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Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-31
Editors Farewell

A Belvidere editor who is about
to descend from his exalted posi-
ton has the following farewell:
This is the parting literary effort
of the present editor and it will
probably be my last. During my
short stay l found little to love
and less to enjoy. My delight in
the city of Belvidere was not
found in the society of it's ladies
neither in the associations of bust
ness, but rather in my solitary
rambles by the lake shore where
me and nature, both feeling for
lorn and neglected, would sympa-
thize with each other and nature
would pillow my throbbing head
on her bosom and lull me to re-
pose. There was more friendship
from the frog for the son of Bri-
tian than in the aggregation Of
everything that comprised Belvi-
dere. There are some admirable
features to the town and the clean
white building is one; Lindburg's
cool refreshment is another; Tow
ner's table another and the size of
Scovel's advertising was most re-
freshing. The JOY parlor on the
corner failed to thrill me, tho !
mixed once to see if the happy
would come. Twice l went to
church but the sermons were to
crude for my sensitive and critical
ear. Two doctors daily gazed up
on my healthy body and kept me
in an anxious state lest l should
fall victim to their tender mere
cies. The lawyers being understood
in statute failed to scare me as |
used to practise pugilism in the
realm of Rex. l had no trouble
with the banks as my proverty
was my protection. Perhaps my
recollections of Belvidere will be
unjust and if the ladies had been
kind these memories would be pink
and rosy instead of sonber blue.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-31

In some of our neighboring
states agitation is going the. rounds
to have the country roads narrow
ed to 80 feet, and what's left re-
stored to the farmers. Oh, pif-
fies. Why not send these farmers
into western South Dakota, where
there is room for thousands of
people and good, wide roads, too.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-31

The National Irrigation congress
has called on congress to make a
five billion dollar bond issue to be
expended on irrigation and kind
red projects. The ''irrigators''
might be willing to shade that
amount little, but they undoubt-
edly believe in asking for enough
while they are asking.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-31

That the government appreci-
ates the magnitude of the crop
grown this year is evidenced by
the fact that it has issued through
the agency of the National banks
upwards of two hundred and
twenty million dollars to help
move it. This is the largest issue
ever made for the purpose. Bills
of the one and five dollar dona-
tions prevail.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-31

Winston Bros. have secured the
contract from the Northwestern
system for the building of the ex-
tension east from Belle Fourche
through the irrigated district.
Work will commence this week.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-31

Perhaps the Standard Oil COM
pany is all that it's most virile
enemy claims for it, but whoever
heard of Standards employees
going on a strike9
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-31

The president of the Great
Northern railroad, while driving
through Montana a few days ago,
was compelled to spend a night in
a haystack through the breaking
down of his automobile. Necessity
took him that time "close to
natures heart"
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-31

In answer to Mr.. Bryan's
"Watchman, What of the Nightl'
comes the plaintive wall from
Omaha, his old home town,
Every saloon closed at 8 p. m,
and the night is dark and dreary
and very dry"
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-31

Labeau was left out of the first
associated press dispatches an
nouncing the designation of the
registration towns. 1t is getting
plenty of publicity now, for the
associated press is still busy cor
recting its error.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-31

1t is said there are lots of
prairie chickens in the state this
year. But that don't help any;
last winters legislature passed a
law that put the open season for
chickens over for year.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-31
We do not Recommend

Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve for any
thing but the eyes. 1t is speedy
and harmless cure for granulated lids,
scrofulous sore eyes, weak eyes and
dimness Of vision. Sold everywhere
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-25
NYHAWKER JOTS

