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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1911-09-28
IS epifienhof |.

@emiiienbaft. - Scum,
Sansden, biit gu 0enn audi biibi6
artig gemeien?"
uSa! Sd babe BLOB Elm menig aus
oem @onigtopfe genaidt - aber id,
bin Damn glei6 in sic gde gegangen
uno babe mid geidyqmt!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1911-09-28

GinS 6Ianberger.- 8abn=
bofsmirtb: ga ideint Der Bug 81
fomuten! Wead}oem Der 5rembe eiligit
aasgetrunfen bat) Nein, er it's bod
nidt, trinfen g nod einS?"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1911-09-28

~MusfAtsDo11. - 8adfii&:
SD braude fir 6ie Tan5itunoen 8i-
l%itenfarten; alio Bite, maiden sic mir
funf3ig 5tiid nit oem Namen 6ran-
5isfa MeDer redt geldmudpon.
2itbograpb: u9eebmen Sic oo4
glei9 bunoert."
8adfii@: user tpeiB, OBJ id nod
10 lnnge metnen Mamen fibre"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1911-09-28

8ei Ser @eburtstags-
er. ~ 2alra Geuf5eno): y8enn
id sod mod einmal 5tpon5ig iein
f0nnte!"
Greunoin: Sci nidt unperidamt
~. Dn bits lange genlg getpeien!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1911-09-28

bin Damn glei6 IN oie gde gegangen
un0 babe MIDI geiddmt!"
@erubigen6. - :Hopa: SD
iage, @einri@, Du befommit feline
5rommel gu 9einem @eburtstQg; ih
fann 6as Erommeln nibt b%ertragen. "
Seinrid: uMber, 8apa, tpenn i9
Dir idon iage, 0aB id nur trommeln
min, menn1u idlafit!
MiBberit 5 e ~ @err 2eb=
mann (auf etnen Bapagei o%euten0,
gum 8eiu6e): uDieier @ogel lift idon
$50 Sabre alt; mein lrurgroBpater
bot i'm ieiner 3eit ipred)en gelernt."
rSpridt er nod immer?"
"Nein, er lit ausgeitopft"
Gin o6erner. ~ u@ie qebt
oaS @eidaft, 0as Dein Setter iebt
bot?"
v@m - er lebt redt gut, fiibrt Elm
anitanoiges &aus, IaBt feline @in6er
gut er5ieben, gibt aud Sen Mrmer -
MIR 5ablen fann er t1idt!"
Sn @ntb. ~ Gin 6eutid,er
&aufmann ibreibt einem @dul0ner
in 8ien einen berben Mabnbrief un6
idlieBt nit Ser itarfen 8umutbung:
u8ollen sic mir umgeben6 6ie Mo.
reiie zines oortigen Mntpaltes mitthei-
len, 6urd sen id sic perflagen fan11."
5elbit eini6abung.- rMie
lange iin6 sic i6on arbettsIos?"
80 geger bier Sabre"
uSd bdtte cine ausndrtige 5teI<
lung fir Sic. j.
uMusmdrts fann ih leioer ni6t ge-
ben.. Denfen Die bod: SS@ bin sic
ein5tge 5tiibe mei1er 6amilie."
Na@baltige @irfung.-
8oriiBen6er gum 8ellgen): vSin6
Sic borbeitrnft?"
3euge: rSSamobl Dor 3tpan5ig Sab-
rem nit brei Marf fir 8a6en an Der.
botener Steue."
WF ~ EA -. 3Et AEE6aEf.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. aHi
@oriiben6er: limb onnr1?"
8euge:: sDann babe id iiberbalpt
nid]t n1ebr qebn1et!
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1911-09-28
&umortitii1eS.

