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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
Brave Mrs. Alger.

Under the title Women Who Grace
Cabinet Members Homes" Mary MINI
mo Balentine, in the Woman's Nation
al Companion. pays the following pleas
ant compliment to Mrs. Alger:
Throughout all the trying days of
past summer and autumn. when the
secretary of war was dangerously i'll
for three months, and her soldier son
was at the point OF death from camp
fever, no one heard this brave little
lady utter n word Of complaint. Mrs.
Alger presides over her home with
repose and gentleness, and In and out
OF her home circle she dresses with an
exquisite daintiness OF taste. She has
a charming personality and q sincere
kindliness Of mantder that endsarE her
- 49, 81 ~ If4.N-VNtNAN H..4#H"I
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
CoLoRED TROOPS DISPENSING RIOTERS IN LAREDO. TEXAS.

the vaccinating corps, of which l took
charge for a thorough ho~use-to-house
inspection and vaccination, have had
very little opposition. There have
been about twelve to fifteen refusals,
which had to be reported, arrested and
then vaccinated; otherwise no trouble.
There have been more than 1900 vac
cinated or revaccinated since | COM
menced. and there would have been
more only | had my corps stop work
when fighting was going on, for fear
some of them might be injured"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
Deepest Wells.

A curiosity, at least, is this COM
pilation of the deepest wells in the
world: In Europe, one at Passy,
France, depth, 1000 feet; at La Cha
pelle, Paris, 1850; at Grenelle, Paris,
1898: at Neusalwerk, near Minden,
22SS: at Kissingen, Bavaria, 1,787; at
Sperenberg zeal Berlin, 4,190, which
is said to be the deepest in the world;
at Best. Hungary, 1882. In the United
states there are wells located at st.
Iouis. depth, 3,S43 feet; at Louisville,
> oSs: at Columbus, o., 2,775h; at
Charleston, S. c. 1850.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
THE BULLY.
Everybody In Court was Secretly
Glad Of II.

otao "a y.
''The biggest court room bully / eve
met in my life" said an old New Or
lawyer to a New Orleans Times
man, W an attorney
named Simmondson, who was quite a
noted character in the early days OF
the Louisville bar. / practiced in that
city for several years after | was adj
mitted, and ] used to encounter him
now and then in the local courts. He
was a very large, portly man, with a
singularly intimidating presence, and
when he got a nervous witness In his
hands the way he would put on the
Tews was something frightful. This
bit led n day to a remarkable
oNe, of which / happened to be a
epeator. He was engaged in the trial
OIL aNase involving the title OF some
arm uds, and a number of country
men We called to testify on the 9TH
CT sue They were naturally i'll at
ease peiI unused to city ways, and
men Sim .,ndson came to cross-ex-
anime he foud them easy prey. He
u ue, in every imaginable
MANNER ana 'henever they would
sho" signs OF infusion would roar
OUT what arevou hesitating for?
Are you afraid yotmay tell a lie? II
the victim replied No simmondson
would retort, i was sure YOU didn't
fear a little thing like hat and IL the
answer was Yes he wuld say, with
a sneer: All! l thoughto. Tn short.
he had them both ways, nd the poor
fellows, being strangers IL repartee.
were badly discounted. Th last wit
ness he took in hand was a tall lank
farmer with a very thoughtful eve,
He had watched the batting Of his
~neighbors in dead silence and took the
stand with perfect composure. Sim.
mondson evidently set him down as a
lout, and when the witness hesitated
over some question a moment later h,
fired his favorite shot: What are y
studying about?' he beloved. "Frait
of telling a lie, too, | suppose?' With
out any apparent haste the country
man picked UP a massive inkstand an,
hurled IL straight al S~immondson'
head, catching him on the bridge o
the nose, and knocking him perfectl.
senseless. That's what / was a-study
in about, he drawled in the momen
of dead silence that followed the act
Needless to say. a tremendous hubu'
ensued, but everybody was secretl.
pleased, and while the judge fined tn
farmer heavily for contempt, he sub
sequently RENTED the sentence
Simmondson was carried home an,
was laid up for several weeks. Whel
he emerged he was as gentle as
dove. and 1t was said he never bulliel
another witness. He subsequently
drifted out to California, where he die
during the war"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
noredo Correspondence

