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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-12
NORWAY.
Christiana.

During the tiv year period which
ended In 1909 the population of Nor
way increased from 2.2i0.032 to
2.311,527. The population increased
as follows in the cities mentioned be.
low: Sarpsborg from 1922 to $500;
Lillshammer, 3,l11 to 1897; Drammen,
23,O93 to 24,50O; Tonsberg, S,61i to
9,331; Stavanger, 30,613 to 34,S4I
Haugesuun, 7,911 to 9,537; Bergen,
72,25l to $4,000; Aalesund, HIT to
1900; Kristiansund, 12,050 to 13,0S5;
Trondhjem, 3S,1SO to 10000; Narvik,
3,023 to $500; Tromso, 6,996 to 1850.
The population OF Kristiania decreased
1,154. OF the rural communities,
Nordland Amt was at the head with
an increase of 1912; and Akershus,
the country around Kristiania, was a
good second with an Increase of
6,253. The city population increased
only 27,711; the rural population 49,
724. From 1860 to 1900 the city pop
ulation increased faster than the
rural population.
A contributor to the Kristiania Nor
genblad has developed plan for play
ing Ibsen pieces in the same manner
as Wagne's works are performed at
Baireuth. Ibsen's works have become
the property Of the civilized world,
and 1t is only fair chat his memory
should be honored by theater In
Kristiania. This should not be located
in the city itself, but in some beauti-
full locality just outside the city. The
performances ought to be given from
the middle OF July to the middle OF
from among the best ones found in
the country. Only eighteen of ID
sens works ought to be presented, six
each year, so that 1t would take three
years to complete the Ibsen cycle
The Dovre male chorus Of Mime
apolis, Mimi, which has been giving
series Of concerts throughout the
country and been so cordially receievd
everywhere, have by this time started
on their return trip to the United
States. The trip has been a success
full one. socially and financially.
During the field maneuvers in Nor
way this month the country will show
up greater military strength than
during any previous time in its his
tory About 1900 men will partici-
pate in the mGneuvers, which will be
under the general command of Gener-
al Holvermann.
Elk and moose have been doing
considerable damage to the forests in
Osterdalen. The damage caused by
the big game is estimated at not less
than 100000 crowns. They are very
plentiful in that section Of the coun-
try and are increasing at a very rapid
rate.
One Of Christiania's leading music
directors died in Christiania recently.
He died at a ripe old age. He was
born In 1915. and was perhaps in his
prime The most widely known music
director In Norway.
Garman, the famous actor at the
National theater. will celebrate his
fortieth anniversary as an actor on
the 10Th OF this month.
Norways customs receipts during the
month Of July were 100000 crowns
more Than during the corresponding
month last year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-12
Regret Expressed a. Ottawa.

Ottawa, Ont. Sept 9.-The general
opinion in ofiicial circles IL that Can
eda will have to pay damages and
apologize to Japan for damages
caused by the Vancouver riots to
property of the Japanese In that city.
Regret is expressed that the outbreak
should have taken place at the time
when the japanese immigration ques-
tiop was all but solved between the
governments Of Canada and Japan.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-12
JAP ACCOUNT OF AFFAIR.
0sNeiai Report OF Riot Received ut
Ottawa

