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Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29
Great Battles Of the World.

From she Chicago Inter Ocean.
At Durham, 1916, there fell 5000:
at Halidonhill and Agincourt, 10000
each; at Bantzen and Lepanto, $4,000
each; at Austerlitz, Jena and Lutzen,
1000 each; at Evlau, 10000; at Wa
terloo and Quatre Bras, one engage.
ment, 10000; at Borodino, SO,O00; at
Fontenoy, 100000; at Yarmouth, $780,
600: at Chalon, no less than 100000 Of
Attila's army alone. The Moors in
Spain, about the year 800, lost in one
battle 10000; in another, four centuries
later, 10000, besides $4,000 prisoners;
and in third, even 100000. Still
greater was the carnage in ancient
times. At Canine 10000 fell. The
Romans alone, in an engagement with
the Cimbri and Teutones, lost $4,000.
The Carthaginians attacked Hymera in
Sicily with a army of 800, 900 men, and
a fleet of 1900 ships and 5000 trans
ports; but not ship or transport es-
capped destruction, and of the troops
only few in q small boat, reached
Carthage with the melancholy tidings.
Marius slew, in one battle, 14O, 900
Gauls, and in another 100000. In the
battle Of Issus, between Alexander and
Darius, 10000 were slain; in that of
Arbela, 800, 600. Julius Cesar once an
initiated an army of 1853, 1000 Helve.
tians; in 3 battle with the Usipetes he
slew 400, 600; and on another occasion
he massacred 100000 Germans, who
:" had crossed the Rhine with herds and /
flocks and little onces in quest of new
settlements"
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

to which is slowly added plaster OF
Paris, kept stirring until the mixture is
past setting; then mix little fine sand,
to keep from cracking, and work into
the consistency Of glaziers' putty:
This putty is then applied to the wall
by two men. along a straight edge, and
with q beading trowel, the distance OF
the joints having previously been
measured. Care should be taken in
applying this putty to press it strongly
against the wall to prevent any water
from creeping between it and the brick.
In winter time we should suppose the
water would freeze, expand, and de-
tach the white joint, thus spelling the
looks of the building; but it il impor..
tant if the treatment above described
proves effectual. 1t is certainly worth
trying, for an indestructible red ard
white paint on brickwork is very beau
tifnl
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29
Red Wash for Brick Residences.

Travellers visiting Chicago are as
tonished at the beautiful appearance
of the brick buildings in that CITY,
showing so distinctly the lines of white
mortar between the bricks. It has
taken years Of trial, says the Enquirer.
before mixture could be found that
would stand the test of rain and frost.
At last the following has given
thorough satisfaction: Venetian red
and Paris brown, in proportion to suit
the taste, are mixed with quantity Of
water to make . heavy wash. With
this the walls are well coated. To settle
the color TO the wall, and prevent its
washing of by the rain, . wash with
diluted muriatic acid (one-quarter acid !:
ls given ovsr the panied surface.
The mixture forming the white lines
or joints is made of settled white lime.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

The Congressional Commission on
the Chinese question, now in session at
San Francisco, is taking evidence,
among other things, as to the amount
OF our trade with China, which is de-
pendent, to q great degree, on the ia
cllities afforded by the Burlingame
treaty, which it is proposed to revoke
IN order to stop the influx of barbarians
on the Pacific coast. The figures for
the eighteen months ending June 1,
1876, show an aggregate export from
San Francisco to China Of $l3, O75, 615,
against 1856, 092 imports. Thus we
export to China from San Francisco
about twice = much Is we import, the
balance of trade in our favor in the
year and . half mentioned being
96, $780, 23.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29
A Curious Invention.

