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Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
The Overland Journey a fraud.
from " America Revisited, y by sala.l

FROM =" America Revisited" Dy SaLa.I
"There amt no bottllng up of things
about me. This overland journeys a
fraud, nothing but fraud, sir, and you
oughter know it. Don't tell me. It's "a
fraud. This ring must be busted up.
Where are your buffalers? Perhaps
you'll tell me that them cows is buffa-
lers. They amt. Where are your
prairie dogs? They amt dogs to begin
with; they're squirrels. Amt you
ashamed to call them mean little cusses
dogs? But where are they? There
amt none. Where are your grizzlies !?
You might have imported few grizzlies
TO keep up the name OF your railroad.
Where are your herd of antelopes scud-
ding before the advancing train? Nary
an antelope have you got fur to scud.
Rocky Mountains, sir! they amt rocky
at all. They're as fiat as my hand.
Where are your savage gorges? / can't see
none. Where are your wild lpIuns? Do
you call them loafing tramps In dirty
blankets Injuns? My belief is that
they're greasers looking out for an en-
gagement as song and dance men.
They're beats, sir, dead beats they're
'pudcocks, and you outer be told so. "
l didn't know it; nor could discern why
I ought to be told so. But there was no
pacifying the implacable man. Some
times he would confront me with an
open guide-book, and, pointing sternly
to an open page, would say. Where
are your coyotes, sir? III trouble you
for pack of wolves as makes night
hideous with their bowling. Did any
thing howl last night, sir, except the
wind? Where are your pumas and your
cougars? Show 'em to me. There's
nothing in it. It's as easy as going from
Jersey City to philadelphia, and the
whole things fraud"
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
Experimenting With Mushrooms.
from the London SOciety.l


1t Was in the Crimea, when rations
were at the very worst-salt pork aud
biscuit alone being the everyday fare
of everybody. Well, one morning, the
bat-man of a surgeon of artillery, being
out foraging, came upon treasure troye
of agsrics. He took them to his master.
"Sorr," said he, "Oi've picked up these.
Faith, an they be mushrooms Oi'll
broil them in pork fat, and yen not be
so badly off for the male (meaD this
blissid noight." The doctor, who was
no botanist, feared that the fungi were
toadstools and advised their being
thrown away. "Arrah, not stick of
'em, SORT, before evening" said Pat.
"Be jabers, mol OH tell ye what we'll
do. The vet 3 servant he has a capful
as we'll as me. They are for that officers
dinner. Now, he dimes at one o'clock
your honor don't dine till sivin. Let
Mister Horseleech ate his first. You
wait and see the iffic.. II he be nayther
sick nor sorry before your fading feed-
ing) tonne, why, ye yourself can ate the
things widout fear-they1l be mush-
rooms, and no mistake. But if the vet.
is complaining, or maybe dead-and
Olive asked corporal farrier to lit me
know-whoy, it will be pretty sartin
that the Vegetables arn't mushrooms, and
ye pade not touch them at all at all. y
At 7P. NJ. the horse. doctor being all
right, the human one devoured the de-
licious "vigitables con gusto, blessed
his bat man, and was all right too.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
DESTROYED by aCypboon.

Gable adyces from Hong Kong bring the in
telfgence that Manila, the capital of the Philh-
pine Islands, was visited by typhoon on the
10th. which destroyed the quarter part Of the
city and beached thirteen efsels. Many lives
were lost. Manila is a city Of about lbs, 900 in
hsbtauts and enjoys substantial commercial
prosperity. Her great enemy has heretofore
been tie earthquake. Commissions Of the earth
have frequently made frightfui ravages in that
city. In 1924 many churches, private houses.
ETC., were destroyed and the ships in the har-
Dor wrecked. but the number OF victims was
never ascertained. In 1923 and 1857 severe
shocks were felt, but on June 3, 1868, most
dreadful earthquake almost ruined the city.
The ground sank two feet, the cathedral and
all of the churches, with one exception, were
overthrow, and members were buried beneath
the ruins. A number OF lives, OF which 2.OOO
is said TO be a moderate estimate, we're lost.
Manila has during the past summer been visit
ed by cholera epidemic which was fnghtful
in its rsvages. hundreds dying daily from the
scourge, which seemed to be beyond the power
Of man TO check. During the past few weeks
the telegraphic advices have indicated an
abatement Of the pestilence.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
The Man Of Few Words.


