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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
A Cool Lion Hunter.

I'D. S. Mare. magistrate of Zoutpans-
berg, was out lion shooting with the
late Barend Vorster, mighty hunter,
says Carl Jeppe in his Kaleidoscope
Transvaal" "a lioness had been
wounded, driven out of cover and
stood at bay. The landdrost Jumped
off his horse. fired and missed. 1t was
now Vorster's turn, since there was not
time for his friend to reload. In dis
mounting he dropped his watch and
stopped to pick it up. The lioness
seemed about to charge, and Mare
urged his friend to shoot. Vorster re-
piled grumblingly that the glass of the
watch had been broken.
"'Nerer mind that now. The lioness
Is ready to spring. Mare replied. DO
you know Vorster said, I shall have
to send the watch to Pretoria and that
It will cost me 5 shillings to get 1t re-
pairedT God heavenv the magistrate
answered. Don't you see you have not
a moment to loser It's all very well
for you to talk vorster replied. 1T is
not your watch that Is broken! At
last, however. he slid 1t into his pocket
and, with unerring aim. gave the lion
ess the coup de grace
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
Ralxae and the tisad.man.

Calling one day by appointment on
a friend, Balzac found himself In the
presence of a stranger, very pale
man with serious air and noble face.
The manners. language, evident cul-
ture and intelligence of the stranger
led the author to take him for some
learned man, moved by the same inter
est and curiosity as himself. The
stranger was Samson. Warned by NJ.
Appert, Balzac carefully repressed all
sign Of surprise or repulsion, and, skill
fully turning the conversation to sub
jects Of personal interest, the novelist
was ultimately successful In gaining
the headsman's confidence. In vivid
colors Samson gave him a narrowing
description of the sufferings and mis-
cries Of his wretched lIfe Himself a
royallst, the death OF Louis XVI. and
his unfortunate consort had left the
executioner with all the terrors and re-
morse Of criminal. Since those hid
eous days he had known no peace,
despite the expiatory mass which he
had caused to be said for the king the
morning after the execution and which
was probably the only one celebrated
In Paris on that day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
THE FIRST MARLBOROUGH.
His Was a Curious Combination o.
Contradictory Traits.

His Was Curious Combination OF
Contradictory Traits.
Herbert Paul I'm his book on Queen
Anne Of England paints a queer pic
ture OF the great Dute of Marlborough,
He was not truthful Iie was rot
Straightforward He was not hone (.
In his love of money and his capacity
for boarding il he riyaled those wretch
ell miSers who have done no mg@c
than contemplate their gains. And yet.
such are the strange freaks in which
nature INDUCES. this mean and selfish
intriguer was endowed with perfect
courage. with an Irresistible charm Of
manner with temper which even his
wife failed TO disturb, with a brain
that no sophistry could obscure and
with a military genius before which
criticism is humbly silent
He was treacherous even in treach-
erous age. Wholly devoid of cruelty
and by nature humane he is said new
er to have sacrificed an unnecessary
life. He used his fellow creatures for
his own purposes. and when he had ne
further use for them he forgot their
existence. lie made his plans and
carried them out with the absolute ell
cheney OF sheer intelligence and the
serene implacability of impersonai
fate.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
BEsKS or Bl7Ds.
Marvellous Way Eseh L hssptsd 20 les
SPeeis Use.

Marvellous Way Eseh l. t5sptsd 20 les
Specie Use.
/ Did IL ever strike ynU IN what an ab-
soluCely marcIoDs way The beaas Of
birds are adapted each t. It's special
use? The most GA Ial glance az a
! sparrow or bul'hnyh shows yOs
that its beaE is biunC short, thick AMI
strong, perfectly adapted for cracking
the seeds or grain watch form the
/ larger part OF the food of ali tinches.
| Then look at the thrush's long and
rather slender BILL curved slightly
along It's whole length. What could be
more useful for dipping into the soft.
wet earth and pulling out big. fat lug
worms or poking among dead leaves
| for grubs. beetles and larvae? ThruShes
and blackbirds and all their tribe live
almost entirely on animal food, with a
little fruit such as strawberries, now
and then for dessert, so they are per
haps the most really useful of all our
tribes of common birds.
The slender. delicate bills of warb'erS
show that they feed principally OIL
smaller insects, which they search for
or, more rarely, in the grass and herb
age along the ground. Plant lice
and spiders they clear off in tens Of
thousands.
Few bea'.s could be more useful 10
their owner than that Of the fairly
common yet little known bird, the
fern owl or nightiar. Ii is very short
and weak, yet its wide cape is per
feet trap for the night flying moths
that form Master NightJar's evening
meal. Similar, too. are the swallow
and martin tribe, all of which hawk
through the upper air for flying in
sects.
The bill OF the great black wood
pecker will serve as very good eX-
ample Of all his tribe. You see how
chisel-like Is the shape of his powerful
instrument how exqulsitely adapted
for driving into the recess of rough
banks and extracting therefrom grubs
tongue. too. Is most curiously formed.
but that hardly falls within the scope
Of this little article.
The beak OF the wild sea eagle is
the beak of the typical bird Of prey.
It's tremendous power, backed by
the steel-like muscles Of the neck.
show the flesh eating habits of all the
birds of prey tribe. The kestrel is the
commonest example that we have I'm
this country, and next the sparrow
hawk. The owls, too, show, by the
particular shape Of their bills, a SINH
lar carnlvorous habit-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16

