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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
LITTLE BLACK IMPS.

Back in Berlin the name of Max
Hertzer had been Of some account. He
was, to begin with, a Hertzer, which
meant much. AS a matter Of course,
he was an officer in the army-his sis
tiers had starved themselves for his
commission and maintenance-and he
was handsome, ven for a German off,
Ger. Unfortunately for him, he sang
the love songs of his country, and they
gre quite the most moving songs in
the world. They move the singers as
well as the listeners. They moved
Hertzer, and or Il night in particu-
lar when he was hidden to the house
of a certain titled lady he was so lifted
out of himself by the charm of his
music that he proposed to an American
girl who was present, and to his start
led dismay, he was accepted.
1t was a misfortune, for he was not
in sympathy with the American point
Of view. he did not like the insistence
and intellectual arrogance of Ameri-
can women, and he had quite made UP
his mind to marry a senseless and we'll
born fraulein who did nea work and
went to kaffee klatsches. He almost
loved her, she was SO nondescript, and
would be well content to make a harm
less background of herself for his bene-
fit. Moreover, in spite of all his vanity,
he was rather s~oft-hearted, and it hurt
him TO think how many tears would
bedew those soft blue eyes when she
heard of his engagement to the Ameri-
can girl.
The American girl had, moreover,
been known to do things which were
shocking. She had gone shopping
about the streets Of Berlin unaccom-
panied, she had once used slang before
a Weimar professor of philosophy, and
she had been heard to say that she did
not like the shape of the emperor's
nose. She was not known to be rich
even, which Is the only excuse that an
American girl has for living, and ii
was said she made some serious mis-
takes in her Interpretation of the Fifth
symphony.
Yet he married her. And they went
TO America.
1T Is Just as WELL" said his friends,
sadly. Really, you know. it is all over
with poor Max"
They felt that he was as good as
dead.
1t was dull in America. Well, New
York wasn't SO bad, perhaps. but the
other towns-bah! There wasn't a
true city among them. 1t didn't count
for a man to be anybody. No one paid
any attention to Max because he was
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15

a Hertzer. 1t made him bitter. He
had a little summer house built In the
yard back of his house where they
lived, and smoked his pipe there and
dreamed of Berlin. Also he planted
some flowers and some little trees. He
liked these and paid much attention
to them. He studied a good deal
military tactics and botany. But he
neglected to provide the daily bread.
No one could blame him for II. 1t was
an oversight on his part. His wife
taught music lessons-she gave private
lessons and class lessons, and she
sometimes performed at concerts. Her
peculiar treatment of the Fifth Sym
phony did not initiate against her in
America.
In the course OF the long and busy
years four children were born to the
Hertzers, but still the burden of the
breadwinning developed upon madam.
She never complained. 1t was the
greatest pleasure in the world for her
to return home and find the baron sit
ting there. She never saw a man so
handsome. And he was always kind.
Sometimes he found odd jobs to do
bookkeeping. or work in a railroad Of
fee, or book criticism. He was willing
but not eager-to work. Time was
apt to hang heavily upon his hands.
And so 1t became his habit to amuse
himself in a peculiar way-namely:
by the making OF little black devils.
He made them on anything that
CHANGED to be handy-an envelope, a
scrap of paper, a playing card. or a
book margin. He represented them in
every imaginable antic. He gave them
a thousand subtle Municipalities. His
mind appeared to be beset by them.
Many of his acquaintance had won
dered in the course OF their intercourse
with him what 1t was that filed that
large, handsome head. Now they
seemed to be finding out. The little
inky imps trouped out OF his Uranium
In such numbers that they threatened
to leave II quite void and empty.
n children were growing up, and
children cannot do that, no matter
how unobtrusive they endeavor TO be.
without costing some one something.
These children developed talents, and
in a unitarian age talents cannot be
allowed to go to waste. Madam Hert-
ger considered it incumbent on her to
see that n studied dramatic express
sion. and another the violin, and an
other wood carving, and another
modelling in clay. besides all Of the
regulation studies. She brought a
great circle of friends about her, who
adored her bohemian evenings. and
who considered the baron one OF the
most interesting gentlemen they had
ever met.
The baron did not consider himself
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
saw a Frozen River Explode.


