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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-26

II think" said the new merchant II
shall take partner In this business
venture Of mine. Two heads are bet
ter than one. you know"
Eyes," replied Wise, "and then when
you fail you can have some one to
blame 1t on."-Philadelphia Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-26

"A dentist who wishes to change his
business ought to succeed as real
estate agent"
"Why so?'
Because, like a real estate man. he
makes his living out of his patrons
achers. "-Baltimore American
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-26
How a Man Proposes.

He-Oh, you're the dearest, sweetest
little honey bunch in the worldl Will
you marry me?
She-Of course | will, you big, dear.
silly old goose, but don't muss up my
hair so, Observation-Disclosures Press
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-26
Notice of Application or Probate
of Will.
(Sept 1e-lw)

tSept 1e4w)
State of South Dakota,
County of Day.
In county court.
will etc. -
IN the matter Of the estate of Thomas
The State Of SSuth Dakota sends greet.
ing TO Mary Snaxa, Isadore Snaxa, Paul
Snaza, Catherine Poink. Rosa Poiasiak
Thomas II. Snaza, Frank Snaxa, Agatha
Poink and Veronica Pischke, heirs next
OF kin OF Thomas Snaza, deceased,
Pursuant TO hn orde- Of said court, made
notice u hereby given that Saturday the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-26
Sylvia's
Fortune.
By GERARD HOPKINS.

Copyright. 1907, by Jessie Morgan.
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08
CLAIM STRANGE GIFT
BELIEVERS ASSERT THEY CAN
SPEAK ALL LANGUAGES.
Power Can Only Be Used for Purpose
of Exhortation-When Holy Ghost
Came Church Members Fell
Down and Winds Roared.

Denver, Col.-This city has been
the home of strange religions and
some bizarre manifestations of relig-
ious belief. The Schlatter incident Of
1895 still causes people TO talk and
wonder, and the sun WOrshipers Of
two years ago are not forgotten. But
the stTangest claim yet made by any
body of believers is that OF the Chris
tian Assembly church members, who
say they have been granted the Apos-
tolic gift Of many tongues, and that
they can speak all kinds of Ian
guages, which they have never before
heard.
They assert that a great majority
of the 600 languages IN existence TO-
day have been used by their members
in their little church on Welton street
under the leadership of Divine inspi-
ration.
They claim that the distinctive mark
of this power is the fact that no one
receiving the gift can use it for any
other than purposes Of exhOTtatiOn.
Frequently the inspired person speaks
in a language totally unknown to him
self, they say, and makes an exhOTta.
tiOn understood only by some one of
a foreign nationality who happens to
be in the audience.
Occasionally one OF the members
will speak in language unknown to
any one present. AS a result of this
wonderful power they expect to send
abroad missionaries to China and
India.
The case regarded as the most re-
markable among the believers is that
of Miss Mabel Smith, a girl of Is,
whose home is in Galveston, Tex. To
her has been given the power to speak
is languages, one for every year of
her life. and they think that as she
adds years she will acquire Ian
guages.
Another notable case is that Of Miss
Evelyn Schippie, II, who speaks alto
gether in the Chinese language. She
has never previously been able to
speak this language, and has never
heard it spoken
Miss Mary BOtrOf, a womah well
and favorably known in this city for
her charitable work, says that she
uses both Chinese and Arabic fiuently.
IN a recent address made in a mission
meeting she spoke five different lang
guages so that they could be under
stood by representatives, Of five differ
ent nationalities in the room at the
time
This power has also been granted
to the pastor of the church, Rev, Gil
bert z. Farr, and his wife. There is
nothing new n this" 20 says We
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08
Shes Iour Mother Dear

