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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01

The treasury department has
already begun the preparations for
coming 100000 Columbian half dol.
lar souvenir coins, authorized by the
Durborrow bill. The designs of the
coin have already been selected. The
reverse will show the main building
of the exposition, and the diverse the
head of Columbus. The plaster cast
of Columbus was made by A. j. Dun,
bar, sculptor of Washington, DC,
from a portrait which is recognized by
experts as being as nearly authentic
as anything exists, and is believed TO
have been painted for Domenic Nell
piero, a Venetian senator and his
torian, in 1901. This portrait, with
a well traced history proving its
antiquity, was recently purchased by
the United States Consul General at
Frankfort, Germany, for Mr.. James
V. Ellsworth, of Chicago. The work
of coming the souvenir columbian
half-dollars" will occupy a month OF
six weeks. The bill also provides fol-
the striking of $4,000 bronze medals,
with appropriate emblems, at a cost
of Sc, 900, and $4,000 yellum impres.
sions for diplomas, at a cost of 50, 600
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01
Horses at West Point.

After new horses are brought to
West Point n considerable time elapses
before they are brought into the rid
ing-school; for cadets are W mount
ed on green animals. The horse first
receives a certain degree of training,
20 aceustom him to his new and un-
usual duties. When brought into the
stables, he is placed in a stall adjoin-
ing those of experienced and quiet
horses, that he maydave the benefit OF
their example. Men at work about
the stable are cautioned to approach
quietly. and always speaking to him,
that he may be gently accustomed to
their presence. His diet even is care.
fully regulated, that he may become
used to The government forage raticn
without injury.
His first exercise in the line Of duty
consists in being halter-led by a troop
er mounted on a well-trained horse.
After this a bride may be placed or
him, and the reins loosely tied and
thrown over his neck. When he i:
properly fitted with a snafie bride, the
cavesson. a light halter fitted with q
nose band,i is adjusted, and the longeing
strap attached. The practice of the
lOngc is to supple and teach the horse
the free and proper use of his legs. il
thus aids in forming his gaits, and In
fitting him for the cavalry service
The length of the lessons is regulated
to avoid overwhelming the horse.
Then bending lessons are given.
From them tie horse acquires a proper
carriage of the head and neck. The,
also serve to render him more manage
aole by teaching him TO conform to tn,
movements of the reins, and to yielC
to the pressure of the bit. he is laugh,
to arch the neck, TO raise or lower the
head, and to bend it to the side. Aftel
this, the horse is thrown. This is done
if possible, more gently and CAREFUL,
than the preceding exercises. Tn,
method used is a modification of tn,
Rarey method. A strap is fastened
around the off fore pastern, and passed
oyer the back. As soon as the hors,
moves, under urging, the strap il
pulled and held taut, thus bringin.
the heel against the forearm, and Keep
ing it there. The horse is brought t,
his knees, and in this position he is per
mitted to remain, until of his own wolf
ton he lies down, obeying the repeated
command, @Down," He is not to b
pushed over.
This lesson illustrates the theory an,
motive of all the training. The hors
Is considered as an animal of a singl,
idea. He has no reasoning facultie
beyond the limit of his experience, an,
consequently he is reasoned with b,
acts alone. In this lesson he become
convinced of his own helplessness. an,
of mans power over hiTa. Nc amoun
Of plunging aids him; the end of it i.
that he is compelled to submit and Ii,
down. But in this, as in the otheI
measures of training, he finds that q,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01

