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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-07-30
A King After Death.

The king of Hanover was buried with
some pomp on Monday, or rather his re-
mains were removed from the house in
the Rue de Fresbourg, where he died, to
a temporary resting place on their way
to Hanover. | went to see the body ly-
ing in state, just as bodies lie at the
szlor5 ae-on u sioping Table, the aoces-
SORES, wax-ights, black velvet, hang
ings and motionless lacqueys in the at
titude of grief making all the difference.
The resemblance to the royal family Of
England-in particular TO the duke Of
Kent, the father of Queen Victoria
was very striking. The dead man, you
will remember, was nearly related to
them, and was duke of Cumberland as
well as king Of the German state that
was the cradle of the race. The dead
man had been embalmed and dressed up
in his dark military uniform and orders
with a military hat at his feet and the
crown at his head. / suppose they had
embalmei him well, but for all that it
was a sight hardly to be seen without a
shudder. The complexion was of any
hue but that of fesh-lead or wood.
ashes or dry blue ink. 1t is strictly en-
regle, of course, to exhibit man in this
state to crowds that have hardly ever
seen him with the flush Of life and
health, but for my part 1 cannot but
think that the spectacle tends to add one
more to the long list of philosophic argu-
mer Is for the happiness of dying with
out name.-Cor. N. Y. World.
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Fashion Notes and Comments.

"The rel On of the Dolman is over.
The reign of the doll man, is not over.
"Bonnets are more worn than hats"
They are not more worn than tramps'
hats.
Whalebone fringe is used in half
mourning" Both whalebone and rattan.
without fringe, are used to produce full
mourning-in schools.
Square cuffs are the things for lit e
boys" But not square cuffs on the ears.
A mothers slipper worn a few inches
below the waistband is preferable.
"The exposition costume, as deter
mined by the Paris congress of fashion,
is short" The exposition custom, as
determined by the Paris hotel keeper,
makes the visitor "short '-tinancially
I" Red is not so much in vogue as it
was last summer" Except in anthem.
perance noses
"Skirts killed in the back are worn
by small boys" Cats "kilted" in the
back (yard) is also boys fashion.
" Neckties, with wide linen collar, are
de r1guer." The rigor of the Jaw sac.
lions hemp neckties, without collars, for
persons " who dress to kill"
F" Ladies wear Isle thread gloves with
open clocks around the wrist" "Clocks'
around the wrist are all we'll enough
hut some parents want to keep watch
on their daughters also.
" Yellow is still fashionable" How
can it be "still " fashionable, when it i;
loud" color?
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-07-30
6 keramOs.0

Mr.. Longfellow is said to have receiv-
ed his first suggestion of Keramos from
Benjamin Dodge, an old potter who for
merly lived and practiced his art in
Portland, Me. A writer in the Press of
that city gives this interesting gossip
about him:
Con some of the ware made by Mr..
Dodge, were the attempts at likeness of
animals and birds, some in relief, and
some in the glazing. OF those in relief,
the legs and tails of animals seemed to
have been placed without due care. In
deed, if Noah had been obliged to select
from such animals for his pairs from
his ark, we would have been puzzled as
to the species in some cases. The busts
of persons seem to have been put on
with more care; most of these we're pro-
files. After the vessels were finished,
and set i'll another room to dry, it was a
fayori!e trick Of SOME bad boys (whom
the good man tolerated Notwithstanding
to disfgure the human faces by drawing
down the corner of the mouth with th$
finger, producing ludicrous expressici
in this mischief some of the vessels were
knocked askew. This disfguring, the
potter did not often observe, until it was
too late to amend, and this imperfect
ware was burnt in the kiln with the rest
and set away or shelf by itself, to b.
sold at less price. This row of pots
Jugs and pictures wasa curiosity. Long
fellow could not have been one of thess
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"Lyd," he said, "united we stand,
divided we fall"
The neighbors, now that they have
time to take an impassioned retrospective
glance at the occurrence, think there
must have been a deep significance in
those words. They have a dizzy and
somewhat Observation-Disclosures OF turn
ing double somersaults out of the kitch-
en- door, and of going through various
acrobatic feats in the back yard, and OF
seeing the little man and his mentor
reaching out for them as soon as they
had picked themselves up. Then comes
a life-like and realistic picture of little
figure fatigued with the contest, perched
upon the front gate post, clapping his
hands and cheering his companion on
to deeds of greater valor. The man who
carried the tar pailrelnembers, more dis
tinct!y, digging for some two hours later,
in his own wood shed, any quantity OF
~-~~> @.sra~~.e~>~@~ ~.' 50; -.<@*-'aas
the object of his sometime sympathy had
poured upon him. And finally, they all
remember that they clasped hands and
took solemn oath, with eyes turned
toward the moon, that fighting husbands
and wives might hereafter become even
as the Kilkenny cats before they would
yer interfere again.
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IS Craak and Dr;re!O

