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The Press., 1894-02-01

9.ou, can never tel what a slight cold may lead to; it is best, therefore, to give yourself the benefit of the doubt, and cure t as soon as possible with Ayers Cherry Fectoral. A days delay, sometimes an hours delay, may result in serious conse- auenees.
 = have called" said the cautious crit ic, Ito find out what reason you can give for representing the new year as a nude small boy" "That is dope," re- piled the art editor, sbecause the year does not get it's close until the 31st of De eember." Then the captfous ciitic went out and broke his nice new pledge,
The Press., 1894-02-01
Highest of all in Leavenng PowerLate U S. Govt Report RH!a!:'!:!! Q! BskiRg BsMds7
ABSOLUTELY PURE

Every time cook leaves and prepare the meals John over-eats." ''What are his favo1ite dishes?" II don't know; he always takes his meals down town then"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

total Capitalization of said roads OF
| 81. IG4, GA, 1I6, being an average OF
S43,3S7 per mile. The proportional
/ amount OF railroad capital for Mime
sofa of the roads reporting is $685.
511, 7SS
The total number of employees Of all
roads reporting to this office for the
year ending June 30, 1894, was 49,
164; the same for the previous year
was 0,6S0, showing q decrease for
1894 Of 5.516.
The number OF employees for Minne-
sofa in 1894 was 1850; for the pre-.
yious year the same was 25,16S, show
ing a decrease for 1894 Of 6,61S.
The wages and salaries paid in
1894 for wi ole lines were SAT, SS5, 1914,
as against $57 ,630,4S1 In 1898, a de-
crease for 1894 of 50, 753, 5S7.
The amount of wages and salaries,
paid in Minnesota in 1894 was S12,-
156,3S5; the same for the previous
year was S15.4S7 $3.50, showing a de-
crease for 1894 of $3,330,954.
The average wages of all employees
and officers for whole lines i'm 1894
was 1852 per year; for 1893 they were
$685.; the same for Minnesota in 1894
were $685. and for 1898 S615 per year.
Railroads OF the Country.
Washington, Dec 1.-THE interstate
commerce "9Ec m,ission has just issued
a preliminary report on rhe income
and expenditures of railways in the
United States for the year ending
June 80, 1894. prepared by its Stats
tician. The report contains the re-
turns from $40 operating companies
whose reports were filed on or before
Nov. %, 1894, and covers the opera
tons OF 1S9,559.21 miles of line, or
about So per cen of the total operated
mileage in the United States. The
gross earnings from the operation Of
the 1S9.559.21 miles of line repre-
scented were S949. G39,975, of which
$500, 137, 142 were from passenger SER
vice. S617, 800, 1913 was from freight
service and 3d. 400, 29S were Of the
earnings from operation, covering re-
ceipts from telegraph, use of cars,
switching charges. etc. The operating
expenses were SS43, 1881, leaving
net earnings Of S306, 210, 73f. Reduced
to a mileage basis the earnings for
passenger service were S2,O67 per mile
Of line: from freight service, S4,132;
total gross earnings, $6,35O; operating
expenses, $4,302, and net earnings,
S2,04S. Comparing these items wiCh
similar results from the complete re-
port of the prF ious year shows a de-
crease per mile Of line in earnings of
the passenger service OF $53; in earn
ings from freight service Of STA; in
total gross earnings of $40; in operat-
ing expenses S547. and in net earn
ings of S266. 1t is probable that the
decrease in net earnings of all the
railroads will exceed 500. 100000. The
dividends paid were So. AGA ,961, as
compared with 500, 46i, $50 for 1893.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

