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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

by him. While she airted with him
well out OF sight under the bridge
these two men let down over the sid,
Remington dynamite machine, and
blew the blessed old boat to blazes,
and then coekered up a yarn about
a mysterious vessel that had CONT
upon them suddenly. run them dowr
and got clear away Lord
knew you'd laugh. This yount
TOOL is no end of funk about
his certificate, supports their yarn
and, OF course, never says word
about the girl. They come over; the
loss is proved bona fde accidental
and Col Jedadiah z. Spinks metz
100000 sterling clear profit bans
out of the insurance offices! But wall
a minute. The ends the tragic part
OF it. That beautiful girl, with hei
marvellous talents, that would make
her an empress if she wanted to be
one, goes and falls in love-the rea
thingl-with the man, and won touch
a penny of her share of the plumber.
Waste of genius, call it. But all
women are alike. And egad, SIR, she's
married him! What dye think of that
Tor a yarn?"
Most startling and amusing But
here in Paris. Thank you so much
for your delightful company. Your
story has indeed interested me great
ly."-London Truth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07
A Goodly Old Kitchen.

A correspondent of the New Orleans
Picayune, who has been visiting in
Canterbury, writes: 'Just outside the
gate and across the way from the shop
of the potato and pork merchants
| there stands, as it has stood for a
couple OF centuries, the old EalstaH
| Inn. We went in under the sign
through low doorway, overgrown
with ivy. At the end of the hall was
a lovely old kitchen with q floor Of
cool tiles and gorgeous dinner ser.
vice of purple, red, blue and gold dis
PLAYED in wide racks against the wall.
A bright iirewas burning, the red Goals
glowing between the bars of the CRATE,
and vast deal of cooking was going
on. The kettle is boiling with n fussy
effusion like that OF comfortable,
| home keeping, good-hearted, mother.
~ woman, busting about to get things
ready for her good man and the chill
dren. A leg of lamb was roasting be-
fore the fire. A string or thin iron
chain, ] believe it was, was fas.
tened from the mantle shelf, and
| from the other end hung the
meat, dangling directly in front of the
crate bars. A plate was set under
meath it TO catch the drippings. had
q bit of that lamb, with some mint
sauce, for my dinner, and can attest
| that it was most excellent eating.
wish had some OF it ut this moment.
A trim young woman, wearing the
whitest OF mob caps, the cleanest OF
white aprons, stood before the fire
I L. 4,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07
Johnny Was Too Smart.

1t doesn't pay to be too smart
John X. Mclean, the editor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, says the Phila
delphia News. while walking with a
friend along Twenty-ninth street ir
this city, saw "A woe-begone Hiberniar
leaning against post. The thought
struck HIM that it would be a fine thing
to make the tramp's face a study by
presenting him with silver quarter
He did so and at the same time said
Here's that quarter | owed you
Now, don't go around any more tell
ing people that don't pay my debts
l always speak well of you and you
have no reason to do otherwise by
me-" For q second the mans facC
was a study. He was amazed at the
unlooked-for kindness, and then, as
its purport dawned on him, he raised
his tattered hat and said: God bless
yer amer, I'll niver say another word
agin We, but land here his eyes twink
led merrily) are We sure it wasn't q
half yez owed me?" Thefriend roared
and Mclean Redeemed to the roots o
his hair.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07
The Number Who Persisted by
EARTHQUAKES.

