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The herald., 1898-12-20
cor" Should Have Been "And"

The cause of E. J. Dole, lately remanded
by the supreme court, was to have been reset
for trial by Judge Smith yesterday, but ow-
ing to the absence of counsel the case was
continued until this morning. Dole was
convicted of forgery and the judgment was
reversed on account of an instruction given
to the jury by Judge Smith in behalf of the
state in which they were told to find The de-
fendant guilty if convinced that he had
aided cor" abetted in the commission of the
crime. The court held that person might
assist innocently and the instruction should
have read "aided and abetted' to such fine
drawn technicalities have the opinions of
the court been reduced
The herald., 1898-12-20

Harry +. Clark, the young man who was
lately convicted of murder in the second de
gree, may yet get new trial. Assistant
District Attorney Williams says that the
The herald., 1898-12-20
Fell Into an Excavation

Suit was brought yesterday by Bessie NJ.
Lotus, by her guardian, Mollie Lotus,
against Isaac f. and Alice Dehail for S25OO
damages, alleged to have been sustained by
the child, who fell into an excavation on
the lot at the southwest corner of San
Pedro and Second streets, belonging to de-
PENDANTS. 1t is alleged that the hole was
The herald., 1898-12-20

j. NJ. Dodge and Hans Marquardt, prom
inent citizens of San Diego, are here on
business.
The herald., 1898-12-20

Did you ever notice that girls never kiss
each other when there are no men around?
The herald., 1898-12-20
Lewis Causing Trouble

day night. He was acting suspiciously, Miss
Dunham thought.
The herald., 1898-12-20

The reason no arrests followed the Shar-
key -Corbett prizefght is that no fight took
place.
The herald., 1898-12-20

the state law against perjury and say Joe
Hunter ever told him or her that he killed
the Chinaman The fabric of falsehood
stands out glaringly and it wont wash"
The herald., 1898-12-20

Latest styles wall paper at A. A. Eek
s;rom's, 324 South Spring street.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-24
A Wonderful Indian Road.

A Harvard student who has just ]
turned from a bicycling tour Of l1a
thus describes the road from Laaos
Calcutta: at is twelve hundred ~
long and is level. The rlaalAi
which il is made is called "EanA1
and II you turn that word lnlO i
crete you have an idea OF VnA !
like. The road is hard ana as ~
as prepared pavement, AND 'aslsF.|
dust. When ! first got on this y
with my wheel and enjoyed .s -
of easy travelling | said. THIS = I.
nificent, but / suppose thai ID
time It will become gritty ana uDs, N
| went fifty miles, one huno'su
two hundred miles, five nuns
hundred. seven hundred, and ! /
always the same, with moi T..
smallest stone to give a jog a -
the entire way is lined win . -
row of majestic trees. Tne I'M M
road runs like a long, Wnis IA
down the center. Along eacn = /
the bunker are loose SOIL ua a
which the native bullock ca ,.Ils
along at the rate OF Two
hour"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-24
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.
italian Students of the Crime OF MURDER
Freaks of sloep walkers--An Omni-
present skeleton-A Wondsrfui In
dian goad-Odd Case of T~elspatsy.
Music In the Air.

