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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
Picture ana Frame

"The function that the framing of a
picture should subserve and the char
acter which It consequently should
have are so obvious that seemingly
they ought not to be so easily and so
often lost to view, as In reality they
are" says Frederick w. Coburn in the
International Studio. "a pictorial CON-
position should, Of course, be inclosed
by a frame Of such a sort that its at
Effectiveness will be enhanced and that
an agreeable transition will be estab-
lished between 1t and It's surroundings.
Although the frame may In and for IT.
self be beautiful. Its beauty must be
kept distinctly subservient to the aes-
thetic value of the picture. In no event
may It be positively ugly. If machine
construction Is necessarily involved,
this must at least be made as unobjec.
tlonable as possible. However. the
frame should be produced in strict &C.
eordance with handicraft methods"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
RUSSIAN COUNT SLAIN
FORMER GOVERNOR GENERAL IG-
NATiEFF OF KEW VICTIM
OF AN ASSASSIN.

Tver, Russia, Dec. 22.-Count Alexis
Iguatieff, a member of the council Of
the empire and ex-governor general of
Kiev. V~olhynia and Podolia, was shot
and killed by an unknown man in the
refreshment room of the hall occupied
BY the mobiles assembly. The assas-
ain fired six bullets from a revolver
into his victims body and then tried
to commit suicide, but was seized be-
fore he could do SO and Is now in Gus
tody Of the police.
AZ a result of the disorders which
occurred throughout Russia after red
Sunday" Jan. %. 1905, Ignatieff was
sent by the emperor to investigate the
situation in Southern Russia and his
report on the immediate necessity for
granting reforms was n Of the chief
reasons which induced the emperor
to proclaim the first Russian parlia-
ment. During the debates preceding
the adoption Of the parliamentary law
OF Aug. s, 1905, Ignatieff advocated
the granting Of a large measure Of
power to parliament, but 1t appears
that the success Of the repressive
measures following the Moscow revolt
changed his opinion, for he became
the active coadjutor of General Ire
poff in supporting the repressive pol
icy of Minister of the Interior Dur
o and in the intrigue which result
ed in the downfall of Count White. 1t
was said at the time that the plan was
v proclaim Ignatieff premier and
N r+ator, turn the guard regiments
asst parliament and apply the iron
A which Trepoff, Ignatieff and their
colleagues considered necessary to
kLovorp Puccio
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
One Book

Robert Burton, the author of THE
Anatomy of Melancholy" may claim
this honor: His book has stood the test
of time as few books have. Professor
Saintsbury writes that "all fit readers
Of English literature have loved him.
Lamb praises "the fantastic great old
man" and. indeed, borrowed from him
many a choice phrase. Among other
remarkable zone book authors may
be mentioned Sir Thomas Mallory,
whose famous collection of Arthurian
romances Is one of the imperishable
treasures of the English tongue; Rich
ard Hooker, whose Laws Of Ecclesi-
astical Polity" Is still a standard book
on the constitution of the Church of
England, and Gilbert White, whose i'm
mortal Natural History Of Selbourne'
Is still read with pleasure and profit.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
SHAVING ON TRAINS.


