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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

DR.. NASH, of the New York quaran-
tine staff, recently returned from. Ham
burg, whittier he went to investigate
cholera reports. He says he found
Hamburg one of he'healthiest cities iii
Europe, by reason of the reconstruct
ton OF the system of water supply,
which gives the people pure, filtered,
germ. free water Hamburg to-day is
"a ADMINISTRATION of the infinite, value
of pure water supply for a city.
1t is one Of the best advertisements
that a city, can possibly have. Ham,
burg has been Transformed from a
cholera breeding town to health re-
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
The Syndicate Settles.

The contest filed by R. N Thayer on
behalf of several homesteaders on gold
properties on several islands in Rainy
lake, and also along the shores of the
lake, has been called off through the
payment of $4,000 by the syndicate or
ganized by the discoveries to prosecute
development work. In order to avoid
a repetition of the trouble they have
just experienced, the syndicate people
have placed scrip on the land.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
August
Flower

"Ihave been afflicted with bilious
ness and constipation for fifteen years.
and first one and then another prep
aration was suggested to me and
tried, but to no purpose. A friend
recommended August Flower and
words cannot describe the admiral
ton in which I hold it. Ithas given
me a new lease of life, which before:
was burden. Its good qualities;
and wonderful merits should be made:
known to everyone suffering with
dyspepsia and biliousness. JESSE
BARKER, Printer, Humboldt, Kas. 9
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

STORIES of absent mindedness are in
varia bl amusing, but one that IS being
told of Prof. Burdon-Sanderson, the
president of the British association, re-
quires rather large grain of salt. /, On
one occasion, it IS said, while at Oxford
he asked a few friends to bachelor din
ner, and TO thair intense surprise, on
their arrival, proceeded to offer them
their ove.coats, shake hands with them
and express hope that they had en-
joyed themselves. Then, seeing their
advertisement, he remembered that they
were arriving and not departing guests,
and hearty laugh put matters to
rights.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
Denied the Mails.

AS result of Postofice Inspector
5ould's visit to Duluth, the American
Bond Loan company has been informed
hat it cannot do business through the
medium of the mails, as it's proposed
business was in the nature of lottery
affair. The company was formed a
short time ago by Sam Phillips, for
nerly newspaper man. Emil Hart
mann and R. D. Mallett were among
its founders.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
WEST AND SOUTH.

IT, was said that the storm of DC
tober IA cost ffty-fye lives and caused
a loss of over $675, 900 to lake shipping.
DIRECTUM trotted q heat in the free
-for-all at Nashville, Tenn, in 2:O5A,
SURPRISING all previous race records.
In Fort Benz and Victoria counties,
Tex, thousands of acres of grass were
burned over and the vast herds of cat
tie would have to be shipped to the In
dian territory for winter pasturage.
AT Eldon. Ia, one of the spans of a
new bridge fell, killing one man and
dangerously injuring cine others, sew
eral of whom may die. 50
JOHN STERNBLOCK and his son and
daughter, Of .Hampden, o., worlds fair
visitors at Chicago, blew out the gas
upon retiring for the night and We're
asphyxiated.G 81 w III
j. c. HAM, a welEknown hotel man
of Bloomington, Ill, fell from the fifth
story of hotel at Omaha, Neb., and
was instantly killed.
j. L. MCGEE, a wealthy citizen OF
Jefferson county, Ark, was shot to
death by Or, Scott, a lawsuit causing
bad blood si s. S. + I
AT summerville, Ca. two negroes
were taken from jail by an armed mob
and lynched. They were accused OF
killing James Hill, q constable.
AT Chicago the American Bankers
association convened In nineteenth an
nual session and were addressed by
Comptroller of the Currency James Fl.
Eckels.3 ~ 5tt8t AEfff
BRAKEMEN WEIGH and Deegan were
fatally shot while attempting to eject q
gang1of tralnps from a box car near
Mound Valley, Kan.
FIVE persons were killed and num-
Der of pedestrians were knocked down
and injured at Tacoma, Wash, by an
explosion in dye house.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
G.. n. Extension.

