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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-09-06

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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
A FREAK OF NATURE.
Queer Animal or Fish in South Da-
kota Artesian Wells.

Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 10.-A freak OF
nature Is reported from Faulkton coun-
ty in the shape of two curious creatures
which were taken out of. the pond from
an artesian well on the farm of Will
liam Lively. AT first the creatures
might be mistaken for b~ullheads, being
about the same color with heads SINH
lar in shape to those fish and with fish
like eyes and mouth. But Il closer in
spection revealed the presence of four
legs with feet like those OF a frog.
Projecting upward and outward at
h point where the gills of the fish
would appear are three iobed triangular
sections of skin thickly covered on the
under side with innumerable hairlike
tubes, from each side of which finer
tubes project. making the under part
of the lobes of skin look as though COW
cred with soft black moss or feathers.
Apparently the Feature breathes
through these lobes, for when n Of
them was taken from the water the
lobes dried up and 1t died.
The tail. which is fully as long as
the body Of the freak. is thin and tap
ering. being only about a third of an
inch wide at the end. The skin is dotted
with round black spots about l-l6 of
an inch in diameter, and the skeleton
IL clearly seen through the skin. The
under part OF the body Is L yellowish
white. It Is stated that the queer fish
or animals, or whatever they may be.
are found in nearly all the artesian
ponds in the vicinity OF Faulkton, ap-
pearing soon after the ponds are mada,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
POOR FARM HAND
|NHERITS A FORTUNE
James Spratt, Working on
Yankton County Farm,
May Be Wealthy.
WILL CLAIM PROPERTY
Recently Received News That He Had
Become the Possessor Of 1900
Acres Of Irish Land, A Fine
Old Estate.
WILL CLAIM PROPERTY

fankton, :. D.. Jan. l0--JaS. Spratt,
a hired Farmland at the county poo.
farm, has literally jumped from tho
poor house to landed proprietor of al
old and fine estate at Bunnikill. Gal
way. Ireland. Mr.. Spratt came to this
country eighteen months ago. and being
without funds. except for what HI was
able to earn, he hired out and eventual
~ came to his county where he &C,
copied a job at the county farm. where
he did farm work and ate with the SUI
perintendent and his paupe inmates.
W or three in numbe Mr.. Spratt
did not mine this but kept working
away. Now Il letter has arrived from
the estate attorneys telling him of his
good fortune and To come home and
claim the estate. which comprises 1900
acres of valuable property. Mr.. Spratt.
while reluctant to leave this country.
is going after the legacy and will leave
this week.
Eleven below zero is what the GOV
eminent official called it here yesterday
and Yankton is enjoying winter. 1t
now looks as If the river, which is open
here, will yet get a chance to freeze
over. although it will be at least six
weeks in doing SO this season.
A t%arantula made things interesting
at Boyies & Boulan's fruit store yes
tercay. The spider was finally cap
tured and was landed safely in a candy
jar. =
The Henvey and Halo minstrels. car
rying some twenty people. went up
against actors luck here Saturday
night to Il poor house, and the end men
and others are raising cash on their
instruments to get out of town on.
Some of the troupe are still here,
awaiting instructions.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO
SUFFER
From Constipation, Bowel and Stom-
ach Trouble.
q. What is the beginning Of sickns
A. cnnStiuntinn

