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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-07

age. Liberal op-over> allowed GA all
tickets Tickets are good in tour, t
sleeperc. For further Information
regarding rate routes and train ser
vice. see nearest ticket agent or write
+. A. Miller, General Passenger
Agent. Chicago. l0-l1
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-07

Blood and Nerves are very close.
y related. Keep the blood rich, pure
and healthy, with Hoods Sarsaparilla
and you will have no nervousnessN
F Hoods Pills are best after-dinnee
pills, aid digestion, prevent constipation
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-07
Library Report

Library Report
Librarians report of sisseton Lib
rary for August.
ATTENDANCE
Adults 1876
Children, Girl Readers. 40
!" Picture Lovers. ;. IL
:. Boy Readers ~
Picture Lovers. Al
BOOKS TAKEN
By Males. ..,..... 10
BY Females. =. III. 116
Books returned I. I. .21O
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-07

Take day off and meet all your friends and neigh
bor the Roberts County Fair See what's going ON.
Forget your troubles. day at the fair will do more
good than ali the doctors and medicines Try it.
early IL the Roberts County Fair and stay
late. njoy yourself while You alive; you'll be a
long f.sne dead.
- 1 the ee.-.Ia-x fnr a a copy of premium list:
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-07
Low Rates West and Northwest
Daily Until October 81.

DAILY Until october .
5000 to points In California. $4,000
30 Northern Pacific Coast points.
Greatly reduced rates made to many
other points West and Northwest via
the
CHICAGO. NIDwAUKEE q 81. PAUL
RAILWAY
Halt rates Tor children Of half-fare
The Marshall republican., 1906-12-21
oLpDANTs Ny
THEY MADE
THEIR OWN PENS

Some Of the ancient papyrus, known
to have antedated Herodotus, was writ
ten with reeds dipped in gum water col
ored with charcoal or SCOT of resin. The
ink of the cuttlsfsh was also used. The
earliest use of the brush pencil. invented
by the Chinese, appears to have been
about ao6 B. C., although China had a
literature long before that. The ancient
Assyrians used sun-dried bricks.
Some biblical references to, writing
implements are confusing, as for in
stance, the mention Of an 'iron pen" by
Job. This, however. probably meant a
sraver of steel. serving to write on
stone or metallic plates. In the Book
Of Jeremiah reference is made to hard
ening q pen point with a diamond. say
ing. 4Writtsn with . pen Of iron and
with = point Of . diamond" Much the
same principle l. followed in the manu-
facture Of the present day gold pens for
The Marshall republican., 1906-12-21

quill pen was in use long before the
time Of ST. Isidore. and remains that
have been found indicate that even metal
pens were not unknown to the ancient
Romans.
Practically all of the early literature
Of the white races was preserved by the
monks. who used the quilts. St. Thecla
Of Isauria Is said to have written out
the entire Scriptures without a blot or
a mistake and to have used n quill,
So firmly did the gull pen become i'm
bedded in the affections OF mankind that
the quilts of the gray goose still are
used in some of the English courts.
II was not until toward the close of
the eighteenth century that experiments
were made in England. France and
America looking toward the manufac-
ture of metal pens. An interesting in
vention at such a time was the an
nouncement in 1909 by Joseph Bramah,
who fathered the idea of having a nib
and a holder in separate pieces in place
of the complete quill. His machine cut
quilts Into separate nibs. which were fas-
tened on to handles of metal wood and
ivory.
The earliest record of the manufac-
ture and sale Of steel pens wa in 1905.
by a Mr.. Wise. in London. These pens
were barrel-shaped and made as much
like a quill as possible; but they were
infiexible and unsatisfactory, until in
1870 Joseph elliott of England, began
the manufacture Of a vastly improved
pen at greatly reduced prices. This pen.
with Improvements and variations, is the
steel pen in use today. It Is interesting
to note that the manufacture of steel
pens in the United States did not begin
until 1860. and the steel used in most
Of the factories Is imported from
Sweden. even to this day.
Gold pens first were made In I8as in
England. and in this country in 1885.
First the points Of the gold pens were
protected by diamonds and rubies, but
in 1880 Il was discovered that iridium
could be used as advantageously, espe-
cialiy II imbedded b the gold instead Of
soldered on, and would be far less ex-
pensive. This principle is followed to
the present time.
The fountain pen Of to-day. the most
perfect of writing implements, Is the
development Of TIE idea. expressed in
The Marshall republican., 1906-12-21