Since Walt Mason has been selling
! his prose poetry to a syndicate he has
become so opulent that he smokes
real tobacco instead of corn-silk, says
the Hutchinson News.
| Pie is expensive in Wichita if it is
| of the stolen variety. A couple of
chaps who ate two slices of pie they
/ stole from a bakery wagon were ar
| rested and fined 81 each.
To explain his absence from school
an Atchison boy took the following
note to the teacher: "Please excuse
John for his absence as he had to stay
at home and help wash his mother,
Mrs. Brown"
published the La Harpe Journal has
purchased the Blue Mound Sun and
will take charge of his new paper on
March 1. Here's hopeing he has
grand success.
A Brown county teacher asks this
question: "a man stands fifteen miles
this side Of the North Pole and a bear
fifteen miles beyond the pole directly
opposite the man. In what direction
is the bear from the MANI"
The First Methodist church in Atch-
ison, Sunday, had an orchestra of four
teen pieces. If the church will also add
a bass drum, snare drum and six or
eight brass instruments, says Charlie
Blakes1ey. it might induce Ed Howe to
become a devoted attendant.
1t may be reasonably supposed that
the Judge and the other attaches of
the police court at lola are suffering
these days from locked Jaws. They
had to dispose of a case recently in
which the complaining witness was
named Kendzeinski and the defendant
answered to the call of Wlaeslaw
Zysjokski.
Jeff White of Gaylord. brother of
H. s. White Of this city, and horse
shoe pitcher Of state wide reputation
was recently defeated at that game by
his nephew, Mort White of Belo1t, by
a score of 25 to 1. This is the same Jeff
White that the Gaylord Sentinel has
been blowing about and who has sent
numerous challenges to our cham
pion, Jeffrey Wright. Our JEFF had
thought seriously of giving him a
game. but he now tells US that White
will have to go and get a reputation.
Downs Times
at am dreading the time" says
Squire Thrifty, in the Newton Journal,
when there will be no poor people.
When opuIence and ease has driven
sympathy and fellowship from the
heart. When all pride is false pride,
and the style of a mans coat is more
of a recommendation of a pure life.
Yes, I dread the time when obscure
churches give way to fashionable af-
fairs, and the threadbare worsted of
an underpaid man of God gives way to
the broadcloth of a smooth entertain
err When the pangs of hunger and
suffering and selfsacrif1ce no longer
men of the inspired story of
the Man of Galilee. The strength of
full but in the humble struggling. sin
cere, whose vanity is in humanity's
welfare, and whose pride Is in a pure
heart"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-25
PURE PEST ExTERAnNATORs.

A measure of unusual interest to
agriculturists. which seeks to provide
for the manufacture and sale of pure
insecticides and fungicides, is pending
in congress. Attention to its i'm
portance is called by Prof. ]. T. Will
lard in an article in a recent issue of
the Industrialist, one of the publica-
lions of the Kansas State Agricultural
college. He writes as follows:
I'm this time of revival and quick
ening of the business conscience in
which good resolutions are backed up
by good legislation, the object of
which is to protect the consumer and
honest manufa cturer and tradesman,
it is not surprising that the question
of insecticides and fungicides has re-
ceived attention.
Ever since chemical means of COM
batting insect and fungus foes were
first introduced there has been much
fraud in connection with the quality
of the materials sold, and even great
uncertainty when conscious fraud was
not intended. Some of the manufa c.
turers of such chemicals, in co-opera-
ton with agricultural chemists and
with entOmolOgiStS, have united upon
a bill for preventing the manufacture,
sale or distribution of adulterated or
misbranded fungicides, Paris greens,
lead arsenates, and other Insecticides
and for regulating the traffic therein.
This bill is before the house of repre-
sentatives as H. R. No. 2131S, and
before the senate as No. 6515. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-25
FRON OTHER PENS
ONE VIRTUE OF ART.

