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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-14

different parts of the Hills this winter.
Expert ments hat he has rlready made
show that when these pine seeds are
thrown on the burned districts, they
will sprout and a new growth of pines
will spring mp
Friends are about to move in the
interest of securing a pardon for Elmer
Young, now serving a three year. term
in the Sioux Falls peDitentary for horse
stealing. He was sent mp from
Mitchell, and after serving a part of his
time made a quiet escape on a New
Years day, going to North Dakota and
later learning the barber trade in
Minneapolis under the name of Brown.
His home was near Washington
Springs,and after his escape from Sioux
Fails the crimes of the surrounding
country were generally charged up to
him, so he was given credit for murder
ing George Todd east of here about a
year ago. He was supposed TO be at
home, and detectives went to Jerauld
county after him, but on his not being
found there his father and two broth
ers were arrested for the crime. One
of the boys, John, was put in Jail and
held for trial. In the meantime the
United States was being searched for
Elmer. Some six OF eight mouths
after the arrest of his people Elmer
heard Of the affair and of his brother
being in Jail, and he voluntarily FASTENED
to Miller to give an account of himself.
He showed that he had not committed
any crime after stealing the horses
except to leave the ~penitentiary, and to
clear his brother of the suspicion of
been an accomplice with him in
the Todd affair, he came back to prove
his innocence OF it, knowing that he
must go back to Sioux Falls and serve
time. The application for the
will be largely sighed. Geruald
Young, the other brother arrested,
postponed his wedding a year on
account of the arrest There was also
loss of property to the family.
1t was officially announced at the
conclusion of the meeting of the state
of regents in Sioux Falls Friday
that DIR. James Chalmers had declined
TO accept the position of president of
the state university at Vermilllon, as
to Garrett Droppers, the pre-
sent incumbent. In view of this action
The board appointed Professor l.. @.
at present a member of the
as temporary head of the uni
until another selection is made.
Dr.. Chalmers Is president of the South
Agricultural college at Brook
ngs and it is understood he will con-
niue at the head of that institution.
Thomas M Swanton, the night
who shot William Balm on
saturday night at Sisseton was acquitted
# murder and the case dismissed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-14

Secretary Shsw's report sho ~ tina
during the period from March IL, 1900
to September 30, 1905, there wer,
organized in South Dakota forty.nins
new national banhs with a total capita
OF $685. 900. The report is indicativ,
of the rapid progress financially tina,
the state has made during the pas
few years.
Doane Robinson's report of the con
dition of the farmers of South Dakots
in his annual review of the progress OF
the state, makes a good companion
piece TO Secretary Wilson's repor OF
farming conditions throughout the
union. The South Dakota report tell,
OF a richer people than Wilson's report
but the secretary's statistics, for the
AGRA covered, ann be beaten.
Henry Hickey, an old miner OF the
Black Hills, has returned from Nome,
Alaska, where he has been engaged in
the mining business. He reports tina,
mining in that section now is devoted
almost entirely to lode mining, that
some OF the best mines in the world are
being opened there. There is one 20.
stamp mill already in operation on very
high g rade ore.
Architect Bell of Minneapolis returned
there last Monday morning from
Pierre. He says he never saw a better
foundation than that which Contractor
Leppel has put in for the wing Of our
new state house. The cold weather
has put a stop to the stone work, though
1t could be finisqed in a week, but the
capitol commission will take no risks.
and nothing further will be done until
Poultry raisers in the vicinity of Mil
bank are in a highly prosperous condi-
to judge by reports made by local
commission houses. The manager of a
house states hal his company
before the close of the present month
will have shipped to eastern markets at
least 80. 900 pounds of ducks, turkeys,
geese and chickens. The price paid
poultry raisers will average 10 cents
pound, which in the aggregate will
give a good price.
A negro, accused of murder was
recently incarcerated in the Yankton
Jail, and several maudlin young women
we're found taking flowers and cake to
'he black man. The names of the
young women are withheld ON account
If 1.-THE prominence of the families
involved" The newspapers of that
own should have the courage TO pub
ish the names of the young girls. If
hose young women had been where
hey should have been, they would have
,een at home, and not SOLDERING over
big black blood stand negro. A
arge dose of strap oil applied early and
'ften usually prevents that sort of
hing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
Roman Ruins Of Africa.