/ should YOU ask me why this warfare.
Whv this dreadful strife and bl~oodshed
'Twixt the red mar and the pale face.
i should answer, / should tell you.
In the ~northland, In the pineland.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, the chieftain,
With his warriors around him,
Battles for his ancient forests
And the ashes OF his fathers.
Fierce In war paint and in feathers
All the brave and sullen red men
Lie in ambush, waiting, waiting
For the coming of tie pale face.
While the sun looks down upon theHn'
While the silent stars behold them'
Bog-Ah-Ma-Ge-Shig, the chieftaih,
In the melancholy forest
Whispers 10 his fearless brothers
Words Of mingled grief n comforI.
''Oh. my brothers" thus he halls them'
Last of all the mighty nation
That has melted from the mountains
And the pleasant valleys, Xix the
Snow of long-forgotten winters,
II our time has come for dying
Let Il be at least in battle,
Fighting for our old traditions.
And the ashes of our fathers!'
And the north wind in the pine tree.
Like the toothless crone in sorrow,
Sobs and whispers as 1t passes:
"Where are all the mighty chieftains,
Light of foot n brave as eagles,
who in years no more remembered
Chased the red deer in the forest
And the bison in the valley?
They are gone as leaves in autumn
But. alas, no pleasant April
Viii restore them 10 the woodland;
They are faded and forever!"
And the wave upon the pebbles
Sobs and mutters as II passes
Like an old man " his sorrow,
Grieving for the days Of boyhood:
eye are stout of heart, my children,
But your valor cannot save you,
For the pale face Is too greedy
And his rifles are too many.
He has neither heart nor conscience,
For the promises he made you.
Are as prairie grass in autumn,
And his lust to own your birthright
is a fire that knows no quenching.
Bog-Ah-Ma-Ge-Shig, the hero,
In his ambush in the pine land
Calls unto the warriors round him:
I'm the sunlight, in the starlight,
l have heard two voices calling;
One is Death and one Dishonor.
And l know which you will follow!
Let us die like heroes, fighting
For our ancient home and birthright
And the ashes OF our fathers;
That the chieftains long since persisted
May receive us without sorrow
In the islands of the blessed.
In the kingdom Ponemah.
IL the land of the h~earafter!"
George Horton.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-24
Freaks OF Sleep, Walkers

A well-known physician gives an
count of an Irish gentleman who sv
more than two miles down a rive,
ashore and was subsequently, Qlsu
cred sleeping by the roadside, Al
gether unconscious of the extraol
nary feat he had accomplished.
Professor Fischnell Of Bale VII
OF q young student OF Wurtenb
who used TO play hide-and-seek vi
fast asleep. His fellow-students Ii
of his propensity, and when he Be!
walking threw holsters after b
which he always eluded, jumping D
bedsteads and other obstacles pls
III his way.
A gentleman was once discovered
1 o'clock in the morning in a nal
boris garden in prayer, evidently
der the impression that he was
church, but otherwise in a deep sa
A young girl given to sleep-tain
was in the habit OF initiating the y
lin with her lips, giving the prem
nary tuning and scraping and fouri
ing with the Utmost fidelity. tF
zled her physician a great deal y
he learned that when an infant
girl mad lived in a room adjoInig
fiddler, who often performed upoa
instrument within hearing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-24
TbQ Bride .
: Of Day.
CHAPTER VI. econtInued.l

A glance assured her that il WIS not
her husband, and she drew disappoint-
eddy back; bur the stranger came on
with q rapid, uneven step, evidently
with the intention of addressing hel.
at the distance there was. even in
the dim and shadowy twilight, some
thing oddly familiar in the outline of
the thin, tail figure, in the mans car
riage and gesture. which made Grace's
heart beat fast, and thrilled her with a
vague, superstitious fear.
II must be mad." she thought: and
cold drops OF p~erspiration gathered
thickIy on her forehead. Mrs. Erie
tried TO move away, for she felt that,
although the man would. in all proba-
bility, present 10 her the face Of n
perfect stranger, and make some or
binary inquiry as 10 the road, 1t would
almost kill her 10 see and speak to
him. But she could not stir. for that
oyermastering terror kept her rooted
to the ground.
At last the mar approached her. Al
though a. walked quickly, 1t Eas evil
dent that each step cost him an effort,
for she could hear his hard, stertorous
breathing as he drew near. His low
hat, Of soft felt, was drawn almost
down to his eyes, and even when he
faced her, he did not for an instant re-
move IL, but stood hesitatlng, like a
man doubtful or himself and his ac-
lions. There was something horrible
n uncanny In his silent presence, and
Grace Erie felt that anything would be
better than this dreadful agony of sus-
pense.
What is it?" she cried, almost pas
Etonately, her voice rising shrill and
sharp on the quiet air. "Who are you?
What do you wantT'
There was a seconds pause, and then
the stranger slowly raised his hat.
The faint but still clear light fell upon
a face SO WORN and haggard. 50 ghastly
in its livid pallor, that it hardly looked
like the face of a living man. The
thick black hair ard the glittering, pur-
ple-ringed eyes were In cruel contrast
with that corpse Ike pallcr. Then,
with an agonizing feeling Of horror
that seemed to stop the beating of her
heart. Grace recognized the man, AMI
knew that either tbe sea had yielded
up its prey or that she had been the
victim Of some horrible. m%Gddering de-
fusion. Her supposed dad husband
stood before her.
do you net know me, Gracef" he
asked, in hoarse, broken tones. MY
wife, do YOU not know meY'
"0h. Heaven. | thought you were
deadri she exclaimed.
She felt his hand close tightly on her
W and draw it down, saw the
strange CLEAN in his dark eyes, and
heard the voice she had theuglt hushed
forever cry. with a strange, yearning
passion:
mot dead, but given back from the
grave. Oh, Grace, my VIE, have | 40
welcome homer"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-24
CHAPTER VII.

