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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-21
At the Wednesday evenin,

At the Wednesday evening
Assembly last week (Which the
editor of The Press had the pleas
ure of attending y the Superintend-
ent talked about the work in the
shoe shop and Used two pairs Of
shoes which were made by two of
the boys for illustration. One of
them was made by Baptistc Rcddog, and
was finished up in nice style, as good as
would he done i'm most white mems shops.
Baptistc was highly praised as being the
model shoemaker of the school. The 9TH
err pair was exhibited as tho work of the
hoy who didn't care"
Yesterday evening the talk was on the
subject OF Mistakes" and lhc illustration
was story founded on the following fact
Tine Other. day good big healthy Indian
was offered a job at cutting ice by the
boss farmer at the Agency at sl.25 a day
He made the mistake of declining the
job. went and filled up on booze (mistake)
was sentcpced to thirty days in the guard
house (another mistake) and then had tt
still cut ice and get nothing but his board
for it,
Miss Amey Sheppard presided at the
piano, and the full band, In uniform, rem
dered three excellent numbers, including
the march at the close of the meeting.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-01

which was produced was found to
have horns and for fear that 1t might
harm the listless Nero, the chicken
was substituted.
When the pullet was thrown into
the cage Nero punced upon it fear
1essly and it looked as tho the chick
en- would not last longer than min
ute at the most.
But Nero made fatal mistake. In
stead Of scrunching the fowl at once,
he merely held it between his great
paws with the purpose of indulging
in a preliminary g1oat or two.
The chickens head and neck were
free and the chicken begun to use
them with the energy which the sit
uation called for
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-01

against gas are doubled in most respects.
The 90, Zoo, 900 incandescent lamps burning
nightly become 100000. The 100000 arc
lamps-Shelley's ''insistent sisters of the
day"-become $780, 900. Were it not for the
universal use Of the gas stove and the
prevalence Of the gas engine one narvels
what would have become Of the nlum-
inant of our fathers.
Such is the pace at which we live to-
day that while millions of people In this
country have not yet got up to the stage
of civilization represented by the use of
gas, but when they encounter it casually
employ it suicidally, other millions have
outgrown and discarded it. and will have
none Of it even for curling iron. or a
chafing dish. let alone for lighting. To put
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-01
gas. There are now close upon 1000 cleo

gas. There are now close upon 1900 cleo
trio light central stion sin America, but by
the census of 1900 there We're then only SIT
gas plants, and the number was not grow
ing perceptibly. The gas plants were earn
ing~an income of $1,000, 000., Last year
the central stations earned $50, 600, 600. The
cost Of construction and equipment OF
both was over $500, 100000. Gas employed
22,4G0 men and electric light % 300
But this Is only half the story. It is
estimated that there are over $4,000 iso-
lated electric light plants in this country.
and that they represent as many lamps
as do the central stations. New York city
has 1000 of them, and some, like that in
the Waldorf-Ast would run many an
ambitious western city. Hence, the figures
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-01

He pecked away at the lions jowl.
Nero was surprised and then in-s
dignant.
He dropped the chicken and backed
to the other side Of the cage and re-
garded the bird with mixed feelings.
with the ec1at which belongs to the
first pullet that ever went into a lions
mouth and lived to crow about it.
s. c. Halter, the business manager,
had feared that the Humane society.
might interfere, but there was no need
for interference in behalf Of the
chicken.
II the lion and the lamb are
brought together steps will be taken
to insure fair play for the lion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-01

it briefly, the use Of electricity for lighting
In New York state alone has increased
over 1900 per cent in ten years. and the
use of electricity for power, also from
central stations, has increased in the de-
cade nearly 1900 per cent. And yet cleo
{tricians are inclined to think they have
only just started in.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-01
BIG LION
And Tiny Rooster Had a Fight and
Neryy Fowl Was Victor.
st. Louis POST Dispatch.

st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The lion and the chicken had a bout
at the Zoo yesterday afternoon and
the chicken won.
Nero. the biggest lion in the bunch
has been off his feed for some time
and 1t was decided to try to whet his
appetite on a spring chicken.
It had been intended to pit the ira
ditional enemies, the lion and the lamb
against each other, but the lamb
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-01
A FINAL SLAP.
philadelphia Press.

You know you promised to release me, = said
her quondam loyer:'I come TO you now for the
fulflment of that promise. wish to marry Miss
Wryyell." ssas55s s. s5E4 RI - -5fss
''I will release YOU IL you Will promise me
something, - she said. ~ 49, ,zrssgs
Name 1t. fsssa1t =
ST have always heard her teeth were false.
When you find out, let me know II it's true
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-01
ELECTRICITY LEADS
Gas Is Mo Longer the General iliuminant
In This Country. s
Electrical World and Engineer.

