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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06

mas hardly reached England as vet ~
one may Judge from the expression
VI a recent author, who defined a lag"
aS an umbrella, and quoted as author
ny d paragraph from a 81. Louis pa
per which announced that Mr.. Brown
was seen on the street last Sunday
morning in the rain, carrying a fine.
large jag" 1t was a Chicago humor-
ISL VINO declared that a man Of his ac-
qualntance was sometimes entirely So
Der, though he did Jump from jag
10 Jag like an alcoholic channels"
Almost every business and profess
SION mas given the most picturesque
"ords IN its particular vocabulary to
enrich the language. From the stock
exchange, for instance, come bulls"
and bears" a corner" and "mar-
gins though these words were orig
lhaIIy borrowed and given new mean.
lngs by the stock brokers'.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
England. Most Serious Problem.

The popular illusions respecting the
seriousness of the Boer war were nat
urally accompanied by miscalculations
as to it's cost. Just before the war
broke out, Mr.. Stead's prediction that
we shall get off cheaply if it does not
cost us more than 10000 lives and
G2O, 900, 900" was considered as ridicn-
Io,rs as his other warnings. But some
time ago the bill already exceeded
800, 900, 600, while a moderate estt-
mate Of the present cost puts 1t at
G2,O 900, 900 a week. AS to casualties,
the official returns up to the end of
December reported 51,687, including
12,158 deaths. 1t is by this time clear
that in his speech at Carnarvon Oct.
6, 1899. John Morley made the right
retort to the sheer that he was a Cas-
sandra. "Cassandra's prophecies" he
replied. happened to come true
The Forum.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
Oueer Business IN Turkey.

The sultan of Turkey has given in
structions to the police of Constanti-
NOBLE that they are to stop the fires,
which have become much too frequent
lately. The police have thought the
matter over and have come to the con-
cIusion that fires are the result of in
surance, and therefore insurance must
be stopped. With this object they go
round from house to house in the poor
or quarters and tell the unfortunate
householder that unless the next day
he brings a letter from the company
annulling his insurance he will be put
in prison. The result Is that many of
them are begging the companies to
cancel their assurances. The police Of
fer. as an alternative, to accept a guar
antee of several thousand pounds that
no fire will break out In the house in
question, or any OF the six adjoining
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
ARREST FOR KIDNAPPING.
DIR. Woodruff and Mrs. Meyer I'm Gus
tody Charged with abduction.

Portland, Or, June 2.-Dr. Wylie @.
Woodruff Of Philadelphia, one OF the
star football players of the University
of Pennsylvania five years ago, was
arrested at the union depot along with
Mrs. Edith Meyer of Lawrence, Kan,
on a charge of Kidnapping Mrs. Meyers
baby daughter, Myrtle. DR.. Woodruff.
Mrs. Meyer and the baby We're lodged
in jail. The arrests were made on tel
egTaphiC instructions from Chief OF
Police Hayes OF Lawrence, Kan. II
don't understand what the matter is
said DR.. Woodruff. II came here to
make my home in Oregon. This arrest
is an outrage, and l propose to make
some n suffer-" .,ss-L.~-a~@ESssISes
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
MADAM, YOU ARE i PARALLELO-
PIPEDON"


when a mar is said to have "a wheel
in mis- head" but the bicycle factory
joke carries it a point beyond perma-
nent appreciation.
The only class Of highly educated
people who contribute to any extent 20
the growth Of the language is the col
lege students. College slang is so
vivid and has been so generally adopt
ed that a dictionary has been issued
which is entirely devoted to the sub
ject.
1t was ar a college boarding club
for instance that a student who want
ed the small milk pitcher asked a
companion to drive the heifer this
way" From terms originally used in
college games the language has adopt
ed many useful phrases. 1t is not many
years since the first curved ball was
pitched in a baseball game, and yet the
current phrase Il am onto his curves
has a meaning entirely without con-
nection with the baseball diamond.
From the field sports Of collegianS nave
come the phrases to Jump on a man
and to Jump on him with both feet
Even the great American game OF
draw poker, which will not be claimed
as a college game exclusively, has
added several common phrases TO the
languages. Many a man who has new
or tried to fill two pair" has called
a bluff or declared that he would go
it blind
It was a farmers boy who had
touched his tongue to the iron pump
handle on a below-zero morning who
discovered that "to freeze to- a per-
son expressed a strong degree Of at
tachment. The expressions 20 get a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06