The greater number of us are con-
demned by circumstance of income and
the routine of duty to a life restrained
by walls, streets and the more or less
flexible bounds of the community. The
greater world without is defined by
such impressions as the books and the
newspapers and the chance travellers
make upon our imaginations. When
the opportunity of vacation or enforc-
ed travel takes US into country and
cities thus described we learn how awry
and colorless these initial impressions
have been.
The life that goes on within our own
walk must ever be narrow in this one
sense that the mind can never recreate
all of any scene brought to us by 9TH
ers. The painter, as Skilfully as the
musician, can catch movement, light
and poetry, and can present them-so
far as they may be reproduced-to the
senses of the beholder. His experiences
at this is often weird, uncanny. At
least a half dozen pictures can make
one feel as if present in the scene, a
thing impossible to the photograph or
to any other of the graphic arts. This,
we believe, Is a valuable quality of art.
1t can bring a relief from the duling
rule of duty. 1t can import touch
of the buoyancy of travel. 1t can-to
employ a hackneyed, but fitting phrase
take one out of ones self.-Toledo
Blade.
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QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The lay of the land-the popular
song.
Any girls face is apt to light up
at the thought of match.
When a man is his worst enemy
he doesn't really need any others.
Some presents are quite super
f1uous. There is the gift of CAB, for
instance.
Many a man attributes his business
success to the fact that his wife needs
the money.
1t sometimes happens that fellow
asks for a girls hand and gets the
old mans foot
A train of thought won't do you
much good unless you get up enough
steam to carry it through.
Too many men wait until they have
been done to turn before turning
over a new leaf.
She-'"The first twenty-five years of
a woman's life pass very rapidly"
He-"Yes, I suppose it takes her
much longer to reach the age of SO
than the age of 25."
Polly Prim-''They tell me you are
a dissipated young man. Now, sup
pose you never see the sun rise"
Jack Rapidde-''No, don't often
stay I'D quite that Late
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NEW ORDER OF THINGS.

And are we to have new deal now
that Taft goes in? This question is
suggested by the news that there are to
be no Rough Riders in the inaugural
parade. This tribute to muscle and
recklessness is to be omitted which
will make rough riding henceforth
only a memory. In their place, close to
the chariot of state, in which the in
coming president sits, will be brilliant
cluster of cross-country riders, in pink
coats, white tights and emblazoned
boots.
This will be a change-a change to
grace, to form and color. The manly
quality of rudeness and toughness will
disappear, and in their places we will
have the suppressed celebrity of wiry
riders. clad for fun and daring. That's
a new deal. The virtue of grace sue
ceeds.
This means a great deal. 1t is the
gentle spirit of golf that is to take the
place of the crushing confusion of foot
ball. Henceforth the prize fighter will
find no hospitable resort In the White
House and Pigeon Pete will have rea-
son to cover up his fdentfty.-Ohio
State Journal.
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HUMOR OF THE Day

