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, 1899-02-17
PRAISES Ter oAT
Mrs. Wait Is Telling Eastern Folks
About the wonders of California.

One of the most charming and able
opponents of the wonderful climate and
soil of California is Mrs. Frona Eunice
Wait of San Francisco, who as a men,
Der of the California state board of
horticulture is now on a lecture tour
through the eastern states. Mrs. Wait
is a very attractive woman and has
made a brilliant success of her public
career. This is the third state Office she
has held. During the Worlds fair at
Chicago she was national commissioner
from California, and it was through
her efforts that the famous room of red
wood was created in the women's build
ing.
Mrs. Wait was born in California,
but is from old eastern stock. Her
grandfathers crossed the Hudson with
Washington. The family were French
Huguenots, but her maternal grand
mother wa6 an Adams.
Mrs. Wait early launched upon a
public career. In 1859 she went on the
, 1899-02-17
How Far Can Quail FIJI

A number Of sportsmen have been
discussing the question Of how Tar .
quail can fly. There are q good many
contingencies to be considered In Axriv-
ing ct a definite conclusion Of thu Ques-
tion, the which cuts no Uncomfortable
figure in the distance one OF thesd birds
can fly. II there Ia a still wind blow
Ing and the birds course 10 with tbe
wind, a full grown quail could certain
ly 60 more than o mile with q and
doubtless a much greater distance.
Those who have noticed quail trying
to fly across the Missouri river, where
the distance is about Q miles recall that
not all the birds make the trip safely.
They usually pick a spot where they
can make a halt ON O sand bar In mid
stream, and thus cross the river In two
flights. But sometimes they make the
distance at a single flight and this
seems to be their full limit under noy-
NAL conditions, for when they aHght
they are completely exhausted.
1t is generally believed that on an
average a mile is about the limit of the
fight of a quail where 1t IL neither IA
vored nor retarded by the wind. II hap
pens very often that in crossing the
Missouri river at q single fight quail
drop exhausted into the water. Proba-
bly, these are young birds.-St. Louis
Republio,
, 1899-02-17
An Odd Collection.

One of the most remarkable collec-
tions of souvenirs ever made is q colleo.
tion of male opera bats by one OF the
actresses of a London company. She
owns no fewer than 216 of these arti-
Giles, for it was her within to make every
young man who was introduced to her
give her his opera hat as u souv enir.
She not only keeps them in their prfe.
tine condition, but converts them into
all sorts of other things, such as photo
graph frames, workbaskets. and sonst
are even used for the purpose Of holding
1oweruots.
, 1899-02-17
Friday, February II, 1899.
He Obexed Orders.

Years ago, when Clemenceau was the
mayor Of Martre and at the same time
a deputy, he opened a ~dispensary Ia The
quarter. where advice was given free,
for Clemenoeau Is q specialist 10 akin
diseases. One day he noticed that be
had just one hour In which TO get his
luncheon and go down to the chamber,
where he had to interpellate the gov
eminent. He called his assistant and
said, "How many more patients arc
there waiting?'
"Six." replied the man.
One after the other had his oase dag
nosed, and Olemenceau, after another
glance at his watch. said. "Tell The
other two to undress at ones, a. ] have
only two more minutes to walt" ous
entered. and Olemenoeau wrote ont o
prescription In the twinklins Of ar eye.
The last man came In az naked - the
day when be wal born. OlemsDoesu
eyed him for a minute and then said,
"You are suffering from no shin dis
ease. What have You come here 10
worry me for7"
The man looked at him aghAst SoS .
minute and replied: "6kin diseassf ]
eve said I had O skin disease. Your
man came In and told me to updresa.
M. le Depute, and I did 10. All I want-
ed to ask you was to use your influences
to get my sister q place In tho post
offices In Algeria"
Clemenceau smiled. took his name
and did use his influence. Today.
, 1899-02-17