Has Tried II.
There was a hurrah when some OF
the railroads started barber shops on
their fast trains,' said a travelling "A
THE newspapers said that ut last trav-
elers could have the luxury of a. shave
whenever necessary and that NJ longer
would we zee unkempt men leaving the
trains at the end OF a long run.
Now, the barber shops on the fast
trains are undoubtedly a blessing TO
men who are not able to shave them
selves, but for my part consider them
far more dangerous than b simple
operation of shaving yourself, even
when going at the rate of sixty miles
an hour.
IL always shave myself. aud | do no.
use a safety razor, yet l would sooner
scrape my chin with an unprotecte,,
blade while the train Is going SHY or
seventy miles an hour than let a bar
Der on the same train lean over me
with a sharp razor and perform the OF
Grafton.
''The reason for this is that when one
holds the razor in ones own hand the
razor moves with you If there should
be a sudden jar or jolt. II you fall to
ward the razor the razor falls away
from you. as your arm is naturally out
stretched to prevent you from striking
a wall.
But suppose the barber Is leaning
over you as you sit In a chair and a
sudden lurching Of the train throws
him against the chair. What chance
have you in the chair to get away
from the sharp blade coming In your
direction?
IL have shaved myself dozens Of
times on fast trains and slow trains,
and l have never cut myself nee. Yet
q number of my acquaintance who
have ~patronised the train barber shops
have been compelled to wear court
plaster during the remainder Of the
trip.
up to a year or so ago l never
shaved myself on a train, and I never
saw any one else doing II. Then per-
haps because of the advent of safety
razors 1t became a comparatively ia
miliar sight to see a man shaving him
self In the smoking room Of the Pull
man.
81 have had travelling men seeing me
shave for the first time express their
surprise that / did not cut myself
owing to the lurching Of the train, and
when l have explained to them how
easily n can shave on a train they
have become instant converts to the
practice. Like all simple things, one
does not realize how simple 1t Is until
one has tried II.
Another thing, it is infinitely
smoother shaving when the train Is go,
Ing fast than when making only TWEEN
ty-fve or thirty miles IN hour. The
curves and the jolts seem more severe
on a slow train. The steady motion of
q swiftly moving train is more con
ducive to security and comfort than
any slow NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27

1Aeir Causes, Their Frequency aaA
Their Two Great Relta.

1Aeir Causes, Their Frequency aaA
Their Two Great Belts.
There is never a day ON which soma
part OF the earth Is hot shaken, and Il
Is probable that not even an hour ever
passes without some kind of an earth
quake In some part Of the earth. The
truth Of his statement may be In
ferred from the fact that In japan
alone 1881 earthquakes We're recorded
between the years 1895 and 1892. The
great majority Of these shocks are ire
mors detected only by instruments or.
II noticed by man, or such slight In
tensity as to cause no alarm. Many,
however, are sufficiently strong to en-
danger life and property. and there Is
every graduation between the tremors
which only delicate instruments detect
and he earthquake which devastates
a great city.
Causes for jars in the earth are many
and of different kinds. The falling In
Of the roofs of caverns has been known
to cause earthquakes, and landslides
have caused others. Ahese, however.
are minor causes, n the resulting
shocks are of slight Importance. A far
more potent cause for earthquakes is
volcanic action.
There are two great belts on the
earth I'm which either volcanoes are ac-
tive or mountains are growing or In
which the two phenomena are asso-
clated. These two belts follow great
circles. One Of these passes through
the West Indies, the Mediterranean
sea, the Caucasus and Himalaya noun
tains and Is called by De Montessus
the Mediterranean or Alpine Caucasus
Himalayan belt. In this belt 50 per
cent Of all recorded earthquakes have
occurred. The second belt nearly en-
circles the Pacific, following the Andes,
the mountains of western North Amer
lea, the Aleutian Islands, japan and the
Philippines. This De Montessus calls
the circum-Paciic or Andes-Japanese-
Malayan belt. In this belt have occur
erd Al per cent Of all recorded earth
quakes. In all the rest of the world
the recorded earthquakes equal only Q
per cen of the total number.
Those whose homes are outside the
two belts of frequent earthquakes are
not absolutely immune from disturb
ance, as Is proved by the earthquake
at Charleston In 1886 and at New Mad
rid in 1912. But in those parts of the
globe earthquakes are not common.
They occur In widely scattered locali-
ties at rare intervals and are not com
monty Of great destructiveness. In the
belts Of frequent earthquakes, on the
other hand, shocks may occur In many
places at frequent intervals and occa-
~sionally with great violence. San
Francisco and Santiago, for example,
are situated on danger lines in the
earth's crust, as are many other places
In the two great earthquake belts
Professor Ralph 8. Tarr In Leslie's
Weekly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
SCORED BY FORAKER
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CRIT.
cIsEp FOR DIsMIssING THE
coLoRED TROOPS.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Fora
ker occupied the attention Of the sen
ate In its last session before the holi-
day recess in an extended criticism of
the basis Of President Roosevelt's ac-
ton in discharging the negro troops
OF the Twenty-ifth infantry on account
OF the Brownsville raid. He was re-
piled to briefly by Senator Lodge,
while Senator Scott sustained the de-
mand OF the Ohio senator for a full in
v~estigation Of the matter by the senate
military committee. A resolution d.
decting such an investigation is before
the senate Tor action at it's next meet
ing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
"A GOOD LOCKER"


