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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-03
Ruoklen.. Arniea salve,

The best salve in the world for cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fe-
yer Sores. letter. Chapped Hands. Chill
blalus Corns. and all Skin Eruptions
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
qulred. 1t guaranteed TO give perfect
satisfaction. or money refunded Price
50 cents per box. For sale by City
Drug Store
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
The Oldest known Inscription.

In the palace of the Louvre, Paris,
in that portion set apart for Hebrew
antiquities. may be seen the famous
pillar of King Mesa" 1t is fashioned
from pure black basalt, measures 40
inches in height, % in width, and ID
inches in thickness. For $500 years
the famous historical "stela" remained
in one position in the country of the
Moabites," on the shores of the Dead
sea, at the spot, as is supposed, where
the frontier of the territory Joined
with that of the tribe of Reuben. 1t
bears upon its face the very oldest in
scriptions that have yet been deci-
phered-characters, words. and SEN
fences that were "graved thereon" at a
time contemporaneous with the bible,
900 years before the birth of the Savior.
One remarkable thing in connection
with this antique pillar and its history
is the fact that it was not buried in the
sands, as most we'll preserved ancient
relics have been, but remained stand
ing erect in the full light of the day
for twenty-eight centuries. The first
news of the whereabouts of this ancient
pillar was communicated To M. Cler-
mont-Ganneau, one of the French con-
suls at Jerusalem, in 1870. The great
historical value of the find may be
judged from the fact that many of the
inscriptions supply facts that have
been wholly omitted from Che biblical
accounts of the wars between KING
Mesa and the lsraolites. st. Louis Re
DuDLic.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
WHERE THE GREAT AMERICAN SLEEPS
The Spot Suggestive of Isolation and Dcs-
~olatiop, as Well as Extreme simplicity.

A correspondent who visited the
grave of James G.. Blaine writes:
The heaps of brown clay on each
side were partly hidden with flowers.
and piled high alongside the W
mounds which marked the graves of
Walker Blaine and Alice Blaine Cop
pinger were the most exquisite flow
ers. That of Walker Blaine was bur-
led in a %profusion of great white Gala
lilies and the modest lily of the valley,
which is just coming to bloom in this
latitude. The spot was suggestive of
isolation and ~desolation. as well as OF
extreme simplicity. There was no
sweep of ground to mark the Blaine
lot. On the contrary, it was scarcely
fifteen feet square. and hedged in on
all sides by unp%retentious gravestones.
There is one noticeable and natural
monument which rears itself immeSi-
ately at the head of the open grave,
and which seems to have come there
by some prophetic accident. 1t is a
huge elm that had lived perhaps sixty
years and then been shiyered by light
ming forty feet above the base. 1t
was so near the grave that the diggcrs
had to hew away the tendril roots.
"The view from the grayeside is n
of wildncss and beauty. 1t is the one
spot in Washington where the dead
level is broken into a succession OF
r~avines and natural terraces, which.
reach, at some points, the grandeur OF
canon scenery. Lovers lane, which
sweeps around the cemetery. has a
spot from which one may look down
an abyss of sheer 800 feet. From the
grave one sees the apex of the Wash
ington monument, and on a clear day
the great dome of the capitol is promi-
nently outlined against the sky. An.
intervening ridge cuts off the view Of
the white house, but the tall chimneys
of the state department are just dis
cernible. Thus the visitor to biaine's
tomb will take in ut a glance not only
his last resting place but all the vari-
Gus scenes of his busy life. Only the
white house is lacking"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
COW THAT GIVES BLACK MILK.
II IL Owned hr AN Ohio Man. and No
body Can Account for the Color.