q. What is the ~bcyinnin. Of sickness2
n. Constipation.
q. What is Constipation:
y. Failure of the bowels to carry off
the waste matter which lies in the ali
mentary canal where it decays and POI
SONS the entire system. Eventually tile
results arc death under the name of some
other disease. Note the deaths from
typhoid fever and appendicitis. tomac
and bowel trouble ut the present time.
y. What causes Constipation?
y. Neglect to respond to the cal! of nv
inre promptly. Lack of exercise. Excess
sivc brain work. Mental emotion and
improper diet.
y. What are the results Of neglected
Constipation?
y. Constipation causes more suffering
than amy other disease. 1t causes rheu-
ni,tism. colds, fevers. stomach. bowel.
kidney. lung and heart troubles. etc. 1T
Is the one disease that starts all others.
Indigestion. dyspepsia. diarrhoea. loss of
,lcep and strength are its symptoms
piles. appendicitis and tistula are caused
by Constitution. Its consequences are
known To AL physicians. but few suffer-
.rS realize their condition until it is too
late. Women become confirmed invalids
rs 4 20 nit uf Constipation.
y. 20 physicians recognizes this:
y. IS. Tie first question Your doctor
?s!.s You is "irc you c~onstipated:' That
- the secret.
q. Can ii be cured:
n. Yes. with proper treatment. The
common error is to resort to physics,
sici. as pills. salts. mineral water. castor
oil. injections. etc. every one of whicl,
Is injurious. They weaken and increase
The malady. You know this by your own
experience.
". What then should be done to cure
it:
\. Get a bottle of Mulrs Grape Tonic
ct once. Mulls Grape Tonic will posi-
lively cure Constipation and Stomach.
Trouble i'll the shortest space of time. No
ather remedy has before been known to
cure Constipation positively and perMa-
Nentiy.
y. What il Mull's Grape Tonic?
\. 1t is Il Compound with 10 per cert
Of the juice of Concord Grapes. 1t OK
rrts II peculiar Strengthening. healing in
tluencc upon the intestines. so that they
can do their work nnaided. The process
rs gradual. but sure. 1t is not il physic.
but ii cures Constipation, Dysentery.
Stomach and Bowel Trouble. Having "a
rich. fruity grape favor. it is pleasant to
take. AS Il tonic i; is une,. Jailed. imsur-
lis tho system against disease. IL
strengthens and builds up waste tissue.
y. Where can Mull's Ora pc Tonic be
had:
\. Yolr druggist sells it. The dollar
i%'ottle contains nearly three times the 30
cent size.
Good FIR aiding children and nursin:
!not!.er>.
y free bott.c TO all who have never
use ii because we know it will cure you.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
YEARS BANNER CROP
WAS SPRING WHEAT
The Average Yield Over South
Dakota Was l3.7 Per
Acre.
CORN is COMPETITOR
Over the State the Amount Of Potato
Acreage Is Amazing, $4,000 Acres
Being Planted to That Pro.
ductive Crop.
CORN is COMPETITOR

Rapid city. s. ID. Jan. 10. The fol :
lowing statistics regarding crops in
South Dakota for the past year are of
considerable interest The banner crop
was spring wheat. of which 44.l33.4S1
bushels We're raised. the average yield
to the acre being 1871 bushels. The
value of this wheat on the farm is
~estirnatcd at S2I.559.432.
Next In Importance comes corn. of
which Il total umbe of 51.6l4.739
bushels were raised. the yield per acre
being 3l.8 bushels. The value of this
crop Is estimated at SIG. 900. 500.
Potatoes We're also a good crop, 35,-
OIL acres being planted in potatoes.
with an average yield of ~ninety-six
bushels to the acre. The total NH
of bushels produced was 1896. SIG. me
he value on the farm was sl,279,39O.
Hay to The value of a little over II
million and n quarter dollars was
raised, the average price per ton be
ing u tritic over 81.
The total number of bushels of po-
tatoes. haxseed. rye. barley. oats.
spring wheat and corn was l42.230.s4
and the value of thcs" crops H. csti-
mated at s60,271,l4l.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
tNc,P,ENT
How Food Headed on the InsidiouA
Disease.

NOW FOO0 klGNOC0 Oh INC InDlNAV0h
Disease.
Tie happy wife Of Il good old-fash-
Toned Michigan farmer says:
I'm the spring Of 1902 1 was taken
sick--a general breaking down. as
it were. vas excessively nervous.
could not sleep vel! at night. my food
seemed to do me no good, and I was
so weak l could scarcely walk across
the oOm.
The doctor said my condition was
due to overwork and close confinement
and that he very much feared that CON
sumption would set in. Fol several
months took one kind of medicine af-
ter another. but with no good effect
In fact. l seemed to grow worse.
Then l determined to quit ali medi-
Grape Nuts food would do for me. l
legan to cat Grape Nuts with sugar
and cream aud bread and butter three
times Il day.
The effect was surprising. began
to gain flesh and strength forthwith.
my nerves quoted down and grew nor
mally steady and sound. sweet sleci,
came back to me In six weeks time
l discharged the hired girl and com
menced to do my own housewark 70,
a family Of six. This was two years
ago. and l am doing it still. and enjoy
It." Name given by Postum Co, Bat
tie Greek. Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
book. THE Road to MELVILLE" IN pkgs.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
CANDIDATES FOR TREASURER.
Representative T. P. Biain of Sphinx
County an Aspirant.

