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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
A Few Hints for Girls.

This Is what 1 wanted to say to Won
about books, girls. They seem TO ma
much like pleasant countries with
paths leading here and there. and
when you open a new one Ii is IKE
taking a little journey. You never
are sure Of what will be the next sur.
prise. Cultivate a love for books. I
know that school girls have not much
time TO devote to reading, their les
sons and other duties taking up their
days so fully, but one can secure A
half-hour now and then, and it is a
good plan to keep a good book on
hand. A half-hour every day will
make itself felt in the course of a
year, as you will be convinced II you
take the trouble to make a list. one
by one, Of the books you read.
Now for a step to something quite
different. Can any girl explain why
most girls are so mucL opposed To
wearing overshoes. Don't ask me ~
put on rubbers," says Molly, when the
spring rain is pouring In a flood. MY
shoes are thick, and l hate rubbers
anyway If your shoes have cork
soles you may venture safely out-of
doors on a moderately wet day with
out other protection, but the ordinary
boot is not thick enough to let you do
this safely. l have a fancy that girls
ought 10 please their mothers in a lit
tie thing of this kind.
In conversation, girls, it is as well
not TO set people right in case of their
making unimpOrtant mistakes. Char
lOtte is describing a person she met
last summer. He was very tall" she
says: las tall as Reginald, and looked
so strong and we'll" "Oh, no. sister,
Interrupts Anne: 'hc was no taller
than Max; and when we saw him lie
was very pale"
You can readily understand that the
interest of the little incident, what
ever, it is, does not depend on the
inches of the hero; and in setting
Charlotte right Anne throws the story
off the track, discOncerts her sister,
and makes everybody uncomfortable.
-Harper's Young People.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
Uncertain Age of the Earth.

Prof. ohm Perry has been causing
quite a commotion in scientific circles
by ~insinuating that the earth is much
more ancient than we have been ac-
customed to believe. Lord Helvin's
estimate of the age Of the earth, as
a solid or crusted body, which is 400
millions of years for its upper and any
thing down to ten or twenty million
years for It's lower limit, has been hith-
erto accepted without suspicion. Prof.
Perry has called into question this
theory of the comparative %juvenility
vim has taken the conducting power
Of hot rocks as lower than it really is,
and hence that the earth had cooled
and consolidated from a liquid state
much earlier than 400 million years
ago, at least 120 times earlier; that
Is, $4,000 million years ago. These
hoary figures drove Lord Kelvin TO his
laboratory from whence he has now
emerged with most reassuring data.
He has been experimenting on the con-
Quoting power of rocks at high tenn
peratures, and he has also received
some valuable results Of experiments
made by DIR. Robert Weber. from
which 1t appears that Prof. Perry was
mistaken in assuming the greater con-
ductivity of intensely heated rocks.
With some kinds of rock, for instance
slate, and sandstone, there is, on the
contrary, a diminution of conducto-
witty at high temperatures. Lord KEEL
vim sees no ground for abandoning his
former estimate and he quotes the
confirmation of DR.. Clarence King,
the well-known American geologist,
who says that 1--WE have no warrant
for extending the oarth's age beyond
t~wenty-four millions of years" This
accords with the fifteen or twenty
million years for the age of the sun.
as calculated by Helmholtz, Newcomb
and Kelvin.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
A Boys Interest in War.

AS an example in the exceedingly d.
verse interests that may depend upon
the success of the Japanese army, we
quote the following letter which was
recently received by Marshal Yama-
gaia:
General: I am an ordinary school
boy scarcely 8 years old. l stay in
Berne. In the atlas Switzerland is
smaller than Japan. / am very glad
you have met your enemies rs my
f~orefathers met theirs, and that the
brave general has always won. 1t is
to be hoped that you will conquer the
great Chinese empire and pull down
the Great Wall that surrounds 1t. /
believe this wall is to blame for my
not having any Chinese stamps in my
album yet. / hear you are a kind man.
viii you be so good as to send me
some Of the many Chinese stamps,
which you are sure to find among the
bootyT'
The marshal, was of course, much
amused at the letter; and although he
has not yet had time to pull down the
Great Wall, he has made such ar
engagements that It shall no longer
stand in the way of his youthful cor
respondents NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Gazette.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
A Huge Derrick.

