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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-27

Next Thursday the declaration Of lnde'
pendence will be 1O2 years old.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-27

The promise of an abundant harvest IL
Dakota continues cheering.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-27
NO ADVERTISING AGENT

can insert an advertisement In our list OF twenty.
six STANDARD WEEKL1ES, ut ten dollars o
line without losing money. Those advertisers
who want to obtain the best and largest circ,,la-
tion possible without expending more than from
go to 500 should address GEO. r. ROWELI. &
CO., 10 spruce ST., New York.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-27

An election for two justices of the peace
to Ill vacancies was held In Lawrence
county on the 18th. The republican and
democratic parties placed tickets In the
field, but the Pioneer, of the 10th, in Civ
ing the result of the election so faras heard
from, says "the election passed of very
quietly and was made in the upper towns
almost purely local matter, party lines be.
ing ignored" The result of the vote in
Deadwood. Gayyllle. Lead, Crook City and
Central was aa fo1lOws.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-27
$40. $50. $50. $IOo

,nyeSted Jndiciollsly IN Stocks Options OF PrIvl.
!eEes), . sure road 70 rapid fortune. Full de.
tails and OtlictAl Stock Exchange Reports free
Address I. POTTER WIGHT { co. GanGcrs, Is
Wall Street, New York.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-27

G7 A DAY TO Agents canvassing for the Fire.
Address i. o. VlCKERY, Augusta. Maine.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-27

"A full line OF Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Of
the finest and best patterns constantly on hand
Repairing done under the personal supervision
business.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14
Anecdote of Professor Henry.

| met him." says a Boston CORES.
pondent but once at Montreal
noticed that this fine looking man. when
he arrived at the hotel in Montreal, was
placed at the head of our table, but did
not know who he was He came home
by the same route and at the same time
with us, and was very kind and courtc-
Gus To my travelling companions IA well
rs myself. What remember more dis.
tinctly than anything else was the hap
pening at Rouse's Point while we were
waiting for the steamer. The professor
was talkative and communicative i'm his
quiet way, and was full of incidents OF
travel and adventure. Soon the steamer
appeared in sight, and while she was ap-
preaching us the professor sat upon the
wharf looking dreamily at her. Pres
emily he aroused himself and said: i
see peculiar sparkle of the waves near
the side OF the steamer where the sun
SHINES upon her Nt was almost sunset).
/ wonder what the cause of il is? /
have seen phosphorcscent light before.
but never exactly like this. And see
there 1t is also upon the other, the
darker side of the steamer. Well, GER
tainly that is very curious. We looked,
and indeed it seemed remarkable First
upon the bright side of the steamer, and
then upon the dark side, would appear
these curious flashes of light, and disap-
pear almost instantly. They seemed To
come at regular intervals and IL was
beautiful as we'll as strange. our rever-
les were rudcly disturbed, however, by
the customs inspector approaching.
"' Looking ~ them ilashcs|
q" Yes, said the professor. / wonder
what they are?'
Z" Oh them = hot ashes they arc
throwing out Of the ash pits
The professor was nonplussed for a
moment then saying quietly, Well,
well, live and learn-live and learn he
lapsed into silence"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14
Samples from New Style Of Reading
Book.

y Western paper wants modern inn
provements worked into school reading
books, and offers the following as sam
pie of the sort that would be up TO the
spirit of the age
"The horse is on his nest. He is n
fine horse. Can he make his mile i'm two
minutes? Some horses have the scratches.
So do some boys
The goose is on her roost. She is a
fine quadruped, and has tender tenor
voice. Can goose fly far? No, neither
the goose nor the rhinocerOs can ny far.
Here is man. He is fireman.
He belongs to No. 10. IL you are a good
boy, you will some day be an angel like
this fireman. II is dangerous thing
to be n fireman. They sometimes get
their heads broken.
Here is the gas works 1t is high
building All our Congressman are
born here. DO Congressman evcrstc
You may be sure that they do.
do you see that small boy? He is a
good boy, and supports his mother by
selling newspapers. His father don't
have 10 work any more now.
Here is a picture of young widow.
Her husband could not pay her dry
goods BILL and 80 he died DO you
think she will get another man? She
will try hard
"Here is seaside You see that
swell there drinking spring water?
What is he here for2 For his health.
Will he get it? Yes, if his fathers
money holds out, and she don't get en-
gagged first to that fellow with the paste
diamond.
What is that man doing there? He
iscOuntingoyer Govcrnmentgr tgreenbacks
he is n public official. See how fast he
counts Those one dollar bills on the
left hand side are the money ne is to re-
turn 10 the Government, and those ten
dollar bills on the right are the money
he is going to put into his pocket. IT Is
a good thing to be a public official? Now
you're talking.
Here is the face Of reporter. See
how joyful he looks He has lust heard
that a man has cut his own throat, and
he is going for the item. Should you
like 70 be q reporter, and get licked ON
dark nights, and see dead persons, and
climb up four pair of stairsg"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14
How 10 Manage Ones Fellow Crea.
lures.

