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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-16
Mr.. BENTLEY in his Twin

Mr.. BENTLEY in his Twin
Brooks paper says that the
charge that as district attorney
Re failed to converse with John
Konstant, the brother of the
nan who was killed, and who
vas one Of the principal wines
. ia the case, is "fully and de-
liberately false. He says that
Konstant was at Mr.. Bentley S
ofice four times and was thor
ouehly questioned in regard to
thecase. He also says that If this
charge is true he stands con.
victed of criminal negligence.
Now there is but one per-
son who can settle this question
& veracity-Mr. John Kons tan t.,
and here is what he says under
oath:
ssate Of South Dakota
County of Grant
John Konstant came before me and
being first duly sworn, says that he
vas the complaining witness in the
case of the State of South Dakota VS..
Sietse BOekhOut, and that he has new
Or talked oyer all the details in this
case with L. n. Bentley, but his con-
versations were had with Thad L.
Fuller. Attorney. Mr.. Bentley con.
Quoted the examination of this affian,
when on the witness stand in circuit
court. That this aflant was in Mr..
Bentley's Office upon three occasions
20 talk over the case with him but Mr..
Bentley was too busy with other
matters and did not talk with af1iant
70 exceed five minutes before going on
The witness stand.
JOHN KONSTANT,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 10th day of March, 1905.
rSEAL.1 JOHN w. LIGGETT,
Clerk OF the Circuit Court,
Grant County, 8. D.
This man Konstant is a broth
or of the man who was killed
and was one of the main witness
@ in the prosecution of Boek
hout, and he says Mr.. Bentley
talked with him not to exceed
five minutes before he put him
on the witness stand. We won
der who it is that is making ,
statement that is "fully and de
iberately false?'
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-16
Al Good ~ Married.

First Sailor-No Bill, yer don't real
Second Sailor-W'y. shiver me timbers,
messmate! I've never been married,
true, but I've had yeller fever and
cholera, I've been frostbit, drowned,
burned alive, eat by shark, blowed
up at sea and operated on for cancer.
Wot more does reasonable chap
Want?-London Answers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-16
rr.n.lating the Definition.

Johnny-Papa, what does precocious
mean? Papa-It means-a-it is term
applied to children who know more
than ts usual at their age. Johnny
oh, yes: 1t means fresh kid.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-16

Pierre. s. D., March 10.-Articles OF
incorporation have been filed for the
Albee State bank, at Albee, Grant
county, with capital of $4,000. In
corporators, James A. Gold, John
T.Gold and Charles Fl. Wallace. !.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-16
Silenced Him.

A Kansas City woman tells this sto-
~ ON her husband to demonstrate the
inferiority of the masculine mind. One
morning as her husband was sitting
down to the breakfast table he glanced
at the dining room clock and said,
1--WE must be later than usual this
morning" Don't place too much con-
fidence in that clock. 1t stopped at
o'clock this morning. and l just set 1t
going by guess" replied the good
wife.
"Were you up at o'clock?" asked
the husband.
"Of course not"
"What time did you say the clock
stopped?"
"At s."
"If you weren't up at s." replied the
man, with a puzzled look, 'how in
thunder do you know when the clock
stopped?"
"Why, dear, it stayed stopped" was
the reply The man did not say an
other word that morning-Kansas City
Times.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-16

~ suppose" said his friend, "that
when the investigation takes place you
will be represented by counsel"
"Yes," said the statesman, land I
suppose III be misrepresented by the
opposing counsel"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-16

THEcandidacy Of Judge Camp
ball Is looked upon with so much
lavor through the entire north
part Of the state that the insur-
GENTS have given up ell hope of
their candidate Mr.. Bentley of
Grant county, bringing them
any strength from that section,
even from his own county, and
have brought out another can
didate for congress in the person
Of g. j. Buell. Of Pennington
county ia the Black Hills. Watch
Martin carry Pennington county
tor the organization. Brookings
Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-16
For over sixty Years.

Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP
he's been used for children ssethin9.
It sooths the child, softens the guma
allays Tho peius cures wand colSo, -
g H 62o j6mody for diaErh0a
Iwonl1.1v4Se . bo1sls.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-16

He-Darling. I have loved you ever
elnco 6rst we met She-Well. why
didn't you say % long agof Did you
think I was Z mind roader1
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-16

~ IAN shsuid s. upetsAt not - ksDt
0eishe-narcW AneooluA ;.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-16

AAAAAA sSANA sAA0 ASSAAAAAJ Wv S~y AAOSA "
several times before that, so it
would not seem greatly out of
place for me to write him a
friendly letter. If Mr.. Bentley
can gain any political advantag e
by the publication of my private
letters, he is welcome to do so.
/ feel though, that the people of
the county, however anxious
they may be to see me retired
from politics, will not approve
Of or be mislead by such dirty
methods.
It might be well for Mr.. Bent
ley to publish his letter to j. w.
Barnes, of Chicago, wherein he
said, s'the rooster Crows" and
s'it won't be safe for you to
come here, Mr.. Barnes; you
wait until I send you the
money Then too, Mr.. Bent.
ley might publish q history of
his late business transaction
with my old neighbor in Twin
Brooks township, John Yoeckel,
whereby he secured the deed to
three quarter sections Of land
that Yoeckel owned in that town.
ship. This and other things in
the career OF Bentley will be Of
much more interest and impor-
tance - the people ct this time
then anything thst might be-
publisAed concerning myself, -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-13

found not only one snake, but a dozen,
and all were of unusually large size.
The dog joined in the battle and was
so severely bitten that it died in few
moments. After the party had killed
four Of the reptiles and found that one
OF the horses had also been bitten in
the leg the men became frightened and
started to run away, but found them
selves surrounded by snakes.
With clubs they beat a path to where
their horses were, and while one of the
men fought the snakes the others I'M
hitched the animals.
Then they leaped to the horses backs
and rode to safety. The elder Bush be,
lieves that the reptiles were forced to
the hay lot by the high water.
Physicians in the town Of Loyalsock-
vile, Pa, are nonplused at the conva-
lescence of Miss Stella Woolever, aged
twenty, from consumption, after she
was in a condition where death was
momentarily expected. The apparent
cure is attributed to the use of two
rattlesnake hearts as medicine. The
gill 0Wd1IOWOu CAC AISL heart dUOul
two months ago, and in three weeks
had so far recovered that she was able
to sit up. Then a second rattler's heart
was administered, and now Miss Wool
ever is able to walk to the homes of
neighbOrS. The administration of the
snakes hearts as a combatant of con-
sumption was the result of a number
Of remarkable cures that are said to
have occurred in the family.
Mrs. Esther Woolever of Montours-
vile, an aunt of the girl, now eighty
one years of age, and one of the sound
est old women of the town, was cured
Of consumption when a girl of eighteen
by swallowing two rattlesnake hearts
three months apart. Mrs. Daniel Flick,
now robust matrOn of forty-two, a
cousin of the sick girl, took snakes
hearts for consumption while she was
very low and Immediately began to
mend. Gates Wilcox, a hired man in
the Woolever family, ten years ago
was pronounced by the doctors to be
beyond hope from the ravages of con-
sumption. He fought against taking
rattlers' hearts, but soon after taking
the first one he began to mend. In the
next three months he took two more,
and in six months he took two more,
and in six months more the last trace
of tuberculosis was gone.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-13
WINTER PRACTICE.
What to DO Against the More Impor-
tant Insect Pests.