gImpTy De1Ieve and have proved con-
clusively that the power of the apos-
ties reaches down to the present time.
We are now living in the Gospel age,
and everything inaugurated by the
apostles in their age holds good in the
present. We are not a sect nor a cult.
We simply believe in the whole Cos
pei, and in this thing alcng with all
the rest of il"
Mr.. Farr furnishes this description
Of how the gift came:
Last August a body of Christian
people was holding a camp meeting in
this city, and during the meetings two
Christian women came TO US from
Los Angeles. They said they were
going to Jerusalem to preach the Cos
pei in Arabic, as God had given them
that gift and also the gift Of other Ian
guages. Many Of our members began
to seek it for themselves. After the
public meetings closed we all went
into a separate room and waited for
the Lord 10 do to US as He did to the
apostles at PentecOst, when He gave
them the gift of languages.
THE first manifestation of the pres
ence Of the Holy Ghost was when peo-
pie began TO tremble and fall down
and then there came a rushing of
great winds. This is just the same
thing that happened according to the
Bible on the day of PentecOst. Very
soon several Of our members began to
speak in different languages and 9th
ers interpreted what they said. No
less than 40 people, men, women and
children, have received this wonder
full gift
LAS for myself, I cannot tell any,
thing more about my receiving the
gift than this My throat began to
swell and | was compelled ID remove
my cravat. While | opened my mouth
under the inspiration of the Holy
Ghost, l began TO speak in a foreign
language which l had never studied
or heard spoken, and / have spoken
under this wonderful power many
times since"
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08

bureau Of yards aLd 5Jcks, mad a
hard time keeping the electric light
ing system in the neighh0rhOod Of the
station in working order The ca
prices of the electrical fluid often baf-
fed his plans and many OF the arc
lights near the Sands street gates
were burned ont by the energy from
the telegraph station.
Now that this energy is being
doubled, Mr.. Newman. and. in fact,
the electricians of the department at
Washington. are Tacking their brains
in search of some means of curbing
and cOnfining the great refractory sea
of electrical waves that viii be formed
when the new station is put into
operation.
The Flushing avenue trolley line
OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit com
pany skirts that corner of the navy
yard in which is located the wireless
station and Mr.. Newman fears that
unless some method of proper insula-
ton is devised, the energy from the
station will seriously affect the opera
tion of trolley cars When the thou
sands of volts are released upon the
wings of the air. many of them are
expected to rush straightway to the
trolley wires and trolley poles, to the
old cannon decorations Of the gate,
and even to the bayonets and metallic
insignia on the hats of the marine
guard stationed at the gate. These
volts will hover about these attrac-
tive cents like bees in a swarm. Each
and every minute elecTOn will be
striving to reach the earth and TO re-
turn to the generators in the power
house by the path of least resistance,
such as a metallic gas pipe, or a con-
duit or a trolley wire.
Last summer at times when atmos-
phere was surchaTged with natural
electricity, as well as with manufac-
tured energy from the wireless sta
ton, the marine guard at the Sands
street gate were perceptibly affected
by the fluid They absorbed il into
their systems so that their hair stood
out on end. The metallic insignia on
their caps was tarnished and when
ever they came in contact with or
even near an old cannon. or a trolley
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08
SELLS HERITAGE FOR A SONG
Youth Accepts $4,000 for st,5oOOoo d
Two Years,

Santa Monica, GAIA stake Of s4'
900 played against a fortune OF neaft
s1,500.000, with a human life as Dc
final determining factor, are teaiua
Of an unusual transaction entered ,
to here between Henry c. Keat1g
one side and a syndicate Of tour IA
on the other. The syndicate is con
posed Of J. c. Steele, former postn@
ter of Santa Monica: BENJAMIN hLl'I
er, until recently city attorney; hosI
ert w. Miller, secretary OF the 5oas
of education, and A. W McPhersoa
manager of the Edison Gas & Electro
company.
Heating is one Of the La.rs 10 il'
Heating estate. worth about s5yl'yy'
His share is about $500 900. 3lt p
can not get it until a division Of ll'
entire estate is made possible by ll'
coming of age of the younger zen
This will be in two and half yea!1
In order to convert his urospec-''
S1,500,OO0 into actual cash he@~-s :
has signed over to the syndicate a.
his rights in the inheritanc4 i2l ',+
600. the syndicate running me .-'- -,
that he may die. in which case all IL ~
interest in the Keatiue fortune "a ~
pass over to the other heirs. 9-'-..
he live he will come into bis part q
the estate and the svUt.ca-. VIII --
be entitled to enforce ir- CLAIMS
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08
SEA OF ELECTRICITY
MEANS BEING SOUGHT TO CURB
STRAY WIRELESS VOLTS.
Feared That Telegraph Station at
Brooklyn Navy Yard Wiil Make
Trouble in Variety of Ways
for Neighbors.

