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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-23

A Profitable Lesson Taught Patron OF Cata-
logue Houses by Home Mer-
chants.

column, after column has been writ
ten about the bad deals people make
by trading with catalogue houses in
place of trading with their home mer-
chants, but it seems almost necessary
for man to get beat before he takes
a tumble to himself as the saying is,
and begins to do all his trading at
home where he can see the goods.
We can quote an example which
happened in this city by which one
man at least was convinced of the ad.
visibility of trading at home.
He had been a faithful student of
the catalogues of the Eastern mail or
der houses. He was interested in
certain thing and had studied so much
catalogue literature on it that he could
talk about merits of the article he
wanted for certain purpose. Which
made the merchant, who made this
line specially, open his eyes. In
fact he knew so much about it that
when he went into a local store and
told the merchant just exactly what
articles he wanted, the latter knew he
had studied the catalogue and was
ready for him.
The customer described a large
number of articles which he desired to
purchase and each one was laid on
the counter. When he had them all
in a pile before him he said: II will
give you $3.50 for them. l can buy
them from a mail order house for that.
Will you take it?'
The merchant took his pencil and
figured for moment, put on a trou-
bled look and told the man that, con.
sidering the amount of trading his
family did at the store, he would do
so. The purchaser was more than
pleased.
''Tll pay for these next month" he
said. But the merchant wasn't quite
as easy. He replied: IF you had
bought these from. the mail order
house at that price you would have
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who fell into disgrace by his abrupt
withdrawal from the army. All three
were trial by court-martial and dis
missed from the service.
All that concerns the characters of
these men is legitimate food for
thought, and the very localities which
will speak of them are full of the
deepest interest. The old home of Gen.
Charles Lee is an oblong building Of;
massive stone, with chimney midway.
The ground floor of his mansion" had
no partition; it was divided by chalk
lines merely, and these lines marked
out four compartments. In the first
he kept his books, in the second was
his bed, a rough camp couch: in the
third his saddles, hunting outfit and
dogs, while the fourth, which included
the fireplace, was his kitchen. Lee
said that by this he could overlook his
establishment without getting up 10
open doors After his death an addi-
tion exactly the same size as the 9TH
er portion of the stone house was
built, thus making the house just twice
it's original size.
Tradition has it that after Lees re-
buke by Gen. Washington at Mon
mouth the latter sent a note stating
that he would call upon him on a Ger.
tain morning, and that he hoped all
past contentious and bitterness had
been forgotten. Lee could not eradi-
cate the old anger he felt for his ad
versary, and, unlike the ordinary man.
he could not make commonplace
excuse for not desiring to see him. He
had to do it out of the ordinary-do
1t as no other person would. So on
the day fixed for the visit of Gen
Washington, Lee sent away his italian
servant and all the negroes and thea,
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BANK WRECKERS TELL Of ROBBERY
Give Much New Information Relative to Springfield
Robbery-Robbers Secure $500.

