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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
FEATaERY.
You've heard q the girl il the Gainsborongh

You've heard Of the girl in the Gainsborough
hat,
With its plunnes Of snowy white?
Now, ! know a blond maiden more artless than
that,
With feathers as black es night,
A plume laden lat with an upturned rim
And a red rose, like her cheek.
The tail pomnons nod, and the yelvety rim
Shades O face Madonna meek.
Is it true that "a kiss IL far better than thatY''
I'm dumb as win her smile.
The feathers are beckcning, while pitapat
Ny heart keeps throbbing the while.
Ten tips gently nodding, and each one a-curl-
1 vow ! am dizzy with blissi
lis an audacious hat she's n mute, modest
girl
Shall WOO with words or a kiss?
Now, the lass in the Cainsborou.h hat who
was kissed
By the rect in the Song
Sharply looked 50 ce-lash hecopid not resist,
But this lassie lajel4 mink Il wrong.
Still, IHfoiloW In mrEhodo OF courtlng and try
To steal q Graf. from her lius,
She Is timid and ehate and aiarmingly shy
The girl with pcla cstrich tips.
The ehapeai1, top heavy, almost hides her eyes
OF fond, foreetlaunot blue.
Oh, viii she be angry or show sad surprise
When / dare bns5n 10 WOO?
Heiehol something acl5 swept my cheek, | de
clare
And my yet innocent lipsl
But If it were kisses I~'m-quite unaware;
Ill swear twas only the tipsl
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
a war Isfic.

George III. Millinston, a veteran OF
the seventeenth regiment. while visit
ing his brother, the Rev Richard Mil
lington, az Coonrod, found among the
latter war relics q poster printed on
cloth calling fer recruits for the Seven
tenth Michigan infantry The poster
reads as follows: Seventeenth regi-
ment, Michigan infantry One hundred
dollars bounty! First month pay in
advance! Rendezvous, Detroit barracks
Fifty recruits wanted to fill up a com-
pany in the new regiment. to serve for
three years or during the war, unless
sooner discharged. Recruits will receive
$l3 per month, with board, clothing
and medical attendance, to commence
from the day of enlistment, and a boun-
ty Of 500. Apply to Alfred Abeel, first
lieutenant Seventeenth Michigan in
fantry. Recruiting Office opposite Rath-
bun House." The poster also bears the
picture Of an eagle, with spread wings,
bearing in its mouth a streamer on
which are the words, Michigan true
to the Union" The Rev. Mr.. Milling
ton gave the poster to his brother, and
the latter prizes il very highly. Rome
Sentinel.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

a~rchaologist. IF course he must know
the modern ones to keep abreast of the
worlds progress in research, the an.
nouncements being made in any one of
the important living tongues. But com
paratiye philology is equally necessary,
for it may serve to give the key to the
relationships Of one set of characters
with another.
After these matters are all in hand
there is geology to be studied, both
theoretical and practical. From such
knowledge is derived cur estimate OF
mans occupation of the earth. and the
value of the evidence may be made or
marred hy a single slip or unscientifio
action. The whole story Of mans early
residence ia New Jersey is dependent
upon the position Of certain bits Of
worked store III Certain banks Of Dirt
Boston I.alstlipt
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
A Cord of Wood.

Few persons comprehend the produc-
tive capacity of a cord of wood. Chem
ical experiments are occasionally de-
yeloping new uses for wood III matters
remote from its ordinary adaptability,
and the feature that is exciting "a great
deal of interest just now is the trans
formation of wood products into liquids.
Although under the strongest 1 OF
pressure wood yields scarcely any mois.
ture, by means of heat wood will evolve
gases and liquids of marked potency and
utility. In converting wood into char
coal gases and smoke arise which can be
condensed into pyroligneous acid. 1t is
estimated that there is fully 90 per cent
of this acid III a given quantity OF WOOD,
and from il are extracted wood alcohol,
acetate of lime and wood tars. The al
ohio Thus obtained is said to be o very
satisfactory substitute for grain alcohol
for mechanical and manufacturing pur-
noses. and it can be produced at less
than one-third of the cost OF the grain
alcohol.
Investigations conducted with prac-
tical objects in view have disclosed
those interesting facts: a cord OF wood
which weighs 4, 900 pounds viii yieid
about 2, 050 pounds of pyroligneous acid
and TOO pounds of charcoal: n ACID
will produce about 3 gallons Of % per
oent crude wood alcohol, about 20 gal
Ions of tax and fully 200 pounds OF zee
ate of lime. These facts indicate . fu.
tn-e for wood outside of the realm Oh
fuel aud pulr.--New York Times
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
LONE agsip.

