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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
4 sunrise For the Dude.

A First-street merchant tells OF a
very funny incident which h h. hcrrened IN
front of his store recently, says the
Portland Oresonian. A young lady
was standing in the doorway b eside
several dummies waiting for street.
car when Tiers ratie along an ate n.
uated specimen IT the exaggerated
dude, with pair of pi>ce nez glasses
astride a very promineL-t nose and
mistaking, or pretending to mistake,
the lady for a dummy, took hold o. her
cloak as if to examine the quality O..
the material. In less than a second an
umbrella whirlcd by a ,well-developed
arm came down crash on the dudes
plug hat, drlvingit down over his ears,
and completely extinguishing him;
and, as he extricated his hypsistenoce-
phaius head and passed on amid the
shouts and laughter Of the spectators.
and the young lady calmly resumed
her statuesque pose. as if to catch the
next gawking fool that came along.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
Cultivated, Mu scle and Brains.

One idea advanced by a prominent
sporting writer is worthy Of claticis m,
says the Kansas City Referee He Saws
that the star players for six or seven
months work get naosethan they could
possibly make in any other business
and nave a good TIM 2. well. Thai
is undoubtedly trie and the same
statement would apply to horse, a
dog, pugilist, an oarsman, singer
or any other person who gains fame
by excellence in his or her sphere.
Sunol in a milk wagon. Axtell as q
buggy horse, Gladstone as house
dog, Sullivan as q bod carrier, Tecmer
as ferryman, or Patti as a house
maid might really earn 81 day, but
in the positions they actually occupy
they earn hundreds and even thousands
of dollars an hour. So it is with ball
piavers J:nature has fitted them to
gain excsltence ih.their sphere, they
are entitled 70 the reward and no
sensible man will begrudge it to them
simply because they might not be able
to earn as large sum as a clerk, q
mechanic, etc.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
How to Make the Feet smalL

There Is everything in knowing
how to dress the feet properly" said
lady Of fashion. :
my feet are not small, yet l man.
age to get credit for decidedly Cinder-
erella-likc extremities. The trick is
in knowing how to dress them. See
now, my foot is exactly as long as a
No. shoe and G width. Do there
fore wear q No. C, as most women
would? Not a bit of it. 1 wear a
A. double A. The longer shoe is the
narrower it always looks. of course, so
that's the first gain; and, in the second
place, l can wear shoe that is mar
rover than my foot really is with per-
feet comfort, because there is so much
room in the length Of the shoe. It Just
transforms the undesited width :::...:3
the desired length, you see. Most
women have an idea that short foot
is pretty, no matter how wide and
shapeless it may be, and only a few Of
those who really see the beauty OF a
long, slender foot know how to secure
it for themselves. An old French
bootmsker tssght me the Trick years
ago, and my fSzt have been an, impres-
sible comfort to ms ever since" =
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
Possibilities Of Ordinary Men.

Habit is the supreme bosss be-
lieve there is no condition mental,
moral. or physical, says Joe Howard.
which cannot be attained by ordinary
men, whether it be good or evil. be-
lieve that it is as easy for man to
get into the habit of drinking, OF
swearing, of off colocisms in conversa2
ton as it is to roll ball down an in-
cline: On the other hand know that
q man who has been in the habit Of
drinking being warned by his physi-
clan, being convinced by his own con-
dition that it is unwise and dangerous,
can stop it with the ease of an expert
base ball catcher. !.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
KING OF THE CYPSIEs.
He and His Ohio Subjects are Liv
Ing In RHoanarltx