of the machine" said the inventor to
a Chicago reporter the other day, "us-
ing clean, warm soap water. By open
ing a small valve the necessary
amount of water is allowed to spread
on the floor. When the machine is set
in motion the %scrubbing begins. The
brush revolves and the two rollers,
covered with cloth of a suitable nature,
rinse and wipe. The waste water is
conveyed to a tin box on the under
side of the machine. This can be
emptied at will"
The machine is 10 inches high, 10
inches wide and 20 inches long. 1t is
especially designed for large floors.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06

WHERE BOOM" CAME FROM.
afly of getting a cinch". on any
'ioh In which it was interest
Inc iumbermen in the great woods
h, eohSin and the northwest piled
ss.suy millions of logs in booms and
ME-. Inc logs go tearing down the
bu.. NIUE rivers after the boom was
49, Tor many years before the
,doa brokers' and real estate agents
|ars pssa their phraseology. Now there
|lno,. people indeed who do not
lta,,. wnat a boom" is and what is
|ous,sa 70 happen when a boom Is
|lInss broadly, there are two
|ooon, VI slang. One depends for it's
pbraaaity on the mere fact that the
|poopls. % mouth-flling and pleases the
|to h.n. fancy. Such slang Is likely
|rhs lave only a temporary popularity.
Ter q. ns which lives and which soon
|of Tho a'er becomes a permanent part
nesas language is that which really
soma something, which describes
|siya .act or condition in a new and
|~bo way There are many people
|souna greatly impressed by the
any phrase the meaning OF
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
Child Swept Away by Flood.

Helena, Mont, June Am unusually
heavy rain has prevailed over Central
Montana for several days. The precip-
itation in Helena was half an inch on
Thursday and c~loudbursts were report
ed in several parts of the state. The
home of John Kampson at Melville,
Sweet Grass county, was inundated by
a cloudburst. One child was swept
away, u eventually saved. Several
horses were drowned and the crops
damaged. The record for ain in Mon
tana for May is believed to have been
eClipsed this year. So
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
FOR LA CROSSE BURGLARIES.
Alleged Criminal Is Identified by
paNnbrOker.

La Crosse, Wis, Tune Mat Klaus,
alias George Claus. was arrested here,
charged with pei petrating the burglar
les at st. J~oseph's conven and the
parsonage of St. Johns church a few
days ago. The prisoner denied his
guilt, but vas positively identified by a
pawnbroker to whom it is alleged he
sold a watch and other v%aluables taken
from Father Kaluza's residence. He
will be held for trial. Chief Byrne in
Inmates that Clauss' picture may be
found in the rogues' gallery Of notori-
Gus sneak thieves.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
In the Dlona
Found> q

which they do not understand. II was
this feeling which proved so effective
"hen DR.. Samuel Johnson was vocal
~ attacked by one of the famous fish
wives Of Billingsgate. DR. Johnson
knew that it would be idle and uso-
less TO answer the woman in kind
even II he had been willing to lower
MS dignity to that extent. At the
same time he did not wish to listen
10 more OF her abuse. Accordingly he
pointed the finger of scorn at her and
exclaimed in a voice of INDIGNATION
and contempt: Madam. YOU are an
lsosceles triangle, a parallcloDipedon
an o~ctagonal ~rhOmbiod." The fshwifa
was totally overcome and was unable
to answer the doctors scathing DENIM
citation, but it is not recorded that the
use Of mathematical terms has ever
become popular in the vocabulary Of
B~illtngsgate.
Another kind OF slang which has =
merely temporary popularity is thar
which ~eXaggerGtoS an already slang
expression and carries it beyond the
point Of aJsurdity. Two street aPabs
for instance, may be quarrelidg In the
gutter.
"G'wan," says the first; "you've got
a wheel in yere head"
Rats" says the other. "Yere nut
is a reg'ler bicycle factory"
Nn-+ ,D,,I, l., ~ ,,l-. -L
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
LOOMS WILL NOT RETURN.
President VIII Not Again Expose
Him TO Insult in NeneEueIn.