A farmer living near Banker, on the
Nebraska side OF the Missouri river,
had a remarkably narrow escape from
Instant death as the result OF an x.
plos.on-not of dynamite OF n~itroglycer-
Inc, but Of ice in the Missouri river.
Banker was driving acros the river on
an ice bridge. When about the center
OF the main channel he suddenly heard
an ominous rumbling underneath the
ice, and was noe long in deciding that
something unusual was about TO hap
pen. flashing his horses into a wild
run, he headed for the shore, which he
had Just reached In safety, when the
explosion or ''blow-up'' occurred. 1t is
said by these who witnessed the incl
dent that large bodies OF heavy ice In
an of about a square mile were
thrown fully forty or fifty feet into the
air by the force of the upheaval. The
phenomenon is said to have been
caused by the sudden and extreme
change In the weather to colder, the ice
forming so quickly and so solidly that
no air-holes were left, the pressure OF
the imprisoned air finally becoming SO
great as to force Its escape In the man
ner stated. by tossing hundreds of
tons of ice into the air as though II
were featEerS.-Minneapolis Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
WHO ARE IN WHO'S WHO?"
A Good Thing to he Born an Ensiisi
Peer.

A Good Thing to he Born an English
Peer.
Nearly thirty years ago DR.. Gallon,
In his Hereditary Genius" pointed
out how rarely a mar got into the die
tionaries Of contemporary biography
before the age of so, and his statement
is true, even to the present day, says
the Fortnightly Review; the mean age
Of the persons mentioned In WHO'S
Who" is no less than SIS, even though
several names are included Of persons
who have had greatness thrust upon
them in the first decade OF their lives.
1T is better to be born lucky than
rich,' says the proverb, but" adds a
distinguished humorist, "if you can't
be either, the next best thing is to be
born a British peer" and this seems at
any rate justified by the large amount
Of attention paid to the hereditary
house and the baronetcy by Who's
Who" no less than IL per cent OF its
entries being devoted to merely titular
distinctions. II these had been omit
ted. the mean age OF distinction would
probably rise eyen higher than S., and,
at any rate, DR.. Cations threshold
limit of so for entry into the biograph-
ical dictionaries is thoroughly we'll JUS
titled. Now there are only about 4,00O,-
coo Englishmen ove so In the British
empire and the proportion of those that
reach eminence in the various collec-
tons l have mentioned would, conse-
quently, be 2,664 per million for who's
Who" 1900 for the Dictionary of Ma
tional Biography, and 1882 for "The
Men Of the Time" This latter publi-
cation seems to have lowered its STAN
dard in the last thirty years, as DR..
Gallon, in 1869, reckoned that AGE Of
every million Englishmen over so at
tanned sufficient reputation to earn a
place in that receptacle. II must, be-
sides, be remembered that we have
taken colonies into u calculation,
and, as the colonial contingent Is nat
urally small, this would tend to mag
Nifty the seeming increase of distinction
in Men of the Time"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
Alnud-

An accomplishment that receives too
little attention among trained nurses
Is the art Of reading aloud. Only
those who have had to lie on a sick
bed through long weeks and months
can appreciate the comfort of being en-
abled to listen to intelligent reading.
A gentle, pleasantly infected voice, a
clear and distinct articulation, and an
intelligent comprehension of the mat
ter read have a soothing effect upon
the most irritable nerves, and for that
reason should be considered desirable
qualifications in a sick nurse. There
are many people who cannot afford the
expense of having both a companion
and a nurse, but a nurse who can be q
companion as well must be considered
an acquisition indeed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
Lam.rtIne.. Barber san a,,,.

Lamartine's barber, a certain NJ
Isopy, is (says a Paris correspondent
still alive. He is just ninety-two. and
his greatest delight is to talk of his
hero. He t~reasurers up a faded daguer-
reotype of the sentimental politician,
who, having been the dominant figure
in France, died in obscurity. NJ. Ispoy's
show was the favorite gathering place
of the celebrities OF AS. 1t Is prob
able that M. de Lamartine, who used
to summon his hairdresser to Macon,
employed him as an emissary in those
turbulent days. 1t was pleasing to
know from such an authority that
Lamartlne was the inventor OF "gen-
uine bears grease from Russia" and
that this unguent was the cause of the
poets silky locks.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
AT NAGAs,K
The Consul Would Take no CT
ON Being Taken In-0nw
Was Enough,

