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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-06-30

alton is composed of men who have
years.
Reports of the controller Of the cur
rency on the condition Of national
banks in South Dakota on May 90 show
that since the date of the last report
the number of banks has increased
from SO to II; loans and discounts in
creased from $l1,210373 to s11,757,-
S51; cash reserve decreased from ST.
019,1S2 to $1.009332, and total resourc-
es increased from $4,000 $40 to $19,-
9S3,673 There was an increase in in
dividual deposits from $13,O22,373 to
$13,209 1856 and the average reserve
held fell from 1903 to 1854 per cent.
The state board of pardons has rec.
commended pardons for Lambert Jones
who was sentenced for life from
| from Miner county on charge of
murder, and for Herbert d. Caddy
sentenced for twenty years from Law.
renee county on charge of robbery
The cases of f. E. Mayhem, sentenced
| fro mMiner county on charge OF
shooting with intent to kill; Michael
Andre, sentenced from Coddingtol
| county on murder charge, and John
Jungworth, Jr., sentenced from Hutch
inson county, were laid over for fur
Their consideration.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-06-30

Charles Carroll, just graduated from
the Minneapolis law school, in the alb
sence of j. H. Cole, is acting states
attorney at Miller. He won his first
case, that against William II. Bennett,
who was bound over to the next term
of court on a states prison offense.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-06-30

These increases in the salaries OF
South Dakota postmasters have been
announced: Parkston and Stockton
$1,000 to 81 400: Pierre, $1,000 to 81,
400; Springfield, 81 100 to $1,000; Stur
gis and Tyndall. 81, 400 to 81 500; Yank
ton, $4,000 to 50, 400.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-06-30

In severe electrical storm, Herman
Rieck, a German farmer. was struck
and killed while on his way home in a
wagon.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
ORIGIN OF WHIST

,' Whist was first called triumph" a
name which was afterward corrupted
into trump" The eighteenth century
saw whist in its primitive form. the
whole object of the game being to win
tricks by leading high cards or by
trumping. Then came the era of
Hoyle, which may be said to have last
ed from 1880 to 1860 and taught play
ers to think not only of their own
hands but of the other hands also, and
tc take advantage Of the positions Of
the cards in them. Hoy1e also taught
that trunps might be more profltably
employed than in simple trumping, and
showed that they might be used to dis
arm the adversary and to obtain sec
ondary advantage in trick making by
other suits Of less apparent power. It
was not until 1860 that the philosophi-
cal era can be said to have begun, and
the origin of the new movement was q
knot of young men at Cambridge, Eng
land, known as the Little Whist school,
This body kept records of their games,
but no one thought of making the data
known until 1861. Conference in the
system of play was still wanting, and
this was supplied in 1851 with DR.. Poles
essay on the theory of the modern
scientific whist.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
YAWNING FOR HELP

,.Yawning is said to have an exceed
ingly healthy function generally be-
sides having a very salutary effect in
complaints of the pharynx and eus-
tachian tubes. According to investi-
cations yawning is the most natural
form of respira tory exercise, bringing
into action all the respiratory muscles
of the chest and neck. 1t is recon-
mended that every person should have
q good yawn with stretching of limbs
morning and evening for the purpose of
the lungs and tonifying the
muscles of respiration. An eminent
authority claims that this form of
gymnastics has a remarkable effect in
relieving throat and ear troubles, and
says that patients suffering from dis
orders of the throat have derived a
great benefit from it. He makes his
patients yawn by suggestion, imitation
or by series of full breaths with the
lips partly closed The yawning is re-
peated six or eight times and should
be followed by swallowing. BY this
means the air and mucus in the eusta-
chian tubes are aspirated.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
LITERARY RELICS

A we'll known Englishman constant
ly wears in a small locket attached to
q chain around the neck a portion of
teh charred skull of Shelley. OF late
years great many persons have vis-
tied the former residence of the late
Victor Hugo to see a tooth of that cell
ebrity which is kept in small glass
cas- with this inscription ''Tooth
drawn from the jaw of Victor Hugo
by the dentist on Wednesday, August
II, 1871, at Vianden, in the garden at
tached to the house of Nine. Koch, at
o'clock in the afternoon"
In the year :S16 a tooth of the fam
Gus Sir Isaac Newton was sold at auc'
ton by relic monger of London and
was purchased by an English noble
man for a sum equal to $365O. The
buyer had a costly diamond removed
from a favorite ring and the tooth set
in its place. The wig that Sterne wore
while writing "1'ristram Shandy" was
sold at public auction soon after the
great writer's death for the sum Of
$40, 900, and the favorite chair of Alex
$40 900, and the favorite chair of AL
exander Pope brought $4,000 at sale
in 1922.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
WHAT is A TuMRLER?

