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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15
THE SENATOR APOLOGIZED.
Begged n ColOred Boys Pardon for
UnjustIy Accusing Him.

tnjustly Accusing Him.
Almost anybody can find it in his
heart to forgive the sudden passion
which emphasizes error when it IS fol-
lowed by graceful acknowledgement
and reparatiOn. l was thinking Of this
as a friend told me a story about Sena.
tor Butler, of South Carolina. The
senator was at the Fifth Avenue hotel.
He came down from breakfast IN
morning and went into the barber-slcp
for a shave. When he had been duly
polished up he reached for his hat,
dropped his usual liberal tip 10
Boots" and went away. But he re-
turned Immediately, hat in hand.
Look here, boy" said he, this is not
my hat"
The young colored man came for
ward and looked at it. It's the same
hat you brought down, sir" he said.
''ImpOSSible!' exclaimed the senator
growing reddcr than usual. Il have
got somebody elSe's hat and somebody
else has taken mine"
I'm positive, sir, that is the same
hat you brought in, anyhow" persisted
the COlOred boy.
Il say it is not" Numbered the stall
wart southerucr-anl raising his cane
threateningly he took q step fOrWaGd-
and if you say that again I'll brain
you"
The barber who had shaved the Scna-
tor came forward, and in a specific
one intcrfcred. Run up-stairs,' said
he to the boy, land have the man at
the dining room door examine the rack
there is a mistake somewhere.
Please sit down. senatOr-hell be back
in a minute."And SUI enough, back he
did come, bringing the s%enOtor'S hat
with him, too. The latter had picked
another mans hat from the rack him
self and hadn't noticed the mistake.
is my mistake" said he, with a
""otion of the body and
- he had but q
hmm
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15
Medical writer's claim thai the spcce,

Medical writer's claim that the successful
remedy for nasal catarrh must be non -ir-
ritating, easy Of application and one that
will reach the remote sores and liberated
surfaces. The history of the efforts to treat
catarrh is proof positive that only one rem
edy has completely met these conditions,
and that is Ely'S Cream Balm. This safe
and pleasant remedy has mastered catarrh
as nothing else has ever done, and both
physicians and patients freely concede this
fact.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

kanly girl goes there TO give an order
he prefers to look over the cloth in
be mems department before going up
hairs. There is never a piece Of mater
II dc wnstairs suitable for a dress, and
be attendants tell her so, but seeing
! believing, and she has her own way.
kside from having the style that is in
.SSpenSable to year n regular mans
kst or cutaway coat, she is consistent.
BE doesn't attemp to combine mil
hers lace and earrings with English
felton n a box cloth top coat, and
here is where her success begins.
|. The GentIemnnly GIRLS Get Up.
sShe wears Piccadilly boots with kan
kroO tops, and they fit her. In fine
feather thy + patent feathers: in
bugh weather they Il French calf
bid polished like a clubman'S. She
FEARS one glove usually and carries the
ther. Her umbrella has il hook han
e and she could give the university
een points about the correct way to
>rry it. She ties her own fOur-in-handS
bd ties them well. Dealers couldI
I've her a made scarf nor tell her II
hing about neckwear that she does
pow. She buys the best linen in tr"
flanges at least once every day of ]
fe, uses big linen lawn handkerchi
bat cost her between SIG and 81
ozen, and her cuffs, with the link |
tns, are wider than the knee breeC
pat clothiers make for 5-year-
30yS. She wears a sailor. q Derby
soft felt hat; it is free of those d.
Ter length pins that other women wear,
(nd she pulls it off on her way up to
Pc fitting room and losses it aside
Pst as a man would. She whistles when
Ehere is anything about the coat she
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

nal purposes unless you know the bottlers
of II to be reliable, as most WHISTLES sold
under celebrated names are spurious, cheap
articles. whose bottfers cannot afford to
ha g their names on the labels.
Uncle SANS Monogram Whisky Is bottled
by the oldest aud largest firm in the liquor
line i'm the Northwest and the favor with
which it has been received Is the best proof
of its superior quality. Ask your druggist
or retail dealer for II.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15
The Modern Way

