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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-06

For product Of nature a California
navel orange as it graces the breakfast
table or the push cart Is about the
most artificial thing in the world. 1t
- also a very striking Illustration Of
the fact that while beauty may be
only skin deep 1t counts for a whole
lot To begin with, the navel orange
Of California is an exotic, reaching its
present habitat after devious wander
ing. And. be 1t ever SO sweet tasting.
If its skin has had its beauty marred 1t
scarcely ever gets farther than the
orchard where 1t grew. Not only that.
but even the most comedy ones before
they are boxed and shipped are brush
ed by machinery and polished and
otherwise fused with to give them a
beauty which mere nature never would
have provided. William r. Stewart nj
Technical World,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-06
After the Honeymoon.

pa" inquired small boy on the
Oakland boat, whats simoon?
'Huh!" grunted the man without
looking from his paper "Simoon's
sand storm on the dessert, dreaded by
travellers"
And, pa. what's honeymoon
Homogeneous rice storm on a train,
enjoyed by travellers"
Then q honeymoon's something like
a simeon, amt It PAT"
Guess 80. Keep quiet. Don't ask
10 many fool questions. Look at the
sea gulls."
but amt they good deal alike, pa
-simoons and honeymoonsT
ugh, huh, both full Of hot air! Most
honeymoons become simoons In few
years. When the honey's gone the
sigh's left"
PA. were you ever on a honey
moon?"
percy. If you don't stop Fostering
me with questions Ill never bring you
over to the city again."
We'll, ma said she had honeymoon.
and 1t was like dream, ard all the
rest Of it's been nightmare" San
Francisco Chronicle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-06

tical utility, covered the whole field
of electrical knowledge. The world
is unable to define electrity, but has
learned much about what may be
done with it
No one. Mr. Bryan says, is in a
position to predict what republi-
can convention will do. 1t is easier
with democratic conventions. Mr..
Bryan expects to be in the lecture
fiedd, with conventions on the side,
for eight more presidential cam
paigns.
The most potent argument n ow
being made in South Dakota is that
of the silent tax receipt. 1t spea ks
louder than Gamble, more eloquent
than the governor, more forcible
than Hall, more logical than Parker.
Moreover, its voice is heard in every
home in the. state. The school
houses alone escape.
Here's story said to be a new
one: A woman with her son got on
the train. The boy was just large
enough to wear long pants. The
woman had full fare and hall
fare ticket. "That boy can't ride on
half fare" said the conductor, che
wears long pants" Well" replied
the woman, take the full fare ticket
for him"
We don't know whether "all the
imps of hell" can close Governor
Crawford's mouth or not. He says
they can not and being better
acquainted with such characters than
most people he ought to know.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-06

Anyway we hope his mouth will not
be closed for six months at least.
In the interest Of the stalwart cause
we believe in letting him bray.
A person who would steal quar-
ter would, If more were there, steal
more. A man who would dig down
and pay 800 to prevent few Rus
slams from fling on land, would, if
the occasion demanded, have done
the very same thing if those wanting
to file on that land up in Walworth
county had been of any other nation
atty.
II is charged against Governor
Crawford that as member of the ter
ritorial council at Bismarck in 1889,
he deliberately broke promise and
betrayed his constituents by voting
for gross earnings tax bill for the
railroads at the beheEt of the North
ern Pacific We haven't the slight
est doubt that Mr.. Crawford will
fully explain the little incident and
do it plausibly. His ability as
explainer is profound ard convincing.
just as he endeavored to protect his
Walworth county lands from the too
near approach of Russians and for
which he was willing to expen1 hun
dreds of dollars so he will make it
appear that in voting for the rail-
roads he was voting to serve the
people. OF course, if some corpora
ton whelp had performed such "a
trick it would have been an unpar-
donable sin; but done by a self
Amounted reformer it becomes a
virtue.
Probably no question has been
more discussed the last few weeks
than that OF the amount of appropri-
ations which were made by the last
Legislative session. In that line a
thorough search of the session laws
of 1907 shows that the appropriations
for 1907 as shown by that record
were 81, 1856, 760.40, while those fol-
| 1908 were $937,047, making total
for the two years of 1929 ,S07 40
These figures do not include the con.
ditional appropriation of 100000
for the state capitol building, which
is to become available in December
of next year in case it is required
nor does it include the $4,000 fol
the Irvine plant. The total valuation
of all classes of property in the state
as shown by the report of the state
auditor is $260,630,077, and of this
the corporate property of the state
including railroads, sleeping cars
telephone and telegraph companies
is $22,046,9 the rest is upon the
real, personal and other property Of
the state.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-06
CURRENT EVENTS.
Clipped from the Exchanges Which
Come to Our Table.

