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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18
NUMBER q
TAKE Nor1csn.

There will be a cuacus of tho
voters of Webster township, at tho
Court House in Webster, on Satur-
day, Feb. 27th, 1856, for the nom-
ination Of township officers to DO
voted for Tuesday, March I'd, 1886.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

Regular services every sunday at III a. n. ahn
n NJ Il. m. Sabbath school ut II IN. tfasef
\ eeaing sSery Thursday evening.
". q. DICKINSON, Pastor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18
A OF EDUCATION.

Meets first saturday in every month.
THos. DoUsLhss, Dire. En-. G. WARHEEi CeIk.
FRANK WALLACE, Treas.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18
Hotels.
PRIOR

Cor. LIST Ave. & - 81, WEBSTER, b.r. .
ISIS new. neat ans ~eammodious house, Is
j ast furnished with Bcts furniture aAd beaalse,
Aad speresito the patiie. Good nlealsa qnlet
rest. Every attention pal 70 CHESTS: ana prices
reasonable. cHAs. A.NAsIGH, Proprietor
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18

The argument is often heard:
"0h | want a great big state, II
that will have immense influence
politically like New York and Penn
sYlYaaias.s Ia hat so? Let's see
about it. New York has $4,000
square miles of territory. P~ennsylva-
MIA $4,000, and the proposed state
of Dakota 1900. 4 man is a reg-
ular ninny to imagine for a moment
that Dakota can ever WELD the 20.
~litical influence that either * ssase
states possess NAYt New York
has : 4eaguard on which is the finest
harhor IN the world aud on which is
built q city containing more popu-
latian than Dakota can hope to hive
IN less than another DECADE. Both
New York and Pennsylvania are
manufacturing states, As y eanse-
quence, large pumhera OF people ara
massea ia ssaaii afear OF territory
3 condition that Dakota can meyer
hope to reach because she mnst de-
psna on her agricultural population
largely, for her political power
hence. t;ie comnagisan Is that of a
dcmag9s4.. and unfair IN every par
tfcalar. When you talk on this
subject nse a litsle horse sense.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18
CfaurohS.
BAPTIST CHURCH.

ss,viees eSery sabbath AZ the Court House ~
ii o'e;.ck. a. ". aud Z o'clock r. N. Everybody
4 cordially invited. ox eia,t
REV. u. GcDwIN, Pastor. N. 'o"'s'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18
BALzER

lascs.t AMI best Hotel ia Day County, best
RECOMMENDATION aud prices rcasohabie,
l.. BlLzER, Proprietor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18

While the inhabitants of Eir-
ginia and other southern and west.
ern states are suffering with ex-
tremely cold weather, and their
railroads are blockaded with snow.
Dakotians are dragging their fields
and the school boys are playing
marbles in the street and II IL were
a little later In the season, but no
warmer, the urchins would be bare
footed but as their shoes are not vet
worn out they hang to them, and
yet southern statesmen nersist In
trying to keen Dakota out in the
cold, TIile cofa ware in the south
and cast mast be a judgement on
such fellows, but there is ons oen-
ISOLATION these so-ealied statesmen
Will find q place BY and by that will
be too warm for them aud than they
will wish themselves In Dakota or
some other delightful oountry.-Ez
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Societies.
WEBSTER CoRNET BAND.

Business meeting first Monday Of each month
the Court House. Appropriate music for al
pccasions. charges reasonable.
:. A. BAKEE, Asst Leader. w. s. CURTIss, Sec,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18
BACuELoR CLUE.

Regular meetings every Second aud Fourth
TneSsisy of each month.
T.. q. O-CHsESgEIrKR, W. +. STCMPi.
President. Secretary.
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/. o. d. II.
GA r.
Q. I. 4 s. G.

THE WEBSTER CHAurACQUA LITERARY
land SCIENTIFIC Embellishments every two
weeks, on Moitday evening. at T:SB O'Clock. All
ARE cordially Invited, Z. WILSON, sec:
/ ". A. BESJNuS, Ptss. Y. II. FOSTER, Critic.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-18

"A shooting gallery has been
opened in the building next to the
REpoRTER Office.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
To Take Home to Your Wife.
What shall take home 10 my wifess'
An overheard passing rerna

