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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30

Prof. f. w. Scripture Of Yale Uni
versity, whose psycholc gical subjects
are DOW given special attention. has
been doing some valuable work Win
the new apparatus called the pendu-
lum c~hronoscope, or the pendulum
timer. designed for recording the time
occupied by the various operations OF
the mind. Some CT the tests Of Liz
instrument. made at q receu deItOI-
stration hy Prof. Scripture. 'v"' o.
interesting. Skilled piano-forte play
ers know that one of the main essex
tails to a smooth and artistic perform
ance in the ability TO press any re-
quired number Of keys exactly at the
| same instant. This is much more dif-
icult than is generally believed. hut
the timer will bring the musician
nearer to il than any inctrument Yet
devised. A wellknown pianist was
asked by Prof. Scripture TO preside ~
the piano. He was told TO move both
hands at the same time in pressing
the keys. He was quite sur that he
had done so until the reading Of the
timer was taken. This showed that his
LETT hand was ffteen-thousandths OF "a
second behind the right. To obtain
this record n telegraph key was put
under each of the performers hands.
Connected TO these was an apparatus,
including a large spark coil n two
metal recording points which rested
on a revolving drum. The drum was
covered with smoked paper. The mo
ment each key was pressed a spark
was made from its pointer, and the
distance between the sparks was told
off i'm thousandths of a second by q
tuning-fork adjustment. In a similar
manner the psychologist can ascertain
the time occupied by any given effort
throughout the whole domain of men
tai life. The operation of the pendu-
lum timer is not confined 10 sound,
and a very elaborate series of tests is
being made by Prof. Scripture for the
purpose of determining many hitherto
unknown phenomena connected with
sight, touch, etc. The pendulum timer
was made under the supervision OF
Prof. Scripture for Prof. G. b. Bliss,
who proposes to publish the results OF
a large number Of measurements on
mental time he is now taking.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30
wamhfuRton.

Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle
has zone South.
Hereafter foreigners will not lie al
lowed 10 witness tests at the navy
proving grounds
The United States revenue cutter
Commodore Perry has arrived at Port
Townsend. Wash. from San Francis
Go, en- route TO BeriDg sea.
Word reaches Washington that Mex
leo is about to try a new plan for rais-
ing revenue by taxing all silver and
gold mines In which American capi-
talists are heavily interested.
Senior V. q. Dominique has present
ed 10 the state department his creden-
tiais as charge d'affaires and minister
ad interim for the Argentine Repub-
lie.
Secretary Hoke Smith has decided
10 patent no lands to the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy 10 make up the
deficit In an earlier patent until pres
ent suits for recovery of other lands
Of the company are decided.
The Indian bureau is preparing pro-
grammes for three institutes for In
dian school employees 10 be held in the
West during the summer. The first
viii be held in Sioux City. Iowa. from
July u 10 "a, and the last at FL Reno,
Okla, from Aug. . to 10.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30
Unfortunate Events.

James Fulton. a farmer, was killed
by the kick Of a horse at Fairbury, Ill.
Fourteen men are killed by a nitro.
glyceriae explosion in California.
A runaway horse ia an Indiana town
kills n person and Injuries sixteen
others.
Brooklyn trolley cars claimed victim
NO. no in the person of James O'con-
nor, a eleyen-year-old boy.
Harry Stevenson, a young man of
Fairview, Ill, was killed by being run
over by an Iowa Central train.
In the debris OF the fire at Gate City.
Ala, the charred bones Of two women
we're found.
Mrs. Charles Wallingford, a respected
lady of Macomb, ILL., drank a table.
spoonful OF carbolic acid. Her condi.
ton Is critical.
The cigar factory at Havana known
as the Flor de Fumar. was burned.
The loss is S150,0O0. Eighteen firemen
were injured, W. fatally.
Mrs. John Henry fell from a fourth.
story window In New York city, struck
on a news stand, rolled off TO the side
walk. brushed off her skirts and then
walked up stairs.
w. l.. Carrathers, a Chicago, Bur
lington < Quincy engineer, made a dis
astrous attempt to beat a fast passen.
ger train with his bicycle. The train
ran him down at Ottumwa, Iowa, and
fatally injured him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30

