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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29
How To Feed Poultry,

In an article on this subject, the
gardeners Magazines says: 1t is a very
easy matter to incur a serious loss an
hlaily where a good number of fowls
are Kept, by injudicious feeding. All
KINDS should have a sufficiency of food
without being overfed. II the birds
are Kept in n state OF semi-starvation
tnt mems lay but few eggs, and those
Intended for killing become so atten-
uaoed that a very considerably outlay
Y necessary before they can be brought
ull9 proper condition for the table,
anq when there they lack tenderness
ana delicacy. TO feed too literally is
Nasteiui, and in the case OF law
le hens decidedly Objectionable; for
! men, when it becomes very fat.
EASES TO lay freely, and is sub.
Nt to various ailments, and an over
su cock becomes lazy and subject to
eath rom apoplexy. Full-grown
EgNlS should have just rs mach as
ney Will readily eat and no more.
|Dafley, either whole or in the ground
Is fairly economical, used either
uoiie or IN combination with other
Eood. Oats and oatmeal are of %.
eaal value for fattening for the Ia
indian corn or maize is perhaps.
pne II the most economical foods for
poultry, and has the advantage that.
pN1ls to the size of the corn, sparrows
III unable TO rob the fowls. Pieces of
saa ana Vegetables of all kinds may
Hoillhed and scraps OF meat chop.
n U rather small are OF great value
nsulns lowis shut up in the small
- Wiere they are unable to obtain
Corhis and insects. Potatoes we'll
poseu and mixed with sufficient
pollard or bran, when scalded
i2rih q rather stiff paste, are
tstiul for helping ont the corn. As a
I'm, ioHls Kept in inclosed yards
r O"tu nave three meals n day; the
10 consist OF soft food, prepared
Ine admlxture OF boiled potatoes.
IIneil scraps, bran or pollard, and
na"y or oat meal; and for the other
meals corn of some kind is pref-
Eao'e The soft food WI. be all the
- II u Is mixed over night and
eu IN an oven, so that il may be
~" IN h morning. The prepare
VI soft food is undoubtedly
,V,uoiesome, and those who have but
w Time should feed entirely with
(sshh corn. A constant supply OF
al, eiean water - essential, and a
I,oS erate quantity Of green food.
Eoao ~ eauliilower, cabbage lettuce,
o.toii leaves and turnip tops should
.ntown into the yard daily, other
bn.uu VIII be difficult TO keep the oc.
fon's IN a thoroughly healthy con
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

Wash with a soft sponge dipped in
warm soapsuds. Dry carefully with a
doth, and Thea zpssesfe With fine
powdered aExaitaiast isa
piece OF muslin, and polish with a
leather. Large mirrors may bedonein
the same way. TO give even a better
polish before applying the chalk, dip
The sponge in clean water and squeeze
it out, and then dip it into spirits of
wine and rub over theglass. Only take
care that the sponge does not touch
the frames, if unvarnished; but ii var
nished they may be cleaned with the
spirits Of wine as well as the glass Ii
white spots appear on vanished
furniture a shovel of hot Goals held at
some little distance over the part will
take them out. Care, of eourse, must
De taken not TO scorch them or to in
lure the surface of the wood. China or
class vessels are best cleaned with the
hnest fuller's earth. II they have any
close smell powdered charcoal will re-
move It. II washing with it does not
succeed, leave the article with the char
coal IN it for n few days.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29
Ounces of Prevention,
ON the Fireman's Herald.

Ounces of Prevention.
From the Fireman's Herald.
/. Always buy the best quality OF
oil.
2. Never make a sudden motion with
a lamp, either in lifting tor setting it
down.
3. Never put a lamp on the edge OF
a table or mantel.
4. Never fill a lamp afterdark, even
If you should have to go without a
light.
.. See that the lamp wicks are al.
ways clean and that they work freely in
the tube.
8. Never blow a lamp out from the
top.
Z. Never take a lamp to a closet
where there are clothes. Unnecessary to
go to the closet, place the light at a
distance.
&. Use candles when possible in GO.
ing about the house and in bed rooms.
They are cheaper and cant explode,
and for many purposes are Just asgood
as lamps.
o. Marches should always be kept
in stone or earthen rarS or i'll tin.
10. They should never beiefS %isners
rats or mice a get hold OF them.
There is nothing more to the taste OF
a rat than PHOSPHORUS. They will
eat it ii they can get at it. A bunch OF
matches is almost certain to be set
fire to ii a rat gets at it.
IL. Have perfectly good safes in
every place where matches are to be
used and never let a match be left on
the floor,
-. Never let a match 60 out OF
your hand after lighting it until you
are sure the fire is out, and then it is
better to put it in a stove or earthen
dish.
10, 1t isfar better to use the safety
matches, which can only be lighted up
on the box which contains them.
IA. Have your furnaces examined
carefully in the fall and at least once
during the winter by a competent per-
son. All the pipes and fues should be
carefully looked to.
! Is. II there are any closets in the
, house near chimneys or iues, which
there ought not to be, put nothing OF
! a combustible nature into them. Such
closets will soil silver and crack crock
cry and burn bedding. They form a
bad part OF any house that contains
them.
16. Never leave any wood near a
furnace, range or stoveto dry.
Il. Have your stove looked to fire.
quently, to see that there are no holes
for coal to drop out.
Is. Never put any hot ashes or
Goals in n wooden receptacle.
10. Be sure that there are no cur
tains or shades that can be blown in
to a gaslight.
Never examine a gas meter after
dark.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

That success inspires nvy and dishonest
competition Is well known. The force OF
this must often have occurred to a Balti.
more house when is known everywhere.
We refer TO Thu Charles A. NOgeier Com
pany, the excellence of whose goods, the
magnitude OF whose enterprise and the in
tcgrity OF who's business dealings are recug.
nized throughout the COmmprcIal world.
Time and again nave they been compelled
to defend their rights against those who
sought to wrest from them the legitimate
fruits Of their Labor and enterprise. Last
year in London, England, an INSCRIPTIONS
dealer sought to- place a su-vullrd st.
Davids Oil on the market on the
strength of the great popularity OF
81. Jacobs Oil. Thanks 20 the English law
the High Court Of Justice promptly issued
n perpetual injunction against defendant
and imposed heavy damages. This dccis
son was really an ind0rsment OF the action
OF American Courts, for some years ago the
United States Court at Cleveland, Ohio,
issued a like order ia a sifGi!&r case and
awarded 'he Baltimore house 81 |, SOOdam-
ages. The Charles A.. NOgcler Company
has again beea called upon to de
iend its rights and has recently
instituted suit in the circuit court
of Baltimore City for injunction and dam
ages. No doubt the best evidence Of the
una ''iouH tiINttF VI ~ Jd'pDe vi Us tue
~Cor"u,rcr ofPnin is to helound in the many
unsuccessful attempts to trade upon its
reputation.
Referring TO the merits Of another val
liable remedial agent placed upon the mar.
ket by this e]nterprisidg house, a medical
journal says: We admire the stand taken
by numerous eminent physicians and mem
bers OF the boards Of health of such cities
as Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Baltimore
in changing the mode Of treatment OF coughs
and colds, and publicly endorsing and adopt
ing Red Star Cough Cure (the remedy re-
ierred to above, because it * eficaCious.
free from dangerous ngredicutsnn and without
morphia or opium, Another feature which
J..Sfa22ds IL il its popular prices twenty.
five cents, Tins p~tesyrfg within the reach OF
all a pure, prompt and safe cure for throat
and lung diseases. @
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29
Hotels are Making no Money.

From the New York Sun.
Dull times in hotels? Well | should
say So" said the clerk in a famous
uptown hotel recYtly. That isdull
times with frst-class hotels. They're
not any duller than usual in summer
with the cheaper hotels, where, for in
stance, theyCharge $2a day onthe Flu.
ropean plan and irons 80 to 81 on the
American plan. Look at the Bruins.
wick shuttingup. For repairs. Great
Scott guess the proprietors OF this
hotel wish there was something about
it requiring repairs. But here we are
running full winter expenses withnoth-
ing like winter receipts to see them
and go them better.
The cause OF il? Why, what every
body is complaining Acknowledgements
nj business depression. When times
are flush weSterners flock by the
thousands TO Atlantic seasldereSorts.
OF course, they come 20 New YORK
first, and usually stay here afew days,
and sometimes a week or two. But
where are they this year? i don't
know for sure, but guess they're at
home sitting on the few dollars they've
got left. You see that alone makes a
big hole in tine rrceipts. Another set
from which we derive considerable oil
our income we're the people who came
here on business from all over the
country, put up at first class hotels,
and saw the obelisk' in the evening
after business hours. As business is
dull, fewer are out-of-town business
men come here, and those who do
come put up at cheaper hotels.
pol expect a reduction of charges
Most decidedly. First-class hotels
should eomedcwn 20 percent. There
are many yawniug yoids in this house
which could be filed il our rates were
cheaper. Yes, sir, the hotels must
come down or go up-up the spout"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

CINciNN ArL-The Times-Star says: A re
markable discovery made last winter, is at
tracing widespread interest. As it invol
YES a most important q~uestion-that o.
public health it is being disc Used by eminent
physicians and public men. 1t is shown
conclusively that throat aud lung di eases
can be cured without resorting 20 the use OIL
mo"phia or opium-especially dangerous in
the case of children as arresting develop.
ment and poisoning the system. The gov,
ernOr of Maryland and all the officials 81
that state endorse the remedy; the state
chemist OF Delaware pronounces it the put.
est and most effective, and hospitals and
charitable institutions in Philadelphia and
other cities, use il with remarkable results,
The remedy which Is only % cents IA bottle
is Red I al Cough Cure. II is purely vcgc.
table; it contains no poison or narcotics,
andis a positive cure.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29
Avoid Mixing Corn

What may be done, and has been
done, by a well known farmer in ONO
is shown BY his own statement, which
he makes as follows. He writes:
'.There is no other cereal than Ind
ian corn or maize so susceptible OF mn
provement or so easily dcterlorated,
The cause is plain. Just as far as the
pollen from the full bloomed tassel is
Carried by the winds will the lmpreG,
nation take and cause the mixture ol
the two varieties, and Just as many
mixtures of pollen MS you get together
lust so many varieties of seed you Will
have. Hence the great care that
should be used to avoid mixing.
have known varieties Of corn mixing
as much as so rods apart, one field
living direct TO the wIndward, and the
field mixed lying just to the leeward OF
the other. This last year was one OF
the best Falls to ripen up corn ever
knew. have seed which was selected
last Fall ont OF the corr while gather
ing. Ont of 6S pounds OF corn IN the
ear Ihave I pounds cobs and6i shelf
ed corn asto its neutrality-suspicious.,
out OF 40 grains off Of as many ears
every one threw out strong and vlgor-
Gus sprots; every one grew. The mn
provement we have made in the last
2s wears gives us a pure original corn
without any admixture Whatever We
have all the grains of one ~color-no
spotted, white, red, or blue; cobs all
deem red color, the grains filling IN
around the stem and covering the tips
with grains as large in bulk as those
IN tbe middle OF ears. Our aim has
been ia get as heavya dent variety
and as early in maturing as possible
and carry out the producing qualities
at the same time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

The cable may or may not have an.
bounced the nuptials of Miss Tennessee
IiaiIin, says the Philadelphia Times Lon
don CORES pendent. The cards o fthe bride
groom, bearing his Continental title, Wis
condo de Monsterradi, were left upon
friends in London the day following the
wedding, but the ceremony at st Mary Alb
bots ~kensington, WAS Witnessed only by
members Of the families Interested. Miss
Claflin's husband is an English gentleman,
named Cook, OF the great firm Of wholesale
diapers. Cook & Sons, OF st. Paul's church.
yard, and it is understood that he derives
the title of nobility above mentioned
through the possession OF a magnificent
state.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29
Invitations that Mean Nothing.

From Good Housekeeping.
The writer had been entertained for
the first time at the house of n certain
bospitable old gentleman, and both
uere sitting, with half an hour to wait
ioy the arrival of the carriagein which
the host proposed to take theguest to
tbe railway station, when the former
aid: 81 want to have you to be sure
IN come and see me again, and If you
Son't have any business calls this way,
Some without them" Hethen added,
snolopetically: 81 suppose ought to
nave said this when bidding yougood-
nv NJ the station, but | like to say
things when | think OF them" There
was a charming naturalness in the old
sentleman's invitation, and n whole
souled hospitality that were not to be
misunderstood. They would have
been almost totally lost if the
invitation had been reserved
for a last act Of formality, as many
are in the habit of doing. One may be
instifed in taking but very little stock
m come anu SIC lC NS"AiS Nihtil az
c%ompanied with a 'goodby." Though
A suitable feeling may stand behind
the invitation in such case, yet it is
not to be compared to the certainty
that exists in the less formal mode. Ii
one is staying at a friends house Tor a
portion OF the day and is about to
leave lust before meal time, he must
not think of accepting an invitationto
remain for the meal when it is made
at the time of departure, the grest,
perhaps, with hat and cane in hand.
The host could not say in palmer
language: stay and dine with me; l
DO not expect that you will, and
rather hope that you will not, though
you have a licence to force yourself
upon me-" Yet, how many people
there are who issue their invitation in
lust this formal way, as if to get the
credit for hospitality without confer
ring il upon any one.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29
Ex Governor Hale, OF New Hamp.

la NhoNtiIOi liuiSt ~ NcN iiuiip-
shire, who failed recently, was, accord
ing to correspondent, theapotheosis
OF the Yankee peddler. He has made
his money trading. shrewd and sharp,
he has turned property constantly,
and almost always to his advantage.
subtituting in his later years stocks
in numerous glittering enterprises;
which he had developed to the point
OF capitalization before sharing their
advantages with his friends, for the
cheap watches and goods from ahuck.
ster's cart, with which he began active
life at Dublin forty years ago. In the
years at Dublin Mr.. Hale not only
peddIed, but made clothespins, and
made them well and probably. When
lie outgrew Dublin he went to Keene
in 1859, being SO years old, and be.
gan the manufacture OF chairs, Until
within a year or two he has been very
successful in his schemes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

Chicago Live stock Journal.
Corn is the bane Of the farm horse,
as it is also OF the horse doinga any 9th,
er sort of work, not because OF not be-
ing sufficiently nutritious, but because
it makes too much fat and not enough
muscle. The horses muscle wears
away by work a. metal wears away by
friction. Fat wears away under exer-
else, but It's disappearance in nowise
lessons the power for either draft or
speed. On the other hand, we'll
nourishrd and vigorously exercised
muscles, without n deposit OF fat to
keep them company, are much o
efficient for any purpose for which the
horse is kept than whenthcre is load
OF fat to be carried. The trainer acts
upon this proposition, and works the
fat off, experience having shown that
the muscles, trained down by exercise
until fat accumulatioms are removed
fattenng foods beingmalnly abstamed
from-rives the best results IN the case
of a speedy horse. The same rule will
hold good with the work horse, though
modified 10y the degree in which the
movements OF the latter are slower
than those OF the former. II thetarm-
err has only corr for feed, then he Will
be wise if he make sale OF his corn, or
the greater part OF 1t, buying BATS IN
stead.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

Some one has told you that your catarrh
is incurab!e. 1t is not so. Or. Sage's Ga,
tarTh Remedy will cure it. II is pleasant ia
use and il always doesits work thoroughly,
We have yet to hear Of n case in which itdid
not accomplish Il cure when faithfully used
Catarrh is o disease " hich il is dangerous
to neglect. Acertain remedy is ut your com,
mand. Avail yourself OF it before tho com
plant sun a more serious form. All
druggists
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

FoRDYsPEPsIA. Indigestion, Depression oi Spir
It's and General Debility, In their various Orms
also rs a preventive against Fever and Ague, an
other Intermittent Fevcrs, the "FEHHu. PHOsPHC
RATED ELIXIR OF CALsAYA" made by Caswvl
Hazard q Co, New York, and sold by all Drul
gtsts, Is the best tonic, aud Tor patients recover
ny from Fever or other sickness, II has noequa
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

fBURNs AMI SCALDs. IL you are so un.
fortunate as to iniure yourself in this way,
We can suggest q remedy that viii soon re
lieye you OF al pain and quickly heal the
w~oundSit costs but twenty 1--WE cents and
b sold by all druggists. Ask for Perry
DAVIS pAIN.kul.Ex.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

Scrofula, manifesting itself in biotches,
pimples, eruptinns, salt-rhcum, and Other
blemishes OF the skin, is but too apt by and
by to infect the delicate tissues Of the lungs
also, and result in liberation thus endingin
consumption. DR.. PiPrce's Golden Medi,
cal Discovery will meet and vanquish the
enemy in its stronghold of the blood and
cast it out Of the system. All druggists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

Mrs. Frank y, Holmes olUwatonna, MIMI,
says after an attack Of typhoid fever she
was weak and emaotiated, but soon after
commencing the use Of Browns Iron Bitters
she regained her health aud strergthaEd she
gladly recommends IL to all sufferers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

DIR. Pierce's pleasant Purgativ Pellets"
are scarcely larger than mustard seeds, but
they have no equal as n cathartic. In all
disorders OF the liver, stomach and bowels
they act like a charm. Purely vegetable,
sugar-coated, and inclosed in glass Walls
Pleasant, safe and sure. BY druggists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29
Bow to Raise Turkevs.

pegin with, restrain your desire to
NV Young turkeys, and let them
one Tor the first twenty-four hours
~ thsy get into this "cold and un-
Ahs world At the expiration OF
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

1t has been asserted that Il blind
person cannot enjoy smoking n cigar
because he cannot see the smoke. X.
w. Swami is blind, and an instructor
in the Maryland institution for the
blind. He sand to II reporter who
found hlm putting a cigar: Now il
that was all there was to n cigar--tO
see the smoke curling away-a man
could enjoy the cheapest cigaras much
as the most expensive. But there is
something more than that. 1t has a
pleasant effect upon the wholcsystem,
and | am sure | enjoy it, although !
do not see thesmoke."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

ITCHING and irritations OF the skin and
THlp, burns, scSlds, piles, ulcers, polsons, bites
u Insects and all skin diseases, quickly cured by
I olc's Car olisalNo Is 4 80 cents, At Druggists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

For Loss 81 Appetite take Aliens Iron
Tonic Bitters. All genuine bear the sigma
ture OF j.. Il. Allen, Druggist, st. Paul,
Mimi. z
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

Grand Union Hotel, opp Grand Cent Depot, N.
!. city, GO elegant rooms, ., a day & upward.
Travellers arriving at this depot save So car.
rage hire and baggage transfer, European plal
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

The emperor Of Brazil has subscribed 10.
300 milreis to enable Lcun Julie Cesar 10
test his steering balloon.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

The president kissed a baby bearing the
name OF Grover Cleveland Sampson.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29
A New King on the Throne,

Malaria, " as a popular ailment,'
has given place to q new potentate.
II you have Rheumatism now, the
medical wiseacres exclaim-"Uric
Acid"l
If you have frequent headaches, they
sagely remark-"Uric Acid"i
T. you have softening OF the brain,
they insist that it is-Uric Acid"l
II Sciatica or Neuralgia make life
miserable, it is-'Uric Acid!
II your skin breaks out in Boils and
Pimples, it is-"Uric Acid!
Ii you have Assesses and piles,
Uric Acid" has set your blood on fire.
II you have dull, languid feelings.
backache, kidney or bladder troubles,
govt, gravel, poor blood; are i'll at
ease, threatened with paralysis or apo
plexy, vertigo; are bilious, dropsical
constipated or dyspeptic-"Uric Acid"
is the key to the situation, the cause
of all your difficulties,
We do not know rs madam Malaria
will take kindly to this Masculine
Usurper, but he has evidently come to
stav.
Uric Acid. this Monster, is the
product OF the decomposltlon-death
constantly taking place within us,
and unless he is every day routed
from the system, through the kidneys,
by mean ofsome great blood specific
like Warmers safe cure, which Sena.
tor b. X. Bruce says snatched him
from its grasp, there is not the least
doubt but that it will utterly ruin the
strongest human constitution!
Itisnot ayoung fellow by any means.
1t has a long and well-known line o.
ancestors. 1t is undoubtedly thefath
er of a very great family of diseases
and though it may be the fashion to
ascribe progeny TO it that are not di
rectly its own, there can be littledoubt
that ii 1t once gets thoroughly seated
in the human system, it really does
Introduce into it most OF the ailments
now. per force of fashion, attributed
to its baleful influence.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29
A Flat Contradiction.

Great Republican activity is reported on
the northern aud western frontiers of Spain.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29
She Rrokc In the Me.,n,

Gov. Pierce Of Dakota ~ said to have the
presidents assurance that he will not be
removed,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

Mrs. John C.. Greene Of New York is
worth $40, oOu, 900.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29

A large number of French Canadians are
seeking employment in the New England
~fOcturies