passed a resolution memorializing
the Dominion government to with
draw the order deporting American
employees of the Pere Marquette rail-
way.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-06-02
|Es AND SHIP
|kAaE FLOAT ASHORE.

the glory of victory and
OF defeat are written
iath and of wounded men
looming to the front. The
ad disfigured bodies Of
Fare being washed ashore
>res of the Korean straits;
md shattered hulks of the
sells lie on the shoals or
the rocks and Japanese
te collecting the fearful
e fight.
ships with prisoners are
Sasebo; other prisoners
Rnded at Tsu island; 800.
Fought to Iwami and the
Psels are being brought to
rts by prize crews to be
to fly the flag of the Ris-
GORE Of various sources,
ppled Russian war vessels
ITO the various ports, from
Russian officers and men
niggardly reports of the
eal bureau additional facts
OF the great encounter,
q changes the main facts,
plch add vividness, action
the story of the engage.
Fogo's disposition of his
Fically perfect. His squad
ID both channels Of the
is and the fleet squadron
isers was so disposed that
OF the Russian fleet been
q sent around Japan the
pese vessels would have
'h to hold the Northern
ogo commanded the battle
on, Vice Admiral Kami-
anded the heavy cruisers,
Admiral Kataoka was in
the lighter cruisers and
Q ileet of torpedo boats
prs.
NskY's SQUADRON
Frs KOREAN STRAITS.
oJestvensky's sauadrons
hg through the straits In
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-06-02
Saturday, May 81.

Andrew Outterson, aged eighty
years, a pioneer paper manufactures,
ls dead at Watertown. N. Y.
Charles Fl. Van Brunt, presiding
justice of the appellate division of the
New. York state supreme court. die.,l
suddenly in New York city.
At Pittsburg George Brockie, seven
years old, fatally stabbed his brother
Adam, fifteen years old, with pair of
scissors during fit of anger.
King Oscar of Norway and Sweden
has resumed the reins of government
after his recent illness, during which
Crown Prince Gustav acted as regent.
Captain B. F. Reynolds, chief engi.
neer of the Omaha waterworks, is
dead, aged eighty.six. Captain Rey-
nolds was chief engineer of the steam
ship Pioneer, which in 1866 went to the
relief Of the John Franklin Arctic ex.
pedition and recovered the bodies of
Franklin and six companions.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28
A FOURTH OF JULY TALK.

70 reasonably expect
IN though
1 the Fourth of july They
Xhapper
around them that do like 1.-THE
or quiet that
But leaving the noise
ana call adjustment
celebration
The papers of July filled
serious
wholly
from ordinary
This question
and alike
enthusiasts who patriotism
growing stronger
the Fourth will be something to
laugh
Grown folks admit that and try
metaphoraly celebration
and the asphalt instead ong
principle established that
covance is dangerous If the wish
of July privileges they
time that do not rend the armament"
Now boys in spite of all this
and accidents making
miserable notwithstanding
course but we see no
the lives
Impotence but when Won net
little older will
time will do exactly
time Of other
after ALL but accidents happen remember you
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28
AN oLD.TlME FOURTH.

These newfangled notions are giving the
boys
A queer kind of Fourth-one without
any noise.
With speeches and picnics no patience
have 1,
And l pine for M old fashioned Fourth
of July.
Then we rose with the dawn, and the
cannon came first;
We packed it with powder till ready to
burst,
And, my. how the glass in the windows
did fly
When 1t startled the echoes on Fourth
of July.
We hitcled up old Dobbin. and all tum-
bled in
The roomy old wagon, the fat and the
thin;
Even grandma was there and as clipper
and spry
AS any young maiden the Fourth Of
July.
We went to the barbecue. Who cared
lOI SuOWeIb
When the feast was a-futter with ban
ners and fowers2
And II down came the rain III the midst
of it, why,
1t was part of an old fashioned Fourth
of July.
Tile rockets and pinwheels and frecrack-
ers. too,
At evening all Joined in the hullabaloo,
And Washington rode on his horse in
the sky
A figure in fame on the Fourth Of July.
The band marching out in their uni
forms gay
Struck up by the light of the bontires to
play
"The Star Spnngled Banner and Sweet
BY and By"
And SO ended glorious Fourth Of July.
Home Companion.
A Good Reason.
II never heard of such a queer name.
Why do you call your dog Independence
DayW
Because it's our Fourth" Chicago
Record Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28
THE STARS AND STRIPES.
Resolution of Congress Which Made
Than the Nafinu.l EinlAleri

