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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-04
CID AND MODERN LETTER WRITING.
Long Letters Have Had Their Day, Yet the
Real Letter Survives.

Letter writing is a lost art and a thing Of
tie past declared the rather aggressive elderly
woman going on to mourn the change and 10
point out the deficiency in present-day communi-
cations Soon after she excused herself from the
hotel piazza group and went of. saying something
about letters which must be written
She will write lcng. chatty letters, 1 am sure
taid the soft-voced, tactful woman with The soft,
white hair
But the trim, athletic looking woman, leader in
al the social festivities that exceedingly pleas
ant hotel did not let the subject drop. After all,
Eho wants the old style long, duh letter TO re-
Turn? a few Of Thackeray's we might perhaps
ehaaTe, but genius is person apart in all ages
The matter up for discussion so the club
president. who was recupsratins for the activities
q the next season. had her say. In the old days
when people travelled little and criticised less
when education was superficial and real literary
attainment rare, then indeed the letter writer
having also plenty Of time-night throw all her
energies into the composition Of a siKteen-page
episte concerning her social amusements and
afternoon walks. But nowadays no longer take
pronenades 10 be fashionable and to amuse our
Selves. Society is no longer a slow round. but a
mad rush travelling and scenery have been much
hetser written Up than We with our humble pens
could hope 70 do
II We write all said the brisk looking
woman Of athletic build, 1T isnt TO ask concern
'hg our friends health. or to describe If
We attend dances and teas and theatres. we are
cure our friends doing just the things
ne travel send picture postcards. saying
merely Am thinking Of you Wish you could see
uas Beautiful place q"
riaaAy, continued the club president, with q
Ieg OF her handsome shoulders. II don't have
iF &c read long letters when by chance ] receive
IA Just glance them over, find out the essen
80 "a point. if there is any. and let it go at that
e world moves too quickly now for anything ex-
eit orlsk letter writing
6ut real letter writing still survives" insisted
!, "ilte-haired woman, gently. and the others
ned When one receives q letter from some
io ~ho is undergoing change of character
eiia'on when one receives full account of
really significant fact or step. and the mo
- ofaeriylng-that is indeed z letter which one
1s ana rsreads. That is the kind of letter which
LES les US feel if little more life had been In
-sea INTO veins"
-ss-He step Tor such letters. letters which have
fallty behind them agreed the club presi-
- With instant sequescence: and the tailored,
"o11an nodded her head understandingly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-04

lived there alone. For reason, not clear to
the American brain. the local authorities evicted
her and fined her f. One result of the publicity,
says THE Sketch. has been "a sack of abusive
letters and another sack of offers of marriage
Miss Annie Kenney, the English suffragette while
speaking in little villages down in Wales. was
stoned with dirt, grass sods and rotten eggs Lucy
Stone and Susan B. Anthony got the same treat
ment sixty years ego.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-04
GLEANTNGS.

,ies!ey last year had 1903 students Smith 1.1s2
4 - f5oiyeke III, Bryn MaWr 43i while Vassar
.'ea 10 1865 SiK foreign countries repre-
,.ea a. Wellesley. five at Smith and three ct
Mount Holyoke
~. formerly used only for basketry makes
- ~'-aetiFe embroidery Russian hand ma de
=, = Natfleal cloth and other coarse decorative
s5,. Dnosed burlsp is good The darning
g.. - most effective. portiere OF one OF these
: aa' quaint materials IN brown or gray, darned
,o,, eo~ ana green rafls. is most effective in the
VI room harnonizing with that sort Of thlnz
-. f-steile Long, daughter of Professor Iaa.es
;,E an authority on agriculture wei, kno,yn IN
:, 1"D' buni herself a igo-roomed wooden h,,t
""" farm AT Hewdizate. In Surrey. ana
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-14

