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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23
A crazy-ou,lt show.
From the Boston Traveller.

Atbih wv DOstOh ithFtlicEs
The number Of pieces comprising the
display of the crazy quilt and needle
art work exhibition at horticultural
Hall has thus far mounted up to 10000
and more. Many Of the less important
articles had to be removed from the ex-
hibition recently to make room for
the display Of newer and more valuable
exhibits. Among these new arti-
cles is what may safely be snnounc-
ed as Of the most costly quilts in the
world. 1t is made of the most expen-
sivo material which it was possible to
obtain, saving, only, Jewels of gold,
jewels of silver and precious stones, "
which would not have been appropriate
either, in such an article, while
in design and execution it shows
the greatest variety and elab-
GRAFTON Of embroidery work. The quilt
belongs to Mrs. Davenport, of Maiden,
was several years in process of construc-
ton, and is valued at about So, 900.
Another quilt of elaborate design and
Kensington work belongs 20 Mrs. James
Scott, of Detroit, Wis, and is worth
$1,000. II was brought here from the
New Orleans Exposition, where it at
trscted much attention in the needle
art work display. Another military
quilt, so to speak, was shown, made by
a private soldier in the English Grena-
der Guards, while in barracks at Wind
o Castle, but who is now with his reg
iment in the Soudan. The quilt con-
tains 1,574 pieces of cloth taken from
the uniforms OF officers Of the British
army, and, of course, is of very many
different colors. The center piece Of
the quilt contains the colors of the I'm
ion Jack and the British crown. 1t is
valued at about $500.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23
The sunHower in the Arctic Circle.
From the Interview with Lieutenant Greedy.

From the Interview with Lieutenant Greedy,
"In the most tropical part Of the Arc
tic circle, " said the Lieutenant, grows
a creeping willow. When il is very
large and luxuriant it is two feet long
aud .he stem is as big ronnd as my
thumb. Oscar Wilde would find his
dear and esthetic blossom. the sunflow-
or, there, but in q sHaboed condition.
only a few inches high and shorn OF
much Gifts glory, the rayipg disk dwin-
died aud the number of PETALS diminish
ed, until he would hardly recognize III.
The dandelion and the ~buttercup are
also to be found"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23
Miscellaneous Gleanings.

The value of opium imported as medi-
cine last year was $66l ,044, and for
smoking purposes $40, 124. In 1888,
the value of opium for smoking was
81, 6s4 ,5S9, this large quantity having
been hurried in in the early months Of the
year so.as not to subjects to the increased
duty of s.. The average value of OPT
um used in the United States by the
Chinese or others, in their death-deal-
ing pipes, seems to be at first cost $780,
600 a year. When used to cater to hui
man vice, 81, 500, 900 would be a figure
within the limit.
In the examination at Cleveland, be-
fore United States Commissioner White
of DR.. 7. II. Bingham, of Lyndale, ae.
cused Of passing counterfeit nickels, the
prisoner confessed his guilt, and said
he was forced to do it TO keep his wife
and children from starving. He was too
proud to beg, and presented a most
touching picture of his sick wife and
child asking for food. Bingham said he
could not find enough to do at his prac-
tice to support him. He was held for
trial and his family will be taken care
of by charitable people in Cleveland.
The truth is, says the Salem Gazette,
in spite Of the marvellous progress that
has been made in the gathering up and
prompt serving of news, the business
is very much oYerdone, and we are often
led to doubt whether the mental train
ing of the mass of peoplei is as good as
it was half a century ago, when there
was less matter to read and far more
careful reading and digesting of what
there was. 1t is doubtful if the general
run of people salt down." in their
heads, as comprehensive and genuine a
knowledge of public affairs as they did
then.
At Des Moines the Irish State League
closed. Resolutions we're adopted in
dorsing and resfirming theplatform OF
the National League; also irdorsing
Parnell and his party; approving the
renewal of the study of the Irish Ian.
gusgs; affirming loyalty to republican
institutions; IN favor of an amendment
to the Constitution prohibiting owner
ship of land in fee simple by any but
American citizens. Over 81, 900 was
raised AS q working fund. Council
Bluffs wss selected for tbs next meet
ing, M, V. Cannon; Of Davenport, wal
reelected President.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

