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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04
In Good shane.

f. p. Wells, who has been making
an extended eastern visit, in the
interests of the North Dakota Loan
and Trust Company, says that the
gloomy talk about North Dakota
that formerly vas heard in eastern
financial circles, has about disap-
pearcd. '"The time was, a short while
ago." said Mr.. Wells to a jamestown
Alert reporter, that you could not
FL land in North Dakota at any
p ice, but now, if a figure is put on ii
tnat investors think low enough, the
land is snapped up quick enough.
The next Western boom that is looked
for is in farm land and not in town
l)ts. North Dakota is in much bet
tsr shape than the state has been in
for several years, and her lands are
bound to have a widely-known mar
ket value" Speaking of the deprcs-
sion in the price of wheat Mr.. Wells
said that it appeared as if nc condi-
ton had any effect on the market any
more, for if ever there was a year
when a farmer could look for a good
prices, it was this summer. The
prospective passage of the anticipation
bill is having a depressing effect on
spectators and they are not trying to
operate much until that important
financial legislation is settled.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04
A HAPPY ACCIDENT.
Love is a peculiar thing.

~ - - I1|1N@A
He bought her creams and hon
and bouquets and opera tickets !
bankruptcy stared him rudely in N
face, and still she would not nama y
day. lie knew very well that win I
weekly allowance of SIS he conld =
stand the strain much longer. He N
borrowed of his friends until his -
had become a sweet memory ~ =
past. d
There was to be a picnic the fo,,oJ
ing Sunday at a little lake in fhe ~.
consin woods. lie made up his ~
to attend it, and in the sweet cow,
sion of the whispering forest make 4
final and grandest plea for her bess
and hand.
The through train stopped 10 let ID
picnic party off at "A point mid,yav y
tween stations. Another train w, =
stop aud pick them up at G o'ClocL y
the evening. )
Love is blind and also deaf.
They wandered away to a DID,
and secluded part of the woods -
were quite unconscious of the fact ~
remorseless time flies on just the ss-9
whether wedding days are decided rn
or not. When they discovered that h.
train had gone and realized that thaa
was no other way of returning 10 NJ
city that night great sadness fell NM
them. 1t was all an accident.
She cried and said her name ro,,
he compromised forever.
Lie cried and said his would too
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04
Short Crops on Puget sound.

There will be great shortage in the
Oregon and Washington grain crop.
The deficit in the Oregon yield alone
is estimated at :, 800, 600 bushels, and
the shortage of the Washington crop,
although the figures are not exactly
known, is thought to be about half
that amount. The shortage is due
principally to the severe weather of
spring and the hot weather that fol-
lowed. The crop in nearly all the
localities in eastern Oregon and eastern
Washington has been burned by the
scorching sun and hot, dry winds. In
some sections of both states the crop
is not worth cutting. Late-sown
grain in both states was remarkably
improved last week by rain, which
lodged heavy oats. Last year the
Greg IN wheat crop amounted to
$500, 600 bushels, and this year it is
estimated that there will be afalling
off of from Is to 20 per cent. The
grain crop of eastern Oregon yielded
$500. 900 bushels in 1891, and this
year there will be a falling off of from
25 to 30 per cent. Should there be a
failure of crops both states would be
in bad shape. There are only about
100, 200 bushels of old wheat in Orc
gon, and less than 100000 bushels in
Washington.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04

Professor Drasche, of the Vienna
sanitary board, takes a cheerful view
OF cholera on the whole. He thinks
IL cannot spread as a pestilence
through Europe an account of
improved sanitation in the past gen.
eratien. No other country in Europe
has such bad sanitary conditions as
Russia
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04

Watkin James, the aged stepfather
of Henry NJ. Stanley, is one of the
strikers at Homestead. Mr.. James is
a Welshman, and married Stanley's
mother some years after the African
hero was born. He Is a gray haired
man of about 20 years of age, and
speaks English with a strong Cam
brian accent. Stanley's mother, who
was Mr.. James first wife, died many
years ago, and the old mill-worker
has since twice married.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04
March.