What to Do Against the More Impor-
tant Insect Pests.
EntOmOlogiSt GOsSard of the Ohio
experiment station announces his in
tention Of aiding farmer and fruit
grower to follow correct practice in
combating his insect enemies through
set of four manuals which will brief
ly indicate the whereabouts and stages
of development of the more important
farm, orchard and garden pests Of the
state during the four seasons of the
year and will suggest methods for con-
trolling or destroying them. The first
of the manuals, winter Practice In
Economic Zoology" tells what to do in
winter against injurious insects. 1t is
bright, instructive, excellently arrang-
ed and thoroughly helpful.
Professor Gossard says that as far
as possible he has discussed only those
species that are susceptible to winter
treatment, and if it appears that mat
ter that should appear only in fall and
spring treatises is included this arises
from the difficulty of sharply separat-
ing late fall from early winter and late
winter from early spring.
The practical style of this little trea-
tise is indicated in this brief item from
vineyard and fruit garden practice: IF
no other insects except the grapeberry
moth, the grapevine flea beetle and the
grapevine leaf hopper were present in
the vineyard, the practice Of clean cul-
ture and stirring the surface soil in
late fall or early winter would pay and
pay well. Each of these three is an
important species economically, and
each can be greatly reduced in num-
bers by this method.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-13
NEW IS AND NOTES

Of sugar beet profits in Kansas Miss
Gertrude Coburn of the state depart
ment of agriculture reports beet prof
it's have paid off mortgages, bought
gasoline engines, sunk wells, built res
ervoirs and paid for stronger teams.
larger wagons, improved machinery
and better housing.
A Chicago man is said to be getting
ready for work next year broom corn
harvester of decided and novel merits,
one Of them being it's ease of use on the
soft land that produces the best broom
corn, present machines being very
heavy for the purpose.
A Kansas woman has been awarded
5000 damages against telenhone COM
pany whose employees cut lie top out
of one of her street shade trees.
Cleveland, o., is said to be one of the
largest rabbit markets in the country.
The United States government IS
about to establish a vast breeding farm
for horses in southern Livingston coun-
ty, Ill.
1t is an old notion that a cow will
fail in her milk when fed on pump
kins, but advanced dairy folk claim
there is no truth in this theory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-13
SUPPOSED DEAD
MA N TUR. NED UP
Had Ran Close TO Execution In
Connection With q Cars
dissemination.

Italian papers relate the romantic
life story of Enrico Bandini, who after
being believed dead for thirty years
has now returned to his family at San
CaSciano, near Florence. In April,
1877, Bandini went to st. Petersburg,
where he dealt in Florentine straw hats
and objects of art. Suddenly all news
from him ceased, and inquiries remain
ed unanswered. Investigation through
official channels also remained without
result. 1t was noticed, however, that
BandinIs sudden silence conceded with
the assassination of Car Alexander II.
Bandini's family gave their relative up
as lost.
A few weeks ago a man of about fif-
ty-three entered a cafe at San Casciano
and made inquiry from the proprietor
after the Bandini family On being told
that Enrico Bandini had disappeared
long ago and was believed to be dead
the stranger dramatically revealed him
self as the missing man.
Bandini's story is that he became in
volved in the revolutionary movement
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-13
CRITICAL COMMENT.
Opinion on Some of Secretary Will
sons Figures.

Opinion on Some of Secretary Will
sons Figures.
Prefacing it's remarks with the asser-
ton that "our national secretary of ag-
riculture never lets a story shrink in
the telling" Ohio Farmer comments
critically upon some items of Secretary
Wilson'S last annual report as follows:
Take our largest crop, corn. Of the
corn crop of 1904 UNITED States Stats
teal abstract, page 1850 only $50 per
cent was exported" and 97.41 per cent
was retained for domestic consump-
ton" These percentages include both
corn and cOrnmeal. We have not the
exact figures land they cannot be OBJ
tained) for the per cent used here as
human food, drink and use, including
cornmeal. whisky, glucose, starch, etc..
but it is wholly probable that II per
cent will far more than cover this. So
that Of our main crop, corn, more than
80 per cent is fed to domestic animals
in the United States, and this so per
cent is therefore counted twice in the
secretary's figures land the newspa-
pers' boasting)-counted once as corn
and again as butter, eggs, beef, pork.
wool, etc. And essentially the same is
true Of hay, oats and some other crops.
Per Cent of Profit.
Commenting still further on Secre-
tary Wilson's figures as they relate to
the yearly production of wealth on
farms, Ohio Farmer concludes that
even if we allow half for taxes, labor
and other expenses it will give us over
10 per cent per annum as the net in
come! Yet we all know that the very
richest and best farms of Illinois and
Ohio do not net their landlord owners
more than or per cent. If average
farms netted IS per cent, they would
be swiftly taken up by capitalists as
investments"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-13
NEWBORN INFANTS ARE FED TO THE SNAKE