Grace raised her face. white as that
of the man confronting her, AMI s'ared
so wildly up the long lape, veilei now
I'm misty dimness, that Herbert Santley
naturally thought terror had for the
moment turned her brain.
'Look at me. Grace he said. gently
and pleadingiy. Il am living flesh and
blood: | shall net met away or vanish
into thin air. dear" He drew back a
step or two. and something of the hor-
ror that seemed TO have completely
marred the soft. girllsh beauty Of her
face, passed into his. Grace. do you
not realize that you are breaking my
hearth
He spoke with n pitlful indication of
physical weakness: but Ii brought 10
the listening woman no cuInpas sion
there was no room for Tint feeling in
the awful surging of her thoughts.
And have you rot broken miner
she questioned, = ~fi~rcely that the re-
ver-parchcd creature bef r. her SHRINK
back. Mine. and-Ch. Heaven help
me-
There was n gle;.m of actual frenzy
In her eyes MS she turned them desper-
ately to tie clear SKY, In which the
stars We're shining Dow. 1t seemed an
appeal against agony uncomfortable.
That look was n revelation TO Her
bert Santley: he had TO cseen that. in
any circumstances, his temperance
must be n shock to tie & ri W fe who
thought she had seen bin drown.
1t was sheer accident that had
brought him Thus face TO face with
Grace, for he had hop d first 10 break
the news TO Ruth or Mrs. Leger. But
ii was not dread OF a supernatural
presence or the shock OF an unwonted
OF absolute despair.
Weak from ~ilIess, the man stag
gered under the shock. AMI caught gid
Oily AT the gate for support. But Grace
misunderstood tie gesture. and drew
back with a shr-ACer that brought a
pitiful smile to his lis.
"Do not fear" he saif. pan Ing be-
tween every word; II shall lot touch
you! ! begin 70 understand. A though
i escaped death, ] should II [ Lave re-
turned"
Grace did not answer. Even In al
the terror and angu s1 OF her though $
there was beginning T. m'n2le a faint
pity for Herlelt. Sire NJ as he was 10
wreck her happine: and that of q I
far dearer than herself, he looked
more like a dead than a lying man,
you were s3iappy ,Nystifsas me he
continued, in a hollow, ga ing voice,
which was broken fvelx now and theu
by a racking cough. IL should have
remembered that you,never pretended
to love me AhIltItE1 d Mould prob
ably rejoice la the freedom that came
through my DEATH ,g.nNs +. ~
II did mott" sho exclaimed, eagerly.
'Heavep knows that | sorrowed for
sou4 aud can bear Witness that ON that
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-24
CHAPTER VIII.

Through the hall, past the room in
which the wedding presents were art
istically displayed. up the iower-lined
staircase, they carried the man whose
presence acts as a blight upon all
around.
II think he is-deadr' Tom Carlton
whispered. with a hurried, abashed
look, as they laid the still senseless
burden down upon the bed.
But Vincent shook his head. His
c~ountenance had settled into a stony,
rigid calm that gave but little clue to
his feelings: and Tom Carlton. whose
honest heart ached with a sympathy
50 intense that he found II hard work
to keep the tears out Of his eyes
watched him with mingled amazement
and alarm. How could he be SO
thoughtful. so helpful, so quiet In
speech and movement, when his heart
must be broken?
IF 1t were my case, now-if any 9TH
er fellow claimed my Ruth, and did SO
by so cruelly-indisputable a right,
should go raving mad--I should kill
him or myself! Anyway, | could not
bear ii as he does-and Ruth Is not my
wife yet"
1T is not DEATH Vincent's quiet
voice broke in upon his revery; she
has tainted from loss of blood. But
the swoon is dangerously prolonged.
| must fetch a doctor at once"
"But-but-a doctor! There will be
so much gossip"
Vincent's contemptuous look cut the
sfsmmering interruption short. and
made Tom feel guilty of abominable
meanness.
"Al1 right, old fellowy' the latter
said. wretchedly. II am talking like
an ass, l know; but I meant only
ITO be kind. You thought only Of
Gracie-I know" Mr.. Erie interrupt
ed, drawing his breath quickly ami
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-24
Italian students OF Murder.