The entire coast from Cherchel, the
ancient Caesarea in Algiers, to Bone,
the ancient Hippone. is rich in Roman
relics above and below the surface,
writes Dwight L. Elmendorf, in Serb
ner's. The grandest monuments of
this period. however. are along the
northern edge Of the Desert of Sa-
hara, about two hundred miles from
the coast. This district consists Of
great plains rising gradually from a
low level In the east to an altitude OF
over three thousand feet in the west
at Timgad
Very little rain falls in some sec
tions OF 1t. while in others enough de-
scends in some years 10 afford fair
crops. In these more favored places
the Romans founded great outposts
for their armies, some Of which be
came wealthy cities, fourished for a
while, and then disappeared as If by
magic, and we're forgotten for cen.
turtles. When the French occupied this
section they at once began to explore
these ancient strongholds, and al
though but little real excavation has
been accomplished. yet 1t is possible
to gain some idea Of these forgotten
cities.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
The First Postage stamps.

The postage stamp, like the rail-
road and the telephone, is a nine
teenth century invention. and only
sixty-ive years of age. At that, says
the Washington Star. Great Britain
was the first country to adopt this
idea of cheap postal communication
Jan. 10, 1910. 1t was about 1885 that
Rowland Hill, an Englishman, turned
his attention to the postal system Of
his country. BY degrees and by care
fully watching the system then in
vogue Hill became convinced that a
uniform cheap postage in the shape
of an adhesive stamp for prepayment
on mail matter would not only become
popular with the people, but at the
same time materially increase the rev.
enue of Great Britain. The English
postoffice authorities discouraged the
scheme as much as possible. Never
theless, from mere force Of public
sentiment, it was introduced into par
lament and ratified in 1899 OF course
when the measure became a law post
age stamps were a great success and
have since been adopted by all civil
lied and number of uncivilized coun-
tries of the world. Mr. Hill became
prominently identified with the postal
system of Great Britain, and in 1860,
in recognition Of his great services,
Queen Victoria made him a K. c. B.
(knight commander Of the BATH. He
passed away in 1882. full Of honoss, at
a ripe old age He may be called
the father OF the postage stamp"
Great Britain was the first country to
adopt adhesive stamps and compare.
lively cheap postage for its people,
for it was not until 1S47 that the
United States fell in line in this re-
spect. The issuing of stamps for post
age use is left to the postmaster-gen-
eral, who from time to time, as the
exigencies of the case require, has the
different stamps that he deems requi.
site issued to the public. The printing
of the postage stamps of this country
was formerly done by private bank
note companies, but now the govern.
ment does its own work All of the
stamps are printed by the bureau OF
engraving and printing of Washing
ton, under the direction of the treas
ury department. This has been done
since 1894. The issuing of the postal
commodities in the postofice depart
ment is in the hands of the third as
sistant postmaster-general.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
Had the ADVANTAGE.

Two Irishmen were digging a sewer.
One was big, tall, strong man, about
feet inches in height, and the
other was little, puny man, about 4
feet inches. The foreman came
along to see how the work was pro-
crossing, and noticed that one Of
them was doing more work than the
other. So he calls down to the big
fellows. and says: Look here, Pat.
how is it that little Mickey Dugan,
who is only half as big as you, is
doing twice as much work as you"
Glancing down at Mickey, Pat re-
plies: And why shouldn't he, Amt
he nearer to it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04

where did sou get that dreadful
black eye. Mrs. Hawkins?" said the
East End district visitor, as she seat
ed herself on the extreme edge Of the
least dirty chair in the room.
IT were the result Of trifiin' hal
tercation wiy my 'usband, num-" re-
piled the lady OF the house.
Dear. dear deari" cried the visitor
holding up her hands in horror. How
dreadful What a bad, wicked man
your husband must bel"
Not at all. mum" retorted the
other with dignity "AwlSins is 'asty.
but 'es a puffect gentleman at cart.
can hassure you that after ed Civ
me this black eye e sat 'oldlng cold
fryin.pan to it for upwards of a
hover. a-tryin to deduce the swellin'
A little hattention like that goes a
long WY towards maxim married life
'appy mum, as dessay you've found
yourself. - Tit-Bits.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
ALCOHOL IN MOST MEDICINES.
Indispensable Requisite In Compound
ing Of Some Prescriptions.

