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Evening journal., 1892-11-12

What's dat you sayg" demanded the
preacher
81 sed Yes, said John
No, you didn', nisgah; no, you
What did ] sayY
"I hearn what you said doan you
talk dat away in dis heah chu'ch, do you
heah me, niggahr
81 didn' say muffin but yes
OATS all right, bruiler, but dat kin
talk caint be used in old Zion while Use
de pastah
when l left the bride was looking at
the groom and her look was enough 90
kin him. The confusion increased. and
left for town. If hadn't ! might have
been compelled to hide. as | did once at
little station down in Virgin mia.
"What was the matter down in Nir-
giniaG asked the newspaper man.
well, you see: / was on a train. ]
got of az small junction station.
There ! found negro funeral waiting for
the same train The corpse was ON n
baggage truck. A pine case surrounded
the coffin AZ an opportune moment,
when several of the mourners were near
the truck. a sopulchral voice from the in
| side of the box said
oh, for Gods sake, don't let me
smother to deathl
81 did not anticipate the result. The
burly negroes grasped some Implements
! belonging TO section hands and burst iu
/ the white pine case They were just
preparing to smash the coffin when the
station agent. to whom | had given the
wink. rushed In and put a stop TO the
work but before going he advised me tC
make myself scarce ! took refuge IN
the basement of the station, and pretty
soon | heard angry negroes walking
around and exclaming.
3" Whar's he at 2
'Jis let me get at himl
Wen show de poh white trash how
he kin triha wild de fevlin's of a pol
cullud person.
81 stayed in the station basement unit
the funeral cortege was on the train an,
then sneaked In the rear car.
A Man Overheard.
"Did you ever have any steamboat ex
periencesg
yes. One day not long ago | wa
going over TO Chincoteague Island
When we sere about half way over ther
was a cry.
MAN overheard.
"Clang clang went the bell tn
boat stopped
For Gods sake don't go and leave m
TO perish said voice SOME distanc
astern
Everything was confusion. The boa
was turned and steamed back. TIL
! voice was sometimes near by and agai
it was afar off, After steaming aroun
- for some time the poor fellow was left
his fate.
did you ever stop train2
eyes, ] worked Tom Hawkins O
!, the Delaware road one night by yellin
, of help from under the trucks. II
% stopped his train When ho learne
what it meant he did not get mad. br
, he told me that there was a law In Dell
! ware against stopping trains and | al
y not experiment any more In that line
II suppose you frequently work it q
. individualsy'
= eyes, very often Do YOU kn0
Robert D. Hoffecker editor of u
Smyrna TmesT
b "Yes,
l. "Well / had him running around Il
=, streets looking for a man not long ago
4 Odd you ever raise "a cry Of tireY'
- "Only once II caused stampede
a a church. ] was n boy then. My faith
took me home and licked me until
couldn't have yelled fire had | wanted {
Evening journal., 1892-11-12

cone of my funniest experiences was
at a negro wedding a few miles from
Milford The bride was the servant of a
friend Of mine The groom was a well
known young negro. Myself and several
other white persons were informally in
yited TO be present.
'It was swell affair The seats re-
served for immediate relatives aud
friends were marked by white satin rib
bon They had ushers and everything
usually seen at swell wedding. A
friend and got there little late Not
liking TO make ourselves conspicuous we
took seats in the rear of the church.
There was the Lohengrin wedding
march and the bride and groom stood be-
/ fore the altar They made a very good
showing. The preacher, a gray haired
old uncle, met them al the altar rail
All went well until the reverend ex-
p0under of the gospel asked:
John, will you take dis woman ter
be your welded wife. to love and to
cherish, etcr
"No, Tll.be d--d if do, said John
Evening journal., 1892-11-12
REMEDY AN ABUSE.

Congress should Not wait Unin
Cloveland's Inauguration TO Begin
Work.
Evening journal., 1892-11-12
DROPPED THE CORPSE.
A Ventriloquist Gives an I'm
dertalSer a Scare.
THE GROOM DIDN'T SAY PLAIN YES.

Fun on Chincoteague steamer Negroes
smash in a Conn-Case and Then Want
to Smash Vcntriloquist-He Never
shouted Fire But Once and His Father
Famed the Flames A Smyrna Editor
Caught.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
SIX ARE STILL LIVING.
The Famous Beecher Family and Its
Oldest Representatives..

