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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22
SOCIAL CALLS M SIAM,
Small Talk INDUCED In by European L.
dies and the Inmates of the Harena.


A French newspaper printed in Siam
SAYS that few more extraordinary in
cidents occur than the visit of Eu-
ropean lsdiesto the houses of native
fu~nctionaries. The editor regards il
as a strange anomaly that the wives
of Europeans should visitthe ~so-called
wives OF native officials, although he
says, he al understand why the wives
OF Consuls should be curious TO enter
the harems aud see life in such places
IL IS not difficult 20 satisfy the desire.
hut he cannot understand WHY Euro
pean women should submit 20 reel.
procal visits aud continue social inter-
course with Siams5e women. of whom
he appears 10 entertain 3 poor opinion.
Here are some specimens which he
says arc fair samples of the talk be-
tween a European woman and the wife
OF one OF the native Ministers.
European Lady-Ah. how glad l am
to see you. have been longing to
come for some time, but / have SO
many visits TO make, How is YOUR
dear husband. Mai Bun?
Siamese Lady (scratehing her bare
legs as a preamble)--yery well, l
think. EEF. ~-
European Lady (astonishedl-How
is that?
Siamese Lady (ceollyl-He left some
DAYS ago 10 see his first wife.
European Lady (more aud more as
tonished)-His hrst wife, Well and
you?
Siamese Lady[oh, / am only his
sixth wife.
European Lady Blu YOU have had
three children by Mai Bun2
Siamese Lady Isadly1-.Four, II YOU
please; but since the eldest has turned
out badly, we don't speak TO her now.
Since her master has gone home she
has u OF with his boy.
European Lady-And your second
daughter?
anne Lady-We shall give her TO
a man for a hundred dollars, dress and
ornaments included. The bargain has
almost been made.
The conversation continues in thu,
vein for some time and the editor i
OF the opinion that it is not very edt.
flying.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22
FROM AN aRTEsIAN WELL.
John Robson Believes Sioux City Can b,
Supplied With Water from ankten


The Yankton Press and Dakotan
contains the following relative to a
scheme TO supply Sioux City with
water: Sioux City, Yankton's
neighbor on the east has always had
trouble about getting sufficient
water for the needs Of the town. Ii
may be because Sioux City needs more
water than any other place on earth,
but that is of no consequence. 1t is a
fact that from drive wells there has
never been sufficient water derived.
and the city government is now
wrestling with the question Of more
water. The only feasible plan for
relief seems to be by pumping from
the Missouri river, and the establish
ment of a pumping plant will require
the outlay of q large amount of
money.
John Robson, of the firm Of Good
rich 4 Robson, who butt The north
side water system for Yanktor, has a
plan for supplying Sioux City with
water, which, il is understood, is
receiving attention of men OF means.
Mr.. Robson proposes TO water the
Corn Palace town by means of an
artesian well in Yankton. He has
made some figures and believes that
for 81 ,500,0O0 an artesian well "a
inches liz diameter can be sunk on
the fiat Just below Yankton and two
Pinch iron pipes laid from the well
to Sioux City, TO carry the water
down. A well of this size mentioned
viii spout 1900, 600 gallons OF water
per day. The well will have about
fifty pounds pressure at its mouth
and the water would gain force in the
journey to Sioux City sufficient to
give los pounds pressure on Fourth
street in Sioux City. About 2.OO0.O 600
gallons of water are consumed in
Sioux City daily when the people are
economical, but with the supply from
a large well there would be no need Of
economy. Nj. Robson says that his
reasons for coming sixty miles to sink
the well are the certainty for all time
Of the water supply and the enormous
pressure the water would show at
Sioux City. There are hundreds OF
small factories there which could be
operated by water motors and the
from the proposed well would
be sufficient % drive every motor.
Mr.. Robson thinks the scheme would
prove a paying investment.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22
Nam. Monderful stomach.