ing OF oomo prescriptions
II is Of course true that some pro-
prietary medicines contain alcohol and
nearly all liquid medicines prescribed
by. physicians contain 1t. No honest
man win defend the sale Of intoxi-
cants under the guise Of medicine; but
every honest man should protest
against system Of wholesale denun-
citation born Of malice, or ignorance
Of pharmaceutical principles. and fos-
tered by selfish interests. 1t is as
sumed that alcohol is the cause Of in
temperance; but there is a great diff
ference between alcohol and whisky.
II q substitute for alcohol could be
found for use In the manufacture Of
medicines, its discoyerer would render
great service to the profession Of
pharmacy and the science of medi-
cine, for alcohol is very expensive
ingredient and q cheaper substitute
would be gladly accepted. Unfortun-
ately the word alcohol, in the minds
of many people is associated exclu-
sively with bar-rooms, drunkenness
and all forms Of degradation and vice.
This is due to a lack of knowledge
by the general public of the fact that
alcohol is an Indispensable requisite
in drugs, tinctures and fluid extracts.
All fluid extracts and tinctures on the
druggists shelves contain from 20 to
80 per cent Of alcohol and OF all
liquid medicines prescribed by ply
sicians more than rs per cent contain
It in large proportions.
Alcohol is required to preserve or
Sanic substances from deterioration
and from freezing, and 1t is also re-
auired to dissolve substances not solu-
bic in water, while 1t contributes to
their preservation when dissolved.
Diluted alcohol is largely employed in
fluid extracts; and whenever a greater
strength of alcohol is required as a
solvent (for extracting medicinal prin-
ciples) the medicine Is of such a char
acter as to preclude a large dosage;
and for this reason preparations, even
IL containing SO per cent or more OF
alcohol, are practically less intoMcat-
ing than beer. In such cases the
character Of the medicinal constituents
Is such as to absolutely forbid the
taking Of the medicine in any way
except in very small doses and at
stated intervals only. To assume that
any great number Of proprietary med
icines are used as beverages is the
veriest bsurdity.-Exchange
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
Prayers Induce Mental ouIetude.

AT the recent annual meeting of the
British Medical association DR.. Theo-
dore B. Hyslop, superintendent Of
Bethlehem Royal hospital, a special
list in neurology and in the treatment
of mental disease, said: "As an alien
ist and one whose whole life has been
concerned with the sufferings of the
mind, | would state that of all hy-
gienic measures to counteract dis
turbed sleep, depressed spirits and
all the miserable sequels of a dis
tressed mind ! would undoubtedly
give the first place to the simple habit
of prayer
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
More Than a Hint.

Judge Mcconnell, chairman of ses.
sions, tells an amusing story against
himself OF a rebuke that was admin
istered to him by a famous judge in
the early days Of his practice at the
bar In the course of a speech he
was continually interrupted by the
occupant OF the bench, and at last he
ventured to remark, in reply to an
observation from the judge; IF that
is your lordships opinion, have moth
ing more to say"
Then, If you have nothing more to
say" responded the judge, why don't
you sit DOWN."
In conclusion. Mr.. Mcconnell says
that he took the hint and promptly
sat down.-London Tit-Bits.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
HEALTH AND STRENGTH
RESTORED BY
Pc INA.

