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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
Power of Music.

IL Is true that most persons are more
impressed by what they see than by
what they hear so that il has became a
maxim that one learns more readily
through the eye than through the ear.
But nature is a compensating mother.
If the eye begets the most lasting m
preston, the ear imparts the most ac-
tive stimuiant. Few artists who appeal
TO the ~ have so aroused the vital ac-
ton as those who seek the ear. An Illus
tration ofthe power Of sound, expressed
in fitting music to fitting words, is
given by Ben Perley Poor in the Bos-
ton Budget. He says:
Jenny Lind's ballad-singing carried
her Washington audiences by storm.
Without in the slightest degree COM
promising its character of a single bal
lad, she infused into every line of 1t
more of the poetic spirit and meaning
than the words, upon the mere read
ing seemed to contain.
Ii was often the outpouring of the
soul of a Scottish peasant lassie, yet it
vas m of the most sparkling pieces OF
yocalization ever listened to.
What wonderous versatility was here
From Belliai to Burns-from the high
est reach of Italian art to the most
homely simplicity Of Scottish minstrelsy
land the same effects produced by
eachl
AT the close of her singing of the
LAST Rose of Summer" on one occa-
sion, Mr.. Webster, who occupied O
front seat, joined in demanding its re-
petition, and when Miss Lind came on
the stage again he rose aud bowed low
thrice, his swarthy features CLEAN.
ing with qualification. The audience
indorsed the compliment with
vociferous applause.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
BORN LUCKY.
the Memphis Man who Got sls, 600.

Fortune seems TO favcr this neighborhood,
for hardly a Louisiana Lottery drawing takes
place without singing out some lGcky fellow IN
Memphis or this vicinity. At the last drawing
ticket No. g. $50 drew the fourth capital prize
Of $4,000, and one fifth was collected by the
German National Bank for Chris. Hettingsr an
honest and industrious carpenter Mr., Hettine
ger was looking over the morning Avalanche,
when he came to his number. He hastily re-
marked TO a friend: "By joe, I believe 1 have
struck it this time,'' and brushed of for his ticket
He was oyerjoyed to, find that il was a tally.
Ticket No. II, 1888 drew the first capital prize
OF SIS, 900, end one-hfth was held by a-well-to-
do farmer living IN the quaint and picturesque
little town Of Canadaville, Eayette, county,
Tenn. An Avalanche reporter paid a visit re-
Gently 20 Canadayille aud was introduced TO the
lucky farmer. His face was all aglow with
good nature. He said that his good fortune
enabled him 90 make some improvements in
his place that he had beeis long wanting 20
make, but felt unable 10 do 90. He said he
had begun LIE with nothing, but had accounts
lated aud acquired q good farm His SO,
900 would enable him to live comfortable and
serenely the rest Of his life. He remarked to the
reporter that now he would have a W indmill-~
something that his heart had long been set up
on. The farmer drew his money through the
Bank Of Commerce OF this citE,-Memphis
Tenn.) Avalanche, July 70,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
olden limo POLITICAL Animositiss.

Men complain Of the craftsmanship
Of our politics, and predict that il will
injure the national life. Bat as Ameri-
can politics have always been marked
NV intense feeling, this view is a little
more gloomy than the facts justify.
The political campaigns OF our grand
fathers and our fathers were fully as
exciting and bitter as those Of the pres
emit, yet the Republic still lives. Our
Presidential campaigns are disgraeed by
fierce assaults upcn the private charac-
tiers Of public men. But d~isgraceful as
they are, they are equalled by
the calumnies which Wing and Demo
crat hurled at each other fifty years
ago, when Clay and jackson were ri
walls. An amusing story illustrates the
violent feelings which then swayed the
partisans of these political leaders.
In Daviess County, Ky, at the time
when Henry Clay was leading the OPP
position to Gen. Jackson, who was q
candidate for the Presidency, there
lived aplain, industrious farmer. He
vas an ardent politician, noted for his
hostility TO Clay and his party.
But his interest In politics did not
make him indifferent TO his wife's hap
piness. While in town one day, he
thought he would surprise the good
woman by presenting her with a new
set of dishes. He selected lpretty pat
tern, and being in a hurry, did not ex-
anime them closely, but had them
packed and placed in his wagon. His
wife was delighted with the gift, but no
slight examination satisfied her feminine
curiosity. In turning over a dish, she
discovered on the under side a portrait
of Henry Clay. Every piece was thus
marked. Thinking 10 tease her hus-
band, she asked IL lie had looked closely
at the dishes.
NO" said he. Anything wrong
with them?"
"Oh no! But I was a little surprised
at your sudden change of politics."
Change of politics. What do you
mean?" shouted the husband, as excited
rs if he had been charged with a crime.
Picking up n plate, he saw the por-
trait. As promptly as if he were pun
ishing II robber he gathered up the
dishes, and carrying them to the door,
broke them in fragments on the stone
steps. He purchased another set of
dishes in a few days, but not until he
had as~certained that there was no polit-
ical heresy painted on them. Youths
Companion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
What thsre In In : Bottle.