To prove the garruhty of some travel
ers we state the following facts: A
young man, some time back, arrived at
an inn, and after alighting from his horse
went into the travellers room, where he
walked backward and forward for some
minutes, displaying the utmost import
ance. At length he rang the bell, and
upon the walters appearance gave him
an order, nearly as follows: Waiter!
the waiter replied, "Sir.S 81 am man
of few words, aud don't like oontinu-
ally ringing the bell and disturb
ing the house. I'll thank You to listen
toI What am going TO say" The waiter
again replied, "Yes, Sir" 'In the first
place bring me a glass of brandy and
water, cold, with little sugar, and also
q teaspoon; wipe down the table, throw
some Goals on the fire, and sweep up the
hearth; bring me couple Of candles,
pen. ink, and paper, some waters, little
sealing wax, and let me know what time
the post goes out. Tell the ostler to
take care OF my horse, dress him
well, stop his feet, and let me know when
he il ready TO feed. Order the chamber
maid TO prepare me o good bed, take
care that the sheets are we'll aired, a
clean night-cap, aud glass of water in
the room. Send the boots with pair
of clippers that can walk to the stable
in; tell him must have my boots cleaned
and brought into this room tonight, and
that ! shall want to be called at5 O'Clock
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
An Elaborate Banknote.

The bank of France has just issued
some 100-franc bank notes Of an especi.
ally elaborate pattern, which will battle
the most skillful OF forgers. An emf.
nent painter has furnished the design.
and the engraving has been executed by
artists of the first rank. The distin-
guished features of the new note is its
double water-msrk. That to the left is
the head of Ceres, and to the right the
head OF Mercury. One is visible with
the note placed Fat, and the other when
it is held up to the light. These water.
marks are not printed over. On both
sides of the note they apnear encircled
by ornamental devices. On the face oi
the note are draped figures seated, which
Symbolic agriculture and navigation.
On the reverse the center is occupied by
agroup of the goddesses Minerva and For.
tune, and below each OF the water-marks
is the standing figure of genius bear
ing an escutchion, upon which is in.
scribed the value Of the note. The new
note, like all French bank notes, is print
ed in blue.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
Newspapers.

tGeo. Alfred Tcwnsend's Amsterdam Letter.
BY the year 1900 it is said that there
had been two hundred and twenty differ.
ent towns or places In Europe where
printing presses had been set up.
Printing WAS introduced into the
United States at Cambridge, Mass, in
1909, about two hundred years after
Gutenberg invented the art. Type.
founding had got to be quite business
in England in 1887, when the govern
ment appointed four type-founders to
supply all the printers in the kingdom.
The first newspaper printed in Eng
land was in 1922, two years after the Pill
grims landed at Plymouth. The first
daily paper in England was not pub.
lished till 1892, and was called the Daily
Courant, name still preserved by
Senator Hawley's paper, in Hartford.
The first newspaper to stand up for
the liberty of the press was that of John
Wilkes, published in 1862, only twelve
years before the American Revolution,
and the letters of Junius, which gave
the press such consequence, began TO
appear in the London Advertiser in 1857.
The London Times was founded in
1785, Immediately after the close of the
American Revolution, and it had circu.
lation Of l, 900 copies day.
The first daily paper published in
France was the Paris Evening Post in
1777. The first American newspaper
was printed at Boston in 1890, and the
legislature bounced it Immediately, de-
claring that it's publication was contrary
to law, and that it contained reflections
OF a very high nature, and the second
number was not allowed to appear. II
was followed by the Boston News Letter
in 1704, printed by Scotchman. james
Franklin, brother of Benjamin Franklin,
established the New England Courant al
Boston in 1921, and the legislature or.
dered James Franklin out OF the bust.
ness, on the ground that "the tendency
OF said paper is to mock religion and
bring it into contempt; that the Holy
Scriptures are therein abused; that
the reverend and faithful min.
listers Of the gospel are injuriously re.
flected on; His Maiesty's government
offended and the peace and good order
of His Majesty's subjects disturbed.
Consequently, the paper had to run up
the name of Benjamin Franklin when
he was only sixteen years old, and
thereby he was introduced to the world
as the most distinguished printer that
has ever been connected with the press.
Washington was not born for ten years
after franklin, as boy of sixteen,
became the nominal publisher and real
editor of the New England Courant.
In l725 William Bradford, who had
published a paper in Philadelphia 81,
years before, started the New Yorh
Gazette.
The first daily paper in America was
the Pennsylvania Packet, published in
1784, ut the close of the revolutionary
war. The first newspaper in New York
city of much consequence was tory
paper called the Royal Gazette, pub
lished in 1773, and it soon rose to cir
culation of $500 copies. The oldes
newspaper now existing in New York il
the Commercial Advertiser, published
in 1897, four years before the Evening
Post was started by William Coleman
OF Massachusetts,, and Bryant went OF
this paper when it was quarter Of |
century old.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
NATIONAL SCHOOL STATISTICS.

