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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
Tagging at Eton.

The dignity of a w~ell-dressed boy,
says the author of Seven Years at
Eton," does not appear imppressively
when he is carrying down a populous
highway a large covered dish, out of
which gravy is %dribbling onto the
pavement; but dignity was a feather
which you could only put in your cap
when you were in the fifth form. /
have seen the present marquis of
Waterford cheerfully carrying a dish
of eggs and bacon from Webber's for a
solicitors son, and the earl of Rose
berry (then Lord Dalmeny), running
swiftly down the High street with the
breeks of a parsons boy under his
arm. One morning SIS | was going
uptown" a lower boy asked me to
lend him 4d, as he had just come with
out his purse. and had to buy some
bloaters for his flag master. 1t was
the heir of the duke of Marlborough,
the marquis of Observation-Disclosures
TeleordDh.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
AND THEN THE SUN WENT DOWN.
Seen Under Autumn skies

Poetry and Romance of a summer When
Seen Under Autumn Skies.
1t was their last walk together,
They both realized it and felt a tender
sort of sadness. The waves were say.
ing "Hush, hush!" A white sail was
shadowy against the salmon : hued
horizon.
He sighed softly and sought her eyes.
sit has been a delightful summer" he
said.
"Exquisite!"
"But-it is ended: this beautiful com
panionship of ours is over. There will
be n drives, no more dances, ne
more dreams-at least not for us two
together. 1t seems cruel"
"Yes; ii is a great pity.
I'VE had grown to know each other
so well. There has been such pcrfec,
sympathy. But now! We return to
town separate and are lost in the urban
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
VISITING CARDS.
WHAT GOOD FORM DICTATES AS re
HOW THEY SHOULD BE USED.
Joy That a "P. p. C." Sometimes Brings
The Significance of a Turned-Down
sars4

Trivial things though they may seem,
visiting cards play a very important
role in our existence and constitute one
of the principal features of our social
intercourse. They are capable, too, of
bestowing a great deal of pleasure,
usually denotes that the persons whose
names they bear desire to show you
courteous attention. Thet may he
used TO express welcome TO the neigh
borhood, kindly congratulation in the
case of any piece of good-fortune or
sympathy III the event of sorrow.
Sometimes, too, they with
the mystic P. p. c. in the corner the
departure OF some undesirable &C
quaintance: Hence, whether from
one reason or the other, visiting cards
usually furnish us with an agreeable
sensation when we survey them on u
hall tables on our return home.
There is a great deal more character
in a visiting card than most. people
would al hIst be willing to believe, and
from its shape, appearance and from
the II in which the name is in
scribed thereon the recipient is often
able to determine the social status, the
breeding-and the breed as well-ofi its
owner says Coed Form.
Thus the slightest e~xaggeration or
departure from the strictest simplicity,
either as regards the size, texture or
lettering, is distinctly bad form. Mems
cards nowadays should be, quite small
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

o, THAT 1T WERE ALWAYS SUMNER.
vortex. We may never, never again
conc together. o, that it were always
summer"
He stopped and blocked into her eyes
again. He was waiting for something.
1t came not and he felt vaguely disap-
pointed.
40, but you know, " she said smiling
ly, ait is not SO complete a break. In
town-why,I hope we shall see a great
deal of each other
All, ii was coming then. The hap
piness came back into his ives.
"Then, he replied, ait is not to be with
us as with so many; a friendship warm
in summer, the cut direct in winter?
Perhaps we may resume" he
stopped short and looked out over the
white-fiecked water. He was thinking
of certain strolls on golden sands be-
meath a copper moon: of the enchant-
ment of a certain pair of eyes; of the
thralldom of a redrose mouth.
Perhaps" she answered. "why
not? | am sure my husband would like
you very"
"Your HI" he gasped. He u D
pressed his emotion. Happiness fed
from his eyes. The horizon was no
longer shot with salmon. The white
sail had gone. The waves grated harsh
~ on the sand.
He vas glad the summe wat over.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08


The American Farmer says we are
incr easing our population at the rate
of two and a half per cent. per
annllm, while the amount Of farming
land in the country must remain
stationary. We are nearing the
limits of all the good agricultural
land in the nation, and it is not
likely that we shall annex any great
tracts. There are no more Texases,
CALIFORNIA; and Northwest territories
lying along borders wanting to be
taken in. We must house our yearly
addition of population upon the
ground we already have and feed
them from its products. Ten years
from now we shall have SO, 900, 900
people, where we now have IS, 900, 900.
This that all available farm
ing land in the country viii have
increased from 10 to % per cent.
in value.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

Smallest of Towering Plants.

