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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26
PERKINSONCLEVELAND
WHAT THE REFORM PRESIDENT
HAS DONE FOR THE ADvAN-
TAGE OF THE COUNTRY.

The Cost of Cutting Down the Tariff
i" administration and Pensions-The
Ne" York SUN on Free ships-The Oues-
ton of Southern Dictatorship Brit
hh-e~onfederate War on Wool and
"ooiens-Democracy, in Promise and
Action.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26

THE BUBBLES 5RiLLI4
A Scientific Explanation OF thSs
Of Bright Coiors.

When light impinges on the :
bic part of it is reflected from tn a
surface, and part enters the film
reflected from the interior surfacef
latter portion ~traverses the watd
dunn between the two surfacesd
and is therefore kept behind the q
nected ray. The two sets of wave,
fere with each other, and prod
colored light, instead of a white
Other waves, again, may destroy
other and extinguish the light. Son,
the constituent colors of the impif
white .isnt-formed by their pas
through the flm-interfere SO as to
stroy each other, while others remain
affected. As the film diminishes in t
ness, the colors necessarily vary. In
way is accounted for the marve
beauty of colors in the soap bubble,
iridescence of oil upon the water,
changing color of steel when being
pered and the g~audiness of some inss
wings.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26

mothers of those who fell in the struggle,
or who have since zone peacefully over
the river. These. are the beneficiaries to
whom the bounty Of the government is so
literally extended, and who will say they
do not a%bundantly deserve it?
Yes. the sum is great, but the cause
was great also. We are, Mr.. Chairman,
still too near the field of strife to compre-
bend the fullness of its greatness.
But generations hence, when the last
survivor of the late struggle shall have
passed away, and all bitterness n dis.
appointments shall have subsidized, and
there shall be nowhere in the land either
victor or vanquished, and the great civil
war shall be seen only in the mellow light
of history, then shall the work performed
by these men in preserving the union APP
pear greater than ever, all the time bear
ing a rich harvest of peace and prosperity.
And in that day the Republic will have no
stronger bulwark of defense than the
inspiring influence of the proud record,
now for a brief period partially arrested,
but which she is determined to make,
and will yet surely make, in tenderly
caring for every one of her defenders,
their widows and orphans and dependent
ones prolonged applause on the Re
publican side.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26
Clockless Countries.

Liberia, In Africa, has neither clock
O time-piece of any sort; the reckon
ing of time is made entirely by the
movement and position OF the sun,
which rises at 6 a. m, and sets at D
n. m. almost to the minute, the year
round, and at noon it is vertically over
head. The islanders of the South Pa
cifc have no clocks, but make a curious
time marker Of their own. They take
the kernel from the nuts or the
candle tree and wash and string them
on to the rib Of a palm leaf. The nrs1
or ton kernel is then lighted.
All of the kernels are OF the same
size and substance, and each will burn
\ certain number Of minutes, and then
set fire to the next one below. The ma
tives tie pieces of bark cloth at regu'
lar intervals along the string, to marx
the divisions Of time.
Among the natives Of Singar, In the
Malay Archipelago, another peculiar
device Is used. Two bottles + placed
neck and neck. and sand is put IN one
If them, which pours itself into the
other n every-half hour, when the
hotties are reversed. There Is q line
near by, also, on which are hung
tweye rods, marked with notches trom
one to twelve. A regularly appointed
keeper attends to the bottles ana rods'
and sounds the hour upon a gong
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26