Sufficient to stop in five minutes the
smarting. singing pain Of 100 burns OF
scalds. II will stop the pain as soon as
applied.
Abundance 10 cure a score of colds and
the coughing that often leads the way To
Consumption. IT WILL POSITIVELY ease
a Cough in fifteen minutes.
More than enough to save q dozen
children Choking with CRoUp. One
minute after the first dose the hardest
attack Of Group will be relieved.
Plenty to relieve the oppression and
wheeling of the most severe case OF
OF Asthma. The direct cure of Asthma
by this medicine is proof that DIR. Thorn
as Eclectrie oilhas no equela as oil Asth-
ma cure.
In the above cases DIR. Thomas Eclec.
tris Oil can be relied upon. Ii has Civ
On relief to thousands. Keep it in your
house. There is hardly a week of the
year il will not he useful.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
Rough ON rayn..s saua.ssrs.

A Dispatch says that Gen. Hatch moved his
headquarters from Caldwell, Kansas, Wednes-
day, his camp being twenty-five miles south
east, on the Chickaskia river, where six com
panics Of the Ninth cavalry are concentrated
Operations viii probably continue until the
last intruder on the Indian country has been
expelled. The impression prevails at Rock
Falls; = few miles below, that HONEYWELL will
be raided first, the printing press and belong
ings confiscated and the contents OF the notor
rious drug store destroyed, and that Payne and
his ring leaders will be marched to Fort Smith
10 answer numerous Indictments in the fed
eral court The valley settlement will prob
ably be cleared up next by attachments OF
troops striking simultaneously from m
ous camps along the Cimarron and the
north fork of the Canadian river. All i'm
provemonts will be destroyed The best infor-
nation sttainable places the number Of the
boomers at 2,o00
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
scINTILLATIONs OF SCIENCE.
Curiosities and Discoveries in the world
of Progress.

1t is said that the rate of the fltra
tion of the water supplied by the vari-
GUS water companies to London does not
in any case exceed $40 gallons per square
yard of filter bed in twenty-four hours.
In a paper by Professors Ayrton and
Perry, read lately before the Physical
Society. London, there is a prediction
that before long gas engines will be m
ployed in the propulsion of vessels.
Soap bubbles which viii last a very
long time for laboratory experiments
are generally made of this solution:
Dissolve one gramme Of dry Marseiiles
soap 100 grammes OF warm water; filter,
and TO every 100 cubic centimeters Of
the liquid add forty grammes of white
sugar.
To produce a pure black upon wood the
following receipt is given Pour four
quarts of boiling water upon n ounce
of powered extract Of ~logwood, and
when the solution is effected add one
draehm Of yellow chromate Of potassium,
and stir the whole we'll. Repeat the
application OF this mixture until the
wood is dark enough.
During the fractional distillation Of
fuorine Mr.. w. K Hodgkinson noticed
tho formation of an orange-red sub
stance, which he considered likely TO be
an oxidation product. Its isolation,
however, is extremely difficult, and it
decomposes when distilled in a vacuum,
and is equally soluble with the HYDRO
carbons which accompany it.
Silveroid is the trade name given to
a new, close grained, brilliant white
alloy, regarding the composition of
which little is known beyond the fact
that cadmium enters into it. 1t is in
tended to take the place Of the brass,
bronze and gun metal classes Of alloys,
and II all turns out TO be true which is
spoken in its favor it viii Don do SO,
especially in the manufacture of arti-
cles which must be strong and capable
of taking a fine polish.
A contemporary believes that the
largest locomotives in this country are
those Of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company-cylinder 10 inches diameter
by 80 inches stroke; 8 driving wheels.
"a inches diameter; weight in working
order, $4,000 pounds; built at railroad
shops. There are now building at the
shops of the same company engines with
cylinder Il inches diameter by 80 Inches
stroke; 10 driving wheels, 81 inches
diameter; weight in working order,
lag 900 pounds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
forcibly did the words Of the poet apply
Ia INV siks1atinr "A. fb;a ru.,onr

