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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
The PublIc Debt.

The reduction on the public debt during DC.
tober amounted to $4,5s5, 619, and for the
first four months of the fiscal year $2S. 9
$40. The net cash in the treasury today is
S74,491 $3.50, against 500, 444, S45 on oct.1 :.
The gold iund balance in the treasury has de.
creased about 100000 during the past
month and today mount to S191 ,0T4,575,
and the silver fund balance, exclusive oil
5000, 900 trade dollar bullion, is $24, 566,.
259, or $4,000. 900 less than q month ago.
National ban repositories today hold $54.-
4S0,279, or about 5000, 900 less on Oct. /.
Government receipts during October were
s31. 966, 2O3, against S31 500, 172 in October
1887. Customs receiptsduring the part month
were $17,S32, 261 or nearly 100000 less
than in October a year ago; internal revenue
receipts were S11 500 900, or about 81 900.
600 more han in October, 1887; while the
receipts from miscellaneous sources were
1855 900 or $100, 900 less thar in 0cto.
Der a year ago. Receipts from all sources
for the first four months of the present
fiscal year reach $I29.500, 900, against
S134, 131 500 for the first four months
of the preceding fiscal year, and as
receipts IN July, August, September and
October are usually a little heavier than in
any four months of a year, point t. q
revenue of about 1915, 900 900 for the year.
Expenditures for the first four months of the
current fiscal year amoun to S11o,500,000
against 500, 500 600 for the first four
months of the preceding fiscal year. During
October, the past month, the department
has purchased $2S, $4,000 bonds SIS, s90,-
600 AZ and S9;760,000 ours at a premium
of 81 318 =
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
Absent

The celebrated poet, les
as noted for
our own Henry Wara
Here is a story told OF nuns
former:
Having missed money ~
times without being abe "
who took it, he detcrmlnee
the honesty of his seryanI
and left a handful OF es's
table.
"0feaarse ,youcounteo
of his fends. -
Counted said Less
embarrassed; .sno, ! forg0
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
An Angry Cat.

two young men weresbootir,
at a target just outside of the c;ty
limits on Chenango street, says IN.
Binghamton NY. Republican, d Def
cat met with a peculiar experiencs
The guns used were Winchester riasx
and the bullets sped against IT,
target with great force sufficient q
penetrate a beam six inches squarp.
The eat was prowling around ii.
barn for mice, more than forty ~
from the target, when she M
startled by O piece of wood wb;ca
raped her smartly alongside r.
head. The stick had been hit by I
bullet and bounded several fods
The cat made a leap of nearly a rod
and landed in a barbed-fence. 81
was soexcited by what she eonsidersd
an attempt to bar her fight trom
danger that she immediatly gaye
battle. The fence stood its ground
and fought back, which SO enrased
the cat that she determined then
and there to annihilateit at any cost
She made a pass at one of the barb
and left several fingers of her glDve
hanging there. Her teeth were then
brought to play, and no deniit
could have removed them from tler !
parent gums more neatly.
Had she then stopped and calmlyj!
considered her chances ofroutingtk9|
fence her good sense would have
prevailed, perhaps, and further bloot
shed been averted. But she was =
blinded by fury that to argue usk
her would have been fruitless. WIN
a yowl that was heard at Port Dill
she clawed at another keen barb al
another yard OF eat remained to tx
The story of her folly. She continuat
to bite and scratch forsometi mA, and
only left when she had been compkay
disarped. She was horrfblylacerats3
in She struggle, but will receives.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
.TaeW ar dsrsrtnisst,s Jael:iaA

Secretary EndkDtt has nrtxagi
fed his approval Of the adoptiou /
a novel weapon for the msub5h Z
the bospitalcorps.s It is. practicsay
a big jack knie and scaisS to b
cross bstkeen a shortsYord-spzh
sholdiersxore-mda bon
knife. 1t is made ofthe finest g
and is to be worn strapped to
side. The weapon is not intea
for offensive action, since the ~
bers of the hospital corps are clas
by the general conference OF the
Cross as -non-combatants. 1t b d
tended as an emergency weapon
be usedeas q carving knife, q spdffI
ns{kefs tQwhittle out an improyH
itter, or N any of the thousand
one pprnoses for which a good
confsin. The hospital co
via Be supplied with the
.kpjfe atfonce and viii then besdlil
inftsytskled applications. -Baltipa
American,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
m. Nur,s,so. Latter

The Times, of Los Angeles, Cal, the paper
that first printed the Lord Sackville letter to
the Pomona Enquirer, publishes what the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

A Muscatine scheollaa
that she has walked over
during the past year u
from school
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO.

