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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
FIRE IN hoMesrAkE NINE.
Famous Black Hills M,ns q 6iaxine
Furnace.

! The Homestake mine is on fire, ana
for t~wenty-four hours a desperate tight
has beer waged against the steadily.
increasing flames. The worst OF the
situation is that the battle has been
time, owing to the gas and the smoke,
have men been able to approach sum.
GENTLY near to determine the exact To-
cation Of the flames.
When the night shift went on flames
and the alarm was given. The mine
is well equipped with fire apparatus
and plenty of water, and for a time no
serious damage was expected.
All night long men fought the flames
until, overcome by gas n smoke,
they were carried out unconscious. AT
an early hour in the morning the dry
house was turned into an emergency
hospital, as the company hospital was
full to overlooking. Between 8 and 10
O'Clock in the morning nearly 100 men
were cared for by the physicians and
fully 200 in all were overcome.
An effort was made to drive back
the gas by compressed air and water,
but it failed, and a little before noon
Engineer Blackstone ordered every
man out Of the mine. Since then at
tempts to deal with the flames have
been confined to turning several
streams of water into the open cut,
which connects directly with the 300
foot level. From there the water will
500 find it's way to the fire.
1t is thought that the fire originated
rom blasting out some old timber, as
the blaze is located near the 50O-foot
level, where such work was being
done. Just where the fire Is or over
how great an area it has extended is
not known. On the 500-foot level there
is an immense bulkhead. and the dang
er now is that the flames may reach 1t,
from whence the fire would spread
rapidly to the other levels, as the tim
Der is old and of pine.
So far there have been no fatalities.
Even the company's horses and mules,
kept in a stable on the 500-foot level,
were brought out in safety. Not a man
is in the mines and efforts are being
made to keep the mills Running by ore
from the open cuts.
1t is impossible to estimate now the
amount of damage which may be
caused.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
FATHER WILL NOT PAY.
School Girl Who Assaulted Boy Is
Technically Serving Time"

School Girl Who Assaulted Boy ls
Technically Serving Time"
Because her father refused to pay
the fine and costs imposed upon her
for assault on a small boy whom she
| alleges insulted her, Belle Hare, a
young girl now is serving time by
living at the home of City Marshal
Morris, being technically iD his custo-
DIV. and attending school. The case
created a sensation in C~enterville, and
the people of that place still are divid-
ed into two hostile camps.
The plaintiff was Mrs. Hickcox, who
charged that the girl had slapped and
otherwise assaulted her little son,
Rufus. 1t was alleged that the boy was
using insulting language to the girl.
The formal charge upon which the girl
was arrested was assault and battery.
Her attorney, when the case was
called, demanded a jury trial, and six
of the leading citizens of Centerville
were summoned.
So far as the simple complaint OF as
| sault and battery was concerned, the
defendant practically convicted her
self, but the apparent causes leading
up to the punishment of the boy led
| the jurors to hesitate in rendering a
verdict. After celebrating over he
case for many hours, the jury returned
a verdict OF guilty, recommending
mercy" Judge Dwyer imposed a fine
of S. and costs, amounting in all to
$50, or twenty days in Jail.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
LIKE MESSAGE FROM DEAD.
Man Receives Letter Written to Hin
Fifteen Years Before.

81 often had heard people tell how
it felt to receive a message from the
Dead" said c. M. Browning, a Cleve.
land travelling man, but never expe
rienced it myself until about three
months ago.
walked up to the desk in the old War
ner house at Chillicothe, O., the frs,
time that l had been in the hotel for
10 years. The moment l scratched
my name on the register l became
aware that the clerks behind the
counter were cycling me with inter
est.
after closely scrutinizing my sig
nature on the register one of them in
CURED: Are you the C. M. Browning
who stopped at this hotel in 1887?
scratched my head a moment and re
piled that l believed / had been a
guest there about that time. We'll, II
you're the same man. the clerk said
there's a letter that's been awaiting
you here for some time / asked for
the letter, and after about an hours
search in the attic of the hotel they
found a letter yellow with age and
covered with dust. l quickly recog
nized the handwriting on the en-
velope as that of my father, who died
some Is years ago.
II opened the envelope. The in
closed letter contained nothing but in
formation regarding family matters
1t was written two years before my ia
theirs death. OF course, / saw my ia
Their many times between the time oil
his writing the letter and his death
but he never mentioned having sen
1t to me, and you a see, therefore
why the receipt OF 1t seemed to me
like q message from the dead"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
Lady Isabel as a
Business Woman
Copyright. by Joseph Il. Bowles.)
BY MRS. MESH

