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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-08-02

The LADY, wish you to paint my
portrait. OF course, should want 1t
to be pretty and good likeness.
Artist--Well, madam, It's for you
to decide which 1t shall be.--Ally
sloper.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-08-02
Men in Beauty Show.

London has just completed beauty
show in which men as we'll as women
competed. The prize of the handsomest
man was won by porter named For
sey.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-08-02

For nne tailoring call on Phil
Themes, West Main street.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-08-02

FOR sALE-Both timothy and clover
hay, A. y. HILLIARD, Hillsboro, o.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-08-02

Old maids would be scarce and hard
TO find,
Could they be made to see,
How grace and beauty is combined
BY using Rocky Mountain Tea.
GARRETT IL AYRES.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-08-02
HAMMER MADE OF PIPE.
Very Handy Tool Which Can Be Made
of Odd Pieces of Iron
Piping.

A very handy hammer can be made
for little or nothing, provided one
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-04
Auto Favorite over Piano.

There are not as many pianos
sold now as there used to be-" said
piano salesman. The money that
used to go into pianos now goes into
automobiles. think shall aban-
don the former for the latter bust
ness.
People with money in the past
people with an income of $4,000 or
$4,000 a year-invariably put 5000 or
$500 in a piano. They had to have
one. The young lady daughter with
out piano was out of it, simply out
Of it, like an actress without dia-
monds.
But today the young lady daugh.
ter gladly foregoes piano if she can
have an automobile in its stead. She
clamors for an automobile as in the
older days she clamored for a piano.
The automobile. not the piano, is in
1906 the badge If the we'll to do"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-04
Railways Open New TERRITORY.


Out northwest of Faulk county, and
on the next tier Of counties north, Is
WalWorth county, which is the present
terminus of one of the great railway
systems that traverse the state This
terminus, Evarts. is a little over mid
way OF the state and is located on the
Missouri river. West Of Evarts to the
western border, is very thinly settled
section OF the state, and one without
railways But two lines of railway are
now under construction by which this
vast territory within the present year,
In all probability, will be thrown open
to settlers
This country is we'll known, how
ever, and the fact that it has not been
settled up before is simply because of
Its remoteness from railway lines 1t
also contains a vast quantity of free
homestead lands, and the progress of
the railways is attracting thousands
Of landseekers to the district Many Of
these are men who come out here and
go to work on the railways, and as the
latter progress the workers have a
chance to select the land that suits
them best, and at the same time are
not only making living, but saving
money. Hundreds of these men who
are to-day working for day wages will
in the next five years be reckoned
worth their thousands, and will be
bossing their own workmen.
About Homestead Lands.
| have received good many In
quiries about these homestead lands
and how they can be obtained, and
will state the qualifications briefly:
First, homesteader is required to
be a citizen of the United States or
to have made declaration of inten
ton to become one, and must be over
the age of 81. He is allowed to home
stead quarter section, or $50 acres,
and for this the land office filing fee
is $14. Certain Improvements are re-
quired to be made within six months
after filing. After this period resi-
dence must be continuous. Final
proof can be made fourteen months
after date of filing by paying $1.25 an
acre. or after five years continuous
lCSllSllCc llS LEO Is OllS plf
The best way for an intending
homesteader to do is to go to one Of
the real estate dealers of the state
and engage his srvices to attend to
all the preliminaries. For this they
charge a sum that is merely nominal
and save the homesteader a whole lot
of difficulty. If a person files on the
land they pay the fee. II he does not,
there is no charge. These dealers,
however, are thoroughly acquainted
with the country and the possibilities
of the land, and their advice alone is
worth more to the prospective home
steader than the fee he pays them.
1t may be roughly stated that a per-
sons total expense to locate and file
on homestead will aggregate about
500. 1t may also be stated as a rule
that the value Of this same land will
average at least $4,000 by the time
final proof is made.-Herbert Wander
hoOi in Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-04
Functions of Taste Nerves.


