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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
He Was Pretty Well Balanced.

A member of the society of watch.
Dogs OF the Sunrise" who went home.
in Lewiston long towards morning last
week. sank half exhausted into chair,
His wife. who was up and waiting for
him, opened up with the alarming
statement, John William, know
what you are doing, sir. 1 know what
you are doing. You are just simply
shortening your days. You don't de-
serve to come into this house. You
are abusing the life that was given
you. You are out til morning. You
know you are, and you are shortening
your days. You are! you arer'
John William Strengthened up, it is
said, and looked his wife in the eye
and finally said, solemnly, MIRA,
guess I be. Guess you're right. Am
short'ning my days, sure enough.
Can't deny it. Don't want to deny it,
Bnt I know one thing, I'm length'nin'
out my nights good deal, amt Ip'
And neither he nor his wife said any,
thing for some time after.-Lewiston
(Me.) Journal.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
A Preachers History,

High-salaried ministers will be in
terested in the life-story of Rev.
Joseph c. Wells a noted Baptist
preacher, who attended the Clinch
Valley association in Wise county,
Va. which has just adjourned. He
furnished this outline of his minister
ial career: II have never been to
Bristol. the nearest town to me, nor
did ever see q steam car until few
months ago, when q South Atlantic &
Ohio train began TO run in front OF
my house, but had seen and travelled
almost every hog-path in four adjoin-
ing counties. For thirty-five years I
have been roaming over these noun
tain counties pleading for my Savior.
I have never received $50 q year, all
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
THE KNEELINC NATION.
japanese Etiquette Which Offends-
Domestic Discomfort.

japanese Etiquette Which ORends-
Domestic Discomfort.
Although the Japanese are the most
irreligious people In the world, few of
them ever getting on their knees be-
fore deity in a temple or at home,
they may yet be described appropriate
ly as the Kneeling Nation, since they
do almost everything on their knees
that we do sitting or standing.
Whenever a guest, be he native or
foreign, arrives at the. inn, the host
and his wife and all the servant girls,
drop on their knees imultaneously
and lower their heads till the nose al
most touches the floor. The same is
done when he leaves the inn. In this
respect Japan has not changed, except
In few large hotels in Toxic, Nikko,
Kioto, and other cities which are kept
by Japanese proprietors almost ex-
clusively for foreigners, since few
natives are able Or willing to pay So
to $3.50 day. when they can be COM
fortably housed and fed in genuine
Japanese inn for about dollar. . In
such an inn, again, it would be con-
sidered great breach. of etiquette if
the servant girl, on being called TO a
guests room by clapping tho hands.
did not get down on her knees before
inquiring what is wanted. Aud when
Japanese eats his meals from the
little lacquer table three inches high
and foot square, not only does he
himself kneel, but girl also kneels
opposite him, waiting to fill up his
rice bowl from the big vessel standing
by her side. till he has had enough.
Nor is this kneeling habit by any
means confined to innkeepers and their
servants. Shop keepers greet their
customers similarly aud at home
people of all ranks get on their knees
to receive visitors, who also kneel
down, both parties touching the floor
with their heads two or three times
while exchanging some overwhelmingly
elaborate and formal Oriental compli-
ments, in which each one calls himself
an unworthy being (much as Chris
tians call themselves miserable sinners
in church) and exalt the other with
honorifics. Indeed, in Japan it would
be considered as rude to receive a
visitor standing as it would in America
to receive him sitting-one of the in
stances of topsy- turvydom which Prof.
Chamberlain forgot to add to his long
and amusing list in his new volume
called ''Things Japanese
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
Making Home Attractive.

Il don't see why can't keep my
husband at home" said q distressed
looking little woman.
why don't you try to make home
attractive to him?"
'1'have have taken up the parlor
carpet, sprinkled sawdust ON the floor.
and put beer keg in the room. but
some way or other 1t doesn't seem to
make any di1sre "-Washington
Post
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
The Eittest.

