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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-10-26
DENMARK.


Says the Scandinavian correspon-
dent to The Minneapolis Journal:
"Kund Rasmussen, one Of the young
scientists Of the so-called literary ex-
petition to Greenland, which has re-
Gently returned to Copenhagen, pre-
poses to make a unique tour of the
world 1t viii be unique In that he
will be north Of the polar circle most
Of the time he 10 travelling. He will
travel mostly by sledges. Leaving
Greenland next spring. he will make
his way to Ellesmere Land and thence
over the islands In the Arctic ocean to
Alaska. Crossing Boring sea, he will
resume the sledge journey in Siberia
and continue until reaching Europe,
when he will abandon the sledge and
make a trip to st. Petersburg before
starting for home. AS he will travel
In leisurely manner and make sever
al stops, he does not expect to COM
plete the undertaking inside Of three
years. His main purpose is to strdy
the migrations Of the Eskimos and in
travelling In the opposite direction
from their movement he expects to
Discover much bearing on their his
tory and origin"
The restrictions against the Danish
speaking people in Schleswig are be-
ing rapidly removed. In accordance
with imperial orders. Those who
have hitherto been denied citizenship
have been ratunlixed on announcing
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-10-26
CORN STLAGE.
In MILK Making and steer Feeding.
Midsummer BENEFITS.

Making corn into silage is a means
or preserving the grain, as well as the
stalk, in the best possible condition for
feeding and without the expense OF
Smelling and grinding. says WILDER J.
Fraser, chief in dairy husbandry at
the Illinois experiment station. In
feeding whole corn, either in the ear
Or shelled. many of the kernels are not.
digested. With silage the grain be-
Ing eaten with the roughage, nearly all
the kernels are broken during masti-
cation and, since they are somewhat
soft, are practically all digested
BY the use OF the silo the corn is re-
moved from the field at time when
no injury is done the land by cutting
II up while soft. AS the corn is cut
before the blades are dry enough to
shatter, there is no waste from wealth
ering, and both stalk and grain being
In good condition the whole crop is
consumed by the stock, while with dry
shock corn a large percentage of the
leaves and butts OF the stalk is wasted
Being a shcculent feed. corn silage
tends to heavy milk production and
should be given an important place in
the ration Of dairy cows. 1t has
proved an important factor in steer
feeding as well as in milk production.
but steer cannot be finished ON silage
alone, any more than a COW can pro
duce her best yield of milk on such a
ration.
In Mfdsummew
A pasture will carry much more
stock during spring. early summer and
fall than it will through the hot, dry
weather of midsummer BY helping
the pasture out at this season with
partial soiling the cattle not only have
better feed during this critical period,
but more stock can be carried ON a
given area than by pasturing alone
Mr.. Fraser also remarks In bulletin
101, from which these points on the
silo are taken. thar as land increases In
value and farming becomes more in
tensive there Is greater need for soil
ing, and the most satisfactory method
Of providing substitute is by means
Of the silo. 1t requires too much labor
to cut green crops every day and haul
them to the cows, and, besides, there
u necessarily great loss In being
obliged to feed the crops before they
are FUZZY mature and after they are
overripe.
Mr.. Fraser concludes that no crop
furnishes more feed to the acre than
corn. and with the silo 1t can be uti-
liked for soiling. thus permitting the
whole crop to be harvested when at
the right stage Of maturity and fed
when needed, saving both feed and
labor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-10-26
winner. In Life.

The people who win their way into
the inmost recesses of others hearts
are not usually the most brilliant and
gifted, but those who have sympathy,
patience, self forgetfulness and that
indeflnable faculty Of eliciting the bet
ter nature Of others. We have many
friends who are more beautiful and
gifted. but there is not one Of them
whose companionship we enjoy better
man that Of the plain faced man or
woman who never makes a witty or
profound remark. but whose simple
quality Of human goodness makes up
for every other deficiency.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-10-26

st. Petersburg. Oct. 1s.-Bubonic
plague has again appeared on the line
Of the transsiberian railroad, which
from now on VIII BE- crowded with ~
turniEg troops.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-10-26
JERRY SIMPSON DEAD
seAcE OF MEDICINE LODGE" sue.
CuMss AFTER ILLNESS OF
SEVERAL MONTHS.