The familiar tumbler gained its name
from it's trick of always "tumbling' tn
an upright position. Originally they
We're little round bowls of silver about
In size of a large orange. When one OF
these little bowls was empty it was
placed upon the table mouth down
ward. Instantly, so perfect was the
balance, it flew back to its proper po-
sition, as if asking to be filled again.
No matter how it was treated-trun-
died along the floors. balanced carefully
on it's side, dropped suddenly upon the
soft thick carpet-up it rolled again and
settled itself with a few gentle shak.
ings and swayings into its place like
one of those India rubber tumbling
dolls babies delight in. This. then, was
the origin of our word tumbler, at FIRST
made of silver. Then when glass be-
came common the round glass that
stood on fiat base superseded the ex-
quisitely balanced silver sphere and
stole its name.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
SMALLEST REPUBLIC

Tavolara is said to be the smallest
republic in the world. 1t is situated
on the little island of the same name
situated some seven or eight miles
south of the island of Sardinia. Ia
volara is an island about one mile in
diameter and inhabited at present by
fifty-five people-men, women and
children. In 1886 Karl Albert, then
king of Sardinia, bestowed the supre-
macy over this little isle upon the
Bartoleoni family, and for forty-six
years king" Paul 1 reigned in peace
in his domain. He died on May 80,
called all his faithful subjects to his
bedside and declared it to be his ear
nest wish that none of his relatives
should succeed him as the head of
government in the island, but that he
considered 1t for the best that the good
people OF Tavolara should govern
themselves. After this last wish no
candidate for the vacated throne could
be found among the family of the de-
ceased. who We're used to consider
their Kings" wish law, and the little
island remained ungoverned for four
years. At last. in 1886, the little island
was declared a republic. The consti-
tuition gives elective franchise to both
men and women; president is elected
to serve six years. None OF the oh-
GERS receives any compensation.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
WEALrH IM oYs1ERs

AH osT of the large oyster beds of
M Great Britain are government
property, and a series of laws
has recently been enacted to protect
and foster the industry. Until within
the last half dozen years, how
ever, the oyster laws of Great
Britain were far more lax
than those of any other European
country. In the United states the
oyster beds in the past were free to
every one who cared to dredge them
over. and a lucky fisherman who hap
pened to discover bed could gather
enough oysters to make himself toler-
ably well off.
The greatest oyster beds of this
country are located along the Chesa-
peake bay and in the wide, shallow
rivers and sounds emptying into that
body of water. oyster planting and
oyster protection by state laws have
reached the highest perfection in Mary
land, and the industry Is one Of the
most important that the state enjoys
large police force is employed by
the state to patrol the waters from
the Potomac to the Susquehanna, and
the laws are vigorously enforced in al,
cases.
The area of the beds of Maryland is
given approximately as 57S,224,000
square yards, or 1882 acres, which is
about 1893 square miles. But this i'm
mense territory includes only that
which is already used for oyster farm
ing or occupied by natural beds. Tho
total area that could be made valuable
for cultivating oysters is estimated by
the commissioners at $4,000 acres.
When this whole valuable territory
has been thoroughly developed 1t will
yield to the citizens of Maryland ar
annual income of more than $60,O00,000,
but the actual state of the oyster pro-
duction of those waters is at present
far below the estimate, for oyster
farming is little more than in its in
fancy. The Maryland oyster crop
averages about 1O,OOO,OOO bushels and
its actual value to the fishermen is
only about s2,000,000, which is about !;
per cent of the possible value. There
are thousands of acres of salt
marshes that could be readily con-
verted into permanent beds.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08