S0ccess In Business.
Send ME a good locker. don't
pretty, you know, but n who
knows how TO dress-the tailor made
kind who visits the hairdresser and
the manicure. OF course | know it
costs, but we are willing to pay for it,"
This was q telephone message received
by a large employment agency from "a
business man who required the serv-
ices Of a young woman bookkeeper and
general Office assistant.
A shabby necktie or soiled linen or a
cheap. well worn a may cost you
very dear, for it may be a turning
point in some ones mind who has been
thinking of patronizing you. Business
men are keen eyed, very sharp and
often Influenced 10y little things.
Many a worthy youth has been sent
away when applying for a situation
because Of some telltale in his dress or
n which made a bad impression.
Young men may SO far emphasize
the matter of dress that their good APP
pearance is about all there is to them.
At the same time appearances have
much to do with ones advancement,
especially I'm large cities. In New York
1t is almost impossible for y0Sng men
to get a start who are obliged to over
come the handicap Of an unfavorable
impression. 1t seems as though New
Workers would forgive anything quick
er than a slovenly or a poverty strick-
en- appearance.-Success Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
POINTED

Quickly made friendships are quickly
ended.
Life's most desirable pleasures cost
the least.
Sorrows Of life enable us to appreci-
ate the joys thereof.
It's easy to talk philosophically If
you are not personally interested.
Instead Of trying to beat his record
the average a should try to forget
II.
Most Of the things we learn from ex-
perience come under the head of com
pulsory education.
1t has been observed that the average
mar is never SO happy as when he Is
posing as a critic.
Don't forget that the brownstone
front usually depends on a homely
brick rear for support.
II sympathy could be converted into
cash, it's doughnuts to fudge there
wouldn't be so much Of 1t wasted
Chicago News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27

Matthew Arnold used to travel in
company with Mrs. Arnold, his two
daughters and the agent. whom he ele-
gantly called his ''impresario." They
usually had railway passes given to
them, and on several occasions, when
presenting these to the conductor, he
remarked In a co~ndescending tone,
"Oh, the Arnold troop, / SUPPOSE
lust as IL we were a travelling cir
GUS" said Mr.. Arnold, with a hearty
laugh.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
aue.tion and knmer.

When Nathan NJ. Morse was trying
the Tuckerman will case before Judge
McKim, DR.. Jelley, the well known
expert on insanity. was n Of the
witnesses. One Of the Hypothetical
questions asked Of the witness by Mr..
Morse contained no less than 10000
words. The lawyer started this pithy
question at the opening Of court and
closed only a few minutes prior to the
noon adjournment. The point that Mr..
Morse was endeavorlng to bring out re-
lated to the mental condition Of the
testator when he made his will.
This Is said to have been the longest
single Interrogation eyer made In a
court Of law, and the answer COM
prised just three words, II do not
Boston Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
LAND MEN coNvIcTGD.
4 eund Guilty Of Conspiracy to psfraud
Government.

