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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
She stopped the Car.

AS the cable Ears left the LaSalle
street tunnel one day last week the
was brought to a sharp stop, while
there sounded in the Mortified passen-
gers ears the agonized cries of a child.
Ii was an intense relief to learn that
the baby wasn't under the car wheels;
but something else was under the car,
If not the wheels.
1t was her kitten.
The conductor saw the impending
tragedy, and, as the little gray thing
headed directly for the car, had made
an effort TO save ii.
The kitten could plainly be seen IN
derneath the car, apparently unhurt.
and looking about her as though much
interested In what she saw. Canes
and umbrellas were thrust at her and
many emphatic commands given. TO
all Of which Miss Puss paid no atten-
ton.
The passengers enjoyed the joke at
first, and the cats young mistress was
consoled by many womanly tender
hearts: but when IT. seemed that the
kitten did not intend to come out,
those in a hurry became impatient.
and at last IL appeared that the only
thing left to do was to start the car
and crush out the poor little kittens
life.
Then it was that suddenly she walk
ed out with the satisfied air Of one
who has mastered the intricacies of
the cable system and was soon clasp
ed iii her ad0ring mistress arms, while
the cable proceeded.-Times Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
Salt Water for Fires.

The disastrous effects of many re-
ecnt fires in cities where the water
pressure has been too low have caus-
ed the question Of using salt water
for the purpose Of fire extinction to be
brought up again. 1t is argued that
this method of fighting fire has cong
ago passed beyond the experimental
stage, as it has been successfully used
in England for many years. The adj
yantages claimed by the advocates of
the method are that the density of the
water does not allow of rapid evapor-
alton, and gives ii longer in which to
be fully effective. Salt water weighs
sixty-four pounds TO the cubic foot, as
against sixty-two pounds for fresh
water. and il is held that one service
Of sait water is equal to three Of fresh.
Returns from seventeen English cities
where salt is used for sprinkling pur-
poses show that the streets have grad
ually become macadamized and that
the mortality has decreased from 20 TO
30 per cent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
Fifty Per Cent In His Favor.

i came along TO the gate of a humble
cabin in a town in Alabama just as all
old negro handed a couple of jugs to
his son, who was about ten years Of
age, and said:
Now, Julius, yo' gwan down to the
grocery an git a quart of 'lasses in one
oh dem jugs an hurry back"
When the boy had gone said to the
father:
"iou didn't tell him to get anything
in the other jug. Is he going to leave
it at the grocery"
mo, sah-gwan TO bring it right
back home,' he replied.
But why send two jugs to get a
quart of molassesY"
Its jess dis way, sab. If he only
took u jug he'd be powerful suah to
bump 1t or drap 1t an lose de 'lasses.
If he takes two he's jess as liable to
drap de empty one as de 'lasses one,
an dat makes de odds IN my favor.
Anything else yo'd like TO AK about,
white man?"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
A Plague of Bees.

Some time ago it was announced
that bee farming had been taken up
at G~ennevillers, one of the most 'oath.
some industrial suburbs of Paris. This
was treated as a joke, but the news
Is, u correspondent says. neverthe,
less true, and the project of the Seine
has just received a petition from the
inhabitants to abate the nuisance. The
bees live upon the sugar %refineries OF
the neighborhood, clearing away all
the dust on the roofs and even land.
ing on the bare backs of the workmen
1t has been stated by a sugar refinef
that every hive In the ~neighborhood
carries away 20 shilIings' worth OF
sugar in a year from the factories. He
does not, however, complain Of this
loss, but Of the irritation the perpet.
uai buzz infiicts on the workmen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19

