davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

Congress recently authorized the APP
pointment of eleven skilled laborers in
the patent Office at salaries Of $50 a
month, and applications for the places
been received from over 200 persons,
while for three places az watchmen in
the new State, War and Navy depart
ment Building, at less than 81, 900 a
year, there has been over 700 applica-
tions. These few places happen not to
be subject TO the civil service reform
rules, and the contrast between such a
greedy struggle ON the basis Of "infiu-
ence' and the rommon-scnse system Of
testing the applicants capacity by an
examination must impress even doubt
ers q tc tho wisdom Of tho reform.
The q for official positions in Wash
ington. even for those OF extreme by limit.
ed emolrmssAs and not above ordinary
mental emplosments as regards honor
able consideration. has been often de-
precsted, but il continues with una.
bated force, and no warn ings or re-
m6nstrances seem 10 have any ameliorat-
ing influence. Hundreds Of bright,
-ssive young men Of sufficient capacity
to win their way snywhere, bitterly
rue the day when they beguiled from
other occupations by the glamor OF
government service and Washington
life, which they have foundt to bs.nythine
but pleasant or profitable in the
long rur. but . rut that holds item
against any effort TO get into broad
felds Of honorable ambitions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24
The Girls and Tight Laciny

A girl, who has just returned from
London, tells me that, in the Health
Exhibition there, one Of the exhibits
was meant to depict the horrors of tight
lacing. A wazen figure was subjected,
for the purpose of divulging the secrets
of the ladies' torture chamber, to a com.
preston to the girth which O woman
may, with proper self Prospect, measure
around the waist. The sufferings of
the dummy, mandible, save for the
creaking Of the machinery, which in
the forcible compression OF the waist
might well be mistaken for groans, were
quite terrible in their realism, but the
female spectators laughed instead of be-
ing instructed, The fact is that the old
curmudgeons who take corsets as a text
for ermon against us are left very
far behind. Injuriously tight squeezing
OF the waist is rare indeed, nowadays.
The coming man and woman" said
DIR. Dio Lewis, "will be Just as large at
the waist as at any other pert of the
body" Did he ever see a FIJI: Island
womanp l have. She had never been
compressed by so much as a calico
wrapper, and yet her waist had a good
" taper to it. Pretty soon Lewis will
be demanding legs as big at the ankles
as at the calves. And when that same
ness of outline is produced by bigness
OF ankle rather than smallness of
calf, l hope he will be satisfied for
surely the owner won't.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

A New York operator thinks he has
discovered thesecret Of the enormous
shrinkege Of stocks. "The great secret
Of this n~eyer-ending shrinkage or val
ues, /" says this gentleman, (Which has
now probably gone beyond the point
whore stocks begin 10 be a really good
investments, Is want Of confidence in
the official reports of railroad COM
panies and the sworn statements OF
railroad officers. With New York Cen
trial selling at 96i. and paying eight pei
cent. dividends, 1T is evident that the
fsnhlie dces not believe the reports is
sued by Vanderbilt as 30 the condition
Of the road il they did tho stock would
go up 10 $50 Tomorrow 1t is probable
that this popular view has had a good
deal TO do with the depreciation Of GER
tain classes OF stocks.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

The inexorable snd oppressive bur
den Of the military systems OF Europe
is shown In a strong light by statistics
Published in Germany. II is shown in
the figures that IA, 702 men we're e-
fenced during the past year for at
tempting to emigrate for the purpose
Of avoiding required military service.
Cases against l4.i7s more offenders in
this particular line are still pending.
But worse still tho number Of other
men from whom a r~eseryice is due. and
who during the year past refused both
to report for duty and to furnish the
required excuses for the failure TO en-
roll themselves. amounted 10 the extra
ordinary number OF lo3, 251. The i'm
perial government attributes the
trouble to the negligence o. the officers
whose duty IL Is 10 attend TO the enroll
ment Of the inhabitants.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

A correspondent writes to the Toron-
TO Globe that $50 great has been the 30.
cial distinction granted to members Of
the legal fraternity, SO many and SC
splendid have heen the prizes reserved
for those learned in the law, that great
numbers utterly regardless in many case.
Of their want Of fitness have rushed into
the study Of the law, needless OF the
already o~yercrowded state Of the pro-
fession." IL is believed however, that
awhen il becomes generally understood
that multitudes OF lawyers are continu-
ally on the verge Of starvation (many
having to depend on the hard earnings
Of their parents or on the generosity OF
rich fathers in law those destitute OF
the qualifications necessary to forensic
success win pause before entering the
legal profession without the mental
powers, the logical acumen, or the NOR
al stability and integrity which are in
dispensabie to permanent success at the
bar"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24


