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Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08
On biaia BOO.
Scbn @isasn's 9fimanaf 90

&~aanobcg, ioni moebofber Fl iompiet vi.
trpt al ben al 9brntlGuia llHiperiiiet ier VA
ret 1880 nogtunr auihpriiereoe Nlmanai (meo
SenuSning Ill GuaHaelierHes Iert) tilIlae.
rneo petleoenoe Nrtitlsr ON Senieholo, BIaul,
1rGpiantaira, 0apeitci. Grbperociie al go.
melicuo pduO I &uicrtfa, Jottegueiie oper
8taer,ngens 9auss foufcrer aHe Stater oa
8erritorier, Iorat mauQioloiae andre belas
renee pa intereSlante Gpgdocr OF Cplusnin,
ger al %alehadnoe Slags. ieuoes portufut III
9nbuer JON iuoienoer Raon 90 aorrsie FAINT
fem Gen Gents GrimGrtsr III
Sobn SIeeen,
General Ngent ior Staie Qinicn.
- 1874 Aafteetpt STREET, Chicago.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08

On Rogen ,jenoer aoreSien os peloilli9it
pil opgipe ben til rlnoertegreoe, par bet i9rs
beles bra; Der ipsrges ON glra Soreer g.
aleppen9s, fsot Soiefine 8oiteo ira Baros;
ieHefte &oresie pdt: Sanboru y. g., D'8rien
Co.. Soma. = Ssrgsn Glafion, SaHbon y.
q, Barnes Co., Hortb Gafota.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08

gtOperfalo paa Wisiionsmar.
ten. 8 ct 9ripatbreu iort9res Der is1senbs
pm ct S~uerialS paa 2otarano, bpilfen Sta.
tim M bar u9ret beitpret al en- inofsot oroi.
neret 3ainitiimba:
1Ssaar III ri 8reu, at Stationen M for
anoen Gang i2sbet al 2laret bar pGret oper.
falot af Rsoere. 9eune Gang par 5toifen
omtrins 200 Mano, Der bette zig I iets Sobe.
buoraf be fem b~eposteos ale 9ilsange, bpor.
fra Der tuuoe icmuie Sialp, % ben iiette be.
itormeoe Suiet. gieo en- Gang iprGnste be
9srene | neperite gtase, iaa 5nralabn, 50.
ieia % &ons ustop baobe naaet Srappen for
at Ilpgte ooenpaa, oa Rsperne itprteoe IND.
5 quiet bar ips sotsne Reno foruoen Gpin.
Der ps Bsrn. MpiambinaerHe+) fsaebe ia
| Trappen, bepebnebe nieo StioIo os 2iser.
Raiuitiimba tos Bot paa SeranOasn % III
ct Sul / gulpet, bporisiennem ban itaf Ge.
p~armunoinsen % fffIso pao eubOer, Der for.
isste at entre pp. Goralabp FOB | ginouet
os itjso. ia 8soerne lite funbs icmme no.
gen Vel gIoroe be op en- ftor Slo miot paa
Gulpet | Sapeitaen for at rsse benz no. glsn
marielis moi, bet ios life SIo / QUIET, ba
bapoe b 10 pRret portable.
s iets Elmer pareoe ben fortuiplsos Ramp,
oa oros 8bperne aiiteo unoer Go%rbanbeiier,
~msotasenbe iine osoe. Sire iaa man Ialbs
opbelis iaaress mel Der MAJ babe pGrei
mango fere, at osulme sitsr be mango Blob.
pete.
Saa irGit % aabenlpit ct Cperfalo sr sHS'
MI aloris blepen uofsrt | Dor Nisiion, msr
Serrens ~pieHipnlise Be1Iarmelie buileb,
cper @ainitiimba % bans, LEGION iOrris,
Gang. ('&. gRisktio.@o
y &c at SRsaierr~~-..t rene @catsrs a
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08

Stor &alp. Saa Su"sitab / eitre
Goten fsote nplis en- mioels flor SEQ
en- &alp, Der ueiOe 48 Sg. Is 8po.)
Saloen iDotes leoenbe, men bDbe ca. J
Zine efter. aoen befin6er fig bel og
melter Iom panli9.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08
Gleftriif Qns | &riitinnin.