II ises to replace the shears of the
barber shop. The new electri-
cal barber consists of u comb.
and over the teeth of this is
stretched platinum wire. A push or
switch arranged over the handle of the
comb enables the barber to throw a
current of electricity through the teeth
of wire over the same, and thus raise
the temperature to a bright heat The
comb is then passed through the hair,
which it cuts" or singes off, it is
stated, as smoothly and skillfully as
an expert operator could clip it. The
locks are, it is declared, rather bene-
fitted than injured by the process, as
the hairs do not "bleed" as they do
when cut by scissors. One of the most
notable features of this process is the
evenness of the Cutting" for the rea-
son that the platinum cutter is always
in a straight line and in one position
Therefore 1t cannot remove the hair
not live flame, it is impossible to set
the hair on fire, as is often the case
when using a gas flame or taper as in
the old process of hair singeing. The
rapidity of the work effected is also
described as a welcome improvement.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

A directory issued in Honolulu con-
tains what is believed to be the long
est name appearing in any such publi-
cation. 1t is that of Miss Annie K.
Reohoanaakalainhuea Observation-Disclosures,
which means substantially Jack and
the Bean Stalk" Pauline Nabuchodo-
nozowiszowana, resident of Milwau-
kee, is probably champion of America,
though Salvatore Schlianoditonnariello
of Providence, r. l., and Bernard G..
hrenhoersterbaumer of st. Louis may
be regarded as entitled to honorable
mention.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

~ ING MENELIK of Abyssinia IS
Il a monarch who looks ahead and
faces the future with a smile.
Being forehanded he is not leaving all
of his funeral arrangements to others,
but has cheerfuly perfected the main
detail already. He has his tomb al
ready prepared and the picture Of IL
will give a fine indication of the ar
tistie funereal taste OF the descend
ant OF Solomon. This barbaric mon-
arh who is opening his country TO civ
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
HISTORICAL TREE

IT HE heart of England is a sturdy
member that throbs responsive
to every call of duty. That. in
deed, is not common to England, but is
a heritage of every land where the love
of country is deep in the breast Of
man. But real heart of England-its
exact geographical center-is alto
gether another proposition. SO far from
being occupied by patriotic sentiment,
a tree exactly fills the space. 1t is
called Round Tree. and is both a pic
turesque and distinguished growth.
Cold stone might mark the spot, but
this living monument which greens as
the snow melts is much more fitting.
This ancient oak typifies the national
strength. and the associations attached
to 1t thiekly as leaves in midsummer
make 1t thing OF affection AID vener-
alton.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

In no country is the life of womer
more pathetic than in Corea, where it
might be termed Imprisonment with
hard labor from the age of 7 until
death. Little girls are secluded from
the time of their betrothal. At an age
varying from 10 to 16 years they are
married to men they have never seen,
and go away to take their places as
menialS,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

A ships doctor who has made one
hundred voyages declares that the
American girl does not become seasick
so readily as her European sisters.
The English girl is next in order or
resistance, while the French girl sue
cumbs most easily.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

~ OCKING stones are not unfamil-
X lar curiosities ir, the United
States and other countries have
them, with more or less interesting
features. In far away Thibet a small
temple is erected on big stone appar-
emily so dellcately balanced that every
motion of it seems to threaten disas-
ter. Yet it has been in the same posi-
tion for hundreds of years. This pic
combines the features of a hanging
rock with a rocking stone. 1t is at
Chillagoe, Queensland, and is quite a
freak, as you may Judge from the pic
ture.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

The rents paid by the working
classes in Berlin, Frankfort, Cologne,
Konigsberg and other towns amount
to twenty-five and thirty per cent and
even more of their entire income. The
average rent of a single room and a
kitchen in the court yards tf Berlin's
huge barrack dwellings ranges from
$50 to $75.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

Russia embraces one-sixth of the
land surface of the world. 1t is more
than fifty times larger than Japan
and has total area of S65O,OOO square
miles. Half of Europe and the whole
of Northern Asia are included within
its boundaries. 1t has a greater con-
tinous area than any other nation in
the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

