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Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1893-08-04
BETTING ON TIE SENIOR wRANeLER.
A Story of the Undergraduate Days of the
Late Professor Adams.

Late Professor Adams.
was an undergraduate Of St. Johns
college, Cambridge, when the late Pro-
fessor Adams was there as an under
graduate also. well remember his ap-
pearanCe. He was rather a small man,
who walked quickly and wore a faded
coat Of dark green. IS had entered as
a pensiOner ana lie as SiZUr. we did not
sit at the same tallc in hall or indeed
dine at the same hour. In my time the
Fellows hall and ours WAS at o'clock.
the STARS (who had some dishes left
from the Fellows table, at ). Chapel
was at 6. when every member of the
college was due and when some came.
Fellow cOmmOners and pensioners saw
but little of the siZars as a rule, and |
fear they were looked down upon on ac-
count of their poverty, except indeed
those few who were certain to do great
credit to the college. The fastest and
the vainest man would have been civil
to Adams, for he was known to be a
pretty certain Senior Wrangler; besides
men bet on him and backed him as they
would race horse. But he was so ex-
ceedingly good, 50 unusually safe, so ut
terly and entirely the favorite that odds
were laid on him at 3, or even to /.
Men little thought indeed that he
would very shortly discover comet,
and that sGieace all through the world
would cap" him in concert with the I'M
dergraduates to whom he soon became
mighty don, though | believe one of
the most gentle and unassuming that
ever lived.
A couple of days after Adams had
come out Senior Wrangler, knocked in
late and had chat with Ballard, the
porter, before going to my rooms. said,
well, Ballard, we've got the Senior
Wrangler, but that was of course" Bal
lard looked glum. | could not under
stand it, for he was as proud of the col
lege as any of its members. "Ah, sir"
he said, Mr.. Adams did not behave well
to me-" Not we'll to you! Why, what
on earth has he done?" Il have lost e5
by him, sir" How" Mr.. Adams is
not a gentleman as often knocks in late,
but two nights before lie went into the
senate house he did, and made so bold
as to say, Mr.. Adams, | hope no offense,
sir, but suppose you are certain to be
Senior Wrangler, because | have laid
SO on it already and have chance of
laying another f5.' Now you'd hardly
believe it, sir, but Mr.. Adams told me
there was no certainty at all about it,
and that he might come out second or
third when all the while he must have
known he was dead certain"
well" said, Il don't know what he
knew, but all the university knew. But
how did you lose your G5?" by not put
ting it on, sir, which | should have done
if he hadn't knocked in late. kept the
e10 on, however, and won what came of
that" So really MI. Ballard had not
very much to complain of.-London
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1893-08-04
A Feejee Death Custom.

When any one dies in the Feejee is
lands-man, woman or chlld-a
whales tooth is placed in the hand
of the corpse, the missile to be thrown
at the tree which stands as guide
post to point out the road to heaven
and the one that leads to hell. l.-Ex-
change
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1893-08-04
Cruel Only to BE Kind.

Impressionist-Now, frankly, what
do you think ought to get for it,
Critic-A hiding place. - Kate
Fields Washington.
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1893-08-04
bookings Roller Mills.

PERFECTION Flour is unequaed and always
tbe same. We pay above market price for all
wheat -
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1893-08-04
READY Fer THEBORE
CONVERSATION OF A MAN WHO WAS
PRlMEO FOR A OYSPePTlc.

A Chronic Invalid, Bent on Relating His
Own Case, Hears OF a More Remarkable
One and Is Able to Get In but a Few
Words In the Course of a Long Talk.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-24
Kind Words.

Our friend w. N. Davidson, of Rock
county, late candidate for Judge of
the supreme court, writes us as fol-
lows:
LUvERNE, Mimi, May Is, '93.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVES,
With pleasure | acknowledge the
receipt of No. ], Vol. /, of the REP
REsENTATIvE. 1t is gratifying to
note the character of this initial
number as an accession to the list of
journals devoted to the interests of
human labor and the emancipation
of the nations workers. No very
definite estimate Of what paper will
be, of course, can be made from the
first issue; but a careful reading of
this first number of the REPRESENT
ALIVE, in the light of an extended
acquaintance with the journalist
whose name heads it's editorial de-
partment, both as an editor and
man, inspires me with the hope and
confidence that the paper will not
fail to become principal and able
champion of the reforms now de-
handing recognition from the gov
eminent, state and national.
Especially am l fain to hope that
the REPRESENTATIVE will - while
waging earnest, radical warfare for
the great cause of mans right to
labor and enjoy the full fruits of his
toll, -strive to avoid as much as may
be, undue elimination and recrimina-
tion. / cheerfully add
my name to your list of subscribers,
and wish the paper a success.
w. N. DAVIDSON.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-24
EDITOR REPRESENTA-
w. N. DAVIDSON


