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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-02-01
Witnessed Stirring Scenes.

When the war was getting ready 10
break. young Sobieski's battery was
ordered recruited to ITS full strength
and the young Pole was ordered TO
New York and Washington on recruit.
ing duty. witnessing the Inauguration
OF Lincoln. the closing debates In the
senate and many other stirring
scenes.
He went all through the civil war
and was terribly wounded the first
day OF the battle OF Gettysburg. II
was his privilege to be an eyewitness
to the most dramatic battle in naval
history. the first fight OF the ironclads,
the fight between the Merrimac and
the Monitor.
After the war he went into Mexico
and began another fight for a peoples
freedom. He lived the hunted life OF
a guerrilla warrior. eating rattlesnakes
and living a precarious life off the
country. He was commissioned a col
onel. He seemed to have a charmed
life. He came through hundred
thrilling escapades unhurt-once be
ing the only man OF an entire com
mand to survive.
After the Imprisonment OF Emperor
Macmillan, Col. Sobieski became
one Of the jailers OF that Austrian
potentate who had driven the two pit
lful refugees-Sobiesh and his wild
owed young mother-from Italy. He
recalled that incident to the emperor
mind one day in prison.
We'll, time rounds up all things.
said the unhappy prisoner.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-02-01
Maximilian's Execution.

The old Polish nobleman tells OF the
tragic incident of history-the execu-
ttion of the emperor-in simple sol
der fashion. In writing an account
of 1t for his biography he says:
The last three or four days Of Max
imilian's life were spent almost Who'll
ly with the priest On the morning
OF the execution, June 10. 1s67-a
bright, beautiful morning-he was
taken out OF the old convent where he
was captured and where he had lived
during the time he was in our Gus.
tody, and placed in an ambulance and
driven outside OF the walls of the city
near an old fortress, where the execu'
tion took place.
Arriving on the grounds, the troops
were formed in line. the doomed men
were placed in position, Macmillan
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-02-01
His Remarkable Life.

TITS Gnts
II was there that fate chose him as
one OF the firing party where he wiped
out an old score against an emperor,
avenging the cruelty OF his mothers
Punishment.
Follows the briefest possible glance
at his remarkable life:
He was born in 1912 in Warsaw, be
ing the sixth in line of descent from
the great warrior monarch OF Poland,
John III. His father was John Sobi-
eski. who lost his life In 1s4S In the
great Polish rebellion.
He says one of his earliest recol.
lections of childhood is OF sleigh
ride and the gay trappings of Cos
sack soldier who conveyed his mother
and himself to say goodbye to his
father-about to be executed.
His father had been captured by the
Russian army and had been confined
in a vile Russian prison, crawling with
vermin, for 10 months.
Before they were allowed to see the
doomed husband and father. the young
mother was taken before the Russian
viceroy, who offered to allow her to
retain her estates and honors IL she
would give up her son-the last So
bieski--to be sent to the Russian cap
ital and there brought up as a loyal
subject of the Car.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-02-01
Fate Gives Deferred Revenge.

Macmillan, speaking In Spanish
said In substance that he loved Mex.
leo and desired its welfare; and II
shedding his blood would be the means
of bringing peace and happiness to the
distracted country he was willing 70
die. He asked that the commander OF
the firing party advance to him, and
he delivered to that officer six pieces
of gold which is equivalent to about
ten dollars OF our money. He ordered
a piece OF gold to be delivered to eacn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-02-01

Many OF the young officers under
whom he served on that expedition
atterward became famous In the civil
war-Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston.
then a colonel; Capt. Hancock, after
ward the northern general; Col. AL
exander. who became Lees chief OF
stan; Fitz John Porter. Maj. Beaure-
gard. Capt j. b. Magruder. afterward
southern general. was commander
OF young Sobieskis battery.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-02-01
Col. John Sobieski, Once SOL
der of Fortune, Direct De-
scendant of Thaddeus
of WARSAW.
SAYS INFANT GRANDSON IS ROYAL HEIR
Interesting Predcament of California Youngster and
the Romantic Life Story of His Grandfather Driven
from Austria by Macmillan, He Lived to Com.
nnand Firing Party That Ended the Career
of His One Time Persecution.