One thousand saw mill men at Eau
Claire, Wis, struck last Monday.
A lumber trust has been organized
TO control the Pacific coast lumber
business.
The customs revenue has increased
at the rate of 100000 per month
since June LIST.
-Four farmers in Kansas successfully
held up an express train but were
afterward captured.
The switchmen in Buffalo are los
ing their strike. Trains on all the
roads are running freely.
Suit for the foreclosing of a mort
gage on the Minneapolis & st. Louis
railway held by Henry Seibert of New
York, is up for trial in Minneapolis.
President Harrison celebrated his
sixty-ninth birthday last Saturday.
The President and Mrs. Harrison are
spending the summer at Loon Lake,
n. Y.
Redmond Carr, a member of a
threshing crew at Monmouth, Ill.,, got
caught in the machine and was
beheaded before the machine could
be stopped.
The seventeenth biennial session of
thegrand lodge Knights of Pythias is
in session at Kansas City this week.
| About Is, 600 members of the order are
in attendance.
Five large two story buildings on
| East Seventh street in st. Paul were
destroyed by landslide and fire last
Monday. They we're occupied by
small stores and living rooms.
Orders have been given through the
treasury department to enforce the
presidents proclamation regarding
collection of tonnage dues from all
foreign vessels passing through St.
Mary's canal.
The Homestead, the Buffalo switch
men and the Tennessee miners strikes,
probably the most important mes of
the year, are each pronounced
failures unless some future develop
ment should change the aspect of
affairs.
Trouble with the Tennessee miners
is still in progress, but the state
militia seem to be able to hold them in
check. Since the e skirmishes
of last week in which both sides lost
heavily, matters are quiet, many
miners have been taken prisoners by
the militia.
Apples promise to be cheap and
abundant this year.
The switchmen's strike at Buffalo
has been declared off.
HThe bicycle was used by the army
first for carrying dispatches in the
recent riots at Buffalo.
Frank Kelly, boss property man of
Ringing Bros circus, was shot and
instantly killed by an unknown nan
at Sayett, Ind, last week.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01

Republics South of Us.

There are sixteen of them on the
continent-nine in South America,
six in Central America, with Mexico
in North America. Brazil is as large
as the United States. So far as their
material resources are concerned
these sister republics have not yet
begun to be scratched over the IT.
face. They begin at the SD parallel,
north latitude and extend to the 54th
parallel of south latitude.
Mexico is the most prosperous and
advanced in civilization, owing, as
We flatter ourselves, to her proximity
to the United States. She has already
four lines of railway connecting her
with the United States, and various
local roads to the Caribbean sea and
elsewhere. In a few years more Mex
leo will be as well railroaded as any
state in the American Union.
Up TO 1911 the republics of all the
western part of South America we're
merely colonial dependencies Of Spain.
Then they declared revolution and
fought in a brave struggle for ten
years to gain their independence. IT
may be set down to our credit that
the United States was the first to
recognize their independence, which
she did in 1922. Owing to the efforts
of President Monroe and John Quincy
Adams, Great Britain and France
also recognized this independence
England in 1923, France in 1926. Dur
ing the discussion of recognition by
European powers the president pro-
mulgated his famous Monroe doc
trinen in a message to congress, set
ting forth as principle that the
American continents were henceforth
mot to be considered as subjects for
future colonization by any European
powers"
The Uninted States therefore
enjoys the proud distinction OF being
the actual creator and establisher of
the South American republics Bra
iii belonged to Portugal till 1922,
when it became an independent
empire, not swinging into line as a
republic till two years ago. Socially
no greater affront a be put on a
Brazilian gentleman than to class
him as a Spanish-American instead
OF a MISREPRESENTATION, a mistake
one of our ablest Columbian orators
made during the progress through
the country of the South American
delegates TO the Pan-American con-
gress. In the republics of Central
and South America lies a field of fab
ulous riches for enterprising indi-
yidnals who have The brains to
develop agriculture. mining and com
merce in these countries.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01

A city paved with marble! 1t
sounds strangely enough, yet in the
heart OF poyerty-stricken Ireland
there is just such a city, says the
Dublin Independent. Kilkenny, one
of the Irish parliamentary boroughs,
is not only paved with the costly
stone, but many Of its houses are
built with the same material. Half
a mile outside of the town are the
famous black marble quarries, which
ehr
British isles. From time immemo-
ial the civic authorities have been
accustomed to buy this stone, un.
dressed, to pave and build with
The old Norman walls of Kilkenne,
were of marble throughout, as is tn,
cathedral of st. Carnice today.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01

