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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
They All Lost It.

An old gentleman, evidently n
gatherer of statistics, but with a
kindly face which shaded off to a
something like philanthropy about
the edges, stood at the junction yes
terdaygazing abStractedly down the
street. Suddenly he stepped up to a
gentleman who was awaiting a cable
train and, touching him lightly on
the shoulder, said: excuse me, but
did you just drop n twenty dollar
gold piece?" at the same time hold
Ing out in his hand a coin of the de-
nomination mentioned.
The gentleman questioned looked a
moment at the coin, assumed a look
of excitement, made a hasty search
of his pockets, and said: "Why, so |
did, and | hadn't missed it," holding
out an eager hand.
The old man slowly drew a note
book and said: 81 thought So" He
then took the name and address OF
the loser and, dropping the coin in
his pocket, turned away.
"Well," said the other, edo you
want it all as a reward?"
ooh, l did not find one," said the
benevolent old man, "buti struck me
thatinalarge city like this there must
be agreat deal of money lost and up
on inquiry | find you are the thirty
first man who haslost a$20gold piece
this very morning. kansas City
Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
Where Tin Plate is Made.

axood, Ind. Free Press, Dem: A
~ 70 cur outside contemporaries,
regards the American tin-plate
Asat Eiwood: Two hundred or
employees are here at work and
Z Will soon be added, so that by
y autumn $50 or 400 hands will be
'aged- The output Of the works is
: than 200 boxes of flrst-class tin
= a week. The works are planned
: large scale, and soon will be run
y their full capacity, and then
1 give employment to from 500 to
men. Large shipments of tin
'ear made every week; the goods
eagerly sought after by dealers.
piate is made in Elwoed, and
r factory will soon have the
Paci'y OF The largest in the country.
: in the heart of the natural gas
t''n is the place to make tin plate.
. american tin-plate works are
&c to stay.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
Dakota Wools.

Dakota Farmer: We notice some
OF u exchanges are calling attention
to the improved condition of Dakota
woods. For a number of years we
have had weeks of dusty, windy
weather just before shearing. This
with much inexperience and not a
little inexcusable carelessness in put
ting up woods, has had a most dis
astrous effect upon their classification
and price.
Less dust and dirt and better care
will soon give us a better name and
more satisfactory returns. Our
present wet spring helped US out in
this matter greatly, and if the advan-
tage is followed up by better growth
and better preparation we shall hear
less of dark Dakota woods"
Say what they will, in the hands of
an honest buyer manufacturer or
commission house, wool sells on its
merits. No buyer turns away from
desirable WOODS because they grew in
Dakota or anywhere eles. 1t isn't
reasonable to suppose they would; it
isn't business; it isn't common ense.
Our farmers are too apt to think
that the whole world is turned against
them. No doubt this feeling has
been greatly encouraged by the
political yote-catching slush that fills
SO many farmers friend papers.
But we hope Dakota wool men will
rid themselves of this cry-baby
nonsense and meet the world like
men with good, well grown, well put
up clips of wool, and see if they can
find a single man who will pay them
a cent less because they grew their
wool in Dakota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15

A Mr.. Lewis, of this city, claims 10
have discovered some new principles in
the laws of physics, and is prepared to
demonstrate that there are errors in
Newton's ''Principia." 1t has long been
considered an established fact that the
pressure of the atmosphere could only
raise a column Of water in a vacuum
about twenty-five feet, and in practice
it has not been found possible to raise
water quite that distance by means OF a
suction pump. Mr.. Lewis claims that
he can raise water fifty or sixty feet by
means of a suction pump.
He has a large lot of mathematical
calculations bearing on this matter, and
Is now studying up the rise and fall Of
the tides on this coast with a view OF
ascertaining what influence the attrac-
ton of the noon eZerts upon the earth.
BE Is preparing IN account of his studies
and discoveries to be sent to the Column
bian exposition. If he can exhibit there
a suction pump which will raise water
fifty feet he will, it is safe to say, at
tract more attention than any other ex-
hibitor at the exposition, not emitting
Edison. Portland Oregonian.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
The pemecra;s, Cloture Enle.