A woman shopper wanted two and Z
half yards Of white goods. The clerk
showed her two pieces. one for 10
cents q yard. the other Is cents. The
cheaper piece was plenty good enough,
yet the woman bought the more ex-
pensive piece.
TN take this" she said to the clerk
spitefully. 80 your old store won't gel
moro than b coming to them. When
buying . fraction OF yard Of any
thing. make It point never to select
Z material that sells at an odd figure
~. 10 cents d yard The store simply
shall not make that extra half cent %
me-
~oh. mo-" explained the clerk wher
~ transaction was finally completed
~hors y not an unusal case By any
moana Lots Of women object 10 tn
oeoro pro0ting BY the extra half pen
nieo and always buy % that an odd
1gors shall not b split"-Nsw yorh
0IobeI
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
THE SULTAN'S SCREEN.
IL is Made of Tanned Human Skin
deliberately Decorated.

There is Il story told of famous ant
curious screen which occupies prom
nent place in the menage of the sultan
of Turkey. 1t is made, so rumor hath
1t, of human skin, perfectly tanned and
deliberately fooled and embossed, and
1t has been In the royal quarters for
more than two centuries. This remark
able screen is not an evidence of cru
city or barbarity on the part of Tur
keys ruler 200 years ago, but is a
memorial to twelve faithful servants
of former sultan. At one time dur
ing the sultan's reign 200 years ago
wing of the palace caught fire, and
during the cOnflagration much loved
member of the sultan's family was res
cued by twelve servants. The twelve
servants persisted, some of them dying
later of their wounds and burns, so
his majesty had their skins removed
by an expert and had them preserved
in this touching though remarkable
manner. The screen is now looked up
on as part of the rulers inheritance.
and 1t is said that every sultan cher
ishes 1t almost as he would his own
royal skin.-New York Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
THE HOTEL CLERK.
According TO This View His Lot 10 Not
Happy One.


Who Is the most envied and bedia-
rsonded among u0enf The hotel clerk.
who runs away with our heiressesf
TIE hotei clerk Who gets the straight
ssr tips on the stock marketl The ho-
rkE clerk Whose pride goeth not be
fore destruction and whose glory Is
Esver dimmedf The hotel clerks. So
rzns TIE accepted estechism.
Wow a truth seeker IN Chicago rises
90 saF that the average hotel clerks
skzzrs IN life is a trife less than moth
tzE he can't marry. for be IS COM
yelled 30 iEve IN the hotel. and his
wage$ went PAR hIs wife's board.
Even as a bachelor be finds It hard TO
Ezve moEey. When he reaches the
- Et-sft--not a high one-he is dis
E1&eed by a yoHng man.
-EsEe are then three things for him.
lie may hecOEDe night clerk in a coun-
1T Heeel. jo5 that he rose from years
eefares - mar I've put In charge Of a
elEakrEom and look To tips for most OF
Us gar ~ be may try 10 get other
wgrk. ns1ng ~ bis savings meanwhile
AMI ssyd LIS life In the almshouse. Not
cheering conception and practically
useless 20 the humorist.--Collier's
TTE<ssay.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
IH|RTY-TWO KILLED
mystic Shriners Meet Death in
Wreck at Honda, Cal.
MANY OTHERS ARE INJURED
Train Strikes Defective Switch and Is
Piled Into Mass of Twisted
Iron and SpIintered Wood.

