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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

AS in getting on, she seizes the front
handle, slightly facing the horses.
Don't DC afraid to face too full to the
front; the fuller perhaps the better.
Then ever if the car . vts a quick step
or two can easily be taken with 1t, ana
when once having got your footing on
the ground you can let go of the ham
die and walk away. The girl last
pictured may venture to step off while
the car is still.in gentle motion.
But if in our fair shoppers mind
there is a total blank where the law of
inertia should be written down, she NAV
ignorantly or carelessly attempt to get
of according to this plan:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

an6 locked mp. The next day a mob
DISCO, led by a cousin Of the outraged
woman, took the negro from jail and
lynched him.
Charles Sucker Of Louisville shot
his sweetheart, Miss Bessie Robbins,
in Jacksonville, with a pistol. "He
didn't know it was loaded
A gold medal has been sent to Mrs.
Martha White of the state Of Wash
ington for heroism in ~sayeing the
lives OF three British sailors.
Sales agents of the anthracite
companies met in New York yesterday
and decided on a general increase or
% cents per ton for Western points.
The dcpoSitOrs Of the wrecked
National Savings Bank of Buffalo are
now trying to discover the accom-
plices of Treasurer Damn.
The Mississippi river has risen ten
inches higher than its record at
Iowa points. 1t is now r~eceuding
and no important d~amage'was done.
In both Dakotas there are '2,4O0
Indians, of whom 600 are Catholics,
probably as many more Episcopalians
and Presbyterians and the rest
pagans.
The. estate of the late Father
Mollinger of Pittsburg, worth $780,
600, and supposed to have been given
to the church, is claimed by a poor
cousin living in New York.
Thomas Bates, the confessed wife
murderer, was taken from Jail at
Shelbyyille, Tenn, Friday by a moh
of 200 men and hanged TO a tree
within 100 feet of the jail.
At Cedar Rapids a servant girl
took poison and liniment, saturated
her clothes with oil and set fire to
them and then jumped head first
from a window before she killed
herself.
Amanda Umble (coloredl has been
sentenced to be hanged in Kansas
City Aug. 10. 1t will be the first
execution of a woman in Missouri
She murdered Eva Jackson foI
alternating the affection of her lover,
James A. Hofey, ex-judge of the
Supreme Court of Connecticut, died
at his home in New Haven last week,
aged 10. He had been sick for a long
time from a complication of diseases
He leaves a large property.
About eleven o'clock Sunday night
two electric cars in widely separated
parts of Boston were struck either by
lightning or by the motor current
through burned out insulation, and
several passengers were hurt in the
rush to escape.
e. j. Ryan who robbed the United
States Express Company at Washing
ton, was arrested at Denver Sunday
night. On him was found 50, 80
He said that he had placed 81 900 in
the Safe Deposit and Trust Company
vaults at Pittsburg.
The oldest officer of the United
States navy is Com. Henry Bruce.
now living in Boston and on the
retired list. He entered the service
as a midShipman November 0, 1913
1t is doubtful whether any Other
country can show a naval officer OF
equal age in service.
A number of South Dakota land con,
tests were decided by Assistant Secre
tary Chandler. All came from the
Mitchell Office, and in each tho
decision of the general land commits.
siOner was affirmed. They were as
follows: Thos. Dawson VS.. George
Beatty; VIM. III. Eagy VS.. Edward
Beatty, two cases; Thomas Dawson
VS.. Mary j. Beatty.
m1Haffman & Ahlers of Cincinnati
inc for weeks been engaged in max.
ore tills and other distilling machin.
-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07
Something to Eat.