CHNAGO.
whoo.--No . snr;nr /, ,a0, ,an. NJ
q snr,na o5@oec No ) rad en- ia@1 1snS
ccorn"So > .ms -. oats@N NJ q
2415c: Rye-No. .. 55Ihc.: Flax Seed. STAT.
Prime timothy seed-S1. 30@1.33. Mess
Pork, per Dbl. S14.6o. Lard per Q lbs,
SS.l21s. Shor ridsides Qoose) sI.45@7 80.
Dry salted shoulders tboxedD SS@S.25.
Eggs l9@l9l2.
DULUTH.
wheat.-No. lizard, sI.25; No. / Northern
81. 2U@Il9; No. 2 Northern 81. 90: Noyem.
Der Sl.23l3. December S1.24; May Sl.30h.
NE~ YORK.
Wheat,-No. 2 red, S1.1l@l.11la; No. 3 red,
$1.Q5; No. 4red, 81; ungraded red, SLIM "a
1.11t9. No. j red. $1.16: Corn No. 2, 4SlsM
49s4e ;ungraded mixed 4s1s@5Oc5 u~ngraded,
white 49l2@5oc.; Barley-extra No. 2, Cana
da, 90@90lae.; Oats, No. 2, white, 33@33hc.;
mixed western, 2s@311sc.; white do, 30@39c.i
No. 2, Chicago, Bic. Eggs, western, 22@23lae,
Butter western dairy, 12lsa1sc.; docreamery,
16@26c:; EiSin, 261s@21c. Cheese, West
ern, 9gl0hc.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

a report was received AT Chamberlain, that
T.. M. Bond, a farmer in the Southern por.
ton of the country, had shot n youno follow
who has since died, in a quarrel over some
cattle. The sheriff has gone to the scene OF
the trouble.
while Emanuel Hoexter and his family
watched the Democratic parade in New Yori.
City, thieves stole $4,000 worth of Mrs,
Hoexter's diamonds and $500 in gold Mr.
Hoexter Is suspicious of his servants and IL
having thsm shsdowed by detectives.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

NfRNA = btA tEhll wi ~
and Longfellow's works all pictures-whyn not
eniist, as FAR as possible, for our churcher
and schools and reformatory work and evan
geilsttc ~endeayor, the power of Thought that
can be put into word pictures. if not pictures
IN color? Yea, why not all young men draw
for themselves on papev, with pen or nenc;,
tneli coming career, ofv trtuc ifthey prefer that.
OF wee IL they prefer that. After making the
picture, put it OF the wall, or pnste IL
on the NY leaf of some fayorite BOOK, hat
you may have it before YOU. | read the
otner day OF a mar who had been executed
E~loh1nurder, and the iailer found afterward a
picture made on the wall of the cell by the
ASSASSIN own hand, n picture of a fight of
Lst2irs. On thes2west steph he had written = Ms
Eneedience of Parents: on the second sSab.
Eath Breaking on the third, Drunkenness and
uamohng; on the fourth, " Murder; p
ps th on une nun and top step, "A Gallows."
II that man had made that picture before he
took the hrststep, he never would have taken
any OF them. oh, man, make another n;ct-
urc, q bright picture, an evangelical t~icture.
ana VIII help you make it'll supa,st six
Steps Tor this flight of stairs. On The first
hSWvp W NV tne words, a Nature Chunged
oS the Holy Ghost and Mashed
IN the blood of the Lambs' on
fhs second step, Industry and Good
o~ompanionship;" on the third stsn "a
TRISTAN nome with a family ALTAR on the
tpuren suep Ever widening uselulness;' on
IL nun s5ep; "a glorious departure from
ms world; on the sixth step: Heaven /
heaven, heavenl' Write it three times. and
icy ehe letters OF one word be made up If han
.els, the second of coronets, and the U,ird of
onrones: Promise me that You will dc that,
anu l VII promise to meet you on thu sixth
step, II the Lord will through His par. onsna
grace bring me there too. ~
ara here ! am going to say a word OF. cheer
- peopie VINO have never had q word Of con-
soiation on that subject. There are moo and
women IN the world by hundreds Of tbons.
a1 aH, some OF them are here today, wAahaye
nne natural taste, and yet ali th5 x{iyes
th has oas,e mas been suppressed, and although
eney Could appreciate the galleries of Dresden
anu VIENNA and Naples far more than aes
oue = ! ;ooo who visit them, they never NAV
go, ior they must support their h~ouseb6ISSs
osu bread and schooling for their children are
- more Importance than pictures. Though
lond OF music they are compelled to live amid
] vsLseoIu, and though fond OF architecture
suss asshi N ciunsy ahodss; and though an.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08
! A Foolish Quarrel.