A wine expert was tasting wines.
In tasting sweet wines he lowered his
head upon his breast In tasting dry
or sour ones he threw his head back.
'Why do you do that?" said a spec
tator.
81 don't know. Habit, guess" the
expert replied.
you do it," the spectator explain
ed. because the front of your tongue
can only taste sweet things and the
back of it only sour things and the
movement of your head is for the
purpose of throwing the wines upon
the right part of your tongue. The
taste nerves have different functions,
some handling sweets, others sours,
others bitters and so on, just as the
muscles have different functions, some
working the leg and some the arm"
"Well, WELL" said the expert. "You
surprise me. At the same time I'm
sure you are right. Everybody, come
to think Of it, holds sweet things on
the forepart Of the tongue to get their
flavor and sour things on the hind
part"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-04
PlNNEY MUST STAY IN PRISON.
Habeas Corpus Action Fails In En-
bezzlement Case,

Habeas Corpus Action Fails In EN-.
bezzlement Case.
Judge Garland of the United States
plication for writ Of habets corpus
in the case of Earl B. Pinney, form
erly a prominent resident of North
Dakota, who sought to secure his re-
lease from the Sioux Falls penitenti-
ary Pinney was formerly United
States commissioner with headquar-
tiers at Minot, N. D. He is serving
in this city for embezzlement COM
mited while he was forest commits
sioner. The embezzlement consisted
of converting to his own use sums
aggregating something over $4,000
which had been placed in his hands
by homesteaders for payment to the
receiver of the United States land
office at Minot.
The point is raised in behalf of Pin
ney that the sums mentioned were
placed in his hands as an individual
and not in his official capacity as
United States commissioner, and that
therefore, he was not liable to the
federal government for the DISPOSE
ton made of the money. In the ap-
plication for a writ of habeas corpus
it was set forth that the indictment
upon which Pinney was convicted
was illegal and void and did not con-
tain facts sufficient to constitute
crime under any of the laws of the
United States.
In support of this denial Of Pinney's
application Judge Garland stated in
substance that United States commits
sioners have no authority under any
law to receive such moneys, but
that nevertheless. there is federal
statute which in his opinion makes
them liable for such moneys as they
receive under color of their Offices or
where 1t is pretended they have
right to handle them.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-04
Where Dreams Are Sold.

At the silken sign Of the Poppy.
:. At shop that is never old
Where the twilight silence fingers,
1t is there that dreams are sold
There's the scent Of loves lost roses
The soft echo of childhoods laugh;
There's the ring of empty glasses.
For the white lips never quaff
To the crimson sign Of the Poppy
We shall come when the daylight dies
When the curfew music quivers
Meath the gray Of evening skies.
Just beyond the gates OF sunset,
Where the grim toll Of death we pay,
We shall find the shop of dream wares
Where the poppies hang Away.
So. we long for the dusk Of twilight.
When with wealth or no earthly gold
We shall come where sleep-fowers clus-
ter
To the shops where dreams are sold
Canadian Magazine.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-04

South Dakota. and 500 at Devils
Lake, North Dakota.
Maj. ]. R. Brennan, agent at Pine
Ridge Agency is in Washington for
a conference on grazing leases in
connection with his reservation. He
is very much interested in the pro-
S\ion in the Indian appropriation
bill increasing the salary of seventy
Indian police at his agency from $40
to SIS per month and of officers
from SIS to 1926. Senator Kittredge
assure SHIN that the PROVISION will
be adopted.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-04
GHOST DISTURBED CARD PARTY.
Story That to the Uninitiated Calls
for Affidavits.

A curious ghost story comes from
Durham, South Africa, spectre, it is
stated, haunting a house in village
which was occupied by a lawyer who
died about four months ago.
The house was taken by a gentle.
man who, after seeing ian unearthly
shape cross the garden and disap-
pear" invited some friends to stay
with him.
The result was that two OF them
rushed to the Central hotel with the
story that a ghost had passed through
closed doors and windows and that a
light had been seen in the study used
by the previous tenant.
A party of eight decided to play a
game of cards in the house. Sudden.
ly one Of the players started up with
the cry: What is that?" Looking in
the direction in which he was staring,
the others saw horrible looking head
protruding through the doorway. The
head was like that of a skeleton.
1t disappeared. The party went to
the door and into the adjoining room,
but the Spectre" had vanished
Bloemfontein Post.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-04
MORE MONEY FOR INDIANS.