49, native Texan objects to blood
,.,.,ng in any but the conventional
II Is all right and proper to bleed
s.n with a six-shooter bullet or a
10 Knife on due provocation. That
..eording to state etiquette--or to
=. Hoyle. as they say here. But
Nan a short-horn doctor from the
.ss,s East comes to the Rio Grande
|,asdsd down with quilts, claims the
|.,sht to enter your jacal without
s@sockipg. and then proceeds to tear a
|,,sce Of hide off your arm. just because
n doesn't like your looks or your liver
when these things happen, then
.,sre,s sure to be a little unpleasant
|ssss and a funeral or two. Laredo has
mt uassed through an experience of
Ess sort, and 1t required the State
|p,reers and a company of the Tenth
States cavalry to restore order.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25

the Supreme court-af< r had done
settled the whole thing NV mind
This is nuthin' more ne'r i than con
tempt o. my court, which u recker-
nized court o. the State; buSha mis-
cradle jack-leg Of a lawyer u an
pealed it done so whilst / was s,oa,
on the back piazza, an then IL q
train an got out o. town fore Ma
git a lick at him. Only fer thatnd
ha' mauied him ter jelly!"-AtlaL
Constitution.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
A New Kind OF AIhnm.

Souvenirs can be made interesting to
others Than the owners, If they are of
the right kind. A Chicago girl has a
new style of album. All of the pictures
in it are of herself, and no two are
alike. Each one is taken in a different
city, and in this way she keeps a pic
ture history of her travels.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25

heard this remarkable argument. 1t is
likely to go down the line as a clincher
in political debate: Girls has got to
wear rubbers," the tyrant was saying.
A fainst sob ventured, "Why?"
" Cause" replied Jamie, swelling his
little chest, no doubt, there is only
four people on earth who don't have
to wear understood and Jesus, and
Mckinley and me-"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
ONLY FOUR EXEMPT.
Small Boys List of "a Certain
Quartet.

A Milwaukee boy has arrived at that
age when he no longer answer orders.
Among the other liberties his grandeur
has succeeded in wrenching from his
awed parents in exemption from rub
bers," to which he has always had an
unconquerable ~antipathy. OF this great
victory he is, OF course, most justly
proud, and takes delight in reminding
his younger sister, who hates TO wear
rubbers al much as he. that she is
still obliged to don them. Last week
the first storm OF the eason disturbed
the domestic tranquility. Some ii
happened to pass the nursery door, and
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25

The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road,
at the request of numerous business or
CARNATIONS of Baltimore and Philadel-
phia, has arranged for a ten-days'
stop-over at each of those cities under
the usual procedure of the passenger
depositing the ticket with the ticket
aeent upon his arrival. The Baltimore
ard Ohio Rail Road now grants ten
day stop-overs at Washington, Balti-
more and Philadelphia.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25

pc funerals took place a few days
70 and the wounded are doing as well
could be expected.
II all grew out of the discovery by a
pung doctor that there was smallpox
ross the river, in Mexico. He hadn't
zen here long, and couldn't be ex-
Fcted to know that every well-regu-
yea Mexican family on the frontier
IS Its routine that must be lived up
that 1t must have It's smallpox in
e spring, Just as 1t must have it's bull
nus and fiestas in the fall, and its
mas and fandangoes and throat-cut-
pss IN the so-called winter months.
oidnt know these things, so he
tlned the state health board of his
feoVery and had quarantine regula-
Pas put in force. That was the first
OF trouble. Gentlemen who had
en dealing cards on this side and
epihg in Mexico found their pleas
8 and profits interfered with, and
9ec'ed loudly to inspection. Then
le Joker tipped that troublesome
Feor on to the fact that there IA a
Vi W. OF the disease right here
1own. Made him think it was some
As new and extraordinary. Then
aoclor got down to business in real
nest An old wool warehouse was
: and converted into a pesthouse.
u the suburbs, occupies a full
= ana Is surrounded by a high
fence. On the other side of town
uaaihg put up for a cotton mill was
eu INTO a detention hospital for
pNss, and n of the first persons
'nere was the joker who had
up the trouble on this sue.
"st cases We're taken to the pest
q then the trouble became
ai' The relatives OF those con
'aiea at the pesthouse to see
mo We're reused admittance.
was an undreamed-of outrage,
section OK the board fence was
-puy torn down. That called the
y INTO the game, and he put the
I'm the field to guard the prem
ana the sheriff asked help from
Rangers.
me the doctor mad communi-
M aeaih with the state board OF
had received instructions
axe a house-to-house inspection
v and scrape the arms of all
! a seemed in need of that
irritation. He secured five as
aau started out to have some
~ nad II, When the virus be-
IAN. ke' the town got sore on
h,u 'or and his assistants. and laid
with clubs. But the doctor
81 0.aer card up his sleeve. He
~ the removal Of the obstreper-
NAnIse detention hospital.
NJ circus began in earnest,
WRiays became frequent. A
MN the rounds with the am
which suspects were re-
y Y<R the second trip the as
yshal was shot down.
sers were called away
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
wbat He snid.

