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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
4 u.aconfe Correspondence.

Ii il said that the celebrated German
theologian, Schleiermacher, was rather
inclined To save than TO spend money.
He was at one time quite III and sent
for a renowned physician, DIR. Crate,
who was court physician at the time
and whose son became the great ocu-
list Schleiermacher recovered, and
when fully restored TO health he sent
polite note to DIR. Crate, expressing
his gratitude and inclosing 4 louis
dor, begging the physician to accept
this small sum as a token of his APP
probation of the services which had
been rendered him.
The following day he received his
gold pieces again. accompanied by the
following laconic note from the great
physician: The poor l cure for moth
ing. The well to do pay me according
TO the regular medicine tax The
rich reward me lavishly, according as
II suits their pleasurew
Thereupon the clergyman sat down
and sent DIR. Crate this still more Ia
comic answer: The louis dor are
received back with gratitude. The
poor Schleiermacher!"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
JACK TAR'S SPREE.

The Second section of 1t Cost Less
Than the First.
In the Sailors home in Brooklyn the
navy boys deposit for safe keeping In
the course of year many thousands
Of dollars. Some time ago one Of them
after being paid off at the end of his
enlistment had $700. which he deposit
ed with the superintendent of the home
all but $50, with which he intended
to have good time. Along toward
midnight he returned in a hilarious
condition and asked for $50 more.
The superintendent handed him two
one dollar bills, and the sailor went
Off apparently satisfied. The following
morning he dropped In and requested
the superintendent to give him the bal
ance of his money. as he was going
home. The superintendent offered him
SEAS.
mo" said the sailor; I'm not that
kind of chap. don't want to cheat
you out of S4S. I drew 500 from you
last night, and you've paid me $48 too
much"
You're mistaken" said the superin-
tendent. "When you came the second
time gave you only 81, and this II the
balance due you"
~All right. governor replied the Jack
tar. "But. would you believe It, had
Just as much fun on that 81 as II It had
been $5Or'-New York Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
Memorial Day Proclamation.

AT the request of General Crocker
Post No. 20, G.. A. r., the City Of Web
ster will take charge of the exc rcises
and the due observation of Memorial
day, May Both, 1905.
Therefore /, as mayor of the City of
Webster, do hereby proclaim that said
day be observed at the City of Webster,
South Dakota, by the citizens thereof
with due respect to our nations heroes
that the sacred memory of those who
sacrificed their lives in the defense of
home and the preservation of free and
undivided nation may be honored, with
all due respect, and that all games be
dispensed with upon said day.
All citizens of Webster and vicinity
are requested to meet at the opera
house in said city on the 10Th day Of
May, 1905, at the hour of o'clock p. M
to appoint all committees necessary and
requisite to take charge of the exercises
and ceremonies upon Memorial day.
Done at the mayors Office in the City
OF Webster, South Dakota, this 9Th day
of May, 1905.
l.. H. Woodwork,
Mayor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
Peter Fiksdal and Ole Haugen were

Peter Fiksdal and Ole Haugen were
ont at Enemy Swim last Sunday and
the waves being too rough for a row
boat they improvised a sail for the
occasion. Everything went all right
until they got nearly across the lake,
just beyond what is known as "Stony
Island, here they decided to turn and
go back, but when they attempted to
turn their craft around it tipped over
and they were thrown into the lake.
Here is where the hard part af il came
Haugen could not swim stroke. There
was no use to remain there waiting for
some one to come for them as no boat
would venture out in that wind. After
some discussion Fiksdal got Haugen on
his back and swan about three hundred
yards to the shore. The boys got
rather cold from their ducking, bnt as
they had to take four mile walk to
get back to the boarding house they
were warmed up some,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11

Into a bag that will hold four or FIVE
quarts pour three quarts of dried beans
or peas and in their midst hide a ring.
thimble and brass button
Have ready a bright tin cup and
take out a cupful of beans, which must
be emptied into a plate.
If either girl or boy finds the
ring in her or his beans 1t is a sign
of an early marriage. If a, girl gets the
thimble she will be an old maid, and
when the thimble falls to the lot of the
boy he will marry an old maid. says
Home Notes.
The brass button in a girls cup Of
beans denotes that she will marry a
widower, but in boys cup 1t is bach
elor's button and shows that he will be
bachelor all his life and sew his but
tons on himself
Eacn player can have only one trial,
and IL only beans fall to her share 1t
signifies that her fate is still unde-
cided.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
Gastric and H.rvo.. vertigo.