The long-delayed report of the COM
missioners Of education for 1880 has Just
been published. The general conclusion
to be drawn from the mass of statistics
given is that as compared with former
years there has been a very gratifying
progress in the educational interests of
the country. The commissioner reports
the total school population for SO states
at 10, 35l 1875, and for eight territories at
184, ,4O5; the number of pupils enrolled
in the common schools is $3.50, 403 in
the 3o states, aud 101, ,11S in 10 ter.
ritories, while the number in daily at.
tendance was but 2,744, 1873 in "a states,
and 81, ,154 in eight territories. The
private schools in 81 states report $751;
200 pupils. The total number of teachers
in all the states is 28O,03A. In 35 states
there were 115, ,064 male, and lie, ,O64 fe-
male teachers. The public school in
come for the 80 states was $50, ,6Sl, A89;
for 10 territories, 81, $50, $50. The per-
manent school fund in 80 states was
$110, l84, ,029; in two territories, go, ,694,- :
$40. The estimated value Of all public
school property, including sites and
buildings, $3.50. .O69, 427, but this does not
include seven states and three territor-
les. These numbers indicate very graf.
flying progress upon former years. They
suggest also that in the larger part OF
the country the public schools are, more
or less, independent of annual allow
ances, and that the territories are, rela-
lively, better provided for than are the
states. Finally, it is worth noticing
that in the country, as whole. the fe-
male teachers do not greatly outnumber
the males. II all teachers were taken
together, the distribution between the
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
Sleepers' Discomforts in Germany.

Dresden Letter TO the Springfield (Mass) Repl
One of the first complaints heard from
Americans on arriving in Germany is
against the bed, for German beds, as q
rule, are short-so very short that man
who is unfortunate enough to measure
six feet has to double himself up between
the head and the foot. board, like the
letter A in the alphabet. The misery of
this uncomfortable position would not be
necessary were the beds of a decent
width, for with q wide bed, even if it
were not Of sufficient length, he could
lay "cornering," or he could turn over
on his side and double up without
projecting his knees and feet into the
cold air outside the mattress. German
beds, almost without exception, are
single, yes, very single--so much 30 that
the occupant if he attempts to deviate an
inch or two from horizontal position
finds himself sprawling on the floor. The
sheets, bed-blankets, ETC., are made Just
to fit the bed and are never wide enough
to "tuck in." They are seldom but an
inch or two wider than the mattre IS, and
it requires the skill and experience Of an
acrobat, especially with foreigner, to
keep the bed-clothes evenly balanced
over him. And then the grumblers
grumble the at pillows, which they
declare are either too large or too small
too hard, or too soft; and that the only
people who know how to make comfort
able pillows, and who have them, are
the Americans. Many of the hotels and
boarding houses here adopt the French
pillow, which is about half the size of
the mattress, and stuffed out 80 hard and
plump that the only benefit the tired
travelor gets from it is to have it to serve
as rest for his back while he sleeps in a
sitting position. The majority OF pillows,
however, found in Germany are made
wedge-shaped, of the same material as
the mattress, and come to point near
the center of the bed. On these the
sleeper, if he sleeps, rests on an inclined
plane, and looks like body on one OF
the narrow planks in the morgue at Paris
with a sheet thrown over it. l think it
would be difficult to find bed in this
country that would measure over five
feet ten, or six feet at most, between the
head and foot board; and as for wide
double bed there is prosably none in all
Germany, without it may be the one 1
saw at the museum in Munich, which is
said to have belonged to some king or
baron Of olden time.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
Fixing the Yard Measure.
From the Boston GIobe.l