W MY oisudttUu w tHt5 monent.
''oh, Solitude, where are the charms
That sages have seen in thy face.
Better dwell in the midst Of alarms
Than reign in this horrible plsa IA
So thought l, as / struck on. for a
piece Of our once beau tiful boat, q few
rods distant. The crew came up, one
after another, catching at anything
they could 500 to keep them afloat.
One poor fellow came padding along
With two or three oars under him, cry
ing out that his back was broken An
other of the crew and myself got him
on the piece of a boat that he had hold
Of. His thigh was broken, and he
could not move his legs ut all. The
second mate soon after picked us up,
with his boat, and so much had we been
engaged in looking out for ourselves
that we did not perceive that one of our
number was missing. But, alas il was
too soon found out. He was a young
man about seventeen years old, aud did
not belong 10 the boat, but went in the
place of the midship oarsman, who was
sick at the time. The whale fell d.
rectly on him and probably killed him
in Il moment. With what feelings we
pulled round and round the spot where
the boat was steven, unwilling 10 be-
heve even after We knew there was no
hope, that our shipmate was gone G
more to return. And how silently we
glided alongside the ship and hoisted
IN u poor shipmate now famed for
life.
Oh, that some Of these people who
look upon sailors as little better than
brutes, and who know little or nothing
Of the kind feelings and growing affec.
tions concealed under their rough exteri-
ors, could have seen what / saw on
board that ship, even their hearts would
melt, and they would find thatit is not
always the polished and educated, the
smooth-faced and handsome man that
has the warmes. heart or the most gen
erous feelings. w. III.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

BY direction of tho secretary OF war Orderly
Sergeant Martin Schocht, United States army,
viii be relieved from duty al Fort Buford, Oak /,
Gad proceed to Fort Pike, Louisiana. Orderly
Sergeant Cooney upon being thus relieved viii
proceed TO Fort Buford, Oak. and report TO
the commanding officer for assignment The
following named second lieutenants ~(recently
promoted from non commissioned o~ficers) viii
proceed from Fort Monroe, Va, TO the resPee-
tive companies TO which they have been as
signed. Alfred n Frost, Twenty fifth infantry,
Company j, Fort Smelling, MINI. Leon s Ran
diez, Fifteenth infantry, Company ID, Fort Penn
bina, Oak III the officers named join their
station within thirty days, over and above the
time necessary to reach them in the ordinary
course, il win be deemed q compliance with
this order The detail OF the following named
officer AZ acting Judge advocate for the depart
ment designated, 10 date from July 5, 1884, IL
announced: Capt John h Myrick, Third ar
tillery, department Of Dakota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
A Little Circus at Home.

oil city Blizzard.-The FOLLOWING
,rno story is going the rounds; There
Is q child in tne oil region two ana one
half years old that is rather quee.,
made by his parents but il bad no I'm. N,
ni;na.ion that way. 1t will raise itseiI
~ is hands and move rapidly across
tbs aoor. and when it has picked up .ne
object il seeks places y betwee ~ hands
and again moves away on ,ss adad =
The c6Ild's mother says she I
c;rcua about three years ago, at WIZ
the atrobatic feats made astrong mprea
ION on her mind. She rememperen
.ant;npaliy dreaming about the men
walking on their hands,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
TO rzzxa own SELF M rrur

ny thine " souls law learn n u,a
ana II men thwart thee take no heed
a,a II men hate thee have no care.
nIss 'nou thy song and DO thy deed.
hnSe : NY hope and pray thy prayer.
nna clam no crownt they will moi give
nor bays thes grudge thee for nv hair
heep thou thy soul-swora steadfast oath.
and 10 thy heart be true thy heart.
uhat my soul teaches learn 10 know
And play out thine appointed part:
ana thor shalt reap as thou s6alt sow
NOT helped nor hindered in Inv growth.
40 my fah stature thou shalt grow.
i1x on the futures goal thy face.
Ahd let thy feet be lured to straw
Nognther, hut be swift 10 run,
And nowhere larry by the way'
ehul az last the end is won.
and lon may 81 look back from thy place
ana ace thy long days journey done.
-Pakenham Beatty, in Spectator
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
working The son.