Montreal. Sept 9.-The following
telegram has been received by Consul
General Nosse, at Ottawa. from Mr..
Ishii director of commerce and trade.
department Of foreign affairs OF Japan.
who II at present in British Columbia
studying the anti-Japaness movement
In that province:
Having arrived at Vancouver at IL
D. m. on Sept. Z found that during
the early part OF the evening there
was held a demonstration OF the Anti
Japanese and Korean league and about
9 p. m. number of rowdies, about
fifty or sixty, marched into the sec
ton Of the city where the stores kept
by the Japanese and Chinese are and
threw stones, breaking considerable
glass.
Following this attack there came
another one, this time the number be-
ing increased to about 500, and the
fronts of several of the stores were
broken. So far as / can ascertain
only one Japanese was wounded The
police force did its best, but there Is
hardly any hope Of relief In that direc-
ton. Consul Morikawa is staying at
the seat of the disturbance. trying to
impress upon the city police to extend
their protection over the Japanese
residents and at the same time to sup
press the utmost excitement of the
Japanese. There may be no further
disturbances"
Fosvth Attack 10 Made.
Mr.. Ishirs hope was unfortunately
not fulfilled. a. Consul General Nosse
has received the following telegram
from Consul Morikawa:
I'm continuance Of the message sent
by Mr.. Ishii have 70 report that q
fourth attack was made by the row.
dies about midnight on the Japanese
quarter. Twice again they tried to
attack the Japanese stores, but on ac-
count OF the vigilance OF the Japanese
and the city police and also the late
hour Of the night their number grad
ually decreased and by 8 q. m. the
rowdies scattered everywhere and
tranquility was restored by dawn.
The damage done to the Japanese
stores Is as follows: General stores
Is, hotels 8, candy and confectionery
shops Z. lighthouses 2. barber shops 5.
shoemakers 2. banking Office /, news
paper Office /. employment Offices 4,
restaurant 1. rice mill 1, hatters' shop
/, tailors 2, matchmaker 1.
"Of these fifty stores all the win
dows and door glass was smashed.
Two Japanese were wounded"
Consul General Nosse will lay all
the facts before Sir Wilfrid Laurisr.
pyemier Of Canada.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-09-12
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Haris. 9. September. - Cine
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blanca bier einsetroffene Spe3ial.
6epeihe meloet. DAB Die perihieoenen
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03

A prominent business man. Of
Washington fell a victim to the motor
car fever during the progress of the
recent automobile show in this city
and bought for himself one OF those
long seven.seat gasoline distance de-
vourers. Then he set out to find a
competent chauffeur. He advertised
and he tried agencies, but he didn't
find one to suit him, until one morn
ing recently a quiet, middle.aged man
appeared on the scene and answered
all questions in the most satisfactory
manner.
Il think you'll do" said the bust
ness man at length; that Is, If your
references are satisfactory. | sup
pose you have them here"
mo, sir" said the chauffeur.prospec-
tive, but | can get them in the course
of a month or SOL think
why can't you get them now" in
quired the business man. I'D like to
have you start In right away"
well" returned the applicant,
you see, It's this way. My late en-
ployer is in the hospital"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
FRS, Floor Plan

brackets, but It Is more comfortable
because 1t looks better and, appear
Rnce helps to engendsr a love Of home.
Vines and flowers in this way add an
intangible asset that cannot be mea
ured in dollars.
| have known families to fix up an
old house without putting much ex-
pense on 1t SO that it looked a great
deal better than other pieces Of prop
erty in the neighborhood that were
much more pretentious. An air Of re-
flnement may be given to a house by
keeping the grass neatly trimmed
along the edges of the walks.
A house, to look well, must be kept
painted. Good clean paint looks bet
ter II It is partly screened by vines
Of shrubs. and there are many In
stances where rather a dilapidated
outside appearance 10 improved in the
same way, but nothing looks quite 90
well az. a well preserved house with
pleasant surroundings that show care
and attention.
"A low house like this may be great
u improved with vines around the
rerandas. Light vines, such as honey
Suclle. Madeira and clematis In 'front.'
With rome of the heavier sort at the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Mississippi
News
The Gubernatorial Campaign.

Men who are ohservant, who are
watching the present contest Of candi-
dates for State Office befote the people,
profess the belief, based on previous
campaign years, that there is more OF
good feeling and good nature existing
among the candidates and their friends
than can be recalled. There seems TO
be less Of rank p~arttsanship and fac
tlonalism; in fact it 10 doubtful IL u
critical examination and analysis Of the
situation were made, one would detect
anything that could be strictly classed
as u partisan alignment. Each guber-
nutorial candidate is a gentleman of
splendid ability and cNnts many warm,
ardent friends and admirers. The
records OF each are unblemished and
honorable, and each has had his taste
Of the rough and seamy side OF exist
ence, All are sympathetic, and In their
public ut]tcrances appeal to the ludg~
ment and Sympathies of the people be-
fore whom they appear.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
LEvlTY ON SUPREME BENCH.
Chief Justice Holmes Makes Some
thing of an innovation.