Electrical World and Engineer.
The public is accustomed to think Of,
gas as still the leading illuminant, but,
while this is probably true in Europe. in
the United States the scepter of light has
definitely passed to electricity. The figures
4ust issued by our census office are, in
deed, startling. Gas had nearly seventy
five years start over its competitor. but it
now appears to be decidedly in second
place. Yet there is no denying the fact
that the introduction of the brilliant cleo
trio light central stations In America, but
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-01

Don't forget, we make good or replace s
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-01
Embroideries

10000, yards fine Swiss, Main
sock and Cambria Embroider-
les divided into five lots
Lot 1-Value to SOC; reor-
ganization sale ..21c
Lot 2-Value to 79c; reor-
ganization sale 33c
Lot 3-Value to Soc; reor-
ganization sale 43c
Lot 4 Value to $1.50; reor-
ganization sale .63c
Lot -5-Value to- So; reor-
ganization sale $50
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-01
Mems Furnishings

We have been so busy attending the want
late yet to secure your Easter outfit at 2
sale prices on all Mems Furnishings. = III.
Mems New Spring Dress and Negligee Con
Shirts, worth SIPS, at....... OUO
bs sur sSIts %b s H nsa .c5 Paafy 89c
Me- Msn xS sys5 St u black blue and 75c
M NJ e. 9sss 4 full regular made hose 5c
Mems Silk Ties, in four-in-' .ands and G0n
tecks, worth SOC, at. ..... =. ~
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13
Nerve-Timing.

A curious instance OF the care and
ninuteness with which the human body
is now studied, in the effort better to
understand its powers and functions, is
furnished by a paper read recently at
a meeting of the Royal Society in Lon
don on the '.Rapiditv of the Nervous
Impulse III Tall and Short individuals. >
Even the difference in time required for
a nerve telegram" to traverse the bodies
of different people is regarded as mat
ter OF scientific importance A series
of observations has shown that the
length of the nerve does affect the veloc-
ity with which an impulse passes be-
tween the brain and the extremities, and
consequently that more time is needed
if the path is long than if it is short.
1t follows that a short man should feel
step on his corns quicker than a tall
man, but the difference is so slight that
the offender has no better chance of
escape in one than in the other.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13

Baroness Won GlueIner, the famous
diamond bride" of half century ago,
has returned to New York to live, aft
er having spent fifty years abroad. Dur
ing the greater part of this time she
lived in Cuba. At the time of her we'd
ding to Don Estaban Santa Cruz de
.Oviedo, a wealthy and handsome Cuban.
who was her first husband. She was
known as the most beautiful woman in
New York And her wedding was
spoken Of as the most brilliant that New
York had ever known up TO that time,
which was in 1880 All these things
have been forgotten in the lapse of
time, for the baroness is now 70 years
old Don Estaban Santa Cruz de
Oyeido was worth about S.. 100000 when
he laid siege to the heart of Miss Bart
lett. That was a lot of money in those
days. The wedding took place in the
Mott Street cathedral and Archbishop
Hughes performed the ceremony This
was the first of the long and brilliant
series of international marriages TO be
contracted between titled foreigners and
beautiful New York women Unlike
much of those following both fortune
and title belonged to the husband. The
baroness was the daughter of Captain
Bartlett, an officer in the United States
arIl1y
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13
And the Horse Never Kicked.

There is a story, showing something
of the intricacies of the English lam
guage, of business man, who, know
ing nothing of horses, took his wife for
a drive. He was anxious about the
disposition of the horse he was to drive
and was assured by the liveryman from
whom he hired it that the animal was
perfectly, safe as long as the reins were
not allowed to become mixed up with
his tail. The city man hesitated, but
was encouraged to proceed by the as
surance: IF you just keep the rein
away from his tail he will be all right.
AS he returned Tile horse in the even
ing the lveryman said We'll, I see
you have had no trouble, s'Oh, no.
said the man; we had only one shower
while We were out and my wife held
her umbrella over his tail while that
lasted
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13
speaker oannon'a ..poker Face ,

It is not thought that Speaker Can
non will ever see a better picture of
himself than that winch hangs in the
house appropriation committee. He
posed for the painting without being
aware that he was doing so. Old mem
bers of the committee, of which Mr..
Cannon was chairman so long, wanted
a good portrait of their colleague, but
Freeman Thorpe, the artist engaged,
could not get Just the expression sought
FINALLY two conspirators engaged the
Danville statesman in conversation
whites Mr.. Thorpe watched his victim
Several subjects were brought up, and
then one of the two told poker story.
The artist at once got busy" with his
sketch In a few minutes he had
caught Cannon's poker face and the
result is the picture now hanging in the
committee room
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13
Profits of Literary Piracy.