Brooklyn, \. "a vast electrical
sea will be formed in the environs of
the new wireless telegraph station at
the Brooklyn navy yard, when the ap-
paratus is put into operation, receiv-
ing and transmitting messages.
Anywhere from half a million to a
million volts of electrical fluid will be
let loose in the atmosphere and every
thing in the vicinity of the new aug
mented station that has any electrical
affinity whatever for electricity will
be surcharged.
When the old station was in opera
ton, NJ. L. Newman, in charge of the
electrical department. Of the local
The Washington bee., 1907-06-08

pole there was a Swapping sound !
Of electricity rushing from ths
sheathed bayonets to the trolley POI
or cannon.
The trolley wire on Navy sired
will be freighted with the electHcs
fluid this summer. And when TO,
ley car comes along there may !
brilliant displays of electrical fame
The switch in the top Of the iorWgt
platform of the car may slam back
there may be disturbances in the a
motors. It is to ward of COndlgsa
eies of this kind that Newman and ID
other electricians OF the departmsl
are adding their pates for ideas
The Irish standard., 1907-10-19

The Lutheran papers are fearfully
wrought up over the Pope's. Encycllcal
says the Catholic Standard and Times
They denounce it as an attack upon
the right of private Judgment" AS
that right. so called, is the keystone OF
Lutheranism. they regard the new pro-
nouncement as directed against their
system especially-which is a mistake
1t is directed against those inside the
Church whose rightful place is outside
OF 1t. along with the Lutherans. In the
last reduction there are really but two
antagonistic forces in the ranks OF
those who claim to be Christians
Catholicism and Professionalism. And
still In such cases as that Of Father
Tyrrell it is difficult to make the CLASH
f1cation fit. for Professionalism is still
with very many a substantive system,
with at least one definite article Of
faith, whereas there seems to be moth
ing but the filmy nebulosity of vague
speculations about Father Tyrrelrs
progressive theology" as one may call
what his famous letter adumbrated.
The Irish standard., 1907-10-19

Lillian Russell, an actress, has had
more than one release from marriage
by the process Of the divorce court
evil, says the Michigan Catholic. The
lady of much matrimony. which was
short, declares that divorce is one OF
the greatest blessings in the world to-
day. and she considers a marriage con-
tract should not be permanent. A dis
regard for the sacred bond Of mar
riage may suit women like Lillian Rus
sell. but. thank God, there are people
in this land who look upon the matri-
monial union as condition that should
not be dissolved through law. Miss
Russell took occasion at every oppor-
tunity offered her, because Of divorce
to remarry. There are Catholic women
on the stage. far superior in ability ia
Lillian Russell, who do not agree with
the lady Of race track fame and much
press notice. Lillian Russell has q
daughter who also Is q divorced wom-
The Irish standard., 1907-10-19

They are not missing any points in
the campaign in Cleveland between
Mayor johnson and Congressman Bur-
ton. The Man of the Hour" George
Broadhurst's dramatic broadside
against the corruptions of public serv-
ice corporations, was scheduled for one
of the Cleveland opera houses for the
last week in October. The Repub-
licans had the program changed SO
that the Man of the Hour" will not
appear in Cleveland until November
25th. Johnson saws that Dan Hanna,
son Of the late Senator Hanna. who
owns large share Of traction stock
and who also owns the opera house
is the man who brought about the
change. Well, the MAN of the Hour
is bad thing to have around just
before election. Most any voter could
recognize some of his old friends in
the characters portrayed.
The Irish standard., 1907-10-19

The recent run" on the Farmers and
Mechanics Bank shows how easy 1t is
to disturb public confidence. There
was in point Of fact no real cause for
the action of the depositors who with
drew their funds. So causeless was
the movement that it is not even now
known how or why it started. The
law under which the Farmers and Me-
chanics' Bank is organized. the class
and character OF its investments, the
wealth and business standing Of it's
Board of Directors. and the conserva-
tive Judgment Of it's officers easily
make 1t one of the safest financial in
situations in the state, or for that mat
ter in the Northwest. The large num-
Der and character of its depositors
make this bank peculiarly subject to
runs" such as took place last week.
Fortunately this excellent institution
is prepared at all times to meet all
contingencies.
The Irish standard., 1907-10-19