And here we may offer To those who
would live comfortably little counsel
upon the method of managing ones fcl.
low creatures Never he So weak aS a.
consult their comfort when il interiors,
materially with Your own; never Stav
listening to 81 story when YOU would pre-.
Ter To he telling one yourself. but imme.
diately break away from the egotistical
wretch, covering your retreat with ~
thick Varnish of good breeding rs ven
can manage, unless, Of course, vour enter
tainer be poor, and of no reputation; i'm
which case you can break away without
any excuse at ALL Above all, never be
afraid of ordering your fellow creatures
about. Eight persons out OF ten do a.
they are told, and the logger one lives.
the more plainly does one observe the
similarity between masses of human be.
iugs and tlockS of sheep, who will con
tcutcdly follow their leader through q
miserable gap in the quickest hedge.
while iive-harred gate close bv is wide
open ready Co admit them. Therefore.
order boldly and you will be obcycd
But remember great deal hangs on
the word boldly; for if YOU make n
mistake, and express your desire i'm a
ditiident, hesitating way, as though
there were any chance of refusal.
you will probably get the refusal
Everything comes To him who waits is
no, was-a proverb. The last reading
OF 1T IS, Everything comes TO him who
asks DO you want situation i'm vour
friends banking establishment for your
Hopeful, whose ideas of his fathers
purse are on too liberal scale well. 90
and ask for one, and if refused ask
again, and so on dd cdpo until you get
what you want. 1t is no trouble, and
besides IL is so gentlemanly too. IL does
not look wcll2 Nonsense. everybody
does it and who are you that YOU should
set Yourself up for being better than
your neighbors forsooth? You think it
a pity the old-fashioned cloak of humil-
ity and modcsty, especially for a young
person, is never worn now? q, nv
friend! it has gone out of fashion long
ago; we must do "a others do, or we
would he left SO far behind i'm the race
that we should never reach the grand
stand at ALL
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14
Lying az n Fine Art.

a liar, like poet, is born not made :;
natural bent in the direction of un-
veracity and high cultivation combined
with constant practice will do much.
but they usually do too much. For n
lie to be OF any service II must be sup
ported by n great deal Of truth. One
he may be told on the single vital point !;
but all the auxiliaries must be true. else
the sham is easily detected. If n man
lies with too great a fucncy, and scat
ters-so 10 speak instead Of cOncentra-
ting his powers on q single point, he can
never attain to any eminence. We know
quite q number of promising young
liars who have failed In life from this
cause they lied with such extravapance
that M little while people ceased to
believe the truths that were necessary
10 buttress the falsehoOds, and thus the
young men failed az utterly 10 produce
effective false suggestions ~ If they had
habitualIy spoken the truth ANYBODY
can speak The truth But II requires a
great deal OF genius invention, self
possession, ingenuity and knowledge Of
human nature to tell a falsehoOd that will
hold good for three days. Artistic liars
are consequently almost ~ rare ~ those
persons who like George Washington
could not tell lie" The great mass
OF mankind attain cminencc neither "a
speakers Of truth or Of falsehood. Very
large numbers tell what they call white
lies ~ whenever they get into an incon.
venient place but these usually deceive
yerylittle. Thcyarc the social lubricants.
Still they may he we'll told. told with
grace and in style and this il compare.
lively rare. They are usually successful
when they take the form of natterv. be
cause the hearcr IL ready To- believe.
Care should be taken, however. not to
cut 10 too fat" liar to be effective
must not talk too much. The Great
silent Liar is the most efficient Those
fellows that will ride twenty miles to
correct truth, arc sure t0 be great
talkcrs II % man talks great deal he
i- in danger Of drawing too freely ON his
resources and exhausting them ao that
they fail him ct the time of need We
throw ont these suggestions because we
notice % number Of young liars of great
promise who are pursuing false methods.
u it be- worth while 20 lie 70 all. IT.
should be done with care and finish
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14
CArALINE's DEFENSE.

