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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28
HOME NEWS.
All About Webster, Her People
And Her Visitors.


Fiksdal makes the best photos.
Get your fuel OF Potter q GarrIck.
Go TO Johnson for your photos.
M. A. Thul was a visitor from Wan
bay.
All our dealess have plenty OF fuel
now.
Potter & Garrick will grind your
feed.
A regular dinner at Mahaney's at all
hours.
J. w. Herold was here from waubay
Thursday.
school opens again next Tuesday
morning.
All kinds OF set rings at Harris Jew
elry store.
For abstracts of title call on Carl
Malmberg
Jack Rommel was a visitor in Wan.
bay Tuesday
Try the bowling alley under the new
management.
T. Holmquist was in Webster on bus
mess Saturday.
If You wish a loan Call on the First
National bank.
January /, 1906, is the date of the
Firemen's ball.
Edward Larson was a visitor from
Waubay Tuesday.
Straight body maple, dry ald sound,
az Wearne's yard.
G. b. Knott was here from Bristol on
Business Saturday.
All kinds of watch work done at
Harris the jeweler.
Andrew Sandvig transacted business
in Bristol Wednesday.
Oscar Grue and WIFE spent Christmas
with Bristol relatives
Johnson is the place to get
your photos taken.
nnrts Jewelry store Is the place to
get hand painted china.
Frank Sears was attorney in a law
snit at Summit Friday.
Charles Anderson was here from tie
city Of that name Friday.
j. 0. Gullander was down from Bris
tol between trains Friday.
Mrs w. 9. Kendall visited with
Wanbay friends Saturday.
Z. II. Compton, Of Plerpout, was in
this city on business today.
Chas. Johnson handles only the best
vines, whiskeys and cigars.
The Imperial orchestra plays for the
Firemen's dance January /.
Miss Edith Perkins, of Holmquist.
was a visitor here Saturday.
II you are dry go to Chas. Johnson's
that's the best place in town. :
Show the proper spirit and attend
me ~flrealen's ball January /. !,
Masenss. oin~as and jewelsy Of all /
kinds, at Harris jewelry store.
John Heydl uff, OF verdon, ransac- {
ted business in this city today.
G. w. Anderson went 70 Minneapolis
ia business Wednesday night. /
George Perry came Saturday night to
spend Christmas with friends.
A. J.. Hilton, OF Audover, was a !
visitor in Webster "Wednesday. Y
That Minneapolis beer sold b. Cllas
johnson is the best on draught. L
Jap Fullmer was over from Wanbay !
for 4 day last week on business.
Our engraving is as fine as you can {
get anywhere. Hart the jeweler. 4
George Kennedy. Of Holmquist, was
4 business visitor ia Webster today. }
Mr. and Mrs. Christian are ut home
in the rooms over the Security bank.
Mr.. fireman, Of Bristol, was . Web
ster visitor Wednesday Of this week.
Edward Block will return 70 his
North Dakota homestead this week.
The only place 10 get good repair
work done y ~ Harris Jewelry store.
Miss Ienn FrosIey spent Christmas
with her parents who reside near Lily
Ma Alma Olson spens Christmas
, 1905-02-15
THEIR SUMMER

BY HERBERT Mob. JOHNSTON
Copyright, 1904, by Herbert Mob. Johnston

phyllis" said l solemnly, d you
know what day this isY'
Friday, Sept. 81" repeated Phyllis
slibly.
YES" said 1, shaking my head trag-
ically-"yes, this is the fated day, the
accursed hour. The time has come
Phyllis laughed. When Phyllis laughs
she prettiest dimples come in her
checks. | have accused her of laughing
Just to bring them there, but h only
laughs the more.
Phyllis" | warned her, those dim
pies"
l think they grew even deeper.
And I'm such II weak one," l MUIR
INJURED t%houghtfully.
Were getting away from the ques-
ton" replied Phyllis, with swift incon-
sequence. what about the dateT
l assumed my most melancholy air.
My eye caught the corner of my pocket
handkerchief, and | pulled it out.
1.-The day of our parting" | replied
briefly, smothering Il pseudo sob.
Phyllis brows met "a a perplexed
frown. a most adorable frown.
Il don't get it," she said.
Its your W doing" | asserted,
throwing the blame on her. ut was en-
tirely your own suggestion, and you
have no n to blame but yourself"
Still Phyllis frowned. 1 know a way
1 could have smoothed out the wrin-
kles.
"Why, our engagement, you know
I insinuated. at was expressly under
stood, | thought, that it was strictly a
summer affair"
At last Phyllis com%prehended. For a
moment | thought she was going to
smile and enjoy the joke, but instead
her eyes grew wide with amaZement,
and her she buried her face in her
handkerchief. There was no mistak-
ing it. The sobs We're too violent to be
anything but genuine.
"Phyllis%' | Intercepted in amaze
ment. phyllis, what is it, dear?"
| don't believe either of us noticed
the last word.
Then she dried her eyes and straight
ened up her head.
81 never thought, Jack" said Phyllis,
with considerable indignation, that
you would have reminded me of it.
, 1905-02-15
figurement through lack of their care.