Gleftriif 2DS | Sriitiania. &riz
%itiania Magiitrut ienote for en- gio
iioen en- Manb til llolanoet for at urts
oerlsge Gnl99sene af eleftriife Gens
tralitationer for 8elDsnins at 8perne,
% buOrpibt Iaapanne GnlGg pilbe pere
at anbefnle Der. 8enne n%bienbins er
MI tonnmet tilbase os ubtuler, at -
uagtet bet elettrilte ems faloer nuset
bprere enb @asien, er bet bog lanst at
i%pretrGffe for benne. Sasen bill ! ben
nermeite Sremtib blipe iorelast SOr.
m%anbifabet, os bet ital bore paa Sanfe
fra WasiItratens SIDE at ~forelaa,
at 8pen iitrer Zig en- beleilis Cont for
muli9 ienere Gnle9 al en- e%leftriil
GENERALIZATION.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08
Gn aammeI giarnsieo,r anrhnL

W" Bu"'ntei SIoIHtIUHtT C1rpnl,
yer Sarlen 8pi9ne, bleo iOrleoen iteSet
til ut iioIts Spileiteb. San bar 90 Gar
sanimel. Der &oisne bar mco tit
Wlllolnonings seo1r nsSfaat life minbre
emo "a eusr rs 8ierue, Os oite ifdl ban
BABE nGret | 5nre, iSet 9isrren bar
torintet imoo bam. @amlingeu intercss
lereoe Itg lise til bet iioite nieset for
Sa9t, % bet bar BAN nltio en- Gl9oe,
naar S9gere titteoe inbom til bam.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08
Gn [terre 6anbel er fpreaaaet ibet

Gn Iforre 9anoel er foregaaet ibet
bet betDocli9e Sals al ben laafalbte
"Sfrataasarube" Stub I'LL er afiltttet
meo 9'Srr. Geterien & 2ibneni9lpis
/ Sriitiania, i~trioer "Subb. 3io." &ie>
beiummen CT 10000 SIR. bpOraf Ser.
10000 tiOlisere er betalt, iOet be npe
@iere | ca. ct ballot Star bar baot Grit
ben Ouerlabt til Surlsssbrift. @ruben,
Der er belig9euoe ca. l Nil nprbenipr
StenfiGr, i~nbeboloer bUueOia9elis 9inf.
Saapiot pibes iiuoes 8tnt Der i 2anoet
fun paa to Steber til. Sen ubpunone
Malm n~eOtiCres til Stenfjer. 3int ltal
for 3ioen itaa / sOb Sris.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08

Girfa 20 Milliomcr ON Iaret pil
Rorse inoen ~llOsan9en al aarbunorebet
flnne baoe iom SnOt98t af Suriittras
fitfen, bar DR.. Yn9par Rielien ubtult,
ON oi Inn f%oritaar at lnOrette os, iOn
pi bpr.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08
seIfabet for Iprass IeI hnr be.

pilget Snsenisr psb Gabals BRIG &.
Y. &sbne, Der af bet Dffentli9e er Be.
puget ct Stipenbium for i England at
1tuoere MfsueinouitrieH m. D., ct Gil.
a9sltipenoinm al 200 8r. for at iatte
Jig inc | ben ifptitc 1ilpirfninasmaabe
AZ Sapremcl, Der | Gnglano er ct pnbet
N9rinssmioSel, msbens bet Der | Can.
Oct iDnes at 9aa mere ps mere nfMooe.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08
Misaanolet al line &amsrater

tiloe0e. 8eo 9pmter Sfole blep for
leoet en- Stolesut al fine &amerater
llengt oper en- Bult os berpaa mis-
banolet paa en- FABIAN Maaoe, at Dr.
ben IND anot fig iaa Elmer oerefter.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08
GfteripprsIer.

