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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
Queer Condolences.

A remarkable series of condolences
mas been appearing in the London
standard. One correspondent sent the
following triple coincidence, taken
IRON an old manuscript diary, dated
1912, in which relative quotes from
an odd Journal: 'Tn the year 1864,
on Dec. 8, boat on the Menai (Menai
strait in North Wales) crossing that
strait, over which bridge has since
been built, with eighty-one passengers,
was upset and only one passenger,
named Hugh Williams, was saved. On
The same date, in the year 1885, was
Upset another boat, containing about
sixty passengers, of whom all persisted
excepting one, whose name was Hugh
Williams. On Aug. 5, third boat met
with the same disaster, with twenty.
i've passengers only, and all persisted
with the exception of one, whose name
was Hugh Williams
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
WHEN ALL NATURE IS AsTIR.
Two O'clock In the Morning the Uni.
versa WAKING Hour.

There is one hour of the night be.
tween midnight and morning.
o'clock, to be accurate-when all ma.
ture is astir. The cowboys and the
shepherds and the old country foil
tell us about it. This hour is heralde|
by the rooster growing, not this time
to announce the hour of down, but as
though he were Waterman speeding
the course Of night. Cowboys asser!
that the entire herd of cattle wake ur
and walk about and lie down and
lest in new lair. The sheep rouse
themselves and crop the grass, the
birds stir in their nests, the COWBOYS
horses and the shepherds dog open
their eyes to see that all is well. Tie
shepherd and the cowboy open their
eyes, too, to look for a moment at the
stars and become for the time being
mere animals in natures flock; yet
there Is no accounting for the in.
audible summons, the gentle touch o.
allure that recalls all the sleepers tc
life at precisely the same hour. Even
TO those deepest read in these arcana
this rhythmical nightly resurrection
remains a mystery.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
MEANING FOUND IN sURNAMEs.
Originally They Were Descriptive of
Their Owners,

Nearly all surnames originally had
a meaning. They were descriptive of
their owners. In word, they were
nicknames, like skinny" or Shorty"
or "Pud"
Peel is surname that shows the
original Peel to have been bald
Grace means fat-from the French
"gras." Grant, from grand" means
big.
An Oliphant should be a clumsy and
unwieldy person. This surname was
elephant" originally.
The Parkers were keepers of noble
mems parks. The Warmers were war
reners, or rabbit tenders. The Bark
ers prepared bark for tanning. The
Laboucheres were butchers.
Bell meant handsome. Cameron
meant crook-nosed. Curtis meant po-
lite. And Foster meant a forester;
Napier, servant in charge of the
table linen; Palmer, pilgrim; Vain
wright, a wagon builder; Walter, a
wall builder Webster, weaver;
Wright, Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
READ ALOUD TO THE FAMILY,
Pleasure and Profit Alike In This
Evening Diversion.

Begin to read aloud. It is better
than playing cards. There is more
pleasure and profit in it than gossip.
ing about neighbors.
Reading aloud furnishes themes for
intelligent conversation. 1t enriches
The vocabulary in the family. It sup
plies the want of book education and
supplements all other accomplish
ments.
There are great many educated
people, college graduates, who cannot
read aloud in creditable manner.
They stumble over words that they
have seen thousand times but have
never attempted to pronounce.
There are a great many dull homes
that would be enriched and benefited
by this practice. Get the children to
read aloud the fairy tales in which
they are so much interested. If the
boys and girls persist in reading
trashy literature, insist upon their
reading aloud. At least they will get
the benefit which this very excellent
exercise is sure to bring.-Medical
Talk
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
Whistles.

Stir to a cream half pound Of
sugar and quarter pound butter.
Add six eggs, whites and yolks beaten
separately, with sifted flour to make
a stiff batter. Flavor lightly with rose
water. Drop the mixture by the large
spoonful on buttered paper on board
or bottom of an inverted dripping pan.
The mixture should be dropped sew
eral inches apart so that the cakes
can spread out thin. Bake until a
light brown. 1t will not take more
than five minutes. Then slip off onto
a molding board that has white sugar
busted on it.. Have ready round
stick about the dimensions Of an old
fashioned willow whistle, and roll the
cakes about it while warm. When
nearly cold slip off, fill with jelly that
is thick.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
Simple Cure for NEURALGIA,