Samuel Hill. president of the Eastern
Minnesota railway, and assistant to
President Hill, of the Great Northern,
accompanied by Mr.. Hill, Geo. A.
Bracket and Mr.. Dunwoody, started
by team from Crookston to go over the
proposed route of the Great Northern
from Crookston to Duluth. Construc-
lion Of the new line will commence
early next spring.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
Toox u sudden Drop,

CH1cAGo, Oct. 24.-One of the roof
promenade elevators in Manufactures
building fell 200 feet with thirteen pas.
sengers at $3.50 o'clock Saturday night.
Safety devices arrested the car 80 feet
from the floor and cramped it SO tight
~ into the shaft that it could not be
moved up or down. All the passengers
were jolted badly. but as the stop was
rather gradual no one was hurt The
accident was due to the fact that
the counterpoised car was empty, d..
stroylng the balance and letting the
car fall at the rate of 400
feet a minute, s
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
BUCKET SHOP GHOSTS.
Miserable Mon Who Cling to the Skirts
Wall Street.

Miserable Mon Who Cling to the Skirts OF
Wall Street.
A feeling of regret can not always 10
repressed at the view of the broken
down merchants and small, timid. i'm
pecunious spectators who frequent
bucket shops, so called, in hope OF
gain. These people do, indeed, dig
their own pitfalls, since so long as
there exists a saloon in New York
where stranger is allowed to sit and
read the papers at the price of glass
of beer, there is no excuse for holding
down a chair in a bucket shop.
The proprietor's game is, on the face,
fair enough; but the customer is so in
tent on digging his own pit that he
fails to calculate the factors of the
game. The margin required is one per
cent, and you pay one-eighth commits
sion to come in and one-eighth to come
out. Therefore, when you lose dollar
you lose a whole dollar; when you win
dollar you collect seventy-fve cents
The odds of one hundred to seventy
five are thus continually against the
customer.
Again, the customer goes entirely on
guess work. If he were to toss cop
per as to whether to buy or sell, no
might be right something like half the
time; but if the odds are one to two
that stock will move in given direc-
ton, and also one to two that guesser
will guess right, the guesser starts in
with actual odds of four to one against
him. The bucket shop customer may
not be familiar with this feature of the
calculus Of proba bilities, but the math-
ematical professors lay it down, and
Mr.. Proctor mentions it in his treatise
on gambling, and the prosperity Of the
bucket shop seems to bear it out as a
fixed truth.
In some of these by-ways of finance
you can buy one share. In others,
where five shares are the smallest gam
BILE, two, three, sometimes five small
spectators will share in fve-share
lot. These facts are not stated as evil
dences of depravity nor as the basis Of
sneers at honest and laborious poverty;
they only tend to show that where peo-
pie are unable to dig larTe holes to
bury themselves in they will dig small
ones.-Philadelphia Press.
Some men are merely the silent Mariners
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

SINCE the last week of September
wild geese have been seen flying over
Connecticut southwark in large f1ocks.
This is month earlier than usual, as
their southwark journey has generally
been in the last week Of October or the
first Of November. Weather prophets
look upon this movementsas a sign Of
early winter, though why geese-and
wild and untutored geese at that
should know more about the seasons
than the signal service. bureau, with
the best facilities for observation, IS .
nu2zla that pasSaS UNDERSTANDING
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

THE value Of a vote, only woman's
vote, was recently !illustratedina west
ern town where women are allowed to
vote at school elections. A woman
property holder of the town voted to
pay certain schoolsbends instead OF let
ting them run, and the proposition was
carried by majority of one.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
THEstendency af the age is towards

THEstendency Gf the age is towards
consultations and combination, Every
line of business shows. the same trend,
and it is therefore not surprising that
sixty-fve tramps took possession of a
freight train-locomotive and all land
made an enjoyable tour of the South
ern Pacific road Il The train dispatchers
had difficulty in locating the -wanderer,
as the conductor made no reports and
paid no attention to schedules. Before
they were found the superintendent of
the road thought he would have to send
out wild train of fat cars loaded
with dynamite to collide with the wan
derer and pile it up in ditchs
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