Patrona,Are you the proprietor? Bar
keeper-Pve only worked here an hour.
Give nae chance.-St. Louis Times.
Father-what did you learn in school to-
day? Johnny11Ten upper cuts equal one
Does he know much?'' well. he not
only knows that he doesn't know much.
but he knows enough to keep others from
knowing it."-Judge.
TITS persistence wins girls" yes; it's
hard for EN- to keep turning fellow
down if he keeps turning up."-Kansas
City Times.
Ell Enthusiast cat musical reeitaDsWs shall
Not tonight. I hope.-Punch.
His ions.-Knicker-Does he I'M
derstand the parts of au auto? Booker
Colonel white-Your son is quite sing
err, isn't he, Busenbark? Brother Busen-
bark-Yassah! Yassahi 'Bleeged to yo' TO-
akin Dat boy, sab, am suttinlly de most
malodorus cullud puSson In his whole
town--Puck.
judge so.' why? You have never seen
her. mo, but never saw an ugly mar
Tied man yet who didn't get a peach -
'see. Fritz, we have been engaged now
many years less of married life."-Meggen-(
dorfer Blaetter.
$50, your daughter is improving in her
piano playing?" Yes answered Mr..
Gumrox: You enjoy it?" mo. But il
Washington Star.
NOW, suppose a man loves a certain
woman" There amt no such thing
They're the uncertainest critters there is
Leader.
You call yourself a naval expertH
sneered one member of the Committee In
the heat of debate. Where's your proof?''
No proof was Forthcoming, the accused
having to admit that he had never writ
ten a magazine article in his lffe-PhfI-
adelphia Public Ledger.
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ed up a mountain path by himself A
little later Mrs. Parkins and Miranda
strolled UP the same path. His lordship
was overtaken just in time to rescue
Miranda from walking out on an over
hanging rock that would have surely
given way with her weight and dropped
her into the valley a mile below.
The half-fainting girl and the shat
tered mother were assisted down the
path to the hotel. and Mr.. Parkins
found them in bed to recover from the
rushed downstairs. When he appear
ed half an hour later there was
bland smile on his face and he was
rubbing his hands.
Mr.. Parkins, what have you
done?" asked the wife as she sat up
in bed. "Have you been saying any
thing to his lordship."
Now, don't you folks get into a
sweat about me-" replied Mr.. Park
ms. "Mebbe 1 haven't polished up
quite as fast as you have over here,
but know when to do the right thing
for all that
land you've seen the lord?"
And talked with him?"
For sure. Yes, sir-had quite a
talk with him"
Samuel Parkins, what did you
say?" asked the wife as she sat up
straighter and a look of fear came into
her eyes.
what should 1 say under the cir
bottom OF my heart for saving Mi
randa's llfe. You don't think I spoke
about the weather, do you?"
"And what else, Samuel?"
What else, paw"
"I offered him $25 in cold cash."
Two shrieks shrieked out in Choir
US, and two females went into mild
Mysteries, only Miranda's was suspic-
iously like laughter, while her moth
er's was the real thing. It was a long
minute that Mr.. Parkins stood there,
hands in pockets and wondering what
had happened. Then his wife forced
back her emotions and family asked:
"And-and-what?"
"And he took it and said, Thank
yer"
Two days later, as they sat in the
train, bound for home, Mr.. Parkins
noticed a tear stealing down Mrs. Par
kin's cheek. He turned to her and
asked:
"Ain't you feeling clipper today?"
Clipper! Clipper! How could 1
feel chipper?' exclaimed Mrs. Par
kins in fierce tones.
Dunno, but you mustn't blame me.
didn't know that he was lord that
went about saving human lives for
cash on the nail! And anyway. MI
randa kin marry Joshua Rawlins to
home He writes to me that he's goin
to give up farmin', because he's struck
gas, too"
And Miranda squeezed his hand.
and whispered: "You do everything
just right, pa."-(Copyrighted 1909 by
Associated Literary Press.)
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchfson Globe. ]


If your ornery kin are coming to
see you, they never miss the train.
A man fuses a good deal. but his
wife has her own way just the same.
Was any body ever smart enough
to know who ran against George
Washington?
You probably know you talk too
much, but are you doing anything to
overcome the habit?
When people ask your age, tell
them the year you were born; at least
make them figure it up.
Somehow people never appreciate
the liberality of the man who offers to
pull their teeth for nothing.
The man who tries to be thrifty,
and carries a pin for an emergency,
will scratch his fingers on the point of
it at least ten times day.
Do you feel that people do not treat
you right? Probably. you are jus
titled in the opinion; nearly every one
has cause for complaint.
A new cult has been established,
the Leisureists. If you are lazy and
worthless, and somebody else sup
ports you, you are a Leisureist.
What would the world do without
women? Nine-tenths of the trades
men would go out of business; that is
what the world would do without
women
If you have learned that you can
never hope to beat another man at
his own game, you have learned some
| thing: enough, for instance, to dodge
agents.
When a man says he is seventy
eight years old and feels as young as
ever he did, we wonder that a man
that near the grave should lie so
cheerfully.
Sent in: 1 have lately been Gun
der the weather." that is, half sick,
and lounging about home. have
read a great deal, and it occurred to
me, what a lot of shiftlessness there
is in reading!
Question for the Lancaster Liter
airy society: A woman will leave
company at the table, or her husband
on his deathbed to run to a fire, but
would she run if the whistles blew in
the midst of a marriage proposal?
What is an accomplishment de-
ponds good deal on the point of
view. When a boy, we used to point
with admiration to one of 1.-The gang
who could chew tobacco and escape
detection by teacher or parent be-
cause he didn't spit. Swallowing to-
bacco juice seemed more of an ac-
complishment then than playing the
piano or reading Homer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the chicago News


