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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
Rewarded with a Bullet.

The Hotel Florence, on Chautau
qua Lake, four miles from jamestown
New York, was the scene of a bloody
shooting ARRAY in which Patrick
Dowd, of Dunkirk, n. Y, and George
Hass, of jamestown, we're both killed
Dowd was abusing two women and
young Hass and his companions inter
fercd. Hass attacked Dowd with q
beer bottle, when the latter drew q
revolve- and shot him through the
heart. The murderer then turned
the weapon on himself and fired foul
shots into his breast, causing imme-
date death.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

The postmaster general has
adopted the designs for a new series
of postage stamps to be issued in
commemoration of the discovery of
America. Theoissue will include all
values and will bear designs of a his
toric character, each representing
some incident in the life of Column
buS
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
Few people consider the importance

Few people considerthe Importance
of local history. Much of what
should be preserved in every neighbor.
hood, town, county and state is lost
for the want of using the ''art pre-.
sentative" in making authentic
records of current events. Nothing
should be lost. Surprising every vii
lage or town with its farming, dairy,
manufacturing, fruit growing OF
horticultural interests should employ
some COMPETENT scribe to make com
plete records of all affairs of interest
occurring throughout the year, Civ
ing statistics of value concerning the
weathe, trade or business in any form.
What a mine of practical information
such a record would be for all time to
come.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

A new scheme is now being
developed in Scotland by which a
high grade of bricks is being made
from Clipped granite and clay. The
experiments have been successful,
and when perfection is reached it is
likely that the method win be intro
duced i'm this country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

A novel feature of the reunion of
the ne Fal veterans at the coming G..
A. II. encaihpment al Washington,
will be the erection of a mode of
the old warshp Kearsargc, the
conqueror of the Alabama, on
the grounds adjacent to
the White House. The model will be
2i0 feet long, built mainly of wood,
armed with four guns, and have a
canvas I've tGe deck. The addresses
are to be delivered from the poop
deck, while the birth deck will be
fitted with hammocks for the acorn
mediation of the guards.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

What has become of the old-fash-
Toned boy who used to go barefoot to
feed the hogs on frosty mornings, and
chase the hogs up in order that he
might stand i'm their warm beds to
warm his feet? asks Farm and
Field. Well, one of him is now the
president, and others of him are at
the head of nearly every prosperous
business calling In the United States.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

Boston claims the honor OF estab-
fishing the first American newspaper,
the Boston News Letter, which began
its career in l104 and lived seventy
two years. 1t might have lived yet
longer, but unfortunately it sustained
the policy of the British govern
ment at the outbreak of the revolu-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

Travelling Agent Jordan of the Mil
waukee estimates that South Dakota's
wheat cropthis year will aggregate So
100000 bushels, an increase of twenty
per cent. over last year. The increase
viii come from increased acreage and
not from increased yield. AT seventy
cents per bushel, this means SIS, 50O,-
600 or ten dollars for every man,
weman and childin South Dakota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

OF negroes and persons with negro
blood in their veins there are at pres
ent in the United States 100000.
They constitute in the southern
states oyer thirty per cent. of thepop-
ulation; in the northern not quite
one and n half per cent. But the
proportion of colored persons in the
northern states is increasing, because
many OF the southern blacks are
migrating northward.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

1t is to be hoped that the good
roads convention will formulate a
plan for road improvement other than
the present annual one of making
mndpies in the highways. A ditch
on either side with a ridge of soft
absorbent earth between has been
tile death of many a good horse.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

The Morgan Envelope Company,
Springfield, Mass, has the contract
for $4,000 600 double postal cards, a
new device which has long been con-
sidered by the p~ostofice department.
The card will be 81 by 81 inches, and
viii be folded in the middle, present
ing four surfaces. The outside sur.
face is for the address and the inside
for the message. Atthe fold the card
is perforated so that the recipient
will tear of one half and then ans
wer on the other.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

A New York judge has decided
that a court has no right to suspend a
sentence of a convicted criminal and
hold the sentence oyer him by way of
a bond for his subsequent good
behavior
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

Recently a clever person in st.
Petersburg arranged and placed on
exhibition a clock with a photograph
attached that will repeat at any hour
set. according to the possesser's
desire, such orders or announcements
as may be committed TO it. The dial
of the clock of the future is, we are
told, a human face, from whose I'M
canny mouth comes the announce
ment Of the hour, as well as any
directions that may be left with it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
She wouldn't Be Alone

A female teacher IN a Ne" ,
school was on very intlma,c J
with q male teacher IN .h1
school. He was in the hapi, "
ling into her room during tps |
and chatting with the oblec.u, Z
fections. His name was om
day the lady teacher {
make the class comprehend ~.
presence of God. She expls 6
them that God was everywhere,
INV dear children, suppose you )
out of this room except mss \
stay in here alone?' asked 'ns
teacher. No." exclaimed o1e ~
little girls. "you will not os ~.
Mr.. Smith will be with YOU
SiJfiags. -
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
Magnesium.

