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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-18
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II. l.. PALMER, President
WILLARD MERRILL. Secrefar,

MlLLAkD MERRILL, Secretary.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, GO
County OF Milwaukee. ( %
Personally appeared II J.. Palmer. president.
and Willard Merrill, secretary Of the SorthWes..,
em aa Mutual Nut Life Insurance Company, Of Mlwan-
statement by the subscribers is true according to
their best knowledge and belief
Before me, this 10th day of April, 1878.
Notary Public Milwaukee Co. Wis.
AUDITORS OFFICE,
Yankton, D. T., April 49, 1873.
:, i; John 5. Sand, auditor Of the Territory Of
foregoing true copy Of the statement M Of 1e the
condition of the Northwestern Mutual Life In
s!irance Company Of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on
the M sist day Of December, a. u. 1871, and now on
SEAL JOHNS. SAND. Auditor
BY l.. NJ. PURDY, Deputy.
THE ETERR1ToRY OF DAKoTA,1
Auditors Office.
Whereas, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insu
rance Company. located in the city of Milwau-
kee. and state of Wisconsin, has filed in this OF
flee a sworn statement of its condition on the
3ist day OF December. A. d. 1877, in accordance
with the provisions Of an act Of the legislative
assembly of the Territory of Dakota, relating tc
| insurance companies, approved January 1871
Whereas, On examination of the sworn state
ment OF said company filed in this office, find
that the said insurance company is possessed OF
the necessary amount of capital invested as re-
quired by law.
>, Therefore, |. John S. Sand. auditor of Dakota
Territory do hereby certify that said insurance
company is duly authorized to transact the busi
ness OF life Insurance in said territory for the
year ending December 3lst, 1873, by agents prop
erly appointed.
GEO. w. ROBERTS, Agent.
IN testimony whereof ] have hereunto set my
hand and seal. this 18th day of April, A. ID. 1875,
SEAL JOHN S. SAND Auditor,
BY L. NJ. PURDr, Deputy.
GEO. w. ROBERTS, Agent.
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Personalities.

Baron Rotnschild who dimes with
Lord Bea0onsfield every Sunday-is re-
ported 70 have said the other day: II
90 NO know anything more about it
thar this mu-tard-pot, but l believe
the 70 Is going to be war;"
A rich Russian noble, who wishes to
remain incognito, but is supposed to be
Prince Straganoff has ordered the con-
struction of cruiser, which is to have a
speed OF fifteen or sixteen knots, and is
TO cost 100000 roubles. The Russian
Journals recommend his example to
other patriots who have money.
The recently assassinated Lord Leitrim
once upon pleasant time advertised for
an agent. Three hundred applicants
wrote to him, and in answer to one of
them he said that he wished to appoint
a military gentleman used to shooting
natives in Austrslia and New Zealand,
rs ne wanted wholesome lesson given
to the tenants on his estste.
Lady Angela BuTdett Coutts cannot
be said TO be handsome, unless in the
way of sarcasm; she is by no means
young, and she Is troubled with a heredi
tary skin-disesse, yet hundreds OF admirers
offer every year to love her for herself
alone. Up. S.-She owns bank and
many wlllions)
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From Washington. O..

The president has approved the sc
prohibiting the coinsge Of twenty cen
silver pieces.
The house committee on agriculture
unanimously agreed to report favorabI ;
on Representative Cutters bill declaring
the department of agriculture one of the
-7----r rz-,sieFsrts
Representative CLARK New Jersey, Of
the house military committee, reports
that the signal service is efficient aud
economical, and there is no reason for its
consolidation with the coast survey and
Efe-saviDg service.
The United States Treasurer Cilfllan
says that parties who apply for silv, I
dollars in exchange for United States
notes will be required to pay freight
charges on the same The department
pays the charges on subsidiary coin, bu
cannot do so on silver dollars.
Minister Seward telegra phs the de-
partment of state thst the famine in the
northern provinces Of China will con.
tinue six months longer. Funds tor the
relief of the sufferers, if ira nsmitted by
telegraph, can be disbursed by the for
eign committee, or by the commission
at Pekin
In accordance with the law recently
passed for the employ ment of temporary
clerks, between sixty and seventy per
sons have been appointed to such posi-
tions in the treasury department. The
appointments were determined by the
completeness of the quotas of the diE-
ierent states A large number of clerks
have also been restored to the interior
department under recent appropriations.
THE widow of Gen. Robert Anderson
of Fort Sumter fame some years ago,
when the eyoung bleeds of the Confederate
artillery made target of it, has Jared
uncommonly well at the hands of con-
gress. The General died with the rank
of major, and his widow has been receiv-
ing the pittance of $25 per month In
1872, however, she was voted 10000, in
recognition of her dependent cireunl-
stance and the meritorious services of her
husband. Congress is now informed that
the amount was invested unfortunately,
and application is now made to have her
pension increased to $50 per month.
The house of representatives have
cut the force of the land Office
down to one hundred and sixty-one
clerks. In 1879 there were one hun
dred and eighty-four clerks. The
work Is now much greater than Is was at
that time, comprising three hundred |
land-grants to railroads, canals and states
bounty land grants to soldiers of the late
war, and grants for agricultural colleges,
besides business pertaining TO settlers On
public lands. The clerical force being /
too email, the office is now nine months (
behind in its correspondence and tour
years in the patenting OF public lands.
The FIVE thousand dollars left by Benia-
min Franklin to the city of Boston in 1892,
% be loaned 10 young married mechanicst
las increased at rate that promises 10 /
make the principle 1925, 900 in 1892. |
This is only $56, 900 less than DR.. Frank
in calculated upon.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-05-17
Transparency of Metals.

