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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01
Sins md Sinners.

A sharp fight between train robbers
and posse occurs in Indian Territory
The business of postponing the hang
ing OF Frendergast's case continues in
Chicago.
In fight between miners and strik-
ers in Indiana two men arc killed and
five others are wounded.
Two highwaymen hold up a stage in
California and one Is killed by the
messenger.
Chicago aldermen, police officers and
election judges and clerks are indicted
Tor violating election laws.
James Parke, son OF the missing
Detroit millionaire, was arrested At
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

Another badly built reservoir has
poured death and destruction down the
.avines OF Pennsylvania. The engin-
eering Of the Keystone state seems to
pc as defective as its armor plate, but
Is broken dams menace only Pennsyl-
7anians, while Its broken faith with the
government threatens the nation. 1t is
ligh time that the commonwealth IL
should reform.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

A young man on trial in this city
Tor fraudulent use of the mails is said
to have closed his bogus appeal with
the Scriptural quotation: God loveth
4 cheerful giver" If the indictments
hold good, the judge will cheerfully see
that he is given an adequate sentence
10 hard labor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

Probably M. Paul Bourgeois remork
that New York harbor was the most
beautiful spectaclehe saw in this coun-
try has no reference to the New York
interviewers who came swooping down
to board his incoming steamer to get
his impressions of America.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

The miners international congress at
Berlin took step in the right direc-
ton when it adopted resolution call
ing for the prohibiting Of female labor
in the mines. The resolution applies to
all countries, and it should apply to all
time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

1t is the general opinion that the deal
ers in 1ine chinaWare are leading the
new movement in favor OF individual
communion cups. There's millions in
it, for the dealers, it Is a new fad and
1t will become fashionable Get your
cup now and avoid the rush.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

The City OF Washington begins to
look like vast, beautiful park, and yet
quarter OF a century ago it resembled
struggling village, ill-paved, dusty,
nncouth and shadeless. The change is
chiefly due to trees and grass properly
planted and cared for by a public
BOARD with due authority.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

The United States has but five legal
holidays, while England has thirty five
md Russia forty four. Boston has add
sd three holidays Of its own, and the
Attest, Patriots day, promises to be a
great institution. The old statement
hat Spain has 366 holidays year is
lnfOundel. At least the number rec
Nnized by the government is Only
Wenty-three
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

Nine. Duse will visit this country
much reason to believe that she is con.
tracing the absolutely last farewell
habit.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

The philosopher OF the milwaukee,
Journal is very sure that IL women
would extend one-half the charity to
each other that they accord To men,
such thing as a wicked woman would
be as rare as a truly good man Wen
said,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

A Washington paper has been exam
ming what is called the calendar of the
senate and finds it filled with relies Of
legislation that has been disposed of
There is nothing strange about this.
When the senate disposes Of anything
il Is casualty and needs investigation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

1t is now charged in Brooklyn that
The Tabernacle fire was the work OF
'ncendiaries. Both the Tabernacle aud
tho Hotel Regent were advertised as
lire proof buildings and yet the result
showed that they were mere tinder
boxes
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

1t would be working "A terrible hard
ship upon the New York dudes if the
London cabmen We're to strike In
such an event it would become strictly
necessary for the Gotham Ansloman-
iacS to walk
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01
From The Far West.