1t is quite a surprise to the n. Y.
advertiser to learn that six of the
famous Beecher family are still living.
and that the oldest, DIR. Edward
Beecher. recently celebrated his SSth
birthday in a quiet way at his home
in Brooklyn. His surviving sisters
are Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mrs.
Isabella Beecher Hooker and Mrs.
Mary Beecher Perkins, and the broth
ers are Rev. Charles Beecker of Mysox,
Pa, and Rev. Thomas X. Beecher of
Elmira.
No family in the world is more
famous, and the fact that they were
famous so long ago makes il seem as
if the survivors must be very old, but
in fact Edward Beecher was born at
Easthampton, Long island, August "a,
1898. The famous family included in
its members a father and six sons, who
entered the ministry, che of them be-
coming the most famous pulpit orator
in the land; and four daughters, one of
whom wrote a world-famous book. and
another OF whom was widely known
as an educator. DR.. Beecher was the
second son and third child of his father,
and after an active life as teacher,
pastor, college president, author, and
editor for more than half a century, he
is still in fair health and vigor, taking
a lively interest in all the affairs of the
country.
He entered Yale college at IS, and
vas graduated in 1922, then went to
Andover Theological seminary. and
after some years of teaching, writing,
and preaching, was elected first pres
ident of ths college at jacksonville, ILL.,,
and located there in 1880. He had mar
ried two years before, and his wife,
four years younger than he, went with
him to what was then the remote west,
near the banks of the Mississippi. Only
p years old, President Beecher took
up the work of starting a great educa.
tional institution. He remained its
president for twelve years. and in that
period sixty = two students were
graduated.
While in Jacksonville the Alton riots
and death of Lovejoy occurred. and
DR.. Beecher wrote a spirited account
of the affair. He was threatened with
punishment as an abolitionist, but
never finched. He went next to Bos.
ton aud preached till 1855. producing
in that time some much discussed
books. He then took the pastorate Of
q Congregational church in Galesburg,
ILL.,, and remained till his 10th year,
when he retired and located in Brook,
Ign. At the age of Sc be had a leg
crushed by a street car so that am
putation was necessary; he bore il
herOically and made a pnod rocovary
In his work on Eternal Punishment
he declares against belief in il, and
in his Conflict of Ages" there is 9
faucIful, almost fantastic theory abou,
this world being a sort of hospital fol
the correction or cure of souls, anC
that We all survived in a previou.
state. AS he knows as much about the
last world and the next world as an,
other man, his speculations are quite
entertaining.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
People Not in Society.