Resolution of Congress Which Made
Them the National Emblem.
Probably all Americans believe that
they know their national flag when they
see it, yet are certainly unable to distn-
guish between the standard Stars and
Stripes and its spurious limitations. 1t
is desirable for all to remember that the
flag is not Il haphazard arrangement Of
alternate stripes Of red and white, with
stars OH a blue field, but an emblem
fashioned in manner prescribed by law
and official regulations.
The first national legislation on the
subject bears date June IA, 17I7, when
Congress, IN session at Philadelphia,
adopted the following:
Resolved, That the flag of the thir-
teen United States be thirteen stripes,
alternate red and white; that the union
be thirteen stars, white, in a blue field,
representing new constellation"
This was about one year subsequent
to the Declaration of Independence.
Prior to that time colonial flags, and
them, were publicly displayed rs occa-
sion demanded, but these were in no
sense the national standard"
The thirteen stripes had been intro
duced, in alternate white and blue, on
the upper left-hand corner of stand
ard presented to the Philadelphia Light
Horse Company by its captain in the
early part of l775. Moreover, the nag
of the thirteen united colonies raised at
| Washington's headquarters at Cambridge
Jan. 2, l7TG, had the thirteen stripes
just ms they are this day, but it also had
the cross of st. George and st. Andrew
on blue ground in the corner
There is no satisfactory evidence, how.
ever, that any flag bearing the union OF
the stars had been In public use before
the resolution of June, 1777.-Youth's
Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28
FLOATING Ne.ts


When mother grebe is ready to lay
her eggs, she searches out some re-
tired spot among the reeds aud
PUSHES of lonely lake, and there
scrapes and pushes together a low
heap Of mud and decayed reeds. Here
on this water-logged islet-the
merest semblance of nest, she
broods her eggs. A moose splashing
among the nearby lily pads may send
floods of water over the sitting bird,
Or the winds may disentangle the lit
tie raft of reeds, sending it. scudding
to the farther end of the lake, but the
bright eyes OF the mother bird never
falter. She carefully covers her
eggs with decayed leaves whenever!
hunger forces her to leave them. Az
though she does not weave the reeds,
yet in some way they hold together
until the last little grebe crawls to
the edge and plunges of head-flrst.
Or he may leap upon his mothers
back and thus ride proudly forth into
the world. exchanging the soaked,
decayed leaves of his cradle for her
feathers.-C. William Beebe, in Rec
reation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28

table career. In July also, on the 18th
day, in 1892, he laid down with his life
a sheaf of honors such as few men have
won. He came to the colonies very
young and by the time the Revolution
had begun was rs ardent an American
as any. Throughout the war he was a
veritable scourge of the sea, dispensing
British fleets, capturing prizes by the
score, raiding the coasts of the enemy
with audacity unparalleled. His unequal
battle with the Scraps and the Countess
of Scarborough, in which he took the Sc
rapis at the cost of his own ship. the
Bonhomme Richard. is recorded in red
letters In the annals of naval warfare
In 1888 Jones entered the service of
Catherine the Great. Disguised with
Russian intrigues, he returned to Paris
to die not In poverty and disgrace, MS has
been often stated, but attended by Marie
Antoinette's physician and surrounded by
influential friends. The French parla-
ment sent twelve members to his funeral
to honor the memory of Paul Jones,
admiral of the United States navy,
man who has well served the cause of
liberty"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28
sEvehTY-slx

What heroes from the woodland sprung,
Whpn through the fresh awakened land
The thrilling cry of freedom rung,
And to the work of warfare strung
The yeomanB iron hand!
Hills dung the cry to bills around,
And ocean-mart replied to mart,
And streams, whose springs were yet IN.
found,
Pealed far away the startling sound
Into the forests heart.
Then marched the brave from rocky steep,
From mountain river swift and cold;
The borders of the stormy deep,
The wales where gathered waters sleep,
Sent up the strong and bold,
A. II the very earth again
Grew quick with Gods creating breath.
Ana from tho sods Of grove and glen,
Rose ranks Of lion-hcarted men
To battle to the death.
The wife, whose babe first smiled that day,
The fair-fond bride of yester eve,
The aged sire and matron gray,
Saw the loved warriors haste away.
And deemed 1t sin to grieve.
Already had the strife begun;
Already blood on Concord's plain
AlopS the springing grass had run.
And blood had flowed Mt Lexington,
Like shower Of April rain.
That death stain on the vernal sward
Hallowed to freedom all the shore;
In fragments fell the yoke abhorred-
The footstep Of foreign lord
Profaned the soil no more.
BY William Cullen Bryant.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28
The -Four Canal plfflcultIe..