Romans, later on, recorded public docu-
ments on the wax-covered tablets OF
stone, bronze and wood, using the stylus.
They, too. used papyrus and reeds. while
parchment wa somewhat used as well,
but the wax tablets, some even being
on ivory, were the favorites. In some
Of the writings Of Pliny reference Is
made to the use of rolls Of lead and of
linen, the stylus being used for the lead
and reeds for the linen. In the British
Museum there are many Greek docu-
ments. Of the time of the Ptolemys,
written on papyrus with reeds.
The stylus Of the old Greeks and
Romans generally was sharp-pointed at
the n end and blunt At the other, so
the latter could be used to erase by
smoothing over the wax the mistakes
Of the writer. A stylus of that sort was
. formidable weapon of attack or de-
fence. and Cesar used one when he was
attacked BY his murderers. stabbing
Casca - the arm, At one time the use
Of The Iron stylus wa prohibited IN
Rome because Of ito danger - .
"S reyt fN y
The Marshall republican., 1906-12-21
RonAN "a
WRITING nO
IMPLEMENTS

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= forr,,;n men with a reservo;r IN N.
boI,ow. ooera,ed nv +, stud which when
dressed nv the thumb Welded a aow Of
;,t % the Min Ioseob Bramah ;nvsn,sd
several ideas for fountain peps. one he.
inc a hollow metal tube, which. how
ever. was So thin that II was easily bent
out of shape, 50 that the ink was al
lowed to escape. Another idea. which
he patented in 1882, was a more sub
-s,antial tube. fitted with a o;ston rod
The Marshall republican., 1906-12-21

From the bronze chiscl Of the ancient
Egyptians, used to carve the hero
elyphics which constitute the Oldest
known writings, to that modern ideal
writing implement. the fountain pen, Is
q far cry.
It takes one from the days Of mans
groupings for learning to the ~present-day
high standard of intellectually, although
the ancients who used the bronze chisel,
as we'll as their successors who used the
stylus, the split reeds or the writing
brushes, should not In any way be con-
fused with the men of savagery, for
they possessed no mean abilities, and
showed, through their crude and cum
bersome processes, how keeniy they felt
the need for records by which the
knowledge acquired by n generation
could be preserved for the next.
Prosaic pen, what q treasure store
you have been to the human race! Truly
'the pen is mightier than the sword"
And as the pen has been simplihed
from the days of its direct ancestor, the
bronze chisel, so has its value to man
kind been increased. As the stylus, used
ON the wax-coated tablets of stone and
metal and wood. was q wonderful step
over the chisel In the march of improve
ment, 90 was the quill pes. Of 50 many
centuries q still more wonderful step In
advance, although destined to give way
70 comparatively recently to the steel
pen, the gold pen and the fountain pen,
which to-day is the acme of perfection
In the way Of a writing tool.
One result Of this great chain OF I'M
provemsnt and development 'is found in
the general education Of the masses of
to-day. Whereas, IN the days of the an
clients Il was only the savant or the
skilled artisan who . could preserve
knowledge and records for the then un-
born, to-day it is rare indeed to find
! man oHwoman who cannot write and
who doe{ not write, every year, more
than one pf the ancient savants could
~transcrihe 10 . lifetime.
Ppssihly some fault may b found
With ths $fesence to the old Egyptian
bronze chitis n writing implements,
II".T F|| A|A"FL IN-I|N INNN MH.
The Marshall republican., 1906-12-21

