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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
Wood Too Hard to Burn.

There are certain kinds of wood that
are too hard to burn or refuse to ignite
for some other reason. such as IRON
wood and the good brier root, but it is
q curiosity to come across a piece Of
common deal-the soft, light wood OF
which so many boxes are made-that
cannot be set fire to. The piece Of
wood In question was common white
deal from Sweden, but was remarka-
BILE for its comparative weight. 1t had
formed part Of a boat belonging to a
whaler and had been dragged below
the surface Of the water to the depth
Of more than half a mile by har.
pooned whale. The length Of line and
the short distance from the point Of
descent after being struck at which
the whale rose to the surface was q
proof of the depth to which 1t had
dragged the boat. Only part Of the
boat came up again at the end Of the
line, and 1t was taken on board when
the whale had been killed. That piece
Of wood was so hard that 1t would not
burn in a gas jet. The weight Of wa
ter had compressed it.-London Stand
ard.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
Wounded Mayor Of New York on
Road to Recovery.
HIS CONDITION NEAR NORMAL
Temperature, Pulse and Respiration
Are Satisfactory, but the Bullet
Has Not Been Removed.

New York, Aug. leone more day
and We will be able to call Mayor Gay
nor a convalescent," was the declara.
ton at st. Mary's hospital in Hoboken.
The patients, condition continued sat-
fsfactory when he awoke in the morn
ing from his seventh night on hos
pital cot. His attendants were frank
ly cheerful and more optimistic than
on any previous occasion.
The physicians will watch the pass
ing OF the day with keen interest, for
with its safe conclusion the dreaded
bugbear of "crisis" will be practical
ly over and they will allow themselves
to consider recovery assured. The
official bulletin was as follows:
Mayor Gaynor has passed a good
night and slept well. He has taken
nourishment well and is in good gen.
eral condition. Temperature, 80 As;
pulse, 20, and respiration, 16."
The police are engaging themselves
with the theory that James ]. Gal
lagher, the wound be assassin, may
have had an accomplice. Gallagher
denies this, but man with a police
record is under suspicion.
Mayor Gaynor will be taken to the
Adirondacks just as soon as his condi-
ton permits, but whether he will un-
dergo an operation to remove the bull
let before his trip to the mountains
has not been fully determined.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
CAT AND FOX MEET.
And Reynard Retires the Worse Fol
the Meeting.

And Reynard Retires the Worse For
the Meeting.
In a recent number of q German
sporting paper a forester describes q
scene which he witnessed in a clearing
IN the forest ..
He came one afternoon upon a big
black cat occupied apparently In the
pursuit Of mice, and from the shelter
Of tree he watched it's movements
through fieldglass. After few min
utes an old fox made its appearance.
Sinking slowly forward toward the
cat, it lay down within few steps of
1t, ready to spring.
The cat had observed it's enemy, but
beyond keeping a sharp lookout on its
movements it made no sign. Shortly a
young fox Joined the old one and al
most immediately bounded at the cat,
which sprang aside and struck it's as
sailant so efficaciously across its face
with its sharp claws that it retired as
quickly as 1t came. After an interval
the old fox, advancing slowly and
carefully, made its attack, but the re-
suit was the same. The cat, splitting
and Kissing, struck out hard, and the
fox retired discounted.
A minute afterward it again sprang
forward, but this time the cat got
much the best Of 1t and was left In
peace.-London Globe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
Trotter and Thorouqhbred.

1.-The trotting horse is infinitely more
practical and useful, speaking on
broad lines, than the thoroughbred"
said a well known horse breeder, to a
Washington Herald reporter. "a thor.
oughbred has the speed for burst of
time. but when 1t comes to do hard
work every day, day after day and
all the year around, 1t cannot COM
pete with the trotting horse. The thor
oughbred is rattle Drained, has no
sense, is beyond all control. 1t doesn't
know when to stop or what to do in
race; it simply runs until 1t cannot
run any longer. whereas the trotting
horse is under the control Of its driver
from start to finish and obeys orders
at any time. The thoroughbred natu-
rally exceeds the trotter in a burst of
speed, but in the long run 1t cannot
compete. AS general proposition, 1t
is accepted among horsemen that the
trotting horse is superior to the thor
oughbred for general purposes"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
ArtfuI LEGAL Tactics.