Louis J. Jennings writes from Lon
don to the New York World some facts
about Slade, the Spiritualist, and COM
pares his operations to those of the
dummy, an invention on which Mr..
Maskeleyne has made his fortune:
Mr.. Maskeleyne's dummy is dressed
up like a Turk, has glass pillar be-
meath him, and when you have walked
all round him and seen that no wires
connect him with an electrical or anv
other apparatus, the Turk plays hand
in game of whist-three persons from
the audience playing the other hands.
Mr.. Maskeleyne merely call out each
card as it is laid upon the table. The
Turk draws his card from little stand
where his thirteen are arranged in front
of him, and Mr.. Maskelyene has af.
forded them every facility for making
q thorough examination Of the figure,
and as none of them have discovered
the secret, need not tell you that I am
quite in the dark respecting it. The
figure is completely isolated from cur
tains or machinery, electricity could not
be employed, and any Of the audience
may pass a cane or umbrella beneath
or round it, or exercise it in way. tits
certainly wonderful piece of mechan-
ism-for mechanism Mr.. Maskeleyne
tells you distinctly it is-and he chal-
lenges all the world to find out how it
is made or by what means it is worked
[ may add as curious fact that Spirit
ualists assert that Mr.. Maskeleyne is
himself medium" of uncommon
powers, but that he chooses to deny it,
and finds it more profitable to ascribe
the wonderful actions of his "Psycho"
las the figure is called) to merely
natural causes. Mr.. Maskeleyne him
self declares that he is a sworn foe to
Spiritualisna, and that he will never
rest until he has covered all its disciples
and prophets with shame and confus-
ion. In the meantime he has found it
necessary to egi give two performances
every day, all the town flock to them,
and it is necessary to secure seats
fartni ght beforehand. I declare I am
at a loss to know whether it is more
profitable to be a medium or only an
exposer of mediums. Both pursuits
pay much better than hard work.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

The General Government has thus
far appropriated the sum $545, 900 for
the preservation of the Falls of St.
Anthony, and the City of Minneapo-
lis and her two water-power companies
have expended $355,000 for the same
purpose, making total of 5000, 900 put
into the work when the remainder of
the present appropriation shall have
been expended.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29
THE CENTENNIAL.
Closing c. reno mics of tho Great Fair on
tho 10th inst.

Closing C. rcmonies of tho Great Fair on
tho 10th inst.
On the 10th inst. the Exposition was
formally closed by President Grant, in
the presence of 100000 people, the Ger.
emonies taking place in the judges
building.
Shortly before two o'clock P. NJ,
President Grant, escorted by Gen. Haw.
lev, ascended to the platform, followed
by the Centennial Commission, Board
of Finance, Foreign Commissioners
and invited guests. After the excite
ment of the multitude occasioned by
the presence of Gen. Grant had sub
sided, the orchestra, under the direc.
ton of Theodore Thomas, performed
Wagner's Inauguration March, COM
posed for the opening exercises on the
10th of May last. At its conclusion
Rev. Joseph A. Reiss offered up a
prayer. The chorus, accompanied by
the orchestra, then sang a choral
entitled Fugrie," by S. Bach, after
which an address was delivered by
the Hon. Daniel J. Morrill,, United
States Centennial Commissioner
from Pennsylvania, and Chair
man of the Executive Committee. The
orchestra then rendered selections, af-
ter which the Hon-John Welsh, Presi-
dent of the Centennial Board of FL
nance, delivered an address. After
Bethoven's fifth symphony had been
rendered, Director General Goshorn
addressed the audience at length. Han
ders hallelujah chorus was next given
by the orchestra and chorus, and Hon.
Jas. r. Hawley, President of the Unit
ed States Centennial Commission, de-
livered an address reviewing the his
tory of the Exposition. The audience
then joined in singing America"
after which President Grant declared
the International Eposition Of 1876
closed. The doxology was sung by the
chorus and the audience, accompanied
by the orchestra, and the formal cere-
monies were concluded.
The total number of admissions to
the Exhibition up to the close, Friday,
Noxember 10, amounted to 1886, Isl.
Of these, 1881, 7S9 were paid, and L.
888,362 free. These figures also in
clude the admissions to the Live Stock
Exhibition. The cash receipts were
s., 76l, 598. The admissions for each
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

KEY LARGO, Fla, but a few days
since, was occupied by nearly twenty
happy settlers, all having comfortable
cottages, with fields of pineapple and
other tropical fruits, but is now a
scene of devastation and destruction
The most of their dwellings are gone
with all they had, their fields covered
with salt water, their vessels, Gem of
the Sea, Mary Eliza, Ann, Augusta,
and Marion-high and dry on the
rocks in the woods, and most of them
will be totally lost.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

