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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-09-28
Fancy Figures For Good saddlers.

Good saddle horses bring $500 to 81, :
900 in Chicago, yet at even these fancy
figures the demand is far from being salts.
fed, says Orange Judd Farmer Pur-
ehasers are constantly on the lookout for
good mounts, but can seldom find what
they want. Is not the lesson plain2 Why
do not more men 60 into the breeding Of
saddlers? True, it requires much skill,
but it is not at all impossible. Outside Of
the city demand many well to do farmers
and stockmen would buy saddlers if they
could find them.
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TN the Circuit Court for Carroll
/ County, Sitting as Court Of
Equity.
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NJ 49, ERGiA T.
I.agts. A Prire. ls.aiau#. 70 AgH-s q Mel
sau. .. at., defendants.
Ordered ia.s 2ls' day II September. 'n che
wear nineteen hundred ard stE. y 'he Circuit
Court tar Carroll, Craa'y. sftfsaE as q t-r0 oi
Equ.ry ,hss ih~ sale IS ths rsa eastatr mrn
tiUnej ~ these gr1grratu.s. made aad e
ported by John = Ratsrs. Irastct. e. rs'.
hea and confirmed, gulcss cause Zip TIE con
,rars hereof be sheNH on ag before see I'd
day Of October, aex.. provided S enfy a' it'S
order be inserted a soue newspaper ran
Eshsd ass printed "a Carol. Cosr,v aucs iu
each Of thrse Successive weeks before the l5iH
aay of orJanrt, urxG
The report states rae anoag, 20 sale Ea be
s55Oe1.
DAVID p. SNEI.SER. Clers.
True copr-Test
sept 2lst Dawn T. SHazrz, Clerk.
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INSURANCE AGENCY
L OF
CHARLES Z. GOODWIN.
90 East Main street,
WESTMINSTER. MD.

Represents the following Companies:
Royal Fire Insurance Co. oi Liverpool.
Continental Fire Insurance CaupaEy oi
New York.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Of
England.
Employers Accident Liability Assurance
Corporation Limited Of London
No Notes No Assessments.
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ITO you know that Smith l. Reifsnider
- carry Porch and Stair Work in stock 7
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MULES AND HORSES.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF
IN WOOLERY' DISTRICT.

hereby notify all taxpayers of Woolery'.s
District that | am compelled to collect all
taxes in arrears, according TO law, II the same
are not paid by October LIST, 1906.
sep2l Az j. G. HOFFMAN, Collector.
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DAROID ROOFING has no superior.
l. Sold by Smith 4 Reifsnider for six years,
as exclusive agents. marl1
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-07-26
BY Laws

SECTION 1. The officers OF this company
shall consist of five directors. who Shall be
elected by ballot, one from each township:
from whom shall be chosen president. sec
retary and treasurer.
SEQ. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the president
to preside at all meetings of the company,
and also of the board OF directors, approve
OF all applications for insurance. sign all poll
icies of insurance. sign all orders drawn on
the treasurer for sums audited and allowed
by the board of difectors. and also orders
for payment of losses adjusted and allowed
by the company. and shall also exercise a
general supervision over the affairs Of the
company.
SEC 8. ltshall be the duty of the secre-
tary to keep a record OF all meetings OF the
company. and Of the directors to approve all
applications for in surance and preserve the
same In hisoffice. draw orders on the treasur-
or. and countersign the same, keep the books
books and accounts of the company posted.
keep accounts between the companc. its Off
GERS and agents and all persons with whom
the company may have.dealings. make and
sign all policies OF insurance. answer all COM
munications of the company, and at any time
upon demand of a majority of the board OF
directors. and at each annual meeting OF the
the company, shall make statement OF It's
affairs. which statement shall contain the
total amount OF insurance up to the date
thereof. the number OF policies in force. and
an itemized statement of the amount OF loes-
es sustained during the year and of the
amount allowed and adjusted for losses, and
amount claimed by insured persons for losses.
When an indemnity for loss has bean allowed
and fixed. and there Is not sufficient money
In the treasury to pay the same. he shall not
ify eacn memberof the company. In writing
under his address by mail. OF the total
amount OF loss. OF his. her or their proportion
or assessment to be paid. of the time. when.
where and 70 whom such proportion or as
sessment shall be paid. PROVIDED. that such
payment shall not be required made befsfe
sixty days next after the mailing of such no
tice. ltshail be the duty Of the secretary to
be at his office In Gannvaliey In sak. Buffalo
county. at least ON Saturday Of each week.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-07-26