And after the South Dakota COW
has secured recognition, let the South
Dakota he havs her innings, says
the Sioux Fails Press. Do you know
that the COW and hen beat any kind
OF field or mine on the continent?
Last year in tire United States they
produced stuff, exclusive OF their car-
cases, TO the value OF $500, 000,Ot O.
while the wheat fields yielded only
SZ26, 000, 900, and the corn fields only
S555, 600, 100, and the cotton fields
yielded only $3.50. 600, 90, and the
gold mines only SAG. zoos 01, and the
silver mines only $4,000, OOO-and
the iron industry, even after the ore
had been smelled and made into
steele, produced only $500, 600, 0OU-
half of what the COW and hen yield
ed. All the gold and sil"er produced
last year wasn't worth ten pen cent
Of what the COW and hen produced.
Keep your eye or the COW ard hen.
Promote heg-both OF her. She's a
winner. Not everybody can have a
gold or silver mine, but almost every
body can have a cow or q hen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30
An Old War Tax.

When the census was taken in 1890
the general government held out from
the Dakotas the amou' t of $4,000
which was claimed to he due from
the states on the old direct war tax
which was levied against Dakota ter
ritory and r"ver paid. As the war
tai has since been refunded to all
states which did pay the Dakotas
have made a claim for it. and will, as
soon as the details are settled, receive
the money due them on the old CEN
sus. Under the enabling act all claims
OF the old territory must be brought
by South Dakota, and John III. King,
the agent OF the state at Washington,
writes that as soon as the officers of
South Dakota file the necessary pa
pers the money will be paid, North
Dakota having already taken all the
action which is necessary on her part.
The necessary papers will be forward
ed as soon as possible.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30
. Mention.

Col George Bliss Of New York has
been decorated by the pope.
Mrs. Mary Il. Lease Of Kansas will
practice law.
Chauncey Depew is ex-senator War
ner's choice for president.
J.. III. Cornell rs. aged e~ighty-two.
died at Freeport, Ill lie had practiced
dentistry for fOrty-three years.
G. +. Huntington. president of the
Central Pacific railroad, is going TO
Europe.
leo Is dead. She was active in char
liable work.
Mrs. Westinghouse, the Pittsburg
h~eiress, in a luncheon she gave not
long ago, used 1000 YiOIets In table
decorations.
Rev. w. ". Cleveland Of Chanmont,
y. Y, a brother of the president, says
Grover Is a belieyef-a religious man,
In fact.
A certain Peruvian heiress once paid
the late VI. Worth $4,000 for a as
tune which contained nearly $23,0D0
worth Of lace.
At Athens, Ca, where Mrs. Hoke
Smith has been spending the summer.
a daughter was born Friday night TO
the secretary Of the interior.
The wife Of Postmaster General VII
son has never taken any interest in
her husbands career. She is not in
the the best OF health and dislikes so
eiety.
Alphonse Daudet, who is spending
q quiet holiday In London, is made
much OF by the French colony. lie is
rather Of a retiring nature. and is
more een In private circles than in
public functions.
Ex-Presidest Harrison has had his
first sitting in New York for the por-
trait that is to hang in the White
House The president is a good sitter,
but his hair is no fluffy enough, says
Artist Johnson.
Mrs. Sarah Stephan. an aged widow
who keeps a small candy shop in
Kingston, n. Y, has reason to believe
that she is the rightful heir TO q fort
une of S2S,000,0 900 left by her brother,
Michael Haner OF Ireland.
James Andrew, the oldest resident
Of La Porte, Ind, died of general de-
bility In his ninety-seyenth year. He
was born I'm Hamilton county, Ohio.
His life touched the administration OF
every president Of the United States
except Washington.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30
sheep In soush nj
The Agor sheep ranch, Abcated near

The Agor sheep ranch, Ncated near
Delhi. Mcpherson county, is attract
ing consider bile number OF visitors
and a good L-al Of alter ion from he
neighocr ring farmers just now. The
ranch is stocked with 1000 sheep and
Is fitted up in every way with suit.
able buildIn-s and other conyenien-
ces. Just now the increase OF lambs
is from l5 to 40 per day, and out OF
a total of coo only - have died.
This loss IL remarkably low.
While the proprietor is q skilled
sheep raiser, he attributes his success
TO the advantages OF the countrr,
which he declares is far read of ILL.,
nois and New York IN this particular.
With the exception OF a few weeks
during the winter, the sheep picked
their own living on the range and were
better for it. This experience is at
tested by several others who have ex-
tensiTe, ho.ks upon the Western rang.
es OF this state, and all are enrhuiast-
lc over the advantages offered in
every section OF South Dakota for the
industry of sheep raising.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30

