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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

fnII service required by these contracts Is
astablished there will be ~forty-one steam
ers ander the American flag. The con
trao.g recently let for the transatlantic
service will result in the construction Of
Eve ships Of ten Thousand tons each, cost,
ING nino or ten million dollars, and VIII
add. with the City of New fork and CITY
~ pain to which the treasury depart
ment was authorized by Legislation at the
last session, to give American registry
seven of the swiftest vessels upon the sea
10 our naval reserve. earnestly urge =
eontlnuanoe of the policy inaugurated oy
this legislation, and that the approPrla,
ton required to meet the obligation OF the
government under the contracts may Dc
made promptly so that the lines that pave
entered inEo these engagements may no'
be embarrassed
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15
WORK.

Nine Thousand New Postofices Est&o-
Iisbed-Yncrease OF Revenues
The report of the postmaster genera
shows o most gratifying increase ana u
most efficient aud progressive manage
ment of the great business of hat depart
ment. The remarkable increase IN rev
enues, ia the number Of postoihces inc ln
the miles Of mail interchange furnishes
further evidence of The high state OF pros
perity which our people are enjoying
New hamlets, towns, routes and boruer
settlements increase revenues ana meau
active The postmaster gen
eral reviews the whole period OF his ao-
ministratiou of the Office aud brings some
of his statistics down to the month OF
November last. The postal revenues
have increased during the last year nearly
Eve million dollars. The deficit for the
year ending-June 30 last Is o one mil.
lion dollars less than that deficiency OF
the preceding year. The deficiency Of
the present fiscal year, 1t is estimated.
VIII be. reduced TO SlS5. $50, 1873, which VIII
not only be extinguished duri1g the next
fiscal year. but a surplus OF nearly one
mill.oc dollars should then be shown.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15
December Forecasts.

Weather Prophet Hicks sizes up
December weather for this latitude
40 follows: The month will open
clear. From Sd to 5th rain and snow.
followed by cold. Winter solstace
about the 10th, which insures hard
winter storms for several days fol-
lowing. From 9Th TO 18th hard
storms will rage OH the seas and sweep
over the continents, followed by a
cold wave and much harder freezing.
Prepare for it. Cold win modify
about the 18th, accompanied by rain
and snow. Active winter storms will
APPEAR on 10th to 23d followed by rain
and thunder and lightning in the
south as a result OF the Venus equi-
pot on the 2sth. After this heavy
Ano's turning to blizzard, will sweep
the oountr5, with very Cold weather
about Christmas. December will go
out ctld.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15
BOOTHS LAST DRINK.
story Of the Man who Claims to Have
Supplied 1t.

-
One of the witnesses for the prosecu-
ton in the trial of the persons who con-
.pired to assassinaie President Lincoln
was Jarsos p. rer%uson, the proprietor
of the restaurant AL saloon adjoining
Ford's theater. nr. Ferguson had
heard that General Craft. pf whom he
was an enthusiastic admireT. was TO be
i'm the theater on that eventfGi >nSu
IA, 1865.
He therefore purchased seats nere 20
the box, SAYS the \. Y. Journal, direct
ly opposite the one in which sat Presi-
dent ard Mrs. Lincoln, Major Rathbone
and his ~affianCed. Miss Harris. From bis
position Ferguson was, of courss.
abled 10 see everything that occHr,.-.
He is now a resident of Cincinnati.
Ferguson claims that he sold Wilkes
Booth the last drink of liquor he tcok
before he shot the president. Fergus0u
was lust about 10 start for the theater
when Booth, who was well known to
him, entered. Ferguson delayed long
enough 20 give him the drink he called
for. aud it is believed that this is the
bracer which the assassin took 10 ncrs'
him for the crime be was about to conf
NIT.
Mr.. Ferguson said: The District of
Columbia offered $1,000 for the first
information, and | was the first man
who gave it. ] carried the inforniat'ou
to the police headquarters aud also 10
Colonel John w. Forney aud Major
Richardson at the Chronicle office that
night Of the assassination. They made
affidavit to this, J put my claim in the
hands of General %Sloagh. He was APP
pointed minister To Mexico. where he
was assassinated in some quarrel. Ny
claim was left with u young fellow. j
got nothing. Colonel Baker got Il biz
pile of money, aud so did Major Dohcr-
ty. who commanded the troop of
cavalry that captured Booth, while
Boston Corbett, who shot him. got
1859 for his share"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15
OUR FINANCES 5.
Report of the Secretary of she Treasury
Reviewed.


