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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

During the war the people Of Arka-
5elphia, Ark, kept up the religious re-
vivals. They argued that the Yankees
night keep out the sugar and coffee,
but that they couldn't keep out the
Lord. Amongth most fervent Of the
-reylyalists was old sister Boyle. with
out her no revival could hope to be a
success, and whenever there was the
least drawback she was called upon to
pray One night at a meeting the
mourners were slow In coming
through Sister Boyle was called
upon. She took position near the
altar, knelt down, raised her hauds
and said: ooh, Lord, We are in great
distress. We have tried rye, Drowned
potatoes. parehed corn, okery and
many other things, trying to get a
coffee tasteout of EN-, but, Lord, thou
knowest as well as We do that parched
corn an SIGH lacks a right smart OF
being coffee; so now, Lord, knowing
all this, please open the blockade and
let the Lincoln coffee pour in, and
wen praise thee early and Late
Arkansaw Traveller.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21
An Orthodox yane.

The Boston Evening Record vouch-
es for the truth OF the following story:
Some time ago the Pawtucket ortho
dox church was in need of some re.
pairs and embellishments, and car.
penter was sent aloft to patch up the
steeple and put it in thoroughly good
shape. The reluctance of the weather
vane to record the changes ofthe wind
had long been proverbiai in the town,
and Che carpenter climbed clear up to
see if he could find out what was the
matter with it. What was his aston.
ishment to discover that a screw had
been pat through, apparently in re
cent years, in such a way as to i'm.
pinge upon the pivot and prevent the
yane from turning except under very
great pressure.
The carpenter was astonished thai
such an attempt should bedeliberate.
ly made to cripple the church vane
and impair its usefulness, but he
thought before he removed the screw
be would report the matter and see
whether by any chance it had been
put there by any authority. So be
appealed to Deacon x, the most
prominent member OF the board oil
trustees, and told him the discovery.
Have you any idea how the screw
came there, deacon?" the carpenter
asked in closing his story.
"Yes, have" said the deacon.
aWhy, how was it,"
ri ordered it put there myself. We'rs
an orthodox church here, / want you
| to understand, and we don't want
orr weathervanet to gowhiffiin' round
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21
A story of Faith.

PhiIadelphia Call.
The conversation drifted to publish-
ers, and he told me pleasing little
story in which Mr.. Moore, publisher
of the Rural New Yorker, was the ben
efactorz A naturalist of considerable
note resided in Lancaster City at the
time. He owned little home, had a
profession, but was not rich in this
worlds goods. Mr.. Moore used to
send TO him all queries in correction
with obnoxious insects, etc. T'hepat-
uralist would make drawing of the
insect, give its proper name. explain
it's habits, peculiarities, etc, all OF
which would appear in the Rural New
Yorker. One Christmas morning he
naturalist said to his daughter: MY
dear, there is turkey in thestove, to
be sure, bat this 25-cent piece is all
the money have in the world. Not
a bright outlook, is it7" Presently a
needy neighbor dropped in to solicit
aims. and the naturalist promptly
handed her the quarter. He was a
big hearted man, a deyout Christian,
and with sublime faith in providence.
Daughter. the money viii come
back to me fourfold," he said. Just
then the postman handed IN a letter.
The naturalist opened it and found
in it check for, $50. 1t was from
Mr.. Moore, who wrote in substance.
..You have been very kind in preparing
those al ticles for us from time 70 time.
You, no doubt. regarded it as "a
labor of love, but we must ask you
to accept this check, not as a com
plete compensation, but as a slight
expression OF our appreciation OF the
value of your, work. There. Mary,
what did Itch you,'' the old natural
ist cried. his eyes filling with tears.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

Appointment physician gives the fol-
lowing advice as 70 the care N th. very
little ones:
No child under 10 should be out Of
bed at s clock in the evening.
Fer burns and scalds coating oil
lead paint is excellent, and so is a
coat OF dry salaratus.
II a poultice is required add little
yeast to it instead OF mustard or any
thing of that sort.
The best eathartic for child is cas-
tor oil. "A 80 - "a
The nursing bottle and the connect
ing rubber tubing should be scalded
thoroughly every time after being emp
tied
Never give a baby milk cracker or
any other of the cheap kinds, all hard
to digest. Bent water crackers are
the only kind fit for delicate stomachs,
and though Hold-fashioned," like
them pest. and know nothing of the
indigestible trash.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21
ROYAL Handwriting.