Il defy any man - stay away from
his native 4 ~n SO log az en- his re-
turn there viii be noti left to re-
mind him Of the old days :, saidla sue
cessful western man, who had just paid
a visit to bis birthplace, q little village
OF northern New Hampshire.
when | saw Troy bury. after a lapse
of 40years, it seemed selne there was
not a single thing which had remained
unchanged. Tho town has skraopaa. a
place OF mills and Industry aN Ida
sleepy charm is gone. My old schU6lfel
lows are gray headed, sober men, and
the men of 40 years ago are either tot
tering with age " at rest in the grave
yard.
when / saw my old chums, 'Bounc-
ing Bob'-so named from his prodigious
sweight--and Slab Peters, whose name
was also the result Of natures allot-
ment of flesh, my heart sank, for Bounc-
ing Bob is lank pad bony, while Slab
Peters would require two seats in q
street car.
Doubling Phipps, who used to mis-
trust all statements, whether as to the
shape of the globe or tho price Of pea
nuts, / vas told lived ON a farm SO far
away that he seldom came to town.
"Tho night before Icame away / was
telling q couple OF young men at the
postoffice something about my wheat
farm, in answer to their questions.
II had just made a statement in re-
gard to the number of bushels yielded
the year bsfore, when l was startled by
a drawing voice behind me, proceeding
from a man who had entered the store
while my back was turned.
Sounds very fine, said the voice,
but l mistrust it can't he trne.'
1.-The two voung men turned with in
tolerant haste TO confront the newcomer,
bat | wheeled around with a sudden
feeling of warmth at my heart.
"'You are Dolbting Phipps, Iknowr
/ cried, holding out both hands, and 7
was not mistaken. We talked for an
hour, ard at the end of that time I felt
that TrowbUIy was still Trowbury.'-
Youths Comganion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

sheridan, himself q brilliant orator
well as a shrewd observer, was ope
~ asked how it was he got on so well
,ne mousse Of commons. WELL" he
;a ! socn found out that the major
"ue fools, but all loved a joke, and
nv rniined to give them what they
;s,L lhe great advantage of a joke
49,, s u puts the speaker at once on
o. 'esihs with his audience. Hence
40 recommends it for an exordium.
VIII naoh way of winning the good
~ - y an audience is fiastery. When
f NM Thought down the orator Ter
his 90 accuse Paul, T~ertullus began
NJ arsecn With f~iaftery of King Agrip-
N SINCE by thee we enjoy, and SO
terv Anotner way, a subtle form Of fiat
az 7 70 describe yourself az a native
ym sane place or county as those
il, ~ undressing. The forensic formu-
tell;a iususn apostrophe to the IL Gin
men, sens and patriotic and high minded
keio,o "nom the rhetorical Buzfuz sees
mod ann, is played out. but ir has it's
sisv equivalents. -Weaminster Re-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
His Autograph.

"You are the celebrated Mr.. Chumley
Jones, l belleye?:"
"That is my name, sir. What a l
do for your"
"Well. MIR. Jones, / came to ask you
for your autograph.
''My autograph? Delighted, I'm sure!
Have you any preference as to itsform?"
eff it is all the same to you, MI.
Jones, 1 shcald prefer it at the bottom
of a check for $50, made to the order OF
Snip IL Cuttum, tailors. You have the
bill, | believe. "--Harper's Bazaar.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
The Way.