Death OF Former Congressman Re.
moves One Of the Most Unique Char
actcrs In American Political History.
Succeeded In Turning Eastern Senti.
ment Regarding Popullsm From Rid
icuIe to Respectful Consideration.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-10-26


patehes--About $4,000 Spent In
This Way In Past Few Weeks.
New York, Oct 25.-At the session
during the day of the legislative com.
mittee investigating the insurance
companies, the affairs of the Mutual
Life Insurance company were under
consideration and it was brought out
that this company was paying for the
dissemination throughout the country
OF reports of this investigation that
were favorable to the company
Charles j. Smith, newspaperman.
was the witness. He Is employed by
the Mutual Life Insurance company, to
do large number of things, but
month ago was placed In charge OF
sending out these reports. Mr.. Smith
had vised number of vouchers for the
payment Of this work. and these ag.
gTegated $1,000. with more bills to
come In. He thought the amount to |
date would reach $4,000.
Mr.. Smith wrote these reports and |
submitted them to Allan Forman, who
owns the Telegraphic News bureau
and II line was paid by the Mutual
Life for the service. Clippings from
various papers about the country, In.
Guiding the st. Paul Pioneer Press,
Boston Herald, Toledo Blade and At.
lanta Constitution, were shown to the
witness and identified as the dis.
patches he wrote and sent.to Mr.. For
man. These we're sent to about 100
papers, but Mr.. Smith did not know
whether the papers were paid for In.
sorting Them
Higher Price for Mccurdy Item.
In one dispatch Mr.. Smith wrote that
Mr. McCurdy's attitude on the stand ,
made distinctly favorable impress ,
sion, and for this he had to pay 50 a ,
line. This be said was worth 1t.
Following MIR. Smith, Walter Suln. ,
van, who has charge of the magazine ,
advertising department. was called. He ,
said the Mutual advertised In twelve /,
last year ~ a cost of SAP.
700. Advertising in insurance papers ,
lost about $4,000 more but he could /,
lot tell where the remainder of the az :
cunt OF ss2S.7S7. the amount charged !,
10 70 advertising last year. was spent. :
Earlier in the day Emory McClin- :
ock, the actuary of the Mutual Life. p
Fas on the stand The entire early :
ession OF the day before recess was !,
fven over 70 hts explanations OF tech !
ical insurance Mr. McClintock prac- =
Ically advocated no laws for the in. :
urznce companies EXCEPT a certain. -
upersision to give the reports pub :
Ssty. lie thought the public could =
IKE care OF themselves and that pub -
citE vas the best law. Asked how
lr this view was shared in Official o
lrrleE. he thought he was somewhat p
missionary along that line.
Mr. Mcciiniock was 10 have been on p'
le stand again at the afternoon SEES al
on but during recess he was seized N
fin slight attack OF vertigo to which u
} Is subject He viii be called again. m
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-10-26
AT 3 DOLLAR A LINE
MUTUAL LIFE PAID FOR FAVOR
AELE REPORTS PRINTED IN
MANY NEWSPAPERS.

Dig Insurance Company Sends Out
Special Articles Concerning Legls
Iatlve Investigation In an Effort to
Offset Effect Of Regular Press Dis
patchcs-About $4,000 Spent In
This Way In Past Few Weeks.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-10-26

! Succeeded In Turning Eastern Senti-
ment Regarding PopuIlsm From Rid
icuie to Respectful Consideration.
Wichita, Kan, Oct. 24.-ExCon-
gresham Jerry Simpson died at sos
a. m. of aneurism of the aorta. Mr..
Simpson had been In Ill health for
nearly year. Six months ago he con-
suited a specialist at Chicago, who
pronounced his case hopeless.
Ex-Congressman Simpson was born
At fourteen he began life as sailor
and during his twenty-three years fol-
lowing that pursuit commanded many
large vessels on the Great Lakes. In
the Civil war he served in the Twelfth
Illinois infantry. He came to Kansas
In 1878. Originally he was a Repub-
lican, but later became a Greenbacker
and Populist. He was a member of
congress from 1891 to 1895 and from
1897 to 1899, being nominated the last
time by both the Democrats and Popu-
lists. After he left congress he moved
to Roswell, N. M, where he engaged
up to the time of his death In stock
farming. He returned to Kansas a
month ago and entered a local hos
pital for treatment. His condition be-
came hopeless ten days ago and since
then the patient kept alive principally
by sheer force of will. His wife and
son were at the bedside at the end.
Washington, Oct. 24.-"The sage of
Medicine Lodge" as Jerry Simpson
was called, was In many respects one
OF the most unique characters which |
adorns the history of congress. He |
was swept into the Fifty-second con-
gress by wave of Kansas Populfsm, |
charged with the task Of reforming the |
whole government and living down the |
only advance information his col |
leagues had of his personality-thath he |
wore no socks. The latter task he sue
ceeded I'm accomplishing in fact, al
though he never quite lost the title
'Sockless Jerry" His legislative ac-
consisted in turning
popular Eastern sentiment regarding
'opulism from scorning ridicule to re-
'pectful consideration during his serv-
&c of six years in the Fifty-second,
shty-third and Fifty-fifth congresses.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-25
MOLLY AND BILLY.