Washington, June 2.-It is officially
admitted that Minister Loomis will not
return to Venezuela. There are two
reasons for this decision. In the first
place Mr.. LoOmis has suffered In
health at his uncongenial post. and in
h second place the president is not
disposed to eXpose him again to the
merCiless attacks he has suffered In
Venezuela as a result OF the execution
of the orders OF the stOte department.
Mr.. Loomis. who is now in Europe
seeking TO recuperate. will be given an
other diplomatic position as soon as a
suitable place can be found. Mean
while Mr.. Russell win remain in charge
Of the United States legation at Car
acas for a period of time not yet de-
rermined upon, but likely to be fixed by
the attitude of the Venezuelan govern
ment.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
PROSPECTS NEVER BRIGHTER.
Railroad officials Say an Abundant
Harvest IL Assured.

chairman of the board OF directors of
the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railroad company, and President
Earring. returned yesterday from a
weeks tour over the lines of the com
pany in the Dakotas, Minnesota and
Iowa. They are much pleased with
the crop prospects in Dakota, Mime
sofa and Iowa. Prospects were never
better at this season Of the year for
abundent harvests in those states"
said President Earling.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
MIS-. Papa and Her panar

Mrs. DanO Papa, widow Of the late
Italian republican journalist of Milan.
Is now living in Paris, France. Mrs.
Papa is an American woman, and.
when her husbands paper, Italia del
Popolo, was suppressed by the govern
ment on account Of its liberal thought,
she brought out two editions in the
city Of New York to demonstrate that
the paper was not dead. At the time
Of the New York editions all the edi-
tors and contributors were either in
solitary confinement as prisoners or in
exile. Mrs. Papa is thoroughly fami-
liar with the political situation in
Italy, and, while her opinion may be
Influenced somewhat by her advanced
thought, she states that Italy has just
passed through a crisis Of which the
other powers are comparatively igno-
rant. Two republicans were called
to the ministry because the opponents
Of the government had become 50
strong that it forced a recognition
Chicago Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
Maniac Killed by N Train.

Belle PLANE, Mimi. June 4. -
An insane man who escaped from st.
Peter hospital was killed by a train
half a mile east of this station. His
name was Jacob Lohmer, and his home
was near Waconia, Carver county. he
was forty-fve years OF age, and had
been an inmate of the st. Peter hospi-
tai for the insane for some time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
o.oo
THIS MACHINE
SCRUBS FLOORS



Ii the machine that a Chicago genius
has invented does what the inventor
believes it will, the days of %scrubbing
d~rudgery are numbered. The novelty
runs on wheels and is propelled by
handles adjusted similarly to those on
a garden cultivator. 1t is said to
scrub, rinse ana dry the floor in one
motion.
You fill the box in the upper part
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
shot Through the Head.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, June A man
came TO the Occidental hotel here Sat-
urday night and registered as George
Gilbert of Portland, Or. He took a
room and yesterday morning was found
lying on the floor shot through the
head. He was about thirty years OF
age, medium height, dark hair, small
moustache. He was dressed In new
clothing. The revolver had just been
purchased.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
LEPER SCARE IN CHICAGO.
An Alleged Case Is Concealed by
DowieiteS.

Chicago, June Health officials are
looking for John Stewart, who is said
to be afflicted with leprosy and Is now
in hiding and under treatment by
DE" John Alexander Dowie. DR..
James Nevans Hyde is given by the de-
partnent as authority for the state
mcnt that Stewart has leprosy. The
Stewart family is said TO have come
originally from the Sandwich islands,
where the supposed leper was born.
Mrs. Stewart, Johns mother. is a fol-
lower of DR.. Dowie, according 20 re-
port, and believes that Dowie car cure
him. 1t is rumored that Dowie has al
lowed Stewart to mingle freely with
his congregation at the big meetings
held in the Auditorium and the Colise-
UNI.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
ueasurfnE Worm. mt Work.

