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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-11-15
YOUNG MOTHERS.

Group is the terror of thousands Of young
mothers because its outbreak is so agohizing ana
frequently fatal ShLOh's Cough and COnsump-
ton Care acrs like magic Il cases of Group. 1t has
never heen known to fail. The worst cases re
lieved immediately. Price % cts, 50 cts and 500
For sale at Nevada Drug Store.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31

and his skeleton is preserved in the
Royal United Service institution. Gen.
Fitzhugh Lees favorite mare, Nellie
Gray, was killed In the thick of the
battle of Winchester. 1t was on the
back OF his beloved horse Sorrel that
Stonewall Jackson received his death
wound. Sorrel survived his master
twenty years, lovingly cared for, and
his body, skilfully mounted, may be
seen in the library of the soldiers
home, Virginia. Many Derby winners
are fortunate enough to escape an ig-
nominieus or a tragic end, and live to
an honored and happy old age. Her
nit lived twenty-three years after he
won the Derby, in 1867, and his skele-
ton, treasured in the Royal Veterinary
college, helps to preserve his memory.
Amato, the winner Of the 1898 Derby,
found honorable burial on Lord Rose
bery's estate at EPSON. Blair Athol
survived peacefully until 1892, when
his value had dwindled from $50, 900 to
less than $4,000. Kisber survived his
Derby fame for twenty-five years. and
Lord Lyon died, honored and petted, at
the ripe old age of t~wenty-four.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
extraordinary Surgical Operation.

In May, 1890, one of the most re-
markable surgical operations on record
was performed by DR.. Lavelangue in
the Children's Hospital at Paris. II
was the case Of an idiot child. Its
head had stopped growing since 1t was
four years of age, and was only one
third the normal size. Believing that
the idiocy was due to compression Of
the brain, the doctor divided the skull
longitudinally, and kept the edges Of
the bone from uniting. Fresh deposits
of bone took place, and the skull grad
ually expanded to almost Its proper
size. Then the intellectual facilities,
which had hitherto been those of an
infant, grew stronger and stronger
every day, till at last the child was
as intelligent and healthy as any other
in France. Some Of the most remark
able surgical operations have been per-
formed in connection with the brain
which Is now so accurately mapped out
that a surgeon can tell exactly where
the seat OF mischief 10 the brain lies.
Should there be a tumor on the brain.
its exact situation can be located, and
then the skull IL opened and the NOR.
bid growth removed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
How Iabouchere Helped . Friend.

Labouchere tells an amusing story OF
how he did a good turn for a legal
friend, who, although accustomed to
address juries and judges, was afraid
of the house of commons. zone day,
walking home with him." says La
bouchere, 81 told him that he should
get over this curious dread. A matter
was coming under discussion which
involved a good deal Of law. I said to
him: If you like, I will get up and
speak against the government view.
You must jeer at me. l will complain
of this, and suggest that as you are an
eminent lawyer you should express
your objections accurately, then you
having prepared your speech-must get
up and crush me- This was arranged.
When / laid down the law, he laughed.
l looked indignant. / went on; he ut
tered sarcastic hear, hears On this
l protested sat down, and invited him
to reply to me. He got up and made
an excellent speech."-The Argonaut.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
TOO SLEEPY.
To Get Up I'm Time, and His Valet Sailed
for Europe Alone.

~ Wv Up In lime, ana HIS Nalet SaHeu
for Europe Alone.
New York World: Col. Charles Bor-
bur of Philadelphia and his valet are
on their travels. That is, the valet is
travelling. He Is on a Hamburg-Am-
erican liner, bound for Germany. He
has no money. The colonel is at
Mayors hotel, in Hoboken. 81 should
think" said the colonel, that il Torch
went through all his clothes carefully
he might amass as much as eight
cents. But that may be an over-esti-
mate. He is a bright fellow and a
good accountant. / hardly think he
will throw himself overheard. 1t hap
pened in this way. The colonel came
over from Philadelphia to sail on the
neutrality-suspicious. steamer Pennsyl-
vania. She was advertised to leave
her Hoboken dock at 10 a. m. Satur-
day. Col. Borbur, while at Mayors,
formed the acquaintance of. Fred
Lorch, who attended to the hotel CT
gar stand. He wanted $40 a month
and all expenses paid to go with him
to Berlin, thence to the Paris EXPOSE
ton, and thence around the world.
Torch agreed, and Col. Borbur engaged
two berths on the Hamburg boat.
Torch was early on board Saturday
morning; not so the colonel. The
colonel was sleepy that morning; be-
sides, he did not feel well. He turned
over in bed when he woke on Satur-
day morning and said, Hang the
steamer; there are Others" And so
he went to sleep again. When he
woke up he remembered Torch. So
the colonel resigned himself to wait
for the Bismarck this week. In the
meantime he cabled a consolatory mes
a TO be handed to Torch on his
arrival, and also he arranged with the
steamship people on the other side to
take care Of Torch until the Bismarck
and the colonel arrive.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
In THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.
Arixona's Petriied Forest-Extraordinary
Surgical Operation - How Squirrels
Live In winter-Battle of Reptile and
Fish.
The Old Hunting Coat.