The physician was talking of a sim
pie neuralgia cure-one that would, he
said, tone up the nerves and enrich
the blood. "The remedy is five cents
worth of carbonate of iron," said he,
"and the dose is a pinch in a tea
spoonful of molasses taken at night
Just when the patient is ready for bed.
Take it till the pain ceases and that
will generally be after the third night.
There Is no disagreeable taste and no
danger to the teeth, since carbonate
OF iron is not Of the acid family. It
happens to be soluble form and that
is more than can be said of some iron
medicines where the ingredient in
tended to enrich the blood passes
through the body without entering
the circulation"
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
Ate Meat Set to Poison Dogs.

At Howick, Natal, recently a young
Englishman was fined $50 for having
caused the death of two Kaffirs.
These natives died from strychnine
poisoning, by eating meat which had
been poisoned by the Englishman for
the purpose of killing native dogs,
which had become an annoyance. A
native while rummaging in the Eng
lishman's rubbish heap found the
meat. He was on his way to dance
and took his find with him. The meat
was cooked and partaken Of by him
self and two other natives. The lat
ter died the next morning, but the
native who had purloined the poison
ed meat recovered.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
Derivation of "vote."

Vote" is word with a curious his.
tory. To the Roman "votum" was
solemn promise made to a deity.
From the solemn promise itself the
meaning of "votum" gradually became
the prayer or intense wish that accom-.
panied the promise, and then any in
tense wish whatever. So far the de-
velopment proceeded in Latin and
vote" passed into English with the
same sense. When Ben Jonson wrote
of public votes" to heaven he meant
not massmeeting resolutions, but
prayers. Finally "vote" acquired it's
present meaning-the formal and en-
phatic expression of wish; while the
old sense remains with its doublet
vow"
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
EngIand's National FIaq.

The national flag of England was
the banner of st. George (heraldical
ly described as argent a cross gules)
and soon after the union of the
crowns this was united with the Scot.
fish national flag of banner of ST.
Andrew Tin the language of the heral
dry, azure, a saltier argent), thus
forming the first union flag. On the
legislative union with Scotland, 1907.
new design for the national of union
flag was adopted, described in heral.
die terms as azure, saltier argent,
surmounted by cross gules fimbrited
or edged of the second, and on the
union with Ireland the red cross, or
saltier of st. Patrick, was introduced
and in this modified form the nation.
al flag now exists.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
Happiness and Success.

The best happiness comes with hav
ing done ones entire duty in this
world, and that means the best sue
cess. When we understand that Civ
ing Is more blessed than receiving
because 1t makes the giver happier
there can not be the greatest amount
Of satisfaction in merely piling dollars
upon dollars. If in this way the more
munificent gifts can be made, still
with the habit or acquiring goes the
indispositon to give-there are com.
pensations in all things, you know
Chicago Journal.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
Rough on the Dean.

On one occasion, when the late Rev.
Charles Page Eden was dean of Oriel
College, Oxford, grave complaints
against the college cook were brought
to him by one of the undergraduates.
The dean sent for the offender, reca-
pitulated his several delinquencies,
and threatened him with dismissal.
La, Mr.. Eden," rejoined the cook,
in confidential tone, 'it's no manner
of use attending to what the young
men tell you about my dinners. Why,
you know, Mr.. Eden, they come Just in
the same way to me and complain
about your lectures!"
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
Peculiar Tenure.

The living of Coleshill in Warwick
shire, England, furnishes curious
method Of tenure for students of folk.
lore. The vicar holds, or used to told
his glebe on condition that If the
young men of the parish can catch a
hare and bring it to him before ten
o'clock on Easter Monday morning
he is bound to give them Calls head
and 100 eggs for their breakfast.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
Fine Memorial to Grenadier.