The largest derrick in the world Is
said to be that used in the granite
quarry Of G. e. Tayntor & Co, at
Barre, VT. Its mast is 90 feet high
and is held by ten guys, each running
out about 200 feet to heavy anchor
ages. The boom can swing around a
circle 142 feet in diameter, and, like
the mast, is built of Phoenix columns.
The loads are hoisted by means of a
steel wire rope one and o~ne-quarter
inches in diameter. and the boom IT.
self is handled with a similar rope
three-quarters Of m inch In diameter.
Over a mile Of steel rope was used In
rigging the derrick, and Its weight.
exclusive OF rope. Is about 5O,OOo
pounds. 1t Is operated by means OF q
hosting engine, and so well are All
parts designed that a pull OF w
pounds ut the end OF the boom viii r.
volve the whole appliance when the
boom Is horizontal and loaded Wild
31h tons. The derrick has been tested
with a load of 57h tons, although de.
signed to carry only 40 tons; int II
the ropes were heavy enough. II re-
mainder of the apparatus has had SUI
ficient strength to carry Dads OF %
tons {.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25

the earther, and then finish with celery
hoes. which are made with six inch pol
isbed steel about l6 inches long.
i intended to give our system of dig.
gipg, washing and packing celery for
shipment, but as it is going to make too
long an article, / will reserve this for
another time, and will only add that in
our estimation, there are four very es-
sential points in celery growing, viz:
good seed, good plants, well prepared
ground, and careful and intelligent cul-
ture.
We can supply the best strains of
seed we ear procure, and can also sup
ply plants to parties who do not care
to grow them; and when only a few
hundred are wanted this is the best
way. As the success of the crop de-
ponds largely upon the plants used, IL
is better to secure them from some one
having the proper facilities for gro owing
them.
Hog Prospects From q Chicago Standpoint.
Hog receipts exceeded the predictions
Of the most sanguine bears on provi-
sions by increasing l,oOo,o 900 over 1898.
ilios hafN bNSh hudih II ~
well is due to the enormous export de-
mand, which continued throughout the
entire year, taking all of our surplus,
leaving the lightest stock of provisions
we have ever seen at the commence
ment of a winter packing season. Any
tampering with this staple by foreign
n0..-t.a. .G4xYl 10 -,a,ral xxytth nan
siderable alarm by our government, as
any blow at our livestock industry re
acts directly on every farmer and feed
er throughout the entire country. The
quality of the hog receipts in 1894 was
poorer than the previous year, the
average weight showing a falling off
of several pounds. This is due to the
large number of pigs marketed since
the LIST of August on account Of the
lack of feed. This lack of feed was
also the cause of a large number OF
light pigs being bought in Kansas,
Nebraska and Iowa for shipment into
farther eastern states where there was
feed. Owing to change in climate or
change of food fully 90 per cent of these
pigs had to be reshipped to market to
escape total loss on account of death.
This free marketing of pigs will take
just that many from the receipts of fat
hogs next summer, when they will be
badly wanted.
During 1894 prices of hogs were uni
formly satisfactory, and during last
Sept ember they reached $685., a higher
price than anybody looked for. The
low prices of the year we're during
Dece mber, when the same grade of
hogs could be bought at $3.50. Had
the packers imagined that the receipts
for November and December would
have been as heavy, we have no doubt
that they would have forced prices to
a 81 basis. Heavy hogs are already
coming in few numbers. and we look
for a wider margin right away between
choice heavy and medium and light
weight hogs.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
A wooden Railway.