Aberdeen. S. D., Jan. 10.-Representa-
tive L. p. Blain. of Ashton. Sphinx coun-
ty, is announced us Il candidate for the
republican nomination for state treas
urer at the state convention to be held
at Sioux Falls June D. Mr.. Blain was Il
member of the legislature from Sphinx
county in the session of 1905, serving
acceptably in the lower house. He has
ons been conspicuous in political cir
cles In his county and in the state. For
many years he was engaged in the
banking business ut Ashton. selling his
interests in the bank recently and en-
gaging i'm the lumber business. For sew
eral years he was receiver of the grand
lodge of the South Dakota jurisdiction
of the Ancient Order of United Work.
men, acquiring Il wide acquaintance
and making many friends in this posi-
ton. 1t is understood that the Sphinx
county delegation to the state conven-
ton will be instructed for Mr.. Blain,
and his friends assert that he will de-
velop great strength throughout the
state.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
The Real Car

W. r. Stead. who has twice had a
personal interview with the czar. writes
thus OF him. in the World Today, for
January:
/ have been assured that the emperor
was Il very stupid. ignorant and even
half witted man. who reads nothing.
knows nothing, n spends his life in
terror. l have been told that he was n
nervous wreck. that his hair had turned
gray, and that his face was haggard
with wrinkles plowed by care. He has
been represented as false. t~reacherous,
cunning and heaven knows what. So
the old nag. Rumor, spins her spider
web of calumny round the person of
the emperor until the ear. to many of
his subjects and the outside world. has
completely disappeared and been re-
placed by Il kind of mythical monster
who is only saved from being a hob
goblin by the consciousness that he is
impotent to harm. The people who
say these things and the still greater
humber who believe them will be
somewhat iudely surprised when the
douIna releases Nicholas III. from his
prison house and restores him to his
proper place as the czar-tribune of Il
loyal and ~seif-governing people.
There is not Il word of truth in the
popular legend as to the physical
weakness oil nervous prostration of the
emperor. 1t was six years since ] had
seen him. And such six years! But
"ileh nv st'sttu Hle it TeteTIiOL Only
Il few weeks since. he did not seem to
have aged a day since ! bad him good
by at Tsarkoc Selo on the eve of The
Hague conference in 1899. His step
was as light. his carriage as erect. his
expression as alert. His brow bore
no lines of haggard care. l could not
see a gray hair on his head. His spirits
were as high. his courage as calm. and
his outlook as cheerful as ever. The
last time I had seen him was on tn.
of the greatest victory of his reign.
I was now meeting him on the morrow
OF his worst reverse. But the mar was
exactly the same. He might simply
have returned instantly from the door
that had been closed six years before
tn rpppat his adiru
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
REFUSED A LICENSE.
Lincoln Clerk of Courts Forced by
Reason to Take This Course.

Canton, S. H., Jan. 1O.-The clerk OF
courts, A. Brady Beck. refused to issue
il marriage license to one Howard Par
nell, who has for some time been work
ing in the barber shop of Oehmen &
ONre of this city. and Il young woman
from Sioux Falls. 1t is understood that
'he Womans parents are prominent
people of Sioux Falls. Parnell declared
that he would get a writ of manGamus
compelling the clerk To issue them a
license. He later changed his mind and
ms prospective bride departed ON the
morning train for Sioux city, expecting
that Howard would follow her there on
me afternoon train. At the depot.
however. an officer nabaol Parnell and
took him back to Sioux Falls. The
uld-b bride in the meantime had
reached her destination. having been
driven to Beloit to take the train. AMI
called up the barber shop. inquiring
for Parnell.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
STATE DECIDES TO
DISPOSE OF LANDS
South Dakota Board Will Offef
TO Public Much School
Property.
VI is IN MANY COUNTIES
Sc ;tions in Several Counties Selected
for Sales. to Begin March B
Long Dates for Leases
Arranged.