Those who hayereceived letters from
the Queen, and their number is great
among literary men and women, know
that her majesty writes firm, angu
lar-and, indeed, almost masculine
hand. Occasionally it is somewhat
illegible but, as rule, the Queens
ealigraphy is clear and distinct. The
Queen uses plain cream-laid notepa,
per, with a narrow black border Her
private. letters are such az any well.
educated lady would pen, and any one
who had not been informed as to their
authorship. and who did not see the
superscription and signature, would
not guess that they were the Queens.
OF late years Sir Henry Ponsonby
has written the most of the Queens
letters. Still a letter from the Queen,
with a portrait of herself and Prince
Albert, has been received by many in
whom, or in whose work, her majesty
takes interest, during the last twenty
years. The Queen always signs letters
VICTORIA r.
The Prince of Wales is not in the
ordinary sense OF the word a good
writer. His caligraphy would not
commend itself to the merchant or ac-
countant. But. for thematter of that,
neither Gladstone nor Lord Salisbury
is a very legible penman, and as for
Lord Salisbury, the present Lord
Chancellor, bis letters are quite llegi-
bic to the uninitiated. So had ia his
writing indeed, that he generally uses
atypewrlter.
/ But If the Prince OF Wales writes
badly the Princess atones for his
shortcomings in this respect, for her
letters might be placed before every
girls school in the country as models
of feminine caligraphy. 1t is not the
monotonous round and upright or
"backward-sloping" writing so much
affected by the girl OF the period. 1t
is clear, artistic hand of the old
school. Tit Bits.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

A correspondent of the Farm Jour
nal gives the following short and good
directions. Shesays: Themilk should
be heated to 81 degrees and enough
rennet added to begin coagulation in
twenty minutes and completeit in for.
ty TO forty-fiye. Then cut the eurd
as fine as beech nuts. Heat slowly,
raising the temperature one degree IN
five minutes, until 9S degrees are reach
ed, constantly but gently stirring the
eurd to prevent packing and secure
even heating. Hold at this point with
an occasional stirring, until the curd,
when ahandful is taken up and squeez-
ed together-say ash hard as you would
squeeze to milk an ordinary cow-will
at once spring apart and become loos.
again. Then draw of tie whey while
1t Is yet sweet, the temperature being
reduced to OF degrees or 90 degrees,
and let the curd stand till it is sensi-
bly, set. Put TO press at 80 degrees
and cure in room at So degrees to
20 degrees.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21
Monan,s work.

A lady correspondent writing from
Paris notes with interest how in
Europe women fill positions which in
America are reserved for men. 1t is a
woman-not a man-who usbers you
to your seat in the theatre, or who,
having shown you to your seat in the
hippodrome, places comfortable
stool at your feet, for which she re-
turns to collect a gratituity half an
hour later In many of the theatres
women have charge OF the sale of seats
In the box Office. They wear dainty
white muslin caps with great red or
blue satin bows on them, and in their
neat gowns add much TO the decora-
tive effect. lfyou drop the smallest
article they viii restore it to you.
Just before leaving the theatre the
other evening one of the ladies in our
party discovered that she had lost
her eyeglasses. "You will find them
at the box Office" said the young
lady who had brought our footstools.
The owner was rejoiced. for, as she
had been promenading in the foye-,
she supposed the glasses had been
trampled upon. The saying Nothing
is ever lost In Paris fell true in her
case.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21
Farm, Garden and Household.
AH0ass for FsrlE rswls.

