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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01
M,cuRpY WILL QUIT MUTUAL
Resignation to Take Effect AS Soon
As Successor is Named.

AS Successor is Named.
New York, Nov. 2S. = Richard A.
McCurdy, president Of the Mutual
Life Insurance company, has resigned
The date of his resignation depends
only on the time required by the
trustees to find his successor
Quickly following the retirement OF
President McCurdy, his son, Robert
H. McCurdy, general manager of the
Mutual, and his .son-in-law. Louis A.
Thebaud, the general agent for New
York, resigned.
A tentative offer to head the COM
pany was made to James B. Forgans,
president of the First Ma iona! Bank
of Chicago, who once was an equita-
bic director. His bank is one of the
leading financial institutions in the
Middle West. Mr.. Forgan deci ned to-
consider the offer
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

The story that the tenor Caruso has
IL his wardrobe 1000 fancy waistcoats
must make Tim Woodruff wonder
whether life is really worth living.
after all.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01
F,e,,r Mill DESTROYED.

Bloomington, Ill.,, Nov. 26. - The
plant of the Decatur Milling company
at Decatur was totally destroyed by
fire early yesterday involving loss of
$4,000; insured for $4,000.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01
DEATH IN SHOOTING ARRAY.
Woman Claims Killing Of Man Was a,
Accident.

Mason City, Iowa, Nov. 2S.-P. Rev.
nolds was shot and killed last night
He and Miss Caddy O'Brink were in a
room alone. and she says they were
scufiiing over the revolver when the
weapon was accidentally discharged
The bullet struck Reynolds over the
left eye, killing him instantly. The
coroner will make a thorough investi.
cation.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

BY discharging from government po-
sltions few grand dukes. the czar
evinces very fair notion of the duties
of housekeeping.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01
Killed by His Horse.

Ashawa, Mimi, Nov. 26.-Peter An
derson, woodsman for Dan Haley,
logger, of North Ashawa, was killed.
His horse stampeded, caused by a.
moose. He was resident of Superior.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

Times indeed have changed when
the autocracy issues manifestoes hum
bly, asking the common people if they
will please be good.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

..Baby Irish" is to- be worn great
deal again this winter. This informa.
ation may seem to belong in the fash
ions department, but it is of even
more vital Importance to the purse
providers than to the wearers. It is
beautiful. costly stun.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

A cat that was once one of King
Edwards pets has passed his nth
birthday anniversary in Philadelphia.
King Edward never did neglect the
kitty.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

Mark Twain will be 20 years old on
the goth of this month. He regards it
as joke. but does not go so far as
to insist that it is a good one.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

A woman in Connecticut looked un-
der her bed for ten long years before
she found man there And then
she had him arrested.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

A Cleveland woman has been arrest.
ed for putting love powders in her hus.
bands coffee. This is no more than
right. II she wants to win her hus.
bands love let her abandon the now.
ders and learn how to make good cot.
fee.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01
Lamp Explosion Hurts Two.

La Crosse, Wis, Nov. 26.-The ex-
plosion of lamp at the home of Jo-
seph Smith, La Crescent, caused the
total destruction of the property and
severely injured both Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

george Bernard Shaw neither
shaves nor wears a collar. Some day
he may attempt 20 start a new relic-
iouS sect.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

A New York broker who hastily
wrote for s21Q,ooo is now refecdne
at leisure in jail. charged with forg
cry.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

That Seattle fiance Who insisted u1I
on an examination of his loved one :
lungs must have been married before
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

j. Pierpont Morgan handed $50 600
70 the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hart
FORD, Conn, and thought no more
about il.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

The per capita circulation in the
United States now is s3l 60. but Mr..
Rockefeller has considerably more
than that.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

Education has been so nihilistic ir
Russia that great difficulty is had III
getting rid of it.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

People who are planning to swear
on Jan. 1 will find il good plan 10
practice just little now.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

Nearby eggs So cents a dozen.
Are any of your hens beginning to say
'Cutter-caw-caw."
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

Mrs. Russell Sage, in the North
American Review article, is particu
larry down on bridge"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

Perhaps j P. Morgan meant 10 abate
nuisance by buying that very old
piano for $500.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

Edison says. I'VE sleep TOO much. "
me we" ne speaks of are not
named
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01
One Year for Robbery.