Santa Barbara, Cal, May IA
Thirty.two people lost their lives IN
the wreck Of the Shriner special al
Honda, a small town on the Southern
Pacific Most OF the victims OF the
catastrophe were members Of the Is
malta temple OF Buffalo and the Raiah
temple of Reading, Pa. The train car
ried 145 members of these two frater-
mites and their families and friends.
or the dead twenty were residents Of
Reading, nine of the others being res
idents of Buffalo, Cleveland and other
Eastern towns and three were Pull
man employees. OF the twenty or
more injured many are terribly hurt
and will probably die.
The wreck was caused by defec-
tive switch and the train was running
AZ the rate of fifty miles an hour AT
the time. The coaches we're smashed
TO pieces by the impact. There was
no warning OF the impending calamity
The special plunged upon the defec-
tive switch and In an instant the big
locomotive, baggage car, diner and
Pullman coupled with it were hurled
together in huge heap OF wreckage.
The engine shot forward on the broken
track. tearing up the rails and ties
and twisting the huge iron spans into
ishhooks. The baggage car half bur
led itself In the sand on the right side
of the locomotive. II was smashed
almost to kindling wood.
The dining car, In which we're thir-
ty-two persons eating their nooday
meal. leaped into the air and was
thrown directly on top of the demol-
ished locomotive. Nearly every per-
son In this coach was instantly killed
Scores were scalded by steam escap-
Ing from disconnected pipes in the
kitchen OF the diner
The terror and turmoil of the scene
was indescribable. Many of those
who escaped instant death by the first
impact were crushed by the rear
coaches hurled upon the wreckage.
Others. pinioned in the debris, were
roasted alive.
The wreckage caught fire from the
Goals of the engine, but was extin-
guished In a few minutes by the pas
sengers who escaped injury.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
The ARCTIC OUTLETS.
What Would Happen IL These Ice
Channels Were Closed.

@UaUncls WcTc Siobcu.
II is well that there are the water
gaps between the continents whose
headlands form the boundaries Of the
Arctic ocean. Through Boring strait,
Baffin's bay and the huge opening be
tween Greenland and western Europe
thousands OF cubic miles OF ice are an
uually discharged which If landlocked
would long ago have so accumulated
as 10 have lmpelled cataclysms that
would probably have so swept life
from the earth that the evolution OF
man would have been deferred indefi-
nitely into the far future centuries.
Both poles are located with singular
adaptation to ease off the otherwise in
evltably too great accumulation of 10
cal avordupols, which would as surely
change the earths center of gravity as
would the hanging of an immense
weight at some local point on the pc
riphery of a, balance wheel.
1t is TO this good fortune in present
polar locations that the world owes its
Immunity OF cataciy SINAI foundations
and reorganizations which otherwise
must have laid down other strata to
the mausoleums that mark the resting
places OF the forms that once sported
beneath US.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
KEEP YOURSELF YOUNG
Exerriss Every Day Even Though You
68ezi the Time 20 DO II.

6aesi the Time 20 DO II.
IL IA futile 70 try TO lay down gen
srzs are limits for the different kinds
- sfhsetac sports.
The limits vary individually within
very wide marks. and II observations
made on a number OF individuals of
TO present generation put them very
hw this does not mean that they would
kH stse true and desirable limits II we
&n9 a generation whose physical edu-
fxxzon from the beginning had been
xz.1srtxksn and carried out upon plan
en1y enc fourth or even one-tenth as
xzzkorste as the plan for It's mental
eSneatjon, not only as far as exercise
and sport are concerned. but also In
fzxsr1 70 eating. drinking, clothing.
s;<<S1De. pleasures. stimulants, etc,
&91 whose individuals were willing to
e1mffnDe 90 live upon similar plan
&<zkr growing out OF the hands Of their
<e~es*0rs
Lire simple. natural life, take
eexxNMDps exercise every day of your
Nx.. egen should you steal the time to
~ 90. AMI see what will become of
g1<s< personal limit for the various
As16s ~ sports.--New York Medical
X@mrm3l
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
Cautious.

A few days ago new male resident
Of this city. recently arrived from Ire
land, having made favorable impress
sson upon the manager Of a wholesale
house on Market street, secured a POI
sition. The merchant the next day,
having made out large number Of
statements. called the new employee
into his Office, directing him to Ego out
and post these bills" "Where?" in
Quired the young man. "Oh, yes"
said the business man. II forgot that
you have only been In this country a
short time. There's a mail box on the
telegraph pole at the corner. Post the
bills there" The SON Of Erin soon re-
turned. laying the bills on the mer-
chants desk. II may he little green
yet SIR" said he. "but I'm not posting
them bills with big policeman watch
ing the box" mot posting them :
Why notf What about the police
manY asked the astonished storekeep-
-. That's q, right, but you're not
fooling me all the same, II do appear
10 b green. Sure. didn't see the sign
On the pole over the box, Post no bills
under penalty OF the lawy~-Ptlia-
deiphia Record.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
CRUSOE
THE SECOND.
BY Constance
Darcy Macksy.
Copyright lgJ,. 5y r. {. PARCELS,
Copyright, ls0', BY E. {. PARCELS
tsAsxsks%s4ekA sA e&s7eS