Every community now has a gocdiy
number of these social discovers
men and women who are mot III so
e;ety" and who are neither painea ho.
shamed by the fact, but rather a.o"
it with the complaisance OF eie'si
people who have found out a iraau.
These social dissenters are py ~
means from the unknown or unimPos.
ant classes. They are usually peop.s
of distinction, who live well, III
fashionably. pay their bills, are oiai am
less in character, courteous. hospitao:o
and with no faint of cynicism IN .neis
nature; yet they save tnenisei'ss
from their fellows and, withou,
PLANTATION or regrets, refuse TO O guy
more to the Hundreds of persons iesu
ing a life thft has no attractio" !.
them. But, as a rule, there are N"
conditions in life which are not many
sided and capable of being defended ou
every side. -.a;.I
And we mast first notice thai sow
secessienists are expecting socie'! !,
be what society never purposes 4
wishes to be, says a writer in the VIZ
american Reviev, and that, theIelv's.
they might as justly complain tra' ~
man is a hedger or ditcher wnen ~
might be a poet or preacher. Soc'ss!
never yet set itself TO be good org'
1t has no higher motive than W fas ~
mote social pleasure and order and ;s stV
qualifications it requires are not p.eg
or intellect but the ability TO ai ss.
well, to say a great deal about n n"ry
ing, to lead a dance. to keep e.a 49,
title o. traditional Isw of unifornll.,hs.s 81,
and in all disputed questions OF dous
full positions to initiate that truly gis.n
aad wise man, the Levite. rather la
the oi6e;eus, demonstrative Samaritan !.
We must, OF course, admit that thls ,s
a low mora, and intellectual plane, eas
it is a plane which satisfies the asp.s
tions and capabilities of the matoraI
who tarry there, and all things ~
are nos equally happy and lus'iis -
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Fever is epidemic in London.
The Emperor of China orders 2Ot
pairs of boots at a time.
The first meeting of Mrs. Parnell's
creditors will be held on the both.
The Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda,
with a numerous suit, is visiting
Queen Victoria at Windsor.
Charles Baker, a Storage passenger
on the Cunarder Cephalonia, died OF
heart disease on the voyage out.
The Banque de Paris has advanced
the Spanish Government 25, 600, OOO
franks, making in all 5000, 900 francs
advanced by the bank.
1t is said the English Government
has informed the Portuguese
Minister in London that on account
Of the unfriendly attitude Of the
Portuguese a British fleet will not be
allowed to visit the Tagus.
The Victoria Railroad bridge over
the st. Lawrence River at Montreal
is two miles in length. 1t cost about
$4,000, 900 and contains 10,5eO tons of
iron and 5000 900 cubic feet of
masonry.
Private P~retzchan, 6 feet IT inches
in height, the tallest soldier in the
German army was lately photographed
with the smallest private in the
army standing by his side, and a copy
has he's been hung in the emperor's
study.
The largest steam derrick in the
world is at the Hamburg shipping
docks. Those who have seer it work
say that it picks up an s0-ton gun or
a 10-wheel locomotive as easily as a
large man would Eft a I0-pound
weight.
At Pilkailen, in Ease Itussia, a
large grave has been opened and
found to contain the remains of the
French soldiers who fell in Napoleon's
campain in 1907. The uniforms and
weapons are in an excellent state of
preservation.
Christine Nilsson has given $1,000
toward founding a hospital in France
for the treatment of sufferers from
throat diseases. The benevolent act
is prompted by a childhood vow,
assumed during an illness from Group,
when the young songstress was only
sever years old.
The salary and emoluments of the
prince of Wales, supposed to be about
$780, 600, would probably be enough
for his private needs were he not put
to so large an expense in performing
royal and social obligations which
should be undertaken by his royal
mother.
The court at Galatz has condemned
Princess Gortschakof to transfer to
her brother, Prince Gregory Stourdza,
s., 000, 900 and residences held by her
in Paris and Baden-Baden under the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

apple parings, some old h~airpins, . boz
of dirty candy, some nails, a dead BIRD
some floss, some canary bid seed, q
cent, hair, six buttons, matches. pins
needles, a lamp wick, COAL dust, dirt.,'
bits of rags, some broom straws, tnreo
old letters, a piece of cabbage. a kniie
and fork, two humps of sugar, W Old
papers, a key ring, a paddock, ana :
button hook
Mercy me-"
"A pair of carriers. a lead pencil. two
photographs, a dozen taeks, three deaa
spiders, a cochroach, some rice, samples
of cloth, picture hooks, a stove poker,
dried flowers, a broken hobby horse, ?
rag, a rabbit, an old glove, Inc some
lace
II ALWAYS knew that she was a dirty
housewife. Do you know what | VII
do?n suggested the second VIII
rising emphasis.
"What will You do?"
81 will never let my dear little Wins
play there any more =
"And | will keep my darling Maua'e
from her children" said the mrs.
woman earnestly. You know Wins
and Maud were playing in her parioi
today along with her s~nubnosed brats
Let's cut her at the social party mex
week, eh?" -,
And one careful, ~kindhearted, cnllo
loving housewife will never kiio"
now why the children of the neighpo'.
do not make her 80 much work IN tns
future.
Maybe it's Just as well.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
He Was Drunk.

Last Friday night John Feekes, a
German who lives near Turner, came
very nea meeting with an accidental
death. He had been to town in the
afternoon and in the evening started
home pretty well filed up with booze,
and when out by Jacob Hoefinger's
place drove into his wire fence, appar
emily straddling the wire for a dis
lance of nearly sixty rods. His horses
were terribly cut up, and his buggy
box and wheels sawed nearly TO
pieces. He evidently was either
thrown into the wire or got out and
became tangled withit, as he received
two long deep cuts on the left leg.
the lower one, on the ankle, laying
the bone bare and seyering the ar
terry. He evidently was so full he did
not know what to do with himself, as
he went to a haystack near by and
crawled into it and stayed until found
next morning by Section Foreman
Riley, who saw his team and went to
see what the trouble was. The hay
and cold had clotted the blood flowing
from the artery, so that it prevented
his bleeding to death, though his es-
cape from such a fate is considered
miraculous. He was brought TO Cen
terville Saturday and his injuries
dressed, and then he was taken home.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
GROWING LESS EVERY DAY.
The Beautiful aud Festive Broncho Is Fast
Disappearing.

