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Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1893-12-21
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Guetidunsen, @lnocn, @eiduiire, SalSiuB, Sledten,
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aue SautaIs idldse unb bcilt %unieblbar Samorrboioen.
Iollitdnoise Seirtebisuns suseiidert ODER feline We5abs
lung perlanst. Vreis, rs Gents bic Sdadtel. gu bas
ben BET 8. III. Slien, Stem him.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1893-12-21
Springfield uno umgegeno.
9enrp Dirts sebentt mad Neuiabr
wieber Elm @ei@aft 81 er0ifnen.

9enrp Dirts 9ebentt mad Neuiabr
wieber elm @ei@aft gu e%rSfnen.
Gin Stereoptiton CAB ant Jreitas
Nbenb cine S@auitelluns in @ambIes
9aue. gt.ua 3ebn Perioreu wobnten
berielben BEL.
@ir uermeiien auf bic aeue Mnieiae
BON Molf. S@mio in bieiem Departs
ment. 9err S9mib bat in ieinem 3D.
@ebaube elm Storeseiddft einseri@tet,
wel@es ni@ts gu wini@en abris laBt.
Sdmmtli9e barin entbaltenen Wa,en
iinb neu unb wurben BON ibm jelbit un>
ter Beibalfe competenter unb ia4tunbis
ger Heute inn Often ausseiu9t unb { ii
@aib einsetauft, wobur@ er in ben
Stanb seiest 1T, bieielben duBerit Bill
Zig wieber gu %uertaufen. gilbert Sobr>
jon, Elm betannter I'M @ei1dft beman>
oerter unb 3uuerldiiiser Mann, 1T nit
Der ipecieIen Yeituns beiielben betraut
unb lit NIT ieinen Miiitenten ltets be-
seit, bic &unben in reeuer unb 3uuor=
tommenoer @eiie 81 bebienen. IS
wirb Niemano febl seben, ,uenn e. benz
neuen @ei@dft einen 8siu9 abitattet
uno feline @intaufe oaielblt bemertftelz
list.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1893-12-21
Sprinsfelb, 90. Deg.

GaGmir Dds uobnte am Tienitas in
Mem lllm Der @eburtsta9sfeier ie.ner
Mutter bel. .
9enrY Blatb bat ben Gontratt fir
ben 8au Der Auifabrten CUR neuen
Bride bel Burns @roiiins erbalten.
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oer llmsesenb it i@le@ten 3uitanb uer>
lett.
Dic giienarbeit an Der neuen @otton>
woobsB Bride Bel Burns Tubr lit uoqens
bet.
DeWoice's Or4eiter ,pirb bic Muiit
fit ben I'M Opernbauie i%tattfinbenoen
SyluetersBau ~liefern.
Der @Ymnaiii@e Club bat bei@loi>
fen. iein critics Stiftunssfeit I'M Mar3
auf sroBartise @eiie gu feiern.
Cine @eibna@tsfeier finbet am Mbenb
bes %. (Samitas) III Der Gonsre9a>
tionaliiten s&ir@e itatt.
@roBpapa @eisaab 9%a"enitein aus
Qiem l1lm mar am Somita9 in Spring
fielb INN jeinen tleinen gntel in Der Ja>
Mile BON %. MlIer 3u besriBen.
Gbeobor Maette bat ben Saloon i'm
neuen Opernbauie auf eisene @e@nuns
iibernommen. Oils ti9tiser 0irtb
piro IS ibm am beiten @rfols ni@t febs
len.
patrid 2abep uon STATELY, ber 1T
Springfield elm Saar Pferbeoeden &C.
Itoblen baben iou, iltt felt letten Mittz
mod i'm @ountps@ efansniB in l1nter>
iu@un9Sbaft.
Die 3%enitb>9o9e SO. zoo, Orben
ber Treimaurer, wd1lte IN elmer am
@amitoa obsebaltenen 8eriammluns bic
folsenben Beamten: 90 so, Or. s. =.
@%otbenburs; g g, s. clearinghouse;
W, S. @risbt; ., 6. 2eatber:
man; S 8, y. .. S4leuber; Gee, y.
Soot; S@otmeiter, 81. 6uiras; g g,
Sobn Sodwap; So. u. pafiratb;
Marl@aQ, Otis 6or; &aplan, q. Sea:
Herman.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1893-12-21
SturmperN6erun0

Die neuliden Sturmiddoen baben seSeist, oaB gers
tderlna gcgcu Sdaben pom @tnbitirmcu rno 1orna>
bocs seraoe 10 notbwcnoi9 lit, ais sesen 5erer rnb, Slies
idoben, urb i'd made bebbalb oaraui auinertiam, baB
i'd policen in ben Superlaiiisten geieuidaiteu gu 10 bils
ltsen Yreiier auf 1, 3 ober 5 Sabre a~usiteucn tann, oaB
@icmanb bic serinse Nussabc ideuen ioute:
" M. Yiaenper.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-17
A NEW CHANCE FOR SILVER.