A good story is related of a small
tradesman in a Welsh town. A shor,
time ago a large lake nea the town
became frozen over for the first time
in many years, and large numbers of
people from a neighboring city came
over for the purpose of enjoying some
skating. AS this sport was a novelty
to the residents, they became also
DESTROYS of entering into it, and be
sieged the local ironmonger for
skates.
Incredible as II may appear, this in
dividual had never heard of such ar
ticles, but, disdaining to admit his ig.
norance, replied that he had not any
in stock. Wearied at last, however,
by repeated orders for skates he re.
marked to his wife:
Mary, we must lay In a stock OF
these skates, for, look you, If there's
such a great demand for them now,
what will it be In summer when the
tourists come: "-1Tit-Bits.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19

disions OF health. which II Is only to
be regretted we cannot in some fair
measure initiate outside the prison
walls. Again, total abstinence is a
condition of prison life which must
exercise a very beneficial effect OF a
large section of the inmates. The alb
soiute cleanliness which reigns Inside
the walls is another and an all-import-
I'M influence in warding off disease
and in determining for prolongation of
life. IL in our homes we could initiate.
even afar off. something Of the regu-
larity OF life in the jail and something
OF the living according to rule mot nee
essarily a rigid OF intieXible onel
which therein prevails, we should all
be physically the better for the sani-
tary discipline. We offend against so
many of the canons Of hygiene, even
in a fairly well ordered existence, that
it is little wonder we suffer as we do
from ~preventible ailments.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
SCIENTIFIC MATTERS
INTERESTING INFOR NATION ABOUT
THE USEFUL ARTS.
Wonderful Time - Measuring In
strument-A Bicycle Lawn Mower
Deep-Sea Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures Notes.

Much interest has been aroused In
the scientific circles of Europe by
what Is claimed TO he the most Won
derful timing c~hronosc0pe, invented in
this country by Prof. G.. Il. Bliss. and
perfected in the psychological labora-
tory of Yale by j. J. Hogan. 1t can
be used with the quickness of a stop
watch, without the help of either cleo
trician or mathematician. 1t measures
accurately down to the one-thouSandth
part of a second, and is already TAX
ing the place of the old-style chrome
scopes in scientific laboratories. The
instrument and electrical attachments.
1t tells the speed of a cannon ball,
the lapse of time between the firing Of
a pistol and the starting of a runner,
and ii is proposed to introduce it into
boxing schools, so that pupils can con
stantly test the speed with which they
can deliver a blow. and SO note the
lessening the reaction time between
the brain impulse and the blow on
which increase of skill depends. The
machine consists of o pendulum and a
pointer swinging independently on the
same axle. The tip of the pointer
travels along the face Of the curved
scale or indicator. which is graduated
TO show the one-thousandth of a sec
ond. To measure the time required
for the transmission of any given i'm
preston a button is pressed. This
sets the pendulum in motion, and the
result is registered on the scale. If a
sight test has 10 be made. when the
pendulum IN in contact with the
pointer "a black shutter is raised from
a light disk. As the disk flashes on
the sight of the object he touches a
button and the pointer is Instantly
ST rp&d. Tie averag" I'm. between
b exposure of the disk to the sight
and the pressure of the button has
been found TO be 0.300 of a second.
The reflex action for sound is quicker
than this, being put at 0.130 of a sec
ond. The discerning of culors is look
ed upon as an important test in the
determination of certain traits of the
pupils. \ square of some color I'M
known TO the subject is TO be exhibit
ed from behind q shutter. He is told.
for instance, TO press the button when
he sees blue. This test sometimes eX-
tends to O~ne-quarter Of a second. The
trials with odors, noises and pinpricks
are very interesting. The object Of
these tests in school work is to enable
teachers to ascertain the mental char
acteriSticS Of their scholars. Under
the old system of teaching. all the
scholars in a class We're grouped to-
gether, and subjected to the same in
flexible rules of tuition, regardless of
their differences Of temperament and
intellectual ability. The chronoscope
nuts an end IN Slch crulr methods
and reduces teaching to a science.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
Notes.