ings and furniture therein. farm building
aud their contenis livestock. hay and graz
In buildings on farm or in stack. on cultigai
ed grounds, and all kinds Of agriculture
tools. implements and machinery ExCEP,
all threshing machines and engines drive
by steam.
SEC. II. The policy of any. member or in,
sured. who sells his. her or their property in
sured in this company. and fails to cause a
proper transfer of the poliay. or report TIE
fact OF such sale or transfer To the secretary
OF this company within ten days from the
time of such sale or transfer. shall be null
and void.
SEC IL. No dwelling house or other build
ing shall be insured for more than two-thlrds
OF its actual value, and no property shall he
insured in this company which Is insuped In
any other company.
SEC. 13. Nodwclling house shall be Insured
In this company unless provided with good
chimney. nor when the stoyeppe. passing
through the floor or partition. is not proyid-
en- with proper safe, or cylinder nor shall
the insurance be given or granted IL the floor
under heating stoves is not protected by brick
zinc. or metallic stove board.
SEC. n. Every insured person shall notify
the secretary within thirty days after the
comsletion OF new building within fifty
feet OF any building insured. and also OF
considerable Improvement attached 10 any
property Insured. and also OF any change In
connection with any OF the property Insured
whereby the risk of Insured may or does be-
come increased. or more hazardous. other
wise II loss occurs from such building. inn
provements or change in condition. said poll
lex or risk of insurance shall be null and
void.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-07-26
RICHARDS RuM3LiNas.


1t is reported that j. B. Ross has
bought the Brown ranch.
Mr.. Stephens and family visited at
Mr.. Axon's on Sunday.
Peter Werdel has added two good
quarters to his ranch.
Miss Clara Alternately celebrated
her birthday last Friday, with an
ice.cream party, and the young folks
report a good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. O.. Il. Dye attended
the superintendents' meeting at
Mitchell last week. end visited rela-
tives and friends in Alpena. Mitchell
and along the road.
One OF the best crops between
Gam Valley and Mitchell is that OF
Mochovec & Etbauer. near Loomis
The boys are doing well, but ex-
pect to return TO good old Buffalo
to better their condition.
Ole Stormo and boys removed
nearly all the fish from lower Crow
creek last wehk While away the
Etbauer boys swiped three of Chr is
Stormo's young wolves
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-07-26
CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS BUF>
FALo COUNTY FARMERS NUT
UAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Constitution

ARTICLE l. We the undersigned resident
OF Buffalo county. South Dakota, do hereby
form ourselves into a Farmers Mutual Fire
and lightning Insurance Company. under
Chapter Three. Article Fourteen. secticn 634.
Of the Compiled Laws OF 1903.
ARTICLE III. The name of this corpora
ticn shall be THE BUFFALO COUNTY
FARMERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COM
PANY.
ARTICLE III. The purpose for which this
corporation Is formed is for thu insurance of
property against loss or damage by fire or
lightning.
ARTICLE Iv. The place where the princi-
pal business of this company shall be trans
acted. shall be in the Village of Gam Valley.
County Of Buffalo. and State OF South Dakota
ARTICLEV. The term for which this
corporation shall exist shall be twenty years.
ARTICLE vi. The number of directors Of
this corporation shall be FIVE.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-07-26
NOTICE.