The most common forms Of vertigo
are the gastric and the nervous. Gas
trtc vertigo IL sometimes induced BY q
very slight disorder Of the stomach.
The patient may feel a sudden swim
ming at the bead; objects may seem to
revolve; he totters and perhaps falls.
There may be nausea. faintness, head
ache, visual Authorizations and buzz-
ing In the ears, but there Is no deaf
ness nor any danger of loss Of con-
sciousness. Gastric vertigo is cured
by treatment directed to the cause.
Nervous vertigo may come from
nervous exhaustion resulting from va.
rious causes-intellectual strain or an
immoderate use Of tobacco, alcohol or
tea. The symptoms are much the same
as In gastric vertigo. They are felt
strongly IN an elevated positiOn-by
the preacher in the pulpit or the speak.
er on the platform. As In gastric yer.
tigo. the treatment must be directed
to the cause. But patients need not
fear an attack of paralysis or of apo
pleXy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
A TEST OF RE AIDING.
With How Many of These Authors
Ara You Acquaintedf

with How Many of These Authors
Ara You Acquaintedf
Let him who pretends to be master
of English letters say whether he has
read the prose works Of Milton and of
Dryden. Has he first hand knowledge
of the Elizabethan dramatists other
than Shakespeare? Has he really pc
rused all of Edmund Sponsors poetry?
What does he know from his own read
ing of the Advancement of Learn
ingT Has he read all of Sir Thomas
Brownies prose and John Donne's po-
etry? And the great English pulpit
orators Jeremy Taylor, Fuller, South
and Barrow-has he mastered their ser
mons?
Can he truthfully testify that he
knows all of Swift, Johnson and
Burke, all of Bishop Berkeley, Daniel
Defoe, the novels of Richardson, Field
ing, Smollett and Sterne, the histories
of Hume, Robertson and Gibbon and
also Humes philosophical essays, the
prose of Coleridge, Wordsworth's "EX-
cursion." all of Shelley, Jane Austens,
Maria Edgeworths and Disraelps nov
els? These are English classics. books
which no gentleman's library should
be without and with the contents Of
which a well read man ought to be ac-
quainted.
One would wager much against little
that the ordinary man who calls him
self well read has not read 30 per cent
Of the classics here enumerated.-San
Francisco Bulletin
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
London Loo and Oar. Base.

London loo is easily understood and
is played thus: All the children are at
one end of the yard, which is one goal
At the other end is another goal. The
child who is it stands halfway be-
tween the goals and calls out Lon.
DOM The others call "Loov' and run
toward the opposite goal.
All who are tagged have to help the
one who is lit" by tagging the others.
The last child caught is 'it' for new
game.
Dare base is another tag game, lit
tie harder than the others
AT each end of the yard is goal.
Midway between draw line, which is
dare base. A child or catcher Is at
each end of the dare base. At signal
the children pass from one goal to the
other, and those who are tagged as
they pass over the dare base become
catchers with the others. SO on till all
are caught.
After the children cross the dare base
they are safe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
Mccormick. Brass Nuptials.

Last Thursday evening in this city
occurred the wedding of Mr.. j. E.
Mccormick and Miss Name Brass, the
Rev. Father Mensing performing the
ceremony in the presence of the MEM
bers of the immediate families of the
contracting parties and few intimate
friends. The bridal couple departing
that evening for Minneapolis and st.
Paul where they spent the first week of
their married happiness.
J. E. Mccormick, or ed" as he is
better known in this city, is one of our
most popular young men. He has
grown to manhood in this city and
numbers his friends by the number of
our inhabitants. He is the assistant
cashier of the Security Bank of Web
ster, which position he has held for the
part three years. He is able, affable,
competent, of the best morals and of
that happy and frank disposition that
makes for him friends of all.
Miss Name Brass came TO Webster a
few years since and Immediately became
one of Webster's most popular young
ladies. She is a young woman of many
accomplishments, pleasing appearance
and happy and open disposition that
endeared her to all our young people.
During her residence here the young
lady, who is very clever musician, has
been the organist for the Catholic
church, and has been one of the great
favorites at all of the local musical
events.
The young people begin life with the
best of prospects and the best wishes
of all our people for their future happi-
ness and prosperity.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
LYNN p. o.