Lady Isabel and l were staying with
Lady Massingham. Lady Isabel had
just returned from Homburg.
ITS awfully difficult to know how
to invest ones money" she said as we
finished tea and strolled into the gar.
den.
Have you any money to invest?"
NO" she answered frankly, "of
course not. / always spend mine, but
Vernon is making some out OF that
Something African company forget
what it's called-'The Over-the-Left-
syndicate or something-you know
one of the things our member, Mr..
Ephraim Alexander, put Lord Mas
singham into; that's why I'm staying
here" she added with her usual frank.
ness.
us it a good thing?' l asked with
interest.
9" don't know" she answered can
didly, "and, to tell the truth, neither
does Vernon. They're just using him,
you know, for the sake of his title.
It's no use having a wretched old
title If you can't make some use of it,
is it dearest?" added Lady Isabel,
looking at me in her helpless way.
"None whatever l replied cheer
fully; "and how, may l ask, do you
refusing yours?"
REFUSING! What a good expression"
she said; how apt you always are,
~. x.~JV W. =: ~
some prOperty-at least, l really hope
l m It's a tremendous responsible.
ity selling property, and that is why
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05

I've come to town at such a funny
time; but" sighed she, business must
be attended to. and | believe this will
turn out quite a good investment if L
only bring it Off"
1t vas some days later / was hav-
ing tea on Mrs. Simpson-SimpsOn's
~housebOat. She is what Lady Isabel
would call one of those nice new
women" who are paying their way
into London society. Mrs. Simpson
Simpson, who l have not a doubt is
paying very extensively, has lately
emerged from the respectable obscur.
ity of FftzjOhn's ven into the
glazing notoriety of houseboat life.
I'VE are just staying here, Miss An
struther, DEAR she said to me, "be
cause our house is being done up.
You know we have bought No. -
Park lane. 1t was only settled yester-
day. It's such a lovely house. a little
small, though" and she looked round
as though comparing it with her pres
ent surroundings.
IT know" l said; "it's the pretty
one with the mauve and yellow flower
boxes"
"Yes," she replied, that's the one.
We shan't be settled there before the
winter. We have taken this for the
month, and then, of course, we go
north for September and October"
"Of course agreed demurely, land
what part OF Scotland are you going
TOT"
my husband has taken q place in
the Isle of Null" she answered.
Null is such a nice little place, and
80 exclusive"
tits not 10 very little, is it," I asked
~innocently.
well, I've never been there my
SELF" she replied, "but / thought 1t
looked very small on the map. My
husband is Scotch, you know, and
comes from Glasgow. He is delighted
with my choice of a London house"
continued Mrs. Simpson-Simpson;
and do you know" she added conf
dentially, II bought it from a Lady
Isabel Buckingham! Do you know
herr" said Mrs. Simpson-Simpson, as
gave an involuntary start. How very
delightful-really?- great friend, is
she ?"-her manner towards me be-
coming distinctly warmer-"isn't she
sweet and lovely, too"
Very" ! assented willingly.
And so businesslike," said Mrs.
Simpson-Simpson. "You know they
nay those sort OF people don't know
anything about business, but Lady
Isabel II very clever. and arranged
everything herself SO wonderfully
ana she quite understands leases, and
premiums, and Ill sorts OF things I
could never have known . single
thing about"
did she sell the house TO your hus-
mo: TO me-" said Mn. Simpson.
simpson. because. you "a William
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05

many. 1t is shown in the Illustration
This apparatus is a glass vessel and
is nearly filled with water or other
suitable transparent liquid. A flame
produced by liquid combustibles-
such as oil and compressed air-burns
below the surface of the water. The
air is led in through the larger and
the combustible by the smaller pipe
At the left is an opening for admit
ting the liquid and on the opposite
side an overflow pipe. When the ap
paratus is placed in a shop front OF
the like the flame burning within the
liquid will cause attention at once
The apparatus can also be used for
producing hot water for heating pur.
poses.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05

