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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

Nearly all OF the new freight equip
ment ordered by Receivers Iowan and
Murray, OF the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road. during the past few months, Will
be delivered by Jan Il.
The orders consisted Of 5000 stand
ard box cars from the Michigan Pc
ninsular Car company. 1000 box and
loo goadolas. from the Pullman con-
pany; 2,0o0 box cars from the Nilsson
ri Car and Foundry company: 1000
steel coal cars OF 100000 pounds ca
pacity, from the Schoen company, and
5 50-foot modern mail cars from the
Pullman company.
Each of these cars is equipped with
the Westinghouse air brake and M. C..
b. automatic couplers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

"Waseail bob" a bunch of holly or
other evergreens Oh a pole, decked with
ribbons and hung with oranges and
apples, and sometimes bearing a pair
of dolls. was carried about in York
shire at Christmas nearly a century
ago. And until 1880 the 'besant' was
escorted by a procession with music at
Shaftesbury-it being a tree-shaped
framework covered with ribbons, flow
ers and peacock feathers, on which
We're hung jewels, coins and other ar
ticles of value, loaned by the local gen-
try. Hutchins' history of Dorset states
in 1903 that the decorations of this
"besant," or bryant" or "bezon," as
IL was ~variously called, were sometimes
worth as much as G1.500.
These and kindred customs prevail
ing in the England of a century ago
are generally regarded by archaeolo-
gists as s~urvivals Of tree worship,
which seems tc have existed every
where.
Germany probably received the tree
from Scandinavia, where the ancient
legend tells OF 'Yggdrasil," the ash,
which binds together heaven, earth
and hell; Its branches spreading over
the whole world. and reaching above
the sky; its roots running in three di-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22
FROM A B~AsRELIEF.

and a bull standing beneath, ready for
sacrifice.
Pictures and other votive objects
We're attached to the laurel Of Apollo.
Summing up all the evidence. ii GER
tainly seems that the Christmas tree
hung with gifts has descended to us
from the times when decorated trees
laden with offerings were worshiped
as representatives OF the abstract
Universe tree" whose trunk was the
cosmic axis, whose roots were In the
underworld, and whose branches, lift
ed aloft into the skies, bore up the
heavenly hosts.
The custom OF decorating the church.
es with greenery at Christmas had it's
origin in a pagan ceremony. The
great feast of Saturn was held in De-
cember, when the worshipers hung the
temple with such green things as they
could find; and the Christians adopted
the same method to celebrate the birth
Of the Savior, giving 1t an emblematic
turn by referring to the righteous
branch" and justifying it from Isaiah
So: I3-The glory OF Lebanon shall
come unto thee. the fir tree, the pine
tree and the box together to beaatify
the place of my sanctuary"
The holly, or holy tree, is called
Christ's thorn in Germany and Scan
dinavia, from It's use in church decora-
tions aud It's putting forth its berries
at Christmas time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

As a Preliminary.

I'm choosing bridesmaids" said the
young girl who was about to be mar
ried, reading from her favorite home
paper, 'one should take pains 10 select
girls with gracefully poised heads who
walk we'll"
Just as her mother was about TO COM
mend this very excellent idea, the old
gentleman gave a scornful snort and
broke into the conversation.
wen have a cake-walk as a prelim-
mary test" was all he said. But il
was enough. They refused 10 speak
TO him for two days, at the expiration
OF which time they were in need OF
money.-Chicago Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

We orer Ono Hundred Dollars reward for Any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured BY Halls
Catarrh Cure.
r.. J. CHENEY a co. Toledo, O
We, the undersigned, have known r. J.
Cheney for the last " years and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able 10 carry out any ooliga-
lions made by their Arm
West q Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
O.; Waiding. Kinnnn q Marvin. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Halls CatArrh Cure is taRcn internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system TeStimonials~ sent free Price
5bc per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Halls Family Pills are the bvst
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22
Tnking sides.

"a woman always seems to take
slices against her own sex" remarked
the man who affects great wisdom.
Yes answered Mr., Meekton. ITS
invariably the case. l was reading an
article of a man who Deat HIS wife.
aloud to Henrietta, this morning. She
said 1t was the woman's own fault:
that she ought to have known how 10
train her husband better."-washing-
ton Star.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22
THE CHRIST-CHILD.