What shall take home TO my wifeS''
An overheard passing remark
Take home TO your wife sincere and homes.
heart.
Kept affectionate, and true and tender:
hlndled well TO glow by living altar COAL
The gift of a giver-not a sender.
Take THAT home to your wife.
when you find pleasant word afioat on th'
And are puzzled TO know how to catch it.
Bid II come to You at once, for kiudest keer
and care,
Guard il cautiously and tenderly watch it,
Take THAT home to your wife.
Should you find bright idea wandering aim
And marvel how you best may obtain it.
Set prompt and careful watch, both withir
and without,
And when once you have made out TO gain il.
Take THAT home TO your wife.
Should there. sleep within your soul little
With a tendency each day to growing
brighter
Let the coal from OF the altar but touch il
from above,
And: with your own heart happier and
Take THAT home TO your wife.
Should you spy little sin in the pathway of
life.
No matter how, or where or whenever,
Toss ii back upon the winds-a germ of world
ly strife
RESOLVING, what may come. that you'll never
Take THAT home to your wife
Take only TO your wife all the good thar Won
know
In the worldly ways of lifes daily giving;
Take your heart in your hand when Your
homeward way you CO.
And you'll have at last life worth the
living,
To take home WITH your wife
Clark w. Bryan. in Good Housekeeping
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
A Washington Crank

One of the characters of Washington
is young fellow who pads his clothing
so as to make him seem to be nearly
twice as large as he is. His clothes are
always neat. but as he wears them he
looks more like stuffed man than q
real one He wears a pair of boots
with heels fully four inches high His
coat sleeves are so long that they cover
the tips of his fingers, and even beyond
that he has pair of enormous cuffs.
This young man is the son of wealthy
parents and is generally regarded as
being a trife daft. One of his pecu-
liarities is love with his own figure
He thinks he is the handsomest man
alive. He rents an Office in an uptown
building to which no one save only q
favored few are admitted. This room
he has arranged so that the walls and
ceiling are entirely covered with mir
rors. Strange stories are told OF the
Young mans actions in this apartment
Ii is said he will remain there for hours
admirino himself as reflected in the
glass. all the while cutting up the most
Extraordinary antics On the street he
never looks to the right nor to the left
He never speaks to anyone unless nrst
addressed. Several times he has been
euyed by young fellows who thought
they would have a lark at his expense
In each and every instance they have
been soundly thrashed. for he Is one OF
the most expert and scientific sparrers
in the city. This n'~'
ington's most
defplir
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14

every one OF those notes, cried the
badly conducted
What notes? Tell me?" Effie was
afiame.
.'Your fathers. Who do you suppose
paid the debts? Why. Gabe Barker out
of his own pocket, This very house is
his, continued he.
You are q wicked person. and don't
believe one word you say burst out
Ellie.
1T isn't such mighty thing after all.
do ever so much more, Ellie. if YOU d
let me- But you called me presuming,
and it made me angry"
so you are. hate you. and I'm
going this minute to Mr.. Barker" She
flung on her hat
Il wouldn't. Let it alone. He's
well able to do it if he wishes" Bert
thought he had never seen Effie so de-
sirable, as with that angry pout and the
infinite air of seorn with which she re-
garded him.
'.Mr. Barker is it so? Tell me.
Will known'; with tear-flushed face she
raided in on him. They say that papa
died-insolvent, and-you bought up
his no-otes, and tell me!n she implored
impassionately.
'.Effie. don't! you will be i'll. Who
told you such cruel things?" He shuf-
fed his papers in agitation.
Bert Gwynne; he says it is the talk
OF the place, and
Heavens! What had she almost said:
de II make You marry him after a
while. He marry her! such an insig-
nificant nobody.
''Efiie, listen; am not going to deny
what have DONE"
Then you did! ohr' She went down
by the stiff old clients chair in a heap
and hid her face in her hands
Child, what could do? The credi-
tors threatened. There was nothing to
pay them, and YOU looked so little and
helpless. Besides, it is only discharging
an old obligation. Your father was
very kind to me when / was a poor lad.
Effie. don't be angry
Sob. sob from the rounds of the chair.
'.Is the house yours, too?'
by heavens, Ellie. if You ask me any,
thing more I'll deny ercrything," desper-
ately.
as it, say?" tempestuously
Yes"
Gabriel Barker was as abashed as if
he had been confronted with selling il
legal whisky.
DO you hold those notes?"
''Confound that meddleSome Gwynne
boy. I'll thrash him tomorrow if live.
Yes, Ellie. but they are yours. / have
left them to you in my will. Here they
are. !" laying bundle in her lap.
Take them away | will not have
them" she said, excitedly. Unless
Mr.. Barker-you tell me how-I-can-
pay-you."
.'Will you. if 1 tell you, Effie?"
He opened his arms and she crept
close to his heart. whispering:
"Yes. Gabriel
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
English Princesses Modestly Shop
ping.

