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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
mean. Mollie'll stop at

tors. and you'll go 4on having les
cns?"
YES"
'Oh! but that's rot you know. We
can't have a married man in the
school. The doctor won't stand It."
He'll never know, fat head. It's
going to be a secret marriage"
"Oh, crikey! At the registry officer"
/ nodded.
81 wonder how much it costs. l shall
have to ask"
You'd better ask Mollie first But
ters returned. 'She may object to a
secret marriage. There'll be no call
Ing her name out before the congrega-
ton or CAKE or presents. 1 say, old
chap, fancy a wedding without cake or
presents. Why. people get heaps OF
nobby things when they're married.
Silver cigarette cases and walking
sticks"
i kicked the gravel ruefully.
at can't be helped" answered re-
gretfully. after all. it'll be more ro-
mantle"
why, yes: there Is that about it.
You might elope with her, o know.
Get her through the window, and have
a rope ladder and a coach and four
waiting in the lane. Only she's rather
a lump to pull through a window. 1
say, what a lark it would be if she
stuck and the doctor nabbed you. My!
what a wopping you'd get"
Y wv ofrojd 7 hatravaI co-o -
toms OF uneasiness here. Buffers had
a nasty habit of looking on the black
side o. things. But his words did MOI
damp my passion. / loved Mollie-I
felt certain on this point. Yes, / loved
her, though 1t would have taken me all
my time to encircle her waist with both
arms. There was a pause.
You'll tell me how you do it?" BUT
ters said.
How / do what?"
why, propose, you know"
"Oh-er-yes."
Shall you kiss her?"
"Shall II"
They generally do. only you'll have
to stand on a stool to do 1t, for she's
a good head taller than you. and mind.
when yon propose you'll have TO go
down on your knees"
ION my knees?"
Its the proper thing I know, be-
cause I saw young Evergreen propose
to my sister Flo. She refused him,
though. BY the by. you'll want a ring.
I'll give you that one l got out OF the
prize packet for your white rat"
Lets have a look at It,"
He pulled IT out. 1t looked very like
gold, and in few minutes / had part
"a with my white rat. and the ring
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
THE FIRST LOVE.

II my memory serves me right / had
reached that stage in life when I
sought anxiously in the glass for the
long expected down that was to form
the nucleus of a mustache that should
be the envy Of mankind when I decided
to marry Mollie. the doctors cook.
Looking back-it is a long way to look
II am ready to admit that there were
many objections to such a match. To
begin with, I was somewhat young to
think of matrimony, insomuch that l
had only reached the age Of Is. while
Mollie was six or seven years my Sc
nior. Again, I was not in a position
to support a wife, and, as ! see now, my
affections were inspired rather by Mol
lies excellent cheesecakes and succu-
lent jam rolls-which invariably made
me sigh for half a dozen appetites-
than by her buxom figure and apple
like cheeks.
When / informed my "chum," But
ters, Of my resolve, he looked at me
Queerly, thrust his hands in his peck
cts, and said, "Oh, Lori"
Il mean It," 7 said.
well, / always thought you were a
bit sweet on her, ever since you broke
your arm and she used to give you
cream and stuff. She's a jolly girl, is
Mollie. / wouldn't mind marrying her
myself.
You'll be my best man, them" l
asked
Certainly, but look here. old chap,
have o thought seriously about
this?" and he hooked his arm through
mine and drew me aside.
~"Seriously?"
"Yes; have you thought what a heap
OF things people want who get mar
ried?"
What sort OF things?"
"Oh, chairs and tables and-and fry
Ing pans. Where do you expect to
get 'em from? They cost an awful
lot"
/ was silent. To tell the truth,
had not considered the practical side
OF the question.
My affection was above all sordid de-
tails.
There's a house, too," Buffers pur-
sued. Where are you going to liver
~"Oh!-er-we shall go on as we are
for a bit"
Buffers stared.
"You mean. Mollie'll stop at the doc
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
A woman Did II.