II Is not often that one hears a jus
tice OF the supreme court of the United
States make a remark In leyity while
he is attired in his robes Of dignity
and is sitting on the bench, which, in
fact. is not a bench at all, but a soft
cushioned leather-coyered easy chair,
But the unexpected did happen recent
ly when decisions were being handed
down. Mr.. Justice Holmes was the
perpetrator Of the joke, which was Il
very mild one.
Mr.. Holmes had the fortune Tor the
misfortune) of announcing the decision
of the court in the case of David
Kawananakoa, Jonah K~alanianaole,
Abigale w. Kawananakoa and Eliza
beth X. Kalanianaole against Ellen Al
bertha Polybland and others. Mr.,
Holmes h%esitated, and although an
nouncing a decision of the supreme
tribunal of the land, was obliged TO
acknowledge that he would have to
forego the form of ~pronouncing the
names. He spoke in a low tone of
voice, and said, as a smile played
about his lips:
This is case No. 273, but will not
undertake to pronounce the names of
the appellants, which are a matter of
record"
He then proceeded to explain the
decision of the court, but the dilemma
in which he was thrown by the un-
rnnouncable names did not cause a
sympathetic risible on the physiog-
nomy of any of the justices except in
the case Of Mr.. Justice McKenna, but
the assembled attorneys enjoyed the
situation thoroughly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
WM.A.RADFoRD

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions ana give advice FREE OF
subject Of building for the readers Of this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
Renee as Editor, Author and Manufac-
turer, be Is, without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
1874 Fifth Ave, Chicago, ILL.,. and only
enclose two-eent stamp for reply.
A story,and-a-half house, with seven
rooms and a good sized unfinished at
tic for storeroom and for clothes lines
in winter Is given in this plan. There
is just as much floor space upstairs
in this house as there is downstairs,
but there Is not 80 much head room
because of the low roof near the
caves.
There are four bedrooms, the one
downstairs. however, may be made
into a very coy library If it is not
needed for sleeping purposes. But |
find there are a good many old-fash.
Toned folks who like to have a bed.
oom downstairs. In some cases the
old folks have been accustomed to
sleeping on the ground floor in the old
house and they won't change. or it
may be because of some intirmity a
member of the family may not want to
climb the stairs. In such cases this
downstairs bedroom will come in very
handy.
When there is a bedroom downstairs
there should be a bathroom within
easy reach. In this plan the bathroom
opens off from the kitchen in the fur
thest corner, where it is much out of
the way as possible, but where it is
convenient. This arrangement Is liked
on farms. The younger folks may run
up and down stairs easily, but the old
folks like to be made as comfortable
as possible on the lower floor. They
have worked hard to supply comforts
and conveniences for the whole family
and now begin to feel that 1t is their
turn.
In this house the kitchen and dining
room are the two best rooms and the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
gNp 81 rREAsURy CUSTOM.
No More Consolidation at Luncheon
Between Secretary and Assistants.

Secretary Cortelyou has broken up
q custom that has existed for ten
years In the treasury. 1t is that OF
the head Of the treasury and his as
~sistants lunching together.
The custom was started by Lyman
]. Gage when he came into the treas.
ury as secretary March 4, 1897. Mr.,
Gage had been a bank president and
he found time too precious to waste
going away from his bank for lunch
con Consequently he had luncheon
served for himself and his principal
assistants in one of the rooms of the
bank.
While they ate the bank officials
had a sort Of cabinet meeting, In
which they snapped views as to the
affairs of the bank. Mr.. Gage inau'
gurated the same custom In the treas
ury. Every day shortly after n
o'clock the s~ecretary's messengers
would set a table In his Don and 1t
would be well filled with good things
arriving from the lunch room in the
treasury. As they ate, the secretary
and HIS three assistants talked over
the work of the department, When
Secretary Gage went out five years
ago he turned over the department
to l.. NJ. Shaw, who followed the Gus
tom.
Secretary Cortelyou goes to lunch
o when he a spare the time,
When he cannot he goes across the
street from the treasury and gets a
sandwich, piece of pie and a mug OF
milk from an establishment he pat
ronized for years when he was a clerk
in the White House.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
IT MADE HER LAUGH.
Husband Could Not Tell Difference
Between SaWdust and Oatmeal.

