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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-10-22
RUSSIANS BEATEN BACK.
Thousands of Their Dead Are Leh
Everywhere.

Toxic, Oct. 15.-General kuropaf
kIn's southern advance has been oeas
en- back and his army is in retreat
He is, however, still doggedly hgnunS
so as to spare the Russian army lron
an utter rout.
Field marshal Oyama's triumpnan'
troops have driven the Russians nOiI
to line along the Shakhe river in',
are vigorously pressing the pursu"
and will probably inflict stln more .
we're damage on Kuropatklns loi.'s :,
AS a result of the bloody Da.'ie !
October IA the Russians left 2OOV ueal
on the field they lost. Field MAS =
Oyama estimates the Russian losses :
over 10000. me
The fighting continued al! aions MT
entire line today and the end = 81
near. It seems to be imposslDle =.
the Russians to rally, and inc, me
probably be pressed back aciO'S
nun The late latest advices are that the Rus
slams left $500 dead in front :. pus
eraI Kuroki's army alone. NO 20.
sian losses there are estlma'eu
900 men. - found
General Oku reports that n 1ora the
and buried 1000 Russians DeiO''
battle of October IA.
,,u1ord such %
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-10-22

A tax on racing in Englanu u hasls,
is proposed, viz: on the rie vear.
would produce $1O,OOO,OOO
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-10-22

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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
FAMILY RECORDS.
4 Number That Give to the World
Something Startling in the
Way Of Prolifcaey.

Lady Temple, Of Stowe, England, is
said to have lived to see the greatest
number Of descendants of any person.
She died in 1856, survived by no less
than 700 descendants.
A few years ago Mrs. Sadie SILVER,
of southern Georgia, had 235 children,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren,
and Is more were dead. The old lady
lived to see 80 Of her descendants.
In the college of Heralds is preserved
O petition from one Thomas GreenhilI
praying to Earl Marshal that, in con-
sideration of your petitioner being the
seventh son and the thirty-ninth child
of one father and mother, your grace
would be pleased to signalize by some
mark or augmentation in my coat Of
arms to transmit to posterity so uneom-
mon a thing.
In the year 1866, on the evidence OF
a man named John Delayal, there were
living in the neighborhood of NeWcas-
tle-on-Tyne, England, SO men ano
women, all sons and daughters Of a
Scottish weaver, and, stranger still,
they were the remnants of a family
which had originally numbered 81.
There are records of a century ago.
which tell Of the So children of John
Parkinson, a Yorkshire farmer; of the
Urquhart family, numbering Sc; Mrs.
Milbourne, who was the mother of 30,
and John Scott, who had g.
Still another record. says the New
York Herald, is that of Mrs. Josephine
Ormsby, of Chicago, who had IA chill
dren at seven births. They included one
set of triplets, two pairs Of twins, three
singles and one set of quadruples. These
latter brought fortune, for Mrs. Orms-
by made $3.50 a week by exhibiting them
in dime museum.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
PRECIOUS STONES IN 1908.
Facts of Interest Concerning the Pro
duction of Gems in United
States.

Mr.. George F. KunZ is authority for
duction of precious stones increases Ii
the United States from year to year.
In a report recently made to the United
States geological survey he gives the
value Of the precious stones produced
in the United States in 1908 as 1921, 400
This production was a little less valua.
BILE than that of 1902, which was rated
at 1925, $50, but was worth considerably
more than that of 1901, which was valued
at $3.50, $50.
The total value of the imports Of
precious stones in 1903 was $26, 522 ,52a
as against $24, 753, $50 in 1902, S22, SIS ,35a
in 1901, and s13,561 ,588 in 1900.
Mr.. Kunz's report on precious stones
is more attractive than usual this
year, for it contains a great amouns
eious stones of other countries as well
as those of the United States. The in
creased interest in this country in tho
production Of precious stones has re.
suited in bringing together a splendid
exhibit of these beautiful products CT
nature at the Louisiana Purchase expo
sition at st. Louis, where thousands az
visitors have seen and studied them.
This valuable report is an extract
from the surveys volume entitled
Mineral Resources of the United
States, 1903" but it is also published
in pamphlet form. and may
be obtained on application to the d.
rector of the United States geological
survey, Washington, D. G.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
TIE DAYS OF EALa