GftripsrT,r i~nstas,s besitr for en- baIp Gent pr.
Orb. On SOsioD. 7. GL 5orbosiaO III ct Room. tss'
mes ior ct Orb. ct aUfrtill,m.ni I 'Dstprass eoasn-
Iaiss ~antassIis at T5.oo0 nj o.1oJ beer us.. Hss'
tisi.m,nir, Der Tie Itbidsss al e,iatina tasss itte
Ssnipn til.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08

sffer "8intersota", flyer at Der bill
toiiirte lloet Sne iOinter. 9aor gaa.
rem after fOutmsr, fan bebsmmes, ON
be bar ipaaet Ianbt.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08

st gao for Solicit er beItent at
futile oprettes / &riltiania; enitemntig
bar &epreientantifabet operlaOt en- flor
SDg9etomt for bette iaa betimelise
GienleO.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08
Tajt Gienoom
tilfalss eatr tiaeie.

nuciisismsE,sr, fodiOm "5Ora iiFaiss'. '6ss IFS
Ials,-, Spus iiaeht", "fiswit, IseisS. "Flabs cafes"
OiU.. oil iro M al ~inSrpiits ioT ! Gent pt. Gts Tor sosr
GsHg. GnisItr eosiaue. T. o.. gorbosaa0 III ct
Ropa Tsgnss iot ct Gro. apsrtisitRsntu Der iHt isSs
ioses al Beating. lasts tie ptHigR al.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08

sfopbanoel. Sr. @rOsierer 9.
Saus / Drummer bar | bisie Gage
lolst fin Grebiepart al be iaGfalSte
9bprnfooe / 8nlbers, ct Ireal al ca.
$4,000 @aal, til 9rOprieter Cars ..
@rapli | Iabalen.
= Stanse 9ommure bar al Inbers
.. lllpen fjpbt norore Often Saterifop
/ Stanse al Sfplo 4 Mtarf 90 Ore for
en- aipbeIum al $3.50 &rOner. Sfopen
itsber umiooelbart til Stanse almen.
ming % er inofipbt for at aIranSe benne.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08
1oOcfaf0.

alninssiis, DsSiiats oV'dgs I "DtcSrsbs poA,n- lem
sistiI gratis. er ssiwSo en- iaaoan SnmsohI, at
pistIsitts,rs 5nsboIS sau I,oiosa al BsTs. Sa maa
~ioaoant bsiales mss 3 Gsats ~. einls I JstI,ab.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08

Sil SpgnepreIt oeo &orsfirfen /
Bergen bar melot Jig ftp. Statsraao S.
8. 81. SDerorup.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08

6ulobrpanp er ferret al @arper g.
.. Sea % Suitru, Slnne ariitine, fsoi
8aaae, | Stapnnser. 8ruo9ommet er
73' % 8ruoen 6S Gar sammel. Sesse
er enbnu raife % rsrise. De bar bapi
9 Born, bporai Z leuer, 81 Sprnebern
o. 4 Bprnsbsrnsbsrn. Den 9lolts
Ssn feirebe iamme Dag lit Selpbrpaup
| 8rooflDu.
= @aarSbruser | 9ier, Gnbers ..
0orbal % Suitru &riltine, feot Sers'
bal bar ferret fit @ulbbrplnp.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08
GARNER!
8rtna inc Goers Speoe.

