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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09

library and closed the door. She
walked over to 1t and applied her ear
and felt and heard him rubbing his
back against 1t. She also heard him
muttering to himself.
Had a cockroach crawled down Mr..
Bowser's back during the day?
Was he breaking out with a spring
rash that might prove fatal7
Had ONE woman stabbed him with
a long hatpin poisoned at the point?
Ten minutes later he appeared, his
face very red, and Mrs. Bowser plainly
caught the exclamation Darn it," as
he walked to his chair. For the next
quarter Of an hour he made heroic ef-
forts to sit still, but he was conquered
at last and rose up and said:
"By thunder, but I'll have the blam-
ed thing OF"
"Do you mean your leg, Mr.. Bow
ser p she asked.
LEG be hanged! Don't be an idiot!
Have ! said that anything was the
matter with either Of my legsf"
mo, but you wriggle around So"
And so would you If you had a blam-
ed old plaster between your shoulders
and knawing away like a hungry dog
But why have you got 1t there? You
didn't say anything about II this morn.
ing"
Tries to Tell Mrs. 6owser.
he walked over TO the door and put
his back against 1t and scratched up
and down and across, and as he
scratched he pursed up his mouth and
rolled his eyes. He seemed TO be in
such agony that Mrs. Bowser ross up
and demanded:
"Now, then, for the lands sake, but
what ails your"
"Dr. Beesark was in-in the office
today" he faltered as he ceased to
scratch.
"And what II DIT. Beeswax was In
the Officer
II told him about my lungs"
"And what atls your lungs, p~leasef"
"He sounded them and sold 1 had
better put on a plaster to r"avsnt con
sumption. He had them VIII him, and
I let him put one on"
"Just like you. Nothing whatever
nils your lungs, and DIR. BeeswaI is a
faker. You paid him SIS, I supposed"
"No, only three"
"Mr. Bowser. / hope that plaster win
draw your shoulders clear up to your
sars! How could you be so sillyT'
"Woman, don't talk this way to me-
he bluffed az he wriggled his shout
ders. ~Yoo may Be aching for me 10
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
Sparks and the Odor.

Every boy who has struck fints to-
gether to make sparks knows the typi-
cal odor that arises from the clash.
He also knows that the whittier the
fints the more smell they emit. This
phenomenon has been observed for
centuries, but scientific men have been
at a loss to account for it. Many ex-
plantations have been given, but ex-
pertinent has proved all Of these to be
erroneous. Recently, however, two
italian scientists, che brothers Pic
cardi, demonstrated that the smell of
spark emitting fints is due solely to
the minute quantities Of organic mat
ter that are upon the stone and that
are burned by the sparks. This or
ganic matter need be in only the most
minute quantity, such as may be left
by water in which lichens, weeds or
water plants have decomposed, for
the ~olfactory nerve are so exquis-
itely sensitive that they a detect the
burning Of almost infinitesimal bits of
matter. The delicacy Of these nerves
is proved by the fact that even after
the pebbles have been washed in I've
the smell Of burning can still be de-
But If the pebbles be heated
in fire and then struck together at
points that the hands have not touched
there is absolutely no odor at ALL
New York World.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
A Whsck at Turtle Soup.

Turtle soup is called green just be
aus turtle fat is kinder that color"
And believe 1t, whether you now do
or not, turtle soup win make anybody
sweat green who eats Of 1t often and
much. Hogarth has a picture showing
how green turtle soup and its fellow
foods and drinkables In the good old
golden days put London aldermen un-
der the tables. From the viewpoint of
nourishment turtle soup IS not worth
a tenth IL costs. Sun dried turtles r
found In some OF the markets Of the
world, and many chefs say they are
about as good as the fresh reptile.
As for the true secret Of mock turtle
soup, It Is only the scalp Of a sucking
calf, a gelatinous fraud. masquerading
q chunk Of green turtle shell fat,
but even 90, It 10 better than the best
tenutns ssa turtle soup at that
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
Coffee and Fatigue.