An interesting illustration Of what
a plucky community can do in the
way of helping itself where more con
sentative folks would fold their hands
and wait for something to come from
Florida. The people of the two cities
agreed that a transportation line con-
Meeting them across a sandy and ncVf-
ly level tract or country would be q
common advantage; but they were
not rich and it was found impossible
TO raise funds for the further discus
sion of ways and means. A director
said that metal was not the only thing
that rails could be made of, and he
proposed that they should construct
the road of wood. Each property-own-
er along the right of way could con
eribute his share of wooden rails, and
the company could see to the rest.
The idea was Immediately taken up,
and 1t was decided to construct the
road. The wood rails are to be large
enough to be laid so that they will be
half embedded In the sand without
other ballast. They will be held In
position by wooden pins two inches
in diameter and eighteen inches long,
while the ends will be connected by
plank cOuplers placed underneath and
pinned down. Although the line will
be forty miles long, not a pound of
metal will be used In the laying of the
track. 1t is calculated that the vege-
table and passenger business between
the two cities will soon make the line
a paying concern, and as soon as the
road a afford 1t steel rails will take
the place Of wooden ones, which will
be used for ties. A small steam dunn
my will furnish power, and the line
will Dol be In operation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
Scientific Notes.

Mica Ia reported to be a satisfactory
substitute for selenite for use in polar
izing outfits.
NJ. Bay, a Persian, is the inventor
Of 4 new sort CT ornamental glass,
which closely resembles hoar frost on
glass in the feathery forms upon it.
Electric heat has been applied with
success to the thawing out of frozen
water pipes In England. A wire is
run into the pipe until it meets the
obstruction and then the current is
turned on.
A New York dispatch says that the
new Illuminating gas, ecetylene, men-
toned recently, may o be offered
for general use there, and that its cost
will not be more than Z cents per 1000
feet.
1t Is said a female Goldfish will In y
100000 eggs during a single sea-
son.. P%iscatorial authorities say that
were it not for the work of the nat
ural enemies Of fish they would fill
all the available space in the seas,
rivers and e
Pure coffee Of the strength In which
II Is used as a beverage is a germi-
eide Experiments made by a Ger
man INVESTIGATOR sh WED that power
full cholera bacilli were killed by ii in
three hours and those of typhus In
twenty-four hours.
The tensile strength Of iron at 400
degrees below zero is just twice what
il Is at 80 degrees above. 1t will take
a strain Of sixty instead of thirty tons
to the square inch, and equally curl
GUS results have come out as TO the
elongation of metals under these con-
ditions.
a workman In a limestone quarry
bat Maquoketa, Iowa, the other day
found imbedded In the rock, twenty
Ave feet below the surface, a fly. The
fossil is perfect. The feeiers and legs
and delicate wings. as well as the
body, are as complete as when the in
sect alighted and stuck in the q
away back In the upper Silurian
J period. ages ago.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
weather aud Crops.

Washington, April 1S-The weather
bureau In its review OF weather crop
conditions for the week ending April
Is, says: Heavy rains have caused
serious damage In New England,
where, as yet, only q little farm work
has been done, and that In the south
ern portion. Heavy rains Of the prevt-
ous week delayed farm work in North
Carolina. Rain Is badly needed IL
North Dakota and Northern Mime
sofa.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
A O
Egyptian Darkness Prevails In the
Southwest.

Southwest.
Kansas City, April 1S.-A storm Of
great severity passed over Eastern
Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and the
Southwest generally. In Colorado
and Kansas II Is believed considerable
damage was done. Reports from Ok
La homa state that a destructive wind
and sand stol passed over Southern
Kansas and Oklahoma yesterday
evening, doing much damage to crops.
A peculiar feature of the storm was
the intense darkness and the extra
ordinary electrical display. The at
mosphere was surcharged with cleo
tricity, and several persons and
horses were stunned and shocked by
electric shocks. In the western part
of Oklahoma and the pan handle,
Egyptian darkness prevailed. Such a
peculiar storm has seldom been seen.
and the superstitious thought the as
Economical conditions which, 1t has
been claimed by the South Carolina
minister, are now repeating them
selves for the first time since the
death OF Christ had something TO do
with IL. The rain that fell i'm Western
Oklahoma was actually a shower Of
mud.
A cyclone struck the house of Frank
Good, three miles west of Cherokee,
Kan, and literally tore it to pieces,
scattering debris sll oyer the corn
field. Mr.. Good had his neck dislo-
Gated and will die. Mrs. Good was
caught under the roof and pinned to
the ground, her clothes taking fire.
Her e attracted the neighbors,
who rescued her in time to save her
life. She Is not seriously injured.
Half a dozen other farm houses in the
immediate vicinity were also demoi-
ished, but nobody else was hurt.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
SCIENTIFIC MATTERS.
INTEREST," iG INFORMATION ABOUT
iTH : USEFUL ARTS.
The Fs4Ilacy 0f Early Rfsing-PrO-
tectirsg Electrical Workmen-Un-
certain Age of the Enrth-Dual
Action of b Mind-Scientttic
Notes.