figurement through lack of their care.
Most of the women and girls in our
land at least profess to hold to IA reli-
gion of some kind; many belong to and
dwell in families where thanks are au-
dibly expressed before each meal. 1t
looks somehow like a very poor way of
showing thankfulness for food to sit
down and partake of it with unkempt
hair and untidy clothing. doesn't it?
Just when a woman's little children
are growing to maturity around her is
the very time when she should set
them an example of neatness in shoes
and stockings, in hair and clothing.
Half an hour spent on herself daily
will keep her trim and tidy, and it will
be the most profitably spent half hour
of the working day. Such trimness and
tidiness in the woman at home is an
absolute necessity to a refined civilian
ton. MARY NJ. BROWN.
, 1905-02-15

mother who lets herself run to seed
and become a SLOUGH can retain the re-
spect of either husband or children.
Many IA man has been turned away
from his wife simply because she neg
lected her teeth. | remember the hor-
ror with which as a child l regarded a
woman relative who used sometimes
to appear before us young ones without
her artificial teeth. Her mouth made
me actually shudder with repulsion.
The recollection of that makes me i'm
agine how unpleasant 1t must be to live
In the same house with a woman who
lets her teeth CO." as they say. Amer
lea is full of the best dentists on earth,
and there is no excuse for. facial dis
, 1905-02-15
Tracc Your FnmilE Tree

\ pleasant pastime = literally - for
those who have no more pressing du-
ties and wish to get outside their en-
vironment at least in thought will open
up before her who begins to mount a
family tree. Tracing ones genealogy
may become-probably will become
a matter of absorbing amusement and
attention. for it entails a thread gath
cred up here, dropped there, a letter
to write, a book to read, a register to
consult. To the self absorbed, the de
spondent, the l~istless, one may RECON-
mend this diversion as certain to suit
even rather morbid conditions of tenn
permanent and yet as certain to gently
force the mind away from itself to 9th
er persons and things in opening up a
wider and wider field of reflection.
, 1905-02-15
THE FLAMINGO AT HOME.
Observation Has Proved That Both
Male and III Incubate.

Apparently two factors enter into the
1amingOes' type of architecture-they
must build where there is mud and at
the same time erect a structure high
enough to protect its contents from
any normal rise in the water due to
tides or rainfall.
After watching a nesting colony OF
lamingoes in the Bahamas for nearly
an hour" at Il distance of 100 yarus
Sir Henry Blake stated that the fe-
males sat upon the nests, while the
males stood up together, evidently near
by. My dissections. however, shower
that both sexes incubate, while conuh-
ued observation from the tent revealed
the presence of only one bird OF the
pair in the rookery at the same time
The bird on the nest was relieved late
in the afternoon and early in the morn
ing. The one, therefore. which hcu-
bated during the day fed at night, anu
his or her place was taken by another
which had been feeding during the
day, or, as Peter put it, Il do INK
sir, dat when de lady fillymingo leave
de nest den de gentleman fillymlnso
take her place, sir; yes, sir"
Morning and evening, then. there was
much activity in the rookery. Single
girds or files of as many as fifty Welo
almost constantly arriving and depart
ing, coming from and radiating to eF-
cry point of the compass.
Flamingoes in flight resemble no otn,
er bird known to me. With legs anu
neck fully o~utstretched and the con-
paratively small wings set halfway DC.
tween bill and toes, they look as II tney
might lily backward or forward VIII
equal ease. They progress more rapid
ly than a heron and when hurried ny
with a singular serpentine motion VI
the neck and body, as if they "ei0
crawling in the air.-Century.
, 1905-02-15
The Sunshine of Spring.