Records OF great earthquakes fill a
large space in history, and instances
where people have persisted by the
| thousands from this cause aremourn.
fully numerous. An earthquake ac
companied the volcanic eruption that
buried Pompeii and Herculaneum and
their inhabitants in the year 10. An
earthquake was felt by nearly the
whole world in 543. In 557 Constan,
tinople suffered fearfully and thou,
sands Gifts inhabitants were killed. In
742 an awful shock visited Palestine
and other parts Of Asia, and the loss
of life was beyond calculation In
115S 10000 persons persisted in
Syria. In 1868 10000 persisted in
Cilicia. In 1856 10000 People were
killed in Naples. In 1881 5000 per.
sons were buried in ruins at Lisbon,
Portugal. In 1926 10, 900 lives were
lost at Naples In 1867 an earthquake
mt Schamaki lasted three months
and $4,000 persons persisted. In 1903
an earthquake in Sicily overturned
| fifty-ioHr cities and towns; Catania
and its $4,000 inhabitants were wiped
out of existence, and more than 100.
600 lives were lost in all. In 1902,
Yeddo, Japan, was ruined and 300.
900 people were killed. In 1871, at
Pekin, China, 100000 persons were
swallowed up. In 1854 10000 per-
sons were engulfed at Grand Cairo.
In 1855 Kaschan, Persia, was de.
stroyed with 10000 persons, and
June 8, OF the same year, the great
earthquake already mentioned, visit
ed Lisbon. Portugal; in about eight
minutes most of the houses were swal-
lowed up by the yawning earth and
from $4,000 to 10000 met a fearful
dome. In Spain, Morocco, and else
where, terrible havoc was done and
thousands of people persisted. In
1859 Baalbec, Syria, was destroyed
and 10000 persons were killed. In
1892, AIeppo was Destroyed and 20
900 lives were lost. In 1851, Melf,
Italy, was almost laid in ruins; 1,
600 lives were lost. In 1857,
in Calabria and elsewhere, about TO-
600 persons persisted, and an author.
ity on the subject estimated that in
the seventy-five years from 1888 to
1000 tue klllSuOill Ol NdplSS iOSt LII,
COO inhabitants by the effects oil
earthquakes. In 1881 the isles OF
Ischia and Scio suffered terribly, and
between 1000 and 5000 people lost
their lives, and another visitation in
1888 killed 5000 persons in Ischia.
The greatest calamity OF the century,
measured by the loss OF lie, was the
Krakatoa convulsion in 1888, when
100000 people are said to nave been
killed. There is a legend to the effect
that the continent OF Atlantis, with
It's millions ofhighly cultivated inhab.
itants and many wealthy and mag.
niicent cities, was swallowed by the
ocean during an earthquake. Could
the fact be established, II would prove
the monumental earthquake disaster
OF all time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07
A Wonderful Natural Tunnel.

William D. Jones Of Philadelphia,
WHO has been the owner OF probably
the only natural tunnel in this couh-
try, gave it away the other day to a
railroad company The tunnel is in
Scott county, Va, and Mr.. Jones gave
1t away because the railroad company
proposes to build track through 1t
and open up to commerce a rich region
lying in Virginia, Kentucky and Ten
nessee, where Mr.. Jones owns over
$4,000 acres. Mr.. Jones inherited the
tunnel and many thousands ofacres OF
land from his uncle. The civil war de
layed the development of that section
OF the couatry, which Is very mount
ainous and sparsely settled, and it is
only recently that enferprising Bos-
tonians have furnished the money to
bring to light it's wealth OF coal, iron
ore, lumber, building stone and mar
bic The tunnel, which penetrated a
rocky range that otherwise fur
nished an impenetrable barrier
re the progress Of that region,
was the key tothe situation, and with
it has been unlocked the material
treasures OF the new south. The tunnel
which has been formed by the action
OF Stock creek, the largest fork OF the
Clinch river, extends in slight curve
933 feet through the solid rock OF a
hill with nearly perpendicular sides,
and 480 feet high at one entrance and
592 at the other. The spring OF its
arch is from 100 to ITO feet above
the floor, and the width is about 10
feet. Through this passage the waters
OF Stock creek flow in a gentle incline,
occupying but portion of the space,
and so slight is the grade that the
track OF the new road can be laid
upon the rock floor with but little
labor. The rock is a hard limestone,
and countless ages must have passed
before the waters of the creek burst
through the barrier and cut out the
noble arch. The new road, which will
make a practical use OF the tunnel,
will run from Bristol, Tenn, to Big
Stone Gap, Va. on the Kentucky state
line, a distance of eighty miles. Had
:, been necessary to tunnel through
the mountain the company must
have spent at least $500, 900.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07
The Twins Of Lncana