An extraordinary memorial was
erected by Frederick William of Prus
STA to the memory of one of his giant
grenadiers in the form of a wooden
life-size image Of that overgrown war
rior, overlaid with a thick plating OF
silver enameled to represent the uni
form of the corps. The face and hands
were of ivory, while the eyes were
composed of a rare agate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15

The fiddle drlll' Is one of the oldest
~stonecutting tools il existence. 1t is
said to antedate Greek sculpture and
Is In use today In about the same form
as 1t was 1000 years ago. AS its name
implies, its action resembles a fiddle.
The drill is Of two pieces. In one hand
a carver holds the drill stock, which Is
like a carpenters brace. except that 1t
is straight instead of having a crank.
in the other hand he holds the bow"
which Is strung with a brass wire and
which Is given a turn around the drill
stock. To use the drill the carver
places the drill stock against his breast,
holding it with his left hand, and with
his right he draws the bow back and
forth, fiddle fashion. This imparts q
rotary motion to the drill stock. and
the drill is ground to cut In either way
1t turns. The fiddle drill Is used In the
finest work. In crevices where the
sculptor could not reach with his chisel
and hammer without endangering the
carving.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15
Webster, South Dakota,

w 0bCt'Ay SSNN
March, l3, 1906
The city council of the City of Web
ster, South Dakota, met In the mayor
office in the City of Webster on the 18th
day of March at s o'clock p. m. IN
special meeting to act upon the regina
ton Of f. l.. Sheldon, as police justice
OF the peace for the City of Webster,
South Dakota, and to appoint a police
justice of the peace for said CITY oil
Webster, South Dakota, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation OF
said Il. l.. Sheldon.
Gall for said meeting having been
issued by the mayor.
Mayor Woodwork presiding.
Roll call: Present, Alderman Bates,
Alderman Beachy, Alderman Becht,
Alderman Halverson. Absent Alder
man Gruby.
Resignation of + l.. Sheldon pre-
sented, resigning his office as police
justice of the peace of the City OF Web
ster, South Dakota.
Moved by Alderman Beachy and
seconded by Alderman Bates that the
resignation of +. l.. Sheldon as police
justice of the peace for the City ofWeb-
ster be accepted, and upon being put to
vote was declared carried.
J~osephus Alley was appointed by
Mayor Woodwork to the office OF police
justice of the peace for the City ofWeb-
ster, South Dakota, to fill the vacancy
caused the by accepted resignation OF f.
L. Sheldon.
Motion made by Alderman Becht and
seconded by Alderman Halverson that
the appointment of Josephus Alley for
police justice of the peace in and for
the City of Webster, South Dakota, be
confirmed.
Roll call: Alderman Becht. yes;
Aldermen Bates, yes; Alderman Hal
verson, yes; Alderman Beachy, yes.
Motion carried and Josephus Alley was
declared appointed to the office of police
justice of the peace in and for the City
of Webster, South Dakota.
Bond of J~osephus Alley as police
justice of the peace in and for the City
of Webster, South Dakota, was pre-
sented in the sum of $500 90 with two
sureties and upon motion was approved.
Moved and carried to adjourn.
r. l. Irwin,
City Auditor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15
NEWSY STATE Il

The board of education of Milbank
considered plans for the new school
house from some half a dozen architects
the beginning of last week and finally
selected that of Thori, Alban & Fisher,
of st. Paul. The estimated cast of the
building is not to exceed $4,000. The
building will be of brick and ton and
judging from the plans it will be a very
handsome structure, with a seating
capacity of six hundred. The school
term will end about the eighteenth of
May aud the work of demolishing the
present building and starting work on
the new one will be promptly COM
commenced. The building will be two
stories and a basement.
Ben Brave, a highly educated Sioux
Indian, whose home originally was
upon the Lower Brule reservation,
enjoys the distinction of being perhaps
the only Sioux Indian in the state who
has been the recipient of an autograph
photograph from President Roosevelt.
Some months ago he sent the president
a handsome carved cane of his own
manufacture. He also presided at a
council Of the Lower Brule Indians at
which resolutions commencing Presi-
dent Roosevelt were adopted. A copy
of the resolutions was sent to the presi-
dent, aud in recognition Of this and the
present of the cane, President Roose-
welt has just sent this Sioux friend a
photograph of himself upon which he
has written his name.
Forty thousand new settlers is the
estimate placed on South Dakota's
great influx of immigrants for the year
of 1906 The railroads figure they will
haul az least 5000 cars of settlers, then
stock, household effects ETC., from the
way people are now coming in, which
on the average of five TO a car, which
number is allowed, makes up the big
total of 10000 for the state in a wear
This estimate IS a conservative one ant
is likely to be exceeded. The last 81,
days has seen 250 cars, or 300 people
all come to stay, go through Yanktoi
on just n line, and this is but a par
as it takes into consideration only tn,
immigrant trains which are reall,
freights. This state is experiencing tn,
greatest rnsh of new settlers in all it
history.
The alarm felt by Sioux Falls as t,
the possible action Of the state capito
commission in the selection Of stone 10
the new building. IL is not likely to he'll
its case, according to a statement mad
by Governor Elrod Monday. Discussin,
the matter he raid: III the commits
sion is let alone 1t will be able to get
good capitol within the appropriation
and with all the talk now going on
am coming TO the conclusion that til
best thing we can do is to use tn
native field stone. or hardheads In tn
vicinity OF Pierre. This gfanite can b
secured in abundance and laid down o
the capitol grounds freight free. ]
makes : beautiful and substantis
building and with trimmings OF Blac
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15