A scientist places the age Of the
earth at 6So,O00,000 years.
What 10 do with the excess 81 molas
ses produced in the manufacture OF
sugar has been such a source of anx.
iety to the Southern planter that prizes
have been offered to any one who viii
devise a method of meeting the diff
c.ity. 4 New Orleans inventor claims
to have found an inexpensive process
by which the molasses can be solidi-
fled. He says that a machine which
will solidify or concrete so barrels OF
molasses daily can be furnished for
1880, and the cost of operation Is not
more than 2 or 3 cents a barrel. The
exhaust steam from the sugar house
engine is injected into the bulk mo-
lasses with the normal pressure as 1t
escapes and at a temperature OF about
40 degrees Fahrenheit. This expels
about % gallons Of water from a bar
rel Of moltsses, and the residuum con-
cretes and Is ready for storing or ship
ment as soon as cooled. In appear
ance Is resembles coarse sugar.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19

There was the dearest little old man
connected with one Of the west side
public schools last year and hope the
very first little fellow who tramps TO
school this fall will give the little old
man a hearty greeting.
He wasn't much to look at, in fact,
his back seemed to be all twisted Up
and his legs, l am sure, belonged TO
some other man, they were SO long.
His face, too, was dreadfully wrinkled
aud matched the brick walk that ran
around the school house.
His name, l don't know what 1t is,
and | don't want to. PA" the chill
dren called him.
who cut your hair &C slick?' /
heard one little chap ask another.
"Oh, pa" YVES the reply.
He can cut hair bettern any barber
50 town, an If you ask him If he'll do
Il. he'll come to the door after school
begins an crook his finger at you, an
you look at the teacher, an she'll nod
Lcr head an you go oE out, an pail
lake you down in the basement an
cut your hair just fine!'
Talk about fairy gOdmothers! Not
one OF them could hold a candle TO pa.
If some scared to death little chap
came putting TO the school house gate
after il had been locked because 1t
was 9 o'clock and the last OF the chill
dren were marching sedately to their
place. pa was SUI to be standing at
the fence corner and reached out his
strong arms and lifted that lad owe
the fence and half way up the stairs
HI one sWoop.
And if "A little lad or lasSie got sick
IN school, or eel hurt very badly, as
sometimes happened, 1t wasn't really
such a dreadful thing after all. Pa
was always there and he would lift
the little one up in those great, strong
arms of his and carry the youngster
right straight home to mother. And
then, of course, you know anybody is
ali right.
And if a boy had TO go TO school with
a tear in his trousers that his mother
didn't have time to see about, and If
the boys began to laugh and tease,
why a fellow could just 20 over on the
eide of the yard where pa stayed. and
nobody would say another word about
#.
/ have never heard just what else
pa did besides helping small people
who were in trouble, but / wish there
were pas enough to furnish one
apiece for all the public schools there
ever are or ever will be.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
Scientific Hygiene.

The statement that In 1894 only nine
deaths occurred out Of a population of
1900 persons who tenanted Penton-
vile prison is a very suggestive one.
or these nine deaths probably not one
was due to the prison environment.
Everybody knows that OF the deaths
which occur IN a house of detention
the larger proportion viii arise from
disease contracted in the previous
life of the prisoners. Strange as 1t
may seem. the modern prison is really
the type of a healthy home. Nor is ii
difficult to account for the extremely
sanitary state of the Jail. Life there
proceeds with a regularity as regards
food, exercise, rest and the other con
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
A P%aralytiC Cured.
His Grandfather. = RevoIutionsry Sol.
der. and His Father, Both Died of
Paralysis, Yet the THIRD Gener-
alton In Cured The Method,

