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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
PLUM DUFF FROM CHEMISTS.
Christmas Joke Played on a Paris
~Apothecary by Three Englishmen.

Christmas Joke Played on a Paris
A~pothecary by Three EngIishmen.
De Quincy tells the story somewhere
OF a party of Englishmen who, finding
themselves in Paris on Christmas day
and being bound to have plum pudding
for dinner, were unable to find a cook
able to prepare the dish in orthodox
fashion, says the New York Herald.
Conferences with several distinguished
chefs disclosed nothing but the most
astounding Gallo ignorance of the
British national dish. This was, OF
course, before the days of the petite
vitesse, which brought across the
channel so opportunity for Taffy and
Little Billee and the Laird their Christ
mas dinner, SO something had to be
done. One of the Englishmen hap
pened TO be a doctor and also an anna
teur cook. He had in his possession a
recipe for plum pudding, warranted
orthodox. This, with some labor and
doubling much of his ultimate success,
he reduced to the terms of a prescrip-
ton and sent to an apothecary. Les
trios Angliches" then sat down to din
ner, and awaited results. Sure enough.
at the proper stage of the feast, when
the plum pudding was due, entered the
apothecary, in black silk stockings and
small clothes, according to the custom
of the day, and wearing a sword. Be-
hind him came his assistant, bearing
aloft the prescription" 1t was per-
feet in every detail, even to the blazing
halo Of brandy. 1t is related that when
the man of drugs realized the Joke
that had been played upon him he was
for putting his sword to other than or
namental uses But one taste of his
own medicine served to placate him
and he sat at the feast with his English
friends. What the terms of this pre-
scription or recipe actually were / do
not know. Very likely the same has
been printed often. There are many
formulas for a perfect plum pudding,
but all are alike in the essentials. The
one ingredient which is sine qua non
is a Christmas appetite and a SAVIOR of
home" This may be found or may
be found lacking in any cline.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
INDIAN
The Courts Playing Havoc with Customs
OF Marriage.


With most Of the plain Indians mar
riage consists simply of picking out
the maiden, leading her to a cabin or
wigwam and installing her as mistress
of the house and corn-ield, sometimes
with the necessary preliminary of pay
ing the father a pony or two or an
installment of blankets and occasional
ly with some slight ceremony per-
formed by a chief or medicine man,
says the st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
And when the brave grows tired of his
partner he can get rid of her as easily
as he won her. The people who are
nov flocking to the Dakotas or Okla
homa to get divorces would be SUI
premely happy If they could throw off
the CALLING bonds of wedlock as easily
as does the reservation Indian. The
fact having been formally announced
by the head man of the clan the di-
vorce takes place when the tribe is
gathered at a dance. When all are as
sembled and the circle formed, the dis
contented warrior strikes a drum used
by the jewellers, gives away a few pres
ents (ofttimes making a present to the
squaw he intends to take next and
then in a short, bombastic speech he
ctigmatizes his wife by giving her over
to tender mercies OF the other braves,
while they look upon him enviously and
consider that he has performed an act
of bravery in his desertion. Often as
many as half a dozen divorces are thus
obtained at a single dance. No tedious
waiting, no courts, no lawyers and no
trouble about alimony or the custody of
children. And the squaws thus cast on,
as a general thing. seem to take it as
a matter of course, and before the close
of the dance are using the wiles known
and used by women the world over
in an effort to repair as speedily as pos
sible the break in their hearts and
matrimonial experiences. With the TAX
ing of land in severalty and putting on
of citizenship, however, the Indian finds
that he has cemented the ties that were
so loose before, for the courts every
where are deciding that the tribal mar
riages are legal and binding upon the
Indian who becomes a citizen. And if
the weight of one legal marriage wears
somewhat heavily upon a white man,
how must it be with the red man, who
has contracted two, three, four or even
more alliances which the court now
declares legal and at the same time
+olos awav his former avenue of re.
lief?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
SIR JOHN SoANE'S WILL.
A Curious Story About an Architect
Antiquary.