In reading an article in the Weekly
New York World, written by John J.
ingalls, (the partisan tramp, where
he compares the present movement
on the part of the people to move
ment started in England over 400
years ago, headed by "Jack Cadi." [
wish to quote him so should this ar
ticTe meet the eye of farmer or
laboring man who voted the demo-
cratic ticket he will have material to
think upon.
<SThe democratic party stands
pledged to the free coinage of silver
and the removal of the tax on state
banks. With remarkable consis-
tency they nominated and elected a
president uncompromisingl opposed
to both these measures. 1t is GER
tain, therefore, that until 1897
neither will be accomplished"
So long as the president in his veto
power is equal to two-thirds of con-
gress we must admit that Mr.. ingalls,
is right in his statement that
ssneither" of these demands of the
democratic party s'will be accom-
plished until 1897
Two years ago the democratic
platform of 90 states demanded the
free coinage of silver. With large
majority of democrats in the house
every free coinage bill was killed
How many broken pledges will il
take to shake the confidence of those
deluded voters? FARMER.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-24
IT WOULD BREAK UP THE PARTY.
ALBION, Mimi, May 4, '93.

Editor Representative.
/ May 1st you sent me copy OF the
REPRESENTATIVE and have read the copy
with much interest. have been a
reader Of the Great West, edited by
our well known E. w. Fish, but have
Of late had to stop it because l
thought his writing would split up,
or break our party. / am farmer, a
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-24
WE WILL DO IT.

A. H. Hendrickson, a leading and
influential Alliance man of Todd Co.,
writes us, after receiving a recent
abusive issue of DR.. Fish's paper:
'The Great West has one subscri-
Der less from this day. Push the RE-
Preventative as vigorously as pos
sible.'
Mr.. Hendrickson is vice president
of the State Alliance from the 9th
congressional district, and was the
active and efficient chairman of the
Todd Co.'S. peoples party committee
during the last campaign. We are
glad to number him among our list
of regular subscribers.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-24

the above address and oblige me.
| am peoples party man, will try
and get you some subscribers for the
paper. BENZ. WRIGHT.
A CORDIAL WORD FROM AN OLD
FRIEND.
ADA, Mimi, May IS, '93.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Enclosed find five dollars, the sum
which I subscribed to help start the
new paper-the REPRESENTATIVE
am very much pleased with the first
number which received all right. I
am busy seeding now, will see what |
can do toward getting you subscrib-
ers when | have little spare time,
hope you will make a success of it.
Yours truly. B. M. CHEsLEY.
HASTINGS, Mimi, May 81, '93.
Editor Representative.
I lave received three numbers of
the REPRESENTATIVE and each
number is an improvement on it's
predecessor and appears to be a mes
senger of light to educate the people
(barring personalities therefore |
herewith enclose you check for sub
scriptiOn. HARVEY GILLETT.
DIES MONIES, Iowa May Is, '93.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Enclosed please find Is cents for
which please place my name on your
subscription list and be sure to send
your issue Of May 10th, containing
Senator Donnelly's article against
DR.. Everett w. Fish. r. PRICE.
GILMORE, Mimi, May Is, '93.
Editor Representative.
l have received copy of your pa
per. Wishing it much success, | en-
close one dollar for years subscrip-
tion. When l can get time, will try
and send up club. Send me few
copies for distribution.
G.. MATHERS.
STRAND, May -, '93.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Enclosed please find 81 for one year
for the REPRESENTATIVE. es
If you could send me a few sample
copies, 1 shall try to get some other
subscribers in my neighborhood.
LARS LEDING.
I'VE will cheerfully furnish samples
to any one who will kindly use them
as Mr.. Leding suggested.-ED.
WHITE Rock, Mimi, May II, '93.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE:
Having received sample copy OF
the Representative, | am well pleased
with the paper, and will do all | can
to get subscribers.
GEO. Cook,
Sec'y F. A. 1911.
A prominent allianceman of Rem
vile county writes: ''The time is
past when any good can come to this
movement by working upon the
prejudice of the people, engendering
antagonism and personal animosity.
Am sorry it is forced upon Mr.. Don
nelly to 'sskin sunk" as it is a
verv disagreeable job, but sometimes
it must be done. l cannot help be-
lieving the DR.. is paid to ''down Don
nelly'' but men with bigger guns
than he can command have tried it
and failed, and were it not for the Dr's
egotism he would know better. If he
| but knew how most all the farmers
and alliancemen view this matter he
would know it means no good to any
one, least of all the DR.. and the
G. W."
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-24
AN IMPORTANT CRISIS.
GRANITE FALLS, May Is, '93.

