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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-22
ANEW TOOTH.PULLING DODGE.
Electricity Is Employed fin Place OF
Ether or Laughing Gas.

Electricity Is Employed in Place of
Ether or Laughing Gas.
Boston people nowadays have their super.
fuous teeth drawn BY means Of electricity,
says letter from that city to the St Louis
Gtobe-DemocrdL Inasmuch as al new ideas
in the arts and sciences are spread from this
enlightened metropolis originally and from
hence extended over the couutry, there is
little doubt that sooner or later this new
method will supersede laughing-gas and
ether In other big cities of the union The
process in question is yer simple, scarci any
apparatus being required beyond an ordinary
two-cell battery with vibrator attach.
ment. This attachment is thin
strip of metal, fastened at the ends,
which Is made to vibratc a thousand or more
times per second by the electric current. At
each vibration the circuit is Gu; of aud re.
newed again, the effect being TO give a per.
fectly steady flow OF the IN, stcrOus fluid. In
order to make sure that the flow IS quiz
satisfactory the operator tunes the machine
assisted by little reed tuning-p'ps until
the strip OF metal sings "a" So far, so
good
Now, TO the battery are attached these
wires Two OF them have handles at the
ends, and the third is hltched TO a forceps
The patient in the chair is given a handle to
hold in each hand, and the current is turned
on gradually until 1t becomes painful. Then
he is told to grasp the handles as strongly ms
possible, the eiectrlcity-having been switch
ed off for a moments turned on again sud.
denly and the dental surgeon applies his
forceps simultaneously TO the tooth. The in
slant the molar is touched, 1t, as we'll as the
part surrounding, becomes electrified and
absolutely insensibe to pain. When II Is
withdrawn from the socket the subject OF
the operation feels not the sligest disagr ee.
all 10 ool forF md ha t..nfI, 4.
the patient drops the handles and the affair
is over.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-22

The physicians say that the action
OF the hear is improved by a mod
crate climbing of stairs. Not running up
as If you were going to a fire, but leisure
ly ascending so that the action of the
heart may lie gently accelerated. If this
is so, it might be good thing to abolish
all elevators, and trust to time and legs
to get to the journeys end. Very often
too man convenlences beget Incidence,
and Incidence is res. onsibe for many of
the minor ills of existence.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-22
The Fatal Number.

"AmarIntha, in accepting me, you have
made me UNNECESSARILY happy" 81 am
glad TO know II, Arthur. You are not In the
least superstltlous, are voui" mo, darling.
Why do you aski" Because you are ths
thirteenth man to propose to me this sum
mer."-Llfe.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-22

Ianiel Hand has given million dol
lars for the education of the colored people
in the old slave states. The story Of
his munifcent gift is not complete with
out some account Of the manner in which
the m ney was acquired. Mr. Hand was
a wholesale grocec in Charleston. S. c.,
when that maynard sister seeded, and
as he was loyal to the backbone he had to
fee for his life, leaving his property be-
hind him in the hands Of his confidential
clerk. Geo sc w. Williams. 1t was in
Mr., Hands estimation, worth about 81 0, -
900. Mr.. Williams went o. with the
business, survived the siege an | rofited
by the return of peace to the unhappy
south. II the profits were invested 10y
him in timber lands, which Increased
greatly in value. In 1852 Mr.. Hand de-
manded a settlement to which his former
clerk promptly acceded, and paid him in
various in,tallments q total amount of
SG46, 900. The million donated was made
up of this sum and S}5i, coo drawn from
his own fortune. Mr.. Hands resolution
to give this money for the purpose named
IS an act of the truest philanthropy, and
must have the most important res It's.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-22
CONFEDERATE MONEY.

Some stories OF the Rapid Deprecin.
tion of the Currency.
According to the Washington corre-
spondent of the Louisville Courier.
Journal a group of the southern men,
bers of the house were talking recently
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-22

The grand duke Alexia of Russia has
just gone TO Jerusalem to be present at
the conservation of a church erected in
memory OF his mother, and his imper al
brother, the car, will very shortly follow
him TO this the holy place of the orthodox
Greek church, of which the Russian ruler
Is ex o9icio the temporal head.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-22

Wood oil is now made on somewE at
extensive scale in Sweden, where the
refuse in Underwriting and forest clear
ing is turned to account for the oil 1t con-
tains. 1t is used for Illuminating purposes
and gives, when put in lamp especially
made for it. very satisfactory light
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-22
B2oCxwAY CHNTEa
MICH.