The Italian politicians of the six
teenth century were the prisoners par
excellence. They made the distillation
of deadly potions the study vi their
lives. The famous, or rather infamous,
If 1t be better, Council of Ten of Ven
ice had in their constant employ men
who knew how to make poisons, and
men who knew how to administer
them without being detected. The
council, with the three inquisitors of
state, had under consideration at one
time 81 proposals for the assassination
of people whose actions were supposed
to be inimical to the Venetian state.
Among those whose killing was secret
ly and coolly considered for political
reasons were the Emperor Sigismund,
Nautilus, Corvinus, Marsilio Carrara,
Filippo Maria Visconti, the sultan,
Charles VIII. and Pope Plus w. Rec
ords Of state extant show that the
council appointed a committee, the
members Of which were ito inform
themselves of the most cautious and
secret manner by which II will be
possible to put to death, by means Of
poison or in other ways, the bitter
enemies of our state" 1t Is not known
whether the ten advertised for bids or
not, but an ancient document shows
that n John of Ragusa, on Dec. Ia,
1913, sent an assassination tariff TO
the council, declaring in an accom-
panying letter that he would work
wonders in killing anybody by an in
vention OF his own" On the success
of his experiment he was { o receive
1,500 ducats for life, In addition 10 a
set sur for each killing. John agreed
to assassinate the Grand Turk for 500
ducats; the king OF Spain for loo du-
cats, exclusive Of travelling expenses;
the duke Of Milan for GO ducats: the
marquis Of Manchua for so ducats, and
his holiness the pope for 100 ducats.
The council of ten entered into an
agreement with John, but death cut
his career short before any of his
victims had sufficiently offended the
Venetian to deserve removal"
Some Of the famous poison distil-
lers OF this period were Peter Paul
Of Padna and Michele del Nievo. In
the village Of Puvignago there were
three poison-makers, who were SIM
ply called those of the p~oisons.e
There was a celebrated poison distil-
Ter at this time by the name OF MI
chael Angelo Salamon. This choice
character distilled his poison from the
people stricken with the black plague.
He undertook a contract with the
council OF ten to impregnate great
bolts Of cloth with his deadly concoc-
ton, sell the cloth to Turkish con-
tractors, and thus spread pestilence
and death through the whole Turkish
army. The council spoke of this prop
osition as a most virtuous one, but
feared Its failure. Subsequent events
proved their fears were not ground
less.
These Italian experts In deadly con
coctions made poisons that were slow
OF rapid in their effects. and poisons
that killed by the touch. Three hand
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-24
Chinese MedaIna

occasion
The Chinese place a sign,a.'
on every color. and in connaae
a wedding, red obtains ! ''0a
mysterious Importance, the o
color in value being gold ,A' :
trothal, the bridegroom-eleo. I
sweetheart a pair Of bracele,. 'saa
together with a piece OF red ~
cord. The bride ard bridegroa s.sa
TWO wine-cups at the weddin5 |
are also connected by a red :.
northern China the attendanss
tall felt hats, and each hal l..
feather stuck upright in i. ~ .
PENDANTS also carry the weda,, Y
ents. A sedan-chair bears NJ !
herself. In South China a sas,. .
wonderfully gilded is used !.
wealthy classes, and il i A..
with what at first sight anna.rs !
brilliant inlaid stones, bur wh,,s
in reality the glossy featber. !.
king-fisher. A handsome clo,s
glowing red with trimmed bords,
also thrown over the chair /,
case of the pooper classes. red /,
the prevailing bridal color and !.
of ordinary carved wood nain..
bright red, is used. Above tba !
OF the chair a kind of charm i.
carded or hung upon a red cloth
chair itself is sent by the brjdegr
accompanied by what eorrespond,
CTR best man. This functionary Nj
With him a letter written in ysIlO,
gold upon red paper, praying The
to enter and take her place. Men 4,
ed all In red and carrying red uar
containing the presents fall iDto
procession Other bearers carry boa
and banners. inscribed in golden
tiers upon a red ground. III
banners tell the pedigree Of both
ties. Behind the bearers come d
attendants with long poles on vi
are hung very handsome lants
The bridal veil is of bright erin
hue and her dress regal gold and i
let.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-24

