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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-26

cigars CONS to him in the smoking
room, and that his steamer chair is con-
stantly lost. The servants are as effec-
tive as seasickness in making a mans
trip miserable.
These fees are not to be paid until
the last day of the trip. The servants
very speedily find out at which place a
passenger is to get off. If making his
first trip, they are pretty sure to know
1t. 1t is advisable for him in that case
to tell his stateroom steward and his
waiter that he will give them the regu-
lar fee at the end of the trip if they
serve him properly and that if they do
not they will not get a penny. If he
tells them this in the proper way, he
will get as good service as the man who
is we'll known.
The last morning of the trip the state
room steward comes round for his fee.
If the passenger does not offer it, the
steward suggests that it is customary
to give him a fee, and that the regular
fee is half a sovereign. If anything less
is offered him and he thinks he can get
a half sovereign by refusing to accept
less, he will at once hand the proffered
sum back and say in an insolent way
that he never takes less than the regu-
lar fee.
With many passengers, particularly
women, this remark and the tone ex.
tract the 10 shillings. The saloon stew
ard does the same thing. The stewards
work in with each other, and if a man
succeeds in avoiding the stateroom stew
ard the saloon steward will ask him for
both himself and the stateroom steward.
AS a man cannot get off the ship until
it stops, there is no way of escaping
these demands, which will be repeated
during the last day of the trip until the
passenger succumbs. New York Home
journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-26
n Willy BADGER.
How He Rid Himself OF "A Plague OF
Nernlin.

Yeruin.
Paul w. Heinrich, the real estate
dealer, is also a student Of entomology,
natural history and animals in gener-
al. He lived down in Nebraska at one
time, where the badgers have taken
the place of the buffalo. One night
Mr.. Heinrich vas explaining the pecul-
iarities Of the animal and stated by
way of introduction that a genuine
Nebraska badger was sharper than a
politician.
'They have several bright ways Of
doing things" he began. Perhaps !
need tell Of but one to make their in
telligence plain. Now, if a badger has
vermin, do you know how he goes
about it to rid himself of themT"
Scratches EN- off," said the pro-
prietor.
"No, sir; Mr.. Badger isn't fool enough
for that. He just goes 20 some stream;
then he stands on the bank and reach.
es around with his mouth and pulls i
little tuft of hair out of his tail. Now
listen closely. With that bunch Of
hair in his mouth he turns around and
backs slowly down into the river. The
vermln naturally crawl to keep out Of
the water and begin to wend their
way toward his neck. and as he dips
himself down deeper into the water
they hasten to his nose and then out
on to the bunch Of hair which he holds
In his mouth. When Mr.. Badger finds
that they are all out on that little tuft,
he opens his mouth and lets the cur.
rent drift 1t down stream. Then he
crawls out on land again, shakes him
self and laughs, while he listens to
the vermin floating away. singing "A
Life on the Ocean Wave.'"-Denver
Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-26
COOKERY IN BOLIVIA.
The National Dish. Chupe, and How
IL Is ~epnre

The stoves of the Bolivian Indians
are curious things. A hole Is dug In
the ground about Is inches deep and a
Soot square, and over this is built a
roof of clay with holes OF different
sizes to receive the various cooking
pots. Roasting is done on splits pass
ed through the holes, SO that the meat
comes out very much smoked unless
great care Is taken to have only live
Goals at the bottom of the oven.
The national dish and the common
food OF the masses Is "chupe," a sort
OF first cousin to the Irish stew. 1t Is
a c~onglomerate, composed Of irregular
constituents from the animal and vege-
table Kingdoms, a mess OF mutton and
such other meats as are available;
chicken. fish, fruits. potatoes, carrots,
barley, corn, rice, onions, yams, ETC.,
chopped up. highly seasoned with pep
pers I'd herbs and stewed to a con.
~sistency Of porridge. What happens
to be left from one meal SINNERS In
the pot until the next. If the fire goes
out, the "chupe' is allowed to cool,
but II Is warmed up again and a new
supply OF the ingredients added to the
water logged and greasy stuff for the
next meal.
In the cities. at the hotels and res
tsurants where there are French or
Swiss cooks. the "chupe" Is 50 vory and
pstatabIe. but the farther you go from
ths eenters Of civilization the worse 1t
gets. One cats It at first under pro-
tent. then from necessity and only to
escape starvation. but nnally the stom-
aeb rebels. AID You limit your diet to
tcissi exxg and fruit, which are usual
~ ~ ~ obtained. but the experienced
ayeler s1ways takes canned meat and
bread with b:m.-Sucrc Bolivia) Let.
err 70 Chicago Record.
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PAY FEES OR SUFFER
TIPS THAT MUST BE GIVEN ON THE
BIG OCEAN LINERS.