Flowing and narrowing have long
been the two chief operations in Guilt
walton, and the general idea has been
that we plowed the land 80 it would
harrow easier, and that narrowing was
done to make the soil loose 30 we could
put the seed in, For general purposes
these reasons are sufficient as long as
they insure thoroughness in the work.
But we can easily apply a w~ell-known
principle that will help us understand
the Importance Of the work and aid MS
in some cases to decide what to do and
when to do it. All substances decay
faster when exposed TO air and moisture;
therefore the more the soil is stirred and
pulverized the more plant-food viii be
developed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
An Old Time Game of Draw.
From the Chicago Herald.

From the Chicago Herald.
"De good Lawd bless my soul Why,
ole Massa Smith, what EN- you doin'
way up Norf here? Don't you know
me, old NASSAU" II was the porter
speaking to a southern delegate en- route
for Chicago. The delegate was an ell
derby man, who kept his SLOUGH hat on
his head even in the sleeping car, and
pronounced the word "here" rs if it was
a ~" and two sylables in it. He failed
to recognize the porter, when the lat
ter made himself known. Twenty-Five
years ago they were master and slave,
Their greeting WAS as cordial as that be-
tween brothers. Sight of an old-time
face seemed TO cause the porter's pro-
nunciation to relapse to the style of the
plantation. sDo you remember the
time / went 1oihg with you to the con-
vention at Ahleans, Massa Smith, back
befo' de wah, when 7 was nothin'but a
young buck niggah9 Font you mem
bah dat time? You kin jes' bet / do
right well. You an Massa Jenkins was
rival as'prunts TO a ~nomanashun, and
YOU sot down in your room at de hotel
to talk n crate bout 70 clock in de
mawnin. Massa Jenkins looked a shine
to me an wanted to buy me, but you
wouldn't sell. Fin1y Massa jenkins
made you an oflah of the nomination
fo' me, an you took him up quick.
Don't ye r~eclect il now? Then you give
me the wink, an when You got to play
in pokah fo' beg stakes, | pass the bot
tie, an while he was drinkin' handed
you TO duces out o. thah deck Dont
you membah it now? You held de 10
duces till a jackpot come round, When
yo' give Massa Jenkins o pot full, an he
put me in de pot an You scooped me
back. S~artinly you reckleck now; bui
this niggah lows you won't play no pc
kah TO de nomination ap't Chicago, Will
a chilled boy in de rot, hey, Masss
SMITH"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

'"There is nothing in the reports this year
that has not been known a long timc,N se-
marked Gen Newton, chief of engineers, when
questioned about tho reports Of coast defenso.
''Tlley show tho utter defenseless condition Of
our coast snd the impossibility Of repulsing an
attack by the navy OF any second on third
European power. Tn defenses Of Washing
ton form the most striking example though
national capital, The capitol building, and that
important institution called the treasury, pro
tected by two dismantled, d~ecaying and spper.
animated forts that are utterly useless. 1t il
certainly to DO hoped that congresss viii
realize the necessity for improving this state
Of affairs. II seems particularly urgent that
Washington Should be prperly protected
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

'.HeIlol" we heard one man say 10 another
the other day. Il didn't know you at frSi,
why you lock ten years younger than You did
whom I saw you last ~ feelt ten years young
er, " was the reply. sYou know / used TO be
under the weather sl the time and gave up OK.
pecting 10 be any better. The doctor said
had consumption. ] was terribly weak, had
n~ight-sweats, cough, no appetite, and lost flesh.
I saw DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
advertised, and thought it would do no harm
II il did no good Ii has cured me. ! am q
new man because | am Q we'll one
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

I have used the Pspilion Skin Cure for my nj
cefated sore les. IL has entirely healed and is
free from pain Ihaye recommended ii 10 sew
eral persons here, and they are trying ID ! win
take great pleasure IN RECOMMENDING Il for can
safeiy DO so suffered with my log four years,
and tried a great number OF remedies that gave
me no relief. Your medicine cured me. Icleer-
just TO suit yourself.
Thanking you for such a medicine, / am,
MRs. NJ LAIsgy
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