A thing of stir canvas. dirt spotted and
torn;
Soiled corduroy collar: huge pockets
that tote
The game; and its fabric is crumpled and
worn;
Yet memories cling to the old hunting
coat
Its color of tan with the ground smoothly
blends
And rights not the timid and sharp
sighted game;
BY delicate thread its lone button sus-
Ponds,
Untouched by the hand of the unseeing
dame.
On the sleeve a light feather seems des-
tined TO stay;
The scent OF burnt powder around 1t
doth cling.
And its pockets conceal but & motley
array
or pipe and tobacco, shells. matches
and string.
And many a night it has piIlowed the
That rested in peace meath a shelter
ing tent
That on some streams banks, tree-pro-
tected, was spread,
Nnere rev but Dame Nature Wild
creatures e'er vent.
All. IL it could speak! 1t would eagerly
tell
OF long. Dreathless chase through the
thicket and thorns
In pursuit of the elk that fought nobly
and well,
But whose antlers the old hunting coat
now adorns.
Or perchance 1t would whisper of morn
ing's sharp chill
And rush-hidden boat in some lake at
daylight.
And speak of the silence. and cen Of the
thrill
That 1t felt when the canvasback start
ed the flight.
Or yet 1t could speak of the favorite
camp,
Where the brook makes sweet music
and soft breezes blow;
And the odor Of frs and of wild flowers,
~dew-damp,
And the leaping OF trout where the
slender weeds grow.
The broadcloth may scorn 1t, the WOODEN
may sneer,
Aristocrats they, keeping always re-
mote;
Yet none of them offers tn comfort and
cheer
And happiness found in the old hunting
coat.
Colorado Springs Gazette.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
ArIxona's PetrIfed Forest.

One of the most interesting and i'm
pressive of natural wonders is the great
petrifed forest of Arizona, which COW
ers nearly 100 square miles. The gov
eminent explorers have christened it
Chalcedony Park.
The surface of the ground for miles
and miles around is covered with gi-
gantic logs three or four feet in diam
eter, petrified to the core. Many of
transparent. All present the most
beautiful shades of blue, yellow, pink,
purple, red and gray. Some are like
gigantic amethysts, some resemble the
smoky topaz, and some are as pure and
white as ~alabaster. At places the chips
of agate for the trunks that have
crumbled, lie a foot deep upon the
ground, and 1t is easy to obtain cross
sections Of trees showing every vein
and even bark.
A bird's-eye view of the petrifled for
est on a sunny day suggests a gigantic
kaleidoscope. The surface of the earth
resembles an infinite variety of rain
bows. The biologists say this great
plain, now 5000 feet above the sea, was
once covered by a forest, which was
submerged for ges In water strongly
charged with minerals, until the fbres
of the trees were thoroughly soaked
and transformed into eternal stone.
Many Of the trunks are still packed in
a deposit of fine clay, which was left
by the ~recedlng waters, but the erosion
of the wind has pulverized much Of
the clay and carried 1t of in the air,
exposing the secrets that nature buried
under its surface. One great tree spans
a deep gulcn forty feet wide. 1t lies
where 1t fell centuries, perhaps ages,
ago, and is a most beautiful specimen
of petrified wood. The rings and the
bark can be easily traced through the
translucent agate, and 1t is firm enough
and strong enough to last as many
centuries as 1t has already spent in its
peculiar position. 1t is undoubtedly
the only bridge of agate in the world,
and alone is worth a long journey to
see. The Indians of the southwest used
to visit the petrified forests frequently
to obtain agate for their arrow and
spear heads, and the material was scat
tered over the entire continent by ex-
change between the different tribes
from the Isthmus of Panama to the
Behring Straits. The great deposits
here explains where all the arrow
heads OF moss agate came from, and
other weapons and implements OF SIM
liar material that are found in the In
dian mounds and graves of the central
and western states. In the stone age
the agate of the petriied forest was the
very best material that could be OBJ
tanned for both the implements of war
and peace Of the aborgines. A scalp
ing knife could be made very easily
from one of the chips OF agate and
could be ground to a very fine edge.
Many crystals were used for jewelry
and ornaments also.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31