'41it, eight women colonies OF the
German army, who draw swords only
enthusiastically and their salaries
regularly. are the empress of Germany,
thedowager empress, wife of the late
Frederick Ill; Princess Frederick
Charles Of Prussia, the queen regeut
Sophia and Queen Wilhelmina of the
Netherlands, the duchess of Edin-
burgh, sister of the emperor of Russia,
AMI Queen Victoria of England.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

Miss VIRGINIA FAIR, who is interest
ing to the public because of the. fact
that she will some time be one Of the
richest women in America, is 19-year-
old girl short, plump, dark and viva
cious. She is pious Roman Catholic,
and it is said that q few years ago she
was anxious to join one of the sister,
hoods Of thatechnrch.i r. by the death Of
her mother she became heiress to ST.
500, 600, TO pass into her control when
she is r, and q monthly income OF g.
500 Her fatheris one Of the. western
multi ihfllionaires% and she will in all
proba bility inherit very largely from
him also: So '+r2 a&fis:f 4sft5f ! ktsE
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

THE government report for August
foreign trade shows balance of s12,-
100000 in our favor, and September
will doubtless show up better. The
total exports of manufactured goods
for the eight months ending August 81
We're s1l3,6ls,l3l worth, Us compared
with 800, 125. S3S same time in 1892.
These are encouraging figures. 49,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

DUR1Sa the past summer there has
been nota BILE increase in the number
of feminine .bicyclists. Fair art stu
dents in the country discovered the
great advantages in their profession of
a vehicle which renders them indepen-
dent of horse and wagon. With
Stretching outfit strapped on behind the
seat of their bicycles, they can seek
their wayside studies far and near. z
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

THE Woman's Journal objects to so
much homage being paid to Christopher
Column bus at this time, when not word
is said about hls wife. Sure enough,
Mrs Columbus has been overlooked.
But, by the way, says the st. Paul
Globe, who was Mrs. Chris, and what
did she do that she $shouTa be remem-
hnrado ,trr-r- 1920 81 -
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

MoRE than IS. 900 Mohamruedans made
the pilgrimage to Mecca last year. The
performance of this religious duty en-
titles everyone of the faithful accom-.
piishing it to be dignltied ever after by
the title Of ''hadji," and this title makes
its bearer man of consequence in his
neignborhood, even ii, like Hadji
legeneratcS generally. --L--
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
Ar the recent. town elections in Cor

AT tHt TtCtHtftoWH 5cleCtiUHS III NUI--
necticut, women voted for the first
time on school questions,s but they
didn't turn ont as if they loved the bal
lot Not over 900 women in the
whole state voted, or about 8 per cent.
OF the women entitled to vote. This is
surprising considering the fuss some
Connecticut women have made about
The ballot. Do women really want to
SDtpp 5l-
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
A Bold Act,

Two men went into the saloon of
Chas. Gau in Minneapolis about II
o'clock at night, knocked him down,
robbed his till Of all the cash and COM.
PEELED two boarders to hold up their
hands while they We're relieved of
gold watch, silver watch and what
change they had.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
MINNESOTA NEWS.
High School Examinations.

At the recent meeting of the state
high school board at the capitol it was
decided that law students may be ad.
mitted to regular high school board ex-
aminations in any school under the SUI
pervision of the board upon presenta-
lion Of a certificate from the state
board of examiners in law that the
same is candidate for admission to
the bar of this state. 1t was voted that
upon the request Of the board of educa-
tlon OF st. Paul, the Humboldt high
school may be admitted to come under
The supervision of the board on the
same conditions that apply to the other
high schools of the state. 1t was also
voted that the applications of the high
school at Howard and at Dawson be
accepted and the schools placed in the
third class under the supervision of the
aigh school board.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
BORDEAUX is SHAKEN.

One Man Killed and Two Injured by the
Explosion of Powder Magazine.
BORDEAUX, Oct 24.-The inhabitants
OF this city were startled by a tremend-
Gus shock that was at first thought to be
an earthquake. Later, however, it
was learned that the shock was caused
by the explosion of large powder
magazine at st. Medard-en-Jalle, vii.
lage miles northwest of Bordeaux.
The magazine was blown to atoms.
One man was killed and two injured.
1t is feared that others employed in
the magazine are buried in the debris,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

Fort DODGE, Ia, Oct. 24.-The most
destructive forest fire that ever visited
the Des Moines valley has just been
checked south of here. The timber on
more than 1000 acres OF land was de-
stroyed. besides many farmers stacks
and barns.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
Struck by q Train,
~, syf a.. s.5s ,3...s.,s-,,s -
ALL UNDER ARREST.