very long since / used to accompany my
sainted mother to church way down
East, but she's in heaven now. Any
way, let's sing the doxology: Praise
God From Whom All Blessing Flow
Most of you'uns know it. Now sing"
The gambler had a good baritone
voice, and he started the hymn and was
at once joined by about every one
present. At its conclusion he remarked
in a cool and collected manner:
Il say, Mr.. Minister-forgot Your
right name, you know-pass round the
hat" And tossing him a $40 gold piece,
he said: "Tn play that to win!n When
the clergyman's hat had made the cir
cult it contained almost 81, 900, and the
needed improvements on the church
were begun the following week. The
men of those days have long since
passed to starland- but this is the only
record where a minister. ever offered
prayer in a Saratoga gambling joint
and then received q contribution
Chicago Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The conflict between the Argentine
congress and the government has
ended.
Cholera in agrave form is raging in
Afghan Turkestan and many deaths
have followed.
Marshal Deodore Da Fonseca, the
first President of the Republic of
Brazil, is dead.
The exceedingly hot weather of the
past ten days has caused many deaths
n Germany and Austria.
The Italians Of Baltimore will erect
in that city a statue of Columbus. 1t
is being chiseled in Genoa, and will
arrive about Sept. 10.
Sir George II. Dibbs, Premier OF
New South Wales, the gentleman
who lately told us what he thought
of our blasted country and how
Indifferent he felt toward a proper
representation at the Worlds Fair,
has reached San Francisco and sailed
for home. Perhaps the best that can
be said for Sir George from an Amer.
lean standpoint is that he is the lead.
ing protectionist in his country.
Tennyson has been staying in Lon
don, and astonishing all his friends
by his physical vigor and the buoy
ancy of his spirits. He has been
attending many theatrical perform
ances, and has made excursions or
foot about the city in company witt
his son. The poet is said TO be a:
omnivorous as ever in the matter O
fiction. He reads almost every move
published that is worth reading.
The negotiations between the sui
tan's officials and the leader of tn,
Anghera tribesmen looking to tn,
submission of the latter have beer
broken of by the order of the sultan
The sultan has directed that a CRANE
attack be made upon the Angheras
and TO stimulate his troops, he ha
offered 81 for every prisoner they cap
ture. wounded or unwounded, and 5
ur every nJau rney DrIng into the
camp.
Jacques Inaudi, "the calculatin
man." is still astonishing Paris. III
developed his marvellous power c
instantaneously solving the mos
difficult arithmetical ''sums" befoI
he could either read or write. 1t
sound entirely that guides his minC
he says, in its processes, and not I'll
memory of or imagination how III
ures look. To multiply S34 by Sc, fl
+. example, he multiplies mentally s.
Y by 80, 500 by 6, 80 by SO, and Sc by
adding up ohe totals in four n fl
e seconds from the time the problem
are called out to him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01
WHO INVENTED KISSING.
some Say 1t Means 'Taste;" Others say
,sthe Union of Souls"

The word kiss" is Anglo-Saxon.
and NAV. indeed, be taken as an IN
stance of how pleasant Ang,o-Saxoh
can be. The philologist assures us
that it is allied to the Gothic ~kustus'
a proof of test, and to the Latin gus,
tus." a taste; which suggests the Ola
saving, that "the proof OF the puadins
is in the preein' OF"
That same Gothic kustus comes from
the verb kiusan, to choose, from Wbich
one would imagine that among d
Goths kissing went by tavor.
According to Prof. Skeat, writing
with all the austerity and scholarship
of an expert, a kiss is "a gust, a TASTE
a something choice" Rowena, the
beautiful daughter OF the X hehS,,
ist, is credited with having introduced
kissing into these fortunate STANDS;
| but It seems as if that, had the natives
been so utterly uncnlightened, the no
mans could scarcely have failed 10 an
ticipate her. ,,..,,
The Romans had really a delightful
word for a kiss-osculum, which came
from os. the mouth, and meant a little
mouth, a sweet mouth. "Giye me q
sweet little mouth" would be the
phrase used when a good little Roman
bow asked his mother for a kiss.
Our English word occurs pretty
nearly in its present form in Anglo
Saxon, Dutch. Icelandic, Danish, Swe
dish, and German. And this is worthy
of note, because natural as kissing ma,
seem to be, it is a practice unknown Il
the Australians, to the Maoris OF New
Zealand, the Papuans of New Guinea
the people of Tabbati, the negroes o
Central and Southern Africa, h 30
tocudos of Brazil, the savages OF Ter
ra del Fnego, the Laplanders and tn
Eskimo. Most of these benighted MOI
tails have not got beyond the low stag
of rubbing noses together.
kissing points to an ancient discred
tied belief in a veritable union OF sp
rits-a belief common to all the AryaI
!, peoples that the breath of n mar wa
|, his soul, his spirit. spirit" is breath,
and "ghost" is a "gust"-which posi-
l bly, accounts for the cold air that
J said to accompany apparitions.
II, then, the breath was a divir
$ thing-the soul and spirit of man
it not easy to understand how NATURAL
kissing came to be a veritable comml
Mon, a commingling of soul with sou
I Boston Globe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01
Better Prices for Cattle.