the golden stan
That on that night stood still
Above the humble village inn,
By the Judaean riL.
And wise men seek the path today
The crowned Magi found
The mother heart of womanhood
Makes that, Earth's holy ground.
The singing angels hover now
Above the manger, there.
Where Gods light shone upon His
brow,
The Prince of Peace sc fair!
The %wondrous story, neve old,
Thrills on the Weakened heart,
Who led us to His Heavenly Fold,
Who walked from men apart.
Awake, today. in spirit strain,
The song that dies!
Find out that glittering star again,
The scales dropped from our eyes!
For Gods dear love is potent now
As when His reign began;
The chanting Of the seraph band
Shames restless heart of man.
Here, in our midst, the Heavenly Dove
Seeks an eternal rest;
Descending from His throne above
To hide within each breast.
Wake! Better Natures, sleeping long!
Cast of the thralls of sin!
List TO the choiring angels song
And let the White Dove in!
Mute by the graves of vanished hates,
Greet all in love today!
Lift up your broys with hearts elate,
And meet Him on u way!
Richard Henry Savage.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22
ATEsT
List OF Patents Issued Last Week TO
Northwestern Inventors.

List of Patents Issued Last Week TO
Northwestern Inventors.
Carl Carlson. Minneapolis. Mimi,
steam-feed device for log carriages;
James w. Dawson, Minneapolis. Mimi,
pocket ratchet brace for screw drivers,
etc; Louie Ender, Litchfield, Mimi,
weather strip; John Englund, Mime
apolis, Mimi, music rack; Thomas II.
Gleason, Duluth, Mimi, ball cock;
Nicholas Hayden and G. #. G. Wurst,
St Paul, Mimi, stocking; Kistel 0sel,
St Paul, Mimi, door hanger; William
Porten, st. Paul. Mimi. staging horse.
Otto G. Sanger. Blue Earth, Mimi, end
gate.
Aerwin. Lothrcp p johnson. PateEs Attor-
nsys. slo Pioneer Press Building, 81. Psa.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22
Read the Advertisements

You will enjoy this publication much
better If you will get into the habit OF
reading the adFertisem eEts; they win
afford a most amusing study, and
Will put you in the way of getting some
excellent bargains. Cur advertisers are
reliable; they send what they adyer-
tise.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22
THE WORLDS IDEAL.

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder combines all the
elements of ideal excellence. 1t IS highest in leaven-
ing power. 1t is free from the least faint of %inpurity.
No trial can be too exhaustive, no test too exacting,
for its admirable qualities.
Cake and biscuit made with it retain their
moisture, and are extremely light, faky and fine
prained-not coarse and full of holes as when made
with alum baking powders. Alum baking powder
leaves a bitter taste in the bread or cake and food pre-
pared with 1t dries up quickly.
The severest tests were imposed at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition and the California Midwinter
Fair, where DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder eclipsed
all competitors. After full examination and competi-
ion it secured the highest honors and a special gold
medal. These awards stamp it as
"rnE FOREMOST BAKING POWDER ,m ALL the WORLD
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22
GETTING M II.

Attorney-Now, madam, win you be
kind enough TO give us your age?
The Witness (hippantlyl-Oh. 1 was
born before the war.
Attorney (crushinglyl-Yes, madam,
Spanish or Civil?-P Philadelphia North
American.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

bols) is the central spot OF the earth.
while its tru!ts-obviously the stars
are OF brilliant crystal and reach into
the liquid vast"
The pine Of Cybele and Attis is still
to be seen on the ancient bas r~eliefs,
hung with bells, a reed flute, a wheel
and other objects, and there are sacred
birds among the branches and a ram
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22
..simiia simiIibus.,

Down In Texas the other day n girl
ate the heads of of PIP matches In an
attempt to commit suicide because OF
too much friction in a parlor match
she has been working on all summer.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

Az English expert claims that the
ESsat producing soil OF the world is
Iaoual to the strain that will be put
~ Il. Even now, when the food
!nnly Is ample, thousands die because
|sir d~isordered stomachs fail 10 digest
4 food they take. Hostetters Stom-
n Rftters strengthen and tone UP the
rmach and digestive organs.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22
sure.

P.yflis-Are YOU sure you love meY
Corydon-s ought to DE. 1 think 7
have been In love often enough to rec
ognize the symptoms.-Indianapolis
Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22
Tun OF Kind.