1. Climatic conditions. The solu-
ton for this lies in sanitation. We
will have the greatest sanitary ex-
perts in the world associated with
us, and l am sure we will overcome
the climate.
3. Lhbor. The solution for the
difficulties involved in securing
enough of the right kind of labor lies
in fair treatment, fair wages, and en-
forced sanitation.
3. The engineering problem Ia not
per Sc more difficult than others that
nave been put through successfully.
Its immensely is the only staggering
thing about 1t. The same organiza-
ton and the same forces applied to
this project that are used In less
gigantic enterprises of the same kind,
but on similarly large scale, will,
in my opinion. make successful Job.
4. Distance from the base of sup
plies. The solution OF this lies en-
tirely in the perfection of an organic
ton In Panama and in this country.
What will be necessary will be the
maintenance of an absolute equili.
brium between demand and supply
relative to the class of labor and
material.-President Shonts In the
Chicago Journal. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28

From the earliest times the Philadel-
phia statehouse bell has been symbol
of patriotism. 1t sounded the repeal of
the stamp act, and in 1866 it tolled forth
the closing of the port of Boston. 1t
announced the first battle of the Ameri-
can Revolution and the passage of the
Declaration of Independence, on which
day, we are told, that the great bell
rang all day and almost all night" 1t
announced the surrender of CORVALLIS
and the establishment of the constitution
of the United States 1t has given n
hearty welcome to foreign visitors and
toled the requiem of honored and re-
spected dead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28

with me-" he said, sadly. "You have
such lots and piles of sewing to do.
and am SO tired of playing alone"
why, she can play with you just
as well as mott" said mama. briskly.
WHAT kind of game do you want to
play with her?" And she laid down
her sewing and looked at Jack with
merry eyes.
"Teeter-tawter," said Jack, smiling
quite brightly.
Good ideal" declared mama, ris-
Ing from her seat at the sewing-ma-
chine. First Of all, the little girl
must have her white cloak on
she slipped the picture into the en-
velope,-"and the little boy his straw
hat,"-she clapped 1t on his head
"and now we're of.
Jack laushingly led the way to the
back yard, to where board lay
across the sawhorse. 1t was his fav-
orite place for play.
you see," said mama, "as Jean
weighs less than an ounce, she will
have to have great deal of board on
her side of the horse, and you will
have the shorter end on your side. =
This was soon arranged, and the two
children "teeter-tawtered" happily for
an hour. Then they came in, Jack
very kindly carrying his little cousin.
Jean wants to play something
else" he explained to mama.
Suppose you have game OF
checkers" said she. you can make
the moves for Jean, as she Is too
young to know how. She will soon
learn, think"
The smiling little playmate leaned
against a book, and did not seem at
all annoyed when she was beaten. In
the second game she actually beat
Jack.
Pretty good for half-ounce GIRL"
said mama. but she wouldn't have
made much Roadway without your
help. She seems to show very good
disposition"
In the afternoon Jean stood by him
and smiled encouragingly while he
was practicing his music lesson. Then
he showed her the pictures in a pile
of old magazines.
After that, splendid to relate, all
the sewing was put away. and mama,
who was nothing hut big girl her
self, put white cloak on the baby.
straw hat on the boy, and a sum
shade on her own head, and all went
out in the yard to play.-Ethelwyn
Wetherald in Youths Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28
al RACE oE PIGMIEs.

Colonel Harrison, who landed in
England from Africa few days ago.
has discovered race of pigmies who
live in the Ituri forests. some 500.
miles from Lado. which In turn 10.
HOO miles beyond Khartoum. HA
has four Emenea and two women. Their
height varies from ) feet 8 inches I'd
4 feet 9 inches. One Of the women
is described as being old. although
she is only 33. Few live beyond the
age of 40. They belong to the negro
family and understand swahill. The.
pigmies. however, were stopped at
Cairo by the Foreign Once. The
pigmies included man 81 years old.
man 90 years old, and one is years
old.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28
Popular Toulouse Gsese.