Winona, Mimi. Nov. 26. = John
Brown pleaded guilty to robbing the
Kellogg postoffice and was sentenced
by Judge Morris to one year at Still
,water, where he has previously served
three terms.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-01

Eggs are going higher. The posi-.
ollity of ham and eggs famine is
awful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26
GHOST SHOWS WAY TO GOLD.

Bringing bottle filed with almost pure gold,
taken from a lodge long hidden In mountain
Businesses not far from here, W. E Bartlett and
M G Black both well known business men. are
back after a perilous trip to the Cascades.
Theirs however, was labor richly rewarded
though the story is so interviewer with spirit
ualism and romance that 1t is wenntght incred-
fble Bartlett is the grandson OF d. E. Ingels.
miner of the early SOS IN these parts who was
murdered in the hills by his partner. The Bart
lett family are Spiritualists, and Bartlett de-
cIares his dead and murdered grandfather,
through a Portland medium, sent word TO him
to find the lost mine and he would be indie
pendent for life.
Bartlett swears positively that he received
specific instructions from the spirit Of his grand
over he was told to select NJ. c. Black to accom-
pany him The men will not tell Of the location
of their find, but say 1t cannot be reached save
by making extremely dangerous trip and ons
filled with hardship, especially at this time OF
the year when the mountains are firmly In
winters icy grasp. In the spring they VIII re-
turn and develop their find.
In q rough and mountainous section, they say,
they found a gray quartz ledge literally filed
with precious metal Small pieces were broken
off pounded up in frying pan which they had
with them, and the gold picked out by the mems
fingers and placed in a bottle Should the ledge
prove as rich as the samples man could make
a mortar and gold pan in weeks time take out
enough of the gold to make him wealthy.
As an evidence of their ind they have the IT.
tie bottle Of gold dust which has already been
viewed by dozens Of people, and tests have been
made by o. D. Johnson which proved that tbs
mineral IS genuine.-(Wenahackie correspond
ence Of The Seattle Times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26
c. G. GATES ACQUITTED OF SPEEDING
Wishes Magistrate and Court Officers Merry
Christmas" as He Departs

Charles G. Gates. son of the broker. John W.
Gates who was arrested Sunday at Pelham Park
way and the Williamsbridge Road by Bicycle Pc
Iceman Dillon for running his automobile faster
han the law allows. arraigned before Magis-
trate 43reen in the Westchester court yesterday
morning and discharged.
While waiting for his 10 be called Gates
was very much bored at the delay. He said: Il
wish the magistrate would hear my I
going 10 distribute Christmas presents to my
Moves. and this delay will make me late
Policeman Dillon told the magistrate. that he
VAS standing on the Pelham bridge the rail-
road tracks and he saw the automobile coming
oparter Of a mile away. II they were going
fast he said, land I took out my stop watch
and timed them until they got to me. They were
ooinr al the rate of twenty-five miles an hour"
,rba policeman held up his hand and told Mr.
co.As that he must go to the station house with
-, Tn turning the machine around 1t ran into
11tIr,, md knocked him off his wheel. He told the
-, ;.ro+e that it was an accident and that he
80 - cor,,rilafnt to make on that score. Gates
+5 IN take the policeman into the machine.
-, Ms Gates who was with her husband OBJ
..oa saving Let him pedal, Charlie" Mr..
Gates laughed at mis- wifes objection ana told her
tbaT' ne policeman had better ride
iii VSber The case called Mr., Gates was asked
49, ar, the bridge" After saluting Magistrate
Ten he said: Il think that there is difference
" the officer on the railroad bridge
.-l--sr ne saw ne. after that the ground is very
,.-evcu and I Obliged 10 SIC" GOWN several
tir5es I do not think that i was violating the
LAY lsrsank you. your honor, I wish you a merry
Christmas said Mr.. Gates, when ne was dis
fs eonrt officers and said: ~ merry Christmas to
vou al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26
CHILDREN MARCH OUT FROM FIRE
Truck Captain Falls from Ladder and Sprains
Hand-Damage So, 900