He and His Ohio Subjects are Liv-
Ing In Prosperity.
A modest brick house standing lit
tie way back from the street, in a
suburb of the City OF Dayton, O.. is
the property and for part Of the
year the home Of gypsy OF wide re-
pute, the heir apparent to a throne in
Little Egypt; and here, and here
about is the rendezvous of numer-
GUS band or tribe. This settlement is
widely known as the home of some of
the richest and most influential fam
lilies Of gypsydom, among them the
Stanleys, of whom the present head,
Levi, is called the head. This Levi
Stanley is short, heavy-set man of
something over 20 years; he is still
strong and active, with rudy cheek
and bright eye. Much of his time is
passed with the travelling parties,
while his Oldest son, Levi, Jr., is a
stalwart, handsome man Of SO, as
snmes much of the active direction of
affairs, looking after property, etc.
Lying scattered about to the north of
Dayton are many fine farms owned by
them. At present most of the farms
are in the bands Of tenants, for how
ever near the gypsy may be to the
primeval man. he has not yet develop
ed strong liking for the labor of the
primeval occupation.
The travelling and camping parties
are the most interesting and pictur-
esque feature of gypsy life. These
usually consist of sing gle family, the
term family meaning the whole blood
connection. It may comprise one or a
dozen wagons, and from three or four
to nearly half hundred people.
They make long or short journeys, as
directed by the king, stopping at each
place as long as the state of the horse
and palmistry trade warrants
CkautauQuan.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
HEARrLEs.s AFRICANS.
fhe unc,wu,xed Native Utterly
nevotd ~ Feeling.

The Uncivfrixed Native Utterly
Devoid Of Feeling.
It is the utter abseA CO OF feeling
of sympathy for their h no. OF pity for
sugering, of allthat is be It In the heart
of white man, that jars SO harshly
on the sensibilities when oneA irst comes
in contact with Africans. TIN It young
warrior who has been making himself
SO agreeable about your tent, whose
fine physique you have admired, ana
whose amiability has created favo. "
able impression from the first, win
take part in a slave hunt tomorrow.
he will think no more of jabbing his
spear through a poor old woman be-
| cause she isn't worth bringing away
than you would of killing a dog, nor
half SO much.
And that laughing young woman
with the intelligent face and SYM
metrical form, who wants you to buy
her bunch of bananas, will see her
sisters Ut neighboring tribe brought
in with their necks in heavy Jokes,
their babes clinging to their backs,
their pickaninnies following at their
heels. believing with fright She will
know they are doomed to slavery,
never to see their homes again; she
has heard exaggerated stories of the
dreadful march to the distant coast, of
deaths on the way, of babes sold one
way and mothers another. She thinks
their fate ten times worse than it will
in reality be, but she doesn't care. In
the stare of curiosity with which she
greets the shackled wretches as they
are driven in there is not one CLINT of
sympathy or pity. On the contrary,
she laughs and claps her hands, for
has not her husband taken q prominent
part in the raid. and may she not
therefore look confidently forward to
coming in for necklace or two of
heads from the Swahili traders who
will buy the slaves? She hopes that
her gallant warrior of y husband will
continue to spear his fellow-Africans.
burn their houses, rip up their help
less and unmarketable old mothers,
chop down their banana groves and
sell their wives and children into
slavery until she shall become the
most bead bedecked woman in the
tribe. -Bicycler Stevens.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
A Valuable Decision.

The English courts have lately : de-
cided that in a case "where a wound
is given, which, in the opinion of COM
petent medical advisers. is dangerous,
sud the treatment which they adopted
is the immediate cause of death, the
party who inflicted the wound is GRIM
inally responsible" This decision was
was reached in case in which it was
sought to- shift the responsibility, from
the person who inflicted the wound, to
the doctorss who sought to save the
mans life:., Thus the surgeon is free
from more thau oTdiznry responsibility
in treating such csses. A. result he
will be inclined 10 undertake opera
lions that otherwise he would not, and
80 give the accused a better chance OF
avoiding the charge Of murder.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
THE EXPERT AccoUNrAJyT.,
Some Of the Doings of the Men
Who Work at Figures.