The report of the secretary Of the tres-
sury will attract especial interest in view
of the many misleading statements that
have been made as to the state of the pub
lie revenues. Three preliminary facts
should not only be stated, but empha-
sized, before looking into details First,
that the public debt has been reduced
since March 1, 1889, S259,014, go, and the
annual intrests charges sll ,6s4, 400, second
that there have been paid out for pensions
during this administration up to Nov. l.,
1892, 1892, 56i, 1ls.Tl, an excess of Sll4,40o,-
ASSOC, over the sum expended during the
period from March /, 1885, to March i.
1859: and third, that under the existing
tariff up to Dec. l. about ni~nty-three mil
lion dollars of revenue which would have
been collected upon imported sugars IL
the duty had been maintained, has gone
into the pockets Of the people and not into
the public treasury, as before. IL thera
are any who Still! think that the surplus
should have been kept out of circulation by
boarding It in the treasury, or deposited
in favored banks without interest, while
the government continued to pay to these
very banks interest upon bonds deposited
as security for the deposits. or who think
that the extended pension legislation was
apublic robbery, or that the duties upon
sugar should have been maintained, l
am content to leave the argument where
It now rests, " lille we want TO see whether
these criticisms will take the form OF leg
islatiou.
The public debt reduction for the year
was a little over forty millions and the
net loss OF revenues of ali kinds was over
thirty-three millions. TIE revenues for
the present fiscal year, estimated and
actual are placed at four hundred and
sixty-thrse millions and the expenditures
two million less. The cash balance in the
treasury at the end OF the year is estimated
ar twenty. enc millions.
n she recommendation of the secretary
lat ths sinking fund law be repealed !
cCncu. The retirement Of bonds in the
~ 49, before maturity should be a mat
ter OF convenience not Of Compulsion. We
should not collect revenue for that pur-
pose, but only use any casual surplus.
Must Have Confidence In Money.
The public confidence In the purpose
and ability of the government 10 maintain
the parity Of all our money issues, whether
coin or paper must remain mistaken,
10 view CT the fact that the monetary
conferences is now sitting, aad that no
conclusion has as yet been reached, ]
withhold any recommendation as to Iegts,
ist.ou I?oO the silver question.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15
The Black e

A Vermont farmer sent a large black
hen to mis- married daughter, who lives
in town and who wished to keep this
present as a pet. The lady put the
hen in a coop within sight OF the
street.
Almost Immediately a neighbor,
passing by, said:
"Ah. you have a hen, haven't you::'
"Yes," said the lady.
Mice black one, isn't it?n
"Yes."
Soon another neishbos came along
aud said:
why, you have a hemp
"Yes."
-Just n hemp
ayes"
Goal black. isn't it!?"
"Yes."
In a few minutes another aequaint-
ance came by:
"Well, you have a
Bridget" said the lady to her SER
want, "kill the hen for supper
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15
SHE WORKS.
The Hands OF the Typewriter Girl Travel
Very Fs 1t.