The Buffalo County Farmers Mu-
tual Insurance Go. is now ready for
business. The office Of the Company
Tor the present. viii be in the Yakey
building. Uutil further notice will
be there every Saturday for the trans
action OF business.
Il. Il. Swartout,
Secretary.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-07-26

Boot and Shoe repairing, WIN
Lawson, Chamberlain, $. ID. All
Work will be taken to Chamberlain
and returned to Gam Valley prompt
blythe stage driver.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-07-26
G. McMANUS,
For Sale or Trade.

Rambler Automobile, new last
June. side entrance, Is horse power
and In Just as good running order
as when new, will tlade for Buffalo
county land.
RAY GooDER,
Chamberlain, s. ID.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-07-26

@. Q. Reinke, fine watch repairing
at lie Blond's Drug Store, Chamber
lain, $. ID. Work sent and returned
by stage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
The SmaIIest SCREWS.

The smallest screws ever made are
used in the manufacture of the minia
ture watches which are sometimes fit
ted in rings, shirt studs, bracelets, etc.
They are the next thing to being in
visible to the naked eye, looking like
minute grains of sand. With a good
glass, however, il may be plainly seen
that each is perfect screw, having
number of threads equal to 1,260 to the
inch. These tiny screws are four one
thousandths of an inch in diameter and
seven one-thousandths of an inch in
length. 1t is estimated that a lady'S
thimble of average size would hold
100000 of them. No attempt is ever
made to count these "tiny triumphs of
mechanical ingenuity" other than to get
basis for estimation. The method
usually pursued in determining their
number is to carefully count 100 and
then place them on delicate balance,
the number OF a given amount being
determined by the weight of these.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
Car. For Man and Beast.

From Salzburg you go to Munich.
While travelling through the mountains
of Bavaria you drop suddenly from the
sublime to the ridiculous by catching
glimpse of car bearing a label of
which this is the translation:
For thirty-two men or six horses"
On inquiry you learn that the Baya-
rian railroads run fourth class cars, on
which the Nry poor may. travel for a
trifie or which may be used at the OPP
ton of the railroad to transport equine
freight. Later you have an opportu-
nifty to inspect some of these fourth
class cars, and you find them to be
similar to our own freight cars, al
though much smaller Plain wooden
benches form the seats, which may be
removed to accommodate the live stock.
Most of the European freight cars and
many of the passenger cars have only
four wheels and look like toy affairs
compared to our own.-Chicago Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
CLAIMING POLLOCK.

high point at which realism and ideal
ism meet 1 lay claim myself to some
sort of photography In the second act
of 1.-The Little Gray Lady," where An
ma Gray retires for the night. The
winding of the alarm clock, the con-
'cealing of the purse and watch under
her pillow, the placing of that pillow
itself in n white slip, all are superb
cially realistic.
1t seems to me that there can be no
question as to public enjoyment of
such material. Now and then some
poetic idyI like peter Pan" may charm
us for awhile, but generally our pref
erence lies in that kind of dramatic
matter which we recognize from its
appearance. Those things which we
have seen other people do. those emo
lions which we ourselves have expert
enced, strike us most forcibly in plays.
If man says to you that his wife has
fallen from balloon you are curious,
but unsympathetic, because you have
never been up In a balloon. If, on the
other hand, he tells you that he is out
of work and that his family is hungry.
your heart aches for him, because you
know what hunger means.
The decline of romantic drama in this
country may be traced directly to the
lack of fellow feeling for the man
whose sword and not his spirit is bro
ken at the end of the third act.
We are only at the beginning of real
ism on the stage in America. We are
being hampered and held back by the
same kind of theatrical managers who
told Tom Robertson that it was not
right to conclude an act without a
couplet and by the sa -. kind of lay
men who found indecency i'll Mar
garet Fleming
The spirit which declares every inno-
walton dangerous is as detrimental to
the achievement of the best In the the
alter as In the narrowness which brands
everything deep and vital as immoral.
Despite these obstacles there can be no
question that every year brings us near
err to the accomplishment of genuine
realism.
So long as we who love the play.feel
while we think, the most appreciated
kind of drama Will be that kind which
most truthfully depicts everyday life.
and the greatest dramatist will be the
man who can inject into the dull and
ordinary that which makes it interest
ing and extraordinary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
PICTURE ON A HILL.
The Long Man of Wilmington, Eng
land, Measures 24O Feet.