Fred Emerson Brooks, 4 Caiiforn3
poet, tells this story: He visited 0s.
eral Sherman two years ago, wnen y
latter was in San Francisco, and ASK
the privilege of putting into verse -
story of the march to the sea. SOM
thing after the style of l.. baenau.5
Reads "Sheridan's Kide.S Ihegss
eral replied: "Mr. Read came 70 =
with the same proposition himself :
dear young man, on two occaslons:a1
/ begged him not to make the en,sz
and to be satisfied with the fame b
Sheridan poem had made hinl-ou:
you spring from the far western s0ss
will be pleasant for me to give
the ideas you desire, not that -
forl the naturalization in 'eIss
much as / do for a voice from ms +
western country speaking iu
brave soldiers who carried tne,l
all that long journey, and maze n |,
surrender a conclusion reacneu
out the shedding of blood" lais
the last General Sherman hearu
poem, SAYS the indianapolis aoa'
until Memorial Day at Bos'1n
year before he died when Id
who had been chosen to read tnePvs1
of the day, walked down the plaav'
impersonating a blind soid's.
search of Sherman. The story y. IN
poem was of a simple soldier "a
love, patriotism and devotlon' al.
its completion the aged genera
weeping like a child.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04

Paris viii greet the opening of the
Twentieth century with a worlds
fair. Thus far Paris has made
international expositlons pay better
ahan any sther city. People like
TO 90 to Paris.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04
OUR FEET MADE FOR TREE CLIMBING.
n Sole OF a Newborn Baby's Fooe'
shows This Clearly. =

@H'
In a recent number of the Nineteenth
Century DR.. Louis Robinson, in al
article on THE Meaning of a Baby's
Footprint" says: "If we were to- eng
deavor to prove design from the study
of the various parts OF the elabost5
machinery of bones, muscles and
tendons revealed by dissection. our IN
vestigations might well end in a CO.,
clusion that some sort of design wa
indicated, but it would be design which
plainly had in view the purpose q
climbing trees rather than of walking
or running on terra frma."
1t is probable, it appears, that SCENT
fc investigators of the dim failure vi
conclude from the structure of u
human foot that the man of the pressed
epoch lived among the branches q
trees, though well able to progress q
the ground.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04
A spouse.

Loving wife-Don't forget tnat "
are to go to the dentists at 10 oci01
to have all your teeth pulled u
Observation-Disclosures snakes. We.
are YOU 81
Wife-Oh, 1 forgot to tell you, \
dear. l ordered you a new set OF -
for a Christmas presently. \. We"
w.,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04

A money making industry in the
future for the United States will be
the hog industry. The leading
countries of Europe now admit our
pork on the simple certificate of this
government that it has been
Inspected and found healthy. That
means a market for American pork
such as has not yet fairly begun to
open American farmers may turn
their attention TO hog raising with
the certainty of a demand for their
product Meantime the utmost skill
and intelligence should be exercised
TO make this meat the best of its kind
in the world. We have all the con-
ditions for putting American pork
beyoad comBetition.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04

The annual conference of the new
school of Jewish rabbis this summer
made some important changes in
church customs and ceremonies. For
one thing it was decided that here
after cremation of the dead shall be
permitted among Jews. If a Jewish
rabbi be called to perform funeral
rites over a corpse that is to be Gre
mated, the instruction is that he
shall perform them accordingly,
since cremation OF the dead is not in
opposition to the spirit of the Jewish
religion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04
r DAKOTA NEWS.