-
III Hands OF the Typewriter Girl Travel
Very IL st.
Few people Imagine the amount of
labor involved in a days type.writing
or realize the distance the hand
travels in a days work.
The highest rate of speed ever
attained is 200 words a minute. This
is supposed to be the result of the
most rapid movements the human
hands are capable of. The person
making this record maintained this
speed for only four consecutive
minutes and has never been able to
exceed that limit.
Assuming the words averaged six
letters apiece, 1000 letters a minute
were written. II is estimated that
to make each letter the fingers arc
raised TO a height of two inches from
the keyboard. Two inches added for
the decending movement make the
fingers travel four inches before each
letter Is struck. SO this experts
hand is writing these 300 words
travelled 1890 inches, 400 feet during
the minute in which she wrote the
200 words. But this is unusual, of
course. Very rapid writing is
seventy-flve words a minute, and this
rate is too fast for comfort. Practi-
cal work is ten pages of legal paper
an hour. Each page contains 300
words.
Six hours steady writing can be
regarded as an entire days work.
This is a spead of fifty words a
minute, and the practical workers
write during the day sixty pages
$4,000, or 10000 letters. If the
fingers travel four inches to make
each letter, during the day it travels
$4,000 inches. This provides for
the perpendicular movement only,
and it is fair to increase this distance
by one-third to estimate the distance
the hand travel over the keyboard in
a horizontal direction. The total
sum in inches is $4,000. This is
equivalent TO $4,000 feet, or a little
over nine miles a day. In a week the
hands can cover tlfty-four miles, and
in a years steady application to bust
ness over $500 miles.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15
The ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Mr., SIiier's Bureau Commended tor Good
work-Some Recommendation.

Mr. SIiIier's Bureau Commended tor Good
work-Some Recommendation.
The report of the attorney general 10
ey law submitted directly 10 congress. bit
cannot refrain from saying that be has
conducted the increasing work Of the de
partment of justice with great profes.
sioual skill. He has IN several directions
occurred from the courts decisions giving
increased protection to the officers of the
United States, and In bridging soma
classes OF crime that escaped local cogni,
rance and punishment into The tribunals
of the United States, where they could be
tried in impartiality.
The president recommends n unifOrm
time allowance for good behavior = fed.
eral prisons, and also that different de.
srees of murder should be recognized by
the federal statutes. The president also
recommends liberal appropriations for
the defense OF claims against the govern.
ment, Which now mount to over tour
hundred millions Many are no doubt
unjust, aud therefore the means of ascer
tanning their justice should be placed a:
the Disposal of the attorney general.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

Mr.. il. w. L. Couperus, who has
spent ten years in growing the coffee
plant in Java and Japan, is now in
california trying to interest the people
there in cultivating the plant in the
southern part of the state. He claims
that the soil and climate of southern
esafffeFnia-are suitable for the growth
OF coffee, and that machinery could
be used to counterfeit the advantage
OF cheap labor in Java and japan.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

THE YOUNGEST EDITOR.
She Lives In Florida and Publishes The
Midget.

She Lives In Florida and Publishes The
Midget.
The youngest editor in the United
States is Ethel Stout, a native of the
state of Ohio, but now a resident OF
Florida. She was born in 1882, ana
has been an editor two years. Her
father is a newspaper man. 1t is but
natural, therefore, that she should
manifest an interest in journalism.
When eight years old she expressed a
wish for a paper of her own. Her
father told her if she would set the
type he would do the printing for her.
She began at once a temperance paper
The Midget, at Delaware, Ohio, and
in short time got to be quite an
expert compositor. She did her own
editing, and now the paper is aquarto,
published at Melbourne, Indian River,
Florida, and has a circulation of
nearly 10000.
Ethel is an enthusiast, and gives
one-tenth of all her income TO the
temperance cause. She is an unusu-
ally bright child, not very grave,
except at times, while her face fairly
beams with intelligence. She is
studious and thoughtful, while she
builds wonderful pasteboard houses
for her dolls or helps her mother in
domestic duties. She says she Sin
tends to play with dolls until she is
sixteen years of age She sings by
note, is fond of all kinds of literature,
and is of the most helpful, amiable
disposition. She is very industrious
and patient, and her sensibilities are
keealy alive to every emotion and
impression. She writes creditable
verses, and her editorial paragraphs
and the excellence of the selected
matter in her columns are evidences
Of her astuteness and intelligence.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15
The MERCHANT MARINE.
What Has Been and what Should Be
Done to Foster 1t.