That gold msy be beaten 70 such a
state of thinness as to readily transmit
greenish light is fact that has been long
known and this property has been used
by the gold beater as practical test of
the purity of the precious metal, mas
much as the smallest admixture of silver
with the latter causes perceptible
change of tint in the transmitted light
At recent meeting of the New York
Academy of Sciences, there was ex-
hibited film of gold (mounted between
two plates of glass for protection against
injury) which was stated to be the thin
nest "leaf" of this metal that has az yet
ever been produced. The method by
which this remarkable result was OBJ
tanned is very simple, yet one that requires
considerable delicacy of manipulation.
An exceedingly tenuous film of gold
having been, by means OF a galvanic
battery, deposited on the surface of an
ordinary dsguerreotype plate Of copper,
the latter metal was afterwards dissolved
away by the action of nitric scid,
and the gold film caught on plate of
glass.
The property of translucsncy, when in
films, has, until q comparatively short
time ago, been regarded as one peculiar
to gold alone; the reason being. perhaps,
that but few metals besides gold can be
successfully hammered to the necessary
degree of tenuity. In this respect, in
deed, no metals but silver and platinum
have been found to approach TO gold.
The interesting discovery has been made,
however, that by means OF electricity
thin films, not only of gold but of the
other metals, can be obtained which
transmit light very readily. The method
of obtaining these tenuoua sheets of
metal is by causing electric sparks to pass
from wires of the required metals passing
into tubes Of rarefed air or other gases,
when the PARTICLES of metal, detached
from the wires by the sparks, become
deposited on the sides of the glass, form
ing an excessively thin film, quite con-
tinuous under the microscope. Or the
metallic ilms thus produced gold trans
mits fine green light; silver gives a
fine blue color; copper, a dull green
platinum, blush gray; zinc, deep
blush gray iron, tint nearly neutral,
butinclining to brownish: and cadmium,
like zinc, a blush gray
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-05-17
An English View OF the Sit
uaiion in Turkey.

Though Russia is believed to have
secured Austrian neutrality, her military
situation IN Turkey is now regarded az
exceedingly critical. The attitude Of
the Turkish soldiers Is reported as more
favorable than ever for an alliance with
the English troops. A mouth ago RDs-
sion influence zremea On the Ioint ot
carrying everything before it, but now
the Porte seems more intractable than
ever. and the Turkish army is 30 strong
that the threats OF the Russians have
little effort. The Turks have intrenched
positions, and are scarcely inferior in
number to what the Muscovites can
mass. 30 that not only viii there be no
question of surprise, but even the most
serious attack might DO resisted sufi-
GENTLY long-at any rate until help
could come from elsewhere. II Is not,
therefore, considered likely that they
will accede to the evacuation OF Warns,
Shumla and Batoum, even TO get the
Russians away from the neighborhood Of
Constantinople. General Todleben, there
! fore, will have 10 display considerable
diplomatic talent in an attempt to over
come all difficulties, while the concil-
iatory disposition in St. Petersburg must
be strong not to be worn out by the
temporiziug policy which the Turks,
feeling the strength Of their position,
Will doubtless use with their we'll knowr
consummate skin. Meanwhile, though,
direct negotiations with the Turks for
the withdrawal Of the Russians have
begun.
Accounts from Adrianople state that
troops are still marching in the direction
OF Tchaldja and the capital, while west.
ward against the insurgents but few
battalions and squadrons Of Coesaclr
have been dispatched.
There is no abatement Of pressure on
the government works. The activity
which prevails in every department can
not be expressed in detail, it being
created by general demands ior mnn|.
tions and stores.
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A Love TRAGEDY.
How Two mesicans Settled as Star 0f tA'
Heart.