some seals, beautifully cut. =.
to the king OF France = 1sFs
Whcn the package was opsns.' I
pened that the three slasaa asdi 4
died the pretty trinkets ,.n ~as
floor in commissions and . ~ =
pired. Then the seals were n,1a
with a pair of tongs and tbs s'sE'
the Seine. 0#n
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-24
singular Case OF Ao

A few months ago a yoa s,rio
good Italian family, nams sasS
brario. while attempting = i. 4
peak in the Maritime Alps . ,U,' ! W
and on che following morn ls,s srss
party found his body terl,'q i ! !
and bruised at the Do.,o nis ~
crevasse. Count cibrario, - I'D
who was at Turin. and Aa ~ ultu|
Of his sons expedition on - 81 (
the accident, aroused the sssrs id
family, announcing with team hin
VIC was dead. He had seen trss
tinctly. he said. blood aov, md {
battered head, and naa II ts
words spoken in a vo o,ioosd dss
anguish: Father, saad al
precipice and broke my ns' clbr
dead, quite dead" cou NV rsti1f'
should be added. is a ssly III
fact person in sound a, uu il ant
never affected spiritua .,s,l attesta'
and the incident Is wen 4 who al
himself and all his family r,,rin.
known and respected 81 I
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-24
Medfocrity.

Meek Husband-You ought % re-
member, Henrietta. that you married
ne for better or worse.
Aggressive Wife-That's just Ii! I
got fooled. You are neither.-Chicago
Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-24

|po not think ink
'rent that cons
q strike you :,
lies not come
|Ecreeps its wa!
|frst, you think nls
ID; nothingtbau '
E~eht;then :
M the fever
The ~suddennes
a hemo
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-24

If you drive dun cane rreueI.
probably returned
Middletown transcript., 1898-04-30

Old Point Comfort and Washington
The last of the present series of four day
tours to Old Point Comfort and Washing
ton under the Personally Conducted Tour
ist System of the Pennsylvania Railroad
will leave New York Saturday, April %.
The party will travel by the Cape Charles
Route to Old Point Comfort, where one day
will bespent; thence by boat up the Poto-
mac River to Washington, spending two
days at that point. Round-trip rate includ
ing transportation, meals en- route, trans
fers, hotel accommodations. berth on stea-
mer and all necessary expenses, 5000 from
New York; $21.00 from Trenton; $3.50
from Philadelphia. Proportionate rates
from other points.
OLD POINT COMFORT ONLY -
Tickets to Old Point Comfort only, includ-
ing one and three-fourths days board at
that place, and good to return direct by
regular traius within six days, will be sold
in connection with this tour at rate 1900
from New York, $500 from Trenton, $14.00
from Philadelphia, and proportionate rates
from other points. At slight additional
expense tourists can extend the trip to Yir-
ginia Beach with Accommodations at the
Princess Anne Hotel.
For itineraries and full information apply
to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, 1876 Broad
way, New York; 7s9 Broad Street. Newark;
N. J.; or Geo. w. Boyd, Assistant General
Passenger Agent. Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia.
Middletown transcript., 1898-04-30


talk on that ship fairly made me i'll at
times There were only two topics for
general conversation, and those were
diamonds and their prices, and when
any one wanted to be brilliantly original
he talked about the King Diamond and
drew pictures Of it in lead pencil on
the back Of our wine lists. I should
think I must have heard the history of
that internal stone at least $4,000
times, counting all the variations-how
a Kafir found it in the blue clay, how
he swallowed it, how they gave him
medicine, how three ]. d. B. kopje wal
lopers from Petticoat lane were after 1t,
how the proper owners safeguarded it
with guns and a six ton burglar proof
box, how half the white men in the
Cape did obeisance to it through iron
bars at half guinea head, how syn
dicates were formed to buy up tenth