Robert Hansborough. of Chillico,he,
Ohio. is the owner Of the Eighth
Wonder Of the World" a COW that
gives coal black milk. The cow is a
mixture of jersey and Durham and
was raised en- the Hansborough farm,
as was also her mother and many sis
tiers, none Of whom exhibited any PEI
%culiarity in the color of their milk.
"Mollie." as this phenomenal creature
is called, has reared five or six calves,
all Of which have lived and grown fat
on the black milk. The milk produces
a fair amount of cream. This cream
is tribe lighter in color than the
milk itself, and, when churned, makes
a kind of butter bal resembles a thick
mixture of coal tar. Paradoxical as it
may seem, this butter. according to
the Philadelphia Press. is as palatable
as though of n golden yellow, and is
said to be highly relished by the whole
Hansborough family.
At first. when the peculiar color of
Mollie's milk was discovered by the
person TO whom was allotted the task
of "breaking the COW in" the family
was afraid TO use it in any way. When
they saw that the calf was waxing fat
on the liquid tar the younger members
overcame their prejudiees and within
a few days the milk was being used
just the same as if it had been Of the
regulation color. The owner of this
standing contradiction of nature SAYS
that he has been sorely pestered by
the agents and proprietors of dime
museums, but 81 far he has declined
all offers, hoping that yet she will trans
init her popularity to some of her
progeny, which up to this time she
has failed TO do. Chemists of New
York, Washington and Richmond have
analysed both the milk and the butter,
but declare that they a detect moth
ing that in any way accounts for its
sable color. One or two of these eX-
perts have ventured the opinion that
it is caused by some unique ~coloring
pigment in the blood of the animal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
Dickens and His Wife.

Dickens came In for a good deal Of
abuse in his time for his domestic
relations, but it was no secret to
those who enjoyed the intimacy Of
his house during his early married
life that he had ample provocation. to
grow FESTIVE. A volume of
"Reminiscences of the Stage" by
Wybert Reeves, just issued in Lon
don. gives an anecdOte, on the
authority of Wilkie Collins, which
may be taken to illustrate this point;
lit was a dinner party, at which
most Of the leading representatives
of literature and art were present.
The conversation turned on Dickens
asst book. Some of the characters
were highly praised. Mrs. Dickens
Joined in the conversation and said
she could not understand what
people could see in his writings to
talk so much about them. The face
of Dickens betrayed his feelings.
Again the DOCK was reIerreu TO-, anu
a lady present said she wondered
when and how so many strange
thoughts came into his head. "Oh,"
replied Dickens, 81 don't know.
They come at odd times: sometimes
in the night, when / jump out OF
bed and jot them down, for fear l
should have lost them by the morn
ing" "That is true" said Mrs.
Dickens, IL have reason TO know it
jumping out of bed and getting in
again with his feet as cold as stone"
Dickens left the table, and was found
afterward sitting in a small room of
the hall-silent and angry.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
Growth of Boards.


If a youth began to shave at the age
of IL and continued TO do SO until he
was 10 he would, assuming that his
hair maintained the average rate of
growth. have removed = length of nine
Yards. But had the hair been allowed
TO grow'the result would have been
different from what might be inferred.
The growth from the roots would have
continued, but on reaching a length of
between eighteen and twenty-four
inches the hair would have become
brittle, have split and broken. The
greatest length Of beard usual in our
climate seldom exceeds two feet. In
hot climates, owing to the moist state
of the skin. the hair grows much more
rapidly and profusely than in cold
or temperate climates. In the east
flowing boards from three TO four feet
in length are not unusual.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
The Philosophy of Jags.

Speaking of "jags," did you even
hear how different WHISTLES will affect
your dreams? One who is not a topper
tells the following in the Cincinnati
Enquirer:
A $40 brand, which is the best in tho
market, makes you dream of winning
at faro, striking it rich at policy, or
holding a hand at poker which one
would be a tool not TO stand pat o" AID
bet all he had.
An So brand creates the idea that
you made n fortune easily and lost it,
and you are regretting it; had a good
time, however, when you did have
money.
A SIS one does not make you dream
of wealth or of winning at cards, but
gives the impression that a good posi-
ton is awaiting your acceptance; but
your friends are loath TO part with
you, and you stay to have a good time
A 81 variety gives a whirling head
ache. and you are riding a merry-go'
round. A man insults you, but you
can't get off TO hit him.
Faster and faster you ride and grow
so ulZZN lnaI YOU HHaiiy iaii oh hN't
less, yelling "Police!" The policeman
comes and arrests you. You are heav.
ily fined in the court. You are obliged
to sit for hours among ugly-lookine
vags. No ONE comes TO help you at al
and you are mad.
A SO makeup throws YOU into spasmS
as soon as the eyclids close. You
murder a man and try TO escape. You
can,trun at all. A policeman and
mob settle on you and you are almost
beaten to death without being able to
| CRY for help.
They finally disappear, and when
you try to get no a large, black cat
with great yellow eyes. appears ano
fastens its fangs in your leg. With 9
wrench away goes the calf Of your lee
in the cats mouth. The cat runs Oh
with its head and tail high in the air,
A boa constructor reaches down from
the limb of a tree and coils aroune
YOU; q wild horse runs at you Wit
oren month and flaming eyes, ane
| beaten, bitten. wrenched and squeezee
almost TO death, you awaken with I
terrified yell, only to find that 1T was
a 90 whisky. Don't buy anything
cheaper than s. or you will lose your
reason.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
No Songs Like the Old Songs.