DR.. Edward Snallwood strongly ad-
vocates motoring as a positive cure for
sleeplessness, and also as excellent for
phthisis, for neurasthenia and for all
complaints of a consumptive. nature. 1t
is a splendid thing for asthma and a
better cure than any yet devised for
that very widespread disease, business
NunrrN
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

1t is said that the safest place in the
world is the deck of ship. The boast
is not unjustifiable. Out of the enorn-
British Isles only fifty-seven persons
lost their lives through the wrecking
of British vessels last year.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

An odd looking turtle has been cap
tured at Burlington, VT. It's shell is
soft, its back is spotted, its head is like
that of serpent and it's fins resemble
those of fish.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

The railway traveller in Japan buys
a first, second or third-class ticket;
or, if he wishes to go cheaper STILL he
can get ticket emitting him to stand
on the platform only.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

Utah has established a holiday in
honor of germs, 1t is called General
Health Day and is the first Monday
in October. On this day all theaters,
churches, public halls, hotels, board
ing houses. ETC., must be thoroughly
disinfected.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

Victoria will probably be the first
British community to levy tax on
amusements for the support of local
charitable institutions. Mr.. Bent, the
premier, proposes tax of Id on every
shilling spent in the purchase Of
theater tickets.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

County enthusiasts are disturbed to
find that the Essex constabulary are
wearing on their helmets an incorrect
representation Of the Essex coat of
arms.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

Japan is a nation of gardeners. Every
man, woman and child is passionately
fond of flowers. Gardening is a re-
ligion.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

When dining with King Edward
(where uniform is not worn the proper
dress consists of evening dress coat,
evening dress vest, breeches and black
silk stockings or pantaloons and white
neektle.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

~ HOTOGRAPHERS disagree as to
which is the more difficult tc
photograph, a child or a dog. A
combination of cnild and dog at the
same sitting of course greatly IA
creases the difficulty The photograph
reproduced herewith is a masterpiece
in its way. There was a whole ken
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

a portion of the ground floor appro-
priated for baths.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

IT HE present revived interest in the
/ plays of Shakespeare is due not to
any particular impulse, but to
the fact that when a person gets a
surfeit of the cheap, the shallow and
the spurious he at once returns to the
things of standard excellence. All va
rieties and schools of the drama may
come and go across the stage, but
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08

BY flying 3O1 miles in four hours the
have established worlds record.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-08
ELECTRIC HAIR CUTTING

N ELECTRIC hair cutter prom
II ises to replace the shears of the
barber shop. The new electri-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21

A pretty arabian story is told to
this effect: \ man was riding upon a
horse of pure blood when he was met
by his enemy. who was also splendid
" mounted. one pursued the other,
and lie who gave chase was distanced
by the one who fed. Despairing Of
yeaching lin. the pursuer in anger
shouted out:
81 ask. in the name of God, has your
horse ever worked on iand:"
He has worked on the land for four
days"
Very well; mile never has, and, by
the beard Of the prophet, am sure II
watch YOU
Toward tie close of the day the
horse that never labored was the vic
tor, and as the rider of the degraded
horse sank under the blows of his en-
envy he said:
There has been no blessing upon our
country since we have changed our
coursers into beasts of burden and Of
tillage. Has not God made the OK for
the pillow. the camel to transport mer-
chandise and the horse alone for the
race? There is noting gained by
changing the ways of God"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21

"a certain cadi OF bagdad had been
in his youth a fisherman, and, to keep
himself in mind of his humble origin
there was always spread upon his din
ner table huge fishing net.
People admired the cadi for this
exhibition of humility. He was rich,
and his house was sumptuous. But.
amid all that elegance, the net, the
sign Of the mans lowly birth, was al
ways prominently displayed.
The story of the net spread through
the city and finally reached the ears of
the caliph. He. in due time, sent for
the cadi, took him into his favor and
made him his grand vizier.
Thus said Haroun al Raschid, we
reward humility
From the day of his appointment
the grand vizier ceased to exhibit his
fishing net. 1t disappeared, and it was
never spoken of.
''Once, though. a visitor man of con
siderable impudence, said to the vizier.
"'Why is it, my lord, that your net
is no longer spread upon your table?
The vizier smiled and quietly re-
piled:
cit has caught the fish,"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21
Change Wrought by New Woman.