There was a worried look on the
grocer's face as he rushed hatless
down the street ran up the steps OF
Acacia Villa and gave a nervous bel!
pull says London Tit.Bits.
lin sorry to say there's been a
slight mistake" he painted, as ho
wiped the Precipitation from his fore
head with the frayed end of his apron.
You ordered two pounds Of oatmeal
yesterday and by mistake my appren.
tice put up some sawdust that our
grapes came packed in"
"Oh," replied the lady, then my
'usban' must ave got through about
arr a pound o. wood for breakfus'."
Course he did" was the reply.
Then the lady leaned back on the
doorpost and for three minutes in.
dulged in a laugh that brought all
her neighbors to the scene.
Funny" queried the grocer.
Yes, fnuuy. Ere we've been mar
died 10 years come 4th O. December,
and Georges never paid me a com.
pliment till this mornin' at breakfus',
when blest If e didn't pass up is
plate for another go o. that sawdust,
and told me 1t reminded i'm O. the
porridge lis mother used to make"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
As IT APPEARED TO HIM.
Inverted Ships Gave Glue to Answer
Of Inquirer.

Among the many multi.millionaires
South Africa has furnished London
with is one who, although he has
since learned to read and write, could
do neither in the old days whsn he
was making MS fortune at Kimberley.
His want Of education was n standing
Joke among the members Of the Kim.
berley club. where he was wont to
spend his afternoons, pretending to
read a newspaper, which he more
often than not held upside down. In
those days the English newspapers
were % so freely circulated In South
Africa, and readers had TO depend on
a shipping Gazette style OF journal,
In which the advertisements were
generally headed by the block Of a
ship in full sail, \, ms We will call
him, 1t being useless to try to invent
an assumed German name, was hold,
ing this newspaper upside down, when
a friend approached and put the usual
question, We'll, my boy, what's the
news"' "Oh, noding much replied
\; only a lot OF bloomin' ship.
wrecks pointing to the inverted pic,
lures Of the sailing vessels.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Naval Stores Operators.

The naval stores operators Of nearly
all the Southern States met NJ Ilattles-
burg TO perfect an organization OF a
selling company with q capital Of $780,
coo, 600. The first step was taken when
the Mississippi operators formed the
nucleus Of the company, aud the idea
met with such favor from the operators
OF other States that the scope was en-
arged to let them in. They complain
OF the treatment accorded them by the
commission men, and hope by the
formation Of this gigantic company to
eliminate the middlemcu entirely.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03

order to CLEAN from 1t what manner
Of man the real Jones" was. says a
writer in the New York Mail. This
practice has its intrusive aspects. but
in results 1t is less startling than the
latter-day habit of pilfering the letters
of the living, orr publishing, under
provocation or under court subpoenas.
mlssives marked CONFIDENTIAL 1t Is
all a rather pitiful development Of the
shopping habit in human nature. 1t
argues the decay of the fiduciary prln.
ciple In the relations between man and
man, A frankly worded letter consti.
tutes an appeal to the loyalty of hu.
man nature, To take unfair advantage
OF II Is to put an ex~tinguisher on an
ideal of mutual confidence that ought
to be encouraged rather than penal.
lied.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Resourceful Capital Newsboy.

Verify, this is the era of roller
skates in the national capital" re,
marked an old resident, "and the
whirr Of the wheels is in the air. AL.
though l am not In 1t myself for
physical reasons, I take pleasure in
the evident enjoyment Of those who
are. The saying that there are queer
things on skates is true. The other
day l saw al enterprising newsboy
put his skates to a novel use. He
had a big bundle Of papers to serve
to customers at a distance from the
Office. The bundle was really too
heavy for him to carry without great
exertion. To meet that difficulty and
save carfare he had in some ingenious
name fastened 1t to a pair of skates
and was rolling 1t along the smooth
pavements at a good pace. 1t was a
~labor-saving device sure enough, and
showed that the youngster was cap.
able of putting to practical use arti.
cles usually employed only for pleas
ure."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03

ones that will be appreciated by the
housekeeper. The dining room, is by
Is feet, with a door opening out on the
side porch, may be made very coy
and comfortable, and the kitchen, also
with a side porch entrance, is a model
Of convenience.
There Is something about the ap-
pearance of a low-built house that ap-
peals to most persons In the country
and in the smaller towns and villages.
A house like this with a great deal of
veranda lends itself to decorative pur-
poses a great deal better than a high
er house that is more severely plain.
American people + beginning to
learn that the building Of a home
means a great deal more than the
mere supplying of a house big enough
to hold the family. There is a finer
side to life that appeals to ones bet
ter nature, and this can only be salts
fed by a careful blending Of the artis-
tic with the %utilitarian.
A house may not be any more con-
venient because 1t has a vine Chamber
ing over the porch columns, playing
hide-and-seek among the spindles and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
Wanted More Room.