Some OF the Doings Of the Men
VINO Work at Figures.
The expert accountant. is one of the
necessities of modern civilization. He
knows all the intricacies of figures and
account books. He is Indispensable to
the great corporations. He can take
great masses of books and evolve a
balance sheet He complies reports,
he adjusts averages for the insurance
companies, and gets order out of
chaotic masses of figures. He knows
how to make annua reports look
attractive, and not unfrequent!y makes
ugly accounts look straight
One OF the most important functions
OF the expert accountant is to show up
defaulters. It often happens that bus
mess men find their affairs getting
tangled. They know they have been
making money; but somehow, they
are running behind. They have re-
lied upon some trusted bookkeeper.
SO far as they can see the books are
all right, but the results are unsatis-
factory. They do not like to suspect
the trusted servant, but they want to
be satisfied. The expert accountant is
called in with great secrecy, and
ordered to go over the books at night
Then the exposure comes; the cooked
accounts are exposed; the forced bal
ance is shown up; the amount of the
defalcation is set down in plain figures.
1t is surprising how many concerns
there are doing large business who are
absolutely dependent upon their book
keepers. and are utterly helpless to
find out exactly where the trouble is,
altho ugh they may be convinced that
something ia wrong. The expert &C
countant may strike it at the first
glance. He may delve for weeks be-
fore he reaches the solution. He learns
lots OF secrets, but he is dumb as an
oyster, and keeps his discoveries only
for the ear of the employer. If he is
kind-hearted he advises the defaulter
to pay up before the exposure comes.
There are a number of expert account
ants in New York who make y BUSH
ness of unraveling tough accounts.
Their charges are high. put they are
in great demand. It is said to be al
most an invariable rule that when an
expert accountant is called in to 60
over cooked account books the culprit
will own up and help in getting a
correct statement.-New York Sun.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
LEcERDEMAIN EXPOSED.
Tricks Which Seem Improbable.
But Can Easily Be Done.

Tricks Which Seem improbable.
But Can Easily Be Done.
1t has always been wonder to the.
unlnitiated how the many sleight- Of
band tricks which are performed
nightly by the different magicians are
accomplished. To the inexperienced
the tricks seem hard, but ANYBODY
can do many of them provided thew
have the necessary pharaphernalia. !
The tricks of changing water in bot
tie to ink and the ink to water can be-
done by twelve-year-old boy.
This Is how it is done The globe
which appears to be full of ink is in
reality full of water. but it is double
The outer globe is part of the stand,
which is hollow. while the inner globe
is fitted with cap Of black silk ready
to be pulled down through the hollow
centre of the table at given signal
exposing what is apparently only
large glass globe Of water, but whichl
is in reality two. The change from
water to ink is effected by picxingup be-
tween the fingers a little diamond (drab)
wrapped up in a paper which is punct-
ured with holes, and quietly dropping
it in the globe while throwing the
handkerchief over it. Those who do
not understand tricks would not ap-
prcciate the Importance Of q little
thing you can do when down among
the audience. In wrapping up the
bottle with the handkerchief you cam
give it shake. The shake is the ex-
PLANTATION of the trick-it scatters the
dye in the water and makes it appear
as ink.
1t has always been q mystery, even
to those who understand how the mir
ror tricks are accomplished, as to how
magicians could tell persons in the
audience on what day of the week they
were born. Before telling this they
always ask their questioners to write,
down the year OF their birth, with the
day of the month. In each case he
can always give the correct days. This
can be accomplished as easy as falling
off log, and this is just exactly how
it is done. Without going into elabo,
rate explanations, here Is table: i
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31

Teacher (after lecture eh esofopy1
Now. children, l want to tc1f you OF
sosAething saw in Utah. There is a
High mountain there, far from human
habitation, yet the top OF it is covered
with oyster shells. How do you ex-
plain thas Bright boy-WelI. dun
no, OF course, but when we lived in
Kansas a'big cyclone struck our town,
and the last / saw OF the railroad res
taurant it, was way up in the air,
headin' ferEtah. New York Weekly.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31

Now we wish, we'll say, to find the
day of the week on which any certain
date fell. We take the figure of the
month given above, the last two figures
of the date of the year, one quarter of
the same, emitting the remainder if it
does not divide evenly by four, and
the date of the month. Add all four
sums together, divide by seven, and
the remainder will tell the day of the
week, counting Sunday as 1. Monday
as 2, and so on till we reach Friday as
and Saturday as 0. Here is an illus
tration of it To-day is the 9Th Of
January, 189O-Sunday:
Date Of year Qast two figures) ............9O
Quarter Of same ignoring remainder). ..22
Day of the month. ................. 800. .G
Ratio of month (as given above) .........03
Total, 100
Divide this by z, we get II, with a.
remainder of l, which is Sunday, as
given in the table.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
CAN WE CHANGE CLIMATE?

