Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-02-21

Or. l. ii. Washington says That @hsn
uneumouia stacks the steady, square
EdrinKer. one who carries regularly his
sfuk 20 4 0sarf Of whiaky daily, the sses-
r1ens comes exclusively under the do
main Of the undertaken, AS t6s nrss case
sf discovery has yet TO be reported.
Victoria ii Qaeea Of England, William
I. Is Emperor Of Germany. Francis 5o-
mph of Austria Alexander III 10 Gar
Of Russia, AIphcnso XII. 10 King OF
Spain, Hrrnbert I. Of Italy, Oscar IL OF
sweden and Norway. Louis = Of Portu-
xaE. Leopold III. OF Belgium, William III.
Of the Netherlands. George j. O fGreeee;
abdul Hamid il Sultan Of Turkey and
vi. Grevy Prezident Of France. sNrr
EerIand contains twenty-five c2rtonss
over which is one President elected ev-
cry year. We do not find Ens naAsse OF
present incumbent.
The Journal ofScience says: There
are e. least tventy-seven pauper lunatIc
asylums In England in which the use OF
beer as an article Vi dies has been dis
continued. In no instance does it APP
pear that this apparently important
change has led to Inconvenience oF0ther
Unsatisfactory results. On the contrary,
many of the superintendents IN whose
asyIrms the modification has been made,
and through them many Of the patients,
testify cordially TO the benefits arising
from the change. The question - not
one of t~eet0tatisrn. or ever primarily OF
q financial order, had bat one Of pure
expedIency and good management.
In early times View England was ter
nbIy plagued with phantom ships and
such things. A vessel, all sails sci, was
seen OF New Haven by the people OF
that place. Yet careful examination
showed that there was and could have
been no vessel near the lOcslity where
If appeared. The circumstance made a
profound impV~ssions the deeper be-
cause no a could tell just what 1t
meant, and everyone was sure that some
thing astounding was coming.
The largest living animal is the ror-
quail whale, 102 feet ia length; the
smallest, the amoeboid forms. Whales
aad elephants i've to the greatest age,
$50 years; May flies the shortest. only q
few hours. The most intelligent Of the
lower animals, ahead ven OF the Aus
tralIan bushmen and others, are the
aims.
One Of the stations OF the weather
service of Great Britain is at Ben NOvis.
A lady aid gentleman recently assembled
the mountain with great diff eu'ty. At
er Tours climbing tney reached the TOP,
but no trace Of the observatory could De
Eeen. Knowing they were at the right
nwNlF khnrr knss4n CklwIkrwn~ nn $500
sEcred by the rising of a nan out Of
mole at their feet, who conducted them
into n snug station completely buried in
the snow.
Tie two highest SHARED Governors of
the States are those Of New York anG
Pennsylvania, who receive ST. 600 q year
each Next come California, Neseda
and Illinois at Sc. 100 each The Govern
Ors Of Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky,
Missouri, New Jersey, Virginia and Wis
cDnsin are paid $5,001 each. Poor, dear
Ohio allows only $4,000. but 90 every
man IN the state IL available for the
gentlemen from Ireland and Germany"
A curious msthod Of sinking SHAFT in
~quicksand and in n situation where
running water proves an obstruction 10
the ordinary method Of procedure has
been invented by Herr Poeisch. The
boreholes are filed with pipes contain
ing q freezing mixture 20 that the wet
grouns II frozen hard and can be dealt
with Ike dry soil.
Rev. r. III. Pullman asks this question
and answers it: What is the secret
charm that holds US to the dramatically
written story for hours, when we tire Of
. sermon in twenty five minutes? IL Is
because there Is q Kinship existing be-
tween the book and ourselves. The
book gets hold ofthe reader right where
he Is"
A lady traveller describes the govern
ment cigar factory At Seville, Spain.
Three thousand workwomen are packed
In q room rs thick as sardines in a box.
many OF them with babies not q month
Did. Dogs lie around, scratching fsas-
on piles Of leaves and stems. But ths
Spanish cigar is delightful afser.meal
cOnsCler, III IL lgn,k 0rSrrsaan