Life is full of surprises and disap-
pointments. At an Omaha hotel on
Sunday a number OF gentlemen,
strangers to each other. drifted to-
gether by the force of circumstances,
engaged in q discussion Of music to
while away the time. One of them
was a pale, thoughtful man, with the
air of a student; another was a fat
man with bristling whiskers. who
might have been a veterinary sur
geon. 81 tell YOU" said the fat man,
".here are no songs like the old songs;
they are the sweetest and the nohlest
and the best; they linger in ones
memory like the scent of the roses
about the broken vase, and they are
hallowed by fond associations. so that
they give rise to emotions that cannot
be called into life by any Of the new
songs. Take for instance Annie
"Rooney?" broke in a sweet, bird
like voice, and then a great hush fel.
upon the assemb!age, and .he fat man
with a long, lingering look of scorn al
The interrupter, repaired to his owr8
room to bury his sorrow. OmahG
World Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
The Bees Sting.

1t will be a surprise to many 70 learn,
says a correspondent of the London
horticultural Times, that after all the
most important function of the bees
sting is not singing. | have long
been convinced that the bees put the
finishing touches on their artistic cell
work by the dexterous use of their
stings, and during this final finishing
stage of the process of honey making
the bees inject a minute portion of
formic acid into the honey. This
is III reality Ehe poison of their
sting. This formic acid gives to honey
its peculiar flavor and also imparts to
its keeping qualities. The sting is
really an exquisitely contrived little
trowel, with which the bee finishes off
and caps the cells when they are filed
brimful with honey. While doing this
the formic acid passes from the poison
bag, exudes drop by drop from the
point of the sting, and the beautiful
work is finished.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
He should Have Ducked the Man

He and she were married and reside
at the west end. She wanted to at
tend the theater. He didn't. Thers
was another man in the case and the
other man was, of course. only too dc
lighted to accompany the wife. She
had a new and very chic costume anc
donned it for the occasion. We dt
that for "the other man." naturally
though may be we wouldn't for ouI
own private and particular man. Sh.
came down to dinner adorned in tn,
elegant frock and may be boasted q hi
to the husband. She asserted that sh,
was goiag IL the theater with MIR. 49,
etc. He chewed a cigarette and sale
nothing. The bell rang and tbs
servant announced the arrival Of tht
escort. He (the husband) still saiq
nothing. but he picked madam Chi
wife) up in his arms, and when he sa|
her down it was in the bath-tub filled
with water. The new costume shared
the ducking. That's all. N. b..
Madam did not go to the theater afte
all-ROst0n Courier.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
The saint and the Sinner.

Hcart-worn and weary the woman sat
f,er baby sleeping across her knee.
And the work her fingers were toiling At
Mending shoes for the little feet
That pattern over the cabin floor.
While the bells OF the Sabbath day rang sw00<
And the neighbors passed Cy the open door
The children played and the baby slept,
And the busy needle went and came,
When, 10. on the threshold stone there slept
A priestly figure. and named her nameY
what shrift is this for the Sabbath day. 1
When bells are calling. and far and near
The people gather to praise and pray,
Woman, why are you toiling here?"
Like one in a dream she answered low:
Father, my days are work-days all;
j know not Sabbath. j dare not go
Where tho beautiful bells ring out and can.
For who would look TO the meat and drink
And tend the children ana keep the place?
l pray in silence. and try to think
For Gods love can listen, aud give me
grace"
The years passed on, and with fast and prayer
Tn good priest climbed to the gate of rest,
And a tired woman stood waiting there.
Her work-worn hands to her bosom pressed,
20. saint thrice blessed, mount thou on high"
He heard the welcoming angels say.
When meekly. gently, She passed him by.
Who had mended shoes on the Sabbath day.
Madeline 5. Bridges in Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
MISSISSIPPI CYCLONE.
Four Towns Wrecked-wires are Dowr
and No Details Obtaino ole.