The question is often asked, What
Will relieve fatigue more quickly than
anything else2 Clerks in stores and
men generally, as well as women shop
pers, become at times very tired. For
tunately the British army has thrashed
the question out and tried every kind
of decoction that could be thought Of,
and we may profit by its experience.
1t awards the palm to coffee and de
clares it has neither superior nor equal
for this purpose.-Indianapolis News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
Test For stuttsrers

A new method Of voice control was
tried by the lifelong sufferer. In a
Few lessons the impeachment In speech
was overcome.
THAT'S fine," said a candid friend.
Now i wish you would take a bit of
odvice. You talk all right today, but
Just keep a watch on yourself and see
low you talk this time next week."
You're q wet blanket, all right"
growled the ex-stutterer. whats the
matter with next week.
"Wen be in the full moon, them
said his friend. TITS a fact that
everybody who has ever suffered
stutters worse when the moon is full
than at any other time. Until you
get so you a talk smoothly then you
FAINT count yourself really cured"
The man with hating speech took
notice, a. advised, and found that
bveral full moons waned before he
could control his speech at that dme.
--Nsw York Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
Growinu Pains

Never ignore growing pains" Many
people seem to think they are perfectly
natural and, in fact, that they are e
necessary part of growth. AS a nat.
ter of fact, they are sometimes an in
dication of a strong tendency to rheu
matism, and a child who complains OF
them should wear wool next the skin
always, though lighter, Of course, in
summer than in winter, and be prop
erly treated by a doctor. =
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
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Regarding the rather hot" recep-
ton accorded DR.. Cook in Copenhagen
recently a we'll known daily news
paper remarks: "Dr. Cook of polar
infamy never did get his moral deserts
In America, although he not only tried
to hoax the world, but also on false
pretenses extracted some $500 from
those who paid to hear his lies. In
Denmark, where he is visiting,
he seems t be receiving his deserts.
He was mobbed in the streets Of Co
penhagen; DR.. hansen, theexplorer,
formerly Cooks friend, publishes a
statement calling upon everybody to
close their doors to the swindler,'
and the Danish journals s%trenuously
~denounce him. Cook said himself:
If l am proved to be making false
claims, l deserve to be ostracized by
society. Can / make it stronger In
Denmark they are taking him at his
word. But in America we are lenient,
because the joke is On us. But we are
neither lenient nor cordial to Peary,
and the beginning OF our dislike of
iPeary was his prompt denunciation Of
Cook"
A Copenhagen dispatch says: I'm
addition to the annexation and incor-
poration of part of the Finnish prov
Ince OF Viborg for strategical reasons
the Russian government has now ord.
cred the abolition of the boy scouts of
Finland as being an unauthorized
military organization and a pretext
for the dangerous cultivation among
young Finlanders of a national pride
and spirit hostile to Russia. While
Russia has only been able to use Gen
eral Baden-Powells idea to form a sys-
tenn Of "lay soldiers" the Finnish boys
have turned out real scouts in every
sense OF the word. The abolition of
the boy scout societies in Finland is
another severe blow from the heavy
hand Of Russia.
During the early part Of the fall
Bishop P. Madsen, one of the leading
theologians of Denmark and primate
of the Church of Denmark, died at
Copenhagen. Bishop Madsen was
sixty-eight years old and had been
primate only one and one-hah years.
He was born in Holstebro and studied
at the University of Denmark. from
which he graduated and later pursued
studies at Erlangen. Though q faith
full member of the State Church of
Denmark, he is said to have been a
man of the people and always took
4 hearty interest In their welfare.
MARION s. NORELIUS.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
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A great deal of opposition is devel-
oplng in Christiania to the so called
moving picture shows, which are very
popular over there as we'll as In other
countries. But people are growing
tired of them, at least those who class
themselves as reformers, and D
TO eradicate them altogether. mas
much as they are regarded as danger.
ous to the growing generation. A
movement In the direction of sup
pressing them has been started in
Christiania and it is likely that he
city council will hereafter place all
he shows under strict censorship.
Christiania dispatches state that
two men belonging to a S]pitzbergen
winter expedition have arrived at
Christiania after great suffering.
Three members of the expedition died
of starvation in February last and
the two who have arrived in Christi
ania had long ago given themselves up
for lost. They were without food and
ammunition and were finally COM
PEELED to tear sealskin off their shoes
and boil it. They were on the point
Of starving when the Arctic navigator,
Nils Larson of Tromsoe, resuced them.
London and Berlin syndicates have
purchased the well known T~yssefallen
IN the Hardangerfjord, which until
recently has been the property of a
Norwegian firm, with Knut Tillberg
as general manager. The latter will
retain his interests and will also be
the manager Of the new company. A
zinc factory of immense proportions
Is to be erected at the Tyssefallen in
the near future and It is believed that
some 500 men will be employed there.
The name Bjornson still continues
to interest Norway. A selection of
letters written by Bjornstjerne Bjorn-
son to his daughter. Mrs. Sigurd Ibsen,
which have just been issued from the
press, is being hailed with delight by
hosts of admirers of the great poet.
These letters were not printed for
general circulation, but the call for
them is so great that it is certain
that a second and larger edition will
soon be issued.
Russell Jensen, a Norwegian-Amer-
lean student of the South Dakota Agri-
cultural college, obtained the most
coveted prize at the National Dairy
show, the so called Taft cup" and it
was presented to the young man in
the person of the president himself,
who complimented the young man
highly on his success.
o. Thommessen, editor of Tidens
Tegn, a prominent Christiania journal,
has recently been knighted by the
king, receiving the great cross of the
st. Olaf's order. Thommessen is one
of the influential editors of the coun-
try and is particularly strong as a
political writer.
Dispatches from Trondhjem state
that there has been more trouble at
Oianmoen. Another military riot oc-
Cured there recently In which several
Rrtillerymen were rather badly used.
More than one million crowns
worth of tobacco was imported to
Norway during the month of Septem-
Der. Much of this tobacco has been
imported from Cuba.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
BOWSER THE EASY
Fake Doctor Spots Him as a Tu.
berCuIouS Victim.
AND SELLS A PLASTER CURE.
eowser Goes Home, Backs Up,
Scratches and Wigsles - Neighbor
Called to Raise Stioker-Mrs. Bowser
Closes Moving Picture Show.