A Curious Story About an Architect
Antiquary.
That is a curious story about the will
of Sir John Soane, architect-antiqaar
who, in 1886, left his house and his
collections in L~incoln's Inn Fields to
the nation for a museum, says the Lon
don Spectator. The will contained a
clause that certain receptacles were to
be opened at certain dates, and, in 1866,
the first of these dates arrived. A cup
board, or rather box, was opened, but
nothing was found in it, except a guam
tity of old letters, accounts and station
cry of no value to any one. In 1886 a
similar ceremony was gone through
with the same result and, in 1896, re-
Gently, a third receptacle was opened,
but nothing was discovered which
could account for the testator's careful
arrangements. 1t is suggested that Sir
John Soane was playing a practical
joke, but apart from the fact that jok-
ers OF that sort enjoy nothing so much
as the sight of their victims distress,
where in this case is the joke hidden?
Who, even among the malicious idiots
who indulge in practical joking will
laugh? 1t is much more probable that
the receptacles have been quietly rified.
but, then, what was hidden in them?.
A will cancelling the bequest to the ma
ton is the most probable guess, or an
photographed memoir, but neither
could have been hidden in three boxes,
to be opened at three different times.
Of is that Sir John wished the interest
on certain bonds to accumulate, and
took this odd but direct method of in
surfing that the interest should not be
spent. If so, his purpose has been frus-
trated. Have the receptacles, by the
way, been searched for secret drawers?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
A CURE FOR "
women Need Excitement and Frivoiity
More Than Rest.

That disease to which most women
succumb sooner or later in their ca
reers has, according to the physicians,
two MISREPRESENTATION or under
excitement-says the New York Jour
nal. OF the two, the former is believed
TO be the less frequent and the less
dangerous. 1t is the placid"
leading dull lives in the country and
their home-staying city sisters who
succumb most frequently TO melan-
choly or some other form OF nerves"
Many a mother. OF a family who is wor
out ordering the meals and sending the
children to school and with the same
things al the same hours OF the day for
years and years, until sne feels like
the hapless servant maid, that she
could commit suicide because she is
tired and has no pretty dresses. needs
only a break in the monotony OF her
life. A little trip among new faces and
scenes would send her back with new
youth. A night AT a gay play with a
bunch of violets TO tuck in her frock
and a bit of a supper afterward might
save a spell Of nervous prostration, yet
her. family never think of any such
little treat, and she goes on from day
TO day being killed by the duh monot-
ony of her life. There is a story told
of a clever physician who cured a pa
tient fast sinking into a state OF melan-
cholia and invalidism with a prescrip-
ton of an evening gown trimmed with
chiffon. In the interest Of getting he
gown and wearing it to the opera the
woman forgot to be sick. 1t is as es-
sential that the woman whose routine
is dull should have occasional outbufsts
OF frivolity as that the woman whose
life is a round OF excitement should
take the rest care periodically.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Mohave county, Arizona, is infested
with millions of army worms The
Wallapai Indians make soup Of them,
and find them very f~attening.
A fortune of 81 1000, 900 has just
dropped to Richard Pilkey, a young
man of &c, who for some years has
been employed as a laborer on the
Erie canal.
The Mosque of st. Sophia, at Con-
stantinople, a built over a thousand
years ago, and the mortar used was
perfumed with musk. The musky
odor is still perceptible.
1t is asserted by Lyell, the geologist,
that at a period comparatively recent
all that portion of the United States
south of the Black Hills was under
from 500 to 900 feet of water.
A funny election bet was settled by
a gentleman in Philadelphia, in view
of a large number OF amused'spectators.
With a crowbar he pushed a peanut
four times around the city hall.
Love entered the hearts Of a couple
of inmates of the poorhouse in Della
ware county, Ind, and they eloped. The
groom is a cripple, aged 60, and the
bride is an apoplectic woman of %.
A nervous gentleman in Bath, Me-,
Is seeking a divorce from his wife on
unusual grounds. He declares that he
can not obtain sleep, because his wife
persists in eating dry crackers in
bed"
R. T. Brooke, a wealthy rancher in
Tonkawa, Okla, is a dead shot. Five
desperadoes attempted to enter his
home. He shot two OF them dead,
wounded a third, and the other couple
fed for their lives.
A board on the side Of a house at
Forbes. Me-, was removed the other day
br the owner. as 1t appeared warped.
He found a hive in the wall, and lbs
pounds of honey. The bees had entered
through q knot hole.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
RUBBER TEETH NOW.
A New York Dentist Has Invented a
New Process.