but 'his will avow that have Scorned
Aho an sun Go scorn, TO hide my sense OF wrong
90 brands me on the forehead breaks my svor,,
~ ~ LAY the bloody sCOurge upon nv back
n,"uu perhaps like to try IL out in tho hack yari
Alter the Senate adjournsi
i'auiNheu, tndeedt thank Won Tor H.
As intended 10 move out Of town ANYHOW
held some slack allegiance tia this hour
but now my swords mvown: sud
would like 10 see the man that will
Attempt TO collect any city taxes Tor this year
smile on, you baid-headed snipes OF the valley
4 our 'OnsuIs merctul--very hut IL he
nares TO touch har of Cataline L will
hnoek him galley-west and crooked,
ISr am the best little man that walks g.
ne streets OF this burg, and don't you forget m.
free ''' 81
rom daily contsct with the things / loathe7
our organ-srtnders on every street corner:
our citizens, packing plaster-of- Paris images
Around on cellar doors, and selling them
Il o our wives for dim winter csothine,
lried and convicted trnitori" Who saws thisa
Let him show his head and I'll bust IL
III II costs mo forty dollars,
20; but not TO leap the gulf alone
gpi but when come, twill be the burst
~ ocean In the earthqtake--rolling hack
IN IN sWltt and mountainous ruin. Tatai
- ou huld my funeral pile but your hest blood
nan quench the flannel Rack, slaves,
nave return ticket in my vest pocket.
on Ci'V DrrrfsE
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14
Ada Webb's Romnncc.

snratpR" letter to Nov YORK Graphic
Much is written every year about the
annual new beauty Of Saratoga. This
year it has settled on the biggest woman
in the village, but in quiet, social way
there is no lady more admired than Mrs.
William Connor, formerly Ada Webb.
OF the Webb sisters. I'm the height of
her popularity and archncss she mar
tied MIR. COnnOr, and at his request re-
nounced the stage forever She could
easily have anticipated the fortune Lotta
has made, and was at that time un-
rlvaled IN vaudeville The grand
father Of Mrs. COnnOr was an English
banker and her family connections are
the best on the stage About the close
OF our civil war she was making a tour
in Canada, when Sir Garnet Wolselv.
then the plain Colonel of a rcgi-
ment, made her acquaintance, and with
her mOther's consent proposed 10 her.
lie was q kind man, but plain and full
Of wounds, and she decided On refuse
him. They parted friends. and his cor
rcspOndence, still in her hands. Is q
pretty souvenir iu the life Of Othcllos
successor, the present Governor OF Cv-
prus and hero OF Magdala. The sister
Of Mrs. Connor, Emma webb. i- the
wife Of prosperous merchant at Ko-
kOmO, Ind Her last public appearance
was at Saratoga three years ago. when
she recited for "a charity, and Henry
wilson made one of his last speeches in
PRODUCING her.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14

a FELLOW with n demoniac look ON his
face, entered a sawmill yesterday, and
sauntering up TO buzz saw which was
in rapid motion, deliberately laid his leg
in front Of it As the teeth cut into the
member, seven men tainted and thirteen
turned 80 pale that they were mistaken
for wooden buckets and .natchcd up by
horror stricken bystandtrs and dipped
into the river. The proprietOrs could
scarce maintain their composure rs they
saw the parts Of the dismembered leg Az
of but the man most interested was a.
cool as Charles Francis Adams. and said
he had an old grudge against buzz saws
and just wanted 10 sass thie one. dis
leg wa q wooden one, and when the saw
found out 81 gnashed its teeth, vnawed
tile. and bit itself in seven places be
cause IL was 80 mad ~ being trified with
kcokVk Copsfjfvfiou
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14
III

