Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-25

upon those lines. 1t is likely to
restore the congress-, in the course
of time, to something of it's old-t time
dignity and lofty statemenship.
The health officer of Cleveland
blames DR.. Osler and his philosophy
for fifty suicides. 1t is not a cheer.
ing philosophy, neither is it a very
sensible one, to say practically that
the ripe and mellow fruit should be
throMn aside and the green fruit
alone made use of.
Grover Cleveland is not usually
supposed to be sensitive to public
criticism, but il is asserted that he
is anxious to give up his new posi-
ton as "harmonizer" for the big
insurance companies because of the
criticisms that have been offered
concerning his acceptance of the
position. Has the public misunder-
stood Grover all these yearsY
San Francisco has a local boss,
who rejoyces in the appelation
"Pinhead" Mccarthy. Pinhead is
supposed to be a term of reproach,
yet we do not know any other
animal whichhas more head in pro-
portion to its body than a pin. If
Daniel Webster had had a real pin
head his dome of thought would
have been fourteen feet in diameter.
Five dollars in gold to every
employee for every year of service
was the surprise at dinner given
January 20 in Grand Central palace
by Colgate Il Co., soap manufact
urers, of New York, in celebrating
the n hundredth anniversary of
the concern. The gifts aggregate
at least $4,000. Two men have
been with the firm fifty years; they
received $3.50 each.
The New York newspapers do not
use the follow-up system in the
news department as they formerly
did. The other day Russell Sage
dropped a penny which rolled
under a fruit stand and the press
has not informed us whether it has
been recovered. 1t is rumored that
Russell contemplates suing the
keeperof the stand for the recovery
Of the amount with one weeks
interest.
VIII the insurgent newspapers Of
south Dakota kindly make a note of
the Fact that when the Philippine
.ariG bin came mp for cons Iteration
the house, the South Dakota
'sngressmea Burke and Marin
ri tft 8if, ~ administration
sure. sishoueh hfty-sx Repab-
loan ngfe men voted against the /
Measure. The South Dakota instr j
gents are oppoSed 70 everything i
he president fav5ys.
An American officer who has
'pent several years on the island Of
Juan says thei United States
authorities have established there a {
Of public schools, which are !
tttended BY 1900 pupils in the i
yenihg, after the study some trade !
Q the daytime. Thirty boys are in !
n agricultural school and many /
'thers are a~pprenticed as carpenters, /
'lacksmiths, machinists, printers, {
plumbers, electricians. butchers,
dentists, hospital nurses aud !
musicians. This sample Of Uncle I
method resembles all the rest /
{ his Imperialism. 1
II is reported from New York ,
hat the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST..
Paul has purchased FIVE freight {,
teamers for the oriental trade, and !
hat the company will spend over |
our million dollars in getting its
initial fleet started on the Pacific.
7 is reported that the huge steam
rs put into the Pacific service by
he Hill lines do not pay, but the
Milwaukee people think they have
better plan and that their mer-