New Process.
An entirely new thing in teeth has
been invented which places artificial
masticators within the reach of the
masses, says the New York World.
The inventor and manufacturer is a
weil-known New York dentist, who
says that his new process will enable
him to make complete sets of excel
lent teeth for $3.50 or 81 and still reap
a satisfactory profit. The invention is
a departure from anything heretofore
introduced in modern dentistry. 1t
consists of a complete artificial set of
teeth made entirely of rubber, the base
or plate and the teeth being formed
i~ntegrally. In their manufacture an
ingenious method is employed which
not only insures a correct formation
Of the artificial masticators, whereby
they are made to closely resemble ma
lures product, but also simplifes the
process of what is called setting the
teeth up A hollow, flexible metallic
matrix, which both internally and ex-
ternally r~eproduces the formation Of
the natural teeth, is made, which when
filed with rubber and vulcanized pro-
duces a perfectly formed set OF teeth.
One OF the greatest obstacles to be over
come was the shading of the rubber
teeth, but this the inventor has accom-
plished by means Of a chemical-bleach-
ing process. Another but less salts
factory process OF shading is by the adj
mixture of different colorSd rubbers.
From a sanitary standpoint the rubber
teeth are perfect, there being no joints,
as in all other forms of artificial dem
lures in which the secretions OF the
mouth may find Judgment. A more ex-
pensive form Of the new teeth is that
In which the masticating surfaces are
capped with a continuous metallic fac
ing, which renders the denture practi-
cally indestructible and ~unbreakable.
Gold, silver, platinum and aluminium
have been used for making crowns.
One Of the greatest advantages Of the
rubber teeth. aside from their cheap
ness, is their extreme lightness. They
weigh less than half as much as any
other form of denture.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
MICHIGAN IDOLS.
~ strange Images and a Slab Which
Were RaoaptI, IN. In

images ana u iap nv
Were Recently Dug Up.
a remarkable find which seems to in
uicate that the neighborhood of the
great K was at one time inhabitel
Dy a race Of aborigines other than the
means, was recently made by two
hunters near Newberry, Mich, says the
new York Journal. In digging out a
WIG animal they unearthed a large
stone tablet six inches thick and eight
cen by twenty-five inches in size, the
entire surface of which was carved with
curious symbolical characters. Be-
side the tablet were three stone images.
Inc largest was that of a man in a sit
ting posture and nearly life size. The
second image, presumably that of a
woman, was three feet in height and
the third was that Of a child in a sit
ting posture and about three feet high.
All three of the images were found
placed with their faces toward the
east. Scientists who have examined
the relics regard this as an indication
tnat those who made them were sun
"oi9iipS4S. Upon the Sidp NelV IA
graved inscriptions, each set in a square
or about one and one-half inches. There
were l40 of these figures carved on
the slab. Those who saw the statues
say they look like Egyptian idols.
though the heads were those of human
beings and not of the sacred animals
with which the ancient race of the
Nile was wont to ornament carved m
ages. These works bear a strong re-
semblance to the work Of the Aztec
n the even more ancient Toltec race,
remnants of whose craft are scattered
SO plentifully about southern Mexico
and the Central American states. The
trick of frightening the eyes, noticed
in the Michigan finds, was known to
the ancient inhabitants of Mexico as
well as to the Egyptians and is notice
able in theScarvings of Uxmal and 9TH
er ruins of the Miztees, Toltecs and
AZtecs. The strange figures engraved
within the squares are also not without
parallel, being found upon the orna-
mentation of the sacrificial affairs OF
Central American ruins.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
strange RnriaI Customs.

The Greenlanders know a thing or
two. In the belief that "a dog can find
its way anywhere they bury a living
dog in the same grave with a dead
child. The canine is supposed to be
used by the child as a guide in the
other world. the Australians pull out
the corpse's finger nails, and then tie
the hands to prevent its digging its
way out of the grave to engage In the
vamn,re business. The primitive Rus
slams put a certificate of character In
the dead persons hand. so that no
questions might be raised at the gate
of heaven.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