Clipped from the Exchanges Which
Come to Our Table.
Twelve years Of lecturing at $780,
600 year amounts to 100000.
Mr.. Bryan's defeats are lucrative for
himself, bnt have lean appearance
for his party.
Uncle Sans sailors are said to
have spent 100000 at Rio in four
days. The South Americans wonder
what the amount would have been
but for the currency famine.
A county in western Kentucky
claims to have found white coal.
But as it is also sootless the manu-
facturers OF face powder need not
fear that they will be put out Of
business.
Il is now claimed that Taft and
Kittredge are not really good friends.
First thing we know some editor
with nose for news will discover
that Damon and Pythias were rank
enemies.
Last year the people Of the United
States spent S3l5,o0O,oOO for cleo
trical manufactures, yet many men
still in active business remember the
time when some simple instruments
in college laboratories, without prac.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-02-06

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The Washington times., 1908-04-11
THINK PRISONERS KILLED,
DESPITE zELAYA'S DENIAL

NEW ORLEANS. April 11--Arriv.lls
hese from Nicaragua say that no atten-
ton should be paid 10 President Ze-
lsya's denial that there have been
wholesale political executions there re-
certify.
It-2t as many as seventy or eighty
have persisted is somewhat doubted by
most Of those just back from Zelaya's
country, but that more than a score
have died by his orders is declared 10
be common gossip.
The President has been doing his pO-
hticai house cleaning so quietly that
none OF the information is very definite
1t has seen impossible for him 20 con-
ceal that wholesale arrests have been
made lately, but al OF the prisoners he
Is supposed to have had killed, only two
have been executed publicly in many
months.
Against these there were streng. cases
for crimes and both were generally
deemed deserving OF the death penalty.
The other victims simply disappeared.
Little doubt is felt that they were killed
IN prison, either at the Presidents or
der OF under the old Latin-American
pretense that they were trying 10 es-
cape.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
POLITE FLORIDIAN
LANDS IN PRISON
Young Southefner Attempts
TO Clear JsEh on Brook
Ign Bridge.

NEW YORK. April 11.-Charged with
excessive poIiteness and unseeming ex-
hilaration, Joseph c. Hurst, twenty-six,
who says he lives in Jacksonville, Fla,
was locked IN the Oak street police sta
ton last night by Policeman Schlip. of
the Bridge squad, VINO found the gal
LIANT SOUtherner attempting to solve the
rush hour problem alone and single
handed.
Right this way, ladiesr' Don't
crowd now!' Give the young women
a chance. boys" "And remember the
old ones, too"
Bowling and smiling as he gave these
orders in a manner that might indicate
ne had a controlling interest in the B.
u T., Hurst circulated In and out
among the thousands swarming TO the
cars and across the bridge. Gently
pushing a pretty girl ahead OF him and
making a pathway for a woman and
her two children. Hurst was making
remarkable Roadway with his kindness
crusade. Some of the women thanked
MIN. some smiled on him. and others
allowed they didn't need his help.
1T doesn't cost cent, madame" he
answered, smilingly. TO the exclusive
set. He grabbed young men and old
men, and rushed them by the nape OF
the neck and the southwest portion or
the pantaloons. but he did it all in such
q graceful manner that they forgot to
get angry.
stand aside and. make way FOR this
cid lady," demanded Hurst; she 5
Somebody's mother. boys, you know
"You just bet I am said the woman
Indignantly, breaking away from him;
land II that somebody was here now
he'd teach you a lesson. Ofncer. ~
rest that mani
Policeman Schlip attempted TO Ques-
tiOn Hurst, who told him he had better
be on his way" The policeman was
loath to arrest him, but the woman in
sisted.
4 came all The way from Florida 10
settle this bridge crush thing, and just
as I get EN- moving nicely I'm pinChed-
said Hurst when he was arraigned he
fore the desk. I'm not drunk. either.
I've limbered up q bit. but I'm not stun
ned by any means
YOU don't look drunk" admitted the
lieutenant but a sober man would
never tackle that bridge proposition
Hurst said he was a Pullman conduc-
tor on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road and that he should have left Jersey
City yesterday afternoon, but remained
over purDOSely 10 systematic Brooklyn
travel. He had fine gold watch and-a
big rolls o. bills.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
Why Your Head Aches