Commends itself to the well informed, to
do pleasantly and efrectually what was
formerly done in the crudest manner and
dIsagreeably as well. To cleanse the sys-
tenn and break up colds. headaches and fe-
yers without unpleasant after effects, Use
the delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup
Of Figs.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

Statistics prepared in Paris show that
the proportion of novels to serious works
read In the public libraries of the munich
pality is less than 81 lea hundred. OF
1.5S3, 600 volumes circulated from the dis
trict library rooms, only ST., 900 were nov
OILS
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15
Asthma Cured

By Schiffmann's Asthma Cure. No waiting
for results. Its action is immediate, direct
and certain. A single trial conyinces the
most skeptical. Price 80 cents and 81, Of
druggists or by mail. Trial package free
by mail. Send your address to DIR. X. Schin-
mann, st. Paul, MINI
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

The Eastern hemisphere, on which dwell
W per cent Of the population of the world,
has but 46 per cent of the railroads of the
world.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

Cakes Of tea in India, pieces Of silk In
China, salt in Abyssinia and Goldfish In Ice
land have been used as money.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15
An Appenl for Assistance.

The man who Is charitable TO himself will
listen to the mute appeal for assistanc,
made by his stomach, or his liver, in the
shape OF divers dyspeptic quaims and uneasy
]secretes his bile. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, my dear sir, or madam-aS the case
may be-.is what you require. Hasten to
wind in thu stomach, or note that your skin
or the whites OF your eyes are taking a sal
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15
, GENTLEMENLY GIRL
:, ruMITATEs THE MALE WEAR
ING APPAREL.

Coats and Vests Made Exactly
e.. Those of Her brother, Els
L,..wiug Fine Millinery, Laces and
ueveIry.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

One English almshOuse allows TO each
male inmate over 60 years Of age one ounce
Of tobacco a week.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

over 500 farms for sale on crop payment
plan. Send for my list. County and school
bonds bought and sold. J. A. Walters.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

There are 1.7S5 separate railroad compan.
les In the United States.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

,Tedor VOssileff OF Moscow In 1872 was pen
stoned by the ear. He had So children
living.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

Look for the two Eagles in the LIST column in
this page; they will tell you something.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

The largest pearl ever found measures
two inches long and weighs three ounces.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

A slight cold. IL neglected. often attacks
the lungs. Browns Bronchial Troches give
sure and immediate relief. Sold only in
boxes. Price % cents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

The Italians have started the manufac.
ture Of boots with detachable soles and
heels.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15
UNCLE SANS
Cnr Sale

The list Of the worlds battles comprises
1,527 regular engagements whose names are
worthy of record.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

over 5000 varieties of postal cards have
been issued in tie world within the past
thirty-fye years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

A metal hitherto unknown to science has
been discovered iD Idaho aud named pow
elite.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

England has the greatest number Of light
ships and lighthouses.
Goes Cough SaIsam
Is the oldest and best. 1t viii break up a Cold quick.
err than anything else. 1t Is always reliable. Try It
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

Cooking recipes Is the latest autograph
album fad.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

Nc one can breathe at a greater height
than seven miles from the earth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15
Never uuy WHISKY for Medici-

There are now 81 metals known to exist.
Three centuries ago only seven were known.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15
Facilc ~I'rinccps.

Retired Diplomat-I am surprised
that you should claim superior abili-
ties to me as a ~negodator. Why, 1
averted a war between two of the great
powers.
Sport-Huh! Well, I brought about
n fight to the finish between two pugil-
lists.
Retired Diplomat-Pray accept my
apologies, sir!-Puck:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

II the Baby IL Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and use that old and weIl-tried remedy, MIRA
sooTnISG SYRUP for Children Teething.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

"Hanson's Magic Corn Salve."
Warranted to cure or money refunded. ASK your
druggist for IL. Price Is cents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

Over A 100000 persons In this country
live upon wages paid by railroad companies.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

By good cOnddct n convict In English
penal seryitude may earn Il remission or one
fourth of his sentence.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15
SUGAR.