The Passenger Who Seeks to Evsde This
System of Mild Matchmaking Has His
Life on Board Made Miserable by the
Employees of the Steamship.
The fee system is more rigidly en-.
forced on a big passenger steamship
than anywhere else. 1t is one of the
places where servants demand their fees
and tell you the amount that they think
you ought to give them. While the
walters at restaurants and hotels expect
fees for their services and will hint and
may perhaps make it embarrassing for
you if they are not paid they have
not gone so far as to tell you that they
want a fee and prescribe the amount.
Even porters do not do that. They come
around, brush your coat and hat and
run tho whisk over your trousers, but
it is seldom that they ask you for any
money, let alone a specified amount.
On the passenger steamers the stew
ards regard their fees as a matter Of
right as much as the steamship COM
pany regards your passage money. 1t is
possible to avoid paying the fees, as
they are not collectable by law, but the
passenger who does not pay them will
have trouble in getting his luggage off
the steamer, and it would be we'll for
him to keep off steamers afterward
where any of the servants Of that boat
are employed.
The stewards seem Co have some sort
Of fee guidebook or black list of passen.
gers who do not give fees, so that they
can make them suffer OH future trips.
Certain fees are regularly fixed and ex-
pected, irrespective of the cost of the
stateroom or the style in which a man
travels, while certain other fees depend
on the style. For al ordinary passenger
there are fees to be given to the state
room steward, the saloon steward, the
deck steward, the smoking room steward
and the barber and bath man.
The fee to the steward who looks
after your stateroom is about 10 shil-
lings. The steward who waits ON you
at the table should receive the same fee.
The deck steward, for bringing you an
occasional drink and looking after your
steamer chair and rugs, expects 8 shil-
lings, but he will take half a crown.
The smoking room steward expects 5
shiilings, and if you are in the smoking
room a great part of the trip he feels
that he is entitled to as much as the
stateroom steward or your waiter. A
bath every day Oh the passage can be
had for a 8 shilling fee.
These rates are fixed by long custom.
The stewards can tell whether or not a
man understands the rates and if he will
pay at the end Of the trip. If they do
not think that he will, they give him
hints from time to time until they get
some assurance on his part that he
recognizes the obligation of the fee sys.
tenn. If they think he will not pay, he
will have a hard time of it. He will
find that his stateroom is not well made
up; that he does not get care when he
is seasick; that he is served last at the
table and does not get the things that
he ordered; that the wrong drinks and
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-26
ADAMS 3 ARTHUR. Proprietors.
SCIENCE OF DREAMS.
Results of a Series OF Experiments
by a German Professor.

RESULT of n series OF experiments
by a German Professor.
Sleep is not ''the brother of death"
as the poets have said from Homer
to Shelley; but. on the contrary, sleep
Is the brother OF life." So Professor
Baschide asserts. who, In an article
In the Uaturwissenschaftliche Runds-
chau, gives an account Of his expert
ments upon SO dreamers." His sub
jects were of various ages, from / year
to 80 years.
In some cases his observations were
continued during the whole night and
In others for a great part of the night.
He watched and recorded every
change Of physiognomy, every move-
ment of the limbs and every speech or
sound uttered by the unconscious
dreamers. The depth of the sleep was
also carefully measured, while from
time TO time the dreamers were awak-
ened, but without their own percep-
ton that the awakening was inten,
tionai.
The professor obtained, as he writes
at length, the following results: "a
We dream throughout the whole of our
sleep, ever In that deepest sleep which
we imagine TO be 'dreamless." Cl
There is an intimate connection be.
tween the depth Of our sleep and the
character of our dreams. The deeper
the sleep the further back travels the
retrospect into the past experiences Of
life and also the more remote are the
contents of the 1feam from reality. In
q light sleep, on the contrary, the sub
Ject Of the dream relates to the "xpe.
riences and excitements of the day
and has a character of probability. (3D
In a comatose sleep the professor
thinks there may perhaps be no dream
ing. () Persons who assert that they
do not dream ''are the victims OF phys.
zeal delusion." 90 Dreams OF a moder.
ate character remain longest in the
memory. The wilder the dream the
soone it is forgotten.-London News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-26
SHE WANTED COLI.
One woman's Idea of the Money ~
Deposit In a Bank.

