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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
THE THING BUSTFn
Disagreeahie Experienc.
Man Strange 10 the El...-, IN

Disagreeahie Experienc.
Man Strange 10 the E~Iectr,. nm
a strong wind had set in ~
sea, banking huge masses Of !,
over the city. The rain descoDd,,
a binding staggering deluge and !,
sheets of fire flashed athwart tho !
skies, followed by crashing no,l'
thunder. The gloom was er0-l
The lights in the streets cast . \
sickly glare over the wet n.r..
and a few belated pedestriar. !
were Fastening home. II was
for dark thoughts and darker =
l laid aside the book which /. i
been reading-an absurdly imno,l
tale of midnight horrors and ~
crimes-and sat moodily LOOKING -
raIndrops chasing madly down ths
dow pane and at the fierce MIGHT n
out. The cabbies In the street N
were swearing and the call has1
the hotels were changing like wild
Suddenly in the adjoining ro0I
heard a sharp click like the eorti.]
a tirearm. The connecting doo,
unbolted and slightly ajar. I sat J
with bated breath and hair brs1]
all over with terror. A sbu#,y]
heavy feet and a nluttering impreSl
as something fen on the floor. An
pGralyZing dread seized on me. frsl
the blood in my veins. God Of be,l
What horrible tragedy was baur
acted behind that door!
Sharp, clear and loud, above tbe
ing of the elements, rang out M
port of "A pistol, followed by a ter1|
oath and a heavy fall. Pale as a Il
ter, l sprang tottering toward the !
to escape, and, with a Mortified ssI
fell, crashing to the floor in
Swoon.
l awoke with a start. The connsI
door was wide open. Above nv Y
trate form stood a rough-looking ma
his shirt sleeves. His right hand !
bloody. / seemed to feel his clut
on my throat already, and closed
eyes with a gasp. | opened then I'd
cautiously. In his bloody grasp
held the shattered remains of an !
trio light globe.
Sorry, stranger" he said, I'D
tried to open the burned thing to
up, an hit busted."-Atlanta Cons
ton.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
Teeth.

Perhaps the greatest difficulty that
dentists meet with is the matching of
false teeth with the natural teeth of
their customers. The tooth factories
supply the dentists with rings upon
which are strung thin short metal
bars. each carrying a tooth at it's ex-
extremity. There are 25 OF these sam
pie teeth, that run all the way from
nearly white to a shade that is almost
olive. Some one of the 25 usually al
most matches the patients natural
teeth, aud, at any rate, enables the
dentist to match the teeth by appli-
cation at the factory.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
A MASTERLY RETREAT.
A Unique Way In Which a Frencn
Battalion Escaped.

A Unique Way In Which a French
Battalion Escaped.
1t became apparent that a batta-
lion placed the evening before on an
isolated hill could not come down by
any practicable way without making
a long circuitous march and exposed
to the fire of the enemy. Massena,
working up the ascent on his knees
and hand, makes for this battalion,
reaches it, harangues the men, and
assures them that, if they will initiate
him, they will get out of the scrape
He makes them sheathe their bayon-
cts, sit down On the snow at the edge
OF the slope, and, pushing himself for
ward with his hands, slides down to
the bottom. All our soldiers laughing
i'm fits, do the same; and In the twink
ling of an eye the whole battalion was
formed and far beyond the reach OF
dumbfounded Austrians!
This way of getting down a hill,
which is very like what peasants n
guides in Switzerland call la ramasse,
had certainly never been attempted
before by soldiers. Extraordinary as
it may appear, it is true; it was certi-
fed to by Gems. Roguet pere, Soules,
Albert, and other officers in Massena's
division at the time; and nine years
afterward, being at La Houssays,
when Marshal Augereau received the
Emperor and other marshals, | heard
them testing with Massena about this
singular method of acknowledgements
OF Gen. Marriott.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
v by a Burro.