Die3miIIinge. 50 usSbr 5tpei
left eu4 ia gum @ermed}ieln abn-
li6!. ~. @ennt Guh guer 8ater
pobl imner ausetnun6er?"
uMit 8eitimmtbeit niht. 8enn
elmer BON unS etpas uniteat, merben
mir our Si9erbeit imner beioe 0ur6-
g~epriisslt."
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-12-13
MAMMOTH COTTON
CROP HARVESTED
Several States Already Gathered More
Cotton than During the Whole of

=
Last Season.
Washington, Dec. S.-North Caro-
lima, South Carolina and Georgia have
ginned thus far this year more cot
ton than ever before was grown with
In their borders.
All cotton growing states except
Arkansas, Mississippi. Oklahoma and
tennessee already have ginned more
cotton than was grown in the States
last year or the year before, accord
ing to the census bureaus cotton re-
port issued today showing the gin
ming prior to December l.
To that date there had been ginned
in the United States total of 12S14
S32 bales, exceeding the total sea
sons ginning of every year except
1904, 1906 and 1908 and coming with
in $4,000 bales of the total ginned in
1904. the record year
During the period between Novcm-
ber IA and December 1, an average
of lO7,256 bales of cotton was ginned.
The census bureaus sixth cotton
ginning report of the season, issued
at 10 a. m. today and showing the
number of running bales, couting
round as half bales, Of cotton OF the
growth of 1911 ginned prior to De-
cember I, with comparative statis-
tics to the corresponding date for
the past three years, is as follows
United States: 12.S14,S32 bales.
compared with 10,139,712 bales last
year, when ST. per cent of the en-
tire crop was ginned prior TO ecem-
ber l., S,S76,SS6 bales in 1909, when
SS.1 per cent was ginned, and H.
00S,G6l bales in 1905. when Sal per
cent. was ginned.
The number of round bales included
were S7,567, compared with 1Ol.7lS
bales last year, 134,393 bales in 1863.
and 201,4S0 bales in 1905
The number of bales of sea island
cotton included were S7,457. COM
pared with 66,696 bales last year ~
59l bales in 1909. and 6S,S96 bales
ins 90S
Ginning by States, with compare
tive statistics and the percentage OF
the total crcp gimned prior to Decem-
ber in previous years, follow
Alabama.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-12-13
WIND-uP COMMISSION
TO MAKE REPORT
1t is Said that this will be the Final
Report of the Commission and that
Its Affairs will soon be Wound Up.

Report of the Commission and that
Its Affairs will soon be Wound Up.
Columbia, Dec. 2.-The State dis
pensary winding-up commission will
make. after its meeting next week. it's
final report to the governor, accord
ing to the plans of the commission,
as announced in a statement issued
Saturday afternoon about 2 O'Clock.
following conference between the
members of the commission. The
commission held a meeting Friday,
and was to have met again Satur-
day at noon On account of the alb
sence of some of the members, how
ever, matters were not brought to a
close as was hoped. The governor
conferred with the commission pre-
statement:
The dispensary commission was
TO meet today at IL o'clock, and hop
ed to have matters in shape to give
something out to the public; but on
account of death in the family of
one of the commissioners, Nj Thomas
Brantley, which called him away, and
the absence Of another member OF
the commission, Mr.. Wallace, on bus
mess in the west. and Mr. Thompson,
the secretary of the commission, be-
ing engaged on the trial of case in
the common pleas court, no report can
be given out at this time. The com
mission will meet some time during
the coming week, to make its final re-
port to the governor.
'As to the Fielder indictment. The
commission. at this time, has nothing
to say as to the proceedings of the
court in Newberry this week, or what
the commissions future action will
be in regard thereto, except to say
that the newspaper statement that
Governor Blease appeared before the
grand jury IN Newberry, or was wit
ness in the case, was an absolute and
unqualified falsehood The only wit
nesses summoned to appear before the
grand jury, were Messrs. Evans, Boy
kins and Towill. News.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-12-13
SUNK FROM OUTSIDE.
So Says Report OF Examining Board
Into Explosion of the Battleship