more from squirrels than from rae
or muskrats. which are proven
bially so fond of IL. In places on the
western frontier an extensive system of
watching has had to be maintained at
times against this pest. One dainty
In late summer is the mushroom, OF
several varieties of which they are
fond, and this reminds me of a bit OF
unexpected sagacity in one Of the west
ern chipmnnks lately spoken Of In my
hearing by the artist and author, Ern-
est Seton Thompson. 1t appears that
this chipmunk depends for it's ordin-
airy fall and winter fare upon the seeds
by storage In it's holes In decayed
stumps or underground. 1t happened
lately, however, that in a certain area
of the northwest the pinon crop was a
complete failure, and the ground squir-
rels were compelled to find something
else for their subsistence and winter
stores. In this extremity they turned
to the mushrooms, everywhere abund-
ant, and were busy during all the late
autumn in gathering them. They were
too wise, however, to store them I'M
foreground, where they would soon have
rotted, but instead deposited them in
notches and crotches of the lower
branches Of the forest trees, where they
dried in the open air and so kept in
good condition to be eaten. Their
shriveling up and the shaking Of the
branches by the winds caused many to
fall, and these the squirrels Industrious
ly picked up and tried to fasten more
securely to the branches. This meth
cd Of providing themselves with winter
food implied the necessity OF their
coming forth from their underground
retreats, no matter how cold and
snowy the weather. whenever they
wanted something to eat. instead OF
having their larder indoors. as Is usual
with them, and 1t would be interesting
to know whether they actually did SO
or whether they failed TO profit, after
all, by their seemingly sagacious pru-
dence.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31

bearing to facilitate their smooth run.
ming. They are driven by chain gear
ing, connecting with a double shaft
Four sets OF pedals connect with each
shaft, the men sitting in a row between
the wheels.
The front steering wheel is over sew.
en- feet In diameter. 1t Is controlled by
a chain and wheel easily handled by
one man. He sets In front and guides
its course, evading obstacles with little
difficulty.
On a level road n man could read
fly push 1t along from behind, but al
least three would be necessary to move
It by the pedals. Eight, however. have
no dificulty even in fairly hilly dis.
tricts.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31

Boston has just built the largest
cvcline machine in the world. IL is a
tricycle. weighing nearly a ton anu
standing fully eleven feet high IL
ouires nine men to operate IL, n ~
direct its course and eight to proper It's
Medals. 1t attains a great speed, zoo,
Considering its weight, being capapis
Of over thirty miles an hour.
The machine was built by the Boston
uoyer Hose company and has been
r,n bv the company upon the streets
80 noston on several occasions. It's
GREAT size has attracted for 1t at
tention. It's driving wheels are each
eleven feet in diameter ana weis Tan
the neighborhood Of 26O pounds. Inyy
are rubber-tired and fitted Win Dan'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
nattl. Of Reptle and rl.h.