During the late election excitement
when all other news was at discount, a
cable dispatch from Russia appeared in
the daily papers to the effect that Rus
sia will replace its uncovered paper
money with silver, to be used for SUBJ
sidiary coin. That uncovered" paper
amounts to $500, 600, 900, about 81. 40 per
capita. At the present time the silver
money of that country is only about 53
cents per capita.
1t would be a slow process to carry out
such policy, but if really adopted it
would insure an absorption of silver so
great as 10 give our silver producing
states all boom, and thus verify once
more the adage that it is always darkest
just before day.
The Inter Ocean in editorially refer
ring 10 the great importance of such a
step by Russia says:
The present silver stock of Russia is
estimated at $50, 900. 900. That country
produces great deal of gold, is in fact
he only one that can at all compare
with the United States and Australia in
that respect, but when it comes to silver
its production is insignificant, only
about half a million a year, hardly more
| than that of Canada.
Some idea OF the magnitude of this
proposed undertaking can be formed
from the fact that if all the silver an
nually produced in the whole world
We're sold to Russia Is would take three
years to supply the quantity necessary
10 effect this change.
Tie explanation given of Russia's pro-
posed new silver policy Is that It would
facilitate the carving cut cf its pet
policy of pushing trade with Persia.
India. Cnina, and the east generally
| Herein and hereby it hopes to riva.
Great Britain. Those countries use
silver most exclusively.
To buy for silver and at silver prices
ard sell for gold at gold prices is Eng
lands commercial policy, and has been
| for seventy-five years The methods of
| Russian commerce must be radically
| different from Eagl;.ud's. for instead Of
| beng separated by a vast stretch of salt
water iis own territory extends to the
very heart of Asia. and to have !. liberal
4 supply of money 10 Circulation which
would easily pass current at par IN all
| Asia would surely be an important coin,
l as well as coi-n or vantage.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-17
OKLAHOMA HOMESTEADS.

An important meeting has been called
at Watonga, for November "a, which
will interest the settlers of the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe country: also those OF the
counties of G and d and Of Day, Mills,
Blaine, Canadian and others. Congress
is 10 be memoriaiized to apply what is
known as the free homestead law to the
settlers of the lands named. The petit
tion does Dot involve any new conces-
sion or principle. 1t is just as polite
and as reasonable for congress to aid
western settler by concessions, to tine end
of the more speedy development Of the
country to a tax paying basis, as 1t is to
appropriate moneys outright to save
other settlers from Mississippi overflow
or to construct Hennetin canal. 1t Is
all in the interest of development.
There is hardly western state or ter
ritory whose first settlers have not been
granted relief and there is no reason why
the memorial of the people of Oklahoma
should not be given speedy and effective
consideration. The objection that it
might or probably would pave the way
for other concessions in that territory is
without weight, because it matters not
if it does. Oklahoma will need and is
entitled to the fostering care of the
government, being the Youngest and the
pet. The EAGLE has been and is op-
posed to the law which compels the set
tiers of the strip to pay from 81 to 81. so
per acre for their lands simply because
the Cherokee Nation through the sCkly
sentimentality of the east squeezed
twenty-four million dollars from Uncle
Sam for lands TO which they
had no title, lands that should
have been free homesteads. If
it is right that the settlers should pay
the government for these wild lands
then they should have been appraised
and not subjected to arbitrary prices and
imaginary lines. There are lands in
Oklahoma better worth $50 an acre
than other lands are worth 20 cents; yet,
under the law and ruling OF the depart
ment, these lands may be adjoining.
Congress will, under pressure, make
six million dollar appropriation, out
right, in the interest of the people OF a
single harbor, which being true with
much more if reason and fairness should
that body help the people of a territory
as large as whole state.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-17
Rabbit Law In EsglaaA.