land, Measures 24O Feet.
About midway between Berwick and
Polegate stations, at a point where the
side of the hill is very precipitous, those
who know exactly the spot where to
look viii be able TO see from the rail
way carriage windows a sort of rude
imitation of the human form outlined
In white. The figure, which is between
200 and 300 feet in height holds long
staff in each hand. This is the Long
Man of Wilmington once the center
of profound veneration and worship,
but now merely an object of interest TO
the curious.
In order to obtain an adequate idea
of this great hillside figure, dominating
the surrounding country and appearing
to watch as guardian over the little
village below, it is desirable to APP
proach ii afoot, tramping along the
winding lanes, as the pilgrims of old
must have tramped when they came
hither on the occasion of some great
religious festival. Seen from afar, the
figure does not appear to be of remark
able size, but gradually as one APP
proaches the hill it assumes an impos-
ing and definite shape
The figure, about 240 feet in height,
was merely shaped in the turf so as to
allow the chair to appear through. In
the course of time these depressions in
the surface became almost impercepti-
BILE, and to such an extent was the fig
ure neglected that at last it was only
possible to make out the form at q dis
xx-hn fhn sli 10Th
marked by drifted snow or when the
oblique rays of the rising or setting sun
threw them into deep shadow. In or
der to preserve the form of the Long
Man, and to render it at the same time
easily distinguishable at distance the
outline was marked by a single line of
white bricks placed closely together.
The effect has been to produce a some
what startling figure, which is plainly
visible in fine weather from a great
distance
There are in different parts of the
country other examples of extremely
rude and early hillside figures, and, al
though the very fact of their great an
tiquity renders it unlikely that histor-
zeal or documentary evidence will be
forthcoming as to their design or pre-
else purpose, it is very satisfactory to
find that an explanation has been
found which will at once account for
many of their peculiarities.
The theory is that these are sacri-
fetal figures. We learn from the writ
fngs of Caesar that the Gsuls land the
Britons We're doubtless included) had
figures of vast size, the limbs of which,
formed of osiers, they filled with liv-
ing men. The figure was ultimately
fired, and the miserable victims per-
iShed in the flames.
There is a local saying in Sussex,
probably of great antiquity. in which
the Long Man is mentioned in refer
ence to the weather. 1t runs:
When Firlie hill and Long Man has 4 cap
We ut Aston gets drap.
London Standard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
Football In Burma.

'Chinlon," the Burmese form of foot
ball, is the national game. The name
means round basket writes Mr.. Kel-
ly in his book on Burma, and the chin
lon is really ball about six inches in
diameter formed of plated rattans.
The game is played by several youths
or men, who stand in a circle a few
feet apart The ball having been
thrown into play, the one nearest to
whom it falls kicks it up into the air
with the instep, knee or side of the
foot The effort is to keep it in the
air as long as possible and without
losing possession of the ball. 4 fancy
stroke is to turn about face as the ball
falls and kick it with the sole of the
foot, although the elbows, head or any
part of the body except hand and toes
may be used. While playing no one
leaves his place, but waits until the
ball falls within his reach, when he in
turn endeavors to retain its possession.
1t is a very pretty game to watch, and
the skill of the performers is often
surprising
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
Charming Pollock
ON Stage Realism
He Anatyzes and Describes
1t and GiUes Examples.
Other Vfe4Os.
By CHARMING POLLOCK.

