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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
n Legend OF Harvest

In ancient Israel. so say the seers,
Two brothers lived in peace-as broth
ers should,
And titled that ground whereon h. after
years
King solomon's flustrious temple
A commen heritage. each gave the field
His honest share of toll, n took
therefrom
An equal portion of the summers yield,
Nor grudged his part-nor held in doubt
tile sum.
But on tho night the harvesting wac
done,
And all the corn lay heaped beneath
the skies.
The elder kinsman sat In thought alone
And gently reasoned with himself this
'My brother Is not strong and suffered
Beneath h heat and burden Of the
To-, ! VIII take some sheaves from out
my store,
Unknowa, and q to his across the
And, reasoning thus. no did; then found
sweet sleep, y
Not so, howefer. the younger of the
twain,
who lay awake and said. How can I
MY great. full half Of all this golden
I, who am sim but enc. whist he must
feed
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
Sure Cure for Envy

If the tiniest wrinkle appears on that
pink-and-white complexion Of hers
and that she is extremely Jealous OF
any other g~oodlooking girls, and that
sometimes she cries because she will
grow old some day and be no longer
pretty? Well, she does, ard so l
come to the conclusion that my plain
face is a good sight more comfort
able.
And I'll confess a secret to you,
and don't you breathe it to any one.
Once in a while. once in a long while,
/ set woefully sick Of single blessed
ness and believe I'd like to marry any
man who was respectable Ind kind.
But a few visits to my married friends
cure me. They are just weighed down
by little responsibilities which would
drive me crazy in q short time; they
must humor a whimsical lord and mas
ter and they must be at the beck and
call Of small children, who are very
sweet little things for a few hours,
but terrible ~nuisances for a longer
time than that. lily sweet independ-
ence for me! | go back to my little
tw~o-by-four room and am thankful
that there Is no one to share It with
me and that | do not have to put out
the cat and lock up the house before
retiring"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24

ant over -ight--the old, old story of
falseh0od exalted and truth tranpled.
For this Is trIth--God's TRUTH swear
it,"
There was q brief, breathleas pause.
The depth, and strength, and intensity
OF the tale she had told had thrilled
her listeners to the heart-had. for the
time, frozen the words on Cushbert
bert Bracken's lying lips.
But Ee had recovered himself In a
moment and had burst into a laugh
q harsh, disagreeable, mocking laugh.
"Ah, how gifted is our guest! A
young lady with such powers of pro-
life Invention should essay the field
Of hction, or, In view of her dramatic
talents, come forward as an a~spirant
for histrionio heners. In the latter
profession" with another light, sneer-
Ing laugh she might perform the role
of injured innocence. Now for nay side
of the story!"
Not till / have finished mine!" the
girl cried, and flung up her hand with
a swift. imperative gesture.
Ito Be centinued.)
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
Not Fair to Women

We have heard overmuch Of late Of
the fact that women have never be-
come artists or poets or creators Of
the very highest order. judged by the
male standard. The in~sinuation is
unfair because biased. Women have
never had a real chance to equal men,
and to argue that because they have
never attained the lsvel Of a Shake
speare or a Raphael, therefore they
are inferior to men generally. Ia to
condemn them because they do not
rise superior to the average man.
How often have men produced q
Shakespeare or a Raphaeil And men
have had the start Of centuries.
Take England only. Have not two
Of the greatest, IL not the two great
est. OF her sovsreisns been women?
How many men novsnsts are on a par
with George Elliott Have not certain
women shown their ability 10 hold
thsir own In scholarship with men N
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24

His wife and little children from His
sharel"
So that same night, to meet a greater
need,
He. too, in secret aid what he deemed
fair.
Now, when at break Of day both cheer
lily
Came forth to work-with greeting.
name for name
Each scarce concealed his wonderment
70 see
His separate stack OF sheayes was still
the same!
And when, next night, and next, in love,
anew
Thee Jewish kiRsmen gave BY stealth
But all in vain-behold the riddle grew
Exceedtng strange INK caused them
much unrest;
Until at last It's secret was revealed
40 both at ence (blest be the Hand
that weaves
Suon threads OF ehance). for half across
their field
They met one night-eoca bent with
heavy sheaves!
All. kinsmen true. no Offering later laid
BY Solomon upon the costliest shrIns
or this immortal ground. was better
made
Than yours. nor gave to heaven a holler
-Aueustus W. Bomberser in Youth.
Companion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
! The : . =
Curse .. Darlington
Y BY X. TEMPLE MOORE.
BY X. NJ p MOORE.