1t is popularity supposed that alu
MUM is the lightest OF metals. but
is not the case. Magnesium is Q
third lighter, and is harder, teus
and denser. Until recently it I
cheaper than aluminium. 1t Isles
scted by alkalies than the latter me
aud takes a high polish Boston q
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18
WEBSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA

Along with the worlds fair appro-
priation of 81 SOC, 600 was a condition
that the fair should not be opened ON
Sunday; and thus the Sunday OPEN
ing question is definitely settled.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

1t is expected that President
Dueber, of the Dueber Watch Case
company will soon begin another
heavy suit against the watch trust.
He says he contemplates such a pro-
ceeding but will give no particulars.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

II mas taken the London under.
slound railway companies a dozen
years TO provide a method of freeino
sne AR IN their tunnels of smoke.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-18

Mrs. Smith. who teaches -
work at Forsyth College. -
ais writes novels. contributes
to Truth, and is her own ofe-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-25
THE TABLE NAPKIN.
1t Was First Used Only by Chill
dren and Scorned by Elders.

1t Was First Used Only by Chill
dren and Scorned by Elders.
Youths Companion.
Curlously enough, that article, now
considered almost indispensable. the ia
bic napkin, was first used only by chill
dren, and was only adopted by elder
members of the family about the mid
die of the fifteenth century. In ETH
quette books of au carrier date than this,
among other sage pieces of advice for
children, are instructions about wiping
the fingers and lips with their napkins.
1t seems that the table cloth was long
enough to reach the floor, and served
the grown people in place of napkins.
When they did begin TO use napkins
they placed them first on the shoulder.
then on the left arm and finally tied
them about tine neck. A French writer,
who evidently was conservative and did
not welcome the napkin kindly, re-
cords with scorn:
1.-The napkin is placed under the chin
and fastened IN the back, as if one were
going to be shaved. A person told me
that he wore his that way that he might
not soil his beautiful frills."
1t was difficult matter to tie the two
corners in the back, and it is said that
thence originated our expression for
straitened circumstances 'hard to
make both ends meet" This custom
led to the habit of the table walters of
carrying napkin on the left arm.
Napkins became popular In France
sooner than in England. At one time it
was customary at great French dinners
to change the napkins at every course,
to perfume them with rose water and to
have them folded different way for
each guest.
About 1850 Pierre David published
the "Maistre d'hostel." winch teaches
how to wait on a table properly and how
to fold all kinds of table napkins in all
kinds of shapes"
The shapes were: Square, twisted.
folded in bands. and in the forms of a
double aud twisted shell, single shell,
double melon, single melon, cock, hen,
hen and chickens. two chickens, pigeon
In basket, partridge, pheasant, two
capons in pie, hare, two rabbits, suck
ing pig. dog with a collar, pike, carp,
turbot, inter, turkey. tortoise, the holy
cross and the Lorraine cross"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-25
THE kooLAN VAMPIRE.
Plumbers the Peasants OF Thei
4 II

Plumbers the Peasants OF Their
Ia Last kOpeck by Usury.
St. Petersburg Correspondent London Tale-
| graph.
BE / have frequently called attention to
the deplorable condition of the Russian
peasantfy under the tyranny of the
village usurers. The Societe Econom-
ique has now published a calculation
that the rural population is paying two
hundred millions per annum to the
koolakS. This is about equivalent to
the interest annually paid on the ma
tional debt. In fact, the usurers have
discounted the state revenues, and
gradually sucked the peasantry so dry
that they are now refusing to have any
thing more to do with them.
Hitherto when commune could not
pay it's taxes the KODIAK paid and took
the crops of the population for several
years III advance as repayment. Now.
however, by long process of this eX-
haustive drain upon them the peasantry
have been reduced to such utter ruin
that even the koolakS will no longer
lend. The result, of course, will be that
none of the enormous arrears will be
paid, nor will it be possible to collect
taxes until the peasants have recovered
somewhat. And, unless check is put
on the koolaks, this recovery can never
take place, for as soon as it begins the
kodak will recommence his operations.
A few examples will show what has
been and still is going on. l take them
from small local paper, the Priazoyski
Krau.
Two years ago peasant in the dis
trict Of ROStOf borrowed 100 rubles at 5
per cent per month, giving bill for
200. Not being able to pay his 1853 at
the end of the first year he renewed,
giving this time bill for $50. He then
had SO interest, making total of 256
rubles: at the end of the second year
he had good crop, which brought him
in 200, all of which he had to pay. and
remained still debtor for IS rubles.
In 1891 the peasants of the village of
KarIoyna borrowed from the kodiak
Antoinsheff 5000 pools of rye against
500 desatines of their best land for nine
years. This year they are buying back
their land at II rubleS desiatine. In
another village the peasants sold their
barley crop in advance to a KODIAK for
50 kopecKs pood, and are now deliver
ing it to him. though the market price
today is from So to 80 kopecks. Com
ment OH these examples is quite super
tiuOuS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-25
FISHING FOR SPONGES