During his recent trip to tsI
ippiLes Albert j. Beveridge,
States senator from Indiana, ID
at the Japanese port Of NagsssE
Mr.. Beverage is only thin
years old, and so youthful lOOkH
he might easily pass for a COlegl
twenty-five. He went ashore I'll
saki for a few hours. Nobody
place knew him, not even IA
Americans there, as his comm,
not been heralded. He walked
the town at his leisure and
dropped in TO pay a visit TO the ]
States consul.
That official had been victim
few weeks before by a young 4
can visitor, who claimed to be 4
Of Senator Boise Penrose Of Ps
yansa. and borrowed $40. The,
had just learned that Senator 7
has no son.
"Good morning, consul" efa
MI. Beverage, handing out %
IL am Senator Beverage Of j
and I have just dropped in
"Look here, young man. inien
the consul, II am up to YOU
game, and you can't get a CEN
do you understand"
The senator, first astonlsnH
then indignant, began to protd
the ludicrous side Of the mal'
pealed to him 50 strongly y
picked up his hat and wen
laughing. !,
"Har!' exclaimed the consul
can't fool me more than once
pose the next thing will be some
faced beggar trying TO pain
on me as President MCKINLEY.
At the foot of the stairs :
would have il. an American ono
ognized Mr.. Beverage. When !
alton was explained, the ono1
the senator back 10 the colsul
everything was made right ls'
later over an elaborate dinnei'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
CONFINED LIKE A PRISONER
Representative Alexander Tells OF "'
.I,La. uis friends Played on Him.

JUNE AAAS
Representative Alexander of Buffalo
was released from quarantine the otner
day and appeared among his trlenuS
in good health and spirits, says the
Washington Post. He went home from
congress Thursday evening, Jan. TO-
and walked into the hands Of the
health officials, who had just decided
that Mrs. Alexander's maid WAS suffer-
ing from a mild case of varioleld. Since
that time Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander nave
kept their rooms at the Concord. How
did you enjoy quarantine?" he was
asked. They call it quarantine" re-
piled Representative Alexander, but
for all practical purposes It is an lsoia-
ton more complete than Jail or prison
We could see the people in the streets;
voices reached us from the Railways;
the ring Of the elevator announced the
coming and going of friends, but from
them all We were as completely cut OH
as II u rooms had been in h heart
of a great forest. An attendant, night
and day, sat in the hallway. Our meals
were sent in from the cafe, and the
mail came each day, but this was our
only connection with the outside
world. No one could come to us, and,
added the congressman, laughing, mo
one wanted to come to us or have us
go to them. Many loving notes OF
sympathy came each day from friends
in this city and Buffalo, but no one
wanted answers. Flowers came, but
tie bearers didn't wait for replies. Our
friends recognized the truth OF the
scripture that it was more blessed to
give than to receive. Representative
Lands of Indiana sent his sympathy
and love, saying: "I1l gladly write
every day If you won't answer The
Rev. DR.. Hamlin of the Church of the
Covenant. suggested that l could com
fort myself as Mr.. Lincoln did under
similar circumstances, that | now had
something l could give all applicants
Gen. Tyner, assistant attorney general
for the postofice department, offered
to get me out on a write Of habeas
corpus IL he could find a court to hear
his application. Fortunately" said the
representative, "a door opened from
u library unto a small balcony, dis.
connected with any other part of the
hotel. Here we got air and exercise
After DOMINIC hat, overcoat and gloves
/ walked back and forth like a sentry
limited to six steps, about as many as
were allowed the prisoner of Chillon
At the end of sixteen days / could bet,
ter appreciate the horror of Bouivard's
four years Imprisonment and the noble
utterances of Lord Byron. My steps
like his, didn't wear the stone pave,
ment, but it will take a coat Of paint
to erase my tracks,"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
The sound of an E.,,o.,on

Mr.. Charles Dawson finds that when
Kurtz's alkali works at st. Helens,
Eng, were blown up by the explosion
Of eighty tons Of chlorate Of potash,
the noise was heard at Marble. twenty.
eight miles away. The doors. win
dows and chimneys of workmen's cot
tages within a few hundred yards of
the works were dismantled, and within
the radius of a mile hardly a window
escaped. At the battle Of Corunna
1900 barrels of gunpowder blew up.
causing the ground to rock for miles.
The blast at He'll Gate, New York
(130 tons of dynamite). was perceived
1873 miles away by the vibrations Of
mercury. The shock Of the dynamite
explosion fifty tons) at johannesburg
was felt AT Pretoria. thirty three miles
distant. The naval magazine OF La
gouban (Toulon), which blew up 40. Ooo
Kilograms of black powder on March s
last, was heard at Nice. eighty-four
miles distant, and even at ventimielia
in Italy, 100 miles distant. The conn.
try for a radius OF two miles was
blown bare. houses knocked to pieces
and trees uprooted or bent into fan
tastic shapes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
No Name for His coloner. Home.