STU, ba pi briper meo 9amptrait, Tan hi
male eler bptte Jlour for SOeoe paa fort
Gotice. VI oft IL Nonep,
f7.16.3 Trout Bun &eLer Y2lu.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08

TilialgS. - 8i bar ID SnHsriier,
beretti9eoe til SHbregiItrering o Woane.
Der sanile, be uefer ird 200 til 225 3nuo.
De oil blipe iolgt billigt, bpis man tlBber
benz MI. " ". Grlep, Gsiiaa, Soma.
17.2u.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08
&irfelige @fterretninger

Sm oetfirfeIi9e StiftsmBoe |
Bergen itripesi "9atbsrlt &irtetiOenoe" (ari.
~Itiania) iglgenoe:
Set aibOlote Stiftsmgoe er I 1ere Sen
ieenber ct bet~pbninssfulbt @soe.
Oct bar ipr bet fDrits bapt en- talrig ug al.
iioi9 Representation, vi Stiftets omtrent
50 Wlrni9beSer bar tan 10 eler 10 oGret
ureprGieHtereoe. Selu fra bets no%roligIte
Del bar o9ret RepreieManter. Ni Sgnos
mpres IA 8reitegielO bier BET fla Iaaleoes, at
De 3 bar cGret repr9ientereoe; al Noroiior6s
7 bar De 5 ieuot 3eputersoe, os al Sgno.
iioros Z Rreitegielo bar li9eleoeS be 5 giprt
bette. Gf Stiitets omtrent 100 4rslter bel
tpg So / Mgoet, LEGION Biltopeu pgjaa bar
tilltebe 3 Wpoer. 9ettes surige 9eltagers
bar ale pal9te oeputereoe. 8 galget bapoe
paa mango Steoer oitnot tun faa oeltaeet,
i~adlebes I. Or. / Ber9eaS BD; men gaIg Dor
bog bolbt ooeralt Der, bpCrfra no9en mgbte.
Eli Wsoet bar anmelOt $40, booraf oper $50
fremmpSte, og al oisie oeltog alori9 minSre
emo 275 I Soteriagerne ON airtenS Srgauis
iation.
Bar ben iremmpote REPRESENTATION for
Stiftet talris, %, naar b~Ortiess fra Stiftets
norOlisite Sci, merfelis ieont ioroeIt, iaa bar
ben o9iaa aliiois, baaoe foriaapibt iom Der
bar &epreIentauter fra ale iirielige Retnin.
ger, % iom biSies met fremItubte @ano
eler 9eoere = Gtoleinipeitsr Srsens mota.
gen - bapoe fremmsot. 8etponingsiuloi
bar Msoet for bet anbet oaret paa Gruno al
ben Gano, iom bar raaoet | bette. Stient
bet beitoo al R9nb fra be iorifjeaige tirfe.
lise &etnin9er os %forbnnblebe ON Saser,
buprom bar raaoet % eubuu raaoer bette
Mteninser blanot oisie, os iijpnt Der aloelss
lite lasoes StjnI paa, at iaa bar lilieloet,
iaa bapoe Mpoet belt i9iennem en- freoelia
os broberlis aaratter. Ger falbt itarpe %
fterie flbtaIeIier, os be forifjeaise Spnsmaa.
Der beuoeoes fart us beiternt; men Der por
intet Spur al lluenlisbeb, emo ii9e al Bitter.
beb, nnoer bet belle Mpbe. 8 iaa Senieenos
frembso bet flor 2isbeo msO fioite 2anbs-
mpoe.
Gin p~aientIise Setponin8 bar bette Gifts.
msee enoclis oerpeo, at paa bet iamIeoea
Bersens iirtelise 8eformpenner uben Senipn
til t~ibli9ere Stanopunit, ON ct fulot cg beli
9rosrum; os bette Yrcaram beituar life
eutelte S%ooeoiatier, Der ienere fan i~ortoltes
paa iorltielis Naaoe; men bet er uoformet
~iaaleoes | Gutettbeberne, at bet omtreut Tan
BRIGGS meo eHsans iom 9opfurilas."
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08

Sfarlagsusisber ! sfien. SDeni
glnmelfoler Il bleuen inotiaeoe pan
@ru 0 StarlaSsnsieber ! 49en.
Decorah-posten., 1890-01-08
s. Mhaer.@ ggenS
Sfrifter.
Qpiubtns Hortslo til Wtanb.n.

an 1fbaubItua. abd GpIas. 6eftst, %
Gents. S%uceuus,H, 40 Gsnts. Smutt Jnes
bunbtr, 50 Gents.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-05-07
ATemperance Story.

