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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
ROYAL crandmother.

There is one good thing about Queen
Victoria which apparently escapes the
notice OF her radical detractors. She
is most considerable grandmother.
Now / would like to be shown in all
the Queens dominions another old
lady with thirty-seven grandchildren
who would make herself as uncom-
Portable by travelling about with a tull
nursery GTandmammas are proven
bially devoted to their first grandchild,
but they grow weary after a time
when their children's offspring ceases
to be a novelty. But Victoria is never
tired of her posterity. She Tugs them
back and forth from one end OF her
kingdom to the other, and actually
takes the latest editions OF the Bat
tenbergs along when she goes up for q
drawing-room at Buckingham Palace.
It strikes those OF us who are not
born in the purple that transporting
the Battenberg infantry with its APP
propriate luggage to London for only
two days visit at this variable sea-
son OF the year was an uncalled for
proceeding. No doubt "Miss McBat-
tenberg" had the snuffles, and "Mas-
ter McBattenberg." who is yet in petit
coats, INDUCED in an attack of the
Group, but the Queen probably
thought it Soaldn't do to leave these
precious youngsters to the care OF
servants at Windsor Castle, and so
she packed them off with her own
elaborate retinue and looked after
+to,,, barSalft The Etapreaa of India
may be selfish old woman as regards
her subjects or the comfort OF her
household, but when it comes down
to royal baby she is right there
Boston Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05


though far from being as useful as it
might be made, and greatly over shad-
owed by the omnipotent and omnipres-
ent iron way, is still found ofgreat ad.
vantage in the transport OF heavy
commodities. In France canal nayi-
cation is much more valued and
utilized than in England, and the wa
terways are especially looked aft
err by the government, which
has recently undertaken a large
expenditure for their further
development. Germany, like France,
has n canal system OF considerable
extent, and has in hand at the pres
emit time two important links in the
chain of such communications--a ca
nal 163 miles long. from Dortmund to
Emden harbor, which is TO cost g..
233,0o0, and the improvement OF the
navigation from the Oder at Furs-
tenbnrg to the Upper Spree at Berlin,
a distance OF 81 miles, at an estimat-
ed cost OF 100000. Further east,
the Isthmus of Corinth has almost
been pierced by canal which con-
meets the Mediterranean and the
Adriatic with the ARCHIPELAGO and the
Black Sea, thus shortening the dis
lance between the Pireeus and Mar
settles by IL per cent. while Genoa
is brought nearer by II, Venice and
Trieste by Is, and Brindisi by 32 per
cent. The length OF this canal is, how.
ever, only miles. the greatest depth
OF cutting being 2S5 feet, and the to.
tai amount of excavation being es-
timated at 100000 cubic yards.
Russia, again, has recently completed
q maritime canal between Cronstadt
and st. Petersburg 1S miles in length
and % miles IN depth, over a floor
276 feet in width. This. canal, howev-
er, was comparatively easy under
taking. 1t was cut through the sub
merged Delta OF the Neva. in depth
OF water varying from 8 feet near St.
Petersburg to 20 feet near Cron-
stadt.-The Fortnightly Review.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
"pidn't Know it Was Load
ed.D
The vouno man fan deadi

