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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
a swedish oodiva

The I'd Of February in Sweden is con
sidered the midwintor day. In the era
ct ~pasar ism il was q great festival in
honor Of the heroine Goa or Cola, del
fed under ths name of Disa, 10 whom
the whole month was consecrated be-
sides. The legend of Goa is very curl
ous. II states that at on time when tho
country was visited by a trightful fam.
inc, the national assembly decided that,
in order to alleviate the general distress,
IL would be necessary to put to death
q part OF the population, especially the
old and infirm. Goa alone dared topro-
test loudly, and claimed to able to pro-
pose a means OF remedying the dearth,
which would prove more eflicacious as
well as more humane. The King or
dered the execution of the decree to be
postponed but in the interim, desiring
to test the sagscity Of the young girl,
and to confound her audacity, he sent
her word he would duly receive her on
condition hat she would come TO his
dwelling neither on foot nor on horse
back, nor in a vehicle, neither dressed
nor undressed, neither in the course of
. year nor during any particular month,
neither by day nor by night, Goa SOW
ed the enigma. She came to the Kings
house on a sledge drawn 10y agoat, hold
ing on to the side of the sledge, with one
leg resting Oh the pole of the sledge, the
other on the goat. She wore q fishing
net only in lieG of garments, and she
came exactly at the epoch Of the soils
tice, when the month is still undetermin-
ed, at the time Of a full moon, but while
it was yet twilight. Being permitted to
speak, she advised that the old and in
firm, in heu of being e~xterminated,
should be merely sent to the still un-
peopled parts of the country, where
they would be able to obtain the means
of existence without being any burden
to the community. The King liked the
advice, and as the adviser had charmed
him by her beauty and her wit, he took
her for his wife.-Figaro.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
Love Apples" and Long Life,

Fifty years ago tomatoes were sold
under the nam of "love apples" as a
vegetable curiosity. They were used
for ornamenting mantlepieces, and oc-
casionally one was given to a child to
play with, on condition that he would
not bite into it, as it was thought to he
poisonous. The first person in New
port to eat the tomato was an Indian
painter, named Corne.
There" he used to say to those who
expressed their surprise at his eating
the suspected vegetable, ais hat potatol
He grow in de dark, or in de d.mp cell
lar, with his pale, lank roots. He has
no flavor; he live under ground. But
de tomato, he grow in de sunshine; he
de fine rosy color aud exquisite
flavor: he is wholesome: and when no
is put in de soup you relish him, and
leave nothing in de plate"
The author of "reminiscences of New
port" has preserved several anecdotes
of this Indian, who introduced the to-
mato to Newport tables. One of them
illustrates the fact that "life tables" are
based OIL the average duration of life.
and hat some persons, like Sir Moses
Montefiore, apparently set the ordinary
laws of longevity at defiance.
In his seyenty-third year Corne was
persuaded to buy an annuity. The
Massachusetts, Hospital Life Insurance
Company, on his payment of one thous.
and five hundred and seventy dollars,
agreed to pay him one hundred dollars
every six months during life. The old
man lived fifteen years to enjoy bis an.
nuity. He received in oil three thous-
and dollars, much TO the surprise and
loss of the company. As the cashier
was called upon year after year, to make
payments to this persistent an~nuitant,
it seemed as if the company bad caught
q Methuselah.
With a laugh that almost choked him,
the old Indian used to say, as he receiv-
ed his mi-annual check
"De Precedent he say he very glad
Iso well, but / know he lie all de time.
He no know how much macarcni, how
much oil how much tomato i eat. Ny
grandfather he die when he one hun
dred, my father when he one hundred
and two, and II live forever Pr
Youths Companion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