Eyes, inGeed." said the old man
thoughtfully after his wife had de-
livered dissertation upon the prog
ress OF the sex, the new woman is
vastly different from the old"
81 thought you would realize that III
time" she returned rather sharply.
81 have just been reading" he went
on, chow girls used to be sold by their
parents. ana some of them brought
fancy prices
But there's none of that now, thank
heaven" exclaimed the new woman
proudly. woman has asserted her.
self, and
mo, there's none of that now" inter
rupted the old man. That's all past.
A man does not buy a wife in these
days
II should think not!'
Certainly not. It's all changed, all
changed. Now he has to be paid to
take her. and her poor old father has to
wreck his bank account to provide the
dowry. Yes. admit that the new wo-
man. Susan
Then the GSor WAS slammed as she
Indignantly left he room. New York
Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21
a Lacunic correspondence.

IL Is said that the celebrated German
neolog.au. Schlcicrmacher. was rather
Inclined To save than 10 spend money.
He was ut one time quite i'll and sent
for Il renowned physician. DR.. Crate,
who was court physician at the time
uud whose son became the great ocu-
list. Schleiermacher recovered, and
when fully restored to health he sent
n polite note to Or. Crate. expressing
his gratitude and enclosing 4 louis
dor, begging the physician to accept
this small sum as a token of his ap-
probation of the services which had
been rendered him.
The following day he received his
gold pieces again, accompanied by the
following laconic note from the great
physician: The poor | cure for moth
ing. The well to do pay me according
to the regular medicine tax The
rich reward me lavishly, according as
il suits their pleaswc"'
Thereupon the clergyman sat down
and sent Or. Crate this still more Ia
comic answer: The louis dor are
received back with gratitude. The
poor Schloiermachcr"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21
First Bras on In India.

The first Englishman who is known
for certain to have gone out to India
was, according to a writer in an Indian
paper, certain Thomas Stephens, a
member Of well to do Wiltshire fam
lily and an OXonian, who landed some
where near Goa about the year. 1879
and spent forty years in Jesuit mission
airy work in Goa and the neighborhoon
Stephens not only succeeded in master
ing Marathi and Konkani. which were
the languages spoken by the majority
Of the people on the west coast, but
left behind him among other works liz
Marathi of literary merit the 'Purana,'
an epic, and it is in his capacity as the
author of this that Stephens name is
best known among the west coast in
habitants.
The poem contains over 1000
strophes Of four lines each. 1t mar
rates in a lofty style the events that
led up to the establishment of the
Christian religion and from the crea4
ton to the ascension of our Lord, who
figures as the hero of the epic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21
Cromwell and the specter.

The stories of the White Lady" that
periodically visits the German royal
family and of the Little Red Man"
that frequently paid his respects to the
great Napoleon are tolerably well
known. especially that of the former
But few, perhaps. are familiar with the
story of Cromwelrs Giant Specter."
1t appeared to him one night when be
was wide awake and quietly resting on
his couch. In appearance the appar
ton was a woman of gigantic proper
tons Approaching him she announced
in tones like thunder, within tie year
you, my son, will be recognized as the
greatest man in Britain"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-21
Desrrt Mmtcr Trails.

Countless men ana women have per
ished in the deserts of the southwest
for lack Of rain. Yet had they known
how to find it the water was there,
often SO close that a shallow well
would have brought it, says the author
of The Land of Little Rain" There
were numberless living things all about
them, night travelling creatures, whose
well worn trails would have led them
to it. The trails begin far back in the
scattering sands and hills and converge
in one span broad white hard trod
den way in the gully of the spring, and
why trails if there are no travellers il
that direction?
The land is SCARED by these thin, far
roadways of rabbits and what not of
furry folk that run in them Venture
to look for some seldom touched water
hole, and so long as the trails run with
your general direction you can be sure
you are right. But if they begin to
cross your path at never so slight an
angle to converge toward a point to
the left or right of your objective, no
matter what the map says or your
memory tells you, trust the trails Their
makers know