- 80 - AN"~os
American Rural Home.
Lewis Cook, Ia reader of The Aneri.
can Rural Home), wants US to furnish
a plan for poultry house large
enough TO accommodate forty fowls
be also sends as several other cues
tons 10 answer. a comfortable house
may be built, say twenty feet long and
ten feet wide, and eight feet front and
five feet back, boarded upright and
battened, and a shed roof, shingled;
the flooring to be made by filing il
with mellow loan to the top of the
underpinning; this we consider better
than cement floor. The building had
better be divided into two compart.
nents, with partition and door. the
south front should have two windows
OF SIX lights. eight by ten glass; the
east one window. Nentilapors should
be Fixed at the highest point on each
end. The roest should not be over
two feet high, and about eight
inches above a platform twenty inches
vide; underneath the platform the
nest boxes can be placed. A dust bin
must also be provided. And now you
have a comfortable place for forty
fowls, at cost of not over twenty
five dollars. Yards can be built on
the south side corresponding with the
width Of the coops, and as long as
room can be spared to make them.
Your fowls must have access TO a
grass run each day ian hour or two
toward evening viii answef), or else
grass or weeds must be cut and thrown
10 them in their yards. Carbolic acid
largely diluted with water viii drive
away the lice in your hen house; it
may be applied with wisp. which we
should consider preferable TO a small
pump. II would hardly pay to heat
the house in cold weather, it would be
better to make il as warm as possible
by either ceiling it, or lining with
tarred paper.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21
autumn seeded Grass.
Fnrm. Field and stoekman.

Farm, Field and Stoekman.
Whether to seed the grass in spring
or autumn depends on circumstances.
On some lands when the weather is
favorable fall seeding viii seem to do
the best. But often when theautumn
months are dry the grass gets such a
poor start that unless the winter is
favorable it makes but a poor show
ing the following spring. Crickets
and grasshoppers often do much
damage to fall seeded land. III
dry weather the young grass
starts slow, and makes but lit
tie growth, and at such times the
insects are usually very plenty,
and on the borders OF thenew seeded
land they often eat the tender grass as
fast as it grows until it Is entirely de
stroyed. BY seeding in spring we
would avoid these cruises OF failure.
BY seeding in spring with grain We save
the blowing and narrowing OF the
land Tor one crop. as two crops are
sown together. When grass seed IS
sown in spring with grain on good,
well prepared land, it is almost sure
TO start and grow well till the grain
ripens and is harvested If the grass
fails it is usually at this time We
have noticed that when the grain was
cut green for fodder thegrassdid much
better than when it was left to ripen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21
Aoneer Creature.
Chicago News.

Chicago News.
Goodness ineT
Don't be alarmed, dear"
4No, ma, Fnnot; but what is it'''
wiser people than you. my ownest
own, have asked that question, and
greater scientists than your ma have
had to give it up"
''Is it a mani
so they say
what does he do for living, mar"
"His wife is on the stage"
"But hasn't he any business?"
"oh, yes, loyey; he is his wiie's
husband"
Does he make it payf"
"Yes, deary, judging from the cham
payne that he buys and the beautiful
fur collar he wears or his overcoat,
Khen overcoats are in season, mamma
thinks be must make it pay"
What does he have to do to be his
wife's husband, MAJ
He has to make friends with the
journalists.
sob, / know! You mean the news.
paper men,"
enc, pet, l mean the journalists
the young men who are Just out OF
college, and are learning to be dra-
matte critics. The newspaper men
are different. When he goes near a
newspaper man his wife gets what is
called a roasting, and she stands
him in the corner, With his lace to the
wall"
He seems 90 be carrying an awful
lot OF things"
/ Sa0h, yes; shawls, Satchels, boxes OF
press notices, and poodle"
''But what does the lady want the
husband for when she has the poodles'
why, don't you sect They are
cpnnpang for each other.
~And doesn't he do any work, any
real work with his hands, you know
"To be sure. You should see him
at the theatre, how hard he applauds
when his vile comes on the stage. 1t
is dreadfully tiresome"
But ma, what nice, pretty clothes
he wealsis' -
That's his business, my angel
child"
But who pays for all those pretty
dothess" s.s
That's her business. Doesn't my
birdie think it must be nice to have q
wife on the stase'"
lit mnst-oh, it mustl"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21