GRANITE FALLS, May l3, '93.
Ed. REPRESENTATIVE.
Please see that get the REPRE-
SENTATIVE containing Mr.. Donnelly's
challenge to Fish to proceed with his
suit, as | don't want to have to depend
on the dailies for my information.
The crisis is the most important in
the history Of our movement, and l
want, in anything | may say, to be
right. l am glad the issue is drawn.
A. S. EDWARDS.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-24

LAKE FREMONT, May s, '93.
Editor Representative.
Enclosed please find postal note
for 50 cents for which please send
the REPRESENTATIVE six months to
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-24

Norwegian by birth, but as solid and
as good an Alliance man as ever walk
ed to the ballot box; and, further
more, [ am living in the strongest
Alliance town in my county and state,
and we won't give up as long as our
party is on the right side of the fence.
With great pleasure I read in your
Representative about the Coal Trust
that our good man Mr.. Donnelly is
tearing to pieces. | wish l could help
you to push the leaders of all the
Trusts in the United State inside of
the heavy iron gates of the peniten-
tiary.
Gentlemen! l will try and get as
many of my neighbors to subscribe
for the paper, and I wish you would
put my name on the list for one year
beginning May 1st. May you and
yours and the Representative and l. D.
live and prosper long enough to see
that we receive the benefit of all your
work and battling for the good cause.
A. T. HUDSON.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-24

the above address and oblige me.
| am peoples party man, will try
and get you some subscribers for the
paper. BENZ. WRIGHT.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-24
A SPLENDID SUGGESTION.

SPLENDlD SUOUE cIlON.
ENTERPRISE, May II, SO.
EDITOR Representative:
- Please find enclosed post office or
der for two dollars. Send two copies
of the Representative to the following
subscribers, w. Duane, Enterprise
Winona Co., T. Considine, Wyatts-
vile, Winona Co. Every man who
voted for Mr.. Donnelly last fall
should subscribe for the Representa-
the. w. DUANE.
Mr.. J. X. Tanner, of Fairmont
sends us his dollar and joins the
Representative procession.
Mr.. J. G. Jepson, sends in from Rem
vile to say he wants the Representa-
tiUe
Mr.. Ed Eastman, of Dodge Center,
subscribes and will hereafter read
his reform gospel from the Represen-
tdtils.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-16
Notes About AHigatorS.

There is nothing that a gator likes bet
ter than fresh pork. and he will toddle
three miles from water for a Florida
razorback. In cool weather he buries
himself in mud and becomes dormant
until it grows warn Hunters still make
a living by killing him for his hide and
teeth. The killing of al!igators from the
decks of river steamers in Florida has
been stopped by law. Tourists became
very careless in their use Of firearms. and
would endanger the lives of passengers
in their haste to get a shot before the
boat got by IL plump saurian. Yet it is
remarkable that only one person. a
was ever wounded in these
reckless fusillades. New York Sun.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-16

The SLOW Wa particularly light and
fluffy, and It settled On tilt. Sidewalks
like fine goose feathers. The ]~ani'nr Of
ii certain fiat Is Il son of Ham. biiili like
IA Hercules, The %janitor of the neAt fiat
is Il son of Erin The two recognize 10
color line. and are ssrta. friends. Before
the sun they rose to clear the sidewalks
Of the SHOW ere it should be tralnpled
down by pedestrians. Both We're equipped
with snow ~silovels.
by goily. Pat" shouted the h~ercuiean
son of Ham. after he had been working
Tor a few minutes. ''di, var SHOW am 50
feadery dat shovelin il amt no good no
how. Minds me of pushing fog
We'll. begorri." replied Pat. without
looking III from his work get Il fan
and fan it off. New York Times
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-16

In on" # Lawrence Iiui.un's articles
on de"ti ...,',> he s,:el.is incidentally Of
Genera! S!!rrullu's s.rnIIg individuality.
which c;Il,,es Il cest3,a scuipie" to re-
marx: "Nhe. | va tasy with a aiist Of
General Sherman ;:iii saw linn every
day. II WAS :. ]ci3rtauss /, It that he made
positively 10 personal impress ion upon
my mind. | admired him and revered
him. but it vas hard WORK to remember
that he himself Was there. stood un
the corner Watching his funeral with the
rest of the crowd. was interested in
looking at the notables. and | sincerely
grieved for the great mans death. But
do you know ut the nle tine hearse
was drawn past me my attention was
completely absorbed by some idle incl
dent of the occasion. Only nj the last
second did | think: There it is again. /
canno even rivet my attention upon
him while his dead body is passing by"
st. Louis Republic.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-16
WOr,iin. 90, Mountain Taps.