HON MehfNdHS 0cAhiC~ 80
Heart.
A Mexican paper contains lengthy
account OF terrible love tragedy which
fecehtly occured at Guadalajars. capital
of the ttate Of telisso. We esndsnse the
facts as follows:
A young, beautiful and wealthy widow
had two suitors, the one being a talented
medical student, aud the other dry
goods c'erk. 1he f0fm.rl slough gra
ciously looked supon as a friend, mel
several reverses "a lover, and finally
for reasons not maze public, was prohib-
ited from calling upon the beautiful but
bereavtd widow The dry goods clerE,
on the contrary, was an Adonis, ever
warmly received by his Venus. His hopes
for gaining the heart and hand of hil
idol increased daily and attracted public
attention. This produced fcrocicr.
jealousy and desperation in the mind 8.
TIE enofe sortrzs4szs 49, snez
Friday (supposed to be an evil dsy in the
calendar OF gossip, the widow threw
open her residence for the reception of
friends. The attendance was large
and composed of the aristocracy of
Guadalsjara, the second city of the re.
public in culture, taste and refinement
A grand ball followed the reception, and
the finest music hoated forth its harmony
to make the affair az delicious as it was
brilliant. Among those in attendance
were the young medical student and the
dry goods clerk, the latter having con-
siderable local fame as poet. During
the dizzy walt1es the student observed
that his rival was the partner of the
charming widow, fact which intensified
his jealousy. Unable to control Kim
self, the disciple of Esculapius
startled the assemblsge by in
sulting in the most elegant manner the
dry goods clerk, and followed this by
challenging him to duel there and then.
The man of tape instantly accepted the
challenge, and, being prepared for emer-
gencies, the duel took place without IN
necessary ceremony. The principals
selected their seconds, and walking into
the patio or courtyard of the residence
of the widow, commenced their deadly
work. The first shot of the dry goods
clerk was fatal, az was that OF the medi-
cal student. Both were mortslly wounded
and expired in a few moments. The
affair was conducted in such a cool and
business-like way that the assemblsge
could scarcely believe anything had
happened until they saw the two dead
bodies lyir in the patio. The woman in
the case, beholding the terrible sight OF
which she was the prime cause. burst
into tesrs and exclaimed: MY God
pardon ne, am innocent"
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ESTABLISHED 1850

ratings to watch his death struggles,
exclaiming: elf your father Won't
support you, drown The child's
clothing buoyed him up until the hor.
rified bystanders could rescue him.
A colony of Swedes have purchased q
large tract of land on the Blue mountain,
Pennsylvania, extending from the Della
ware Water Gap down to the Wind Gap,
on which they propose to settle and de-
vote their attention to raising and grazing
goats, and from goats milk they intend
to manufacture sweitEer-base. The coun-
try is particularly favorable for this
purpose
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-05-17
The DomesticatiOn of Animals.

Professor Rolleston gave a lecture at
the London Institution on % The History
of Some Our Domesticated Animals" +"
In introducing the subject he dwelt on
the civilization of the human race in con-
nection with the domestication of animals,
showing how civilization advanced with
the development of demonstration. IT is
difficult to conceive how man could have
made any progress in civilization till be
had bsasts of burden and trained animals
TO help him in hunting. As an illGstra-
tion of the evolution OF domestication the
substitution was mentioned Of the horse
for the OK for the beast of burden, as it
was gradually found that it was more
profitable to keep the OK IN good condi-
tion for food. The domestication of
birds appears from what evidence we
have, to have commenced long subse-
quently to that of the mammals. The
study of the remains of the human
occupancies often contributes to knowl-
edge OF the origin Of the people. For
example, the goat remains found IN the
lake dwellings point TO the people having
come from a warmer district and
having taken that useful milk-pro-
ducer with them. We have no
record, no tradition even, rs
to who first attempted domesJication !;
but there is, Professor Rolleston thinks,
sufficient reason for believing that the
dog was the first animal to be domesti-
Gated, the pig the second, and the OK the
third The methods for calculating the
history of domestication are, for pre-his-
toric times, the study of the remains of
pile dwellings and other living places,
burial places and peat moses. The stalls,
sites, kennels, stables and gardens of to-
day supply knowledge of some OF the
effects of training. Coins and monu-
ments supply useful historic evidence,
but the absence of representations Of
animals from those of any particular
period must not be taken to imply they
were not Familiarity known. In consid-
eripg the evolution of the domestication
of the dog, it seems probable that as
men used pitfalls for the capture of ami
mails for food, and these pits would con-
tain remnants attractive to dogs, the
dogs would soon be attached TO the pits,
would have an interest in their being
we'll supplied, and would join with men
in driving animals, and thus common
interest caused a mutual attachment.
In the concluding portion of the lecture
the effects of kindness in training were
referred to and kindness to all animals
advocated.-I London Times.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-05-17
The BRICK OVEN.