The daughters OF the Princess of
Wales had very jolly holiday at Tor
quay. They went shopping by them
selves and ran into place after place to
make their little purchases with evident
delight in their freedom. The second
day after their stay they appeared in
fine buoyant spirit at boot store with
short stick which, they explained, was
the length of their mothers foot, and
they wanted pair of rubbers, '.golosh-
es" they called them, for mamma
1t was quite a comical scene, for the
salesman entered into the spirit of their
fun and tried the stick in all sizes and
conditions of overshoes until the young
ladies were satisfied. They had them
wrapped up, paid for them, and walked
away with the parcel under the arm of
the youngest of the three, for they had
refused to have their purchases .-sentn
while they were at Torquay.
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French Shoes.

The following is from special reports
which have just been made to the Gov
ernment at Washington by the consuls
and commercial agents of the United
States:
The French have their peculiar tastes,
and believe that their shoes are inimit-
able in material, workmanship, and.
above all. in style. Take, for instance,
their ladies' dress slipper, the distin-
gushing features of which are the point
ed toe and high heel, sloping from
the place where the heel belongs to the
center of the foot. This peculiar struc-
ture is extended to their walking shoes,
and it is sad fact that they have been
sent in countless numbers to America
and other countries, and have been
readily sold, when to the casual observer
they would simply appear to be refined
instruments of torture. Wooden shoes
and wooden soles. cardboard and straw
soles, with prunella and cloth uppers.
are cheaply manufactured, and find
favor among the working classes. The
French have possessed themselves of the
secret of cheap manufacturing. so that
while maintaining fair exterior. they
can deteriorate the quality to such an
any foreign competition
The duties are not excessive, but the
great obstacles to the importation of
boots and shoes in this district MAR
seilles) are of another character. These
are the willingness of the people to pur-
chase and wear shoes of the most fiimsy
and inferior quality, provided they are
cheap, and their unwillingness to pay
| for better article a higher price than
| that to which they have been accustom-
| ed. The soles are of soft. spongy, yell
| lowish leather. often underlaid with
| paper: the seam connecting the top
with the vanp soon gives way. and in
wet weather the counter" breaks down
and permits the heel to bulge beyond
| the soles. These goods are the product
| of hand labor in hundreds of small
shops and factories throughout the dis
| trict. and they form the staple footwear
| of the people, who. conservative and
severely frugal in all things. cannot see
why they should pay from 26f. to 30f.
for one pair of good shoes when the
same sum will purchase three pairs oi
| new ones In this, as in other articles
| of dress and luxury among the French
working people. it is the new thing
which counts.
Boots and shoes for mems wear have
been imported here Uyons) to some ex
tent from Vienna. in Austria. and are
meeting with some success They ar
quite perfect in elegance and shape. bu
objection is made to the quality of thu
soles. which are said to be inferior
Germany is also supplying the French
markets with felt slippers TO consider
able extent, the sole either of felt o
leather. as the case may be- Englans
is exporting 50 very small q quantity I,
this country that it is scarcely wortl
mentioning Boots and shoes manu-
factured in the United States are quit
unknown in this consulate district
Large quantities Of caoutchouc com
from there. but the fabrication int
boots and shoes Is perfected here il
France.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
The Old Fashioned Man.

