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The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-15
AN ANIMATED NEWSPAPER.
An Old Man Reads the News and Tells
to His Customers

An Old Man Reads the News and Tells IL
to His Customers
Speaking Of queer occupations. said
q Fourth street merchant, there Is al
old fellow down town who makes "a EaY;.
living reading the newspapers. OF urs
everybody reads tine evening paper. but
in the rush of business the morning pa
pers may get lost in the shuttle. The old
nan gets out of bed at an early hour
and gets a copy of each of the morning
papers as early as they a be bought.
He Their reads them extensively, and
by the time business men get down town
he has thoroughly mastered all branches
of the news of the day. He is well edu-
Gated and bright and has a keen percep-
ton. He hen starts out. dropping in ON
first one and then another of his sub
scribers. for he lets his services by the
week, just as "A newspaper.
He enters a bank where everybody is
busy. He knows the likes and dislikes
of every one of his stom and he en-
t~ertains each for a few moments with
the news of his choice. and then with a
few passing remarks about the general
news of the day passes on to the next.
You will find him discussing the silver
question one moment Rnd race horses
the next. He can tell the tips for the
day aud the prices of silver. He knows
the latest in art and literature and is
thoroughly posted in politics. He is a
walking cyclopedia. He is o only a
daily newspaper, but a whole file of
newspapers, With a lightning reference
ia II n 49,, a. w.--a 80 %ha 1ax-
and if asked will refresh your memory
on past events. He is strictly business,
and while he answers every question
asked by a subscriber freely he abso-
lutely will not talk to the nonsubscriber.
"If you want to talk to him about the
happenings OF the day, You must pay a
weeks fee in advance. Then he will see
You every day for a week. If you are at
your Office regularly, he will come TO
YOU daily. but if you fail to be on hand
there that is your loss. One beauty OF
mis- system is that he has no bad debts.
He has a preferred list of 10, whom he
charges q a month, and upon whom he
waits at any hour they name. Then his
common customers pay 10 cents a week,
snd he agrees to see them all before
noon. When a Subscribers time 10 mp.
the fact il mentioned, and unless pay
1T IL made at once you can't get the
ia fellow to open his mouth. Pay him,
ond be il at your service. es
Ale il strictly business and docs not re
ard himself q an excrescenct on lhe
doe of business, nor is he so regarded
b. his customers. He is a kindly old
6salow who has q smile for everybody,
- for whom everybody has a pleasant
word. He does nos Dear tales, but con-
lnes himself strictly TO what is in the pa
pses, and thus avoids the responsibility
Tor tales he might otherwise be able to
t>u.r-Cncinnnati Times-Sfar.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-15

The notorious Corsican bandit, Bas-
tanasi, was a man of considerable cru
dition. had been educated at Pisa, knew
Latin and had belonged to the medical
profession. On one occasion he was
going to Sartene on a vessel which
stopped at AJaccio. Knowing that the
gendarmes were after him, he did not
attempt to land, but as he had a fine
voice and could also play the guitar to
beguile the time of waiting he got out
his instrument and began to sing and
play. A fisherman in the port recog-
nized the voice and likewise remem
bered the song. He went and informed
the authorities, and it was thus through
his love of music that Bastanasi was
arrested. II saw him land, says N.
Lewis. THE handouts were on his
wrists, and the guitar was slung round
his neck. '-Contemporary Review.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-15
GOOD INDIAN CROW DOG.
4is Escspe and Return An He Had Been
Sentenced to u Ia.