As Noah in his ark, SO the church has
ravens as well as doves; birds that creak
and drivel and luxuriate in the sedi-
mentary mud and slime of this great
deluge of sin. AS they move out over
this darkened world Of God, the eye is
bent downward; they see only the earth,
not the clearing heavens or troops Of
stars; they gaze on the desolating waters
without once thinking of the green
fields i'll preparation below. They are
birds of i'll omen, built to croak, not to
sing; to remind the world of its misery,
not of the hope kindled in the provisions
and promises of the Gospel. Birds of
night, they belong rather to dark than
to bright dispensation, rather to the
law than to the Gospel. Appropriate
while the food yet prevails, they are en-
tirely out of place in ages of renaissance
and spiritual progress. Blessed isl the
church around whose altar doves, in
stead Of ravens, fock!-Zion's Herald.
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How Monkeys Dislike Snakes.

That monkeys, like man, have pecu-
liar instructive adherence of snakes, is
shown by an experiment made in the
Philadelphia Geological garden by Mr.,
Arthur E. Brown, and recorded in the
Ame,4can Naturalist Mr.. Brown having
wrapped a dead snake in paper, set the
package on the floor Of a cage contain
ing forty or fifty monkeys. 1t was in
stantly spied by a female cynocephalus,
who quickly seized the paper and
dragged it away with her. Soon the
paper unfolded and the snake slipped
partly out. On seeing what the package
contained, the cynocephalus instantly
dropped it and sheered of. The other
monkeys now cautiously approached the
dead snake, but all were careful not to
came too near, with the exception of
one, large macaque, who would make
an occasional snatch at the paper, as
though to see whether the dreaded
animal were really dead. A pull at a
string attached to the tail of the snake
causing it to stir, sent the inquisitive
monkeys scampering away, but they
would again return, ever keeping at a
respectful distance. The dead snake
was then successfully introduced into
cages occupied by animals of other
orders carnivores, rodents, ungulates,
etc. but none Of them paid it any
special attention except one peccary,
which, finding that it was dead, seemed
disposed to eat it. The author observed
in a deaf and dumb lady the expression
of the same emotions and feelings on be-
holding serpents which had been ex-
hibited by the monkeys. There were
the same fear, the same attraction and
repulsion; and after watching for long
time, with an expression of intense dis,
gust, a cage of boas, she was led away
by her friends, protesting that she
wanted to tay.--Popu'ar Science Monthly
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A Spanish Dance.