executive branches shall be given
political party pledged in the mos
tive terms to the accomplishment II
reform. They have thus determ&
favor of a more just and equita ~
tenn Of federal taxation. The ager~N3
have chosen to carry out their p
are bound by their promises, nss
than by the command Of their ~
to devote themselves unremittinA
this service" III
Just how the party has fulfrE
promises "A be best judged by
lowing comments from the leadirA
ocraric papers of the country: ~
New Orleans Times: The bill, AK
was not only antagonistic to ID
but a gross breach of faith.
Des Moines Leader: The Sens
is not satisfactory entirely; in fac
of its provisions are widely apat-
the platform pledges of the party.
Milwaukee Journal: The ''comi
ers" in the Senate have done their
but it will not stand, and they
compelled to listen to reason II
other side.
Memphis Commercial: 1t is n
ginning. 1t batters a breach in
and through that breach the
free trade will rush on to COZ
final victory.
New York Herald: ThebO
falls far short of meeting the
ing needs and requirements q
lean people. As a measur
revenue the bill will probe
cess If Us monstrous duty
ad valorem on sugar is reta4
Detroit Free Press: 1t L
that the protective system q
been Knocked in the head,
voted and intended il shoulE
that could not be. it is saT
thankful for that it has be
tent crippled and that the
paved for more decisive as
ure.
New York World: The
back the bill shorn of il
Tues and smirched besides v
ton which. if it remains in
embalmed by n Democratic
a Democratic President in
the country. will be for
ome a monument to a shay
of the trust with whic
charged the Democratic par
Harper's Weekly: A wre
a cowardly and dishonest.
this bill is the outcome of IT,
party's twenty years sirius
reform, the party is worthy o.
Louisville Courier-J ournal:s
betrayal. a mongrel piebald OF
pusillanimities, a grotesque hof
pretense and pettifogging, AZ
abortion of incompetency, SELF
ardice and treachery. cN
Baltimore Sun: No SUCH Nh
render of a great party has ev W
posed or even contemplated W
| vious American Congress, ndfEaA
of the bill would be a legislatiNN
party humiliation and a nations VI
New York Sun: When Demop
back calmly and dispassionatelyW
ever can so look back. upon this
chapter Of perfidious leadership H
livered councils, what will striH
first in the dismal perspective is
that the party in Congress has ~
tem~atically deprived of any op$3
To try To redeem the simple ara
pledge of the Chicago platform.
Brooklyn Eagle: 1t is manifeR
tariff tinkers fail to commend SsV4
to any element of the party. I
been no pretense of living
pledges Of the Chicago plat-=
has been no pretense of frai
which was of ether than a q
protectionist charaetef and AZ
to the trusts. This is not DEM
is the illegitimata product of a.,
ton of abhorrent forces which q
not only the party but the natl
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26
4 Novel.

A Japanese novelist has produced
story called THE Romance Of a Dog
which is 10 appear in 10S volumes. issue.
ut short intervals at a popular price. TIL.
Japanese write novels as they producl
PLAYS, in q number of installments.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26
Operation on jules s,mon.

Jules Simon had a cataract removes
from n of his eyes lately, and und#s
Went the operation with il eoolncss am
fortitude thar few young men would aav'
equaled.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26
Death of a Great Painter.

Murillo died Of injuries caused by /
fall from a scaffold in Il church in CadizI
He had just finished ii picture and wat
admiring il, when, stepping backward II
get "A better view, he made u misstep ans
fell.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26
....,..s $500, $685. 59 s3s3.477 1854

We will let this Democratic administers
ton paper do its own commenting upon
this unfortunate table of figures: Here
is a falling off in total revenue during the
year of some $4,000, 000, while expenses
were reduced by less than ST., 900, 900.
Thus a deficit of nearly $70,0O0,000 re-
suits from the years operations of the
treasury, and the public debt was in
creased about $60.0O0,0O0. This is the
worst showing made by the federal treas
ury in many a year. The chief loss in
revenue was from customs, where the de-
cline for twelve months reached the re-
,markable total of over $T1,0OO,000. No
such slump in revenue was ever before
experienced by the government. During
fbe five years of business depression from
1873 TO 1873 the revenue from customs fell
off only about $4,000, OO0, or to a less
extent than for one year just past; while
the decline in internal revenue was mere
iy nominal, against a decline during the
last year of about S14 600, 900. The shock
of the panic was tremendous. But it was
not all panic which produced effects so
striking. The promise of tariff reductions
had a profound influence. 1t at once led
TO a eurtaHment of importations, and as
the time for reduction appeared to APP
preach, the cutting down Of imports be-
came all the more radical"
-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26
. Esntucky Maid on the waltz

A girl in this town describes "aleL,
ing as follows: mo N waltz, even
when danced with the same partner,
10 eyactly the same as another. IL Is
nIwavs a new sensation. The music
;a not in the same key, and the waltz
docs not touch the same chords OF one
sonI If I danced twenty waltzes II.
the evening / have twenty dlllete
thrills of pleasure. With one partner
II is a soft, insidious measures "Iuh
The next, a long and languorous move
ment: with the third, more Oh u nUp'
that gently Jars the brain into a aeiic,
IONS dreamy forgetfulness; while a
fourth cavalier, with a heorlc sre lao,
hoars Won away with strong and VIZ
orous RHYTHM into still another woriu'
The lights of this go out, you lose con,
-ciousne but you feel no dreau as
Son lie within those hereulean arms
ike a child rocked to SLEEP III m iona.
Tiers embrace. Your feet are no ,V
or on earth. It's a celestial i,nnt On
on. into space, and when you nsnt b, pa
Garth again you feel like a tireu o"e
stunning from a long flight"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26

