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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
Cloud Effects From Above.

1t has been my lot to see IN arc
tic regions some hundreds of thou
sands of icebergs close at hand, and
| have ALWAYS believed them to be
the most beautiful objects on earth.
But the clouds of the sky close at
hand are almost as beautiful. If
YOU mount above one of these ma
~jestic things, swiftly overlapping one
by one its folds and wreaths, ard if
remembering how high it is you
look down and see only small grxen
patches of earth through holes in
the cloud carpet below, you have a
little thrill Of conception of how
lonely a man would feel, falling
away down there and not being able
to see the spot where he must
alight. 1t is a safe little thrill,
however. You know that you are
not going to fall. Such dizziness as
some persons feel in standing near
great heights on the earth is almost
unknown in ballooning. - Success
Magazine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
SINGING BOYS OF JENA.
Outgrowth Of Age Of 6acchantss or
Wandering Students.

Hundreds of years ago the streets
of Jena 4and other German towns
used to echo to the songs Of black
robed monks. who went from door
to door singing and begging aims.
Their example Vas followed by
bands of poor students. huuWn as
bacchanteS. These bacchaute~ wan
dered from one university Ic IN
other in search Of better instruction
or better means of support. >uch
q wandering life was favored bv the
customs Of times when people
thought it a virtue to give freely to
oil persons seeking help, bui espe-
ciallv to monks and students.
The bacchantes had with them
younger travelling scholars, known
as skirmishers. who were to receive
instruction in return for certain
services. The Younger skirmisher
had to wait upon his bacchante,
beg and even steal for him, and for
the most part he was very tyran-
nicallv used. But as he was a waif
without other protection he had to
make the best of matters.
After the reformation in MANY
places these orphan boys, or waits,
were banded into organized choirs,
who received pay from churches,
but also were assisted by private
subscription. 1t was their duty to
, sing not onIv IN the churches. but
before the houses Of their patrons
as we'll. Thus they ceased to be
beggars. Martin Luther himself as
a bow had been one of these singers,
and it was largely due TO his intlu-
ence that the old custom Of begging
entirely passed away. There is a
famous picture of Luther a. a sing
! ing bov in Eisenach. where his song
attracted the attention Of the good
Frau Gotta, who adopted and edu-
Gated him.
NOWADAYS the old custom of the
choir bows singing from house to
house is fading away. There are
only five other towns beside Jena in
the whole German empire where
this music can be heard. Once each
year the singing boys go to Else
mach and sing before the emperor
in the great hall Of the historic cas-
tie Of the Wartburg, where the
minnesingers held their music bat
ties.
There are just twenty Of the Je-
ma singing BOYS, five each of the
ages eleven, twelve, thirteen and
fourteen wears. They are orphans,
and the only qualifications for the
privilege of four years board and
schooling are good character, abili-
ty to sing and obedience to the laws
Of the organization, one Of which
requires them to sing before the
houses Of their patrons.-St. Mich.
olas.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
The Oiqnified Course.

An army examiner once had 4
candidate before him who appar-
emily was unable to answer the sim
plest question. At last the exam
liner lost his temper and, with sar-
castle emphasis, quite lost on the
youth before him, said:
Suppose, sir, that YOU were a
captain in command Of a company
Of infantry; that in your rear was
an impossible abyss; that on Ell
Their side of YOU lowered %perpendic-
ular rocks of u~ntraversable height;
that before you stood the enemy,
a hundred men to each n Of
yours. What, sir, would you do in
this emergency"
"Sir," said the aspirant to mill
tarv honors, 81 should resign!'-
Pearson's Weekly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12

""Ihere is a movement on foot" sale
Mr.. Snoope, ito prev ent the marriage
think Of it"'
Il think it's rot" answered Mr.
Grouch. why who else ever want!
to get, married ~"'-Cleve!aDd Leader.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
The Roorback.

During the presidential campaign
Of 1914 certain Wing newspapers
published an absurd statement de-
rogatory to the Democratic candi-
date for president, James X. Polk,
under the caption, "Baron Roor-
backs Tour Through the Western
and Southern States" The state
ment was easily disproved and prob
ably did little or no harm to the
man attacked. Since then, in Ameri-
can political %parlance, the "'roor-
back has been the campaign lie,
particularly the one uttered so soon
before election as to make its an
swer a matter Of dificulty.-Argo-
naut.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
THE CRACKER PACKERS.
NimbIe Fingered Girls That Work
Like Automatons.