Artist am sorry l IA not In when
old Milyuns called. Did he notice my
categorical painting of Liberty
Scramble did, sir.
Artist-Ah! And what did he say?
Scramble said, 20, Liberty! how
many crimes are committed in thy
namei'-Puck.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
H.d ui. preference.

"There is one thing you ought to re-
member, Remus, and that is that hon
esty is the best policy"
Il done year folks say that befo',
sab, but TO mersef, I'd RAIDER play the
udder kine."-Boston Courier.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25

The Caymen Islands were nearly
overwhelmed by the recent storm. APP
parently secure things are not safe.
Even If you have health, be on your
guard. Disease works stealthily. An
occasional dose Of Hostetter's Stomach
bitters will keep the bowels regular
aud disease at bay. If you nave indi-
gestion and constipation try 1t.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
Flsherman,s oussr Haul.

A fisherman's trawling net brought
up recently, near Ca~rlingford Tough on
the Irish coast, a lot of law docu-
ments missing in Irish chancery cases.
Though much damaged, the papers
could be read.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
Are You Using Amen. Foo,-Eass-

1t is the only cure for Swollen.
Smarting. Burning, Sweating Feet.
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Adj
dress, Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
A sensible

The empress of Germany is a fine
cook and she has learned cutting and
fitting so as to superintend the alter
alton of her own dresses.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
the mind side of Him.

81 am informed by my bailiff," said
the rural justice, that this case. which
I'VE been a-settin' on fer ten days,
come Sunday, has been appealed ter
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25

We Pay $15 n Week and Expenses
10 men with rigs to introduce our Poultry
Remedies. Wyandotte Mfg. Co., ALB Lake
Street Chicago, Ill.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25

The individual who is compelled TO
live entirely on sweets soon sours on
them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25

Most alen would be thankful nova
days il they could lose their grip.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25

A bachelor says that marriage may
be a cure for lovesickness, but the re-
medy is worse than the disease.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
r.nbor Lost.

Young Hardhead-I don't see why |
am not invited to parties oftener. |
am sure | always behave like a gentle
man.
Young Iighthead-That's the trouble.
You are so very gentlemanly hat the
girls think you are stupid.-New York
Weekly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
%1Anti-Vdccine Riots on the Rio Gr,nde.

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FI6s, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA Fro SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the LIQUID laxa-
tive principles of plants known TO be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the N perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. It's perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make 1t the ideal
laxative.
In the process OF manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. ky. NEW YORK, N. X.
For sale by all Druggists.-Price Soc. per bottle
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-05-25

Hoods PiIs cure liver ills the nonirritating and
only cathartIc TO take With Hoods sarsaparillas
The Lamar register., 1899-12-27
SHE BEAT THE BAND.
woman.s wild Ride Down a Hin on .
Runaway Plano,