Lage Iversen came up from Bristol to
work for p J. Alsager.
Lauritz Nygaard, of Pierpont, was
visiting our little town last Monday.
Mrs. Ole Williamson's mother is here
visiting. Her home is in Minnesota
Miss Mary Ehassen went to Aberdeen
last Saturday to finish her studies in
sewing.
We had the first hail of the year last
week, which did some damage in this
vicinity.
Buttermaker John Becht, of Bristol,
was here last Thursday with a travel
ing man.
Miss Olson, the school teacher in this
district, spent Thursday with the Paul
SON family.
Miss Christine Amundson went to
Webster last Monday to work at the
Commercial hotel.
Olaf Grue went up to the reservation
last week with Miss Olsen. who is going
to teach school there.
Don't forget our nth of May cele-
bration. The Pierpont band and the
Jensen quartette will entertain.
Jens Aarness left here May LIST to take
charge of the Lily creamery. Jens is q
good boy and we wish him success and
good luck at his new station.
There will be confirmation services in
the Tabor chuuch next Sunday, May
IA Clara Olsen, SofaT winreim, Emma
Bergersen, Martin McCarlsen, Selmer
McCarlsen, Julius Alsager, Gerhard
Amundsen and Robert Nartvedt are the
class.
Last Monday morning Peder J.
Alsager met with m accident while
taking skimmed milk at the creamery.
His team became frightened and started
suddenly throwing the gentleman out
of the wagon on his head. He was
taken TO the Blegen home where he was
cared for until he. was in condition to
be taken home. DR.. Kjerland was
called.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11

when people lose their taste,' said
a physician, they retain their old likes
and dislikes Just the same Miss Smith.
for instance, can't tell slice Of roast
beef from a fried onion, but she dis
liked onions before her taste went, and
therefore she won't eat them now.
People lose their taste through severe
illnesses. and with the loss Of taste the
loss Of smell nearly always goes; hence
queer. cruel practical jokes. ! know 4
woman without smell to whom q pint
Of onion Juice was sent In q cologne
bottle. She deluged herself with this
onion Juice and appeared In Z crowded
heated ballroom.
ITO man without taste or smell al
eheeses must be alike, Jet old BROWN
low won't touch llmbureer. He says II
would make him III and probably II
would. It n very odd to hear these a.
6cisnt people praising and condsmning
food and drink They do It. though.
They do II ~ heartily - you Or L
have seen cid Brownlow send away b
l1sgust glass Of white wine. claiming
4 was corked. while at The same tims
b ate calmly an addlsd eeg"-Balti-
a0re Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11

What black thing enlightens the
world? Ink
Name something with two heads and
one body. A barrel.
Why is bread like the sun? Because
1t rises from the yeast.
II you were to ride donkey, what
fruit would you resemble? A pair.
What is that which is heightened by
being cut at both ends? A ditch.
What coat is finished without buttons
and put on wet? A coat of paint.
Why can't King Edward be buried In
Scotland? Because he isn't dead.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11

1t is foolish notion to suppose that
the ringing of bells or hanging Of tin
pans will cause a swarm Of bees to set
tie. The real origin of this custom
dated back to the reign of Alfred the
Great, who, in order to prevent dis
putes regarding the ownership Of a
swarm, ordered that the owner should
always ring a bell when his bees
swarmed, and ever since then the good
farmers wife has been rushing out
with ringing bells whenever the bees
swarmed, and the fact that they set
tied verified, In her own mind, the be
lief that the bell did IT,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
Dry Humor.