Centuries q our ancestors em:grat.
ed from India IN Enraus. br;nc;ng with
-, neBenus anu ~
~ traveller sees and hears hen to
day in Indian villages. New Years
Day il observed Inv Furonaara and
Amor;oane -, 49,. - 80 -.
~
'u'g accounts Inc custom is the sur
vival OF an ancient Indian practice.
All over India thef rst dav az the vear
il ho,L . hoI;a.r ...u,nu
ny
Nueonah's ieast sheir customers close
old accounts, n open new books.
DAY of New Books is OF the
nsmas NV wb;ob ,ba ,,s.;,oI !. oo,loa
49,.
.ne ohrissiah Union
mus aescrioes .he custom;
,nougn, proper 'hat oid nc.
sonnls shouId DE closed, OF ~ least
.aialceo, ana new ones begun py Gus.
soine.s WIN .neir lrauers On 'he nrst
10Y Va aug year
Ill. ~ au oIo arc ianui-
a. soiBeousiy Iecoraeeu nish
iS, oauopies anu Iahgings, Inc
s"~sh p0u' "no in"oo''ies are no" anu
ri. -
ane eish scales ano osner aPPur,,
oss "a snopAeep,hg are Foiisnea
nu u.isueenee. Anu : article y
IT, az mts s cerellpnles'
nn cue s'enine e,e places are illuml-
naseu, anu az re8ular ana known Gus
.oniers nave Deen invited 70 ENJOY ieast-
ms aau music 81 tue 'raaeFnehs eA'
pense.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
sCISTILLATIoNs OF SCIENCE.
Curiosities and Discoveries in the World o
Progress.

Prof. FL. Munk, q worker OF SOM
eminence in agricultural chemistry
saws that moderate muscular exercis'
increases the yield of milk, but tina
violent motion hindsrs the process o
milk secretion. Dairy farmers may
turn this remark to profit.
The hrst smelling works in Aus
tralia have commenced operations In
the newly discovered silver region OF
MitchelIs creek, near Bathurst. The
scene OF operation Is called Sunny
Corner, and the district is believed 10
be as rich in argentiferous ore as is
that OF the Barrier Ranges, Other
smelling works have been begun, and
the whole are under the directioG oil
miners who have had considerable ex-
perience in America.
Two important filters are described
In the Journal de Pharnaacis et Chen1te.
The Cumberland filter consists Of q
porous cylinder OF ground porcelain
burned TO such a heat that 1t is capa-
BILE OF transmitting liquids, but not
solids. 1t Is used in Pasteur's labora.
tory for separating microbia from their
culture liquids. Pasteur has found
that on fltering with il the mes. i'm.
pure waters the germs of the microbia
can not pass through it. In the
Maigren filter the acting medium is a
mixture of powdered hydrate Of lime
and Of boneblack. This apparatus il
said to be capable Of removing not
merely suspended but dissolved i'm
purieties.
A memoir by M. +. +. lie Roux on
an experimental demonstration of the
inversion of the e~lectromotor force
produced by the contact of iron and
copper at a high temperature, has
been submitted to the Academy OF
Sciences, Paris. From the results OF
several experiments, conducted under
varying conditions. NJ. lie Roux con.
cludes that at about the temperature
of 1000 deg. Centrigrade an electric
current passing from the copper to
the iron heats the point OF contact,
while cooling It at the ordinary tenn.
perature. A knowledge Of this fact,
now for the first time demonstrated.
NAV. IL has been anticipated. affect
not only the theory OF thermo-eleetric.
ity, but also that Of certain chemical
phenomena.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
Imperial Ceremonies in Russia.

Mr.. George Augustus Sala, one of the
est-known Of English Journalists, has
been lecturing this winter in our
American cities. We copy from an ex-
change a passage Of the pleasant gossip
with which he entertained his hearers,
relating to two visits made by him TO
the Russian capitals: In 1857 he went
to st. Petersburg. where preparations
for the coronation at Moscow of
Alexander III. we're in progress, q part
Of them being the daily drilling Of one
hundred and twenty thousand troops of
nearly every nation and tribe under
Russian sway.
In 1881 he was again in the Russian
metropolis at the funeral of Alexander
IL, his instructions to attend, he said,
being worded thus: VIII you be so
good as to write a leading article on the
price Of ashland go tosSt. Petersburg
by the night express.
II don't think, he went on, Il ever
saw a face more expressive of horror
and terror and uneasy dread of that
Which, WINS " SOIlS bhAhu WIS DICSbhtCu
dy the new Emperor. Even while they
were going through the stately mum
meries of investing him with the Order
Of the Garter it presented to my mind
the aspect Of a condemned criminal up
on whom they were putting letters"
But there is a brighter side TO this pic
ture-the coronation at Moscow in 1883.
Mr.. Sala stated hat as he was obliged
in order to attend to appear in uniform,
he donned that costume in which he
would have been presented at the En-
glish court, had he sought that honor;
he was given a very humble position.
But his private secretary, who held
q civic Office in London, and beside
whose costume that of Solomon in all
his glory was small potatoes" was
placed between the Khan of Khiva and
the Emir of Bokhara, and was permit
ted to leave the cathedral at his pleas.
ure. Thus Mr.. Sala was able to get
the start by two hours of his competi-
tors, and send to the London Telegraph
a telegram of seven and one-han col.
umns. .-
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Personal Paragraphs