A fool and his fathers money are
easily separated.
If you are dissatisfied with your lot
advertise 1t for sale.
Why is man supposed to saw
wood when he says nothing?
Everybody is on the Job when IL
comes to knocking knocker.
Some men manage to dodge enough
work to keep down a dozen people
busy.
A positive assertion may silence
argument even If 1t doesn't convince.
Some people make a speciality OF
giving advice they know will not be
needed.
It's an argument until the other fell
low gets the better of it. Then it's a
dispute.
Experience is a great teacher. II
teaches us how to make other kinds
of mistakes.
Man wants but little here below but
he wants what he wants when he
wants it,
Any man who thinks more Of a
dollar than he does of his self-respecf
is in the insult-proof class
Men are so contrary that If their
wives wanted them to stay out Iata
they probably wouldn't do it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-25
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The less a person speaks the more
he is apt to hear.
X X
It's a good thing that nature does
most of the planning for mankind.
x X 4
Many individuals are experts at ev-
erything under the sun except making
a living.
Nowadays some folks think it neces-
sary to have their children taught how
to play.
There have been more harbingers of
spring in the way of birds in the news
papers than in the woods and fields.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-25
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
rFrom the New York Press.I

From the New York Press.I
The awful thing to a girl about
flirting is when there's nobody to do
it with.
Even if a man was on his way to
heaven he'd like to stop on the road
to watch a scrub game of baseball.
The only time a man can think up
a good excuse for doing something
foolish is when he hasn't done 1T.
A queer thing about a woman is
how she will put on her engagement
ring to go and read her old love let
tiers.
The thing that makes a mother
sure the baby is going to be great
man is how he didn't howl any
louder when he was baptized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-25
AN eccentric Russian Doctor.

The famous Russian DR.. Zaharin,
who has died in Moscow and left over
100000, was noted for his eccentric
methods. When summoned to attend
Car Alexander III in his last illness,
DR.. zaharin required the same pre-
paration for his visit to the palace as
to any of his patients houses. That is
to say, all dogs had to be kept out Of
the way, all clocks stopped, and ev-
cry door thrown wide open. He left
his furs in the hall, his overcoat in the
next room, his goloshes in the third,
and continuing. arrived at the bedside
in ordinary indoor costume. He sat
down after walking every few yards,
and every eight steps in going up
stairs. From the patients relatives
and every one else in the house he re-
quired absolute silence until he spoke
to them, when his questions had to be
answered by Yes or NO" and moth
ing more.-London Standard.
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HER SACRIFICE.

I must make a Lenten sacrifice"
The pretty maiden said;
Sne wore hat with violets Wreathed
Upon her golden head
For something like half year
her tears had ceased to flow,
And she had laid aside her weeds
Ihree months or more ago.
T cannot give my concerts I'D.
For music I adore:
Nor candy, for it never seemed
So good to me before:
But signing over memories
Too long alone I've tarrfed.
And So" She cried 'sI'll Sacrifice
My freedom, and get married.
New York Press.
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measure is being opposed by certain
manufacturers, and it is doubtful II
it will pass at the present session.
THE Importance of some adequate
legislation touching these preparations
should be evident to all. 1t is not
merely a question of paying a few
cents or dollars for a worthless arti-
Gle. but an entire crop may be lost
because of having placed confidence
in or depended upon an inefficacious
remedy. All interested in an enact
ment of adequate legislation relating
to this matter would do well to cor
respond with their senator's and repre-
senta+ives in 90, --aee -
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any of the institutions of learning in
the land have suitable degrees stored
away for those who do mighty deeds
on the hunting fields. Wouldn't it be
appropriate for some college to invent
Tor him degree, say of D. s., signi-
Tying dead shot, or something of the
sort?