About q month ago Bob Montgom-
cry, brother of'the finder Of the mines
thsre, with Mr.. Sherwood and Mr.. Met
calf, left that place with six burros on
a prospecting trip in the foothills
around Death Valley. They are all
old hands at roughing it, but they
agree the famous valley is well named.
In makingthe tripfrom Furnace Creek
TO Cottonwood a hot wind came up,
in which it was next, to impossible for
them to get breath. The animals be-
gan to give out, and they were COM
PEELED to abandon their packs and
start on a hunt for water. What lit
tie they had left they mixed with vim
egar and oatmeal, but the intense heat
soure6 the oatmeal and made the
mixture so hot that it would actually
burn them when they wet their swol-
len tongues with it.
None had ever been on the ground
before, and it was only due to the in
telligence of Montgomery's pet jack,
Sullivan, that they were saved from
suffering, if not death. Dragging along
up the valley, they were passing the
mouth OF a canyon, wnen suddenly
old Sullivan gave a tremendous bray.
Metcalf said. That's water, boys!"
and started up the canon. Sure
enough, he gave a yell of Joy. Water
was fOund.-Great Divine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
h Jewish Exiies,

1t has got to be a serious question
what the Russian Jewish exiles are to
do. No country seems to want them.
Venezuela has just prohibited their
immigration, and the same difficulty
has been found in Brazil, where the
prejudice against them is so great that
they have found life lntolerable. 1t is
reported that the car now wants
them sent to Siberia. Germany re-
fuses to have them even pass through
her territory to a port Of embarka-
ton, and probably half a million are
near the Russian border trying to get
out of that country. Austria also re-
fused them passage. Thus far Eng
land and the United States have put
no embargo upon their coming.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
INFANTICIDE CHARGED.
A Seriuos Accusation Against a
Young Iowa Physician.

Creston, Iowa. Oct. THE grand
jury returned an indictment against
young DR.. John Hyatt of Red Oak,
charging him with the crime of in
fanticide. The young man has been
arrested and his bond fixed at $4,000.
The crime for which he is indicted is
revolving in the extreme. The mother
Of the infant is OF a most reputable
family and has always been regarded
as a good girl up to the time she was
led astray By her lover, who has not
yet been found. In Red Oak, where
all the parties are well known and
where DR.. Hyatt's father has lived for
thirty years and has a large practice
among the best of Montgomery coun-
ty families, the excitement runs high.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
Strange superstrtIons in India.

The native population of Delhi, In
dia, are said to be in a state Of the
greatest excitement, caused by reports
circulated among them by religious
fanatics that the government had APP
pointed secret agents to kidnap sever
boys, to be offered in sacrifice to the
water deity on the sight OF the pro-
posed water reservoir. The rumors
are implicitly believed among the low
er classes, who are furiously indig-
nant, and have been keeping a witch
to detect the agents. A number of
persons who were suspected OF being
government emmIssaries were set up
on by the natives and beat in a cruel
manner. The excitement spread, and
the natives are in a dangerous state.
The police are doing their utmost to
allay the excitement;
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
After Many Years.

Strawber-proudly-That shirt was
worn by my grandfather in the war OF
1912.
Singerly-It's strange that never
saw it before.
Strawber-It just came back from
the laundry.-Cothier and Furnisher.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
FATAL Accident.

Eau Claire, Wis, Oct 6.-John Mel
son of Altoona, an employee of the Chi
cago st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha,
died. as the result of an accident yes
terday evening In which both OF his
legs were cut off by a switch engine
which he was trying to board while
In motion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
Misdirected Sympathy

A New York clergyman, meetnt
Of his lady parishioners dressed u
black, tried to console her by say
You have no idea how reg
see you wearing those sad haolll
of Woe" 4.
You can't be as sad ABOUT !
anu" responded the widow, J
worse in black than in any otle
1t makes me look like a fright
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
No Attack ON Shanghai.

Toxic, Oct. 6.--The Italian minister
has obtained a pledge from Japan that
her forces will attack Shanghai.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11

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mounds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
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The weekly intelligencer., 1894-11-03
MEN CHEW GUM, TOO.

A Feminine Observer Makes a Discovery
That Ni"d,cA'e- her SEX.
is the gum ene"ins haoi' P"re's
feminine'
thnk not now thoaeh the time Is
not SO iar gone wheh the Prac'i was
limited TO chiidren ana young misses
II is diherent now. l oase my eaicu'
lation on recent ePisoue that DC.
CURED on tram leaving the "rand
Central station.
Hardly had the cars started thah tne
The weekly intelligencer., 1894-11-03
wouldn't. rhain't no platform to hold