1t Requires an Experienced Eye to
Discover the Coveted Objects.
Scribner's Magazine.
The vessel has towed astern just half
as many boats as she had men in her
crew, and two men are assigned to each
boat. One of them stands we'll aft and
sculIs with long oar, while the other
bends low over one of the gunwales in
most constrained position, and with
his head buried in Water-glasS eagerly
scans the bottom as he is moved slowly
over it.
The water-glass is simply a wooden
bucket, having glass bottom, that is
held an inch or so below the ruffied sur
face, and in these clear waters plainly
reveals all submerged objects to a depth
OF 40 or so feet. AS further aid in
overcoming rippleS or moderate waves,
each small boat is provided with bottle
of oil so hung over the bow as to slowly
drip its contents into the water.
Through his magic glass the observer
sees darting fish, richly tinted sea fans
aud feathers, branching choral, gorgeous
anemoneS, brlStlng sea pOrcupineS, and
the myriad other curious tenants of
these tropic waters. While seeing these
he made no sign until a small dark OBJ
ject that, to the unframed eye. differs in
no respect from the loggerheads sur
rounding 1t. comes within his range of
vision. Then. without removing his
gaze, he reaches for the ong-handled
sponge hook or rake lying behind him,
and, using it with one hand, quickly
tears from The bottom a black, Shiny
mass that he triumphantIy pronounces
to be sleeps wool or grass sponge of
the first quality.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-25

Sir Godfrey Kneller has painted this
beautiful woman. The artist did not
always choose one so decent, in word.
Like Sir Peter Lely, he liked sometimes
to display more openly the graces OF his
sitters. Perhaps they were not averse
themselves. In such a dress as
this it can easily be conceived
that gallant men like Addison and
Steele and Congreve must have at once
succumbed to the duchess power.
Queen Anne herself was slave to her
lmperious will. But as time went on.
especially after her husbands loss of
royal favor, Duchess Sarah became
more grievously eXacting. She made
the dukes life, burden in many
ways, and sometimes the early days
before him. Then he was sought after
by women, and had not to weigh each
word before he uttered it. One great
lady's favor especially was his, and, lg-
noble though his acceptance OF it was,
this woman had fillea his empty purse
with gold. Paralysis seized the
duke, but this did not soften the
duchess temper She allowed him
to play whist, and even arranged little
comedies, the actors in which were the
dukes grandchildren. Sometimes a
play was chosen from the notable works
of Wycherly or CQngreve, but in this
case the virtuous duchess herself sup
piled the acting copy,rigidly eXpurgated.
When the duke died his wealth was
imposing, and most of it the Duchess
Sarah received tor life. 1t was not
wasted at her hands. She was still
handsome, and many men in rank equal
to her own begged for her hand, but she
remained true to the memory OF the
duke. Some of her money she spent in
having written a life of her hus-
band, and her intensely practical
mind was most distinctly apparent
in her wish that not line of verse
should appear in this biography. She
was not lacking i'll intellectual power,
and she thoroughly appreciated the
brlliancy OF the men of letters and
genius of her time. Not that this led
her ever TO help them i'll poverty or
trouble. She lived for twenty-five years
after the dukes death, and never re-
Taxed her energy or the hery zest of her
temper.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-25
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-25
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-25
A TARPON TUSSLE.
The Fish Escapes From the An