These are the day@these- days of fafls
Now through the haze there comes a call
Far off and sweet. thrilling hail
That lures the feet to some dim trail,
To some worn way through solitudes
Where autumn gray, in silence broodss
The hills. asleep in drifts of smoke;
Brown leaves that heap beneath the oaks
Red leaves that drip from tree and vine
As though they sip Some wondrous wine
That makes them browse, all languor
filled,
Their lazy boughs stained where it spilled.
zNe partridge whirrs. the pheasant
drums,
The squirrel chirrs-the woodland huns
When earlE gales strip bush and tree
As ragged sails are stripped at sea,
And spicy leaves blow high and loW
In airy weayes flung to and fro.
The changing skies bend to the stream
That idly lies as though adream-
and still the way leads on and on
AdoWn the day from night to dawn.
And through the haze there floats a call
These are the days-these days of faliI
w. -. ID tR Chicago Daily Tribune.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
TOMMY WANTED PLAYMATE
But when the Baby Was Kept from
Him he Thought He Pre-
ferred a Goat.

Little fiye-year-old Tommy Wlnstoa
had been worrying his father ABOUT
purchasing a pony The little fellow
felt that he needed some kind OF q
PLAYMATE. Tommy's father assured
him that it was impossible for him 70
buy a pony. Il would cost too macn
and. besides, he would have to puma
a stable, writes SiIas x. Floyd, II LIP
pincctt's Magazine.
And you'd have to buy hay, TOO,
wouldn't your chimed in Tommy.
There was a. lull in the eonVersa-
ton. BY and by, thinking to appease
the troublesome youngster, MI. WIN
ston said:
Some day the Lord will send you q
little brother Tommy, and then you
will have all the playmate that you
will want
WELL said Tommy, 7 wish the
Lord would hurry up, cause I'd rather
have a, brother than a pony, anyhow, /
think
Some months later Tommy's papa
told him that his little brother had
come from heaven. Tommy was de-
lighted. When they allowed him to
go in to see the new arrival niue
Tommy was laughing and chuckIlng
in high glee. He wanted to kiss the
baby: he wanted to hold him ~ MS
arms, and actually desired to take
him out for a stroll When he found
that he could not do any of these
things, then he asked a thousand
questions did the Lord have many
little babies in heaven?' WAS all the
little babies angels?" Did all the
Lords little babies have no teeth?N'
and SO on.
Five or six days after the coming OF
the little brother Tommy's pleasure
began to moderate somewhat. The
nurse had told him that he must stay
out of the room if he couldn't keep
quiet. Not an hour passed during the
day but that she would open the door
and halloo. .sSh-sh! Don't make SO
much noise; you'll wake up the baby
1t was net long before Tommy de-
cided that the little brother was more
OF a curse ludI d DlSSSlllS- #IiG ll10uso4ll
he would take his troubles to his
father One evening he went into the
library and climbed upon his fathers
knee
Papa" he said. 81 tell you don't
want my little baby brother, after all.
I think I'd rather have a Eony.''
Before his father could recover
from his establishment Tommy Went
on
why don't you take little baby
brother and swap him for pony?''
Il couldn't do that. my SON. said
Mr.. Winston.
Tommy thought awhile, and then
said:
.eWell, maybe nobody would give
you a pony for him, but don't you
think somebody would let YOU have at
least a goat if you was to let EN- have
little BROTHER -
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Horses Trick

An incident is related Of a horse, kind,
intelligent and good natured, but as fun
OF Jun as q person might be, as will be
seen BY the joke he played upon some
Doys. Ihere We're four Of the lads, and
one day they undertook to ride the horse
bareback, all at once. Dobbin gave no
warning Of his intentions, but walked
OF, apparently almost asleep, until he
reached stream of water, into which
ne walked and laid down, empty1ng all
the four boys into the water, and then,
turning, galloped home.-Nature
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Conveniently neat