Proverbs are responsible for a great
deal of folly. but, in the opinion Of an
EngiishN ournal, few have done more
mischief than those which inculcate
early rts ipg as a virtue. When the
foolish Interpretation Of a proverb
about health and wealth to be gotten
from early rising is combined with the
still more foolish adage which says of
sleep: "Six hours for a man, seven
for a woman and eight for a fool a
vicious systena Is evolved capable of
working great mischief to young peo-
pie OF both sexes. There is a tendency
greatly encouraged in towns by the
spread of cycIin to curtail unduly the
and lads are to be met, %careening
about the streets al midnight. They
would be far netter in bed, as their
duties In most cssses necessitates their
rising at an hour which will give them
but six. or at the outside, seven hours
rest. These young men are, 10 doubt.
encouraged by the silly rdages quoted
above. When the great ma. ,rity lived
in villages and were engage in the
cultivation Of the soil. early rising
may be conducive to health and
wealth, IL not to wisdom, but even our
| early forefathers probably did no more
| than make a virtue of necessity. II
Is said to be natural-that is physioiog-
| ical-to rise early and enjoy the beau
ties of the sunrise; IL we ask why, we
are treated to various transcendeItal
| theories about the vivifying influence
of the sun, ana we are told to take ex-
ample by the birds OF the air, and the
beasts of the field, or 50 many of them
as are not nocturnal in their habits.
| But, as a matter of fact, says the au-
thority already quoted, physiology, so
| far as 1t has anything to say on the
| subject at all, is all against the early
rising theory. Physiological expert
ment appears to show that a man does
not work pest and fastest in the early
morning hours, but, Oh the contrary
apout midday. The desire to rise
early, except in those trained from
youth TO outdoor pursuits, is COM
monty a sign not of strength of
acter and yigor Of body, but of ad-
yancing age. The very old often sleep
nuth, DuL they uo NV DhNNb
| long. deep sleep, the sleep of youth, re-
auires for it's production a thoroughly
elastic vascular system. The stiten-
ing vessels of age are not so com
pIetely nor so easily controlled by the
yaso-motor nerves. Hence, shorter
sleeps. Thus paterfamilias, VINO goes
to bed at IL p. m, wants TO get up at
( or 6 a.. M, and looks upon his
healthy son, who prefers to lie until 5,
as a sluggard. This is altogether
wrong. The town dweller of these last
decades iof the nineteenth century
| suffers more or less from nervous IA
tigue, and young people especiaiiy'
who take active exercise, should be
encouraged to sleep, rather than dis
suaded from it. Nature can generally
be left to regulate these matters, ana
a healthy young person will usually
awake as soon as the proper amount
of sleep has been taken.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
Peace Goes.

Toxic. April Is. The newspapers
here that at the conference
between the peace commissioners
Viceroy Ii Hung Chang submitted
China's reply to the propositions OF
Japan. whereupon an agreement upon
the subject was reached. 1t is added
that the conference of the peace COM
missioners will not meet again until
the notifications of the treaty Of peace
are exchanged.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
CHILEAN Claims

Washington, April Is. - The pub
lisll.d diplomatic correspondence Of
the state department for the last year
shows that up TO its close the United
States government had been unsuc-
cessful In securing the submission to
another commission Of the Chilean
claims that were left undisposed OF
by the termination of the last claims
commission before il could pass upon
all Of the cases pr scented.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
Seven Men Must swing.