The bicycle epidemic is sweepgnr
owe the whole country. 1t is est.
mated that during the coming summer
the votaries of the wheel in New York
city alone viii number oyer 20Dten
In many cities the bicycle has inauc-
urated a serious rivalry with the street
car, and in Denver the effect has been
so unmistakable that the local street
railway company has had to cut the
wages of its employees in order 10 meet
the great reduction in its income. The
| daily receipts of the car lines have
never been so low, and that the drop
is caused entirely by the introduction
| OF bicycles il beyond a doubt. On wet
| days, when the wheels cannot be rid
den, the receipts per car invariably
run up to over $40 per day. AS soon
as the streets dry of the receipts drop
down fully one-half. Formerly the
large crowd of invalids and pleasure
seekers, which is constantly pouring
into Denver. would take the cars ogt
to the suburbs for their daily outing;
now the wheel Is used instead. II is
estimated that during the past year
1000 wheels have been sold in the city
by the local dealers. besides the large
number shipped in by individuals. The
estimate Of 10000 wheels in use il
probably extremely low. Each Of these
wheels will take out of the pocket of
| the street railway company some 20
or 80 cents a day. Taking the low es-
innate of ~ cents a day for the lo.u00
wheels, the amount would reach $1,000
a day. or $4,000 a year. The contln-
gency which has presented itself in
! such definite shape in Denver viii
have to be met by the street car COM
panies in many other cities, n in
stead of abating this source Of depri-
walton of revenue is likely to become
more formidable. especially during the
summer months. The use Of the bi-
cycle has apparently bu just begun
10 fairly take hold on the popular
fancy, and IL is prophesied that before
long the majority of people will just
as soon think of doing without Their
bicycles as their watches.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30

The royal commission appointed In
England five years ago 10 inquire into
the effect on human health OF food
deri, ed from tuberculcu Us animals has
made q bulky report which presents
very few definite conclusions. They
recommend that milk should be boiled
and not consumed raw. Beyond this
the report is rather barren reading.
and indicates that science has learned
nothing about cattle that has not long
been known. The important matter is
honest, practical IL srection.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30
General.

General.
The Merchants National bank Of
Seattle, Wash, failed.
There was a killing frost again at
Middlesboro, KY.
Poverty palace, the knights of La
Dor headquarters at Philadelphia, Pa,
was sold for $4,000.
II has been agreed to try the gov.
ernment's $15, 900 suit against the
Leland Stanford estate in June at San
Francisco, Cal.
Frank Cole, one IF the leading live.
stock breeders of McHenrycounty. ILL.,,
dropped dead at his farm near Rich
mond.
The Tamarack Mining company di-
rectors at Boston declared Ia dividend
of 81 a share, payable June - TO the
stockholders OF record.
Herman Redner set his lines for
bullheads at Elgin, Ill, and caught q
muskollange weighing twenty-eight
pounds. II is on exhibition.
The Schroeder Commission company,
carrying on a buchetshop business al
Kansas City Mo-, failed with liabili,
ties placed at Sl5o,Oop,
Nearly of Of the 400 employees OF the
Epson Nut and Bolt works at CIeve-
land, Ohio, who went on a strike for a
10 per CEN increase of wages las;
week, returned to work.
Thomas O'Neil, a st. Louis contract.
or, decided all his property to Minnie
Easton, his typewriter, 10 beat his
creditors. Minnie is an u~p-to-date cir
and has skipped with the deeds.
A plan for the reorganization of the
Northern Pacific is adopted by the
German committees. One hundred
million dollars OF shares are TO be is
sued, also s20O,OQp,oo0, TO be guaran.
teed by the Great Northern.
Minnie Robinson, who sued the
United States Mutual Accident com
pany at st. Louis, NO., for insurance
on her fiance's life. was given a yer
diet, the court deciding she had an in
surabie interest in his life.
The death and identity OF Anse
White, the lost heir OF Port Townsend
Wash, TO the S4.0O0,000 estate, has
been fully established by a specia
court commission sent 10 the coast by
the probate court Of Utica, ". Y.
Charles Devices. a plate glass work.
er Of Elwood, Ind, became insane
from enforced idleness and tried u
kin his wife. The asylum is too full
to admit him and the police have hin
under restraint.
Five regular fast freight trains have
been added to the service OF the Hi
nois Central for the sole purpose OF
hauling fruit and vegetables. One 10
cal fruit train recently showed by Tn.
billing that IL earned the compan'
: $500.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30