Found Guilty Of Conspiracy 70 Usfraud
Government.
Omaha, Dec. 21.-The trial In the
federal district court of Bartlett Rich
srds, president; viii G. Comstock,
Nee president; C. c. Jameson, secre-
tAry-treasurer and general manager Of
be Nebraska Land and Feeding COM
any, controlling the 40o. 000-acre
Spade" ranch, and Aquilla Triplett,
n eir agent, has ended in the convic-
Ion of the four defendants on thirty
* counts of an indictment which
<harged conspiracy to defraud the
eovernment Of public lands and subor-
alton Of perjury.
The trial began Nov. 10 and the
Jury vas completed two days later.
The entire time of the court since
then was devoted to the hearing of
testimony for the government and the
Arguments of the attorneys, nc wit
nesses being introduced for the de-
tense.
The defendants were charged with
attempting to secure title to vast
tracts Of land within the Spade"
ranch enclosure In Cherry, Sheridan
and Box Butte counties, Neb., by
means of fraudulent homestead entries
under the Kinkaid law, which permit
ted the homesteader to take up a sec
ton of land In the semi-arid districts.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
WILL INVOKE BLUE LAWS.
Chicago Threatened With P~v-itanicaI
Sundays.

Chicago. Dec. 24.-The Tribune
says:
A Puritanical Sunday for Chicago,
with idle street cars and elevated rail-
roads out of commission, with no
newspapers and no Sunday theaters
or even sacred concerts, is the retalia-
ton threatened by Alderman Michael
Kenna IL he is forced to close his
saloons on Sunday.
This will be the last resort II the
alderman and other saloonkeepers are
compelled to close on Sundays. 1t
will be taken II Mayor Dunno Is d.
rected to obey the state law under the
mandamus proceedings in Judge
Frost's court next Friday. The alder
man will be backed to the fullest ex.
tent BY the United Societies for Local
Self Movement.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
no Send Flouer. hx M.iI.

Take a long potato and bore a hole
through 1t lengthwise for a holder and
shave the outside down with a sharp
knife until 1t can be easily handled.
When ready to send the flowers, place
their stems in the potato and wrap
around this a piece Of wet sheet cotton.
Over this wrap a sheet Of tin foil. care
fully covering every part Of the holder.
The moisture cannot penetrate the pa
FER and will be retained for a long
time.-Suburban Life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27

Die Woche of Berlin tells it's readers
what Americans eat" taking as a
type the average New York business
man. Hot cakes, quick lunch dishes,
pie, Welsh rabbit, ice cream, grape
fruit, oyster cocktails, pork and beans
and many other purely American
dishes and ice water are referred to as
Indigestion promoters. "All this" says
the writer, "the American eats with
relish. They are the dishes Of the
city and Of the country. He balks at
ely iour things-frankfurter sausages,
81 erkraut, buttermilk and limburger
cheese. These he calls Dutch foods"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
HICKS SCATTERED ON STREETS
Messenger Loses Package
Containing $4,000.

Dayton, D., Dec. 26.-An express
'ssenger lost packages containing
uecks amounting to $4,000 here. The
hecks were for the employees of the
diana, Columbus and Eastern Trac-
in company. The packages. were
Et from the express wagon and were
Catered along the streets in the city.
Part Of them were restored to the
raction company Offices by Charles
and x-Councilman Adams.
;ome Of the checks we're cashed by
here, names of employees
|eing forged. Numerous arrests have
leen made of persons who cashed the
Xhacks
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
Where They Agreed.

"But am 80 unworthy, darling" he
murmured as he neld the dear girls
hand In his.
"Oh, George" she sighed, "if you
and papa agreed on every other point
a. you do on that, how happy we
would be-"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
ThIRTY.sEvEN OTHERS INJURED
IN COLLISION ON 500 ROAD
At ENpERLIN, N. D.
Crowded Passenger Train Crashes
Into Switch Engine, the Smoking
Car Being TeIeseoped and Its oecu-
pants Nearly All Meet Death or Sc
rious Injury-crew Of Freight Said
to De Responsible for Disaster.