Author of 1.-The Little Gray Lady" and
dramatizer of 1.-The Pit I'm the Bish-
ops Carriage" etc.
Notwithstanding the fact that most
dictionaries define the word clearly,
it is quite certain that any dozen per-
sons would give as many interpreta-
lions to the phrase, realism in dra-
matte art" To the average aGmirer
Of Lottie Blair Parker and jerome
Eddy realism means COWS. The dew
otee of Ibsen will tell you that real
ism means immortality. There are as
many different expositions of the sub
Ject as there are various kinds or plays
The Century Dictionary declares that
realism is 1.-The representation OF what
is real in fact" and surely this makes
''Shore Acres'F without live stock as
realistic as "'Way Down East" with
its bovine accessories The Music
Master" with its wholesome character
types, as realistic as "Hedda Cab
ler." with its morbid digging,into souls.
My own definition of realism would be:
Artificiality so blended with art as to
seem reality.
There is no intention of declaring
lndL way DOWu East Is uot ACdi-
istic play because its production III
cludes cows any more than there Is
the intention of insisting that "Shore
Acres" is not a realistic play because
it does not include cows. When the
scene shown on the stage requires
such animals there is no question in
my mind of the legitimacy of using
them. Under these circumstances they
give the verisimilitude Of truth. Any
thing which does that makes for real
ism. Clyde Fitch's comedies are full
of cows. Their bodies are stories which
we recognize as dramatiZations of ev-
eryday life, their legs are incidents
which appeal to us as honest duplica-
tions of commonplace episodes, their
horns are speeches such as come from
the mouths of people we know. The
author who makes his characters talk
and act precisely as the men and wo-
men about us do talk and act is a real
list. The motor car dialogue in Man
and Superman" is realistic, the return
from the funeral In 1.-The Climbers" is
realistic and the entire story of ala
bama" full of trenchant truth and SIM
pie sincerity, will always stand as the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28

All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28

one or me nsn natcneries in Pennsyl
vaKa;
The superintendent made an actual
count of 10000 young bass about an
inch long and placed them in n fry
pond by themselves. He gave them
food six times day. and. according to
his statement, each fish ate on an aver
age three times its own weight of the
prepared food every twenty-four hours.
They were placed in a. pond on the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28

eaten ana DegIn over again, after which
he would keep on killing the poor in
nocent minnows. apparently for the
mere pleasure of killing Very young
bass Will attack minute water life
which fourishes on water plants and
get away with every one in sight,
adopting the same method as their cid
ers. To illustrate the extent of the
cannibalism of the black bass here is
the experience of superintendent of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28

ton forjthe Detroit team has won him
seyeralf offers from other big league
teams,
Schaefer covers a big slice of terri
tory, and his favorite stunt is to jump
three feet in the air and haul down
singing liners
Schaefer is of German parentage, but
was bred in the middle west, where so
many able ball tossers have been pro-
duced.
Second BasenEan Hobe Ferris OF the
Boston Americans is just like other
players He says, 81 always get the
worst of it from the scorers" There's
a big reward hung up for the first
player who confesses that a scorer
knows how"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28

ist or July. ana on Oct. l. when
they We're taken out. there were only
11.000, and the record showed that less
than 200 died from sickness. 1t is rea-
sonable to suppose. therefore. that in
addition - the food given them 10y the
superintendent there were about 1900
bass devoured by their stronger and
more fortunate companlons."-W. Il.
Meehan in Field and Stream.
All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-28
LeAHs
National
BAtSnzeH
Harry Steinteldt, Chicago
Third Baseman, Certain
" Seating the Ball.
Speedy Herman Schaefer, the
Able Detroit american
Second Baseman.

Harry Steinfeldt, the Chicago Nation
ais great third baseman, has once more
the players of the National league. The
list shows that the majority of the
teams have improved considerably in
their batting, and Cincinnati in partfc-