Lord Chancellor Erskine, with all his
arts and all his intrepidity in the face
Of judge or jury, was easily upset by
anything which touched his amour
propre. Vanity was his foible, and he
had all the susceptibility which at.
taches to it. One artful attorney
knowing this, used to plant man in
court in full view of Erskine to yawn
hideously at his most eloquent appeals
or to litter at his most tragic tones.
Once when Garrow. the well known
counsel, lost in thought, had fixed his
eyes vacantly upon him Erskine was
80 put out that he stopped down and
Missed In his ear, "Who the devil dc
you think can get on with that we,
blanket of a face Of yours before
him" The same sensitiveness Of criti
cism followed him into the house OF
commons.-Law Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
HIS HAPPY THOUGHT.
Il Let the New Train Dispatcher or
Without an Accident.

"ltnout an ACCIDENT.
An operator for western railroad
who had served his company long and
well was called into the office one day
and asked II be thought be could hold
down the job OF night dispatcher. He
promptly replied that he could and
was told to report for duty that night,
and his chief instructed him in what
he was 10 do. Just after the chief left
the office II began 10 blow and snow,
and the trains commenced to run late.
The new night dispatcher soon had de-
veloped bad case of 'rattles' and al
most cried. He did not want an acct
dent, and be could not handle the
trains. SO a happy thought struck
him. AS fast as report came in he
replied, directing the conductor to take
a siding and wait for orders, and 1t
was not great while until he had
every train on the division sidetrccked.
Then he took a book. lighted his pipe
and sat down to wait for daylight. In
the morning the chief appeared, with
anxiety written all over his face.
ANY accidents. Johnny?' asked the
chief
mot an accident I've got 'em all on
the sidetrack. showed In and waiting
or orders. and you will have to get
'em out. am going to blow this job"
1t took the chief and his force nearly
all day TO get the trains Strengthened
out and traffic resumed on the road.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
WASHED AWAY HIS HOME.
The Fortune That Came to Man and
His Clever Wife.


| An Irishman named Whalen found
fortune in a very amusing way,
says the Cape Town Argus. With the
savings Of his wife he bought not far
from Ballarat few acres Of ground
containing water pool and sluggish
spring. With the mud and gravel from
the bottom Of the pool he made sun
himself and family. started a bar for
the miners.
Quite contrary to their usual habits,
colony of Cinnamon living near by
commenced 10 visit his bar every
night. Then Mrs. Whalen discovered
that some one had bit by bit carried
off the mud pigstye and its surround
ing wall so gradually that 1t had al
most gone before she noticed ii. Soon
the chimney and the cabin walls also
began to vanish. After a careful
watch Mrs. Whalen discovered that
while one band of Cinnamon kept her
husband busy in the bar another band
was stealing the chimneys and walls.
Whalen knew the Cinnamon were no
fools, and, acting on his wife's sugges-
ton, he also "stole pan of dirt" from
his own chimney and washed it out.
Then he ordered tents for his family
10 live in and washed away the entire
house. 1t was literally built of gold
dust. After that the pool and the
spring were also attacked. and the re-
suit was q big fortune for the lucky
Irishman and his cute little wife.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
THEIR FATHERS.
All Three Were Trimmers, but One
Was a Star.

SH tnFce "cFc fTH'fuSTsp 0dt SHc
Was Star.
The story, long since familiar. Of the
little boy whose boast that his father
had put a cupola on his house was
capped by his playmate. who remark
ed proudly that his father had just
put a mortgage on theirs, is brought
TO mind by an occurrence which was
told the other day by a prominent poll
tician
The small son of a man who was in
politics for revenue only on moving
into a new district went out and
struck up an acquaintance with two
other kids Of the same age who lived
in the neighborhood. They were in
terested in the newcomer and began
TO try him out as TO what his parents
amounted 10 anyhow.
MY father is a window trimmer and
an awfully big man." said the first
kid.
"Ah, that's nothin'" said the second.
MY fathers a dump trimmer. and
he's twice as big as yours
1t was plainly up to the stranger to
make good. And he did it with much
gusto.
my father is politician" he said,
''but heard man tell him last night
that he was the biggest trimmer in
this ward"
And it was apparent to any one that
the new kid had made strong i'm
preston upon the neighborhood.-New
York Herald
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
TO FIGHT FLAMES
Additional Troops Sent TO Mon
tana Forest Region.
RAIN ON THE PACIFIC COAST
Forest Fires Extineuished There After
Causing Damage Assresatns
Several Millions.