EDWIN ADAMS, the actor, was at last
advices, dangerously ill in Australia,
and ere this is probably dead. Mr..
Adams was an intelligent and pleasing
artistic, and had appeared successfully
as a star in all the principal cities of
the country, his last engagement in
Philadelphia being at the Arch Street
Theatre last winter. His age was about
forty-two years, twenty-five of which
were passed in theatrical life.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29
A Remarkable Pair of Shoes.
From the Memphis Appeal,


G. w. App, Of that city, has just fin
ished remarkable pair Of shoes for .
negro man who lives in Arkansas. The
shoes were ordered by S. II. Cowan 4
Co., of Marvel, Ark, and for size have
no equal. The length of the shoe is
seventeen and three-quarters inches,
and six inches across the sole. The
negro's foot, according to measure
meut, is fourteen inches around the
bal, while the instep is nineteen inches.
The man is over seven feet in height,
weighs 400 pounds. and is not more
than rs years of age. He has not worn
. pair of boots for years, and this pair
IS intended for Sundays, they, with the
last on which they were made, costing
Big. This big-footed negro ID preach
m
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

GENERAL MILES not only talks of a
winter campaign against the Savage
Sioux, but he is actually on the march
up the valley of the Yellowstone river.
Late last month he struck 6 band of
four hundred lodges of Cheyennes,
known to be in alliance with the Sioux.
and, after disarming them, sent them
back to the agency for such further
punishment as the government may
decree. By persistent hunting con-
siderable number Of the redskins may
be taken before heavy frost, and that
will make the fighting forces of Sitting
Bull SO much less in the spring.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

Green's voice reused her from sort Of
dreamy reverie, brought on by the
silence. :.
"Nesta, DEAR" she said, "did you
ever know family, named Fair
thornei" MT r{t,. 4$s,s !
T" Yes, ma'am." . .
"There was an adopted daughter ?"
!" Yes, ma'am." E[ ~ mi
"Did you knew her? have = letter
here mentioning her, but not telling
her true name"
"Her name was Ernestine Hay"
said Nesta, in low tone.
"Youl Are you Mr.. Fairthorne's
adopted daughter, that he so wrong
fully left penniless?"
II am his adopted daughter, but he
never 2wronged me, Mrs. Green. He
was my true, kind father while he lived,
and his death was so sudden he had no
time to make the provision for me I
shall always think he intended. He
dropped dead in the street with heart
disease" ...
"But why have you not told me Of
this before2" demanded Mrs. Green.
II did not think you cared to know.
I had no desire tie conceal the truth"
Many more questions Mrs. Green
asked, 80 delicately and kindly that
Ernestine scarcely knew how it was she
opened her heart fully, and told her
old friend her love story, her tears fall
ing fast as she spoke Of Raymond,
though she did not call his name.
Mrs. Green patted the bent head
softly, her voice very tender, as she
said:
"Poor child. You have your troubles
early. May Heaven send you brighter
days soon."
1t was a week later, when Nesta,
coming in from long, solitary walk
found Mrs. Green in the sitting-room
in strange state of excitement.
"Nesta," she cried, as the young
girl passed the door on her way to hel
own room, "come in here"
Throwing off her hat, Nesta obeyed
"Tell me, Nesta," the old lady said
taking both her hands in a loving clasp
"am I hard-hearted, proud, and miser
ly, wrapped up in wealth, and naughty
because of my ancestors?" .....-
II have found you ever kind anC
gentle" Nesta said, wonderingly.
cam woman, do you think, who
loving two young people with all my
heart, would thrust my pride and wealth
between them, and bid them stand
apart, though their hearts broke for the
separation? "Do you understand me
Nesta? Do you understand that wher
Fannie Bancroft told you Raymond
aunt would disinherit him if he wa
true to his love AID honor, she SANDER
ed me?"
"You Raymond's aunt?" falteret
Nesta.
~ am Raymond's aunt, and wher
you are Raymond's wife, he will fine
fully half the heart he has held since h.
was babe has been won away by my
new niece. You may come out, sir.
And from behind the window curtain
there stepped forth a familiar figure
and Nesta, still bewildered, heard Ray
mond's voice in loving words and ten
der reproaches.
Ruth came to the wedding, and Mrs
Bancroft covered her chagrin with a
smiling face.
The young couple, knowing that theil
charge could not he a long one, did moi
leave Craige Hill, and when its gentl,
mistress lay, down the burden of life
Raymond Bancroft became heir to al
her possessions.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