"Ex-Priest" Delaney, who has not
been in action for some time, has
erupted again, says the Catholic Union
and Times, Though the dog days are
happily passed he appears to have suf.
fered an attack or rabies. Delaney
maintains that Secretary Taft :. =
Catholic and that if he is nominated
for president the entire Catholic vote
will be thrown to him, which is as near
the truth as the fellow can come under
the most favorable circumstances, But
that is not all. If Mr.. Taft becomes
the nominee Delaney and the other
eighteen ex-prieeses-eighteen Of them.
think of it!-who are associated with
him are going to take the stump gainst
him. Heaven forefend such appalling
calamity!
The Irish standard., 1907-10-19
SCARCITY OF PRIESTS.
Fifteen Hundred arc Needed in IT,,
United States.

A Bishop said recently that 1.-The
Church in the United States could put
to work fifteen hundred priests tomo,-
row, if she had them. The crying ne
cessity of the day is priests" says a
correspondent in the Boston Pilot of
October IL.
The statement seemed at first a ltttle
startling, but when he proceeded to lay
out the real conditions of affairs the
terrible truth Of the statement was
made evident. The tragic part Of the
situation is that in the larger and bet
ter settled dioceses, the dearth of
priests is the more keenly felt, for ex-
ample in such places as New York aud
Philadelphia. where for two or three
generations there has been a we'll c.-
tablished parish school system, in
which the majority Of the Catholic chill
dren have been educated: where there
have been devoted Brothers and SIS
tiers whose nYes Of self sacrifice and
heroic ideals have been an object lesson
The Irish standard., 1907-10-19

The Reverend Doctor Phelan, editor
Of the Western Watchman. is doubtless
a most industrious and studious man.
The care and learning with which his
most excellent paper is edited is alone
proof of that fact. Each issue Of the
paper contains we'll prepared and
studied sermon by him. He evidently
does not think that the student days
Of priest end with his ordination.
The last issue of the Waterman con-
tains a sweeping indictment of the
clergy, charging that they fail to work
at their calling as they should work.
He ascribes the growth Of modernism
to the lack of vigilance and study on
the part of the clergy in general. He
says: Healthy minds Of the Church
are not studious and they need some
great experge factor to arouse them
to action. There are two classes of
minds among the clergy; the healthy
ones who study little and the sickly
ones to study and dream necessarily
The latter every now or then startle
their conservative brethren by some
theory of faith, morals. or interpreta-
ton, when the former wake up, rub
their eyes. and write labored and
late combination. If the healthy Jesuits
of England had been half as indus
trious as Father Tyrell, the latter
would have been saved from his mad
cap explorations in the world Of mys-
ticism. If the sane and safe priests
Of the French Church had been stu
dious they would have clipped the
wings Of Father Loisy before he scared
aloft and essayed the roll of eagle.
II the learned and thoroughly orthodox
theologians Of Italy had awakened in
time, Father Murri and Fogazzaro
would never have obtained an audi
ence'
The Irish standard., 1907-10-19
Cincinnati is a part Of this great
AngloSax country.

Nelson Norris did not leave a large
amount to charities considering the
greatness of his fortune, but in what
he did leave he showed the same good
sense and judgment which character
lied him in his business life. Unlike
many rich men who have started life
poor and without an education he did
not leave large amounts to endow edu-
cational institutions, nor did he found
some large institution to perpetuate
his name and memory. His gifts were
distributed mostly to Jewish institu'
tons, and that. too, to hospitals and
homes for the benefit of the needy Of
his own race. Among his other be.
quests was gift Of $4,000 to the
Little Sisters Of the Poor.
The Irish standard., 1907-10-19