The music on the present occasion
A@.<-~ls~ess.r-@&.~ 49, t>>~sii =. 800.
pair of cymbals and a violin, accom-
panied by the singing of stout woman
in the corner, and the rhythmic clapping
of hands, thrown in like a gratuitous
blessing by the surrounding spectators.
Immediately before us sat a number OF
pretty young girls, neatly dressed, and
with those usual adornments of south
ern women magnificent black hair,
decked with flowers, and sparkling soft
dark eyes. A young man occupied the
floor, or rather the very small part of it
left by the crowd for the performance
of the dance, while another sat in re-
serve near by to relieve him when "a
tigued; for, though there were dozen
or more female dancers waiting to per
form, there were only two partners to
be divided between them. The fan
dango, or national dance of Spain, por-
Trays the passion Of love, and its sue
cessful rendition depends as much on
the individual talents Of the performers
as that of a play upon its actors. The
young man before us was of q fine,
athletic form, well displayed in his
Andalusian costume, with a crimson
scarf bound tightly around his waist,
a velvet sombrero, jaunty vest and
white stockings reaching from the
tasselled knee glittering with its silver
buttons, down to his shapely feet. He
ICED ICE ILL! !9e1ss5 s!.fsss4a III. ~.
a bandit air, then approached young
girl and signifed his lordly will to
dance. She rose, and they fell back into
the middle of the arena. Then began
the dance, for which the audience
composed themselves with nearly as
much anticipated pleasures as for bull
fight. With castanets in either hand,
and arms rising or falling at the mo-
ment's impulse, the dancers began sway
ing backward and forward, now
advancing, now retiring in languid, I'M
dulatory movements; sometimes there
would be sudden, passionate start,
subsiding into coy reluctance; some
times sweep around each others per-
sons, thus changing their point of at
tack or vantage ground; sometimes
there would come quick and impetu.
GUS movement of daring, entreaty, or
coquettish allurement, relapsing into
the wave-like dance, charming beyond
expression, while through it all the
shrill, crude music shrieked and walled,
the beating of the hands told time, and
sharp cries of Ola! Ola! rang through
the room as the audience walked to the
passion of the play, and the actors
warmed into the true dramatic meaning
of the dance. When, subdued by the
mimic suit of her partner, the maiden
touches his shoulders on either side
With the tips of her fingers, the fandango
ends.-Nea0 York Pest.
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and mufiier, stood out in bold and pleas
ant relief as the detective, kept guard
over them.
At the station they were handed over
into the custody of the police. ! was all
right by that time. Vixen rode with
me as far as the hotel nearest here, and
tomorrow he will call to see if / am any
the worse for my ride by express.
The contents of the pocket-book were
Mary's bridal dowry.
The detective speaks of the senior part
ner in the firm of Brand & Lake as the
most hospitable and generous man he
ever met in the course Of his professional
career. .IHa-
Lake was quite cured of his love for
billiard playing. He had too narrow an
escape, and he did not forget the lesson.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-07-30
Another Way to Tell Mushrooms.

4 little boy from Reese river was
peddling mushrooms about town this
morning. Chow do l know they are
not toadstools?" asked a gentleman to
whom he offered to sell some of the
mushrooms. "Well, you see," replied
the boy, when you eat 'em you put
four-bit piece in your mouth, and if the
four-bit piece turns black, then the
mushrooms is pizen, but if it turns
white then they 'aint pizen." The gen.
tisman bought some OF the mushrooms
and said he guessed he would Try the
test on his wife mother.-Austin Reve;lle,
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-07-30
From Wonder to Wonder.

A Troy inventor will shortly take out
a patent for cataphone. By means of
wires stretched along backyard fences
and heuse,tops he conveys, with the aid
of some simple machinery, all concate-
mated caterwauls into an alright bar
rel. By another simple continuance the
sound in the barrel can be compressed,
and can be used in quantities for fire
and burglar alarms. The inventor pre-
diets that he will give to the boys some
thing that will make Rome howl, in
place of dangerous fre-crackers for
fourth of july celebrations. For blast
ing rocks, he says, it is just the thing
IrOy WHO,
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-07-30
LaYa in Grceea.

A Greek youth who was engaged to a
Greek maiden of eighteen has been
drawn into the army. The lover sends
to his love letter saying that he may
be gone long, perhaps forever, and that
the bearer Of the letter is a good boy,
worthy of being her husband. Being
asked if she likes this one she SAYS:
(" Well, you see the other one is away,
and may never return. / cried for a
week; then this one came; he is now
here and my rousseau is ready. If ]
wait mucn longer snail be too old, for
in another two years / shall be twenty
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-07-30
A Flying Biyalvc.

In September of last year, a blue
winged teal was shot, while flying, near
the Artichoke river, at West Newbury,
Mass, which had attached to one of the
toes 0f his foot common species of
fresh-water mussel or clam Unio COM
plaaat,s), species which is fonhd in
nearly all the rivers and ponds of the
Atlantic slope. How long the shell had
been attached is only matter of con-
lecture, but it had abraded the skin of
the birds toe, which was caught between
the valves Of the Shell, and Ief.. Gu:tte ali
impression. 1t was living when the
bird was shot. It would have nnaenbt-
edly been transplanted to some pond or
river, perhaps miles from its original
home, had not the bird been shot, and
might have prepagased its kind. The
case is interesting, as it corroborates che
idea that fresh-water shells are some
times transplanted by the agency of
aquatic birds.
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A pAW.PAW.
BY MAURICE THOMPSON.