Four Towns Wrecked-wires are Down
and No Details Obtainc ole.
Well authenticated reports say the
town of Tupelo, Miss, the home of
Congressman John Allen, was de-
stroyed by a severe storm. The little
town of Kelley, fifteen miles from
Memphis, on the Memphis and
Birmingham railway, was wiped out
during the same storm. No lives
were lost. Particulars not obtain
able at present.
LATER REPORTS.
A special from Tunica, Miss, says:
A cyclone from the south west struck
Memphis, Tenn, and left wreck and
ruin in its wake. Masonic and
Knights Of Pythias lodges handsome
two-story frame building is a total
wreck, the white Presbyterian
church and the colored Methodist
Episcopal churches were blown down,
the court house roof blown off and
the c0lored school building, a two
story frame, was blown down on $50
children, and several Of them were
badly hurt but none seriously. Many
other buildings were badly damaged.
The losses are heavy.
A special from Cleveland, Miss,
states that q cloudburst and a wind
storm destroyed considerable
property in that vicinity. No lives
were lost.
TWO KILLED AT NASHVILLE.
a evere wind and rain storm
swept over Nashville, doing much
damage in the northern part Of the
city TO roofs, trees and insecure
buildings. In the central part of
the city the only material damage
was unrooflng Of the residence OF
Judge Wood.
In South Nashville a store filed
with people was blown down and a
number injured, but none badly,
with the exception of two, n of
whom, a boy named Eugene Drum
right, was killed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
Polly Knew who He was.

Mr.. M. an old gentleman yer.
quick-tempered and nervous. owned
parrot which was very laxative. De
sides having this parrot he had an ap
prentice who was very much afraid o
his master. This poor boy vas Gale,
all sorts of pet names by Mr.. NJ
such as fool. blockhead, sheepshead
&c. One day the boy vas sent out OF
an errand and on his return, Will
Mr.. M was entertaining som
friends in his office. the boy walked
without knocking. Old Mr.. Nj
few into a passion and exclaimed
"Have YOU no manners? Do you for
get who ann" Suddenly from TIL
corner Of the room came Poliy's voice
-Sheephead! fool! blockhead.' Th.
old man collapsed and the poor NJ
prentice was avenged CAicay|
Herald
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
puRNED TO DEATH.
,.r.ons Lost Their Lives Ina Fire-The
81 crowd Lost Its Head.

pavgOnS LOss
Sn crowd Lost Its Head.
Arc horror unprecedented In the
,;story of Cleveland occurred last
.raek. when five women and one
Mia we're burned to death in a
s..nionable boarding place at No.
zoe Prospect street. Just at
,..cheon Mrs. j. FL. Miller, one of
~ %hoarders, discovered flames in the
saI, an the second floor. Escape by
~ stairway was cut off, so Mrs.
Miller jumped from the second story
.ninaow TO the ground and gave the
lam. The fire spread rapidly
.nroush the halls and hundreds of
neonle congregated and attempted to
roscne those who were in the
arildinc. Nobody thought, however,
- turn in a fire-alarm, and it was at
last half an hour before the
steamer arrived or a policeman was
cent to the place.
II was not till the flames had been
e,hdued that the extent Of the catas-
,ronhe was learned. So Don as the
enqines began working many Of the
snectators assisted the firemen in try
inc TO rescue persons in the burning
structure and several of them were
badly burned as they were driven
-, tho uamns
The fire started in the basement,
inst how is not known, and swept up
through the halls, cutting off all
means of escape. The women who
nerished ran to the windows, but
before anything could be done to
assist them they were driven back by
the smoke and flames and persisted.
The dead bodies were found OF the
third floor burned to a crisp and
horribly blackened and disigured.
The two upper floors OF the build
ing were Quilted and the contents Of
the house ruined. The building cost
$4,000 and was insured. Loss on con-
fonts Sl2 900, uninsured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30

Mistress-aTd just like to know what
was the meaning of all that loud and
angry talking downstairs last night"
Domestic-"That was just me and me
husband, num-"
"Your husband? You told me when
You came that you We're not married. :
II wasn't then, mum, but you com
planned about havin' so much love
maxim in the kitchen, SO | married S,ne
of 'cra. IN. Y. Weekly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30

Rev. Marion Murdoch, assistant
minister To the Unitarian church, and
Miss Florence Buck, late preceptress
of the high school, both Of Kalamazoo
Mich, have received unanimous calls
TO the ministry Of Unity church,
Cincinnati, O. Roth ladies are now
in Oxford college, England, and will
return in July to assume the
~pastorate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
GIVEN UP by THE SEA.
one OF Clark RusseIi's oldest Concerts
Paralleied In Actual Experience.