bn. 7. Z. Reed, in n. Y. Press:
p the democracy met together
months ago it was evident to
all that there must be some
Be Of their old rules If they
i even to seem to do business.
auring Inc last session they had
20 much, had burdened the air
50 manyoutcrles, that they could
frankly and manfully adopt that
an Of rules which had had the
etipn OF the severest trial that
system Was subjected to, a trial
lhich all partisan opposition had
. paralyzed, and the business of
country had gone on undismayed
Ilamor aud undistIrbed by noise.
democracy felt that they must
|fwhere have for themselves the
PER they had so loudly flouted
e used by others. Nevertheless
J also felt that for very shame's
6 they must so conceal it that the
"a would not find it out. But the
enpt at concealment was in vain.
1yoody now knows that the very
'ef they 50 bitterly complained of
. exercised by the Speaker impair
" on all bills they arranged to
: exercised on special occasions by
committee on rules, which is
u The mere creature of the
aker.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
An Active Centenarian.

Uncle Billy Madden, as he is fa-
miliarly known, recently celebrated
his 10th birthday. The ca rly years
of his life were spent in North Caro-
lima, where he became a famous hunt
er and fisherman, and it was on one
of these expeditions that he came to
this state over sixty years ago. For
many years he ran flatbOats down
the Tennessee river, butthis business
becoming Improbable he bought a
mountain farm, where he has lived
ever since, his sons doing most OF
the work,
The old man is still active, but
does not often leave his own premis-
es, although he has been known to
walk several miles in a day during
the past two or three years. He has
been married four times, end sur
wives all of his wives. He has had
twenty-five children, but five of
whom are dead. His grandchildren
are very numerous, but they have
scattered all over the country, and it
is impossible, therefore, to give the
exact number of his DESCENDANTS
Kingston (Tenn.) Letter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
TWO MEN.

Two men to.ied side BY sile from sun to sun,
And both were poor:
Both sat with children, when the day was done,
About their door.
One saw the beautiful in crimson cloud
And shining moon;
The other, with his head in sadness bowed,
q. Mad night Of noon.
One loved each tree and flower and singing bird
On mount or plain;
No music In the soul of one was stirred
BY leaf or rain.
One saw the good In every fellow man,
And hoped the best;
The other maryeled at his Masters plan,
And doubt confessed.
One, having heaven above and heaven below.
Was satisfied;
The other, disconnected, lived in woe
And hopeless died.
Boston Transcript.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
A Valuable Experience.
New York Tribune

new iork Immune.
Not many of the members of the
new congress have introduced as few
bills as Representative Forman, who
was sent to Washington IRON the
district formerly represented by
"Horizontal Bill" Morrison. He ex-
plains this by saying that when he
was a member of the Illinois legisla-
ture he thought it was his duty to
frame laws as well as to help pass
them. 81 went to one Of tee Oldest
MEMBERS" he says, "aLd asked him
to recommend to me a few good bills
that it wouldn't doany harm to in
troduce.
Young man." my friend replied, Gin
the course of my first term | succeed
ed ingetting three of my bills passed.
By hard work | was able to get two
of them repealed in my second term,
and ever since | have been trying to
get the third off the staiutebooks."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
The Dome of ST. Peters.