but the classification cannot be criti-
cized by any one willing to accept the
Darwinian theory. and thus recognize
the ape as the ancestor of man. Outside
of the chiseis, however. the earliest
writing instrument probably was the sty-
lus, a pointed bodkin of metal, bone or
ivory, which was used for producing in
cised or engraved letters. Then there
was the calamus, or asundo. made Of
the hollow, tubular stalks Of grasses
growing In marshy lands. This was
the true ancient representation of the
modern pen.
Hollow joints of bamboo were SINH
larly employed and the use of such pens
can be traced to a remote antiquity
among the civilized nations of the far
east, where reeds and canes are in com
mon use as writing implements to this
day. From out Of antiquity has come
q principle. first shown in the split reed.
upon which every pen since made has
beer. modelled and upon which nobody
has been able to improve. It forms just
as much q part of the modern foun-
tain pen. as 1t formed a part of the old.
clumsy and troublesome reeds.
Long before the days Of the reeds and
Of the quilts. writers used the stylus. al
though Il was varied In form and was
used in many different ways. Monu-
ments Of ancient Ninevsh show the use
Of sunhurned brick, the stylus having
been used to engrave the fresh clay be-
fore the baking process was rcsorted to
for the pressfvation Of the writing.
Rapyrus was used IN EGYPT from re-
mote periods. TIE writing being done
with tie reed, while Juices Of berries
were used for ink. The Creeks and the
The Marshall republican., 1906-12-21
use in fountain pens.

use in fountain pens.
1t was. the introduction, of paper that
brought quilts into existence. and the
quill pen lived for o than a thousand
years, the quilts of the goose and of the
swan being preferred. The earliest spe-
ci6c aliusion in history to the quill pen
occurs In the writings Of st. Isidore of
Seville who died 6s6 A. D. Reeds also
were extensively used for many years
after quill Pens were introduced. There
j. reasee % believe. however. that the
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-03-19
DEFENSE OF FEST
MAY Be AN AL-|B|
DOCTOR WILL PROVE He COULD
NOT HAVE MURDERED MRS.
ROSA MANGRUM.
HE HAS MANY FRIENDS
Who Scoff at the Idea Of Him Having
Anything TO Do With Her Dis
appearance--Much IN
terest Excited.

Nashville, Tenn, March lS.--It has
day of arrest that the defense OF Dr.
~. Herman Foist. to he charge that
he was connected " tn the disappear.
anee Of Mrs Rosa Mangrum would be
an alibi
| His friends assert that every move
ment of the accustd man on the night
of Mrs. Mangrum's disappearance can
be accounted foe The case has eX.
cited considerable interest about the
city and as subject of discus ion
divided time with the convention held
at the court house Nothing new de.
veloped from the arrest. further 20
ceedngs going over until Monday
when the evidence against DR.. Feist
will probably be presented to the
grand jury.
proceedins before the grand jury
are usually onc.sided, the prosecution
pres 2ntlng is acts, upon which the
jurymen determine II there is a prima
faca case, but i is thought that Dr.
Feists attorneys WI make an effort
10 have his witnesses so before the
grand jury, and by proving an alibi
prevent a true bill In the event Of
successful action Of this kind Il is ex-
pected that the prosecution viii again
bring the mater before the next grand
jury The evidence in the hand Of the
prosecute on is thought 10 be entirely
circumstantial, but II is thought that
In view OF the seriousness OF the
charge and the lack Of authority OH its
part TO thoroughly 20 into the details
the grand jury will most likely return
true bill aud lei the charge be thor.
pughly sfited hefore a pati' juTy.
1t was stateI hy friends Of Dr Faist
thai he has been expecting arrest for
everal weeks, and during that time
h's attorneys have secured evidence
which. in their opinion. will aoquit him
Of tha charge The prosecution,
through Detectives Sidebottom, Irwin
ana Dowd have worked up proof
which they consider strong.
The prosecution experienced some
am CHi'9 III dbtEfih% uppll Nlib 9hHHAa
sign the warrant for his arrest Mem.
bers Of the family were In consultation
for several days before this was finally
fixed upon. and II is thought that the
report Of the physicians upon the re-
sult Of the analysts of the dead WON.
ans stomach precipitated It, The re
suit of the analysis is not known.
Dr. Fcist's Friends sderide the at
tempt to place the responsibility OF
the womans death upon him. Many Of
them have called at his Office in the
Wilcox Building to express their com
miseration and their belief in his in
uOcence.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-03-19
PLACES SAILS ON
ITS NEWEST SHIP
JAPAN's MONSTER LEVETHiAN OF
THE SEA WILL NOT DEPEND
ONLY on STEAM.
LIKE AN OLD TIMER
English Naval Experts Observing With
Great Interest This Specimen Of
Architecture Larger Than
the Dresdnaught.