n5ost comical stories are told at the
expense of the fair sex regarding their
lack of familiarity with banks anu
their methods. One came to the ears
of the Saunterer that apparently mas
the merit of newness.
.My wife had saved up her pin
money. or what she hadn't a occa
sion to use of it." said the relator OF
the story, until she had $40 in oills
Of various denominations. This she
was extremely DESTROYS or securing
gold for. and every day when came
home to dinner she would haul me over
the Goals because | had forgotten 10
procure the shining metal. Finally sac
said she would attend to the matter
herself. That evening she greeted me
with a triumphant smile.
az got my gold she exclaimed as
soon as | entered the house, but had
a time in doing 1t, though
'eThen she told me how she had gone
to the mint with her bills and been re-
fused the coveted coin because the
notes weren't good notes. Next she
hustled around to a bank and secured
four SO gold pieces. These didn't
suit her because they weren't new and
shiny. so she trotted back to the mint
With them and exchanged them for
two double eagles, fresh from the dies.
| listened to her recital and asked her
to let me see the coins.
"Let you see them? she exclaimed
in surprise. why, | haven't them
any more, you goose!
Haven't them any moreT l re-
peated. What did you do with themT
"She looked at me with mingled
scorn and contempt.
al deposited them in the - Saw
ings bank. of course. That's what
wanted the gold for. What did you
think | was going to do with them
Keep them around the house to look
at?'
"But l was too busy laughing just
then and for half an hour afterward
to make any reply."-Cincinnati En-.
quirer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-26
Mortgage Sale.
July % 7w.

Default having been made in the payment
~ I mart of the principal and the inherent
secured by a certain mortgage executed ana
deliyered by Michael Baisch and Mary Baisch
his wife 70 Herbert n. Peck. dated the 18th
day OF March 1898, and recorded IN the once
Sonth Dakota. on the 18th day of March 1898,
in book 81 of mortgages, ON page ll0,sald mort.
beino mon the following described real
estate. viz; The southwest quarter OF sec,
zion twenty-two (22D, in town one hundred
and twenty-two 122). north, range htty-hVe
1551 west or the 5th p. M. In salG Day county
Said Mortgage and the Indebtedness secured
tbarehy having been duly assigned by the
said Herbert n. Peck TO the State Loan Com
pany and said assignment has been duly re-
corded in the office Of said Register OF Deed
for said Day county in book 40 OF mortgages
on page go. ..a
State Loan Company has declared all OF the
principal sum secured by said mortgage Que
and navable, and there is now due and owing
on said mortgage at the date of this notice the
sam of Five Hundred and Eighty six dollars
and Seventy-one cents $3.50. Ill and no action
or proceeding at law or otherwise having
been had TO recover said sum or any part
thereof. Said mortgage contains a power OIL
sale.
will he foreelosed by a sale of said real estate
at public auction, by the sheriff OF salu Day
Comfy, at the front door of the Court house
in the city of Webster, in said Day county on
the eight day of September, 1900, at the hour
of two o'clock in the afternoon of SAID day,
for the purpose Of satisfying said Indebted
ness aud the costs and expenses offoreclosure
Dated July 18th, 1900.
State Loan Company,
John II. Perry, Assignee oil SAID mortgage
Attorney.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-26
THE STONE or GRATITUDE.
An Old Roman Legend Tha Treats
of the Topaz.

GA Nue AODIX.
The topaz Is called the stone of graf.
itude, and the old Roman books record
the following legend from which the
stone derives this attribute:
The blind Emperor Theodosius used
to hang a brazen gong before his pal.
ace gates and sit beside it on certain
days, hearing and putting to rights the
grievances of any Of his subjects.
Those who wished for his advice and
help had but to sound the gong, and
Immediately admission into the pres
ence of Caesar was obtained.
One day a great snake crept up to
the gate and struck the brazen gong
with her coils, and Theodosius gave or
ders that no one should modest the
creature and babe her tell him her
wish. The snake bent her crest lowly
In homage and straightaway told the
following tale:
Her nest was at the base of the gate
way tower, and while she had gone to
md food for her young brood a strange
beast covered with sharp needles had
invaded her home, killed the nestlings
and now held possession Of the little
dwelling. Would Caesar grant her jus.
tice?
The emperor gave orders for the por-
cuplne to be slain and the mother to be
restored to her desolate nest. Night
fell, and the sleeping world had forgot.
ten the emperor's kindly deed. but with
the early dawn a great serpent glided
into the palace, up the steps and into
the royal chamber and laid upon each
Of the empoor's closed eyelids a gleam-
Ing topaz. When Emperor Theodosius
awoke. he found he was no longer
blind. for the mother snake had paid
her debt Of MISUNDERSTANDING.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-26
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE

TO, David w. and Eliza r. Hammick
rake notice, default existing In the
conditions of a certain mortgage dat
the nth day Of February. A. ID. 1886. ex-
eeuted by David w. Hammick and Eliza
X. Hammick, his wife. of Day countv
ana state of South Dakota, to Willis K
White, OF Hennepin county, Minnesota
ana recorded in said Day county on tba
lOth day or April. 1895, at 8 O'clock and m
nut a. IN, In Book 81 of Mortgspes
AT page AZ. On the following described
property towit: The northeast onarter
lNEH) OF section twenty t2W in TOWNSHIP
one hundred twenty-four 12D OF RANGE
n1ty-nine GOD, containing one hundred
ana sixty acres, according 10 the gov-
survey thereof. "
There VIII be due on said mortoayo ,ho
s sssn, W SIX nundre and 92-lOO dollars
terest n taxes. s"' M
said mortgage will be foreclosed IN al.
ssIy the amount due with costs and ex-
pense or sale. by sale of said premise~ ~
pubic auction at the front door ~ the
court house In the town OF wsh.sas
county % Day. state of South Dsnosa
on the 18th day Of July. 1900, AT 10 o'riocL
a. m: or that day. by the sheriff OF ssid
Dated this LIST day of June. A. n ,ooo
WILLIS A. WHITE.
GEORGE BINGHAM,
Britton, South Dakota.
Attorney for Mortgage.
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Notice OF Mortgage Sale.
First July 26 7-w


MoItgaGors Mrs. Ellen Barry. Miss Ellen f
Barry, Mark Barry and James Barry. widow
and heirs of the late Patrick G. Barry.
Mortgage, Della Rundlett.
Mortgage dated March 22nd 1895, aud record
ed IN Day Co. in the office of the Register of
Deeds, April 18th. 1895, in book 81 of Mort.
cages. on page 80. at ] 10 D. m.
assigned to George r. Newell Nov. 9th
1895, 49, -''
ASSIGNMENT recorded in office of Register of
Deeds, Day County. 5. d., Nov. 29th. 1895, at
) q: IN. in book 80 Of Mortgages, page $50.
Mortgaged premises the northeast Il Sec
tion 3, Township 124, Range So, Day County
). ID: No Proceedings have been had at law
or otherwise to enforce said debt.
$720.22. w
Notice is hereby given that default bavinp
bees made in the payment of the principal
and interest secured by said mortgage, said
mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale OF the
said premises at public auction. at the front
door of the Court house. in the City of Web
ster, Day County, 5. d., on Saturday tho Sth
day OF September 1900, at O'Clock. in the
afternoon OF that day, to satisfy the amount
which shall then be due on said mortgage
including ten dollars attorneys fees and all
legal costs.
Dated at Webster, =. D., this 18th day OF
July 1900.
George X. Newell.
r.. w, Taylor, Owner of said Mortgage.
attorney for owner of Mortgage.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-26
Test For n Weak Mind.

Two men in a cafe were discussing a
gift by a noted millionaire of a large
sum Of money to found a college chair
of psychology.
What is psychology. anyway ask.
ed one.
Its the study OF the mind. Of the
SOUL" said the other.
whats the good Of thatF" asked the
skeptic.
"a great deal Of use" answered his
companion. II have studied Ii to some
extent myself and can detect n weak
minded man from a strong minded one
by a very simple test. For instance. If
l can make you say fourteen against
your will you lack will power. viii
you let me try it on you? | believe
can make you say it,"
make me say fourteen against my
will? You can't do II. Fire away!'
And this Is the way the test worked:
Allow much are six and four?
B.-Ten.
Allow much are eight and three?
B.-Eleven.
Allow much are nine and seven?
B.-Sixteen.
A. (triumphantlyl-Aha! There, you
said 1t. ! knew you would.
B. 0ndignantly)-Said what?
A.-Sixteen.
B.-But fourteen" was the word we
chose for the test.
A. (coollyl-Well, you've said it now,
anyway.-New York Tribune.
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Notice for Publication,

Land office at WATERFOWL, ). D., May "a
1900. "
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
10 make his homestead tinal proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Judge or in his absence, the Clerk
of County Cour at Webster on Aug. 8, 1870
viz:
PETER OSOWSkY.
HID. Entry 1852 for the nwA, Sec. 10 twp
1913, Range So.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz: -,
John Hark, Matt Stavig, Anton Knusmiskj
and Mike Snaza all of Thorson P. o.. Day
Co, S. ID. Lee Slower,
Register.
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Notice for Publication.