Lisbon, N. D., June 4. - Measuring
worms continue quite active and their
ravages are making the tree-tops a
rusty brown, noticeable as far as the
eve can reach. Elm and box elder
foliage seem 10 be most affected, and
there are some tree claims that have
the appearance of being scorched by
fire. The dry weather Is largely the
cause of the serious depredations or
those devouring creatures.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
SAND O DEF.
Automobile Trip Across the CONT
ncnt Has Been

automobile Trip Across the CONT
ncnt Has Been Abandoned.
Winnemucca, New, June 2-Alexan-
der B. Winton and Charles b. Shanks
OF Cleveland. Ohio. have abandoned
the attempt to cross the continent in
an automobile. Their machine stalled
in a sand hillock near this place and
they were unable TO so further. The
tourists left for Cleveland and the au.
tomobile will be shipped TO hat city
by rail as soon as 1t can be extricated.
Mr.. Winton says it is impossible for
an ordinary automobile TO cross the
sandy deserts OF Nevada. He intends
to make another trial in a specially
constructed machine which he will
build.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
As VIEWED nj TowSE.
Porto Rfcan Decision Means That
Mck;aicy Will Again BE q Candf-

court decision in the Porto Rico cases
means that an attempt will be made
By the Republican party TO elect Presi-
dent Mckinley for a third term. 1t
means an attempt TO concrete imperial
ism with it for years"
This was the sentiment uttered by
Former Senator Charles A. Towne OF
Minnesota at the Fifth Avenue hotsl,
where he is staying.
Il Know" he continued. that the
proposition of running Mr.. Mckinley
for a third term has been seriously con-
sidered by Republican politicians
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
ARMY SURGEONS NEW OFFICERS.

Lieut.. Col. John Van Rensselaer,
HoH Chosen for President.
St. Paul, June 4-The military sur
geons Of the United States elected Of
fcers as follows: President, Lieut.. Col.
John Van Rensselaer, Hoff, medical
department. L. S. A; first vice presi-
dent, Brig. Gen. r. A. Blood, Massa-
chusetts Volunteer Militia, retired: Sec
rotary. Maj. James E. Pilche-, u. S. A.,
retired; treasurer, Lieut.. Herbert 4.
Arnold, assistant surgeon PennSyl-
vania guard, reelected.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
Ranchman

Chinook Mont, June 2. = James
Cloves. a ranchman living near this
place lost his life in high water near
his ranch. He attempted to cross on
horseback a couiee In which the water
was unusually high and drowned.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
s-.r,ou,Iy injured I'm a Fire.

Henning. Mimi, June 4. Charles
Sherman. in e~ndeavoring to save his
team from a burning barn at Battle
Lake was perhaps fatally burned. TWO
large barns and two horses were
burned.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
PUT POISON IN HIS WINE.
A Young Bride Attempts to XIII Her


Wilkeson. Wash, Jun 4. - Vincent
Burgis, who was married Sunday to
Stella Worzsek, seventeen years old.
was taken violently sick Tuesday, but
he is now believed to be safe. His ILL
ness was caused by his drinking a
glass Of wine in which his young bride
had put poison. She has confessed that
she committed the act and has fed
with her father.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06

Deadwood, s. D., June 4~.-Raymond
Stevens, a brakeman on the Elkhorn
passenger train, was stabbed twice In
the back by a tramp while trying to
put him off n train near h tunnel.
four miles below here.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
Tri.. IN Drawn Himself.

Redheld, s. D.. June 4. - George
soosockera, a laborer residing at Abb
erdeen. became demented here and en-
deavored TO drown himself In Turtle
creek. He was rescued by the section
crew OF the North Western railroad.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
"CTNCH" ON THE MULE.