Mr.. J. W. Sanborn, Of the Missouri
agricultural college, has, with usual
good common sense, been making some
experiments to demonstrate the value O
good roads and broad tires on road and
farm wagons. lie says that the condi-
ton Of the country road is one of the
surest indications Of the civilization Of
the people. The trials were made with
a carefully tested dynamometer; the
loads drawn were 1865 pounds each,
and thu felloes and tires we're IL inch
and three inches, respectively. The
first test was on Blue Grass sward
somewhat moist, though it had not
rainod for two weeks. The average
draft of the narrow-tired wagon
was 439 pounds, while that of the
wide-tired was 80 ~pounds-a difference
of over Al per cent. in favor of the wide
tire. Assuming the wagons TO weigh
1000 pounds each, the same team could
draw 3,24s pounds on the wide tire as
easily as 2,0G0 pounds on the narrow,
and besides this, the wide tires did not
cut through and iujure the turf as the
others did. In a further test, on a par
TALLY dried dirt road, the broad wheels
showed a draft of 81 pounds to AL for
tie narrow, being l2.7 per cent. in ia
vor of broad tires, so that with the same
wear and tear of team, the broad tired
wagon could carry 331 pounds per ton
load, more than the other. Although
these differences disappear on hard
well-made roads, he concludes that every
farm should have one or more broad
tired wagons. and says the teamsters on
the College farm always prefer such for
use about the farm. We have long
known the value of q broad tire for
farm wagons, and have such a one for
all work on raw ground or meadow
land. 1t costs very little, if any, more,
and oon pays for itself by saving the
taam
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

is possible, for a short time to tho robust, bu
the majority OF refined persons would prefel
immediate death to existence in their rsekinI
atmosphere. How much more revolt ng TO b
in ones self q living sewer. But this is actu
ally the case with those in whom the i~nactiyit,
of the liver drives the refuse matter OF the
pooes, kidneys and bladder. II is astoniAhin,
that life remains in such q dwelling. DIR
Pieree's Sdolden Medical Discovery" restores
normal purity to the system and renews tn
whole being.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23
Twenty-Five Per Cent Stronger Than ANY
Other butter Color.

BURLINGTON, w, May I'd, lSS2.
/ hereby certify that | have examined the
Butter Color prepared by Wells, Richardson a
Co, and that the same is free from Alkali or
any other substance injurious TO health; that |
have compared 1t with ZONE OF tho best Of the
other Butter Colors In the market and find il to
be more than twenty-five per cent stronger in
color than the best OF tbs others.
l am satisfied that IL Is not liable to become
rancid or In any way 10 injure the Butter. I
have examined il after two months free expo
sure TO the air in a place liable TO large changes
OF temperature, and found no trace Of rancid
ty, while other kinds similarly exposed be-
came rancid. A. II. SABIN.
Prof Chemistry, University OF Vermont
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

1t lie not understood why druggists keep In
stock so many kinds Of medicines for coughs,
colds and consumption, when it is only neces-
sary TO keep Aliens Lung Balsam, that old, re-
liable remedy, which is = pure vegetable prep
s~rstion, and perfectly harmless, as II contains
no opium in any form. Sold everywhere.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

We Know that Heart Disease can be cured,
Why's because thousands say they have used
DR.. GRAVES HEART REGULATOR and
know it does the cure -~plympton News. sl,W
per bottle at druggists Frec phamplet OF Il.
T. Ingalls,, Cambridge, Mass.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23
A Popular lac

Many people think that rheumatism csnnot be
cured. 1t 10 caused by 3 bad state Of the blood
which deposits poisonous matter in the joints
and muscles causing lameness, stiffness and
swelling OF the joints and exeruciating pains.
kidney-Wort win certainly effect a cure. II
acts on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, stimu.
lating them TO a healthy action, purifies and
enriohes the blood aud eliminates the poison
from the system. Go 10 the nearest druggist
buy Kidney Wort and be cured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23
her face 50 fair, as flesh it seemed not,

But heavenly portrait of bright angels hue,
Clear az the sky, without a blame or blot,
Through goodly mixture of compilations due
And in her cheeks the vermsil red did show. :
This 10 the poets description OF q woman
whose physical system was in a perfectly
sound and healthy state, with avery function
acting properly. and Is the cnviabls condition
oII.s Is,r patrons produced y Dr; Pierce'f
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

FoRD DYSPEPSIA. Indigestion, Depression az Spir
itsand General Debility, Ia their various forms,
also as a preventive against Fever and Ague, and
other Intermittent Fevers, the dFEHRO- PHoHPBo-
RATED EIIIIR or CALisAYA' made by Caswell,
Hazard & Co, New York, and sold by all Drug
gists, Is the best tonic, and for patients recover.
ing from Fever or other sickness, IL has noequal,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

and employ the radical, new method, guaran-
teed 10 permanently cure the worst cases OF
rupture. Send two letter stamps for refer
ences, pamphlet and terms. Worlds Dispon-
ssry Medical Association, 6S3 Main Street. Buff
falo, N. Y.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

s$Keep this in mind In the Diamond
Dyes more o~olorlng Is given than in any known
dyes, and they give faster and more brilliant
colors, loct at all druggists. Wells, Rich
ardHon & Co, Burlington, Vt Sample Gard,
SO colors, and book of directions for 20 stamp.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

