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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
TOLD BY THEIR FEET.
One, Means Of Discovering the Beau-
ty of Moorish Women.

One Means OF the beau
~ of Moorish Women.
There is something continually inter
ssting in the muffied figures of The
women. They make you almost
ashamed Of the uncovered faces OF The
American women in the town; and, in
the lack of any evidence to the con
trary, you begin TO believe every Moor
sh woman or girl you meet Is as beau
.iful as her eyes would make it appear
that she is. writes Richard Harding
Davis in Harper's Weekly.
Those of the Moorish girls whose
faces j saw were distinctly handsome;
hey were the women Benjamin Con-
slant paints In his pictures Of Algiers,
and about whom Pierre Lott goes into
,cstacies In his book ON Tangier. Their
ODE or cloak. or whatever the thing Is
hat they affect, covers the head like
q hood, snd with one hand they hold
one Of its folds in front Of the face as
nigh as their eyes. The only times that
I ever saw the face of any Of them
was when l occasionally eluded Mo-
sthito iIu "a oh Will al lllt Sllut
,alled Isaac, the especial protector Of
two American women. who farmed
nim out to me when they preferred to
remain in the hotel.
He Is a particularly beautiful youth,
aid / noticed that whenever he was
with me the cloaks Of the women had
4 fashion Of coming undone, and they
would lower them for an instant and
'ook at Isaac, and then replace them
severely upon the bridge Of the nose.
Then Isaac would turn toward me with
a shy, conscious smile and blush vio-
lently. Isaac says that the young men
Of Tangier can tell whether or not a
girl is pretty by looking at her feet.
1t is true that their feet are bare, but
1t struck me as being a somewhat reck-
less testing for selecting a bride.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
Inv the Forelock.

&a0k ih
F.,,,ost after-election story is
|. ps0resentative Hopkins, Of ILL
h bis district is the little cross
~sost.Otice Of Ivanhoe, over which
E,r.l.ud's administration, a Ger
democrat presided. When Presi-
HARRISON came into power MI.
T.. had the democrat succeeded
| rsutopic republican, who died
|. . vear and a half ago. His wife
.sa,ornon appointed postmistress.
]. Say after election the German
y ~ anneared at the postotfice.
',ana has won," he said, with ac-
4 The fatherland and of triumph
s,talIy mixed, THE post-ofhce Is
!" The widow, knowing that
land had been elected, and unsus-
believing that her official ca
wes ended. did not object when
,,decessor brought n big wagon
ssrted the entire contents of the
o4sre over to his store. He has
acting as postmaster ever since.
gopkins reported the facts 10 the
department, and an inspect
speedily sent TO convince the
rrsing democrat of the error of
ray
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
Good Amusement Anyway
The Founding Of the City of wash
fngton.

The act for the establishment of the
city. which resulted from n compro-
mise. passed on July 10. 1890, and gave
the president power to appoint three
commissioners, who were to select a
site. and take the necessary land be-
tween the Potomac and what was
known as its Eastern branch on the
MARYLAND side, and an equal amount
opposite on the Virginian side, the
whole district thus taken to be ten
miles square. So said, SO done. The
commissioners were appointed and the
land taken. Washington, who was in
those early stages the controlling mind
i'm the whole affair, took h deepest
interest in the selection Of the site, and
in all that pertained to the new city
which was TO bear his name and to
be built so near his OWL home. After
tbe land had been taken, the next step
was TO secure an engineer TO lay out
the new capital. an d Washington's
choice fell upon Maj. L'Enfant, a
French officer who has served as one
of our allies in the revolution. SO far
as the work went. this choice was an
excellent one, and L'Enfant produced
an admirable plan, on which the city
has practically been laid out, and
which to-day is a proved success. But,
although LEnfant could plan a city, he
couId not deal with other men. He
was hot-tempered and impatient. He
ouarreled with the commissioners n
with Mr.. Carroll. n of the principal
land owners of the neighborhood, and,
in fact. proved an extremely difficult
narSon TO get on with. At last he
notly refused to publish his plan, be-
couSe he said spectators would take
of 1t. Thereupon Washing
ton dismissed him, and appointed An
drew Elliott, who took up the work
where L'Enfant dropped IL, n very
wisely followed as closely as he could
the plan of the talented but irritable
F%renchman.
Tbis however. was the least part OF
tho work-a mere preface to what re-
named TO be done. 1t Is comparatively
aoSy TO select engineers and TO survey
Iansl hut the building OF a city Is a
more difficult problem, and takes o
GOOD deal of time, as the proyerb IN
cnIcoting patience tells US In regard 10
Rome TIE territory selected for the
now capital when LEnfant and ELI
cott surveyed il was merely q stretch
90 rather poor farming land, with VII
SarIvinp clay and much surface grayel,
,.,hicb reached from Rock Creek on the
".ast m fine eastern branch on the east,
WI yas bordered along the south by
~" potomac. In all these many acres
there were then only Two OF uree
scattered farm houses VIVID lneir negro
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
WEATHER LIARS.
Those of st. Louis Are Not Up to the
Canadian Mark.