When Gen. Miles was Interviewed by
the correspondent OF the Kansas City
Star when he made the charges against
the secretary of war, it was at once
suspected that the shrewd old head
OF Jonn Sherman was guiding Miles
This suspicion was so strong that some
one asked Sherman If he had said any
thing to Miles about the controversy
1t will be remembered tL-.s at this time
Miles was in Porto Rico and Sherman
in Washington. Sherman replied to
the question practically as follows: 81
have had no letter from Gen. Mile
since he left Washington, and hay
sent no letters to him. / have not dis
cusseG the war department with him.
After a pause, the shrewd old codgef
with a twinkle in his eye, added: :"
believe, however, that Mrs. Miles an
Mrs. Sherman have exchanged severe
letters" He gave a little chuckle, an
said that he had nothing more to sa
about the matter. Mrs. Miles Is z
niece OF Sherman's.-Detroit Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
Had Himself Arrested.

New York Tribune: A Philadelphia
real estate man. when going through a
vacant house the other evening to see
that all was well, heard a slight noise
behind him. Turning slightly, he saw
the form of a man. AS the broker was
O armed, he did not like the idea
of meeting a burglar in combat, and,
besides. he is very tlmid, so he rushed
TO the door and fumbled with the lock;
all the time yelling at the top OF his
lungs. When he had got the door
opened he looked back, and then saw
that the burglar" was really his own
reflection in the large drawing-room
mirror. He had no sooner made this
discovery than he was seized by two
policemen, who were attracted by his
and it took nearly a half hour
for him to explain that he was not a
house breaker himself.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
KipIing to a Bereaved ratber.

People say that that kind of a
wound heals" says Rudyard Kipling.
writing to a father who has lost his
little son. "but it doesn't. 1t only
SKINS over, but there is at least some
oiack consolation to be got from the
old n bitter thought that the boy is
SAFE from the chances of the after
years. l don't know that that helps,
unless o happen to know some man
who is under deeper sorrow than
yours-a man. say, who has watched
the child of his begetting go body and
soul to the devil. and feels that he Is
responsible. But it is the mother that
pore him who suffers most when the
young life goes out"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
Her skirts Rnstle.

All is not silk-lined that rustles.
There is a lady in this town some Of
whose skirts are silk-lined and give out
that relightful rustic that denotes the
aristocrat, says the New York Com
mercial Advertiser. Other Of her skirts
are not, but they give out the same
rustic. For them she buys a yard of
the rustliest silk on the market and
sews ii down the front of her gown,
where the action of her knees will pro-
duce the most swishing effect, and then
she Frances forth with as good an APP
p~earance as the richest OF them all.
And she has a silk-lined walk that for
bids the entrance OF a suspicion into
the minds OF the most suspicious. All
which proves her fertility of expedient.
and does not argue her more deceitful
than man, only more resourceful, more
alive to the instant needs Of things"
for it is not the silk lining the public
demand, but only the swish OF 1t.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
. PROFESSIONAL "FLoooER-"
Englishman Says He Never Punished the
same Man Twice.

EngIishman says he Never Punished the
same Man Twice.
The writer was the other day intro
duced to a stalwart warden OF one or
our great convict establishments, q by
no means unkindly looking man, who
for many years has been the official
wielder of the cat-o'-nine-tails at the
prison where he serves, says Answers.
Il scarcely know how the new prison
bill will affect me, but / have In the
past logged some scores OF men Titn
the cat, receiving an extra sum on my
pay Of five shillings for each n OPP
Grated upon. / never logged n yet
that didn't deserve a good deal more
than he got; but, of course, this Is my
point of view. OF perhaps sixty men
to whom / have applied the cat-men
ranging in weight from eight to fifteen
stone-I have never known but one
who bore the punishment withou
yells, or, at least. groans. A great deal
depends upon the man who Yields the
cat as to the extent of the pain, and
much also depends upon whether the
cat is an old one, with t~oughened
thongs, or not. The understood, dis
sipated city street-corner thief suffers
the most, strong fellows who have done
outside work for years not being az
fected in anything like the same de-
gree. AS for the behavior OF the
fiogged, some OF them use awful i'm
precautions, swearing, with awful oaths,
how they will revenge themselves;
more still yell uninteiligibly, like
whipped children. The doctor present
largely regulates my own efforts. l
have never had to fog the same man
twice; / do not think any warden n
England ever had to do So"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
BY CAMERA.
I~v INDUSTRY HAS LATELY
~ SPRUNG UP.
~ People to See What They
..a,or About the Cause-Wash-
4 !. at Present the Head Center
|ss0n .