The well known English statesman,
Mr.. Balfour, maintains that the prin-
cipal value Of the newspapers lies in
its advertising function, rather than
In its news gathering or Its discussion
OF current issues. He said in a recent
address: 'In the newspapers capac-
ity as AZ an advertising agent II Is,
after all, of the first Importance to any
civilized society, inasmuch as 1t brings
together those who have something TO
sell and those who have something to
buy. Some gentlemen laughed when
! mentioned advertising, but In my
Judgment the foreign correspondent,
the parliamentary reporter aud all the
other machinery of communicating in
formation to the public really are OF
no more Importance to the community
ut large than the power OF communI-
cation By advertisement"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30

The son Of Gen. Robert f. Lee has
furnised for publication a letter writ
ten by the famous Confederate com
mander to President Johnson, in which
he asked for amnesty and pardon. His
q for 80 doing, as given to his
son at the time, was that he thought
Il was but right for him to .set an ex-
ample Of submission to the civil author
ities,' and that he might possibly thus
place himself ''in a better position to
be OF use to the C~onfederates who
were not protected by military paroles
especially Mr.. Davis" The letter
was sem June 10, 1866, and presuma-
big received In due time, but "Gen.
Lee never had any acknowledgment
OF II whatever"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30
Variation in the Growth of Trees.

The popular idea that trees keep On
steadily adding to their growth year
In and year out has been falsified 10y
the observations of NJ. Mer, n French
forester. NJ. Mer states that the
weather affects the growth of trees,
as it does that of vegetables. In the
dry summer of 1893 the frs of the
yosges grew less than usual, both in
height and diameter. A similar effect
was produced by the exceptionally
cold, wet summer of 1883. The dry
spring Of 1892 only diminished the
growth in length, and the dry autumn
of 1887 only checked the growth in
thickness. In short, there are good,
bad and middling years OF growth,
and NJ. Mer considers that foresters
will do well TO give the matter a great
deal more study than has ever beeD
devoted TO il.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30
England's greatest ~fortresscs

England's greatest fortresscs In
America are at Halifax, on the Allan
tic side, and Vancouver, on the Pacific
side, and the word impregnable is
often applied to them. 1t should be re-
membered that high explosives have
been invented since the last import
ant siege was carried forward, and IL
n by no means certain that any fort
ress In existence can nov Withstand
4 long siege. The rule may be &C.
cepted that In war hereafter 1t viii be
exceedingly uncomfortable to be shut
up and surrounded by an active enc.
my supplied with dynamite.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30

The Antwerp worlds far had much
bad weather to contend with, but il
paid guarantors In full and. In add.
ton, divided q profit Of $4,000. A
great fair, IL intelligently planned and
well managed, win pay every time
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30

Every year adds TO the importance
of trade In the Pacific, and the vents
OF 1895 are making the great ocean
and its bordering lands the chief arena
Of interest. The possibilities Of growth
In those ATTITUDES is iRstanced in Aus
traiia, which had a foreign trade last
year OF SEA-, 100000 and produced gold
to the value Of $40, O0O,OOU.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30

The Russian thistle has appeared in
California, and the opinion prevails
that IL will be a pest to lazy farmers.
The other kind attack IL promptly and
keep IL under without difficulty. The
weed In ehoked out by alfalfa, and the
clean culture that subsidies IL is just
what a crop needs In any case.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30

There Is pathos in the fact that ex-
Gov. Chase OF Indiana. WHO died the
other day, did not leave enough money
70 pay his funeral expenses. and II had
20 be provided by his friends. He was
an honest man who fell into the hands
Of sharpers and was swindled out Of
his Last dollar.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30
Criminal Dofn~s.