HE Escspe and Return An He Had Been
Sentenced to y "a.
Judge A. j. Plowman CT Deadvood,
8. D., attained national o in s -
when he defended Crow Dog for the
murder of Spotted Tail. The memory
of Mr.. Plowman's plucky legal fight,
in which he carried that celebrateG
case to the United States supreme court
md secured the acquittal of his red
skinned client when the hangInan's
moose was about to tighten around the
neck of the condemned prisoner. still
lives in the minds of the legal frater-
nifty throughout the west.
In speaking of the matter judge
Plowman related an incident of the
trial which has never before appeared
in public print.
After Crow Dog had been sentenced
to be hanged. = said the eminent jurist,
II went to Washington to lay the case
before the supreme court of the United
States. | instituted habeas corpus pro-
ceedings 10 secure his release IN the
question of jurisdiction. While in the
nations capital | was surprised TO re-
ceive a telegram amour ing that Crow
Dog had escaped from prison. re-
turned to the reserva ION after | had
completed my business at Washington,
and then | learned for he first time the
cause which prompte the famous In
dian to escape. 1t SCENE that be vas
walking in the corridor of the Jail one
day when "A half breed told him that
he would surely pay the penalty of his
crime and that the supreme court would
not interfere. This caused Crow Dog
some uneasiness. He v Is quick to act.
He watched his opportunity to escape
and did so. That stoical Sioux. who had
the reputation of being a man with a
heart of marble. deliberately struck out
on foot over 200 miles of country TO
the reservation. subsequently he vol
unfairly returned and gave himself up,
with the expectation of going on the
scaffold. In response to the question
why he made the trip and returned so
soon. he replied that he did not want to
die without seeing his squaw and pa
poose once more.
Events proved that he spent m day
at his tepee bidding his family what he
regarded as a last farewell, and then,
with a wave of his dusky hand. he
mounted a pony on his return trip to
the Jail from which he escaped. Crow
Dog is now on the reservation. hale
and hearty. He is hitting the pipe of
peace and has M desire to wage warfare
on the government. He Is a good In
dian. Omaha Zee.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-15
Her Indignation.

A pretty little woman came ont of a
big dry goods store the other day. Her
ewes were flashing fire. and her tace was
flushed with indignation.
What's the matters: inquired a
friend who met her at the door.
Why, she said, Il just saw IA MAJ
do a thing in there that makes my
blood boil. | went over 10 the dress
goods counter and found him there sit
ting on a stool and letting mis- wife
stand. When ! came along. he got up
and offered me- his seat. And his wife
stood there nlsekly aud never said a
word. Ii E-'d been my husband. |
would have suattcned him baldhyaded. "
Can you blame her:-Buffalo Express.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-15
Memory.

There are 100 different varieties OF
memory. and perhaps we cannot alto
gether choose which We will possess.
though every sort. when We have the
germs of it. may be cultivated.
To learn anything by heart the best
plan is to read IA sentence and repeat il
without a book. then read the next SEN
tence and repeat the two. and so on.
Repetition Is of great Importance. line
upon line" More is learned and re-
membered by reading through n book
twice than by reading two books once.
After a thing has been learned ii
must be recalled and gone over ut IN
t~ervals. or the impression will fade
away. DIR. NJ. Granville says we
should take ont our own ideas and dust
them sometimes.-lnterior
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-15

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The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-15
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-22

Our New York banker friend,
Henry Clews, is out with a letter Of
"advice to 'the unemployed" in
which, among other things, he adj
vises: "Be sure to go to bed early,
as a person overtaken by misfor-
tune requires more rest than at any
other time. Be sure to eat solid
food, as it is necessary to keep up
your strength" This advice is cal
culated to make every unemployed
man feel particularly grateful to
Mr.. Clews; it is so hopeful. But
the wonder is that the unemployed
are not also advised to travel for
health; recreation and forgetfulness
of their enforced idleness; or to go
to the theater often, join a high
toned club, procure a lawn tennis
suit and play at the game with the
ladies; in short, there are thous-
ands of things Mr.. Clews might
have advised the unemployed to
do, the doing of which would make
them think that being out of en-
ployment is great blessing instead
of dismal curse.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-22

SUBSCRIBE FOR THE "TIMEs."
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-22
ksetrayed.

,In 1915: "You needn't tell me
that Mary Parsay is not more than
23 years old. She's nearly 43 and
| can prove it."
"But howW
"Just you watch her when she
goes to cross a muddy street. Just
notice how she grabs at her trous-
ers to hold them out of the mud
the way women did 20 years ago,
when they wore skirts. Ind. Jour
nal
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-22
SENATOR DUBOIS.