The lessons did not progress we'll the
next morning Maggie was thinking of
Alic, who was no doubt strolling about
the common, listening 10 the band and
making love to the heiress. SuddenIv
at about twelve o'clock, Just when Mac.
gle was in the middle Of expounding a.
best she could the cccentricities Of tbe
French grammar there was n knock ON
the schOolrOOm door Come in" shc
said. The door opened, and there stood
before her astonishcd eyes the form Of
Alic Granger.
"Oh, what will Mrs Marshall and
Miss Patterson sayg said Maggie in con
sternatiOn.
" Nothing to you for the next half
hour or 70, for ! have just seen them
safely ON their way to Woolwich. and I
thought ] should Just get quiet chat
with you. Ny dears." he said. turning
to Maggie's wide eyed. open-mouthed
pupils, I'm sure you'd like to be let of
your lessons, so I'll let You off for half
an hour; run along, my little dears "
and ne opened the door for them. and
shut II after them.
Oh, Alicw she said IN fear and
trembling.
oh Maggicl he answered mimick.
ing What did You mean by going
away from Porlocb and not leaving any
address o.
couldn help il, and you never
wrote she answered helplessly
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14
photographic Papers.

The average reader of the daily news
paper probably enjoys the column of Sc
lected paragraphs as much as. if not
more than, any ether department of the
paper and vet very few have any idea
where the good things that go the rounds
of the press come from. OF thethousauds
of newspapers published i'm our country,
only small fraction of one per cent. i'm.
dulgc in what has become known as
humorous pHragraphing. We have
heard a good many people say il was get
ting To bc fashionable for ncwspapers To
bc funny, as if humor were a stylc that
could be adopted or discarded like ahiph
collar or pair of box shoes. Coming
right down To bottom facts, how many
newspapers are recognized as "funnv j.
papers, Wen say fifty, and that leaves
a pretty wide margin. We have in
mind, as we write, the Norristown
Herald, Danbury News, Detroit Free
iresS, Burlington Hawkcye, New Haven
Register, Chicago journal, Utica Her
ala, buffalo Express, Rochester Chron-
lcle, lonkers Gazette. Rochester EX-
press. Boston Globe, Rockland Courier.
heokuk Constitution, Whitehall Times.
81 John Torch, Fulton Times, Rome
Sentinel, Cincinnati Breakfast Table.
Saturday Night, New Orleans Picayunc,
turner's Falls Reporter Meriden Re
corder, Camden Post, Hackensack Re
publican, Boston Post, New York Com
mercial Advertiser Puck, Philadelphia
Bulletin, and Atlanta Constitutions
tainly the most literally quoted, if not
the entire roster of the humorous press.
or this number twenty are dailics.
These " funny" papers send out about
a quarter of million paragraphs dur
ing the year, and surely that amount of
humor doled out with discrimination
ought to keep humanity between n grin
and n luuph most nC tho t;,,o
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14
The Uses OF the Lemon.

a piece Of lemon bound ON n cora will
relieve IL in day OT two. II should be
renewed night and morning.
The free use Of lemon juice and sugar
will always relieve % cough.
a lemon eaten before breakfast every
day fora week or two, will prevent that
feeling Of la-situdc peculiar to the ap.
proach Of spring.
Perhaps it's most valuable property is
its absolute power Of detecting anv of
the injurious and even dangcrou. inprc-
dicnts entering into the composition of
go very many of the cosmetics and face
powders in The market Every lady
should subject her toilet powder TO thi.
test Place q tca-poonful Of the sus
pccted powder i'm glass and add the
Juice Of lemon VI cnervescpnce takes
place the powder is dangerous and its
use should bc avoided. a- ~ will ulG
mately inJure the skin aud DESTROY the
beauty Of the complexion
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14
A Snolled Doc.