Never was a man more dead In ear
nest. The sand all around him was in
commotion, and in the few seconds
that the fixing fuse gave him he bur-
rowed like a gopher till nothing but
the top of his hump could be seen as
the loose sand settled around 1t.
I held my breath, expecting the next
second to see the poor fellow blown to
atoms. Then came the explosion with
a Jar that shook the ground and sent a
hundred pieces of iron singing through
the air.
We kept our eyes fixed upon the spot
rs the smoke and dust slowly lifted,
and the first thing that came to view
was the head of Ford, still on his Shout
ders. AS he realized that he was all
right, he looked back at us and san
out, "Whoo-ee!' as cheeriIy as IL he
had freed a coon, and not at all as
IL he had been face to face with death
only a second before. An answering
cheer and a laugh went up from the
boys In the line, and in another mo-
ment the incident was forgotten.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

prizes for fine playing, will be one
Of the features Of society this winter.
A cue, prettily inlaid and marked with
the date Of the entertainment, Is one
Of the favorite prizes. About the low
est price for a billiard table is 5000;
a pool table with six pockets costs S225,
while a combination table, n which
can be adjusted for both games, costs
S275. More elaborate mes are richly
carved, the sides inlaid with different
colored mosaics. For private houses
a table 4 by s feet is used, requiring a
room about IA by II feet; the floor,
If carpeted at all, should be covered
with some thick, soft MATERIAL From
fifteen to nineteen ounces is a fair
weight for a cue, according to the balls
now used.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
Reading PaIimp.eSt Manuscripts.

An ingenious method of d~eciphering
palimpsest manuscripts has been ex-
hihited before the Berlin Physical So
ciety. The older writing has been
washed to a faint yellow, while the
newer m was black; so a phono-
graph was first taken through a yellow
glass, the negative showing the older
writings very family, then an ordinary
bromide photograph was taken for the
purpose Of making from it d~iapositive
on glass. This transparency was then
placed over the first negative, so that
the two images conceded. The back
ground Of the Photograph being dark
In n case and light In the other, while
the newer manuscript was just the re-
verse, resulted in the latter being in
visible. The older manuscript, how
ever, was dark in both cases, so that
1t appeared to stand out. Some q fiji
Guilty was experienced I'm getting the
two photographs to coincide. but the
result eventually was successful Pail
Mall Gazette.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
NEWS BOILED DOWN,
Items of General Interest Placed in

Items OF General Interest Placed in
n Few Lines.
Two Harbors and Aitken want city
charters, the former badly.
There is no leprosy in West Concord.
Mimi, as was reported recently.
George Lender, a painter living near
Hills, Mimi, suicided by hanging.
Ground has been broken at Lake
Geneva. Wis, for the erection of the
Yerkes telescope.
Gen. Jesus II. Preciado, governor OF
the State Of Morelos, a prominent pol
itician and military man, is dead.
William Preschole, who assaulted
Chris Enos at La Crosse some months
ago, was fined 500 on pleading guilty.
The Standard Oil company has Sc
cured all the available stocks Of kero-
sene oil and prices are rapidly rising.
Gov. Altgeld of Illinois has been
looking and feeling badly for evHa
days, and last night left for Hot
Springs, Ark.
Duluth vessel owners are in q svndi-
cate that has let a contract for a S.
600 steel freight ship. It will he 34o
1919 II itSl DtdIH.
The Denver chamber of
mas adopted resolutions in favor of the
construction of the Denver, Sioux Civ
Lake Superior 4 Chicago railway.
Nicholas Flicker, in charge of board
Ing Hastings, Mimi, prisoners. died
yesterday, aged sixty-four years. He
was formerly a hotelkeeper and ius.
tice of the peace.
John Hunt, an old resident of Lake
Iark, Iowa, was accidentally shot nv
the marshal while attempting to ar
rest drunken hay pressers. He win
recover.
"A s~eyen-year-old daughter OF Ceo.ye
lingo Of I've Rivers, held a ,ynu-
mite cap In the fire yesterday. The
explosion took off two fingers and a
NUMB OF her left hand and lacerated
the palm Of her hand badly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

Unknown Man Found Lyncbed or
Shielded at Hudson.

Hudson, Wis, Dec. 1.-The nAdy OF
a man was found hanging by a rope
from the limb of a tree just beyond
the outskirts of the city yesterday. He
was seen OF the streets three days be-
fore, and had been hanging about
twenty-four hours whey discovered.
No letters of identity were on his per-
son In his pockets were found a
ticket of the Honduras National Lot
terry company, 94,96S, for the drawing
Of July 10, 1894, besides n bark snuff
box, figured handkerchief and a black
handled knife. He was about thirty
live years Of age, with sandy mus
tache, black hair, a red birth mark
on the right side of the face. and was
apparently a German laborer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
A War Incident.