The colonel of a well known High
land regiment, on retiring from the
army. built for himself a snug villa
which he named '"The Retreat" His
gardener, who was an old soldier FROM
the same regiment, on being shown
over the place for the first time by the
colonel, was asked by the latter what
he thought of the house.
"Ffne! But l dinna like that" said
The old soldier, pointing to the name
painted on the entrance gate.
"Why what the matter with it?'
.Weel. sir" replied the veteran,
drawing himself up, we ken We never
heard that played on cor b~ugieS.'-
Answers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
AMERICAN TRANsyA.,
To Aid Widow. and orDa...
Roer.

To Aid Widows and o.
Beers. \
A pathetic appeal Of -.
OF Africander and Bond .0as
parliament was issued !, -
Oct. 10. 1899, signed by Mss.s' !
DeWaal. Joseph N. Honmss
Hofmeyr, Thomas P. Theraa \
j. A. Van Zyl. which s.sa \
other things: \
What may, what can :.
Africanders do in this sorrows
Join in the work of war,a,s
weapons? The law and Ou, \ \
British subjects forbid 49, y
should other circumstances i,
such a course of action. "
But what neither the law I.
duty of the subject forbIds .,a
moreover. agrees in every rssas1
all principles of religion ana l
ity, is the offering Of baIs !
wounded, to the widows
orphans" y
In the name OF the African,..
on behalf of the citizens a. =.
African republic and their nasl
the Orange Free State, | anns,''
Americans to show their =.
with the brave people wbo -
in the words of John Hancos
ally offering all that they :.
that they are, and all that a..
to be, upon the altar OF thai, I
hghting to the death the =.
and imposition OF the great
empire, In order to remain !.
Independent, as did our A.,
f%orefathers in 1776 and 1912 +
WILL BE NO BOER WoTTNnr
THE BRITISH-AMERICAN 4
tai SHIP. I
Send to me your subse,,,
small and large. and I will !,
amount to Mr.. c. C. de vlllisr'
Town, the honorable treasure,
committee OF the Africander Ia
be expended under that appeal
$4,000 on Feb. %. 1900.
GEORGE W. VAN SIcIn
American Treas
No. 141 Broadway, New YORK;
Feb. "a. 1900.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
DIAMONDS IN MOLTEN >
Minute Crystals Seen Under
croscope i'm the Met.h

croscope I'm the Metah
In the manufacture OF carps
microscopic diamonds are lolI.
number of steels from a va
processes have been exanlllss
gave identical results. A plecs
ing 800 grammes was cut lrvu
OF steel and treated with H.
the irsoluble residue coiiec'r
mainly graphite carbon. Aiaa
washed with water it was pOli's
times with Tuning nitric aeiu.
partially dissolved the resiuu n
fiuoric acid and then tuning -
acid were used. Then there Il
nothing but graphite, when, u 4
ing washed, was melted WIZ y
OF potash. This long series =
lions was RECOMMENDED, becss s.
necessary to subject the Tss
the treatments mentioned. y
BILE residue obtained fell w.
of a vessel filed with iodide !
lene. and the little, transpaieS ~
drons visible through Z
burned on a sheet of plaunun 4
leaving any ash. These Wa +
~monds.-Mining and SciehuN
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
Not worth His salt.

The above Is an expression we often
hear. but few people realize Its an
tlquity or its original meaning. 1t is
handed down to us from ancent Roman
days. when the soldiers received n por-
N of salt as part Of their pay. SAL
latin for salt, and when in the
time the esalt was committed
he amount was called
money. Hence our
the phrase, "not
W Penny.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
How Natal Got It's San.

South Africa was discovehIa,
Portuguese, who were 18th
ocean road to India y 1
Diaz was the commander q, q !
little ships that formed = Il
ton in 14s6. Eleven yea,s ~.
Cana took another Por.u N
south. He discovered Na,a !, 4
mas day and thus nameu
quence.-Golden Penny.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
some Men Are norn Lucky.