Sauuuthh hurks
Last week / was up i'm Canada"
aid Mr.. L. III. Hagan, who was trying
o hold down a batch of weather liars
t the Leclede, according TO the st.
4ouis Globe-Democrat, ''and there /
iound it somewhat cool. The Their
nometer was down to about twenty
e9rees below zero, and the snow was
rom two TO ten feet deep, while icicles
cached from the Of ten-story
uildings TO the sidewalk, but, for all
hat, l might have left the land of the
,anuckS N the wiser for Ii being
ny colder than any other Canadian
winter day had l not attempted TO light
ny cigar on the street n day and
he fame of the match was frozen
old before my eyes.
Il admit this somewhat startled me,
nj / began to look around a little.
loon 1 discovered that people were
treathing hail stones. AS the breath
eft the mouth or nostrils ii was fro
IN into a round ball, which clattered
o the pavement, and in a crowd
ounded like a heavy sleet storm, and
learned that 1t was nothing unusual
nring the past few days for boiling
vater to be frozen two inches thick.
his last l did not see, but had the
tory straight from a prominent colo
ial office-holder, so / know 1t is official
md can be frozen to as the truth.
up there l have seen the mercury
n thermometers frozen solid, and have
cen told that it is common for whole
tocks of geese to be frozen in the lakes
nd rivers for two weeks at a time
md when thawed out come to life
gain and swim off as though moth
ne had happened to stop the natural
curse Of their lives. Down here in
1t. Louis your weather is like balmy
pring compared to what IL was last
week even In Chicago, when it was
% cold that ven worlds fair liars
lad their words frozen as they spoke
nd fell with a cold, dull thud. In fact
never heard of such cold except when
he great Gargantua in searching fol
he oracle of the sacred battle invaded
| North sea, when the warmth of his
ressel suddenly thawed out q multitude
" sound, which proved to be the noises
If a battle that had once been fought
on the spot years before, but were
)nly then released. You people may
hink you know something about colo
weather down here, but you really
ion't know the meaning of the word
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
A Sure Thing.

One Woman (despairing)--l guess the
crinoline is bound TO come.
Another Wo,nan-Mercy! Why do
you think so?
One Woman-The dress reloruleis
are so terribly set against it-Detroi'
Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