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

Hoods Pills cure nausea, sick headache, In
dig stion, biliousness. Sold by all druggists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

The production Of iron in this country
Is increasing faster in proportion than the
in population.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

venty Years
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1921, which
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

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birthday wi
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blood Of N
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15
OnIV a Scar Remains
Scrofula Cured-Blood Purified by
Hoods S~arsapar la.
Afflicted With ScrofuIa
Hoods si Ps'i'' Cures

it had cured her OF dyspepsia. She had been
troubled with that complaint since childhood,
and since her cure she has never been without u
bottle OF Hoods Sarsaparilla in the house. We
commenced giving il to Sarah about one year
ago, and 1t has conquered the running sore,
Only a Scar Remaining
as a trace OF the dreadful disease. Previous TO
taking the medicine her pyeSight was affected but
now she can see perfectly. In connection with
Hoods Sarsaparilla We have used Hoods Veg
etable Pulls, and End them the best" MRS.
MARIA GRIFFIN, Xenia. Illinois.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19
Negroes In Conference.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, Feb. 2l.-About
600 black belt negro farmers came to-
gether to-day in the third annual Tuske-
gee, Ala, negro conference. Prof Booker,
the president Of the Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial School, presided. Many
distinguished people were present from
the North and elsewhere and letters of
regret were received from such men as
g. P. Huntington, DR.. Lyman Abbott and
Bishop Potter, of New York city, Robert
G. Winthrop, of Boston, and President
Gilman, of John Hopkins University.
The most of the people were from the
counties where the negroes were in the
majority, but nearly every portion Of
Alabama and many other Southern States
were represented.
The farmers occupied the time of the
conference and gave, in their own way,
an account Of their condition and what
they hoped to do in view of it. They
spent no time in looking to the past or in
fault-inding, but agreed that the thing
for them to do was to lend every energy
in receiving education, property and
practical religion. They resolved to
lengthen their school subscription, to
provide better teachers and school houses
and to get the best educated men to come
to their relief, instead of remaining in the
cities. They admitted the almost univer-
sal mortgage system and the evil infiu.
ence of the one-room cabin, butthey said
great changes for the better had been
wrought since the beginning of these
conferences and they expressed their
purpose to go home and buy land, raise
their own food, work winters as we'll as
summers, practice economy and culti-
yata the pood will of their white neigh.
bors.
Great plainness was used in speaking
of their moral and religious condition and
all agreed to draw sharp lines between
tho virtuous and the immoral and 10
tolerate no wrong doing on the part of
the leaders, especially ministers and
teachers. A large number Of women
held meeting of their own.
Many noted Southern educators are
present, who will hold a conference to-
morrow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19
Mistaken for Burglars.

LITTLE Rock, ARK, February 25.-
One Of the saddest occurrences ever re-
ported in the history of Arkansas County
happened at st. Charles on Saturday
morning, and resulted in the death of
Walter A. Ballard, young business
man of ST. Charles, and William Farrar,
at the hands of Wilbur Parker. William
Farrer, with several friends from st.
Louis, has been in the neighborhood Of
st. Challes on White River for several
days on hunting and fishing expedition,
and for the past two weeks Farrar has
been on continuous drunk and border
ing on delirium tremens. Early yester-
day morning Farrar in his drunken con-
dition and bordering almost on insanity,
broke down the doors of two or three
stores, and was proceeding to demolish
the door Of the store belonging to young
Parker when the alarm OF burglars was
raised. Mr.. Ballard, who slept in an
adjoining store, heard the noise and ran
to see what it meant. Just as he reached
the front door, Parker, who slept in the
back room of the store. rushed out with
gun in his hand and fired load of buck
shot into Ballard's breast, from the
effects of which he died last night.
Parker then turned the other barrel of
his gun on Farrar, fired, killing him
instantly. The coroner's jury exonera-
ted Parker from all blame.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19
A Revenue Puzzle.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, Feb. 20.-When-
ever new deputy enters the revenue
service in this section Of Tennessee, he is
generally assigned to the task of arrest
ing Madame Betsy Brewer, who, as is
we'll known to all Of the revenue officials
about here, runs jug house in open
defiance of the laws. The assignment
seems simple one, and the unsophisti-
Gated deputy has no suspicion of the
work cut out for him, as it is easy to find
the place and Madame Betsy may always
be found at home.
The question is not in arresting her but
in bringing her to justice. The Brewer
cabin is situated at some distance Off the
road in a most inaccessible part of the
mountain. To approach it it is necessary
to dismount and walk for considerable
distance over rough bride path. And
herein lies the rub. Madame Betsy
weighs $50 pounds and is almost help
less, living as she does on her cabin bed
all the time. AS she cannot escape, her
arrest can be easily accomplished, but it
is absolutely impossible to bring the
prisoner away. TO do so it would require
a skillful engineer, several months of
road building, railroad and derrick.
So Mrs. Brewer pursues her chosen
occupation serenely, dispensing the for
hidden juice from a jug kept at her bed
side, and all the young deputy marshals
who are taken into the revenue service
in this section are given as an initatory
assignment the arrest of Madame Betsy
Brewer. Nothing can ever accomplish
her being brought to trial but railroad
through an inaccessible part CT the
mountains or copious doses of anti-fat,
and it is not probable that either of these
two means will he employed by Uncle
Sam to accomplish the ends of justice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19
Wants O Comfortable COffu.