Lucy had just returned from Vassar,
and was airing her profundity. Con-
versing with her affianced, a young
Washington county farmer, who knew
more about the science of agriculture
THAI philosophy, she asked:
Henry, do you believe in the the
DRY of the survival of the fittest?'
Eyes, I reckon so; our Jessie often
has 'em, but she always comes around
all right in time"
Lucy turned pale and bit her under
lip.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
Loved and Lost
I loved a simple country maid ;

Loved and Lost
loved simple country maid;
Yes, she was very simple.
praised her eyes, her golden hair,
Her mouth, which was dimpte.
She looked upon me with regard
And love. I really knew it;
And fattered was when at last
She sweetly confessed to it.
lived on love. It's awful nice,
But then it is not filling,
And even with years such food
I'd hardly be worth killing.
She was simple country maid,
So simple and so pretty;
knew she'd be enraptured when
brought her to the city.
One day I fastened to her home;
Alasi she was not there,
My little simple maiden had
Fled with millionaire:
Chicago Mai
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
The Revenge Ct an Evil spirit

A singular story. which the genius
OF Hoffman or Poe might make ex
tremely effective, is that of a man in
Indiana wtso seems to have been
haunted by An evil spirit in the form
OF rat-oc at least. that is the form
the idea would probably take in the
story.
Some twenty years since he was
feeding grain into threshing machine
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
Only Wants to Slip In.

EFF I kin jes' git ter heaben." said
an old negro, ''dats all I axes. I
doan kere ter march up wild er brass
BAN an make err mighty stir; doan
axe de angels ter shout nur de saints
ter rush up an shake hans. No, sab,
/ dOan ak all dat for all l want is ter
git dar. Da needn' put dase'fs ter de
trouble o handn' roun' pies an sweet
stuff. Hoecake sorter CREASED wild
bacon rim is good enough fur me-"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14

publicly ia the street or IA the field orr
woods, except on journey Of ten
miles. Nor could any one take It In
any house in his own town with, more
than one other person taking it at the
same time. This last Injunction was
leveled at the so-called Tobacco
Parliaments." About 1915 the Mas
sachusetts magistrates were greatly
troubled that the people would tell
lies.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14

told. for my ministerial work. Often
have I gone thirty miles to preach q
funeral sermon and received not a cent
for it. nor did I expect anything.
When was converted I could not
read. but I felt that I must learn to
read the sacred Scriptures. worked
all day in the fields and at night I
studied with my mother. She taught
me how to read
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
HOW THE WORLD GROWS.
The Question Now Is, How Soon WIN the Eartl
Be OverpeopledI

Inc XuebtVn NOW ASs NOW Soon VIII the E8rCn
Be Overpeopledi
None of the addresses made at the
recent meeting Of the British Asso-
citation have excited more discussion
than the speech in which Mr.. Raven
stein estimated the maximum popu-
lation which the earth can feed and
the epoch at which that maximum
will be attained, provided the present
rate of increase continues. Mr.. Raven
STEMS premises are in part derived
from the computations OF the most
authoritative geographers. These ex-
perts aver that the comparatively
fertile land OF the earth comprises
%. 600. 600 square miles, the bare grass
land or steppe IA, 600, 900, and the bare
desert 4.180,000. making about 49,
600, 900 square miles mall. They also
say that the present population of the
world is LAOS, 900. 900, and that it
increases 8 per cent every ten years.
Taking these data for granted, and
also assuming that the average yield
of all the cultivable land upon the
globe will not exceed the present
average Of European productiveness,
Mr.. Ravenstein reaches the conclusion
that 1872 years hence the population of
the earth will amount to about
5000. 600. 900, and that this will be the
utmost number Of people which the
earth can feed.
The objection to this pessimistic
conclusion is that two OF the assump-
tions are obviously disputable. It is
DO no means probable that, as popula-
ton presses on the means of subsist-
ence, the present rate of increase will
be maintained. The experience OF
France seems conclusive on that point,
and even that of the United States
points in the same directions
Mr.. Ravenstein's address to tho Brit
ish Association ended with, the admis-
sion that we need not worry ourselves
about his calculations seeing that mono
of us will live to see the day when
there will be no moro room upon the
earth. We may go further and predict
that 1872 years hence there will be as
little cause to worry about the dis
proportion Of population to food as
there is now, 50 long as climate condi-
tions are not materially changed. The
state Of things is scarcely conceivable
under which the brain of man would
not devise the means of supporting the
human race upon this planet.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
he Would.