Runaway Piano.
Scores of residents OF Germantown
avenue, on the hill above Wayne juno
tion, on Saturday. witnessed the spec
tacle of woman suspended in the air
from the handles of street piano
while the instrument was rushing
down the street car track at a high
rate of speed. Antonio Annelli and
his wife of S46 South Eighth street,
were providing people in the lower
end of Germantown with brand OF
music frequently heard, when band
advertising a downtown clothing
store came along. The noise made
by the band drowned the strains OF
the piano. and so disgusted were An
nelli and his wife that they started for
fresh fields. pulling the instrument to
the middle of the steep street The
band made an effort to get ahead OF
them. Husband and wife had won the
contest, but unfortunately, the hus-
band left his wife to pull the piano.
Almost Immediately the handles of
the piano shot upward, lifting the
woman into the air. Her weight was
sufficient to keep the instrument or
box from dragging on the street as it
dashed down the hill. She clung to
the handles for fear that If she let go
she would be injured. She beat the
band down the hill, a distance of two
squares. Persons along the street saw
the woman's perilous predicament. but
the speed at which the instrument was
pounding its way down hill preclud-
ed every possibility of an attempt at
rescue. At the foot of the hill the
piano swung abruptly into Berkeley
street and Mrs. Annelli was thrown
to the pavement. Band members
picked her up.-Philadelphia North
American.
The Lamar register., 1899-12-27
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

diseas ed portion of the ear. There is only one
way TO cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
infiamed condition of the mucus lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is intiamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing and when il is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored TO its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by ca.arrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition of
the mucus surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that caunot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Lamar register., 1899-12-27
HOW TO STOP A RUNAWAY.
Explicit Directions from Man Who
Has stopped go of Them

Has Stopped go of Them
Do you want to know the proper
way to stop runaway horse or team?
Here it is, given by man who has
used it on twenty different occasions
and has never yet failed. There is a
man in Denver who has stopped run
away teams dozens of times, as fool
hardy and dangerous as it may seem,
a man whose fixed and studied policy
is to stop every runaway team that
chances to pass his way. He is James
II. De Wore, fireman. Il am not
afraid of horses of any kind" he ex-
plains. Say that you want to stop a
runaway team. If you feel that you
are at all afraid, keep away and let
the team go on. Your nerve must be
right or you'll fail; that may mean
your death, and the team is not worth
it. If you aren't afraid, get out into
the road directly in front of the team
and keep right in front of them. You
must think quickly. See which horse
is running hardest; he is the grittiest
horse, and is the one to nail. In al
most every runaway. If you notice
closely, you will find one of them gall
Looping and the other running and
jumping, with his big black eyoballs
almost squirting out of his head, and
his nostrils like the bell of a trumpet.
He is the one that is doing the mis-
chief and will run until he dies. He
is the one you must take. When they
get within few feet of you they will
no longer attempt to swerve; they are
going over your body II you stand
there. Wait until they are so close
you can feel their breath. Then step
aside as quickly as possible; step on
the outside of the vicious horse. Here
comes the test, and you must step
aside just in the nick of time. Get
neck. Don't be afraid; he is too busy
running to think of shaking you OFF.
Then you will find that your feet are
striking the ground about every fif-
teen feet. After you are sure of your
hold on bride and neck. reach over
and catch the other horses's inside
rein. You can do this easily. Then
begin to give the horse that is carry
ing you taste of your muscle. Jerk
him as though you would tear his
head of. II he has the right spirit you
viii find this necessary. He is full of
grit and won't give up by pulling.
Every time your feet hit the ground
brace yourself against the bit and
swing hard on him with jerk. Work
on the others horses rein and you
will find him respond readily. New
York Journal.
The Lamar register., 1899-12-27
SMITH IS AN OPERA FACTORY.
Composer s.rer Rests and AeeompiIshes
Mach.


Writing a play or comic opera is
looked upon by many people as a diff
cult task II the result of their labors
is an enormous success II is considered
an achievement worthy of note. This
being the case, consider Harry B.
Smith. the most prolific concocter of
musical performances that ever lived,
and what he has done and is doing.
Since his first work some dozen years
ago the number of comic operas he has
turned out is almost beyond belief, but
some idea can be gained from the fact
that this season at least dozen OF
his works are being played ito wonder
full business. and probably five or six
more will emanate from his pen before
the season is fully finished. How he
does 1t all is incomprohensible, espe-
ciaIiy as he never appears to be busy.
but is seen at all times of the day and
night about town. Il want a comic
opera" says the star. "All right" re-
plies Mr.. Smith. you may have it to-
morrow night, as far as my work is
concerned" And the promise is kept.
From that time on all the star has to
worry about are the composer of the
music. the makers of scenery and cos
tunes. Before the opera has been pro-
duced Mr. Smith has vritten four or
five more His capacity for work is
marvellous.