The Nebraska Farmer usually
a hopeful view of the stock situ5
and its words are worth noting.
cially the following: at can no
be said tiat cattle are selling
song. Recent public sales OF
bred cattle from all parts OF the :
try tell the story. The good one
week at different sales were
strong on three figures, some e
young heifers running from ~
300 at the Chicago shorthorn .
This is, indeed, a strong predictio
the future for good cattle.
handsome figures coming from
breeders quarter, and being plac9
the young females. are a telling
They indicate a strengthened IAN
conditions that are to follow. 4
were not simply a few isolated I
that would point TO nothing IN ?.
ular. They were well-directed q
ut an occasional high mark ana
host of good things. The ase
price paid for one draft of Al heaa
$500. Now, while the general 81
canoe of these figures is as We
pointed out, they yet have sp
F.! significance. They point to thu
. most emphatically. The lest bre'
, in the corn and grass regions I
this great west are beginning,
fully, to realize that the farms
within this grand belt are the =
places for producing the finer an
ished beeves that bring the top n
in every market in the World res
by them. They see the utter ~
OF competition with the ranges :
cattle are grown up on cheap
lands, and sometimes quickly nm
on cheap corn. The way out 2
dilemma is throagh the producer
q higher grade Of cattle The
must come to cultivated grasses
cultivated blood in the cattle tas
to pasture. Shall not the SKIN Oh
rise superior to the conditions
rounding him? We shall SCI WIZ
shall see."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01

A Wyoming man, writing a long
letter TO an eastern paper in explana-
tion of the rustler troubles, says the
rich cattle barons have had free occu-
pancy Of the government lands for so
many years that thev now look on
them as their own and are unwilling
to give them up for settlement to
actual homesteaders, although the
government opened them TO the set
tiers. The war attempted by the
cattle barons was, he says, a wal To
drive the h~omesteaders off the lands
they had taken under government
guarantee. In anycase it is probably
true that the days of the great cattle
ranges are numbered and that cattle
will more and more be raised by far.
mers in smaller ''bunches."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01
POLITICAL.

A Harrison and Reid club of ladies
who will join the parades mounted on
horses has been organized at Des
Moines, Iowa, and similar clubs will
be organized throughout the state.
Among the political devotees this
year a new epidemic threatens to
break out, in the formo of paper mache
masks representing the heads of the
candidates, TO be worn over the head
of the campaign fiend. This will
undoubtedly be hailed with screams
Of ecstatic delight by that mortal
and the genius who first conceived
| the idea will reap a rich harvest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01
CORN BELT EXPOSITION
Mitchell VIII Entertain King Korn TIN
Year In Grand style.

Final arrangements have now been
made for the holding of a corn belt
exposition at Mitchell this fall from
September 2S to October 5 inclusive,
and a large force OF carpenters and
workmen are now at work erecting
the buildings This exposition,
which is confidently expected will be
the means OF showing TO the world
what wonderful crops can be raised in
this state, and what a grain producer
South Dakota really is, will be one of
considerable magnitude-larger in
fact than any city in the state has
yet assumed. The building will be
one of great beauty in design and the
manner in which the interior and
exterior viii be decorated with the
grains symbolical of the crops raised
in the state will be as equally attrac-
tive and beautiful. The building
will be so by leo feet in size and 100
feet to the top OF the tallest tower.
Gables, towers, minarets and spires
will largely enter into the architect
ural beauty of the upper part of the
building and the handsome decora-
tions on the sides and approaches win
make the building one of rare beauty
The total cost of the building and
decorations will reach in amount to
over $4,000. Besides the beauty of
the building, which is a great attrac-
tion in itself, a programme has been
arranged for each day the exposition
is opened, which win offer great
inducements for the people to attend.
The Iowa State band of Des Moines,
Iowa, has been engaged TO give con.
certs during the entire time the expo.
sition is running at IN expense OF
$1,000. Every county in the state is
expected TO have an exhibit to com.
pete for the valuable prizes offered.
Three hundred and twenty-five dol.
lars is offered for first prize, s175 for
the second, 500 for third and $50 for
fourth, besides valuable prizes for
the best individual exhibits. Politi.
cal days have been set, one for each OF
the different parties, when speakers
of national repute will be heard,
The railroads have granted reduced
rates on all lines, and the Milwaukee
road is already making arrangements
for running harvest excursion trains
from several points.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01