lies there than ever to allow him to
ascend any throne. Yes, my memories
OF monarchy are as bitter as that"
His memories OF monarchy cannot,
inded, be very happy. This gentle
old nobleman who lives so quietly in
Los Angeles saw his father led away
to be slaughtered by Russian soldiers
after long confinement in a prison so
vile dog could not have lived In IT.;
saw his mother driven away from
home almost a pauper; saw her driven
like an outcast from country to coun-
try until she died an unhappy exile.
No wonder his eyes fash.
The intricate question OF his right
to that noble ancestry will be consid-
cred below. The mans own life is so
interesting. so thrilling and romantic
that 1t rightly takes precedence over
family trees.
Even his nearest neighbors in the
pleasant neighborhood OF West Adams
street little dream that this sunny old
gentleman his lived the wild life OF
soldier or fortune.
He commanded the reserve firing
party that executed the Inflated EN-
peror Macmillan in Mexico. II was his
revolver that sent shot crashing into
the ear of the emperor after he had
fallen wounded at the first unskilled
volley.
He was an eyewitness to the famous
battle of the Monitor and Merrimac;
led distinguished and sensational
career in the regular army; took part
in the famous expedition against the
Mormons; was under fire 426 times
during the civil war-our own civil
war, not Polands Lastly, he became
a soldier OF fortune in Mexico-in the
Mexican war for independence.
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cMe Is MAAles6Y

proofs OF descent. He suggests that
MS documents and proofs be submit
Ted to the Imperial Academy OF Sci
ence at Cracow.
He may be somewhat chagrined to
learn that the paper containing his
defy has come into the hands OF Col
onel Sobieski, who has promptly &C
cepted the challenge. He has written
to the Chicago Record-Herald and to
Editor Siemiradski that he will be
pleased to leave the question to the In
sutution of learning named In the
defy IL IT can be- shown that Il Is q
university of national Importance and
standing In Poland. Colonel Sobiesk
conhsses that he has never heard
OF Il.
1T is only for my honor that an
preparing these documents" said Col
onel Sobieski to the writer.
He Wants No Throne.
There Is no throne In Poland. II
there we're one and II we're offered e
me. give you my word I should re
fuse IT,"
The eyes OF the old nobleman flashed
- 30 added:
Rather would l go TO the cradl,
and strange that little baby AZ h,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
Aninala Tint Xeen.

Travellers through the Syrian desert
have seen horses weep from thirst, a
mule has been see to cry from the
pains Of an injured foot, and camels
1t Is said, shed tears in streams. A
cow sold by its mistress who had
tended it from calfhood wept pitifully.
A young so1o ape used to cry from
vexation if Livingstone didn't nurse it
IN his arms when it asked him to.
Wounded apes have died crying. and
Apes have wept over their young ones
slain by hunters. A chimpanzee train
ed to carry water jugs broke one and
fell a-crying, which proved sorrow,
though it wouldn't mend the jug. Rats.
discovering their young drowned, have
been moved to tears Of grief. A giraffe
which a huntsman's rifle had injured
began to cry when approached. Sea
lions often weep ove the loss Of their
young. Gordon Cumming observed
tears trickling down the face Of a
dying elephant. And ven an orang
outang when deprived Of it's mango
was SO vexed that it took to weeping.
There Is little doubt, therefore, that
animals do cry from grief or weep
from pain or annoyance. - Harper's
Weekly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
Wonders Of Baalbec.

Hanlh-c, or Baalh"k, is the name
giHeu 4 ruined city ing II ancient
Coe!e-STria, forty-tve miles uorthWc +
of Damascus. Thee is nothing part
ularly remarkable &bo:t a ruined city
being found in the lorl..ty mentioned
but the size of the Books Of stone used
by the ancient bui!Urrs of this p2rttC-
ular city is something that has puzzled
the modern engineers since the d3!
when Baaibec was first made the Nee,
ca of the oriental traveller. There arc
immense tones on every side of thc
visitor to this ancient pile Of ruins. but
the three most remarkable blocks-said
70 be the largest eve used in the con
struction Of a building-are in & wall
back of the temple Of Baal. These i'm,
mense stones are respectively sixty
four, siXty-three and siXty-two feet in
length and each is thirteen feet in
thickness. but the most wonderful
thing in connection with them is the
fact that they are at a place in the
wall twenty-five feet from the ground
How these immense blocks of granite
were ever raised to such a height is :
question that has neve yet been an
swered.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
SnenCe6 Hin.