Mr.. e. r, Hoyt, q mechanical engineer at the
Now Orleans Exposition, was severely injured
by a huge derrick pole falling on his foot He
was conveyed 10 his residence and after only
three applications OF ST. Jabob's Oil, all the
.welling and pain disappeared, Andhe resumed
bis duties.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

ner doubts. know one thing, she i
Always very grateful to me for what +
aiu that night. II she new all, per
maps she would be more grateful still
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

The Excelsior knitting mills At Bethlehem
Pa, owned by J I. Sinner, were destroyed by
Ere. Less, 81, 1000; partially insured
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

The governor general OF Canada asks for
$4,000 TO defrsy the cost OF suppressing Riel
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

wM HAsscoM, Oshkosh, Wis, who was for
seven years 80 afflicted with piles that he was
unable 10 attend 70 business, IL entirely cured
by the use Of Coles Csrbolisalve. Price 70
and 30 cents, At Druggists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

Behold the conqueror Of III kidney, liver,
and urinary diseasos-Hunt's Remedy Sure
cure.
Speedy cure 10 all diseases Of the kidneys or
urinary organs by using Hunts Remedy.
What an appetite II gives; how restfnl it
makes my sleep, by using HINTS Remedy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

The prince OF Wales was cheered and the
lord mayor Kissed in Dublin recently.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

FoR THROAT DISEASES AND CoUdHs. Browns
BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs, like all really good
things, are frequently initiated The genuine
vs sold only in boxes
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

Ex-Msyor b. r. PGllen OF Paris, KY, com
mitted suicide recently by taking lsudanum
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

Wooden mills OF ~Bellfontaine, Ohio, owned
ny s y. Miller and Frank J. Scarf, burned
Loss, S95, 900: insured
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

ALIENS Iron Tone BTrTERs CORRECT acid.
~ OF stomach. All genuine bear the sigma
tiure Of J. p. Allen, Druggist, St Paul, MINI.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

Ten stores, being half Of the business por
ton OF Robinson, Kan, were burned recently
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23
THROW Away rrnsrna.

Cullsinger & Co.'S starch factory at Edin-
burg, Ind, burned Loss, sI5,vUOj insurance
$4,000.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

Gen. Lizandro BarriIlas succeeds Barrios a
president of GuatemAlA.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

The house OF commons refused 10 order tho
evacuation Of the soudan by = vote of1aS to 50
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-04-23

The hnest TOMS To-
v people il Hos
letters Stomach Bit
ters, which inaufei
perfect digestion ant
assimilation, and Ia,
active performances O.
their functions by IN,
liver and bowels Al
the SYSTEM acquire
one through the in
tiuenoe o. this henigT
medicine, the nerve
grow stronger anf
moro Tranquil, head
aches cease, and tha.
nametess anxict,
which Is a ~peeuliaritl
ofthe ~dyspcptic, give
way TO c~heeffulness
To establish health oI
So
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-28
SETTLED.

The silver question is practically settled
in advance OF any agitation OF it in con-
gress. The bold attitude of Senator BECK
and the announcement that Senator EvARTs
was to follow in speech in opposition to
the suspension of silver coinage, started a
canvass Of the senate to ascertain how the
measure would fare in that body. 1t has
heretofore been conceded that suspension
bill would readily pass the senate, and the
gold bugs relied on the influence of the adj
ministration to carry the measure
through the Democratic house of rep
resentatives. But the result of a
careful canvass of the senate is
the surprising intelligence that Of the
seventy-six senators forty-five are opposed
| to suspension and thirty-one in favor of it,
making clear majority of fourteen against
it. OF the thirty-four Democratic senators
twenty-six are opposed to suspension, while
to the surprise, and no doubt utter disgust
of the Wall street gold syndicate, nineteen
of the forty-two Republican senators also
oppose it. Sixteen of the Republican sena-
tors who are in revolt come from the West,
the other three being EvARTs of New
York, BLAIR of New Hampshire and
RIDDLEBERGER of Virginia Know
ing very well that the sixteen West
ern senators are backed by their
constituents in their revolt, no effort
will be made to whip them into traces.
But it is different with Senators BLAIR
and EvARTs. The party lash will be ap-
piled to their backs without mercy in order
to whip them back into harness. Mr..
EvARTs is a pretty Independent sort of a
man and has an idea that he is broad
guage statesman, and is not likely to
submit to a bulldozing process. But If
BLAIR, EvARTs and RIDDLEBERGER were
whipped back into the party ranks, it would
not be sufficient to give a majority in favor
of silver suspension. Consequently the
question is practically settled, and business
is to be relieved of any embarrassment be-
cause of protracted wrangle over financial
issues.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-28
THE SWEET BYE AND BYE.