From the New York Press: That
mooted question Of whether a good
healthy water snake can cope success
fully in mortal combat with a pickerel
has been decided by a battle In Lake
Pennesseewasse, Of which William
Gary and Kenneth Quincy were wit
nesses. The lake waters abound In
~large-sized pickerel and there Is no
other body Of water In Maine where
the water snakes are 80 huge. They
are harmless, but If forced to a fight
with man or fish can put up a good
scrap. Their bite, while not poisonous.
Is exertmely painful and everyone
gives them a wide berth. In hot days
they crawl to the branches of the low
bushes on the shore Of the boys and
sur themselves in con.entment. Many
OF the reptiles will measure over ten
feet and few OF them have ever been
captured. II a person approaches them
while they are apparently sleeping on
the bushes and attempts to hit them
with a stick or stone they fall quickly
into the water and escape harm. One
day this summer, while the weather
was extremely warm, Gary and Cur
ney were on the lake trawling for sal
mon from a N The boat had just
passed the edge of the bog where the
snakes have their headquarters, when
there was a splash in the water and a
churning that attracted the attention
of the men in the boat. They backed
water with the bars and loated up
to see what was the trouble. They
were surprised to see a huge black coil
of shining skin writhing in the water
and went closer to investigate. They
found that a water snake nearly eight
feet long had a pickerel in his grasp.
The fish mrst have weighed in the
vicinity of three pounds and a fight
was n The snake slowly uncoiled his
body, when the pickerel darted out
and quickly turned, making a swift
lunge for the snake. The latter, how
ever, grabbed the fish by the head and
held him fast. In the course of three
or four minutes the snake again un-
coiled his body. and the pickerel. with
a few faint motions, anne to the top
Of the water for air. The snake lay
still, but as the fish showed signs Of
returning life he again grabbed him by
the head. Then the body of the fish be-
gan to disappear slowly, and at last
there was no more pickerel in sight.
The next day Quincy and Gary were
on the shore of the bog for frogs to be
used for bait, when they found the
dead body of a big snake. They cut
the reptile open and found about half
way down the throat the body OF the
pickerel. The snake in swallowing the
fish had rested for a breath Of air,
when the fish again came to life and,
spreading his belly fms. had choked
the snake to death. However, the men
declare that the snake won the fight.
but was too anxious to celebrate his
victory, and thereby lost his own life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
have noticed, QUE Of the few sons Of the

have noticed, ohe Of the few sons Of the
Helvetian republic who on Sundays and
week days sport a tall silk hat. On his
ohcial tour ne takes it off blandly, and
informs the householder that he is
empowered by the state to inspect his
nues." In the canton of Grisons re-
Gently the post and title OF com
munal chimney sweep" was opened TO
competition. The salary was $3.50 a
year, and the candidates were numer-
GUS, says a correspondent OF the Boston
traveller. But the strange thing was
that they were mostly schoolmasters
from Italy a painful sign of the times
in that unrestful land.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
Till the Well Rms Dry.
PATENTS.
List of Patents Issued Inst Week to
NORTHWESTERN Inventors.

Anton l.. Anderson and G. NJ. Roland.
st. Hilaire. Mimi, rope clamp; William
H.. Baker. Deadwood. s. D., separating
precious metals from ores; Andrew l..
Ellington. Austin, Mimi. car coupling;
Alfred Johnson, Minneapolis, Mimi,
wheat dryer; Godfried Laube, Huron,
s. D., Dreaming can: Joseph l.. NY
lander, Duluth, Mimi, roller attach
ment for sleds; Otto Treibel and @. A.
Nier, st. Paul, Mimi, indicating fun
mel.
Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson Patent At
torneys. 010 Pioneer Press Bldg. ST. Paul
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31

II one asks a hundred school chill
dren-and grown people. as well,
for that matter-how squirrels sub
sist in winter, nine out of ten will
reply that they eat the nuts they gath
err in the summer and fall. This Is
partly, but not wholly true. Their food
is widely varied in the course of .
year, especially in the spring and sum-
aer. Indian corn In the milk suffers
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
The Real Thing.

Writing from San Fernando, a Kan
sas boy says: Had apple dumplings
the other night for supper. 'Spect an
old soldier would laugh at apple
dumplings on the firing line. They
were the genuine thing, for I dreamed
of Filipinos with long knives."-Kan-
sas City Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31