The question Is being asked whether
the age of an Cxogenous tree can be told
by the nj lgs, and it is admitted that while
the zone test can be applied to some, it
cannot to all. The II ZEN tree eva les 1t
absolutely. | ines, frs and oaks are ODE
dent 10 the law, and it has been found
that the two former are much longer lived
than the oak. 4 ines and frs have been
cat down whose rings denoted an age OF
fro five to seven hundred years, where
as ordinary oaks seldom attain three hun
dred years, and the eldest known speci-
men o. the holm oak was only 400 years
by its rings. When these trees cease TO
add an external ring the innermost heart
begins to decay, and the tree slowly rots
until the trunk is completely hollow.
Science has discovered no way OF telling
how long it is before a decaying tree is
blown down. But the zone test ought t.
be applicable to the sequoia, the giant red
wood Of California some Of which have
circumference of ninety feet, with rings
indica ing more than six thousand years
of growth, to say nothing of the Period
when growth ceases. This last fact is not
easy to discover, for after a term which
cannot possibly be ascertained but GER
tainly between five and six thousand years
the rec grows with incredible slowness,
sgd it is possible that very many years
are represented by each of the latest rings.
Sarah a. creighton, who died recently
in Omaha, Neb., has left munifcelt leg
acies which add new lustre to a family
long associated with gifts of public chart
ty. The lie uest of one hundred thousand
dollars for he founding Of Creighton coll
lege some en- years ago b. Mary Lucretia
Creigh on is sill f. eSh in the minds of the
citizens of Omaha. This noble woman car
ried out The long-cher,hed deslra Of her
husband Edward Creighton to establish a
great public school. BY her liberality The
college was erected and to-day stands a
lasting monument 10 the benefcence of
Edward Creighton AMI his wife. The
work of contributing to the support Of this
institution did not end with Mary Lucretia
Creighton Her sister, Sarah A. Creigh-
ton, has seen fit at her death TO supple
ment the original gift with beiuest to
the COLLEGE Of pro erty in Omaha to the
value of syeaty-fve thousand dollars.
But more than this, Sarah A. Creighton
has given the sum o. fifty thousand dol
lrrs to the Franciscan Order of Nuns for
the build ng of a rev st. Joseph's hospital
in Omaha. BY these charitable enIow-
ment Sarah a. Creighton has perpetnated
her name and has set noble example of
philanthrOphy.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-22
Time Rennired.

Husband: cit takes you half an hour or
more to find your pocket, doesn't tr Wife
(sweetly): eyes, about that John, dear, but
Il takes you longer than that at tlmes."-
EDoch
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-22

France is so horribly burdened with
debt and taxes that it has become ne es-
sary to tax all foreigners living in that
country. he wheat harvest has ia led
and the people are clamoring for bread;
the wine harvest has failed, and the ex-
porting merchants of Bordeaux, Cet.e and
Marseilles have been obliged to import
wine from California for home consum =
ton. Owing 10 the hard times there are
absolute armies Of men without employ
ment. md in the face of all these things
the war minister has Just demanded
S1s3, coo, 600, which must be met, to do
which will still further increase the fnan-
cial embarrassment of nation already
over-burdened.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-24
Come i'm and see me