Two Millions Likely to Come Back to
the Sissetons.
The provision in the Indian appro-
priation bill restoring to the sisseton
Indians the annuities cut off in 1862,
was the subject OF debate in the SEN
ate last week, following point of
order made by Senator Kean. After
some discussion it was agreed to re-
tain the provision in the bill There
is about 100000 due the Indians,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-04
THE STATE. OF SOl'TH DAKOTA.
Department of Insurance.


Company $ Certificate of Authority.
Whereas, The North British and Mer-
camille Insurance Company. corporation
organized under the laws of Great Brit
ain, has filed in this office sworn state
ment exhibiting its condition and business
for the year ending December 81, 1909.
conformable to the requirements of the
laws of this state regulating the business
Of insurance, and
Whereas. The said company has filed
in this office a duly certified copy of it's
charter. with certificate of organization,
in compliance with the requirements of
the insurance law aforesaid.
Now. Therefore, /, John c. Perkins,
Commissioned of Insurance of the State
of South Dakota. pursuant TO the pro-
visions of said laws. do hereby certify
that the above named company is fully
empowered through its authorized agents
to transact it's appropriate business Of
Fire and Tornado Insurance in this state.
DAY of December, A. u. 1906.
In Testimony Whereof. have hereunto
set my hand and official seal at Pierre,
this 10Th day of February, A. d: 1906
(Seal) JOHN C. PERKINS,
Commissioner of insurance.
BY Fl. E. Walseth. Chief Clerk.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-04

ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the Year Ending December 81,
A. ID. 1908.
OF the condition and affairs of the
NORTH BRITISH G. MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Organized, under the laws of Great Brit
ain, made to the Commissioner of In
Surance of the State OF South Dakota,
in pursuance of the laws of said state.
attorneys for service of process in the
furnished by Commissioner of lnsur-
ance). Organized or Incorporated 1909.
Commenced business in United States
1866.
PROPERTY OR ASSETS OF THE COM
PANY.
Cash in office ................ S1,06S.o4
Cash Ton deposit. ............ 139.2Io.SS
Premiums in course of collec-
llQn ............. 81. $1,000
Other admitted assets. ....... 1,SI9.l3
Stocks and bonds owned by
the company ........,..... o,69p,62t.O
Interest due and accrued.... t., 212. 50
Total assets .............. $6,677 ,to5.77
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock actually paid
Losses Vet unpaid ........... 2o,, GA 10
Losses resisted .............. 4u.aSS.to
Amount OF unearned prem
ums ON all outstandins
risks ................. -. 3,2ll. Dos. 20
Other existing claims not in
cludod in above. ........... 100, 49,. IS
Total liabilities .,.......... So, us .3l''.54
INCOME OF THE COMPANY DURING
THE YEAR.
Total premiums to. the year. 81, 9,5lG.01
Interest receipts ............ 2U!',Snt 10
Total receipts ............. 81, 49, ',"6
EXPENDITURES OF THE COMPANY
DURING THE YEAR.
Losses paid ........... 81. ~. Al
Commissions paid to agents. I6l,li3.4 A.
Salaries pad to officers and
employees .................. Isl ,'i5S.Vo
Return premiums and cam ...
cellationS ............... /, :S6ti, 100. 46
Taxes and fees to Insurance
departments ............, llp,h.3.39
Prlttlm.. advertising etc.. 1S3.guI.SS
Total expenditures ........ Si,19;', ';4 90
Risks outstanding at the
date OF preceding state e.,
ment .......,.. ......., .S.'''l 81 4,6' ,D
Risks written since pre-
ceding statement ......... 30 2f6, ~ 90
Total risks ............ 81, l,l, l2l Az. oo
Risks cancelled and ex-
PRED during the year and
reinsured .............. GAS, 1875. 672 "a
Net amount of risks in
force observation-disclosures. Sboo,92'', QUO"
COMPANY'S STATEMENT OF BUSi-
NESS TRANSACTED IN THE STATE
OF SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE
YEAR.
Premiums ON risks written. SlO,3l5.6u
Amount of risks written. 63b.6S9.U0
Losses incurred during the
year 1.i!s.4l
Losses paid during the wear. 6,l9i.GG
Expenses during year. ....... 4,2S.,. 10
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-04
When de Con Pone,. Hot.