'Now, them" said patrolman who
arrested a man on Michigan avenue
the other day. twill you come along
quietly?"
Il WILL" replied the prisoner. cts
the only way l can make the public
believe that 1 am taking you to the
cooler"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
They Look We'll

-Four different millionaires in B oston
have private libraries containing 49,
OOO volumes each. Not one of them
has yer looked into 100 different books,
aud probably never will, but the filed
cases and shelves present a very nice
appearance to the eyes Of callers.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
The Small Bow.

Sweet Xmas time is on the wing,
The days grow short and cool;
The small boy with the level head
Turns up at Sunday school.
He does not care about the past,
But thinks OF things more pleasant;
In fact, his mind is fixed upon
The future and the present.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
Chicken with Grpvv

German paper: A butler at a we'd
ding feast saw a day waiter slip q
young chicken into his coat pocket on
the sly. Quickly snatching up the
gravy tureen. the butler emptied its
contents into said pocket 1'sbleau.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-14
BUCK KILGORE.
His Adventure in Search Of Food During the
Last Unplsasantness.

His Adventure in Search Of Food During the
Last Unplsasantness.
when I was returning home upon
furlough during the latter part or
the war;" said Congressman Buck Kill
gore of Texas to Washington Post
reporter. Il pulled up at little cabin
on the roadside in Louisiana about
night The sole occupant OF the cabin
was one woman. She refused to let
me remain during the night or to give
me anything to eat I had one gold
dollar in my pocket which l offered to r"
pay her for chicken which had just
been cooked and was smoking on the
table. She refused to sell the chicken
ut any price, but was willing to wager
the chicken against the dollar that she
could beat me jumping, to make the
first jump starting from the log door
step.
II took survey of the very short
woman who had bantered me for trial
of my activity, and then surveyed my
self. [ was a long-legged cuss, and
put the dollar ON the table by the
chicken. 1 then took a position on
the doorstep, swung my hands to and
fro, pluming for my fight through the
air. Then I lit out for the tallest
jump on record. By the time I hit the
ground and turned to see the woman
follow she had shut the door and
fastened it on the inside. The only
thing I could see was the muzzle of q
double barreled shotgun, supplement-
ed by firm female voice admonishing
me to move out, and to move quickly.
l moved. There was something about
that voice and that gun which inspired
me with the idea that it would be UNI
healthy for me 10 linger there longer.
'It was now dark, and going a half
mile stopped for the night at the
Clubhouse, under which stood a grist
mill no longer in use. Iplaced two or
three planks on the top of the hop
per, some seven or eight feet from
the ground, and crawled up for
nights sleep. I had rot been there
long when heard a peculiar whistle.
not far away, which was responded to
in an opposite direction. Pretty soon
the parties, man and wife, met under
the Clubhouse and took seats on the
frame Immediately beneath me. I
soon learned from the conversation
that the man was lying in the woods
to escape the conscript officer, and
that the woman was his wife, who had
brought him his supper. While she
was spreading the meal for him she
was chatting pleasantly about the in
cidents of the day, telling him among
other things how she had won a gold
dollar from simple Texas soldier on
his way home on furlough. and how
he 'f1irted the gravel when she
showed him the gun-empty gun, etc.
I had become intensely interested in
the conversation and was trying my
best to get a glimpse of the couple
over the edge of my scaffold. Leaning
too far the scaffold tilted, when myself
and the whole thing came right down
between them. They did not wait to-
investigate the cause of the crash, but
lit out, leaving the chicken, bread,
milk, and other eatables. I gobbled
up the pile and crammed it into my
haversack, went off short distance
and ate until was filled. Next morn
ing l was twenty miles away, with a
full stomach and a light heart. hitting
the ground only in high places as I
headed for TEXAS
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-24
Stringent Regulations Demanded Agai