HAS A "ClNCH ON he MULE.
many ant and novel phrases which
~incorporated into the body OF the
,lisb tongue that ii is still alive
growing. And both in the United
lies and abroad students r begin
" 10 recognize the Importance and
\ value of words and phrases which
n as slang, and, because they vivid
describe some prevailing condition,
hdually find their way into the stan
Ia Dictionaries.
The English society mourns because
bt all the slang which is found
trthy Of permanent adoption orig
ateS in the States" But it is
bud Of the fact that in England has
kginated at least one popular phrase
hich has not found its way into this
tntry, and which, If one may ven
Re an opinion, is never likely to do
b. The new English phrase is TWEEN
knt" and it is used to describe any
ling which is extremely up TO date"
Is, of course, An abbreviatiOn Of
bentieth century, and in the English
be Is a remarkable example OF con-
knsation and /.
Both the phnClogists Of London and
|nerican authorities agree in the
finion that comparatively little slang
\ the sort which endures and becomes
PIT Of the language originates in
Pge cities. Nor is it used first by
Fueated and refined people. The So
piled educated classes" add little to
language except some stilted words
Faich are borrowed from the classics
! scientific terms which are also like
10 be derived from one Of the dead
'nguages. 1t is the men on the farm,
! western ranches, in gold and silver
INES, and in other similar occupa-
OnS who give the language its vi
and growth.
mus the men who pack mules and
0rSeS for the trail over the mountains
plains of the great west put a
st clnch' on many a "critter" be-
10 the general public began to talk
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
Artesinn Wen Caves In.

Tyndall, s. D., June 2.-Workmen on
the artesian well are making slow
progress in cleaning it out. The bottom
of the well seems to have, caved in
and the pipe is probably crushed to-
gether. 1t may be necessary to aban-
don II altogether.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
Hanged for Assault.

Baltimore. June 2.-Wiley Kirk. coll
ored, was hanged In the Jail yard at
Towson, nine miles from Baltimore,
for fe~lonious assault upon Mrs. Bar
bara Green. keeper OF the lighthouse
at welshman's Creek, March Z last.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06

(.,o,v Of Amateur Philologists,
sOstS of which are devoted 70
PelnOe !, language, has gravely de-
Ftnay = II were not for the addi-
ina. from time to time by
raa' English would have to be
eaus dead or at least as a rap
diving language oouo
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
Hanged.

westville. Miss. June 2. - Charles
Haverson. a white man. was hanged
here for the murder Of A.. A. Almonds.
About 5000 people witnessed the execu-
ton.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
SMITH TO RETIRE.
Postmaster General Has Decided to
Lave Cabinet.

Lave Cabinet.
washingto~ June at was asserted
yesterday wi much p~ositiveness that
Postmaster General Smith has finally
decided TO retire from the cabinet. Ru-
NOR couples the names Of Perry s.
Heat. and Vice Chairman Payne OF
the national Republican committee
with the position. Mr.. Smiths resig-
nation may be rendered TO the presi-
lent within a few days.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
WE'RE HEAD is A REGALER Bl'
CyCTE FACTORY"

load on" and ito carry a Load are
Mainly OF country extraction and need
no exclamation. "a jag" Is a proVin-
ciaIism which means a little loaa' SO
hat to say a man has "a big Jag on
IS a contradiction in terms. a
one ~ The American expressions which
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06

Vif
F' E!' Hp.s,
dDoisappea'"..
has has Just i
Ing away h
7. narras.,'
of hush.
maiden ma,
Is borne spcs
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|ioqs dissp,.
[, the jonys
|ll inn al
place 10 \
[ree months
/ eighteeay, u
|r, without1
Rthorides, n
went to al
/ Word daJ
I, howed H
been mar]
|iTerent tovI
breed. /
|. her husa,|
but susscl
before III
|discOveriasI
|hought tha,I
pes will Be !
New York n
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06

F Esprrha.
| S.-N. E
|Rcksmith d
pa rheumatN
|ould not sd
his arms q
! afflicted 4
|yas 50 iupI
would haYsj
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-06
Basebap

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IRE Spent.
'ebaf, bbsnesFs.
ople in sesqs
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