years ~ he brought thousands OF
lars a year to his owners and would
day have sold at auction at a fancy
Re. Today he is earning scarcely a
hdred dollars clear profit for his
kby and would hardly sell at one
brth that amount. He has expe-
hced the viccissitudes of misfortune
certainly as any human being could.
was taken to England some time
to try the English tracks. The
mate perhaps did not suit him. At
rate he made successive failures.
owners sold him and after one and
pther trial he passed from hand to
ID till he became the property OF his
(sent owner. And there is no one
rescue him from his fate. But like
nan driftwood he Is not alone in his
fortunes. Many horses of world
e fame have Jared as pitifully in
Pr later years. In the stables at
ped to the Pasteur institute, Paris,
ght have been seen not long ago two
fses OF European reputs. One was
f%avorite charger Of Marshal Can
lert, which in happier days had been
IDOL Of It's master and had followed
70 his last resting-place; the other
Baron Flint's st. Claude, the
Pner OF the Grand Steeplechase at
Fsuil IN 1890. These once-famous
pes were used for the production of
am, and ended their days as martyrs
E~science.
suil worse fate was the lot of
Pfge Frederick, the winner of the
10y OF 1874. Winning the Derby was
Pnee the crown and end of his racing
|eer, and after many vicissitudes he
|ac himself some years later in the
~ OF a cab. The ultimate fate of
"olue-ribbon winner" was in the
FcRer's yard, where he was convert
INTO cats meat. Another horse
In descended from the proudest
.acie a horse ever occupied to the
us Oh a cab was Gen. Boulanger's
* Arab, which, with its arched neck
proud curveting, so impressed the
ave generals worshipers." Within
years Of his owners death he
plying for hire" In the very
Fe'stnat had witnessed his triumphs.
tses' TOO, like men, have their TRACE
[ ana more than one famous racer
eome to an untimely end. Blue
'n' a Derby winner of thirty years
{ was on his way to America to a
owner, who had bought him for
wv when he died on the voyage.
c,iAon, a Derby 'favorite, was burned
reaen while travelling by rail to his
quarters. Kingcraft's career ended
! winning the Derby, in 1870. Four
/ years later he was sold for a small
70 an American sportsman, and,
oiu Gown, did not survive the
SO F1tzroy was shot, a fate which
Z overlook Silvio, winner of the
Ivy ana the st. Leger in 1877, whose
niant racing career was ended by a
en leg. The fates of famous war
ses are happier than those Of their
suren OF the turf. and many of them
'snoed their days In peace and lux
q have left lasting memorials
'nna them. One of the most famous
'ue worlds horses was Copenhagen,
n'ue Danish chestnut thoroughbred
an carried the Duke of wellington
sea the Spanish war and bore him
browning victory at Water
! "hen his war days were over Co
was sent 10 StRathfeldsaye.
ne was feted md petted
y. hearts content The attentions
- admirers bevasan a. last So try
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31

ing, and SO much of his hair was pur-
ioined 0 name and tail. that he was
put IN a cage to insure a little peace
Wnen ne died a magnificent tombstone
was erected to his memory.
Marengo, Napoleon's famous white
.narger' spent his last days under
equally happy conditions in England
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
The New Toruedo.

A Swede has invented one operated
by invisible rays of light, which en-
ables it to explode at will In like man.
ner, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters con-
quers all stomach troubles. When a
sufferer from constipation, dyspepsia
or liver complaint takes the Bitters he
Is sure of a cure. A private Revenue
Stamp covers the neck of the bottle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
n fATFS OF FAMOUS HORSES.

sr,ous racer Banquet, known
y .ut the United States on and
,nrf A few years ago as one of
= re,iable winners to be seen in
'sr,s running on the tracks. is
a ~ a meagre existence In Lon
.ssv pulling a hanson and illus
.hs ,ronies Of life perfectly. A
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
Ar. You Using Allen. Foot-Ea.s.

1t is the only cure for Swollen.
Smarting. Burning, Sweating Feet.
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Z.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
Not U.eIe.s.

Profanity" said the long-haired pas
senger, 'is so utterly useless"
Wrong" said the short-haired pas
senger. II can make my wife hopping
mad any time by swearing a little
Indianapolis Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
NOT What He Wnnted.

Nurse-It's time for your nourish-
ment now, Mr.. Peppery.
Mr.. Peppery (convalescent)-Hang
nourishment! What / want is some
thing to eat!-Judy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
Unfortunate.

Eichenstein-Dat vas an awful ting
happened to Isaacs.
Solomns-Vat dat vas?
Eichenstein-Hed q fire und lost his
insurance bolicy in de excitement
Ohio State Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-31
They DOME waste Mncb.

81 say, this steak is as bad as the
one / had yesterday"
1T Is, sir. Oh, how stupid OF them;
I'm afraid they've given you the same
one again."-Ally Sioper.