The two Aztec children who for sew.
eral years inspired visitors to "the only
greatest show on earth" with awe and
veneration are now inmates Of an Ohio
insane asylum. This melancholy fate
would afford one more illustration Of
the transitory nature of all earthly dis
tinctlons were it not for the fact that
the Aztec orphans are and slways have
been Caucasian idiots. When their
contract with the Snowman expired
they returned to the asylum whence
they had been taken. Al least, this IL
the statement OF General Taylor and
professor Gundry, Of the Maryland In.
sane Asylum at Spring Grove, who
nave lust returned from an i~nspect;o.
OF similar institution in Ohio.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24
A General Insane Through Dn,

New York Letter :''You have |
deed fallen low" vas the remnk
Justice Scion b. Smith at the Tad
to an aged man, who showed eElfy !
dication OF a tramp.
"For Gods sake forgive me, q
pleaded the man. Liquor has y
my curse. For ten years | have bonl
slave; but from this day forth I
be a changed man. / will quit da
ing and make a solemn VOW that !
another drop of that poison vii I
my lips again"
at has now such q strong hold y
!. you that you couldn't stop it u 4
tried ever so hard" remarked
Judge; "and, besides, where could I
go? You have no home; YOU I
won't recognize you any mon, !
your friends pass by with horra
disgust. Drinking has somewha |
balanced your mind, and I'll sr1
the complaint against you into inSa'
You will he better treated in an s1
thar in the workhouse. 0Ecs |
move him."
please, judge, will you let ana
officer take him?" said Court On
Finn, whose eyes were filed with 4
"Why can't your" said the justis
HE was my general in the war
honor" said Finn. land he was 50 4
to me that / don't like TO repay bal
this way, although / know it is dcni
his good. He treated the men 1
fought under him MS he would
brothers. / and others will see ihsl
is properly cared for at the asylum
The man was none other than ~
Gen. Thomas w. Eagan, n Of 1
heroes in the battle Of Gettysburg u
Gen. Meade. He was a participsa1
almost every battle at that time
the close of the war he wss msa1
internal revenue officer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

l.
The labor market on the Pacific coast
Is ut the lowest condition. Thousands
Of Young mon are roaming along the
coast from Washington Territory to
Southern California, vainly searching
for employment in the various occupa-
tons to which they have been c
toned. They realize now, what they
should have known before, that it re-
quires some money to start a paying
business anywhere, and especially in
that section. and that they were unwise
in going so far away from home with
out money or q definite purpose for
which ample information is necessary
to success.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

There is now a very interesting and
nzaful forestry exhibition at Edinburgh,
Scotland, embracing the most complete
variety which has ever been attainabls
In this department Of human riches.
1t is interesting to note that
In the British Isles, where
wood IS scarcely a necessity for fuel,
that public attention is enlisted in be-
half Of preserving forests and growing
trees that are usefal and almost indis-
pensable for other purposes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

Tried by the test Of Increased real es.
tate valuations the growth Of New York
city in the last three years has been
something remarkable. The assessed
valae Of this class Of property in 1881
was <978. 735, 100, end the increase in
nine years had been sl4o.043, 21a. Ac-
cesding 10 the assessment rolls recently
completed, real estate values this year
have advanced 10 81. li9, 76l ,ss7, an In
crease in only three years Of s14s, o26.-
ooo
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

There is as much differences !
as in beef, according to The.f'
World. Those from a thin ben, n
sustained with garbage, slops ana :,
grain, spread in q thin, watery w \,
er the dish, or look a milky w.
stead OF having q lively, slighiV IA
tinge. On the other hand, 2 Y
healthy hen, with daily ratioIis = Z !.
ishing food, lays rich eggs VIM Z
broken retain their form, yie,a
more resistance and give tue /.
you are beating something thioAe'
diluted milk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24
suLIrvAH's EscA,.
now he was savsa from tn. -.
o'Daldwin.