You do not endure headache
because you want to. 1t is be-
cause you haven't a satisfactory
remedy. You haven't tried Dr.
Miles Anti-Pain Pills. They stop
pain quickly, leave no bad after
effects, do not derange the stom-
ach. That ought to be satisfac-
tory-if SO, try them. Your drug
gist has them.
have used Dr. Miles Anti-Pafn Pills
Tor the past three years. They never
ailed 10 give me relief. They never leave
.aking them 1 had been a great sufferer
rom headache for years.
GEORGE w. SAVIOR
e3T n. 18th Street, Philadelphia. Pa
II they fail to help, your druggist viii
,efund the money on first package
p doses, % cents Never sold in bulk.
MILES MEDICAL CO., EIShart, Ind.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
TIPS ARE NOT WAGES,
ENGLISH COURT RULES

LONDON. April IA decision in the
supreme court Of Judicature before the
master Of the rolls, Lord Justice FIetch-
er Moultcn, and Lord Justice Buckley.
declares trat walters tips shall not be
considered part OF wages. Thus the
tips which walters. porters. and other
menials receive, are gratuities and not
at all 70 be considered necessary by the
employers.
A young waiter employed in a restau-
rant car on the London and Southwest
eTn railway was severely injured He
sued the company for damages and in
estimating the loss Of wages the lawyers
Contended over the question whether
the tips he received were TO be consid-
cred as a part OF his wages or whether
they should not. The attorney for the
waiter claimed that the company. real
izing that the people would quite nat
uTaily follow the tipping custom, paid
a low stipulated sum. relying upon the
Eratuities-
The attorney for the company argued
that patrons were not asked TO tip the
walters and that the wage paid was suf-
Lcieut for the work
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
LYING IN COFFIN
MAN TAKES LIFE
Tries On CaSket He Chose
and Then Uses
1t.

BOLOGNA. April 11.-Count ColteIi
dropped into an undertaker's last night
to Try on his coffin.
1Ee undertaken thought It a queer
thing TO DO. but ColteIli had furnished
a more or less satisfactory explanation.
II was a magnificent coffin-one Of the
finest in the Undertaxer's stock.
ColtelH picked It out a few days ago
for a friend. he said The undertaken
trimmed II, and the count called again
10 see how It suited. II looked we'll,
he admitted, but did the undertaken
think it a good ht?
Until he saw the corpse the under
taker admitted he could not tell. Oh,
well, Coltelh said, ne was about his
friends size. and would jump in and
see how ii suited him.
The undertaken watched him question
ingly.
1t seems all right" said the count,
stretching himself at fun length. Then
he pulled out q revolver and blew out
his brains. he Will be buried IN the
coffin he himself selected.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
HAD NO AFFECTION;
ALIENATION SUIT LOST

GRAND FORKS. y. D.. April 1.-THE
trial OF :. p Red against Il. G.. Brin-
JolfsOn. 20 recover $1,000 damages for
alienation OF the affections OF the plain
tins wife, came TO an ABRUPT close
when J. r. Templeton sustained a mo-
ton OF defendant s counsel FOR dismissal
OF the action on the ground that the
evidence failed 10 suostantiate the
claims made IN the pleadings.
u had been asserted in the pleadfure
that Mrs. Reds affections had been
alienated, while the evidence Of Mrs.
Reid yesterday forenoon was 10 the
effect that she had no affection 20 be
stolen. The motion FOX dismissal came
after the plaintiff had rested his case.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
SNEAK THIEF GETS 5000
FROM WOHAN'S FLAT

Central Onice detectives are endeavor-
Ing today run down a sneak thief who
entered the apartment OF Mrs. q. G.
Gray. in tho Mt. Vernon. New York ave
nue. and Ninth street, yesterday after
noon and stole jeWeIry valued at nearly
500.
Leaving the apartment about > O'Clock
Mrs Gray neglected 10 lock the door
Returning shortly before o'clock, she
fOud that the rooms had been ransacked
Among the missing articles vas a gold
letter &C. set with seven small dia-
monds, several stick pins. and other
pieces OF 5ewelry.
Report was made 20 the police by the
local manager % the United States Tx
press Company that three boxes were
stolen from a delivery wagon. which
was standing IN front OF glS 81 street
northwest IN one OF the packages
was handsome gown, consigned to
Miss p x Peabody. a student at the
Mt. Vernon Seminary.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
THIRTY COUSINS" FIGHT
FOR WEALTH OF MISER