| found girls in numbers on the
packing floor, a large, low ceilinged
loft three stories up in the air. In
front Of a girl packing 'lady fin
gers stood a large truck piled high
with frames hrislling like SO many
porcuplnes with long steel spikes or
points. On each point Vas suspend
ed a lady finger. chocolate iced. The
girls hands fairly flew between the
frames and the box she was pack
ing. Back and forth as tlrelessly
and as automatically as a machine
her fingers travelled, plucklng the
takes, half a dozen at a time, and
packing them precisely in the box.
Working steadily at this rate she
ouId pack six tive-pound boxes in
an hour. If she kept up her speed,
never stopping a single second, she
earned Is cents al hour. If her
Ispeed decreased she soon ceased to
earn ANYTHING, because she lost her
lob.
Fifteen cents an hour would
mean SLIP IN the nine and a half
hour day. But no GIRL in the fac
tory earned that much. because
time had to be sacrificed going after
the cake laden trucks and hustling
the frames off and on the trucks.
Work Of this KIND was not paid for.
The cracker packers were not
losing any time. The endless chain
Of flat pans loaded with hot crack
ers descending from above moved
at a smart pace, aud the line Of
urls standing on either side had to
work at top speed to keep the trays
clear. They grabbed both hands
full of crackers and flashed them
into the big wooden boxes beside
them. They seldom broke a crack
er or made a mistake in their me-
thodical progress. The packers
moved their arms. shoulders and
spines continually. 1t must be splen-
did exercise, | reflected, only they
get a good deal of it between : in
the morning and 5 at night.
The cracker packing girl attains
t higher speed than the cake pack
ing girl. because she has a pace
maker-the machine. As fast as
the machine moves she must move.
She earns a cent a dozen, and she
can pack a hundred dozen in a day.
Here is aDother significant fact.
The cracker packing girl is younger
than the cake packing girl, because
no girl can keep up with a machine
indefinitely. At the end of a Ger
tain period she loses speed and goes
stale. Then she drifts out of crack
er packing into some other unskill-
ed trade. Usually she has to ac-
cept a lower wage, since her eff
cheney has declined. By efficiency
one always means speed. -- Rheta
Childe Dorr in Hampton's Maya
zine.
Grouchy.
"There is a movement on foot" said
Mr.. Snoope, ito prevent the marriage
of weakminded persons. What 10 you
think OF IT."
Il think it's rot" answered Mr..
Crouch. why. who else ever wants
to get married "'-Cleve!and Leader.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
UNDER FIVE FLAGS.
II Takes That Many to Run Small but
Turbulent Crete.

TO the southwark. its green clad,
snow capped mountains rising from
a turquoise sea, lav Crete. the is
and of mythology and massacre 1t
Was a picture Of sunshine and ami
nation of vivid colors and strange
peoples such as one seldom sees eXz
.ept IN some gorgeous staged
comic opera.
But even as this was in my mind,
savs a writer in the Travel Maya
zine, a gun doomed out from a
rrumbling bastion, and five little
balls ran up five fagstatfs standing
IN a row on the uppermost ram
parts and broke out into five flags.
The morning breeze caught up
their folds and held them straight
out. as though for III benefit, SO
that we could make them out quite
plainly. Four of them were old
friends that | had encountered on
all of the seven seas-the union
Jack and the t~ricoIor and the st.
Andrews cross of Russia and the
red, white and green banner of It.
alv-but the fifth flag, which few
somewhat higher than the others,
was Of unfamiliar design. The sin
pie blood red square, however,
bounded bv the Greek cross and
bearing the cleaning star of Beth
lehem, told its own story, and |
knew it for the flag of Crete.
| knew that there was deep sig
nificance in the design Of that I'M
known flag and in the position Of
the four familiar ones that flew be
low it. for they signaIed to all the
world that the Turk had been driv-
EN- out, never to return that Chris
tlanlty had triumphed over Mo-
hammedanism and that the o
had indeed replaced the crescent;
THAT the centuries of massacre
were now but memories; that peace
in the guise of foreign soldiery had,
for a time at least, found an abid-
ing place in Crete, and, most sig
nifcant of all. that the strange flag
with the single star would be up
held if necessary by the mightiest
array of bayonets and battleshlps
in all Christendom.
Canea, which is the seat of gov
, eminent. is the most plcturesquely
cosmopolitan spot west of Suez. 1t
is equidistant from the shores OF
Europe, Asia and Africa, it has =
mild and equable climate, living is
cheap, there is a large garrison Of
foreign soldiery, there are nc e1-
tradition treaties in force, and
trouble of one kind and another is
always brewing.
Like a magnet, therefore, Canea
has attracted the scum and Off
securing of all the Levant-needy
soldiers Of fortune, professional
revolution makers, smooth spoken
gamblers and confidence men,
Egyptian donkey boys, out at el-
bows; dragonans who speak a score
Of tongues and hail from no one
knows where-all that rabble of
the needy, the adventurous and the
desperate who follow the armies
of occupation and are always to be
found on the fringe of civilization.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
reo.'. Feb. IS
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION o
LETTERS OF ATJhN
Feb. ).