Fire in the seven story building. Nc 126 Broome-
81 yesterday afternoon. damaged the printing shop
q David Choir on the third floor, and Jewish
kindergarten the second, 10 the extent Of about
SStooe The fire started in the printing shop r.
karman who has d stable on the ground floor.
eating in restaurant opposite. when he saw smoke
issuing from the third floor windows He rushed
over the stable. and. with the assistance Of his
employees. got his twenty horses out safely.
In the kindergarten twenty children were being
instructed by q rabbi The rabbi kept cool and
marched The children out in orderly fashion, SO
that none were harmed The fremen extinguished
the flames without much trouble though for some
reason. the police from the Delancey-st station
made very narrow fire lines. and the big crowd
swarmed in around the fremen and lnterfered with
their work. Several persons in the crowd pushing
close under the windows OF The factory were
struck in the head by bundles OF charred paper
which the 1remen threw Out OF the pruning shop-
None We're badly hurt. however / ne nreIllen at
last pushed the crowd further back themselves ana
made their fire lines -
Captain seiEles. OF Truck No. II, while mounting n!
ladder 10 the third floor suffered painful in
jury. The ladder slipped, and striking the trst
floor cornice snapped In TWO. Captain Seikles Ieu
fifteen feet TO the street. He landed on All Tours
and his right hand badly sprained. but he re-
q ned On alEfV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26
THE SAFEST PLACE.

A city gentleman was recently invited down TO
the co,InTrv for "a day with the birds" What
ever his powers IN finance. his shooting was not
remarkable for it's accuracy, To the great dis
gust Of the man in attendance whose up was
generally regulated by the size OF the bag. Dear
me-" at last exclaimed the sportsman, but the
birds seem exceptionally strong on the wing this
wear"
Not all Of en-, sir" came the remark You've
shot at the same bird about dozen times. Els
a-follerin' you about sir.
Following me about? Nonsense! why snouId
bird do that?''
Wen. sir!" came the reply. Il dunno, I'm sure,
unless 'e'se 'angin' round you for sarety-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26
A KINGS NICKNAME.

The king OF Gravy IS the name given farnf1-
iarly to the King of Greece by the bus drivers
and conductors Of Holborn, who have followed
with critical eye the erection Of the melancholy
stock decorations. The sobrfquet carries with IL
no disrespect to monarchy touring abroad the
gibe Is evidently aimed at the cooks at home.
-Qond(on Chronicle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26
RAYMOND PREFONTAINE DEAD.
Canadian Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Expires Suddenly in France.

Paris. Dec 25-Raymond Prefontaine the Cana
dian Minister Of Marine and Fisheries. died sud
denly tonight
Raymond Prefontaine born at Longueuil,
Canada. in 1850 He was educated at st. Mary's
College and McGin University. and was admitted to
the bar in 1873. He represented the county of
Chambly for three years in the Quebec Legislature
Later he was elected and several times reelected
Der NJ the Prvy Council as Minister Of Marine and
Fisheries. in 1892 From 1883 20 1902 he was Mayor
Of Montreal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26
MANY WRECKS IN los.