If we happen to be at church on
Thursday morning, when the public
is allowed to ascend to the roof and
dome, or, if wehave a written permits.
sion, any day will do, we viii make
the ascent, A long series OF very
easy steps takes us to thereof, which
is of great extent, and has on it
small domes, and also houses in
which workmen and other persons
employed in the church have their
homes. Above this roof the great
dome rises to the immense height of
30S feet. Around the outside OF it
we see strong iron bands that were
placed there 100 years ago, when it
was feared that the come might be
cracked by its own enormous weight.
There is an inner and an outer
dome, and between these winding
galleries and staircases, very hard
on the legs, lead to the top, which is
called the lantern, where we can go
out on the gallery and have "A fine
view of the country all around.
Those who choose can go up some
narrow iron steps and enter the hol-
low copper ball at the very top of
everything. When we look at this
ball from the ground it seems about
the size of a foot ball, but il is large
enough to hold sixteen persons at
once. On III uay down, before we
reach the roof. we will step upon an
inside gallery md look down into
the church, and as We see the little
mites of people walking about on the
marble floor so far beneath US we
may begin to Wonderland is, some
of us-if those iron bands around the
outside of the dome r really very
strong, for if they should give way
while we are up there-but no mat
ter; we will go down soon.-Catholic
Youth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
The Problem of work.

Matthew Henry says: paradise
itself was not a place of exempt ON
from work. We are none of us sent
into the world to be idle. He that
made us with souls and bodies gave
US something to work with; and he
that gave as this beautiful Garth for
our habitation had made us some
thing to work IN. No one can work
to advantage however, unless his
physical condition is perfect. If he
be tormented with cold or from mala-
dies like catarrh, that come from cold,
he cannot work co advantage. If,
however, he will take REDS GER
MAN COUGH 81 KIDNEY CURE
he will be relieved of all these diseases
that come from colds, and as these
comprise more than Gwo thirds of all
the maladies that afIlict the human
race, If me avoids a cold his chances
for long life are exceedingly good.
Get this great remedy of any dealer.
SYLVAN REMEDY co. PEORIA, III.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
Death Rate of Ministers.

Comparing the death rate of minis
tiers, in respect of the causes of death,
with the mortality of other men, the
following results are obtained: OF $780,
331 clergymen, 1S0died of infectious
diseases, The usual experience of an
insurance companyw would have made
the number 239; that is, the mortal
ity of the clergymen was only 70 per
cent. ofthe ordinary death rate. The
death rate OF physicians from these
diseases was 1877 above the usual
rate, pointing to the greater danger
of contagion in the case Of the physi-
clans than in that OF the pastor.
OF lung affections, excluding con-
sumption. 81 clergymen died, in
stead of 32S, the number expected
from mortality tables. Physicians
died of such diseases 115 per cent.
above the average rate. Between
the age af 20 and 45 the mortality
of Roman Catholic clcrgymen com
pared with Protestant ministers of
the same age was as 1871 to 100,
while between the ages of 46 and 65
the difference was as 154 to 100
and between the ages of So and IS
us us To 100. How to explain this
striking difference is no easy task. 1t
is suggested that it may be connected
with the,liie,. scelibacy followed by the
priests, also with the rigid penanees
ofCatholic ecelesiastics, which, especi-
ally in the case o young men, are apt
to derange the digestive organs
Medical Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
Tho south Dakota building.

Architect Dow and Col. Il. III.
Brown, says the Sioux Falls Press,
have returned from Chicago, where
they have been experimenting the
work of erecting the South Dakota
building on the worlds fair grounds.
Architect Dow declares: ''The work
is progressing rapidly. Already the
foundation is laid and ten or fifteen
men are rushing the building as rap
idly as possible" A few more car
penters are needed and they will be
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15

Aeie rs no one SO poor as to dc the
0'raiic house of Representatives
1ehce any more. Even their own
"partisans heap condemnation
contumely on them. Here is
~ me democratic New Orleans
Democrat says OF them: "Mr.
an is incapable of approaching
~asncrence between true and false
.0ny. There is no true economy
Aan's SO cutting down his house
Expenses as to starye his family.
uariy, the congressional economy
q proposed to stop work on the
~ we nad begun TO build and which
.eco' which cut down the most
'ss appropriation for West Point
uo"mcd the students there TO
e'entedness and weak eyes,
- u would not provide sufficient
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
Cure for the Suicidal Mania.