quarters gathered about them. The
house OF John Burns, n OF the prin-
cipal farmers and land owners. still
stands at the foot OF Seventeenth
street, below the White House. 1t
locks to-day, In its desolate old age,
little better than a negro shanty, and
Is entirely o~vershadowed by the Van
Ness house. built later by John Burns
son-in-law. The Van Ness house. too,
Is old now. but Ii Is large and spacious
looking, n still has about 1t q certain
air or stateliness.-Hon. Henry Cabot
Lodge, in st. Nicholas.
"Bottle Papers" and Ocean Currents.
In order TO add to the exact knowl-
edge of ocean currents there are forms
which are called bottle papers" On
these little papers an invitation. in
six languages, is extended to the mas
tiers of vessels TO enter occasionally
upon the proper lines of the form the
name Of the vessel and her captain,
the date, and the ships position; and
then to seal the paper IN a bottle and
cast 1t into the sea. In other lines Of
this form a request is made. in the
same six languages, that the finder VIII
write clearly the exact place where,
and date when, any bottle was picked
up, and by whom, and then forward it
to the photographic Office ut Washing
ton, or TO any Of our c~onsulateS abroad.
These bottles, of course, drift in the
ocean currents. Some are picked up
soon after they are thrown overheard,
others drift for more than a year be-
for being recovered. They furnish VAL
liable records for more correctly fix
ing the currents already known.
Day after day these reports are re-
ceiyed by the meteorological office; each
one is acknowledged promptly, and
then given TO the staff of workers
known us nautical experts.
The result of their labor Is that on
the last day OF every month is issued a
chart ON which appears all the infor-
nation received during the month that
has gone. The chart, then. contains a
review of the past month, aud a fore
cast for the month that is to follow.
The prevailing winds to be expected,
and their strength, as foretold by men
of many years of experience, are also
given for the month TO come. The
various sailing routes best adapted for
that month are mapped out, as well
as the steamship routes adopted by
the principal transatlantic steamship
companies. Every floating wreck, with
it's position when last reported; each
iceberg in it's place as met during the
preceding month, and the fog-banks,
determined in the same way, are fixed
and shown ley marks. Besides all this,
the latest charts that have been issued
by the office, and the last Notices
TO Mariners" are mentioned. In the
upper left-hand corner is either a little
chart prepared in addition on some sub
ject of timely interest, or some further
remarks about things upon the great
chart itself.-Lieut. Commander Sturdy,
in St. Nicholas.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
MisunderstOod.

Gracious, Gladys. whose picture Il
this? 1 never saw such a homely
man"
"It's Tom; but really, 1t doesn't d.
him justice"
"Oh, of course not; | saw Q
p~iefare Of n girls sweetheart that did
Put. Eleanor. dear, You misunder
stood me. ! mean. Tom IL ten times
home!ier than that"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

Ee enaciated and debilitated invalid Is
xase Oh returning health and strength
Aseta oy Hostetter's Stomach Bltters.
~ na' promoter of vigor Is tested by
s&s N feeble health, its restorative and
saas potency soon evinces itself I'm
~" ~ appetite, digestion and nightly re-
,Ae sole conditions under which
.AesI una nerve quietude IL v~ouchsafed
~ human system. Try it and be con-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
Asensible Cook Book
for practical people
Tells how Ito make
the best Brown Bread,
the best Meat Stews,

or Meat Hash, Plain Cake. Apple Pie,
Baked Beans, Doughnr.s, Delicious
Puddings from odds and ends. Tells
how to economic and still set a good
table, and also tells how to always have
Q good appetite and keep strong and
well by the use of the grand remedy oil
the Indians, Kickapoo Indian Sagwa,
This valuable and Practical Cook Book
should be in every kitchen; and we
will send it free to any address upon
receipt OF a two-cent stamp TO pay
postage. Address, Realy d Bigelow:
New Haven, Conn.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

be freproof Bancroft Hotel, Calumet
|nue and Twenty ninth street, Chicago,
arge rooms, is the place for you TO
Rates 81. Meals. 30 cents. Near
lads fair grounds. Write for circulars 10
bgye rooms.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

b pleasant effect and perfect safety with
b ladies' may use the California liquid
bd7e Syrup Of Figs, under all conditions.
be- Il their favorite remedy. To get the
! and genuine article, look for the name
he California Fig Syrup Co, printed
y the bottom Of the package.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
August.
Flower"

Ihave been afflicted with bilious
ness and constipation for fifteen years
and first onesand then another prep
aration was suggested to me and
tried, but to no purpose. A friend
recommended August Flower and
words cannot describe the admira-
ton in which I hold it. Ithas given
me a new lease Of life, which before
was a burden. Its good qualities
and wonderful merits should be made
known to everyone suffering with
dyspepsia and biliousness." JEssR
BARKER, Printer, Humboldt, Kas.@
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
NOT IN he Considered.

Pedestrian-You should be in better
business than begging. a great sttons
fellow like you ought to look Tor Worh.
Beggar-What! throw up a sure lh'nS
for an uncertainty
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
S~upremely Delightful

lef Students named King. Duke. Earl and
= attend school in South Atchfson, Kan.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

|rSpptIcs are recommended to eat
M long sticks of Italian bread. If
Essnt cure them, IL will do them
lam.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
A Loving consort.