Dey is times in life when nacher
Seems to slip cog an go
Jes' a-rattlin down creation
LAX oceans overflow;
When the world jeS stats -spinnin'
LAX pickaninny's ton.
An yo' cup of Joy is brimmn'
Twell it seems about to slop.
An you feel jes' lax a racer
Dat is trainin' TO- to trot.
When yo' nanny SEES de blessin'
An de con pone's hot.
When you Sc down at the table
Sort O wear! ia!. an sad
An youse jes' little tired
An perhaps a little mad
How yo' gloom tu'ns into gladness,
How yo' joy dribes out dc doubt
When de oben do is opened
An de smell somes poin out.
Why. de lectric lights of heaven
Seems to settle on de spot
When yo' nanny ses de blessin'
An de con pone's hot.
When de cabbage pot is steamin'
An de bacon good and fat,
When de chittlin's is a-sputt'rin'
Sos to show yo'. whar dey's at
TEX away yo' cody biscuits.
TEX away yo' cake and pie,
Fo de glory time is comm
An it's 'proachin' berry nigh.
An yo' want to jump an hollah,
Do yo' know yo' bcttah not
When No' nanny ses de blessin'
An de con pones hot.
l hab heerd OBJ lots of sermons.
have heerd Of lots of prayers,
An Tb listened to some singin'
Dat hab TUX me up de stairs
OBJ de glory land. an set me
Jes' below de Mastah's throne.
An hab lef' my heart a-sngin'
In happy aftah tone;
But dem words SO softly murmured
S.sem to touch the softes' spot,
Wh!n yo nanny ses the blessin'
Az the con pone's hot.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-02
Al Tangled Up Again.

1 Mr.. Makinbrakes had been intro
duced to a political celebrity and was
expressing his sense of the hon
Or says the Chicago Tribune.
81 am highly pleased to meet you,
Mr.. Tagg," he said "The moment I
saw you I recognized you from the
caricatures l have seen of you so Of
ten-that is, of course-I don't intend
to convey the idea-or, rather-they
were meant to be caricatures, you
know, but-a public man, as a mat
ter of facr, cant escape that sort OF
thing-especially when the resem-
blance is so striking that-that any
body can see-not that they looked
like you at all. you understandable
these artists, you know, are so clever
that they can make hideous picture
look Just like you, and-and scarcely
seem to-er-change your features
a particle, and that is why-you get
my meaning. / am sure-in short,
to sum it all up in word, as ! said
befure--what do you think Is going
to be the outcome of this rate regu-
lation bill, Mr.. Tagg?
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-02
stronSl nonyms.

eve had notsS character down
In my State" said Representative
Richardson Of Kentucky, whose
chief aim in life was the employment
of synonyms. He was man of lit
tie education and had not the slight
est idea of the shades of meaning
which words possess. Yet by con-
slant study of the dictionary he
learned almost every synonym in the
English language.
On one occasion. meeting with
the Representative from his district,
he told the Representative that there
was no need for him to be uneasy
over his chance for reelection, for
his fences were in good stipulation
"rhe use of this word sounded
queer in the ears of the statesman,
and he pondered over 1t long time
without solving the mystery. Final
ly he asked friend what the fellow
meant by stipulation in connection
with political fences, and the latter
at once turned to a dictionary. This
speedily furnished the key to the rid
die, as one of the secondary mean
ings of stipulation was found TO be
condition. ''-Washington Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-02
Notes on Sheep.