She (at the desk)EDear, please tell
me how to spell I'm writing
to mother about my lovely now gown.
He--Well. are you ready?
She-Yes.
He-C-o-s-t, cost
She-Yes.
He-T-u--to-
SAS-Well?
Hc-M-s-ins-$S5. as yss unpaids
She-You re a wretch. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

West Turkestan is thinly populated
and has few schools. The Russian gov
eminent has fitted up as schools a few
railroad carriages, which remain at
each station for a few weeks. The
teacher lives in the carriage. The chill
dren are required to learn a lesson or
two until the itinerant school again
reaches their ne~ighborhood.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
Smoking in Germany is not a pas

Smoking in Germany is not a pas
time. 1t is an art, and nm art that has
grouped about it a respectable number
of industries. Every smoker carries q
cigar case, a cigar clipper, matchbox
and usually a little leather box for the
cigar tips. The tips are collected by a
society organized for the purpose In
each province and are sold to the manu-
facturer for the benefit Of charitable in
stitutions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

Barnes-That settles it. DIR. Howsit
O never prescribe for me again. / used
to think he knew something, but my
confidence in him has been completely
destroyed.
Apsley-What's happened to change
your opinion OF him?
Barnes-He has been giving expert
testimony in a murder trial.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

About the year Il. 9. 2a0 edible ser
penis were sold ut a penny each in tho
Egyptian markets. They were shipped
to Rome. Italian yipers were cheaper,
costing about a ha.f penny each.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

The hospitals Of the metropolitan
asylums board in London have 3, 500
beds set apart for scarlet fever and only
700 for diphtheria.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03

Cakes OF tea in India, pieces of silk
in China. salt in Abyssinia and goldfish
in Iceland have all been used ~ money.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-03
Diaronccrtinr.

lear ! aaAs'ycooks tseverely)--Didm's I
ki,an Ian talking loudly with yous la
Mar. lrst low, Mary?
'comylfcea.,y}--Oi hcps SO,
hess II inin % cah call yez az . wit.
na,am 1aso av hraioh Nv promise snit,
-Brooklyn Eagle.
The herald., 1898-08-07

what it is impossible to accomplish by ar
tifcial interference; and that any medicine
which is to assist in carrying out the pur-
poses of Nature must work in strict sub
servience to her own laws and principles:
must give her the assistance she calls for
at precisely the point where it Is needed,
and rely upon her to use it to the best ad-
vantage.
Armed and equipped with this inviolable
principle DIR. Pierce has confidently and
boldly, during the last thirty years, called
upon all the most stubborn powers of DIS
ease to capitulate and their unconditional
surrender is recorded in the overfowing tes-
timony of living men and women.
The irresistible power of this matchless
"Discovery" lies in its deep and searching
influence upon the digestive and nutritive
organism. 1t gives direct tone to the stom-
ach glands endo wing them with capacity to
secrete digestive fluids of necessary guam
tity and strength. 1t creates wide-awake
normal activity of the liver, and enables it
to filter the VILE poisonous dregs of bilious
impurty out of the circulation. 1t gtS4e S
the blood making glands keen, assimila-
tive power to transform the nutritious ee
ments of food into healthy, red blood, rich
with vital oxygen and life-bulding power.
What 1t does for the nutritive organism
1t does for the whole body. 1t clears the
circulation, the skin, the excretory ducts.
the bronchial tubes and lungs of all bilious
The herald., 1898-08-07

were up IN the steeple. To the right Of the
church were two block houses, and anoth =
lay away over on a rise of ground TO thu
left of the town. We lay there from noon
10 o'clock, and it was there we suffered our
at the block houses when there was any
thing to shoot at. Soon the artillery fire
On the stone house drove the Spaniards out,
and they ran down the hill, across the
stream, into the town, reinforcing th=
troops in the church and in the TWO block
houses to the right. We could see them run
ming, but the range was too great to make
firing at them effective.
Then we advanced down into the val
ley to the town. The Spaniards began re-
treating from the church, and as they ran
our men picked them off. Afterward !
counted 10 of them in one bunch killed by
our fire. The enemy retreated in the direc-
tion of Santiago, leaving their dead and
wounded behind. Our regiment lost 81
killed, including two officers, and 81
wounded. Lieut.. Wansboro Of Company
c was shot through the heart while we were
on the ridg5. He stood up and looked out
Of the trench. We buried him. with some
fifty others, near the western block house.
The Spanish loss must have been very
heavy.
Three days later-Sunday morning-we
returned from before Santiago to El Caney
to care for the wounded Spaniards. In the
church were 20 wounded men, who had been
looked after by the people of El Caney.
Some were terribly wounded. Many of thu
bullets from our Krag-Jorsensen rifles had
rebounded from the stone walls of the
church and made frightful wounds. The
wounds were ali much worse than ours
from the Mauser bullets. Out on the rod j
where we had picked off the retreatine
Spaniards, we found the dead terribly cut
UP by our bullets. They were buried by one
of our officers. He came back looking pale
Lost your appetite for dinner?' he was
asked.
Yes, I have lost my appetite for din
ner, and I've lost all desire for fighting.
he said.'-New York Sun.
The herald., 1898-08-07
American Guns in England