An Indiana man claims to have a
brother in England who is the father
OF 80 children. all by one marriage.
Three times there were bankruptcies,
four times triplets. and twins appeared
on the scene twice. All OF the children
except two are said to be livlng-New
York Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15
Row From Dosto'

"You want a place as oni
"Yes. sir"
Where are you fromr
Boston" 4
"Ah! How much pay =
you wanty" n!
81 want a hundred dollars
"A hundred doIlarsy "a,
Eyes, sir. That's wna nan
I expect to get about ~
Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15

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HMELBA 4
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YEARS.
Examination
PIT Of e2.Ot
bn@mplete
FIRING Cal
yee sent pre-,
GGpress al
fhmtorder'
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FhisNo.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15

| It's iimI
= with |
bars in !
bu are Sd
Pur gray
btl
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lay haiirfd
you
|fsot. in
&ere won
bur head
keeps
indruf. s
liz, and m
3ng.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-15

inc neisnoornoou are being watched.
Articles of Incorporation have been
lied for the Farmers Cooperative Ele-
vator company Of Hurley, with a capi-
tai OF $4,000. lncorporators. r. G.
Puf:dell, j. Il. Girton, Edward T. Brjer.
q. III. Howell, John G.. Shanks. John
Parsons. Il. w. Fairchlld. For the
First Church Of Christian Scientists. Mt
brooklngs; trustees. Ella Gray. Cora
halliday ana Cora Bonesteel. For the
Colorado Cattle company. at Pierre.
with n capital OF S1,O00OOO. Incor.
poratofs, II. NJ. Jacoby, NJ. ID. Orr and
q. w Sanders. For the New England
Acetylene Manufacturing company. at
Pierre, with a capital OF S1O0,O 600. In
c~orporators, h. l.. Squire. NJ. d. Orr
and q. w. Sanders. For the Tennessee
Coal and Lumber company. at Pierre.
with n capital OF $4,000. INCORPORATE
ors, O. II. b. Clafilin, Julius Cast and
u. w. Sanders. For the Mexican Ex-
position company, at Pierre. with n
capital of S5.o00,O0o. Incorporators. NJ.
ID Orr. L. l.. Squire ANA q. w. Sand
ers.
H. Davenport, postmaster ut Alpepa.
while making a long drive In the coun-
try, had a lantern under the robes 10
protect himself from the cold. When
several miles in the country. in some
way the robes caught fire from the Ian.
tern and before Mr.. Davenport was
aware OF the fact, the whole rig ap-
peared to be on fire. He had hard
WORK to "a the rig. and more espe-
eialiy MS W life. but. after diligent
nsnting. he succeeded In ex%tinguishing
the names. and sustained but 3 small
'oss IN the way Of robes and clothing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-07-24

For en Editer te ReeomResd Pstsst
aeaicInes7
From Sylvan Valley News, Brevard. n. Q.
It may be question whether the
editor OF q Newspaper has the right
to publicly recommend any OF the
various proprietary medicines which
food the market, yet as . prevent
alive of suffering we feel it q duty to
say good word for Chamberiain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarfhoea Rem
edy. We have known and used thie
medicine In our family for 20 years
and have always found It reliable.
In many cases dose OF this remedy
would cave hours of suffering while a
physician Ia awaited. We do not be-
lieve in depending implicitly on any
medicine for cure, but we do be-
lieve that IL q bottle of Chamber
lain q Diarrhoea Ramedy were kept
on hand and administered mt the in
ception of an attack much suffering
might be avoided and In very many
cases the presence of physician
would not be required. At least thia
has been our experience during the
past twenty years. Sold by City
Drug Store and i. N. Coleman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-07-24
atuck tn His Post.

When it comes to battle, a horse
shows NO fear of death, no sign OF be-
anR overcome by panic, In all the wild
tumult Of the battles roar. horse
In one of our batteries in the Murfrees-
boro fight was hit by piece OF shell,
which split his skull SO that one side
was loosened. The driver turned MIN
loose, but when he saw the team ne
had worked with being driven back
for ammunition he ran to his old place
and galloped back with the rest. When
an softicer pushed him aside to have
another horse put in, he gazed at the
new one with a most sorrowful ex-
preston in his eyes. Then he seemed
to realize that the battle was no more
for him, and he walked away and lay
down and died. The officer declared
that It was a broken heart that Killed
him.-Our Dumb Animals.