Stringent Regulations Demanded Against
Chinese immigration.
OTTAWA, January 25d.-The wholesale
infraction of the provisions of the Act of
Parliament restricting the immigration OF
Chinese is the cause of much dissatisfac-
ton in British Columbia. Gordon, NJ. 2.
from Nanaimo, brought the matter up in
Parliament.
He asked for returns showing the total
number of Chinese immigrants who ar
rived in the Dominion last year, specifying
the ports of entry and the number of GER
tificates of residence issued to Chinese, as
provided for under the Act to restrict and
regulate Chinese immigration in Canada,
since the passage of the Act, the number
of Chinese detected in attempting to land
in Canada upon fraudulent certificates, the
number of Chinese who have passed
through Canada in bond for passage from
Vancouver by steamer TO China, and the
regulations that have been prescribed for
placing them securely on board said steamer
TO prevent their Decentralization into
Canada.
In giving notice that he would introduce
a motion providing for more stringent reg
ulations regarding the immigration of Chi
nese, Mr.. Gordon spoke at length Of the
great influx of this undesirable class of
Immigrants, who were paralYzing business
of every kind in the Pacific Province.
He condemned the policy of the Govern
ment in not carrying out more effectively
the provisions of the Act respecting the
immigration of Chinese, and said that I'M
less the law was made more effective he
would introduce a new measure OF more
comprehensive character.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-24
The People are Poor and Foed Quite

The People are Poor and Foed Quite
Scarce.
CHICAGO, January 23d--F. E. Paxton,
well-to-do business man of Shablona, De
Kalb county, in this State. who spent some
DAYS in the afflicted districts Of South Ds-
kota. says: In Miner county they have
no -four, the staple of life being badly
ground eornmeal, and there is notable
insuSciency of that. Every farm is mort
gagged, in many cases for more than a sale
under the present prices would realize.
Most of the stock has been levied on and
sold by the Sheriff at pablo auction, the
ridiculously low prices obtained being elo-
Quent not only Of the starving condition of
the cattle, but of the scarcity Of means in
the community, COWS fetching as low as
S. apiece, horses s. $50, while sheep and
pigs are simply unsuitable, there being Moth
ing to feed them with.
THE women and children bear evidence
of the haIdships they have undergone IN
their pinched and meager faces. In many
instances they are quite unprovided with
clothing with which to withstand the rigors
of winter, what they now have being in
ragged and wern-ogt condition.
Flour is most needed, especially in
Kingsbury and minor counties. Clothing
for the women and children, provisions of
any kind Just nov, would be Godsend to
thousands who are in a semi starving con-
dition. Unless relief is given with liberal
hand this winter in South Dakota, you will
hear of many deaths from starvation, and
the reports will undoubtedly have founda-
ton in fact"
Mrs. a. C. Cleveland, of Edmonds, S. D.,
confirms Pazton's story. This lady is in
Minneapolis, where she Is making heroic
effort in behalf of the sufferers.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-24
WESTERN HOTEL,

,S4HE LEADING HOOsE OF SACRAMENTO,
/ Cal.-Meals, 20 Cents. VIZ. LAND, Propri-
etor. Free Bus 10 and from hotel. 4ptf
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-24
CATCHING A DEER.
Lively Experience of am Ambitious Young
Sportsman.