A Kansas City woman tells this stc
~ on her husband to demonstrate til
lnferioritv 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
6dence In that clock. 1t stopped at {
o'clock this morning, and l just set II
going by guess" replied the good
wife.
"Were you up at S o'clockT asked
the husband.
"Of course not"
"What time did you say the cloc-
stopped?"
"At s."
"If you weren't up at s." replied the
man, with a puzzled look. "how in
thunder CO you know when the clock
stopped:'
"Why, dear, it stayed stopped" was
the reply. The man did DOT say an
other word that morning. Kansas City
Times.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
Foreign Flags In America.

The first flag to ioat over American
soil was the royal standard Of Isabella,
emblaZoned with the arms Of CASTLE
and Leon. A white flag with a greer
cross was it's companion. Some years
after Columbus landed at San Salvador
the Cabots planted the banner of Eng
land and of st. Mark of Venice on the
eastern shore Of North America. In
the centuries that have interviewed
since a variety of national flags have
waved where now only the stars and
stripes is the accepted emblem. Over
Texas have foated the French, Span
ish, English, American and Confeder-
ate; in Louisiana the lilies of France,
the Spanish flag, the tricolo1. the Amer
lean and Confederate flags; in Califor-
MIA the Spanish, Mexican, Russian and
American.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
Dangers of Cocaine.

Cocaine, an alkaloid of cocoa leaves,
was discovered in 1859, but remained
In comparative obscurity until 1884. In
minute doses. whether taken internally
or used as a spray on mucous surfaces,
Its effect is wonderfully exhilarating
producing for a time the fresh and
buoyant sensations Of youth and per.
feet health. that have apparently no
unpleasant reaction, and therein lies
the explanation Of the subtle and ir-
resistible power 1t quickly acquires
owe its victims, carrying them to the
very brink of destruction before they
have dreamed Of danger. Being a Gu
mulative poison. the first warning
symptom does not appear until the
fatal chains are riveted that shall drag
them. horror stricken and powerless OF
resistance. over the precipice to com
plete mental. moral and physical ruin
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
The

Of all plants In the tropical region. Its
seed furnishes food and an Intoxicating
drink. The she'll gives drinking cups
and vessels and a hard material capa.
BILE Of a high polish. from which per,
sonal ornaments may be manufactured.
The trunk furnishes wood for dwell
ings and boats. The leaves make cloth
Ing, cordage and ropes. The fbers Of
the bark and Of the nut afford mating
and carpets. The buds furnish a succu-
lent vegetable. and from the trunk q
palatable liquor is drawn by making ar
lncision.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
WOMEN DRINK At A r
lntemperance of English Causes De-
terfOratfOn of Race.

of Race.
We have grown so accustomed to the
spectacle of crowds of women in the
bars of London public houses that it
has ceased to strike us as anomalous or
degrading. but it always gives a Sc
we're shock to visitors from Australia
and America, where no respectable wo-
man would be seen entering a public
bar.
An Australian NJ. p. who has been
recounting his experiences during a
English tour says the most ap-
palliug sight he eve witnessed was
the multitude Of ome in the public
house bars of London and the provin-
cial cities. In his opinion this wide
spread evil is largely responsible for
the physical deterioration Of the Brit
ish race.-London Chronicle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
Prof, and Mrs. L0ueh Again,

The temperance people of Mi,
bank who heard Prof Tough at
the Methodist church twr
months ago will be glad to know
that both he aud his wife will be
here again on Saturday the 29th
inst. Together with Quincy Lee
Morrow of Brookings they will
sing and speak at opeu-air SER
vices in the grove at the Congre-
gational church, from 10 to II,
and from 2 to t. At noon there
will be a basket lunch. Come
and bring your lunch with you.
1t will be a picnic worth your
while to attend. No charges.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
June ,
TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS.