BY M. QUAD.
Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary
Press.l
AZ r. BOWSER had gone to the
office in the morning whis-
In Ting a merry tune and say
ing how well he felt and
how good it was to live. He came
home at night looking rather pale and
having an anxious expression in his
eyes.
You haven't felt any symptoms of
the grip?" asked Mrs. Bowser after a
glance at him.
"Not a symptom. Only women and
children have the grip"
Are you bothered in your mind
about a~nything?'
Not a thing. l let nothing worry
me-"
During the dinner hour he had little
b say, and Mrs. Bowser, who was
watching him out of the corner Of her
eye. noticed that he wriggled in his
chair every few minutes and that now
"h' 'HNi III hHbptu HE a. uSdLlSl
the Stats. Something seemed to be
biting him between the shoulders off
and on, but 1t was evident that he had
no explanations to offer as yet.
When they went up to the sitting
room he fingered behind for n moment
and rubbed his back against a door
casing, and five minutes after being
seated he was wriggling again. AS he
saw her looking nj him he rose up and
said:
81 guess I'll go down cellar and see
to the furnace"
But there's no fire there. I let II
out yesterday"
"Then I'll go upstairs and see If the
roof leaks"
But there is no rain"
He hung around for a minute in an
undecided way and then entered the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
lie of consumption. but I nm not ready