FL disappearing.
As the cattle ranges of the west
become beautifully fewer and the
barbed wire fenee ditides into farms
and fields the once unmarked prairie,
and as the cowboy retireS from the
ring where he has performed so long,
the usefulness of the great American
broncho is curtailed, and the brave
and hardy little animal is rapidly dis
appearing from the face of this ter
restrial ball, the cultivation of land
and the handling of heavy burdens
require large horses with bones like
those of a hired man, and as tie cat.
tie are no ldnSer llerded, but confined
in fenced fields, it is net profitable to
Keep ponies ana So they are not Kept.
The broncho' is a d]istinctively
American animal; no other country
can produce a horse that closely re-
sembles him; he combines in him
self the essential clements of q demo-
cratic ratification: a funnel shaped
cloud and a railroad wreck by moon
light: no other beast that trots or
lopes on legs is 50 original, 50 pictur-
esque, so appalling. He is as indie
pendent as a sitting hen: as reckless
as an Ajax; as tough as a chop house
steak. He goes to extremes in color
as well as in habits; he a live on
scrap iron, and he can gallon to the
end of the road without heaving a
sigh or sweating a hair.
Speaking of his originality, that
charming characteristic of the bron-
chO is best exempliied by his style Of
producing an artificial earthquake,
vulgarly termed ''bucking." Gentle
reader did you ever seat Yourself upon
a live brOnchO when the sign wasn't
right, when there Vas a low barom-
eter and a threatening cloud in the
southeast? If so, he probably rocked
you to sleep: and you must have
noticed while the festivities were in
progress that the brOnchO was always
going up while you were going down,
and that meeting Jared you a great
deal more than it did the beast?
Many a man has been made d hypo.
condriac for life by a five minutes
interview with this energetic animal.
This poor little bronchO has receiv-
ed more kicks than Caresses since he
formed the acquaintance of man: he
has carried heavy burdens, and has
been starved, and spurred, and thrown
with ropes, and branded with red hot
irons as though he was a very Pariah
among horses; he is sensible to and
grateful for kindness. but he has
very seldom received it. He Is the
most loyal, brave and patient fellow
that ever wore a coat of hair, and
those who appreciate his many Writ
ues are sorry that his picture is being
turned toward the wall.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

and narrow, the name printed in script,
without any flourish or ornamentation,
and the card perfectly plain white.
without any suspicion of glaze or
analogous kind of fancy work. The Mr..
should he prefXed To the name unless
the bearer possesses any rank above
hat of lieutenant in either the regular
army or navy.
There are many people who resent
this restriction and who are of the
opinion hat a visiting card should in
dicate the various honorary distinctions
to which the owner is entitled. In a
manual recently published, claiming to
describe the etiquette of New York
society with regard to visiting cards, |
read hat it is customary to atiix the
abbreviated intimation of strictly
honorary distinctions, as Ill. d., or ID.
D., or NJ, D, to the name. This is alto
gether wrong, and all such lettering is
de trop,for if once this were permitted,
there would be no reason why all sorts
of other information concerning the
status and social rank of the owner of
the card should not be described on the
pasteboard. This may add, however,
is done in certain continental countries
of Europe. Thus in ltaly,a man. when
even remotely related to some ~princely
family, such as hat of the Colonna, is
accustomed to inscribe on his lard be-
meath his namc. the words "Degli
Principi Colohna." Foreigners, especi-
ally Americans, are often misled by
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

parts In directing the affairs and fort
unes Of the people. They were known
as gods and goddesses, and their poPu'
larity was not unlike that ct politicians
to-day. The masses generally fiocked
TO the ones they thought were capable
or inclined to render the most sub
stantial assistance 10 return for support
and homage.
Thus Isis was generally favored as q
goddess, She was supposed to regulate
the wheat fields and gardens of the
Nile. Isis had many pr~iestesses, whC
enioyed great liberties in Memphis and
Thebes. Among her most humble ser
wants and ardent admirers was Cleopa'
IRA. who IN her day was just as popular
fof her beauty as Mrs. Laugtry Is to
day. When the Queen wished to- look
unusually comely she dressed herself m
snow-white linen and donned the head
dress of Isis.
Bacchus, the italian god of the vinet
who was known TO the Greeks as
Dionysius, had many priestesses whose
duties were to beg for good grape crops.
These priestesses were treated WITH
gfeat consideration and kindness,
| especially when the vine was produc'
tive, for which they were believed 20 DC
responsible. Bacchus was a rert
popular god. He was the son of Jupiter
and Semele, the daughter of Cadmusr
the name of a democratic congressman
from New Jersey.
During the latter days of Roman
papanism Eesta was probably the most
popular goddess OF the empire. A
temple was erected TO her in the eternal
city. upotr an altar in which a con-
slant fire was kept burning. This fire
was attended by women known a.
y~estals. They were selected by order
Of the emperor, and held Office through
life.
Notwithstanding that they were the
most honored women in Rome il was
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08