How he was saved from IN. -,
/ o'DAldwin.
The story of the trouble u
John L. Sullivan and Patrick u
In this city, last week, has No. ,,..'
curateiy told. From all tba.
learned, Coakiey was PLAYING III
some friends in Mckay's salos.
Sullivan and his friends entered !
ley asked Sullivan to Join him 3
and Sullivan refused. When Il
had finished his game Of b;l;.ss
was about to retire, when en-
asked him TO "take a drink y a.
remarked: "No, 1 don't care n I.
but liipiay you one game Of pOdl (
bottle of wine." II go yous -.
Sullivan. The balls were placed !
Sullivan won the bread, or s,,,
He failed topocket q ball, and CT,
followed with astroke which rexpl,.
two balls pocketed. Sullivan I,
again without effect, and w
ley followed with a run
eral balls, ~whereupon San!
chums displaced the balls h..
named on the table and broketS..
up. Coakley then put his cns \ \
rack, and Sullivan followed h,
telling him he was "a frauds q
err" etc. Coakley told John 7, NJ
knew better than that. Sullirsa
swered that he had known CD
when he kepta little "gin.milp 4
south end, and when he didnq =.
so many airs as he did now, and S,'
have q cent. Coakley told IN.
that the statement was untrue. ana
he had plenty of money before grlE.J
was born; moreover, he had hefr.s
Sullivan when he was in hard Ens
fact when he didn't have a shirt + !
back" Sullivan thereupon becan.s i
ceedingly wroth, made an acur.ss
movement towards Coakley. ana
tinued his abuse. Coakley war0nIJ
not to step a foot forward and d,s-
revolver. Mckay had seized SuIT,j
meanwhile, and pushed him tov,,,
billiard-table. Thoroughly arouss
what had taken place, Coakley eIL
Sullivan an Irish mai
lowed theepithet with the remark. II
one called me that I'd kill him n
Ivan had now made another forvv
movement, so that Mckay did not n
shield him, and Immediately COA1
raised his revolver and pulled the n
ger. As his arm went up tbs bare
the revolver was graspedb by a bystaaj
and the hammer falling with force
an ugly wouad, but saved the ma
life, for, if the hammer had fallen n
out striking his hand, he would u
been killed instead of Sullivan, al
muzzle of the "gIn" was pointed h y
direction of his abdomen whenthe III
mer fell. Here the trouble ceased Y
those who know Coakley say tha !
will always be on the alert for SulEsj
and if the champion ever lifts a hand
makes an aggressive movement tOEsl
him he will surely kill him if he 4
"the draw" Men in the gauhI
fraternity say that Sullivan Wa
justified in acting as he did with Cd
ley, but that the pugilist's mind 4
been poisoned against the gambler !
stories Of bunko men and petty aa]
sters whom Coakley would not N
in his place OF business. Ii is nea3
to say hat all parties had been drni|
ing.-Boston Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

Thcre Il reason to believe that be-
fore long tho days Of Broadway New
York d the most famous promenade in
The world, are numbered. Hitherto
any attempt to get . railroad track on
That street has been defeated, but the
Tribune asserts that now the requisite
assent Of enough property has been OBJ
tain ed and . road propelled by cable is
likely to be Ia operation within a briei
r,cxiss1
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

For The third time within a year the town Of
cedar Springs, near Grand Rapids, Mich, was
swept by IRE Johnson a Links's mill, the
Wasar house, the Grand Rapids 4 indiana de-
pot, Cedar Springs house and the whole busi.
ness part; twn squares, both sides OF Main 81
Vert entirely consumed. Tue losses arc e,,n,
orally estimated At $4,000 10 saooOoo chIeay
IN MA amounts well insured ~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

Paul Martin, of Milwaukee,, o.
TO the penitentiary three mpnss
stealing a kiss from Mis-
Curtis.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24
Manit