ms class, and stutsg.rt, "N.nov ran-
gentlemen sh-show your bot-bottom.r
we were about to empty when my eve
rested on Kate, and | raised my hand
warningly.
"h-wha's matter?" persisted Gin
ger sh-show bot bottomr
Again raised my hand. Instinc-
.iVeiy every eye turned toward me, and
from me to Kate.
one stood erect, her tall form tower
ing 10 its fullest height, and from her
black eyes flashed forth a glance OF
scorn n contempt.
"Unmanly boor!' she cried, "is this
language fit for a lady's presence? Be-
gone! n she %haughtily pointed to-
ward the door.
AS. If by magic the recreant lover
stood before her completely sobered.
Kate, he cried ~piteously. But the
naughty southern blood within her
was afre. That blood which overcame
US at Bull Run and Charlottesville
n nearly turned the tide of battle at
gettysburg, was boiling in her veins
like a volcano, and she again pointed
to the door.
Broken hearted, crestfallen, humili-
ated, Ginger seized his hat and de-
parted. Silently We followed in his
footsteps.
Poor Ginger! We tried to comfort
him, but he was inconsolable. A few
days afterward he ~endeavored to ex-
plain and affect a reconciliation. But
twas OF no avail. The imperious
maiden, who should have been born in
the middle aSes-"in the days of old
when knights were bold"-refused,
most emphaticaily, to harken to his
frantic appeal, and preemptorily or
dered him from her presence. Within
a fortnight lie left the Sunny South
for the rugged hills of his native New
Hampshire.
a dozen years ago, while touring the
eastern states | met Ginger in a coun-
try town in Massachusetts. He was
greatly changed; presumably old, and
suffering from m~elancholia. He made
a c~onfidante of me; told me he had
never forgotten his early love; she was
still his ideal, and that's why he never
married.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
STYLES OF n DAY.

In broche designs cloudy, zig-zag eff
fects prevail in crosswise style. One
pretty gauze ribbon has embroidered
flowers on the surface.
Entire costumes of rich brown vel
veteen have vests of yellow broadcloth,
satin or cloth of gold, with additional
trimming of marten. mink or sable.
Even the conservative British maid
Ell is taking to red gowns. Ladies'
cloth in deep jacqueminot will be very
fashionable for skirts this winter, with
Louis XVI. coats of black velvet.
The loose cloaks and circular designs
are of miroir velvet in dark red, sap
phire, violet and rich old rose shades,
with ermine or Thibet fur. These
garments are lined with plain or broche
satin.
The glittering coat of mail appear
ance is in vogue for full dress toll
cite. The bodice of one very attractive
costume is Of shot apricot and rose
silk, covered with white net, studded
with silver spangles.
The newest ribbons are of striped
gauze, with satin edges. The color
scheme calls for a light colored ground.
as white. straw, cream. pink or maize,
with the edge in a darker tone, as
brown, black or marine.
Vests of cherry pink, grass green or
orange velvet covered nearly to the
center by a jabot of rich yellowish lace
are used In jacket waists Of black vel
veteen. The collar and waists are lace
ruffied. and the corselet is of black vel
veteen or satin. These bodices are ex-
ceedingly smart.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
NEW SCHOOL FOR MONKEYS.
They viii BE Trained for Domestic

They Will BE Trained for Domestic
There has just been founded at CAL
cutta an institution for the education
of monkeys says an exchange. A
young monkey is taken and before him
is placed a set of blocks on which are
painted in capitals the letters of the
alphabet. These blocks are, in fact.
exactly similar TO those which children
play with in every civilized country i'm
the world and they are used in pre-
cisely the same way as if the monkey
were a young specimen Of the human
race. There is one professor for each
monkey and the monkey is taught by
means of the blocks to spell certain
words. IL the word is fruit for ex-
ample, the monkey, after having been
taught to arrange the blocks so as ia
spell the word quickly and without
error, receives a bit of fruit as his re-
ward. The same exercise is repeated
with other words; and it is hoped that
in time the simians will learn how to
read and spell and understand Eng
fish, if they cannot speak it. An effort
will also be made, it is said, to edu-
cate these beasts so that they may be-
come fairly efficient domestic servants
The school is so young as yet, however.
that what it will accomplish is en-
tirely a matter of speculation. Its
professors are enthusiastic about
their novel work and seem to think
that a new field of usefulness will he
opened up for these chattering little
beasts.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