A man who was doing his best to
convince the world at large and him.
self In particular that he wan per.
fectly sober, tried to purchase a the.
alter ticket seat AID was told that
there was only standing room. He
bought an admission ticket and made
another n of the crowd standing
up in the back watching the show.
After a few minutes he returned to
the window and gravely handed over
another dollar. Gimme mother
standing ticket" he said thickly, II
want more room to see."--Joe Weber,
In Bohemian.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
WITCHES STILL BELIEVED IN.
Superstition is Strong In Many Psrss
Of England.

Neglected b. the powers. witches
ceased to be SO notorious, but the be.
lief continued TO exist, and does exist
now, in rural parts of Scotland and
England, and in England and France.
even ia the towns. fortuue-tellers,
whether they charge a guinea or =
shilling for their advice. are witches
under the terms of the old statutes,
and flourish ahundantly, but as they
are not burned they are supposed by
superficial observers TO have been ex.
Terminated by school boards and
electric lighting, The blacker sort Of
witch who "oyerlooks' and casts spells
on mar and beast may be found In
many rural regions north and south,
One of them was brought before y
squire and J, p, Of my acquaintance as
Il dangerous nuisance. He said to her,
aolemnly: You know, Betty, the
Bible says Thou shalt not suffer q
witch TO lIye in the parish and she
migrated, under certain conditions Of
compensation, TO another parish.-An.
drew Lang in the London Post.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-03
IN AIRSHIP
WASHINGTON RESIDENTS HOPE
FOR ANOTHER TRIAL.
Prof. LansIey's "Buzxard," Now In the
Smithsonian institution at the Cap.
itaI May Prove the Wished
For Success.

A great deal of interest has been
aroused not only In Washington but
all over the country by the announce,
ment thata C. NJ. Manley, the engin-
eer who did the mechanical designing
of THE Buzzard." the late Prof.
Langley's great airship, is expecting
to give the machine another trial.
AT a meeting of the American Acad-
envy of Sciences last December there
was a paper read by Alexander Ora
ham Bell on his work up in Nova
Scotia with the tetrahedral kite. 1t
was a general contribution to the sub.
ject of aerial locomotion, as well. Mr.,
Manley was present at tine meeting,
and in the discussion that followed
DR.. Bells paper he said it was the
general belief that the aerial expert
ments Of the Smithsonian Institution
had been dropped. This. he said, was
not correct; that they had been mere
" suspended; and he hoped in the
not very distant future to take out
the big airship and give it another
trial.
The situation with the big airship in
the Smithsonian is rather complicated,
The war department has some rights
in 1t, having furnished the officers and
had the supervision of some of the
expenditures connected with it. The
machine is the property of the Smith
sonian Institution in point of posses
sion, and from the fact that 1t was
made by Prof. Langley, the former
secretary. The government, not be-
ing much in touch with the subject of
aerial navigation, has little faith in the
machine, it is stated, and it is regard.
ed as a certainty that there will not
be another dollar appropriated for ex.
periments. The scientific world, on
the other hand, is almost wholly o
WINGED that the machine Is all right,
and If 1t we're a sporting proposition
the scientists probably would be will
ing to make a wager of five to three
that the ship would fly the next trial.
Mr.. Manley, as stated, is the en-
who built the airship. When
the subject of a lightweight engine was
under discussion Prof. Langley went
personally to the most expert engine
builders in this country and in Europe
and tried to get an engine built on the
general lines he had laid down. None
Of them would undertake the contract,
and the result was that Mr.. Manley,
then a young man in Prof. Langley's
employ, did the work himself, and pro.
duced a 52-horsepower engine at con.
siderably less than five pounds weight
per horsepower. Manley stipulated but
one thing, and that he should have the
honor of navigating the machine on
her first trial. This was granted him.
but the attempt was a failure, and
low he wants to take another try at
{.
How long 1t will be before the trial
S actually made is a question, How
the machine is still there, and
he principal thing lacking is some one
with the nerve and money to risk the
initial trip.