June Il June -
NOTICE TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS.
To c. H. PRIOR:
You are hereby notified that a resolution was
duly passed on the nth day of June. 1907. by the
city council of the city OF Milbank, South Dako-
TIA. requiring you within ten daye from the date
of tn is notice to construct a new Sidewalk along
the west side of lots +, s and g in Block eight. tSJ
in the city of Milbank, said walk to be OF the
following materials and specifications. viz; or
one part OF cement to six parts OF sand,
to be at least three inches thick, placed upon n
gravel ill we'll tan ped, with top coat made of
one part of cement to be at least
three inches thick, placed upon a gravel
fill we'll tamped, with top coat made OF one part
of cement to be at least one inch thick, to be
eight feet wide and placed two feet from the lot
line, upon a grade to be fixed by the street com
missioner. You are further notified that a resoln-
ton will ba entertained at the.reguia meeting OF
said council, on the LIST day of July. 1907. order
ing said walk to be constructed and the work to
be done by the street commissioners at the eX-
pense of the lots and parcels of land adjoining
came, and said expense will be assessed upon
said lots and parcels of land by the street COM
missioner in the event of your failure to con-
etrUct the came at your own expense.
Dated June 10. 1907 CHARLES SUTCLIFFE.
Street Commissioned
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
May II .une2s
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE

~ SALE
Default having been made in the conditions
of a certain mortgage made, executed and de-
livered by Christina Eliason, = widow, mortgag.
or, to & l.. Wood, of Milbank, south d kota'
mortgagee. dated September 70, 1905. and re-
corded IN the office of tn register OF deeds tor
Grant county. South Dakota, on the eighteenth
day of December A. ID. 1905 9:lo O'Clock AM,
III Book 90 of Mortgages at page 449, which said
mortgage was given to secure the payment OF
one hundred and ninety dollars and interest In
eleven installmen1s according to the conditions
of a certain proEaissory note executed by the
mortgae or to,the m0rtgagee, and bearing even
date with said mortgage. Said mortgage and
note provided that in case OF de
fault in any of the lnstallments of said note
then all sums therein agreed to be paid shall be
come due and payable at once ana shall bear IN,
terest at ten per cent. per annum until paid.
There is ella med to be due at the date of this
notice the sum OF one hundred and ninety-elght
dollars and seventy cents. and no action mas
been instituted to collect the said debt or any
portion thereof.
Now Therefore, Notice lie hereby given that by
virtue of the power of sale IN 50 d mortgage
coLta,ned, and the statute in such case made and
provided. said mortgage will be foreclosed.
will be sold by the sheriff of said county at the
front door of the Court House. in the City of
Milbank. in Grant County, South Dakota, on the
twenty-ninth day of June A. d.. 1906, at one
O'Clock aud thirty minutes p. m. to pay said
mortgage debt and interest with ten dollars at
torney fees and disbursements allowed by law.
The premises described in said mortgage and TO
be sold as aforesaid are the follow tng lands STU.
ate in the County of Grant and state of South
Dakota and described AS follows. 1o-wit: The
south half of the northwest quarter, the south
west quarter Of the northeast quarter and north
west quarter Of the southeast quarter Of section
eight tS) in township one hundred and eighteen
QIs) north of range forty nine 40 west Of the
fifth principal meridian, containing l60 acres,
excepting the right of way Of the Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Pacific Railway, according TO the
UoVernment survey.
Dated at Mllbank, South Dakota, this 18th day
of May A. d.. 1907.
=. &. IocKHABT. 6. l.. WooD,
Attorney tor Mortgagee. Mortgage.
Milbank, South Dakota.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
I OF DRINK
ALCOHOL DESTROYS BOTH THE M:NC
AND THE BODY.