The 70s prolific in wrecks In these waters
The steamer City OF Quebec drove against the
coast and went down with all hands-seventy-seven
souls-in ISL. and the Montauk which struck Mis-
taken Point and piled herself there, brought death
twenty-five Of her personnel In 1873, though she
yielded ABUNDANCE of provisions TO the coastfok
who salved her. In the month OF January. in 1876.
occurred two OF the strangest wrecks in the his
tory 90 the coast. The George Washington and the
George Cromwell two sister ships OF the same line.
plying between New-York. Halifax and 81. Johns.
disappeared successive voyages. carrying down
the slightest clew as TO how or where they Were
destroyed until a fisherman in the autumn of 1904
picked up a bale OF leather with the Cromwells
name thereon. which had laid submerged nearly
twenty-nine years. and which showed that she had
struck the mainland itself. The prevailing i'm
preston had been that both ships had grounded On
Sas ''ksys" Of Cape Pima. and bean pounded -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26
BOTH.

Apparently you don't admire Miss Skreech? 2
No: don't like her airs
What airs ?"
Those she sings and those she wears -
philadelphia PresS-
The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-14
ANCORA GOAT FARM PAYS.
Maryland Boy Winning Fame and
Fortune by Raising the
Animals.

William J. Cohill, son of School Com
missioner Edwin P. Cohill, of Hancock,
Md. is winning fame and making money
by raising Angora goats, says the Bal
timore American. Although only II
years of age, he has been engaged in
breeding Angora goats for seven years,
and is thoroughly familiar with all OF
the details of goat culture. When he
engaged in the business seven years
ago the goats were purchased primarily
for the purpose of having them clear the
underbrush from a large tract of noun
tain land belonging to his father.
To-day the tract is set in apple Il
other fruit trees, which will soon be in
bearing condition. The flock OF goats
has been added to until now young MIR.
Cohill has several hundred Angoras,
some of them blooded stock. At the st.
Louis exposition his exhibit of goats
won 500 in gold, and in addition he re-
ceived an order from Hagenback, the
animal trainer, for eight of his best An
goras. to be Sent to Hamburg for start
ing a goat herd there. At the recent
poultry and pet stock show at Madison
Square garden, New York city, he won
a 500 silver cup for the best specimen
of Angora.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-14
How to Treat Gloves.

This is the proper way to treat a
glove: When you spy a tiny hole
mend it without delay, that it may not
increase in size. Mend it on the inside
of the glove with fine cotton of the same
color as the kid. Do not use silk, for 1t
soon wears out.
Never break off your cotton, but cut
it, so as not to draw your stitches too
tightly and make the seam hard and I'M
even. When sewing a split in a finger
seam insert a finger into the glove and
draw the edges together so that they
meet and that is all; a ridge would not
only be uncomfortable, but would look
unsightly.
When a glove is too small and Sits It
is worse than useless to sew up the
rent; it must be patched. The patch
must be of kid of the same color.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-14
DIAMOND is TOO LARGE.
The Great Stone Lately Taken from
South African Mine to Be
Broken Up.

Some idea of the remarkable char
acter of the diamond weighing 1892
carats, recently found in a South At
rican mine, may be formed when one
recalls that the Kohinoor weighs only
a fraction more than 106 carats, and
the Matan diamond, one of the
largest hitherto known, weighs 367
carats, says Youths Companion. The
Kohinoor, however. weighs nearly 800
carats before it was cut. The Hobe
diamond, one. of the most noted of
the smaller stones, weighs only 44A
carats. The Kohinoor adorns the Brit
ish crown, and the people of India be-
lieve that the king who owns it shall
be the ruler of that country. The
Orloff diamond, weighing 194H carats,
is in the Russian scepter. The man
who sold it to Empress Catherine IL.
received for it $4,000 rubles, an an
nuity of 1000 rubles, and a patent of
nobility. If kings and emperors now
adays were disposed to spend their
money for large jewels to adorn their
insignia of Office, what could not a
man get for a diamond weighing a
pound and six ounces avOirdupois! AS
there is no active demand for a stone
of such size, one of the owners of the
new diamond says that it will prob
ably be cut up into smaller stones.
SO there is still a chance that you may
get a piece of it.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-14
QUEER BRANCH OF STUDY.
Fencing for Girls Seemed to Be a
Useless Craft for Them
to Learn.