der. and His Father, Both Died of
Paralysis, Yet the THIRD Gener-
alton Ii Cared The Method.
From the Herald. Boston, Mass.)
Like a thunderbolt from a clear sky,
q stroke of paralysis came to Mr.. Frank
Il. Ware, the well known Boston auc-
uoneer and appraiser. at 235 Washing
ton street. He went TO ted n night
about six years ago seemingly in robust
health. When he awoke his left side
was stiffened by the deadening OF the
nerves. The interviewer sought out Mr..
Ware TO get the Facts. He gave the in
teresting particulars in his own way:
The first shock came very suddenly
while l was asleep, but Ii was not last
ing in Its effects, n in a few weeks /
was BILE to be about. A few months
after, when exhausted by work and
drenched with rain / went home In a
very nervous state. The result was a
second and more severe shock, after
which my left arm and leg were prac-
tically helpless.
My grandfather, IN was a soldier
In the Revolutionary War, and lost an
arm in the struggle for American indie
pe~ndence. died finally OF paralysis. My
father also died Of paralysis, although
II was complicated with other troubles,
n so l had some knowledge OF the ia
tai character of the disease which Is he
reditary in our family. After the sec
ond shock / too warning. for, in all
probability, a third would carry me OFF.
Almost everything under the sun was
recommended 10 me and i tried all the
remedies that seemed likely to do any
good, electricity, massage and special
lists. but to no effect.
The only thing / found that helped
me was DIR. Williams Pin Pills, and /
verify believe that II II hadn't been for
those pills ] would have been dead
| years ago.
Yes, ! still have a slight reminder Of
the last attack six years ago. My left
arm is not as strong as the other and my
left foot drags a little, as the paralysis
had the effect of deadening the nerves.
But 1 can still walk a good distance.
talk as easily as ever, and my general
health is splendid, | am really over sew
enty years old, although / am generally
taken to be twenty years younger.
THE Pink Pills keep my blood in good
condition, and ] believe that is why i
am so we'll.
Mr.. Ware has every appearance of a
perfectly healthy man, and arrives at
his office promptly at eight o'clock ev-
cry morning, although he has reached
an age when many men retire from
active life. He says that in his
opinion both his father and grandfather
could have been saved If Pin Pills had
been obtainable at that time.
DIR. williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie contain all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They may
be had of all druggists or direct by mail
from the DR.. Williams Medicine Co,
Schenectady, N. Y, at SO cents per box.
or six boxes for SEQ.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
An Egg Shell Steam Engine.

The egg-shell steam engine is easily
made.
Blow two fresh eggs by making a
small hole in the big end and carefully
sucking out the contents. With very
fine wire put each in a harness or cage
by which it may be hung securely in
a horizontal position. In the same nan
ner firmly suspend a thimble from
each egg s that il will hang directly
below when the egg is suspended.
Next take q bottle cork. into the
bottom of which a pin is stuck, firmly
fasten the prongs of two forks into it
at exactly opposite sides, and pOise
the whole on the head of the pin,
which should rest an a well-wOrn cop
per laid on the top Of a sauce or wine
bottle. If this mechanism is carefully
constructed it will freely and evenly
revolye round the bottle.
1t nov becomes necessary to half
fill each egg shell with water. To do
this heat them owe a lamp and then
suddenly plunge them into cold water
and enough will penetrate to the in
terror.
" NuiVluiy iahS a Shti lloiu toNh
fork handle, and place in each of the
thimbles a wad OF cotton wool satur-
ated in alcohol. Insure a perfect bal
nee Of the whole by placing a few
fine shot in one or the other thimble
if need be.
All is now ready for getting up
steam. Touch a match to the cotton
wadding in the thimblas and in a
few minutes the water in the egg win
boil, and steam will begin TO issue
from the holes. OF course, the egg
shells are hung so as to face in oppo-
site directions.
When the steam begins to hiss"
gently set the whirlagig in motion
away from the jet of steam and then
the force of the escaping steam will
keep up the movement. slowly at first
but 500 at quite a rapid rate of revo-
luton.
If. in place of forks in a cork, a
carefully balanced piece of white pine
wood poised on a blunt needle, and q
polished and oiled copper be substi-
tuted the smoothness and force of
action viii increase.
Goose eggs, of course, will afford
larger boilers, and as a consequence
will keep the machine in operation
longer-Pearson's Weekly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
A Bicycle Lawn Mower.