Toxic. March 1S-Japan's newest
and greatest battleshin. now approach
ing readiness for launching at Kure.
is 70 be fitted with sal as well as
steam power. Ths snip will carry two
large mass fttel with light steel fire
control platforms. Cn each Of these
viii De pread t3psails. t8p-gallant
sails and lower ca1r-es. The new vez-
81 wiu nave a displacement Of 1900
ton and p sea stream speed If TWEEN
fy-oHe lugIs
The expectation Is that tho use Of
sail Bower viii prove g-eat factor
in coal saving while cruising "a time
Of peace. and the British attaches here
are watching this return to tne days
OF the hundred-guu ealing ship wiih
a great amount of interest
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-03-19

Indianapolis, Ind, March l8.-Presi
dent Mitchell has mailed 10 Ge9rg.
F. Baeg. chairman of the Anthracite
Coal Ope ,tors committee, his replj
TO the CO umittees communcat on II
iecting the demands Of the miners
Mitchell expresses keen disappoint
ment at the rejection Of the miners
demands, and that the argument in
favor of their demands were prac
tically ignored in the operators reply
Mitchell insists the wages proposed by
the union "are not In excess cf-iu.
deed they are not 50 h'gh-as the
wages paid in the bituminou5 mining
districts OF the country
Continuing Mitchell says
I'VE wish to assure you we are not
unmindful Of the great public interests
involved In this controversy as to our
future relations. neither are we unap-
prec ative OF tho splendid efforts made
by the Anthracite Coal St~ike Com
mission to establish relation nip b.
tween rs thar would in ure a Just and
permanent peace, but II You will re.
fer to the award Of that commission
you will ind The commission Itself was
in doubt as TO the permanency OF its
andngs and expressed a hope that
~She ~axpirat % Of tho award the
relations Of operators and ~eiliBl0ye
would have 50 far improved as TO
make it possible f9r such CONDITION as
exisfed throughout the country cpunt
Try III consequence cf the st-ilse IL ils
AaTlfacite I1 1is3 VT naE sarFlldlIlg
cd the hope that our adherence to the
Letter and spirit Of the award and
absence Of local or general strikes
during the past three years, would
have appealed more strongly to your
confidence and thar we. might reason
ably expect serious cons deration Of
our claims at this time.
when we met in joint conference
nj las Liberty street. New York City
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-03-19
DOCTOR IS FOUND
GUILTY OF CRIME
TRIED FOR INJECTING POISON
INTO WlFE'S LEG WHILE SHE
WAS ON DEATH BED,
He PLEADS INSANITY
But the Jury Returned Verdict
Against Him and He is SEN
fenced to 20 Years in the
Penitentiary