New York December 14.-With
President-elect and Mrs. Taft as the
guests of honor. and Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell Andrew Carnegie
President Eliot of Harvard Archbish-
op Ireland and scores of other famous
capitalists, labor leaders, educators
and clergymen on the program the
National Civic Federation today open
ed its annual convention in the as
sembly rooms of the Hotel Aston
The theme of the discussion for the
two days will be the promotion of
friendly relations between employers
and employees and measures designed
for the welfare of the working people.
Judge Taft will make his chief speech
at the annual dinner of the organiza-
ton tomorrow evening. when as
chairman of the Federation's Public
Employees Welfare Committee. he is
to make his report. Mrs. Taft also
will speak on the work of the woman's
department of the same committee.
The wife of the President-elect
promises to take active part in the
discussions of the convention. At the
meeting of the woman's department of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-14
GOSSIP OF THE RING.
(kNox BLOCkOFF.)

ian George Mesmic, who were match
ed for a battle at the Pacific Athletic
Club in Los Angeles next Friday night
have called the match off. Mesmic
claims to be too sick to train for the
bout. Which may be true. Again he
may have looked up Hyland's record,
and acquired frigid feet Maurice
Savers, the Milwaukee lightweight, is
scheduled for a bout with Fighting
Dick. Sayers has made a good show
ing in Los Angeles.
Cables from London say that the re-
fighting of the Johnny Somers-Jimmy
Britt match, originally scheduled for
tonight, has been put off until Feb
ruary %. 1t will be twenty rounds,
with $4,000 purse.
They do say that with the retire
ment of Governor J. Frank Hanly as
chief executive of Indiana. the Hoosier
state will again be the scene of some
good ring cotests. Hanly kept the
lid screwed down tight, but his sue
cessor is said to look more favorably
upon the fighting game. South Bend
sports are already making arrange
ments for some good mills.
No, Algernon, Jim Jefferies is not
the undisputed heavyweight champion
of the world. There's a man in Youngs-
town, O., whom he will have to whip If
he wants to hold that title. This mans
name is Samuel Wilkins and he is a
well known business man of the town
being connected with prominent
hardware house. This is what Mr..
Wilkins had to say when approached,
on the subject yes, whipped Jim
Jefferies many time when we were
boys together down on the farm in
Fairfield county. l had the advantage
of Jim by about three years in age
but he was always ready to fight and
they came easy"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-14

Some men make fortune learning
whom and when to fiatter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-14

susceptible to the dread disease and
leading colored educators, physicians,
clergymen and men of affairs will de-
liver addresses, in which they will at
tempt to rouse the colored people of
the country to the necessity of begin
ing an active warfare against the
plague. The program arranged for
the six days of the conference and ex-
hibition follows closely that Of the
International Congress on Tuberculo-
sis recently held in Washington.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-14
NEGROES COMBAT
White PLAGUE

Tuskegee, Ala, December 14.-Rep-
resentative negroes from many parts
of the country are assembled at Tus-
kegee Institute today, responding to
the call of DR.. Booker T. Washington
for a Negro Congress for the study
and Prevention of tuberculosis The
international Association has installed
an extensive exhibit at the institute,
which will remain open throughout the
week. Statistics are presented show
ing that the negro race is especially
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-14
CIVIC FEDERATION
MEETS IN BUFFALO,
Taft, Gompers, Mitchell Carnegie And
Elliot Are Among the Dis
tinguished Guests.

the Federation she also will read a re-
port.
The convention is to consider many
questions relating to employers and
employees. Among those questions set
for discussion are: How may the
employe and his family be protected
against financial stringency in case of
accident. illness or death?" Shall
this country follow England by pro-
viding an old-age pension? "Shall the
state or the employer, or the state
employer and employe jointly, as in
Germany, bear the burden incident to
death or bodily injury of an employer"
Todays session of the convention
will be devoted to the discussion of
the trade agreement as a means OF
promoting industrial peace and COM
mercial prosperity. Among those who
will speak are John Mitchell, William
c. Brown, vice-president of the New
York Central, and Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor. Still other speakers will be
Andrew Carnegie, John Hays Ham
mond, President Charles w. Eliot. of
Harvard, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Seth
Low, Nicholas Murray Butler, Arch
bishop Ireland, August Belmont Mar
vim Hughitt and Isaac n. Seligman.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-14