-NalNC.
Washington, Dec. S.-The United
States battleship Maine, which sank
Dor in February, 1898. as the result OF
an explosion, was blown up from the
outside. Thiswas announced today
by the naval board, which has been
confirms the report of the original
investigators who made superficial
examination of the wreck shortly after
the disaster.
The statement given out by the navy
department is BRIEF. Secretary Meyer
does not believe it necessary to make
any extended explanation of the
boards conclusion beyond the fiat
statement that an external explosion
was responsible for the loss Of the
warship and the lives of many men.
The statement was as follows:
THE board finds that the injuries
to the bottom of the Maine were caused
by the explosion of a charge of low
form of explosives exterior to the
ship between frames 2S and 81, strake
B., port side. This resulted in irgnit-
ing and exploding the contents of the
siX-inch reserve magazine, A-14-M
and contents, including a large guam
tity OF black powder The more or
less complete explosion of the con-
tents of the remaining forward maga-
zine followed The magazine explo-
sion resulted in the destruction Of the
vessel"
May implify Statement.
Secretary Meyer announced that
there might be a further statement
on the report of the board after it
had been considered by the president
One member of the board was Of
the opinion that the report never
would be published in full, but would
be kept in the confidential archives
of the May department. The declara-
tion that "a low form of explosive"
was used in the outside explosion in
dicates belief that a mine and not
dirigible torpedo was the instru-
ment of destruction.
This only deepens the mysterious
destruction OF the Maine. A mine
charged with sufficient gunpowder
to blow in the bottom of the ship
must have weighed several hundred
pounds. To plant such mine and
make electric connections necessary
for It's discharge would have required
the services of n number of men.
In the absence of more complete in
formation from the navy board off,
cial Washington tonight declined to
comment on the findings. Officials and
officers OF the navy department alike
were silent. while members of con-
gress refused to venture any guess as
to the true inwardness of the report.
Until President Taft has had oppor-
tunity to examine the findings It will
not be known whether any more of
the report will be made public, and
the question of whether the Maine
was lost as the result of discharge
of a Spanish mine or was the victim
of a torpedo launched by other hands
Will remain unsettled.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-13
FOURTH MACHINE - :.
. has BEEN SHiIPPtD
pine Bluff Corporation to Double
= Present Capacity of Its Light
q Pint When 1t Arrives.

The Pine Bluff Corporation Off
scials yesterday received a telegram
stating that the fourth 750-Kilowat
turbine machine, which is to be In
stalled In their, local light and water
plant, had been shipped from the
factory of the General Electric Com
pany at Schenectady. N. Y, and
would arrive !. here IN about two
weeks. The asachinesswill be ms all
ed immediately af.efIits arrival here
1t will moro than double the already
large capacity of the local plant of
the Pine Bluff Corporation, adding
power to that already furnished con-
sumers with three mammoth ma
chimes at the Fourth avenue plant.
P. E. MITCHELL. of Little Rock, res
ident engineer for Ford, Bacon &
Davis, New Orleans civil engineers,
has arrived in the city and is super
intending the building of the foun-
dation upon which the new machine
is to be erected, The work is being
done by MePryde. and Mccammon,
local contractors.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-13
A TERRIBLE BLUNDER.

no neglect liver trouble. Never do 1t.
Take DR.. Kings New Life Pills on
the first sign of constipation, bilious
ness or inactive bowels and prevent
virulent Indigestion, jaundice or gall
stones. They regulate liver, sto.n-
;ach and bowels and build up your
health. Only, 25c7 at all druggists
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-13
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The ianaao p,,lI Ssssir. ., ne stock e
holders of the Bank Clerks Invest
ment Co., of Pine Bluff. Ark, will be
held in the directors room of the
Bank Of Pine Bluff, Wednesday, Jan.
10th. 1912, at 8 p. NJ. for the purpose
OF electing officers to serve for the en-
suing year and for any other business
properly brought before the said meet
ing. az1=5f#
II got v.ID. WEBB, sec.-Treas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-13
AN ALARM At NIGHT

