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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23
How Docs the World Live.

The human race, which is now es.
timated at /, $50, 900, have varied ex-
istences. Not even by general read
ing not one in twenty have any con-
ception of how the people OF the
world live, what they eat, how they
are clothed or what proportion are
called white and what proportion
colored. The Buffalo Journal has
been studying up some statistics on
the subjects and 1T is probable they
are as rear correct as such things can
be ascertained:.
0ne-half, or about 500 millions are
in Asia, at the rate of 120 to each
square mile; $50 millions in Europe
100 to the square mile; 210 millions
in Africa; Ito millions IN North and
South America, and 10 millions on
Islands.--In Color, 700 millions are
set down as tawny or brown; 40
millions, or not quite one-third, as
white, and $50 millions as black. -
Clothing: About one. third, or 500
millions, are estimated to wear gar
ments of some kind on the whole body;
700 millions wear covering from the
waist to the knees or ankles; while
nearly onesixth or about $50 mill
ions go naked or nearly so.-Dwell,
ings: About one-third, or 500 mill
ions live in houses more or less fur
nished with the conveniences of civil
cation; 700 millions dwell in huts and
caves, with little if any furniture; and
$50 millions are without fixed habita-
tions, dwelling under the sky, or a
portion of them in movable tents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23
Senator stanford,s Parrot.

1t cost him several hundred dollars,
and is a wonderfully educated bird.
It. speaks four languages English,
French, German and Italian. The
strange part of it is, that the parrot,
rs soon as he hears any one SPEAK,
knows in what Language to address
the person. For a long while no one
knew that the parrot spoke Italian,
until one day an Italian artist came
to the house TO do some work, and
the parrot heard him talk. At once
the parrot started off to iabber Ital-
ian, and had quite q conversations
with the man. 1t always talks Ger
man to the German servant, aad
French to the maid. The parrot,
when any one comes down in the morn
ing, says: Good morning; / hope
you rested WE'LL" He is very partie-
ulaT, and one day when stranger
went up to him and said, pretty
Polly Polly want q cracker" he quite
astonished the person by saying, ss0hi
stop that foolishness. Can't you taik
sense? am tired of that rot. Che
parrot has not learned to say chestnut
yet, but very often, when asked il Big
wants 9, cracker, says: "that's oldt
give me something new He long,
to sing, and knows "Peek-a bo5.H
and chants it loudly at times to the
amusement of all in hearing The
parrot has its favorites among the
inmates OF the Stanford residence,
and will talk for hours with them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23

A very singular and practically I'M
explained maIady prevails during tbs
summer months known variously e
1ay fever, hay asthma, summer ca.
tarrh, rose cold and several other a1-
peIlations. Happily it is of compara-
lively rare occurrence, as it is both
painful and exhansting to its victims.
1t is a catarrhal affection Of the respira-
tory mucous membrane, and as it oc-
ours frequently during the hay ssaso.a
it has been thought to be due to the
inhalation of the emaDatIoas IRON
grass. The symptoms are those COM
monty experienced in the case OF
severe cold or influenza. consisting OF
headache, mountaineering and watery
discharges from the eyes and nostpiis.
together with hard, dry cough and
occasional severe asthmatic parox-
ysms. The attack usually runs q
course OF from two to six weeks.
though it is often found amenable to
treatment, in which case it disappears
sooner, to reappear, however, pre-.
eisely one year afterward.
The malady is admirably portray-
| ed by DIR. E. N. Holmes, as follows:
"The salient trait which most at
tracts the attention OF the student Of
hay fever is its annualrecurrence This
isgrafted on its life history, becomes its
| central point of diagnosis, the chief
characteristic OF the disease, and to
the calculation of this all existing
theories tend. 1t is, however, not sui.
iciently recognized that we come here
upon a problem which We are totally
unable to solve elsewhere, and we can
by no means be wiser in the interpre-
tation of this than we are compelled
to be in the discussion of diseases far
longer known. The reason of the rhyth-
mic measures of the most ordinary of
every day events is not, and cannot
be understood. Their unfailing recur-
renee at the appointed time is recoe-
nized, but the determination thereof,
then, rather than at some other peri
cd, cannot be explained. As long as
The cause was held to be an exter5
naI one, there was little EN-
eouragement for treatment, and
out little progress made. The more
recent discussions, which recognize hay
ever as in the individual, and not in
The surrounding ether, and the causa-,
ton no. vague. shifting irritant, but
IN actual abiding disease. have been
productive of much benefit. Not that
we vet understand the true, innate
quality of the disease, but we now have
1t least COED working hypothesis.
yielding some sound practical results
1t is a great gain to have discovered
hat as the symptoms of the maladyi
are SO prominently referred to the
nasal regions and may induce local
disorders, so pre- existent, and secondI
iry LESSONS may in turn result in in1
creased centric irritability, and their
separation is imperative before tho
ieep-seated elements can be eradieated
may, even in some cases may be the
lprooting of the disease itself. -
American Analyst.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23
The MOney-Making Passion.