cit is a great mistake, in my opin-
ion," remarked young married wo-
man, "for husbands and wives to call
each other by any term of endearment.
It generally begins in the first part OF
their married life. They feel it is
rather nice to say dear and my love,
etc., in public it emphasizes their
sense of possession. Later on habit
makes them continue the epithets, but
they become meaningless. They
might just as well be Molly and
Billy as far as sentiment goes and the
simple Christian name sounds, to my
way of thinking, in better form.
When especial names havebeen adopt
ed, as is sometimes the case, they are
obnoxious in the beginning and later
on become absurd. I know man
who began by calling his wife Baby.
They have been married now for sew
eral years, and he keeps it up though
force of habit, but it does sound ridic-
ulous. Twas playing whist the 9th
er day with a quandam pair OF turtle
doves who have become quite peckish
with a decade of married life behind
them, and it was funny to hear the
old names used with marital sharp
ness. They were playing together
and were losing, which made them
quite cross. You should never have
taken that trick, Honey he said
sharply. "A baby could have played
that hand better 'Ducky, she retail
ated, and so on. Neither of them
seemed aware of the incongruity of
the epithets Honey and 'Ducky'
with their irate voices and expires.
sion."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-25

life is what we make it, and all we
need is to look at it cheerfully? All
this is idiocy. There is no bright
side that a broken heart can find.
Smiles are out of place for such as
these; far better to weep with them
that weep" and go to work with re-
newed zeal and prayerful spirits to
help remove the causes that promote
so much poverty and woe.
The farm will not afford the means
to live in the way that the institutions
of the day are training the young to
want to live. / believe, and by that
I propose to stand, that we had far
better cut offa large number of our
wants and stick to the soil, than to go
hunting for easier places and more
money. sInstead of the new buggy and
new carpet, we had better pay some
thing on that mortgage every dol
lar that is put there stops interest.
Get out of debt first; it time enough
then to begin to dress up and put on
style.
To the man who is foundering
along trying to keep his family
looking like his rich neighbor' S there
is no heaven he can iragine that
would be so delightful as being out of
debt. Help him, good woman, help
him, boys; let's stop some of four ex-
travagant ways and all turn in and
help everybody to have good time.
-Ma,y Sidney in Farm Journal for
Feb1uary.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-25
ONE CAUSE OF ILLNESS.

A famous physician upon being
asked recently what is the chief cause
of i'll health replied: Thinking and
talking about it all the time. This
ceaseless introspection in which so
many of the rising generation of ner-
vous folk indulge is certainly wearing
them out. When they are not worry
ing as to whether they sleep too much
or too little they are fdgeting over
the amount of food they take or the
quantity of exercise necessary for
health. In short, they never give
themselves moments peace. Our
grandfathers did not, consider them
selves with these questions. They
ate, drank, slept, as nature prompted
them. Undoubtedly they were heal
thier in mind and body for their
sublime indifference, and if we asked
ourselves fewer questions we should
have less time to analyze or imagine
ailments.
That medical science has made re-
markable progress in the last few de-
cades cannot be denied. The fault
for some present day undesirable con-
ditions lies not with the doctor, but
with the patient. There has been too
great tendency on the part of the
laity to acquire smattering of medi-
cal knowledge through the reading OF
so called "health' magazines and
pamphlets and to put into practice on
their own account that "little knowl-
edge" " which, it cannot be denied, is
a dangerous thing" The following
of some most ridiculous fads along the
lines of eating, drinking, sleeping and
exercise has assisted in swelling the
statistics. Our grandfathers would
hold UP their hands in horror at
many of the foolish things we do in
the name of "health. Alittle more
of the comfortable nonchalance of our
healthy ancestors would do no harm
to the rising generation. House
bo1Ae4
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-25
CHAPERONS.