h1N0GDo NF
Of 30, while the lately bereaved em-
peror is SO, fully old enough to be her
grandfather. But, of course, no one
pretends that it is q love match. Fran
els Joseph wishes to remarry in order
to save his empire from disruption by
furnishing a male heir who shall be his
successor.
Princess Isabelle is expected to be
ambitious enough to wish to exchange
her own uncertain position for that OF
EN- press of Austria by marrying an old
man whose heart may be said to be al
ready in the grave. She zones of an
ambitious but unfortunate family. Her
sister, Marie Amelia, is queen of
Portugal, and another sister is the wife
of that graceless scamp, the Duke OF
Aosta.
Princess Marie Isabelle, in becoming
the wife of Francis Joseph, will be-
come the foremost woman of Europe, SO
far as the castles-four in Austria and
one in Hungary-and the money Mt her
command are concerned. She will then
be the biggest Bourbon of them all.
Her eldest brother, the pretender, the
Duo d'Orleans, is on terms of intimacy
with no court except that of Austria.
His chances of becoming king of France
grow less and less. He has given up
flirting with actresses and settled down
to the humdrum life of a country gen.
tleman, with a large allowance. Like
Ibis father, he will live and die a pre-
yhder, and nothing more.
, 1899-02-17

staff Of the San Francisco Examiner,
and was the first woman of that city
who did regular work as men do it.
She believes that women should get the
same pay that men get for the same
work, but she says they must not shirk
either responsibility or effort-they
must do their best.
Her work il educational i'll character.
She will lecture on the wonderful horti-
cultural resources of the California
wine growing region, which is one of
six such tracts of country in the world.
AS she took up the study Of grape grow
ing and winemaking some years ago,
she is al expert and authority on these
subjects. The theme most congenial to
her, however, is that which deals with
the myths and folklore of early and pre-
historic times in America, and especial
ly on the west coast, and she will also
lecture ON these folk tales.
, 1899-02-17
MAY Pc AN
Princess Isabelle, Whom Francis 10
seph of Austria Mny Wed.

Princess Marie Isabelle Of Orleans,
who may become the bride of Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria. is a sister Of
the Due d'Orleans, the pretender to the
French throne. She is q young woman
, 1899-02-17

OF all the countries in the world Ser
via contains the most centenariaeVs. In
that little country, with feweA than
1900, 900 inhabitants, there are ~ per-
On whose ages exceed 1oo y~sarss
, 1899-02-17

The best cement for china is made of
pulverized flint glass ground well with
The white Of an egg. 1t will stand any
mount of YEA
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
A Brave Woman.

A beautiful Canadian who Joined the
China Inland mission as the wife of
the Rev. Riquhart, a Belgian mission
airy, has just reached Tachieulu with a
terrible story of cruelty and suffering
among the fierce mountain tribesmen
of Thibet. Her husband was brutally
murdered, and her son died from ex
haustion. Their bodies were taken
away and mutilated. She was chased
through the mountains on the border
of China and Thibet, and vas shot at
time and again. Passing through
countless dangers, and without the aid
of a single native servant. she travelled
on for two months. and finally reached
q mission. Her clothes were almost
torn away, her shoes had given out
her feet Were bleeding from the sharp
rocks. She was nothing but a pitiable
wreck. She writes to a friend in Shang-
hal OF her bereavement and the cruelty
OF the Thibetans to her husband. and
says she Is preparing to go. back to the
wild men of the snowy China noun
tains.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
CRATER XxII.
The End of the struggle.

1t is impossible to give any idea of
the state OF mind | was in. as l waited
in a dismal ante-room for the reply
from London. 1t Is harry too much to
say hat | was sick with anxiety. and
even mere sick and Disguised with my
w conduct, and the vile plots that
had led me into this horrible mess.
Mere than once during my CONVERSE
ticr with the chief OF the secret police
/ Esd been on the point of throwing up
the s.onge-declining to answer any
fertilizer questions, and suffering In ST.
lepce whatever punishment might be
in store for me.
1t was only the remembrance OF the
Princess Irene, and of what her fate
might be ii | gave up the contest, that
neryel me TO 70 on. And. indeed. I had
low gof.a SO far that the easier inc the
safer. ii not the most moral. course
was to ga forward rather than back.
Having made up my mind to deceive
NJ. dc Noilleff if possible. the lies APP.
peared to suggest themselves as | went
along. ana We're. indeed, Il necessity. L
vowed that If | c0nld only obtain my
liberty by the help Of these untruths. |
would cultivate a Quaker-like simple
It's OF language for the remainder of
my ME-
Scortr than ] had expected. 7 was
suIrmnncd to appear again before NJ.
sde Noilleff. When l entered his room,
lles was reading n telegram which had
just arrived.
.'1Nhis Dispatch he said. docs. TO n
certain extent, bk mr. out your story
from this1 drew the Inference that
Davis had been discreetly silent about
the episode Of the train) "You may
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
Woman's Hand.