New York Times.
When jeremiah P. Robinson died in
Brooklyn a short time ago he left an
estate whose value is generally esti-
mated at from 81, 900, 600 to So, ooo,-
900. Long years ago, when Mr.. Rob-
inson was a young and thriving bust
ness man, he had an ambition, and
the ambition was to accumulate a
fortune OF $4,000.
"When get that much money" he
said one day to one OF his clerks,
''then I'm going to quit business right
short off and enjoy the rest of my days
in ease" And several years went by
before anything akin to the figure he
had fixed upon as satisfactory was
approached; but the closer he got the
less he had to say about $50, 900
being enough for any sensible
man." One New Years Day he en-
tertained his clerk. will" he said,
ave been making an Inventory OF
things this morning, and find that |
am worth something over $50, 600"
"Then you are going to go out of
business, Isuppose, the clerk remark
ed.
$50 out of business! Why, man
alive, what are you talking about?
Go out of business! Ihave only begun;
my figure is S150,000; that's enough
to satisfy any man, and more would
be burden. But $4,000 don't be-
gin to look so big when you get close
to it as it does when it's about S49,-
600 off," Neither did $3.50, 900 when
it came to, look as big as it did once,
and it's possession was but the incen-
tive to more energy and bigger enter
prise. It's the same old fever-enough
is never what O. mortal has.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23

Orce upon time an ambitious man
who aspired to be governor OF Little
Rhody,0 sat down to count all posi-
BILE votes. The prospect of his cleo
ton was dubious, but there came to
his memory the political proyerb cur
rent in the old bay state. They say
there 1'As Hull goes, 80 goes Massachu-
SETS" The candidate then remen'
bered this tiny dot in the ocean too
often neglected, and a trusty emissary
was sent over with $500 to be judi
ciously expended. Masking his pur-
pose under various pretexts,
the gentleman surveyed the ground
and discovered that the one topic
OF general interest was the leaky roof
OF the Center church. To the pious
Islanders-that was before summer
travel intruded-their church was the
one precious possession, but they
wers too poor to properly repair the
sanctuary. and meeting was called
to raise funds for simply patching the
roof. The aforesaid emissary attend
ed the meeting. Devoutly he listened
to prayer and speech, and then, rising
as II under the influence of uncontrol-
able emotion, he spoke with broken
voice after this manner:
"My friends | am stranger among
you, and / have confession to make.
/ came TO this meeting moved alone
by curiosity; but, as Isat among you,
hearing your expressions of earnest
faith, have been controlled by senti-
ments unknown before. / had never
realized how much ones creed could
influence ones life until now, and |
begin to see dimly how wrongly Ihave
estimated the consultations of religion.
"My friends. this with a telling
gulp--'1 have still another confession
to makel / did not come to the island
for fishing to regain lost health. |
came to do thing SO base, that ! am
covered with shame when think oft.
As / have listened to you here | have
realized my wickedness, and / desire
now to make whatever reparation |
may. was exceedingly anxious that
in the coming election Mr.. - should
succeed; | knew that ready money
was scarce upon your island, and l
came herewith shame | confess it
to buy your votes. Pardon me for
the vile thought, and pray for me,
that l may be forgiven Another
qulp, and them "Here, my friends,
give you for repairing this sanctuary
the money had intended to use for
vile purpose, and when ! shall tel
my friend Mr.. -, what i have
done, am sure that he will approve.
Like yourselves, he is an earnest Bap-
fist, and he can trust his election to
that allwise Providence which moves
in mysterious way. Will some
brother take charge OF this money!"
A"brother" came forward and receiy-
ed heavy bag with musically clink-
ing contents, while the little congrega-
ton looked as awestruck as Belshaz-
zar's guests when the wondrous
words of doom were written on the
palace wall.
The emissary sat with bowed head,
and handkerchief pressed close to
presumably weeping optics. When
the service was over, hard, honest
hands gave the stranger a fraternal
kgrip, and the real tears dimmed many
pious eyes. The emissary went back
to Providence; the Center church was
repaired, and-every mothers son on
the island voted for the emissary's
candidatei
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23
THE DYING SUMMER.