On account Of the clip being much
cleaner this year, the wool clippers
claim they can shear an average Of
fifteen sheep per day more than other
years.
Farmers are very generally petit
tiOning the railroad commissioners
for platforms TO facilitate handling
and shipment of grain at railway sta
tiOnS.
Mustard seed is getting to be of
some value in the Glendale market,
about 200 bushels being bought Tues
day for shipment at sixty cents per
hundred weight.
The Mouse River, which nearly
went dry in 1890, is now nearly 1000
feet wide in places, and near Bottin-
eau, where the new ferry is being put
in, it is 100 feet wide.
The Yerxa Hose Team of Fargo
has received a telegram from buffalo,
n. Y, with a proposition to run
against a combined team of sprinters
from Buffalo and Canada on Aug. IS.
The champions will accept.
The trial of James BrOderick, inc
of the gang of robbers incarcerated
now in Pembina county Jail, took
place at Pembina last week. He was
the first tried and the jury returned
a verdict of guilty.
Atan enthusiastic meeting Of the
Grand Forks chamber of commerce
Friday night the State Worlds Fair
Board was roasted for not pushing
the state exhibit. A memorial was
adopted urging Governor Burke to
appoint a new board Immediately,
and urging citizens of the state to
unite in an effort TO make the state
exhibit at Chicago a success. The
legislature has already appropriated
S3S, 900, and an effort will be made to
raise an additipnal sun by subscrip
tiOD.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04

FOOT OF A NEWBORN lNFASi'
While the bones of the foot and sne'
arrangement indicate a fitness to be
weight from above, the muscles a.
tendons entirely bear out the view tns
men were designed for tree life. Inc
could not, it is said, have been made e
anything but arboreal climbing, as mar
of them are unnecessary for terres'r'.
motion and nature does nothing tna' !
unnecessary. This, of course, is eni
another proof hat we are related'o z
great apes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04


1t is next tocertain that the date of
dedication Of the worlds fair build
ings will be changed from October II
to October p, the latter being really
the 4e0th anniversary of the landing
of Columbus, allowance being made
for the correction in the calendar
made in the time of Pope Gregory.
The senate has passed a bill making
the change referred to, and it is not
doubted that the house of representa-
tiyes will take like action. The
change was requested by the
worlds fair commissioners of New
York, the legislature of which state
had provided for a Columbus cele-
bration on October y. 1t was
thought that the two celebrations, if
held simultaneously, would detract
from each other.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04

Chicago now has a population of
100000, according to an estimate
based on the canvas made for the city
directory just issued. This is an
increase of about 100000 lover the
school census of 1890.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04

Rev. Mr.. Tyrrell, the Methodist
preacher at Eft. Dodge, Iowa, who
offered TO whipa man for doubling the
accuracy of his timing on a horse
race, has handed in his resignation to
the presiding elder. 1t was promptly
accepted. Mr.. Tyrrell announces
his intention of going into the bust
ness of horse racing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04

There are two ways of getting along
in this world. One way is to make
the best of it, and the otheri is to make
the worst of it. Those who take the
latter course work hard for poor pay.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04
Shall Girls Propose?

A Speculative bachelor q WI" ach
a book to answer the question: r.
Girls Propose?" He takes the am
tive, and declares there is no sens
a custom which permits a stup'n
to propose marriage to a clever W. s
and debars his brilliant sister irou
pressing her preference. ihas M
have proposed is asserted, anu =
Victoria, Nine. De Lesseps, fa1l' a
oness Hurdett-Cout and MS
kins-Searles are cited as illustrs
The Oldest spoon m the w Sndl
longs to George A. Warren 2.
apolis. 1t is 229 years ola a"-
brought from England.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04

Harry Cowan, of Condo, has pat
ented an automatic measuring device
to be attached to threshing machines.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-04

Elizabeth cried bitterly as she read.
Yes, Marks was the strong love and
she was not worth it. Why could she
not love himP She did. dearly, after
a fashion; she revered him and was
grateful for his goodness to her. But
the old passion for the man who had
not cared for her was still alive. She
could not pretend what she did not
feel.
She felt very humble. If she could
only do something for him, in the
beginning, when she first realized how
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-11-01
M.shsfly Catnsh.