Melt the grease with the remaining
twelve gallons OF water and pour into
the cask, and stir frequently every
day In warm weather about ten
days are required to make the soap;
in cool weather a longer time. Be
sure and get .he true potash of com
merce. That put up in TIM or sheet
iron cases viii not answer. Hard
soap.-Bol together three pounds
common washing soda, one and three
fourths pounds lime and two gallons
soft water until soda and lime are
dissolved; pour into d pail and let IT
settle over night. Pour the clear H.
qaid into the soap kettle and add to
it three pounds OF grease and one hall
pound OF borasr; boilsiowly two hours
uncovered; pofIr into shallow pans
and when firm cut into squares and
put away 20 harden.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

q a.,ss1s Echoes.
-. txkrAt The village school,
, -,s;a & honsspun habit
ssshbora ns = mule
4 z 5Iaffal as . rabbit
- scarce bscoBe his vile
=. Eosband sought % make her
4 e ,s.uutry polished lie.
sr6 torrnai IS a Quaker
q. t.,tor veal abroad,
! - < afy sadly missed him;
'..--'ea bohiSd her lord
q sss... snd fendly kisssd him
u : nnssr rose. and red
40 sase alternate grew.
-. sas alsss ka5s sighed ana
- d.da 1 Ens- twas yoa.n
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21
How 20 Make Soaps.

Take twelve pounds ofpctash. four
teen pouMss OF grease and thirty-two
gallons OF soft water. Into forty
gallon cask, with soft wood slaves
and wooden hoops. nut in the potash
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

dispatch from Halifax, \. s, says:
The American fishing schooner Marion
Grimes, Capt Landry, which is detained NJ
SheIbnrne, \. s., by Capt. Qnigley for
breach OF the customs laws. in not report
ing the custom house on entering the har-
Dor, vas living there AT anchor with the
American flag flying from her masthead.
Capt. Quiglev, who was on board the Ter
ror, which was anchored 100 yards below
the schooner. ordered Capt. Landry to
haul down the flag The latter did SO, but
shortly afterEard the flag was again s.ssn
waving from the usstbead. Capt. Quigiey
again ordered the flag to be hauled down.
This time the American refused to obey.
An armed crew was at once dispatched
from the Terror, who boarded the sehoon-
sr, and Capt. Quigley himself hauled down
the American fas
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

Apples are getting large enough 90 twist
a hoy OF 10 ont OF bed and hall way down
stairs at one grip, aud tks opportunity
should not be lost by a single youth, 10
most efficient remedy for sil disorders Of
the stomach. 1t is solS by al druggists
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

Brief a. it Is az the Longest. Is Liable to pe ma
terially esIrtailed by our administrations The
dyspeptic eat what they should not. the bilious
drink coffee in excess. and the rheumatic, neu-
ralg5c and eonsumptive sit In draughts, get vet
feet and remain IN damp clothes. and then won
der when IL how they became so. To persons
with tendency to neuralgia, We recommend a
daily Use of Hostetters stomach Bltters. and
always a wine glassful after unay oidabie expos
nre IN damp or otherwise Indictment weather.
Efficient protection Is afforded By this pleasant
safeguard which diHnses eenial glow through
the system. inyigorates and tones IL, ana pro
notes nerve tranquility. Fever aid ague. bil-
ieusness- constipation Dyspepsia and renal dis
order, are among the mAladies which it remedies
and prevents.
All the switehmen on the railroads at
Minneapolis went on a strike recently,
thereby greatly embarrassing the roads.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

Aliens Iron Tonic Bitters is the most
powerfui Tonic in the World. All genuine
bear the signaturs OF j. P. Allen, Druggist
st Paul Mimi
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

We ought not to be too anxious to en-
courage uDtried innovacion. n case u
doubtful improveEaent- For a quarter Of
a century Or. sage's Catarrh Remedy has
been before the public and psssed through
most reliable remedy for that dissgrseable
maiady. Thousands Of testimonials ofits
virtues. so cents per bottle. By druggists
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

T. F. Bayard, Jr., has entered the junior
class az Yale.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21
another Life saved.