painting whisper. TT will never come
back to me!-the tender grace Of a day
that is dead! Let me tell you now
now while | am desperate! Let me
tell you why my life must be unlike
that OF all other women-hopeless,
shadowsd, hauntedl a tell you in
a few words. All, my lady, you will
understand"
She was standing rigldly erect, her
fair face white as ashes, her eyes gilt
tering IKE great sapphires.
well" said Cynthia.
She pat one hand TO ner throat as If
she were strangling.
II have deceived you. Ny name is
not Margaret Atherton! II is Lau-
renee Llslel"
Laurence Lfsse!"
Ny lady uttered a wild cry and sank
into a chair. Her eyes were fixed on
the girl Ia awful fascination. She was
shaking violently.
Laurence Lislel" Cynthia breathed,
kuskily.
She had risen to her feet, her cher
ished roses slipping to the floor.
And at that very moment the door
was auns wider, and the servant an
nounced a gentleman who came swift
iy across the threshold into the glow
OF the light. the radiance Of the room
-Cuthbert Bracken!
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24

AT the theater the ladies were dis
cussing the attire OF those about them,
as usual. BY and by their attention
is attracted to a lady who is the cen.
trail figure Of a box party.
isn't she stunning?" murmurs ono
Of the fair ones. "She is dressed in
mauve satin. is she not?"
No, no, corrects another OF the
ladies; .it's a pearl gray satin"
Now, laughs another Of them, "1et
us leave 1t to the professor here. What
has he to say Of It? What is she
dressed IN. professor"
Here the professor. who has been
studying the sights and scenes with all
the interest of a savant. takes a cas-
uaI glance at the object OF the dis
cussioH and ventures, "As nearly as I
can fudge from here. she is dressed in
puris naturalibus."
Whereat they laugh, thinking he re-
fers TO peau de sole, or some such fab.
ric, and has merely made one of the
numerous plumbers which are common
to ths untutored man.-Judge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
WOULD NOT WAIT.
The Pompous Peddler and the Teller
In the Bank.

The Pompous Peddler and the Teller
in the Bank.
A pompous peddler, who was selling
pens, entered q bank in the early sum-
mer and asked for the cashier, and.
being told he was not in, said:
Il am dealing in pens, and I sup
pose it win be proper fer me to deal
with the cashier"
II suppose it WILL" replied the tell
er, carelessly.
"Very well, I viii wait"
The caller took a chair and sat COM
posedly for a full hour waiting FOR the
cashier. BY that time he began to
grow uneasy, and, seeing no prospect
of a change fl his circumstances,
asked how soon the cashier would be
in.
well, I don't know, exactly" said
the cashier, "but l expect him in about
eight weeks. He Just left a week
ago."-Public Ledger.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
AN INTERNAL DIFFICULTY.
Ard How II Was Explained by the
RnU

Ard How II Was Explained by the
Boy.
Little Archie Richards, at the close
OF the Thanksgiving dinner, sat at the
table with his face suffused with tears.
Els mother was greatly troubled.
With a sweet smile and with gentle
information she put one arm around
her little baby boy and asked:
What Is II mammals little darling
wants?"
But mammals little darling" CON.
tinued to cry.
Mamma made another effort to find
out the trouble.
Does mammals baby boy want
some more cake?" she asked.
"To'n," said the child, while the
tears continued to flow.
Does he want some more pief" she
further inquired.
Nom" he further replied.
well" said the mother, making q
last effort to reach his case, tell
mamma what baby wants"
The little boy managed somehow to
say betweea sobs. Il want some OF
this out I've got in."-Lippincott's.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24

swhy II It." they asked. ayca Dres..
gas To elstcric light?"
elm the case OF electric light. n.
said, looking at them in a~stonishman,
at ususily q be controlled by MEANS
OF q button or q spring on the wan
within easy reach"
They admitted that he spoke truly
THAT being So" he went on. q,
ever you had stood over a small IN,
pretty woman who, with upturned ana
anxious face, was striving to reach Ira
chandelier to light the gas, you never
would have asked me the question:
New YORK Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24