The shipments Of cattle from Mon
tana ranges during 1893 embraced 1884,
III cattle and 10000 sheep.
!. Residents Of Fullerton. near Santa
Ana, Cal, are driving out Chinese fruit
packers as fast as they made their
appearance.
Owing to the hard times. a Rock
Springs, Wyo. coal dealer offers lumn
coal for sale at $l.75 per ton to resi-
dents Of that city.
A somewhat curious freak of natnre
is reported from sheep camp on Birch
Greek. Or, where lamb was born
with two tusks, fully half IN inch in
length, projecting from its upper law.
It is alive and frisky.
Another irrigation project is on foot
in the neighborhood of Pasco. Wash. II
is to take water from the Snake river
by means Of turbine wheels and duplex
pumps and irrigatc from 5000 to 10
GOO acres. Theodore Newcomb of
Brooklyn, n. T., is the promoter Of the
scheme.
At Cotton, Cal, when the train from
the East arrives boys throny the cars
with oranges for sale. The fines, or
a1Ees are at first offered in baskets
three dozen to the basket, including the
rece ptacle, for the very modest sum Of
90 cents, but before the train leaves
the price is reduced to Is cents.
A portion Of Il large bamboo pole
cut With Oriental hieroglyphi.s, and
likely the relic Of some Chinese or Ian
antse shipWreck, was found in tho drift
along the rocky cliffs Of Ne Kearney.
Or. by some Nehalem fishers last week
The piece was twenty five feet long and
nine inches through at the butt.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

All important Occurrences OF the
Past Week, Boiled Down and Arr
nnged for Rapid Reading, From
Home and Abroad.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01
VIA. W. DCWNIE, Publisher.

The maharajah OF Ouch Behar and
his son, the rajkumar, have just ar
rived In England. The latter will be
a student at Eton
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
GATHERED FROM ASSOC'A'
PRESS TELEGRAMS.

r,a Indians or the Coded Reserva-
ton Said to Be Too Greeus,
sian Colony For the Ceoeo oouN
Lands-Other Interesting o'a'e
News Items.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01
AROUND THE GLOBE

DIGEST Of THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01
A Russian oiony

Anton Merr, q Representative d
sian colony, arrived in Pierre az
ago looking up locations iofaa
| about fifty Russiaa families H
| the | nited States in July Of ~
and has been looking over the
every since that time going ms
southwest, visiting Texas, AeE
and Colorado, and then gong
California, Oregon. Nashlasa
Montana. Arriving at PleFn
out onto the cedcd lands and D
lection in town 6, range u
head OF Willow Creek, where
good land and plenty o wats,
! families Of the colony came tom
try this spring, and have b@l
arily stopping with friends al
Bon Homme county. but Wnu
at once to take up the selection
them by Mr.. Merr. The m'
colony have not YET lett thef
Russia, but will start as soon
| get report. The settlers ana
moderate means and will engEs
raising and mixed farming.
class who make good settlers
build up the section ol couh'f''
they locate.
| Engineer Knowles Went gu.
lines and corners for Mr.. Net
his return reports him very sa'
over the location he has louau'
The Indians are Too Grey
| The Indians ut Lower I'fusr
South Dakota, have grlevau'
the government, and as a ls'' To-
hearts are pretty bad, =
opening the Sioux reserva'lo'
ment provided that the lno'a''
Creek agency should rcce''
government Il greater numoa
mares, wagons, more cash. e,s, ., 1.
Indians at the balance =, r.ar
agencies on account Of the Cfe' ;'s
receiving less land per cap,% y,
diminished reservation tnau 4
at the other Sioux agencies. j.
button OF q part OF the l,oo ns,]
to be issued to the Sioux " I..x ps
the lands ccded to the govern ~
place at all OF the agencips ~
inst. The new Lower Brur
Creek agencies are but Q ,a. sn" ID
apart. and the Lower brult1h hrp
the discovery that Their aan a
Crow Creek were receiving pS, M
| and more live stock tnaa aa,do
Therefore much grumoling 1" 1adp
resulted, and when tue /, ,' III
ordered the distribution =, IN
than 100 milch cows y I, III
Brules the grumblers had !, l.s = i
among themselves to reluld ald Id
them. This decision WouI Iudg
adhered to had not the - :, ac
urged and coaxed them y hat
cows, saying that this waS tbpf I
mencement OF the goou 10
would be given to them M itbs
father. During the tax ,,ce u
maintained a sullen s'lenIh s'l:,h IN
interruptipg the agent ".II.ood
mary "Howl Howl" OF ev ea;sns
thus proclaiming their :. o moi
wards the government ! ioi !. pS Gr'
them as llperally as Their
brethren.
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-10
wlLp allL A SOLID MAN,
The nOdy of tho Famous Desperado Had
Turned To Stone,