-
Senator Dubois has been talking
to the press. He says: "The re-
suit of the election in the West is
the more particularly gratifying to
silver Republicans, because it has
practically destroyed Populism in
that section. The Populists advo-
cate SO many wild ideas that their
championship of silver has been a
positive detriment to the cause.
The gold standard people have
tried to impress upon the unthink-
ing and uninformed that all the adj
vocates of free coinage are nothing
but Populists in diguise Nearly
every conspicuous Democrat and
Republican advocate has had to
meet the charge that he was either
Populist or soon intended to be-
come one. With the fear OF Popu-
list rule removed and the silver
question disassociated from the
cause, the fight for free coinage can
be made clean and distinct This
statement is an insult to every Pop
ulist, and should meet their unan-
imous condemnation. The position
taken by this senator does not rep
resent the people of his state, and
he will be called down for it with
out doubt. The statement is false
in many particulars, especially so
in regard to the defeat of the Pop
ulists in the West. There is not a
single state in the West in which
the Populist vote has not increased,
and in many of them it has doub-
led. In the senator's own state the
Populist vote has increased nearly
200 per cent. The vote on congress
man stood as follows: Republican,
9521; Populists, 1874; Democrat,
4911; showing that it is the Repub-
hcan and Democratic parties that
are dying out. The fact is, this
senator is not a Western man and
does not represent the people who
send him to Washington. He is a
plutocrat pure and simple, and will
betray silver or any other interest
of Idaho in order to keep his seat
warm in the camp of the eastern
money owners. We expect to see
him vote against the free coinage
of silver before his present term of
Office expires, We would like to
ask this plutocratic Westerner what
he can expect for silver through the
Republican party, or where the
cause of silver would be if it were
not for the 100000 Populist votes.
Such insults from supposed silver
leaders will not tend to aid that
cause in any manner.-NdttonGt
Wdtchmdn.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-22
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-22
One Happy Home.

Customer want quarters
worth of Paris Green to kill rats.
Useful Clerk-Does anybody in
your house sing 1.-TWO Little Girls
in Blue?"
"No."
"Then l guess I'll let you have
it,"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-12-22
AHirth and Merriment.

Mrs. Strongmind (about to start
with the picnic party): Let me
see-here are the wraps, here's the
lunch basket, here's the opera glass,
and. here's the bundle of umbre Has.
| think we've got everything, and
yet--children, we haven't forgotten
anything, have we?' Husband
and father standing meekly at the
horses heads); "shall | get in
now, my dear?" Mrs. Strongmind:
'Why, to be sure, James, | knew
there was something elseP
Dashaway: "You say your sis
ter will be down in a minute, Will
lie. That's good news. | thought,
perhaps, that she wanted to be ex-
cused, as she did the other day"
"Not this time. l played trick
on her" What did you do?" 81
said you were another fellow" ex-
claimed Willie, triumphantly.
Rural Simplicity: 81 don't like
your milk" said the mistress of
the house. whats wrong with it,
mum?" Tt's dreadfully thin, and
there's no cream on it ''Arter
you've lived in town awhile, mum"
said the milkman, pityingly but
encouragingly, you'll get over
them rooral ideas O yourn."
Her Adorer: "No, sir, it's net
for the sake of your daughters
money | love her. It's on account
of her sweet temper and charming
manners" Her father: 'If it's
not for money you wish to marry,
| can let you have my neicc; she
has u much sweeter temper and no
money whatever"
She was very much embarrassed,
as the rivals had both called the
same night; but at last bright
thought entered her mind. ooh,
Mr.. Brown" she said to one of
them, who was musically Inclined,
edo play that lovely waltz of yours,
and Mr.. Spooner and will dance" "
Actor Ito waiter): "Didst thou
see me in the new play to which |
gave thee tickets?" Waitor: 81 did
sor." Actor: "Well, did l please
the public?" Waiter: "You did,
indeed, sor. You were killed off in
the first act"
Young wife: "Now, sir, I've
given you half my picnic pies, and
you promised to work for them" !"
Tramp; Bless your sweet eyes,
mum, | did--ss l was eatin' of
'em."
"George, father has failed" !"
That's just like himl | told you
all along darling, that he was 60
ing to do all he could to keep us
from being married"
Stout old lady: 'I'm going
down to the seaside, and want suth-
in nice and roomy to battle in"
"Shop assistant; How would the
Atlantic Ocean doP"
"What sort of a girl is she?"
ooh, she is miss with a mission"
"Ah!" "And her mission is seek
ing a man with a mansion"
betrayed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-20
ABOUT WOMEN.