Greensboro, n. c., March lS.--Aftee
jury had deliberated fer thirteen
hours Saturday, Dr. j. B. Matthews
was convicted of having murdered his
wife by injecting strychnine in'o her
leg as he pretended to be praying at
her bedside.
Guilty Of murder in the second dc
gree was the verdict and Judge Fer.
guaon sentenced the pris oner to a
term Of twenty years.
Crime Committed Boldly.
So strong was the evidence aga nst
Dr. Mathews-C Coroner Turner was
present when the poison was admins
tered-that the defense was plea Of
insanity To Offset this the prosecution
showed mat the prisoner had accused
his wife of inidelity. and threatened
o kill her because of such belief.
There were many dramatic scenes
at the trial. Mrs A. NJ. Hay "a witness
for the pros ecution, swooned on the
stand when accused by the prisoners
counsel Of having accepted Jewels of
D. Mathews.
Question Two Hours Long.
In an endaayor to prove his cli-~t
insane, counsel for the defense a.l q
a question that took an hour AMI ten
minutes to PROFOUND. The answer was
given in n few minutes.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-03-19
PREACHER SCORES
THE JOL0 VICTORY
REV PARKHURsT SAYS IT WAS
NOT BRILLIANT FEAT
OF ARMS.
NATION is HEARTLESS
And Roosevelt Officially is Good Rep.
resentstive Of This Unregen-
ersey-Rates His Mes
sage to Wood.

Now York March 18.-In a sermon
to-day Rev. Or. Parkhurst referred 20
The killing of Moros and the prest
dents congratulatory dispatch to Gen
oral Wood. He declared the moving
lown Of COO moro men. women and
children in tho crater Of volcano was
mo more a bIill.an feat of arms" than
smoking bees out Of a hive OF rats
OUT OF a nest. He considered 8 sad
ezure Of tle presidents message to
Wood that it contained no word pi
ympathy, no. one word Of tende. dis
.ress in view of the indiscriminate
slaughter perpetrated ia honor Of the
American flag
Parkhurst said he preferred To
mink Of that cablegfam. composed a.
was n presence. practically Of
.angied men. torn women. armIess
I'D headless children. as mol being an
e.5rsszion Of the man Roosevelt. bni
- the President Roosevelt in whom
officially the heartlessuess and greed
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-03-19
MITCHELL EXPRESSES HIS KEEN
DISAPPOINTMENT At REJECTION
Of MINERS DEMANDS BY BARONS
Miners Are Not UnmindfuI of Great Public Inter-
ests Involved in Present Controversy
SEEKS A JOINT CONFERENCE