NcoStcT, 0outu Duhotus
March 8, 1906.
The city council of the City Of Web
ster met at the mayors Office at the
regular monthly meeting. Mayor
Woodwork Presiding.
Present. Alderman Gruby, Alderman
Bates, Alderman Becht. Alderman
Halverson and Alderman Beachy.
Minutes Of the previous meeting read
and approved.
The following resolutions were intro
duced by Alderman Beachy and
seconded by Alderman Gruby, and
moved that said resolutions be adopted:
/.
Resolved. that whereas there has been
: petition presented to the council Of
tho City OF Webster, Day county, South
Dakota. which petition il nov on file
IN tho city auditors ofice, signedby 100
voters o. tho City Of Webster, request.
that ~ council Of said City Of Web
otor aubmit to tho voters of nd cit5
~ propagation % bonding said city %
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15
COUNCII MEET.
At the Regular Session of the
City Council Important
Business Transacted.
Webster, South Dakota,

Webster, South Dakota,
February 81, 1906.
The city council of the City of Web
ster, South Dakota, met at the mayors
office upon the call of the mayor for a
special meeting to act upon the petition
asking thatthe city council cause sur
veys aud estimates to be made for a
sewerage system IN the City of Web
ster, South Dakota.
Roll call: Present Alderman Gruby,
Alderman Bates, Alderman Becht and
Alderman Holverson. Absent Alder
man Beachy.
Moved by Alderman Gruby and
seconded by Alderman Bates that the
City of Webster, South Dakota, have
Schuyler Washbun aud a. l.. Jones
make the proper survey and estimates
for a sewerage system in the City OF
Webster, South Dakota. Roll call:
Alderman Becht, yes; AldermanG ruby
yes; Alderman Bates, yes; Alderman
Halyerson. yes.
Mayor Woodwork appointed Alder.
man Gruby and Alderman Bates e
oversee the surveys and estimates made
BY Washburn and Jones.
Moved and carried to adjourn.
r. l.. Irwin,
City Auditor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15
The Canadian Line.

The boundary line between Canada
and the United States Is marked with
iron posts at mile Intervals for a great
part of it's length. Cairns, earth mounds
and timber posts are also used, and
through the forests and swamps a line
a rod wide, clear Of trees and under
wood, has been cut. Across the lakes
artificial islands have been made 70
support the cairns. which rise about
eight feet above the high water marx
Exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15

I asked a physician what cure he
would suggest for the worrying habit.
II would prescribe common sense" he
said. "And II a man or woman hasn't
got a stock on hand and can't cultivate
n no doctor can give 1t to him or
her. This worrying nonsense grows.
The best means to cure 1t lies in the
hands Of the woman herself. If she
will just cali a little common sense to
her aid, resolve not to borrow trouble,
to be cheerful and think upon the best
side Of things, she will live longer and
retain her beauty longer. Every WON
an wants to keep Beautiful to the last
Why does she take the course which Is
sure to make her yellow skinned, dull
eyed and thoroughly unlovelyY"
Why. indeed?-New York Globe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15

George Washlngton's hand was de
scribed as that of a giant. On the laS
occasion Of General Lafayette's vls'
to this country he remarked to Mr.. Cus
It's when referring to a former WISH
You We're holding to a single finger "
the good generals remarkable hand
the greatest feat you could perform 81
that time Washington was the cham
pion jumper of his day. In II malcl
he covered 81 feet 8 inches, easily bear
Ing all competitors.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15
Shields.