CHICAGO, Oct. PA Lake Shore g.
Michigan Southern passenger train,
drawn by engine No AGO, bore down
Sunday evening on a buggy on the
Twenty-seventh street crossing, COM
pletely demolishing it and instantly
killing one child. Ella Bahr, aged 8
years. John Purple, the driver Of the
buggy, and Irene Norris, aged years,
were badly hurt - Az
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
Prison Night Schools.

The night school at Saltwater has
again been started. and Warden Wolfer
,ontemplates making the school as
yearly like the public schools as pos
slble. Principal Aylard, of the Still
water high school, has been engaged as
the uperintendent, and convicts pos
sessed of more than a common school
education have been selected as teach
ers. The school was organized with an
attendance of 146. All illiterate in
mates will be compelled to attend
school, and their diligence in studying
will also be taken into consideration in
the grade markings. The two large
dining rooms have been pressed into
service as school rooms, and each room
will be lighted with additional electric
lights. The studies at present COM
prise reading, writing, spelling and
arithmetic, but in the course of short
time instruction will be given in higher
studies.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
Rox Draeeed by 4 Mule.

HLLsBoRo. Ill, Oct. "a Joseph Doll,
aged 10 years, residing southwest Of
here, was riding mule when the AMI
NAL became frightened, throwing the
boy of. His foot caught in the har-
ness and he was dragged head down
ward for distance of - miles and
killed.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
A LIGHT SENTENCE.
I'1V7V OF" CNOC.
Msckey's Assallant Fined $3.50 for Shoot
ing tn. Millionaire.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24.-W. C. Rip
pey, the decrepit old man who shot
and nearly killed Millionaire John W.
Mackey several months ago, was on
Saturday sentenced in the superior
court to pay a fine Of $3.50 or serve
125 days in Jail The jury convicted
him Of assault with deadly weapon
and urged light sentence Rippev
lost all his money in mining stocks. 1t
is said friends who knew him when he
was prosperous speculator will pay
the fine:
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
Anthony j. DrexeI, Jr., Retiree.

New York, Oct. 24.-Anthony J..
Drexel, Jr., has retired from active
business, and Withdrawn from the
firms of Drexel & Co., Philadelphia;
Drexel, Morgan 8 Co, New York, and
Drexel. Harris 8 Co.. Paris.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

WHO dare say that the Indian is in
capable Of attaining the highest plane
of civilization? The ex-treasurer Of the
Cherokee nation has just absconded
after robbing the treasury of more than
half million dollars in a manner that
would make some of his white brethren
turn green with envy. He was more
considerable than some of them, how
ever, for he left about $4,000 in the
treasury when he took his departure
for regions unknown
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

. INCUBATION" said Mr. IDepew rat
Cornell, sis the solution of the eleva-
ton Of the individual" A freshman
does not realize this sublime truth
when the sophomores tie him up by the
~ h. 49, - 4 AzF-- r.-
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26

A -SAAMNEE lad who entered the In.
diaItsehsoI in Virginia as Tommy Wild
Cat remains under the sdignifed name
of Thomas w. Gait. @& RI BH ~
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
FlFTY-THlRD CONGRESS.
Extra Session..

