Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-08-08
CURRENT EVENTS.
Clipped from the Exchanges Which
Come to Our Table.

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check for another month maybe the
early frost will kill it,
The Fillipinos who say they pre-
fer japanese rule can get what they
want at once by moving over to For
mosa or Korea.
A scientist states again that the
coal supply is good for 200 years.
What we want is to see it last
through March.
That Seattle woman who eloped
with her japanese servant has
returned home again. Another
insult to the lordly Jap.
The agricultural department has
figured it out that rats eat about
SS7 900 of food stuffs each year. No
wonder the Chinaman likes rats.
Connecticut, which is second to no
state in knowing a good investment,
has appropriated S750,0O0 as the
years allowance for improved roads.
We can't avoid the feeling that
the man whose trunk blew up while
being handled in a depot put the
| dynamite in it in 2 spirit Of revenge
1t is safe proposition that the
constitution Of the United States, as
a binding document on all the states,
will stand four-square to all the
winds that blow.
Judge Lindsay says you can buy
the Colorado woman's vote for SIS.
What! Well, you can get bunch
of mems votes in Rhode Island for
that money.
Now they are starting doubts
whether Orchards testimony is
strong enough to convict Orchard.
Well, Richardson can prove Orchard
didn't do it.
Senator Foraker challenges Mr..
Taft to say where he would begin
with tariff revision. That's an easy
one for Taft. Begin at the begin
ming, of conrse.
Emperor William has ordered his
army officers to drop their extrava-
gances and live within their income
Meanwhile the emperor is adding to
his collection of 800 horses.
A St. Louis preacher says that
hell is full of beek-a boo waists.
We can think of no place where
they'd be more appropriate or where
they'd have bigger audience.
Gov. Vardaman's eulogy of jeff
Davis and the stars and bars will
compel Senator Tillman to do or say
something extremely sensational, or
else be satisfied to rest under a CON-
plete eclipse.
The man who nominated Parker
in the St. Louis democratic conven-
tion is to defend Harry Thaw at his
next trial. Harry evidently means
to show the world that he is not
superstitious.
What is a democrat? A man
who, judging from the size of the
republican majority, feels mighty
philosophical over what is nationally
in prospect when his party gets
another licking.
After the recent tragic explosion
on the battleship Georgia the crew
resumed target practice and beat the
record for speed and accuracy. The
men behind the guns have always
been indomitable in the line of duty.
The new beer tablet so highly
praised in a European town has the
merit of reminding the consumer
that he is almost on the water wagon.
A pint of water to tiny tablet Of
concentrated malt is an encouraging
start.
Mr. Meredith Nicholson, of Indiana,
wants to know whether Mr.. Bryan
is to be the permanent candidate.
Not necessarily. If his party would
elect him couple of times it is
believed Mr.. Brian would consen: to
retire.
The state commissioner of insur-
ance is trying hard to earn his salary
by purile attempt to pose as the
mouth piece of the state administra-
ton. If these insurgents could rule
with their tongues there would be
no escape.
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