wouldn't. Ihain't no platform to hold
up peoples elbows
"Wall, we jawed for . few minits,
and kept gettin' riled and rilered.
never fight unless I'm driv into II, and
then l leave my man q helpless Grip
ple."
"Yes, know. but what happened?"
asked the sergeant.
wall, waited awhile and then told
him / was a gentleman and asked him
to remove his elbow. Instead of doing
it he says to me:
"'Im going to sit on your shoulders
and rest my weary legs. Git down and
hump over!
".I can't be rid like q hoss by no
man. says /.
"'Bet you two to one you kim says
he.
Don't fool with me. for I'm q six
foot buzz-saw in moshun" says l.
"'Fm eatin' buzz-saws fur dinner
every day of my life. Come over with
your says he.
wall, when he took me by the ear
TO haul me over went for him. I'm
sorry did, but couldn't control my
SELF
Ibid you hurt him much!' asked the
sergeant.
Hurt him much! At the very first
move l tore one leg OF his trousers
most up to the knee! Then l kicked
at him! Then tore his coat on the
shoulders! Then ripped two buttons
off his vest.'
"And then?'
81 jumped off'n the car and spit on
my hands dared him to come for me!
Great cats, but how billed over! l was
that mad that cried, and l felt that
strong that l could have s-h-O-o-k the
life out of him.,
The weekly intelligencer., 1894-11-03

A TRAGEDY AT NIGHT.
Tho Man That Wanted to Sec the City b
Electric Light.

Tho Man That Wanted to See the City b
Electric Light.
'Is the judge here?" asked a ma1
with a very decided hump to his back
and u great scarcity of front teeth as
he entered police headquarters at II
o'clock the other night.
''Of course not" replied the sergeant.
''This is no courthouse"
81 dunno anything about that, but
wanted to see the judge"
"What judge?'
"wall, any judge who'll try the
case"
What case?"
''Mine. l want to give myself up
and pay fine of about twenty-five dol
lars and have il over with. l could
have run away, but that amt my
style"
What has happened?" asked the SER
geant, beginning to betray passing
interest in the matter.
almost killed Il feller up here on q
Gratiot avenue ear, but it was his own
fault. ! was standin' on the platform
to see the city by electric light when a
great big hulk of a feller jumps on and
steps on my feet. was riled, but I'm
no man to begin a fight. hadn't said
a word when he puts his elbow into
my side. waited about two minutes
for him to take it out, but he wouldn't
do it. Then says to him, says l:
Stranger, what's your object in
that?''
TO rest my elbow says he.
''But what have l got to do with
your elbow?'
"'Nothing, except to hold it up.
Mebbe you'd druther have it in the
| neck?'
".Mehbe I'd -druther- and mebbe 1
The weekly intelligencer., 1894-11-03


weight was laid
on q spot the size
OF my hand. Dur
ing the attacks. the
perspiration would
stand In drops on
my face. and II was
agony for mo to
make sum cient
effort even to whis.
per. They came
suddenly. at any
hour Of the day or
night. lasting from
thlptv mlu,,tea Tn
The weekly intelligencer., 1894-11-03
IN SPEAKING TO CHILDREN.
lt should Be Remembered Thst kin
Words ALWAYS Win.

II should Be Remembered Thef Kind
Words Always Win.
The usual way of managing children
Is by corporal punishment, dcprivations
Of some desired luxury or favor or by
rewards addressed to the senses. and
by words alone. There is another
means of government, the power and
importance of which are seldom re-
garded. We refer to the human voice.
By its tones animals are governed;
horses, cattle, dogs and even cats are
controlled by its power and influence.
A few words uttered in soft tone are
found to possess a magic influence: and
harsh, cross tones. although the words
may not he of their nature. rasp the
mind and heart of the hearer. A blow
may be inflicted on n child, accompan-
led with words SO uttered as to entire-
ly counteract its effect; or the parent
may use language during the correc-
tion of his child not objections BILE in it,
self; yet spoken in such tones that the
influence of the punishment is ut
terly defeated. The baby in the cradle
recognizes the power of the-voice. lf
harshly spoken to. its lips will quiver
and tears will flow. II can not dis
cern the meaning of the words that
, are uttered. but its heart is touched
and hurt by tones of the voice. Many
persons laugh at the so-called baby
talk" but the little one jumps and
crows when it hears the low, soft tones
and words. Is this influence confined
tothe cradle? No, indeed; every one
feels it, recognizes it, and it does not
cease while the child remains at home.
Does your boy grow rude in manner
and boisterous in speech? Then speak
to him gently. reprimand him in ten
der tones with loving words and ca
ressss. She who speaks to her son
harshly does but give to his behavior
sanction of her example and heaps fire
on the already flaming passion and
temper.
When cares oppress and duties crowd
us we are all liable to utter hasty
words; perhaps threats are expressed in
loud irritating tones. DO they allay
the passion of the child, already ~ q
white heat? No. they increase them.
Every fretful expression you ut
ter but awakens in him the same
spirit which produced ii. On the other
hand, q pleasant voice and soft words
call up agreeable feelings, soften the
heart, and make the angry, passionate
| child aAhamsd of himself Therefore,
remember this. mothers and fathers:
Whatever disposition you desire to en-
courage in your childcn you must
| manifest 1t in the tone of voice in
which you address them.-N. y. sun.
The weekly intelligencer., 1894-11-03
"wHAT QUEER THINGS WE AREi"