A thimble, needle and a piece of
thread were all lying on lady's work.
table together.
Now, the needle had rather a hasty
temper, and could give sharp pricks
when it pleased, and this morning it
was out of sorts; so it tried to pick a
quarrel with the thimble, and said,
spitefully: ''You gave me some hard
knocks yesterday, and wish that you
would be more gentle in future"
at is true, / do push you hard some
times" answered the thimble, "but you
know that is only when you do not do
your work properly, and our mistress
makes me keep you up to it."
pray, don't you two quarrel" said
the thread, wishing to be peace-maker.
"You mind your own business re-
torted the needle.
My business is your business" said
the thread, for you are no use without
me, and am none without YOU"
That's just it, said the thimble. "a
great deal of nonsense is talked in this
world about being independent. But
my own opinion is that people should
try to help one another, for from the
highest to the lowest, we are all very
dependent on the good services of our
neighbors for something or other, every
day OF our lives, Little Folks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08
ANCIENT ROMAN WOMEN.
They Were the Property of Their Hus-
bands and Had No Rights.

They Were the Property of Their Hus-
bands and Had No Rights.
In the early stages of Roman history
there is reason to believe that the
Roman wife was completely under the
control of her husband. The Roman
idea of family made the father a des-
pot, with power of life and death over
his children, who could do nothing
without his consent. This was the case
in regard to the male children, even
after they had reached a considerable
age. Women, according to the opinion
of the early Romans, were always chill
dren. They required protection and
guidance during their whole life, and
could never be freed from despotic con-
troll. Accordingly, when Roman girl
married, she had to choose whether
she would remain under the control of
her father or pass Into control, or, as it
was called, into the hands of her hus-
band
1t is likely that in the early ages of
the city she always passed from the
power of her father into the hands OF
her husband, and the position she occu-
pied was that of daughter to her hus,
band. She thus became entirely subj
iect to him, and was at his mercy
Roman history supplies many instances
Of the despotism which husbands exer
cised over their wives. The slightest
indiscretion was sometimes punished
by death, while men might do what
they liked without let or hindrance
"lf you were to catch your wife," was
the law laid down by Cato the Censor
Gin an act of infidelity you would kill
her with impunity without a trial; but
if she were to catch you she would not
venture to touch you with her finger,
and, indeed, she has no right"
Wives were prohibited from tasting
wine at the risk of the severest penal
ties. The conduct of Ignatius was
praised, who, surprising his wife in
the act of slipping the forbidden liquor,
beat her to death. The same sternness
appears in the reasons which induced
some of the Romans to dismiss their
wives. Suspicious Gallus dismissed
his because she appeared in the streets
without veil. Antistius Vatus dis
missed his because he saw her speak
ing secretly to freed woman in pub
lie, and p. Sempronius Sophus sent his
away because she had ventured to 60
to the public games without informing
him OF her movements. Contemporary
RevieV,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08
AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY.
!. costs to Send Cable Messages I'm
various Parts of the cIoha

~ v Costs to Send Cable Messages to
nm various Parts of the Globe.
no charges for cable service are so
ouNageously out of proportion to land
.ta ~ sl0e mat inexperienced persons are
Ssered. Now a ten-word message,
w" "iSu Us direction and signature, costs
oniy 81 to San Francisco. and. count
lns Ihe address and signature seven
virus not less than Sly. SO to Aspin-
!" an and yet the distance is about the
'e'ine' The American cable companies
are not responsible for these terrific
l''.eS' ior they have to charge the rates
prescribed by the governments or COM
palles they connect with.
NOW, to send anywhere across the
A'iantlc it costs, first of all, u cents a
"oru. lhatis the rate to Great Britain.
Ireland, France and Germany, but YOU
nave got to add to this 8 cents a word
" send to Algeria via Marseilles, $1.7O
q word to Alden via Bombay, IA cents
10 bulgaria, S1.20 to Cape Verde
Islands, $2.O5 to 81. 80 to various points
IN china, 1891 to Corea, 10 cents to
denmark, "a to &c cents to Turkey. 5
Genus to Switzerland, and so on. It
coSts more to send to South America
ehan anywhere else, the tariff to CO.
iomola being $6.6S word, Ecuador
So'S6, Peru, from 1885 to $5.45, and
Uruguay S2.71. You can get an idea
9sth3lifference in rates by comparing
Icle raTs to China and Australia. 1t
costs ss.N5 to send to Northern Aus
tralia, and only 81. 05 to 81. so to Chinese
cities.
Some people think the present rate
to Great Britain high at u cents a
word. here are some interesting
facts connected with cable charges.
The trst oble tariff between New
York and LNdon during August, Sep
TENDER and October, 1866, was 800 for
twenty words of not more than one
hundred letters. Twenty words now
cost $40. Then you had to pay for
twenty words anyway. During the
latter part of 1861 the rate was cut
down to $50 for twenty words of 100
letters, and since that time it has come
down steadily. By looking over the
old cable company's tariffs we can find
AN intarpGtiOO 70 b1a.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08
A DEGRADING VICE.
The Greed for Wealth and It's Terrih
Effects on Its Victims.