A Virginia soldier, Capt. T. G. Nor.
ton, relates what he calls a very char
acteristic" wartime incident which he
witnessed while his company was sta
toned at T~otopotomoy Creek. The men
had thrown up a respectable earth
work." splitting their canteens into
scoops because they had no shovcls,
and the next morning the Federal artil-
lery opened upon them. In the COM
pany was a hunchback named John
Ford.
Before the Smelling began, writes
Capt. Morton, Ford had been placed
on the advance picket line, and his posi-
tion happened to be in a sandy bottom
near the creek, where he had sheltered
himself behind an uprooted tree. He
could be seen plainly by many Of the
men, crouching low in the sand.
Suddenly a large mortar shell fell in
the sand a few feet from him, the fuse
still smoking and splitting, and an ex-
plosion momentarily imminent. John
took in the situation at a glance, and
doubtless arguing that If he jumped
up to run the shell might explode and
tear him to pieces before he could get
out Of reach, began at once to work
down into the sand with hands, legs
and head.
My attention was attracted by the
shouts Of the men, Scratch, John,
scratch! She's going OFF, and looking
In the direction where / had last seen
him, l witnessed an amusing spectacle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
WALSH WILL SWEAR.
He Proposes to Make n Raid on
Judge Willis Seat.

st. Paul, Dec. 11.-R. A. Walsh
proposes to take the oath Of office, and
claim judge Willis seat on the RAM
sey county district bench. 1t is
claimed that the Child opinion on the
matter will not hold water In court.
Mr.. Walsh says:
IL do not think the attorney general
really believes the case he cites is
good law"
1t Is rumored that Gov. Nelson will
appoint a successor to Judge Willis at
the expiration of the present term.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
CONGRESS-.
A BiIf Providing for y Curresq
Commission.

Washington, Dec. II. - Represent
tive McCreary Dem, XVI has Pr
sented a bill for the appointment Of
currency commission. 1t Is to be Col
posed of three persons appointed !
the president, three senators appoif
Ell L. the president Of the senate %
three replesei tatives appointed By 0
speaker of the house.
The proceedings in the house We
enlivened by u characteristic sped
from Mr.. Clark Dem, MOI VII,
abounded in personal alluslonS %
was generally Of the sledge-haDnrd
variety. 1t was made In %connecal
with the bill to retire incapaclta1
officers OF the revenue cutter serU1
with the avowed purpose OF tah1
the bill to death. He succeeded
consuming the morning hour ana y
bill went over. The remainder OF
day was consumed in debate IN
railroad pooling bill. Mr.. Bal ~
n. H. offered an amendment ~
the commission power at any uus
nullify pooling contracts.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
BILLIARDS AS AN EXERCISE.
A Pleasant Indoor Amusement for
women-Cosf of an OUTFIT.


Many women who are in need OF
daily pedestrian exercise find it diff
cult to obey the %injunctions Of their
medical men. This is particularly true
In the case Of invalids whose condi-
ton may be such as to make ii danger
Gus to brave the peril Of an outdoor
walk. For these billiards at home
forms an agreeable and ready lea
Of securing needed exercise, while at
the same time d~istracting the mind
from bodily ailments. A daily walk
and recreation may in this way be Sc
cured, no matter what the weather.
Billiards and pool were never so pop
ular as at present, particularly the
latter game, and pool parties" with
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