en- the 15ta day Of February last, 1t
was agT aed that when the separate
committees of seven had terminated
their work, they should report to the
committee of tha whole We under
stood this to mean that after we had
submitted cur demands and our tea-
sons therefor, and YOU had prepared
ycur reply thereto. the joint commit
tee would meet. confer. and if poSs bic
reach an agreement, but 1t would seem
from rea4ing your reply, that all our
propositions have been rejected and
hat your final decision has been
given. We tsust this conception Of
your intention is Incorrect. II l. our
opinion, neither you nor We can afford
10 break off negotiations n this abrupt
manner. So far as we and the interests
we repre- ent are concerned, we are
not willing TO accept and share of the
responsibility this acticn entails We
believe further meeting should be
acid and that we should strive
earn astly and conscientiously TO recon
cile our differences
Mitchell concludes with the decla'
raj en- that while he operators have
aad no serious cause for complaint
during the past three years, the miners
have had much cause for criticism anu
aomp'a aint. ITO such an extent Is this
true, he says, we feel i incumbent
npan us " saygwe eanrt with any de-
gree Of eontentnant 81 satisfaction,
continue to. Woek under present conai7
ions. Iiosgevei, VIE repeat The inter-
z Ts9 ITls S7T v-grS n r
lot W ling to br ak off negotiations
without first making further efforts g
reconcile our differences. We therefore
propose thar a further conference or.
conferences be held between now and
be Grt Of April.
"ff this suggestion meets with your
we shall be pleased TO ar
range with you, date upon which our
Joint committee may reconvene.'
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-03-19
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
New Orleans. March 49, Governors
of q different states, mayors anl
boards Of trade Of 1000 different towns
and cities and editors Of 5000 different
newspapers ia the de territory
bounded by the Rockies the Alle.
ghenlcs, the Great Lakes and 'he Gulf
have been invited 10 come 10 New Or
leans April 3. and 10 start in mo.
tion a great trade propaganda among
the Latin countrie. OF Central and
South America ana take time by the
forelock in view of the trade expan.
sion to follow the opening OF he Pan.
anna canal
Not until the canal is completed will
they wait, but, Il mulaled boy the ac.
tvily Brought about by The c1ncentra-
ZION of work on the lsthmus of Pan.
ANA. il is propo el TO form az once a
pe manent organization fo- The pur
pcse of developing and magnifying the
trad relations between the states 4
the valleys of the Mississippi, the Ms
souri,, aud the Ohio and tlc c1uu ries
20 tl south and sen to the lat 20
Americans those american products
and manufacture whica are now sup
piled principally 10y Germany AMI
Great Britain Those STATES which
have been asked 10 participate are
Iliiuo S. Indiana Ohio. Missouri, Penn.
sylyania. Michigan. " scoasin. Mime
.ota. Ncrh snd S nth Dakota. Kansas.
Nebra. Ia Iowa Oklahoma. Colorado.
Utah. Montana Wyoming. Texas. ln.
dian TeinSoFy Arkausat Tom zee.
Kcniuch2 Fisl lama Mississippi and
Louisiana and RS Anticipated that al
lttardan,e Of 216asdelegatrs wiz be
secured The prog a'n cout rplatss
addresses by men Of nstional and in-
ernst o-al rc2uta ion from al nel
tat. both la business AMI gubIe'
ife. Mr jaime W. Pcrca. ctalrmsu uf
he i5irt confer nee comristee or ID
New Orleans husin S. exchafGs iH "V-
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-03-19
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
CONFERENCE IN APRIL 5 TO

planning the objects OF the conv
says: We realize that il reuqif
combined effort Of the large ch,
north of us TO create that volume q
tonnage that will give MS as perfecy
hipping facilities by water a. eniel ed
by New York. In fact, a careful I laly-
sis Of the situation clearly establishes
thar faet that we should havd better
facilities and that the wonderful ton.
mage that We will be able TO 9ontrol
will speedily reuqire hem Onerof the
results Of this convention wei hope
viii be permanent organization with a
few trained and thoroughly coi1petent
r.. IN in charge whose busiuess il will
hs to watch over every interest. guard
us against determinations. and it. they
occur, be in trained posi- on 10 adj
wise all Of the participating exchanges
oi net what is being doncj wherein it
hourts and how 10 apply The cure II
viii also De- their duty 20 gather data
o. every C nceivable Kind for the beno-
dt OF woull-he shi5pl.s. 10 look into
ala pnta1giamcnts OF difficult IS that
may occur by people wno DO ship. IN
other words. t) be the watchdog OF he
situation and through an Intelligent
effort wei applied build up zen fiment
To the point Of making cl- natural adj
vantages property workable New Or
leans realizes that as the greatest
gateway OF The Gulf mu-h oxpec'od
of her. and our exchanges are now
aiiva 10 the importance of cvploiting
cur Fac liIes. % uakins 81 Gear TO the
delegation TO De- in attendance that
We are sbu1ianuy alio. iu tact thor
egrhiy equipped 90 tafc care Of any
volume OF business. however large.
thar is destined 70 tho Latin Americas
aside from our alrea iy established
hu incss
Praplra ions have been made To- an
.labois-e Creole banquet and a steam.
shin ride over the magnificent 20 miles
.f harlgr on either side of ne Ms-is-
ppI a. Nev Orleans