Interesting Results OF self-Exaniaatisa
BY the Man with the Top Coat.
Two men were riding down town one
morning recently in an elevated train.
The man with the silk hat on made .
discovery, and he questioned his friend
thus:
Are you right-handed?"
"Yes," said the man in the top coat
"Right-leggcd, also?'
"Right-legged, no."
'Sure?"
"Why, of course I'm sure. have
more power and accuracy and dexter
ity in my right arm and right hand
than in my left arm and hand. But as
for my legs, 1 can and do use one the
same as the other"
"How about your ears?"
''Same as legs"
"Eyes?'
Each equal to the other in all re-
spects."
''Sides to your jaws?"
"Why are you asking me such ques-
tions? II there's joke in prospect,
let's have the laugh now"
mo joke. All sincerity. Wanted
to know how well you knew yourself
See you're pretty slightly acquainted.
Just watch yourself for a few days.
The proper study for mankind is
goodby, here's my station. You'll be
the most surprised man"-"Step
lively, please, called the guard-''in
the world.' And the inquisitor just
managed to get out upon the station
platform as the iron gates banged be-
hind him.
You're right" said the man with
the top coat, a couple of mornings
later.
''Told you
dead right. I've kept tab on my.
self. Noticed when l used the tsle-
phone always put the receiver to my
right ear. Tried my left ear and got
all mixed up. Found always put my
left foot first into an elevator. and al
ways took the first step with it when
went up or down stairs. Started to go
down some steps with my right foot
leading, and nearly had a tumble.
Then I'm right jawed. always chew
my food on the right side of my mouth.
Never thought of it before, but things
do not taste as good on the left side.
They do not taste so much, either.
Queer, isn't it, how the sense
of taste will become more high
ly developed in one part of the
mouth than in another by use and
force of habit? I'm left-eycd. You
know. I'm interested in botany, and
use . microscope . great deal Well,
invariable look through the instrument
with my left eye. For ordinary purpose,
my right eye seems to be as keen a'
the left one, but l found that it wa,
not at all satisfactory when l applied
It to the miscroscope. l am right
handed, left-eyed, right-jawed, left
legged and right-eared. suppose I'm
right or left = good many more things
but l. haven't had time To discover
them yet"
What queer things we are!" said thu
| man With Tho sill hat N " Tribune
The weekly intelligencer., 1894-11-03
Newspaper Business Funny Business.

from the MISSOURI (Bo0nvtlle) Democrat.
So declares the Lexington INTELLI-
GENCER. and it tells the truth. 1t says.
land we beg to emphasize the truth of
it, that ''yOu can sit down and write
three columns cOmplimentinga man and
he will never see it; but write two
liner against him and you can't put
enough patent medicine advertisements
around 1t to keep him from seeing IL"
The Democrat had a recent instance
of this, and its editor, i'm his long ex-
perience. has had hundred of them.
Write up q party and leave out Mrs.
D0little's 8 name and you have family
full OF enemies. II Aunt Susan comes
to town, nobody tells the editor about
it, and after she leaves if her name is
not in the paper there is another ward
.'agin the concern" Yes, you are
cussed If you do and you are cussed il
you don't. Tell man of his faults and
he fights; tell him Of his virtues and he
never says ''thankee.- II you write a
column in praise of school, church,
store, manufact0ry or what not, or
notice in cOmmendatOry spirit new
residence or business house, or praise
the improvements In either, nobody
connected with either will probably
utter word of acknowledgment but
lecture of either, or even the color of the
paint used, and you will hear from it
quickly. If you fight public nuisance.
nine chances to one you have to do it
alone. But then there are some 800 Or
800 papers in Missouri /; some Of them
are run by men, some by pieces of men,
but taken as q whole we hope they
average up better than cOnvicts or
lunatics.
I'VE went down the street the other
day. says the INTELLIGENCER, Ito
meet a friend and have quiet talk about
the weather and-advertising. In the
course of the conversation we said to
him: why don't you advertise this
business Of yours and let the man next
door know you are still open| lie
papers, A few days afterward he got
into little trouble, and came to tell us
to please not say anything about it.
| oh, it don't make any difference to you
what We say; people won't read it, you
know they never read the papers lie
skipped.
The weekly intelligencer., 1894-11-03