The very smallest Towering
plant, so far as We are able to ascer-
tain, IL wolfia microscopica, a native
of India. 1t belongs to the duck
weed family. 1t is almost micros-
copic in size, destitute of proper stem,
leaves and roots, but having these
organs merged in one, forming a
froDd. There is a prolongation OF
the lower surface, the purpose of
which seems to be to enable the plant
to float upright in the water. The
fronds multiply by sending out other
fronds from a split 9r concayity, and
with such rapiGity does this take
place that a few days often suffice to
produce from a few individuals
enough similar ones to cover many
square rods of pond surface with the
minute green granules. Small as
these plants are they bear flowers.
Two are produced on a plant, each
of them very simple, n consisting
of a single pistil, both Of which burst
through the upper surface Of the
frond.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08


An when ! stepped inside the door, expectin'
Nv own dear son, a little office hid stepped up
trr me: g.,
An when ] said I'd see Steve Jones. he said
ter me, "Old pard.
You can't see MIR. Jones unit! you've sent him
in your card
Jehosaphat. but ! was mad ar said ter him:
MY chill,
I'd like to Jake ye cross my knee an tan ye Ter
a while.
II Stephen Jones is in this place you trot him
This. thing q sendin' in yer card don't fiji yet
At that some other fellcrs all commenced a
actin queer
An one laid down his pen and said; My
lords, what have we hereF'
In Jest erbOut a minnit Ia a thrashed the
Had not ms son come in Jest then an cleared
the matter up.
But anyway that circumstance it sort o
deemed to Spite .
My hull blamed visit, ferlkept a-thinkin' all
the while
How difer'nt things is gettin' now ter what
they ulster be
When everybody alters kept their latcbst ring
out fer me. ,
An when, in all ny Journey done, / statd 81
heavens gate 70
III never like the place so well II I'm com
PEELED ter wait.
Shut out from all the glory an from friendI
an kindred barred
While old ST. Peter wastes ms time s-sendiu
Nixon Waterman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

disputed will of her father, the late
Governor of Noldavia. The Judgment
financially ruins the Princess.
The duke of Cambridge, as COM
mander-fn-chief of the British army,
has issued a circular prohibiting
commanding officers from using
profanity in addressing their men.
The duke himself is regarded as d
very virtuoso in the employment OF
picturesque terms when things &C
wrong.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
LOCATING THE BLAME.
The Seaghbors Hold q Convention, d
Cznpot settle q Sad Matter,

The Nesghbors Hold a Cenveution, I'D
Cannot settle a Sad Matter.
IF hate people who are no. cless|
about their HOUSES said The frst
woman y
$50 do l." said the second, taking 1
. cup of tea
"Yes," said the first woman "a
called on Mrs. F1yaway the other day
just as she was sweeping the floor. shs
made a circle under the table and y
the middle of the room"
@She never swept in the eoynerA
eh?n
"She did not. Isn't it awfol?"
alt is awful, said the second woman,
@and / thank heaven that my house Z
as clean as q PIN"
SLet me tell you what | saw Mnk
Flyaway sweep in her stove. went %
the first woman. just as ] called she
was putting - the stove these things
gathered of the floor of N room
Three old spools, a lot of fuzz, SOM
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

PRODUCE PRICES.
The Farmer Getting Figures Which Ough
to Make Him Happy.