Il was readin' in de paper yesterday"
said Brother Gardner as the meeting
opened after the usual stylc-'I was
a-readin' lament bekase de ole fash
un'd man an woman had died off an
would be soon no mo- on airth foreber.
lie glad on it. De ole-fashun'd man
scraped off de measure when he sold
wheat; he believed dat any sort of food
and any sort of bed was good 'nuff fur
his chile he took de biggest piece of
pie at de table; he ate mo like hog
dan human bein'; if he had sympathy
it was fur his cattle instead of his
family. De ole-fashun'd man was
reg lar attendant at prayer-meetin', but
he worked his hired help twenty hours
out of twenty-four just de same. He'd
drive FIVE miles to church on Sunday to
show his religun, but doorin' de odder
six days of de week he was bad man
to trade hosses wild. 1t took his wife
six months to git up de courage to ak
him fur new kaliker dress, an mos of
his chill'en growed up an went away
from home widout a reckoleckshun of q
dozen kind words.
DE ole-fashun' d man had two recipes
fur his fellow-bein's. De fust was hard
work; de mex was boneSet tea. He
had but two ideahs in regard to boys
De fust was lots o work an leetle
schoolin; de next was lots o lickins an
no holidays. He had but two ideahs in
regard to bizness. De fust was git all
We kin: de mex was keep all ye git.
He argued dat liar could neber enter
de kingdom of heaben, but would go
out an lick sick OK to death widout
any fear about his hereafter. He prayed
loudly dat de Lawd would increase his
crops, but he kept his hired hands down
to de lowest possible tigger. He made
a great show of submittin' to de will of
Providence, but if 500 pounds of hay
got wet IN a rainstOrm some of de chill
| Fen come in for lickin' befo' night.
DE ole-fashun' d man an woman hev
departed, an de world hasn't lost cent
by it. 1t was a good depart Wicked
as some folks claim de world to be, /
feel dat | kin walk into de average
crowd an pick out mo- charity. human
ity, religun, sympathy an morality dan
could be found in a ten-acre lot of old
fashun'd men. ."-Brer GdrdHer's Lime
Kiln SoliogHY.
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in the present crisis of the labor agi-
tation. one OF the encouraging signs is
The earnestness with which the clergy
as a class are taking hold of the matter.
Not long ago one of the professional
labor reformers made the assertion that
there was but one or two clergymen In
the country who had given any serious
attention to the labor question The re-
mark was very far from being true at
the time when it was made: apart from
the professors OF political economy. the
ministers OF the gospel have given the
subject more intelligent study than any
other class of professional men. But
during the last year their interest in the
matter has been greatly quickened, it IS
the uppermost theme in their assemblies;
and the duty of the Christian church to
enforce the obligations which wealth
and power involve, and to preach to all
classes the gospel of goodwill, is clearly
| discerned. Whatever reason there may
| have been for the charge thatthe church
was oa fhe side ofcapital IN this confhct.
| Il d evident that the pastors OF the
churches are now generally and heartily
endaavoriRg to remove that repr0ach,
and to assert with ali fidelity the
riohts of the weak and tho duties OF the
strong. The fact that The moral powe1
Of the Christian church II now exertee
ia behalf of justice and Humanity en-
couraces the hopa that Pr solq:
tion VI the difficulty mar ~ Aed Y
due season. Topics of g. 1&1y'<s m
II Century,
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
How French Girls Are wooed.

| remember, Just before the Franco
Prussian war. a Mdlle. Pairier, n very
witty and intelligent girl of Is. attended
the day-school in which | was teaching
She had passed her examinations at
l'Hotel de Vile, but was SO fond of her
school that she protested she would not
leave it until it was time for her to be
married She was privileged char
acter among the teachers and pupils-a
sort of parlor boarder. One day she
came running TO US and said: Mamma
has seriously gone to work to lind me a
husband | saw a candidate last night
at the theater, but | don't like him.
He squints. am going to see another
at the Opera Comique tonight The
next morning our question was: How
did you like him2' Cant like him;
papa heard that his property was en-
tailed. and that his father died of some
hereditary disease Thus. every morn
inc, to our amusement. she would come
with a new story, told in her own
sprightly way Once she told us that
one of her mothers horses was lamed;
she supposed that be (the horse) was
heartily tired of running after husband
for her. AT last she found the righi
one. OF rather the right one was found
for her She then at once stopped
joking. and, with the dignity she al
once assumed as q fiancee, she forbade
us SO to do. Her husband is rich
manufacturer of cloth at Elboeuf-
Brooklgn Eagle.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
How She Won Him.

.John." she said to the young man
who had been courting her for five long
years-.John, l sat for my photograph
to-day | suppose you want one?"
.'Oh. yes. indeed"
by the way. John. had them taken
especially for some friends in California.
and they want my autograph on the
cards. Now, John, dom know wheth-
er to sign my maiden name or wait a
few months until after am married 1
suppose YOU do intend TO get married In
a few months. don't you. John2
1t was desperate move, but she Won
and in two mouths both vii be made
one
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14