That strikes terror to the entire
household As the loud. hoarse and
metallic donsqf Of Group No mistak-
Ing it, and fortunate then the lucky
parents who keep Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound on hand. H. w. Cas-
selman, Canton, N. Y, says: at is
worth it's weight ir1 gold. Cur little
childrepsJRA troubled With Group and
hoarseness. and all we give them is
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound l
always baXe a bottle pfAit& in the
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-13

BOAH The most beautiful Mat.
tress ever made. Something new and
sanitary made Tor z, comfort and long
service. Ask for BoAz sold BY all
Furniture dealers IN Pine Blur
Made by Turner BEDDING Factory.
We renovate old mattresses and
make them like new. Phone sos.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-13
have suitable present. evry purchaser you will lind t

Ii you want COED Whishey; one tn
Standard the World over Drink
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-13
STOIEN

Information wanted in regard to
Two Central BICYCLES black frames
red head and white wheels, 24-inch
frames,ls Were rented Dec. S, 1911
by two negroes. Liberal reward for
information, Address Harry Starke
12e West Fourth Ave. ae
" aac ,o!7 9.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-13
/, NOTICE;

{of ] letting contract for the worh
irig 'ot dbunb Prisoners Bids vii
he rsssi,sed 1t the office of ceun.,
1adge III Jefferson iCounty, Arka..
sas. until Il O'clock, noon Januar!
sth, 1912, forthe maintehence, SAT
keeping and working Of prisoner.
committed to che County Jail. o:
Jefferson County for fines, and for
FIXTURES for the term Of two years
from January ist, 1912. All bid
must be accompanied b, certifios
check for $4,000, conditioned that
bidder will enter into contract anc
make good and sufficient bond Il
contract is awarded. d
4e58s5tHd#a5 c. M. PHILPOT.
#Jeo @l<stI7e - County Judge,
Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 6. 1911. =.
"a 10 7H9e5a 12-7s1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-13
VISITING COUPLE Is
MARRIED HERE
;. ,,.,,,.s..ss,i;s,,., esss,,s.s - /
H. aFTFE

iii s & - - - = - : l ffssssf
N. c Hughs, So wears Qld.Iand Mrs.
Nancy Harper, 81. arrived in the city
Yesterday, aceompanidd Sbyftwo young
men. believes to be fhe.sspns Of Mr..
Hughs, anM after seeqriggIa license
from Depuly ] County Chrk G. w.
Lindsay wkIei married In the county
clerks Office at the court house
Naagistratef Y. D. Vance performed
the ceremony in the presence of a
large crowd, of interested spectators
MIR. Hughs lives at England and his
wife, until Yesterday, lived at juno
Xon s nssx, in Union sscc ouutyanaa
I-No packages too big to carry the
Ebl aes9sssLs and nons tooa AjnleF
m he without 0na
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-13

-For Artistic Hair Dressing Sham
Pooling. Maaicuringl | Facial and
Hair Manufacturing. call T. Ernes-
tine Kennedy, a graduate Of Moler
Hair Dressing College, Chicago. Ill.
All resident calls made promptly.
Phone 1929. II % In
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-13
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the NJ Cans Co., will b.
held at the office OF the company in
The ci.ya of Pine Bluff, Ark, on Nor
day, January 18th, 1912, at ten O'Clock
a: M, for the purpose Of electing a
DO Id Of directors and for the trans
action of such other business as may
properly come, before said meeting,
Il N. EIsENKRAMER.
! = : a,91'ft-.. x Ssll1lfiebtafs
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-12-28
WORK OF EXCAVATION
NEARING COMPLETION
Canal Diggers Accomplish -Four,
titthS Of Task