Among the Possibilities OF the
Coming Century.
1t has been maintained that the
mild weather Of this winter thus far
and of the entire period Of last winter
is owing to a detection OF the gulf
stream. If this is 80, why could it
not be detected some more and make
New England tropical and raise
oranges in New Hampshire and pine
apples in Maine? We believe that
certain audacious engineers have Of
fered to do this, provided capital
enough is furnished for the UNDER
taking.
To limited extent, even, now, it is
an admitted fact that man can make
his own climate. The meteorological
conditions of the west have been
greatly modified since it was first set
tied. Perhaps New Englanders may
decide some day that, instead of
changing our fannels every winter, it
will be cheaper in the long run to
change our climate and dispense with
tfannels entirely.
OF course it sounds preposterous to
advocate the DETECTION of the gulf
stream, but many preposterous things
have happened in the nineteenth
century, and who shall say that any
scheme which is proposed for the
twentieth century is chimerical?
After we have married the Orient and
the Occident by bridge across Behr-
ing's Strait, and are able to go to
Europe via Siberia in Pullman car,
we may turn our attention seriously to
the gull stream.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
charging him with forgery and other svind.

charging him with forgery and other swind-
ling schemes.
Charley Davenport, an old Racine printer,
son Of the late Lyman Davenport. was muir
dered in Kansas City. He leaves q widow
and four children.
The Ashland Press states that the Ashland
Iron and Steel Company is paying the farm
ers of Ashland County over $25 900 q month
for wood to convert into charcoal.
The winter bridge at La Crosse has been
completed and the ice being Of sufficient thick
ness good and safe roadway now connects
the Minnesota shore with that city.
Two boys were taken from the trucks Of q
train Mt Neenah. They had chung to the rods
OF the coaches during the run from Marinette.
They were nearly frozen when found.
A syndicate of berry growers at Sparta
have united in the purchase of crates and
boxes for next seasons business. A con-
signment Of 100, 900 arrived few days since.
While standing near his fathers house in
the town of Lebanon, Dodge county, the g.
year-old son of Carl Christian had some Of
his fingers shot off by some person unknown.
1t has been nccertained beyond reasonable
dou BIT that the death OF Frank Dornfeldt, his
wife and daughter, at Me1fasha, recently, Was
due to poison from o copper kettle in which
food was cooked.
An inmate Of the Soldiers home at Mil
waukee, named Ryan, was struck by North
western express train at Racine, and received
injuries that will prove fatal. He was re-
moved to Kenosha.
A novel scheme to build brewery at Eau
Claire is being agitated. 1t is proposed to
issue stock to the saloonkeepers If that and
other cities, and thus get them to use the
beer made at the brewery.
Mrs. Gard, the Ashland woman whose
husband failed to appear against her in the
case for assault with intent to kill, has been
again arrested, ON charge ofper:orming an
unlawful operation OF a surgical nature.
james Peterman has been held for trial for
forgery, because he indnced 14-year-old
daughter OF Mrs. Eta Raycroft to sign a
paper that her mother gave consent to her
marriage, on the strength of which justice
epliccd them.
There is greatexcitement in Carl Christian's
neighborhood, in the town of Lebanon,
Dodge County, over the mysterious shooting
of his son. 8 years old. The little fellow was
fred at while standing by the side of his
fathers house. Parts Of one thumb and
forefnger were shot off and the other finger
mutllated, besides being shot in the face and
knee. The boy saw no one fire, and up to
this time it remains mystery.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
warrant after he had signed it. Healey is
president of the board