Golfers Weekly: 1t Is certainly not
true that small hands are bred nv
choice descent. for in one family the
hands of both women and men are
found different In size and in eyery
other quality. The individual woman
OF the people stretches and hardens
her hand and batters her nails on her
W account. so that months OF care
would not retrieve it; but doubtless
her baby hand was much the same as
a rich woman's in her own babyhood.
English women and Americans. with
their blonde hands. are admired de-
liriously for this one beauty by the
darker races. But at any rate to Eng
lish eyes there is loneliness also in the
fine hand that has clear brown color IN
place of white-a rare beauty. for the
blonde woman has usually the finer
form of hand; but somewhat dark
must have been the tender inward =,
the hand" that played on the virginals
of Shakespeare.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
MERIT ALWAYS n
A SUCCESSFUL ENrr,.
BASED ON MERIT
Tho Importance Of In,u.
Public OF the Value q,
Through the Leaa,.- 4
Newspaper

The few remedies which !.
tanned to worldwide FAM aa't
beneficial in effect and givina
ton to millions Of peonIe satt
are the products of ths Lnei!s}
the most eminent physicians icy
sented In the form most acrss aa
the human system by the ss,y,
worlds great chemists. ansA
most successful examples L ny !.
Of Figs manufactured by tbs !
MIA Fig Syrup Co. Uniiks Nv
limitations and cheap substJt,s. W
OF Figs is permanently henasa,s
effects, and therefore lives -,
NOTES good health, while inf0r,as !
arations are being cast asida
gotten. In olden times II Aas
gave temporary relief to NAV
here and there. it was though.
but nowadays a laxative
must give satisfaction Ia al NJ
have never used Syrup Of Flgs
a trial, and you will be pleases
and will recommend Ii to your ~
or to any who suffer from cons,is.]
or from overlooking, or from |.
headaches, biliousness. or otba- m
sulting from an inactive condI,ss'|
the kidneys, liver and bowels i
in the process OF manufactured
pleasant family laxative made NJ
California Fig Syrup Co, and ~
Syrup of Figs, figs are used. as tbs,|
pleasant to the taste; but the mss1
properties Of the remedy are os,1
from an excellent combinaiin
plants known to be medicinally II
tive and TO act most b~enencially /
the true and original remedy i,
Syrup OF Figs, Is manufactured ~
California Fig Syrup Co. only. a NJ
edge Of that fact will assist in N
ing the worthless limitations man.
tured by other parties. The con,
has selected for years past the I
ing publications OF the United h,
through which to inform the Dub,
the merits of its remedy, and N
them this paper is included. as WI
seen by reference TO its adyertisiaa,
umns.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
THINGS.
About Insects That Would Rule the
World II Big Enough.

