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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
Her owr WAY.

"a pusson sometimes gifts more OBJ
dere own way dan agrees wild dere own
healt," philosophically remarked an
old colored woman to her mistress
81 mind onct dat | wanted ter visit
my sistah, 'n'nuffin mus do but dat ]
mus go in Moses's ox-kyart. Moses
was a-goin' down dere faw to do some
haulin', m ! tole him to take me
long.
"He says to me, Polly dem oxen is
mighty fresky, an yer bes' not 60 wild
all dem pickaninnies', but / paid no
'tention ter i'm.
chillen, and climbed into dat ox-kyart.
''Well, fus' ting knowed dem cxens
gan ter trot, and yelled ter Moses,
tee know what was de matter.
'Dey is maxim for de waterl' says
e.
Stop 'em, den, for rnassy's sake
says l.
Il can't says 'e.
avid dat jumped onten dat kyart
leabin' all dem pickaninnies in dar.
Den / war in distress sho' 'nough, m
yelled, % dem axensl o my chillensl'
And all de time dem beasts KEEP a-lnn-
in for de branch, n Moses %as run.
.,..i n, sssl.iara pee m 'has' N raisiii'
a pow'ful dus', bur couldn't stop EN-.
PUTTY soon | saw young Mars Rob.
ert comm down de road, m / says,
Mars Robert, for goodness sake keep
dem oxens from de drink m he jis
say, whoa dar now!' m dey stop
stock still.
81 got out dem chillen. m l haint
been SO sot in my way cher sencel"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
Doing Up a Man.
Detroit Free Press.

DetrOlb free tFesB.
A well-dressed, well-satisfied man
stood leaning against lamp-post at
the corner OF Woodward avenue and
Congress street recently to enjoy the
sunshine and the panorama OF travel,
when man who had been observing
him from doorway for some time
walked up to him held out his hand
and said:
"Hellol Dick, you here9"
"You are mistaken, sir" coodly re-
piled the other.
what! Are you not Dick
Richards?'
mo, SIR"
"Come now. Dick. no playing off.
That was bad affair of yours in
Mobile, but I'm glad to see that you
got away. ashanti blow on YOU"
"Sirl You are mistaken in your
mani" exclaimed the other. "My
name is not Dick Richards, and / was
never In Mobile in my life"
''Good!" whispered the other.
'Don't give yourself away, but look
out for the peelers. Any OF 'em can
pick up on the description. Mum is
the word. Ta-ta."
And he went back to his doorway,
while the other man got red and white
by turns and finally moved off down
the street. He had no sooner left the
post than the other took his place,
and as he rubbed his hands together
he chuckled:
"He was too we'll dressed and tax
ing too much comfort, and had to
do it."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
Better than Enoch Arden.

A romance in real life has just
reached very satisfactory climax in
Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Jane Martin is
n well. known residential the Williams
burgh portion OF the city. Thirty
four years ago her husband, William
Martin, with whom she had q little
disagreement. bade her good bye after
breakfast, and never returned until q
few days ago. During all these years
the wife has been known as widow,
but has prayed for her husbands
return. A son born three months
after Martins disappearance grew TO
manhood and married. One Thurs
day a gray. haired man knocked at
his door. The caller asked to see Mr..
Martin. The son came forward.
'Do you know that you have father
living?" asked the stranger. 'My
father has been dead thirty-tour
years." was the answer. ''No; am
your father, and have come
back to make reparation Tor the
wrong / did your mother and you,
my son. My wish is now TO see my
wife. Send for her now, and see If
she will recognize me-" The son in
stantly dispatched message to his
mother. When she arrived the
father sat at the able. TIE wife
after much hesitation finally identi-
fiei him. Martin explained his long
absence by saying that he was
ashamed to write after having desert.
ed his wife, but that with increasing
prosperity came desire to make
amends for his wrong-doing. His
income is now $4,000 year. He
has supplied Mrs. Martin literally
with money. and started for Ireland
to visit relatives in Belfast. This is
better than the Enoch Arden business.
but the husband toekgreat chances
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
How General SickIes Cured a
Ennd0r