Contrary to the usual custom Of ex-
pert bank wreckers, who decline to talk
Of their exploits and methods, pad
dy" Carol, who, with three compan-
ions, was recently placed in the Sioux
Falls penitentiary to serve long terms
for the robbery of the Bank of Spring
field, at Springfield, S. d., on the
morning of Oct. last, has made a
statement for publication. Himself
and companions secured the sum of
5000 in cash as the result of the
Springfield robbery, and escaped for
the time being by seizing the team
and carriage of Mrs. Dr. Greenfield of
Avon, who was visiting in Springfield
the night of the robbery.
Carroll's statement throws new light
on many features Of the robbery, and
Is as follows:
II left Parkston on Sunday (Oct. p
and drove to Tyndall with a horse
trader. We reached Tyndall about 9
p. m. At Tyndall we got hold of a
sack and bought some canned goods,
bread and beer. The horse trader left
this stuff under the railway bridge just
below Springfield for us and drove on
across the Missouri and into Ne
braska.
1--WE walked down from Tyndall to
Springfield on Tuesday night, stopping
at McNeill's for drink 1t was that
called for the water at this place. We
went down to the bridge, ate lunch,
went up to the stock yards and got a
drink Of water, and then went up
town. We waited under large tree
between Shows house and the town
for a while, and then went up town
and looked over the situation.
"All day Wednesday we hid in the
brush along the river and not far from
the bridge.
"Wednesday at about midnight we
went up town and by @: 80 a. m. broke
In the front door Of the bank. At
first we tried to pick a hole in the
side of the vault We soon decided
that that would take too long so we
gave up the plan. l then went to a.
blacksmith shop and got heavy ham,
mer. We soon had the locks all off
and got at the safe.
Il gave the safe two light charges.
but the door held fast. The third
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| went out after that on the hills, hop
ing that the wild animals would come
and eat me up. I built a fire out of
some dry wood which a ranchman had
piled up in one corner Of his pasture
and waited, but the animals did not
come"
Nelson is Dane, about forty-three
years old, and speaks excellent Eng
lish. He has been working out on the
government irrigation ditch. When
taken before the examining physician,
II was found that he had an ounce
and half of laudanum on his person.
he Is in the county Jail, and probably
will be sent to the asylum at Yank-
ton.
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INCREASE THE LAND VALUES

The man, or the woman either, who
gets his or her support out of a town
and its people, who depends on them
for living, but who, when buying, pa
trOnizes outsiders instead of the local
retailers, is constant injury to all
residents of the community which is
so unfortunate as to shelter such a
person. Buy at home should be adopt
ed as the retailers cry. The buy at
home idea must win out-Ex
A man over in jackson county who
patronizes the mail order houses al
lows his children to play with the big
catalogues. One morning the nurse
came out and told them there was a
new baby in the house. "Who brought
it?" asked the children. The nurse
replied that it had just come. "Oh,
know" cried little tot, It's a mail
order baby, and I'll bet it's adulterated
just like the pepper and the strawber-
ry jam was, and papa will have to
keep it because the money was sent in
advance. ."-Exchange.
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been compelled to pay In advance sew.
eral weeks. All ask is that you pay
me now as soon as you have the goods.
That must have or the goods will
stay here"
He agreed then to do this and wrote
his check for $3.50 willingly, as 1t
was learned later that the catalogue
house price was $3.50, and started
out Of the store.
The merchant called him back and
asked him if he was perfectly satisfied
with the deal. The customer assured
the man that he was, and then-the
merchant had his say.
He told the customer that he had
paid just $3.50 more to him than the
regular retail price Of the goods, and
as evidence he showed him credit
sales of each of the articles and show
ed him the total.
The customer did not know what to
say as he had told the merchant he
was perfectly satisfied with the deal
and he could not demand his money
refunded. The merchant then showed
the man wherein the catalogue house
had quoted lower price than he could
on a standard article, while on the
ones which were not standard he had
raised the price several dollars.
AS an evidence of his businesslike
principles, the merchant made the
price right and the customer went
away we'll satisfied, but the merchant
has the assurance that in the future
he will have the entire trade of one
man who made an effort to beat him.
self
The man is now liberal patron OF
the store and the honest profit on the
sales which the merchant will make
to the man in the course of year
will be far greater than the amount
he refunded, which the catalogue
houses would have defrauded him out
of this one deal.-Red Wing Repub-
licap.
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The department has been taking up
many sound municipal loans the past
year, but out of the total amount
loaned for that period more than half
million dollars was on farm property
that class of loans always taking up
a larger part of the fund than all
others combined The sum Of $5S, $50
was loaned to school districts. $37,45O
to municipalities and $4,000 to coun-
ties for last year.
Faulk county took the required cash
from the school fund for the erection
Of its new court house; municipal
loans were made in the counties of
Codington, DAILY, Grant, Gregory, Ham
lin, Hyde and Moody, and school dis
trict bonds, running from 5000 in
Stanley to $11,60O in Hamlin county,
were made during the year.
For the first time in the history of
the state every county now holds in
vestments of the permanent school
fund. Stanley never asked for any OF
the fund previous to the past year, but
in organizing it's school districts it is
finding place for the cash. At no
time within the past year has the
permanent fund been allowed to accu-
mulate, and it has all been kept busy
drawing the income which helps re-
duce local taxation in the school dis
tricts of the state.
1t is the hope Of Commissioner Bach
that he can bring this fund for dis
trihlIfiOn RI ho1f
for this, his last year in the Office.
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mounting his horse, he rode away, first,
however, having left a note affixed TO
his front door (the only one) saying:
NO MEAT COOKED HERE TO-DAY.
1t is said that Washington came ana
knocked in vain; but when he read
the paper he silently rode away, rec
ognizing the bitterness OF his former
companion stronger than ever.
Gen. Lee was called the Boiling
Water" by the Mohawks, to distin-
guish his restless temperament-a
Temperament which led him over Eu-
rope am. other countries before he
found final residence in America, set
tling In Virginia in 1878. He became
IN ardent Republican. and was one
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-23