The young man fell deadl
A friend had pointed revolver. at
him.
"He didn't know it was loaded~
We often hear it stated that man
is not responsible for what he does
not know. The law presupposes
knowledge and therefore convicts the
man who excuses crime by ignorance
'If had only known" has often
been an unfortunate mans apology
for some evil unknowingly wrought,
but in a matter of general interest
as for instance that laudanum is a
poison, that naphtha is deadly ex-
plosive, that blood heavily charged
with winters accumulations OF the
waste of the system.-it is ones duty
to know thefact and the consequences
thereof. Our good old erandmothers
knew for instance, that the opening OF
spring was the most perilous period
of the year.
Why?
Because then the blood stream is
sluggish and chilled by the cold wealth
Grand If not thinned good deal and
made to flow quickly and beautifully
through the arteries and veins, it is
impossible to have good vigor the rest
OF the year. Hence, without excep-
ton, what is how known as Warmers
Log Cabin Sarsaparilla, was plentiful.
ly made and religiously given to every
member OF the family regularly
through March, April, May and June.
1t is matter OF record that this pru..
Dental, preventive and restorative
custom saved many fit OF sickness,
prolonged life and happiness to a Wig
orous old age, and did away with
heavy medical expenditures.
Mrs. Maggie Kercliwal, Lexington,
KY. used Warmers Log Cabin Sarsa~
parilla for nervous sick headache OF
which had been sufferer for years.
1t has been a great benefit to me-"
Capt. HUGH Harkins, lila S. 14th
ST., Philadelphia, Pa, says ''it puri-
fed my blood and removed the blotch.
es from my skim" Mrs. Aarea Smith,
Topton, Berks Co., Pa, says she twas
entirely cured OF Il skin disease OF the
worst kind" by Log Cabin Sarsaparil-
la. Bad skin indicates very bad
condition OF the blood.
II you would live and be well, 60 to
your druggist to-day and get Warmers
Log Cabin Sarsaparilla and take no
other,-there's nothing like it or as
good, and completely renovates your
impaired system with this simple, old.
fashioned preparation of roots and
herbs.
Warner, who makes the famous
Safe Cure, puts it up, and tn at is a
guarantee OF excellence all over the
known world. Take it yourself and
give it to the other members of the
family, including the children. You
will be astonished at its health-giving
and life.prolonging powers. We say
this editorially with perfect conf
dence, because We have heard good
things OF it everywhere, and it's name
is a guarantee that 1T is first class in
every particular.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
Nightcaps are Injurious.

Nightcaps as articles of dress, except
in Anticipated farces and amateur
tneatricals, have gone out OF fashion.
Their universal use by our forefathers
and foremothers, may perhaps, be
safely attributed to the fact that in
the good old times sleeping apart
ments were uncommonly draughty.
Ill-fitting window sashes, large CHM
neys, and ante-diluvian doors let in
so much air that there was very good
reason for protecting the head from
the consequence OF too much ventila-
ton. Nowadays the headgear appro.
pirate for night use has become obso-
lete, so that it will cause no painful
shock when the public are informed,
by the voice o! medical authority,
that the use OF nightcaps is actually
injurious. IS man." we are told ,
"might as we'll sleep in his boots as in
cap" We are not aware that even
If person d. commit the former
enormity any dreadful effects on his
health would infallibly follow, what
ever inight be the results to his bed
linen. Still, medical science is pretty
safe in running a tilt against night
caps, for the simple reason that it is
hardly anybody's interest to defend
them.-London Daily News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
Who is Never Crazy.

There are many firm believers in the
theory that most people are crazy at
times and facts seem to support their
belief. The following from q source
unknown to the writer, will likely re-
mind number of our readers OF some
incident in their experience, which at
the time OF its occurrence seemed to
them most unaccountabIe:
"a wise man will step backward of
aporch or into mud puddle, a great
philosopher will hunt for the specks
that are in his hand or on his fore
head, hunter will sometimes shoot
himself or his dog. A working-girl had
been feeding a great clothing knife for
ten years. One day she watched the
knife come down slowly upon her
hand. Too late she woke out of her
stupor with one hand gone. For a
few seconds her mind failed, and she
sat by her machine temporary luna
tic. and had watched the knife APP
proach her own hand. A distinguish
ed professor was teaching near ca
nal. Walking along one evening in
summer he walked as deliberately into
the canal as he had been walking along
the path a second before. He was
brought to bis senses by the water
and the mud and the absurdity OF the
situation. He had on new suit OF
clothes and new silk hat, but though
the damage was thus great, he still
laughs over the adventure. Our mail
m C. q hA~ad nlnsln
the streets all sorts of papers and ar
ticles which have been put in by some
hand from whose motions the mind
has become detached for second. A
glove, a pair OF spectacles, deed, a
mortgage theatre ticket, goes in and
on goes the person, holding on to the
regular letter which should have been
deposited. This is called absent-mind-
edness, put is a brief lunacy. "-Scien-
tific American.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
w,na, becomes of Antiers.