A Vienna correspondent writes.
John and Jacob Tocci, the twins OF
Locana, who have been shown in al.
most every city of Europe as the sue.
cessors OF the famous Siamese twins
are dying in the Prater. The boys re-.
semble each other exactly, and are
now IN their tenth year. John and
jacob are separate as far as the sixth
RIO, and have one abdomen and one
PAIR oil legs between them. Jacob
moves the right leg, John the lett. The
twins cannot walk, and keep their
balance by lacing their arms around
each Others neck. Jacob eats often
anu heartily, and is the healthier OF
the two, and to all appearance it i
he who keeps his brother alive. One
day the twins quarrelled over a toy,
and John grew so excited that his
heart-blood suddenly ceased to flow,
and he changed to a condition ofcom.
plete lethargy, from which he had not
Invoke on the following morning. The
boy suffered from the same complaint
year ago in Berlin. and Prot. Vir.
CHOW then declared that recurrence
oil the lethargy would certainly put
an end TO the twins lie. A mum
Der OF Vienna physicians are observ.
lng the mGlady, but they enter.
tam little hope OF Johns life, and il
John dies, Jacob must follow him to
the grave. The twins as they lie in
their bed offer strange contrast; ia
cob with ieverish eyes and red face
seems to harbor all the blood that
has retreated from Johns liieless body.
The conscious boy cries necessarily,
because he has often heard Prof. Vir-
elbows remark repeated, and knows
that his brothers death is but the
harbinger of his own. The poor crea-
lures are meeting with the same fate
that some time ago put an end to the
life OF the Siamese twins; the second
OF whom died OF poisoned blood YES
sells, alter having spent six terrible
hours with the corpse OF his brother.
The advisabihty an operation sep
arating the living from the dead broth
er was discussed at the time; but be-
fore resolution could be taken death
had done it's work The twins OF Lo-
cana, who for the last eight years have
travelled to all the worlds shows,
were to have left for New YORK,
where Barnum is said to have
engaged them for year at a salary
OF 10000 fir. In the event of their
death the parents have sold their body
to London anatomical museum for
the price OF GS. 000.-St. James Ga.
zette, August %.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07
A Western Mans Experience.

A special from Philadelphia to the
n. Y. Times gives a Western mans ex-
perience in that city. The following is
the story
"You are the man that insulted me,
and this is how get even" A rather
good-looking, well-dressed, and mus.
cular young woman accompanied this
declaration with straight from-the.
shoulder hit that knocked dude up
against the Pennsylvania Railroad
ticket Office at Broad and Chestnut
streets. The blow caught him straight
between the eyes and smashed his eye
glasses. Before he knew what had
struck him the young woman had FOL.
lowed up her advantage with half a
dozen more swinging right-handers
that sent the man sprawling over the
pavement. As he rose to his feet he
was met by another knock-down blow
from the young woman's left. BY
this time the angry amazon had dis
carded her cuffs and thrown herself
into fighting posture. A group of a
dozen people had gathered and looked
on the encounter with evident wonder.
The man had swollen eye, q pulled
cheek, and his lip was bleeding copious-
" mt the end of the female slugger's
initiatory tattoo upon his frontispiece.
He braced himself with an effort and
made two or three weak passes at his
adversary, but his blows were warded
off with skill and grace that the
American champion might have en-.
We'd Not one of his hits reached the
face of the young woman, who had her
blood mp, and who counted every time
with telling effect. All the arts and
tricks of the pugilistic ring seemed as
familiar to her as the alphabet, and
the upper cut" the shoulder cut, "
the straight flush, !" and the "swing-
ing blow" followed each other in
startling succession. For fully five
minutes the one.sided contest was
kept up, and then the man began to
shout '.police" A policeman finally
appeared and grabbed the man.
Thinking he had been attacked from
the rear by confederate of the fury,
he continued to shout murder at the
top of his voice until the policeman
yanked him out OF the reach of the
woman's clinched fists. The latter,
as she stopped to pick up her cuffs
remarked coolly: "It's good thing
for that fellow that yougot here when
you did, or I'd a killed him."
The man, who is a drummer from
Grand Rapids, Mich, begged the by
ISLANDERS to protect him, and two Of
them went with him to the Broad
Of paat station He had had "a uIIar ~ al
with the woman in a neighboring beer
garden, and she took this summary
mode of redress. Nobody knows who
the woman was, but man in the
crowd was heard to express the opin-
ion that the fighter was John l.. Sui.
Ivan in skirts
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