What Has Been and what should Be
Done to Foster 1t.
Ever since our merchant marine was
driven from the sea by the rebel cruisers
during the war Of the rebellion, the
United States has beer paying an enor.
nous annual tribute 20 foreign countries
in the shape of freight and passage mon
les. Our graiu and meats have been
taken at our w docks aud our large inn
ports there laid down by foreign shlpmas-
tiers. An increasing torrent OF American
travel to Europe has contributed a vast
sum annually to the dividends of foreign
ship owners. The balance of trade shown
by the books of our custom houses ha:
beer largely reduced and in many years
altogether extinguished by this constant
strain. In the year 1892 the estimated
tonnage of all steamships required under
existing contracts is lG5, SIC and when the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

New Jersey comes to the front
with astrawberry plant which bears
fruit all the year, and Arkansas with
a 3-year-old negro boy who killed a
ratflo-sBake Just twice as old as him.
self, inside of which were found a
water-moccasin over four feet long, a
taack snake of the same length, two
dead toads and one live one, besides
a large bullfrog.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15
The Son.

There died at the county infrmary
at Findlay, Ohio, Friday, an old mar
named Paul Jordan, who has.always
declared that he was an illrgitimate
OF Napoleon Bonaparte, and that
ne was born at Paris in I7s6, which
statement, If true, would make him
atthe time of his death log years O,
age. Jordan's story, as told by him
on many'differelt occasions, was that
he went to Egypt in 1T9S with Napol.
Q upon his famous expedition to The
pyramids, and that he JORDAN was
captured by the TURKS, living with
them for several years a nomadic life.
afterwards being stolen by the Jews.
and lived in Jerusalem until a short
time after his reputed father was ban.
ished to the Island of st. Helena.
Jordan has lived as an inmate of the
Hancock county infirmary for the
pastten years, having been found in
a bewildered condition in the south.
ern part Of the county, unable to give
an account of himself. He afterward
proved to be able to speak French
iuently and vas conversant with sey-
eral dialects of the Tartars and
nomadic Turks. His name was given
him by the Jews, and vas perhaps.
taken from those Of the apostle and
river-Paul and Jordan. The story
seems incredible, but Jordan, who
was a fine-looking person, with an
unusually large head and fine broad
features, bore a remarkable resem-
olance to the distinguished Bonaparte
which was also a remarkable coinci-
dence- Jordan had remarkably small
and delicate hands, Bonaparte's most
characteristic features, and q could
be said they were OF feminine propor-
lions. Other circumstances also lead
everybody here to believe positively
that Jcrdan's story was correct and
that he was the son of the famous
conqueror.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

The general manager of the Balti.
more and Ohio railroad says that they
can move from the interior of the
country to the seaooard taking the
mean distance at 1000 miles, $50, coo
troops in thirty hours, together with
their necessary equipment. This
could be done without serious inter-
ruption to regular commercial traffic.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15
The WAR DEPARTMENT.

Some Important Sugsestlons Made by
Secretary EIkIns.
Tbs report of the secretary of wal
brtays again to the attention Of congres:
SONS important suggestions as to the re
organization OF the infantry aud ARTILLERY
arms OF the service, which his predecessor,
have before urged. Our army ia small
but IS organization should all the more
be put up On the most approved modern
basis. The organization aud the enlarge
nent OF the bureau of military informa
ton which the secretary has Effected Is 4
work the usefulness OF wt:ch will becOm,
every year mora apparent The work o.
building heavy guns and the eonstrUcti2l
CT coast de:enses has 5sel WEI. Began snJ
should be carried 81 withou: sEesk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Iceland has only two lawyers.