"A iudicious wife," says John Rus
kin, lis always nipping off from her
husbands moral nature little twigs that
are growing in wrong directions. She
keeps him in shape by continual prun-
ing."
Ex-G Governor English, of New Hav-
en-, Ct, is 70 years old and worth 81
600, 000. He says that the outlook for
trade and business is good. Most any
outlook to a man worth seven millions
ought to he good.
Rev. Chauncey b. Brewster Of Christ
Church, Detroit, Mich, has been called
TO Epiphany Church, Washington, to
take the place made vacant by the cleo
ton of the present rector. Rev. DIR. Pa
ret, to be bishop of the diocese of Mary
land. Mr.. Brewster was graduated at
Yale, with high honors, in 1868.
Captain E.. ID Ellsworth, father Of
Colonel Elmer f. Ellsworth, who was
shot in Alex andria, while tearing down
a rebel flag at the beginning of the war,
still maintains in a pasture in Mechan-
i~csv;lle the horse that belonged TO his
sen, which is now 80 years old.
A Philadelphia once said: "The
difference between q gentleman and a
salesman is that the former never tells
you the cost Of anything when he speaks
of its quality, its beauty or its rarity,
but the salesman v omits telling
you the cost"
The $50, 900 awarded to the plaintiff
in the Fortescue- Garmoyle breach-of.
promise suit IT, probably-the Law
Journal of London says-the largest
amount Of damages in such an action
ever recorded in England. The near
est approach to il is a verdict Of 81, 500,
Gven in 1895 to a solicitors daughter,
who had been Tilted by q rich lawyer.
In earlier times it was more common
for Tilted men than women TO bring such
suits; and in the reign of William and
Mary a man obtained 81 900 damages
Tor the loss of a fiance whose fortune
was $50, 600,
Judge Wallace, Of the United States
Court, at New York, in the great suit
If the rival telephone companys which
involves about 800, 200, 900, decided in
iavor OF the American Bell Company.
The decision grants perpetual injuc-
tion restraining the Peoples Telephone
company from using or disposing Of
the telephones which conflict with the
Bells patent. The case viii DO APP
pealed,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
rr..,d.n, nriteas,l,. successor.

II is reported in Milwaukee concerning the
Chicago, Milwaukee Il St Paul that il il
generally Understood Mr.. Roswell Miller viii
be appointed general manager, and his assist
ant will be Mr.. Ben Lennox. While there is to
be no radical change in the policy OF this road.
there are 10 be one or two new Offices created,
which will transfer old titles and create new
ones. 1t is said that Alexander Mitchell will
resign the presidency next June. 1t has been
learned that John W. Cary, general solicitor,
will be selected by the directors to succeed Mr..
Mitchell. Following this move, the officers OF
the road are to be known aud named in tho
following manner President, John W. Cary;
the offices of the two vice presidents will be
filed by eastern stockholders; general mana
ger, Roswell Miller; superintendent, ] 7.
Clark; assistant general manager, Ben Len
nox; A.. O. Bird, superintendent freight traffic;
A v. II. Carpenter, superintendent passenger
traffic; ID. W. Reyes, general passenger agent;
q. II. Heafford, general passenger and ticket
A. +. Merrill, assistant general passen-
ger agent Mr.. .. 3 Wegg will naturally fall
in as general solicitor of the road Mr.. N Coll
viii sit In Mr.. Reyes chair. There viii be no
change in the division superintendents. Mr.. p.
NJ Myers win remain secretary, with his Office
in Milwaukee, and J. NJ Mckinley, assistant
secretary, viii reside in New York Mr.. Clark
will relieve his superior officer OF everything
pertaining to the active operation Of the load,
and Mr.. Miller will devote his whole time and
attention to consultation with tue various heads,
II is stated Mr.. Mitchell will travel extensively
throughout Europe after resigning.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
Recently the Philadelphia