The late John MacMahon, of The
Irish bar, although Celt, had a pom
derpus, heavy style, and no sense Of
hllmor. On account Of being deaf he
agreed, out of policy, with any re-
marks made by the Judge. even though
he did not understand what was
said. On one occasion he was appear
iEg before a master Of the rolls, who
thought that MacMahon was arguing
rather elementary law for such court
as his. "You are speaking as il I
were mere tyro in the law, Mr.. Mac
Mahon," said the master of the rolls.
testify. ttQuite so, my lord said
counsel. airi1y, proceeding with his
argument obliyio1s Of what the judge
had safd.-Argoaaut-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Embarrassing Inquiry.

81 don't see anything the matter with
your elbow, Mr.. Chaser, said Bobby,
who had forgotten his mothers inianc-
ton to keep still at the dinner table.
There isn't anything the matter with
It, Bobbie, innocently replied the guest.
What made you think there Was?,
Why. / heard papa say that you were
a nice fellow, except that you crooked
your elbow too much; but it looks all
right to me.
Then Bobbie retired, but not in good
order.-Cincinnat Commercial Tribune.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
T WAS THE LAST STRAW.
The Repetition of That Really Made
Him Rely and His Wife
Finished Him.

Mr. Hartman would have liked to en-
ploy the half-hour spent in the last train
to Paradise Corner in reading the even
ing news, but behind him sat pair of
giggling girls, says Youths Compan-
ion.
Father thinks the Russians haven't
the ghost of a chance" he heard.
Really said the second voice.
MN; that's what he thinks, and IA
ther knows lot. He's splendid wealth
er prophet, you know
Really
Oh, yes, and he always can tell the
way the elections are coming out, for
mayor and president and the school
board, and every thingS'
.Really!''
yes, and he's pretty generous to me.
too. He gave me the money for one Of
those new long coats to-day
Really,
Eyes. And oh, did you know every
thing is to be brown this season? That's
what my cousin says
Really"
Yes Oh, did you know Helen'z
cousin is awfulIy ill-that handsome ona
and hardly expected to liver
Really
My DEAR said Mr.. Hartman, as he
YEARLY submitted to his Wife's evening
salutation and fell into the nearest chair,
Il am worn out. There was a girl be-
hind me in the car who said: 1Reallys'
somewhere near g thousand timesp
Mrs. Hartman laid a cool and sooth-
ing hand on his brow.
"Oh,. not reaIy!n she said, as she
smoothed the wrinkle between his eye
broWs.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Mixing Natl19sI History,

The Dayentry lEngIand) Express
grew indignant recently at contempo-
rary who did not believe a French ST
German army could ever land in Eng
land. To pooh-pooh the idea of this
country ever being invaded. wrote the
editor, is to follow the example of the
camel, which buries It's head in the sand
when an enemy approaches" To which
Punch retorted: Surely the author OF
this apothegm must have meant to re-
fer to the ostrich, which, in these cir
eumstances, has habit of putting his
eye through a needle. youths Com
panion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
MISERY of seIfshness.

How can he be otherwise than mise1-
able who attends only to his own inter
ests who claims to himself no share in
the happiness and prosperity Of man
kind. whom friendship cannot warn nor
charity inspire? Living only to him.
self, he can but reflect back upon him
self his own weakness and imbecility.-
Henry Turner.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Making a Close Distinction.

Benevolent Party-Young man. I'm
sorry to see you thus idling away the
golden hours Of youth. Every time I
look out of my parIor window / see
you sitting on this fire dydrant.
The young man-What's til matter
with you? What are you giyin' me?
I amt idle when I'm dom nothing.
I'm a sewer inspector.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
As a Protection.