A very funny state of affairs is re-
vealed in England through q suit
brought concerning depredations by
rabbits. The rabbits came out OF
wood and destroyed field of barley.
The owner of the crop sued the owner
Of the wood for damages 1t was de-
cided that the plaintiff was not entitled
to damages unless the defendant had
by artificial propagation increased the
number of rabbits on his land to such
an extent as TO be a nuisance. he was
rot liable, even though he had in
creased the number of rabbits by kill
ing off their enemies. The on4y rem
edv in possession of the man who lost
his barley was 10 kill the rabbits
which came upon the place. But this
has TO be done with due regard TO a
somewhat complicated game law. The
killing must be done By the farmer or
By one member Of his household COM
nissioned by him ia writing or en-
ployed for reward 10 Kill rabbits Ia
killing the rabbits the use Of poiscns
or spring guns IS prohibited and fire
arms cannot be used 81 night
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-17
RAIN IN JAPAN.
New the Natives Try to BrisE the Show.
ers Down

ers Dowa
During the summer season in Japan
droughts are very frequent. and the
rice fields, before so beautiful, pre-
senting as they do all the different
shades of green imaginable, gradually
lose their brilliancy of color, turn yell
low and parched, and threaten the
total destruction of the crop. Not
only does the rice suffer, but the wells
water from long distances. So a
drought in Japan is, indeed. great
calamity.
After waiting and hoping in vain for
downfall of rain, the people turn en-
masse to evoke the power of their del
ties 70 send them the saving showers.
A procession is formed of perhaps two
hundred men, all nearly naked. who
carrying straw embleias representing
the sun with the rain pouring from K
and with long streamers having
prayers written on them flying IN the
wind. proceed to the nearest river or
bay, where the whole company wade
into the water until they are waist
deep, and. surrounding the emblems.
pray aloud and throw water on the
images with both hands
After doing this several times. say.
the New York Journal, the proce ssion
is reformed. when il proceeds to the
temple to pray again This ceremony
is repeated several times and should
the rain come IN abundance prayers
are offered IN Thanksgiving: should il
be Only shower they blame them
selves for not having prayed ferventiy
enough, and continue their deFotioas
until downpour takes place.
Another form of devotion for the
same purpose takes place al nightsall,
when long boat is filed with men
and padded swiftly across the hareor,
accompanying the prayers hy the reg
ular beatings of ton-toIns and gongs
Sometimes n. night. away down the
bay, may be heard the weird sound of
the tom-toms and the voices of the
uaen gradually growing louder and
louder as the boat approaches. each
man bending TO his paddle IN regular
time as it passes rs swiftly and grsdu-
ally disappears IN the darkness, and is
soon lost 70 sight and hearing.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-17
INSTEAD OF THE POORHOUSE.
She Was Old, and Ill and Blind. but Chose
Death Rather Than Pauperism.

She Was Old, and Ill and Blind. but Chose
Death Rather Than PAuperism.
Within two hundred feet of the crest
of Mount Mitchell the rough road
winding over the mountain runs close
to the edge of cliff, down which you
can drop plumbet for over one hum
dred feet At the base the waters of a
creek dash furiously along toward the
Catawba. As you peer over the edge
of the cliff you can see the waters boil
ing and foaming among the rocks far
below, and your flesh creeps and your
blood runs cold at the mere thought of
fall.
An hour before sunset on July day
! sat on rock by the roadside with
this cliff at my left My pipe was
scarcely alight when an old woman,
walking slowly by the help of cane,
and her calico sunbonnet pulled for
ward to shade her weak eyes from the
bright sun, came slowly down the
mountain road. She saw me and pcered
and hesitated and finally came forward
and saluted:
'Howdy, stranger?'
''Howdy. grandma; going down the
mountain
''No further. / reckon. This is the
steep place, isn't it?''
eyes: there is high cliff here"
II thought so, but my eyes are very
poor Yes. I'm old and blind and Of no
use to anybody. I've prayed 70 the
Lasd every day for year to take me
away. but lie don't hear me-
"Is your husband dead2''
Years and years ago. stranger"
But you have children"
Yes. but I IN "A burden 10 them; I'm
no good any more. I've been fearful
this long while. bat IL didn't come till
this mawnin' had nv mind made mp
wha. should do, and now I'm goin' 20
do H.
What is it, grandma: what has hap
pened?'
I've been fearful Of william and
Jane. William is good boz. but they
is pore and don't get along. This
rnawnin' | heard them taikiu'. Jane
says / N too ole 10 work any more. and
mast go to the porehouSe. william
waits bit 20 think II over. and :hen
ssys there j. no other way lie says
ne II see bout /; tomorrow
Eut the wants and needs Of an old
woman like you cant be mnch Of a
burden 10 them" protested.
NO. she sighed. bat ole folks Is ia
the way of younger ones I've done
prayed and prayed, but the Lasgd Won't
take me Nebbe be THINKS ] an; /; sitten
tn 20. bat I've tried hard 20 live clus un
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-17