NEWBORN INFANTS ARE FED TO THE SNAKE.
known, however, that he is a mission
airy who has lived much with the Indi-
ans and who has been admitted to
many of their sacred rites His evil
dence was almost conclusive that some
such horrible human sacrifice is observ-
ed by the indians of this Pueblo tribe.
Enough is known to warrant an i'm
mediate investigation by the govern
ment authorities The story told the
grand jury is that this snake accounts
for the several mysterious decreases in
the birth rate Of the several Pueblos
from time to time in recent years
which have never been accounted for.
The sacred snake, which is said to be
of enormous size and Of great age, was
first heard Of in the pueblo of Santo Do
mingo, a pueblo on the Santa Fe rail-
road north of Albuquerque. Later it
was taken by the Jemez Indians, who
were paid heavy tribute for taking it.
Immediately afterward the birth rate
in the latter pueblo decreased alarm
ingly. The JemeZ Indians in turn paid
the Zoe pueblo heavy tribute to take
charge of the snake, and it is agreed
it is now kept in that pueblo and that
a large per cent of the newborn infants
are fed to it. Amazing as the story
seems, it has been sufficiently verified
to cause the grand Jury to give it earn
est attention and to recommend an in
vestigation.
1t is we'll known that at the time of
Indians were snake worshipers and
that many of them made human sacri-
fees to the snakes. The snake rites
have gradually receded before the
white man until it is now only OBJ
served in the isolated pueblo of the
Hopi or Moki, and there in less brutal
form. How far the rites are observed
in the secret ceremonies of the Indians
is unknown. No white man has as
yet witnessed the rites performed in
the EStufaS, or secret council chambers
of the Moki, Zuni or even the Laguna
and Islet pueblos, which are frequent
ed by tourists. 1t is expected that a
request will be made to send troops to
the Zoe pueblo to make a thorough
search.
Another good snake story comes
from Lancaster, o. Recently Samuel
Bush and his three sOns-Samuel jun
ior, Charles and Ernest-had one of the
most exciting experiences at their home
near Horns Mill that they have ever
had Their shepherd dog was killed
and one horse severely injured, and the
four men barely escaped with their
lives. The father and his sons went
into a field to make hay. They had
driven part of the way around the
field when Mr.. Bush was suddenly APP
prised of the fact that large copper
head snake had crawled from beneath
the seat of the mower on which he was
riding and was in the act of striking
him with its deadly fangs.
Mr.. Bush jumped from the mower
and tried to find a club with which to
kill the reptile, at the same time call
ing to his sons to help him. The boys
armed themselves with clubs from an
adjacent wood pile and, with their IA
Their, started back to kill the snake.
When they arrived on the scene they
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-13