NJ. III. Slifer was murdered by high
way robbers at Leadville, Col.
County Judge Ballard of Chadron,
Neb., is charged with having held
up" and robbed Selah Abbott OF $500.
William Kimbick, a drunken negro,
was killed at Jacksonville, Ind, by a
policeman while resisting arrest.
John Dornbach. aged 46, committed
suicide at Akron, o., by taking
poison.
Charles House, aged 81, committed
suicide at Bonneville, Ind, by shoot
Ing.
Amos Stndebaker attempted suicide
by hanging nes L.ogansport, Ind. He
~ss cut down by his wife in time to
savs ..is life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30

I'VE left nj country FOR our coun
fry's good is an expression first
found in the prologue To a play pre-
sented by convicts in Sydney. The
prologue was by George harrington,
himself a convict, and the allnsion
was. IL is said, keeniy appreciated by
the convict actors and the audience.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30

Mrs Eate Knapp. aged 20, OF Per-
kins@ Grove, Ill. committed suicide by
shooting. Dependency through i'll
health was the cause.
James Baughman killed himself inst
east of Oskaloosa. Ia. in the woods,
by shooting himself in the forehead
From every indication he died in
stantly.
The fourth attempt at elOpement Of
Louis Dixon and Maggie Clark Of
Louisville. KY. was a success. I'm
two Of the occasions the father and
brothers of the bride had drawn re-
volyers and driven Dixon away.
Mrs. Belle Hickman. coIored, Of
Hiilsboro, o., hanged her I0-months-
old child until she was dead and ran
across the fields beating the ground
with tse dead body. Then she threw
her 6-year-old child into a well.
An unknown man walked into a
hardware store at Anderson, Ind. and
under pretense of buying a revolver,
looked owe many weapons and am
munition. Loading one revolver, he
put IL TO his temple and killed himself.
Raffaelli Ungaro fed from Wolfe
island with 1886 in cash. a draft for
$500, and a gold watch and chain
which had been Entrusted 10 him by
Alfred Duman, d New York con
tractor.
w. j. Mccarthy. Frank Williams
and Albert Bywater were arrested at
Center Grove, Ia. charged with hav-
ing attempted TO rob the mail carrier
who rides between Peosta and Cen
tralia.
The third trial OF James J.. LOtau.
ex-collector Of customs. and Seid
Back, a wealthy Chicago merchant.
for conspiracy TO smuggle Chinese
into Portland. Or. began ia the United
States district court at Portland,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30
Excursion tn Hot Springs, south Dakots

On June 18th the North Western
line will sell excursion tickets from
stations in South Dakota to Hot
Springs, S. d., and return, at rate OF
one fare for round trip; tickets good
thirty days. The excursion will be
under the personal direction of Mr..
Geo. Schlosser, of Aberdeen, s. D.,
and an exceptionally favorable oppor-
tunity will be afforded for visiting this
charming health and pleasure resort.
For tickets and full information APP
ply to agents Chicago & Northwestern
Railway.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30
Foreign.

Japan refuses China's request for
more time in handing Formosa over.
Villages in Italy are wrecked by an
earthquake and many people killed.
London has a spicy breach OF prom
Use case, a baron's son being the de-
PENDANT.
Patriotic Americans In London have
arranged to celebrate the Fourth Of
July.
Maj. von Wissmann goes back TO
German East Africa as governor in
place Of Baron von Schele.
Frozen milk is now imported into
England from Holland and Sweden
in rapidly increasing quantities.
Lake Tanganyika's latest mail weigh
"a 400 pounds. 1t had 10 be carried
from the coast oyer 1000 miles on the
heads Of the carriers.
4 drive Of 240 yards wa made by a
Cambridge golfer lately. The carry
was 10 yards, and the ball ran thirty
yards further.
English ship owners have cornered
the wheat ships Of the Pacific coast
and are expected to make enormous
profits on wheat.
Turner's painting Of The Trosachs"
was % in London recently for $1,000
and Landseer's original study for
Low Life" for S575.
NJ. Zultan Dome, a Hungarian. he's
just been engaged as a leading tenor
at the Paris grand opera. Like Jean
de Reszke, he began by singing bara-
tone.
The emperor of China has issued a
decree recalling from the Island OF
Formosa, coded to Japan by the treaty
Of peace, all Chinese officials In the
island.
The Mccormick Mower and Reaper
company Of Chicago and Enrique
Creel, a prominent banker of Chihu-
ahua, hay obtained a concession from
the government for a railroad from
Chihuahua 10 the Ocampo mining dis.
fricf-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-05-30
SnecuIatixe show.

Assistant think we could that
play. There is a horse race on the
stage in the last act
Manager-That isn't new"
Assistant-No; but the playwright
suggested that we change the winning
horse every night and sell pools on the
result.-Indianapolis Journal.