CRAwFoRDsvILLE, IND, Feb. 2l.-
There is man living nine miles south of
this city who, though in the best OF
health, has given his orders for his coffin.
His name is Drake Brookshire. He is
the father of Hon. e. v. Brookshire, the
Democratic Congressman from this, tho
Eighth district. Mr.. Brookshire weighs
$50 pounds, has always lived upon a
farm, enjoyed the best of health, having
never been sick day in his life, and Is
now 81 years of age. The other day he
came to town and went to an undertaking
establishment, and informed the pro-
prietor that he wanted to purchase a
coffin. The proprietor, after asking who
was dead, was greatly astonished on
being told that it was for the live man
standing before him. Mr.. Brookshire,
however, quieted him by saying that he
did not intend to die until he had to, but
that he wanted to die with the knowl ledge
that there was coffin already made for
him, in which he would have plenty Of
room. The undertaken did not seem to
know just what to do, and Mr.. Brook
shire, seeing his embarrassment, laid
down upon the floor and ordered his
measurement taken. The coffin will be
made OF 2-inch oak, firmly bolted togeth-
or, and will be feet 6 inches long, 3 feet
wide and 81 feet deep. After the coffin is
made Mr.. Brookshire will try 1t and see
if 1t fits him. He also says that he de-
sires to be taken to the graveyard in his
farm wagon, drawn by his team of
tayorite mules.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

Says the New York Advertiser: "The
outlook for Southern cotton factories is
not good, as the negroes are the only
people in that section who will work, and
outside operatives cannot be induced to
60 to section in which labor is not
respected and the common rights of man
are ignored. When free trade is made
possible perhaps some way will be found
of utilizing the cheap negro labor of the
South. One great Southern gentleman
has testified that negroes cannot be util-
lied in factories because the hum and
drone of machinery causes them to fall
asleep. This is scientific side to the
question, it seems" And yet the owners
of the cotton mills in New England
recently admitted that the Southern mills
are making more money than they make.
It is very evident that somebody is at
work down this way. The South's pro-
gress since the war is the result of hard
work
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19
A Civilized Alligator.

WAycRoss, GA, February 24.-"While
travelling from house to house in Charl-
ton county last January" said a well
known canvasser this morning, II
heard strange story about an alligator.
A farmer who lives in close proximity
to an alligator pond was at work on the
plantation and his family were at a
neighbours house.
"Returniug home about sundown they
heard strange noise in one OF the living
rooms. The farmer supposed that a
burglar was In the house and quietly
opened the front door and took down his
shotgun. He went in the room where
the noise was, and lying restlessly upon
the bed with his head on the pillow was
a medium sized alligator. The man was
surprised and frightened. The alligator
heard a noise, and looking around, saw
the gun pointed toward him. The man
banged away with his gun and dozen
buckshot entered The alligator's head.
Another load of shot was sent whizzing
at the reptile, causing death instantly.
The dishes and tables of the dining room
were broken and the pantry was robbed
of it's victuals. Having satisfied his ap-
petite, the reptile crswled upon the bed
and prepared to take a nap. The alliga-
tor, was, with difficulty, removed from
the house.