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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
ninrods in Texas

From the Texas Siftings.
One Sunday not long since several
Houston, Tex. gentlemen went out
hunting ducks. They carried guns
and TASKS with them for that pur.
pose. The TASKS were not as dry in
side as a powder horn. They were
not that kind OF TASKS. Finally they
saw ducks, and proceeded to organize
a campaign plan. They crawled up
on the ducks on their stomachs-that
is. on their own THE hunters stom-
achs--and, blazing away, killed two
ducks. The Sunday hunters secured
their prey, when they were interrupted
by an old negro, whose cabin was
close at hand. He was very angry.
He said:
"Dem ar is my tame ducks. and dey
is wuff SOC apieche Dey is so tame dey
runs after me we. neber l goes down
to de pond"
Then the hunters looked at each
other and said:
Don't let us say anything about
it," and they paid over one silver dol
lar to the old African for his pet
ducks.
But the best OF the joke was that
the old darkey lied. for the ducks
were really wild ducks, after all. but
the Houston sportsmen did not know
the difference. The old darkey makes
as much as SO Sunday by going
out and claiming all the wild ducks
that are shot as his tame ducks. In
every instance the huntsman hands
over the money.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
Length of Base Ball Games.

In speaking OF the present duration
of base ball games as compared with
that OF the past, the Toronto Empire
remarks: "Twenty-eight years ago
the sharpest played game of baseball
took about four hours. As the play
ers grew more expert the games grew
shorter. Until 1870 few games were
played inside of three hours. In 1875
games were played inside of two
hours. This YVES owing to the dead
ball. This time two ounces OF rubber
were used in making up the balls AS
the pitchers became more clever with
curves, inshoots. raise and drop balls.
etc, the batsmen were at their mercy
until it was no uncommon feat for a
pitcher to strike out sixteen men in a
frst-cIass game. Sweeney, of the Prov
idenee club. struck out no less than
nineteen OF the Bostons in one game
in 1854. With a dead ball and this
style of pitching games were often
played in less than ninety minutes.
One game oil nine full innings took
forty seven minutes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
rhe Glasses WINCH cheer.

"GIad to see you looking so well.
The last time saw you, you were
pale and Twas worried by your depres.
sion What haze you been doing?"
81 bought pair OF glasses. That
was all. /"
The manager of large business es-.
Establishment on Union square had met
q friend whom he had not seen before
in months and the formers renewed
health was the subject of the CONVEX
sation.
TELL me all about IT,"
"You remember how l felt last
spring. | was hardly able to do any
work. / had shooting pains through
my head, and felt dizzy after / had
been an hour Or so in the Office.
thought | was bilious, and took
enough pills to start q drug store.
They only weakened me. Then | went
to my doctor. He said was drinking
too much. So | stopped even beer,
and got no better. | went to him
again. lie gave me a thorough exam
nation and suggested that | stop
smoking. 90 DTOke OH IHdC udDlG
with no gain in health. All this time
was taking medicine by the quart.
He next told me must take vaca.
ton. | did so. The first day | was
in the country lolled around in the
open air, and the next morning |
felt better than had done in months.
That day | rolled into a. hammock
and read novel. The next morning
! was as badly broken up as before. /
rested that day and felt better the
next Finally began to connect the
use OF my eyes with my sickness. l
drove into the nearest village bought
pair of spectacles, and that very
day began to improve. When ! ar
rived home went to an occulist and
had glasses of the right power pre-.
scribed. use these in reading and
working, and since then have been q
different man. ! am no longer wor-
ried about my health. l don't fear
insanity. am not dreading death,
and / think of getting married next
year and intend to dance at my
grandchild's silver wedding. Simple
cure, wasn't it?"-N. Y, Mail.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
How the Sugar Trust is Oper.
ated.

Mr.. George ii. Moller, partner in
the North River Sugar Refining CON-
pany, declined 20 go into the "com-
b ne" to skill competition" reduce
production and send up prices. He
knew that the pool would benefit its
members, but he was not offered
enough stock in it to satisfy HIM.
Havemeyer & Co. got SIG, 100000 to
ST, 100000, De Castro & Bonner got
$4,000, 900, Dick & Meyer 100000,
Boston firm 81, 800, 900, the Stand.
ard OF Boston, 81, 700, 000,an so on,
while he was offered only 100000.
So he held out and the pool bought
his refinery at his own price and
"shut it down" All Moller & Co. s
hands were thrown into idleness and
perhaps starvation, to crush out com,
petition and feed the greedy pool.
Was not this conspiracy to injure
trade and commerce2-New York
World.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
The Official Record of the Rebel.
lion.