The nody Of tho Famons Desperad9 Had
Turned 70 stone
The climate of Colorado is so exoeod-
ingly dry in the greater portion Of tho
state that ordinary objects, such as pn-
tatoes, vegetables Of various sorts and
even small animals, petrify whom COW
cred with sand. The body Of Wild Bill,
the famous desperate, is today solid
stone. Ho was buried In sandy ooun
try near Telluride, and about four years
ago his friends decided to put up Q mon.
ument 10 his memory. They went ou5
to his grave, which is in tho open
prairie, and one Of the party. an old
scout was taken along to exactly locate
where he was buried, The sand had
shifted and blown in great heaps, aB it
does all through that country, and the
scout had good deal of difficulty in
absolutely locating the spot Finally ha
struck mound that he said had Wild
Bill under It.
Owing to the uncertainty of the stu
alton and his hesitancy, tho party de-
oided to dig down and SEQ whether ha
was right, Presently tho spade ran into
rock---a scarce thing in that country,
They shoyeled all around it, and soon
revealed the petrified image Of Wild
Bill, as perfect as the day ho died, with
not trace Of decomposition. Even tho
clothes and shoes We're turned 70 Stone
Some Of the parties wanted to take tho
body up for the purposes Of exhibition
But one Of Bills old pals, Shorty Jake,
as he was called, remarked that tho first
man who tried to do 50 would find a bed
in the hole that Bill filled So the idaa
was abandoned Washington Post,
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-10
A Llttlo oAd.s Al the pIenIo.

Enterprise In advertising has almost
become fine art in tho present day.
Novelties are not only numerous, but
frequently unique A Birmingham
chemist recently, with his family, at
tended picnic, and after tho knife and
fork tea, which formed part Of the pro-
gramme, he distributed among the com.
pany a number Of sweetmoats, all Of
which bore an advertisement Teferrtng
10 his speoi1lties, and later during the
concert which followed his daughter
sang q song the words Of which set
forth the advantages which could be de-
rived from the use Of certain pills, the
frequent application Of q we'll known
plaster Or daily doses "a sprpe one's ton:
Il, Such enterprise, # somewhat ''shoP'
py, " certainly merits reward for its in
genuity. Birmingham Mail,
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-10
NO "a
sEyERE oN AmealcANs.