There is little difficulty now about fix
ing the standard, but in early times,
when science had not attained Its pres
ent exactness, there were constant bick-
erings and wrangles. Perhaps the first
successful attempt to obtain uniformity
was achieved by Henry l., who settled
the matter by decision curiously arbi-
trary and final. The yard was to be the
standard of every measure, and the
length of the yard was not matter of
feet or inches, but was laid down once
for all as the length of the kings arm.
The decision was apparently simple and
intended to be final. The king often set
tied in person matters of dispute be-
tween his subjects, and in differences as
TO questions of measurement there could
always be ready reference to the royal
arm. In Edward lis time new
criterion was hit upon. The standard
was settled by statute, which or
dained that "three barley. corns, sound
and dry, should make an inch." As
compared with measurement by the
royal arm, this standard was almost
democratic in its suggestion, but the
bariey-corn showed Enthusiastically the
predominance Of the agricultural inter-
est. The inch being thus 'ascertained, it
was easy to construct from that datum
the foot, yard, perch, and even the acre.
The barley corn, indeed, figures con-
stantly in attempts to arrive at the
methods of computation. The object,
however, seems to have been to get a
standard that was accessible rather than
one that was invariable. The authorities
realized that seeds plucked from the full
ear were more popular as reference
than the proportions of the royal arm.
What was done with the inch had already
been done with the ounce. The consent
of the whole realm was obtained to the
proposal put forward in the ffty-first
year Of Henry ILL.,, that 20 pennies
should make an ounce, and that one
penny should weigh 32 wheat.cons
taken from the midst of the ear of corn.
And so matters stood for many years.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
He Forgot.
From the Augusta Me-, Journal J

A popular young printer of Augusta,
who until recently has resided under his
fathers roof-tree, married few weeks
since and leased apartments in another
part of the city. The other evening after
completing his days work, he left the
office, went up street and purchased a
Boston paper, aud then climbed the hill
to his fathers house. Entering its famil-
lar precincts, he marched to the wash
room, made his toilet and then presented
himself at the table. The family, who
had been watching his operations, eyed
him with amazement, at last his mother
softly inquired: "My son, have you
procured divorce thus early in your
welded career?" A pale crimson flush
suffnsed the young mans face, which
rapidly deepened into cardinal. Then he
gasped: al forgot all about being mar
REDS" Leaving the table amid a roar
Of laughter, the young man hurried oui
and walked hastily home where his
young wife was impatiently awaiting his
coming.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
Trying q Boy.
From the Detroit Free Pre-

lfrom the Detroit Free Press.
After q boot black had polished the
boots of a gentleman who was rambling
around the city hall, it was discovered
that the man had nothing less than a
dollar bill and the boy no more than if
teen cents.
81 suppose you can get this
changed suggested the man.
"Oh, yes"
"And you can fiud me when you come
back ?"
"Yes."
"But if I place this dollar in your
hands will it not be temptation to you
to cut sticks ?"
~ wouldn't steal no sich sum as
that" contemptuously replied the boy,
+" but for fear 1 might git a telegram and
be called out Of town in a hurry, l
guess you'd better go along"
"My son, l think / can trust you.
Go on your way. 1 was never deceived
in boy yet"
The boy started down Griswold Street
and did not return. The man did not
wait, however. 1t was busted Cana
dian bank bill.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
% Yarh - Tea.

About this time the rural dame goes
out into the woods and gathers herbs for
winter use, in case of sickness. And on
o bowling cold night in January she
makes some "yarb" tea for little John
ME. who appears croupy, and few
minutes after the patient swallows the
dose he shows signs Of joining the angel
band on the shining shore, aud the
boys father has got TO ride q mile and q
half through driving storm Of arctic
severity for doctor, who, upon his ar.
rival, tastes the tea, examines the herbs,
and informs the solicitous mother that
she has some poisonous weed mixed will
her herbs, and the doctors bill is five
dollars. Every family should gather q
supply of herbs
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
Another Uneasy Head.