The condor, or South American vul-
ture, is the largest 81 known living
birds, and so fierce and powerful that
in its native freedom no creature can
meet it in successful combat. Gener.
al Daniel Siekles, while on diplomat
ic mission to Bogota, saved the life OF
one of these great birds then in cap
tiyity), and received it from its keeper
as present; but it proved too much
OF IAN elephant on his hands. " The
general thus tells the story OF his vol
tinteet surgery
The man who owned this bird had
captured it when very young. 1t was
fastened by chain around one leg to
a stake driven into the ground. The
sight OF the bird made great i'm.
preston on me.
1t was about seven feet in length.
and the distance between the tips OF
its wings when outspread was about
sixteen feet. 1t stood nearly three
feet high. Its talons we're as long as
my fingers. It's eyes were as large as
pigeons eggs. and blazed with q light
which no captivity could subdue.
/ saved that condors life. One OF
its legs had been attacked by q little
insect peculiar to South America.
which has b habit III worining It's
way into human and animal flesh,
multiplying with such irightful rapid
ity that the victim dies in few days
in excruciating agony. ] have seen
natives lying beside South American
roads, their bodies swollen as large as
a barrel from the Inflammation pro-
duced by the ravages oil this insect.
One of the condor's legs had been bad
ly lacerated by the inroads OF this IN
sect. / told the owner of the bird that
could effect cure, but be laughed
at me.
Said he, ''You do not dare go near
him. He has killed three dogs. have
seen him take dog by the scruff of
the neck with his beak, and then tear
pound of meat from his ribs"
told his owner that would thke
the risk. / went into the forest and
cut b strong, witty sApling. From
this sapling made d yokei such as is
used to put over the neeks OF geese to
keep them from getting through fences.
Hi6 OhC L cbtIECANu WV
the condor's neck. The condor was
thus unable to use his formidable
beak, although he tried hard to do so.
Two men held his sound leg, while /
doctored the diseased one.
The treatment | adopted was to
bandage the condor's leg in cotton
soaked in oil. Three days later paid
another visit to my patient. This
time cauterized the wounds, and the
result was that the leg became COM
pletely cured.
The owner of the bird had doubted
my surgical skill. and had said that if
cured the bird, could have him. !
began to make preparations to have
the condor transported to Central
Park. Ifoun;l, however, that the ex-
pense would be enormous, involving
relays of some thirty natives to carry
the condor TO the coast, besides his
care on shipboard; and so Central
Park lost probably one of the finest
specimens OF the great South Ameri-
can condor which has ever been taken
aliye,-New York Sun.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

Il
get tied up SO as to make orr wa,
home toward morning more dead
| than alive.
1T ives q sorry day for Harmon
Page. He was waited upon by !
church committee, headed by Deacon
Avery, who denounced his whole con
duct toward Mercy as unchristiar
and highly inconsistent ia q church
member.
''He didn't have much to saw 10,
himselkanG they churched him on the
spot. he was pretty down in thf
mouth, but kept up some hope, till bt
saw Mercy Avery. y
He had refused to see Virginia
Wake, and that night he went up the
familiar bill to Deacon Avery's ston.
| house.
Mercy herself came to the door
calm and self,possessed az II nosbine
had happened, and showed him into ths
sittlng-rooni. There was steady
light in her gray eyes. though, thai
made Harmon tremble, and, withou,
beating about the bush bit, he came
right to the point. ana asked il AL
might be forgiven and forgotten, and
they become as good friends as before
de worked himself into a passion
cried, and took on like a child, they
said. 's0'
but law, it didn't move her an at
ON. She had the genuine old Aver,
! grit, II she was mild-mannered. and
she told him that. as long as the
church had put him ont, she, of course
couldn't in conscience take him back
He pleaded and entreated till nc
O'Clock at night, late hour in then
| days, but It didn't make a mite o.
difference. She wouldn't overlook
what the church had considered q
gross breach of faith. He went out d
crushed man. and from that time his
spirit seemed to leave him UTTERLY
"And what about Virginia Wake2'
| interrupted, unconsciously cutting
| my fingers in my eager interest.
"oh, after the girl had done all the
mischief possible, public opinion to,
ward her changed main amck. and
she left town in few days, and was
never heard from in these parts
again"
"And Harmon Page, what became
of him?"
He never got over the shock. He
became silent and melancholy, and
finally had to be taken to the Re
treat. He grew worse, and the sight
OF handsome woman with red cheeks
and black curls would always throw
him into his most violent tantrums
He died in the asylum at last"
snow, / think that was real mean. y
said wrathfully winding cotton
around my bleeding thumb. .If Mer.
cy Avery hadn't turned him of, bis
life might not have ended so sadly.
think she ought to have taken hin,
back"
"Ah, hal" SAID GRANDPA West,
quizzicellyi udo you mean that?'
Certainly" said i, with dignity,
fwhy shouldn't II"
'.0h. nothing" he replied, "only Il
she had, Harmon Page would have
been your grandfather instead ofme."
My grandfats1er-why then," said
], il some confusion, Mercy Avery
must be-"
mercy West, your grandmother
said grandpa, chuckling me under my
| chin. Confess now that 'alPs well
that ends WE'LL "
II suppose So" said !, reluctantly
New England Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
The FunereaI Month OF march,