The River Sanpo. which descends
from the Himalaya Mountains and
flows for nearly 1000 miles along the
southern border OF the Thibet. has been
the subject Of more geographical con-
troversy than any other river in the
world.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14

army. They left him alone. He had
ABOUT told the story of the fight"
Col. Owen also tells US that ssAdiutant
oscar Stuart, of the Eighteenth aIissis-
slPpi, was killed after he surrendered
with white fiag-his brains deliberately
blown out by drunken Federal soldier 2
His account of the Confederate artillery
attack which preceded Pieketrs charge at
gettysburg, is the best and clearest we have
seen. His stories of soldier life-pathetic
gayeties, hardships which were joke, and
stern hard knocks taken and given with
grim good nature-are worthy of Charles
Lever
The book has a number Of illustrations
and has also eight maps. 1t is very attrac.
lively gotten up, the type and paper leav-
ing nothing to be desired The third edi-
ton is now ready, and viii be sent pest
paid on receipt OF price, $500, by Col. W
NJ Owen, Imperial Building, SO Carondelet
St, New Orleans, La
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14

Mr.. Enoch Pratt, who gave Baltimore
its fine free library. is thought to be
worth Sc, ,000, 900 or b, 900, 900. all self
made He is past 20. undersized and
very thin, though he is still hale and
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14

Will Haskell, editor Of the Minnea<
polls 1ritune, is building fine house
for himself on : lone island in Lake
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
From a Southern Standpoint-Views
of Mississippi Woman.

Essay read before the Mississippi Industrial ins'i-
tute and College, by Mrs. ASSIE c. PEYToS, OF
Hazelhurst, Miss, June -, 1886.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14

By Ww MILLER OWEN, Lieutenant and
Adiutaut oyo. With Maps and Engray-
iugs $500. Tiehnor & Co., Boston.
stirring narrative OF events during
the late Civil War, from Bull Run 10
seven Pines, Antietam, Fredericksburg.
Chaucellorsville, Gettysburg, Chiekama1-
"a, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Appomatox,
-,I Spauish Fort
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14

At ahout 10 O'Clock, empoluSheu "
the discovery of our weakness under a
fac Of truce. the enemy suddenly ap
reared to spring out OF the ground, III
line of battle, from behind the ridge
near the town. At the same time thlrty
60 forty guns opened upon our positions
froal Stafford Heights 1t was Deauti-
ful sient but terrible one for US
On the columns charged with rusn'
loud shouts aud yells- The eighteenth,
S.ississippi, behind the stone wall, ana
the gums Of Miller and squire on tne
biI. the Twenty Mississippi, VIII
The horitzers of Appe and Dehussy on
the left of the plank-road, pangeu aMas
as fast as they could be served cheesinl
the assaulting columns; put tnelf enol :, :,
to stay the tide were unsSaae'hg asains
such odds.
The charge ofthe enemy was % suuus,
that but few succeeded IN gsttlng ava
from the stone wall at the foot o. atalys
Hin. Sergeant-Maior William assaut, Dlase na1
Lieut. Col. Campbell OF the Elgh.esn., a1.,
Mississippi, sook advantage q EadsrsI va .v
fusion to escape when tue cue. a., a.
leaned into the road, ana nnAhs 49, ~
horses tied Dehlnu Tr,5 ranar
mounted them aud rode on. ool -. eIn sai,
bell was shot through the body; oue II ksp 8,
his seat upon his horse unsl' DsaA0 .
him safely away in an ambulance
One ~ our bows. who had stood BY hl
gun until all hope was gone, wAs Pass,s sssrs !
through General Pend'e.on.s q coald MAJ 4,
artillery; be was IS MAD g ne couiu -. =
and bis hands and face coveren wls
burnt powder: Ore e tne aessrx; 4 $;
ss.'s1 tVha,@ are YOUR eune71 he reptile
sbsyv,,v aGuns be damned I recko
No. No. tbe people of the Southern So
.se5.-sc~ dre eaffeIied that Barkedate
BrJss6e "a ths Washington ArtlIiel
..s'.,t srhir - uho1o %onned 1ank|
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14

At $50 A. NJ, a flag of truce came out
of the town, and was met about one hun.
dred yards in front of the stone wall by
Caotain Robert Brown, of the Brown
Rides, and Sergeant Major William
Blake, of Company X, 18th Mississippi
The enemy requested permission, to
tate off their killed and wounded; but
SoI Griffin very properly refused their
oUtimely request; but it was noticed
bv Blake that the bearers OF the hag
reered ~ intentIy at the foot of the hill
Se,hers our infantry were, and our men
would lift their beads above the stone
wall. showing plainly how small their
numbers were. That was just what the
enemy wanted to discover, and, being
satisfied, retired to their own lines.