IL has been observed that in a dis
trict where several thousand deer are
kept, and where, consequently, there
must be hundreds OF stays who every
year cast of a couple OF horns each,
only now and then is specimen oil
these horns met with. The author oil
.sForays Among Salmon and Dee"
accounts for this fact upon the au-
tboritv of one familiar with the habits
OF the animal.
They either bury their horns, or
DESTROY them with their teeth. he
saws that he has himself seen deer at
the period OF spring. when they cast
their horns. tramping them down In
the moist soil OF the pest-o boys which
are so numerous amongth hills.
That they were so employed he has
abundant proof, for more than once,
after thus disturbing the deer, he has
gone to the spot and discovered the
remains of horns half-buried and
broken up. the fragments having the
marks OF teeth upon them.
Though it may be thought that the
horns are OF a substance too hard Tor
this, vet the Jaws OF the deer are SO
verv powerful. Another considera-
tion which makes this more probable
i that scarcely ever are the horns OF
young stag discovered, being. OF
course, from their size, more easy OF
destruction than the antlers OF a iull-
grown one.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
Good Advice.

Marion Harland, winding up a coup
lie OF columns OF good advice to girls,
puts this plain but excellent talk int
the final paragraph: ITO make one
self conspicuous by open contempt OF
conventional and, in the main, whole
some social laws is the first degree of
the descending scale. To be fast,
loud, high fly (how many synon-
yms our national slang dictionary
offers for the next slide!) is so nearly
and dangerously allied to culpable in
discretion that the slandermongers,
belonging as they do, to the impress
sionist school, seldom pause to dis
criminate between them. They never
halt to distinguish actual imprudence
from positive-and remediless-infa.
my" Girls may be loud and coarse
without being bad, but the best way
is to take no chances. The quiet,
modest girl can never be mistaken for
anything but what she is.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
Vast Catastrophe.

Chinese newspapers and private let
tiers from PeKin bring details OF the
overflow OF the Yellow River in Sep
TENDER OF last gear. This event was
dismissed with the notice OF few
lines by most American newspapers,
so little do we know of the real condi-
ton of our brothers on the other side
OF the globe. Yet no castrophe so
vast has occurred in the world during
this century. As 1t is liable to recur
at future times, brief description of
its cause and effects may be OF inter-
est:
The Hoang- Ho or Yellow River,
drains the great basin Of North China,
as the Mississippi does the Central
States oil the Union. 1t bears singu-
lar likeness TO our own great river in
several particulars. chief OF which is
thecrookedness OF its course, its sud-
den huge serpentine bends.
IL drains like the Mississippi, hill
ranges OF great fertility, carrying their
rich aIluyial soil to the delta at its
mouth This rich silt, or mud, as in
the case of the Mississippi, chokes up
its mouths, until the river is forced to
ooze it's way through innumerable
bayoux to the sea.
In both rivers the spring rains and
the melting OF the snow on the noun
tains near its source produce sudden
deyasting floods. The water disre-
CARDS it's crooked channel, and PUSHES
staight across plantation, villages and
cities.
The Chinese. like the people among
the Mississippi, have found it neces-
sary to build ramparts on either sidt
OF the murderous river to protece
them from it's fury; but the Chin ese
began this work nearly three thous.
and years ago. As tho increasing de-
post OF silt near it's mouth closes
them, the water is forced back into
its bed. aud rises higher than the sur
rounding country each year, necessi-
tating higher ''levees."
Ten times since B. C. 1900 the vast
flood has broken through these bar
riers. and found new way for itself
to the sea. In 1852 an outbreak oc.
Cured, and the mighty flood went
back to the cpannel through which 1t
flowed when our Saviour was on the
earth. Each outburst is necessarily
accompanied by enormous loss OF lie
and destruction OF property.
On the goth of last September a Gre
vase broke the dyke, and body OF
water FIVE hundred miles long. seventy
feet deep and. mile wide burst upon
the plain This plaln-a territory OF
ten thousand square miles. occupied
by over three Thousand villages-was
submerged. The destruction OF
human lite is estimated at five mil
lions. None of the water has yet
reached the sea; it forms vast lake
of death where last summer was a
fertile. populous plain.
The Chinese Government has given
nearly three million dollars, besides
the annual revenue from great
province, to rebuild the dykes, and a
population equal to that OF our Md
die States is swarming now like ants
about the banks of the huge current,
irving to put curb upon it, knowing
that it is curb which, at some future
time, it will surely break through
again.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
Sold. To Keep Store.