How One OF john Baii's XYnicisfai Organs
Sizes up Some American Subjects.
EXCEPT q yorkshiromen thera is no
more self conscious perscn than your
untraveled American H0 knows every
thing Yon can't take him ia. Tic
comes from the biggest eountIg ia thu
world. His smartness is proverbial Flo
does not continually ezeluiin, u am q
Yankee. / am, . but be metaphorieally
waves his flag III tho face of an eifeto
civilization and trails bis egotisin be-
fore the darned old country all tho time,
YOU bet And it ii done surely and per
sistently. Every whipper snapper og d
sneak thief has him, Notwithstanding
the stnleness Of the confidence trick in
his own country, he is prey t0lhe tiret
American sharper or the alumsiest imis
tator Of the Yanlgeo methods whom he
meets in street On barrooIn The papers
lately have contained several instances
Of the successful practice Of the c0nll'
dence trick on Americans The wonder
Is that any one can be deeoed so easily
Imagine any sane person being IN.
duoed to hand over his watch and his
purse TO total stranger and letting
him 20 out Of sight to test his faith ia
tho said stranger 10 show his CONT
deneon In q man ho does not care q but-
ton about, and whose acquaintance no
has only just made. This happened tho
other day IN Holborn to an Amefioall
gentleman who parted withwatoh, ring
and notes 10 tho value Of nearly $500.
The story began by ono of two oonil-
dunee men spottiiig hin, for an Ameri-
can IN Holborn and asking him. Say,
stranger, il this new streetf
The two men were Amelioansi they
came from Virginiai the dupe was from
Now Jersey. OF course they all ad-
iourned to the restaurant TO have =
drink, Tho first Virginia gentlemen had
come into large fortune and wanted
to give lot of It away, but not to Britt
ishors--oh, no--bpt 20 his own country
mon
Tho Jersey gentleman was induced 70
undertake the office Of my lord bolmti-
ful to tho millionaire and was permit
tod for timo to hold possession of q
great bundle Of spurious notes Then,
to show his eontidunae Ia his new
friends, no handed over oil hQ had about
him, and they presently decamped with
his money, Jewels, cash and plate :
He had TO go home before tho police
could catch the masqneradaTs, but ON
reaching New York ho viii he asked by
cable to keep the promise he made that
no would return and prosecute them tt
the dull London detectives conld lay
hands on the astute operators from Vir-
! ginia,
And this kind of thing Is going on
continually Tho oredulity Of people in
general says . great deal for the trust-
fulness and sympathy Of humanity as a
| whole Gynies would say that IL may
be taken as still more Indicative Of ita
greed II certainly says little for ita
caution. The most transparent swindles
of the day ia the direction Of oompa-
nios, partnerships, offurs Of fortunes for
few pounds, successful systems of bot
ting and speculation catch their dupes
day by day, and Monte Carlo Is extend
ing its palatial halls, Newcastle (Eng-
land) Chronicle,
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-10
re ELEMgNro PRorEsI.
A Warming to the ChnRs Who Thinls tho
Fish Story Teller IL SAFE.

Fish Story Teller IL safe.
Manned Washburn and Irving smith
were on their way to WilburB mill,
near Pinesyillo, in upper Delaware val
ley, the other day, WGshburn was driv-
ing team Of valuable young horses
Tho sun was shining brightly over their
heads, but the sky to the northward
was black with thunderclouds, Tha
last thing Washhurn Remembered while
they We're driving along was that he
was listening to a fish story Smith was
telling him, when suddely there came u
frightful crash over their heads and q
flash of intense light,
The next thing Washburn remembers
is his finding himself lying in the bot
tom of his wagon, with Smith lying
noar After awhile no was able to rise
and look about him. Both of his horses
lay dead in the road, Smith revived
soon afterward, The sun was still shin
ing brightly, and the thunderelouds in
the north had broken away. A thunder
bolt from a clear sky had evidently
burst upon them, Each horse had a
hole in his neck. Smith was wearing a
pair of blue oVeralls, with q patch in
each knee. The patches were gone, hay-
ing been cut out around the edges aa
neatly as if the separation was done
with pair of shears. Tho rim Of WASH
burn's straw hat had been cut entirely
,,1uuy i'm tho gaTna 1nopupp
Neither of the men was injured in
the slightest degree, but each felt q
strange numbnoss in his body and limbs
for two hours They buried the horses
at the roadside.
A popularity OF this freak of freaky
lightning is that while Smith can 70,
member distinctly the story he was tell
ing Washburn up TO tho point when ID
was interrupted by tho thunderbolt ho
cannot romember the closing part OF
it, although he says the incidents of IL
happened to him this season, and he
had told the story several times The
team was valued at 5000, --Hoverdnlo
pa Dispatch,
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-10
A JOKE ON THE P. G.
He'd Give Weeks Salary TO Know Who ~
Responsible For Certain Story