The skin Of the men and women Of
some nations is much thicker than
that Of others. Par icuIar1y is this the
case in hot countries The Central AT
rican negro has a skin about half as
thick again as that of a European.
That of negro is thiekest over the
head and back-eyidently to form q
protection from the burning rays OF a
tropical sun.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Chinese and the Plague

The Chinese are convinced that the
plague is the work Of demons. One way
OF getting even with them is to advance
the date Of New Year by several GAYS.
This, they aver, confuses the demons
and when they find out how thew have
been fooled they are ashamed and stink
away with their plague.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Germ HoIif7av

The state of Utah hes 'esta ffished ;
holiday in honor of germs. It is called
9enefal Health Day and is the first
MONDAY IN October. On this daa ali
tneaters, churches, public halls. hotels.
poaTaing houses, etc. must be thor
oughly disinfeeted.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Rer1in,s Mail Tnhes.

Mail collectors in Berlin are not need
ed to gather the contents of the pillar
boxes. These boxes are connected with
the post office by pneumatic tubes. Al
stated intervals the machinery is set in
motion, and in few minutes the letters
are whirled from each pillar box to the
gorters' table in the post Office.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Prison Practice

In the British military prisons the
prisoners practice rifle shooting. gym
nastics and signaling, and those who.
are TO be discharged from the army at
the end Of their terms learn rad 5s If -
they have none.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Probably a Newspaper Re1.

= pee that works only at aIght 10
leund. IN the iung1es Of india. It IS
an unusually large insect, the coDabs
oelng often six feetlong. four feet wide.
ana from four inches to six inches tbieE
Lahore Tribune. ~
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Lie an Airchin

There is victory in the air!" said the
enthusiastic man.
Yes, answered the cool, calculating
politician. 1T is in the air all right
The thing for us to do is to land It. -
Washington Star.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Women at Nen's Work.

Nearly 80 per cent more women are
working this year at mems labor than
worked ten years. ago, while the i'll
crease of male workers is only trihe
OYER Is per cent.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Can't LET Their Go.

.De easiness wifi which some people
Is fooled" said Uncle Eben. is what
temps many a man daf. might be honest
to go astray. w Washington Star.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-31
Worthy of Faith.

4 faith which breed heroes is hetteg
than an unbelief which leaves nothing
worth being a hero for.-O. II. Holmes.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-29
THEODORE KOEHN, PROP.
REV Ill
Item, July 81. 1904.

Item, July II. l3o4.
Mike Belford, living six miles south
of town met with a very serious ac-
cident one day last week. He had
been blasting in a 80 feet deep we'll
and after the blasting he went down
to remove the rocks. When near the
top the loaded bucket broke from it's
fastenings, and rock and bucket came
down on Mr.. Belford's head, rendering
him senseless. 1t took some time be-
fore help could be summoned and Mr..
Belford hoisted out of the well. DR..
church was sent for and dressed the
wounds, and Mr.. Belford was able to
come to Revillo last Tuesday to have
his wounds looked to.
Miss Margruite Conley has accepted
a position in T. III. Peevers's depart
ment store in Sisseton and has al
ready gone to work.
One of j. J. Hougan's boys had
quite an exciting experience last
Tuesday. The young lad thought a
pair of steady old horses didn't begin
to come up to his requirement for
speed in front of a haymover, SO he
hitched up a more frisky team, and
got more speed than is practically
necessary when moving hay. The
Team got the best of the boy and ran
away, smashing the mover all to
pieces. By good luck neither boy nor
horses got hurt.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-29
TWIN BROOKS
Grant County News, July II, 1904.