"It does beat all, Michael, what they're
teaching girls now in these city
schools said old Mrs. Millikin, laying
down the advertising section of a big
daily which she had been reading close
ly for the last h%alf-hour, relates Youths
Companion. "Of course when Jamie
went to the farm school and they gave
him digging and chores and such, it
seemed right enough, for he was a boy,
and was fitting himself for making a
living off the land.
But what | can't make out is why
ever city folks, and girls at that, and
ones that don't need to be scratching to
make ends meet, should be paying $25
extra, as the paper here says, just to
learn fencing"
Does seem kind O queer, ma, come to
think of it," returned the old man, at
the other end Of the table, but seems
like of late I've been hearing a lot OF
talk bout nature studies and back to
nature and simple lifes and such, and
maybe that's the city folks way o get
ting at those things, though it pears to
me as if 'twould come handler for 'em
to take a jaunt out in the country where
real fences was, if they're so mighty
anxious to be learned bout the building
Of 'em!"
The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-14
TAILOR REVISED HIS LIST.
Became Convinced That One Of the
Entries Was q Tci1e ran-
gerous.

There Is a little Irish taller in Har-
lem who prides himself on a reputa-
ton for courage. Ehe reputation, how
ever, says the New York Times, was
won and is maintained much like that
of the tailor in the old story who killed
nine at a blow" Fortunately, this
knight of the scissors has discretion.
One morning Mrs. Murphy. a custom
er, entered the shop, and finding the
tailor busy with pencil and. paper, asked
him what he was doing.
I'm making a list av the min on this
block who l can lick" said he, pomp-
ously.
Have we Murphy's name DOWN."
asked she.
Murphy heads the list" was his re-
ply.
Mrs. Murphy hurried home with the
news, and Mr.. Murphy came down to the
shop with fire in his eye.
"Me woman tells me-" he roared, "thot
you're after making a list of the men
you can lick. and thot you've got me
down at the head of it. Is it true?"
Sure, and it's true. What of it,"
why. you good-for-nothing little
grasshopper, | could wipe you out with
my little finger. | could wipe the floor
with you with both me hands tied"
Are you sure about that?" asked the
tailor. anXiously.
"Sure? Sure I'm sure about it,"
We'll" sighed the tailor. ~regretfully,
then I'll have to scratch you off the
list"
The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-14

shades. Sew the goods up like a small
FELLOWSHIP, 10 or II inches wide, and
about twice as long, leaving a third
of the length at the top open, hem
ming the ends. Lace, fringe or small
tassels are equally pretty to trim these
ends. Mix dried mint, anise and
lavender, also fresh rose geranium
leaves with our rose petals, then fill
the bag half full. tying it closely to
give a puff effect, leaving a loop to
hang it over the corner of the head
board. Let the open end hang over
the sachet, adding a bow OF ribbon at
the top. When making the bed give
this a good shake, to fill the room with
fragrance; it is delightful.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-14
MAKING Over a Waist.

A pretty way to freshen up worn white
china or india silk waists is to put in a
guimpe and full half sleeves OF colored
lace. a y Harper's Bazaar. This lace,
by the way, can be easily colored at
home with any one of the prepared dyes.
One girl recently made an old china silk
waist by these means. She took some
quite dilapidated renaissance lace which
had been on another gown. Out OF that
she got enough for a guimpe and full
half sleeves with the undersleeve ef-
feet. Then she dyed the medallions in
the lace a delicate blue. A big bow OF thu
same shade of blue in velvet decorated
the left side and completed an original
and much-admired waist.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-04-14
Fashionabl Comb.

The fashionable comb is the high
Spanish one and the most attractive are
those made in the shape of fan. To car
~ the similitude further the leaves and
sticks of the fan are initiated in carv-
ings or inlays of gold or silver with jew
eled bars to separate each panel. So
delicate and fine is some OF the carving
that 1t suggests lace.