AS Peyton's sailboat. the GU.
Wing. ducked her way between mFr'
lads of anchored craft. mostly steam
launches, Viola Ainsley looked al me
recedlng shore with sigh OF relief-
The sail filed with brisk breeze and
spray dashed against the bow as they
tackled for the open bay. The air was
keen and fresh and full Of relish. Tie
sun shone strong and warm.
splendid. isn't it," cried Miss Aims
ley.
Peyton smiled | thought you liked
that sort of thing better" he said, witt
a backward glance at the summer col
ony of Cliffcrest, rows Of cottages anG
a big hotel that stood little back fron
the water front.
Don't | look as If was enjoyina
myself" she parted
"For person not addicted to the
simple life, must confess you do,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
coREYs SAIL FOR EUROPE
Head of Steel Trust Weds Mabels
Gilman, the Actress.

New York, May 14-Mr w. Ellis
Corey. president of the United States
Steel corporation, and Mrs. Corey,
whose wedding occurred at the Hotel
Gotham at 1880 a. m, left the hotel
half an hour later for Hoboken, where
they boarded the steamer Kaiser Will
helm H.. on which they sailed for Eu-
rope later In the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Corey. on arriving In
Europe, will go directly to the Chateau
villegenis, on the outskirts Of Paris.
where they will reside until the mid
die Of July. This chateau. which is
one of the finest In France. was the
wedding gift OF Mr.. Corey to his bride
II was given to her just before the
wedding. Its value is said to be about
81, 900, 1000:
The wedding of Mr. Corey to Ma
belle Gilman took place In little i'm
provised chapel In the suite of rooms
engaged by Mr.. Corey.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
THE AGE OF FISHES.
Both Ear Stones and Scales Carry the
Annual Tally.

49," ~ SRS'SS cf1 SNo'So So'IJ hic
Annual Tally.
1t has been found by ichthyologists
that the age of fish may be read from
its scales. These increase In size by
annular growths, two rings being form
eG each year. The "otoliths'' or ear
stones, which lie in two sacs on either
side Of tie base Of the cranial cavity.
afford another means Of determination
Like the scales, the otoliths increase
by two rings annually. Each spring
that is, from February to June-a white
ring Is formed, and each autumn-th that
Is. from July to October-a black one
Thus the number of either white or
black rings in an otolith gives the age
Of the fish in years. In the case OF
fiatfish the latter method has been
found more reliable whereas in the
case Of the cod the scales give bet
ter result. Although varying much in
size and shape in different species, the
otoliths show a remarkable constancy
In the same species; hence they are
Of considerable value in the diagnosis
OF a species.-London Globe
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
TIME WENT SWIFTLY IN PREPARING IT