The British army has adopted success
sively three different American guns for
its army and paid literally for the patent in
each case. The first was the Schneider
Enfield gun. by which the Enfield muzzle-
loader was converted to a breechloader
The second was the so-called Martin
Henry. which was the Peabody gun SIM
ply changed from rimfire to center fire.
and last the Lee-Metford, which is the Lee
gun with some slight alteration of the
breech bolt suggested by Colonel Metford.
Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the
other European governments simply ap-
propriate inventions, make some slight al
teration, give them a German, Swiss or
Austrian name and never recognize the in
ventor at all.-Inventive Age
The herald., 1898-08-07

pons will be afforded an opportunity to
Judge of the vast Importance of the man
behind the gun in the naval warfare of to-
day.
AS 10 the plans of Lieutenant Hobson for
saving the two cruisers, he realizes the
difficulties before him. but has thought
out an ingenious method of overcoming
them. The work must be done at once. for
the vessels are in such positions that a
severe storm would damage them past pos
sibility Of redemption. In outlining his
plans while in Washington Lieutenant
Hobson said "The work of raising the
Maria Teresa is simple. although she is
not in as good condition as the Colon. Pom
toons will be run alongside of the Colon.
submerged. chained to the cruisers hull
and then pumped out. At the same time
we will endeavor with pumps to force the
water out of her air chambers and water
tight compartments If many of these
compartments are found to be intact the
combined force from inside and outside
ought to be sufficient to raise her several
feet. The rest of the work will be done
with air bags, which will be placed in
the hold and then initiated with COM
pressed air. 1t will take about 1900 ions of
to Santiago by the Merritt company to do
the work
every time the ship is raised few fee,
she will be towed in shore as far as pos
sble. Eventually we hope to get her so
far out of the water that the necessary
repairs can be made. We do not think
the Colon's hull is leaky. but that she was
sunk by the opening of the sea valves.
once we get her afoat she can be towed
here, placed in a dry dock and put into
shape.
THE pontoons will be ready in about
thre3 days and it will take several days to
tow them to Cuba. If the water is smooth
we can go right ahead with the work after
we get there but if not We will have TO
wait for pontoons cannot be worked in
rough weather"
The herald., 1898-08-07
A BANDAGE FOR SHIPS
It Is Light, Flexible Affair That viii
Reduce Vessels Leakage

A ship bandage" has just been invented,
designed to close or blanket a leak in the
hull of a vessel
The bandage is made of flexible m1te-
rial, capable of being rolled up, and is
Strengthened and stiffened by flexible
metal layers in order to better resist the
pressure of the water and to prevent any
protruding pieces of the wreckage from
cutting or tearing 1t. The weight of the
bandage is not more than is necessary to
make it strong enough to withstand the
pressure of the water. When applied the
bandage lies entirely fiat against the side
of the vessel. so to offer the least pos
sible resistance to the water while the ves-
sci is moving. The bandage is to be op-
Grated from the deck, and requires no
weighing for the purpose of unrol.ing
since 1t Is supplied with an arrangement
by means of which 1t will operate auto
matically through the action Of the water
and the suction of the water will fasten
and hold 1t in its place. The bandage is
constructed Of a continuous outer layer Of
cloth and an inner layer of cloth having a
series of parallel folds forming flaps. Each
The herald., 1898-08-07
AT Ell CAN EY
Who Bore the Brunt of the Fiercest
Engagement