One OF the life savers along the
Delaware river front is Paul Green.
wood. now a resident Of Chester. Pa.
Greenwood lost an arm n a leg sew
eral years ago, but despite this mis-
fortune he continues at his work OF
saving lives Of people who fall over.
board.
Not long ago he saw FIVE Philadei.
phians struggling In the water on
Marcus Hook, their yacht having cap
sized. He jumped into a boat and
hurried to the scene OF the upset yacht
and saved all Of the members Of the
party. Most Of them were women
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
A recent ruling Of the United States

A recent ruling Of the United States
land office will be OF great benefit to
the settlers in this part of the country.
It provides that ranchers on the forest
reserve who wish to make final proof
can apply directly to Pau! d. Kelleter,
special agent for the forestry depart
ment. Hitherto they have been oblig-
ed to apply directly to the department
at Washington, and great delay conse.
quently has ensued. As oon as Mr..
Kelleter receives the application he
will examine the land and determine
II It is suitable for agricultural or min.
eral purposes.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO -.
,.u rDvNr

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, -
LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he II senf0e
partner Of the nrm OF r. j. CHENRr d Co., doing
business in the City Of Toledo, County and Stato
aforesaid, and that said nrm will pay the sum Of
ONE DOLLARS for each and every
case Of CATARRH that cannot be cured by tho use 81
HALLS CATARRH CURl.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed IN my pres
ence. this 9th day OF December, A. ID 1884.
@.I.L sor..r PUBLIC.
Hairs Catarrh Cure IS taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY 4 CO. Tolecs. q
Sold by oil Druggists, Use.
Take Hairs Family PilA for constipation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
MEANT TO CATCH THE eve.
ingenious Device az Attraction In q
Store Wiruow.

American ~shopkeepers are far In
advance OF the merchants OF other
countries in introducing these eye
catchers." Still. one Of the most inter
esting seer recently comes from Ger
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
Hours Of Labor.

AS a matter of fact" boasted a
chronic idler who had been remonstra-
ted with on the score Of laziness. II
fast"
Indeed" said his friend, consider
ably a~stOnished. "Whatever's that?"
Getting out Of bed!' was the sloth-
ful mans reply.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
Hobby - Photography.

Justice Shiras, retired. of the United
States supreme court. has made pho.
tographing Of Wild animals q hobby
and study. and he IL said To have been
the irst person to take . picture Of .
wild animal by iiashlight
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
chi,a choked 20 Death

C%oonsville, Iowa, March 3O.-Falling
down the cellar stairs. the twc.year-
old child OF Charles Warnstaf caught
its clothing on q nail that hung the 1T
tie one there until It choked To death.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05

Balance to my good. $3.50. "a, 53O.75
Particulars as to how to secure low
railway rates to the free homestead
lands of Western Canada may be Sc
cured from any Canadian Government
Agent.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
Houses?

Model-Pardon me, sir, but is0't
there another artist in this building?
Artist-Well, that is a matter OF
opinion. There is another fellow who
paints.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
BLOOD GETS SOUR.
Every Family Should Make Up This
Home Mixture and Take Now.

At this time of year, says a well.
known authority. the Kidneys become
weak. clogged and inactive, falling to
hitter out the poisOns and acids. which
sour the blood, causing not only facial
and bodily eruptions. but the worst
forms of Rheumatism. Nervous and
Stomach troubles, Backache and pain.
ful, annoying Urinary Affections.
II 10 worth anyone's time now to
got from some good prescription phar'
macy. the following Ingredients: Fluid
Extract Dandelion. one-half ounce:
Compound Karg0n, one ounce: Com
pound Syrup Sarsaparilla. three
ounces. Mix by shaking well In q bot.
tle and take In teaspoonful doses after
your meals and at bedtime.
This simple homemade mixture will
force Ia Kidneys to normal, healthy
actlon. % they will hitter and strain all
uric 80 and poisonous waste matter
from the blood. and expel this in the
urine. at tho same time restoring the
sfall blood count"-that u, s5 per cent.
~ blood corpuscles-which II abso.
luto1y indispeusablo to perfect health.
Net Worth Noticing.
Hawloy-But, surely, you don't pro-
pose to lot Huskie's remark pass un-
challenged?
crawlsy-That'e Just what I propose
- o..
Hawley-Why. man alive. he called
Yen - blitlaeffngsfdiot?"
OFawiey-Exactly: but, my dear sir,
fhoro % no such word In the English
lio11onary a. @blithsring."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05

h takes . cute girl to get 50 close to
: uon that when he tries to kiss her
- tnooootbls for her to get away.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05
FtovRGe or A CROP IN WESTERN
CANADA.
How Z Swan River Settler Has
succeeded.