Iceland mas only Two lawyers.
The German Emperor has a walk.
ing stick made of rhinoceros skin.
The British Museum has thirty
TIVE miles of shelves filed with
books.
1t is estimated that 500, OO0, 0OC
gold OF British capital has been
invested in the railways of the
Argentine Republic.
Hercultile, the new French
explosive, is so powerful that half a
pound of it in a recent test displaced
a stone weighing 80 tons.
Flies are SO pestilential in Siam
that every soldier is compelled to
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15
Birthday of Things.

Buckles were first made in 1867.
Brandy was first made in France in
1910.
The first horse-railroad was built in
1926.
Choral was discovered BY Liebig in
1881.
Lampblack was invented by Mini in
1914.
Telescopes we're first made by Jansen
in 1890.
water-pipes Of lead were first made
in 1886.
The folding envelopes were iirst used
in 1889.
Quicksilver was first used in the arts
in l541.
Coal was first used in England as
fuel in 1850.
Coal oil was first used as an illumi-
naut in 1926.
The velocipede vas invented by
Drais in 1917.
The piano was invented by Christie
fall in I'LL.
Bomb-shells we're first made in Hol-
land in 1895.
The ~gatling-gun was the work of
GatllnS, 49,
BarometerS were invented by Tor
%ricelli, 1915,
Roller skates were invented by
Plympton in 1868.
Iron pavements were first laid III
London in 1917.
Steel needles were first made in Eng
land in 1915.
The thermometer was the invention
of Galileo, 1896.
The first almanac was printed IN
Hungary in 14Sl.
The first American paper money was
made in l7il
The electrotype was the work OF
Spencer, 1887.
Ice vas first made by machinery by
Carre in 1860.
Stem-winding watches were invented
by Noel, 1851.
The steam iire-engiue was the work
of Ericsson, l 81.
The cotton gin was the work Of Eli
Whitney. 1793.-ExcaaHge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

The common daphne grown in
flower gardens is n of the most
deadly poisons known to the botanist.
Three or fur OF the berries will kin
a ! as quickly as strychnine and
one has been known to kill child in
half an hour.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

AN experiment of Marcy's proves
that m~astication will accelerate the
flow OF blood through the carotid and
serves to show the wisdom of an editor
who used to eat figs while writing a
leading article, and even of those who
indnlgein the practice so d~isagreeable
to their neighbors of chewing
tobacco.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

A successful trial vas made on the
Erie canal, at Loekport, n. Y, a few
days ago of a full-sized canal boat
equipped with two revolving portable
wheels running like oyershot water
wheels in air-tight-recesses cut in
from the bottom of the boatTa-little
forward of the stern.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

Joe the Turk, of the Salvation
Army, viii in time become a star
evangelist OF an able editor il he
KEEPS on saying things like this: at
takes a of backbone to serve the
Lord, but any fool can serve the
devil y
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

The curious election result will be
shown in Ohio of n Cleveland
presidential elector and twenty-three
Harrison electors. This phenomenon
hs said to be the result of voters not
Knowing how TO stamp their ballots
rigdx.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

Buck Olsen, who was hanged at
Dorchester, n. B., for the murder of
a policeman, gave the signal himself
by shouting, Let her CO."
On a clear night a red light can be
seen at a greater distance than a
white light, but on a dark night the
reverse is the case.
The Samuel j. Randall Club. of st.
Louis, is going to raise a fund for the
support of that distinguished states
mans widow.
In a year the food eaten by a horse
IS nine times his weight; that OF a
cow nine times: that of an OK six
times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

A French eleetro-metallurgical
company asserts that it will be able
to sell the aluminium at a price
equivalent to less than fifteen cents a
pound, provided it is in a position to
dispose of a yearly output of 5000
tons of the metal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15

The date fixed for the meeting OF
the presidential electors, to cast their
vote fer president, is on the second
Monday Of January next following
election.