The salve that cures without a scar is
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Cuts,
burns, boils, bruises and piles disappear
before the use of this salve as snow be-
fore the sunshine of spring. Miss H. NJ.
Middleton, Thebes, Ill. says: 81 was
seriously afflicted with a fever sore that
was very painful. DeWitt's Witch Ha-
eel Salve cured me in less than a week.
Sold by Davis, the druggist.
, 1905-02-15
NEATNESS.
Twins Who Do Not Seem to beiohs
to the Same Family.

tO the same hhaii
Alma and Alice are twin sisters. 1hey
have a small cottage in the country anu
live together. They keep a COW ana
chickens and do nearly all their own
work indoor and u 1t is not very
heavy, not ever the care of the pretty
little cow. Alma attends to the COW
and chickens usually, while in the OIL
vision of labor the housework largely
falls to Alice, because she prefers II.
In the morning both rise at the same
time, early, of course. Alice makes the
fire and prepares the breakfast. Alma
milks the COW and feeds the chickens.
At breakfast time they sit opposite
each other at the table, partak1ng OF
the delicious puffy rice cakes and maple
sirup, fresh eggs and fragrant
Alice's handy fingers have conjured up.
Alice is a boss cook, no mistake.
But, although the twins are about of
the same height, breadth and thick
ness, although both have dark hair, a
little sprinklei with gray, and dark
eyes,, you would never guess they be-
longed to the same family. Alice looks
certainly ten years older than Alma.
Although the morning task OF Alma
has been more difficult tina that OF
Alice and has taken more time, yet
Alma sits there nea as a pin, for all
the world as though she was dressed
e. IT,. III. les aAranhn1 and
done up in a tidy manner. She has
deftly slipped off her o%vershoes and
big overall milking apron and sits
dainty and erect in a well made house
dress, with pretty cuffs of the same
material and having a white rufie at
the neck. In brief, Alma looks like a
lady, as she is, every inch of her,
though she does work for her living
a living obtained from the proceeds of
a COW and a chicken yard.
Now look at Alice.
Alice has sat down to that delicious
breakfast with unkempt hair, tousled
and tumbling about her neck and ears.
1t looks a fright. Alice has mot time
to comb it before breakfast, she says,
though if the early morning hour is
not for the purpose of making oneself
look a respectable human being n
would like to know what it is for,
that's all.
Alice has her sleeves rolled up above
her elbows, and she leans her left ell
bow upon the table and sits sideways.
Her gown is only half closed at the
neck and is wrinkled and unsightly.
She wears her kitchen apron at the
table. and that apron is even not over
clean. Her shoes are united and slip
%perslopper. She is as uninviting an OBJ
ject to sit opposite to at mealtime as
can be imagined, and she is an eyeSore
to her clean and comely sister, who has
demonstrated with her for thirty years
in vain. Alma never looks at her sister
at mealtime.
Il can't bother with little fool
things" says Alice. I've 40 time to
waste in that way. And what differ
ence does it make at home anyway
Just there is where Alice makes the
mistake of her life. How a woman
looks in her own home is really one of
the most important matters in life. No
, 1905-02-15

I DARED TO Z NY AROUND HER.
And on the very day summer is over
too. 1t seems TO me you were in rath-
er a hurry TO lave it ended"
But, Phyllis l Numbered.
YES, but, Phyllis she Knocked me.
Il suppose you were afraid that if it
ran a day over it would mean a renew
al Of the contract, or perhaps you
thought l wouldn't let you out of it.
You needn't have worried, l assure
you"
Phyllis was holding her head very
high. \ sunbeam playing across her
brown hair set it afire. Her eyes need
ed no sunbeam. | never saw Phyllis
look more handsome.
And then, While | grew redder and
more shamefaced, l saw the little viz
en- vas laughing at me.
Jack she said, there's something
/ like about you. l don't know what
it is. | think it must be your family
That set me ON my high horse.
"Ah!" | murmured indifferently.
Good of you, I'm sure. Perhaps you
have wen picked out which one-Fred
or Charlie?'
"I'm not quite sure" said Phyllis
roguishly. The dimples were there
again.
Phyllis" l said, I'm never going tt
ask you to marry me again."
, 1905-02-15
The Wise Worm.