Mrs. Emma Fleissner, 1912 Sixth
Av., Seattle, Wal'h., Worthy Treasurer
Sons Of Temperance, writes:
~ suffered over two years with ir-
regular and painful periods. My health
was In a very precariouS condition and
I was anxious TO find something to re-
store my health and strength.
Il was very glad to try Peruna and
delighted to find that it was doing me
good. continued to use it little over
three months and found my troubles
removed.
~ consider II splendid medicine
and shall never be without II, taking a
dose occasionally when IfeeI rundown
and tired. /"
Our files contain thousands of testi-
monials which DR.. Hartman has re-
ceived from grateful happy women
who have been restored to health by
his remedy. Peruna.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
couLD 30 MucA VIII DoLLAa.
Small Boys ImagInInIngs as to Spend
ing Of Wealth.

ing OF wealth..
Three small boys we're sitting un-
der the umbrella, which was small,
too.
The boys we're rather ragged and so
was the umbrella. Two long Sits let
through a scattering downfall of both
sunshine and shower from a clear
blue sky, and at the end of one Of
the ribs the silk had broken loose and
was on its way up to the top.
But the three chums crowded close
together and took turns sitting in the
middle, holding the umbrella. Each
was chewing one-third of a stick OF
gum, and all were deliciously coy
and happy.
IF l had a dollar" said Pinky, "I'd
buy US a great big umbrella that 'ud
cover us up jest as slick"
"MyI | wish t you did have a dol
lar, Pinxy." said Dumpy.
IN | wish SO. too, said Popsy
IT had dollar" said Dumpy.
"Id lay it out fer gum. -vNu kin buy
stick fer a penny, an they's whole
hundred pennies in a dollar-so we'd
have a hundred sticks O. gum. Think
Of that!"
MY l wish t you did have a dol
lar, Dumpy," said Popsy.
ON SO do l. too" said Pinky.
IF l had a dollar" said Popsy. I'D
buy streaked iscream with it, and
we'd set here all so snug and eat that
i-scream right straight up every single
Bit There, sir!"
And Pinky and Dumpy cried out
with one voice then.
MY! / wish t you did have a dol
lar, Popsy!''-Little Folks.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
Sincere Flattery

Melissa is tall. fne-looking col.
ored girl, and Mrs. Compton. with
whom Melissa lives as cook, is a
small, fair-haired woman. The mis-
tress entertains great respect for her
maids culinary powers, and Melissa
adores Mrs. Compton.
Il reckon rs learned an awful lot
since came hyar to lib, Missy Comp
ton" said Melissa. triumphantly, one
day. rs done learned how to walk
an pear jes like de quality folks
when l goes out. An now you's glib
ben me dat handsome yeller pa'sol,
l spects muffin but dat de first time
walk out under it de minster1l step
up to me an he'll say, 'Seuse me. but
am / speaRin' to Mis- Central Comp
ton?' Youths Companion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
PREFERRED wELL.kNowN HYMN
Thomas Bailey Aldrich's Reason for
Display Of FavorItism.

Display OF FdNofitlSn.
II once compiled and illustrated a
book Of hymns, and before the book
was made the publishers had a list
of the selections printed and sent to
the best known clergymen, authors
and poets, asking them to add to or
subtract from the list as they might
see IT." says Louis X. Harlow. Most
Of them replied, but nothing was re-
ceived from Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Meeting him one day suggested that
he should, II possible, give us the
benefit of his judgment He said
"'That suggestion makes me think
Of the time was boy in Riverworth,
for If you have read the Story Of
Bad Boy you will remember the
crowd of boys that were always to-
gether, skating and eoasting in win
ter, playing marbles in the spring,
and SO on through the entire sports Of
the season Well, there was always
one boy who could beat us in these
sports; he could skate faster, his sled
would pass our sIeds in coasting. he
would win all our marbles, and when
1t came time for flying kites, Of course
his kite was way above ours
Zone day we decided to name our
kites, so the next morning we appear
ed on the green with these names.
One boy had selected Morning Star,
another "Daybreak." Mine, I think,
was Excelsior" but this ooy came
out with this title covering the entire
face of his kite, Nearer, My God, to
Thee. Have you that hymn in your
collection? Boston Herald.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04