"Sixty cents for a few pages OF sheet
music? Whew! You music dealers
don't want more than about 600 per
cent profit on your stuff, do your
you're the druggist on the opposite
corner, aren't your
"Yes."
swell, / never kick when you charge
me half a dollar for about three cents
worth OF drugs dissolved In n pint OF
water. / guess we grasping monopo-
lists had better stand together. Chi
cago Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

the custom OF setting UP a tree hung
with gifts at Yule-tide was by no means
universal in Britain Until after the
marriage OF Queen Victoria TO q Ger
man prince.
But prior to this there was q sort OF
Christmas tree in England. The
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

IL is said that a burned child breads
the fire. Probably that's why the
newly married man tries TO avoid his
old fiames.-Chicago News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

Low living and high thinking win
produce better men than high living
and low thinking.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

Our respect for old age depends a
great deal on whether IL be np3,ied to
men and women or boarding house
poultry.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with us since 1S65.-J. X.
Madison, 240o AID Ave, Chicago, III.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

Lady's Lorgnette, rolled gold chain.
free, by saving Diamnd co. Soap
wrappers. Ask your grocer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

The man who loses money In n cock
fight is n to remember the main.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

! shor's worst enemy is the working.
an who won't work.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

II e r E did the
Christmas tree or
iginate? This is
a question that
doubtless d
puzzle most people
to answer. Ii came
to us 0 Eng
land, and II is pref
ty well settled that
1t was taken there
from Germany. for
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

Nothing but wheat as far as the eye
pnld reach on either side what you might
ali Q sea OF wheat, y was what q lecturer
Peaking OF Western Canada said whils re-
bring TO that country. For particulars
{ TO routes. railway fares, etc, apply
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AGENT,
apartment Interior, Ottawa, Canada, or to
|. Rogers, Watertown, 8. ID.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

Mrs. winsIow's Soothing Syrup.
For children ~ieetiing, softens the gums, reduces IN
hammation, alisys pain. cures wind collie. 25c q bottle
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22
- -rxs,eptfon.

no gentleman would re-
i n offer a lady his seat"
,Not II it's In the New York Stock
change. They cost $4,000 apiece
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

Diamond &C" Soap does not shrink
fIannels and It leaves oil fannels in the
most desirable condition.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

AAEAA - n''f
seems 70 be IA
rainfall to pre
With Of grain and
is very tsrdle
dant Fields Il
that promise 1
5 per acre. Ts
Is seen from ~
or the pfOsperlN
onton is the lel.
the place Eha
ions start froa
9 about 500 nlls
the association
ce Of the Cam
est and learha
/ extent Of thar
great resources
maEa IL our MM
IL competitor ~
Or the sale Of g|
We learned t5l
ry OF Canada VI
arren waste, ~
|hieS OF 4 VuAi"
[pable Of susisln-|
millions Of p
apply Y
] Agent, Depart
wa. Canada, 81
ertown, 5. ..
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22
/ one.

III VAe
le was burDln;'
between you a.
green to burn.
FapprcprisisEl.se '
t"-Indlanap'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

After full examination and competi-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-22

y. Ornsrroansss.
treat nerve ...',s
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-18

mert I'm the navy, our navy VIII be able
10 get many very desirable recruits. AS
IL Is. recruits are hard TO get. and large
percentage OF those that are secured are
not white Americans.
Nor need there be any fear that the
doors OF Office will thus be open to
wild mob. No man who could not pass
an examination would expect promotion.
Only men OF extraordinary gifts would
be able 10 run the ordeal. IL might be
well 10 give the members OF our naval
reserves chances for commissions also.
What will be the fate OF the bill now
nendinR I'm Congress we do not know.
There will be much opposition from GER
tain quarters TO the change suggested,
but we think that the opponents OF change
yastly exaggerate the probable conse-
ouences. There isn't the slightest dan
ger that the navy would be overcrowded
with new material for officers. Nor
should there be any fear that the new
material would be OF a poor sort.
The signs OF the times are that these
United States are destined to become
great naval power. and II behooves US TO
offer liberal inducements TO all who will
make good officers. especially when by
so doing we can vastly improve the per-
sonnet of the enlisted men.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-18
OUR SOLDIERS AT SEA.