charge was a heavy one and it was q
cuckoo
1--WE scraped the money into sack
and found that We would have to have
team to haul it out Of town. as it
was too heavy to carry. We had
planned on crossing the river, but
with the team we would have to take
another direction, so we decided to
go to Tripp. The bus team was the
first one we looked at, but they were
too heavy, and then we ran onto the
Greenfield rig and took it.
1T took us just two hours and thir-
ty minutes to drive to the grove east
of Tripp. The team was never put on
the run a single minute. It was a
good team, in fact, the best it has
ever been my pleasure to draw a rein
over.
I'VE were not more than forty min
utes in the bank, and we did not see
a single soul. When the money was
dragged to the corner, while we went
after the team, man with a sixteen
shot Winchester rifle stood over it,
with instructions to shoot everyone
that came in sight. This rifle we
threw into a creek while we drove
over bridge
'In the grove we turned the team
into fence so that they could not
get at water while they were so warm.
We then turned the rig over so that
it could not be seen from the highway.
1--WE got into Tripp and under the
water tank in time to catch the early
morning freight. We went to Mitchell
and from there to Woolsey. From
Woolsey we went to Tracy, Mimi,
where we had breakfast on Thursday
morning.
eve were all old men and veterans
at the business. We had one big fel-
low with us. (This is believed to re-
fer to "Yorkie," who was captured in
Nebraska.) I went through Tyndall
and stopped all day at Scotland on the
21st of October. I registered at the
Star hotel in Scotland as George
Armstrong;
II have been at the business for
twenty-five years, and as soon as | am
out l expect to go at it again. Tell
Mrs. Dr. Greenfield that we wish to
thank her for the bananas she left in
the rig"
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location which is now included in
the estate Of former Senator Charles
Faulkner, and in the northwest corner
of the beautiful grounds which front
his home. The general also provided
in his will that a certain sum Of money
be expended in erecting substantial
monument over his grave, but the ex-
ecutors of the estate. never got further
than placing few hugh stone bowl
ders for foundation. Somehow. ~ r.
sometimes the case in such mafAor
the money was not forthccnine, orS
to-day the large stones tor ~ lpnl
tion Of the monument Aro 1(1i11
shows where the great 1g1
eral citizen Is buried. 2s|l
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slxty-five head Of fat three-year-old
steers. Notwithstanding that Mr.. Tur.
ner has operated in cattle quite extern
sively for number of years, this was
his first experiment in feeding. and
he is more than satisfied with results
The steers were placed in the feed lot
early last fall, and have had q ration
of corn fodder and ground speltz. They
were pronounced in prime condition
by an experienced stock feeder from
Iowa, who inspected them q short
time ksGers they were shipped to maj.
ket.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-23
GOING MAD; SEEK ASYLUM.
Man Feels He Is Losing Mind and
Appeals to Sheriff.