.ho rise of the camera and the
ti.sing desire of the people to see
they are reading about, a new
.reat industry mas sprung up in
,,tad States. The dimensions OF
nort of the business which
itself to securing pictures OF
y. mon and events are marvellous.
Years g worse than poor wood
constituted the only means OF
',.g before the reader the idea of
s.ene transpiring. To give a faint
~ the change it may be remarked
/. Al the White House the other
| when the final ceremony OF clos
tho war with Spain took place,
,oss than three leading photog-
,,ors we're present. More, to the
r,dal Of Minister Cambon and his
pIow officials, the whole matter was
Iayed some minutes because the men
he machines were unable TO prop
H. adiust their screens. 1t must not
| understood that the president ac-
saIly sat with a pen In his hand or
S.t cambon was held in the act of
lining 1t to let the photographers
Itch I'D. But, nevertheless, the
hole affair was delayed some time in
kder that the American people might
u lust what was happening.
II is a common thing nowadays for
he big magazines and newspapers to
end expert photographers to Wash
ugton for the express purpose of taxi
a series Of snap shots OF promi-
eat United States senator's and repre-
entatiyes and other celebrities of the
ational capital. At the same time
,andard views of the public build
lgs, officers of the president and the
arious cabinet officers are taken in
.ock for use as future occasions may
,duire. In fact, the library of a
odern newspaper is supposed to con-
in a photograph of practically every
an and woman of prominence in this
,untry. Europe, Asia and Africa, as
as special pictures of foreign
Ipitals and others representing spe-
al views of private life at home and
road.
To a woman belonged the honor of
ing the pioneer of this work. Miss
'ances Benjamin Johnson, OF Wash
gton, really began the business of
yeloping photographs to such a
ate Of perfection and completeness
to have them used in place of pen
d ink sketches. Her pictures were
st used in magazines as illustra-
ms for descriptive stories about ten
twelve years ago, and since then
g has steadily improved in her art
til she is now recognized as prob
ly the best amateur photographer of
and interior house views in
ashington. Her skill is perfected to
a high degree that when but one
otographer is to be present during
important government function
, is usually selected.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
MILL OWNED BY NEGROES.
People Employed to Instruct the
Colored Labor.

Sixty hands are now daily employed
in the mill of the Coleman Manufac-
turing company at Concord, n. c.,
placing the machinery and getting the
mill ready to begin work. This is the
mill organized by colored people and
to be operated by colored labor, says
the Manufacturers Record of Balti-
more. Warren G.. Coleman, the secre-
tary and treasurer, was instrumental
in placing the stock, the bulk of which
was subscribed by colored people. The
capital stock is $50, 900. The mil.
building is so by 120 feet, three stories,
with a tower four stories and a Chin
ney 20 by 100 feet, all neatly painted
and whitewashed. A waterworks sys-
tenn has been built in connection with
spring LOO feet distant. The COM
pany owns 100 acres of land adjoining
the mill. j. G. Speckin of Indianapolis
is experimenting the placing OF a 200
horsepower Corliss engine and two
100-horse-power boilers. When the
mill begins operations, white people
will be employed to instruct the col
ored labor. The mill and its equip
ment cost about $65, 200. 1t will OPP
crate 1000 spindles and 100 looms.
All it's officers are colored. By its
charter it will be allowed to spin.
weave, manufacture, finish and sci.
warps, yarns, cloth. prints or other
fabrics made of cotton, wool or other
material.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
The Nightmare of Microbes.

A woman who had purchased a pair
OF gloves was given three %one-dollar
bills in change. do it up in paper,
please" she said to the s~alesgirl. The
request was complied with, and the
wrapped-up bills were put in a pocket
book. "Some persons are microbe
mad" said a physician in explaining
the incident. Many have 1T so bad
that they will not even pick up a pin,
because 1t has been said that all sorts
of disease germs can be collected I'M
der their heads. Dread of microbes Is
a common form of hypochondria. |
can sympathize with a person who does
not like to see a woman with a bundle
of dirty clothes for washing get into a
public conveyance, but there is no use
in going to extremes. Ever since the
researches of Koch and Pasteur have
attracted attention the number OF mi
crobe maniacs has steadily increased
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
ANINTEREsTINo GORDON RELIC
Decorations He Designed to Keep Up
His Followers Courage.