One Of our settlers planted a
cucumber seed on his farm last
spring, and when it commenced
growing it ran across forty
acre piece of breaking SO fast that
the owner couldn't head it off
on horseback, before it was lost in
the grass on the other side. when
ne came to gather the fruit the GU
cumbers had all bean thumped to
pieces by the rapidly growing vine.
In December, just before the nrst
snow fell, large party followed the
track of the vine about twenty
miles into the walton, when
they lost it in Pickslil Lake. On
their return the whole party. inclu-
ding the horses, were taken down
with winter cholera, resulting, the
DR.. thinks, from their breathing
the vaper Of crushed cucumbers
which still fingered in the atmos-
phers along the route of the travel
ing vine. Several of the horses
died, and the others, together with
their masters, were only saved by
the exercise of the best medical
skill the country affords. Several
farmers have imported a cast iron
fence to hold their pumpkins, Gu
cumbers and squashes in reasonable
bounds, and to enable them to tram
the vines to climb poles. OF course
this is large story and adverse cri-
ticiSm is expected: butt let her come,
we are here first, and we have the
best country ON .earth-hence we
can stand it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-24

methods, and raise, not what We
can produce the easiest, but what,
no matter whether produce or stock,
will net the most cash even If it
does require more hard work and
steady application. Horse and cat
tie raising can be made profitable
IN these hills, but it viii require
lots of hard work, economy, and
good management to Go it.
1t requires no intelligence, no
character to pull down and destroy.
A hog can root up a garden--one
hen can destroy in an hour what it
has taken, probably, years to pro-
duce, in the garden Of flowers. -
The variest dolt, armed with pick
axe or a hammer, and turned loose
IN the British museum, the Smith
sonian institute, the Pantheon, in
the days Of its wonderous beauty,
and allowed to indulge his destruc-
tive propensities, would soon pro-
duce unsightly ruin, as did the ig-
uorant RomaO soldiery in the burn
ing Of that magnificent and superb
model Of excellence, Solomonis tenn
pie. Nothing is easier than to pull
down, find fault, destroy. An oil
spot can be put in second on a silk
dress, and every day it will gather
more and more Of the dust that is
always flying. So it is with hui
man character, iingle breath Of
suspicion will accumulate until it
becomes perfect whlrlwind OF con-
ENTHUSIASTICALLY so if the mark
is high in society, the esteem Of
others, or poor and unprotected
woman, whose character is her all.
The tale bearer and the slanderer
won't be able to find home with
the Devil in the world to come.
The game Of base ball between
the Webster and Bristol nine, on
Friday last, was a good game and
was witnessed by large number of
our citizens. The game was called
about two o'clock, with the Bristol
boys at the bat. The Bristol boys,
by hard and persistent effort, earn
ed two great big, round, lat goose
eggs in the two first innings, while
the Webster boys rolled upl0scores.
At the opening of the third inning
the game was decidedly interesting,
and odds was freely offered on the
Websters, with 10 takers. Had it
not been that John Barker's arm
gave out on the third inning, it is
highly probable that the Bristol
boys would have gone through the
entire game without a score; as it
was, they hit enough Of Johns
balls to hustle sixteen scores to 81
for the Webster boys. The utmost
good humor characterized the game
all through, aud there was less
kicking than in any game of ball
we ever witnessed before. The um-
pire was fair, honorable, and i'm
partial, and gave good satisfaction
to both clubs. The score is as fol-
lows:
Bristol. O 01G5 11O 2-lG
Webster. 2S13 3 9 2 o %-2l
The return game viii be played
lat Bristol next Friday.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-24
-Iohn VIZ started to bis ol