to Make Him Happy.
A man who steps into a grocery
store today to buy a dozen of eggs is
almost struck dumb when he learns
that he has to pay % cents for them.
Likewise should he want a pound of
butter he is met with the same fig
ures. Take the rest of the produc-
lions of the farm and the same good
prices prevail. Corn brings from %
to 80 cents, which is always considered
a fair price, barley 40, oats %, fax 81
cents, and anyone who is acquainted
with the relative price of these cere-
ais will at once recognize that these
are good prices. Hogs have been
bringing top notch in price, 1925
per hundred, and few would ask a
better price for them. The only
thing to be regretted is that our
farmers have not raised enough TO
sell when they are so high. The price
OF wheat this season will certainly be
an object lesson to the farmers Of
South Dakota, and it may be the
means OF increasing the acreage next
year of other cereals, and at the end
of 1893, following this policy, they
will find a net increase in their earn
ings. Taking prices as they are to-
day we believe the farmer stands as
good, if not a better show of gaining
a competence than any class of peo-
pie. And as a certain farmer said:
I'VE have been hard up so long that
we really don't realize the good cir
eumstances we are in today, and |
believe the condition of our people
will be vastly improved from now On,
and that, too, by their own Efforts
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
LATE NEWS SUMMARY.
Washington, Political, Foreign,
and General Domestic,
Happenings OF Note.
Telegraphic News of the World
Condensed for the Benefit
of Busy Readers.
GENERAL DOMESTIC NEWS

st. Louis has 800 new cases OF
typhoid.
An ironclad prohibition bill was
introduced in the South Carolina
legislature.
The st. Louis Circuit Courtgranted
twenty-seven absolute divorces in
two hours.
George Gould has interested him
self in the white cement mines near
Texarkana.
Twelve thousand acres of valuable
timber lands were opened to settle
ment in North Michigan.
A dog imprisoned in a schoolhouse
near Shamokin, Pa, became hungry
and devoured an slS map.
The total cotton crop of the country
is estimated at $500, 900 bales by
Statistician Neal of New Orleans,
Jack Henry, who killed a father
and four sons in a street fight and
was acquitted, died in Kansas City.
Eighteen thousand pounds OF
dynamite have been shipped to
Texas to be used in the government
rain experiments.
Bernard Schafer, a German, com
mitted suicide in st. Louis over the
loss of SO which he had bet on
Harrison's election.
An open switch at Aida, neal
Grand Island, Neb., caused a wreck
of two Union Pacific trains, killed
four men and injured Others.
Near Dallas, Tex, one Daye Nevill.
and Mrs. Anderson ~conspired an6
assassinated the latter's husband In
the most deliberate manner.
James Stone and William Blanken,
ship were arrested in a deserted iron
mine near Admission, Ala, while in
the actof counterfeiting nickels.
A meeting of politicians from
Western Kansas has been called al
Hutchinson for Friday to discuss the
division of the State into two States
Willis Seacherz, Cal Hale, Jack
Kenzie, George Zachery and a mar
named Humphrey are under arrest
for the bank robbery in Roslyn
Wash.
Missouri has adopted the consti.
tutional amendment to enable cite:
to pension disabled iremen and tt
provide for the widows of deceased
firemen.
The hostile legislation of thi.
country against the Chinese /.
threatening a wholesale closing GU,
of Chinese business enterprises,
especially on the Pacific Coast.
The East Tennessee Land Com.
pany, a prohibition scheme to found
a "dry" town, has notified it,
members to ''come down" or submit
to a receiver being appointed.
While Miss Wythe was talking to 3
friend in a confectionery in Shamekin.
Pa, Tom Moore pulled a revolver
from his pocket and shot her in the
breast, inficting a mortal wound.
Il District of ColsHfeia-bai
Association petitions the President
not to appoint anyone but a resident
Of the District to the vacant
Judgeship in the District Supreme
Court.
Leland ]. Webb. ex-commander in
chief OF the Sons of Veterans, who
was detared insane at Topeka, Kas.
being a victim to the morphine
habit has been declared cured. :
General Il. r. Dyrenfurth did MOI
begin his second series of rain max
ing experiments at San Antonio, Tex,
Tuesday as he promised to do. HI
gives as his aso for a further post
ponement that the local weather
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
A Careless Boy.