III dusky groves, where cheerily all day long
Mocking the nut-hatch and the cardinal
The trim drab cat-hird trolls its ftful song,
hear the mellow golden paw-paw,s call,
What luscious frnit! Scorned as of little worth
By those who long for sr,yas of the south,
Figs and bananas, pining that The north
Is barren of the luxuries of the earth!
Fruit, that ! sought in childhood with month
Eager to taste thy wild delicious juice; WYNN
What orange grown in groves of Italy
Or what pomtgranate rjpened in the dews
OF Grecian isles, would not now refuse
For the rare Favored, racy pulp OF thee!'
-'Scribher'S Monn,hy
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BIDDY prepared her first mess es Green
neas by taking al the s.sede OK. and ha:,
ing the pods.
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But, Angels and ministers of grace! !"
What did they see! Not what they ex-
pected to see: not what they came to
see. What they did see was this precon-
ceived wife-whipper pinned by strong
hand against the wall with his tongue
loliing out Of his mouth waiting an OPP.
portunity To articuiate remonstrance,
and bending over him with balcful look
in her eye, lowered the fragile form Of
one who was once woed and won.
The entrance OF the party ON their err
rand of mercy caused relaxation of the
iron grippe around the little mans throat,
and ,ssse him the for opEor tuis
e s;la s, Of ..sSa his aa-
ditors thought he made singular use,
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ODDS AND ENDS,

SARATOGA has twenty-five different
,in1s of sDriupS.
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/ nm, hos Misiling 10 appear ehuriISh Or
afraid, knowing that could trus. some-
thing to my own strength should the
worst come. q
We had made the last stoppage, and
We're rolling swifiiy through the sleem,
when, among other TOPICS, our converse.
ton touched on ;swalry1 hhe drew a
snowy ring from his finger, telling me it
was a curious piece Of workmanship,
having secret spring, which he said I
could not discover.
took it, searching in vain for spring,
then returning it to him. II dropped
and rolled under my feet.
I stopped to pick it up, and SO did he,
but in that moment, while nay head was
down, he had me tightly by the throat,
and threw me to the carriage floor.
his confederate was upon me in an In
slant. / could scarcely breathe: and
could not struggle, for a heavy knee was
upon my chest, and two strong brutal
hands were crushing the life from my
throat.
Though the horror of the situation
did not last minute, it seemed an eter-
nifty to me. / felt the rnaiams' hands
searching for the pocket-book, and l
strained desperately for chance of re.
sistaRce.
Their work was nearly done. Cramped
in that small space, was powerless, and
the veins in my throat and head were
swelling like sinuous bars, when the old
gentleman in the corner awoke and came
to my assistance.
/ heard a lowwhirr of sorae weapon in
its descent, and my first assailant reeled
from me stunned. Then the old gentle
man, with ! strength and rapidity of ac-
tion wonderful to see in person of his
age, seized the scoundrel, lifted him
avay,es. s!ss..ees.!: CT. 5. seat.
There was brief struggle, and then
heard sharp click-sconndr el the seeeeasd!
had g pair VI handouts ON his wrists.
They were more prompt than had
expected, said the old gentleman, re-
moving his wplen comforter, with which
Re fastened my frat assailant's hands
behind him, "and railway carriage
docs not afford much scope for strug-
glefn
The pocket-book was safe. The ruff.
mans were securely bound. and the old
gentleman VINO, without his spectacles
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The p0cket-book was safe. The ruff.
tians were securely bound, and the old
gentleman VINO, without his spectacles
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EASY CALCULATOR.