PARIS. April 1l-Since the death OF
IN old miser named Lavergpe, who died
recently at AIirabel. leaving an estate
valued at 100000, thirty cousins have
appeared and are now busily lighting foi
the money.
The proceedings are at a standstin.
pending the arrival OF two cousins from
America who wrote that they would be
present 10 prove their claims 10 relation
snip. one Of these letters was received
from st. Louis and the other from
Pittsburg.
At the time Lavergne died Il was not
known that he had a relative in the
world.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
WOMAN DONS TROUSERS
AND CLEANS GUTTER

ASBURY PARK. y. J.. April IL
GarDed IN her husbands rubber boots,
trousers, and coat and wearing a '-AIer-
~ widow sailor, Mrs William Mon
roe. OF - Embury avenue, gave the
neighDors a change 70 grin, when she
ShOuioefed scoop shovel and sailed
forth 70 remove the mud and sand from
the gutter IN front Of her home The
choking OF the gutter WIS caused By
the sand sliding down from the property
OF the Ocean Grove Campmeeting As
ISOLATION.
I've begged them TO remove that
dirt, said Mrs Monroe, pausinE 20 tuck
Ter trousers in her boots They won
do IL, so I'll have 10 do Il myself"
Mother, mother, mother" pleaded her
Daughter, Mabel hysterically drop
that shovel and take or those buds.
You're q sight
Mabel Continued to plead until mother
shOWered her with a shovel % wet
send. The crowd applauded-
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
navy SENDS 700 MEN
TO ASIATIG STATION

Orders were issued at the Nevy De-
partment today for the dispatch OF 700
enlisted men from New York to the
Asiatic station for the purpose OF filing
up the complement OF the ships there
10 the full quota. About 800 OF them will
take the places OF other men whose
terms OF enlistment have expired, thus
the total number OF men on the diff
terent ships Will be increased by 400.
Nearly every ship on the Atlantic
coast was robbed of sailors TO I'll up the
sixteen battleships Of the Atlantic feet
before starting on their journey. last
December. The wide interest created
in the navy BY that cruise has resulted
in such an increase in enlistments that
the officials have been able 70 replace
some OF the men on the ships left I'm
the Atlantic and by special effort they
have obtained these 200 men for the
Asiatic station. Every ship on that sta
ton at the present time is woefully
short OF men and. the department in
tends 70 Ill each Of them up as soon as
possible.
The cruiser Prairie. which is now on
It's way from Guantanamo. Cuba, for
New York, has been detailed % take
ABOARD this cargo or sailors at New
ork and deliver them at colon, Pan
ANA, By May Il. They Will be transport
ed across the iSthmus on the Govern
ment railroad. and at Panama. City will
go aboard the Buffalo, 10 b. delivered At
san Francisco by June l.
From that place they will he con-
Neyeu 10 Manila on q transport. This
means OF getting the men from New
York 10 san Francisco has been adopf -
ed by tho department as the cheapest.
I'm view or inability or railroads to meet
the former reduced rates
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
FLOOD COSTS ONE LIFE
IN JOPLIN DISTRICT

JOPLIN. Mo, April u.--One man
killed, cities partly submerged. all rail-
road traffic impeded, caye-ins on the
electric and Frisco railroad near Jop-
lin. mines in the BadEer-Pescock district
northwest Of Joplin inundated. are some
OF the results OF the flood that is sweep
ing southwest Missouri. As a result Of
steady rains for the past four days.
Levi SEWER aged thirty. and unmar-
ried, employed at the ITiquois mine at
Joplin was drowned iu one OF the drifts
of the mine. A falling slab Of rock
Weighing many tons, and looSened from
the roof OF the drift by water, knocked
SEWER into hole filled with water
Portions OF Carthage are inundated.
The big dam OF the Spring River Plow
Company at Variek. Kan, Is pressed by
q great volume OF water. The streams
are still rising.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
LAND OF FIRE AND ICE.