An observant metropolitan barber
says that he can tell ones physical
condition by the state OF the hairl
The Bible tells US that with his hair
gone Samson lost his strength. The
Romans considered badness a serious
affection and julius Caesar was never
quite satisfied with himself because
his poll was bare.
The face, however, Is the open book
and one can readily trace in its va.
rious expressions, lines; changes and
complexion the state of the system.
The eye that is unusually bright and
yet has a pallid brightness, the face
upon whose cheeks nature paints a
rose OF singular beauty aud flush,
more marked in contrast with the
alabaster appearance of the forehead
and nose and lower part OF
the face is one oil those whom the skill
ed physician will tell you will some
day dread the funeral month OF March,
because 1t is then that consumption
reaps its richest harvest. Consump.
tion they tell us is caused by this that
and the other thing. by microbes in
the ait, by micro-orgariisms til, the
blood, by deficient nutrition. by q
thousand and one other things, but
whatever the cause, decay begins with
cough and the remedy that will eff
fectually stop the cause of that cough
cures the disease of the lungs.
That is all there is OF it.
The cough is an evidence OF vast
ing. To stop it effectuaily, a remedy
must be used that will search out the
cause, remove that and then heal the
lung and do away with the cough.
This is the power, special to itself,
possessed alone by Warmers Log
Cabin Cough and Consumption REM
edy. This is no pew-fangled notion of
narcotics and poisons, but an old.
fashioned preparation OF balsams,
roots and herbs, such rs was used by
our ancestors many years ago, the
formula OF which has been secured ex-
clusively by the present, manufacture
ers at great trouble and expense. 1t
10 uO0 dteflleEc COiu uTySE. II Is % sy5-
tem-searcher and upbuilder and aeon
sumption expellant. Where Others
fail, it wins, because it gets at the con-
stitutional cause and removes it from
the system.
J. w. Hensaw of Greensboro, Pa,
on Jan. Is, 1888, reported that che
had derived more real benefit for the
length of time, from Warmers Log
Cabin Cough and Consumption RENE
dy than he had for years from the
best state physicians"
II you have a cough, night sweats.
positive assurance in your own mind
that you, oh--you. have no consump'
tion," and yet lose flesh, appetite,
courage, as your lungs waste away.
you may know that soon the funereal
month of March will claim you, un.
less promptly and faithfully you use
the article named. II other remedies
have failed try this one thoroughly.
II Others are offered, insist the more
on trying this unequaled preparation.
Some persons are prone to con.
sumption aud they should never
allo W the disease to become seated.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
Omen or Shut.

Riding on railway train, gentle
man sitting next an open window was
tapped on the shoulder sharply. by q
woman behind hum, who said; II wish
you'd shut that window right of, mis-
ter, I'm freezing"
"Freezingl" exclaimed another WON
an, who occupied the same seat with
the gentleman; you amt doing any
thing of the sort. Pm just suffocat.
ing with the heat"
"Im freez:n' | tell youl'
"And tell you Pm suffocatingl"
"Tll tell you what to do" said an
elderly man in the front seat, turning
around impatiently; "shut the window
by all means, until this one is suffocat
ed, and then open it until the othe,
freezes to DEATH"
This was decidedly rude remark
but it emphasized the need of courte
sy il one wishes to travel pleasantly
on railroad trains.-Youth's Compan
i0u
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
An exchange contains the following