! report, W.
col
&nds to run
Brest 10 Ca
wineonti
kiag coup
khern Pacif
Portland b
aiken up fro
] at the old
BIC, and OF
Hope branC
9from Evere
! thence on
&n, where
tengers to
ping north
81. During
"a train vii
JMsyMlleb r
Eventually
Md abandon
Is easily bl
changes
~, viii be
fugh trains
! running b.
land toLai
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

pc Dakota
never ioo|
Pere has be
zen Pierre
] Jones sho
5FortPierr
|kvg.mfic
Lar Within
4npion Iii
Ioihee, has
Erhrkship.
In Stafford
. had hisI|
3ng throw
report COZ
3the horses
kumlar ba
4 ofuntnmor|
49,
.,n.h4T II
s. - 80
Imam - can@
lover the r
| yaulted oJ
woman from
4. H. Shaw.
krctor
\ lively |
Ion Tuesda|
Feam, took 4
["uen' and
|enf Muir |
|evard Of 4
lian Bayle|
deputy and
E wisner
| man of til
his buggy.
I'll
r.. Brickle
J seaby;oht
b. BodgeaI"I
|,,a 49,
EISsooo@ sel
Fged with Sc
NO partios
&@
the OIL
and 81
r0mas oathI
Y appeared
lion, HAVING
|s. connectic
,ISGsI1sseisdaH
h $3.50
u,
''a'shal Fost
sted mani
ndharness n
Who lives
S. inrew 4
,%, DUN q
aud
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

]
Recently at
b. O. U
\ and Time
Scott.of
ktary; r.. !
[gentinel,
N.
lgh,ofthcl
f Murphy
buay,of ii
kter afte
reported
knd other q
meetings
1
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24
i Vicious

tstertown,
kl6.Mrs.
Sown, recel
tn cut by
with child
Iwife have
kths and tn,
be children
fcrd met OF
tleyen, as
boL, @d he
BE hotel W
learning til.
ARREST. I
5eyening tht
ld keep
IN, The
ted against
M was aba
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

|artn l.. '
her county
|ng mortga9
or so
SheriI
kisihon from
Irsska and
[he placed
! Of City Nj
lie Of hours
suner at II
e1citedofic
leave to
Lit. and tht
He is a
IMAM, abo
| wearing a
Sted for sey6
lone onw whit
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

Vth ENAkEloH IOlItI.
ouf foreign relations favor our domestic
development We are at peace with the
worid--at peace upon a sound basis with no
unsettled questions % sufficient magnitude
10 embarrass or distract MS Happily re-
moved from our geographical position from
participation or interest In those questions
or dynasty or boundary which so frequently
disturb the peace OF Europe, we are left to
cultivate friendly relations with all. and arc
free from possible entanglements in the
quarrels OF any The United States has no
cause and no desire TO engage In conflict with
eny power on earth, and we may rest In as
snIed coincidence that no power desires 10
attack the United States
With the nations of the Western hemi-
sphere we should cultivate closer relations.
ana Tor our common prosperity and adj
ynncement we should invite them all to ioin
Win US IN an agreement that, for the future.
MI international troubles in North or south
America shall be adjusted by impartial arbf-
tration and not by arms Ihisproiect was part
OF the hxc5 rc.;cy OF President Garheld's adj
nhnistration- and IL should in my Judgment
De renewed Its acc,mpliphmenton this con-
tinent would favorably affect the nations be-
yond the sea, and thus powerfully contribute
~ no distant gay TO the universal acceptance
OF the phianthropic and Christian principle
OF arbitration. The effect even OF suggesting.
IL for the Spanish American states has been
most happy, and ~hasinoreased the confidence
OF those peopisin our friendly disposition.
II fell to my lot az secretary OF state. In June.
1881, TO quiet apprehension in the Republic
OF Mexico, by giving the Assurance In an
Official dispatch that there Is NOT the faint
est desire In the United States for territorial
extension south of the Rio Grande The
boundaries OF the .twa-repuhlics have been
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

~ ~ ~ WV ~ III " &NtAN AAll@
gen Of the republic. Congress is forbidden
by the constitution TO make any law 4re-
specting the establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof For a
century, under this guarantee, Protestant
and Catholic, jew and GENTLE, have wor-
shipped God according 10 the dictates OF
conscicnce. But religious liberty must not
be perverted TO the justification of offenses
against Tho law. A religious sect, strongly
~intrenchcd in one of the territories of The
Union, and spreading rapidly in four other
territories. claims the right TO destroy the.
great safeguard and imminent of social
order, and 20 practice a. a religious 2rivil-
.ege that which is punished with severe pen
atty in every state OF the Union. The saeredt
ness and unity OF the family must be pre-
served as the foundation of all civil govern
ment, ~ the source of orderly administra-
ton, as the surest guarantee of moral purity.
The claim of the Morinons that they are
divinely authorized TO practice polygamy
should no more be admitted than the claim
vol certain heather tribes. II they should
rome among as, to continue the rite OF
human sacrifice. The law does not interfere
with what a man believes; il takes cogni-
xance only OF .hat he does As citizens, the
are entitled 10 the same civil rights
as Others, and to these they must be con
nned Polygamy can never receive national
sanction or liberation by admitting the conf
munity that npholds IL as a state In The
Union Likeothers-the Morm0ns must learn
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-07-24