-.tfon Of Raw Materials,
free Promised by the Democratic
pemanaed-The President F"-
Parn' Tax on Sugar.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26

-m.nv il training hawks TO- a' hotS
Germ rary,er pigeons and bring nacx Of ot The
a. raSn and possibly war dispatches
enemy 10 the German hnes'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26
The Cost of Cutting Down III Tariff.

The Springfield CMIass.) Republican is
a supporter of the Cleveland administra-
ton, mugwump tendencies taking root in
1884, in the first Cleveland campaign:
but in giving the financial operations of
the government for the year ending June
80, 1894, the Republican prints the fol-
lowing tables, which tell an awful story
of m~ismanagement of national finances:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26
The Administration and Pensions.

During the discussion OF the pension
hill in the House of Representatives In
March. the Hon. William w. Grout, OF
Vermont, made y speech in which be
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26
Democracy. in Promis.s and Action.

Democracy, I'm fromis' ana Action.
In President C~leveland's inaugural adj
dress in 1883. he declared the Democracy
was bound by its promises. stating the
position of the party in the following
language:
''Thc people Of the United States have
decreed that on this day the control OF
their government in its legislative and
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26

"a Dehlcute subject,
,ha appreciate the depth and strength of
Aaehns which its treatment has aroused.
ycoa not believe we should do evil that
shon,s may come, but 1t seems to me that we
pIatio. NOT forget that our aim Is the COM
prone. " tue tain, and in taxing sugar for
borrau purposes acd within reasonable
setio. Whatever else may be said Of our
cnra. We are In no danger of running
tssaae 10 Democratic principle. With all
nant ! q stake there must be In the treat
we ar ,nis arucle some ground upon which
and an willing to stand, where federation
the ,.uauciilation may be allowed to solve
sur,s r.so'em without demanding the entire
tIons Ok nxed and conscientious conyic-
wha, Uusnt not to prolong this letter. II
soo ~ uave written is unwelcome, l beg
the ~ ~ ueheve In my good intentions. In
the nuusiohs OF the conference covering
cred ,hHerous Items which are to be consid-
terests4 people are not afraid that their in
the :. VIII be neglected. They know that
cerned r,, result, so far as they are con-
and con ~ni be to place home necessaries
10 insnnaonrts easily within their reach and
those us oetter and surer compensation to
The raa know that a tariff law covering all
Counts interests and conditions Of a
be Ia,as vast as ours must Of necessity
nent eey the result of honorable adjust
q us ~ = compromises. 1 expect very few
tected :. say, when our measure Is per-
A"' all It's features are entirely as
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26
SOUR
MEDICAL
EAST

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-12
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
BY Telegraph.