Butte, Mont, Aug. 16.-As result
of extensive forest fires in Western
Montana two more companies Of sol
diers will report to Supervisor Bunker
OF the Flathead National forest. One
will be stationed at Gary and the
other at Poala.
The condition at Wallace no longer
is believed to be dangerous.
A forty-acre fire is reported from
the Crazy mountain portion of the Alb
saroka forest. The situation there is
not serious, but on the Cabinet forest
reserve conditions are grave.
Forestry officials have a report that
twenty horses and force Of men are
marooned somewhere in the Clear
water country. Their exact location
cannot be ascertained.
The Kootenai forest is threatened
by blaze having a twelye-mile front.
A bad fire has broken out in the
Bitter Root forest and the state mill
tia may be called out II the situation
grows more acute.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
They Were "over."

He was regular patron Of the res
taurant. Perhaps that Is why he felt
justified in making clever remarks to
the mattresses, remarks which they
were puzzled to know how to answer
One day, however, the smallest and
timidest girl happened to be serving
this irritating customer. and it fell to
her to answer him In kind.
9TH have some steak" he said, com.
ing In late for dinner. ''and some
squash, and some Got some baked
potatoes, fine, brown baked potatoes?"
Baked potatoes are all over" said
the girl.
he leaned back In his chair and
gazed at her quizzically.
"Baked potatoes all over. are theyr'
he replied. Gan over whatT
with" she replied simply.-Youth's
Companion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
FRANCE HAS TOO MUCH RAIN
Wine Output Will Be Only one-thIrd
az Much az Usual.

Paris. Aug. 16.-Further reports
have been made to the minister Of
agriculture of the destruction wrought
70 the wine crop in the northern part
OF France by protracted rains of the
last few weeks.
In many sections of Frances best
producing grape country the vineyards
will yield practically nothing this
year. These sections include much of
the famous champagne country" and
4 Is now believed that there will not
be more than a third of the usual out
put Of the better grades of champagne
this year. Already the price of wines
- soaring.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
FAMOUS NURSE PASSES AWAY
Florence Nightingale suceumbs to At.
tack Of Heart Failure.

London, Aug. l5.-Florence Night
ingale, the famous nurse of the Cri.
mean war. and the only woman who
ever received the Order Of Merit, is
dead al her London home. Although
she had been an invalid for long
time, rarely leaving her room, where
she passed the time in half recum-
bent position and was under the con-
slant care Of a physician, her death
was somewhat unexpected. An attack
OF heart failure brought the end.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
HAD POLITICAL INFLUENCE
Why Cecil A. Lyon Was Asked to Join
In Land Deal.

Sulphur, Okla, Aug. 14.-What part
Cecil A. Lyon, national committeeman
Of Texas, took In the activity at
Washington for the approval of the
old tribal McMurray contracts for the
sale of Indian lands was described by
Mr.. Lyon in the hearing before the
congressional investigating commit
tee.
These contracts were disapproved
by President Roosevelt in 1908. The
new contracts, which are the cause
of the present investigation, Mr. Lyon
said he has no interest in.
Asked If he was requested to join
in the old contracts because of his
political influence and acquaintance
with President Roosevelt Mr.. Lyon
said:
ut is entirely possible"
Mr.. Lyon then told of his going to
Washington and of his failure to have
the contracts approved.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
GERMAN SHIP YARDS TIED UP
Thirty-five Thousand Men on Strike
for Higher Wages.

Hamburg, Aug. 1.-THE shipbuild-
ing industry of Germany came to a
practical standstill with the addition
Of thousands Of workers to the strike
that was started recently in this city.
The yards at Stettin, Lubbock, Fens-
burg, Rostock, Bremen, Kiel and
Bremerhaven are tied up. There are
approximately $4,000 men on strike.
The strikers demand an increase in
wages of approximately Is per cent,
which the shipbuilders say they can
not meet.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
WILL REACH IMMENSE SUM
Graft in Construction Contracts on
Illinois Central.