product of the length into the height of
the ridge above the shoulder multiplied
by one-half the width Of the stack at
the shoulder, because, as illustrated in
the sketch, if the stack were cut down
along the ridge to the shoulder and the
hay built over on the other side there
would be formed fat topped stack of
half the width Of the stack at the
shoulder, as indicated in the drawing If
the heighto of the ridgeof the stack above
the shoulder is one-half the width of
the stack at the shoulder and the top
is very rounding so that the contour
of cross section is very nearly half
circle, as indicated by the dotted semi
circumference in the drawing, the vol
ume above the shoulder will be more
nearly given by multiplying the vol
ume computed the other way by 3.1416
or by 3 II and then dividing the re-
suit by two. AS a matter of fact, the
true volume usually lies between that
given by the two methods, but nearer
to the first, and as the top Of the stack
is loosest and often most damaged the
first method is usually the best to
adopt If this hay is rather coarse al
falfa, and especially if it has not had
long to settle, the mean volume Of
ton is likely to be above rather than
below 500 cubic feet, and hence less
rather than more than twenty-seven
and forty-six tons respectively. If the
hay was stacked rather green, it would
pack closer than if stacked dry and
would weigh more per unit volume.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-13

and, though entirely innocent, was ar
rested, together with fifteen compan-
ions, the day after Emperor AIexan-
der's assassination. Some of his com
panions were executed and others sent
to Siberia, among whom was his friend.
an engineer named Conci. The Rus
sian officials promised to save Bandini
from the gallows if he would betray
the secret of the revolutionary organ
ization. After telling all he knew he
was sent, loaded with chains. to the
Siberian miAes. Bandini afterward
ventured to return to Russia under an
assumed name and even succeeded in
obtaining a post on the Transsiberian
railway. In 1899 he came to America
and through fortunate speculations be
came the owner of $4,000, with which
he has now returned home. He ex-
poets to end his career in peace.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-13

The NJ thwestern line. One of the
most i''e esting series of articles on
the subject of the or, at railways of
the country that has appeared recent
~, is that from the pen of Frank FL.
Spearman recently published in the
Satu day Evening Pest, and since
printed in book form by Scribners.
The chapter oescril tive of the Chi
cago & N"rthw. stern Ry. has been
puhlishtd ny the Tasse niger depart
ment of that line IN pamphlet form
for general dis trihution, and will be
sent to any address on receipt of 2
cents for rOcfapp
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-13
Babes Fed
To Snake
Strange Story Of Indian
Customs IN Metz
Mexico.
Rites Of Ancient San Worship
erS Said 10 >SurOfOe IN Tribes
of TOduY--An "A dUenfure
S1if6 C0pperbeodS.

A United States grand jury at Albu-
querque has heard evidence which goes
far to prove sensational rumors which
have been in circulation for some time
that the Indians of the pueblo Of Zoe,
one of the most isolated of the Pueblo
tribes of New Mexico, feed a certain
number of newborn infants each year
to mammoth snake which is worship
ed by the tribe.
Great secrecy has been observed in
the investigation, and the name of the
witness could not be learned. 1t is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-13
Doesn't Like the Field Method.

While picking up the corn after the
huskers l look out for seed ears. l
have an extra crate for the seed corn,
and when l find an ear that just suits
it is put into this crate. When the
crate is full | stand it outside some
what up from the ground, so the sir
can circulate through it, and cover it
over with board. This is repeated
until have plenty of seed saved. The
wind and air soon dry it out in good
shape. | tried saving seed one year
by going through the field and getting
the earlier ripened ears, but when
husked and thrown into pile it look
ed altogether too ordinary for seed.
There were all the different types and
shapes mixed together, and we fed 1t
to the hogs.-Ohio Farmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-13
officers of Institute Workers.

The American Association of Farm
ers' Institute Workers at their recent
annual meeting elected the following
officers for 1906: President, George C.
Creelman, Guelph, Ont; vice president,
w. w. Miller, Ohio; secretary -treasur-
er, John Hamilton, Washington; eXecu-
tive committee, j. G.. Lee, Louisiana;
land.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-13

tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
a cure is obtained quickest by a proper
treatment of the kidneys. IF you are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake by
taking DIR. Kilmer's Swamp=RoOt, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
It corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it, and over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day,
and to get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
1t stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swanp-Root Is pleasant to take and Is
sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that tells all about it,
both sent free by mail. Address, DIR. Kill
mer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Roo and the
address, Binghamton, N. Y, on every
bottle.