Thomas Caldwell, who is supposed
to have taken out more patents on
lawn mowers than anybody else in the
world, was talking the other day with
William r. Hilton about arranging
chains and pedals in such a way as
to drive q small horse mower by man
power, when his 1a-year-old son Harry
spoke mp:
why don't you make a big hand
mower and attach il TO the front Of the
bicycle I'm place of the front wheel?'
he asked.
The boys suggestion was tried, and
the invention Of the mower cycle was
the result. The machine is made with
an ordinary bicycle hind wheel and a
2O-iuch mower I'm he place of the
front wheel. The mower wheels have
rubber tires aud they run just as
smoothly as Il bicycle itself. 1t is at
tached with long steel prongs or forks,
ard may be adjusted to cut high or
low. The pedals are placed directly
IN the large wheel shaft, dispensing
with the chaiu sprocket wheels and
crank shaft Of the bicycle. The strain
of pushing the mower is taken off the
frame and head of the machine by two
reds, n III each side of the large
wheel, n end of which Is attached
TO the frame at the center of the
wheel. and the other to the mower.
The machine turns more readily than
a h~icycle-in fact, mag Ice turned
around in a 6-foot circle. 1t takes no
more power TO operate it than TO pro-
pei an ordinary tricycle.. Ii is not yet
perfected 10 run on n side Hill, but Mr..
Caldwell expects 10 overcome this lit
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19

lows by making a lantern OF a large
gourd which grew in his back yard.
The idea was not new, as any boy who
has been in the country could testify,
though pumpkins os squash are the
vegetables generally employed. How
ever. this gourd was especially effect
i've by reason of the beautiful mark
ings. the green showing in dark lines
against the clear yellow. BY means
of a smafl wax candle such as are sold
for Christmas trees, the gourd lasted
several nights without whitening.
But most city children must be con-
tent with box lanterns. BY taking
two cigar boxes, the size which holds
fifty cigars, opening the lids and form
ing a cube, a lantern double the Or
binary size may be made. OF curse
ii will be necessary 10 cut a board for
the top and base, the former having a
circular or square hole for air. Four
such boxes will make a handsome
cross lantern. Take the lids off and
turn the boxes SO that they open IL
side the figure. The lids will supply
boards for the top and base.
For a gourd lantern the best orna-
m~entation is a face, and by cutting
the rind very thin in some places and
leaving it thick in others excellent
effects may be made with light and
shadow. With box lanterns the idea
of q stencil should be employed. Mark
the figure you wish to have. The best
way Is to draw il on paper and paste
the drawing on the wood. Then cut
the lines in dashes not entirely out.
These are easily made by using a coin
for drawing the ring. burning a hole
I'm the center and enlarging it with a
penknife.
The designs here given are some
which the Eagle artist has drawn ex-
pressly. They are simple and effect
ive.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
PhotographIng Under the Sea.

shown in the accompanying illuStra.
ton. his object being TO get artificial
light.
The apparatus consists OF a barrel
containing oxygen and carrying a
glass globe. in which is a lamp with
IA wick impregnated with alcohol. A
rubber tube connects with the glass
globe. and by pressing a bolt at the
end Of the tube the operator may
throw magnesium into the fame of
the lamp.
He wears the ordinary diving suit,
provided with an air supply pipe, and
places his camera, which is water
tight, close enough to the oxygen bar
rel for him 10 manipulate both the In
Simultaneous shutter and the fash
light apparatus.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
A Pcint I'm populnrity.

Apropos of the known antagonism
to Gen. Beauregard by the Richmond
authorities the incident is related that
ex-senator and Gen. Wigfall, OF Texas
once went To Mr. Davis, and I'm his
brusque way said:
Take my advice, Mr.. Pr~esident-let
Beauregard alone. When the men are
naming their race horses and steam
boats. and the women calling their
babies 'i'eauregard.' don't rub against
that kind of popularity. Its danger
II 10 you and won't hurt him. Keep
your hands off."-%New York Telegram.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
A Little Blind GirI,. vacation.

When all the pupils in the institution
for the blind were rejoicing over going
home for vacation there vas only sor-
row for Mary, for she was an orphan
and had no home to go to.
So the superintendent wrote TO a
lady, Mrs. Fields, who lived a few
miles out in the country, requesting
her to take Mary and care for her
during the summer. Mrs. Fields re-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-19
Novelties I'm lanterns.

not take place until September, at the
time Of the harvest noon. but it is not
saying much for an American boy thai
he can get ahead of a Chinaman. So
1t happens that grocers and tobac-
conIsts are now beseiged for cigar
boxes and the demand for tissue pa
per has already produced a scarcity of
desirable colors in the market.
Last year a boy in the Eastern dis
trict excited the admiration of his fel-