Stockholm, Dec. 1.-THE ,b,n.
dredth anniversary of the ne hun.
G~ustavus Adolphus, the grea, y.rtn Of
king who died on the hat,r swedish
Luetzen, Nov. 6 1882, w.s lnsld Of
here with a pomp and splendnS erated
made 1T one Of the greatest Which
ever held In this capitol mesuras
bration commenced in the my eeie.
when the public school chiIar corning
cred In their respective scbon sath.
marched to the various state rs and
each child carrying a small %uuufcnps
nag. Later in the day memori snedlsh
walls We're held in all the cnIIon iest-
in the evening there were ,hs"' Sni
brttlons on an immense seal Vie'
ranged by the Swedish Patr1otio :. a.
ty. "o socie
In the three largest baror
IN Stockholm speeches wera naIs
men famcus in the service, "a us oy
country, end patriotic music tnel'
formed by the various bands pei.
crack regiments. In add lion VI ts
al services were held in soma -
churches. Patriotic and ro,,., ue
hymns were sung on all the cbimsnus
the city. The regimental land u
played similar music. to
In the Riddarholm church tbo..
place OF Gustavus Adolphus ands".ua
famous kings, where usually NO a DIe'
services are held. services took n,a.s
at IL o'clock in the morning and p wa.s
attended by King Oscar. tKp roru,
princes, the representatives of ~
German emperor and other doru Is
tons from Germany, the dirlopaa.
corps, the aldermen of Stockholm =
uum, rous delegations.
Throughout the worra,
Berlin, Dec. 11.-Yesterday w,V -.
three hundredth anniversary ~ a.
birth OF Gustavus Adolphus, tho bs.s
or Professionalism in the thirty vea,,
war, ard the day was generaIiv a
served by Protestant Germany g.
cial services were held In several
the churches here. There was \ fest.
val gathering Mt noon at the Sipkst.
demie, at which Prof. Treitzchke A,
historian, delivered an address on 4.
career OF Gustavus Adolphus. III,
Swedish minister and the stan of N.
Swedish legation were present SIM
lar celebrations were held in all ls
larger German cities.
New York, Dec. 1.-THE Swedps 4
New York yesterday celebrated ID.
three hundredth anniversary # en-.
tavus Adolphus. Meetings were be8I
at which patriotic and religious bynu (.
we're sang.
Chicago, Dec. II. - The three hu,
dredth anniversary of the birth b
CuStavus .Adolphus was appropriate
celebrated by the Swedish people a
Chicago yesterday.
st. Paul. Dec. lin st. Paul ad
Minneapolis, and, In fact, nearly ergT
eitg and town in Minnesota, the thra
hundredtb anniversary of the birth ID.
Gus,u' US hdnlphus was appropriate
celebrated yesterday.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
A Charge Of Embe5xlement'

Minneapolis, Dec. 11.-This nOll
Walter S. Minor, formerly appra
for the Home Savings and Loan :
citation. aud ex.mayor oil EASss
was arra'encd In the municipal J.
on the charge of having eInue..
$500 from the association. Inc =
plant was made by Alfred :. WIN
the secretary of the ASSOCIATION
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
Fatally scnlded.

Lanesboro, Mimi, Dec. ..i d
boiler used in drilling as,as "a
farm of Evan Hjille, sls mr. m" lull
Lanesboro, exploded, fala, wer d
Ed Overland. Anton rsre
young man named Elstad
ously. IL not fatally. ip n,oru i
engine and boiler were
oms.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
sonth Dnkota Educators.

Washington Springs, ). u, IN :
Prof. j. X. Freeland, preslaell y I,
II. s. and G. department OF us Z
Dakota Educational associauvI' i
noupces the annual meeting ~ nj
body at huron on Dec. 70 a,o,
Everybody interested In eou
urged to be present.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
Hin. Dfsappenreh

Bryant, s. d., Dec. Ia ,hs ID
has been caused Throughout us ,rs1
ty by the mysterious dlsap o,ss
OF william Harrington. lie rs a,,tu}
ed this county In the last 'es
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
Hal B,s Luck with HID. :,

Milwaukee, Dec. 11.-Chaf,pe slid
secretary of the Firemens aSscosl
ISOLATION, who recently mopl
with SIS, 0 was tried tnls n .
and let off with six mon'h'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
StripDed m Sfore-

Aitkin. Mimi, Dec. lid. L. Young
a. Co.'S store was robbed last night.
over $50 worth of clothing and shoes
being taken.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