Jefferson City, April Is. - Unless
Gov. Stone interferes seven men will
be hanged in this state Saturday.
They are Jacob Heinz, Henry Kaiser,
James Murray and w. H. Taylor In
st. Louis; John Burries, alias Joseph
Dusty. in st. Joseph; Edward Muir
ray In Gasconade county and James
Crisp In Webster county.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
Boycott ON RIoomers.

Kansas City. April 1S-An ordinance
ia to be introduced at the next meet
ing Of the Westport council by Aid.
L. III. Wheeler which will doubtless
create CONSERVATION in the ranks Of
women who ride bicycles. 1t provides
that the wearing Of boomers on the
streets of Westport shall be prohibit
ed
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
Th,.xe. On n weddin. Tom.

Dayton. Ohio, April Is, Dannie
Nugent. pickpocket, and Minnie May,
notorious shoplifter Of Chicago, who
is reported to have stolen S150,00O
worth of goods, here on a wedding
tour and stopping at n reputable ho-
tel. We're arrested by Chief Farrell
this morning as known and reputed
thieves.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
A Lovers Quarrel.

Telluride. Colo. April 1S.-Heywood
Williams, who ,rme from Louisville.
N. c., shot and 7 He'd Grace White. a
oma Of bad character, in q lovers
quarrel to-day, aud then shot himself,
~inficting a mortal wound.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
..x.sti.atfns IN Indian Agent.

dian Inspector Mclaughlin is at Yank-
ton agency. undoubtedly for the pur-
pose of investigating the charges
made against Indian Agent Smith by
a delegation of Yanktons who visited
Washington last winter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
Braken,an Murdered.

Jackson, Miss. April Is. - Robert
Biuie, n brakeman or the Illinois
Central, was found dead beside the
track In the suburbs IF Jackson. this
morning. He had been robbed Of $50
and q fine gold watch.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
Fatal Quarrel.

Toledo. Ohio, April 1S.-At Norwalk
to-day Alfred Blar chard was shot and
killed by Michael Artman. his neigh
Dor. The two q%uarrcled over the To-
cation of q line fence.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
Return to Work.

Washington. Pa. April Is. - Five
mines OH the Wheeling division Of the
Baltimore Il Ohio started to-day at the
eO-cent rate, practically breaking the
strike. No trouble has occurred. II Is
expected that all the old men will re-
turn to work this week at the reduced
rata
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
Deadlock unbroken.

Dover. Del, April 1S.-There was
no break In the senatorial deadlock
today, and no change is looked for
until after the Republican conference
tomorrow.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
Drowned Dead.

Oskaloosa. Iowa. April 1S.-George
III. Clark, a prominent citizen. brother
of Congressman Sam Clark. editor OF
the Keokuk Gate City. dropped dead
to-day from neuralgia Of the heart.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-25
Small Fruits.

Over a bushel and a half of luscious
and large plnms were picked last year
from five trees set by the writer in the
back of his home lot in Huron some six
years ago and many a school boy of the
illinois st. School Building" enjoyed
a fea~sttherefrom besides. These trees
have borne every year for five years
~past-some seasons requiring props
they were so heavily loaded with fruit.
Dry or wet the crop came round Is sure
as the summcr sun. Forest Garden was
the variety. An equally good record
was made annually by the 'Fay's Pro-
life" currants and they paid for them
selves half a dozen times over every
year. Other varieties of currants and
plums and other kinds of fruits do just
as well right here in dry Dakota.
The work of planting and attention
amounted to little, as the editor of the
farm paper had about as much leisure
time as the average farmer and no more
and practically his knowledge Of the
subject was quite limited. But they
grew and bore fruit and brought cheer
and we doubt not contributed to save
doctors bills; and the home was so
much more attractive and valuable be-
cause of their presence. 1t rented
much more quickly when we left it and
it will sell better when property COM
mences to move again here. This is
our experience backed up by facts.
Here is food for thought-yes, and food,
the best kind of food, for the whole
family if the thought bears fruit as
plum trees and currant bushes will here
In the Dakotas.