So rapid has been the growth Of ska
German capital that the municipality
Of Berlin already fnds itA spacisus
town hall Inadequate 10 its nasda. ssd
an adjacent plot Of ground has been
purehased az Goa: Of eve million
marks for the erection Of new eAAces
On the other hand, The scheme for lay.
ing cut and embeilishin2 the suryousd-
ings ot the ROYAL palace has bess re.
ject~d b. the city elders. and the tons
Of various inspired srtscIsk In the s>U..
Official press proves ths. eons16.rssls
annoyance - felt in conr. sarcIes
Should the municipality perxis, In i,s
present Enfrienaly attitude 8, I,
plainly limited .. that the eorr. viii
shorten its annual stay .; Berlin and
perhaps ultimately make Pots.asn it,
permanent residence. Although of .
costly character the palace scheme
which has jos; bern rejected fall. .ery
much snort % the more am ,lous ,...
which ~as originally contemplated by
the emp-Tor- ~so has VERY snass~a
views Of the requirements of inper.s.
stale.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-17
DANGERS OF EASTERN LIFE.

There has been shift. When a man
wants to rob in this fin de steele period
he goes east not west. When the savage
vearninS TO wrap himself around some
other fellow 5 chattles causes turmoil in
the bad mans breast he no longer stands
in ambush by the lonley highway; no
longer empties tie coach and watches
the travellers tremblinGly deliver. He
instead struts into the city, picks out
the largest business building. boxes
somebody across the head, goes INTO the
safe. takes the best and lights out.
This hing happened in Chicago day
before yesterday, In open daylight in
the Rookerv a railroad man was robbed
of 5000 1t was not metropolitan
confidence game. 1t was simple hold
up.
Robbery Ii, the great west as an in
dusty is waning. The designation oi
wild and woody west is obsolete. Instead
poetry and art and other aesthetic pur-
suits hold sway. Every westerner. to
such a pass has il come. goes east in feaI
AMI trembling. Travel and residence
there are hesetwith innumerable perils
Safety and the contentment conseouan
can only be found in the west.
As for handling the robber the casr
has shown itself woefully at faul,.
When robbery iiourished in the west tn,
robber knew he had TO fight for his haul
Quick. fearless men hunted him dav ane
night. The western rohber had to be $
fighter. Even then he rarely escapeC
u,injured. 1t is different in the east
The police are al first benumued bv tn,
very boldness of the outlaw. The,
never recover in time TO be effective
The city detective. exploited 10 be O
wondrous cunning in cheap novels, is il
reality Ounce. In most instances he i
ward hceler and holds his place 70
services performed in that miserable ca
paciiy. He is uneduca.ed ana lacks i,
all the essential accomplishments 70 en-
able him TO cope with either daring q
cunning criminals.
In this particular the change of rob
berry from west 10 east is unfortunate
But ii cannot be helped. Still as mat
ter OF caution it behocves all western
people in going east to leave their val
uables behind and arm thcmseIve
heavily.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-17
WHALES IN eeHRlNG SEA.
Nearly All the Valuable Sea Monster
Have Lett che North Pacific.