A YOUNG lady recently started req
estate agency in Chicago, and cleared
$500 in the first month. On the same
street is the Office of Miss Ellen Culver,
for eight years the Chicago manager of
the large real estate business done by
the Baltimore millionaire, Mr.. Hull.
Miss Culver aas 800 tenants in charge
and collects her rent promptly, without
making enemies among those who have
to pay, which is more than men could
do.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

GYMNAsuc exercises of young ladies
are part of the regular instruction in a
arge number of the schools in Ger
many. In the higher schools in Berlin
they have been for some time compul-
sorry, and to October the same sys-
tenn was extended to all the communal
schools for girls in the German capital
The chief hostility in the movement
comes from the mothers of the pupils
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

Gov. BAaLEY, of Michigan, has Of
fered to subscribe $500 toward the pur-
chase of the Michigan State Building at
the Centennial grounds, and for it's re-
moval to the grounds of the Michigan
University, at Ann Arbor, where it is
proposed to use it as an art gallery.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

The newest and latest submarine tor
pedo turned out at Woolwich arsenal
will be propelled with rapidity Of
nearly twenty knots an hour, and no
difficulty is feared in raising the rates
to twenty-five knots.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

The Boston public library has recent.
ly come into possession of the manu-
script of the original call for the fa-
NOUS Faneuil Hall meeting for the
preservation of the Union, held on the
26th of November, 1850. which was ad-
dressed by Rufus Choate, Judge Curtis
and others. There are 8, 1856 signatures,
and accompanying it is letter on the
subject from Daniel Webster, who was
then in Washington.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

In Wyoming Territory the officers
wives and laundresses attached to regi-
ments can vote, not being "sworn into
the United States SERVICE" but neither
officers nor soldiers can do so. Alto
gether it is estimated that $4,000 wo-
men vote
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

Mr.. A, H. STEPHENS walked three or
four miles the other day. He no Ion
ger uses morphine, and has sound, nat
ural sleep. While getting well he has
been writing for one of the cyclop@dias,
biographies of prominent Southerners,
and articles on Southern subjects.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29
! HOME.
BY MISS MULCH.

BY the fireside still the light is shining,
The children's arms round the parents twining,
From sweet. sweet love, oh, who would roam?
Belt ever so homely, home Is home. sl,s
Should we fall out, let us mend ill.doing,
And begin anew second wOOing;
From sweet, sweet love, oh, who would roam?
Be 1t ever so home!y, home is home
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29
An Old Bible.

Joseph Philbrick, of Hampton, is
possessed Of an old English folio Bible,
printed in London, 1888, consequently
nearly three hundred years old. It's
dimensions are 16 by II and Al inches,
and Its weight twenty-seven pounds.
!: is printed in old English type, illus
:trated with unique and quaint wood en-
cravings, and bound in very stout
leather, with brass guards on the cor
ners and centres Of the covers. The
Evolutionary history of this old book
is that one of the ancestors of the Phil
brick family was master Of an English
vessel which was captured by a French
man-of-war. The French vessel came
very near being wrecked, but through
the superior skill or seamanship Of
Captain Philbrick, escaped the disaster.
Grateful for their salvation, the French.
men restored to Captain Philbrick his
freedom and his vessel. The Bible had
been taken by the Frenchman with a
former prize, and the superstitious sail
ors, suspecting it to be the Jonah Of
their ill-luck, were abont to cast it into
the sea, when Captain Philbrick begged
them to give it to him, and he TOOK il
TO London, where he had it rebound in
It's present style. .s
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

A LETTER received by Bishop
O'Reilly, Of Springfield, from Bishop
Gross of Savannah, states that five
Catholic priests and several Sisters of
Charity fell victims to the yellow fever
epidemic" martyrs of zeal and fdeli-
ty in attending to the sick and dying"
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29
A VOICE IN the TWILIGHT.