DRoPPED HIS CARD On II ALrAh
pasteboard is left in person. Other abb
breviations Of the same character, adj
mitted by social usage, are the letters
p. +. standing for pour feliciter" ito
congratulated, while p. c. is meant for
pour condOler" ito console). When,
however, the owne of the card calls to
inquire at the house where there is sick
ness, the penciled words TO inquire"
are written out in full.
There are many theories n exist,
ence with regard to the practice OF
turning down the corner of the cards.
! The rule most generally accepted, and
the one which IS in vogue in the diplo-
matte service throughout the world, is
that the card should be turned down at
the upper left-hand corner when the
call Is made in person and the recipient
is not at home. II Indicates that the
call has beer made in person. When.
however, the call is not made in person
and the card is left, either by ones wife
! or some other relative or friend, ii must
not be cornered:
One of the most amusing cases Of the
punctiliousness with which this rule
is observed in Europe is hat of an
old Spanish gentleman who went to
pay his devotions at the shrine of a
saint, but discovered that the church
was undergoing repairs and that there
was nc priest officiating at the altar.
| Unwilling to lose credit for his devout
Intentions he drew a visiting card from
his pocket, and carefully turning down
the corner, reverently deposited it on
4 Tf,A - -
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-08
EDISON AS A LrcurNrNo JrnkER.
Another Amusing story of the wizards
skill with the Keys.

Another Amusing Story of the Nizaro's
skill with the Keys.
Il was an opeaator in The Memphis
Office when Thomas A. Edison applied
to the manager fer a position, said
A. c. Rockefeller, a member OF the
Reminiscence club that was in session
at the Lindell, St. Louis. "He came
walking into the Office one morning
looking like a veritable hayseed. He
wore a hickory shirt, a pair Of butter
nut pants tucked into the tops of
boots a size too large and guiltless OF
backing. Where's the boss?' was
his query, as he glanced around the
office. No one replied at once and he
repeated the question. The manager
asked him what he could do for him,
and the future great proceeded to
strike him for a job. Business was
rushing, and the Office was two men
short, no most any kind Of a light
ming singer was welcome. He was
assigned to adesk, and a fusillade Of
winks went the rounds of the office,
for the Jay was put on the st. Louis
wire, the hardest wire in the office.
AT this end Of the line was an
operator who was chain lightning and
knew it. Edison had hardly got
seated before St. Louis called. The
new conner responded, and st. Louis
started in on a long report, and he
pumped it in like a house atirc. Edi-
| son threw his leg over the arm Of a
chair, leisurely transferred a wad Of
spruce gum from his pocket to his
mouth, picked up a pen, examined it
| critically and started in about 200
words behind. lie didn't stay there
long though. st. Louis let out
another link OF speed andstill another
| and the instrument on EdisOn's table
hummed like an old style Singer sew
ing machine. Every man in the office
left his desk and gathered around the
Jay TO see what he was doing with
| lIldI titCIlit N9NlOlit' 'Nl' GIL IN
was right on the word and was put
ting it down in the prettiest copper
plate hand you ever saw, even crossing
his It's and dOtting his is and punctu'
ating with as much care as a mar
editing telegraph for a rat printer,
st. Louis got tired by and by and be-
gan TO slow down. Edison opened
the key and said: Here, here. this
is no primer class! Get a hustle on
youn Wen, sir that broke st. Louis
all up. He had been 'rawhiding
Memphis for a long time, and we
were terribly sore, and to have a mar
in our office that could walk all OreI
him made us feel like a man whose
horse had won the Derby. ] saw the
Wizard not long ago. He doesn't
wear a hickory shirt o put ispants
in his boots, but he is very far from
being a dude vet"