In the formation of a flock OF blood
ewes, uniformity in character is es-
sential.
On their summer-keep depends the
thrift and consequent profitableness
of the flock.
To obtain full value for the wool
it must be sent to market in the best
possible condition.
1t is impossible to raise big NUT
ton sheep on short pasture and with
out grain or roots.
In investing in sheep to form a
flock, purchase none but first class
animals, healthy and vigorous.
For poor lands and short pasture
sheep are better adapted than cattle
and should be kept in preference.
A sheep that will not yield a profit,
no matter how well bred it may be,
should have no place on the farm.
The fleece and the carcass make up
the sheep and if either is inferior,
the sheep is inferior. no matter how
good the other may be.
The most unfavorable conditions
under which sheep can be grown are
to constantly subject them 10 feeding
on low marshy pastures.
By grading the flock of sheep for
sale into punches according to size,
kind and quality, they will appear to
a better advantage, and will sell at
better prices.
The main dependence Of the great
mass of wool growers must ever be
on the fleeces of their flocks. The
fleece is all-important and its i'm.
provement must be constantly kept
in mind.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-02
Green Pasture for ldons.

If there is no convenient clover or
bluegrass pasture to which hogs
can have access in the summer and
autumn, excellent green pasture can
be provided by sowing rape, which
comes on quickly and may be pas
tured early or late, as it grows rapid
ly and continues growing after it is
pastured down. Good hog growers
very properly claim that hogs pre-
pared for the 'fattening process by
good pasture will take on three
pounds of flesh more from the same
quantity Of feed necessary and add
one pound in cold weather to a hog
that has been kept up in a pen.
The grass is cooling and laxative
and contracts the heating qualities
of the grain. Dairy slops, fruits and
vegetables have the same beneficial
effects as grass.
They with grass should form the
principal summer diet of hogs, and
with the worms and insects obtained
in pasturing the hogs will sustain a
healthy growth until the fattening
process begins.
OF course the summer pasture of
the hog should have plenty of pure
water and shaded damp ground to
which the hogs can go to escape the
heat when not feeding.-Indiana
Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-02
Pasture for Orchards.

1t is by no means the field that has
been cropped for years that is the
best location on the farm for the or
chard. That the fields in question
have raised good crops by early fer
tilizing by no means indicates that
they have sufficient virtue to furnish
the fertility needed by trees. Usual
ly they will. provided the soil is
properly fertilized yearly, but unfort-
unately the general idea is to give
the field one lot of fertilize at the
time the tree is set and At go at
that; this method accounts for much
of the trouble that results from set
ting orchards on fields that have been
under cultivation for many years.
Now as to the pasture. If it has
been used by the stock until they are
unable to get anything more from it,
naturally 1t will need considerable
preparation to fit 1t for trees; il, on
the other hand. It has been reseeded
occasionally and is furnishing fair
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-02

A. n. Shattuck, ex-president of the
Automobile Club of America, has be-
come the horseless prophet, says the
New York World. He not only gives
Biblical authority for the eccentri-
cities of the auto on the public high
ways, but also proves its destiny in
defying speed laws. Mr.. Shattuck's
text Is:
"The chariuts shall rage in the
streets; they shall jostle one against
another in the broad ways; they shall
seem like torches, they shall run like
the lightnings. Nahum ii:i.
Assuming that" says Mr.. Shat
tuck, I'VE make as much progress
each decade to come as each decade
passed, who can say this prophecy
will not come true?
"The traffic of the world will be
carried on broad, dustless highways
by the automobile.
"The railway will fall into disuse;
its cost will be wealth lost There
will remain but "A right of way and
streaks of dust.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-05-02
Hoq Vitality and Refinement.

Mr. Fuller, close observer of
swine breeding, warns breeders
against lowering the vitality by re-
fnement in breeding, and says:
You cannot afford to sacrifice Vi
tality, vigor and breeding qualities
for the sake of refinement. A few Of
our brethren of the PolandChina fra
ternity have found this a hard lesson
to learn, but, happily, 1t has been
learned in time to start counter i'm
provement and the tendency of the
Poland-China breeders of today is to
produce the rangy, strengthened pro
life hog, instead of the little, club
by, weakconstitutioned creation of
the hog artists fancy that was pre-
dicted few years ago by the compe-
titors of the breed Breed for breed
ers, but don't forget meanwhile to
breed for breeders. After ALL type
is largely the result of feed. Trans
fer the Lark Yorkshire to the corn
belt and feed it corn ration for gen
erations, and slowly but surely you
change its characteristics to that Of Il
lard hog"