Mrs, Boggs-"Littie Johnny has lost
his knife, and | was thinking"
Mr.. Boggs-"Whate Has that hov
lost another knifeg It's outrageous
Here am Shaving myself to death to
support my family, and everything 60
ing to rack and ruin. That was a
good knife, and it's a shame"
Mrs. Boggs-"I was thinking, my
dear, that AS | have found six or eiyh.
knives that you have lost, you might
give him n of theIn."-Good Words.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
POISON roR APAoHE ARROWS,

Rattlesnake Heads and Red Ants Cooked
Into a Jelly Annually.
Although the Apaches have had
little or no use for their poisoned
weapons for years, stin they, because
of their tribal instruct, each summer
season go through an annual prepare
tion of their arrow tips as carefully
and methodically as if an old-time
war were near at hand. This work
on the arrows, as described by the
Pomona Progress, is one piece of labor
that the Indian braves will not leave
to the squaws. He gathers a dozen
or more rattlesnake heads and puts
them in a spherical eartheh vessel.
With these he puts half a pint of a
species of large red ant that lis found
In many parts of Arizona. The bite
OF this ant is more poisonous than the
sting of a bee. Upon these he pOurs
-ittef water sna then seals up wilma,
moist earth the lid of this vessel. lie
then digs a hole two feet deep into
the ground II which he builds a roar
Ing IRE and puts in some stones.
When the interior of the hole and the
stones are red hot he makes a place IN
the bottom for the earthen vessel and
puts it in. About it and upon it he
puts the Goals and hot stones, and
upon the top he builds a fierce fire and
kec - it up for t~wenty-four hours.
Inen he digs out his vessel, and,
standing off, with a long pole he dis
engages the top and let's the fumes
escape The Indian insists that if
the fumes should come in his face
they would kill him. The mass left
at the bottom of the vessel Is a dark
brown paste. To test the efficacy Of
his connection a recent traveller saw
an Indian with his hunting knife
make a cut in his bare leg just below
the knee, and let the blood run down
to his ankle. Then taking a stick he
dipped it into the poison and touched
the descending blood at the ankle,
1t Immediately began to sizzle, as If
it were cooking the blood, and the
poison followed the blood bright up the
leg, sizzling its way until the Indian
scraped the blood off with the knife.
The savage assured the pale face that
had he allowed the poison to reach
the mouth of the wound he would
have been a dead man in twenty
minutes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

A swindle is abroad in the land Of
fering a box containing thirty-six
pieces OF soap for one dollar, and he
gives as a prize a rubber door mat
with the initials of the purchaser on
it. He delivers the soap, which is a
fraud, and promises to deliver the
mat as soon as itcan be manufactured
with the initials thereon, collects the
dollar and yanishes to be seen no
more.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

always with great difficulty that per.
sons could be found TO fill vacancies.
This was due to the terrible penalty Of
being buried alive imposed upon those
Sho broke the vows of their office. II
Is pleasing to note, however, that
throughout the history of Rome very
few instances are recorded where the
dreadful punishment was administered.
The feast of the vestals was a great
event. The maidens were driven about
the streets in chariots and the populace
paid them homage. They had the free
dom of the theaters and games at all
times and Were welcomed even at the
thrones of the Cansars.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

SALIENT Candidate for the Succession OF
Inc Kings of Cyprus and of JerusaJem),
,.bile the cards Of another equaliy
;vel known French count
MIN ~ he the brother of Gen. de ",
who was killed at the siege o. Se.
bastanol In Germany. too, many OF
the noblemen, especially those OF new
,reation whose genealogical tree Is OF
Mushroom growth, are accustomed 70
adorn their visiting cards with more OF
less elaborate representations OF their
| coats of arms. All this Is BAD iorIh
| and carefully avoided by 1Tell bred men
tbe yeofid over. Visiting cards are
meant for use among friends n sc-
ouaintances who are supposed 10 oe
| a-rouainted with all the claims TO dis-
tinct;on as regards both birth and RAM
of the owner of the pasteboard. 10
mention them on the card is an act OF
xeIf-assertion bordering on ~discourtesy,
since II implies that the proprietor OF
ibe card considers that the recipient
thereof requires to be reminded of his
social eminence and rank.
One Of the most objectionable pieces
If rudeuess, which, ! regret TO say, is
becoming more and more frequent, Is
that Of sending visiting cards by man.
There is only one case in which TINS IL
admissible-namely, when the owner OF
the card leaves a locality so suddenly
that he has not had time to make ms
farewell calls in person. In that event
his visiting cards, bearing the letters
p. p. C. in the left-hsnd rne may
consey his adieus and the announce,
ment of his departure. But eXcep'
under such circumstances as these the
sending of cards by post is exceedingly
discourteous implying that the re,
cipient is not worthy of the trouble OF
belng called upon in person.
The p. p. C. in the lower left-hand
corner of the card stands for the French
words, pour prendre congo" ito take
~Ieave). When the card is sent by mail
under the circumstances above de
seribed these mystic letters should be
witten in ink, and in pencil when the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