The Greed for Wealth End It's Terrible
Effects on Its Victims.
1t is one OF the marked characteristics
Of greed, that there is no satisfying it
or allaying its cravings. You may
gorge greedy man until he is ready
to burst, until not another morsel of
food can be forced into his craw, and
he will still be in distress because he
can hold no more. And so of the man
whose only thought is to increase his
wealth; the more he gets the more he
wants, and the less serupulous he be-
comes us to the means by which his
ends are to be accomplished. At the
outset man who is eager to get rich
will have some respect for the rights of
others, and will hesitate about grind
ing money out of his fellow men in dis
honest ways, but with increase OF
wealth he grows less and less scrupu-
lOus as to how his gains are to be
secured, until at last he will allow no
mans rights to stand in his way, and
will unhesitatingly compromise honor,
decency, and every principle of justice
than be checked in his ambition to be-
come more and more wealthy. When
greed is allowed its own way it will
continue to gain tirmer and firmer
hold upon man until it drives from
his breast every feeling of sympathy,
love and compassion for his brother
man; it will sap him of his strength to
resist the assaults of avarice, and will
shrivel up his soul until none OF those
manly virtues which raise man above
the brute can find Judgment in hiA
heart. -ReU L. Il. DOaehO0.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08
THE SUMMER BOARDER.
some of the Pleasant Reflections in Which
He Is Apt to Indulge.


He Is Apt to Indulge.
Where there are no MOSQUITOES there
are apt to be bed-bugs.
he prettiest boarder is always
AGed before you get there.
)he boat always capsizes when you
have your best clothes on.
A smile from the landlady's daughter
has protracted many vacation.
The religious girl doesn't miss going
to church as much as she had thought.
Never lend to the young widow
whose funds did not arrive when ex-
pected.
The old maid may be near-sighted,
but she doesn't miss much that is going
on.
The mother always likes to go to the
place where you have asked her
daughter.
The landlord who can interest his
boarders in farming soon has his crops
gathered.
The landlord who doesn't call his
well mineral spring must get his milk
very cheap.
1t is generally long ride to the
house that is only a few minutes from
the station.
The landlords pretty daughter will
nibble at any bait, but she is very hard
to catch.
The house where no children are
taken is generally already filled with
the landlords.
1t is always the cat belonging to the
next house that catches the boarder's
canary bird
The mar who telegraphs home for
more money is probably spending it on
some oneelse.
The tjmid boarder who never gets
enough eat is apt to attribute it to
an increased appetite.
Unless you want to make an enemy
Never ask a boarder if he has summered
1t the place before.
The homely girl can never get enough
swinging or boating, but she never likes
to carry the basket.
The cows are always a long way off
when you go out with the landlady's
daughter to bring them home.
Thepretty boarder never uses Il chair
to get into the hammock unless her
pretty stockings are in the wash.
You may think yourself very shrewd
to discover that the fresh milk and veg
etables are purchased in the city, but
the knowledge won make you any the
happier.
The man who goes to a place where
good fishing is announced is apt to lose
faith in human nature when he finds
That none of the country boys ever try
to catch any.-JameS jag OConneH, IN
Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08
MISCELLANE OUS.