Washington, Dec. 24.-Another mile
post was set up at the beginning of
this month in the history of the on
struction of the worlds greatest engi-
neering work, when the engineers an
nounced that on that date four-fifths
OF the excavation required to complete
the Panama canal had been done.
There remained only $685. 15 cubic
yards of material to be removed and
that task is expected to be completed
within the next year.
These anne engineers have finally
broken the back" as il is expressed
technically, of the vast earth slide into
the famous Culebra cut, which threat
ened to give infinite trouble. This was
accomplished by the explosion of 700
pounds OF dynamite at one time in
twenty-eight twenty-four-foot holes
ripping off the whole crest of the great
bank just above the slide, north of the
central division Offices.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-12-28
The Steamboat.

Fulton himself said one day: "Nei-
Their NJ. Desblancs nor | invented the
steamboat. IL that glory belongs to
any n it is to the author OF the ex-
periments at Lyons-~of the expert
ments made In 1883 on the Saone."
The one Fulton had In mind and to
whom he thus generously rendered the
glory was the Marquis de Jouffray.
born in 1851. fourteen years before the
year OF Fulton's birth. J~ouffray's
claim to be regarded as the inventor
OF the steamboat stands thus: His ves-
sci, built In 1883. Notwithstanding Its
faulty construction. embodied all the
elements essential to success. In 1t he
anticipated Watts invention OF a
steam engine having a constant and
unremitting action. Lack Of funds
was the only thing that stood In the
way OF his getting oil the honors that
came later to Robert Fulton. New
York American.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-12-28
An Architent's Ruse.

A story Is told of Sir Christopher
Wren, the great English architect who
built the town hall OF Windsor, Eng.
land. 1t appears that a fidgety mem
Der of the corporation insisted that
the roof required further support and
wished more pillars to be added. Vain
ly did Sir Christopher assure him that
the supposed danger was imaginary.
The alarm became infectious, and the
great architect was finally worried
into adding the desired columns.
Years rolled on, and In later times,
when architect and patrons had passed
away, cleaning operations on the roof
revealed the fact that the supposed
additional supports did not touch the
roof by a couple Of inches, though this
was im~perceptible to the gazers be-
low. BY this curious e%xpedient did
Sir Christopher pacify his critics while
vindicating his own architectural skill
to future generations.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-12-28
The Elau at Trenton.

The flag that Washington had with
him when he crossed the Delaware to
attack Trenton was not the "stars
and stripes Washington crossed the
Delaware In December, 1716, and the
stars and stripes did not have an ex-
istence until the June of 1777. when II
was voted into being by the congress.
The flag that waved over General
Washington OIL his way to and from
Trenton consisted of thirteen stripes,
alternate red and white, as AT present.
with a blue canton emblaZoned with
the crosses Of st. George and st. An
drew, as in the British flag. The first
time the present stars and stripes were
flung TO the breeze was on the day of
the battle Of Oriskany at Fort Stan
wix, Aug. g, 177T.-New York Ameri.
can.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-12-28
A MENACE TO OIL SHIPS.
The Deadly Vapor That Stays After
the Petroleum Is Gone.


The explosion of vessels carrying Pc
troleum frequently occurs. and this is
generally caused not by the cargoes OF
oil which they contain, but by the in
tiammable vapor which Is left behind
after the huge tanks of the ships have
been emptied.
1t is difficult to remove all the oil
that adheres 10 the sides of the tank.
and the evaporation Of the oil film
left in them after they have been
pumped out takes place with great
rapidity. Moreover. the vapor thus
formed mingles readily with the air
and Is capable of rendering more than
1000 times its own volume Of the for
mer infiammable. A spark may thus
cause a fearful explosion in the hold
Of a ship that is apparently empty.
A film Of petroleum spreading owe
the surface of the water has been
known TO produce enough Of this VIOLA
tile and dangerous vapor TO cause a
conf1agration, by which a number of
ships lying in a harbor have been sud
denly enwrapped in roaring flames as
IL by a stroke of magic.
In some parts OF the world. as at
Baku, the center of the Russian petro-
leum trade, a film Of oil continually
covers the water for q considerable
distance from shore, and warnings of
the danger there have more than once
been given Exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-12-28
SYNONYMS.