CHICAGO, Jan. IL. - CATTLE - Receipts,
5000; shipments. ..-.: market fair and prices
rather on up turn for nearly everything; good
10 choice native and medium steers, 81 SGai 30:
others. 81 CD. HOGS-Receipts, 5000; ship
ments, go: market active and lOal5c higher;
rough and heavy So 25a5 20, packers and mix
ed. s. 25a5 -; prime heavy and butcher
weight. 81 5Oa5 80; prime light. s. 50a5 80.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, IL, 900; ship
ments .; market active and higher.
KANSAS CITY Jan. Receipts,
500: shipments. 2,9G0: market on best strong
and higher, others Steady: Texas steers, 81 %
as 30: Texas COWS, - 20a3 10; shipping steers.
"A G0a5 ;$5 native cows. 81 JIa3 60; butcher
stock. So 25a4 80: stockers and feeders, s. 90
30 HGGS-Receipts, 500; shipments, 100;
market 5al0c higher; bulk, s. l5a5 30; heavy,
packing and mixed, So 00a5 40 lights. yorkefs
and pigs, S4 S5ai 50. SHEEP-Receiits. ], go;
shipments, 600 market firm.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. l1.-CATTLE - Receipts.
2.le1: Shipments. s60: market quiet; quality of
natives inferior: ordinary to fair native steers.
50 .5a4 90: fed Texas steers, 50 00a3 IS: grass
steers. s. +0a3 ~. OGS-Receipts. 100: ship
menrS , 400: market active. l0a20c higher: top
butchers grades. s. 3a5 80: mixed, s. l0a5 45;
light. 81 aa5 80. SHEEP - Receipts, 800
shipments. i-S0a: market shade lower; native
muttons, S3 Jcai W.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-12
CORN STILL DROPS
PROSPECTS FOB A BIG ADVANCE
DO NOT MATERIALIZE
Free Selling and Weaker Gables
SeEd Wheat Also Down One and
One-Eighth Cents Pork is
Whitfield Off Thirty-fve
Cents at SaIie Time.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1L-Free selling and weaker
cables sent wheat down rs cents today. after
an early advance. Some buying caused re-
action. and May closed ss cent lower than on
yesterday. May corn and oats were eac I down
1sa4 cent. Provisions, with free realizations,
lost considerable of yesterdays advance, Clos
ing lower all around. May pork was IS cents
lower, May lard 15 cents lower, and May ribs
l252 cents lower.
There is some disappointment on the board
because corn does not take an upward turn.
1t is claimed that the old crop has long since
disappeared and that heavy inroads are being
made in the 1893 crop, said by the government
report to be but ]. $40 100000 bushels.
There is also belief that there is little
cribbed corn in the country, because immense
quantities were shifted from the west to dis
tribu.ive points in the east during the era of
low freig' It rates. It is reported that on one
road running east and west through Kansas,
the aggregate stock of corn cribbed is but 1885,
0j0 bushels. On a parallel road passing
thrauh Nebraska there are less than 100000
bushels of corn. The most reported on any
line in Iowa is 10000 bushels, and Iowa had
the largest crop OF all states. 1t is thought
that corn will soon go up. The failure at
present is said to be due to a lack Of specula-
tive iuterast
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-12
The amita nailu gagle ridap gornao ganuaru =,

ment of s103, 200 from the Gate City
National bank Of Atlanta, Ga, came to a
sudden end yesterday afternoon, when
Colonel Hammond. counsel for the deg
fense, said :hat the evidence had proven so
clear II case sgainst his client that he
would enter plea of guilty. The jury
was Immediately instructed and verdict
was found accordingly. The prisoLer will
be sentenced today
In the McKane and other Gravesand
election cases, Judge Bartlett yesterday
afternoon denied q motion to qudsh the
indictments.
The crew os the Brazilian government
cruiser Nictheroy has refused to go to sea
and has demanded the arrears of pay.
Executions were issued Yesterday on
judgments aggregating S239, ,260 against
the Philadelphia Optical and Watch
company.
The movements of the Mexican revolu-
tiOnists in the vicinity of JuareZ, across
the border from Ell Paso, Tex, have caused
considerable alarm, and citizens defense
committee was organized last evening.
Heavy guards of soldiers have been placed
on Mexican Central passenger trains going
south.
A large crowd of farmers and others at
tended the three sessions of the Kansas
state board of agriculture at Topeka yes
terday. Papers and addresses on topics of
rural interest, with subsequent discus
sions, were the order of the day. Officers
will be elected today.
The Penokee and Gogebic (consolidated)
mines, owned by the ROckefellers and
others, and capitalized at ST, 600, 600. yes
terday passed into the hands of receivers.
The company's enterprises include some
of the biggest mines in Michigan and
Wisconsin.
The first of series of three grand re-
ceptions that are given each year at the
White House took place last night, when
President and Mrs. Cleveland entertained
the diplomatic corps.
There is absolutely no truth in the
Vienna report that Louis Kossuth is
dead.
$50. IL
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 1l.-Winners: Bob
Campbell. Galena Brown. Emperor Billet,
Wedgefield, Hurlburt.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-12
A TAx-REDEMPTlON RULING.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. lin an opinion
written by Attorney General Little on
June Il last, after discussing the subject
at considerable length, he closed with this
paragraph: II am, therefore. of the
opinion that the provisions of chapter ITO,
laws of 1898, can have no application to
the redemption of lands sold for taxes.
and to which tax sale certificates were
Issued to the purchaser prior to said en-
actment."
This view of the case seems to be con-
hrmed by the decision handed down in
the Kansas supreme court on Saturday,
in the case of NJ. A. Pounds vs. A. X.
Rodgers, treasurer of Shawnee county,
which was proceeding in mandsmus to
compel the treasurer to accept certain
sums for taxes aud interest.
In September, 1893, the owner of GER
tain land rendered to the county treas
urer the amount for which the land
was sold, with interest at the rate
"A per cent from the date of
sale to the 18th day of Nav. 1899 the
day on which chapter 11O of the laws of
1893 (reducing the interest payable on re-
demptlon TO ID per cent went into effect.
and interest from May Is, 1893. to Septem-
Der ], 1893, At the rate of l. per cent: also
the amount of the half tax of 1892 paid by
the purchaser June 81, 1893, with interest
from the latter date to the time of tender
at The rate OF 10 per cent.
Chief Justice Horton held, all the justices
concurring, that the tender WAS INSULT.
Client, and further held that TO redeem said
land the amount for which the land VAS
bid off, and all the subsequent taxes paid
by the purchaser thereon, with interest at
the rate OF "a per cent per aunnm on the
taAes and charges from the date of sale
ana the same Interest on all subsequent
axes So paid by the purchaser from the
aate Oh payment must be paid or rendered.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-12
SANTA EE TAXES