to go yet"
Did a plaster ever cure consump-
tionf' she asked.
"Yes-thousands OF cases. He had
more than 200 %alldavits."
Every one Of which was false, and
you were silly enough not TO know IT.!
Didn't Beeswax tell you that the plas-
ter must be kept on?"
His name is Beesark, and you
know II. Yes; he said keep 1t on till 1t
drew-drew"-
It'll 1t drew you out to the gate
backward, 1 suppose! Well, do as he
said"
But l can't. The thing is biting like
n mad rat. I'll have you take 1t off in
about five minutes"
"Mr. Bowser, l shall not interfere
with DIR. Beeswax's orders. He said
it was to stay on, and 1t must stay,
even If 1t draws a lung through to
your back"
"Then I'll get Green over here to
take it off for me-"
Neighbor Called In.
Then you can. Your life is very
precious to me, and l do MOI intend to
peril 1t by any Interference with an
old takers three dollar plaster!
Mr.. Bowser placed his back against
the door again and heaved and wig
gled and wriggled and scratched for
five minutes and then went over TO
the telephone and called up Green.
Ten minutes later Green was there.
He was taken upstairs, and there Mr..
Bowser explained what was wanted
Of him.
Eyes, but who put the plaster ONT"
he asked.
"a celebrated doctor. whose special
ty is the cure of tuberculosis"
WAS 1t old Beesark?"
ayes"
"Then you've been stung! He's the
worst old fraud In the business"
But don't tell Mrs. Bowser any
thing about 1t. She's just been giving
me al awful ripping. Ouch! Ugh!
Get the blamed thing off"
Remedy, Rumpus and Foot Race.
When the plaster was exposed to
view Mr.. Green fumbled at the cor
ners for a hold and said:
at has become part Of your hide,
and it's going to hurt some to get 1t
off"
Cant you soak 1t Off"
1T would take an hour or more.
I've just got to get hold and give a
sudden jerk. BY the time you holler
twice the thing will be off,"
Green, I'm a desperate man. If you
torture me l shall not be responsible
for results. I may go crazy for a
time"
you can't go more crazy than you
were when you let that old swindler
put this on. I've got hold Of the upper
corners low. Are you readyT'
"Green, I'll shoot that doctor on
sight!'
"Yes7"
81 have no more consumption than
you have"
"No?"
And it's just as Mrs. Bowser''-
Green got a brace for his foot, drew
a long breath and yanked, and the
plaster was of. There was a scream,
a yell, a whoop, and the neighboriy
man ratified downstairs with Mr.. Bow
ser at his heels. Only for Mrs. Bow
ser being Mt the front door Mr.. Green
would have been caught in the hall
and his life taken. AS 1t was he got
away, but Mr.. Bowser stood on the
steps and shook a fist at him as he
fed homeward and. called:
You villain! But ! will follow you
TO your deathy'
Then Mrs. Bowser took him by the
arm and said:
This tuberculosis plaster moving
picture show is over, and we'll hear
the rest OF 1t in the house. What you
want on your back now is something
TO drive the consumption out in front,
and / guess we have some blue vitriol
In the houser'
a NhaeL "a T,.xI~ O..
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
The Lathe.

Originally intended to be operated by
the physical exertion Of one man, the
lathe has now reached such a state Of
Development that in many cases forty
to sixty horsepower, or the equivalent
OF 600 men, is necessary to operate 1t.
1t Is n Of the earliest forms Of tool
to be driven by machinery.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
Novelty Excited cur,o.ux

Owtlaight-I had an awful time
thinking up an excuse to give my wife
when ! got home from the club last
night. Lushman-Did she demand
one? Owtlaight-Of course. got
home SO early that 1t piQued her curl
osity.-Exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
An Insult.

Have you ever written on an empty
stomachY' asked the mere man.
Sir" exclaimed the literary person.
Il am q poet, not q tattoo artistp'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
5A Storm King

are the strongest, warmest,
heaviest and largest medium.
priced horse blankets made
also the most popular.
They will outwear seve-
raj ordinary blankets,
will protect your horse
eJfrom storm and cold. Ask O
Afc-them- We sell them.
|OchSanreii3r implement Co
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09
OF INTEREST TO
SCANDINAVIAN
Recent Happenings in This
Country and Abroad.
NOBEL PRIZE FOR EDISON

American Inventor to Be Honored BY
Committee in Charge-Two Spitz
bergen Explorers Rescued After Sew
eraI Comrades Had Perished-Dr,
Frederick A. Cook Mobbed in the
Streets of Copenhagen.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-06-03

"t'... 'l.f com, 'o orr doors a-.
----.d So th-t clu.,t I-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-06-03
WHEN OTHERS FAIL. CONSULT
DR.. BAILEY

HOME OFFlCE-Cor. Eleventh and
cnap.ine St. Wheeling, W. Va. The
New Building. Come up stairs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-03-17
stupenduou. Electric Line Project.