MONDAY, Oct 16. = In the senate
bill was introduced to provide for
the control of the Union Pacific and
Central Pacific railroads until the debts
due and to fall due to the government
are fully paid up and secured. The sill
yer purchase bill was further discussed.
In the house the bill to amend the Chi
,nese exclusion act was discussed and
finally passed by gavote of sl67to 9. B
z# TUESDAY. Oct. IT, No business Of
Importance was transacted in the
senate beyond lively discussion
of the silver purchase repeal bill. In
the house the bil1 removing the neces-
sity for affirmative proof of loyalty of
pensioners of wars previous to the civil
war was called, discussed and passed.
The bill to prevent officers and direct
ors of national banks from borrowing
from their banks without written per-
mission of a majority of the directors
was also passed.
WEDNESDAY, Oct 16.--In the senate
the discussion was renewed on the
question that occupied the attention of
the body the day previous that Of the
amendment Of the journal. No bust
ness of Importance was transacted. Fin
the house bill was passed amending
the statutes relating to the fees of
United States marshals, clerks and COM
nissioners. The New York bridge bill
was then taken up and passed.
THURSDAY, Oct. 19.-In the senate
no business of Importance was trans
acted beyond a spirited discussion
of the silver purchase repeal bill. In
the house a resolution was adopted
making the bankruptcy bill special
order for next week. The remainder
Of the session was devoted to services
in memory Of the late Representative
Mutchler, of Pennsylvania g
FRIDAY, Oct. 20. The senate de-
voted four hours and half to execu-
tive business, confirming the appoint
ment of j. J. Van Allen as ambassador
to Italy, and also the appointments of
Mr.. Kilbreth as collector of customs at
New York. During the brief period
that the doors were open few unim-
portant events occurred. In the house
the attorney general transmitted infor-
nation relating to the Union Pacific
railroad. A joint resolution was passed
to remit half the duty on goods exhib-
tied and sold at the worlds fair.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
Old lady burned to- Deatll

LIMA, O., Oct. 24.-Fire at Kemp
station, 8 miles west. on the Chicago &
Erie road, destroyed the residence of
Mrs. Miller, an aged and helpless lady.
The fire burned dercely and before she
could be removed she was burned to
death. Her body was reduced to ashes.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-26
CLAY TABLETS.
Why TranslatOrs Have Found Difficulty In
Understanding the Writing Thereon.

Why TrAnslatOrs Have Found Difficulty In
understanding the Writing Thereon.
The clay of which the Tell Amarna
tablets are composed differed greatly
in different regions. DR.. Bezold says:
In color the tablets vary from a light
to a dark-dust tint, and from a flesh.
color to dark-brick:red. The nature of
the clay of which they are made some
times indicates the countries from
which they come. No. 1, a draft of a
letter from Amenophis III. to Kallim-
masin, is made of finely kneaded Nile
mud; others are Of the dark-red clay
which is met with in the north OF
Syria; FIVE of Ribadda's letters are
written on the yellow clay which is
common on the Syrian coast. The tab
let's from Shubandi, Widya and Shuar,
data contain fragments of fl;nt.'
OF the shape of the tablets he says:
1.-THE greater number are rectangular
and a few are oval. and they differ in
shape from any other cuneiform docu-
ments known to us Some are fiat on
both sides, some are convex on both
sides and some are pillow-shaped, Com,
pare the name given to such tablets by
the Arabs, mekhadid or pillows
The tablet having been kneaded into
shape, was inscribed while the clay
was damp, by the use of wooden
stylus; and the diverse having been
written, the tablet was supported by
some means while the back was in use,
In the case of some cuneiform tablets
holes are found in the corners, which
were made by pins of wood, on which
they rested, SO as to prevent the writ
ten surface from being obliterated
while the reverse was being inscribed;
but these pin-holes do not seem to
occur in the present collection.
Some of the letters are divided into
paragraphs by ruled lines, which are,
however, not always truly horizontal.
The royal letters. which are the most
carefully written, have well-shaped
symbols in true horizontal lines but
many of the tablets from Syria seem
to have been hastily written and are
often very crooked. The care, how
ever, that was taken by the scribe is
evidenced by the corrections which he
has introduced of unfinished words, to
which a syllable or more is added by
insertions between the lines, while in
other case, words, or even a whole
line, have been erased by smoothing
out the writing, other signs having
been substituted, or in some cases the
space has been left blank.
When, therefore, translators, who
have found difficulty in understanding
what was written, have supposed that
the fault lay with the carelessness of
the original scribe, we can only regard
such a supposition as indicating the
self-suficiency which is a common
fault among certain class of modern
scholars, who are convinced that if
there be any error it cannot be with