Pierre. s. H.. Jan. 9.-Thc state lands
board has decided on Offering lands for
sale in several counties next spring
Common school lands will be offered
at Pennington, March 3; Minnehaha.
March 13; and Deuel., March Is.
Common school and capitol building
lands will be offered In Hyde, March
10: Hand. March 90: Faulk. March 81:
Edmunds. March IS, and Mcpherson,
March 30.
Common school and endowment
lands will be offered in Brown. March
%; Day, March 81, and IN township
l25, range 55, in Marshall. March -
The lease date for all counties south
Of the I'd standard parallel, including
Gregory, will be March Is. and all 9TH
cr counties In the state on March %.
except in counties where lands will be
offered for sale. In these the leases
will be made the day following the
sales, except at Pennington, whore the
leases will be made March %.
The lease price for n west of tho
river is from 10 to Is cents an acre
in Gregory, according to location; 10
cents in Lawrence. 8 cents In Stanley
and Lyman. and Z cents in all other
counties in that part of he state. East
of the river the rate runs from 81 an
acre in Union TO 8 cents in the north
ern counties, ranging between the two
prices in different counties. The term
of lease will be three years in the
southern n eastern part of the state
and five years In the rest OF the state.
On January 10 the state treasury
will take up 100000 of the emergency
warrants issued a Year ago at "a shade
over 4 per cent. interest. his will
about exhaust the cash on hand and
will leave practically $500, 900 of out
standing ! per cent. general warrants.
Whether it will be decided to fund the
outstanding is at Il lower rate in enler-
Senry warrants remains to be seen.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
\ New being.

Shepard. ILL.,, Jan. sth lSpeciaD-
Mrs. Sarah f.. Rowe, who is residing
here. says she feels like "A New Be
ing although she is in her tifty-sev-
cnth year. Why! Because she has
taken Dodd's Kidney Pills, that we'll
known medicine that has put new life
into old bodies, and has come as Il
God-send into homes OF sorrow and
suffering. She says:
NO one knows what awful torture
l suffered with rheumatism and Kid.
ney Trouble, until l got cured by
Dodd's Kidney Pills. This grand
remedy drove the Rheumatism out Of
my body. nothing else ever did me
amy good. Dodd's Kidney Pills are
worth one hundred times their price,
for they have made me, though l am
f~ifty-sev"n years Old. Il new being.
l am in better shape now than l have
been for many years and l owe it all
TO Dodd's Kidney pills"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
NEWS OF THE ROSEBUD.
No Cold Weather Has Occurred Vet o,
the Newly Opened Section.


Gregory, S. D.. Jan. l0.-.About six
inches of snow has fallen during the
last few days. but has; not affected the
arrival of the mails or freighting teams
to amy great extent. The weather CON
tinucS mild with a west and northwest
erly wind and unless greater precipi-
tation occurs will not lay upon the
ground long. The weather mp to this
time has been very mild for the time
of year. some of the settlers who
have arrived within the last month
may not be very well prepared To stand
the severcst weather.. but those who
came earlier than October are ON
fortably housed and have sheds built
for their stock. Those who put up light
houses during the summer have sod
ded" them on the outside and Il great
many have plastered them either with
MARI Il native lime or cement, some
both inside and out. making them able
to stand winds and cold in Il manner to
make the owners of the best frame
house urn green With envy. Where
this WAS not done they have erected
buildings entirely of sod. and any one
who has lived in Il; sod house. properly
constructed. can vouch for their COM
fort.
The sod crops We're sufficient TO fur
nish feed for those who were here in
time to get them planted and IL great
many had some to sell of corn and po-
tatoes especially.
Trade among the merchants has been
good. The holiday trade was in the
more substantial and useful articles.
but was "A good healthy trade.
Wood can be obtained for S1.50 to SO
4 cord and coal from $11.50 to SIS per
ton.
Already the more northwesterly por-
ton is taking on the aspect of "A bust
ness boom. a $1,000 stock of general
| merchandise is being put i'm ut Murphy.
The Rosebud Lumber company and
VIM. kris,ler & Co. will put in lumber
yards at Dixon. 5. ID. Johnson &
Gardner. bankers. of this place. win
soon have Il bank opened in that place
with G. +. Brown. manager.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
Such Is Life.
From the Chicago News.

Ii'iii IN il'dso -\'HT.
And so they We're married.
Tho day after the parson had collected
his fee tho newly elected freight payer
said: Darling, you certainly have lovely
tc"ta."
I'm So glad vou like them. dear re-
Joined hey br.dclcts. They were a Christ
mas present from grandma three years
ago
Shanghai. it is estimated, will. in ten
years. nave a population of 1850, 600. Al
present II is 100000.
at n glance. What are "A farmers tastes"
appeals most 70 a farmer he asked
himself hurriedly. And then he said:
We car give YOU all the home COM
forts here, sir
The farmer LAID down TIE pen with
which nc had been entering his name n
said In "A disappointed voice:
- want morc'n that when ! come to n
York hotel. young man. kin git thu
home comforts at home"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
lNcENDIARY AT BEREsFoRp.
An Attempt to Burn Lumber Yard
Eoilcd by Hioh Mind.