BY far the most popular of the va
rleues OF geese Is the Toulouse. 1t has
been longer known than some other
useful kinds, like the African, and is
very rapid grower and reaches a
large size, says American Cultlyator
The standard weights are twenty
pounds for full grown ganders and
eighteen pounds for females, but even
this weight is often exceeded. The
color is gray-in some strains light
gray, other darker-the underparts
and fluff whites, bill and legs reddish
orange.
AS layers the Toulouse rank me-
dunn, being rather less prolific than
the African, but more so than the
Emden. The seasons output is from
twenty to forty eggs per bird, geese
two or three years old laying more
than young geese.
Their disposition Is quiet, and they
ore less troublesome to care for than
some other breeds and will get along
very well in field without much wa
ter. Breeders usually keep the geese
laying as long as possible, Matching
most Of the eggs with hens.
The eggs hatch in thirty days. and
a goose of average size Will cover
about fifteen. For the first few DAYS
they are liable to be chilled, but afte.
the first week they are more hardy
and require little care.
The usual plan Is to confine them
in small pens or yards which can be
moved to fresh grass every day. be.
cause they require considerable pas.
ture. Besides the grass or clover, thew
are fed on mixture of Indian meal
and shorts mixed with water. but
squeezed almost entirely dry before
feeding. When three or four weeks
old they should be given wide range.
but within an enclosure. When fat.
tenlng, they are confined and fed a
mixture OF ground grains with beef
scraps, gradually increasing the pro-
portion of cornmeal and beef scraps
until the food Is about 10 per cent
beef scraps and 90 per cent meal.
Toulouse geese reach weight of ten
pounds at ten weeks of age and as
rule are sold more probably at that
weight as green geese.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28
Locality and Corn Varieties,

An instructor at the Illinois Agricul-
tural College recently said to group
of farmers, relative to cosn: There "a
more difference between the same va
rieties grown in different localities
than there is between the different va
rieties grown In the same locality"
This Is rather strong statement,
and we do not believe 1t can be sub
stantiated In toto, for there is certain
ly great difference between Boone
County white and Leaning corn, even
when grown in the same township.
We judge, however, that the instruct
or was merely using a little extreme
language to point relative truth. He
doubtless meant that certain allied
valEties of corn were more affected
by locality than by varletal difference.
1t has been demonstrated again and
again that locality does very greatly
affect the corn plant, much more than
some other kinds of grains grown on
the farm. This is due doubtless to the
great changes that have taken place in
tAe corn plant in the last fifty years.
So much is this the case that some
seed houses grow corn in certain lati-
tudes for sale only In those latitudes.
One seed house some years ago pub
llshed chart giving re isosthermal
lines and noting on the chart what
kinds Of corn to order for each terri
tory.
The professors at the agricultural
colleges recognize this truth. but few
are as yet able to distinctly define 1t.
There are more men studying corn in
more localities than ever before, and
the mass Of evidence that is being &C.
cumulated will determine many Of the
questions that we are now asking.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28
BEDTIME.

bEDl1ME.
II you close your two eyes and lie
ever SO quiet,
Counting them soft and slow,
One little. two little. six, and then
sheep
Down through the pasture they go.
Four little. FIVE little, six, and then
seven,
Trotting, so gray and small,
One little two little, six, and then
seven
Jumping across the wall;
Some of them faster, but most of
them slower
Eight little, nine little. ten
Ten little sheep, and you have to
stop counting
l think that you go to sleep then.
Carolyn ]. Bailey in Youths Com
panion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28
JOHN PAUL JONES.

A Fourth of July II Gro Whose Body HIS
Been Rescued from obscurity.
John Paul Jones, whose body has late
ly been rescued from its unmarked grave
in Paris after 113 years of nameless OBJ
security, was particularly Fourth of
July hero, for he was all but born on
that day. On July 9, 1747, in Kirkcud-
brightshire. Scotland, he began his no.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28

models of full-rigsed ships, temples, men,
beasts and birds. They can even make
these beasts and birds fight in the air.
We have not yet been able to initiate
them in this country with much success
On the other hand, they are beginning
to take our night fireworks and analyze
them and produce similar pieces"
AS to Crackers.
"Why is gunpowder like baking pow
der?"
Give it up"
"They are both used in making crack.
Plain Dealer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28
Japanese Day Flreworks,

1.-THE japanese are not expert In night
fireworks" says manufacturer of pyro-
technic supplies, but they lead the world
In day fireworks. | have seen some won
derful displays during several visits to
japan. They send up aerial pieces which
explode md display In the air perfect
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28

when planted in richer soil.
But this is not all of the marvel.
He has bred this dreaded scourge Of
the desert, this parlah among plants,
until it has become the producer Of a
delightful, nutritious food for man and
beast-until in his estimate, consider
Ing the unused areas of the world
where 1t will thrive, 1t will afford food
for twice the people now upon the
earth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-28

sunfiowers are the best growing
ANIMALS. The seeds are good for chick.
en- feed.