TOPEKA, Kan. Jan. u.-Letters are be-
ing received daily at the attorney generals
office making inquiries in regard to the
Santa Fe tax question. The county attOr-
ney of Mcpherson county sent in COM
munication, enclosing a proposition sub
mtfed by Assistant Tax Commissioned
Mcconnell, to compromise the taxes in
that county OH the basis of the assessment
of 1892. and offering to pay one-half the re.
duced amount within thirty days If the
compromise shall be accepted by the
board of county commissioners. Other
wise. the company's agent states that the
United States circuit court will be asked
TO pass upon the legality of the tax as
levied against the Santa Fe for 1893.
To avoid delay and litigation the tax
commissioner urges the board to adopt The
offer for a compromise, and says in that
event an application will be at once made
to Judge Caldwell for an order to pay the
tax.
Attorney General Little holds to his for
mer ruling in this matter, and is advising
the county officers not to entertain any
propositions for compromise or scaling
down of the taxes. He says the Santa Re
company is responsible for the entire tax rs
levied, that the levy was legally made and
that the county commissioners have no
authority in law TO reduce the amount
general directs attention IN this connection
to the order made by Judge Caldwell
when the receivers were appointed, that
the taxes and other claims against the
road should be paid. The order of the
court covering taxes and other assessments
is as follows:
"First-Pay all current expenses incl
dent to the creation or administration of
this trust and to the operation of said rail
ways or railroads and properties.
''Second-Pay all sums due or to become
due connecting or intersecting lines of
railway arising from the interchange of
business and for track service of other
railroads used by said defendant in the
operation of its lines, traffic and car mile
ago balances, and all amounts now due
from the defendant on its roads or proper
ties constituting part of its system, for
taxes aud assessments upon the property
or any part thereof"
Under this order Attorney General Lit.
tie maintains that the receivers are al
ready authorized to pay the Kansas taxes,
and that the action of the tax commits
sioners in trying to force the several coun-
ties to yield to "A compromise is an attempt
to evade the instructions given by the
Court to the receivers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-12

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 1.-THE articles OF
Incorporation of the proposed north and
south railroad were filed in the Office OF
the secretary of state today. The pro-
posed line is to begin at point on the
Gulf of Mexico in Texas, and run across
Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas Ne
braska and the Dakotas, to point near
the south line of Manitoba. A similar
line is provided for from the gulf across
Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and
Minnesota, to point on Lake Superior
The provisions for securing stock are the
same as have already been published. The
trustees and managers are Fred ]. Close,
A. Wardell, Albert Griffin and j. II. Whit
son OF Kansas, Z. Stoddard and &. j. Run
hell of Nebraska. K. +. Carpenter of South
Dakota, c. J. Jones of Oklahoma. NJ.
kempton of Texas. l.. ID. Featherstone of
Arkansas, II. NJ. Dake of Missouri,
Halva Halvorsen of Minnesota, and A. J.
Westfall of Iowa. The capital stock Is
klS 600 600