Married women like to board and
pretend to be keeping house.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-14
GOVERNOR noel
ARRIVES HOME

Gov. E. F. Noel returned home to-
day from the national capital after
an absence of one week, during which
he attended the sessions of the South
ern Commercial Congress, the Nation
al Conservation Commission, and the
Rivers and Harbors Congress.
The governor is much pleased with
his trip, reports that lively interest
was manifested in the proceedings of
each body, and he believes that sub
stantial good will follow their DELHI
erations.
Lieutenant Governor Manship, who
held the reins of state as acting gov
ernor during the absence of the chief
executive, has departed for Texas,
where he will be absent for several
weeks on a lecture tour. The acting
governor had only routine matters to
occupy his attention during Cover
nor Noers absence, leaving all i'm
portant matters on which action could
be deferred for the disposal of Gov
ernor Noel after his return.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-14
Warned by the Beacon.

The bachelor and the benedict were
vending homeward their weary way.
"Ah. you lucky married mani"
sighed the bachelor. Think of having
a hearthstone, a real home, a waiting
welcome! Look-there is a light in
the window for you!"
Gracious! So there is" muttered
the benedict. well, there's only one
way cut of that--let's' go back to the
club. STRAY Stories.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-14
EYE-STRALNS

Errors of refraction (eye defects)
cause epilepsy, chorea (St. vitus
Dance), Indigestion, insomnia (sleep-
lessness), vertigo, neuralgia, nausia,
neurasthenia (nerve exhaustionl and
almost always sick-headache. "In the
eyes themselves they cause inflamma-
ton of the borders of the lids, and
of the mucous membrane of the eye,
styes, cataract, granulated lids, cross
eyes," etc., etc., all due to the con-
tinuous effort that the nerves and
muscles of the eyes are put to by the
demands Of the brain centers for clear
vision. Properly fitted glasses is the
only remedy for eye-strain. we do this.
F. W. Queen, Oph. D.
Optical Specialist
Polk Bldg. ITO E Pine St.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-14

Captain Jack" Mulcahy, champion
oarsman and winner with William
Marley of the Olympic double skull
trophy at st. Louis and of the EN-
peror William cup at Hamburg, and
New York alderman, is soon to wed
Miss Katherine vilsack OF Pittsburg,
heiress of 100000.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-15
How Results are Produced.

Old Noah Webster put t~hirty-six
Years OF solid work on end to pro-
duce his dictionary. In t~hirty-six
years he wrote only that one book.
Bar thac one will be remembered.
Cyrus Field crossed the ocean fifty
Zines to lay a single cable.
Turner made thirty thousand
drawings before ne achieved his
Slave Ship, and mortality.
Gibbon worked twenty years on
his Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire.
Stephenson put in seventeen
straight years p%erfecting his loco
motive.
Edison has worked eighteen hours
a day for twenty years. And all
the great American Captains of In
dnstry have paid the price of their
success al a tremendous investment
OF the same quality-hard work.
Exchange.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-15
SPRING FANCIES,

Fortunate are the individuals who
lind themselves equipped 10 enjoy in
a degree, the beauties OF The seasons
as they pass, taking from each some
benefit, and nor largely blest is he.
who in the springtime, finds his
greatest measure of enjoyment.
The bracing winter months. an-
tumn gorgeous reign and The long
glad days of umme each BOSSES a
charm, but none that enthrall like
pthe magic w~itcheries OF spring. Then
Nature, fresh from her long sleep.
calls into action. her myriad forces
and bids them deck the earth with
garments newly made. The air grows
redolent with the fragrance Of the
apple blossom and gentle showers as
sist Dame Proserpina in ~coaxing
forth the more reluctant members of
Springs court.
Now is the creek most invit-
ing TO the small boy and not less to
his elder brother. who with rod and
creel hies forth TO do great execution
among the inny tribe, fun often re-
turning down cast with the time-worn
tale Of fisherman's luck. and a word
or two descriptive of the "whopper'
that got away.
These and many others are par
ticuiar joys OF the waking months.
the season when all things in nature
still untarnished by the dust laden
winds OF summer present themselves
for the inspection and delight of the
passer-by, whoever he may be. The
green hill-sides and the broad sweep
OF the meadow unite with the
streams to entice the d%enizens Of the
town from their artificial pleasures.
Be a willing victim to Natures wiles
then, go out In the open and see what
a feast is prepared for you.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-15
Contest Notice.