An exceedingly practical Temperance
lecture was preached to the freight
handlers at one Of the stations Of the
Pennsylvania railroad short time ago.
saws the New York Tribune. The result
is that each man now wears a blue NIB
bon and all mysterious-l0oking casks
and barrels which are put of at that
station and for which there are no known
owners are left severely alone. A few
months ago there came to this place by
express big barrel unaecompanied by
any thing and having no mark by which
the owner OF its destination could be
learned. There was an oder Of whisky
about it, and it looked suspieiously ike
a whisky barrel A tracer was sent over
the road, but nothing could be learned as
to where it came from, to whom it was
going or by whom it was owned. II
stood on the platform for a few days until
it became a nuisance. The freight-hand-
lers eyed It rather longingly, bat could
not get at it while II was in that eonspi-
cuous place. By the order Of the station
agent the barrel was taken TO the loft Of
the store-room to await for possible
owner who might turn up some time in
the future. 1t had been there for two OF
three months when one Of the express
companies men went to the station ageat
and told him be was looking for barrel
Of alcohol with two skeletons inside Il
il.
The station agent remembered the
mysterious barrel and took the searcher
to the loft. He Immediately identified
the barrel as the one which he was look
ing for. A kick from his foot produced
a hollow sound, followed by the rattliug
of some dry object inside, A closer eS-
animation showed that numerous gimlet
holes had been made in the head, and
that the holes had been plugged uD with
matches.
The station agent sent for the freight
handlers to have them come TO the Ion
and help take the barrel down.
cts empty" faltered one Of the men.
aYes, know but I want 70 see il
there IS any thing inside Of IT," said the
express agent, al the same time breaking
in the head Of the barrel with an ak.
Out tumbled the two skeletons, % the
horror and dismay Of the freight-hand-
lers. They were dumfounded and hed
from the loft instantly. Not one Of The
men turned up for work for three days.
All sent around word in the morning
that they were sick. When they did
come back each wore a blue ribbon, and
they haven't since been known 70 take
drink Of whisky. Unclaimed freight IS
absolutely safe at the station now.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-05-07
Willing to Shovel.

To be willing to begin at the bottom is
the open secret Of being able TO come out
at the top.
A few years ago young man came to
this country to take a position in new
enterprise in the southwest. He was
well-bred, well-educated, and had the
tastes Of his birth and education. He
reached the scene Of his proposed iabors
and found TO his dismay that the enter
prise was alreEdy bankrupt, and that he
was penniless, homeless and friendless
in strange land. He worked his way
back to New York, and in mid-winter
found himself without money OF friends
in the great busy metropolis. He did
not stop to measure the obstacles in his
path. He simply set out to find work.
He would have preferred the pen, but
ne was willing to take the shovel, and
the shovel II was to be-
Passing down Fourth avenue on a
snowy morning he found crowd of men
at work shoyeling snow from the side
walks about a well known locality he
applied for position in their ranks, got
il, and went to work with a hearty good
VIII, as if shoyeling were his vocation.
Not long after one Of the owners Of the
property, millionaire, passing along the
street, saw the young mans face and was
struck by his intelligence, and wondered
what had brought him to such s pass.
4 day OF two later his business took him
TO the same locality again, and brought
him face to face with the same man still
shOveling snow. He stopped, spoke to
him, received a prompt and courteous
answer, talked a few minutes for the
sake Of getting a few facts about his his
tory, and then asked the young man to
cali at his Office. That night the shovel
area ended, and the next day at the ap-
pointed tine the young man was closet
ed with the millionaire In one Of the
latter's many enterprises there was a
vacant place, and the young man who
was willing TO shovel got it. 1t was a
small place at a small salary, but be more
than filled it filed it 50 well, indeed,
that in a few months he was promoted,
and at the end Of three years he was at
the head Of the enterprise, with large
salary. lie is there to-day with the GER
iainty that if he lives he will eventually
I'll a position second TO none IN impOr-
tance in the field in which be is working.
The story is all tola in three words
Willing to shovel Christian Union.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-05-07
Electric Currents of the skin.