Recently the Philadelphia police
found in q dime museum o miserable
creature displayed as "a wild cannibal
from Central africa" Mindful Of the
reputation of Mr.. Stanley's new empire
aud Of the demands OF humanity, they
ordered that the wild man, who was
chained to the floor and bedded on straw,
should be released. The majesty of the
law prevailed. The victim was taken
into court, when lol he removed his
beard and wig and revealed himself a
well fed, we'll paid and extremely lazy
negro, who was indignant at having his
source Of income stopped. Justice
decided that there vas nothing to be
done, and the wild" man resumed his
chains.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
w Txler lnadtna ~nnunsel tnr ~. H,l

q. W. Tyler, leading counsel for Mrs. HiIl
Sharon IN che Hill Sharon diverse case; Max
Gumpel, hand writing expert; Z. c. Csshman
and J. r. Mclaughlin have been indioied by
the state grand jury for obtaining $4,000 from
Senator SlIArun's counsel, for tbs spurious doe
ument. known as the Tyler Gumple contract
Mclaughlin absconded with the money. The
thres others have surrendered and been releas-
ed ON hail
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

Private intelligence was sent from Washing
ton 10 Garmesr, Mont, that the bill 10 restore
the northwestern corner Of the National Park
10 the public domain had become a Law, and In
a few hours q night stampede was organized,
and all the valuable coal and mineral lands In
that cart Of the park were covered with loca-
ton notices.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

During the war, DIR. Lloyd, Of Ohio, frt
posture contracted consumption. He sa.
have no hesitation in saying that IL was !
use OF Aliens Lung Balsam that ! am nov
and enjoying perfect health" Don't c
ment with new and untried medicines
have a cough or cold, take at once Allen
Balsam
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
the sexton said.

MI. Lewis Edwards, Sexton Of Mt Vernon
Place Church, Washington, 4. c., ~certiies that
for several months past he had been suffering
with q severe cough which distressed him day
and night He was very much debilitated,
with constant pains IN his chest After trying
various remedies he used the Red Star Cough
Cure, which gave him entire relief.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

The secretary Of the treasury, In response
to . resolution adopted by the house, trans
mitted 10 the house = statement Of expenses in
Cured in the appointment Of special deputy
marshals, supervisors Of election and chief
supervisors The statement shows hat dur
ing 1876. 1880, 1851 and 1854 the expenses for
special deputies were s65i, $50, supervisors
ss2s,s "a and chief supervisors 1854, 7b2; total,
81. g13. 9f6.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

ONE IN THREE says the lste DIR. Glen.
show symptoms Of Heart Disease. WI
use DIR GRAVES HEART REGULATt
has cured thousands, why not you? ST.
bottle, Free pamphlet OF f. Il Ingalls,,
bridge, Mass.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

Positively Popular; Provoke Pralse;
Priceless; Peculiarly Prompt; Prscc
Potent; Producing Permanent Profit
Guiding Pimples sad Pustules; PromOti
rity and Peace. Purchase. Price, Iett-
macists Patronizing Pierce Procure Plel
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

sFFAstuos Is QUEEN. Fast, brillian
fashionable are the Diamond Dye colors.
package coiors / 70 4 lbs. Of goods, Toe &
color. Get at druggist Wells, Richard
Co, Burlington, VT
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
Lieutenant Lucien Young, who is il

command OF the United States steamer
Shenandoah. now at Coquimbo, Chill,
writes TO friends in Lexington, KY,
that he has cleared more than a million
dollars from investments in silver mines
and q railroad in that country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
mold countsrs.ts.

ABold Counterfeit or Imitation Of DR.. O D.
wARNEK's WglTH WINE on Tan SYRuP and
GERMAN HoP TrrrERs is being sold In the
Northwest Beware of fhe dangerous INIT
tons, The worthless stun il sold TO Drug %
81 s2,50 psr dozen, or about 20 cts per bottle,
and they charge you 20 cts. This USsnine
WmrE WINE 81 Tar SYRUP and GERMAN dop
BTIgERs bears the mare OF he WEPSKR
s-f-hH- klia
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

The viii OF & s Merrill was filed for pro-
bate at Milwaukee, Itis thought the estate 10
worth s2,ooo,0oQ
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

Patti has a suit OF sable which cost
100000 francs.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

The New Orleans fight between Salliy.
Ryan is said TO have been arranged.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
River Falls, Wis, had a sl5,0 900 fire.

Use the great speeiA for "eold in hea,
catarrh-Dr. Sago's Catarrh Remedy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

TotntroInee Happy TSssF0IF new l6 page Wrstafoo
Na0ayne. wswil send free tohpt gsdY HenctHE = cents
in sfangre ~ , months subecriNrtpa gw7 LAp5lf F1hh
SIZE WATERPROOF GOssAgER aAHtsFkae Wlla cbthr
tsxas ed ather Rubber Goah, Iruyidaf tNt wn5 snoS
kiens 70 thqir friends and Ind luce fhbcreaie& Alnhess
PUBs. HAPPH DAYS. HAklfONn NONN.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
pisro.'s "pleasan, purrativ. Pei

Bray Bros, San Francisco grain -
closed their doors on half a mtllisn Of d
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

And then q formed the Iaseles,
@What is woman's %orthYs asked q ~
sci ofa crusty old bachelor. He did nc
so she said. W. o. man double you
But a moman feels worth littls IL disc
invaded her system and is daily sspp
strength For all female Weaknesses,
v. Pierce's ~Fayorite Prescription"
unrivaled II cures the compl al
builds up the system. Send tw,
stamps for pamphlet to Worlds
sary Medical association, Buffalo, n. Y
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
Farmers and stOeSmsH.

Tho only remedy that readily cures Calls, Cats anu
Wounds on horscs and cattle, and always brings tho
hair tNthAprigiHal color, Is Veterinary Uarboisalye, In
50 cents and Rl.O0 rans ri Druggists OF by mail.
J. W. Cole 4 Co, Props, Black Myw Falls Wis
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Ca-d4, n.sne IN rev l,fs, sa Elegant a. page
Gilt bound FIsral Autograph Aibum with
qaotations, ~ page Illustrated Premium and
Price LAst and Agents Canvassing OUTFIT. all
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HOW TO RUILD a house.
lGSSiMER GlRMEITS FREFi

A book coitgining plans for 80 houses, o. ~ sizes, from
. roonstns sent ttrt uaid on receipt Of &c. by Geo.
w. Ogilvie, 2soIAake st<. Chicago, III.
National Republican., 1885-07-03
OWEN KELLER APPOINTED.
Secretary Manning Overrules Appoint
mcnt Clerk Higgins AMI Auditor
ChenOwith.

Secretary Manning Oyerrulcs Appoint
mcnt Clerk Higgins ami Auditor
Chenowith.
Owen Keller, the gentleman whose trou-
bic in getting position after having passed
civil service examination was described
in THE REPUBLICAN of yesterday, was re-
stored yesterday by order OF Secretary
Manning to 81 200 position in the treasury.
II Is understood that an interview took
place between the Secretary and Gen. Chen
owith yesterday morning, during which, it
is said, the former took occasion to state
with considerable emphasis his determine
ton to uphold the civil service law The
following letter was sent soon after:
Treasury DEPARTMENT, OFFICE or THE SEC
RErARY, WAsHIN GToN, d. C., July 9 1885,
Hon. DoRMAN u. EATON, United States Civil
Service Commissioners. | was not until last
night fully informed of the circumstances con-
nected with the Keller affair. If you have Mr.
kcllers address will you kindly advise him to
report to me this ling for duty. | intend
that this department sh all strictly observe the
law. Respectfully yours,
Mr.. Keller, who sat in Commissioner
Eaton's Office when the Secretary's letter
was received, went at once to the Treasury
Department and was Immediately appointed
and set at work
"When Mr.. Keller saw the auditor In re-
lation TO his appointment" said an eye
witness to the interview, "he was told by
him that politics had nothing whatever to
do with his appointment; that charges had
been filed against him of such nature
that he could not ignore notice of them;
that If he was appointed, and an investiga-
tion of the charges showed that they were
true, then he was not fit man TO be asso-
ciated among gentlemen; that II he chose
to have the papers in the case sent back to
the commission, and so place him as though
no designation had been made TO the Office of
the first auditor, that would be done.
"NIr, Keller said to the auditor that he
the auditory had treated him with great
fairness and regard, and that he was greatly
obliged to him for it, and so the matter
was left between them. In short, politics
did not enter into the case, so far as the
auditor is concerned, at all. His was
simply a desire to be sure that the service
was to be benefited by an appointment to be
made instead of damaged.n