Beresford. S. D.. Jan. 1O.-It is very
evident Beresford has AN incendiary.
Since the fire which destroyed the mill
n electric light plant here, another
attempt has been made to do away
with another n of Beresford's bus
mess houses. One night during the
last week some unknown person sat
urated several bundles of laths in the
lumber sheds of the Queal Lumber
company with oil and then took the
top off IL lighted lantern and threw the
burning wick in on the laths, but luck
seemed to be against them in this in
stance. as the wind blew the light out
and it failed to do it's intended de
Structive work.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
MANY WANT WORK.

Canton. S. d.. Jan. S.-Many Of. the
people OF the county want to work for
Uncle Sam. The following named per-
sons were here to take examination for,
rural mail carrier. From Lennox. w.
F. Little. ]. ]. Hailigan. f. d. McCum-
per, Mrs. p: e. Gilmore: Worthing. Err
Gerber; Fairyjew. Ross Maple. ]. w.
Jones: Harrisburg. M. A. O'Connor. -.
=: Robinson. J. E. Gopher. and Canton.
Henry Feldman, WILDER Kinsley. John
peterson. A. A. Arnold. Albert AIa
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18

Although ellis abound In Scotch wa
ters and are caught I'm great quanti-
Ties. they are not considered fit food
there. No matter how plentiful and
how very fine and large they may be
IN any district of Scotland, no native
VIII eat one. The objection to the ell
Is said to be based on its serpentlike APP
pearance and the fact that 1T is not
overfastidious as to what IT feeds on.
Ions OF choice cells for the London mar
ket are taken from streams that are
UOt free from sewage
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18

The English people were taught Tho
cultivation of hops by Il native of
'Artois. who in 1924. introduced them
into his country. but the physician
represented them as unwholesome
ana parliament was petitioned against
hops as being IL wicked weed" In
100 their use was prohibited under Sc
we're penalties. Henry VIII. appears to
have been prejudiced against hops. for
In IA MS. dated Ethan. anuary 1880.
occurs an injunction to his brewer riot
TO put hops or birthstone into the
ale. In the year 1902 the term hop
grounds" first occurs in our laws.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
lHOw's This !?

We oncr one Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f.. J. CHENEY X co. Toledo, o..
We, thu undersigned. have known +. j.
Cheney for The last Ii years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out amy obligations made by his firm.
F., WAI.DING. KlNNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o..
Hairs Catalrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price - cents per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Takc Halls Family FINS for constitution.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
Is A GOOD RECORD.
In Union County Five Deaths ana
Seventeen Births Recorded.

Elk Point. S. d.. Jan. lO.-During the
of December there were five
Deaths and seventeen births in Union
county. The birth rate for the year
just closed shows a good increase over
the death list. The census Law passed
at the last. session of the legislature re-
quires all deaths and births to be re-
'ortcd to the clerk Of courts.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18


Thousands tell of
G ureS m a Il g by
.Doan's Kidney Pills.
John c. Coleman, q
prominent merchant
of ~Swainsboro, Ga.
says: For several
years my kidneys
We're affected, and
my back ached day
and night. I was
~
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
NEWS OF ETHAN.
Stock Yards Had to ee oisinfeets,
QMira 70 Seah.

Ethan. S. D.. Jan. 1O.-Typhoid fever
has been prevalent here this winter
and a number Of cases have been re-
ported. While some have been very
serio.s there has been no fatalities and
all are recovering ut present.
Two oars of cattle shipped some time
ago being held up in Sioux City by
the inspector at that place on account
Of scab has necessttated the disinfect-
Ing of the yards st this place.
The O. X. has been sold
to Henry STOPPER. n former resident
OF this place. who has been engaged
In business at Hawarden. Ia. for the
past year.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18

Dickens odd Curiosity Shop is No.
u3 OF the street where 1t stands near
iLincoln's Inn fields. 1t is now owned
by IA waste paper merchant who is en-
terprising enough to carry on beside his
protested trade "A business in selling
Dickens souvenirs.