I hate to arise in the morning;
l really do, indeed.
Because l always like to feel
The early bird has had his meal
Before upon the scene l steal
To worm my way into the deal
And get the stuff l need.
, 1905-02-15

Let your wants be known in our
cent-a-word column on the last page
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-06
YOU need SUCH A TONIC
Until Mulls Grape Tonic Was Brought
to America. the Following
Was Incurable.
READ THESE sTATIsTIcs-wE CAN VERIFY THEM:

BILE, terrible piles that kept him In agony
Bowels would not act for days, heart ac-
tlon bad, emaciated, run down and COM
pletely discouraged. He resorted to every
known means, doctors, remedies, baths,
etc, all to no avail. He says: "Soon after
/ started Mulls Grape Tonic my bowels
began to act regularly, the pain left me,
and my general health built up rapidly. /
heartily recommend Ii as an absolute cure,
to which i am a living witness"
These are only a few OF the very worst
cases OF the thousands cured by Mulls
Grape Tonic.
We can cure you, no matter how bad off, an6
to prove II we will send you without cost q
bottle of MulI's Grape Tonic and Instructions
how TO use II. The digestive organs are
strangely subject to the curative power Of
MuiPs Grape Tonic.
There Is no scheme about this, but a fair,
square chance for you to test this grand treat
ment for yourself, In your own home without
cost.
If you have Rheumatism, Stomach. Bow
ell, Kidney, Lung and Heart Trouble, In
digestion, Dyspepsia, cold, fever, dlarrhoea,
loss of sleep and strength, run down, Piles,
appendicitis, ~6stula, bad blood, dizziness,
bad complexion, etc, remember they are
the result OF Constipation, and Mull's.
Grape Tonic will cure you. 1t Is q splen-.
did Tonic, just as DR.. Dill states. Every
body should use 1t. Typhoid fever and
appendicitis are unknown in families
where Mull's Grape Tonic is used. You
need such a Tonic; begin to-day.
Don't wait. but send now for this free
offer and get well. Good for ailing chill
dren and nursing mothers.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-06
Learned to Spell Three Times.

New Orleans Times-Democrat: Think
of a man learning how to spell three
times and then not being able to spell
correctly" said an observant man who
takes an interest In subjects of this sort
and you will have my case summed up
exactly. / am not what you would call
a bad speller by any manner of means.
But / stumble now and then, and stumble
badly. Why is II? 1t is the simplest
thing in the world. 1 grew UP in the
country, attended a country school, and
my first spelling was unde the rules of
the old time school teacher. I learned
how to spell on my feet. X was a curious
fact that for a long time / could not spell
the simplest words unless / stood up.
Standing 1 could spell anything, and, in
fact, was always the winner Of the spell
ing bee. No n could turn me down.
as we used to say In the country. Well,
after this / learned how to spell with my
pencil. All my spelling talent went into
the pencil. My tongue forgot the art.
and whether standing or sitting, / could
not spell a word unless IL belonged TO the
simpler kim without using my pencil.
Now / began to use the typewriter. and
consequently / had to learn how to spell
again. Ask me how TO spell a word now
and / will have to go to the W
unless the word is a very simple one. Nv
tongue O spell IL and my pencil will
refuse to write IL. So 1 have learned to
spell three times, and as / said before. /
am not a good speller yet"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-06
New York's Lost Children.
fANhi NoiSoh haSoNiht.
@ number of children lost in the course

The number of children lost in the course
Of a year varies considerably.
The largest number Of children ever
sheltered at the Central office in the
course OF a year was in 1892, the year OF
the Columbian celebrations. when, during
twelve months, more than 5000 children
were under Mrs. Travers' care.
Fully two-thirds more children are lost
during the summer than during the win
ter, and at the time of the Italian feast
of ST. Rocco, celebrated In June. the press
Of parents waiting on the steps of police
headquarters is so great that, according
TO the officer who tends the door, ''you
have TO drive them down so you can come
up!' Indeed, Italians divide with Jews
the honors of losing their little ones.
About two-thirds of all the children lost
may be safely given TO these two.
But the star day" Of all the year is the
first opening of the public schools, after
the summer vacation. Many little ones
go to school for the first time and are too
small to find their way home at noon: so
the mother doubtless gives the teacher
very explicit directions to keep "Ikey'
or "Rebecca" until her arrival at noon.
Now 10 the bewildered teacher, all pupils,
at first, appear alike, therefore it is not
strange that she falls to remember which
is ito be kept till called for;;' so, when
school is out, many little ones find them
selves in the street. not only totally ignor-
ant OF how TO reach home, but frequently
OF where home is located. They wander
aimlessly about, sometimes covering most
surprising distances, and finally, tired
out and discouraged, they begin to cry.
Here some officer takes a hand and, by
night, the majority of them will be en-
joying the city's hospitality at the central
office.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-06
CHAPTER XXxIv.
HOW 1 MET A GREAT LORD AS
MAN TO MAN.