According TO tho laws OF good society
in China young widows should not 70.
marry. Widowhood is, therefore. held
IN the highest esteem, and tho older tho
widow grows tho moro agreeable hor
position becomes. Should sho roach
fifty years she may, by applying to the
emperor, get sum OF money with
which to buy tablet, on which her
virtues arc named. The tablet is placed
over tho door Of tho principal entrance
10 hor house,.
4 committee OF tho Association oil
Collegiate Alumnac has prepared Ia
bic showing tho sums OF money given,
since 1850, by women to colleges for
men only, for women only and for men
and women together. During this pc.
Rod women have civen five times as
much for tho education OF mon alono rs
Tor that OF women, and twice MS much
to mems colleges ns 10 women'a col.
lcges and mixed colleges together.
Vassnr girls arc learning to swim.
Tho director OF tho gymnasium has
opened to tho juniors class for indi.
vidunl lessons for swimming. The les.
sons arc given N the large tank Of tho
alumnae gymnasium, and majority Of
tho class arc ayailtnS themselves OF the
opportunity.
Prospective brides may DO interested
to learn that there arc SO days in tho
year on which, it is said, it is unlucky
TO marry. They are January |, ., i, 5, 7,
10, 10; February 6. 7. s; May 5, G, 7;
Juno s, 10; July 5, 10; August IL, IS;
September Q. 7; Octobor7; November
10, Is, and December 10, &c, II.
Mrs. May Tanning, n woman ON.
ployed in the sherih's Office Mt Dubuque
has been dismissed for forcibly kissing
murderer who was being conveyed
from tho court room to the Jail. Mrs.
Tanning accompanied tho salute with 4
bank note, n basket Of fruit aud tender
missive.
England has woman coroner-only
over there they call her "lady coro-
ner." Women in the vestrics arc no
novelties in Queen Yictorias country.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-20
PERSONAL POINTS.

Rev. DR.. Simon J. Mcpherson, OF
tho Second Presbyterian church in
Chicago, and said TO be the most clio.
quent pulpit orator in that city, is Il
years old, was graduated at Princeton,
and formerly occupied pulpit in East
Orange, n. j.
William J. Norwood, n native OF Balti-
more, who died recently in Montana,
was prominent figure in the virilante
movement, organized bv ex-Uni,ed
States Senator Sanders, which cleared
tho Alder Gulch diGgings OF dcsperadoes
i'll 1864.
Miss Helon Carroll is said to be the
richest girls in her own right in Wash
inGton: She is sister OF Royal Phelps
Carroll, and inherited an income OF
$4,000 ayear from her grandfather, tho
lato Royal Phelps, OF New York.
Moro than six hundred wedding pros.
ents arc said to have been received by
Mils Nellie Bass, tho heiross OF tho
Scotch millionaire ale brewer, on the
occasion OF her wedding recently to j,
Z. Bailec, Of Scotland.
Joseph Israel, the Holland painter.
celebrated his jubilee n lew wcnks ago.
He was born January q, 1924, Of poor
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-20

products before the Democratic party
won't into power, and they know what
they 60! now. They know what tho
demand was before and they know
what it Is now.
Our correspondent makes u strong
point on tho DomoCtatic scheme to put
coal OIL tho lrcO list. Before this move
mcnt began tho coal underlying his
property was taken under option. Now
tho option has boon lot 20. Thore Is no
market for coal lands to-day. Tho
Democratic politicians would have tho
West Virginia owner Of coal lands con.
solo himself with tho thought that pres.
only no mRy have Nova Scotia coal iroo
OF duty-a boon which no will DO quick
10 appreciate.
Taking ono consideration with an
other tho Democratic tariff schomc is
about MS unlovcly thing as the Wcst
Virginia eye could rest on. 1t rips
everything that is West Virciniau from
the ground up. Wost Virginia Dcmo.
Gratis aro expected to hurrah for it be-
cause 1t has tho Democratic brand
blown on tho bottle
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-20

Recently the Register printed letter
from Mr.. ". Z. Wcllcs, OF Parkors-
burg, concerning wool prices and the
wool tariff. The effort OF Mr.. WeIles
was to support the Democratic theory
with respect to wool, and he was SO un-
fortunate rs to avail himself OF figures
which are not sustained by the record.
Olr. Welles saw fit to make person.
al assault on Mr. Theodore Justice, OF
Philadelphia, who makes reply ignor-
ing the personal issue and presenting
an array OF facts from the record. The
point thoroughly established by Mr..
Justice is that protective duty, and
{ that only, stands between the Ameri-
can wool grower and foreign wool. II
the price Of wool bs low under protec-
ton it would be lower without protec-
ton.
Mr.. Justice explains onco more for
the benefit OF ignorance that has been
unwilling TO learn why it is that the
price OF American wool has gone down.
Ills article covers the case SO expertly
that there is no occasion to add any
thing TO it. 1t may DO said tina. Mr..
Justices writings on the wool question
arc not relished by free traders, ior
they are founded on the solid rock OF
fact and cannot be overthrown.
The INTELLlGENcER is glad to lay be-
fore its readers the reply OF Mr.. Justice
and bespeaks for it thoughtful read