1t is used by thousands of farmers,
mechanics and business men, who speak
in the highest terms of its practical util-
ity and convenience. Its wonderful sim.
plicity enables even the most illitcratc
to calculate with absolute accuracy and
speed while its original and rapid
methods delight and benefit the most
scholarly. Its entirely new system of
tables shows, at a glance the correct
value of all kinds of grain, stock, hay,
coal, lumber and merchandise, of any
quality and at any prlce the interest on
any sum, for any time, at any rate per
cent I; measurement of lumber, logs, cis-
terms, granaries, wagon beds, corn cribs;
wages for hours, days, weeks months.
etc. It is we'll and neatly gotten up, in
pocket-book shape; is accompanied by a
silicate slate, diary, and pocket for pa.
pers. 1t is unquestionably the most
complete and practical Calculator ever
published. Cloth, 81 90; Morocco, 81 80
Russia, gilded, $500; Flexible cloth, GO
cts. For sale at Press & Dakotaian Office
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LIVER Is KING,

The Liver is the imperial organ OF
the whole human system, as it controls
the life, health and happiness of man
When it is disturbed in its proper action,
all kinds of ailments are the natural re-
suit. The digestion of food, the move
ments of the heart and blood, the action
of the brain and nervous system, are all
Immediately connected with the working
of the Liver. 1t has been successfully
proved that Green's August Flower is
unequalled in curing all persons afflicted
with Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint, and
all the numerous symptoms that result
from an unhealthy condition of the Liv.
er and Stomach. Sample bottles to try,
1Ocents. Posltivly sold in all towns on
the Western Continent. Three doses
will prove that it is just what you want
Sold by Mills & Purdy.
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PERSONAL.
Yankton.

Revenue Collector Hollenbeck came up
from Vermillion last night.
Frank Moulton is still in town waiting 70,
the departure of boat for Pierre.
G. 7. Mccoy, of Bon Homme, drove down
to Yankton before breakfart this morning
II. B. Chafec, of Vermillion, spent last
night in Yankton. OF course the circus
had nothing to do with his coming up.
Rev. w. w. Fowler, Episcopal missiona-
ry at Santee agency, arrived from Elk Point
last night, and left for the agency this morn
ing.
Geo. II. Stoddart and L. S. Dcming will
leave in day or two for Lake Kampcska
The boys are both claim and office holders
in the county of which Kampcska is the
central figure.
H. II. Rudd, of Lodi, is in town. An
item under the head of neighborhood news
shows that the hot weather has not deferred
him from entering into an important social
Judge Bennett arrived last night from the
Hills on his way to Washington, whittier he
is called to personally answer the charges of
the CIagget gang. He says the Hills will
be we'll represented in the territorial conven.
ton. There are indications that the Judge
will receive the vote of the entire delegation
from that quarter.
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BY UNIVERSAL ACCORD.

AYERS CATIIART1c Pills are the best OF
all purgatives for family use. They are
the product OF long, laborious, and sue
cessful chemical investigation, and their
extensive use, by Physicians in their prac-
tice, and by all civilized nations, proves
them the best and most effectual purgative
Pill that medical science can devise.
Being purely vegetable no harm can arise
from their use. In intrinsic value and
curative powers no other Pills can be
compared with them and every person,
knowing their virtues, will employ them,
when needed. They keep the system in
perfect order, and maintain in healthy
action the whole machinery oflife. Mild,
searching and etfectual, they are specially
adapted to the needs.of the digestive ap-
paratus, arrangements of which they
prevent and cure, if timely taken. They
are the best and safest physic to employ
for children and weakened cons titutions,
where mild, but efectual, cathartlc is
required.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. If
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Services will be held at the court house
tomorrow, Sunday, July 21st., both morn.
ingand evening at the usual hour, by Rev
Mr.. Thorne, pastor of Unity church. Seats
free.
By order of NJ. Brennan, president, a
meeting of the Father Matthew'S Total
Abstinence society will be held at the Cath.
olic church tomorrow at o'clock D. m.
Business of importance will be transacted.
There will be services at the Uaiversalist
chapel, on Cedar street. tomorrow evening
at o'clock. Sabbath school at 12 O'Clock.
No services in the morning.
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Old papers for sale at this office.
THE TERRITORIAL FAIR

The citizens of Vermillion have complied
with the conditions required by the terri.
torial agricultural society, and the next an.
nual exhibition will be held at that place.
The following official announcement is
made by the secretary of the society:
YANKToN, d. T., July Goth, 1878.
The annual exhibition of the Dakota ter.
ritorial agricultural society will be held at
the town of Vermillion, on the 10th. 11th,
18th and 18th days of September, 1878,
Full particulars ss to premiums, ETC., will
be made public as soon as practicable.
BY order Of the society.
lie. WEST,
Secretary.