The publication of the Official rec.
ords of the war of the rebellion is
steadily going on and the nineteenth
volume has just been issued. When
completed it is expected that thenum-
Der of volumes will have reached eigh-
ty, and these will comprise the full Of
fetal records of the confederate and
Union armies during the late war. 1t
is not easy to comprehend the immen-
sity of the works which the publica-
ton of these records entails. An av-
erage OF thirty men are kept busy
copying manuscript, reading proof
and indexing from one years end to
the other, and at the present rate it
is expected that they will publish five
or six volumes year. The work is
done in a fine old mansion west of the
white house, which has been used by
the government for years, and which
is now wholly devoted to this work.
The files of papers are brought here
from the war department in wheelbar-
rows and carefully searched, and the
matter needed copied by pen. Ittakes
about a peck of manuscript to make
one volume of the official record.
Each volume contains on an average
1000 pages ofprinted matter or about
5000 pages ofclosely-written foolscap.
The work on the record in regard to
accuracy is wonderfully complete.
Every name, whether that of private
soldier or major general, must be
spelled right and its proper initials
! given. A single name often consumes
days of research and is found at the
end to be far different from the one it
was originally supposed to be. The
indexing is very complete and full of
labor The card system is used in the
work, and the third part of volume
thirteen took alone 1876 index
cards. The work fprinting the record
is done by the Government printing
Office, and the men in charge of pre-
pairing the manuscript tell me there
is another volume which should have
been out before this. This record of
the Rebellion embraces both the Off
cial papers of the North and of the
South, of the Union and Confederate
armies. 1t will, when it is complete,
disclose many unknown facts of his
tory, and will form the most valuable
historical reference book that has ever
been published about any war or any
period.-Washington Correspondence
of Cleveland Leader.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
Would Like Her Husband When
She Got Acquainted With Him.

II married queer couple once.
writes New England minister. "a short
time before I came to Boston. Tie
man had just entered upon his profess
sion which we will cali that of physi-
elan, and had determined upon his
place of settlement. The young lady,
a bright, intelligent, well educated girl
who knew the ways of society, had
made up her mind that she would marry
doctor, and finally she had brought
matters around in quiet, womaniy
way to the point of his asking for her
hand and heart, and of course she
yielded. The acquaintance had been
astonishingly brief. They were hardly
acquainted when / was summoned to
marry them. He was very skillful and
devoted to his profession, which be had
mastered well for young man in theory
and practice. But he knew less of the
ways of the world and customs of social
life than any other man lever met. He
was on the point of starting for his
new home the very next day
after the marriage, and with the ut
most unconcern regarding the proprie-
ties of the occasion, had packed up all
his apparel ready for the journey. He
was stopping at the house of a friend.
who at the last moment, late in the af-
ternoon, discovered that the bridegroom
did not have change of linen to dress
with. Hurried consultations were had,
and his hostess, with woman's readl-
ness for emergencies, took the measure
of his collar and waist, went down just
as the stores were about to close and
purchased the desired articles, which
the bridegroom accepted with the ut
most equanimity and as if the articles
were not of much consequence anyway.
They went away, and in few days the
bride wrote letter to one of her
friends, in which she remarked with
charming naiyete: We had a good,
pleasant journey, and found nv hus-
band to be quite entertaining. / think
shall like him first rate when / get
acquainted with him. Hartford
Courier.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
ron ME ONLY.

I was climbing after a rosebud
That grew q little too high,
Though stood ON tiptoe to reach IL
When heard him passing by.
He held in his hand lilly,
He stopped and gave ii 10 me,
But thought Of the rosebud hanging
High up on the trellis-tre
So only took il moment,
And pressed its petals apart,
Inhaling one breath Of the fragrance
That lay in its golden heart
Then / gave it back again, saying,
Look, there where my neighbor stands,
Waiting for just such pla5thing
To hold in her dainty hands"
He turned and went from me slowly,
Like one who silently grieyes,
And all the green path behind him
Was strewn with white lilly-leayes.
London Sociesy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
RHEUMATISM.

rho Case Stated.-Jan'y 18th, 1888. Messrs,
George c. 0sgood & Co, druggists, Lowell,
Mass, wrote to the undersigned as follows
Mr.. Lewis Dennis, No. 1876 Moody street,
wishes TO recommend st. Jacobs Oil, and
desires especially to say that
''ORIS ROBINSON, of Granville, Mass, q
hoy of II years, came to his house in the
summer Of 1881 walking on crutcheJ, his
left leg being bent at the knee for over two
months, and could not he bent back. Mr..
Dennis had some st. Jacobs Oil in the house,
and gave it to him to rub on his knee. In
six days he had no use for his clutches, and
went home well without them, as he has
been ever since"
;orroboratiye and Conclusive Testimony.
Lowell. Mass, July 9, 1887.
Mr.. Lewis Dennis has just called upon me,
and informs me that the boy Grin Robinson,
who was poor cripple on clutches, and
was cured by st. Jacobs Oil in 1881; the
cure has remained permanent. The young
man has been and is now at work at manual
labor; the case certainly proves the efficacy OF
st. Jacobs Oil.-Dr. GEO. G. OsGooD, NJ. D..
Sold By Druggists and Dealers Etertrchere.
THE CHARLES A. VoeElER CO.. Baltimore. Nd.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
she couss,,,t untierstand Il.