NV IWW = TIT - Wv =
Land office at Watertown, ). D.. June IL
1900.
Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice OF his iatention
TO make timber-culture final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Judge or in his absence thu Clerk
of the County Court, at Webster, >. ID, on
August IL. 1900 viz:
HENRY NORDIN
T. G. Entry No. 1855, for the WIS nwA Sec.
"a, Twp. 123, Range So.
He names the following Witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viz: Gust Peterson, John Swan.
son, Hans johnson and John Reed, ali OF
Webster. s. D..
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Notice for Publication

Land Office at Watertown, S. D., June IL
1900.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make his timberculture final proofin uppor
of his claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Judge or in his absence the Clerk
of County Court at Webster, S. D., OF Aug
Z, 1900 viz:
JOHN BRESKE.
T. G. Entry No. 1922 for the neA swA. Sec
2, Twp. 1913 range So.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous planting aud cultivation OF
of said land, viz:
JOIN Citlak. Frank Snaza, Fred Cink anG
Frank Breske. all of Tho,son, z. O. 5. d.
Lee Slower,
Register,
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Notice Of Mortra.a

Notice is hereby given zi-lw.
and delivered by Marv mat nom.
Lucy b. McPhersops' Munger raes'
oath day Of January Isssn wee, \
now due the sun Of n;nS upon whIfs
tive dollars, will be hunared 4
the m~ortgaged premises BY Il
described as follows south DsS
The southwest fri. uuar
thlrty-one t31 !, in TOWNSHIP Of 81,
and twenty Q20), north ~ No. oas
l5sl; west, the same being range No
as the east half of the n,ysnerxie
lot No. two ri, OF Section Ilwe Qus
In township No. one bnnarNo, thru
north Of range No. fftv and
fifth Principal Meridian Ie VI
made by the sheriff al winch sal,
highest bidder, at the frohatl nag Count
house, at Webster, in sa aoor 81
State of South Dakota ON county *
August A; D., 1900 at one sae four
noon OF that day. clock d
Dated, Webster, South Dato..
Josephus Alley, acPherS,
Attorney for Mortvno. Mo-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-26

The Passenger who Seeks to Evsde This
System Of Mild Matchmaking Has His
Life on Board Made Miserable by the
Employees of the Steamship.
, 1900-09-14
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

A. Henderson went to Kansas City
today.
J. W. T. Gray returned to Tie Siding
this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Morris have
gone to Omaha.
Mrs. Congdon and daughter have re-
turned from Cheyenne.
E. J.. Bell and wife have returned
fiom a visit to Omaha.
Mrs. Herman Langheldt returned
from Cheyenne this afternoon.
Attorney Burke Of Cheyenne was on
No. 8 today bound for the western part
Of the state.
d. c. Bacon will be back from a
hunting trip in the Jackson's Hole
country tonight.
w. J. Briggs, Miss Alta Borch and
Mrs. Phoebe Borch left for Creston,
Iowa, this afternoon.
w. R. Kent, son of w. H. Kent, is
in the city. He is a civil engineer and
may decide to locate in this city.
George Campbell went fishing neal
Hutton's grove yesterday and caught
seven fish that weighed altogether ten
pounds.
Stephen Williams, brother Of W. E.
Williams, who died suddenly Wednes-
day night, will arrive from Des Moines
this evening. He is well known here.
Gus Johnson and wife, Miss Jennie
Goodale and Miss Kate Fulton left on
No. 4 today for a visit in Denver, Colo
RADIO Springs and other places in Colo,
RADIO.
DR.. Ryan is down from Tie Siding
today. He reports hat there is a de-
cided improvement in the condition
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Woodland and
their son, Charles, all Of whom are Ill
with typhoid fever. There is a great
deal Of sickness in the camp, but lit
tie danger Of a typhoid epidemic.