Mr.. Gunther. In his work on The
Study Of Fishes" states that the only
species of fsh In which the mother take
any care of her offspring are Of the genera
Aspredo and SolenostOma. But ! have
seen the common catfish guarding her
young In the most devoted manner. u
may, however. have ben the male, but
don't believe 10. IL w~ In July, is-2.
and I was on the w--t shor. Of Long
lake, Ina the great northern wilderness of
New York state. The catfish hal got
her young lfif,y or sixty In the school
should say) into little bay 80 shallow
that her enemies could not swim In H.
The young cathshes were very small In.
deed and looked like little taipoles.
Whenever anyone % the little fellows
yentured into dsspish place he Wa
sure TO L. seiIe,i by soms large hsh. the
large fish seemed to h. perch and there
were half q dozen Or 80 VI them.
Every perch that came near was a,.
tacked by the mother hsh and driven
back several feet or yards; but when
ever the mother fsh turned 10 20 back
to her young one OF more OF the
perch would bite her. Her caudAi hn.
or tail. was torn 10 pieces. watched
the battle for some time. The old cat.
fish was getting the worst OF Il. and
when I left she was making brave but
losing fight One by one her offspring
were picked OF. the perch occasionally
rushing into the shallow water elose 20
the school % the young hsh. do not
know whether my observation is the
only one Of the kind or not.-EIchAnge.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-11-01
Tn I'm n uallooa.

There IL good deal 10 be learned
from balloon accidents" said the EIni.
neut Person. although ! am by no
means sure that we shall learn IT.
The height at which the balloon was
when the accident happened has been
variously computed" the Journalist
said. "but Il seems 10 have been higher
than the top % ~. Paul's cathedral, 40
cor,iing TO one computation almost
double the height. - one can imagine
q little how terrible the fall must have
been"
II should like 10 lie at that Insight
above London occasionally" said tho
poet; Zone could realize the unimpor'
lance Of . lot Of unimportant things %
much better. When men appeared 10
ms TO b. the size Of the ordinary house
ny, Q difference Of income. for instance,
would seem % be too small 10 be worth
consideration. We know how high
above the earth there IL breathable at.
mo.phere; wonder how high one would
have 20 20 before one lost ones sense OF
social status."
"You can do that without going mp In
Q balloon. the Ordinary Man observed.
"MiI with your supsriors, and you are
bound To believe In social equality. Mix
with your equals and you'll still 30
proud"
"And II mir with my inferiorsy"
snow. why take impossible casesy
sAid the Mere Boy genially.-Blsck and
Whiss
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-11-01


Nevertheless ! persisted In moving.
crswlei into the next room. where there
IA, q r,d hot stove. and when pretty
we'll thawei ont made q systematic
search for my clothes. Luckily | found
them all. even 90 the oyercoat, In u
closet, and soon dressed myself. The
pockets were empty. but did not mind
that. for In the waistbani Of my trous-
ers I had sewed q fifty dollar note, a
precau,ion against ''going broke" which
have not In years allowed myself b.
travel without. With this money !
made my way back 10 New York on
that nights fast line, number four
-having broken out Of Mr.. tablets shop
and before ten o'clock the next day
was walking up Broadway.
~ ended the lesson of my unlucky
astralixation. and my story u done, ex.
cept that I deem u due 30 Marian to de.
clare explicitly she had no, been guilty
% any such improperly as ] seemed to
witness. In fact. she not only had nc
visitor that evening. but was not even
at home. having gone 10 spend the night
at her sisters. The scene which ap-
peared 20 shockingly real 10 me was
simply an artful illusion, got mp by .
couple Of ~aggish "elementals," who
impersonated her and the total stranger
with such skill A. to completely deceive
me. Their trick could not have bee'.
successful but for the perturbation OF
mind was In at the time, but am not
now sorry II was played, for II viii en-
hance my caution In accepting - real
even the most plausible appearances on
the astral plane.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-11-01
what IN Astral Besiy is