Decorations He Designed to Keep Up
His Followers Courage.
An interesting relic of Gen. Gordon
and the fall of Khartoum is to be sold
in a well known auction room in the
west end, says the London Times.
This is one of the pewter decorations
which Gordon designed and struck in
order to keep up the spirits and cour-
age of his followers during the siege
of that town. The decoration in qnes-
ton, which is similar in design to the
Turkish Order of the Medjidieh, was
struck In the arsenal at a time when
the garrison was practically in x
tremis through disease and famine.
The medal, OF which a specimen may
be seen in the collection Of Gordon
relics in the museum of the Royal
United Service Institution in White
hall, was struck in three different met
ais and bore in Arabic the words:
Siege of Khartoum." The gold order
was awarded to the higher and the
silver to the subordinate grade OF off,
GERS, while the pewter went to the rank
and file, to the townspeople and even
to the women of the beleaguered town.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
Automobiles In Paris.

On Easter Sunday, this year, the
first installment of automobile cabs
was placed at the disposal of the Pa
risian public. As soon as they issued
from the depot at Aubervilliers they
were most eagerly sought after, and
gave most satisfactory results. The
number Of these vehicles is daily in
creased, and the Compagnie Generate
des Voitures expects, after a months
trial, to be in a position to Judge OF
the convenience or drawbacks OF the
present type of cabs. These vehicles
are provided with accumulators en-
abling them to travel from 60 to $50
kilometers ca to 49 miles), without
recharging the batteries.
The tariff varies according to the
number OF persons. For one or two
passengers the ordinary cab fare is
applied. viz: 1.5O or 2 francs per hour;
for three persons, 2 francs the jour-
ney. and four persons, $50 francs.
The eventual adoption of automo-
biles for general use in Paris. as well
as throughout France, seems to be a
f~oregone conclusion; but there is no
doubt that the tremendous speed at
which private individuals with their
motor tricycles and other experimental
automobiles dash about the streets
has a tendency to discourage the adop-
ton of automobiles by those who
would otherwise make purchases. BY
daily observation in Paris, it Is easy
to see that improvements are con-
stantly being made in doing away with
the Objectionable odors. excessive vi
bration and noise.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08

was transferred TO my waistcoat
pocket"
when shall you see herr" he asked.
as the bell rang.
Perhaps tomorrow"
II wouldn't put on my best pants IL
| were you. 1t makes an awful mess
of 'em, kneeling does"
That evening I had a quiet stroll In
the doctors grounds, to think matters
over. While / was thus engaged james,
the gardener, came along with the
watering can As a rule, we fellows
were seldom on good terms with
James. for he always suspected us OF
having designs on his fruit. but this
evening he was quite pleasant and
asked me IL I'd like a pear to come
with him. OF course / did, for James
pears are just prime. 1t was a real
juicy n he picked, and it melted in
my mouth like butter.
"Good-ain't it, Master C~arraway?"
he said.
l nodded. My mouth was toe full
to speak.
Now, / wonder IL I might be so bold
as to ask you to do me a favor, Master
Carraway?' he Wen on. cycling me a
bit doubtfuliy.
why. OF course you may. James,
I'll do anything for you ! cam"
Thank you sir. thank you kindly.
1t amt mucb-only just to give this
letter to Mollie, the cook. You see,
Mactnr No NO II INnpt 1iln unin' IN
the house over-often, for the other SER
wants they plague Mollie about 1t, an
she don't like 1t; SO if you'd kindly
give it to her you'd be doin' me a
great favor"
"Oh. I'll give ii to her right enough"
Thank you, sir. lists rather
important" Then James stopped. went
red and smiled foolishly.
Important, Is it?"
Yes, sir. ! know you're a sensih e
young gent, Master Carraway. H'e
often said so to Mollie, so l don't mind
telling you that it's about gettin' mar
ried."
About"
Eyes, sir. I've been thinking OF 1t
for some time, an now the doctors
give me a rise, an I've got Joe Barnes
cottage. / don't see any reason why
we should wait any longer. It's most
as cheap to keep two as one, Master
Caraway, an she's a capital manager.
| don't see as 'ow / can do better"
Who is she, james," l asked, not,
it must be confessed, without a touch
Of misgiving.
He looked at me In surprise.
who? Why, Mollie."
"You're-you're going to marry
herr"
Eyes. sir. The banns'l be put up
on Sunday. and I've brought the ring.
A guinea i give for 1t. But We anotn-
er pear, Master Carraway."
But / had no heart for pears at that
moment. and l made my way back to
the house. scarcely needing James re-
minder about the letter.
Perhaps / had some thought OF de-
stroying that missive, but then I re-
Elected that such an act could do no
good. Everything was practically set
tied. Mollie was lost to mt forever
] told Buffers, and asked him to take
back the ring, as I had no further use
for it, but he refused to do this, and
we fought 1t out at the end Of the
cricket ground behind the trees. I got
a black eye. and also fifty lines for
fighting. Mollie did her best to con-
sole me by giving me some OF her best
cheesecakes. II l could always be
sure of such cheesecakes / wouldn't
mind impositions every day.
wouldn't mind losing Mollie herself.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
BARON RoTHscHILD's RED EAR
Sergeant Absolutely Refused to Tone Its
Color Down.