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AN 4 lttle kiss
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~ as w nielet could withstand
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ssAes A.. ~ ain would lingor,-
sT,,,Id dare TO kiss my manu.
i }fenel. MS little finger
s,.aala ever come 10 WOO,
(: ~. \. IN sb.S,ld to wed beseeeh me,
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4, i.,., .boald ever come 70 WOO. -.
y , s,.,'li' his VOWS with great adof
Z "A, n .lSsling Cupid teach me.
/, ~ should ever come TO WOO,
y = =, s, sso,,ld "a wed beseech me
na' $50 Earl Marble in the Ourrene
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07
GOLDEN ron.

Agolden fodf sweet colder rosil
Bride OF the autumn sur
has ne kissed thy blossoms this mellow
morn,
And nged them one by one
DID the criekets sing at the christenine
=, when, IN his warm embrace,
lie gave thee love from the fo,lnt above
And beauty, and cheer, and grace?
lie brightens the asters, but soon they fade.
He reddens the sumaeh tree;
ana the clematis loses its snowy bloom,
But he's true as truth to thee.
scattered on mountain-top or plain,
Unseen by human eve,
lie turns thy fringes to FURNISHED gold
BY loves sweet alchemy.
And then, when the chill November comes
And the flowers their work have done,
Thou art still unchanged, dear golden rod
Bride OF the autumn SUM
Sarah X. Bolton in Brooklyn Magazine
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

The General Grand Council OF Royal and
Select Masons finished their second trien-
NAL convention by the election OF the fol-
lowing officers: g. p. Pickard, Louisiana,
6. g. NJ; George W. Cooley. Minnesota, g.
@. u. NJ: O. 4. b. Sentor OF Ohio, G. G. r.
G. w; Frank H. Bascom, II. NJ. G.; Rev. j.
w Barnum, Massachusetts,, G. G. chaplain;
John Coburn, New York, c. G.. C. OF g.;
Henry 5. Orme OF California, G. G. G, OF G.;
Bradford Nicol OF Tennessee, G. g. steward.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

The editor of The Corsicana. Tex, Oh.
server, Mr.. G. p. Miller, had severe at.
tack OF rheumatism in his left knee. which
became so swollen and painful that he
could not walk up the stairs. lie writes
that after a few applications DIST. Jacob 3
Oil, the pain entirely disappeared, and the
knee assumed its normal proportions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07
nI III not like a.. nr. FeIl.

The reaSon why, cannot tel.
II has often been wondered at, the bad
odor this olt-quoted doctor was in Twas
probably because he, being one Of the old
school doctors, ma le up pills as large as
bullets, which nothing but an ostrich could
holt without nausea. Hence tho dislike.
DIR. r. y. Pierces Pleasant Rasgative
Pellets" are sugar.eoated and no larger
than birt-shot, and are quick to do their
work. For all arrangements OF the liver,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

DR. Pierces "Favorite Prescription" is
not extoilcd as ''cure-alI,p but admira-
bly, iulfills n singleness OF purpose, being a
most potent specific in those chronic weak
nesses peculiar to women. Particulars in
Dr. Pierce's large treatise on Diseases Pc
culiar TO Women 1G0 pages, sent for ten
cents in stamps. Address, Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association, 663 Main Street.
Buffalo, \. y.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

Joseph Guion, Janitor Dist. Court. ST,
Paul, says: For the past forty years
have been troubled with Rheumatism
and Neuralgia, sometimes proven ting my
attending to business. ] have for the past
six months pse.i McCaine's 81. Paul Chem
former trouble. 1t is an invaluable rene.
dy." BY druggists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

Apples are getting large enough to twist
a boy OF o out OF bed and hall way down
st airs at one grip, and the opportunity
sh ould not he lost by n single youth to
have on hand Perry Davis Pain Killer, n
most efficient remedy for all disorders OF
the stomach. IL is sold by all druggists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07
Grnaning on a Bed Of Agony.