Hold fast like iron to your own
convictions of right, but let other
people hold fast TO theirs too. Like
wise hold yourself always ready to
adopt broader and higher convictions
than your present ones, if they come
your way.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

this into the belief that the owner Of
the card is himself a Prince Colonna,
and Only too late do they discover,
oftentimes to their cost, that he is no
prince at all, but merely a remote and
extremely distant cousin or relative by
marriage of one of the real princes of
Cofonna. / have also known of an old
French ~nobleman, the Count Villiers
of rIste Adam, who had inscribed on
his visiting cards @Candidat a la Sue
cession DIES Rois de Chvnre @
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

The estimated wealth of the
United States, that is, the value OF
all lands, buildings, railways, etc, is
put at 1000, 600, 900. The amount
OF money of all kinds is estimated by
the secretary of the treasury to be
s2,10S, l3G, 1902.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
MENTION.

The report of the German commits
sion Investigating the cause and
spread of cholera has been received at
Washington. 1t contends that chol-
era cannot be transmitted IN mera
chandise.
Superintendent of Census Porter,
in his annual report, strongly urges
that the census office be made a
permanent bureau of the interior
department. Regarding the cost OF
taking the eleventh census, he says
the total disbursements up to June
80, 1892, amounted to sS,203, 693. OF
the thirteen volumes in which the
results will be embodied, there are
now in the hands Of the printer
eight quarto volumes; but the infinite
detail ofthe Office makes it impossible
to foretell the date of the completion
of the whole work.
The annual report OF General
Superintendent Kimball of the life,
saving service, shows the number Of
disasters to vessels within his field Of
operations during the year were 331.
There were on board these vessels
2,570 persons, of whom 1850 were
saved, Estimated value of vessel:
and cargo, s ,2S4,525, and of this
amount SILL 05 was saved. II
addition, there were during the yea
17G casualties to sail boats, row boats
etc, on which were 1853 persons, Of
whom only seven we're lost.
1t is expected now that Chief Clerl
Fowler. of the Office OF the frs
assistant postmaster general, will bt
made first assistant. In fact, he ha.
practically ran the affairs Of tina
office for some time past, and 1t i
understood to be Mr.. Wanamakef'
desire that he hold the position
during the remainder of the admins
tration. If lie should be appointed
to that place it is probable that jus
before the 4th of March he vii
resign and again take the position o
chief clerk, in order that he ma,
hold It under the Democrats
administration.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

DAccording TO the census report the
whole number ofmales in the United
States in 1870 was -, O67, $50, and the
whole number of females so, 554. $40.
For the Uuited States as a whole,
therefore, there were for every lcO,-
000 males So, $50 females in 1890.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

An Englishman thus describes the
various kinds of foot ball played in
Great Britain. In the Rugby game
you kick the ball: in the association
game yon kick a man when you can't
kick the ball; in the Irish game you
kick the ball when you can't kick a
man
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

The oldest arm chair in the world
is the throne once used by Queen
Hatafa, who iourished in Egypt 1900
b. c. 1t is made of ebony, beauti-
fully carved, and is so hardened with
age as to appear To be carved from
black marble.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

1t was a CHASTITY ornament-that
anniversary and commemorative
floral gallows which the faithful
placed upon the top of the monument
to the anarchists who were executed
at Chicago five wears ago.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

The manufacture of wire nails has
reached such perfection that the
latest approved machine makes a
wire nail twelve inches long and
weighing half Il pound.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

The electric searchlight to be used
in jackson park at the Chicago fail
viii have an illumination of 160.0 600,
0)0 candle power. The carbons ir
the radiator are twelve inches long.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

The british colony of New Zealand
east of Australia, has conferred the
ballot on women. 1t is in New
Zealand that cooperative farming
has begun to make progress.