The Fish Escapes From the Ang-
Ter, but Is Nipped by Shark.
At Sarasota, Fla, hooked a tarpon,
says writer in the American Angler.
1t took ME thirty minutes to work him
to sand flat alongside Of the boat, ready
for the gatf. My boatman being mere
boy and this the first tarpon he saw
within his reach, was very nervous, and
put the gatf in the fiSh'S giIlS instead of
the throat. The fish had its head toward
the stern, and when he felt the gatf
swung around to the bow, nearly pull
ing the boy overheard, getting my line
around the handle of the gaff.
Johnnie pressed the handle on the
side of the boat and forced the tish's
head about two feet out OF the water.
Seeing the perilouS situation of affairs,
L threw my rod in the boat and foolishly
taking snOOd in one hand and gatf in
the other, told Johnnie to take the shark
hook, which he had in the boat, and put
it in the fish; but before this could be
done the fish made supreme effort to
free himself, throwing the gaff out,
breaking my line and slowly swimming
away, leaving me with feeling of dis
appointment that only fisherman can
waited four weeks for tarpon.
johnnie, that fish is badly hurt" said
|, tive will find him Oh the bank tomor-
row if shark doesn't find him BEFORE"
and slowly proceeded to put my tackle
in shape for another trial.
Look at that big shark; he is after
something white" exclaimed Johnnie.
Sure enough, huge shark with MS dor
sal fin six inches out of water met my
gaze. Take up the anchor and we will
see what's the trouble" said |. Strange
to say. when we reached the spot the
shark moved slowly away and we found
our tarpon on his side, still alive, minus
his tail and large piece from his back,
bitten out by shark. We boated and
took him home and he measured five
feet ten inches and weighed ninety
pounds in his mutilated shape.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-25
HOW TO FASCINATE.
Fill Your Heart With Good Will,
Then Practice 1t.

Fill our IICafC w iGiA EOON WILL,
Then Practice 1t.
Jenness Miller's Magazine.
Doubtless thousands of young people,
and not small number of old ones, wish
every day of their lives that they could
learn the secret of fascinating others by
means of their graceful, exquisite man
ners. The secret is an open one. 1t is
so easy to learn that it lies all neglected
bv the WaySide, while others who would
give their dearest treasure to find Ii
pass unknewing.
Ii is only this: Fill your heart with
good will to everybody, and then prac-
tice at all times the best manners you
know, particularly at home. Ii you
begin at home this charming manner
will, so to speak, get settled on you
and never leave you. Be just as
polite to your sister as you would
to your best girl. Strive to gain the
good will of mother, father and brothers
and sisters and children exactly as you
strive to gain good will abroad.
There is no place for practiclng man.
ners like the home circle: no place.
permit one to say, where it will be so
appreciated. 1t will be cultivation of
heart. mind and body, this endeavor to
feel nothing but affection for the peo-
pie at nome and treat them as though
they were worthy of as much considera-
ton at your hands as il they were the
president and his family. So they are
worthy. Then from the home will float
out around you those sweet, magnetic
influences which will draw the hearts
of mankind toward you.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-25
ST. LOUIS sCoURGED.
Thirteen Hundred Cases of Ty-
phoid Fever in One Day.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 24.-This city is,
without doubt, in the grip of an cpl
demic that may become a pestilence.
One thousand three hundred new cases
of typhoid fever were reported at the
health office today. Many reasons were
advanced for the origin of the
disease. The city seems to be in poor
sanitary condition. Water in the Mis-
sissippi river is low, and it is thought
that high water would dilute the poison
and assist in abating the scourge The
river seldom rises at this season of the
year, howe YER. Between 900 and 1000
cases have been reported in two months.
There is no question but that the board
of health is seriously alarmed. The
board has advised that all drinking
water be boiled and all food thoroughly
cooked.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-25
DREW A REVOLVER

To Persuade d Woman to Leave
Her Husband and Marry Him.
CHICAGO, Nov.24.-A leXander Foxes,
alias Foster, a wealthy broker of San
Francisco, was arrested here this after
noon upon complaint of Mrs. Normie
North, on the charge of as
saut with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill. Foikes ar
rived here several days ago and,
according to Mrs. NOrth's story, tried to
induce her to leave her husband and
marry him. Upon her refusal he drew
a revolver, but was di5armed before he
had a chance to shoot. Foxes claims
that he has at different times given the
woman more than $4,000 with the I'M
Outstanding that she was to secure a
divorce from her husband and marry
him. When he learned that he had
been duped he drew mis- revolver and
demanded an explanation.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-25
Jewelry of Former Times.

0SWGl0Eo
Patterns of girdles worn by ladies in
the sixteenth and at the beginning of
the seventeenth century were very
much alike. Some girdles were formed
of gems set with large beZei, covered
with white, red or black enamel
Chains hanging down the skirt held a
mirror, purse or fan. If we were to
judge from the works of the designers.
such as Hans Collaert, Woerio, NoYert
and Ducerceau, we should believe that
pendants worn during that period were
much varied in shape. Yet on portraits
we only see besides jeweIed letters,
crosses and oval canoes elongated
motifs exhibiting the same outlines. We
remark nowhere pendants showing
figures sitting in bower made of lew
els, fantastic waves, watches surround
ed it'll allegorical figures and sur
mounted with spheres, etc. Architect
ural pendants made by Cellini were no
doubt perfect works of art.