He'd Give IA Weeks Salary to Know Who ~
Responsible For Certain story
Tho postmaster general is irate, Ho
wants to know who wrote it. About ono
week ago a correspondent for q western
paper sent out u story to the effect that
the postoiIico department had decided
to furnish a proof of each of tho postage
stamps issued by the department. upon
application for same This item touch
cd responsive chord in the breasts OF
the great American public and was
widely copied Tho applications have
begun to como in. Several hundred
have como in ON each mail for the past
five days, and the number Is increasing.
There Is delugo Of this kind of mail
matter, and to save the department from
being swamped Postmaster General Bis
sell has boen compelled to order printed
a circular setting forth that the depart
ment is not distributing proofs Of stamps
and has also been compelled TO transfer
some Of tho clerical force Of the depart
ment from legitimate work to the work
of sending these circulars TO the stamp
applicants, The affair is regarded as a
practical Joke on tho department, but
General Bissell didn't regard it In that
way when he said to The Star man, I'D
give a weeks salar5 to know who WROTE
Ii, - Washington star
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-10
THOSE RoaulsH GIRLS.
In Paterson They Worried Il Car Conduotof
Until He Resigned His job.

In Patterson They Worried Car Conductor
Until He Resigned His job.
One Of the shortest of New Jersey pol
iticians is authority for the statement
that Paterson girls have laughed him
out of q Job. He is an unusually hand
some bachelor Of 80 New Jersey winters
and is known among his friends as ono
of the most bashful men la the state
After the Legislature adjourned his po,
litioal friends got him appointed con-
duotor of Paterson trolley car All
would have gone woll If the silk mill
girls hadn got talking abouthimamong
themselves. Their attention was at
tracted by seeing the good looking lit
tie conductor jump up TO ring tho bell
or record fare, This, though only mod
cratoly funny at first grew in humor as
each girl became conscious that other
girls were watching him as they rode
on his cur from day TO day. They called
him Shorty among themselves, and
soon it came about that If his car CON
taindod any silk mill girls they all
smiled in unison whenever o faro was
rung up.
At length tho bashful bachelor CON
iided his trials to o friend, He was ad-
vised to hold on to his conduotorship
through tho hard times Accordingly
he smotherod his feelings for time
Ono day the traveller got off tho trolley
wire, and he couldn't reach the rope
that hangs from tho arm. The car was
standing still, and it was full of girls
who had nothing to do but watch the
little conductor Every timo no jump
cd and missed tho rope tho girls laugh
ed
This was too much, When tho month
ended, ho notified the railroad company
that he was going to leave to take job
at mis- former trade. Patterson Stand
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-10
moDERN DRAMATIC CHANGES.
UnfRvorabIe Comparison Of the Characters
of the Stage.

Tho other night man went to tho
theater who had not been there for years,
and ho oouldn't mako it out First Of
all he missed the simple village youth,
the virtuous hero who was wont to take
the first prize at the horticultural So
ciety, or else win the guerdon at quoits,
on something or other In the rustic Tevela
But worst Of all he missed the dear old
fashioned villain, and although this
play had tremendous villain in it our
friend was not impressed with him a
bit. He sighs thus;
II came away again, sadly disap
pointed. The play was not what l ex'
peoted. shall go no more to the play
house. The palmy days Of the drama
are over. The thCater has fallen into
the sero and yellow fifth act, and there
il no health in ii.
1.-THE theater has followed the path Of
literature, and the good old things are
changed. behold lot of swell people
in evening dress on the stage. They
spoke quietly to one another, very much
as people do off the stage and in very
much tho same sort of language,
'"rhis is not what ! want whom l go
to the thoator.
"What is tho theatrical villain of to-
day? Is he real, good old fashioned
ruffian? Does he ever drag helpless
maiden from the domioiliary roof Of her
ancestors by tho hair? No, sirl
Does he ever say to the hero, Say
one word, and thou art food for the
wOlvesY Does he ever grab the heroine
by tho wrist, drag her down the stage
in three long strides, slam her down in
big chair, bend over her and whisper
fiendishly: 'Sdeath, maideni but by
my soul, | love theel Thou shalt be
mine Yield, or by heaVen'--
That's all | know Of that speech,
because by heaven, I'll' is the cue for
the maiden to spring up, and, throwing
the IL stone villain half way across
the stage, to say 'Unhand me, ruiflanl
And know that rather than mate with
such as thou I'd cast myself from yon-
dor battlement into the foaming food
beneath
"And does tho villain then say; Now
by heaven, like thy spiritI love thee
all the more for it'
And docs tho maiden say, 'Mercitul
powers, protect me'
"And does the door open and the hero
rush in armed with good blunt broad
swOrd2
Aud then do ho and the villain fence
up and down the stage skies. eights,
shoulder blows, cut and thTusty
ooh, mol
These things have given way to
swallowtailed coats and high collars,
and the villain is now as big a swell as
any fellow in tho show.
"Oh, for the good old palmy days OF
the drama when the broadsword ruled
and there was gOlel
The modern drama is too much like
ice cream after q heavy dinner-Cold
and unsatisfyiug. "-Pearson's Weekly,
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-10
ONLY A WAIF.
Hut the Gutes WIN Surely Bo AjaF For Him
IN the Other World.