BY MRS. H3RRICK JOHNSON.
was sitting alone towards the twilight,
With spirit troubled and vexed,
With thoughts that were morbid and
And s fsi3R s6.t va. sadly p.rpls1ed.
Some homely work was doing
For the child of my love and care,
Some stitches half YEARLY setting
In the endless need Of repair.
But my thoughts were about the building,
The work some day to be tried;
And that only the gold and the silver,
And the precious stones should abide.
And remembering my own poor efforts,
And wretched work had done,
And, even when trying most truly,
The meagre success had won.
"1t is nothing but wood, hay and stub
I said "it will all be urned"-
This useless fruit of the talents
One day to be returned.
"And I have so longed to serve Him,
And sometimes know have tried;
But I'm sure when he sees such building
he Will never let 1t aDlde.
Just then, as turned the garment,
That no rent should be left behind,
Nv eye caught an odd little bungle
OF mending and patchwork combined.
My heart grew suddenly tender,
And something blinded my eyes,
With one of these sweet intuitions
That sometimes makes US so wise.
Dear child She wanted to help me,
knew twas the best she could do;
But oh, what botch she had made it
The gray mismatching the blue!
And yet-can you understand it,
With tender smile and tear,
And ahalf.compassionate yearning,
Ifelt she had grown more dear.
Then sweet voice broke the silence,
And the dear Lord said to me,
Art thou tenderer for the little child,
Than am tender for thee?"
Then straightway knew His meaning,
So full If compassion and love,
And my faith came back to its Refuge
Like the glad returning dove.
For I thought, when the Master Builder
Comes down His temple to view,
To see what rents must be mended
And what must be builded anew,
Perhaps as He looks Ger the building
He will bring my work to the light,
And seeing the marring and bunglirg,
And how far it all is from right.
He will feel as 1 felt for my darling,
And will say, as I said for her,
"Dear child She wanted to hell me,
And love for me was the spur.
"And, for the true love that is in it,
The work shall seem perfect as mine,
And because it was willing service,
I will crown it with plaudit divine"
And there in the deepening twilight
Iseemei to be clasping hand,
And to feel great love constraining me,
Stronger than any command.
Then knew by the thrill of sweetness,
Twas the hand of the Blessed One,
That would tenderly guide and hold me
Till all the labor is DONE.
So my thoughts are nevermore gloomy,
My faith no longer is dim,
But my heart is strong and restful,
And mine eyes are unto him.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29
SOUTH & MARTIN, Publishers.
CURRENT EVENTS.

The largest shoe manufactory on
the Pacific coast has lately discharged
all it's Chinese help, and employed 800
white men, women and boys, finding
them more profitable.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

A RAG-PIcKER, ia Aberdeen, KY,
bought bundle Of scrap wool for sew
enty-five cents, and inside he found
Two mustard boxes containing q $500
United States bond and six 500 bonds,
with coupons attached and due for $62
more.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29

From this it will appear that while
the daily average attendance at Phila-
delphia was 81 1888, at London, in 1851,
it was 1928; at Paris, in 1856, it was
25,811; at London, 1862, it was 36,322;
Paris, in 1857, the average was AZ ,619,
and at Vienna, in 1873, it was 39,OO3.
Lincoln County advocate. (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.]) 1876-1877, 1876-11-29
Total ,s97, 7s9 1862 1885, ISL S. Isl, 1898 20

Total 7s9 1856, 1862 $3.50, Isl So, 1898 20
During the 1853 days of the Exhibi-
bition, ending with Friday, the daily
average attendance Of paid visitors was
49, 1886; average attendance of free ad-
missions 1852; average totel admis.
sions, 81, 1888; average receipts, $685..
8O7 so. The largest attendance on any
one day was on Pennsylvania day, Sep
TENDER %, when the total admissions
numbered 274,919.
The attendance at the Centennial,
compared with other exhibitions, shows
the following, the figures for Philadel.
phia being exclusive of Friday: