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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
A Brakeman's Plea.
From the Boston Globe.

ffOH the boston 1iOOe,
II there was q law compelling the
companies to pay for smashing brake
men you souldn't find a link and pin
coupler in the county. Dangerousl I
don't suppose You have any idea Of the
dangers Of a brakeman's work oil q
freight train. He's got to have muscle,
activity aud Judgment, and il he fails
in one Of these for a moment-why,
they Just shovel him up in a blanket.
Married men won't couple cars, except
when they can't get any otherjob. It's all
done by voting fellows-poor boys who
can better afford TO get killed, Some
day the poor boy IS helping make up a
long train: He's 200 yards away from
the engine, There's the conductor on
top Of the train passing signals with his
hands to the engineer. The engineer
don't want to kin any body but he can't
see the whole length of the train, and it's
hard to tell by the motion of q mans
hands Just how much more to back.
The brakeman gets in between the cars,
holding a pin in one hand and waiting to
lift the link with the other. Along
comes the train like the hammers Of
hades; the draw-bar gives way, retreats
clear to the head. or the brakeman loses
his footing in tue shock. They carry
him home, tell his folks that Johnny
got killed on the road, and get another
brakeman.
Then in the winter there's ice and
snow on top of the cars. EVERYTHING is
slippery, and it's awful easy TO miss 5
step and go down between the cars.
Overhead bridges break q good many
heads, too. It's dangerous work. 1t
costs a brakeman $50 q year for 81, 900
life insurance, about six times what 1t
would cost you. In some parts
Of the country the brakemen have
associations, and when one gets
killed the association pays his widow
or his mother or his sister 81, 900.
There is no association Ike that here.
I wish there was, or that the companies
had to pay for us. The only coupler
that viii ever catch them will be one
that saves money. That may sound
rough but it's Gods truth.
Get up q coupler that doesn't cost
much more than alink aud a pin and
doesn't lose pins, and you'll have EN-.
Let me tell you why. The average
loss Of pins is five a year to each freight
ear. Boys steal them for Junk, and they
get lost in a hundred different ways.
Pins cost 60 cents each; that's $3 a car
per year. There are nearly 1000, 900
freight cars in this country. That's
So, OO0, 900 worth Of pins lost every year.
Looks big, don't it? Well, knock off
a third for pins that are recovered and
you still have q sum worth saving,
Show the railroads a self.eoupler that
doesn't cost more than 50 at the most,
and saves pins, and the brakeman will
get a better show for his life than seven
chances in eight.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

a British schooner arrived in Balti
moro the other day, having jist com
pleted q tour Of 80, 900 miles OH which
she started Feb. 20. 1883 when she left
New York for St. John, New Bruins.
wick. A review Of her sailing from that
date will give a true idea OF the rowing
life of the ocean tramp" as that class
of vessels + aenominated who have nc
regular ports TO visi. at stated times,
but go wherever freight offers. She
visited st. John. Liverpool, Cardiff,
Ceylon, passed through the strait of
Gibraltar, Mediterranean soA, suez
Canal. Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
From Colombo she proceeded TO CAL
cutta thence TO Figi Islands, New South
Wales. Singapore, Calcutta again, Brit
ish Guinea. Martins, Cape of Good
Hope, st. Helena, New York. etc
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
Personal Matters.

A magnificent tomb is being s'
in the cemetery of Pere-la-C nsls
the remains of NJ. Theirs. 1t Fa
$1,000. 900 francs, and surpass sny
ument commemorative OF a frenca
with the exception OF Napoleons
at the Inyalides. The sculpture 2
front is the work Of the eminent !
M. Chapu. This memorial Is
of Mile. Dosne, a sister tothe lsk
Theirs, who is also erecting . san
Ter structure at Auteull Tor tne
of deserving literary men. It's "a
ly designed to provided an a~ttraes"
for Young writers of ability and
them 10 prosecute important ~
undertakings which since the W.
sior of fellowships at French coliesI
the confiscation of their endowms]
the revolution, have been impOs1
except for men Of wealth and les1
John G Calhoun was buried :
Philips churchyard, in charlesa''
c.. in 1850, where his remains !
since lain. At the last session =
State Legislature 50, 200 was sppHr
ed to erect a sarcophagus asa ?
mark OF the resting-place OF Wy
statesman The snrcopiiasaS va
on the precise spot OF the ola ~ !.
Vermont Granite. In design anu
ton it is one of the hansomes' /
ments in the South. The graNs~
houn was opened Friday mornln.
the remains removed other ny .
tacle. Major Courtney, ex..uss'
Grath. who acted rs marshal o. Y
at Caihoun's funeral, more ,nan
years ago, General McoraayT a ~
eral others were present, Ins
was well-preserved, as wen - \
of laurels and cypress placed On !,
fin wher il was buried. IL was
in the new tomb, which was 1usA
ed up.
A writer in the Christian on' !
the following story about W
Beecher: DIR. Beecher was SOM
absent minded and forgetlal
Beecher once received q sum
and il was the occasion OF greas' y
that il would enable them topIs'
for a carpet, so she committees -. -
ey TO her husband, charging vi I
tend to the payment immedia's'
the evening the doctor returns
the city In high spirits. hesI
to us a missionary meeting y
tended. Doctor" said MIS- !,
"did you pay for that carpe' y
Carpet what carpetY' respoD,
doctor. "Why, the one gase
money to pay for this nv !
"Therel" said the doctor, :
for it. At the missionary messs
took up a contribution. "ns
came to me / said I had no y y
give thsm-wished / had--a, y
time feeling in my pocket, whsr'
surprise, l found . roll OF pp4
pulled it out and put 1t in the I.
derinR where ii had core ]
thinking the Lord had somen'
vided,"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
Go and Cure Yourself.

General John A. Dix Onceu
professional call upon DR.. Abu
and of course, got good advice, "
ing wise enough to accept i, be
see four score years, a result Of 4
his dyspeptic youth scracely gave
ise. After hearing a few words Z
chronic invalid's lament the sni
but eccentric physician cut MN 4
with the following impromtu az
"Sir, you are pretty far gone, y
wonder il Won are not gone euu'
II YOU had consulted common-sens
stead OF the medical faculty, you !
probably have been well years ag
can say nothing TO you except
You must take regular exercs
much as you can bear without ~
and a modest quantity OF plain 100
the quality you find by experienc
to agree with you, There are ;
general rules which any man Of
mon. sense may learn in a weesi
as this: That rich food, high :
ing, ETC., are injurious. ! can ,
more to you, sir; you must go aI'
yourself.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

Tennessee not only has laws TO stop
pool rooms and gambling in margins but
a member proposes TO send TO the penf
tantiary anybody and everybody who
plays a game Of cards, for any stake
even for beer. He takes in dice throw.
ing, pedro seven-up, enchre, Boston,
whist, all hearts, pinochle, sixty-six.
cabbage, casino, black jack. black mario,
marbles. base ball, foot ball, hop
scotch, last tag, hide and seek, PUSSY
wants q corner, leap frog, flip, mumDly
peg, tunk, backgammon, dominoes,
checkers, billiards, pool, last one over
the fence is a Niger. bunco, wheel OF
fortune, film fans. bluff, kite flying,
jug distemper, and all the other popu.
lar games Of the day" His great aim
Is 10 suppress poker, which is undoubt-
eddy a bad thing, not only in Tennessee
but all over the South. But II is ono
thing to enact o law-but good deal
moro OF a trick to execute it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

When Senator Miller. of California,
introduced in Congress a bill the other
day to increase the pension being paid
TO the widow of General George III.
Thomas from thirty dollars a month to
two thousand dollars a year, il was re-
ceived with great surprise. There was
o very general impression that Mrs.
Thomas was in receipt Of u larger pen
sion. There is a list Of the widows Of
bureau generals and small fry warriors
who have political friends, u list almost
as long as the debate on interstate COM
merce, who are receiving pensions much
In excess Of that paid to Mrs. Thomas.
Admiral F~arraguts widow very proper
iy receives two thousand per annnm. AT
the close Of the war there was a move
ment TO give Gen Thomas a very large
sum by private subscription but Pap
Thomas stopped the whole matter at
its inception by declaring that he would
not accept such a gilt. He died com
paratiyeIy poor,
1900
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

One of the principal reasons for the
success Of the English Actor Irving, al
home and in this country, is said to be
due to ''the gospel OF thoroughness, as
exemplifed in his system and manage
ment. The Chicago Times finds
the secret Of Mr.. Irving's success IN
the fact that he gives, as q rule, "ahar.
monious combination, in which there il
excellence in every element" and THEN
success proves that the failure of the
Legitimate drama is due 70 i'll balanc.
cd aud coorly equipped dramatic com.
panies, and not to a decline in the
public taste. And our contemporary
truly says that If stars and managers
do not learn the benefit Of rounded
performances, carefully arranged soen-
cry, close attention to minute details
and well balanced companies. from the
visit Of Mr.. Irving, they are beyond
reform
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
winter weather Wisdom.

How we shall warm our houses re aet
more important han how warm they
shall nc kept. This is fead'iytoid In
the assrtment used rs o sitting-room see
that the mercury remains about seventy
degrees. rather below than above this.
In the sleeping apartment sixty degrees
is a very comfortable temperature "A
higher decree Of heat than this would be
unite admissible where there are young
children. 80,
The ventilation of rooms In which
human beings must remain our at q
time is a very important matter. Sepa-
rate rooms can only be kept any where
near reasonably Ventilated by raising
the window sash one inch from the bot
ON and lowering it q like distance rom
the top. By this means the AIR In the
room is constantly renewed and drafts
are avoided,
The effect of muscular activity on the
production of body heat is well known,
and this makes it appear that sn active
habit is the best for the winter season
which is a fact for more ressons than
the one just given.
For winter wear wooden fabrics are
best because of their pliability aud oil
their lightness as compared with the
weight of cotton fabrics that would al
ford the same protection against the
cold.
The substances to be eaten and
drunk in winter should be used hot as
possible and should contain a maximum
amOnnt Of fat. Hot milk, beef tea
chocolate and soups are especially well
adapted as foods for winter use, and
now fat fries Of oysters, sausage, etc.
afe admissible to a greater extent than
at other times. AT this season hyeI
oils, such as that 81 the cod are very
useful to those who can stomach such
matters .-Philadelphia Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

A writer in the Cincinnati Journal
SAYS: Florida is an old fraud. The
besatIful scenery consists Of pine bar
rens and sand hummocks and swaTnps,
the first named ~frequented by bull bats
and screech owls and wood lice, the
second by soldier crabs, red spiders,
earwigs, tarantulas, centipedes and liz
ards. and the last by alligators, slugs,
Eoccasin, garter, water, copperhead
and fourteen hundred other kinds Of
snakes. The eluxnriAnt tropical vegeta-
sion" consists manly oil pine stumps ant
pallaetto scrub The flowers are con.
fined to the lighthouses and private gar.
dens; the oranges are in the orchards,
the bananas IN the kitchen gardens and
the oleander and magnolias are mostly
in your eye.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
halfway station for w,naow.p,.n...

Early frost, as in September and
October, renders it necessary to take
up g~eraniums and such other bedding
plants as We wish to keep. These
should be potted at once, and the old
wood cnt away, long stems shortened to
make the plant shapely, leaving as many
blooming points as possible. The pots
may then bs set in a cold frame, or
empty hotbed, which is similar. OF
course there is no heat in the bed, but
with the covers down il becomes a Sc
cure shelter from wind and storm and
frost, while the warm n om the sun is
sufficient to star. @ growth and ma
ture flower buds. This is q good place
for young plants that were started from
slips in the spring. They grow and
bloom and become truly ornamental
when brought to the sitting room win.
dows some time in November. To bring
IN pot plants on the approach oil frost
makes the winter seem long, and il we
can delay doing so to the advantage OF
the plants, there is a two.fo fold gain.-A
Florist.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
Consult the Good VIII.

'Tmparting doubleth the im
it halveth Che sorrows ofhk,I
men do not, as a rule, realize vArI
level-headed wives we have, "A
suit them in our business nEaI
much as woulG be for our gsa|
one in ten of the rascalitis a
would have ever been connj
their wives had been called Nd
sultation ; their intuition on III
tions involving eur honor oria
is worth almost as much ASH
conscience land much more tAr
of some) and the man who heed
need not be afraid Of doing attn
which his children will ever blES
would not give a cent? for a maa !
ashamed TO say, II viii cons
wife, and we will greatly fear d
success Of the man wh) doe
Surely two heads are better Tia
il one (ours) is a Sleeps head :
New Yorker.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

These are fulfilling my +.
made in 1872, when ( w,.,s
articles for the agricultural =
used my best exertions prirssn'
vail ON western rsnchmen h
them among their herd.
soon done. Now, after so,..
experience with them on d.
and in the Rocky Mountains ~
are found the hardest on an
proved breeds of cattle
This may be said more esps.'.s
Galloways, f6r their EXTRA.
coats of hair protect them !. =
fierce winter winter winds MI
rs similar coats have ever aoa.
falo In addition to this mps,sj
ness, is the great ady,a,'
being without horns. Tbs Isl
this absence of the worse a., j
exerescence is bestowed Az \
yersally on the stock got by 49,
bulls out of the long-hsrnI
cows. The form of this half. Nv
proves also much superior 1 4
their dams, for they natures y
two earlier, turn out a finer M:
beef and are reared and fat.s,5
transported to market more eOa.
ly. Then there is the supsriT,
in handling t~hem-their mil,
quieter disposition, and the sIv
goring and hurting each otbs
herded toghther, however clo.s,
rearing this sort OF cattle on i,
plains, in preference to hornsd, .
larger profit is realized. Ind,4
advantage has been calculated 4
per cent. dependant ON the bu
these horned animals being mon
improved, against which the a
in such trials .-A. b. Allen n
Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

The grand army camp at Fresno. CAL,
Of "blue and gray veterans" ~racently
passed resolutions fayoring placing Gen.
Grant on the retired list. A copy of
the resolutions was sent him. The camp
reserved q letter isresponse, IN which he
said Coming, as IL does from al as.
sociation composed of veterans of both
armies in the great sectional war the
compliment is greater. | hope che
fraternity practiced by the veterans Of
Frerno may be patterned after by all
citizens Of our country before many
wears roll over
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
rl..n rroauoaa Prom rooa.

An English farmer a y that II is to
the proper admixture OF feeding stuffs
That we must, in these days of good
wages and low prices for produce, trust
Tor economical meat production. In
speaking Of the value OF certain kinds
OF feed. he says that with the OK IL
takes twelve to thirteen pounds Of nu-
triton TO make u pound Of flesh with
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

sheep, nine to ssn; ..a
four to five, Thus.
pounds of the Swedisb 0a
ninety pounds Of wass,
equal to the producton
flesh. One hundred M.
corn viii produce abmr,s psas
flesh. But il has besa s'as
careful experiments tbss .
OF corn, peas. and es..
per cent. lower in nns.'
than corn meal alone. nav
weight for weight, WIN
He also asserts that when, !
ent low price, may be smnls.a,
ing with other feeding sius!
profit
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

Three men fortuitously stepped into
the electric works in the city Of Syra-
cuse on Wednesday evening, two weeks
ago, at dusk. One OF them was obsery-
ell to casually stoop over and reach ont
his hands toward a thirty light dynamo
machine. Instantly he was drawn close
TO the generator without noise and
without uttering a sound. He had un-
willingly graspedt the positive and mega
tive rods and was dead. A moment be-
fore he had been boasting Of his ~electri-
cal knowledge. When it was attempted
to remove the body, pieces OF the skin
adhered 10 the rods. The contraction
of the muscles of the body was so great
that his legs and arms we're drawn out
OF shape, and his head drawn forward
SO that his chin pressed tightly egainsi
the chest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
J.GADAMs, Pub,ishss.


The Spanish consul at Boston, says
that three thousand ct his countryman
lost their lives by the recent earth.
ruakcs IN Spain Some villages have
been almost entirely destroyed, and
families whose only property was their
dwelling are left in a destitute condition.
Boston, as usual, came to the front with
q handsome subscription for tho roliei
Of those people.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
HOTELS APLoAT.
zoe xuaarsds ofSsopie Live Luxuriousiy
On the ocean Steamers

from the New yors Herald
Should the reverend George Wash
mgton suddenly reappear in the fesh'
he would probably eyince some aston.
ishment at the several improvements
made in the world since he went out OF
it. But nothing, perhaps, would be
more surprising to the good old mar
than ths iset sAa. the hundreds of peo-
Die he might see, magnifed twofold, in
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

the s1lyery thread has grown 70
feet wide. Twenty minutes later |; IL , raging
food, fesmins, rushing, aud boiling. rising IN
waves that break against each other, ever
pushing on, as IL propelled by some mystic
rious force.
In this sudden rush Of the waters animals
are often caught; pigs that have wandered
out into the mud are overcome by the onward
rollers, and ovl have been seen surrounded
and ioated away on the waves, 70 be rescued,
perhaps, far up the stream, thirty feet higher
than the spot where they were taken mp.
Flocks Of birds frequently follow the tidal
wave, or bore, as II 10 called, feeding upon the
fish that are cast ashore and catching them as
the tide goes ont
Why the wave should be 50 high in coming
ia il explained in different Ways One theory
"a that Il Is formed by a tidal current rushing
against the current OF the river, and passing
over distractions Of more than ordinary height
that tend to push the water NJ. In the Hoogly
river the wave rises 10 a height Of twenty feet;
in the Amazon thirty, and in the Taientage,
China. about the same. The wave in Fundsy,
however, is not TO be compared to these in any
respect As TO rspidity, the tide comes in
shout as fast as an ordinary horse can trot, and q
man would have TO exert all his speed to es-
cape.
The height to which the water Actually rise.
differs In different places. and depends upon
circumstances. Thus, IL the sun and moon
could ptll together. 50 10 speak, and a strong
wind set IN at The ssme tim@ an, e5ceedinglS
high tide Sohld be the result. II Ne CLAIMED
that II has risen sixty feet at Moncton IL SACK
vile a fifty foot fall and rise IL common These
re remarkable figures, and the sightof vessels
hat, say, in the morning have been alongside
the dock now forty feet below and no water in
sight, is stlll more remarkable.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26
TWO WIDOWS AM TWO WILLS.

BosToS, Special Telegram, Seh 20-Spe-
cial TO the Herald; Mrs Annie y. Hurd and
Mrs Ella T. Hurd both mourn tho loss OF
Augustus IL Hurd, who recently died nc
Jamestown, Oak, leaving a handsome estate,
which consists principally of real estate in
Boston Both OF these ladies claim to be his
widow, and both claim the estate Each
presented through counsel In the Suffolk
probate court to-day a document purporting
to be the last will and testament OF Mr. Hurd
Mr. Hnrd was a resident OF Boston previous
TO 1883. and had been married for several
years to his first wife. Desiring TO obtain q
divorce from her, and there beng no SUN
cient groand in Massachusetts,, Mr.. Hurd
went to Bismarck, Oak, began proceedings
at once, and speedily obtained a divorce
without any notice TO her. He soon married
a second wife, Mrs Ella e, fair Dakota
widow. Hurd died ON Aug. 20, 1884, and
left two wills, which are now in contest
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

bostOn Herald
The sdss o. fundsy are perhaps, familiar 10
almost every one and, though ihes are re-
marhapls iife tho niaelstrosn and osaer mar
.els, they, are greatly exaggerated, writes q
correspondent from Falmouth, N s To thor
oughly understand the phsncuienon the shape
Of the fnnaay bay must be considered, and it
VII DO seen that the great daily tidal waves
that sweep over the Atlantic, caused by the at
traction Of the sun and moon strike the New
England coast and tend northwHrd until the
great body OF water is squeezed intJ the mar
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

row Unite u thes bay Of tnnday,
SEQ ! great save from a stesmerl
brook from alake The effect is 10
ly raise the water levsl, and 50 in
tidal wave PUSHES in, and, suC
pressed with the narrow bounds, 4
rises, and the water forns q way
rapidly onward, fllInk up the fiyej'
along its pssssgel
Z A famous place 10 observed this pho
in what is called the Minas basin, a d
bay OF Funday that extends into "a
Eysngelne and cuts 1t up In q cnnd
Can this DO the riyeTi ven ASH
As here ' bridges, two Of them, l
fnliy long and shaxy on their pin
abovssthO stream that they sppe
very ghosts Of bridges on stills.
the chasm appears shelved and c,
the aspect The sides seem 70 or.
terraces OF red and gray mud, unit
ian OF bottom rock is reached, q
the pseudo river flows. Something
as here are expensive dykes, that.
70 kesp the water from the fermn
sountry; then again vessels lie at I
his inland town high and dry,
niles from water deep enough to tlo{
We wait an hour or so all this will
We first notice this silyeIy tire
stop in its course, then the water
Gov up stream, and II you turn yos
a few minutes you find upon again
A.. Ia.. A.1 -. rr,un a. N =
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-02-26

barge Of
cross the
it is al
minds Of
ms could
lsported
miles in
ID aeon.
of the
ON the
of one
oursers
$4,000.
q Office
steer
dtCOIu
L." said
North
pensive