cute the offender for violation or the
civ ordinance; still, he had no desire
TO ppear eccentric, SO eventually ne
wrote to the avenue resident as FOL
lows:
Slr.--f beg to inform you that !
found the inclosed envelope on my
lawn this morning, together with q
shirt.waist box addressed to your wife,
a bunch of excelsior and other litter.
/ will thank you IL you win make some
other disposition of your trash than
dumping it on my premises. 1t is an
~inexcusable nuisance and n which
[ have no intention OF tclerating. l
shall not write to you again on the
subject. but IL / am annoyed In the
same way I shall take prompt action
OIL another sort. Obedlently yours"
In due course Of time the citizen re-
ceived the following reply:
Dear Sir-I have to thank you very
heartily for your favor received this
morning. l presume that you did not
look in the envelope you so kindly re-
stored to me. If you had you would
have found a check payable to bearer,
for 1858, no allusion to which was
made In the letter that accompanied
it. 1t was In payment of a debt that
never expected would be discharged.
and which | had no idea OF pressing.
1t was truly like finding money.
with renewed thanks, am yours
gratefully"
But there was not a word about the
waste paper. The citizen would feel
easier in his mind IL be knew whether
there was really a check In the en-
velope.-Chicago News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
comforttnu.

Apropos OF the amusing little story
In last Sundays Times about the Trisa-
man who arrived the day before his
English friend and his remarks about
Evacuation day, a somewhat similar
incident Is related by a bright young
Hebrew who came oEer from Russia
some time ago and who now speaks
the English language with a particu-
lar correctness and ~iuency, and with
out the trace OK an idiom or dialect.
A fellow citizen only three months
from Erin's isle addressed him thus:
"Say, we're you BORN In this coun-
thry?"
mo. rat; l came from Russia six
years ago."
"Shure, that's wondherfuli You
spake the langwidgs as good az we
dc. "-Exehange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
Deafness Cannot be Cured.

nv local applications a. they cannot reach the 6,a
esssd portion OF the ear, There Is only one way Ia
cure deafness, and that ts by constitutional remedias
De fness 10 caused by aD infafaed condition OF m
mucous lining OF tho Enstachian Tube. When th,s
tube ia infamed you have q rumbitng sound or tn.
perfect hearing, and when IL u entirely closed, Deaf.
ness IL the result. and unless the Inflammation can ~
takea out and this tubs restores t. its normal con.
d.tion. hearing will be destroyed forever. Nine cases
out OF tea are caused BY CatarFh. whichts nothing bu.
an Initiated condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We VIII give one Hundred Dollars for any csss Of
Deafness caused By cstaFEhl that cannot be cured
nv HATS Catarfh Cure. Send for circulars, free,
F. j. CHENEY d CO., Ioasao, o,
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family PMS are the best. -
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
New Order.

But the germ theory changed anr
thing.
Now the wise man bullded his house
on the sand.
"For," said he, good drainage 10
about the main thing"
II was the fool who builded on the
rock. For the fool said in his heart
there IS nc bacillus.
And the storms came and went and
the wise man was none the worse, but
the fool dwelt in the midst Of stag
nant pools. and knew not health In the
true scientific sense.-Puck.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24

these daysf The average man is not
the intellectual equal OF a Miss Faw.
cett.
The real handicaps ONE suffer
ars domestic. They have to keep the
home beautiful while their husbands
are striving after those triumphs
which may mean Immortality. There
10 one thing, at any rate, that the
progress OF women has proved, and
that is that the larger the voice wo-
men have In affairs the higher are
the moral ideals entertained by the
community.--Boston Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
CpenWork.

The South Sea Islander was LOOKING
at the fashion paper that had bean
cast ashore with the wreck.
"Um." he read. "Openwork waist,
will be more open than ever next sun.
mer."
The South Sea Islander reiectivsly
looked at his wife as she split the
wood.
GOSH" he murmured, "if this thins
keeps on she'll soon be so stylish that
thsre1l be no living in the same hut
with her.s-New York Sun.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
The 7eclpe Habit.