Lieut. Maury Nichols of the Seventh in
fantry and Lieut.. Horace r. Devereux of
the Rough Riders talked with Sun re-
porter in Roosevelt hospital yesterday.
Lieut.. Nichols was shot in the left foot in
the trenches before Santiago on the night
of July 5th. Lieut.. DevereauX had the mis-
fortune to be shot in the left forearm in
he first fight of the Rough Riders between
Siboney and Sevlla. He missed the two
days heavy fighting which followed Dew
ereux is Colorado Springs man and q
member of the University club of New
York His arm was badly fractured by
Mauser bullet, and it will be some time be-
fore he will be out Of the hospital. Nichols
wound was not so serious.
Lieut.. Nichols regiment Lieut. Col. Gill
bert S. Carpenter commanding, bore the
brunt of the Ell Caney fight. Gen. Adna
r. Chaffee's brigade was ordered to take
the town. The Seventeenth had the right
of the line the Seventh the center. and the
Twelfth the left. The fighting began at 6
In the morning and continued until late
In the afternoon. Caprons' battery, further
over on the left. aided in the attack
THE town was defended by five block
houses" relates Lieut.. Nichols. 1--WE ad-
vanced on the town from the north. On
The herald., 1898-08-07

flap has wire frame so as to give it
the necessary weight and stiffness. The
outer layer of cloth is stiffened by parallel
ribs. The inner layer is securely Joined
to the outer throughout the greater portion
of the cloth of the bandage, but for a
short distance at the upper end the outer
layer is separated from the inner and re-
movably connected with it by a fastening
device. Lines are attached to the upper
most and run down between the eighth
and ninth layer. Each end of the bandage
is connected with lines by which ii may be
handled. The flaps are held so as to swing
in a uniform manner by means of stays,
which respectively run from the outer por-
tions of the flap inward TO the body of the
bandage. In applying the bandage it is
rolled so that the flaps will be on the outer
side of the roll. and will project outward
like the blades of a waterwheel. The roll
is then lowered transversely, and upon
entering the water the force of the water
The herald., 1898-08-07

our left on the top of hill, was stone
fort, with bastions on the four corners and
rifle trenches about. 1t was hardly fort
more like a stone block house On our
right, on another rise of ground, was an
ordinary block house. While we were adj
vancing through line of brush they open
ed fire on us from both sides, and our men
began to drop. We had to run down in
valley and up to another ridge. For some
reason l have not been able to fathom, we
were not fired on while we were crossing
this open space. The stone house on our
left could have annihilated us. We climbed
up the ridge, stopping to rest in dus-out
road The block house on our right, on this
road, was silenced but the stone house
poured heavy fire into our lines. We took
up position along the ridge overlooking
stream running into the Aguadores. on
the other side was El Caney. Across the
valley we could see the church of El Caney,
which was used as a fort Sharpshooters
The herald., 1898-08-07

enduring vgor 1t gives the temperance
health that is true health.
There are, and always will be, a class of
dealers who would rather make few cents
more on sale than to give you precisely the
medicine you ask for. People who know
their own minds need not be cautioned to
avoid this class of dealers. If you are con-
Vlnced that the Golden Medical Discovery"
is the medicine you need, do not be cajoled
INTO accepting something else by the plea
that 1t is just as good" 1t Is an insul.
10 your Intelligence. Turn your back on
the one who offers the affront.
Every man and woman in America NAV
teel absolutely free to correspond with DR..
Pierce on the subject of the best home
means and remedies for overcoming chronic
or lingering diseases. He will be glad to
answer promptly and without fee or cost
OF any Kind all letters of inquiry or consul
tation.
The splendid Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute at Buffalo, N. Y. over which DR.
Pierce has presided as chief consulting
physician during the last thirty years. is
recognized throughout the world as the
model medical institution of America. Here
assisted by an accomplished staff of nearly
a score of associate specialists, in the differ
ent branches Of medical practice, DR.. Pierce
has treated, in person or by mail, greater
number of severe, obstinate cases Of chronic