remember the pasture bespaDged with poses
remember the field gay with tassels OF corn;
The hedge where in childhood / sought the Wild
roses,
And The old-fashioned farm -hopse in which ] was
born
remember the dresser, the Quaint. hight hacked
settIs
whereof the whole family sat in a row;
The pOt-boOks and tIammels the crane and the
Kettle,
And the famous brick oven we had longszo
I'm, siek Of the sisht 81 those now tangled ranges;
rpeh dsaler In stoves from he east to the west
Cn bis sts ek Is eternaily rim; H.; the ohanges.
and every one vows that his own Is the best
/ m sick Of the cities. of people iurndaciOus,
whose Tieketty bakers cars rush to sud fro;
And sigh for the f1rm-hos.s, the areplace spa
cious.
And the famous brick oven we had long ago.
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gosa indication of the taste of the ma
SEES. Aside from very little gossip and
lignt'naisttd literature, their contents
are sessly hsade up Of reproductions OF
|e popular songs Of tbe day" At infre.
|quent intervals these periodicals. go 50
isI e to print an operate selection or
ts76pin Waliz, but their prevailing tone
y not In this direction. And, as they
are iiostly successful, the inference is
piain There Is but one publ
cation in the country devoted
exclusively TO the interest of the lovers
o. good music. 1t is printed by Boston
nrn, and It's sphere is among the higher
walk Of the art. A friend once congrat-
ulatsd the editor upon the success of his
magazine among the cultivated classes.
like your paper" he said, sit is
yeFy popular"
NJ, sirip snapped the editor with
indignant vehemence. cit is not popu-
ar ADD / wouldn't publish one that
. 1neIda6s oniy goes % NOV TINT
leSe are classes among music-writers as
well b in otuer branches of business or
art; andNhat, while the cheap class makes
the money and chuckles in its sleeve,
the high-tofed one hangs to it's dignity,
and is cOntenl with fame alone.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-05-17

Southern News.

Variegated marble from East Tennes-
zee is shipped to New York.
The number of hogs packed in the
west last winter was sos, 900, gain OF
I,404 900 over the previous year
Professor Cope, of Philadelphia, the
geologist, has found specimens of verte-
brates in northern Texas heretofore un-
knowD.
:, lady in Texas saw an advertisement
lin New York paper OF an opium cure.
She sent ior it, took it, and died in con-
vulssons in less than an hour. The New
York physician has been arrested,
Engineers have just examined ten
thousand scrss of prairie land, heretofore
considered worthless, in st. Mary's and
Terrebonne parishes, Louisiana, and
report the land reclaimable. The exper-
imeOt will be tried
A man named A. J. Coshow, while
gathering pecan nuts in Gonzales county,
Texas, a few days ago, saw from his perch
go the limb of a tree something glittering
'on the ground below. 1t turned out to
be Mexicsn silver dollar, and, digging
at the root OF the tree, he unearthed
$4,000 worth of the coiu.
jacksonville, fFla.) Sun and Press:
The largest sale of private lands in the
siate has just been negotiated by Mr.. NJ.
A. Williams, state land agent. The
purchasers are Messrs. ID. G.. Amber and
j. T. Taliaferro, residents of Jacksonville.
Ret consists of so 000 acres. lying
Erlfs-I akesi iss-.ssssss-
rt val ss.l1 cSiased J
clP1iy for the timber. yet there is
large FaFtlon of the land well adapted to
cultivation. There are MANY localities
on it whicl., for health of location, pro-
ductiveu ess of the soil and convenience
to traJisport4tion, are rot excelled any
where in For da.
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=" The crowns al knocked out of
your hat,'' yelled some newsboys to a
human temperance sermon wabbling
along the streets of Chicago the other
day. Ysz care?" said the example, F"
as he turned on his tormentors moment
q amt citizen of great republic an
waz ] care for erowpR
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-05-17