The Melancholy seductireness Of Fall Pictured.
From the Brooklyn Magazine.
A whole gamut of varied yellow
spreads on natures palette. The
reflex of sunset appears to fix itself
over the leaves, some of which have
shades OF gold, others colorations OF
saffron; some are reddening, some are
rubbed with bitumen, like q sketch OF
Rembrandt's. Green, which lately
was predominant, is now gradually
fading away. Upon the forest there
only remains the immutable sad dark
green of the frs, over which the years
evolutions can have no influence
Already few detached leaves rise
upward, come down again and flutter
like spangles ofgold in Dantzic brandy.
1t is the season which best suits land
scape painters. 1t is with autumn,
Just as with decayed literature-the
early charm has vanished long ago;
but does not a penetrating and melan-
choly seduCtiveness still exist in the
ripening beauty which is about to fade
and disappear. Has not twilight as
well as morning a splendor of its own?
Those copperish hues, those green
Colds, those tones of turquoise mixed
with sapphire; all those tints which
burn and become decomposed in the
great final conhagration; those clouds
with their strange and monstrous
forms, traversed by jets of light, and
which look like the gigantic crumbling
down OF an erial Babel, are quite worth
therosy paleness OF dawn, whose virgin
candor we more than any one else ad-
mire; but still, that sunset is not to be
despised. In the spring. nature was
an artless MAIDEN; white dress, a
pink sash, and a few blossoms in her
hair were sufficient to adorn her. In
the summer, she was woman in all
the bloom of her prolific beauty; her
grace, at first somwhat frail and
Juvenile, had acquired firmer and
rounder outlines. Richer ornaments
suited her well; she could mix in her
wreath flowers of brighter hues, strong
er perfumes and even some fruit gilded
by the sun. She was beautiful enough
to brave the noontide glare, and was
not afraid to appear at balls given in
broad daylight. She has retained
many OF her charms; she is beautiful
still and loyable.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23
An Unaccommodating Officer.

From the Chicago News.
"You seem unhappy" ventured a
hotel loiterer to glum-looking citizen
of the woody West.
Guess you'd be SO, too, il you
lived where / dc, Pm going on to
Washington to see the President.
Political trouble?"
National trouble, sir; international
trouble. Don't letters come from all
over the globe? Say, nowp
"0h, see; something wrong in the
Postoffice Department."
"Wrongl / should say there was.
You see live at Snag Forks, and Bill
Wilkins, he's been postmaster for
nigh on to six years. At first he done
the square thing. When the letters
come in they was dumped in q candle
box on the bar room floor, an the
boys had no trouble findin' their
mail. But Bill amt the man he used
ter be. He's got as unaccommodatin'
as Texas steer. Fust he moved the
box to the counter, and we had to
nearly break our arms a divin' fer the
letters. Then ii the burned coyote
didn't get new painted consarn with
glass in front so we couldn't git at the
mail at all, and, as if that weren't in
suit enough TO honest men, he went to
work, rugged up lot of boxes, and
hang me if he didn't put locks onto
'em an 90 to charging up storage. j
just tell you III get that Bill Wilkins
out of that there place or die fur it.
now you see.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23
FAMILY DIFFERENCES.
Some Striking Instances Developed In the Civil