warrant after he had signed it. Healey is
president of the board.
John Haggart of Fargo has been recon-
mended by Senators Pierce and Casey for
United States marshal Of North Dakota
His nomination, it is expected, will be by the
President. Johnson Nickeus of JAIME stown.
who has been recommended by Senator
Pierce for the judgeship. is at Washington.
A number of saloonkeepers at Northwood
we're arrested on the charge of illegally SELL
ing liquor, and their examination will take
place before Judge Cults of Grand Forks.
Attorneys have consented to make it test,
case and take it to the supreme court. now
in session at Fargo, and secure hearing and
decision at once.
S. S. Smith, the deposed receiver Of the
Devils Lake land district. says that the
grounds for his dismissal-an alleged short
age in his accounts-are the merest bosh,
and declares that the charge could not have
emanated from the interior department.
John A. Percivai, the new appointee, was for
several years register OF deeds for this coun-
ty, and latterly state examiner.
The senate committee on commerce favora-
bly, reported the bill to create customs dis
trict of the two Dakotas. This 10 the bill
over which al attempt was made to create
adisturbance in Minnesota on the ground
that it was taking such large slice of the
district over which c. G. Edwards presides,
with St. Paul as headquarters, as to make
his fees too small to be worth working for.
Railroad Com missioners Bartlett and Mont
gomery held aninformul meeting in Fargo to
ascertain the tru tn ofthe claims Ofdiscrimina.
ton by railroads against shippers OF Fargo.
large number OF business men called on the
commissioners, and the wholesalers especially
improved the opportunity and presented an
array of figures which seemed plainly to in
dictate an excessively high freight rate out oil
Fargo. The commissioners very frankly ex-
pressed their opinion that Fargo's claims
were well founded and promised their best en-.
deavors in securing the passage of such legis-
lation as would render immediate relief
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
4 Losing Speculstlos,.

Deacon Diggs; OF colored church
in Kentucky, was; short In his collec-
tions. The preacher deposed. him, bat
Diggs threw pole-cat into the. build
ing to make it interesting for the other
side. ana the building has been closed
three months. A 'Diggs was short
only thirty seven cents, the congrega.
ton begins to. believe that the preach
err was too hasty.in giving him the
DO unce.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31

You may never have paused to In
quire why they charged you a dollar
for the leg of a chicken in q New York
restaurant. It isn't for the meat, but
because half the poultry which reach
es THAT city dies of neglect en- route,
and It is. twice the labor to get the
feathers off. What they charge for is
the feathers which you don't get
Sun.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-31
WISCONSIN.

Adam Amer, who mystori ously disappeared
from Oshkosh, has simply gone to We'd Miss
Emma Jairh, Of Marshfield.
The state veterinarian shot two hofses BE.
longing to E. Lyman Of the town Of Water
town, because they were afflicted with CLAM.
defs.
Three children belonging to jacob Neice~ n
Fond du Lac. have died Of diphtheria, and
three othef children are dangerously i'll with
the disease.
Farmers in the vicinity OF Rio. Columbia
County. are excited over an alleged discovery
OF silver on the place Of u man named Hall
version.
Louis Thompson was arrested at Eau
Claire and taken to La Crosse on q warrant
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-13

"A FULL corps of surveyors with bae
"asgage and complete equipment
nave been placed on the survey oI
the line this week. Reports have
been conflicting but the best infor-
NATION seems TO point TO this line Of
route. To leave the main line a,
Whelan and proceed via Moscow
Hendrlck, Juiaetta, down Bear creek
to Lewiston. There is a kick ;nst;.
tuted to pull the line through Pull.
man along the South Palouse. sontb
OF Moscow, and on as before. but this
change is doubtful. We understand
that grading tools, ties and all such
equipments are being scattered along
.he line preparatory for beginning
business. All bids for CONTRACTING q
Will be closed to-day and the actual
work will begin at once.-Lewistos
Teller.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-13

WEIsER LEADER: We are reliably
informed that syndicate of local
capitalists, backed by New York
money, is being organized for the
purpose of surveying and acquiring
the right of way for a railroad from
Weiser north to Lewiston. The OBJ
Ject is to get possession of the Weis-
er canyon, that being the only prac-
ticable route from the Snake river
valley to the ocean, outside of the
one now occupied by the O. R. & N.
II. Il. Some of the great railroads
building west will one of these DAYS
lind themselves in the same boat that
the o. S. l.. was when it met the O.
X. u n. in the Burnt river canyon.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-13
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has
been used by mothers for children teeth
ing for over fifty years with perfect sue
cess. 1t relieves the little sufferer at once,
produces natural, quiet sleep by freeing
the child from pain, and the little cherub
awakes as bright as a button" 1t is
very pleasant to taste, soothes the child,
softcns the gums, allays pain, relieves
wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best
known remedy for diarrhpa, whether aris-
ing from teething or other causes. Twen-
ty-five cents bottle