II am going crazy and l want you
to take care of me-" said Peter Mel
son, as he took a seat in the Office of
Judge G. G. Bennett OF the county
court a. Deadwood.
Nelson had wandered up and down
the street for hours, rushing from ore
point to another as fast as he could,
trying to make up his mind to go
home. He seems to have lost entirely
the ability to carry out any determine
ton. He came in from Snoma on
horseback as far as Centennial Prai-
rie, where for some reason he sold
his horse, saddle and outfit for 81. He
does not know why he sold it.
II wanted to die" he said, "and so
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-23

Several years ago a rather laugh
able incident came under the writer's
notice. A gentleman sent to a cata-
tOgue house for suit of clothes. The
cash went with the order In due time
the suit came and was entirely too
large. The gentleman took the suit
to local clothier and wanted to
swap it for one which he could wear.
Needless to say he was not accommo-
dated-Ex.
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Or, Barnardo's Boy.

DR.. Douglas Hyde. the leader of the
Gaelic revival in Ireland, was talking
about accents to Philadelphia.
Coming to the British accent, he said:
"The leading characteristic of the
British accent Is. of course, the drop
ping of the H. The dropping of the
b is very unfortunate. 1t causes in
numerable embarrassments.
IA friend OF mine is bald. He is q
scientist. One night he lectured upon
the atmosphere to some Of DR.. Bernar-
dos boys in London.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-23

The proximity Of good towns gives
an added value of from $40 to $40 per
acre to all farms tributary to them
A farmer may say that he doesn't care
a continental whether there is a town
near him or not when he buys OF a
catalogue house, but when he sells his
farm he credits the town with quite a
large sum.-EX.
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A Feminine lab.

"I'm told" said Miss Knox, that
your husband, under the influence of
wine at the dinner the other night,
declared he had married beauty and
brains."
"Well, well" exclaimed Mrs.
Bridey; "how nice!"
mice? Aren't you going to investi-
gate? Evidently he's bigamist."
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my bald friend, lecturing on, hap.
pened to say:
:" 1t is impossible to live without
air. #
But from tho back OF the hall came
an interruption in a shrill treble
voice:
"'Ow about yerself, guv'norr"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-23

The individual Judgment often acts
like a magnifying glass, turning a
micrObe into a dragon.
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FEEDING FOR STOCK MARKET.
This Will BE Done on a Larger Scale
This Year

This Year.
Not until the last year or two have
the stock rafsers around Leola expert
mented with feeding stock for market.
They are well satisfied with results.
and during the coming season will en-
gage in cattle feeding on much
larger scale than during the past year.
One Of those who experimented last
year was Charles Turner, who has
Just shipped his flrst CONSIGNMENT Of
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-02-23
Mixed Metaphor.

Pat-An' how did your children turn
out, Lawd save this?
Mike-Begobs, not worth the papor
they're writ on.-Puck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-10
SECOND DAY r1ouREs. COMPARED.
...... Jos. a1o Is7. sol i7s.sol lsa. GO laa.l1a
Totals .....s 7ssss sos.I.a is47ss s1457o a5s.5a7

The second days registration dropped far be-
hind the figures Of Monday. Many persons re-
manned away from the registry places because of
the heavy rains. The total figures IN all OF the
boroughs were ls2.lB compared with 1.57S on
Monday and with 1880 on the second day OF reg
istering in 1905
There decided falling OF IN ell OF the Dor
oughs. In Manhattan and The Bronx the total
registration 1882, while on the correspond
Ing day year ago IL was 7a.o1s, and mossl in 1901
The comparatively heavy registration IN the city
on Monday encouraging to the Republican
leaders yesterday when the complete returns were
known. A large early registration in the city is
always regarded sign OF Republican success
at the polls.
The police returns of Mondays registration were
slow that 1T was not until nearly noon yesterday
that a complete tabulation of the revised figures
could be made. Then 1t was known that the first
days registration in the city 21 .37a In Man.
haitian and The Bronx the registration 12s.01a
Yesterdays registration was encouraging for a
second day, considering the bad weather, which
prevented many thousands OF voters from getting
their names the books. In thousands Of cases.
it was said, voters who had not consulted the
election advertisements had difficulty In finding
in The Bronx Queens and Richmond. and In Dor
tions of Brooklyn where the election districts are
Few arrests on the charge Of illegal registration
l28 Amsterdam avenue. was held in 100 baiI for
examination, on the enarge Of trying TO register
arrested when he tried to register from No.
800 West 4Ith street. IN MS case warrant issued
registering from No 1903 West 50th street. was used
He held in $1,000
Peter Denning. thrty-fve years old, claiming 70
live at No. So Manhattan street, was held yester-
day by Magistrate Whitman IN the Harlem Court
in s1,00o bail for trial Dennins was arrested yes
terday on the complaint of watchers, who said he
sought to register from q fictitious address last
year, II was stated. Denning registered from the
same number. No. So Manhattan street and did
not live there.
Watchers challenged Edward Hammond who
sought 70 register from No 10 East 1G3d street de-
cIaring that the house was occupied by Mrs. Mary
Johnson and that no one named Hammond lived
there. Hammond was arrested and taken before
Magistrate Whitman. IN the Harlem court Mrs
Mary Johnson appeared nnd testified that he was
her son, she having married second time and
changed her name Hammond was released
Among the voters who registered yesterday I'm
the ed Election District of the 9TH Assembly Dis
trict was , John n Burke. ninety,hve years DID,
gave 100000 70 charity, declaring he wanted 10
give away his fortune while he was alive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-10
LEAGUE SLATE IN ERIE
Democrats Openly Threaten to
Knife Hearst in ReUe'age.
by Telegraph TO The Tribuns.I