= There are eighteen rules to govern
the conduct of man seated behind a
runaway horse. Rule Latte jump.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-05-17

y mob dy'snaiiced you. y3u must be small
Ifnobo6y' sli<hfed y.u y u mnst 81 ~
~ nonody bow q 20 von. You must be Low.
Hnonosy' kissed yeus you re uriy, We know.
II nobod " . envied you. you're q poorelE
II nob9dy's chez ed you you are = knnves
II nobody hates you, you rfra ave.
Ifnobcdy's called yeu a focl TO youT aneo.
comebodv's wished for Jour back in ife plaea
II n0bofy's ca cd you q tyraat or a soolA' -
somb0dy thinks you Of npi ritess u ould.
II nobody kR0ws Of vour faalis bat frfa
Nobody will miss them at the worlds en-
II nobody ciDgsto your pti 80 IKE = fawu.
Nobody'll run ike hound when It's esna
II nobody's eaten his brad irora your store.
Eobody'n call you a miferiy bore;
u nabodY's slanderef you here IL our pen.
Sign yourself e Nobody tuicK AZ you can.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-12-12

who hNs an, symr,,h, ios t-rra-' 1
shall ~ one m,ssii Il dont e., sh,.
girt Of Cd BAILEY =. 9Th hos father.
cash
Wngtng The hi. ihs servant .Ao~rd
bin mt = brlhanu, hrhtsi drastag
r,~m ~srtc. IN stls snA ; ,l,. .hone
The fAi' N"ang ga -e"m b. hAi Nsled
tn - bis witc
She rpsc Ia meet him aud be csg.rl,
t-gAn
"INArvst Ns,. | am al imp.tiracr
Tor your snswcr l,,n't ke.p me ~
'~u'F-ns" ano,hcf m l, the twas.
ar- mIoe'"
With painfal d~isiiuctncs. csrr, ~uri
VI the ansscr smoir go hi, car
% dear ! VISA t~-ggAfs c,ald D.
aSs,iskri b, siatnts
lie opvnrd b.. eve, AnA stared =, be-,
then the truth .r~mcd "a burst upon
him.
May NJ. BAILEY What b. thi.''
he Capped
Really. sir. your sior, h. veil gotten
np, ,at 81 iu ~. arm cpncetncd. no
bcggArs need Nppiy
Catching up hi hat, Hont, smith
left the house so hurrtrll, that the ball
door slammed
II be did not gain the hrirv.s and Der
money, let us hope that be g.incd In
wisdom aud chanu y . k,Ns
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-12-12

fight hundred ,ovng women At work.
MI In n roum. alt looking comfortable.
most oi iarm hooking PRETTY. earning
fair ssgvs At easy wutk ~ork ht fur
~omcn ODD. ~ork nj which the, can
at and rest, aud not H. a with y
Kitchen At hand, and = hot dinner In
the middle ~ the dsy. with leave ni
absence t~ithout sioppsgc IL paw
every wear. with n do~ior tor sickness.
and = pcnsiou Tor old Az (tor the Young
women. ~ years roll IN. Gill t-cpmc
old. with only cigh, hours ~ work.
never before \ O'Clock In the morning.
aud never after = o'clock nj night with
iemal. suprrintrndcuts, and the chanc.,
II rising la bc n superintendent open
10 each girl THIS Is n gu,crumcu,
office. under government surveillance.
and all this has sprung into r,isicnc"
during The last eight YEAR. The gvn.
"ral Pust.DMcc il Ia NJ Martins lc-
Grand, near ST Pauls. ani there afv
nov two great Ppst-Oniccs \, the same
place, facing csah other. the elder one
having been found altogether insnnici.
cnt for the purpose required. although
when II was first uI~nrj. ahuu, fort,
hNe Years sgu. II vas supposed Ia h"
absurdlS larg for any possible rrlu re-
mcnts which the country could haV
for such n building Those who pass
from t~hcapsidc into Sr~gat. street Al.
ter the lamps have been lighted. may
observe, on looking up. that the whole
top npor ~ this nov building IL ,iluni
mated. II IL here that IN. ~ Young
women AT" NJ work. and their business
consists IN the reccip, AMI dispatch ii
telegraph messages After discovering
that at less, $40 womrn could Keep a
secret (>ecrccy u essential thrr,). !
asked: How many dismi.sals did you
have during las, Year," For ! hat
known much of the civil s~er,ic. M, self.
and had been aware that Ia dealing
with large bodies of men the ~,serri..rs
III discipline must have { - that
fast means 81 declaring that ol-,i on ~,
and order arr indispensable. Dismiss"
said my friend. Yes, We hs,, had y
dismissal. Miss - ~ss dismissed
but " seems to mcNiong time ago. III
get the books. The books were pro.
dnc"d. and It appeared tina, the unior.
,una,c one named had been sent away
ut some time in 1913. From q tod, Il
public servants ~ large ~ n regiment
there had been ~ di-mis.al- In four
year. Anthony Troiiopc.