Nearly All the Valuable Sea Monsters
Have Lett the North Pacific.
The valuable whales have about all
disappeared from the North Pacific.
Behring and Okhotsk seas no longer
contain them, and the Arctic ocean is
the only recognized whaling ground
left. There are but fifty whalers now
af1oat in the western ocean, while a
half century ago there were six hun
dred such ships. There are ten steam
vessels in this feet and the rest are de-
scribed by Harper's Weekly as relics
ancient barks and brigs that date
from the long ago. are seldom insured
and with difficulty secure crews. The
captain and crew go on shares or are
paid percentage of the seasons S
catch, and six or eight whales will
credit the former with four or FIVE
thousand dollars and the sailors with
a couple of hundred dollars each. For
three seasons one of the whalers has
not secured a single whale, while one
crew captured twenty-one whales in
the summer of 1891.
In 1891 Sitka was surprised by the
visit of a whaler, the first in the many
years since the Fairweather grounds
of Mount st. Elias were abandoned
This ship had sailed in March for that
old ground, but off Prince William
sound nine right whales were taken
in eight days, and tenth had been
wounded, when the bark grounded in
fog, unshipped and broke the rud-
der. 1t then worked its way to Sitka,
and for fortnight gave new inter
est to the life of that quiet capital.
There had been time TO clean and
slightly deodorize the ship during its
sail into port, and it fell dissppointingly
short of the traditional whaler But
it was interesting to visit it, and have
the cheerful mate show pieces of
whalebone six and seven feet in length
stacked up like cord wood; TO see the
boats, harpoons, knives and tackle and
the huge vats in the brick furnace on
deck, where the mountains of blubber
are tried out. But the blubber and oil
are little regarded in this day, as
whalebone at six dollars a pound is the
most valuab bic part of the monster.
Catching their whales SO fast, this
crew had not time to cut up one whale
before another was sighted, and the
hold was filled with the blubber of the
first whale while they were busy har-
pooning and cutting the bone from the
later catches. They had only four
hundred and thirty barrels of oil. and
the tongue of one whale yielded thir-
teen of those barrels. From nine whales
there came ten Thousand pounds of
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-17
NEVER COME SINGLY.
A Common Superstition Among Engineers
About Collisions.

A Common Superstition Among Ensineerl
About Collisions.
OF the superstition of sailors, fisher
folk and others we have all heard, but
that such distinguished characteris-
tic should have attached itself to rail
way men would not appear to be gen
orally known. 1t Savors somewhat OF
the anomalous that such a preemi-
nently practical class of men should be
the victims of credulity regarding the
supernatural. Such, however, is the
case, says writer in the London lid
Bits.
recently had occasion to interview
prominent railway official, and in the
course of the conversation that ensued
that gentleman incidentally alluded to
two collisions which had lately oc-
CURED in the neighborhood. following
up his remarks with the announcement
that the local men would be in state
of subdued excitement and furry
till third mishap took place. Such is
the superstition of the railway man.
Upon expressing considerable astonish-
ment l was assured that this kind of
thing was notorious among railway
men in general, and in this particular
instance, it was known that the cir
cumstances of the two previous acci-
dents were the chief topics among the
workmen in all departments. who were
also counting on the possibilities of a
third disaster. Curionsly enough a
touch of realism was lent to the infer
nation just impaired by the explana-
tion that the second of the two COLI
sions referred to was due to the driver
of one of the engines-a reliable serv-
ant, noted for his alertness and preci-
sion, with an honorable record with
some forty years service-who being,
it was believed, so disturbed over the
''omens" of the first occurrence and SO
engrossed with what he felt would be
two other catastrophes that he com
mitted the slight error of judgment
which caused his locomotive to crash
into another coming in an opposite di-
rection. The statement is given as the
conviction of one who spent upward Of
quarter of century among railway
ihCh VI oil CfdSoCb, dAu w No Hob kuOW II
the driver alluded to for a long period
of years. So came about second COL
lision. Surely superstition could go no
further than this. But here is tragic
sequel-a sequel which, unfortunately,
will, in all probability, do much to
strengthen the reprehensible beliefs
of these men. Two days after the in
terview above mentioned, within If
teen minutes drive from the scene Of
the second collision, an express mail
failed to take the points, portion of
the train with the tender of the engine
was violently thrown across the rails
and one stoker killed. This is what
the railway men will term their third
mishap." There's the third" they
say, and now perhaps they will breathe
freely for season.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-11-17

That man Gresham seems controlled
by only two sentiments. one OF them his
hatred of BenjameE Harrison, the other
al ambition for office which ove-shad.
ows every conviction of principle and
every party obligation of the PAST. II
the proposition had been made 20 Ores
ham at any time previous to his accept
Ing place at the hands Of Cleveland.
that he lend his power and influence to
forcioly replace an ignorant monar ch
upon the throne OF a country which
country under American semi iment had
practically became Republic. lie would
have insulted the agency proposing, or
otherwise kicked lis messenger out.