The human stomach possesses most
wonderful powers of adaptation to CIR,
cumstances. When Lieut.. Bligh anu
his eighteen men were cast of from
the Bounty BY the mutineers IN au
open boat they subsisted for forts-
one dayson a daily allowance OF one
twenty-tifth of a pound Of biscuits per
man and quarter of 5 pint OF wafer.
DIR. Tanner in 1880 tasted for fofly
days. subsisting, it is said. on wafer
alone. and Sacci and other fasting mea
have since excelled this. kafhrs, Norm
American Indians, and the fiat BOY
in -Pickwick1 may we'll be quoted a.
fearful examples Of yoracity; but even
their gastronomic feats are excee'eu
by the full-growu Esquimaux, why
viii daily eat 20 pounds OF fesn an.
oil il he has the chance; while, on INV
authority of Admiral Sarltchen'
Yskut OF Siberia has been known =
consume in twenty-four hours
hind quarter Of q large OK, % po1n.s
of fat, aud 8 quantity OF melted oo''es
for his drjnk.-PEksic Opinion
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

r.HH A@ASANN AshA hhr -
way drew the crowd of visitors to the
north end of the island to watch the
proceedings.
The toilers are as picturesque as a
bit of old Japan can be. They were at
work on a temporary house that looked
like a Joke. The timbers were solid
enough but there wasn't a nail in the
whole affair. The cross-pieces were
fastened with pieces of jute rope. The
carpenters used no ladders of any sort.
but climbed from ground to top and
back again with the agility Of pro-
fessional t~rapezists. The men who
worked aloft had punches of rope
about their waists, with which they
fastened the timbers passed up TO
them.
Over in another corner Of the in
closure, which prevents the workmen
from being overrun by spectators, is q
shed full Of curiosities. There are
planes that look like toy tools and that
are drawn toward the workman instead
of being pushed from him. The AIDES
have long, curved handles and broad,
curved blades. When the Japanese
carpenter wants to cut with his adj he
holds the end of the curved handle with
both hands, turns the blade edge up
ward and chops as briskly as If he
really were working the right way in
stead of upside down. But the hand
saws are the great curios of the collec-
| ton. They are about as long as a
butchers cleavcr and the teeth are set
with a slant toward the handle which
is only a strong. round piece of wood
bound to the saw with a fiber wrap.
For all their implements seem but
| toys the men achieve surprising results.
They already have the foundations Of
the three Japanese temples ready for
the upright columns and were busy
Yesterday asserting the finished ma
terial that was shipped from Japan 70
go into the superstructure. The work.
ing costumes of the men were as
curious as their implements. A blue
colored cap with car-mufiers, a heavy
blouse over a ti~ght-fttiag shirt; trous-
ers that would do beautifully for BIZ
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

SCENE Ar H JAPASBsE BUILDING.
cycling, they ft so close; felt or cloth
shoes, some with Tapping soles, and all
devoid of heel-that is the garb of the
laborer from chrysanthemum land.
Watching the Japanese at their work.
n Ear understand why they eaptirats
the foreigners who visit their country.
With all the urgency of the contract,
there is an amazing absence of fore
men, of loud commands and violent
i~mprecatiou. The laborers move about
as serenely as If it were a pleasure TO
work. When they address each other
il is with an infection of courtesy and
good nature that would drive an
American boss into frantic suspicion
Of an impending strike. While the
artist was sketching some of the men,
the Others quit work long enough TO
pass judgment on the sketches and then
went back to sorting timbers as though
such pauses were the proper thing, even
in a rush--Chicaro News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22
A Black Hins Nimrod.

w. b. Williams, better known as
"Grasshopper BiH,n returned Friday
from weeks hunting trip During
that space of time he traversed
nearly all the u~ninhabited portions
of the Black Hills and killed nearly
all the game in TIE country. His
fayorite style OF hunting is practicing
the ''jungle act" in which he crawls
through the deepest thickets for
miles on his hands and knees, with a
revolver in one hand, a Winchester ia
the other and a bowie knife. between
his teeth. He has got so that he can
shoot birds so that the feathers and
UPWARDS will be removed and the
fowl ready for dressing, and he is
nov thinking of ioading one barrel OF
his gun with hot water so as to dress
and cook the bird with one shot.
His trip made him very tough, and
he wears a coil Of barb wire inside of
his nndershirt without any discom-
fort =
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22
No Cloud without Rain.