An interesting study has been lately
made by Herr TarchenofF Of electric cur
rents in the skin from mental excitation.
Unpolarizable clay electrodes, connected
with delicate galvanometer, were ap-
piled to various parts-hsnds, fingers,
feet, toes, noes, ear and back, and, after
condensation Of any currents which oe-
CURED during rest, the effects of mental
stimulation were noted. Light tickling
with brush causes, after few seconds
period of latency. gradually increasing
strong DETECTION. Hot water has like
effect, cold or the pain from 3 needle
prick less. Sound, light, taste and
smell stimuli act similarly. II the ewes
have been closed some time, mere open
ing Of them causes considerable deiiec-
ton from the skin Of the hand. 1t is re-
markable that these skin currents also
arise when the sensations are merely
imagined. Mental effort produces cur
rents varying with its amount If a per-
son is in tense expectation the galvanom-
eter mirror makes irregular oscillations
In all the experiments ii appeared that,
with equal nerve excitation, the strength
Of the skin currents depended on the de-
gree to which the part Of the skin bear
ing the electrodes was furnished with
sweat glands.-Electrician
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-05-07
A Persevering Prisoner.

Perseverance will accomplish any
thing" had these words for a writing
lesson once, and shall never forget
them. 1t is great thing to have perse-
yerance. There was once man who was
shut up in dungeon with walls 200 feet
thick, made Of the hardest kind Of stone.
He had no tools except pair Of scissors
his brother had sent him in loaf of
bread, but he remembered that drop Of
water will wear away a stone if it falls on
the stone long enough, and that coral
worm, which is so small that you can
hardly see it, will eat up and destroy y
coral reef if you will only give it time
enough. So he said that he would per-
severe and dig hole through the wall of
the dungeon with the scissors and escape
if it took him a hundred years.
He had been digging about a year when
the Governor pardoned him, and the
jailor brought him the joyful news. But
they could not get him to leave the dun
geon- He told the jailor that he had un-
dertaken TO dig his way through the wall
and escape in that way, and that be was
going 10 stick to it no matter how long it
might take. The iailor urged him TO give
il up and walk out Of the door, and even
offered him $40 to give up his dungeon
to new lodger, bat nothing could in
duce him to change his mind. SO he
staid in the dungeon and dug away at
the wall for forty seven years, and every
six months he had TO pay big bill for
damages to the Jail, and he finally died
when he was half through the wall. This
shoSs what & splendid thing persever-
ance is and that We all ought TO perse-
yere.-W. L. Alden
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-05-07
In An African Camp.

The moment suitable eamping-ground
is reached, the loads are stacked, and.
with astonishing rapidity, born of fear
and daily drill. strong, circular thorn
fence is built, inside which we feel safe
vet not quite safe, for no man dares lay
down his gun or leave single article ex-
posed to the clutches of the thievish
warriors. These may be prevented from
stealing, bat can not be punished if
caught in the act so that for them the
attempt is only rare sport-for US, a con-
slant source Of danger and worry. Soon
the natives begin to appear. First the
women and married men arrived, the
former with clean-sfayed heads, neck
and breast loaded with chain and bead
necklets, body enveloped in dressed OK
hide, and arms and legs covered with
thick iron wire coiled continuously
around to the weight of from twenty to
thirty pounds. Their features are good,
with but Fstle trace of the negro, while
their bearing is, compared with the ne
gro, distin fly aristocratic. The married
men, or elders, are more scantily dress
ed, usu1ily in kaross of monkey or hy-
rax skin which partially covers the body
but with little regard to decency.
As the day wears on parties of warriors
arrive from the various districts, re-
splendent in red clay and grease, with
which they are literally plastered-al-
most their only dress. Nothing else COW
ers their magnificent forms but small
kid-skin over the shoulders. They march
IN single file, holding their enormous
spears-blades two feet and half long
vertically in their hands, their buffalo
hide shields depending at their sides
They chant a war-song in stentorian
tones, and go through variety Of eyolu-
tions, which show in this rudimentary
drill their military instincts. The ques-
ton OF the h0ag0 has now to be settled,
with much decorous speechifying, for,
like the North American Indians, they
are born orators. The amount settled,
the iron wire and beads are sometimes
divided amicably, sometimes thrown into
the midst of the warriors to be fought for
as by beasts of prey. On these occasions
blood is frequently drawn. Joseph
Thompson, in Scribne1's NogGziae.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-05-07
Noted Texas Fire Eater.