| Some Striking Instances Developed In the Civil
War.
+. A. B. in the Philadelphia Times.
During the war there were several
striking instances offamily difference
over the questions at issue. John j.
Crittenden, OF Kentucky, had two sons
one in the confederate and the other
in the Union. Right here in Pennsyl-
vania we had very notable case OF
the same sort. The two McAlister
boys will be remembered by many OF
| the Times readers. They lived up in
Juniata county. Tom McAlister was
a member OF our legislature at least one
term then went south. Robert Meal
lister, his brother, drifted over into
New Jersey and became citizen OF
that state. When the war broke out
Tom entered the confederate army and
became a brigadier general. Robert
McAllister stood by the Union and
commanded brigade on our side OF
the fight. Frequently these two
brothers struck each others hard
blows in the fierce furnace OF war.
Time after time they threw their bril-
gades against each other with terrific
force, each probably fighting the hard
er against the other for the pride in
their cause, which the ties of blood
not only did not diminish, but in
creased.
In Bath county, Va, there lives a
very prominent family by the name
OF Terril. Before the war it cut con-
siderable OF a swath in the social and
political life of that section. When
the war broke out William H. Terrill,
one of the sons, took to the Union
side and soon became q soldier OF
great promise. He was killed while
leading brigade at Perryville, where
thegallant Jackson fell, and where Gen.
Lytle, who wrote al am dying. Egypt,
dying" was wounded. His death was
a sad one. for he was just reaching aft
er the flower of great fame. 1t is easy
for me to recall the circumstances OF
his heroic fall when some of the bravest
and the best of the Second Michigan
Cavalry followed this gallant soldier
to the unseen land.
Gen. Terrill's brother went into the
| OOnIeU6FdUe army anu WIllto iettuiHg
his brigade at Cold Harbor was killed.
The father brought the remains of his
two gallant sons home and buried
them on the farm where both had
spent their childhood days and where
they had grown to manhood and there
parted over q question of duty to
Stated nation. Both had lain down
their lives for their sentiments. Be-
tween the simple graves of the two
boys the father has erected marble
slab. A most touching inscription is
cut in the white stone. 1t chides nei-
Their one. Itexpresses faith in the Crea-
tor and leaves him to judge of his two
heroes conduct. 1t is q simple line
and reads:
God only knows which one was right"
There was much more that was pa
thetic in Col Jones's recital OF this
touching incident of war. But here is
enough to illustrate how cruel the diff
ferences in this life really are. The
conflict in the Taylor family over poll
itics is not sad, but funny. But this
arrangements which war made were
sad and bitter enough to bring sympa-
thy and tears.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23
A Rather Close Call.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
"My dear" said Mrs. Simpkins, the
other morning, with a reproachful
smile. 81 have had no letter from Cou
sin Jane in three weeks"
"Well, love-" was Mr.. Simpkins'
plausible reply, his conscience mean.
while getting in its work with both
feet and hands in such q manner as
to make him wince-"Well, love, pre-
sumo she is busy"
perhaps she is; but don't believe
she has heard from me in a longer
time than that.
''Indeedl' exclaimed Simpkins, try,
ing to look as much surprised as pos
sible.
ayes, indeed, responded Mrs. Simp.
kins, beginning to look severe. "Yes
indeed, and, Mr.. Simpkins, / would
like very much to search your peck,
cts.
"Search my pockets, Mrs. Simpkinsl
Madam, what can you mean2 A WON
an, Madame, should have more con,
fidence in the man she has promised
to love honor and obey. Madame,
am surprised"
And placing his hat on his head with
dignified flourish, Mr.. Simpkins
strobe through the doorway and uE
the street. Around the corner, how
ever, his dignity disappeared, he
looked cautiously around, placed his
hand in his inside coat pocket, fished
out a soiled and crumpled letter ad
dressed to Cousin Jane, called softly
to a small boy, gave him quarter to
take the letter to the postoffice, and
departed on his way with o sigh o.
relief.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23
Edwin Booths Aid.

Edwin Booth sends 81, 900 to the
Charleston sufferers, accompanied by
letter to an old friend, in which he
refers to the tragedies in his own life
and his desire to lessen the sorrows OF
Others. The letter, which is rather
strange one, is as follows:
Bosros, September my Dear Old
Friend; The earthquake reminds me that
l have {or had) many dear friends in
Charleston. can't help all of EN-. but, il
the inclosed can relieve you and the dear
ones, use it-would to God could offer
more. Bad as it is, it might have been
worse. The Almighty loves us despite his
chastisements. Be true to him. He win
not desert you. My little life has been n
chapter oil tragedies, as you know, but |
have never despared- lost any grip
OF the eternal truth. THE worst Is not, I"
so long as we can say, this is the worst.
Give my love to all old friends Of mine, and
assure them that though may never see
them again in the flesh, they are vivid in
my memory, "wreathed with roses" and
ribbons.
Your old friend, NED.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23
His Honeymoon.
rom the Boston Record