An exchange contains the following
information regarding the value OF
rare American coins The halfdolla
of 1852, representing Liberty seated
is i'll circulation. 1t is worth $1.75:
The quarter OF 1853, with rays, is al
so occasionally met. 1t brings 50.
Among silver dollars ofrecent coinage,
the 1858 dollar, representing Liberty,
seated, is the most valuable. It is
worth SIS. The dollar of 1888 has a
flying eagle on the reverse side. A
little worn it would pass without no.
tice. 1t is worth SIS. So is the same
coin of 1889. Both are in circulation.
The 2o-cent piece of 1877 is worth
1.50, and of 1878, 1.25. They are to
be met, though rarely. The valuable
dimes and half.dimes were all coined
before 1S46. The silver Scent piece
OF 1873, with the large star brings go
cents; the copper 2-cent piece of the
same year is worth the same. The
fyIng-eagle cent of 1856 sells for 81.
All the gold coins coined prior to
1888 command premiums.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

To th8 man or womon who has never
been iii, tie word health Is meaningless
But to che one Mfo has suffered and DIES
paired, health appears as d pfieelsss boon
TO the thousands Of unfortunate w6rnsr
who are suffering from some Of the many
forms OF weaknesses or irregularities pc
culiar to their sex, Or. Pierce's Favorit,
Prescription holds forth the promise Of /
speedy restoration OF this priceless boom
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
The Seven Cuticura Boys

Our little son will be four years Of age on the
25th inst In May, 1885. he was attacked with
q very painful breaking out of the skin. We
called in physician. who treated him for about
four weeks. The child received little or no good
from the treatment. as the breaking out. sup
posed by the physician TO be hives in an ag-
eravated form, became larger in blotches and
more and more distressing. Wewere frequently
obliged to get MP in the night and rub him with
soda in water strong liniments, etc Finally, we
called other physicians. until no less than six
had attempted to cure him, all alike failing, and
the child steadily getting verse and worse. until
about the Goth Of last July. when we began to
give him CUTIGURA REsoLyENT internally, and
the CUIIcuRA and CUTICURA SOAP externally.
and by the last Of August he was so nearly well
that we gave him only one dose of the REsoLvENT
about every second day for about ten days
longer, and he has never been troubled since
with the horrible malady.
II. E. RYAN, Cayuga, Livingston Co., I'LL
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this fourth
day of January. 1887 c. N. C0E, j. p
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
n q 4 white thinks he has solved

DR.. C. A. White thinks he has solved
the mystery of what becomes OF all
antlers that deer shed every year.
Although the antlers when the deer is
killed before they are removed will
withstand all weathers for years, 1t
is very rarely that pair that have
been shed are found. DIR. White as
serts that he has discovered a small
insect that attacks the antlers and
within a short time after they are
shed destroys them by burrcwing
~hrough them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
Another story is related concerning

Another story is related concerning
Emperor Williams economic habits.
On recent cold morning his servant
brought him his military cloak which
he has worn for many years. He put
it on, looked into the glass. and re-
marked that the collar ought to bere.
newed, as it seemed faded. The at
tendent suggested it would perhaps be
better to get new cloak, whereupon
the Kaiser replied: "What are you
thinking of? The cloak is good
enough. have not even worn it as
long as good coat has to serve for
recruits"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

- rfUtrttf10Tt W0FCftdHt W tFcuptcs
Old moneybags naopes in his Office all day,
As snappish and cross as bear;
The clerks know enough TO keep out OF his
way,
Lest the merchant should grumble and
swear.
Even Tabby. the cat, is in fear OF cuff,
Or kick, il she ventures too near;
They all know the master Is apt to be
rough,
And his freaks unexpected Anu queer.
What makes the old fellow SO surly and
grim,
And behave so confoundedIy mean?
There's certainly something the matter
with him
Is il stomach. or liver, or spleen?
We've guessed it-his liver is sluggish and
bad,
His blood is disordered and foul.
It's enough to make any one hopelessly
mad,
And greet his best friend with growl.
The world aide remedy, DIR. Pierces
Golden Medical Discovery, will correct o
disordered liver and purify the blood, tone
your system and build up your flesh and
strength.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