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n '"T ", N'"'' 49, 0 .-,.,,,
Uhcle Johh IhoFpo s'ooo among AUS
flowers one morning thlhhins NOW
much bettef thoy were Vn"'' 'ne 'i'uuey
that bought 'hehl' , .,,.,.. a
Inc lroht aoof npoiIe" sllsh1iy' anu
there came 'hF0ngh tho cto'ico = very
small BOY muoh ta''eieu Hs W ot'tnes liSs
and having s're''As u ''9 'o"N u4'
across MS race ,.-n-.
lie saw ohCle John Ds'cA u+loAs 'na
mowers ana Sala'
Mister: ..ou
What IS ltF u,, ,.,a
Say WaIC 1|'o' "ho "o ''oi"
o0t . penny, .y,
"Eof ceht' ,u
OATS al ! can pioW'
You q hotter lee mo glYG you " car
nation it looks 3u55 Us ,tE Woli u M ~ ! seN'
tleAAl p4tloLlhote' "'1N q 9iiIlie,
mo kldalh' mister ai,i "o"'1N
flowers It's iof me p''rollef
Your partner ,...s
DE kld dat,s Always Oeoh Wla 4,tt ine,
ne 5 Out IN 'o hQsl'iHu' anu = oue"'
he. lke % nave q rose ..--...
Uncle John ploked out tne rarest anu
sweetest rose VI AZ allu lo9A tho toLHy'
The BOY went away gl'h tho si9aS uou 41.,,
ding blossom h9ss9n psaiLs' at Hts vi W. :
waist, ana phcle aohh was WY Slsn l
the Fehectloh that taeEe Sls sonny tl'uss
N the worla " Re1ptim US Ss h'He's, ~ aoor
u was q week iateF "heh tne uooi
again opened ana the same la'Eetsa A
pey hls lace uhhstuEa'lg cieuil' pa'ne ~
IN ana once more 1ouhu ole'e 'oiN ~
The Lake Charles echo., 1894-08-10
Lort ! slnnlI Fartune.

There was quite a crowd around O
ooaIhole ia the sidewalk, and IL was
soon learned that lady who was pass-
ing had stepped into tho uncovered hole,
and they were getting her out She gas;
not hurt Ia the least, but rather fright.
ened and dusty. a male rolatiyo who
accompanied her was executing series
Of gymnastics around her
asnre you're not hurt Addiaa' ha
asked anxiously.
.Not bit Richard
t.No sprains o. broken boneseR
''Not one You goe, was aaught hY
man who was passing, mud that aaYed
mo from being hurt
Where II the oiiieions wreteh8p
"Iaichard, he II my dallYeEbFR
eDeliyerer nothingi II Ton had inst
broken ono little bone, we could hass
sued the city and recovered &t4 QA4
damages ~ Detroit Kreo Yres