what in the world haze happened to
you since the last time / saw your asked
one lady oil another when they met on the
street the other day. II can't understand
it, Then you were pale. haggard and low.
spirited. and / remember you said that
you hardly cared whether you lived or
died. To-day you look ever SO much
younger. and it is very evident from your
beaming face that your low spirits have
taken fight Yes, indeed, was the re-
ply; land shall / tell you what drove them
away? 1t was DIR. Pierce Favorite Pre-
seription. was martyr to functional
arrangement until began taking the Pre-
scription.' Now / am as well as | ever
was in my life. No woman who suffers as
j did, ought to let an hour pass before
nrocnring this wonderful remedy"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
itching Piles.

sYsPToMs-Noisturs; intense itchiny and ssinging;
most ct night; worse BY scratching. Ii allowed to
continue tnniors form. which often bleed and ulcer
ste becoming very sore. SwkYsEs OINTMENT stops
the itching and oleeiing heals ueerstion. and In
many cases removes the tuors. iseqalv siieacioni
IN curing all Skin Diseases, DIR. SWAYNB 4 SON,
ProprietorsI Philadelphia. swAYNE's OINTMENT can
be obtained Of druggists. Sent bx mad for 30 Cents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
Be Sure to Get Hoods

BE sure to get Hoods sarsspsrilla my child See
that they do not give YOU anything else. You re
member it is the medicine which did.mam so much
good year ago-so reliable. beneficial pleasant to
tske-mx tavorite spring medicine"
This advice should be needed by everybody. If You
make up your mind TO buy Hoods Sarsapariils, DO
not allow polite persu aston argument to induce
you to take anything o'se. Insist upon having Hoods
Sarssparilla which is peculiar to itself.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

The Bible tells of the streams that
it may allure us to the fountain; it
tells us OF the past acts of God 'sfaith.
full love that we may be led to set our
hope on God, aud to feel assured that
He who hath helped will help, and He
who hath loved will love to the end.
Thomas Erskine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

You can do it easily, and you will not
have to deprive yourself of a single COM
fort; on the contrary, you win enjoy life
more than ever. How can you accom-.
Doctors bills. When you lose your APP
petite, and become bilious and constipat
ed, and therefore low-spirited. don't rush
off to the family physician for parscrip.
ton, or, on the other hand, wait until you
are sick abed before doing anything at all;
but just go TO the druggists and for TWEEN.
ty-five cents get "a supply OF DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets. Take them
as directed. and our word for it. your un-
pleasant sym ptoms will disappear as IL by
magic, you will have no big doctors bill to
pay, everybody interested Except the doc
tori, will feel happy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

him. said sir. Parchment, briskly,
as he moved toward the door.
'"The scoundrel, he added, under his
breath. "Bogle must have received
my message this afternoon. | ex-
pected something OF the kind"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

Senator Sherman introduced bill au.
thorizing the controller OF the currency to
issue to national banks circulating notes
to the amount OF 100 per cent OF the par
value of the bonds deposited with the
treasurer of the United States to Sc.
cure the payment OF circulating notes, up
on the bank making proper application
therefor; bat at no time shall the total
amount OF notes SO issued to any such
bank exceed the amount at the time actu
ally paid in OF is capital stock.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

is a good thing to get, and the man who
wins it by superior skill, or by an unex.
pected turn OF Fortunes wheel, is to be
congratulated. But he who escapes from
the clutches OF that dread monster, Con.
sumption, and wins back health and hap.
piuess, is far more fortunate. The cham
ces Of winning 100000 are small. but
every consumptiye may be absolutely
sure OF recovery il he takes DIR. Pierce's
Medical discovery In time. For all scroll
ulous diseases Consumption is one OF
them), it is an unfailing remedy. All drug.
gists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
con.,,n,ption surely cured.