A new geological map Of Iceland. by
Or. Thoroddsen. who has spent n any
years in the work, gives much fresh in
formation about one Of the world most
wonderful islands, which few visitors
ever see.
An example or the straugeness of Ice
land is furnished by the volcano, Malta.
This is buried under immense snow
fields, but from time to time its fires
burst through the glittering blanket, and
then such floods are poured from the
melting ice that a great stretch Of coun-
try between the volcano and the sea Is
inundated, and huge masses OF ice are
carried out into the ocean
Il is unsafe even to cross the territory
lying between T[atls and the sea, SO
suddenly come the fiOOds.-EXchange
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
TEN STRIEEBREAEERS
HURT IN FLORIDA RIOT

PENSACOLA. Fla, April H. .mmedi-
ately upon the arrival in this city Of
some sixty odd strikebreaksrs from St
Louis yesterday evening. who came here
10 break the strike Of the motormen and
conductors or the Pensacola Electric
Company. there was q riot. such as has
rot been experienced IN Pensacola Tor
the last twenty years
just az the strlkebreakers starred TO
leave the union depot they were net ~
a fusilade OF bricks, bottles, ana oyster
shells. and in turn the strlkebreaEers
fired shots and used heavy sticks and
bricks. The riot continued for over one
hour Near the car barn the fight be-
came so fierce that thirty ode OF the
strfkebreakers brOl ranks and fed.
Two OF the imported men are now 81
the hospital, and eight others received
medical attention at the police station
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
:" THERE rs HOPE" NLLNYON
WEBS PRETTY ACTRESS

ALTOONA, Pa, April lit became
known here today that Mrs. Pauline
Neff-MetZgar, an actress Of some nose
and prominently identified with Altoona
society, had been married in New York
to Or. j. NJ. Munyon. of Philadelphia,
who has gained a national reputation
through his proprietary medicines, and
who is a millionaire.
The bride. a daughter Of Col. d. J.
Neff. dean or the Blair county bar. is
unusually charming and talented. she
is twenty-fOur years old.
After having been graduated from a
seminary. at the age of sixteen. she
crossed the continent TO marry Carl
Metzgar, a son of a retired Altoona
merchant, who resided or a ranch at
FL Paso, Tex. Three years later there
was a disagreement and Mrs. Metzgar
obtained a divorce.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11

Mrs. Metzgar then went upon the
stage, beginning her professional career
al the New York Casino in '"Tne Social
Mhirl." In 1906 she toured with Etienne
GiraFdOt in 'Charleys Aunt" appearing
last year with the cOmedian in vaude-
vile. IL WAS announced that they were
engaged Mrs Aetzgar gret Or. Run
yon In Florida fnis winter anG q rapid
courTsnip folicS szi. The Wedding took
place at the Waldorf. Lr. Tnd Mrs.
MunyOn will saii for Europe in a few
weeks. Fer the present they viii stay
al the Waldorf
James NJ. Munyon was born in
Thompson Conn, August 3, 18fS. He
was a farmers son, and as a boy be
gan his researches IN medicine. During
his young manhood he was a journalist
and song writer.
After the establishment Of his nedf-
cine industry. he grew rich rapidly. He
has a handsome residence, ''The Tow
ers,' on Lancaster avenue. opposite
George Hills Paramount Park. Phila-
delphia-
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
NEGROES TO KILL GOVERNOR,
OKLAHOMA LETTER SAYS

NUSKOGEE. Okla, April IA
threatening letter was received here to-
day addressed 10 the New State Tri-
bune, in which the writer asserts that
Gov. Charles y. Haskell and Bud Led
better, chief Of police Of MuskOgee, are
to be assassilated, and the city OF
Guthrie burned by negroes
The letter is unsigned. IT IS believed
TO be the outgrowth OF the Jim crow law
passed by the Legislature, and recently
put into force.
The law has been riEidly enforced by
the governor, and CHIEF Ledbetter has
ordered all negroes not employed 20
leave MuskOCee.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11

Does Monday morning find your kitch-
en- like a Turkish bath and steam fltering
into every room? If you enjoy the odor of
boiling clothes, well and good. If you
don't, then use Fels-Naptha soap.
Fels-Naptha will cleanse your clothes in
cold or lukewarm water-no boiling-in
half the time it takes by the old-fashioned
way. Hard-rubbing and all the other
disagreeable features Of wash-day done
away with.
Use 1t according to directions on the
red and green wrapper.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
REFLECTIONS.

Nobility does rot lie in the hall fun
or family portraits dimmed by the hand
o.. rime.-SeneCa-
Flee. slOth. for the Incidence or the
soul is the decay OF the bOdy.-Cato.
Let every one look 20 himself and no
one VIII be lost.-DUtch.
You may light another candle by your
own without iOSs.-Danisl-
The world IS perfectly beautiful, for Il
il WORK OF COd.-Diogenes
He who sleeps much learns little
Spanish.