From the Boston Record.
The colored female cook of family
living at the South End came upstairs
the other afternoon. and, twisting
up the corners of her apron with con,
siderable embarrassment said to hes
mistress:
you. see missus, / thought y
mought be bes' to be tellin' you dai
l-dat l done and get married iaS
week."
"Ah, indeed! and what is your name
now, Hannah"
"Mis' Williams, ma'aIn. Yoa see sc
my husban'. he am cook, too. n .
am what dey calls q shelf in a hotel
"a chief. chi" That's very nice.
And do you expect to isaye Is or
rectly, Hannah"
Not d'reckly. mum. III stay W.
We for de present. You see my nnsoan
he's done gone to New York al M 4,
ington on his honeymoon. m lt Y 3
nigh onto six weeks beso' ne cene'
backl''
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23
The Evils of Poker p laying:

Exchange.
Poker playing is more than doing
is share in leading the majority Of
our young men to ruin and shame. A
nan may stop drinking, stop smok-
ng, stop chasing after frail women;
but if he has once fairly got in tho
habit of playing poker he will find it
rather uphill work to check himself.
It is a terrible disease, to say the
east, and once rooted in a mans
makeup all the doctors in the land
cannot save him. Very few know to
what a great extent poker playing is
being carried on, not only in this city.
but in every city and town in this
country. There is hardly saloon
anywhere but what has its back room,
where a private game OF poker is be-
ng played during afternoons and even
ngs. And, no matter how private
and respectable the parties who in
1ulge in the game may be, the card
sharp somehow or other always man
ages to be on hand and get his work
10. Between the card sharp and the
kitty the man who plays poker just
10 while the hours away, and bel
cause he is in love with the game, ID
sure to prove the sucker No man
who plays poker regularly once a
week simply as an amusement can say
at the end of the year that he Is q
winner, and the chances are nine to
one that be is a big loser. 1t would
De all right il only men of means in
iulged in poker, but moneyed men
seldom monkey with the game. They
are altogether too sharp for that.
The chances are against them and
hey have just too much business tact
20 run any risk. A business man who
s overload OF poker is not a safe man
10 tie to. The chances are, If he has
not an unlimited amount of capital,
he will go to the wall sooner or later.
But it's the man of salary that poker
catches for all that's out. The clerk,
the Woodworking mechanic, followed
up by the gay and festive bartender
and the recklessly dressed barber, are
the willing victims of the seductive
game. Once fairly started and it's-
sood-by to the victim There's no let
up. Not only will be play in all of his
own honest earnings, but he will Dor
row from whom he can, and IN the
end wind up by robbing his employer,
and in his arrest, disgrace and ruin.
This is the story of more than one
young man, and win be of good
mony more while poker continues it's
deadly grip on the American public.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23

Henry George, the writer on social
problems, was asked by the working
men OF New York to be their
for Mayor. He told them that he
would not listen to the proposition
unless they would bring him a petition
signed by thirty thousand citizens
pledged to vote for him. The work
ingmen have gone TO work to get the
names. They say they can easily get
10000. Mr.. George is very popular
because of his belief that all property
should be held Uncommon. Every one
is pleased with his books; hut he is
not entirely consistent, TOR while
preaching that property should be
held in common. he copyrights his
books, and makes all he can out Of
their sale.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-23

In 1883 the Asiatic cholera attack
ed Alexandria, In Egypt, and was
very fatal. In 1884 it advanced into
Europe and ragged in Marseilles and
Tonlon, both French cities, and in
Naples. Italy. A few cases occurred
IN Paris. but it was soonstamped out
there, as an epidemic. Fears were en-.
tsrtsined that it might pass into Eng.
land and cross the Atlantic, but they
proved unfounded Last year and
this year its ravages have been felt in
the small ports along the Italian
coast, and it has destroyed vast pop
uiations in the Asiatic peninsula Of
corea. But its area in Europe has
been greatly reduced; it has invaded
bone OF the great cities, and fears Of
its eomins to America have disappear.
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