II have thee on the hip" cried rheuma-
tism Selling his victim and tossing him on
suffering bed. mot So" he cried, mot
SO! Wait, my ancient foe, just five min.
utes, until the boy brings a bottle OF Sal.
walton Oil, then Wen see who wins the day.
Patti, it is said, guards herself carefully
against cold. She evidently does not be-
lieve in free concerts, but does believe in
the free use OF DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup,as it
has cured her several times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
Tha cnmatoclr silver mines n VI

The Comstock silver mines in Vir.
ginia City mining science has reached
it's highest poins, according to San
Francisco newspaper, which says that
there they carry water down q verti-
cal sha to the 9spth OF 1,700 feet,
and then gear it back to the surface,
running the gigantic mills by the 1 TOO
foot pressure. When the plan was
suggested to engineers of Europe they
laughed at it; but now it's proved
success and furnishes power immeas-
urably greater and cheaper than any
thing hitherto applied in mining.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

sYMPToNs-Moisturs intense itching and singing
most 9. night; worse By scratching. IL allowed 10
continue tinors form, which often bleed and ulcer-
alta becoming very sore. SwAxSEs OIsrMENT stops
the itching and bleeding heals ucerstion. and In
many removes the tumors. ttise1aly eihcaciol,
II curing al Skin Dseases, DIR. sWAYNE son,
Proprietofz Philadelphia. gwAYNE's OIsTAENr CAD
DO obtainsd Of Druggists Sent BIZ mai fer 50 Cents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

During the war. DR.. Lloyd. OF Ohio,
from exposure contracted consumption.
He says: II have no hesitation in saying
that it was by the use OF Aliens Lung
Balsam that / am now alive and enjoying
perfect health" Don't experiment with
new and untried medicines. lfyou have a
cough or cold, take at once Aliens Lung
Balson,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

10 the Editor.--Please inform your readers
that have a positive remedy for the above
named disease. BY its timely use thousands OF
hopeless ca yes have been permanently cured ]
shall be glad to send two bottles fmy remedy free
to any OF your readers who have consumptionif
they viii end me their Express and p. o. address.
Respectfully t. A. Slocum. NJ. C. Isl Pearl st N. K.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

Explaining the Liberal Faith as held by
Unitarians. sent free by addressing NJ. e.
Partridge. HOS Harmon Place. Mime
apolis, or J. L. Mccain. i94 Pleasant Ave.,
st. Paul. Mimi,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
RARREn WIRE.

II YOU have barbed wire fences. keep yeter-
mary CarboIIsaIve in your stables. 1t
cures without scar and renews the hair its
original color. SO cents and s1.00 at Drug
gists or by mail. Cole & Co., Black River
Falls, Wiz
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

AN Extended poPULARnY. BRows's
BR6NefiIAt TRocHEs have been before the
public many years. For relieving Coughs
and Throat Troubles they are superior TO
all other articles. Sold only in boxes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

A sensational suicide occurred in Chicago
Miss Josie McCullen had agreed with Will.
lam s. Hartnell, who shot himself the day
before, to follow his example, and fulfilled
her promise.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

At Humboldt, Mich, the Duluth. South
Shore & Atlantic freight and passenger
depot was burned. Nothing was saved.
Loss and Insurance about equal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

Sold everywhere. Price: CUTIcuRA, soc; SOAP,
Csc; REsoLyENT, 81. Prepared by the POTTER
DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston, Mass.
aS- Send for How to Cure Skin Diseases" Cd
pages, so illustrations. and 100 testimonials
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

At New York the extensive lace factory
OF Du den & Co. was burned with a large
quantity OF valuable lace intended for ex-
port. Loss 100000.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

cough medicine. II you don't believs IL
take dose. BY druggists 25c. a bottle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

A colored school teacher near Owens
boro, KY, is acc used OF having betrayed
seven female pupils.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

farmer near Rush City. Mimi, COM
mitted suicide by blowing his brains out
with a musket.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
cons,,n,ntIon surely cured.

Valentine Winter, banker OF Dayton,
Ohio, at family dinner distributed $500.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22

Con. Hennesy. the thief who escaped from
the bailiff at Minot recently has been ar.
rested at Great Falls, Mon.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
a Prominent Merchant In Trouble

The old Universaiist church at Miuns-
apolis, Mimi. one OF the landmarks OF the
city, is burned.