1t was my ambition when a boy to catch
some does in winter when the snow was
deep, and without injury, to put them in a
park and raise some fawns. One day, with
my brother and three-months-old pup,
went to the hills to catch doe. From
the top of the hill, where was deer yard.
we soon started deer, but could not over
take it until we reached the river. The
stream had been high from a recent thaw.
and in that condition had frozen over with
three inches of ice. 1t had suddenly fallen.
leaving the middle free from ice with a
strip of several yards wide adhering to the
banks but foot or more above the water.
The deer was discovered lying on the bank
and under the ice nicely hidden. l pre-
pared to cross the river and break down
the ice above the deer by jumping upon it,
and, as the ice fell, to catch the deer about
the neck and hold her until my brother
could fasten birch withe about her neck
This | did, bat INV doe was full-grown
buck; his horns had dropped off some time
before. As l caught him about the neck
he took me out into the middle of the
stream. II was as full Of rocks and bowl
ders as could be, with plenty of water rush
Klg between. During our short Journey
together the deer and were in all pos
sibie positions, and what with the cold
water, the bumps on the rocks and the
kicking received, was never more bruised
nor more angry in my life. But held
the buck; and my brother put on the
witLe. We then got the deer to a smooth
place OF the bank, and holding on to the
withe let him up The deer gave Jump
high into the air, fell on his back, and
putting his hindfeet into the loop about
his neck did his best to break the loop.
Not succeeding he got uu, and we led him
quietly toward home. Several times on
the way he cropped buds from the bushes;
bat after few days, in spite of the great
est care, he died, and, as We said, from
homesickness. But if he bruised himself
as badly as ne did me, his death might
well be attributed to another cause
Foyea; asd Stream.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-24
Torpedo Geat Cushing.

BRIsToL (R. L.. January sd. - ghe
United States sea going torpedo-boet No. L
was successfully launched this morning
from the shipyard of the Herreshoff Nan
ufactuung Company 7hs.bo was christ.
ened ''Cushiasn by Miss Katharine Heres.
hof daughter of the President of the man.
ufGeturing company. Steam was raised in
thirtythree minutes and t1e auxiliary
machinery was started and the boat sa-
luted herself with her own whistle.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-24

CHARLEsToWN t@. Va January sd
In Ihe gpeernaiofisl contest the Repabli-
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-24
INDIANS AND SETTLERS.
The Former is Stealing March on tn
Latter on Mile Square,"

The Former is Stealing March on the
Latter on mile Square,"
St. PAUL, January 23d.-A Pierre Is. d.
special to the Pioneer Press, says: Trouble
has broken ont again on the mile square,
between intending settlers and the In
dams. The latter, anticipating the i'm
mediate opening of the reservation, are
cutting all the wood along the Bad and
Missouri rivers, and moving it back to the
lands which they intend 10 take up accord
ing to the provisions of the Sioux bill.
The settlers think this an injustice to
them, and hence the trouble To-day an
attempt was made by the settlers Of the
mile square to stop the Indians, aud for
a while it looked ike there would be a
serious battle. Troops were hurried for
ward, and sent the settlers back on the
space allowed them.
The Indians have already hauled off
about a thousand cords of wood. The
Northwestern Railroad officials now de-
clare they intend to hold the mile square"
according 10 the 1879 treaty with the In
dians
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-24

WASHINGTON, January 23d.-6zing to
the snow blockade there is no mail com
munication between San Francisco and
Portlend. Postm General Wanamaker
wished TO have mail sant by water, but
owing 10 the cost he found that the money
avsiiaole woaia rot be sufficient. be
therefore requested the Secretary of The
Treasury 70 siow one Of the internal reve-
nue. cutters to be used for this purpose.
Giving Up the Struggle.
CHARIEsTowN w. Va J, January 23i.-
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-24

A man named Rye, who lives near Bell
aire, Ohio, has fancy for naming his
daughters after the big rivers. Three of
his girls are called Missouri, Ohio and
Mississippi. Recently baby daughter
was added to the household, and the
father, forgetting the double significance
of the word, determined to have her
christened Monongahela Rye.