M-m -f2nn
A very curious fact is that . oloue
is always raining. Even in summs.'
when the cloud ever our head Is Whit n',
the drops are falling from it pss
thew are very small. aud they evapoIs.s
before they reach the earth. in esspy
sting they pass from the c~loud-palu I'm
stage 70 the haze-psrticle stage, no~
s~aturatieu 70 simple condensa'ion /.
the dry dust particles on when IN
condensation took place may oes,h
perfectly drr. lis a general u;ns
that when . cloud Is formed II pes -
to rain. The minnie particles o. .scs
come down in millions. The dis'v
they ian depends on their sizs. !
the air the clouds rest on is dry aps
warm they do not get far. IL
chilly they collect in masses ana
drcls Of rain that reach the es1'A
Losgmaa,s Aaed<iae
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22
A SAMPLE BUREAU.
An Organization to do Away With tn
Numerous Petty Grain Thieves.

nm " wv A"H WIN III
Numerous Petty Grain Thieves.
The commission men met at the
Chamber OF Commerce at Minneap-
CHS Saturday afternoon to discuss the
ACCESSIBILITY OF establishing a sam
piers bureau. After an hours in
formal talk, in which everybody aired
thei views thoroughly, the following
resolution was presented by Jas.
Eryington, OF the Pilisbury Company,
and unanimously passed:
Resolved, That this meeting
recommend that the board of direct
ors of the Chamber of Commerce
appoint a COMMITTEES of fiye grain
receivers to organize a sample bureau
and give said committee power to act
and h~xisalaries and fees, il being our
desire to give the system a fair trial.
The system, as outlined in Chief
Inspector Clausen's preliminary re-
marks, 0contemplates the establish.
ment OF a samplers bureau, putting
agood man at the head of it and con-
Iducting the business OF sampling cars
in an organized and intelligent man
ner. Heretofore there has been
neither order nor Judgment used by
Anybody on account Of the pulling and
hauling nmong the interested parties.
Everybody went on the go-as-you.
please plan. II the proposed plan is
effected, of which there is scarcely a
doubt, there will be a sampler located
in each railroad yard. He will have
one or more assistants to take the
samples TO the central bureau, from
which they can be distributed by the
different firms. 1t is said that an
hours valuable time can be saved in
this manner. The plan proposed for
handling samples, pending the organ
iZation Of a sample bureau, is to have
the state department fix a special
time at which its men should leave
the railroad yards for the purpose of.
opening cars for resembling. II was
decided that 2o'clock was the most
convenient hour for the samplers
representing the receivers of the
chamber OF commerce. The sampling
viii thus be all done at the same
time and the work cleaned up early
in the afternoon.
The only objection raised was as to
the possibility of delay in securing
samples; that is, whether the sam
piers would have to wait until the
inspection was performed. Mr..
Clausen stated that that would not
be at an necessary; that samplers
would follow the state sealer after he
had opened the cars, procure their
samples in advance OF the inspection,
and thus save all unnecessary delay.
The meeting was largely attended
and universal satisfaction was ex-
pressed at the prospect of a speedy
from the present slack
methods of sampling. The progress
made in the last two days in the mat
ter of car sealing and sampling grain
viii work most disadvantageously to
the petty thieves who have so long
produced exasperating shortages.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22
Hy rIRr
Reliable Estimates OF The Amount of
Property Burned In This Country,