All over Texas Ben Thompson note
was negotiable paper, says a writer in the
St Paul Pioaeer Press, and no man who
ever presented him with bill was treat
ed with anything but polite business
courtesy.
was introduced to Thompson at Aus
tin, Tex, and the meeting was not in a
saloon, a gambling house, OF even d hotel.
The place was quiet. orderly ice cream
parior, and Ben Thompson and his wife
were eating strawberry cream at table
nearby 70 a coterie Of high school girls,
one Of them being the daughtor Of Gov
ernor Ireland, Of Texas.
Thompson was a small-sized man, yet
not slender He was elegant, yet not
showily dressed his clothes indicated a
correct taste, a diamond stud and thread
Of gold watch chain comprising all his
personal jewelry. He was a handsome
man Of forty-fve, with small black mus
taehe and hazel eyes.
Yet this man had record Of having
killed thirteen white men and twice that
number of Mexieans and Indians. A
few months later he was himself killed
in SAP Antonia; along with Kingfsher,
in hand-to-hand conflict with two other
men in the Vaudeville Theater.
He was never known to take an IN
fair advantage ofan enemy, number of
his victims having had the first shot at
him. Once, in a store, he ordered man
with whom he was engaged in lively
dispute TO go outside and pass around
the block 10 the right ne would pass
around to the leff and meet him. They
did so the man blazed away at ThomD-
son with shotgun loaded with buck
shot, missed, went into the air at the
crack Of Ben's revolver, and fell a corpse.
And thus with every case Of Thomp-
sons numerous killings, the prelimina-
ries were always favored with dash of
/ dramatic sensationalism.
As Thompson and his wife passed out
of the ice cream bazsr, I noticed that she
had but one arm. The other had been
shattered BY Winchester ball at Den
YER, when she threw it across Ben's head
upon discovering 4 crouehing form draw
bead on him. At the time Of his death
Thompson was city marshal Of Austin.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-05-07
Four Word Speech.

During the war Major Whain was a
Lieutenant in General Grants regiment,
the sTwenty-first Illinois, and was as
fortunately bodily then as he has been
since.
Eve were in for thirty days at first
and had Colonel who wore two pistols
in his belt and made speeches on dress
parade he said g. circle Of friends at
the Ebbitt last night. "We refused to
enlist unless We could have a new Colo
nsl, and the case was presented 70 Gov
ernor Dick Yates while the regiment was
encamped at Springfield Il was then
that Colonel L. 5 Grant was assigned 10
our regiment and the Governor suggested
that the boys be enthused with some
speeches by Logan and one or two others.
The programme was carried out, and the
boys, who had been worked up 10 a
three-cheers-and-a -a-tiger state Of mind,
and were accustomed to speeches from
their old Colonel, called Tor Grant /,
Grant, Colonel GrantF with the accent
on both words. There was a slight hesi-
tation, and then Colonel Grant, who had
been sitting down, arose ard made an
effective speech without exhausting the
English language. 1t could hardly be
divided into the three parts required by
rhetoricians, for it consisted Of but four
words, to wit.
60 to your quarters.
Il told the story once at reunion
when Grant was present, and the veter-
ans took il with a storm Of applause, but
the old commander never smiled 1t
was one Of those incidents Of necessary
army discipline which he thought ought
never to be alluded to at reunions, and /
have never told II since. = Washington
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