World II Big Enough.
IL ants were large enough they
would rule the earth. AS it Is they
predominant the politics of their OWE
sphere, and have many human char
acteristics.
The longest time for which an ant
sleeps is three and a half hours. On
awakening they stretch their legs
yawn, and then carefully clean them
selves by applying their legs to tnep
mouths and rubbing them over tneir
bodies, very much in the style OF a
cat washing her face; after which they
comb and brush their heads N bodies
with the natural comb which nature
gives them.
The most remarkable thing abont
this is that almost every necessity for
which We are Obliged in our case to
employ more or less complicated me-
chanical contriyances is provided for
by the physical structure of the ants.
Ants clean themselves both before
and after sleep, and also after eating.
Frequently one ant will lick and brush
another all over, limb by limb, the ant
operated on srrawling on her back, re-
laxing her muscles and abandoning
herself to the enjoyment of the opera
ton.
They are great hunters, attacking
snakes, lizards, rats, mice, centipedes
ald beetles.
They even kill the great African py-
thon. 1t is said that If a python has
killed an animal, he dare not gorge
himself with it till he has made a wide
circuit, and satisfied himself that there
are no driver ants in the neighbor-
hood. II, however, he meets with any
he abandons his prey to them, and dis
creetly retires. A certain species ac-
tually keep COWS; in other words,
plant lice. When the ants are hungry
they actually milk the aphides by tap
ping them briskly on the sides of the
abdomen with their antennae till the
fluid exudes, when it is at once sucked
UP by the ants.
iHey smut them up IN COW houses
and use them dor days.
Ants act as soldiers in a very real
way, and it is no stretch of language to
call them pitched battles between ants
of the same species. and raids OF one
species upon the nests Of another,
sometimes to carry of the larvae and
pupae as food Ia modified form of can-
nibalism), and sometimes to supply
their own nests with slaves.
Certain ants are agriculturists, and
allow ant-rice to grow up in a circle
round their nests, while every other
plant is carefully cut down as fast
as 1t appears. They sow the crop reg
ularly, tend lt, and harvest it. When
the seeds fall they are carried into the
nest, and the stubble Is cleared away.
When the grain in the nest gets
damped by rain these ants carry it out
into the open to dry.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
chance Of The offer to visit this den be.

chance Of The offer to visit this den be-
ing repeated!
Iva. 1t Is quite possible that d fact OF
nv arrest may tend 10 strengthen lhe
conspirafors' confidence in my zeal ana
fidelity"
.If that Is all that is required, II
would not be impossible TO Apply the
stimulus a second time" said the cilel,
with an unpleasant Erin.
..In that case. the Government OF the
Gar will have TO dispense Win III!
poor services in the future, : salu
gravely.
LET US hope it will not be necessary
10 have recourse TO measures Y: tlaI
kind, said De Noilleff, as gravely. 10
this | made M reply.
Nv here do YOU mean to 90 Wheh YOU
leave this:'' inquired De Noillen
II shall go back TO the boarding
house where ! have been living TOT
some time. This is the only address IN
81. Petersburg at which the consplrat-
OPS know where 10 lind me.
..Shall you not communicate with
them YOURSELF
.If necessary. But / would much
rather that they sought me OK tleir
own accord"
Perhaps you are right. You haa pet
te- 90 now: and remember that, If YOU
deal fairly with me. | shall deal fairly
with You: and If you are successful IN
unearthing this foul conspiracy. you
will receive a princely reward. But u
you should attempt TO deceive me, the
punishment you will incur Will be pro-
p~ortionate to the o%ffense, which Is as
much as to say that it would be some
thing too dreadful 10 contemplate.
Il am very well aware OF h sir,
but these considerations have no ter
rors for me-" | answered, calmly. AS
/ said before, M interest In this bust
ness is a purely personal one. am
not a politician. l am not even a SUD
iect of the Gar. And | care no more
for the ultimate failure or G OF
these schemes OF these consplfatoFs
than | do for the failure or success Oh Il
commercial venture in which | nave
no shares
The chief nodded, and a satisfied ex-
preston came into his face. lie
Thought | had no interest but 10 serve
him. He thought lie had bought me.
body and soul.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
Stole a Tooth as "a Souvenir.

People chip off fragments from
gravestones," said a traveller, ito ear.
ny away as souvenirs. and twigs and
leaves from trees. and that sort o,
thing, so that 1T is sometimes neces.
sary to protect these objects to saw,
them. But the most curious thing j
ever saw in the way of souvenir grab.
bling was In the catacombs OF paris
where n OF a party OF sightseers. fol.
lowing a guide along the passage.
iined with human bones. pulled out /,
tooth from a skull"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
Secures Color va,u...