z-.-- LH LANF
Reliable Estimates OF The Amount Of
Property Burned In This Country.
The national hoard OF Fine Under.
writer's estimates the value OF the
property destroyed by fire in the
United States In the year 1891 al
sl43,o0o, 600, and for the ten years
ending Dec. 81 1891, at over sl,I0o,-
100000. All this was absolute loss.
so much value utterly destroyed.
Insurance only distributes particular
losses 50 that they do not fall SO
heavily on individuals: it does not
save any portion OF this enormous
value, which is completely gone. 1t
is so much deducted from the
national wealth; so much forever
dissipated in smoke.
The amount lost in 1891 exceeds
the whole cost OF maintaining the
public schools OF the United States
In the year 1890. 1t exceeds the
whole amount OF national bank notes
in circulation on Sept. 25th, 1891. Ii
exceeds the whole payment by the
national government to pensioners
during that year, 1t exceeds the
value of all merchandise imported in
American vessels during the year
ending June Soth, 1891.
Underwriters believe that one-half
of this immense and increasing
annual loss is due TO incendiarism
and criminal ~carelessness. They
believe thatthis portion of the loss
could be mostly prevented by suit
able laws with efficient penalties.
Last winter the national board OF
Fire Underwriters addressed a letter
to the president. He holds that it is
not a matter with which the national
government can properly deal.
Therefore the board has sent letters
10 the governors OF az the states ask
ing them to recommend more
stringent legislation for the pre-
yention Of fires.
The matter OF one Of the serious
public concern. The annual saving
of s70,0o0,oco OF value which is now
annually lost would be an appreciable
factor in natioEal prosperity. The case
isone 70 whichP Poor Richards maxim.
"Apenny saved is a penny earned is
applicable.
I
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22


A piece of land on Broadway was
sold last month to the American
surety company OF New York CITY
for the nice sum OF sI.o4e, 600. The
Let comprised $500 square feet and
the price paid was at the rate of
@,ooo>ooo per acre The old building
will at once be torn down and a new
building erected. This same lot sold
in 1880, only sixty two years ago. for
$500. The average person hardly
appreciates the iinmense value that
iegitimately attaches to real estate.
IL Is about the only article that Is
limited in supply, and as the popu.
iation Of the world increases it must
Of necessity increase in value.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

William and Mary Pushman were
placed under arrest Friday night on
the charge Of murder in the first
degree. For some days there has been
much excitement in Walkeryille, near
Butte, Mont, over the apparent
attempts OF Mrs. William Pushman
of that city to kill her two-weeks-old
baby, The child was found to have
been fed on pins. According to the
testimony of neighbors, the mother
appeared to have conceived a hatred
for the child from its birth, and
abused it shanlefully. The infant
died Tuesday. An autopsy was held
and infant'sleft arm was found TO be
broken and the skull had been frac-
tured by a heavy blow on the left side
of the head. Physicians said that
the blow had been administered since
birth. There were signs in the abdo-
men of protracted starvation. A
number of pins passed the infant the
last three days of its life. The cor
oner's jury brought in a verdict that
the child came to its death through
cruelty at the hands of William and
Mary Pushman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22
NO MIRACLES AT CANTON.
Respectable. Citizens Denounce The stories
Sent Out to Draw m The CreduIouS.

sent Out to Draw m The CreduIous.
A couple of correspondents with a
great deal more industry than
honesty have done the village Of
Canton and the aus of religion
i~ncalculable injury by representing a
state of things there that does not
exist. The innumerable stories they
have sent out in regard TO the great
crowds of aiiing people who have
gathered under the miracle" window
and gone back to their homes cured
of hronic diseases are almost pure
dctiOn. These yarns have themselves
brought a miscellaneous lot of intirm
people there, but there is not an
authentic cas- of one going away
cured, One day, a month ago, an
old man, crippled for life, prayed
under the window, and in his excite
ment threw away his crutches and
asserted that he could walk as well
as he could when a boy. He walked
away, but when he reached home and
became calm, discovered that he was
in intense pain, and had to take to
his bed for a week, and when he
arose he had to take to his crutches
again.
A case of a girl from Minneapolis
was cited. She came to Canton and
the s~tory-tellers related that she was
cured of a disease of the spine Of ten
years standing. Having a lively
imagination, the girl did state that
she was much improved. Not
twenty-four hours after, however,
she suffered a relapse, and now has
the disease, which is plainly incur
able, a bad as ever. The people of
Canton and vicinity are intelligent
and respectable, and the seriously
object TO being s~candalized by the
stories that are being sent out in
regard to the alleged miracle cures
here. Neither the clergy nor the
people take any stock in the miracle
nonsense. To be sure some inlrm
persons attracted hither by the cruel
yarns sent out occasionally appear at
the residence Of the Catholic priest
and ask for the privilege of being
prayed with at the little church of
st. Michael. Such requests are
always c%ourteously granted by Father
Jones, but he does not believe and
does not profess to believe that there
is any superhuman power in the
alleged image Of Mary and the ChriSt
child in the little window ever the
church door.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22
Another stumng Preferred,

sMS dear, said the funny man to
his wife, Il have brought home the
turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, and
l have a personal request to make In
regard 70 its preparation
Whats thats.s
ssWhatever you do. please don't
stud it with chestnuts. r-Detroit
Free Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