Buffalo, Oct 9.-At a meeting of the Inde-
pendence Leagues general committee, held here
tonight, a complete independent ticket was
placed in the field in this county. There are
nineteen candidates IN all on the ticket, and OF
this number fifteen are Democrats. two are Re-
publicans and two are genuine Independents in
the sense that they never have affiliated with
any political party.
In the entire list there are only six Demo-
Gratis whose names appear on the list Of nom
nations OF the Democratic party. They are
William II. Ryan. candidate for Congress IN
the 36th District: ex-State Senator Samuel J.
Rampsberger. from the 4eth District; Supervisor
Stephen V. OGornan. candidate for State Sem
ator In the Goth District, and Edward D. Jack
son, Frank S. Burzynsh and Ottoman Hanere,
all Assembly candidates Burzynski is an AS
semblyman at present.
OF the two Republicans one is practically I'M
known in Republican affairs and the other has
held appointive offices at divers times for the
last ten years.
The indorsing of Ryan. for Congress has stirred
up the south side OF the city, and Hearst will
lose many votes there, particularly in water
front wards, because the Hearst Democrats
there do not consider Ryan a sincere Hearst
man.
The action OF the Independence League in put
ting a complete ticket in the field is a bitter
blow to the Democratic organization. and Chair
man Edward E. Coatsworth openly threatened
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-10
NIAGARA OUTLOOK ROSY.
Fra1schot Says Democrats Regret
HaUing Supported Hearst.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune

Lyons, N Y. Oct 9.-S p. Franchot, who
boarded the Hughes train at Utica, said that the
Republican situation IN Niagara was bright.
The detection of Republicans to Hearst was
slight he said. The Democrats. he added, were
already sorry they had supported Hearst in the
convention, which they did solely through fear
that Hearst might get the nomination any way
and take their organization away.
Postmaster Salt. of Niaraga Falls, speaking OF
Erie County said he believed Democrats in Buff
falo would knife Hearst at the polls If the indie
pendence League persisted in keeping its local
ticket in the field.
George w. Bennett. chairman Of the Orleans
Republican County Committee, who brought
about the nomination OF s. P Franchot for the
Senate IN the Niagara Orleans district after
there had been a deadlock for q week, explained
why ne had turned his vote from Senator Irving
PHommedieu or the 46Gth ballot.
The seven Niagara delegates were instructed
for Franchot. The seven Orleans delegates were
uninstructed, but pledged for rHommedieu 80
long as there a possibility Of his nomination.
At the last minute that II was possible 10 make a
nomination and get il fled at Albany. Mr.. Ben
nett switched
You are probably not aware" said Mr. Ben
nett, that all the State leaders dead
against Mr.. rFIonmedieu and for Mr.. Franchot.
Chairman woodruff's telegram is good evidence
OF that"