10 VI the
In yesterdays GLOBE you say the author of
1.-THE Sweet Bye and Bye" lives in Illinois and
isl poor. VIII you please give his name and res
idence, also the history of the origin of the
sweet song which has so often proved de-
lightful solace to me. H.
St. Paul, Dec. 81.
DR.. FILLMORE BENNETT is the author
of the song. and he lives at Richmond, Ill.
This favorite hymn was written by DR..
BENNETT at Elkhorn, Wis, in 1868. The
writing of the words was based upon re-
mark made by Mr.. j. p. WEBSTER, who
composed the music. Mr.. WEBSTER was
of an exceedingly nervous and sensitive
nature and subject to periods of terrible
depression. In one of his melancholy moods
he CHANGED to drop in at the house of DR..
BENNETT. when the latter asked him
''What is the matter now?" sob, it is no
matter" replied the respondent man. sit
will be all right bye and bye" The three
last words Immediately conveyed sugges-
ton to DR.. BENNETT, and he says, ''the
idea of the hymn came to me like a flash
of sunlight" Turning to his desk, he
penned the words which have since become
so famous. He says it did not take him
more than twenty minutes to write the
hymn. A friend dropping in at the moment
of its conclusion, read over the lines, and
Immediately uttered the prediction: ''That
hymn is immortal"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-28
PRACTICAL sTATEsMANsHp.

President CLEVELAND seems to be a man
who profits by experience. He is also learn
ing that theory cannot always be reduced to
practice When the president undertook
the work of investigating the character and
capacity of every applicant for office he had
no cone option of the magnitude of the task.
Theoretically the president was right in
that particular. He is responsible to the
people for the character of his appoint
ments. and it naturally occurred to him that
he ought to make it a personal duty to In
vesti&ate each applicants fitness for the
office he sought to fill. But however
good in theory, as practical prop
oSition 1t was an abSurdity. A few
months experience has demonstrated to
Mr.. CLEVELAND that it is utter impossi-
bility to find time enough to devote to this
work, and if he ever had the time there are
more important matters of national concern
demanding his attention. Consequently he
has made complete change of front, and
it is sem-officially announced that he will
pay no attention hereafter to the applica-
ton of office-seekers. His policy is now to
hold senators and congressman strictly re-
sponSible for the recommendations they
make This determination to shift the re-
sponsibilty to the shoulders of the SEN
ators themselves has had a staggering
effect upon those gentlemen. They
had just settled themselves down to the
comfortable position of indorsing the appli-
cation of every individual who came to
them, and thus transferring the matter to
the president, who was expected to perform
the work of investigating the applicants
character and fitness. Under the changed
policy of the administration the members of
congress will now have to do this part of
the work themselves. The effect of it will
be to relieve the administration of
the trouble and embarrassment of
looking after the nominations after
they have been sent to the SEN
ate. Now the senator who makes the
recommendation will first be put to the
trouble of canvassing among his fellow
senators to ascertain whether or not the APP
pointment will be confirmed when it comes
before the senate. The president is to be
congratulated that he is at last catching on
to some of the methods of practical politics.
Theoretical craftsmanship is all right in the
class room of political economy in the aver
age college or university, but when it comes
to an efficient administration of a great
government practical methods will have to
common sense that he quickly detects the
difference between the theoretical and the
practical.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-28
Murder and suicide.

KANSAS CITY, No., Dec. 27.-Christmas
night. at Little Blue, Mo-, Frank Vaughan
was married to Eliza Swope. Immediately
after the ceremony, while Vaughan and his
wife were standing at window, they were
fired at from the outside, the ball grazing
Vaughan's head. 1t was thought the shot
was fired by Abraham Nave, cousin of the
bride, who had threatened that if she did
not marry him he would shoot the man she
should marry. Last night Nave visited the
Vaughans at Argentine. Kan, and said the
reports of the Christmas affair worried his
mother, and asked that Vaughan and wife
accompany him to his home and deny that
they suspected him. This morning they
started. When half the journey was COM
pleted, Nave rode up to the buggy and shot
Vaughan dead. He then rode home, and
upon the appearance of the officers killed
himself by shooting.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-28
A Lynching Brewing.

KINGS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 26.-Christmas
was celebrated here by double killing,
which threatens to result in lynching.
Thursday night two brothers named Hayter
arrived in town, and became so bOisterous
that the marshal. F. NJ. Miller, attempted
to arrest them. They resisted. and jump
ing on their horses, drew their revolvers
and rode up and down the main street,
firing at whatever object attracted their at
tentiOn. When their guns were unloaded
the marshal opened fire and killed one of
them instantly, dropping the other from his
horse by bullet through the body. The
entire populace of the town soon gathered
where the men had fallen, and as the Hay
tiers had many friends, the action of the
marshal was condemned. Relatives of the
Hayters arrived from the country yesterday
in such strong numbers that the marshal
was locked up for safe keeping. tits feared
that an attempt will be made to lynch him.
and great excitement prevails.