SOME practical facts are furnished by
the experience of the worhanen engaged
III the construction of the new Central
railway over the main range of NOM
tains i'll Peru. The lin" starts from
Lima, i'll latitude II dt:,> The summit
tunne! of this line at Glleria is at tie.
height of lt.G4o feet. or II llitip under
the height of Aicni ElaHc. idlt Ii must
be- remembered that the CLIMATIC eonli
tons are very different and more IN
favorable i'll Peru ti.an Ill Enrulr.
Nj. +. Larr. the engineer III chief
finds that the wortlreu up iua altitude
of 5000 to in.na{i feet do about TIN, same
relative quantity ri work Is III >va level
provided they haN, been luHrtf! to the
height or brought ap iii tile ro;intry At
i2.0UU feet tn" altIunt of work t~lttetia.
rates. and at it.b5D Ia $1,000 Il fuil third
has t. he deduct ! from the ai.Ip'lnI that
the same uan q aid perform Ill sea level
Mules am l!u' sea are iotud toto utout
the ann eIItc ttlt work proIrrtlola,cly
as human bein-s up Ia alout l..G;" feet
III the district -NiGateelth GENTRY
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-16
NEW YoRk1S e35TAL SERVICE.
.ntcrrst.u. Facts :i,nut tii. tirrv !, q: 81.
Deliver. Sysisli.

interesting tact- tiiout t;i. sirrHg Il a.: t4>
Delivery Sysiel4i.
Thcfaif of the .5ustuiiire employees Es.~
nj incentive To tpsG#itafe jlag! rn%isit
every postal nr:is L. ubiuinabia than S.a.
quaint. ancient. and antique. even f. III
e%iiia.t ct Il picture of the building i. ID
for the first p9stoiiirn, In clmEat -
with this might htge been mention /
i.tt thar it was in 1i3t. r,iie ,t~rs ~"
the construction III tie first fort III 4
southern end Of alaniiatjau isian.i t...
the first rDtto.arh stw is trggipr'rH
Previous ~ thus. E4Gsters 81 vas +,
bringing ett"rs from dpmellic ANA ;r~
nian ports brou III them psi shore .r.a
ipft them at II coffee house. wiler, tue
merchants. the hur-lr.a AMI ;1s los.
ers met to discuss the topics % the tty.
Here the letter; Were deposited il II
rack. wi,er' tiIay might b. uhtdin",! by
the persan>.to whom they were s;d-
dressed.
In 1863. when New Amsterdam con
sisted of strl., slins gronpa of or" s.oiy
honses with peaked roofs ANA gable ends
fronting the street. and when Tie civ
extended no farther north ti.an Wall
street. there WAS the town winding near
the B.ttefy. AMI the government house
stood in Wafer street. near Whitehall.
1t was in this ycar thai the letter carrier
first apfearod-tha loul:,er who carried
the mail t. the M reliant or burgher. 1t
was not until Icoa. however. that the
first city postotiicc was established. rear
Bowling green, the postmaster being
Richard Michel.
In 10 TIE British postmaster general
established INC general IroStoiiice in this
city and urtsrel that ali mails coming
by vessels s'sut.ld be sent there. \ year
later post routes between New lora and
Boston and New York and Albany were
established. ard the mails were carried
on horseback: twice il month. IL 100
similar route was established between
New York and Philadelphia.
In 1863 Daniamin Franklin was APP
pointed postmaster general Of the col
onie>. Alexander Golden soon after
ward sncceeiel Richard Michel II. y st
master of the city. which Office he hv,d
until thu BEGINNING Of ti.r Revolution
when the r~o,to.lir" was abolished bT fHr
British officials ni1 remained closr,. ier
seven wears.
William Batllow. after whom Bellows
island was named. was tic first i1si-
master aDIu,str,. after the war. ana. in
1885 liz wa, aacreat.@l ~ Sebastian Etg.
nutn. ut which time the postal uveaue
was Essa..Sg. AMI the city directory con
tanned 32i la.mcS only. Sew iu-.. Trih
ufle.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-16