The structure of the inner astral man
10 definite and coherent just - the
outer body has Q spne. which Is the
column whereon the being sustains
itself with the brain at the top. - the
astral body has its spine and brain. IL
IL material. for 10 1. made ~ mstte,.
however finely divided. and is not OF the
nature u the spirit.
After the maturity u the child before
birth this form u fIed. coherent AMI
lasting. undergoing but small alteration
from that day until death. And ~ also
A. 20 its brain-thAt remains unchanged
until the holy u given up. and does not,
like the outer brain, give up cells 10 D.
replaced by others from hour % hour.
These inner parts are thus more perms-
nent than the outer correspondents to
them.
Our material organs, bones and tis-
sues are undergoing change each In.
slant. This IL not the case with the In
ner form. II alters only from life to
life, bsing Constructed at the time Of
rtllCbuaNlhu W ta-t tot ~ "hoi' l~it'-A
of existence. For u Il the model hIed
Ivy the present evolutionary PROPORTIONS
for the outer body. II l. the collector.
a. II were. of the visible atoms which
make us y. We outwar,ily appear.
~ at birth 10 is potentially u . Ger.
tain sine. and when that limit is reached
10 stops the further extension Of the
holy. AZ the same time the outer body
is KEEP, In shape by the inner one until
the PERIOD of decay. And this decay,
followed by death. Il not due 10 bodily
di.integration pr -, but 10 the fact
that the term ~ the astral body II
reaeh.d when u IL no longer able ~
hold the outer frame intact. IL power
% resist the impact and war ~ the ma
terial molecules being exhausted. the
.leep ~ death sur-ryen.s.
Now. ~ In our physical form the brain
AMI spine arr the o.nters for nerves, ~
In the other thsr. are the nerves which
ramify from the inner brain and spine
all over the structure. All 10 these are
related to every organ In the outer vis-
ibls body. They are more In the nature
of currents than nerves, ~ We under.
stand the wori. and may h. callsi Astro-
n.fyss "A Thcu<ophist In Iucifer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-11-01

be plain to him. My purchase of .
ticket obligated the company repre-
sented by him 20 transport my body
from Pittsburg to Baltimore. Il was no
concern of his that I had chosen 90 alb
sent myself during the carrying out Of
that contract. His business simply was
10 Aide my unconscious corporraiity
aboard the baltimore train, and In good
confidence Of his having done - I hur.
rici In pursuit % Il. but to my serious
displeasure ! found the fellow hsd not
done what ! counted upon. searched
all ihe cars through and through. In.
,p-cting carefully all the bodies they
contained. and mine was not among
them.
Of cour-e I felt annoyed; still thers
was some satisfaction In knowing there
Was but one other alternative action the
fellow could have taken. Finding Il
impossible TO wake my body up. he hsd
Just let u lie. trusting ! would have my
sleep out by the time the train reached
Philadelphia, or perhaps New York.
Somewhere between Conewago and
Mount Joy ! overlook the main train
and rAnsackei Il In vain. The double
lower" had occupied was empty. The
snoring girl still thrilled the echoes,
the familiar smells werc al there yet
and the porter. who bad sworn 10 take
care of me. eat aslesp In the smoking
compartment with his head thrown hack
and his mouth open. looking like gash
In . black watermelon. But what had
be done with my boiyi How longcd
to kick him awake and demand that of
him! but for all practical purposes ]
ing corporeality than thought which
has not ye, occurred 10 anybody. The
hideous fact forced itself squsrely upon
my socsp,anoc-l had Lost my body.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-11-01
IA, elIapfN or TAXATION.

The burden Of TAXATION IL becoming .
.sriou. matter Ia farmers under the de-
pressed condition Of interest. While
hi. business Ia. been on the decline,
taxation has been on the Increase, and
the assessed value of our farms has not
Kept pace With the decr-sse In value of
farms for farming purposes. Many OF
them are assessed for more than they
would .sll for. one farm In my vicinity
va. closed out on q mortgage OF s!,JpO
that had been ass.ssed for p,""'
Another sold at auStion for el,t;O, as
.s..ed AT s2,JOO. while our farms are
assessed above their real value, much of
our ,IllAg. property return. an Income
over interest of money Invested and
taxes.
n. not this the cause Of the stampede
from farm. Ia our villages aud cities'
Would not q judicious system OF taxing
income. relieve the farmer of this bur
den and have n tendency to check the
accumulation II such large amount. of
money In few hands, IL !. evident
that the man Who pays taxes without an
annual Income IL on the road Ia bank
rup,cy and ruin. MANY of our farms
.rr appraised far above their real value
for farming purposes, and many farmers
are having taxe. Who really have no
income above expenses.-New England
Warmer