"I think those neighbors are real
mean said Mrs. Bliggins.
whats the trouble?" asked her
husband.
you know our Marguerite doesn't
get on in her studies very we'll and
their Aathilde is always at the head
of the class"
What of THAR"
"They wouldn't tell me what par
ticular sort OK brain.producing patent
food they gave to their children
Washington Star.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
The way Of II.

~of course we've abandoned tina AZ
surd idea that the king can 90 nv
wrong"
"Oh, I don't know. In title-worsn,v
ing circles OF society they seem 70 ~A'
the same old view OF It."
whats that?"
Merely that II isn't wrong II w
king does it."-Chicago Post
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
ln Famous MILWAUKEE,.

Senator Spooner relates a con'u
sation he heard last summer IN
street car In Milwaukee.
"Do you have pale beer at nom'.
asked a young lady Of her comp
ion.
"oh, no." replied the other. 49,
always gets his bottled-"--New foi'
Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
with an ~Analomaniac.

WtIn an HH9iDiH1ih@
Have you been TO the art exnipi''
Its such a bore"
"Do you like billiardsf"
They're such a bore"
"Golf2"
awful bore"
"Polo?'
Bore"
what do you think Of horse rao
ing?"
Its such a beastly bore"
"Have you seen them drilling rocn
on the subway"
'It's such a b-eh?"-NeW i",
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
Had Plenty.

E11 D rierry.
"yassuh," said Unc' Nose. Lille
Hosstut done got smaht down ter de
'tracted meetin' las night, an day
pfntedly iected 'ia FUN Dc church
dat wat dey do"
"Not old Deacon Tije7- says the
listener.
"yassuh. OIL reason Lie Hossfui-
ynssuh."
"Why, I thought he was one OF the
pillars OF the church"
'Rsclsa be war. but he amt NO
mo-"
''gg'hat must have been a great take
&owA for him. Wasn't he put cut q
great deal vcr nj"
mo. sub. not or great dead. Deg
once seemed ter sa'rfy im."--Judge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24

The daily newspapers OF the United
States use In . yea SO $4,000 worth
OF paper: In weight nearly 100, 900 eco
pounds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24
When Patriotism Strikes IN.

Congressman Mcclellan has oeeI
maker Of epigrams ever since
re~portorial days. Here is his lates''
Patriotism that doesn't maks
man an oficeholder makes him -
patriotic."-New York Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24

Painting and decorating done nsss
y the young lady said when 2
tered her boudoir.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24

The gentlemen with O eleven bsos
usually travels with the man who has
o c1cysa breath.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24

osick . often depends % On.
knowledge Of how long IT takes to no
eesa.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-24

I pursua
mraissioi
,ski and
"a mott
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IN motto
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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-03
THE SALARY OF A
MINISTER.

There has been good deal of talk
about Rev. DR.. Lorimer's salary.
He breaches in New York. Boston
wanted him, having had taste of
his efficiency, and offered him $780,
600 n year and Il parsonage that is
anything but a shack.
1t is a high.water mark salary, and
causes discussion because there are
people who do not believe that II
minister of the gospel should allow
money to determine his location, or
that any minister should be paid
800 a week.
There is u business side to it.
Even in churches the public gets
about what it pays for. A $500
preacher is seldom worth much
more to his congregation. He may
be good man, and indeed may be
impelled by fine motives, but he
lacks the mysterious something that
fills the pews, charges the very air
with electricity and makes the peo-
pie treasure his words and support
his projects.
There are preachers who would be
chem at 100000, and others who
would be expensive at $500. In this
age the successful preacher is very
much a business man. He makes
friends as easily as does drummer.
He is a good mixer. He has a
hearty way about him that draws
people to him. He has not Il thing
in common with the dry-as-dust
preachers, who, seventy-five years
ago scared their congregations half
to death, and believed that smiles
were species of sin and laughter an
abomination.
The up-to-date preacher of this age
can talk politics as we'll as religion.
He is practical. He gets well into
the lives of his Pensioners. He
likes sport of the honest, manly
kinds; he refuses to be small in any
way. He is IL good friend as we'll as
a leader. He has a keen mind, and
when he talks he says things that
prove that he has been thinking.
You can not fix the value of that
kind of a minister. He is worth
whatever a church can afford to pay
him, and if the sum is 100000 there
isn't shadow of doubt that he will
do his community $4,000 worth of
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-03
SMASHING THE WASHER.