According to the Boston Herald the fro
licsome, picnicky duties Of the present
war will fall to the lot of the jolly Amer
lean lads who are sent to garrison Manila.
Their duties, the Herald inagines, Will
be light. and will carry them into for
elgn cline, where everything at least VIII
have the charm of novelty. AS further
guaranty Of the attractiveness OF this
trip ii is suggested that little or no fight
ing will have to be DONE and that at
least eleven days will be consumed in
crossing the Pacific.
While we may confess our own ability
to derive the most enjoyment from that
kind of warfare which necessitates little
or no fighting, we do not concede that
fortnight at sea is always source OF
pleasure. This feature of the proposed
trip 10 the Philippines may for the nonce
prove most disastrous to our soldiers, and
possibly, unless the Pacific fully sustains
its reputation, times may come when
reveille will fail to call 30 per cent. of our
warriors from their hunks
Seasickness is no respecter Of military
discipline, nor of anything else for that
matter. and its victims are never disposed
to confess that they are picnicking while
In IT'S throes. Eleven days OF such eXpe-
rences may convince the proposed Manila
garrison that they have given up more
for their country than any men on earth.
And, moreover, we do not imagine that
these transport ships, packed and jam
med with bluecoated humanity, will offer
"all the modern conyeniences," or that the
fare will be luxurious. There will be
days-may they be few!-when the very
thought of the bill of fare will cause
strong men TO quail and grow faint, and
when individuals hitherto modest in their
desires will wart the earth.
The big ship Panther. which carried
the marines TO Key West. stopped for
few days at Old Point, and while there
il anchored a short distance from the
hotels. The faces OF the 200 men aboard
were not distinguishable from the shore,
but from the restless way they squirmed
about the decks and wistfully gazed to-
wards the land It was easy to believe
they had received their baptism of fire.
on the water.
Every man has his own opinions, and
charity prompts US to hope that the fu-
ture Manila garrison may find us utterly
wrong in our predictions. We are willing
to pay for their rations, and we only hope
that they may eat them all-the kindest
"bon voyage" we can extend to the light
hearted crew.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-18
NEWPORT NEWS.
The Artillery Camp-New Infantry
Company to he Organized.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, May H.
Special 1.-The tents at Camp Warburton
were all fioored to-day, and the work of
erecting the stables for the horses, which
are expected to arrive on Thursday, is
going ahead rapidly. Forty horses in ell
will arrive from Kentucky. The Pennsyl-
vania artillerymen had their second taste
of treacherous Hampton Roads weather
last night.
In the storm of Sunday afternoon Mr.
w. h. Kochs handsome steam yacht
Countess settled in the mud at an
chorage, near the ship-yard. She was
raised this morning.
The Chesapeake and Ohio tug Hinton
suffered considerable damage in last
nights storm. She lost her smokestack.
The finals of the Newport News Mill
tary Academy will be held on May 3lst
and June lst at the City Hail.
The fifth annual ball by the G.. p. Hunt
ington Republican League Club was given
last night at the Casino. There was a
large attendance.
The movement to organize a military
company to succeed the Huntington
Rifles has already taken tangible form.
Colonel Huffman, principal of the New
port News Military Academy, has offered
the use of the fifty Springfield Rifles in
his care.
The main steam trunk at the electric
light plant burst this morning, neces-
stating a cessation Of operations for
five hours. The pressure Of steam broke
several windows, and a piece of iron pipe
weighing ten pounds was hurled fifty
feet. narrowly missing superintendent
Sharpe. Had the room been only half
as small, those working inside would
have been severely scalded by escaping
steam. The accident was caused by a
"steam hammer"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-18
PETERSBURG.
Farmer stunned by Lfshtning--Dr'
..;fbcrspoou-Nu Election


PETERSBURG. VA, May H'-'Spe-
cial)-Mr. Pat Thomas, a weil-kno"n
farmer of Dlnwgddie county. residing
near Ford's Depot. was seriously stunned
by lightning during the storm OF day De-
fore yesterday. He was out In ms yafu
AT the time One side OF his Douy iei'
the force Of the shock, and one OF ms
shoes was split by the fluid. A physician
was sent for, but Mr.. Thomas re'i'eu
before his arrival
TEN YEARS IN THE PENITENIlAhf'
In the County Court Of Dinwiddle yes
terday, William Harris tcoloreO was put
on trial on an Indictment charging him
with placing distractions on the Hach
Of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. near
Acrees. with intent to wreck a tram
The Jury found him guilty and hxed MS
punishment at ten years Imprisonment,
i'm the penitentiary. Owing 10 prompt
discovery of the distractions no damage
resulted from the act. Harris was ar
rested in this city.
In the same court yesterday hicna'u
Chieves (colored) was convicted Oh as
sault on Mr.. John Tucker and sentenced
TO pay a fine of s25. Chieves was IN
dicted for felonious assault, but the jury
reduced the grade OF the oHence'
GENERAL NEWS.
Rev. DR.. Jere Witherspoon. OF Rich-
mond is preaching morning and night az
the Second Presbyterian church. The
services are largely attended. and
great deal OF interest Is manifested.
The tickets to be voted at the munich
pal election on the 26th have been printed,
under the supervision Of the Electoral
Board. The regular election VIII be
much more quiet than was the primary
on April 5th, because, with the excep-
ton Of the Councilmen in the First Ward,
the Democratic nominees will have no
opposition.
Mr.. T. jefferson Clark, who has just
been reelected assistant secretary of
the Methodist Sunday School Association,
has been actively connected with the as
ISOLATION in that capacity for twenty-six
years.
John Gree (coloreD was arrested to-
day, having in his possession fine set
OF harness. supposed TO have been stolen.
He saws IL was given to him.