The French Canadian always has
trouble with the aspirate 9TH" At a
debating club In the province of Que
bee members were required to draw
a slip from a hat and debate upon the
subject they received. A young coun-
tryman arose.
IL have drew the word bat / must
told you dere is two. tree different kind
Of bat. Dere Is de bat wot you play
the baseball wit. de bat wot ny In do
air at night and also de bat where
you take de swim"-Success Maya.
zine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-12-28
TRAGIC IN ITS BREVlTY.
The Story of the Duel Between Hamii'
ton and Burr.

The Story of the Duel Between Hamil.
ton and Burr.
The story OF the Hamilton-B Burr duel
Is tragic in Its brevity. The little party
Of fve-the principals, their seconds
and the surgeon-was on the ground
not long after sunrise. The prelimi-
naries were soon arranged. AS Pen
dleton, Hamilton's second, gave him
his pistol he asked, Twill you have the
h~airspring setf"
"Not this time was the significant
reply, and hen the men faced each
other.
According to the best authorities
upon a disputed subject, Burr fired at
the word. At the report Hamilton
started forward with a ~convulsive
movement, reeled, involuntarily dis.
charging his pistol into the foliage
above him, and fell headlong. Burr,
with an expression Of pain upon his
face, sprang toward him, but Van Ness,
his second, seized him by the arm and
hurried him down the bank and into
their boat.
Hamilton. being lifted up, revived
for n moment and gasped. This Is n
mortal wound. doctor" Relapsing
again into unconsciousness, he was
again revived by the fresh air Of the
river. "Pendleton knows" he said,
trying to turn toward his friends. that
did not intend to fire at him."
AT . the afternoon following he had
breathed his last.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-12-28

In the cathedral church OF Notre
Dame, Paris, there is a bell which
dates from the days OF Joan OF Arc
"tbe blessed bell' which sounded the
tocsin when the Maid OF Orleans ap-
peared In August. 1920. and Paris was
besieged by the English. This historic
bell. referred TO by Victor Hugo In
"Notre Dame de Paris was given to
the cathedral In 400 by Jean de Mon
taign. 1t was refounded in 1886 and
then rebaptized under the name of EN-
manuel Louise Therese In honor Of
Louis XIV. and Marie Therese OF Aus
tria.-London Globe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-12-28
The Snake Stone.

In most accounts Of snake charming
In India the snake stone plays an i'm
portant part. When the charmer Is bit
ten the stone is applied to the bite and
Is supposed TO aid In his recovery.
Writing in the London Field. Lieuten-
ant l.. Mackenzie gives some notes on
two OF these stones, which he had the
opportunity of seeing. They were tri-
angular in shape, fiat and rounded,
with smooth polished black surfaces.
They are said to come from the hills OF
Tibet and to be the solldified saliva OF
the markhor. This animal Is spoken
Of I'm Lieutenant Mackenzie's note as
the Persian snake eater" Its saliva
is thought to contain an antidote to
snake poison. The markhor Is a spe-
cies OF wild goat found In India. Tibet
and Kashmlr.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-12-28
Swift Was a Ounce at School.

Not only philosophers and divines.
but some of the most trenchant sati.
rists and brilliant humorists. were dull
enough as boys. 1t has been said OF
Swift In his best days that "he dis
played either the blasting lightning OF
satire or the lambert and meteor-like
~caricatures of frolicsome humor." And
yet this vigorous disputant was con
sidered a fit subject for a fools cap at
school. Afterward at the Dublin uni
versity "he was by scholars esteemed
q blockhead" who was denied his de-
gree on his first application and OBJ
tanned 1t with great difficulty on the
second.-London Standard.