The New Yorker, who, seeing q
man beside him in car making
gOo-goo eyes and chirruping at IL
understanding young woman across
the aisle, arose in his chivalry and
struck him on the jaw, and learned
in police court that the "maSher''
was the Notwithstanding young wO-
mans husband, was not so much
of Don QuiXote as the papers trit d
to make him appear.
One need not be a Don QuiXOte not
to suspect, when man makes GOO
goo eyes at woman in public, that
the woman is his wife.
That she is the mans wife does
not naturally follow at all. Quite
the contrary.
The chivalrous New Yorker made
a mistake, it is admitted, but it is a
mistake that would not be likely to
happen more than once in a million
goo-goo cases. 1t was the rarest
accident that the woman was the
goo-goo mans wife.
And a good many people will be
unable to see that this peculiar de-
velopment helps the matter very
much.
For a man to make goo-goo eyes in
a car at a woman not his wife is bad
enough. He deserves to be hit on
the jaw. But what shall be said Of
the still silffer man who in public
place makes goO-goo eyes at his own
wife?
Certainly that is overstepping the
limit. He puts his wife in doubt
full attitude in the eyes of the rub
bering" fellow passengers, and, if
the truth were known to them, he
would be placing himself in the atti-
tude of an undoubted ass.
A man owes respectful attention to
his wife at all times, and making
goo-goo eyes at her in public is not
respectful. The relations of the pair
are pretty sure to be misinterpreted,
as the chivalrOus crack in the jaw in
this particular case attests.
Admitted that a man who makes
goo-goo eyes in car at a woman
not his wife deserves to be hit in the
jaw, how is it to be determined in
advance of the hit whether the wo-
man is the mans wife or not?
OF course, the chances are a mill
ion to one that she is not, but if it
turns out that she is, then what?
Really, it makes little difference.
1t is safe chance to take.
And if she should chance to prove
to be his wife, why-hit him again!
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-03
The PnMer of Money.

The reported threat of Jewish
financiers to retaliate upon Russian
stocks for the persecution of their
brethren recalls Bismarck's surren-
der before a similar menace. 1t was
in 1886, when the Prussian govern
ment demanded an indemnity of
$25, OOO,O 900 from the city of Frankfort.
The head of the house of ROthschild
there sent word to Bismarck that If
an attempt were made to enforce the
levy the Rothschilds would break
every bank Ia Berlin. Knowing the
power behind the threat. the man of
blood and iron yielded.-Chicago
News,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-03
TO Exchange for Business
Property.

FINE plastered S-room house. 81.
acres bearing orange grove and small
tenant house-in all 1871, acres of
lanu-in village of Barlow, city
water, electric lights in house, want
20 exchange this fine bearing grove
Ior business property i'm Palatka
Price 5000, free and clear. Address
box 32S, Barlow, Fla. 5SI tss
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-03
F. E G, RAILWAY NOTICE

In order to make connection at Orange
City Junction with Atlantic Coast line
train No 50, the trains operated on the
orange City branch known as Nos. 3 and
viii run on the following schedule com
meneing Monday, May Attn, 1908:
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-03

MALE HELP.-Men-opr n,r.
. rated catalogue explains how we
teseh barber trade In short time
n 5lSllea nee Moler College, New
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-03
IN COURT or COUNTY JUDGE, |
IN PROBATE.

In matter OF estate VIM p. Wright intes'''''
deceased. .,.te
a Suggestion Of insolvency Of said est t.ss
having been made by Henry strunE, ao .n,snns
traitor, Il Is ! ereby ordered that an pSnDsar
having claims against said estate 40 ~ al
and hle the same With the County Syufy oil
l0o8. N. /. COKE, County 5uutS
Palatka, Florida, January 9Th 1875
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-03
European Restaurant.
Furnished RoOoms,
Hot and Cold Baths
ROBERT JAMES
Successor to chas. Kupperbuschl
PALATKA. FLORIDA
PILES (uRED.

DIR Niles Pile Cure will cure all forms
OF Piles, and is sold and guaranteed "
Lound's Drug Store, Crescent City, fiS'
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-03

A. S. WILLARD.
Tar Collector PuRsn County,