feo.'. Feb. IS
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR
~ ETH OF ADMINISTRATIONS
state of South DAKOTA
County of Grant In County Court
In the matter OF the estate of NJ. =. Madeeu.
deceased.
The State of South Dakota sends greeting to
Anna Madsen, Harry Msdsen and RI lph Mad.
cen. heirs next of kin of M. p. Madsep de.
ceased, and to all to whom these presents NAV
come.
Notice ls hereby given that Anna Madeen, has
filed with the judge of THE conrt. a petition
praying for letters of administration of the es.
tate Of NJ. p. Madsen, deceased, and that Tues
day, the 23rd day of February, 1909, at two
o clock p. M, OF SAID day, being day of regular
term Of thls court. al the court room of salt
court at the city of MIlbank ID county of Grant.
have been appointed ss the time and place for
hearing said petition. when and where any pc.
SOL may appear and show cause why said petI-
tinn should not be granted.
Witness the Hon. $. $. Lockhart. indge Of the
county court. and seal of said court, this second
day Of February, A. ID. 1909. at his Office 10 IN.
city of Milbank. county OF Grant, State of South
Dakota.
SIS. LoUKHAkT,
Judge of County Court
Court Seal
Bou"K < MCCARTHY. Attorneys.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
Modern VaudeviNe.'

Dooley-I see your girl on State
street yesterday. (Slaps Hooley
with folded newspaper.)
Hooley - What! You seen my
girl? Why, I'm a married man.
(Slaps Dooley with folded newspa-
per-
Dooley-Well, l seen your hired
girl. (Slaps Hooley with folded
newspaper.)
In Chorus-With the kind per-
mission of the audience we will now
sing that pathetic ballad entitled
"When Peroxide Turns the Marcel
Wave to Gold" Professor, tear of
little music, please. - Chicago
journal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
CTATh or SOUTH DAKOTA
- County OF Grant,
In (toupfy Gpnyt

>S~"SN vi
In County Cont.
la the matter of the Estate of Mary Z. Stod-
dard deceased,
The State Of SO nth Dakota sends greeting 10
Charles A. Stoddard. Eliza j. s toddard. Eliza J.
Reeves. Eugene Stoddard, Zeddo b. StoddaTG,
George Stoddard. Curtis D. StoddaId, Mary b
Southwick ana Ida NJ Emery, heirs at law and
next OF kin of Mary f. stoddard, deceased, spd
to Sll whom these presents may come.
Notice is hereby given that G. ID. StoddaPd
has filed with the Judge of this conrt q petit OIL
praying for Letters nf Administration of the
estate of Mary Z. Stoddard, deceased. and tina,
Tuesday the 18th day of February. A. II. 1909. 81
one O'Clock p. m. of said day, it being a day OF b
regular term of this court, At the Office OF the
ounty court in the city of Milbank, IN the
county of G ant, South Dakota, has been *,
for hearing said petition, when and where any
person interested may appear and show cagke
why the said petition should not be granted.
Dated at Milbank, South Dakota, this 27t.
day of January, A. d. 1909.
s. :. LoCKRART.
Judge of the County Court.
iCounty Court Seal
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
An Easy Stunt.

~ see a premiere danseuSe Is advef-
ttsed to dance with five snakes twined
about her
SHOULD think she wou,d If q snake
got OH me III bet I'd dance"-Pbila-
delphia Ledger.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
March at.

lar. %, March &c.
+ EASE OF SCHOOL AND ENDOW MEST
l. LANDS.
Notice is hereby given that on March pHh,
1904 al the Unbiased common school and endo"-
ment lands IN Grant county, will be offered 70,
lease at public auction between the hours OF 10
O'Clock a. m, ana 5 O'Clock y. M. at the froL-
door of the court house in said county.
Dated at Pierre, January Goth, 1907.
U. G. DoKkES.
Commissioned of School and Public Lance,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
TakinQ Him Down,

Yes, sir" said the pompous indi-
vtdual. Il always pay cash for every.
thing | get" Dear me- exclaimed the
matter OF fact person. Whats the
matter with vour credit?"-Chicago
News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12
Feb. II.
.OTICE TO CREDITORS,