Charles rushed up and 6r.J Ave sbo,s ~
lore anything was done. Witness heard D.,
McQueeny say Boys / am shot lair ana
witness went to the east; did not see the fracas
between Fred and Bell saw Fred after he 49,
down; Lair and witness was over 100 feet east
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12

Hon. Marshall Key. clerk OF the federal courts at
Council BlunS, Iowa, after several days OF severe
Illness, shot and killed himself in ut Of temporary
insanity yesterday.
Two actors named Harry Rich and Andrew Lea
Witt were arrested In New York last night, charged
with swindling.
A prize night at New York last night at Billy
Madden's saloon between John Lynch and Frank
McCue, with hard gloves, was won by Lynch. Nc
Cue was badly punished
The Indianapolis Journals Switz City special
says: George Rankin while showing a younger
brother how TO handle revolver shot him fatally
He Immediately killed himself with the same re-
vOlver."
The British forces in Egypt, now numbering
8, GOO men. will be raised TO 10000 in view or the
intention to send an expedition TO Khartoum to
relieve General Gordon.
The Wheeling, W. Va, Inteuigencer says: "Spe-
cial dispatches sent hence TO newspapers east and
wess ,, nave grossly misrepresented the financial
A very perceptible shock OF earthquake occurred
on Long Island yesterday shortly after noon, and a
slight shock was felt In Hartford, Conn.,, Sunday
night 1s Charles sc,e,er . ,.ov ,,,o r,, 81 ., plat,
field, N. j., was so seriously shocked by the earth
quake on Sunday that she died a few hours after
wards
Prairie Chicken, one OF the Crow Indians i'm
prisoned at Miles city, Montana, for cattle Killing
was shot by the sheriff wednesday while attempt,
Marcus Mclean, of Montana, has been arrested
at P1ttsburg on charge OF forgery preferred by
superintendent Footner. OF the Northern Pacific
express company.
The Denver Republican and the Denver Trfb,paes
the Leading republican newspapers OF Colorado
have been consolidated. and the new paper Will be
KNOWN as the Denver Tribune Republican,.
In the house OF commons yesterday IL was an
Mexico placing England upon "the most favored
nation" footing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12

COmmissi0ner Price viii Not Move.
THE PATENT OFFICE TAKES POSSESSION or HIS
RooHs-THK RESIGNATION OF THE INDIAN ooxxIs-
sIoNER PROBABLE
There Is trouble brewing In the Interior DEPART
ment which may culminate in the resignation OF
Indian commissioner Price. Some DAYS ago Secre-
tary Teller ordered the Indian Office TO be removed
TO the Second National bank building on eth street.
opposite the Post Once department. Commissioner
Price OBJECTED TO having his own orCe remove III,
and the Secretary, upon consultation with hiIu
concluded 10 have Mr. Price retain his Office say in.
That II would be announcement TO have The
head OF the bureau In another building
MI Price declared that he would not
occupy another building, and intinated that lie
was understood that all OF the Indian bureau. ex-
cept the commissioners Office, should go across the
street Yesterday Acting Secretary Joslyn ordered
the entlre bureau removed, and when spoken 10
ABOUT the arrangement with Mr.. Price he said Sec
retary Teller had finally concluded TO establish the
wnole oulnt In the bank building. Some OF Nr.
Pflces friends In his absence, The is IN Denver.)
demonstrated, but were told that upon secretary Tel
lerS return for one day last week he gave the order
day the order was carried out and the Patent
once took charge OF Commissioner Prices quarters
IL Is predicted by friends OF the commissioner that
when ne returns bis ofice will either De restored
the department building else that a vacancy will
Immediately occur by his resignation. For a year
past ArS Price has been IN very bad health. and
the commissioner, II Is said would rather retire
than not that he may devote his entire time TO his
WIFE, She can not remain Ia this climate, and II he
thought he Will gladly avail himself OF any excuse
to 60 out of Office