"Can I get something TO eat hereP"
he inquired humbly of the cook at the
kitchen door. "Oh, yes-pl7nty," she
said with smiling generosity. you
can get a chop at the woodpile, or 4
loaf ont on the bench in the back
yard, or a bite of meat from the dog,
or a roast from the lady of the house
If she sees you, or some club sauce
from the hired man II" Jaw.
come off the griddle." he interrupted.
You're talkin' through your bonnet.
What's the matter with me gittin' an
entree at the Jail? Tral-la, cookie"
and he went away. Detroit Free
Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07
Camels Don't Like DamDness

In a note resently published on the
camel, Mr.. Lehman calls attention n
the sensibility of that animal to damn
ness. Camels are never found in the
regions OF tropical rains, and when
they travel there with the caravans,
the season OF rains is greatly dreaded
Tor them. Their absence from the
Atlas mountains during the n~ortherly
RAINY season is also explained by the
great humidity of the air. Tcmpera-
ture' on the the contrary, seems to
have no effect on them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

II tire car starts with you holding on
by the rear handle, as shown in the CIT
Immediately above, you are lost.
IneTC dlC CApC4tS WTh0 eau Jdhe Sucn
liberties with horse cars, but they are
citizens with whom the art of catching
on is a necessary part of their profess
sion. As a rule they are of the male
Sex and under IS years of age.
The girl who knows a thing or two
regarding the law of gravitation and
the conservation and correlation of
forces and ~coElprehends their practical
application in connection with horse
cars will get off in the manner depicted
below and never bite the dust:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

A ffteen-ton locomotive steam
crane thar was lately placed in one of
The great steel plants OF England, is
the largest yer built. The load to
be lifted is fifteen tons, at a radius of
sixteen feet. and at this radius the
center of the jib pulley is twenty
fssce feet from the rail level, but the
jib is fitted with a derrick motion.
permitting it to lowered so as to he
clear under a Roadway OF seventeen
feet. All the gearing, also the
roller path and rollers, main cross
head, and many other important
parts about this immense piece of
work are made of cast steel, and the
post is-a steel forging.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07
A Sure Sign.

u don't know what business that
mar Is IN who was talking to us inst
now" remarked DIR. Quinia to his wife
at the hotel table, "but I'll bet he isn't
n doctor"
why do You think he isn't?n she in
quired.
Because he said health was wealth.
Detroit Free Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07
4 Khyme with Saint

Ecstatic lover-0h, I have such a
beautiful, and gentle and tender, and
loving and angelic sweetheart.
Married man-Ugh.
Ecstatic lover, unconsciouslv-And
I'm going to write her a lovely noem
all about herself. and | want Won 70
give me a good word to rhyme with
Married man Ain't-Detroit Free
Press. hA
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

No American author, with the
possible exception of Bert Harte.
enjoys greater popularity in Germany
than Mark Twain. A compIete
edition of his works. translated into
Herman, is to be brought out in a
short time by a well-known publisher
in Stuttgart.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

The French government is making
an interesting railroad experiment.
a recent order reduces. third-class
fares 30per cent, second-class fares
20 per cent, and flrst-class fares 10
per cent. The theory is that the
revenue win be in creased by the
lower fares.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

The value Of exports of sseadstuffs
from the United States for the year
eadirg June 80 will reach $500, O00,-
90, perhaps mere, being nearly or
quite three times as much as was
exported last year. Farmers ought
To be prosperous. At any rate they
are better off then they were a year
ago, even with the low prices of
wheat much OF this a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

The development of the banana
trade is an illustration of the marvels
made possible by science, through
modern carrying facilities. Only
Jour Years ago a company purchased
20 square miles of land in Dimes, Cuba,
then covered with a dense forest and
tnly ten inhabitants. About half
The land has now been cleared and
1000 acres planted with bananas.
Broad roads have been laid out, a
town of $500 inhabitants has been
created and nine steamers are kept
running throughout the year to carry
The product to New York.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

DIR. w. G. McLove of the City of
Mexico will institute suit at San
Antonio for 6 ,0Oo,0 600 acres of Texas.
including the sites of Dallas and
Fort Worth. He claims it as a gift
by the Mexican Government to
Colonel Reuben Ross following the
war between Mexico and Spain in
1912
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

a writer in the Fortnightly Review
has taken great pains to collect a
number Of facts as evidence that
women endure pain with much
greater courage than men, that men
ssToon in the dental chair more fire.
ouently than women, who face the
inevitable suffering more uncomplain-
ingly and patiently, all of which
every dentist and most women knew
before
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