Next to q spoiled child, there il moth
ing Of its kind more odious than a
spoiled dog. Who has not foamed with
inward rage while one Of these latter
darlings barks, snarls and capersaround.
its mistress, meanwhile. evidently ex-
pecting the visitor on whom IL lavishes
unwelcomc attentions 10 deprecatc even
the feeble remOnstrance5 which she adj
dresses to her pet2 If the animal is dis
covered 10 have worried piece Of cont
or shawl, Madam expresses much hor-
ror at the time, but no sooner If the
victims back turned than she relates to
q coniidante how tho "too-lovelv" Fido.
the darlinRest Of darling little dovoy
woggies, worried, eyes, he did. naughty.
naughty little dog, " q great piece out of
Mr.. ThOmpsOn's shawl. It Is excellent
fun, Of course, to the dog and "his
missy but an unmitigatcd nuisance in
the eyes Of at least nineteen out of
twenty of her visitors Some time AGO.
visitor at q house where there was n
particularly Odious, narling pet. care
fully watched his opportunity and when
every one wa. well out Of the way
called Lulu (such was the brute
name), 20 him. or course she didn't
come, when, having carefully closed all
doors, he took q short set supple whip
in one hand and Lulu in the other.
From that hour Lulu became. s0 far as
he was concerned the gentiest of her
race. See how good she Is to Mr.. ''
lthe castigatOr). her mistress would say.
when any one complained; and so in
deed she was
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14
Fast Life Of the NohlIli,.

TO Lord Aylesrord, who recently
figured in London n an unsuccessful
petitioner for divorce, might. with
much peTtinence, be addressed the words
OF Junius to q brother peer: " Reflect
for moment, my Lord, what YOU are.
and then what an Earl OF Avle.ford
might have been Lord Aylesfnrd had
the misfortune to lose his father. 10
whom he had given much trouble. soon
after he was Of age Within few
weeks Of that event n summons was
taken ont against him for assaulting-
possibly just TO keep up his spirits in
bereayement-persOns by tn rowing -four
at them en- route from races. a few
months later he was i'm the Court Of
Chancery with q petition for relief from
certain mOney-lenders 10 whom he had
given pOst-obits bearing sixty Der cent.
interest Lord Chancellor SelbOrnc
quashed the loans, but with some
scathlng reflections on the petitioner.
Then he set % work once more To knock
down an hOnOred name and splendid
fortune, and cOmplely succeeded In
this he was much assisted by his wife. a
member Of n cOnspicuOusly fast family.
While Lord Aylesford amused himself
Lady AyleslOrd did not fail tO do like
wise, and at last her " galivantinp "
ended IN clopemement with Lord Bland
ford, oldest son If the Duke Of Aber.
corn. Under the Divorce Act the
Queens PrOcurator-co commonly called
the Queens Proctor--is empowered to
intervene in q suit II he has reason 10
suspect collision or that the petitioner
Is guilty Of the same OHenses he alleges
against the respondent This the Queens
Proctor did IN the suit of lord Ayles-
ford, with the result noted of inducing
the surrender of the petitioner and the
dismissal of his case
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14

0fAueIlCs are being brought forward
TO show that the number OF marriages are
decreasing but nobody has thought In
say anything abont the buttonlees shirt
which may now he obtained of sII first
class harness maker
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14

a SISTER of Sam Bass. the Texan
desperate, who was hanged for his
crimes has written from her home i'm
Indiana 70 The Sheriff who hanged Bass.
asking II her brother really said he was
going b hell An Affirmative reply was
sent. And now let Bob InVcr-oll kocp
silent
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14

% seagull, take my love ea kfss
Across the desert 0f the sea
Hoe 10 beneath thy silver wing.
Nor stay nor stop for anything
TIL he is kissed fOr mof
Nay, heed not skies nor STAN nor ships
llll 10 is laid upon h's llpe
Oh, kiss him soft fIr mof
say .fagil, that I sadly vait
Upon the very ouiuost shore,
With watching eyes aud stretching hands
Aud ieus housekeeping 90 the sands
Where waves wave backward DER and DER.
win breaking heart and broken pride
love plants I scatter o. the tide
VIII Time Or Tide my lovo resforcP
-.' " r. o." W. me- lgtafqv World
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14

Maggie was twenty years old when her
lather died and the creditors pounced
hoWn, and she and her mother we're sold
OUT and ON Porlock and ten miles
founn talked about them, for Porlock
ana ten miles round loved it's scandal "a
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14

~ takes weather like Wc had ina Iulv
90 convince q man that every human
being has seven million pores.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14

~ vas the widow Of NJ. BLANo. former
proprietor of the gambling tables at
Monaco and Hamburg, who paid rearly
$4,000 for the diamonds in ex Queen
lsabelIas di8dem The piece was bro
ken mp, and the brilliauts sold bv weight
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-28
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