A suggestive account is given in
1.-THE Connecticut Farmer" OF two
residents OF Harrington. in that
state, who have, contrary to their
hopes and wishes, joined the ever
growing army OF witnesses against the
folly of turning the back on agricul-
ture for business in town:
"Mr. Catan made great deal OF
money on his farm formerly, hut he
sold 1t three years ago, with all his
live stock, wagons, farm implements
and personal property outside OF the
house, for $4,000 and has been run
ming store in Bridgeport, and we
hear that in so short n time he has
sunk all he had saved and all the
money he received from Mr.. Jameson,
some $500. also, with interest on
the balance, and now gets his farm
back at about S13.700 without any
personal property or livestock and
finds his farm sadly run down into
the bargain. He now admits that it
would have been better if he had
stayed on the farm"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
For an InyaIIa,s Head Rest.

The small, soft, eider-stuffed cush.
IONS, in melon form, either in sections
oftwo-colored pushes, brioche fashion,
or in soft Indian silk, are most &C
ceptable. They are so soft and NOV
able that they seem to fit into the
head whichever way it turns. Sofa
cushions OF the usual square shape
are now occasionally OF three colors,
AMI made TO look as il an extra cover
was put on, with one corner turned
back to show the real cushion inside.
The cushion is of one color, the corner
lining of another, and the simulated
inner cover OF third. Old gold ERIN.
son, and deep peacock, or brown. pink
and gray are good harmonizingc oiors.
Plush usually forms the chief mate
rial, with satin for the Innings, but
sateen or soft Pongee silk is also used.
Pongee silk has achieved a wonderful
popularity for decorative purposes,
and Innings to bags, sachets. &c. Very
pretty cushions OF brocade or plush,
and also the dantiest of tea cosies, are
decorated with a length ofcontrasting
Pongee silk cut to look like little
curtain, and drawn across one side
with a silken cord. with pompons.
The cushions are only so arranged on
one side, but the cosies have the scarf
carried right across the top slantwise,
so that, on each side, it is to the right
edge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
What Can be Eaten From the Fin
gers.

Although it is considered vulgar to
be seen picking bone, well-bred PEG.
pie often take the leg of a little bird
in the fingers and delicately remove
the flesh with the teeth. 1t is not gen.
orally done. but itcan be done neatly.
Cheese can be eaten from the fingers,
and so with all the fruits; very dry
little tart or a cake can be eaten with
the fingers. Asparagus is also con.
veyed to the mouth with the fingers.
Many English gentlemen eat lettuce
and celery, with salt alone, with the
fingers. Olives are also eaten in the
same way. Pastry, hard ice cream,
jellies, blanc.mange, puddings are eat
en- with the fork. The dessert-spoon
is only used for soft custards and pre-
served fruit, or melons, which are too
soft for the fork. When Strawberries
are served with the stem on they
should be eaten with the fingers; when
served hulled and creamed they
should, of course, be eaten with a
spoon.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
interest Your Men.

Here is scrap of combined expert.
ence and counsel that every farmer
can afford to sit do Gn and think over.
] have found with the class OF men l
have employed thus far, that to make
them thoroughly familiar with the
plans for the seasons work in all their
details has invariably proved bench
cial inasmuch as they are anticipating
each crop in its turn and the different
modes OF culture and treatment, and
they often become as much interested
in the operation and success OF the
crop as yourself. You need never fear
of losing caste or influence aInongyour
men by confiding details OF your oper-
ations and prospective crops, provid-
ed you execute and carry out the pro-
pramme mapped out.
Note IL that this implies a consist
ent plan OF operations and the ability
TO state the reason for pursuing this
course rather than some other one.
The man who wrote it was market
oardener-T. T. Baker, 10 Orchard
and Gardens bright man in a
bright paper-but the prinei-
Gle is applicable to general agriculture
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
some simple Remedies.