An eastern rheumatic who was visit
ing In southern Arizona was asked by
the editor of one OF the local dailies
what he thought of that country.
Wonderful dry air." said the inva-
lid.
Eyes, everything Is always as dry as
dust out here" said the editor. by the
way, while you're stopping here for
your health you ought to let me send
you my paper"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11

yesterday bought" writes q CORE
spondent. '-soms black Jet buttons, and
when I got home found on the card,
Best Australian Mako took q PEN
ell to write In my account book. !
found II had 70. 8. A. upon Il ]
sharpsned the point and on the sharp
snse was New York ! got cut .
match to light ths lamp. and on the
box was Made IN Sweden 1T the
lamp and found on II, Made in Bavs-
H. and % on and 20 on-"-London
Tslegaph-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11

Young man." asked the girls ia
ther, have you any visible means Of
supportY'
"why-aw-none that are visible to
the naked eye" replied the young
man hesitat1ngiy. II am one Of the
microbe specialists Of the health de-
partment- Chicago Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11
SEEDS! SEEDS!

Timothy, millet, bromus menus, red
top, rape, oats, alphalpha and garden
seeds all fresh and pure.
Jens Peterson & Company.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-11

Baxter-Masrisd ME isn't what II
used to b. cissoa-Yeu'rs hight thera.
Hincs the kitchen stuvs has bssa sup
planted By . sas ranos tAsrSs no such
thing - lying IN bed IN ths morning,
soothsd By the sweet thought hat yocr
wife y At WORK building the nre-Bcs-
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-17

scenery and the dccayed ruins OF elete
nlonarohes when our own great coun
try affords the most sublime naturA
spectaces On the face Of The globe, aho
when we may. by a few days travel
be afforded a glimpse Of an empire
magnificent and powerful beyond t1.e
widest dreams OF a Caesar or an Ale X
sndor, don't say that the other IS
not very we'll in It's way, and we may
DO ii some time, hut let's take west
ern trip first and get realization o.
what Americans have to he proud OIL
Il thinl; there's a good deal OF sense
in that. agreed Mrs Widderpool = IN
sure Id just as soon 80 west-ahu
sooner, II will be mora comfortable
travelling. know that"
Think Of the romance of the west
said Widderpool. Can the old world
show anything like Il? Think ct the
pfeat canyons. the forests and prairie5
IN tell you, Wen 80 10 California and
then 80 north clear up 70 Seattle ~
firing home some railway folders anc
we'll fix UP route.
lie ala 50. and he aud Mrs Wilder
p8ol saturated themselves with Bret
Narte Joaquin Miller and the wesi
ihoroughly for a .wsek Or two, Thea
Viddclpool began "a have his mlsgiy
iags Il don't know why the greal
idea Of a vacation should be JUST to see
something, he said = think what W
need Is a rest. dont know that there
would be anything the matter with
lake resort some place where thert
is something going on once in awhih
and where there's fishing and SOM
Ieasant drives There's no reason
Why we should kin ourselves runniat
ell over creation"
Mrs. Whimsap said they had per
factly deli ghtful time al Washington
Strings last summer, said Mrs VIE
ierpool She's going again, she saws
and I told her thai we might possibly
so along, too. was intending TO speak
b you about II
"Tha might be nrst rae, said Wild
arpool. THE Whimsaps are pretty
GOOD people our kind. Where is this
alace?'
Another week went by in the beatiic
contemplation of various terrestrial
/ Daradises, Several fiual decisions were
made and then Widderpooi said be
thought there was too much society
business and white duck trousers about
these summer resorts anyway What
lie wanted was to puy on an old flannel
hirt and get down close to nature
/ He had a scheme OF an automobile TRIP
with a portable shelter tent aud camr
outdt-just nowhere in particular
Wen be irresponsible yagabouds for
few weeks" he said Gypsy alone
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-17

guides Yog know precisely what yoa
are up against"
4 think If could see The pyramids
should De- perfectly happy" said Mrs
Widderrooi. enthusiastically lets
go Tom"
An right said Widderpool wen
20. That's decided and OF our minds
Shortly after be rose and. running
uis eye along the shelves Of a hook
raso. pulled ont Richardson Travels
Along The Mediterranean. oNtracf7
rom which be read aloud TO Mrs Wid
icrpuol The neat morning he called
at the steamship AGENT and got =
large bundle Of literature. the DO
rusal Of which occupied them a week.
They traversed IN imagination all the
hoiy places with a solemn and exalted
trtcrcs.. they studied Egyptian dyuas
lies and mytholegv They rocked co.
iaucy in Me daAabeahs and saw thu
pregline brown sails of the feliccas
efiedel in the walters Vi he Mediter
Ianeau
Il vas beautiful while II lasted, but
uOt long after Widderpool met Iaar
Nhu had been 10 the Yellowstone.
III rs one uf cur national follies. hf
-aid that ening. ~ 80 treps1ing en-
. a-rcss +ts seas e. zzs tr---ai tc-s-z1
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-17