Benito, Manitoba, Nov. &c, 1906.
At Swan River Valley, in May, 1900,
Z seller took up a homestead on Sec.
ton 30, In Township "a. Range 20
West Of the First Meridian, at that
TIME SO miles from a railway, tele.
graph, school or church. There is
now a railway within two miles II
my farm. and all these other advant-
ages close at hand. His story is:
after making my homestead entry
fee Of $40 l had $45.O 0 total (forty-five
dollars) capital. Through doing
homestead duties in slack times of
the year, I managed to get a start.
am q married man of % years of age.
Il built my first house, or shack,
and broke up 8 acres, putting five
acres in crop the first year.
This year, 1906, l had 80 acres in
crop-65 acres in wheat, 20 acres of
which yielded $50 bushels, or 42h
bushels per acre; Is acres of oats,
which yielded 355 bushels, and one
stack of oats in sheaf for feed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05

Dolle-Yes. Gertrude has decided
- marry that dissipated young Van
noohs-she thinks she car succeed n
mating something put Of him!
Dfhol-About how much?
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-31
A FEMININE STEEPLE JACK.

Miss Lydia Atkins, aged IL, the
daughter of j. r. Atkins, we'll
known Leicester chimney builder and
steeple- jack, and her brothers, aged
10 and 6, respectively, are literally
following in their fathers footsteps.
Mr.. Atkins belongs to a family
which for 200 years has had a PEN
chant for sealing church steeples and
chimney stacks, saw a paragraph in
newspaper recording how the
daughter of a vicar was hauled up
the steeple of her fathers church in
chair. Mr. Atkins was convinced
that his own daughter could do bet
ter than that, and proceeded to mi
tiate her into the mysteries of his
hazardous calling.
The result is that the girl, after
making several successful climbs, last
week accomplished the exceedingly
difficult performance of ascending at
the Leicester Corporations Water
Works at Smithland, chimney IA
feet high in five minutes, and made
the descent in even less time. Miss
Atkins now challenges every girl of
less than Is years to a steeple or
chimney climbing competition.
Her little brothers are also being
trained by their father as steep1e-
jacks, and have already climbed sew
eral chlmneys over hundred feet
London Mail
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-31
SYSTEMATIC CAMPAIGN
AGAINST The TRAMP

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29.-To
what dimensions the tramp evil has
grown and the efforts under way TO
stamp out this pest have been
brought to public notice by the Ridg-
way accident a few days ago, in
which five trainmen were frightfully
injured by an explosion of nitro
glycerine taken from a 'yeggman"
stealing ride on the top of a Penn
sylvania freight train.
The National Conference of Chari-
ties and Corrections at its last meet
ing appointed vagrancy committee,
whose object is to carry on a syste-
matte campaign against the tramp,
securing the cooperation of the rail-
roads, and state, local and possibly
federal governments to this end,
Experts who have investigated the
subject for charity organizations find
that it is mainly by stealing rides on
railroads that tramps flourish. The
companies themselves have long rec
ognized this fact, but have been I'M
able to prevent it because of the lack
of state or county cooperation. The
first thing necessary is to end the
'move on policy by which each To-
come visitors to some other.
The extent of trespassing on rail-
roads is shown by the accident re-
port in the five years, 1901 to 1905.
In that period 23,964 trespassers
were injured on railroads in the Uni
ted States; that is, a total of 49,200
killed and injured. Besides the dan
ger to themselves, the tramps cause
great loss of property through theft
and through the malicious wrecking
of trains or other damage to railroad
property. An official estimated that
the cost of vagrancy to American rail-
roads is not less than $25, 100000 a
year.
The Pennsylvania railroad has re-
organized its police department with
view to reducing trespaSsing, but
even by this means it is impossible
to secure convictions unless there are
state laws providing for the punish
ment of the offenders. At present
counties and towns find it too eXpen-
sive to keep prisoners-it is easier to
tell them to get out of town.
Orlando +. Lewis, nofficer of the
Charity Organization society, who
has made study of the subject con-
cludes from his investigation that
cooperation must be secured between
the railroads, town and state authori-
ties, boards of charity or control,
public and private charities and indi-
viduals in bringing about better en-
| forcement of laws and better laws,
and more wisdom in dealing with
| Migrants.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-31
THE UNREST IN INDIA.