For a sore throat, cut slices o.
fat, homeless bacon, pepper thickly
and tie around the throat with g
flannel cloth.
When stung by bee CT a wasp
make paste of common earth and
water, put on the place at once and
cover with cloth.
For cold on the chest, flannel
rag rung ont in boiling water and
sprinkled with turpentine, laid on the
chest gives the greatest relief.
When felon first begins to make
its appearance, take lemon. cut of
one end, put the finger in, and the
longer it is kept there the better.
For cough, boil one ounce OF flax.
seed in a. pint OF water, strain and add
little honey, one ounce OF rock can.
dy, and the juice OF three lemons; mix
and boil well. Drink as hot as posi-.
BILE.
Often after cooking a meal person
will feel tired and have no appetite;
for this beat a raw egg until light, stir
in little milk and sugar, and season
with nutmeg. Drink hall an hour be-
fore eating.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
ELECTRICITY, MASSAGE, MANIPULATI0NS
KNEADING, RUBBING, ROLLING FRICTION
AND MAGNETIC CURRENTS,
For the Cure of Nervous Chronic Painful and Weakening Diseases


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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05

as we'll. Note t2) that men like to
learn. They are interested because
the intellectual element is added to
lift the manual labor above mere ma
chine work. Note (3) that the EN-
ployer gets the benefit OF this in
creased interest. His work is done
intelligently. The men know why
they are working in a certain way.
Not "a that this is the way to get
skilled farm labor. It is practical
school for the laborer, and makes
him more valuable to others, more
capable-makes his labor worth
more money. Note (5) that If this is
a proper and profitable way to treat
hired man, how much more is it .he
farmers duty to take his children
his boys, and his girls, too-into his
confidence. making them active
partners in the concern, with full
knowledge ofwhat is doing and why it
is done,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
a Woman Soldier Wants a
Pension.

Mrs. Hooker, q well.known lady,
made formal claim to apension, based
on the fact that she was an enlist
ed soldier of the late war. served three
wears and was twice wounded. At the
breaking out OF the war Mr.. Hooker
was appointed first lieutenant and
his wife accompanied him to the front.
A young man who bore some resem-
blance to her was induced to submit
himself to the necessary examination
and when an opportunity presented
itself the young woman, properly uni
formed, exchanged places with him.
With her husband she has lived at
Elkhart Indiana several years and is
familiarity known as Colonel" Hook,
er.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
contaeIous pIaeasas.

OF the many ways in which conta.
gious diseases are communicated from
one horse to another, "The National
Stockman" msntions the following as
perhaps most common:
Watering from the same public
trough along the roadside and feeding
from the same boxes and managers
at hotel and livery stables; the hitch
ing-racks in villages and towns
throughout the country are also good
places for the interchange, and to
these alone can much OF the troub-
le be traced. Without thinking, horses
are allowed to stand with heads to-
gether for hours at the village store,
or in the wagon-yard in large towns,
and yet some will wonder where their
horses caught the distemper or some
other disease that may be worse.
The careful horseman keeps watch for
such matters, and saves himself much
trouble and expense, and sometimes
the lives of valuable horses"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-05
The opening OF the great Sioux res

The opening of the great Sioux res
ervation will have a tendency to hur-
ry up immigration to Dakota, but
this will likely lead to disappointment
on the part OF landseekers. 1t will be
well for those who intend to take up
homesteads on the reservation to re-
member that the land is not yet sur
veyed, nor is it likely to be until after
the commissioners, who are yet to be
appointed, have completed their work
of getting the consent of the Indian to
the proposed cession of lands. Set
tiers may be allowed to squat on the
land, hut this will be unsatisfactory
and may lead to endless dispute and
much trouble.