And, her companion pursued with
SOW elaboration do you-since you
ara such a student of human nature
suppose she connded entirely in her
good little man told him how near
she had come 10 wrecking her life2'
Possibly probably. Ii so ii Is GER
tar. he wept over her woes and quite
tailed to see she had been wrong, be-
cause. Of course, in his eyes it was IN
thinkable she could be. Had he not
been little
"Well--had he mott"
cit would have depended on the
measure of his greatness whether she
told him or not"
"sue'-he turned on her with an
abrupt change of subjeet-"why did
you marry me?"
why"
let me have the reason, once for
al. be the consequences what they
may. The question comes between me
and my work. between me and every
thing, and can find no answer TO it,.
you don't spend your money like other
women of your Glasgow care moth
ING, apparently. for the Injuries ID
places within your reach"
You think IL was for your wealth
You think that"
But what then? What else, since it
Is certain you do not and never dil
love me?"
And if il were true Did you no.
neta my title--my connections-to-
to-"
"Burnlsh my plebeian gold and cloab
M obscure origin he concluded a-
she broke off sobbingly. Is thai what
you would say Has the result justl-
fed the accusation, Sue Have made
use Of these things, altered my life III
any way"
They said"
If they said anything but that |
Flowed you with all my heart and soul
ana strength. Sue-with every fiber o.
my being-they lied"
he was staring straight before him
his face stern and set. and for a mo
mtnt two destinies trembled in the
balance.
"Then. is The past tense inevitable
she whispered Have not you, 100.
believed What they -aid%"
Her hand touched his. 10 be instant
~ covered. ciasped ia 4 grip that was
gH-Her enough
'Then ii was not jack or auorher2'
"Are You great man. Edward o."
His eyes searched hers and drew
content from their clear gray depths
Perhaps, if there we're need. But
7 there IL none.
"No. there j. none Edward the fog
1 Is lifting"
"And the sun is shiu:as be said.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-17
Age aud Brain Work.

The belief % Sir James Crichton-
Browne that brain workers achieve
heir best work 10 later middle age IS
easily confirmed by glancirg at the
careers Of a few % the grand old men
who are siill with US many II whom
are a. busy a. iu their younger days.
Lord Roberts 81 - is still worm E5,V59
yssi ~ TIE nation as OLz VI our ia
penal defenders. Lord Kelvin Al q nay
sLsItleuz WlLb further genzIali cations o.
the mysteries VI science SIT William
Huggils a. TIE same age still explores
intsIstellar spaces. while the activity u
the cef0geusrisn duke II Kirkland and
Lord Wemyss is a. effective as ever in
prsservirz she privileges of cur old 70
.t-.-Lo-6o1 CL-orIo-e.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-17
LAST NIGHT.


Across the graz Of last nights skies
The stars like white narcissus clung,
And, sweetheart, mirrofed II your eyes
The halo Of their glory hung,
While lar and wide the moonl ight nuhs'
And somewhere in our world apart,
A mockers sudden music swung
Last night sweetheart
The song below, Che stars above,
Seemed but to meet ana me!t INTO
silver symphony Of love,
That thrilled our listening senses
through
And close within my arms, you Knew
The depth OF each urspoken thought,
White life for me held only you--
Last night. sweetheart.
And. oh can there be more man TINS
Beyond the mystery Of the skies
A heaven swceter than your KISS
An Eden dearer than your eyes
am not good nor great nor wise.
And vet, by some strange chance FATE
wrought
! found the way TO paradise
Last night, svee heart.
L Bentley. IN A. o Times Democrat,