theoretically a girl in England
never goes out without chaperon
but practically, have discovered that
she often does.
The brist1ing hedge of etiquette
which surrounds her has many gap
here and there, through which she
quietly slips out for space into the
green opening of freedom. The fact
remains, however, that she is chap
eroned, much more thoroughly than
in America, and the lines of an Eng
lish mother who has several daugh-
ters do not seem to me to have fallen
to her in pleasant or in easy places.
How cruelty hard it is, for instance,
on quietly disposed woman in her
fat ffties so attire herself in festal
array night after night and go forth
with her brood to sit braced against
the wall till morning while her off
spring are gayly dancing in the center
Of the room, brought back, to be sure,
from time to time to nestle for mo-
ment under her broad wings l al
ways pity these mothers-they look
SO weary. Their eyes will close now
and then in spite of themselves, and
their heads nod, but not in time to
the music.
Yes, 1 must confess that my SYM
pathies are on the side of the chap
erons. The rosebuds are well enough
off-too we'll. A cynic finds little
comfort in thinking that their turn
will come some day, when they will
be fat and fifty and sit out long nights
listening of the new music to which
the rosebuds of that far-off time are
dancing.
The subject of chaperonage in
America has of late years provoked
much discussion. Ladies who have
journeyed, like lord Lowell, strange
countries for to see," often become
rigorous in this matter, and will not
let their daughters accept any invita-
ton in which they themselves are not
included. But this is far from being the
general custom, and the question
arises, Are our young girls too little
chaperoned, and is the result ofthe de-
gree of freedom which prevails here,
pernicious or otherwise
As whole, it seems to me no girls
are nicer than our own. There are
thorny rosebuds among them, as ]
have said; but how many there are
who are bright and fearless and pure,
and full of all the latent possibilities
of gracious womanhood. Perhaps
they ought not to be allowed to go out
so freely as many of them do without
an older lady to matronizes them and
yet very little harm seems to come
of it.
If were social law-giver, Think
1 should try to spare mothers from du-
ties SO arduous as those of an English
mother, and so little agreeable while
at the same time I would guard the
willful rosebuds from being left too
much to their own devices. What If
a group of mammas, who were well
acquainted, should take it in turn to
chaperon the daughters of them all
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-25
IS IT YoUa


Some ones selfish, some ones lazy;
Is it you?
Some ones sense Of right is hazy;
Is 1t your
Some one lives life of ease
Doing largely as he please
Drifting idly with the breeze;
Is it your
Some one hopes success will find him.
Some one proudly looks behind him;
Is it your
Some one full of good advice
Seems to think 1t rather nice
In has-been's paradise
Is it you?
Some one trusts to luck for winning;
Is it you?
Some one Graves new beginning;
Is it you?
Some one says: II never had
Such chance as jones' lad"
Some ones likewise quite cad
Is it you?
Some ones terribly mistaken;
Is 1t you?
Some one sadly will awaken;
Is it yOu3
Some ones working on the plan
That masterful Il CAM
Doesn't help to make the Man
Is It you?
Some one yet may make q killing;''
And it's you.
Some one needs but 60 be willing,
And it's you.
Some one better set his jaw
Cease to be man of straw
Get some sand into his craw-
And it's you.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-25
HAvE FEET pHOTOGRAPHED.