The octogenarian. Mr.. Charles Henry
Clarke, just dead, netted a clear 100000
out of Uncle 4 om's Cabin" That was
IN the evil old days when literary piracy
was rampant on both sides of the At
lantic and moral rights" were of less
value than waste paper But Mr. Clarke,
having ideas of his own, took the liberty
of anticipating copyright conventions.by
sending Mrs. Beecher Stowe a thous-
and guineas. Had he acted within the
four corners of the law the authors
check would have been drawn for pre-
cisely 60 os cd.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13

While the Pacific Mail service across
the ocean has been reasonably free
from disaster, the Panama route has.
first and last cost that company many
steamers. In forty years from 1S4s,
oyer thirty were lost; and since then
there have been several. Including the
ill-starred colima. OF the trans-Pa-
cifc vessels we only recall the loss Of
the Rio, the City of Toxic and the
City of New York Yesterdays dis
patches added the Colon to the list of
Pacific Mail Panama steamers piled up
on the rocks.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13

The United States government has
issued a useful circular on the japanese
ordinances and regulations for the pres
ent war. in which the rules for CORE
spondents are embodied. AS showing
the difficulties under which these men
work and the careful watch which is
kept on them, the following is submit
ted:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13
Value of Carrier Pigeons.

The best carrier pigeons are worth
several hundred dollars in the market,
and some cannot be purchased at any
price. During the annual pigeon show
in New York last year $500 and even
$500 was refused by the owners for
some of their choicest pets. The aver
age exhibits were valued at $25 and $50.
Prices, however, do not stand in the
way of the pigeon fancier today, for ex-
cellent honing pigeons can be purchased
for SIS and less. One can start a loft
with half dozen breeders, and within
a few seasons have all the birds de-
sired
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13

Cen George NJ. sternberg suggests,
in one of the reviews, that organized
effort on the part of the Government to
protect the health of the laborers and
others on the Panama canal would be
effective at no great cost. He proposes
first, to bring drinking water in pipes
from the mountains and distribute it
along the ditch. prohibiting the use OF
any other save sterilized bottled water;
second, to compel every man to sleep
under a mosquito bar; third, to use
petroleum upon all places where the
mosquito breeds; fourth, the service of
a hospital corps modelled upon that OF
the army for taking care of the sick
with these precautionary adjuncts,
General sternberg believes the canal
can be built without any extraordinary
mortality.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13
WHITES AND ABoRIGINEs.


The Herrera uprising in German
Southwest Africa is described by the
Berlin papers as the natural result OF
the treatment which the natives have
received from traders. According tc
ohicfal reports there have been the most
ruthless cruelty and injustice to the
people of the soil Lands and cattle
have been seized by them for debts
that have already been paid The
shooting. logging and imprisonment of
innocent natives whose women and
children have been subjected to every
form of horror and cruelty are the
causes of the revolt The German
newspapers do not hesitate to couple
the German soldiers and officials with
the traders.
But this is an old story, as wide as
the march of civilization througia the
world. The Indian wars in North
America, beginning with the acts of the
Pilgrim Fathers who fell upon their
knees and. then upon the aborigines,"
were continued down the centuries in
the. most relentless persecution by
white pioneers. Originally the Indians
welcomed the whites as they did
Columbus and his men at Cat Island
In Massachusetts and Virginia the first
attitude of the red men was concilia-
tory but the conduct of the strangers
soon made them enemies. The muir
derous Apache OF the Southwest was
a product of murderous Spaniards, in
vadIng the land. When Coronado, over
$50 years ago, made his famous march
from Mexico to the buffalo plains of
Kansas. in vain search of the seven
cities OF cibola. he had no serious trou-
Bile with native tribes which, in another
half century, goaded by the conquista-
dores, became the terrors of the desert
The reader of Parkman's Oregon
Trail a classic in the early literature
of the West, will find, to HIS surprise,
that white men were welcome guests
among the Sioux. Parkman, himself.
lived with this great tribe, migrating
with it. and standing in no peril OF his
life. 1t was only when the pioneer adj
vance across the plains came on and
Indians were treated as wild beasts,
that the Indian question became acute.
Swindled by traders, driven from their
homes, shot at whenever they came in |
sight, treaties with them violated, it
was not strange that the American
aborigines turned into Wild beasts and
their white foes in turn. They
are conquered now; but they might
have been conciliated long ago.
OF course the Germans win subdue
the Herrero blacks; they cannot afford !
to do otherwise; but that the blame for
the rebellion is theirs to bear is d fact
established by their own testimony.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13