The other day | saw a little, modern
book, in a green cover, on a table in
a drawing rom. | picked 1t up. 1t
was about the early French In Canada,
and my eye fell on a copy of a draw
ing by their leader, Champlln, or Cham
plain. The scene represented was an
attack by the native allies of the
French, the Algonquins, on a fort held
by Iroquois. The A~lgonquins advanced
through showers of arrows under
shields nearly as tall as themselves.
like doors with rounded tops. Now,
you may see exactly the same sort of
shields in a picture of a lion hunt. in
laid I'm gold and silver, on the bronze
blade Of a dagger found by Or. Schlie-
mann In 'the grave of Agarnemnon.'
These monstrous Mycenaean shields
cause much discussion among the learn
ed. Why We're they SO huge The Al
gonquins used the very same shields
hung from their necks. and the reason
was the ~same-their battles were bat
ties of archers, and nobody can parry
a shower Of arrows with a smaller
shield. Shields grew small in Greece
as bow and arrow won't out and sword
and spear came in London Illustrat
ed News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15

an ingredient In the manufacture Of
chocolate prior TO the discovery Of
America by the S~paniards and that It
was brought to Europe as a perfume
with indigo, cochineal and cacao ten
years before the arrival of tobacco on
our shores. The name vanilla Is de-
rived from the Spanish valna, a pod OF
capsule. Dampiey described 1t as
little pod full Of small black seeds and
like the stem Of a tobacco leaf, so much
so that his men when they found the
dried pods at first threw them away,
wondering why the Spaniards should
lay up tobacco STEMS Chambers
Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15

Hills sandstone would make an attrac-
tive and serviceable capitol. l have
recently examined the stone of this
kind that is being worked out for a
building and have been much impressed
with it. The Carnegie library atPierre
demonstrates its utility. The chief
objection is that it lacks uniformity in
color but that is not serious. We can
probably build the east wing this season
without further legislation. The COM
ing session can easily provide that a
convict camp can be established here to
work the stone for the remainder
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15

A Delaware woman serving a life
sentence has appealed to the govern
ment for a pardon on the ground
that prison life does not agree with
her. She misses the Thursday shop
ping and the Saturday matinee.
The gentlewoman declares that in
a great crisis of a woman's life a
new hat often acts as a safety valve.
With all our American ingenuity
going to waste, a cheaper form OF
valve ought to be accomplished.
Uncle Sam Owls one railroad, that
across the isthmus of Panama, and
it remains to be proved that it can
be worked as effectually as before.
An improvement would be creditable
to the governments representatives..
President Roosevelt is having
difficulty in placing a 100000 man
in the $4,000 position of justice Of
the supreme court. Taft will not
have it. Knox refuses it. Perhaps
one of the Rough Riders would
take it.
The New York Central has asked
New York city for 0O,0O0,000 for
its franchise rights on Eleventh
avenue and other streets. This
franchise was assessed last year for
S1,420,000, and the company
objected to the assessment as 'exces-
sive." This shows.
jules Altheus and Jack Mitchell
threw a dice for the hand of Lulu
at Omaha. Mitchell threw four
skies in playing off a tie, and Jules
showed up with a poor pair of duces,
Jules may think he has the girl, but
there is no knowing. She may
marry Bill after all.
The supreme court of Kansas last
week handed down a decision grant
ing a judgment for $4,000 to Ruth
Reneer, wife of w. ID. Reneer, now
confined in the penitentiary under
conviction of murder committed
while intoxicated. The court upheld
the decision of the lower court. The
judgment is against the owners and
proprietors of a brewery at Atchin-
son, Kansas. In June, 1900, Reneer
j. II. Burchard and C. t. Cathout
went to the brewry, got drunk and
quarreled. Reneer killed both OF
his companions and was sent to the
penitentiary. Mrs. Reneer brought
suit under a statute giving the wife
the right to % damages from
any persons furnishing liquor to her
husband which resulted in his ntox-
ication and injury to her in person
or in property or in a of sup
port.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-15
A wish.

Greedylot, who is rather misery, was
recovering from a long illness. HOW
was Ii. doctor" he asked n day, "tnaI
l was able to live so many weeks WIZ
out eating?"
"Why, you were fed by the fever
Are you sure?' Then after a mo
ment's reflection. II wish ] could sF'
II to my servants"