Wise ones long ago decided that it
isn't safe to predict where a woman's
fancy will lead her.
To illustrate, not long ago certain
smart photographer who knows wo-
mankind slyly whispered that it was
quite the proper thing to haveone's foot
photographed and mentioned one OF
his patrons, noted for her dainty feet,
as having started the fad. And 10 and
behold, the world was scarcely day
older before he was beseiged with or
ders from fair clients for pictures of
their pretty feet.
Consequently in the room OF the up
to date girl you would see, were you
accorded the favor, row of photo
graphs representing the feet of her
dearest friends. Some of them, they
say, are match for those of Queen
Wilhelmina herself, of whom it is said
that so high arched is her instep that
a stream Of water can flow beneath it
without wetting her foot.-Nea0 7o7rRzs
.SMn.
THE AIR of distinguished repose so
sought after by our nervous society
woman may be acquired by any oneif
she will remember that the secret Of a
reposeful manner simply means the
power to totally relax. Much of your
nervous energy is lost in nervous fp.
eting. One beauty specially goes 81
far as to declare that nothing will
make wrinkles quicker than the habit
af moving and jerking and that moth.
ing is so fatal to beauty as coughino
and wheeling. All such habits are
really nervous complaints. To cure
all these fdgety movements cultivate
the habit Of sitting prefectly Still
keeping the hands and fingers rnotion'
less as long as possible, and relax
MANY a man never rises to II.
height from which he fell in love -
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-25

st SEE notice in the paper of the
wedding of Mrs. Nubride."
eyes. know her quite well, /"
"Do you? What was her maiden
name?"
"I suppose her maiden aim was to
get married"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-25

MANY a man never rises to II.
height from which he fell in love.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-25

A MISSOURI paper said recently :
"Owing to the crowded condition OF
our columns this week, a number OF
births and deaths were postponed un-
til next Thursday"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-25

Is THE doctor excusable for speak
ing i'll of his patients?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
oNE-LEGGED TENNIS PLAYER.
Upon a Crutch He Plays the Siren
uous Game With Agility and Skill.

San Francisco Cor. New York Press
This city has a wonder in the way of a
tennis player He Is Matthew Safere, a
a crutch to do what other people usually
require two good legs to help them accom-
plish in the active running and leaping OF
the strenuous game Visitors to Golden
Gate Park find the course a place of great
interest long he is in the game.
which is generally all the afternoon.
Matthew made up his mind that because
he had lost his right leg in an accident was
no reason why he should be debarred
from the health-giving activities of out-of-
door sport. So he started IN to learn the
game of tennis and although he has been
playing only short time he now has the
reputation OF being a fine player.
To cover the court successfully with only
one leg and crutch is an exceedingly diff
hcult thing. To add TO this handicap the
plucky player has to carry his crutch with
his right hand; so. though he Is naturally
right handed. he was obliged to learn from
the first to play the game from the left
side. He has a fine knowledge of the game
and uses and makes the same strokes as
any other good player who has the use OF
his good right arm and both legs. He has
fine smash and his back-cGurt work is
very good In serving and returning the
ball and also In clever back-hand work his
crutch does not seem to materially handi-
cap him and he says that afternoon
at tennis is one OF the keenest pleasures
that he has.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
The Omnipresent English Chop.

From the World To-Day.
I had an amusing experience at Nor
witch, at one of the leading commercial
hotels I arrived there in the morning, and
before starting out DIT was a Friday l
posted myself to The effect that 1 could
have lunch in the commercial room at
O'Clock, and at that hour | lunched very
pleasantly with a party of commercial men,
The next day Saturday | supposed lunch
uld be usual, but L had not then got
my education by cold QuncD experience
I went to the dining room to find a green
cloth the table and no signs of lunch.
1 rang the bell for the waitress. and when
she appeared, asked what time lunch would
be ready.
We ave no lunch today. sir"
But how is that" l said, Il want some
lunch; what am to do?'
"Oh, sir. all the gentlemen goes ONE on
Saturdays, so there is no one ere to eat it,
sir. but we can get you what you like, sir. -
We'll, what can 1 have?
why, you can ave a cold lunch, or we
can cook you chop, sir.
Now you can always get a chop in Eng
land, and they are always good: but If you
stay long you will eat many of them
that you will be ashamed to look sheep
Ia the face. 1 used to try to get something
else, and would order steaks, but 1t was in
vain. Once. in town OF 5000 inhabi-
tants. I had bravery enough to order a
steak, but when 1 went down there was
the inevitable chop. When demanded an
explanation I was told:
well, sir, as it's the first of the week,
which Is bad time. we couldn't get q
steak in town, sir. and thought you
wouldn't mind If we gave you chop. sir. +"
This I was afterward told was not I'M
usual, owing to the lack Of ice and con-
seauently not daring to kill beef in warm
weather for fear it would spoil on their
hands. But fancy an American town of
10000 inhabitants without beef and with
ont icei