On the 23d, as King Milan, Of Servia, was ell
tering the cathedral at Belgrade, advancing
through an assemblsge Of his admiring sub
jects, woman named Markowitcb, whose hus-
band was executed by the klng's orders in 1873,
fired at him with large revolver. The bullet
missed the royal target and wounded lady
spectator. Queen Natalie tainted and was ac-
companied to the palace 10y the king who ip-
mediately returned to the cathedral unattended.
The populace attempted to lynch the would be
murderess. The poor woman has been prey
to melanchOlia since the execution OF her hus.
land.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02

in the morning. Ask your mistress what
/ can have for supper; tell her ! should
like to have a roast duck or something Of
that sort; desire your master to step in,
| want ask him few questions about
the drapers Of the town." The waiter
answered Yes, Sir" and then went to
the landlord and told him gentleman
in the parlor wanted q great many things,
and among the rest he wanted him, and
that was all he could recollect.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
ATug B,owu 20 Pieces.

While steamiDg north on the lake in search
of tow on the 2Sth ult., the tug Wetzel, OF
Racine, Wisconsin, exploded, instantly killing
Capt. Frank F. Lowell; the engineer. William
Kelley, and the fireman, Pat. White, the only
persons on board. The accident occurred
about sixteen miles north of Racine, and three
miles of shore. small board bearing the
name of the boat, was the largest piece OF
debris found in the water. The bodies of the
victims were torn into shreds. It is reported
that the tug was racing with the Sill, another
tug, to reach a vessel in sight.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02

During the progress Of the Penn celebration
at Paramount Park, Philadelphia, on the oath,
mortar heavily charged with bombs and fire.
works exploded prematurely, moving down the
surrounding spectators in horrible manner.
Mrs. Davis CoOkley, who was nearest the mortar
was killed instantly, her bead being badly man.
gled. A colored infant was killed iu the arms
Of its mother, and John Cannan had his skull
crushed. He died i'll ten minutes. 1t is est.
injured, four Of whom will undoubtedly die.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
Trouble Brewing pn France.

A socialistic crisis is impending in France,
and 1t is thought that bloody outbreak is i'm
mlnent. At Lyons, several explosions of dyna.
mite have occurred and great excitement pre-
walls. Threatening letters have been received
by high officials and all such personages are
carefully guarded. Troops occupy the railways
at all strategic points and the forts are pre-
pared at the proper time to lay any portion of
the city in ashes. On the night Of the goth
the police seized forty XII ogrammes Of dyna.
mite
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02

st. Louis pork packer named C. ID. Wal
lace, committed suicide at Houston, Texas, on
the 26th.
William Richardson, OF Bloomington, ILL
nois, formerly dIy goods merchant. was re-
Gently dismissed from q situation as guuger al
Pekin. On the 25th he cut his throat from ear
to ear with razor
VIM. Bartel, prominent citizen OF Chester,
Pa, committed suicide on the 23d.
Henry p. Roberts, who for fifteen years was
clerk OF the United States circuit court in Bos-
ton, killed himself with laudanum.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
The PENN auu,v.,..rv-

William Penn landed a. Chester, Pennsyl-
yania, two hundred years ago on the 22i. and
the Friends assembled at the meeting house in
that city to commemorate that event. A letter
from John G. Whittier was read. inclosng a
poem which he wrote sixty years ago. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Alfred II. Lane,
president Of the Pennsylvania Peace Society,
and John NJ. Broomsll, Of Medina, Ohio.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02
a Hero.

Fire in the cab OF tue New Brunswick CN. }. }
passenger train on the Pennsylvania Railroad
on the 22d, threatened the travellers with a ter
rible death, but Engineer seip. who had made
his escape from the burning spot, returned,
reversed the engine, and the train stopped on
the Hackensack bridge. Mr.. Sep, ia per-
forming his heroic act, was so shockingly burn
cd that be died a few days afterward.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-11-02

The rivers Po, Adige, Tagliamento, Brenta
and Draye, in lyrol have overfowed their
banks and inundated the surrounding country
whose districts have been laid waste, the in
habitants fleeing before the remorseiess tide,
destitute Of everything. II is believed the
damage will reach Is, 600, 200 forins.