Blessed be the man who invented
building associations. There are
5000 of them in this country, and
they lay up $50, 900, 900 a year. Their
best development is probably to be
found in Philadelphia. In that city
10000 families have been enabled by
mean of the building association tc
buy and pay for homes to their own.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01
Fate.


He hungered for love, and you coveted fame;
He sighed for a kiss and you longed for q
name
Mary.
He was rich in the blessings Of trust and OF
He was poor in your love-he with genius and
youth
Richard.
You were rich in love that is thoughtless OF
You were poor with the perjury born of your
greed
Mary.
II will wed when you bring me the emperor's
And he ealloped away to the thick Of the war
Richard.
But the winged words came,and they withered
with the emperor's star or his bosom he
died.
Maryl Maryl
j. S. E. Smith In Kate Fields Washington.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01

information recently on the
of the weeyil that does such
to beans. In answer he has TIL
ing to say:
The habits of most of these
are very similar, and the natl
weevil forms no exception. IN
are deposited upon the flowed
plant in early summer, the
larvae Matching from them n
into the growing bean, and al
effectually from sight, as the
made by them is very mimi
soon heals over. Inside tiia|
which can be the home of man
riot until maturity is reached,
the Larvae transforms into pun
later into the perfect winged 4
the weeyil. But usually they!
leave the inside of their hon
about seeding time, when, aft
ing. a new generation is produ,
however, the beans are stor,
warm place the beetles may be
to leave prematurely, and deaf
usual consequence of such 4
desire TO gain liberty. :
We have lots of remedies
these insects, and also a pre-,
Among the latter is one i'm
one: Never send beans with
weeyils in an envelope throg
mails, but always inclose The
safe tin box. AS Ia the prese
the majority Of the weeyils vii
and may scatter the troubl
remedies are very feasible: l
planting throw the beans in y
plant only the heavy ones; III
float contain weevils and ougI
destroyed. 2. Wherever the
are so numerous as in Todd O
is best to delay planting the
long as possible.
The weevils, in searching (,
to deposit their eggs upon b
ers. become more and more 1
; over a larger area, or die Def
J have an opportunity to find
places for their young. Th'
; bisulphate of carbon in a zig
: vessel with the beans iuteadet
e will also kill the inclosed
This substance should not b,
the dwelling house, as it is
:, and injurious TO inhale.
The above bean weeyil has
unpleasant habit of destroyiI
!. grain, and consequently gr'
l. should be taken to preveI
= crease.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-01

Speakers to be Heard at the Grand Forks
Reciprocity Convention.


Reciprocity Convention.
The committee on program for the
international reciprocity convention
to be held in Grand Forks ON Sept. ]
and 2next, completed its arrange.
ments for the exercises of the conven.
ton. The following subjects have
been assigned to speakers:
Joseph Nimmo, Jr., present and
Future Tonnage of the American and
British Northwest Hon. Erastus
Wiman, Reciprocity Between Can.
ada and the United States" Premier
Thomas Greenway, of Manitoba,
1.-THE Commercial Needs of the Brit.
ish Northwest" Hon. S. A. Thomp.
son, secretary chamber of commerce,
Duluth, ''The Necessity of a Deer
Waterway from Lake Superior to the
Seaboard;" Hon. VIM. r. Merriam,
Governor of Minnesota, Industrial
Development of the Northwest
Hon. A. w. Burke, Governor OF
North Dakota, 1.-THE Natural Com
mercial Relations of Minnesota and
North Dakota to Manitoba" Hon.
w. ID. Washburn, Senator for Min
nesota, international Law and the
Treatise Affecting Navigation OH the
Great Lakes, and the st. Lawrence,
between Canada and the United
States"