Probably 10000 graduates have
been told this June that Emerson
said ucces in life meant character
building, not the accumulation OF
wealth. And every one Of them will
go out and be ready TO break his neck
IN the chase TO get money-as big a
pile as he can carry.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

None Of the news of food, famine
and disaster that has been so
beautifully furnished of late is more
sad than the report from st. Peters
burg that the prospects of Russian
harvests are even less favorable than
a year ago. The ravages of insects
are said 70 have destroyed the crops
in many parts OF the country, and
the fact that the reserves have been
exhausted and the people impover
ished by last years famine adds to
The distressing features of the
.ttnsfion
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

An examination of the statistics of
foreign navies show that this country
VIII stand seventh on the list when
u present vessels are completed.
The roll will run: Great Britain,
France, Italy, Russia, Germany,
Spain. United States.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

There are but six survivors left of
the men who for three years suffered
the fortunes Of cold and starvation in
the expedition to Lady franklin bay.
The best known OF them all is Gen.
Il. w. Greely. chief signal officer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

The progress of shipbuilding from
earliest times up to the present will
he shown BY avery extensive exhibit
which will be made by Laird Bros,
the big English shipbuilding firm at
Birkenhead. The firms exhibit of
like character at the recent English
naval exhibition attracted a great
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

Denver sum For the first time in
our political history two men are
running against each other for
president, neither one of when, if
elected, can according 10 the tradi-
lions of the republic be a candidate
for reelection.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

Texas lands go a begging at s1.25
per akTe. Georgia, with her glorious
ciimateand fertile soil, has hundreds
OF faruis tfsat can be bought for 50
per acre. What can be the reason
that South Dakota land should be
worth from SO to $50 per acre and
no richer than that in Georgia and
Texas: There must be some
for IL
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07
SHOT IN THE COURT ROOM.
some Queer Doings In q New York c,
Court Room.


Court Room.
Max Clergett, aged is, was shot and
instantly killed in the court of
general sessions on Monday by Edwin
OWNS. Clergett was arranged on
charge of raping Divins' I5-year-old
sister Sarah and pleaded guilty. He
was remanded for sentence and as he
walked toward the prisoners pen
Divins arose and holding a .Derringer
to ClergettAs breast, fired before he
could be restrained. His victim fell
dead instantly. The court room was
thrown into confusion, women were
screaming and fleeing. and men were
endcayoring to reach the murderer
N his victim. Divins was very
collected and went out with two police
men. In the corridor he became
historical ard cried aloud for his.
sister. He was taken before the
coroner and committed at once. He
refused to make any statement.
General sympathy is expressed for
DIvins, whose brain is thought to
nave been turned by the ruin of his
sister. The court adjourned for the
day.
Hardly had the excitement caused
by Clergett's murder subsidized when
another scene interrupted the trial
In the same building. The case of
John HE'D, charged with assulting
an S-year-old girl, had just closed
men a man in the audience sprang.
TO his feet and yelled: who's got a
rope:" lie was quickly pounced upon
by the officers and taken from the
building but not arrested. He
explained that his little daughter
mad a charge of a similar character
pending against the mar and his
feelings were aroused by the sum-
ming up of the district attorney.
FThn lDdiN< 80 Ja.l. .,ll-f
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

you are safe: You are like a ship with
an anchor to windward. Even If the
car starts suddenly out of time your
hold, being in the proper place, viii
sustain YOU in making a quick step for
ward, and 50 enable You to board safely
and easily and laugh at the fault of the
conductor.
1t is very easy to board a car proper.
", yet fOr some reason or other the
majority of women will do hi this:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

IT is a popular superstition that
great hnanciers never permit senti-
nent 10 enter into their business
transactions, yet Baron Hirsch, so it
Is reported. is going to sell his
immensely valuable Austrian estates
and sever all his connections with
nrf Tfrr;ss Of Francis Joseph simply
because hSWas black-balled at the
Vienna Jockey club.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