- NSABtTiefCe.
Philadelphia Times: The Norwe.
gian bark Elsa Anderson came into
Galveston a day or two ago with q
strange looking vessel in tow. This
was a small brig Of English build.
d'smasted and in need of repairs.
which had been sunk more than fifty
years ago, judging from its ancient
appearance and awkward rigging, so
sailors who have looked at it say.
On the afternoon % Feb. IT, off the
coast OF Farce Islands, where the Elsa
Anderson had been blown by a recent
gale, there was a violent upheaval of
the sea, about two miles distant from
the spot where she was riding, that
sent several waves sweeping over
her which did much damage and
threatened to submerge her entirely.
When the alarm caused by this sudden
sea had subsidized there was seen
about a mile off a wreck which had
not been there before the upheaval of
the bottom Of the sea, a phenomenon
corresponding TO an earthquake on
land.
The wreck excited much interest
among the officers and passengers of
the Norwegian vessel, and an order
was issued to approach the strange
craft, when it was seen that the
remains Of her rigging, stumps Of
masts, and the hull itself were
covered by thousands of sea shells,
causing the wreck to present the
appearance OF the miniature ships Of
shellwOrk to be purchased at any
seaside town. The leaks which had
sunk the vessel were now stopped by
an accumulation Of barnacles, and
the derelict rode the waves like a
duck.
A boatlOad Of sailors was dispatched
to board the wreck, and they found
the hold and the under decks water
tight, save for a few feet Of water,
which, covering the cargo, had sunk
her. But this cargo and the other
contents Of the ship were entirely
destroyed, most Of the former having
been devoured by the de1izens of the
deep. In what had evidently been
the captains berth were found several
irOn-bound chests, which had resisted
TO some extent, the ravages of time
and the sea, but, on being opened,
the contents were formed 80 be
reduced to a sort Of pulp, with the
exception Of a leather bag. This had
become hardened until it was ueces-
sary TO break it open with an axe,
when from it poured a quantity Of
rusty disks, which, being cleaned,
proved to be golden guineas Of the
year 1909 and amounting to the sum
Of CT .C05. There were also several
watches of gold and a stomacher of
pearls; these, however. are ~valueless,
having been blaCkened by the action
Of the water.
This wreck was attached to the
Elsa Anderson by a cable and towed
to Galveston, where it is attracting
crowds Of visitors. On the fourth
day after its detachment from the
bottom of the sea by the quake, the
water was all pumped out of the
derelict, when it was found to con-
tain three skeletons, two of them of
men and the other a woman's, this
last being a person Of gigantic build,
and in life of nearly v feetin
height. About the neck Of n Of the
male skeletons was a chain Of gold,
to which was attached a silver cruciiX
and evidently a rosary.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
Don't Like the Cookery.

Mistress Ito cook)-"But why do
you want to leave. Nary" Cook--"I
don't like the cookery, num-" Mis-
tress--"Why, YOU cook the. things
YOURSELF" Coak--"Yes, / know, mum.
But I'm only a plain cook, and l
thought when | came here you would
make some tasty dishes now and again,
mumw-LondOR Pick Ne UD.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30

A woman writing to az exchange
defines a COW as follows: "She Is an
animated churn standing on four legs
and thereby hangs a tall" 1t Is
refreshing to observe that n woman
at least has refrained from referring
10 the COW as ''hen because she looks
so fierce.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30
Progress In London.

London omnibuses are now lighted by
electricity. The battery from which the
current is obtained is placed in a wooden
box under one Of the seats.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-30

The remedy for the sickness that
attacks some persons when they
climb mountains is said to be to eat
less. This is a good remedy for a
great MANY ailments.