Through representative Of The Irish
Standard, Mr.. Fred Gangner, a busi-
ness man at Anaconda. Mont. recently
ordered "Burke's Reply to Froude."
and Father Burke's Lectures and
Sermons" These books cost Mr..
Gangner about 81. but he sees At to
send $40 to this ONCE for them. ex-
pressing his pleasure at the same time
in being able to have such publications
in his home. Beyond the question Of
generosity shown by Mr. Gangner. he
can be complimented in particular
manner for the spirit manifested in his
endeavor to secure good Catholic
works such as those mentioned above.
This practice by some might we'll be
made more general in the Catholic
home.
The Irish standard., 1907-10-19

to the children: where there have been
we'll established seminaries for nearly
fifty years. still in each Of these places
there is present need for fifteen or
twenty priests. If the Archbishcns
had this number tomorrow they could
give them places.
A demand so strong in these we'll or
gained dioceses of the North and East
is made doubly urgent in the dioceses
of the South and Far West. The
growth of the Church in the frontier
states is so vigorous that the Bish-
ops cannot keep up with the develop
ment. Parishes are formed, churches
are built but where is the priest? The
Church Extension Society will furnish
the ready means to build a church but
who will provide a priest? The Apes
tolic Mission House will train priests
to be Missionaries but there must be
the regular soldier who will stay with
the people from Christmas to Easter
and from Easter to Christmas; and who
is prepared to do all kinds of service
for the people. Who will furnish such
a priest to Bishop who has the bur-
den and responsibility for souls?
The Church is handicapped in her
best work in this country, because size
has no adequate supply of workman.
There can he no young priests Get
aside for higher studies at the Univer
;ity at Washington, because no sooner
are they ordained than there is demand
for them. The University consequent
ly languishes. The Bishops cannot in
augurate diocesan Missionary Bands
for non Catholics because even the
Catholic people must go without Mass
on Sundays, through lack of priests.
The great work of converting non
Catholics, for this reason is blocked.
The government has provided five va
cant chaplaincies in the Army. but
there Is no priest that can be spared
for the great work. We are pover-
~ si lckeH III priests ana lHeie Is Ilo
heart in the Bishops to undertake ag-
gressive work. They must get along
as best they can till they somehow or
other get the priest to do the necessary
work of the Church.
The fact Of the matter is the Church
is growing a great deal faster than the
vocations are supplied. 1t takes a. long
time to make priest and to supply the
$500 priests that are needed just now,
we should have begun fifteen years $50
to cultivate vacations. Such were
the burning words of one Bishop.
The Irish standard., 1907-10-19

The national convention of the Con-
gregationalists was thrown on its beam
ends last week by the discovery that
some innocent-looking resolution that
had passed that body contained a
clause that would forbid the ministers
of that denomination marrying the
guilty parties to divorce, says the
Western Waterman. The preachers
loudly demanded their privilege and
the lay members stubbornly claimed
their afiinities: and the resolution was
referred to future meeting. You can
get Protestant body to condemn
smoking and drinking and almost any,
thing that the majority have no in
cNnation to-; but they will fight for a
wide open marriage law first, last and
all the time.
The Irish standard., 1907-10-19
WHAT ARE SCHOOLS FoE,

The Monitor of Newark publishes an
editorial from the Evening World which
strikes at growing tendency. The
criticism made is as applicable to Min
ncapolis as to New York. 1t shows
how the public school system is depart
ing from the purpose for which 1t was
instituted. Schools used to be fol the
purpose Of teaching children, now they
seem to be occupied IN doing most ev-
erything else but that.
"A committee Of the Board Of Fdu-
cation" says the editorial, "has re-
ported that more than one half ~ the
children are physically defective that
many mental deficiencies result from
physical defects. that many ch,'dren
are improperly nourished, that others
have bad eye sight or hearing, con-
sumptive lungs or obstructed air pass
ages. That these statistics arc fairly
accurate no -one disputes but what is
to be done about it? Is the Board Of
Education to assume the colossal task
Of feeding $4,000 children, or even
10000 children? Is the Board Of Ed
ucation to take over the work of the
health department so far as the health
Of the school children is concerned? In
other words. is the city to undertake
the duty of the child's parents and
during the years OF school age TO as
sumo responsibility not only for their
mental training but for their physical
development and their health and nour-
ishment? The Board Of Education is
already assuming too much. 1t Is try
ing to teach too many subjects anu not
teaching any thoroughly. and we'll. The
average grammar school graduate can.
not spell correctly. write legibly, or
figure accurately. The facile and COM
prehensive use Of the English Language
is one thing that the public schools do
not teach. There are courses in j.l.ys-
iology and immature boys ana girls are
taught what ventricles, aortas ana the
like are. A little girl may have a jun
bled knowledge Of the processes If d.
gestion and then eat lunch Of pickles
and cake. The parents should ne held