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snh to pera
fshay E#a
Shsnotherz
E expendtu
eapdng the '
needs Off l
value TO !,
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lheIceleucs
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Enheta taste,
EaefGal prop,
1rling cold.
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with the }
bea,
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them and
Fssy oG.c.iss
smGrard,
N e bn
20 nl5sks=si
being veil
sabs.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
1,rnmps MurdrrsI,

Fosto.ia. Ohio. Dee. Ger I've |
between tramps in a po iujurr
killed and another fatai"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
sWEDEs C%ELEBRATp
IN HONOR 0F THE nrRryn
GUsTAyUs ADoLpursA or

me three Hundredth Anu,v.
OF the Birth OF the Gren, s~fsar,
nins Is Celebrated a, "edisA
Cities of Europe and ,afious
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13
RAILROAD FIGURES.
REPORT OF MINNEsOTA'S RAIL
ROAD COMMISSION.

Less Railroad Building Done I'm Min
nesOtn During the Past Year Than
I'm Any Year Since 1s64-Enrnings
Decrease.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-12-13

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flept !.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-16
A Romance In Literature.

Here is a little romance in literature.
A gentleman, now a prominent citizen Of
New York years ago, when a struggling
young man at college, fell in love with a
professors daughter. Both were young
She was beautiful. The professor was poor
but wire. so be said to the youth at grad
uatiOn:
Now go ont and do something. don {
care what you do, but do it. Then we II see
about the girl If she really thinks she
can't get along without you, she won Z
mind waiting couple Of years. II she
won t wait, you won't want her"
The young man filed the usual demur-
rer, but was overruled. Then he went
forth He had no idea what To do and sat
down to think. Finally be started at
something and picked up 50 a week and
$50 worth Of self respect while earning the
So. He tried something else and failed
Again and again, with the same result.
The professor said he was a rolling stone
The girl said he was enterprising. But
the youth had his eye on that girl all the
time. He tried newspaper literature. The
professor said that settled If. 50 did the
girl 60 it did. he worked his way into
a syndicate, bought shares in the paper,
married the girl makes several thousand
a year and now hires the professor at s25
a week 70 kill copy Extracs your own
moral Boston Traveller.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-16
CENTS ARE LEGAL TENDER.
In Amounts of Twenty-Five or Under They
VIII Go Anywhere In This Country.

There is one story so utterly ridiculous
that it seems incredible that IL should ever
have been printed, which in one form OF
another makes the rounds Of various news
papers of the country annually. Look for
it, and you will sooner or later see 1t crop
up again
This tale is always based upon the I'M
popularity of the cent pieces in the ex-
treme west and southwest. In its most
Common form il tells Of some eastern trav-
eler who attempts to dispose Of a hundred
or SO l cent pieces in san Francisco, III
PasO or some other place. The tradesman
is always represented as looking at them
curiously and declining them.
The writers of these sonseless tales may
have been in the west, or they may not.
1t matters little. Their story is pointlcss.
They seek 10 brand the mythical trades
man as of the same category with them
selves.
The cent is legal tender IN amounts 81
% and less. II an eastern man IN san
Francisco or anywhere else owes "A debt 81
90 cents and tenders % ! cent pieces IN
settlement, the courts viii sustain him.
OF course the coins are not popular I'm
the extreme west and south. but 40 one
need carry a hundred Of them IN a cigar
box or anywhere else as useless metal II
you are in city that has not United
States subtTeasUry, 90 70 the p0stoiHca,
dump in pa cents and see II you viii have
any difficulty in obtaining stamps or pos
tai cards Of like amount. II one j. refused,
a letter Of com plant % the postal authcri-
ties will soon work the removal ~ an en-
ployee who would discredit United states
money.
II il well 10 bear this matter Of the legal
tender Of a cent In mind. No one for
spite can make a person take more than -
o. them in any single transaction isvoiy-
ing the settlement OF debt. ono need
have no fear then 81 receiving 500 IN ocnts
from some imbirtcTed dcbtOr.-New York
Herald