Tn voLrAfc BELr Co, Of Marshall, Mich
offer 10 send their celebrated ELECTRO VoLTAIc
Bar and otlerE LEcrRIc APPLIANCES on trial
for thirty days, 10 men young or old AFFECTED
with nervous debility, loss Of vitality End All
kindred tronbles. Also for rheumatism, neu-
ralgia, paralysis, apa MANY other diseases.
Complete restoration 81 health, vigor and man
hood guaranteed. No risk is incurrod as thirty
days trial il allowed Write them Of enee for
illustrated pamphlet free.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

Hunts kidney and Iiyerl Remedy lie no "hit
or miss compound or old woman's mixture.
1t liz prepared by a scientific pharmacist, with
a full knowledge OF the powers and virtues OF
each ingredient in the class Of disease. which
it cures. IL is purely Vegetable aud IAN not
harm the youngest child or tho most feeble
invalid.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
s.No Physio. Sir. AM MineIr

A good story comes from a boys boarding
school in Jersey" The diet was monotonous
and eonstipating, and the learned Principal de-
cided 10 introduce some old-style physis in the
appi0-sauee, and await the happy results. One
bright lad, the smartest in school, discovered
the secret mine in his sauce, and pushing back
his plate, shouted TO the p~edSgogue, mo ply
sic, sir, In mine, My dad told me 10 use nothin'
but DR.. IPierco's Pleasant Purgative Pellets
and they are doing their duty like a charm!'
They are amt: bilious, and parely vegetable.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
a,us Grass breeders.

Mr.. n. S. Withers Of Fairlawn Stock Farm,
Lexington, KY, writos; Il have such confidence
In ST Jacobs Oh, the great pain-cure, thatI use
IL on everything; myself, my horses. my ne
groes. Everybody and every horse, for all
kinds Of aches and pains, believe in It's soyer-
eighty AZ a cure"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

It's no socres nostrum. We speak of Or.
Pierce's Extract OF smart Weed, composed OF
best French Brandy, Smart Weed, Jamaica
Ginger and Camphor Water II cures cholera
mofbps, collie or cramps in stomach, diarrh9s,
dysentexy or bloody -fnx, and breaks up colds,
fevers and infammatory attacks
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

II il understood that Secretary lincoln has
decided upon the promotion OF The survivors Of
the Greedy party Steward Biederdech AID
Private Carrcl will be made sergeants, and
Sergeants Brainard, Frederick and Long second
lieutenants. Lieut. Greely, II "a understood,
except through the ordinary course. This ac-
ton on his part IL highly appreciated by those
ofjcers whose promotion would have boen de-
ferred two or three years had he accepted the
Office He win be ordered 70 Washington
about November, and be occupied ayesr or &c
with his report
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

An Invaluable Remedy. None except those
Ehu have suffered all the horrors OF Dyspepsia,
can fully appreciate the value and efficacy OF
Perry Davis Pain Killer 8 sovereign remedy
for this distressing disease IN ail its forms is
used internally and externally, test its virtues.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

The only genuine German Hop Bitters and
White Wine Of Tar Syrup are Dr. @ d. War
ner's, whose name appears ON overy bottle,
label and wrapper Of the genuine
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

M6ssFnsn's Peptoniged Becf Tonic, the eniy
preparation et beef containing its eaffre nutritious
properties. II contains blood making, ipge Genera
ting and lite-sastaiaiag pt0pert4sss Invaluable for
Indtg~stion, Dyspepsia, nervous bsostrHton. and
prostrstion, ovsrwork, or acute disease, particularly
II resulting from pulmonary complaints CAswELL
Druggists,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
olaer tbau 6 : wiiliam.

DR.. Warmers German Hop Bitters, tine great
German Remedy. None genuine that do not
bear DIR. O. II. Warmers name on bottle and
lahal
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
oorington. K.


What Is the difference between 4 persons
nose and Carbolins the Great Petroleum Hair
Remover. Ans.-one Is tho center Of sheh head
and the other II q head -scenter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

have known and watched tho use OF swift's
specific fES 81 for over fifty years, and never
have known or heard OF It's failure 10 cure any
csse o. Blood Poison when promptly taken
III IL UENNARp. Perry. Ga
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

Ihaye boon using swifts Specific q. s. So
aud find IL 10 be tie beet remedy OF the XIX !
have ever been able to got, and ] have tried
them all JoHs FISCHER, 3D. u, \ Cavalry,