NMANLY BOOR! BECOME"
day of the contamination of the
als had been named. They were
married in October, and Ginger
NJ II would be a good and friend
|hs to give an entertainment to a
MS bachelor friends shortly be-
Inc wedding. AS no paper was
on Sunday, a Saturday evening
E latter part Of September was
eu as the most appropriate time
lie affair.
n mat memorable Saturday even
score or more of us, by special
rtloh repaired to Miss Hates vine
cottage, which was situated lust
e OF town, all prepared to have a
soclable, but jovial time.
fortunately for Ginger, in antici-
vi ire pleasure of the evening.
induiged a trifle too much in his
1e leverage during the afternoon.
nef II was the whisky or the gin
us' worked the change in him, /
could ascertain, but certain il
'nat ne was a trine weak in his
and slightly incoherent in his
> Revere was alone in the parlor
we arrived and received us with
sVuthern hospitality. How beau
cue looked! What a vision of de-
she appeared! There's nothing
~ sweet in life as a loves young
said Tom Moore more than
years ago. That sentiment held
1905. and does yet If an old
opinion is worth recording.
aiy never before or since have l
anyone look half so sweet" as
uid on that evening. She was the
s"oodiment Of loves young
the young lady sat down to the
ana for half an hour enter
Us with the Star Spangled Ban
he Bonnie Blue Flag" Hail
, My Maryland" and various
a.riotic airs. When she con-
|hs a,iser rose, waltzed gracefully
o,d-fashioned sideboard. upon
lo s'ssses and decanters were
ma uu requested us to imbibe. AS
= we accepted the invitation.
A' prospective bridegroom raised
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
A Judges Sentence.

In Decatur. Ala, a few months apc
| witnessed a trial in police court. A
negro was a~rraigned for stealing
chickens and a clear case was made out
against him. The Judge disposed of the
matter by saying: Prisoner at the
bar, there appears to be no mitigatine
circumstances to plead in your behalf
You have been well educated, instead
of which you steal chickens. 1t there
fore becomes my duty to corrugate you
to the full extent of the law, which In
thirty days at hard labor."-Chicagcl
Times-Herald
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18

,noyyn as whisky squeeze"
1or,an behind the bar having
oe much of the liquid hard
10 thought it prudent to hide
. gentleman behind that wood
[otnre would, with his dexter
[roo \ few drops of lemon juice
rlass and your whisky squeeze
dv for the sacrifice.
I,obt Harry Butts changed the
4 things and requested that a
ms of the extract of ginger be
4 in his glass instead OF the
brv lemon juice. This modest
Of Harry's tickled the lads;
h. afterward he was known as
> Brtts. No man ever drank
that town. Southern hospital
handed that everyone should
btl his neighbor was accommo-
md the man who treated would
"Show your glass" when every
kould be drained. | have seen
of typos outside OF the old
ed bar of the CASTOR house,
believe, was situated on Pol
freet, wait with true p~ollteness
cry of show your glass at
command each tumbler would
btied with precision.
Ginger Butts was a good-na-
handsome fellow, and half the
girls in Newborn were in love
Inn, not to mention a few OF the
Bred ones. But Ginger fought
! the fair sex until ne met a
lady in the name Dwell, just
I'm call her Kate Devere. Kate
typical southern beauty. She
|e dark hair, flashing eyes, ruddy
!. coral lips and the tall symmet-
form so often met with in the
ters oil Dixie. That she was
birited and imperious, will be
bter On
\. there wasn't a lad on the Times
build have given his whole weeks
for a smile or a tender word
and for a time a certain
hual who shall be nameless felt
|e was making rapid progress in
bod graces until Ginger fastened
be eyes upon her, and then that
ess persons stock began rapidly
|line.
night at a little social gathering
! confd ntly informed us that a
previously he had said TO Kate
you?" and that the young lady
lushingly replied, Il will" So it
ands down and eyes off with all
Et OF us after that. Some of us,
hmeless person above alluded to
led, felt rather sore upon the re-
of this Information, but it was
momen.arily. Ginger was such
fayorite that ii was almost
sible to bear him malice, and in
,urse OF a half hour We were all
ing our bottom" at Ginger's ex-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-18
MORPHIN HABIT.
GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST PLY
SlCiANS OF PARIS.
Fifty Thousand Victims in that City
Doctors and Their wives Found to BE
mt the Top of the List--Some Scnsa-
tional Developments. q

GRAVE charge has
b e e n + 6 h t
against physicians,
a charge so grave
that one would be
loath to believe it
true il it were not
for the fact that it
has been made by
a man who is him
self a famous ply
stefan and special