Department of the interior, United
states Land Office, Rapid City, S. D.,
March 14th, 1908.
\ sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Charles A.
Schimberg, contestant, against Askel
Nygaard, entry No. 1862, made
August 10th, 1906, for the north
half of the northwest quarter OF
Section II, and the south of the
southwest quarter of section s, town
ship l south, range 8 east, B. H. NJ,
by Askel Nygaard Contestee, in
which it is alleged that ASKED Ny
gard has never established residence
or placed amy improvements thereon
and has wholly abandoned the same
for more than six monts last past and
that his absence was not due to his
service i'm the Army or the Navy
OF the United States. Said parties
are hereby notified to appear, respond
and offer evidence touching said allie
CATION at 10 O'Clock a. NJ. ON May 5,
1908, before THE Register and Re-
ceiver at the United States Land office
in Rapid City, S. D.
The said contestant, having in
proper affidavit, filed March 20, 1908,
set forth facts which show that after
due diligence personal service of this
notice cannot be made, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice
be given due and proper publication.
]. L.Burke, Register.
Myron Whsle. Receiver. {.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-15
QUEER BUSINESS METHODS.

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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-15
Dry Land Farming.
(N,c-or.y

tDrought-resisting crops or crops
are adapted to dry land farming may
be divided into three quite distinct
groupes, as follows:
/. Early maturing crops which
grow rapidly and mature rapidly
before the available soil moisture is
used up, or before the hot, dry
weather begins, such as winter wheat
and early spring grains.
2. Crops which root deeply and
gather their moisture from a large
volume Of soil, such as alfalfa and
certain grasses.
q. Hardy, vigorous growing crops
which are able to cease growth when
the soil becomes. too dry or the con-
ditions become u%nfayorable, and re-
a IN a dormant state until the
rain comes, when they make quick
use of the favorable conditions. grow
Ing rapidly. simply reaching matur-
ity q little later than would have
been the case if they had been sub
ject to no unfavorable conditions
during the period Of growth. These
last are true drought resistant crops.
such as kaffr corn, sorghum, buff
falo grass and other native grasses
or the western plains.
The crops which belong to the
class last named, as a rule, do not
root deeply; but the plants develop
fSf~ftasSa%&&s.JE rlS W.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-15
All the new things in Optical Goods
at Langes.'
Timber Land, Acmt June 3, 1905
Notice for Publication.

United States Land Office, Rapid
City, So. OAK, -Iarch -, 1908.
Notice. is hereby given that in
compliance with the provisions of
the act OF Congress of June s, 1878,
entitle~ An act for the sale of tim
Der lands in the States of California,
Oregon, Nevada, and Washington
Territory as extended to all the
Public Land States by act of August
1882, John Black of Blackhawk,
county of Meade, State of South Da-
kota, has this day filed in this office
MS sworn statement, No. 5O7, for
the purchase Of the Lot /, northeast
quarter. northwest quarter, west
half, northeast quarter of section
NO. so, in township No. 8, range No.
Z, D. B. H. NJ, and will offer proof
to show that the ian sought is
more valuable for it's timber or
stone than for agricultural purposes
and to establish his claim to said
land before Register and Receiver.
at Rapid City, So. Oak, on Saturday
the 9Th day of June, 1908.
He names as witnesses:
John Kammerer, of Rapid City,
5. d., Joseph Maxwell, of Black
Hawk, S. D., William Arbuckle, of
Black Hawk, S. D., Bust Headt, of
Rapid City, S. D.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely the above-described lands
are requested to file their claims in
this office on or before said 9Th day
of June, 1908.
]. L. BURKE, Register.
First publication March 20. 1908
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-15
Announcement of Candidacy.