Greeley-An interurban electric
line, which viii touch every town of
Importance between Denver and the
Wyoming line and which will repre-
sent an investment of approximately
$40. .000. 900, is promised to the people
Of northern Colorado by George Peck
Of Paris, If they win invest one per
cent OF that amount, 100000. to be
used for the construction OF the first
five miles of the road. after which the
remainder is to be available as fast
as fiye-mile parts OF IT are completed.
The first authoritative statement
relative to the project was issued Sat
urday. The principal towns along the
route are Denver. Greeley. Eaton,
AuIt. Pierce. Windsor. Fort Collins.
Loveland. Estes Park. Berthoud.
Longmont and Boulder. The line viii
run through the coal mining sections
touching at all of the camps.
The capital is ready. Peck says, II
the one per cent be subscribed. He
has been In this section for more than
two months compiling report which
has been submitted to- the financiers
Of Paris with which he is allied. The
report shows that the total population
which win be served approximates
100000. and the experience of East
ern cities where electric lines have
been placed In operation have resulted
in enormous gains in this direction.
Peck says that If the requirements of
the bankers in France are complied
with the cash viii be forthcoming as
units of the road are done.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-03-17
WESTERN

Henry Epting, well known artist
Of San Francisco, committed suicide
in Portland, Ore. caused by melan-
eholia.
Fire recently damaged the Rush
block, a four-story office building in
San Francisco. The loss is 100000 to
$150.000.
OF the $79O.000 inheritance tax paid
to Utah by the Hartman estate, $780,
900 will be appropriated by the. Legis-
lature for capitol.
A bill is pending in the Nevada Leg
islature giving person condemned to
death the right to choose between be-
ing hanged and taking poison.
At Salt Lake City, Utah, the pre-
liminary plans for holding an interna-
tional aviation meet from April 9Th to
10th, have been completed.
The fire that threatened to destroy
the town Of Douglas. Alaska, has
been extinguished. after 1t had de-
stroyed property valued at 100000.
At Duluth. Mimi. ten bodies crushed
almost into an unrecognizable mass
have been recovered from the Norman
open pit mine where a cave-in oc-
CURED burying twenty-six miners.
Attacked by fierce mountain rats.
which, in search of food. had bur-
rowed up through the snow lying
waist deep on the ground. force en-
gagged in repairing the break In
the lines Of the Nevada & California
Power Company at Tonopah, was
forced to quit work and fight off the
rodents. None Of the workmen was
seriously bitten.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-03-17
SPORT.

Bob Moha of Milwaukee was given
popular verdict over Mike (Twin)
Sullivan of Boston at the end Of
ten-round bout in Milwaukee.
George Hackenschmidt defeated
Henry Ordeman and DIR. B. F. Roller
threw "Americus'' in a double event
wrestling bill given by the Empire
Athletic Club in Kansas City.
Jack Britton. the Chicago light
weight. and Jake Barada. OF South st.
Joseph. are matched to box fifteen
rounds before the RibIdoux Athletic
Club in st. Joseph. the night of March
2Sth.
There is no change in the leadership
of the inter-scholastic rifle shooting
league as result of matches for the
seventh week in Washington. Har-
ward School of Los Angeles, Cal, and
Morris High school of New York City
still lare tied for the leadership with
eight victories and no defeats.
Frank Gotch. world wrestling cham
pion. has again stepped upon the mat
after year of idleness. Gotch came
back" and is displaying old-time skill
II is said that the champion is max
ing farewell tour as his personal
interests will not permit of further
activities in the athletic field.
Athletic, activities at the University
of Wisconsin are booming. The ap-
pointment of John R. Richards. the
old-time Wisconsin athlete. as football
coach and the resumption of the seven
game schedule indicate that the Badg-
ers may regain their former prominent
place in intercollegiate football.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-03-17
POLITICAL.

Colonel Roosevelt will not talk with
any representative of the Mexican in
surgents on his trip through Texas.
He made this statement to the press.
The resignation OF Richard A. Bal
linger of Seattle as secretary OF the
interior has been accepted by Presi-
dent Taft and Walter l.. Fisher of
Chicago was appointed as his success
sor. In his letter of acceptance the
President expressed deep regret and
bitterly denounced the enemies OF Bal
linger. In giving his consent to the
secretary's retirement, Mr.. Taft takes
occasion to declare with emphasis his
unchanging faith in the integrity. the
motives and the official standards OF
Mr.. Ballinger, and his unmeasured In
dignation at the methods of those who
assailed him, declaring that he has
been "the subject Of one OF the most
unscrupulous conspiracies for the de.
famation of character that history can
show.