1t Is I'm possible For n Man to he =
and Maintain His Moral
Balancc-The Inrbrinte Is Indiffer-
emf to All Duty.
At the door of a drinking saloon on a
ouSy street the usual morbid crowd
gathered watching an unfortunate upon
the ground.
1t was not a woman fortunately that
the crowd was watching, but a pam.
He was gray haired. past fifty. In fall
ing he had dropped his wooden
crutches.
Two men of kindly impulse lifted
him to his feet and tried to balance his
unsteady body and brain upon the
crutches once more.
In the crowd a cynical voice said:
"Wouldn't you think a man on
crutches would have sense enough not
to drink"
We are all on crutches, and the best
Of US is balanced none too well.
We have risen from barbarism and
brutality. OF all human beings on
earth now a great majority are still
savages in every way. And those that
call themselves ''civilized'' are far more
than half animal in their nature.
Lynching crowds, prize fights. mockery
Tor the unhappy drunkard and a thou
sand other daily sights prove that we
are only animals still.
We are trying to walk as decent
men.
Our crutches are kindness on one
hand and justice on the other.
These crutches have been recently
manufactured by our brain.
Whatever interferes with the brain
knocks the crutches from under it.
Folly made that poor, gray haired
man drink when he knew that he need
ed all Of his mind to control those
wooden crutches. Nobody knew what
drove him to drink at the risk of phys
ical disaster.
How much more foolish are other
men who know they need all of their
mind to balance their moral crutches.
Drink destroyed the balance of the
man with wooden crutches and threw
him to the ground.
More surely will drink destroy the
moral balance and throw down the
mental crutches that uphold us all.
Think this out for yourself in detail.
Think Of the mar wa is remarkable
the public welfare.
Don't you know that DRINK makes
such a man Indifferent to all duty?
1t Is possible for a man on wooden
clutches to drink and still keep the
crutches under him. You may see oc'
~casionally a drunken man keep his
balance on crutches or a wooden leg.
But it is not possible for a man to be
a drunkard and keep the balance tina,
his moral crutches give him.
That remark, wouldn't you think a
man on clutches would have sense
enough not to drink?' applies to every
man and most OF all to the most moral
men.
We have crutches for the mind
~crutches-as we have wooden crutches
for the body.
Remember that the desperate thing
about drunkenness is that it knocks the
moral crutches from under us, throw
Ing us back to the PROSTATE brutal ami
NAL condition of the past.
Remember that a mar with intelli-
gence who deliberately allows drunken
ness to deprive him of moral force is
Infinitely more to blame-because he is
more intelligent-than the poor old man
who allowed drink to get the better Of
his wooden supports.-Boston Ameri-
can.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
A Good M Ma rried.

First Sailor-No, Bill, yer don't real.
" know what life is till yer get spliced.
Second SailOr-W'y, shiver me tinbers,
messmate! I've never been married,
true, but I've had yeller fever and
cholera, I've been frostbit, drowned,
burned alive, eat by a shark, blowed
up at sea and operated on for cancer
WOt more does a reasonable chap
want?-London Answers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
A Special Day at the Congregation Cturch Sunda

The re-modeled and greatly
improved editice Of the Congre-
gational church will be re dedi-
Gated next Sunday morning in
a special service in which The
Methodist and EvangelicaI
churches will unite. There will
be a special sermon by Dr.. Thrall
Of Huron, special music by the
choir and other parts by Rev.
E. f Hunt and the pastor. A,
the evening service DR.. Thrall
and others will speak. Morn
ing service at 1890. Evening
7:45. All welcome.
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The Real Thing.

Express Clerk-Value OF this pack
age, please? Fair Damsel = $25 5000
Express Clerk Huh? Fair Damsel-
You heard what l said. Those are love
letters from old ~Bagsocoyne. and I'm
sending EN- to my fawyer.-Cleveland
Leader.
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q june
TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS

TO HENRY Il. WELSH:
You are hereby notified thata resolution WAS
duly passed On the 18th day of June, 1907. by the
city council Of the city of Milbank, South Dako-
ia, requiring you within ten days from the date
ofthis notice to construct a new sidewalk along
the west side of lots ID, IA, Is and Ii in block
eight. (s) in the City of MilSank, said walk to be
of the following materials and specification, viz:
OF concrete, one part of cement to six parts OF
sand, to be at least three inches thick, placed up
on a gravel fill well tamped, with H top coat
made of one part of cement to be at least one
inch thick, to be eight feet wide and placed Two
feet from the lot line, upon a grade 10 he TNed by
the street commissioner. You are further Motif
ed that a resolution will be entertained AT the
regular meeting OF said council. or the let day
ofJuly, 1907, ordering said walk to be construct-
ed and the work to be done by the street COM
missioner atthe expense of the lots and parcels
of land adjoining same, and said expense VIII he
assessed upon said tote and parcels OF land by
the street commissioner in the event of your
failure to construct the same at your own eX-
pense.
Dated June 10, 1907. CHARLES SuTCLIFFE,
Street Commissioners.