Schawe & Weis invite you to examine
their tine stock Of Stoves. lO-l3tf
The weekly intelligencer., 1894-11-03

There is no legitimacy on earth but
in government which is the choice of
the nation.-Joseph Bonaparte.
While opportunity awaits every
man 1t does not put in its leisure time
blowing a horn--Milwaukee Journal.
The pleasures Of the palate deal
with us like the Egyptian thieves, who
strangle those whom they embrace.
Seneca
Every fiction that has ever laid
strong hold on human belief is the
mistaken image of some great truth
Martineau.
"A passion for flowers is, think,
the only one which long sickness leaves
untouched with its chilling influence.
Mrs. Hemans-
Men of genius are often dull and
inert in society; as the blazing meteor,
when IL descends to earth, is only .
stone.-Longfellow.
Miss Giddy-Talmage says there
are hardly any men in Heaven. Miss
Flypp-Then how did it come to be
named Heaven?-Judge.
An inquisitive man is a creature
naturally very vacant of thought itself,
and, therefore, forced to apply to for
eign assistance.-Steele.
81 can marry il choose" declared
Miss Bloomfield. Provided your
choice is willing" amended Miss Belle
field. Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
,s--Clara-We girls are getting up n
secret society. George-What's the
object? Clara-I don't know yet, but
A, I'll tell Won after l am initiated.-Tt-
Bits.
Those Gossiping Maids.-"How old
Is your missis?" ~ can hardly say
but she only goes to parties where the
rooms are lighted with gas. Gut
en- Stunde.
That young woman didn't even
thank me for giving her my seat. l
suppose she thought l wasn't worth
noticing" THAT is it exactly. She
is a bride. Tribune.
-Judge-You have committed a Sc
rious crime! DO you know what the
penalty for it is? Culprit-Sorry !
can't oblige you. Why don't you look
it tup?-Fliegende Batter.
This used to be a very popular ho-
tel. I wonder why it is SO empty?''
.'The proprietor got up n baby show
last wear for the hotel babies. OF
course when the prize was awarded, all
left but one. e."-Harper's Bazar.
why" she said, as she watched
the tumbling waves come in, do they
call them breakers?" Il can not tell,
he replied in solemn tones, unless it's
because it costs me $50 day to gel
near them. Washington Star.
'-Sarcasm- Mistah," said an urchir
to the man who was driving very
poor horse. docs yoh want me to hol
'im?" NO; this horse won't ruI
away" Il didn't mean hol i'm fas'
SOS he won run away. ] meant hol
i'm up, SOS he won drap. Washing
ton Star.
The parlor maid is busy cleaning
the door-mat which exhibits the lie
gend .Sdire (Welcome) in capital let
tiers. The footman comes upon th'
scene and inquiries: What is Il.
meaning of that word, Frau ulsarms,
na?' That is Latin. yrSar feet -
and means Please
Der Bar.
The weekly intelligencer., 1894-11-03
Rndnceil RatpS-

To Waco, Texas, for the Texas Cotton
Palace, the Missouri, Kansas aud for
Railroad Co. will make one fare Noveu.
the round trip. Tickets Of good TO re.
ber e.h, 18th, 10th an&h. SEE our local
turn until Dece.atticulars or address q.
ticket aeent.tP. A., 1ou Uaioa Ay,nne
A. McNcity, Mo-, Station "A".
The weekly intelligencer., 1894-11-03

Mrs. Fawls-Docs your husband still
drink as much as ever?
Mrs Troo-Oh, no, indeed.
I'm 80 glad, How long has he been
doing better?''
Ever since he had a quarrel with
your husband. and they ceased to as
sociate."-N Y. Press.