Chicago, Aug. 16.-The new graft
investigation of the Illinois Central
railroad in connection with the letting
of grading and construction contracts
may reveal stealings which will rival
the car repairing operations, accord
ing to Chicago men in close touch
with the latest inquiry.
Local officials of the railroad were
inclined to discount the reports that
as much as s1,0OO,000 had been stolen
from the road in construction work on
the Southern lines. They, however,
said that the inquiry had not gone far
enough to determine the amount.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
CRUSHED BY FALLING WALLS
Mayor OF e Papo, Tex, Killed While
Warning Others Of Danger.

FL Paso, Tex. Aug. 16.-w. E. Rob-
fnson, mayor Of FL Paso, lost his life
while endeavoring 70 warn a number
OF firemen OF imminent danger from
q tottering wall At the same time
Todd Ware. fireman, was instantly
killed and William Robinson and
Dave Sullivan, also firemen, were in
5ured.
The casualties followed fire which
broke out In dry goods store. Mayor
Robinson, who had watched the fire,
left the sidewalk and approached the
building to instruct the firemen to stop
further work on the unsafe walls.
AS he approached the building a
large portion Of brick wall buckled
and fell, crushing Robinson and Ware
and knocking the other men down.
Mrs. Robinson witnessed the accident
from the sidewalk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
Explosions Bring Rain.

Spokane, Wash. Aug. l6-At Wal
lace, Ida, hundreds of pounds OF dyna-
mite hung TO the limbs Of trees on the
high points surrounding the city and
exploded in the hope that the effect
might produce rain 10 check the for
est fires is said 10 have a result, for
NJ midnight rain began falling for the
FIRST time in two months. The fall
has been heavy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
St. Elmo,s Fire.

st. Elmo's fire Is name popularity
given to luminous appearance some
times seen on dark and stormy nights
at the masthead and yardarms Of ves-
sells and also on land at the top of
church spires and trees and even on
horses names and about human heads
1t is due TO the presence of electricity,
generally at elevated points. where II
accumulates more rapidly than it can
be discharged and is named after st
Elmo. the patron saint Of sailors.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
LOSS TOTALS MILLIONS
Brussels Exposition Partially
Destroyed by Fire.

Brussels, Aug. 16.-The Brussels
Universal International exhibition is
virtually at an end as result of the
fire which wiped out two-thirds of the
buildings and exhibits and entailing a
loss that is estimated at from $40 ,900,-
900 to 100000
No lives were lost, but at least forty
persons were injured in the stampede
IL the Bruxelles Kermesse, a sort of
American white CITY,"
The fire, which resulted from short
circuit in the telegraph building, COM
pletely destroyed the Belgian and
British sections and practically ruined
the International gallery, in which
were the exhibits of America, Austria,
Russia, Denmark, Norway, Japan, Tur-
key and Switzerland.
The French section was also virtual
ly destroyed. This section was filled
with priceless works Of art, of which
those that escaped the flames were
ruined by smoke and water.
The flames were not checked until
they had reached the Italian section,
which was slightly damaged. Prac.
tically the whole of one side of the
Avenue des Natione, the central thor
oughfare of the exposition grounds,
was wiped out. A number of houses
were also burned.
Millions of dollars worth of dia-
monds, laces, tapestries and art works
were destroyed.
The loss of these is what swells the
total to such tremendous figures, as
many Of the art stores and galleries
of the old world had been ransacked
for the benefit of the exposition.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
Loss VIM Reach Millions.

Portland. Ore, Aug. Is.-Cntil a
general rain comes TO break the long
dry period IL is evident that the forest
fires now raging In q score of districts
al over the Pacific Northwest viii re-
main serious menace. The loss at
present can be counted only in mil
lions, but how many can scarcely be
guessed. The forecaster gives no hope
for rain
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18