New YORK Star.
DR. Cushing, q retired physician,
gives some interesting facts about
suicides.
Not once ina hundred times" said
he "doeither men or women kill them
selves wilhelm the presence of another
person. The tendency of the suicidal
mania is always toward solitude.
That's why, in all the asylums of the
land. people who have disposition to
kill themselves are always kept to-
gether, and there is no danger then"
another remarkable fact is" add
ed another physician, who joined in
the conversation, that people who
attempt suicide aud TAIL, are almost
always AFRAID to die. When l was n
young doctor in a hospital, we used
to sometimes play pranks on men
broughtin who had a tendency to kill
themselves. Irecall a very interesting
cas- which happened not long ago. A
man was carried into the institution
who had attempted twice in one day
to commit suicide.
"Let us see" said | to anotherphysi-
clan, how bad this man wants to die
"Ihanded him a harmless mixture,
ofwhich he gave the man a good dose.
| turned quickly around, snatehed
the bottle out of his hand and said,
so that the would-be suicide could
hear me;
"'My God, doctor, you have killed
that man. Get the stomach pump
at once
"The man who only a few hours be-
fore had tried to take his own life,
instantly became scared to death at
the thought oflosing it. He begged
like good fellow to be saved, ] have
never known it to be otherwise that
if a person fails to take his own life,
he is afraid to lose it by accident.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
Flesh Turned to Stone,

The oldidea ofcovering dead bodies
with a film of metal and so render
ing their face and form practically
imperishable has lately been revived,
but it can hardly be said to have
been received with favor. The petri-
faction of the human body, however,
is a field in which for years Italian
scientists have worked with no little
success. The process at present
adopted is only a partial rediscovery
of the secret process of Segato, the
Forentine. The body of Joseph
Mazzani was by it turned into almost
transparent marble, and when on the
fifth anniversary of the death of the
patriot his coffin was opened in the
presence of some ofhis faithful follow
ers, they found his face quite unchang-
ed.
Some of the bodies thus treated are
solid, permanent pe~trifcations; some
are provisional, capable of returning
to a fresh condition; all preserve the
fullness and transparency ollie, while
most are in a pliable condition. 1t
is stated that all the varied members
of the body are hard at first, but be-
come after awhile supple. and even
capable of FURNISHING studies in the
anatomy o fmuscles, veins and nerves.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
language ~Inadeguate.

son. I. b. Reed in New York Press:
s0es sometimes seem a great pity
1--we haven't, we republicans, the
'ltuperation. We seem to
no energy Of Characterization.
''ing, as tie democrats have, in
WIDEST language, the approprla-
s4e2 OOO, GOO, and then appro-
a''ng s5lo,OO0,o eco themselves,
Nas Two things. 1t means that in
iast campaign the democracy
inaccurate, and that in the pres
1ouSe They have been detected.
we're IN their place and they in
= ! lear their language would be
pre- adequate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
.-u,,x WAR CLAIMS.
-. Lorg sleep for an Appeal
10 Frieads.


-. Long sleep for an Appeal
TO Frieads.
T. B. Reed in New York
mt II the democracy have
what one Of their own men
apop-gun" system of tariff
-,beircommitteeron war claims
I.rted a Calling gun system of
Inns. 1t is true that the house
.,s 20 far acted on but few of
/ INT these few show how the
I'm finally be treated. A house
/ has voted to lift the incubus of
.,n.e Of limitations from Sib-
se 80 as to allow the heirs of
IT, who left the United States
u ioin the confederates collect
H. on tents used in the very
. helped 10 wage, has shown
|amble Of infinite power of sap
he treasury. The committee
rclaims have reported in favor
q than s7O,eOO,O 600 worth of
. for damages caused by the
Eation Of war. If there is any
settled in law il is that no
| ever undertakes to repair the
Of war. Where the accident
falls, there it rests.
here is gave danger at this very
Mt that we shall at this late day
oled into vast payments in that
/. These claims come TO us
The sanction of religious socie-
0 pay for rent of churches, to
r DAMAGES TO schools and col
Each is for a small amount,
be aggregate will appall the
". In the forty-fifth congress,
a pitched battle over William
Iary College, such claims were
, the rear. Today in addition
$4,000, 900 already reported by
,mmittee on war claims $780,
and perhaps 5000, 600, 900 of
laims have been referred to the
II claims.
4. Holman and his band OF econ
had given half as much atten-
!, this proposed drain on the
~ as they have to the refusing
It they knew they must consent
should today have a safer sur
the treasury even if we had
mpaign tax.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
Lambs Protest to CoIeridge.