Students at the University Of Ne
vada viii be tried for hazing, as the
father of a freshman obtained thirty
two warrants for assault and battery,
and had them served on students who
maltreated his young son. The fresh
man refused to join in the college
yells, SO he was ducked in the lake
on the campus and was subjected to
other indignities, for which his father
now demands satisfaction from the
boys tormentors.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
THE FARMER IN WINTER TIME
Steady Jobs Are Feeding the Stock
and Keeping Warm


The great steady winter jobs on an
American farm in the north nowadays
are feeding the stock and keeping
warm. And keeping warm nowadays
means hauling coal. When | lived
in the country it meant cutting wood.
It meant for cur large family constant
teaming day after day from the woods
to the wood yard, and a wood pile
that must have covered quarter of
an acre. 1t meant toward spring the
coming Of men with horse power
and buzz saw to cut firewood, and
that was alomst as interesting an
operation as threshing.
There we're other stirring days when
the lake had frozen hard and the ice
house was filled, involving ice cutting
and more teaming and more precari-
Gus hitching on behind loads and 60
ing back in empties. And early in
the winter there was the momentous
and CORY killing Of pigs. Oh, that
was indeed stirring timeI They
kill a pig every second, no doubt, In
Chicago nowadays, but that is mere
mechanical routine, with no quality Of
sport in 1t.
There was nothing so very slow
about the country winter in days as
late as the civil war l suppose soap
making as a domestic industry is as
dead as household spinning. In those
times of wood fires and wood ashes
all self-respecting families made soap
Our family had an outstanding kitch-
en- expressly for that use, with a big
cistern-hke hogshead behind it in
which ashes were leached and conven-
lent tubs for holding the soft soap. A
very handsome substance is soft soap
of the proper consistency and com
plexion. and a pleasing exercise it
used to be for the young to stir it with
a stick and watch its undulations. All
the superfluous fat of meat from our
kitchen was turned into soft soap in
those nearby old -Harper's
Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04

This on land which has cost the farmer moth
ing but the price Of tilling it, tells its own
story.
The Canadian Government gives absolutely
free to every settler 100 acres OF such land
Lands adjoining can be purchg at from So
70 $40 per acre from railroad and vsher coRsor-
atoms
Already l75,OO0 farmers from the United
States have made their homes in Canada.
For pamphlet Twentieth Century Canada
and all information apply to Supt Of Immigra-
tion, Ottawa, Canada, OF to following authorized
Canadian Government Agent. 6. Crawford,
No. l25 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri
lMention this paper.)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

IS mercury win surely destroy the sense Of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
tions from reputable physicians as the damage they
will do Ia ten fold 70 the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
BY +. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, o., contains mer-
eury, and s taken internally acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
buying Rails Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. II is taken internally and made in Toledo
Ohio, BY + J. Cheney Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 15c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pins for constipation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
Most Unusual.

MY" suddenly exclaimed Henpeck,
with a start, Il must have been dream
ing"
"Why?" snapped his wife.
"Why. l haven't heard you say a
word to me for fifteen minutes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
nestrov cerm.Laden shin

A Portuguese man-of-war. the Bar
tholomen Diaz, has been condemned
to be destroyed because it has been
found impossible to disinfect it of the
germs of beri-beri, to which one crew
after another has succumbed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04

WANTED FOR UNITED STATES ARMY ablo-bodisd
unmarried men, between ages Of q and IS; citizens
Of United States, OF good character and temperate
habits, who speak. read and write English For
information apply to Recruiting Officer. Post
Office Building Oklahoma. Guthris. 6haWusa
Enid, o. T., o. Tulsa I. T.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04

l honor that man whose ambition it
is, not to win laurels in the state or
the army, not to be a jurist or a natur-
alist, not to be a poet or a command
er, but to be master Of living well.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04
ESCAPED His Memory.

Mr. Selfmade- Why do they call 1t
an alma mater my son?
The Graduate-Why-e -er--the fact is
l can't remember what they taught
~ about that.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04

J. H. Richardson Of Anthony, Kas.,
has discovered that the water below
dam is much softer than that above
It. He claims that falling over the
dam breaks the water.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04

One way to kill the germs is to boil
the water and then let the boiler blow
up
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-11-04

The average weight OF an Andaman
Islander Is sixty pounds.