Estate Of Westly W. Reeve. deceased.
Notice is heyeby given by the undersigned sd.
mInistratriX OF the estate of Wes.ey W. Reeve,
deceased. to the creditors of and all persons hsv.
ing claims against the said deceased, to exhibit
them. with the necessary vouchers within four
months after the first publication Of this notice,
to the said adm d istratrix, at her residence in
the city of Milbank. in the county OF Grant
South Dakota.
Dated at Milbank. $. D., February >. 1909.
SARAH V. REEVE.
Administratrix Of the estate of Wesley W.
Reeve. deceased.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12

Jan. %. feo. ~.
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOE
~ LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATIONS.
STATE OF south Dakots Sc :. con.,.co,.,
IN the matter of the estate Of August c. DsG.
man. deceased.
The state Of South Dakots sends greeting To
Laura Il. Dauman, Walter c. Danman aud
Benjamin j. Dauman, heirs at la" and next
OF kin OF August G. Dauman, deceased. ana
to all whom these presents may come.
Noticeis hereby given that Lanra H.. Danman
has filed with the judge Of this court, a petition
for letters of administration OF the estate OF
August G. Dauman. deceased, and that Nednee
day, the seventeenth day of February A. D,
1909. at eleven O'Clock p. IN. of said day, az the
county court room. in the city OF Milbank, IL
the county of Graut and state Of South Dakota,
has been set for hearing said petition, when and
where any person interested may appear and
show cause why the said petition should not be
granted
Dated at Milhank, South Dakota, January q,
1909.
:. 5. LOCKHAET.
Judg of the County CoaIt.
County Court Seal
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-12

what Is your idea OF a heroine.
John?" asked the wife OF his bosom
as she looked up from the novel she
was reading.
"a heroine. my dear" answered
John. 'is a woman who could talk
back, but doesn't."-Chicago News.
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-17
LEOPOLD RALLIES
FROM OPERATION
well, | Pulled Through" His
Greeting TO Grown Prince.

Brussels. Dec. 15.-"Well, l pulled
through. after all" Thus King Leo
pold, chuckling contentedly, greeted
Crown Prince Albert and Premier
Schollert, following his operation for
intestinal trouble. Not only the physi-
clans attending the royal patient, but
court officials and Belgians generally
were amazed at the vitality of his ma
iesty to rally so successfully from an
operation which was decided as a last
resort to save the kings life.
When, following the operation, his
majesty regained consciousness he
was told Of what had been accomplish
ed and expressed great satisfaction
He said that the removal of the OBJ
structiOn in the intestines afforded
him marked relief. The physicians now
are more hopeful of the ultimate re-
covery Of the royal patient.
There is the greatest mystery re-
garding the possibility of the king re-
ceiving his daughters, the Princesses
Louise and Stephanie, rumor to the
effect that he would welcome Louise
to his bedside is unconfrmed, and all
Brussels is specializing on the out
come of the family dissension.
American Minister Henry Lane VIII
son mas expressed to the royal family
his sympathy in the hour of their
anxiety and keeps himself informed
as to his majesty's condition.
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-17
PATIENTS CHAT
UNDER SCALPEL
Dr.. JOnngScO Demonstrates His
New AneSthetlG.
SURGEONS ARE IN DOUBT

Some Declare stoVaine Must Be Test
ed on Thousands Of Cases Before II
Can Take the Place Of Old Method
Ether Resorted to In Long oper-
alton.
Philadelphia, Dec 15-Only a towel
which was held before their faces
prevented two patients from watching
the surgeons perform major operations
upon the abdominal part of their bod
les in the University hospital. While
the surgeons knife was ripping open
the body and removing diseased por-
tions OF the internal organs the pa
tients chatted and joked to the physi-
clans who stood at their side. The
first patient did not whimper or bulge.
The second groaned once or twice.
He said afterward: Il was afraid,
and I thought they were cutting OF
my feet, because l did not have any
feeling there. I did not feel a thing
during the operation"
Six hours after the operations both
patients were able to stand on their
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-17
4 wonderfuI Herd 81 cows.

Columbus. Mo-, Dec 15.-A wonder
ful dairy herd Of nine cows is owned
bv the college of agriculture Of the
University Of Missouri. Eight Of the
nine cows have each a butter record
Of 700 pounds in a year, and the ninth
mas prdouced nineteen pounds Of but
far IN a week and forty-seven quarts
~ mink in day. There are only sew
-oteen cows or the Jersey breed any
wbere that have made records Of more
.sban ZOO pounds Of butter in year,
srd Ave Of these were iP Missouri's ex-
nIbit at the state fair Rt sedalia this
~ear These fve cows we're bred and
sra owned by the college,
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-17
Physicians Amazed.