Does your husband pet you?" asked
Mrs. McCorkle of Mrs. McCracklc.
sOh, yes,' was the reply. when he's
drunk"
How nice it must be to De petted
all the timer'-Truth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

! ne,t pearls are found on the Ceylon
ana IN the Persian gulf.
safs are innumerable. Less than
"a. Ill That can be seen on the clear
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

WI TO the days of Apelles, the Greeks
s' rour colors, white, red, yellow and
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
HELP rs OFFERED,

uHu ID V~WuFUUtteU, 20
every nervous, delicate
woman, by DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription.
Remember this--h you
don't get the help that's
promised, there's 10th
ing to pay.
In every" female COM
plaint," i~rregularity, or
weakness, and in every
exhausted condition of
Tia fo.,.L -.- ;Ih.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

A woman of Spring Hill, Mo-, mas Da III
= hnaar Of bread from yeast thirty years oIu'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
! Chr. Constipation and Dyspepsia.

seely blue eye Is often the sign of a
les disposition.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

Aliens Iron Tonic Bitters i n iISnn.
ate the Liver. All genuine pea psni Minn.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
The Ladies'.

/. beautiful green color Of malachite i
J b copper.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

T,e number of national banks IN lnls
o,ntry on Sent. 1, 1892, was BIOL
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

sSoaus Restorative Nerve pills sent free
kigsts,s &C. DR.. SBooP. Box w. Racine Wis
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

~aiplon" ever fails to benefit or cure,
n ".ney Is returned. Bearing down
M.srnal Inflammation and liberation,
H. =. and all kindred ailments are COM
s.,, aeo oyit. It's a marvellous remedy
J TtrsSsus and general debility, Chorea, or
~ ss Dance, Insomnia, or Inability to
Ia ~ Spaslns, Commissions or Fits, and has
bi e... sss.oring the womanly functions,
NSs OF insanity.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
[le WORLD. Fuir Favor,te Ho,e,.

re Sam handled $500, 900, 900 pieces of
|ihl&2.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

nsdv y. man % years, DR.. Sage's Catarrh
kari 40 = cured tho worst cases Of Chronic
aca. tne He'd. The makers of this
h ,m,r NC willing to promise that they'll
y By s, Ease or they'll pay you $500
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
tnslem uses Philadelphia locomotives

ifne Baby Us Cutting Teeth,
rs md use that old and weil-tried remedy, MRs
1svs soofHIse SYRUP for Children Teething.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

| freesa
h stor
|lly IS.
holds
tst be
In out
.nsipldl
butter
|uaityI
LaNedl
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22

|inga
biz OF
gage
|)0rta.
|nl0re.
j and
[llDso.
Til IL
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-11-29

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 90. The new execu-
tive board of the Knights of Labor will
continue in session here for several days
The general assembly having adjourned
the delegates have left for home. The old
board and the new are now at work get.
ting tho affairs of the order into proper
condition to be taken charge Of when the
new board gets TO work upon its official
duties. The new general master work
man, James H. Sovereign, arrived today.
Predictions are freely made that the order
Will not live through another twelve
months unless some very radical mems
ures are adopted looking to the better
ment OF its numerical strength and its
financial condition. Many delegates say
that Powderly's amal9amution or unfit
cation project is the only hope of the
knights of Labor
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-11-29