Chicago, Aug. observation-disclosures
$4.55@S.20; Texas steers, sS5o05.70;
Western steers. $4.0006.70; stockers
and feeders, $4.0006.20: cows and
heifers. $2.500s.s5; calves. s6.5o@s.
so. Hogs--Tdght, $s.45@S.s5: mixed
$7.s50S.S5: heavy. $7.6O0s.l5: rough
$7.6007.S0; good to choice heavy, ST..
S00S.45; pigs, SS.500s.00. Sheep
Native, $2.2504.30: yearlings. $4,000
$40; lambs. $4.2506.6o.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Aug. 15.-wheat--
Sept, Silly; Dec, s1.12H @1.12%;
May. $1.16A@1.16%. On track-No.
/ hard, s1.14h; No. Northern, ST.
12s@1.13ss; No. 2 Northern. SLOTS
@1.10A; No. 3 Northern, s1.04h@
1.101h.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
AGAIN CALLS OUT TROOPS
One Thousand Militia Ordered to Co.
lumbus, o.

lufnpuSp VI
Columbus, o., Aug. 16.-Prepara-
lions are being hastily made to rush
1000 soldiers into the city following
the orders of Governor Harmon cali
ing out the troops. The action was
taken because of the increased rioting
in the carmen's strike on the street
railway here, the union carmen de-
handing a recognition of their union.
Governor Harmon acted on the ad-
vice of Adjutant General Weybrecht.
The announcement that troops were
again called out after the dismissal
last week of the 5000 soldiers who
served on strike duty here for ten
days created much excitement on the
streets. The ten days service of the
5000 troops which ended last week
cost the state $150,000.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
SAYS HOME WAS WRECKED
Montana cattIeman Fatally Wounds
Alleged Betrayer.

Butte. Mont, Aug. 15.-Alleging that
his home had been wrecked, Dell
Reed. a prominent cattleman of the
state, shot and fatally wounded Will
lam Cohen and then calmly motioned
to a policeman on the corner to place
him under arrest.
In his cell Reed declared that he
had shot Cohen as warning to men
not to steal the wives of other men.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
Passes Hail Million Mark.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE popula-
ton of Pittsburg is 533,905. an in
crease of 1898, or 1872 per cent, as
compared with the combined popula-
ton of Pittsburg and Allegheny of
451,512 in 1900.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
Brush Fires Checked by Rain.

Seattle. Wash, Aug I6.-Heavy
rains which fell through Northwestern
Washington checked the brush fires
which have been burning since early
IN the summer and the rangers be
heve there viii now be little difnculty
In keeping the fires under control.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18

Chicago, Aug. 15.-Wheat--Sept.
$1.02h@1.02A; Dec. $1.05h: May,
$1.10A. Corn-Sept.. 63%06SMc;
Dec, 60H Q61c; May, 63h @63Nc
Oats-Sept-, S61kc; Dec, $3.50; May,
41Mc. Pork-Sept. $21.571a @2160;
jan. $18.52h. Butter Creameries, rs
029c; dairies. 23026c. Eggs-10@
zoe. Poultry-Turkeys. zoe; chickens,
12hc; springs. 15c.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
Two Faced Babies.

''Not that deceit is born instinct.
but some babies must be two faced in
the cradle"
"Oh, that's not possible"
81 don't know. know a child that
looks like its rich aunt when she comes
on visit and is the exact image Of its
rich uncle when he happens to be
there"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18

st. Paul, Aug. 16.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, s5.25@5.75; fair to good.
s4.75@5.25; good to choice cows and
heifers, $4.O0@4.50; veals, S550@6.75.
Hogs-$7.50@S.45 Sheep-Wethers,
$3.75@4.00; yearlings, s4.250450;
spring lambs, $5.250600.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
A cru.l stab

Katie-What lovely ring! Matte
Isn't It? This ring was given me on
my twenty-first birthday. Katie-Real.
ly? Why, how well preserved 1t is!
It's hardly bit worn! = Cleveland
Leader.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
MAKING PRELIMINARY TRIALS
WeIlman Expects to Cross the Atlantic
in September

in September.
Gloucester, Mass, Aug. 16.-Walter
Wellman, aviator and Arctic explorer,
has left for Atlantic City to com.
mence a series of preliminary flights
in his dirigible balloon up and down
the coast preparatory to his flight
across the Atlantic next September.
Wellman's ship is on the Zeppelin
type, but pispenses with the inner
braces; is 228 feet long and equipped
with two eighty-horsepower engines
and one ten-horsepower.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-18
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
puIuth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Aug. 16.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, $1.15A |;
Sept, $1.13%: Dec, $1.13A; May, ST.
17A. Flax-Sept., STAG; Oct. ST..
3615; Nov, s2.35h.