AN analytical chemist, of Cincin-
natl, for sanitary purposes advocates
the boiling of milk before using, and
says his own fve-year-old daughter has
never drunk cup that has not been
boiled. l.
There is man in Atchison who
builds an addition to his house every
time daughter gets married, in antici-
patton, he says, of the time when she
will bring her husband and children
home to live with him.
San Francisco claims it takes less
police force in proportion to popula-
ton to preserve order in that city than
it does in New York, Philadelphia,
Chicago, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Boston,
Baltimore or Cincinnati. Yet the orig
inal population of that city came from
every portion of the world.
"A Philadelphia man one day swal-
lowed his teeth while eating fruit at a
street stand. 1t took button hook, a
policeman and file of men, with
power to win any tug of war in the
country, to dislodge the distressing
impeachment from the mans throat.
The policeman did the best prelimin-
airy work with his vigorous humping
of the victims back, though the crowd
grew loud and indignant over what
seemed an outrage. They did not
know the gentleman had bitten of
more than he could swallow.
In the course of a funeral sermon
in Stringtown the other day the colored
minister made frequent use of the
Scripture, 1.-The quick and the dead, ;"
and every time he used it he would
cast his eye toward the doctor in the
case, against whom he had a grudge,
anyhow, and say 1.-The quack and the
dead" This was nearly as bad a
twisting Of the meaning of the text as
that of border newspaper which al
luded to the survivors and the victims
of lurid bar-room pistol matinee as
the quick and the dead, respectively
"A Maine fishing schooner recently
caught on the Georges Banks, on
halibut trawl, a queer fish. Itweighed
seventy-fve pounds, and is described
as being "about as large as the top OF
a hogshead, and almost as broad as
long" When first taken from the
water it was of bright red color and
marked with silver spots, varying in
size from that of a three-cent piece to
that of a silver dollar. After the fish
had been out of the water while, the
red became purple, except on the fins.
which retained their vivid hue. The
fins, three in number, were small in
to the body, and the tail
was short and broad.
-"What beautiful peaches" said
IN old lady as she stopped at stall in
the market and admired a basket of
early peaches. They were covered
with pink gauze and looked very tempt
ing. The old lady bought the peaches
and took them home The next day
she appeared again at the stall and
showed the stallkeeper small piece
Of pink net. DO you keep that kind
)f yelling for sale?" she asked. Tho
told her that he did not
well" she said, ''when got them
peaches home they were small and
sour and green, and l thought if /
could get some Of that stuff that made
hem look so pretty and plump in the
basket I'd wear it myself. If it would
improve me as much as it did the
peaches folks would think I'd found
he Eliza of life. "-DetroH Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08

"A silver crown piece, known as
the petition crown" of the reign of
Charles H.. fetched 81, 775 at a recent
sale in England. At the latest previous
sale similar coin had brought only
SLIPS. A sovereign of Edward Wis
tlme brought 1925, 5O-shilling piece
ot the Cromwell era $500, and an Ok
lord crown $685.. A penny of Ethelhald
brought $3.50, and other old pennies
FOO and 800 each.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
BESSIE AND THE SANDMAN.

I'm not one bit sleepy"
Said golden-haired Bess,
When the Sandman came round
And said, You must dress
" For your journey to Dreamland,
With fairies and fay;
Make haste then, my lassie,
For we must away"
I'm not bit sleepy"
She said after tea,
Though she was just as sleepy
AS sleepy could be.
The queer little man
From the mystical Land
Had hung on his arm
A bag full OF sand.
Now what do you think
He did then, my dear,
With the bag full OF sand
He always had near?
I'm not one bit"-sleepy,
She wanted to say,
But the old man prevented
"Quick, 1 must away!"
The beautiful lashes
Dropped lower and lower,
While into the brown eyes
The sand he did pour.
I'm not"--said the maiden,
Very faint then and low,
AS the queer little fellow
Was ready to go.
The brown lashes rested
On cheeks white and fair,
And soon on her arm
Lay the dear golden hair.
Twas then the old Sandman,
With strong, loving arm,
Took her safely to Dreamland,
And kept her from harm.
Valentine March, IN HomdR's Journal,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08

Then the rate came down steadily to
IS cents, 81 cents, so cents, 40 cents,
% cents, and Gnally to u cents, MAX
ing the rate for ten words with direc-
tons about one-third what it used to
be to San Francisco Boston Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08

Mother Ito meddlesome child)-
edwin, if you don't stop putting your
fingers in that oxalic acid, the first
thing you know you will be on your
way to Heaven" Elder sister (sol-
emnly)-''Yes, and if you do go, just
think, you would never see your dear
mother again. "-Harper'S Bazar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08

Mamma" said Bobby. 81 know
why Il burned child breads the fire. ."
'Why," asked mamma. Because
when he gets burned once the burn
makes him smart enough not to go near
the stove again"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08

Three years after the landing OF
the English colonists at jamestown, Va,
the first importation OF cattle occurred.