It was the first demonstration in
this city of the new spinal analgesia
/ stOvaine and strychnine. by Dr. Thorn
as Jonnesco, the eminent Bucharest
surgeon. who predicts that It will
/ eventually take the place Of ether and
chlOroform as anesthetics
Prominent physicians looked on
with amazement as the patients chat
ted during the operation.
Although the surgeons and physi-
clans were amazed there were many
who were reluctant to prefer the new
method over the present one They
declared that the method introduced
by DR.. Jonnesco had not been given a
thorough test. and that not until it
had been used in thousands and hun
dreds of thousands of cases and proved
successful would It replace ether.
The third operation was that on
woman for cancer of the breast Be
cause of an overdose of stovaine the
patient collapsed about fifteen minutes
after the operation commenced. but
shortly recovered and the operation
continued It was an operation two
hours long, and with the consent of
Dr. Jonnesco ether was administered
when the effects of stovaine began to
disappear This was explained By
George Soutzo. secretary for DR.. Jon
nesco. who said that surgeons in this
country operate very slowly. and that
when DR.. JOnneeco saw that a second
and possibly a third injection of sto-
vaine would be necessary before the
completion of the operation. he agreed
to the use of ether, as he was anxious
to get away.
Although spinal analgesia is not I'M
known in this city, it has been used
only in rare cases, where neither ether
nor chloroform could be used. The
chief objection raised to 1t was that it
had a depressing effect on the heart,
but DR.. Jonnesco says that with the
addition of strychnine the obstacle is
overcome and that operations can be
safely performed on all parts of the
body. It was to convince the sur
geons in this country that he came
over to give practical demonstrations !
There were fully 500 learned sur
geons and physicians and University |
students in the Scott amphitheater
when the clinic began.
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-17
ToiLet AnicIes. .

Our stock of Toilet articles is
now complete, and we are in a
position to supply any articles
used for toilet purposes, consist
ing of Hair Tonic, Massage
Cream, Talcnm Powders, Face
Powders, Rice Powder, Toilet
Water and Perfumes too num-
erous to mention. All of the
popular soaps will be found in
our stock.
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-17
GRAFT IN CANADA
Fourteen Officials Of Montreal to Be
Brought to Trial.

Montreal, Canada, Dec. 15.-As the
result Of exposures made in Judge
Cannon's report on civic conditions in
Montreal it is announced that steps
will be taken at once to bring to trial
the fourteen officials and others, in
cluding eight aldermen. charged with
malfeasance. According to Judge Can
mons report. one-quarter of the city's
income for the past six years. or ST.
100000. has been feloniously used by
the aldermen.
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-17
666s ROOSEVELT SKINS

Smithsonian Institution Enumerates
Trophies Of African Expedition.
Washington, Dec. 15.-The Smith
sonian African expedition headed by
former President Theodore Roosevelt
had up to Dec. 10 taken 1868 skins. Of
which less than one-half have been re-
ceived at the institution here. The col
lection consists of 243 large mammals,
1900 small mammals and 1856 birds.
The collection has a series of human
skulls picked up along the line Of the
ancient slave trail.
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-17
Fails pead eoina For DOCTOR.

Laurel, Del, Dec. 15.-John Jones,
aged thirty-two years, a Wetipquin
farmer, dropped dead while hitching
up a horse to go for a doctor to at
tend his wife. who had been taken sud
denly i'll with acute Indigestion. A FIVE
year-old son discovered the body Of
Jones and informed his sick mother.
Mrs. Jones in the meantime had be-
come unconscious from her suferings
and the shock Of her husbands death
and is in a precarious condition.
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-17
CENTRAL BANK BILL IN
Measure Provides For Capital of $780,.
100000 and Branches.

Washington, Dec l5.-A bill proyid-
ing for a Central National Bank OF
America, to be established at Wash
ington, with branches in various cities
throughout the country, VS. introduc-
ed by Representative ForHes. of New
York
The bank is to have a capital of a
hundred million dollars, three-ffths of
which is to be subscribed for by the
United States treasury through an is
sue of fifty-year gold bonds. The re
naming two-ffths is to be offered to
the various national banks of the
country.
Branches are provided for in New
York. Chicago, New Orleans. Boston,
Denver. st. Louis. Atlanta, San Fran
cisco and Portland, Ore