No investment returns Iarcer
dividends than ciyility; yet some
political papers, as well as some peo-
pie. invest very sparingly in thatcom-
modify.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

1T Is interesting to learn that we
I've a distance Of only $1,000, 600, OOO,-
POO miles from the nearest Of the
E~o'ealled 'ixed1 stars.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

The desert Of Sahara > becoming a
garden. Withina few years I2,OOO,-
90 acres Of desert land have been
nade fruitful by %arteslan wells.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

SIR Henry Bessemer suggests the
substitution Of aluminium tokens for
bank notes of small denomination, as
being clean, slightly and encounter
feitable
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

:. Peck, wife of the present Cover,
Wisconsin, attracts special at.
n just now, as it is quite among
Dlitical possibilities that she NAV
at of her present orbit to shine
the world of Washington. That
eek stock is away above par at
mt is beyond dispute, and Wiscon-
IS a way of promoting her favor
ms" with a rapidity that is quite
ling to the ordinary observer.
S. Peck is well fitted to fill any
IN to which she may be called. She
riking in appearance. her pre-.
rely whitened hair setting off her
eyes to advantage, and lending an
tlonal charm to her sweet, sad face
its rare smile.
s. Peck is refined and elegant in
manners: of much culture, and
gh fond of her home and family
is thoroughly at ease in society.
would be a very popular addition
clal life in Washington.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07
a Good Reason.

Wife-"John, you slept with your
clothes on last night" Husband-"I
know it. | didn't want to tie that
necktie over again. Ctotsier and Fur
nfSher.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

Rusk's mother is a cousin of Bjornst-
jerne Biornson, the Norwegian author;
and perhaps nothing could better Illus
trate the gentle blood" of the family
than the fact that on the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the appearance of the
first book of Bjornson he received a
richly chased silver inkstand with the
inscription: with thanks, from
woman" In the presentation address
the following tribute vas paid him:
I'VE thank you for your songs, we thank
you for your life, for you have lived even
better than you have sung" OF such q
pure, wholesome, sturdy folk comes
Mrs. Rusk.
1t is not generally known that the
subject of this sketch figures as the
heroine Of one of Bjornson's novels; it
has not been translated into English,
so Americans will have to forego the
pleasure of reading it for the present.
Mrs. Rusk's tastes are thoroughly
domestic, but though noted for her
~housewifely qualities, she holds an en-
viable position in Washington society,
where she wins the esteem of all by her
genuineness and freedom from o~stenta-
ton. She is restful and calm: never in
a hurry, never out of temper or dis
turbed or tired, eve cross or i'll. AL
ways placid and ready for emergencies,
she is indeed a "helpmeet" for her hus-
band, who owes fully half of his success
in life to his wife.
In the discharge of her social duties
Mrs. Rusk has an efficient helper in her
daughter, Miss Mary Rusk. who is
petite and pretty, and blessed with the
sunshiny nature inherited from her
mother. She relieves her mother also
of much of the household care, and in
addition to all this finds time to read
the current literature as well as many
of the standard authors of this and
other countries.
Mrs. Rusk is of fine presence; rather
tall and of commanding figure. Her
W.Sle it commands respect, and should
- 'be called upon to fill the position of
ss lady of the land, as is often pre-
d, it will be done with grace and
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

Turkeys have been known to live
thirty years in Indiana.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

The late flremen's tournament at
Watertown, cost the local fire laddies
$500 besides much abuse.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-07

Inc City of Mexico is 7,S49.S0 fee,
above sea level.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-05

M ANTED, first-class sawyer for yellow
W pine circular saw-mill none but sawyers
need apply. Address PAINTING, Amoskeag
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-05
AFTER THE GRIPPE.
The Grip Responsible for More Deaths After
Recovery Than During lite COurse-How
20 Avoid the Danger.

The Grip Responsible for More Deaths After
Recovery Than During lite Course-How
to Avoid the Danger.
Grippe in itself is bad enough, facilitating
enough, but it is the after effects. the slowuess
Of recovery that gives it is great danger. 10
most cases Mcpherson did not have sufficient
vitality 10 rally after the disease itself had
passed. The forces Of nature were too weak 60
contend with the debility which the Grip had
left.
It is sad to think how many people have died
who might have been saved II nature had been
properly assisted and fortified after the Grip
had been driven from the system. Many physi-
clans realized this fact, and assisted their pa
tents over the dangerous after-effects by
bracing up and stimulating their systems This
was and can be done in but one way, and that
is by the steady and moderate use Of some pure,
yet powerful, stimulant. There is but one alb
solutely pure and medicinal stimulant known
to the profession and TO the public, aud that is
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. The most promi-
nent scientists aud physicians of the land indorse
its purity and value. 1t is not a new whiskey, it
has been before the public for years. 1t is not
a cheap decoction, but pure distillation 1t
imparts a tone to the system possible In no
other manner, and sends the blood coursng
through the veins with renewed vigor 1t is
superior in every respect and however much
any INSCRIPTIONS druggist or grocer may seek
to lead you to believe 10 the contrary, do not be
deceived
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-05
WHAT MAILING KNEW.
The Style in Mouths.

1.-THE fashion in mouths is changed alto,
gether now" Miss Sweet Eighteen assured
me, says correspondent of the Chicago
NetoS. Whereat, from the depths of my
bewilderment, l echoed: Fashion in
mouths"
Yes, in holding them" was the reply.
Don't you remember that a little while age
girls had the chic MOUTH Sort of a held
close smily look that went with glances
and hobs of the head, and all that. Mouth
fashins come from actresses, almost always
think, though we don't confess it, and
some Of us don't know it. Then came the
rosebud. That went with the baby stare
A sort Of kiss,me expression would be al
most fast, you know, II it didn't have the
baby stare TO cover it up. That went for
quite long while.
But now the classic has come in. Yes,
the classic. 1t belongs TO the new, big, i'm
pressive girl. 1t is just possible for most OF
US. The lips are parted and there is abso-
lutely 10 expression about them at all. Its
the serene with all self-consciousness and
worldliness taken out of il. 1t is the old
Greek business, and how on earth is the
modern girl to do it9 This new style of
placid bigness and cow like calm is heart
breaking to most of us. AS for me, / am
going back to the rosebud | think it
suits me, don't your She turned her pink,
pretty face up, her lips drawn into a deli
cious button of scarlet. AS for me, |
thought it suited her. l am glad the placid
girl has come in, though.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-05
MR. CLEVELAND rNpoRsED
By the House OF Delegates OF the State
of MARYLAND.

By the House OF Delegates OF the State
of Maryland
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Feb. 4.-The following
resolution was introduced this afternoon in
the House of Delegateby Mr.. Laird OF Mont
gomery county:
Resolved. That IL is the sense OF this House
that the House Of Representatives Of theUnited
States now under control OF the Democratic
party, should deal nth the subject OF tariff re
form, whether by general bill or otherwise.
upon the broad lines marked out by President
Cleveland's message OF December. 1851 and the
Mills bill, in order that the party may enter upon
the great contest Of 1892 With definite policy
which will convince the country that 1t does not
mean to take any backward step. and that ITS
faith in the common sense and conscience o.
the people is mistaken.
Delegate Joyce OF Baltimore city Jumped
to his feet as the last word Of the resolution
was read and moved reference of the reso-
luton to the committee on federal relations.
Speeches followed declaring that there
was no necessity for tho resolution" that
sit was not proper business for the HOUSE, u
and again that iT was perfectly proper
resolution" ETC.
A vote on Joyce's motion resulted: Yeas
%. nays ~, and the motion to refer was
lost. Mr.. Laird moved to make the reso,
luton the order of the day for Thursday
next. The motion prevailed