Sergeant Absolutely Refused to Tone Its
Color Down.
"a portrait painter can't afford to be
entirely independent unless he has a
tremendous vogue" remarked an artist
to a New Orleans Times-Democrat re-
porter. II remember when ! first went
to Paris. Sergeant, who Is probably
the greatest master in his special field
that America has ever produced, was
just beginning to attract attention. He
had painted a portrait of his preceptor.
Durow, and the stir it created led to
his getting a commission from Baron
Rothschild. 1t was his first big job,
but he went about it with exactly the
same nonchalance that characterizeS
him at present. During the last sit
ting, when the picture was receiving Its
finishing touches, it CHANGED that n
of the baron's ears became unusually
red, a circumstance probably due to b
heat OF the room. Sergeant seized on
1t at once as a good bit OF olo and
made the painted ear redder, IL any
thing, than the original. When Roths-
child inspected the portrait he was
greatly pleased. But, OF course he
said, you will tone down that left carp
oh, no. replied the painter promptly.
i think shall leave it just as 1t is. I
rather like that red The banker
astonished and very angry, and, while
he paid for the canvas, he never hung
1t. OF course the incident raised a
laugh. and the artists obstinacy was
admired in Bohemia. but 1t really did
Sergeant a great deal of harm and was
one of the things that eventually de-
termined him to move to London"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
THE TREE.
dow the Fruit Grows and Is Prepared
for Use.

~" IA Nruit rroWs and Is Prepared
for Use.
The nutmeg tree Is largely cultiyat-
ca IN the Banda Isles, Java, Sumatra.
ana Bengal. 1t is an evergreen, and
usually grows to a height of about rs
'eet. The leaves resemble those of the
laurel and are very aromatic: the
mowers are white and from two to
inree grow on a peduncle. The nutmeg
grows from a reddish knob in the
center of the flower. When matured the
irult is about the size of an apricot,
ana looks very much like q peach; it
mas a longitudinal groove on one side,
ana when ripe bursts into two pieces,
mus exposing the inclosed seed coy-
cred by what Is known to
as mace. The seed itself has a thick,
hard she'll, and inside of the shell is
iound the nutmeg proper. Much care
is used in drying the seed, and they
are not broken until the nutmegs in
sue are loose enough to rattle. To
the nutmegs from insects
tney are soaked in sea water and lime.
Nutmeg trees begin to bear fruit when
ABOUT eight years old, and continue to
pear all the year round for sixty or
more years. Penang nutmegs are the
pest; they are about an inch in leagth,
OF a pale brown color externally, and
internally they are gray and have red
veins.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
Counted Him.

Il am taking a religious census II
church." said the young woman
the door. II don't expect to live he
any longer than this week." said III
man who had answered the bell. 20
well. that makes no difference. /.
take your name. anyhow. The o.
who brings in the biggest list GETS
pritA--Indianapolis Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
Thought Of II seriously.

Mrs Motherly-Why Is 1t, George.
that you never thought seriously of
getting married? George-You mis-
understood ME. Mrs. Motherly. / have
always thought Of 1t 8 seriously that
/ am still a Notwithstanding
Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08
The Price of PERU.

Clerk Ito applicant at the Leviathan
Assurance Company)-You wish to be
assured against accidents, sir? May l
ask. your profession: Applicant-I
am a football referee. Clerk (polite-
ly)-First door to the right for the
death Observation-Disclosures Punch.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-08

Jack-And You say Minnie Jones and
Sadie Brown used to be fast friendsf
Tom-Yes. They were up to the time
they moved next door to each other
Ohio State Journal.