The remains OF the late Cbiei Jnstiee
Chase are reinterred at Cincinnati.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

nyou want a cheap, economical power, Sc
advt. ofthe shipman engine in an other COLI
ANN si..l4- sf ~.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

Adirondack Murray is giving pubiieread-
ings in Massachusetts fJfe
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21
AMoman,s AIIerance.

zenas Dane in Good Housekeeping.
A year or two before | was married
rh~..,s.5 40 xi,,ter with n very ex-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

As good as represented. IS what every
body says Of FraEer's Axle Grease.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

Best, easiest to nse and cheapest Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. 80 cts
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

Joshua Num-. formerly American vice
consul general at London, is dead.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

Mr.. E. r Wilson, Grand Rapids, Mich,
reports the case Of Mr.. II. T. Sheldon, Of
Lansing, Mich, who Tor several weeks sui
Tered from a frightful cough and cold, which
was cured by one bottle Of Red Star Cough
Cure.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

Another Life Saved.
About two years ago a prominent citizen
Of Chicago was told by his physicians that
he must die. They said his system was so
Gebilitated that there was nothing left to
build on. He made up his mind to try
new departure" Heeot some OF DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" and took it &C.
cording to directions He began to imprS
at once. He kept up the treatment for some
months, and is to-day well man. Hesays
the Discovery" saved his life.
r r. Severish committed suicide at Shell
Rock Iowa, by shooting himself
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" is
the best restorative tonic for physical trail-
ty in women, or female Weaknesses or de.
rangements. By druggists. Price reduced
To one dollar
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

Marx Twain is said to be worth over a
million dollars
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

A uniform and natural color Of the whis-
kers Is produced by using Buefdngham's
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

We have used Ayers Cherry Peetoral, in
our family, for colds. with perfect success.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21
The Oft Told Story

o. the peculiar medicinal merits OF Hoods Ssrssparls
is fully oOsned by the voluntary testimony Of thou
sand who have trjei It. Peculiar in the cbin
rrupotion and preparation Of its ingredients peculiar
in tbs extTe1ns with which il i put mp Hoods
ssrssps ria mIeishes whore olher rgepzra-
tons entirely fail Peculiar in the unelEkied good
name Il has made at home which is tower Of strength
sbrosd,- peculiar in the phenomenal sales II has at
tanned. Hosds sSrsaparih is the most popular and
successful MEDICINE before the puhlictosy for purify
ing TIE hood giving strength and crestine an appe-
tte. Give II trial
Il suffered from wakefuiness and low spirias and
also had eczema the back Of my head and neck which
very annoying took one bottle Of Ho,ds sarsa-
paria and have received % much benefit that am
very grateful and a always glad to speak good word
for Hoods sarsapErilla" Mis-. J. S. sxlpEn Potts
vile, Pa
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Sold by an Druggists 81; sx for IS Prepared only
by G. ]. HOOD CO. ApOthcc1rIess Lowell MassL
100 Doses One Dollar
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

That she is irail. often In body,
ITS true, It's true It's pity.
And pity It's, It's true
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

Foz DxrEPsis, Indigestion. Depression q spirsts
and General Debility. N tbrr yl-icns frnk alsa
preventive AEstnsa Fewer ana AgDe and other snfer
niftenf Fcvnrs. HE *fKRRo- PHoERHoAkTEp ElIxxa
or CALlsA1A- made by Casser Hazard A. Co. Sew
York and sold by al Iruggisss Is the h-s5 tonic aAd
for pstienes recovering from Feyer other sackns.
Il has no eqasl. @ EtE
W.T. 20 fimp,ng around with your boots run
over. Lyon Eeel stifeners keep them straightf
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-21

Fine Seasihilities ike

wosdhiaes. risxnas6i tzfz15ss * bnrty = <ssns
erszfa sid srxskhE zterauf nn<sezzxaa, 20 ~
pod IsnEs n rnsns.sa b s.stnstA. fhey ~ - e
rrspsm fss srOan3 s. = b Esh he bssy. = J.
susssaned ~ Strength rr1 bsAlra- Al = bcszt5 sna
hsz4sncsz. Buit when enfssbIsd 6y sisesssl tssrs
no siifery lining % Tia ci1ndz Gieora rcrrnar< -
natzre. and ksga ,aytsdles into asapAr. 11Ez&a~
wozaa yes sniey fi.zs inssfiaAsas bem. srzAh Kzsw
thai Il b vsfiD ysar pswer. IhSusznds hste b~sa -
bad On a. you srs Strength their snteshard hEso@
snd boy to hssr aescndina hearts has ban irnpsrse
BY me use of Dr. Turs Liver fsz ne erzzt boa 70