oouhty ~No"5t Az o0I
Quite a number of the farmers COM
menced cutting their barley this week.
The crop is heavy, and if stacked be-
fore it rains it will be of the best
grade.
Mr.. Rogers expects to start the
erection of a new residence on his
lots in the west part of town the first
part of the week. Dell Shields will
do the work.
Carpenters are in great demand
these days, and the supply in this
vicinity is not adequate to fill the de.
mand. A few more carpenters could
find plenty of work here.
The work on the farmers elevator
is progressing rapidly and the build
ing will soon be entirely enclosed.
The carpenters are working early and
late in their efforts to get the elevator
finished before fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. B.. P. Archer, who
have . been visiting with friends at
Wentachee, Washington, for a couple
of months, returned home Sunday.
Mr.. Archer was we'll pleased with the
coast country and thinks the climate
is the very best. He may decide tC
move to Washington or Oregon a,
a later date.
Harvest hands are coming into this
country in large numbers, and the
farmers are engaging their harves'
help. Most of those who are here
have worked in this vicinity in pre-
vious years, and have formed thu
habit of coming here each fall to work
in the harvest fields. But very few
genuine hoboes are in evidence.
For a number of years past there
has been considerable comment OF
the high freight rates the people o
Twin Brooks pay when compared
with the rates charged east of Mil
bank. The farmers have found tina
the rates on grain have been too higf
in this vicinity, and when the farmers
elevator was started it's directors
made an effort to have the rates re
duced until they compare favorabll
with Milbank rates. A protest wa.
sent to the railroad commissioner!
and in a letter received from then
this week they state that they vii
take the matter up at the next meet
ing. The charges of the railroad
company are not within the bounds
of reason, and the directors of tn
farmers elevator are of the opinion
that the railroad commissioners will
order them lowered.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-29
Paving Stones for Hell

Had 1 10, 200, 900 tongues, and
a throat for each tongue, l would
say to every man, woman and
child here tonight: "Throw
strong drink aside as you would
an ounce of liquid hell; it sears
the conscience, it destroys every
thing it touches.
sit reaches into the family
circle and takes the wife you
have sworn to protect and drags
her down from her purity into
that home from which no decent
woman eyer goes alive. 1t in
duces the father to take the fur
niture from his home, exchange
it for money at the pawnshop
and spend the proceeds in rum.
I have seen it in every city east
of the Mississippi river and know
that the most damning curse
to the laborer is that which CUR.
giles from the neck of the bottle.
/ had rather be at the head of an
organization having 10000 tenn
perate, honest, earnest men, than
at the head of an organization of
IL, 1000, 900 drinkers whether mod
crate or any other kind. Every
cent spent in the rum shop fur.
nishes a paving stone for hell"
II. V. Powderly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-29
sTRANDBURG

july II, 1904.
'Haying is on the program every
where, and there is an abundant crop
of it.
, The small grain generally looks
nice, except late sown grain on stub
BILE. II nothing destroys our grain
l think the Hills will raise 20 bushesls
of wheat to the acre this year.
N. Forsberg and j. E. Nelson, OF
Milbank, visited our burg Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Hallberg and Mrs. John
Berglund, from Belview, Mimi, have
been visiting relatives and friends for
q few days and returned to their home
yesterday.
L. 81. Bentley and Banker E~liason,
from Montevideo, Mimi, made us q
visit yesterday while enroute to South
Shore. also looking ove the territory.
Rev. F.. Schold, from Wheaton,
Mimi, has accepted the call as minis
ter of the Swedish Lutheran churches
of Strandburg and Milbank. The
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-29

1t is a great convenience in
driving through the country to
see the names of the farmers on
their mail boxes by the roadside.
The man should be personally
identified with the place he farms.
Even if there is no business 10
transact with the farmer at the
time or in the future the passer-
by takes an interest in this place
or that as he sees the natural
beauty, improvements, manner
of farming aud keeping up the
premises. the focks, herds, ETC.,
and he would like to know who
is responsible for that sort of a
place. He may meet the farmer
in the future, sec his name in
print or hear it mentioned and it
| will increase interest in both the
farm and the farmer to be able TO
associate the two. AS the paint
wears off the mail box the own
er's name becomes too dim to
read and should be renewed in
plain black letters. Whether
the farmer lives on a mail route
or not it would be a very nice
thing to put up a sign giving the
name of the farmer, and if he be
a tenant to also give the name of
the owner of the place.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-29
COUNTY LINE

School has commenced in No. 4
with Miss Carroll as teacher.
The Misses Drake and Graves, of
Dexter, were reservation callers last
week.
Ernie F Franklin is breaking a colt
for G.. M. Alexander.
Bryon Goinold and family are home
from the west
Johnnie Maxwell has had another
dance. Johnnie seems to be the rally
ing point for everything going.
Mrs. Jacobson has been on the sicl
list.