l hereby announce myself a can
didate for the nomination for state
senator subject to the republican
primary to be held June 9th, 1908.
I pledge myself, If elected, to adj
vance the Roosevelt principles for
regulating corporations and trusts
in a manner best subscribing the in
terests Of the people.
l also endorse the resolutions
adopted at the republican convention
in Huron, April 7th, 1908.
In the event Of my election, l will
vote for the candidate receiving the
majority Of the republican vote of
the state at the June primary, for
United States senator.
l fully realize the advancing con
dition of Pennington county and will
use extra efforts to assist in placing
Pennington county among the. lead
ing counties in the state.
JOSEPH HARE,
keystone. 8. D.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-15
Timber Land Act, June 3, 1875
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office. Ran

United States Land Office, Rapid
City, S. D., February 18th, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that in con-
pliance with the provisions of the
act of Congress of June 3, 1878, en-
titled A act for the sale of timber
lands in the States of California,
Oregon, Nevada, and Washington
Territory" as extended to all the
Pubic Land states by act of August
4, 1892, Albert c. Sparks, Of Pieu-
mont, County of Meade, State
OF South Dakota, has this
day filed in this office his sworn state
ment No. 476, for the purchase of
the southeast quarter of the south
west quarter and the southwes quar-
er of the southeast quarter of sec
ton No. Is, in Township No3 north,
range No. Z east, B. H. NJ, and will
OFFER proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for its tim
Der or stone than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish his claim
to said land before Register and Re-
ceiver at Rapid City, S. D., on Mon
day the 9th day of April, 1908.
He names the following witnesses:
Joe Hinkle, Of Piedmont. S. D.; Joe
Ricard. of Piedmont, S. D.; Willie
+. Fitz. of Piedmont, S. D.; George
Myers, of Piedmont, S. D.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely to the above-described lands
are requested to file their claims in
this office on or before said 9th day
of April, 1908.
j. l.. Burke, Register.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-15
Appropriation OF Water.

Office of State Engineer, Pierre, S.
D., February 18th, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that ]. L.
Duncan, trustee, whose p%ostoffice adj
dress is Rapid City, Pennington
County, South Dakota, has made an
application in accordance with the
provisions of the irrigation laws of
South Dakota for a permit to appro-
pirate for beneficial use 100 cubic
feet of water per second Of time
from Rapid Creek through the Gate
City Water Power right, the point Of
diversion of which is to be located
upon the left bank of said stream in
the northeast quarter of the north
west quarter of section s township
1 north, range 6 east, said water to
be used for the purpose of general
ing electric power for manufacture
ing, and returned to Rapid Creek up
on the northeast quarter of the south
east quarter section 8, township /
north, range Z east, B. H. NJ.
This application will be taken up
by the state engineer at his office at
Pierre, for consideration and appro-
pirate action upon the 18th day of
April, 1908, at 9 a. NJ, at which time
all persons who believe that the
prior rights would be injuriously af-
fected, or that the allowance of the
permit would be detrimental to pub
lie welfare, and also parties making
the application, and to be benefited,
are notified to be present either by
affidavit or in person for the
purpose of presenting any relative
testimony. Samuel H. Lea,
So sIsngineer.
lvan E, Goodner,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-15
State Senator.

Having been acting as United
States Commissioner for the Rapid
City, S. D., Land District, and becom-
ing conversant with the needs for
the advancement of Pennington coun-
", with its new settlement, upon
solicitation of many of those who be-
lieve in the progress and advance
ment OF Pennington county, l have
consented to become a candidate
for the state senate, subject to the
will of the Democrats at the pri-
maries to be he'll dune 8, 1908.
submit my name solely upon my
past record in serving you as a pub
lie servant. Respectfully,
DAVID p. THOMAS.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-15
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