said Peyton, regarding her as she
perched on the seat before him in her
trim white yachting suit.
"What salty tang" she shifted.
''It's strange, but one never seems to
get the full flavor of it near the shore. :"
Zone has to get out, away out, to get
the full flavor of most things, fancy"
Peyton answered, his brown hand on
the tiller, his keen eyes looking straight
ahead
"Why did you come here at all,
then?" Viola questioned. You must
have known what summer hotel
would be liker'
Zone has ones duty to ones family.
you know, aud my mother and sister
are here. And then there's another
reason for my coming followed a
girl"
"A girlp
''Yes. grrl saw on the train. She
and there were a lot Of people with her,
q very gay, noisy. fashionable crowd
The girl was laughing with the rest of
them. and | thought she was their kind
till ] saw her eyes. And then l knew
for they were neither hard nor shallow
nor full of surface lights. They were
very deep and beautiful. IL she were
moved by love I think they could be
exquisitely tender"
But who Is sheT' cried Miss Aims.
ley In utter innocence and then flushed
suddenly as Peyton's look answered
her.
"Oh" she said breathlessly and turn
ed away her head
"Of course know IL was extremely
foolish of me-" Peyton Fernald went
on, because rumor has already engag
ed her to Millionaire McNugget."
Miss Ainsley bit her lip. "Rumor."
she said, lis often very Impertinent"
"Then 1t isn't true2'
ut is not true-yet," said Miss Aims
ley and dabbled her hand over the edge
Of the boat
"Ah!" he began.
NO." she said quickly; you've made
a great mistake. The girl isn't at all
as you've imagined her. She's very
fond of money. She's hard and selfish
and doesn't care for simple things a
bit she'd hate not to have lots of
houses and clothes and good time"
"You think. them" said Peyton, that
because I'm not very well OF In this
worlds goods 1t would be quite useless
II asked her to marry me?"
"Quite useless, I'm afraid" returne,..
Miss Ainsley gently, though Lno "
| what the girls missing. for there arer't
many men In the world who ! ne
| paused as the boat gave an abrupt
lurch. nearly sweeping der from Der
feet Peyton reached ON strong srm
and steadied her. The keel of the
Cults Wing scraped against something
bard and slippery; then, with slide
and splash. the boat righted herself
and went on. But the cockpit was
rapidly filing with water.
"A derelict dory, by jingor' cried
Peyton as dark object drifted past
them beneath the surface Of the water.
Take the tiIler and tSs main sheet.
~ directed, land put for that little
Island over there. I'll have to bale like
blaxes."
Viola did a. she was bid. crouchinr
on the seat to be out OF reach OF the
water that swished In the bottom OF
the boat The trees Of the little island
they were approaching stood out
sharply against the bIne sky. In
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
A Lesson In Philanthronx

A whole souled resident of Harlem
the other evening received the jolt OF
his career as parent While reading
his evening paper the doorbell rang,
and parcel from big department
store was announced. The cost was
30 cents, and he gave his little bright
eyes. girl of six, two dollar bill
with which to pay the boy.
Half an hour later the subject re-
Cured to him.
"Here. Mabel" he said. where's
that money gave you for the boyT'
"Why, papa" was little bright eyes,
reply, Il did the same as you did yes
terday with the newsboy. 1 told him
to keep the change."-New York Globe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
LAKE STEAMER DESTROYED
Magnificent New Vessel Burns In De-
troit shlpyard.

Detroit. May 13.-The magnificent
new passenger steamer City Of Cleve-
land, under construction at the plant
of the Detroit Shipbuilding company
for the Detroit and Cleveland Navi-
cation company and designed to run
between Detroit and Cleveland, was
swept by fire early In the day and is a
total loss except for her hull and ma
chinery. How much they have been
damaged cannot be determined until
the hull Is pumped out and careful
examination made. The loss. which
tails upon the Detroit Shipbuildins
company, branch OF the American
shipbuilding company. Is about $780,
900 and is fairly well covered by i'm
nuranco
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
Belgium Shopkeepers.

Belgium shopkeepers generally are
dealers In miscellaneous goods. One
man in small way, for instance. sells
beer. foreign stamps, fruit. cotton. bis
cults. penknives, cheese and second
hand hair. Everywhere one finds a
mania for glaring lights. One evening
when was out saw tremendous
light In the distance. and I thought II
must surely be an advertisement for a
music hall. When got nearer. found
that the light merely conveyed the In
telligence that sardines were sold on
the premises.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16

Aonas t1eA Of what Baroda. India,
W&s ~ times comparatively recent
a6Hy ~ xafhered from the following:
4 &nK1SsA elephants were kept at the
<rt<H&e ~ the state. and criminals
,w<rx ~4<e0<ed IN Z most horrible man
49,, ~ Docr wretch. tied hand and
f6rg<. >11e fos1ened By long rope round
~ Wnfee b ne elephant's hind leg.
H[tx ~ anlmai Was made to trot
1890 ~ eI1y, and the man, at al
49, every sleo astounding against
S<S<I<n fS6 6belacIee, soon became .
<<S6 N1 lIeNfv6e and wounds and =
x1<Sj5S ennt(x6ie. n ~ survived this,
~ k1&6 ~ olsced On block, ana
- s1oTkSN( tfue1e1 \ win bis foot
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
CUBAN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
Government to Spend 100000 on
This Work.

Washington. May 14.--Information
has been received at the war depart
ment that Governor Magoon Il max
Ing plans to carry out contracts for
extensive road improvements in Cuba.
The Cuban congress passed . bill au-
thorizing the expenditure OF 5000. 900
for this work. Governor Magoon has
reduced this sum to $4.000.000 and
win begin the work IN the province OF
Pinar del Rio. the principal tobacco
region. There ID about $4,000, 900
DOW lying idle IN the Cuban treasury.