Lamp Protest 10 SOlofiQgo.
No man with a keen perception OF
the ludicrous can take him seriously.
So when Coleridge addressed to Lamb
those maudlin verses entitled, "This
Lime-tree Bower My Prison" during
q visit to him at Neither Stowey oil
the brother and sister, in which he
gushes over the 'gentle hearted
Charles" this latter revolted. For
Gods sake, don't make me ridiculous
any more by terming me gentle
hearted in print, or do it in better
verse; Substitute drunken dog, rag.
ged heaj-seld shaver, odd eyed,
suffering and any OTHER ep tibet
which truly and properlg hc'o"gs to
the gentleman in qTaet -, Ben
iomiu EHir '~-t'n !"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
Which Is Your Right Hand?

st. Louis Republic: An anatomist
told me the other day that | could
not tell him which was my right
hand. | Immediately held ont my
right hand, buthe Oh .ectcd. Hesaid
that he did not say that ! could not
show OIL extend my ght hand, but
that / could not tell him which was
my right hand-that is, that | could
not describe it in words so that one
who had never heard of the distinc-
ton we make between the right and
the left hands would be able to find
it. l thought that would he easy
enough also until l took time to
think the matter over: then ] gaveit
up, for on the outside of the human
body there is nothing to distinguish
the right hand from the left. No one
can describe it in words so that an
ignorant person Zone not knowing
the distinctions we make can find
and locate it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15

A lawyer sent a very heavy bi'l 70
whom he wished to marry.
AS she made some severe remark on
the matter the lawyer replied;
wished to show you how lucrative Is
the profession of a barrister. Q
can now see for yourself In wnao a
nroatable business l am engaged
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15

light for them, that would mar tho
success OF the Chicago exposition
after the United States had boosted
OF 1t to the world, is false and antap-
onistic to the popular DESIRE
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15

Miss May Fluent, of Elk Point
attempted to fill a gasoline stove
while burning with the usual result.
The can exploded, the house burned
and nearly everything in the house
was lost. The family have but the
clothing on their back. Loss, 81, 600:
house insured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15

sent from here. The next meeting
OF the state world's.fair commission
to be held in Sioux Falls has been
postponed from September ID to Sep
TENDER Is.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15
Thirteen Times Locked Up.

An incorrigible gCurmand has for
the thirtieth time been before the
correctional tribunal OF Paris for
swindling restuurateurs out of din
ners. Our Paris correspondent says
that he has been thirteen times lock-
ed up IN asylums as a kleptomaniace
and as often escaped. Hislast oifense
was ordering a copious dinner alta
cafe, and when he had dispatched it
asserting that he had not u farthing
in the world. A week previously the
cost of a dinner which he ate at the
Maison dor and could not pay for
came to fiity-three francs. Some
years ago he spuandered a fortune
of &1,400 n year. According to DR..
Motel, who was asked to examine
him, he is a HOPELESS case, wholly de-
ficient in moral sense, and dangerous.
He has, however, a genius for get
ting away from asylums. The pris-
oner was remanded. A letter was
found on him to the Due d'Orleans,
hailing him as q fellow trencherman,
who knew how to do honor to the
skill of the French chef.-London
News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-15

The headquarters of the Epworth
League has been removed from
Cleveland to Chicago.