Among other anecdotes Of university
life Dean Hole tells Of s.l occasion when
there WAS some doubt It's to the locality
of a city mentioned in II Greek text. and
the lecturer addressed ~ youth who lad
Just ONE up from the famous Sllrcws-
bury school. Now, tIr. Bentley, you ar,
il pupil of our great :.aographer. DR.. Eut.
Ter, the Atlas of orr are. who carries the
world not Oh his shoulders. but iii his
head. and you ii probably enlighien III
Is 10 the position of this ancient town"
Il believe. sir" was the prompt reply.
'tliat modern travellers are Of the opin-
ION that the city ought To he placed about
ten miles To the southeast of the spot
ii now occupies on orr map"
After receiving respectful thinks for
his information. the inforner told Dean
Hole as they left the lecture room that
he had never heard of the venerable city
before. but that for the honor of Shrews.
bury and The reputation of Dir. Eutlcr
le felt himself botiia to say something,
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-16
His 0setOrt (Ourteous.

a well known New Yorker, famous
for his bon ilots. was asked by a friend
upon returning from Boston recently if
he had enewed his acquaintance with IL
certain lady well known for her i'm
pressive style and blue stockinsish quail.
titles.
No" he replied with IL smile. She
invited me one evening TO meet some
minds at te;t,' but | had an engagement
to meet some stomachs at dinner-at the
st. Botolpll club, and so | had to foreyo
thep leasure."-New York Herald.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-16
The Old Way.

MIR. Halloran, an up river pilot of CO.
iebrity, who was studying the lower
Mississippi river. told me that he relnem.
bered when it vas the custom for the
mates to hit lazy negroes on the head
with IA billet of wood and knock them
stiff" The other negroes used to laugh.
presumably as the sad faced man laugh.
ed when the photographer clapped a PTS
toll to his head and said. ..Smile. or I'll
shoot You. When the felled negro came
to the Others would say. '.Lep mp quick
AN git to work, Niger: lie mates accom-
ing. They do not urge the help with
cordwood now-so the mate Of the Prov
idence told me-becaEse the negroes get
ont warrants and delay the boat.-Ju-
liam Ralph in Iiarpers.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-16
MIR. Dement'S Cabinet of Minerals.

The largest and richest private cabinet
of minerals i'll America is said to be that
of Mr.. Clarence l.. Cement. of Phiiadel-
rhia. His collection fills nearly Il whole
floor Of his large house. which is lighted
with special reference to seeing his treas
ures to advantage. and nome of the pub
lie museums have specimens Of "a size.
beauty and perfection to surpass those
that he has been patiently gathering for
the past twenty years Or more. The
leading dealers in this country have
standing orders to send him the best of
what ONE to them, and they willingly
d" so. for he is prompt and liberal in his
payments. being q gentleman not only Of
of enthusiasm. but of ample fortune.
What he does not take is sent to the
British museum as the second best buy
er. While it is difficult to set a price on
u scientific collection. it is said by those
who should know that Mr.. Dement'S
cabinet is worth at least $12J. 0OO.-New
York Sun.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-16

Few tclegraphers are better known in
New York than George Mudgett. of the
postal Office. and there are fewer still
who have IL better fund of stories. He
tells of II certain horse who accompanies
a Scranton tPa.) lineman on his trips.
This horse can see a broken insulator
quicker than his rider, and always stops
when is reached. 1t is hardly neces-
sary to add that the horse can telegraph
with his feet. but no one knows what
he signs" The same lineman owns a
dog who can tel, by the bell attached to
the district messenger register when a
certain firm rings a call. The dog at
once runs to the store. takes the message
in his mouth and delivers it safely at
the telegraph Office. George Mudgett
says he inyents yarns.-New York
Advertiser.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-16
big Salvage in .spv York uarl,pr.

In l.e? tie City of New York. on her
first voyage 10 this port. ran ashore off
Sandy Hook. y leading wrpcIing com
rany OF this city took IL eoreof lighters
down - take oil her cargo 50 that she.
might be tiaated. y number III tugs
aided III the work
The wrec.ilns company put i'll Il claim
for salvage and WAS awarded S.5.,ha,
Including the compensation TO the tugs
which worked with the w%recking CON
pany the total mount of salvage award
Ell was over 800. 0O0.-New York Even
ing Sun