The room in which / found myself
was the guest chamber, furnished lux
uriously, for that day and place, in
French fashioned mahogany and gilt.
The bed was high and richly %canopied,
as befitted a peers resting place; there
was a square of Turkish drugget on
the floor, a cheerful fire burning in the
chimney arch, and on the small table
whereat the occupant of the guest room
had lately breakfasted, a goodly dis
play of the Ireton silver.
My lord was busy at his writing desk
when l entered; but when he looked
up l saw the light of instant recogni-
tion in his eye. Never, / think, did
another prisoner at the bar strive hard
err to read his sentence in his judges
eyes than / did in that m of
suspense. / liked not much the look
he gave me; but his greeting was af-
fable and kindly enough.
"Ah, Captain Ireton; It's you, Is it?
We are well met, at last. They told me
you were gone to join h rebels, did
they not?"
Here was an opening for a bold man,
and in a flash / came TO the right
about, chnked down the defiance / had
meant to hurl at him, and took quick
counsel of cool audacity.
Indeed, my Lord, / know not what
they have told you In times past, the
king had no truer soldier than I; and
when 1 came across seas twas not to
fight against him. But that / have not
joined the rebels is no fault of GER
tain of your Lordship's officers"
Continued Next Week.l
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-06

Tired, nervous and irritable, the
mother is unfit to care for her chill
dren, and hercondition ruins the child's
disposition and reacts upon herself.
The mother should not be blamed, as
she no doubt is suffering with back
ache, headache, bearing-down pains or
displacement, making life a burden.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the unfailing cure for this
condition. 1t strengthens the female
organs and permanently cures all dis
placements and irregularities.
Such testimony as the following
should convince women of its value:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham
"Iwant TO tell you how much good Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done me.
! suffered for eight years with ovarian
troubles. / was nervous, tired and ir-
ritable, and it did not seem as thought could
stand il any longer, as / had five children to
care for. Lydia f.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound was recommended and it has en-
tirely cured me. cannot thank you enough
for your letter of advice and for what Lydia
T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done
for me. Mrs Phi. Hoffman, 100 Himrod
Street, Brooklyn, N. w
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick women
free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-06

$4,000 people die yearly from the results
OF Constipation and Stomach Troubles and
their attending Ills. Nine In every ten
have 1t. Many don't know 1t, and a good
many who do know 1t neglect It until 1t
is too late. Some get so bad they think
1t is incurable, and then they resort to
the physie or pill habit, where the real
trouble begins. You and i know that
Pills and Physic make US worse, we be-
come a slave to them, and finally they lose
their power and paralysis Of the intestines
occurs, and then slow death.
Now Constipation and Stomach Trouble are
lust as durable as other diseases; we have
two years. Many of these were the most
chronic, serious. complicated kind In which all
other remedies and doctors had failed and
hope despaired OF, but our treatment cured
them quickly and to stay cured.
Mr.. Thompson, OF Peoria, who had suf
fered all his life and had given up hope,
was cured by "a bottles. DR.. Dill, of st.
Louis, whose health had been broken
down, claims that several bottles cured
him, that II Is n splendid medicine for
Stomach and Bowels, and the best general
tonic he ever saw. DIR. Hedrick, OF Kansas
City, who had constipation so badly that
he verged upon nervous collapse, says to
his great surprise after trying everything
else was cured by Mulrs Grape Tonic; he
says 1t Is the best thing for stomach and
Bowels and kindred Ills. that has come 10
his attention In his professional career.
Mrs. Alcoba, Of Chicago, who was a con-
frmed invalid for years, after taking a
thorough course Of Mulrs Grape Tonic,
says she was able to leave her bed after
the third bottle, and is now enjoying good
health. She had tried everything that
came to her notice. Mr.. Grow. Of st.
Louis. had dyspepsia, liver and bowel trou-
BILE for 35 years, which he contracted dur
ing the Civil War. He said he never could
get anything that even afforded him re-
lief, but that a short treatment Of Mull's
Grape Tonic completely cured him. He
recommended 1t to old soldiers. so many
OF whom suffer with the same complaint.
the greatest sufferers that ever came to
our attention. There apparently wasn't
an organ OF his body free from disease:
Liver Trouble. stomach and Kidney Trou-