The new postal money orders which
have been ordered by the government
VIII soon be issued. In the new system
there is little or 10 complication.
Sheets will be issued calling for
amounts from II cent to three
dollars, which can be torn of TO suit
b demands OF purchasers. The
poss1n>sssNgin have no writing to dc
on It, the sender sfmpfy endorsing ii
enc same as a check or draft. One
cent will pay the tariff on amounts
up 10 three dollars, instead of five
cents as at present. I
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

Il had the honor TO be born in a
most remarkable year." says lDr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes; ''tne same
year with four of the greatest men
this generation has known-Tenny-
son, Gladstone, Darwin and Lincoln
But OF these famous men three
E~nglishmen and two Americans only
two are left-Gladstone and DIR.
Holmes DIR. Holmes celebrated his
eighty-third birthday Aug. 20. Glad
stones eighty-third birthday comes
on Dec %
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

Representative Lind, of Minnesota.
purposes to have IN act passed. or else
a provision attached to the postoffice
appropriation bill compelling the
government to sell stamped envelopes
at their face value-that is, 2 cents.
Mr.. Lind holds that if the govern
ment can ofIord to sell postal cards
at 1cent, it can afford to throw in
an envelope with a > cent stamp. He
points out the fact that the postoffice
department is prohibited from sell.
ing printed stamped envelopes, and
business men are compelled to buy
their stamped envelopes, paying 2
cents for the stamp and something
like / cent for the envelope; and then
are compelled to take their envelopes
to the printer at home TO have their
business cards put on. This makes
the cost too much. He argues that
the increased sale OF stamped
envelopes will more than equalize
the extra expense 10 the government
Of their manufacture.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

From experiments made by English
scientists 1T appears that camphor
and oxygenated water are the most
energetic excitants OF growth, not
only as regards the ac~ceieration of
termination but as affecting the
yigor of plants. 81
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

The first act Of Congressman John
son, Of North Dakota, after his return
to Washington was getting a large
body Of land in the Minot district
opened to settlement. The opening
of this land will add largely To the
income of the lIinot land Office. and
an effort will &c made to have Col.
Piummer Withdraw bis resignation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

Gerrlan piano manufacturers are
reported to be in great distress. RoE-
merry they sold many instruments IN
Russia, but the present duty ofsioe
on a grand piano and 500 ON AN
upright has almost put an end to tlie
export of pianos.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

There VIII certainly be no COM
planning ofthe too great size OF the
cotton crop this year. Ii is now
expected to be not much more than
half of that Of last year-may not
exceed 4,000,O0O bales. lit Will
probably bring a high price. AlwaSs
a product brings a high price when
people have none of il to sell.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

Miss Kate Marsden, who is much
interested in the establishment of
ieper colonies in Liberia, is coming
TO this country TO lecture and raise
funds to enable her TO carry out her
benevolent schemes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

The deacons az Beechers cid
church have resolved to contribute
no more money TO missionary insti-
buttons which teach that the uncon-
verted heather are necessarily lost.
ms means they win no longer
support the American board.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

An essay upon crime, written by
hobespierre in competition for a
prize in 1875, has been rescued from
destruction in the waste room of a
paper mill.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

Jerome Park, near New York, for
many yearso n of the most popular
race tracks in the country, is to
become the property Of a syndicate
and be cut up into building lots.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

OF ohicago's l,2Os, e69, people only
ssz'7os are of native American stock.
Inc German leads with 3s4,a5s. Fhc
lrlsll are third, numbering 215.5aL
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22

a %Laplander can skate n hundred
ana hitymiles in a day, and has been
known TO beat the record when his
mother-in-law has been in hot pur-