Enderlin, N. D., Dec. PA 500
passenger train bound for st. Paul
from Moose Jaw, Alberta, crashed into
a switch engine standing on the main
track in the yards here.
Both engines were demolished, the
smoker was telescoped by the bag
gage car and one first class coach di-
rectly In the rear of the smoker was
badly wrecked.
Eight passengers were killed out
right and thirty-ssven injured; all
were occupants Of the two forward
coaches. One died shortly after being
taken to the local hospital, making a
total death list of nine.
The List Of Dead.
CHARLES BACKUs, Bergen, N. d.
H. J.. VOLKERING, Anamoose, N. ID.
JOHN SATTERBURG, Anamoose,
N. d.
TONY eileen, Vslva, N. ID.
d. ]. BERESFORD, Medicine Hat,
Can.
HERMAN RoSBNBAUM. velvs.
N. D.
W. r.. DANIMLsoN, Sheldon, N. d.
NEILS r. c. HANSON, Kenmare,
N. ID.
OLE THOMPSON, starbuck. MINI.
Fog EnvsIoped the Prairie.
The passenger was due here at
u AK hut m ,aorly thxaA
hours late and was running about
twenty-five miles an hour when the
collision occurred. A light fog enyel-
oped the prairie and in spite of the
fact thai the country is perfectly level
and the track straight 1t was impos-
sible for either Of the engineers to
see the danger until too late to pre-
vent the disaster.
Only two out Of over thirty passen-
gers In the smoking car escaped with
out injury. The engineer of the pas
senger train had just pulled the
whistle for the Enderlin station and
many passengers we're in the aisles
preparing to slight when the crash
came without a moments warning.
They were hurled forward and piled
In q mass Of dead and injured, the
baggage a t~elescoping and crushing
the life out Of the helpless inmates of
the smoker.
Local Hospital overtaxed.
The four local physicians respond
ed Immediately to the summons for
assistance and the work of alleviating
the suffering Of those injured and car
ing for the mangled bodies OF the dead
proceeded with the doctors directly In
charge.
The injured were hurried to the
local hospital, the scant facilities of
which were soon overtaxed. Every
cot and bed was brought into service
and those who could not be cared for
there were hurried to the Hotel Hill
ton, which was converted into an
emergency hospital.
Physicians from Valley City, Shell
don and other nearby towns were
summoned until twelve were at work,
assisted by as many trained nurses.
The victims Of the disaster declare
that the wreck was due to the grossest
carelessness on the part of the freight
crew.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
ORGANIZE PRIVATE WORSHIP.
S;nch Priests VIII Be Forbidden to
IN Use Churches.

rs, Dec. 24.-The Associated
- learns from a high ecclesiastical
oiurce here that 1t is certain that the
.ope will reject the new religious law
nd at an opportune time forbid the
sarish priests to continue services in
e churches, after which they will
yanize private worship. The in
mant of the Associated Press added
the Vatican can pursue no other
\ icy. Having declined to retain the
Irch property under the conditions
d down by the government it can
ly logically vindicate its action by
owing to the faithful that they are
q objects of persecution.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27

Don't speak too plainly. II a man
were to set out by calling everything
BY Its right name, he would be knock
Cd down before he got to the corner Of
the street.-Exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
The Rest Return.

After all, 1t isn't the way we live or
the work we do that matters, but the
Ideal we put into II. Is there any
work too sordid, too prosaic, to yield a
return of beauty ?-Ellen Glasgow.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
Nothing to Steal.

Minister'S Wife-Wake up! There are
burglars in the house, John. Minister
Well, what Of 1t? Let them find out
their mistake Observation-Disclosures
Register.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
INSURGENTS KILLED.

uban Rural Guards Have Encounter
With Rebels.
ivana, Dec. pa dispatch from
mes, this province. announces that
patrol Of rural guards has had an
counter with five mounted insur-
The two parties exchanged
>Qts with the result that two OF the
aepts we're killed and two were
"a. The fifth man escaped.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-12-27
MOB LYNcHES A NEGRO

taxes HIM FROM n Annapolis JAN
and Hangs Him.
Annapolis, Md, Dec. ga mob
Numbering twenty-five or thirty men
broke down the door Of the Annapolis
~ at an early hour. took out Henry
Jaws, the negro who on last Friday
eriminally assaulted Mrs. John Reid
(white) nea Iglehart's station, and
lynched him. Davis. also known by
the name of Chambers, confessed his
9u3lt