PHiLApELPHrA, Nov Rs.-Flour in In moderate
demand; winter super, $2s2.lo; do. extras,
5a.2tG250; No. winter family, se.e0ae rs;
Prnnsylyania roller straight, S34l325; western
winter, clear, s2.9OGS.l5; western winter,
straight, 81 lJd340; winter patent, 50. .5Gft8 rs;
Minnesota clear s2.604L3; Minnesota straight,
Si25b3.d5 Minnesota patent, 90 T5It4; Min.
nesota favorite brands, higher. Rye -four,
s2.95 per barrel. Wheat dull, lower, with
t'lSc. bid and 65a4c. asked for November;
61ilc bid and 66c. asked for December; 81
bid and bilRc. asked for January; eSslo bid
and Gae. asked for February. Corn dull, easier
with t3a4e. bid and iic. asked for November
~. bid and 43a4c. asked for December; I3c.
bid and i3'4c asked for January; 43c bid and
tll4e. asked for February Oats quiet. steady,
with Sj1ac, bid and 36c. asked for November;
b1S4e. bid and 30l4c asked for December; 3Jl1C
bid and 3iitc. asked for January; 39lIc bid
and 3fl4e. rsted for February. Beef steady,
quiet extra mess l0501ll; family. SlgalI 80
Pork dull, easy; mess, sl58l8. Lard quiet,
steady; steam rendered, &c. Butter moderately
active. steady; New York dairy, leG28c.; west
ern dairy, lsG2ec.; Elgins. 21a2TtGc; New
York creamery, 22Gt20c.; western creamery, 20
G27'tc; imitation creamery lsqa5c Cheese
quiet, steady; New York, large, 9allsse; do.
fancy, iii4Gilsse.; do small, lOiatl2lac; part
skins, 4ats1ac.; full skins, 2Gb3c, Eggs quiet,
steady; New York and Pennsylvania o5aa7c.;
western 2Ifl2Jr
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-11-29
OIL CITY'S HEROINE.
Plunged Into a Fiery Furnace to
Rescue Her Children.
LOST HER LIFE IN THE ATTEMPT.

Her Three 1ittle Ones, Too. Pcrished in
the Flames, and II is Believed the -Four
Bodies Have Been Completely Inoine-
rated-A Whole Block Destroyed.
OIL CITY, Pa, Nov 29.-An appalling
disaster occurred here early in the morn
Ing. The block OF old wooden buildings
in the center of the town, between Centre
and Sycamore streets and the railroad
and Elm street, was entirely destroyed,
and mother and three children were
burned to death. The flames We're discov-
cred bursting from the ceiling of Hugh
Shields restaurant, which was located
about the center of the block. and in less
than three hours nothing but blackened
mass OF ruins remained
Scores of men have been at work all day
searching for the bodies of the missing
ones, but the heat was so intense that it
is feared that they have been completely
incinerated
Those who lost their lives in the fire
We're; Mrs. Hugh Shields, aged 36 years;
Fannie Shields, aged Ia Charles Shields
aged b; Myrtle Shields, aged . months.
There were many highly exciting fea-
tures OF the fiiA aside from the tragic ac-
compartments of such number of deaths.
The fire originated in defective flue in
Shields restaurant and spread with such
rapidity that it was with the utmost diff
Guilty any of the inmates escaped alive.
The heroism of mother, Mrs. Hugh
Shields, wife of the proprietor of the res
tallant, cost her own life, and she failed
in the effort that proved fatal. She had
six children.
When the fire was discovered the family
were asleep,and the mothers first thought
was for the little flock. 1t was close call
to death then, when she made her way to
the street, bearing one of the little ones.
To return was almost total destruction,
but the woman never wavered or lost a
moment. Leaving the first child In a
place of safety, she disappeared in what
was then seething furnace. Whether
she succeeded in reaching her children TO
die together is not known The discovery
of the remains Of the dead, if remains there
be, may tell the story.
The losses will foot up over 800, 600, with
Insurance of $4,000. There was a drug
store hotel, two restaurants and two
sa looms in the block which was one of the
oldest in the city. The origin of the fire
is unknown
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-11-29
CHAPTER v.
PNnrIASllI,SnANn


1t is useless to attempt to analyze the
emotions which possessed me during our
return to the house. / was now conf
dent that Twas in the company of mad.
woman and was deliberating upon wavs
and means for speedy departure north
ward. And yet, when Portals excite
ment had subeided. when we were back
once more amid the flowers and foun.
tains, she looked perfectly self contain
ed and sane. Her eyes had lost their un.
earthly glitter, and when she again
touched my hand her flesh was warm.
Alone in my room pondered upon
the events OF he day; Portals fury when
Daphne brought her the flowers and her
evident dislike of her child; her alarm
at something contained in her husbands
letter; discrimination that danger threat
ened her through her husband, whom
Sine so evidently idolized, and her rage
when l attempted TO open the closed gate
IN that dreary out of the way corner Of
the grounds.
What did it all mean?