1t is curious to note how different
ly those who talk of India describe
the signs of gradual transformation
in that country, signs which have
caused an accession of uneasiness in
Great Britain. Not long ago a writer
in the Spectator described it as The
Indian Unrest" Francis H. Shrine,
an eX-member of the Bengal civil
service, writing in the last number
of the North American Review, calls
it THE Awakening of India He
also speaks of the unrest in India,
but by it he means quite a different
thing from the first writer The con-
tributor to the Spectator was think
ing of Indian insomnia, so to speak;
Mr.. Shrine has in mind the unrest
which indicates the ending of sound
sleep, not the unrest of disturbed and
broken SAUNDERS. This unrest, he
says, is nothing else than the blind
struggle of an embryonic national
soul to find corporate existence"
That corporate existence is to come
in the form of a self-governing col
ony of the British empire. But much
must be done before this is accom-
plished. Social must precede politi-
are broken; when Brahmin tyranny
is over thrown; when Indian women
are emancipated; the process of ma
BODYBUILDING will have really begun"
he says The chief interest of the
article lies in the inference which
may be drawn from it that before the
hour of political naturalization
strikes great religious struggle will
in, pyI,i oh, hn D,.if icI,
ed by the Mohammedans, will sub
due the Hindoos and their Brahmin
leaders. Can the British, plus Co.
900, 900 Indian Mussulmans, break
the customs and religion of 207, 000,-
600 HindooS? These Hindoos "are
ruled with rod of iron by the Brah-
Minis, and present common charac-
teristics from the Himalayas to Cape
Comorin. Their dream is a restora-
ton of the theacracies destroyed nine
centuries ago, and it is communicate
ed to the devotees who flock by mil
lions to places of pilgrimage.
The 100000 religious mendicants
who batten on Hindoo charity and SUI
perstition are inveterate foes to the
foreign rule"
This eX-member of the Bengal SER
vice mas an imagination, tnlnS
which-fortunately, may be-is de-
MED to most Englishmen. If Eng
lishmen had imagined what Mr..
Shrine imagined; if they believed
that, aided by the sword of Islam,
they were destined to break Brahmin
caste and customs. the empire would
today be shaken to it's core. Great
Britain does not look at it that way.
She coldly recognizes that the relig-
ious ferment has much to do with
the disturbances in India. But she
insists upon adhering to her tradi-
tional policy of aloofness, keeping
apart from both Hindoo and Boham-
medan. No better evidence of her in
tention to stand by her individual
guns and her hard-headed system of
civic direction could be given than
is found in the recent statement by
John Morley, secretary of state for
India, concerning the governments
policy in India. That statement was
stiff and capable even to the tastes of
the Conservatives.-New York Globe
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-31
Work" i'm Scotland.

A New Yorker who crosses the At
lantic several times a year says that
he was in Dundee, Scotland, when he
found himself in need of shoes.
On entering the first shop he came
to, he was surprised to find that pa
irons were expected to sit in an or
binary, stiff, high-backed chair, and
that there was no rest for the feet.
nothing, in fact, in the way of accom-
mediation.
After making his purchase, and as
he was about to leave the shop, he
said to the clerk:
'In American shoestores there is a
rest placed on the floor in front of
each customer, and on this rest he
places his foot. Just back of this
rest is seat on which sits the clerk
as he. fits the customer"
The clerk listened respectfully to
all this. Then, leaning confidentially
toward the American, he said:
"That's all very we'll in America,
sair; but here our employers do not
like to see us sitting down when we
work"