John Vik started to his old
home in Minnesota, on the 10th,
to be present at the celebration Of
the 18th, Norwegian Independence
day.
Wentworth is moving John +.
Blake's office south against the
drug store, and the harness shop
about six feet south to make room
for the meat market to spread.
! N0TICE.-There will be a meet
ing OF the Webster Alliance, June
I'd, at two O'Clock, p. m. All in
terested in twine are requested to
be present, JOHN LIGHTER, Sec
Lieut.. Green was down last
Friday and attended = most enliv-
ening and entertaining in door pic
mic at Masonic hall. The Lieut..
thinks he rather enjoyed the emf
nsntly social features of the night.
Il will sell or trade one horse or
a team will sell for cash or on time
If you need one horse to make out
your breaking team, come and see
me, talk business, and we can trade
II. w. BOYD.
The ceremonies incident to
Decoration Day. which are to be
conducted here under the auspi-
ces of Gen. Croker post, G. A. R.,
will be held on the first Sunday in
June, which is the third.
H. w. Boyd and Chas. Crom-
well and others had mich COWS
killed and MANNED by the morning
passenger, Tuesday; and John f.
Blake had a fine COW killed by the
cars Monday.
A letter from Mrs. Sharretts, who
is now sojourning in California for
her health, says she is without an
ache or pain. This will be good
news to her large circle of friends
in Webster.
Plant plenty of potatoes this
year. Dakota potatoes have spec
ial rating in the east and will al
WAYS bring a good price. The
name dakota grown" for potatoes
is becoming as common in the cas-
tern markets as No. l hard is for
our wheat.
During the past ten days Mr..
Ed. Warner's family have all been
down with the measles. Two chill
dren were just conyalescent, when
Mrs. Warner was Frustrated, in
consequence of the anxiety and la
Dor of caring for the children. We
are glad to say that mother and
children are almost entirely recoV-
cred.
The sevsrest scoring Jay Gould
ever received in the course of his
long and sinful life was administer
ed by Judge Gresham. Gould now
retaliates by threatening to spend a
cool million to defeat him If he is
nominated for President. Well, if
Gould will mention his purpose in
this regard, 1t will not only nomin-
ate Gresham, but elect him.
1t has been frequently asked us
who is this Col. Plummer who is to
crate here on Decoration Day.
He is a,soldier of the late war and
is regarded by the best speakers and
leading men of America as the
equal of Bob Ingersoll as an orator.
Our citizens may rest assured that
on Sunday, June Sd, they will hear
an Grafton that will bear favorable
comparison with those produced by
the best minds in the country IN
the past.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-24
UN

-Sibb Peterson cut a hole into
his cellar from the front of his bull
ding, Saturday.
Rev. Ashley and Moses Rem
vile, of the Sisseton Agency, cal
led on US Tuesday.
The Webster RollerMill cut out
their feed roll last week and will
grind no more feed.
The Board of Supervisors of
the county do not meet again till
Monday, July I'd, 1888.
All bets declared off-the con-
gregatiOnal sociable at Geo. Shar-
retts residence is postponed.
Charley Canning returned last
week from a business trip to the
lumber regions of Wisconsin.
Call and examine my stock te-
fore buying, as | defy competition.
JOHN NORTON.
Everybody is papering and
painting these days, and, as con-
sequence painters are hard to get.
See advertisement of the mil
linery establishment of Mrs. f.
0chsenreiter which appears in this
issue.
Mrs. Balzer, the charming lady
who presideS over the Commercial,
has been quite sick during the past
week.
Gen. Logan originated the idea
of strewing the graves of the Un-
ion soldier with the first flowers of
spring.
w. G.. Dickinson has put a
nice fence around his lumber yard
and greatly added to his lumber and
coal shed room.
Boyd has refltted his ice cream
parlors and is now ready for bust
ness. He viii also run big soda
found this season.
"A letter from /. j. Hanson,
| who is now in Oregon, reports his
health as a gread deal better than
when he left here.
Lots Of wheat rolled into this
market, from Marshal county last
week, attracted, no doubt, by the
ssventy-fiye cent market here.
IT. A. Baker received dispatch
on Monday that his mother is very
sick, and he started for her home
at Canon Falls, Mimi, on the first
train.
/ in some Of the deepest rayines
in the reservation, there is said to
be fifteen feet of snow still linger-
ling-big thing for the oyster and
orange crop, but rather bad fol-
bananasl
| NOTICE.-The Pickwick Clul
meets every monday evening at {
O'Clock, at the Pickwiek rooms,
Icorner Sd street snd Methodist Az
enue. SAMUEL PECRwIck, Pres.
| NATHANIAL WRINKLE, Sec.
| TRACY TUPAAS, Treas.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-24