To the Editor.-PIease inform Your readers
that have a positive remedy for the above
named disease. By its timely use thousands oil
hoT .ss ea1es have been permanently cured.
shan be glad TO send two bottles of my remedy free
to any of your readers who have cousumptionn
they wi III end me their Express and p o. address
Respect fully r. A. sloeum. NJ. C.. 1SI Pearl st n. Y
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

fair. honest trial of Hoods Sarsaparlla viii con-
vince any reasonable person that this peculiar
paration does possess great medicinal merit We do
not Claim that every bottle will accomplish miracle,
but we do know that nearly every bottle, taken
cording to directions does produce positive benefit
and makes ard constant friend. This is thor
oughly demonstrated in New England where Hoods
SsrsapariIla has been known TO the people for 10
years and where its sale is continually increasing
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

Worth, OF Paris, has decided in favor OF
hoops, but they come in use slowly. In
this country everybody has decided that
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is the best remedy
for coughs and colds. and it's coming fast
into general use. Price % cents.
Salvation Oil is the greatest pain
destroyer OF any age or cline. For the
cure OF neuralgia and rheumatism it has
no equal Price only 20 cents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
March April May

Are the months in which to purify the blood for al
other is the body susceptible 10 benefit
from medicine. The peculiar purifying and reviyi
flying quail ties of Hoods ssrsaparina Just what
needed to expel disease and fottify the system
against the facilitating Effects OF mild weather.
Every year increases the popularity of Hoods Sar
saparilla. for it just what people need at this
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

At Louisville. B. D. Gividen, in charge oil
sales for John Shrader, furniture manufac-
turer, shot r. ID. Lawrence, part proprietor
OF the Enterprise vinegar works. Lawrence
died ia half an hour.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

In every community there are a number
of men whose whole time is not occupied,
such as teachers ministers, farmers sons,
and others To these classes especially we
would say, il you wish to make several
hundred dollars during the next few
months, write at once to u. F. Johnson
& Co.. OF Richmond Va, and they viii
show you how to do it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Best lady, who had been taxing it with benefit.
says: In store the clerk tried TO induce to
buy their instead of Hoods Sarsaparilla. He
told theirs would last longer: that might take
it ten days trial. that II did not like it need
not pay anything etc. But he could not prevail on
ne to change. told him / knew what Hoods Sar-
saparilla was had taken it, was perfectly satisfied
with it. and did not want auy other
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
Darling. Conservative was elected TO the
house OF commons for Deptiord.

Faithfulness is necessary in all kinds Of
work. Especially Is il necessary. in treat
ing a cold, ta procure tile best remedy,
which is Aliens Lung Balsam. and take
it faithfully according to directions, amiit
will cnre q cold every time and prevent
fatal results. Sold by AL druggists at 25cs
Doe and 81 90 a bottle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

CouGHs AND COLDS. Those who are suf-
fering from Coughs. Colds, Sore Throat,
ETC., should try BRowSs BRONCHIAL
TRooHEs. Sold only in boxes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
Makes the Weak Strong

7 gladly attest the peculiar building.up power of
Hoods Sarsapar lila. For some time have been
unsble to attend to business, but finally at the
quest of fliend used part of bottle of Hoods
Sarsaparilla. which gave tone and strength to my
system and made me feel young IS when a boy. .
g. 7. WOODS, "a and sc Lodge Street, Cincinnati.
Hoods Sarsaparila takes less time and quantity
to show its effect than any other pre- paraton eTer
heard of. / would not be without it in the HOUSE"
Mrs. c. A. NJ HJBBAKD, North Chill, Monroe County.
n Y.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
Purifies the Blood

Seven years ago. while my little boy was playing
in the yard. he bitten by a spider. The poison
entered his blood, and sores soon broke out about
his body; they itched terribly and caused him IN
tense suffering. Several times succeeded in
healing the up, but spite of all could do
they would soon break out again. Finally we tried
Hoods Sarsaparilla, aud he took bottle and one
third of another. when the sores disappeared. He
has not a sore spot on him now. and consider him
perfectly cured. WM. II. B. WARD. Downington,
Penn.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

Teemsr won seuliing race for the cham
pionship OF America. at Jacksonville, Fla,
defeating Hamm and Mckay.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

Gov. Green OF New Jersey sent to the
legislature message vetoing the local OPP
ton high license bill
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

Piso's cure for consumption is the best
cough medicine. II you don't believe it
take dose. BY druggists Zoe. bottle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

II you would have desirable head OF
hair. use Halls Vegeta BILE Sicilian Hair Re.
newer, the most wonderful discovery OF
modern times for the hair and scalp.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

There is no startling change in the Bur
lington strike situation, both sides appear.
ing confident OF success.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

The North Star Lung and Throat Bal
Gam is sure cure for Coughs and Colds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

Senator Farwell OF Illinois has an in
come OF $T00 day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

The property OF a. NJ. Goughnoun d Co.,
stock growers at Livingston, Mont, is at
sached
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a prize of 100000.

Robert Bonner says A. T. Stewart gave
away 500, 900 year.
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How TO Reduce Your Expenses

DIR. Tanner is engaged TO marry Miss
Roberts, a rich lady OF Cork.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08

The public debt was reduced S7.756, 900
in Fehr unrY.