In the throes of rheumatism, which has
reached the inhammatory stage, the inva-
lid has just cause to deplore the inefficien-
cy OF medicines which could neither uproct
the disease at its outstart, nor avert its
dreaded climax. Hostetters Stomach
Bitters is a medicine which, without the
danger attending the use of some of the or.
binary specifics for this malady, is Infinite
~ more searching and effective. Used at
the start it checks the progress OF the dis
ease, and expels, or Eeutralizes, the rheu-
matte virus in the blood. Who so takes it
mcurs no risk, and is sure to be benefited.
Valuable in rheumatism, it is equally eff
catious as a remedy for neuralgia, liver
complaint, indigestion, chiils and fever, de-
bility, and inactivity OF the kidneys and
bladder. 1t may, also. be relied upon to
promote sleep and appetite.
The safe OF the New York produce ex-
change building was opened and 50, 500 in
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

The most important OF the proposed
new regulations to be added to the civil
service rules is one giving to honorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors the preference
guaranteed to them by law.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

Sir Charles Dixie j. understood 10 nave
finally decided the manner in which be will
enter the business OF journalism, and it
viii not be probably in any editorial ca
pacity. He is likely TO join the staif OF ons
of the great press agencies in London as
early as December. Money consideration
has no direct influence on his course, Tor
his position will be that OF an unpaid vol
unteer In fhe news service
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07
Bernard Bler the famous Arkansas
millionaire, is dead.

Rupture. pile tumors fistulie and ali dis
eases Of the lower bowel Except cancerl,
radically cared. Send 10 cents in stamps
for book Address, Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 663 Main Street,
Buffalo. Y. Y.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

The brakemen on the New York, Penn
sylvania & Ohio railroad have demanded
an increase OF 10 per cent. in their wages.
II the demand is not met strike viii re-
suit.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

Anna, the eighteen year-old daughter of
DIR. Hiram A. Hawley Of Delmar Junction,
VT, dressed herself IN male attire and dis
appeared.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

Summer coughs and colds generally come
to stay, but the use of Red Star Cough
Cure invariably drives them away. Safe,
prompt, sure.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

A Saratoga special to the Sun asserts
that the bill Of Holmes & Co.. the Saratoga
undertakes, for embalming and taking
care OF Gen. Grants body has not been
paid. The bin amounts to $500, and has
been presented TO several members OF the
Grant family and Merritt, the New y ork IN
dertakers, bat all havs repudiated IL.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

The editor of the Fert Macleod Gazette
wires the Manitobian that no massacre by
the Indians has occurred in the North.
west, as reported.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

Shocks OF earthquake are reported in
Connecticut and New York.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

An immense body of rich ore has buen
found on Sheep m1untain Idaho.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

Secretary Whitney is stal at Leuox,
Mass.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers pro-
duces, in one application, peraanenteol-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

Sir Reginald Hanson has been elected
lord mayor 81 London.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

An inferior article is dear at any price.
Remember this, and buy Frazer Axle
Grease.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

We have used Ayers Aeue Cure, and have
found it invaluable in malarial troubles.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

Why go iimpng around with your boots run
over. Lyons Heel Stifieners keep them straight
PURE Con LIVER On. made IRON se!ectedlvers,
on the sea-shore. by CAs~ELL, HAZARD 4 Co.,
New York. 1t is absolutely and sweet.
Patients who have once taken II prefer 1t to all
Others. Physicians have decide il superior 10
any OF the other oils In market.
CuAPPEo HANDS. FACE PIMP LES, and rough
Skin cured by using JUNIPES Ia n soar, made by
CAsnELL, HAzARp & CO.. New Y ork.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

Relief is immediate, and cure is sure. Pi.
SOS Remedy for Catarrh. so cts.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

NV choice is made at last, Sister
.:.,Is Now ] am ready for blame or
,,raise HON others but Iwantyour APP
,koval."
The elder sister looked at a couple
4, omen letters lying on the writing
I'd before which the speaker sat, her
! IA sray ewes soTtening little as she
rsplied;
: chosen / can answer you"
..yon ought to know without being
"a . stella laughed. Clarence, OF
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

Snow iell at Marauette, Mieh., on sou. sO.