Bishop Hare, of this Episco-
pal diocese, will be here tomorrow,
Friday, and services will be held in
the NJ. E. Church in the evening.
The premium list for the fair
that will take place on the Day
County Agricultural Societies fine
grounds, Sept. 18th, 14th, and 18th,
1888, will be issued in about fifteen
days. Some 1900 perhaps 1900
copies will be Published and one Of
them will be placed in every family
in the county, making it an elegant
advertising medium. We will call
on the business men Of the county
and give them chance to take a
hand where they can talk to the
people Of the county.
"A party, consisting Of Rt. Rev.
W. II. Hare, Bishop Of South Da-
kota. Revs. w. J. Cleveland, J. NJ.
Mcbride, j. landlord and wife,
II. Burt, d. Tatiyop and Isaac Tut
tie, spent Tuesday night in our
city. On Wednesday morning they
started for tho Sisseton agency, to
be present at and participate in a
Missionary Conference, at the Agen-
cy, Wednesday evening and Thurs
day. Moses Renyille, VIM. Quinn,
John Teomanipi, with Rev. T..
Ashley, nat the party here Tuesday
evening, and conducted them to the
Agency on Wednesday.
If any one lmsgines Dakota to
be prairie country such as Illinois
was before it was settled, he has a
wrong conception of it. 1t differs
in this, the air is purer, the sun
shine is brighter, more abundant
and more healthy; the land is fairer
richer and more beautiful, and there
is none of it that can be designated
as waste land; the crops are more
sure and abundant. A man who
has any man in him, a man who is
not chronic grumbler, will endure
with patience and good nature all
the pains and penalties which ma
ture inficts upon him here, because
OF the lavish hand with which she
bestows her fayors. That's what
ails Dakota.
"A crying baby always excites
the deepest commi.seration, and at
the same time is a family affection;
but you must remember that the
little thing can't swear, and when a
human being is dangled up and
down on the business end of two
inch safety-pIn, with stomach full
of wind, it's got to do something,
and if it can't swear or grumble,
hollerin' is the only avenue OF re-
lief. A pic mic humble bee amt
pup beside the safety-pin-cholic ag-
ony; as many a poor man who has
mopped the floor with his night
shirt for hours at time, parsding
up and down with bowling babe
in his arms, can honestly, earnestly
and specifically testify.
We hope the time will soon
come when our farmers, instead Of
buying nine car loads Of horses will
sell that many. We are satisfied
that horse and cattle raising can be
made profitable in Day county, if
farmers will only make business
of it. 1t is time for farmers to be-
gin to raise more stock and less
wheat. Our boom days are oyer
but little immigration into the ter
rltory, hence, we must no longer
depend upon selling or trading land
until the tide sets again IN this d.
rectiOn. In view of this fact, it is
the part of wisdom for us to settle
down to regular, sensible business
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-24
.DERWEAR DIV thG 1OOOOss Ii. Farmer. ssn,. .

The Farmers Alliance meeting
at the Court House, on Monday,
was well attended. President II.
l.. Loucks, Of the Territorial ALI
ance was there and addressed the
meeting. lie said that the success
of the farmers movement depended
on their being united and giving n
cordial support to every move for
their betterment; that il their pur-
chasing agent made contract for
binders, plows or Irvine, they must
stand squarely by him to accom-
plIsh anything. He instanced how
the binder manufacturers, the ele-
yator companies, the millsrs, in
fact all the trusts and combinations
held together as matter OF self
protection, snd hence we're able to
dictate terms TO the balance OF the
world. The farmer was unable to
command what his products are
worth because he has no voice in
fixing the price, he has not, here
tofore, opposed the combinations to
rob him of the price the worlds
market entities him to, by one OF
his own; that, in order to compel
the recognition of his Just claims
he must put himself in position to
present an undivided front to the
foes, the trusts that have combined
against him. He has completed
the organization of the elevator
company by which our No. / hard
wheat will be hard wheat when it
reaches Liverpool, and thus CON-
mand the best price the world's
market affords. He hopes to get
up a fight between English and
American millsrs. The new CON-
pany is to have s2, 900, 900 capital
stock, half to be taken BY the
English Miilers Association
and half by the farmers Of the
Northwest. This is the best and
most feasible move for the benefit
of the farmer We have yet seen, and
will result in improved prices for
grain. The entire address was full
of good sense and good advice and
such rs farmers viii do well to heed.