M. Viiiars, a French photographers
claims to have overcome a dificult,
with which ali photographers are ac
quainted-namely, to photograph In /,
picture the so-called n~on-actinic col
ors. M. Villars, having exposed plate,
wrapped up In black paper tn Roent
gen rays. finds that they are modined
becoming sensitive to all colors-.
green. yellow. red. and even infra-red
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09

ID me in many respect
bled with colds, cou
Il. etc, but as soon as !
medicine | began to i'm
got well. / take pieasI
ending your great rem
are afflicted with catar
BIRD.
ousands of cases of CT
have been cured by
e the past winter. i
geable weather, in spite
set backs from catchin,
hement to illy-ventilat
heat catarrh remedy
Effected these cures.
& Is here. The days a
|un Is warmer, and the
for another year. Thi
ch more favorable p p
Permanent cure Of chron
Eially old, stubborn cas-
time to begin treatme
5 being equal. one mon
in the spring is \
his treatment during Il
geather of winter, In
& Pe-ru-na. There az
| substitutes for thi
to DR.. Hartman, Colu
free catarrh book.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
Onion seed Csc and Up = IA

Catalogue tells how to grow 1913 bs|
acre as easily as 100 bushels, Ia,
growers OF Earliest Vegetables and 1
Seeds. Earliest vegetables always
Salzer's Seeds produce them weeks !
of others. Coffee Berry l5c per H. \
toes $40 a Bbl.
Cut this put and send with i4c fGr
Catalogue and 10 packages OF vega
n flower seed novelties 20 JOIN
SALZER SEED COMPANY,
CROSSE. WIS. I
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
T.
List Of Patents Issued Last We'd
Northwestern Inventor

Edward III. Burger, Duluth, NJ
safety pocket; Carroll u. GU
Redwood Falls. Mimi. autou
swinging stacker; Augustus 1. i
rem, and o. Estwik, Pierpont, (
tongue cap and line guard; JOhl
G.. Morrison and a. A. Kregnes 4
er. s d., cultivator; William P !
tuck, Minneapolis, Mimi, Syringe
Merwin, Lothrop az johnson, Patsa
torneys, 80 Pioneer Press Bldg, S.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09

The woman who weds n dad
need not expect TO fnd the matrln1
yolk pleasant.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09

A woman void of curiosity mus
life as tedious as a historical nOy5|
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09

only way you can hurt
striking them on the p
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09

Pity the poor man who must I.
his days in the shadow Of his u
fame.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09

This would be n silent world III
left TO some people TO SPEAK
minds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09

l know that my life was saved byl
Cure for Consumption. John "A. y
Au Sable, Michigan, April 81, 1895
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09

compilations Otter
boys; they won't wasl
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09

Helia bic Agents.
nted to sell Hof's Ger
in South Dakota, dir,
;. Exclusive territory z
. address G.. a. j., Ano
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
Health for Ten Cents.

Cascarets make bowels and kidne'
naturally, destroy microbes, cure hss1
billiousness and constipation. Aldr1
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09

Bellows are not boxers, vel
often come to blows.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
To CURE a GOLD TN ONE d

Take Laxative Bromo Quinire TabeSl
druggists refund the money II IL faisu'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
GOVERNOR M'co
.m.uds Pe-ru-na to A
victims.

h Myron II. McCord, e
Mexico. in a letter e
from Washington, d. I
.ntlemen-At the guggt
/, was advised tc US
.atarrll, and after using
Ian TO feel better In eve
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-04-27
BLAMED 1T ON a DEAD MAN.
Late L. j Burdette Charged With
Changing Records His Friends
are Very Indignant ut the Charge.

Grafton, w. Va, April 1S.-At
the last State election tho charge
was made that the ballots had been
tempered with and that the resul It
Of the election changed by altera-
ton of ballots, after they had been
placed in the hands Of Il. j. Bur-
dette, the Republican Clerk of the
County Court.
The charge was that Burdette
had made these changes in the in
terest of McGraw, the Democratic
candidate for Senator, Demo-
cratic legislator obtaining his seat
on the changes made. The Legis
lature and County Court investl
gated, but found no fault.
Yesterday evening the grand
jury returned an indictment charg-
ing that f. j. Burdetle, the County
Clerk, had altered the ballots.
This finding was on the evidence
Of e. B. Hay, of Washington,
a handwriting expert. Burdette
died since the election and the in
dictment is of no effect except to
relieve living suspects of the odlum
which rumor has attached to them.
Professor Hay was positive in
his evidence to the writing of Bur.
dette in the county record books.
The return has caused a great
sensation and has stirred much
bitter feeling among Burdette's
friends.