Even the best of the Eastern Illus
trated weeklies are not above taking
war pictures. In Leslie's Weekly is a
photograph of the crew of the Hiyei. an
old square-rigged school ship. manipu-
iating broadside gun which is not
even pointed through a port hole. The
picture is described as that of the
Hiyers crew taking shot at Port
Arthur" AS the ship is not stripped for
action. and as the Hiyei is not in Togo's
feet and as the whole scene is peace
full drill. the probability is that the
photograph was taken long ago. per-
haps in San Francisco bay. Certainly
st was never taken on an active man
of-war in the presence of the enemy
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13
wades In Snow Barefooted .

Clayborn Martin, negro evangelist,
has created much excitement and curios-
ity among the people of Danville, KY,
by going about the streets this winter
in the coolest weather, with snow six
inches on the ground. in his bare feet
and without a hat. He has not worn
either of these articles for the last
three years.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13

Things seem to be brewing in the
war district. A cannonade heard from
Chefoo is supposed to mean q naval
engagement between there and Port
Arthur Signs of trouble are also noted
on the Yalu Newchwang has been in
a panic for some days.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13

ent shall wear European dress and put
on a low round-shaped cap. with
VISOR, and attach on his left arm 4
strip of white wooden cloth 1 sun C1I9s
inchesl wide, with the characters
paper correspondent on it.
Art. 7. \ newspaper correspondent
shall always carry his permit, men
toned in article L with him and shall
show it when asked by army or navy
authorities
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13

search need not go. and enables the
hamburger to be perfectly assured that
what he buys is his. It would be a
pity to lose the realty guarantees which
the Torrens law confers, a proposition
upon which lawyers and real estate ex-
perts are united.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13

The Russian fleet can get no great
consideration when. on every appear
ance of the japanese naval forces. it
hugs the forts and plays '1ong BALI
with the enemy. 4 Farragut or Paul
Jones would go to sea IN that fleet and
do something with it, not challenge the
japanese to meet it inshore, where the
forts may take hand. Each appear
ance of Admiral Togo is an invitation
to Admiral Makarof to come out and
fight, but the Russian commander
usually has business right at home.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-13

Every now and then. when a sale of
realty is made, an unknown mortgage
turns UP which. If paid, had never been
cancelled In land recording here an
amazing laxity has prevailed. with the
result that many titles are unneces-
sarily clouded. The Torrens law en-
a6ies the landowner. at slight expense.
10 get new title, back of which a
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-08
Reynolds.

Matte L. Hand was born Feb. %,
1882; died June 80, 1904. At the age
OF twelve years, she united with the
Church OF Christ, and has lived a con-
sistent Christian life, loved by all who
knew her. She was the Oldest daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hand, of Indian
Greek township, Anderson county, Kan
sas Lett without mother in early
girlheod, she was called upon to take the
responsibility Of the home, until her
marriage to l.. d. Reynolds. Feb. Is,
1908 She leaves husband lonely in
his bereavement, and little son but a
few hours old; besides thesc,:a father, a
brother, two sisters and large circle of
friends to mourn her death Though she
has gone from this world, her influence
still lives in the community where she so
nobly did lite's work. The funeral. con.
Quoted by the writer, was held at the
Christian church IN Colony. Elder
Fred Schmitt assisted in the services
The extreme sadness of the occasion or
ly brings to our minds the impartialitv
of the Reaper of Death.
We know not the time when He cometh,
At even, or midnight, or morn.
1t may be at deepening twilight.
1t NAV be at earliest dawn
He bids US to watch and be ready,
Nor suffer our lights to grow dim.
That when He may come, He may find us
All waiting and watching tor Him.
{. f. LINCOLN
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-08
Musical EVANGELIST.

Prof. H. B Britt, OF the University Of
Kentucky. one of the greatest gospel
singers of the country, may be heard,
Wednesday evening, July 18th, at the
Second Baptist church in our city.
Mr.. Britt, under the soubriquet OF the
BLACK Sankey," has Travelled extensive
ly and sung to many thousands in the
largest cities Of America.
Nature has gifted this Young man
with rich baritone voice. which. being
thoroughly cultivated. he rejected the
glaring offers OF the stage to consecrate
his time and talents to the service OF his
Master
During tire last few wears, he has as
sisted Rev. +. A. Wilson in evangelistic
work, and no small part of their n.
qualihed success was due to the wonder
full singing of Prof Britt. Lovers of
high.class vocal music will not miss the
opportunity to hear him. Admission, Is
cents.