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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-07
An Adverse Report to be Made
on the New York Custom
House Appointments.
$
Chief Moses, Of Spokane, Says He
Has No Rostile Feelings Against
the Whites.
A Batch Of Appointments Sent in By
President Hayes To-Day.
CONGRESSIONAL.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.


Washington, Jan. 7.-Numerous petitions
were presented, many from women, asking
that the anti.polygamy Law Of 1862 be made
effective; also, protesting against the patent
bill and the transfer of the Indian bureau
to the war department.
Several financial bills were introduced.
Mr.. Edmunds said in this glad morning of
Of New Year, when there was peace and joy
and hope everywhere, he thought it best to
offer resolution tending to cement more
perfectly the good will and harmony now
existing all over the country. He therefore
submitted resolution declaring that in the
judgment Of the senate the 18th, 14th and
18th amendments to the constitution of the
United States have been legally ratified and
are as valid u sother pass Of he s,sstisGistsa;
that it is the right and duty Of congress to
enforce such amendnsp4o BY appropriate
legislation, and the ddtysk Ne executive
department of the government faithfully
and with diligence to impartially execute
such lave; that it is the duty of congress to
appropriate money to that end, and instruct-
ing the judiciary committee to report bill
for the protection Of the rights of citizen,
and punishment Of intringements thereof.
Laid on the table, at the request of Mr.. Ed.
munds, to be called up hereafter.
Mr.. Voorhees, called up his resolution in
struc,ing the judiciary committee to inquire
into the expectancy Of making the trade
dollar legal tender, and providing for its re-
coinage into standard silver dollars. He
addressed the senate At length, denouncing
the trade dollar as. fraudulent money which
having failed in its mission abroad had re.
turned hometo cheat the honest people oflhis
country. The resolution was then laid over.
Mr.. Beck submitted the following:
Resolred, That the communication from
the resolution of December Sd, 1878, rels-
tive to the amount Of silver coin received
in payment Of customs due for the current
fiscal year, and the disposition made of it,
be referred to the committee op fnancsrmd
the committee aacertsjh sjhrhe.hesshe - Re.
lative to toe payment ok ttutoms dues and.she
pay nent of interest on the public debt with
coin received therefrom, have been and are
being complied vi'h.s and. repor. b. bill OF
Laid over, upon objection of Mr.. Ed.
murds. 4, -, -
Consideration was resumed Of the bill to
revise, consolidate and amend the patent
laws, and Mr.. Christiancy advocated it.
y, HOUSE. q.as
Nj. Actlin e.llsd attention 70 II. scandal M
in Louisiana with which bis name was asso-
ciatsd and presented = resolution au.horiz-
ing an inquiry. Defeated on the ground
that the resolution did not embrace quea.
tion Of privilege.
On motion offMr. Harrison, Tie judiciary
committee was directed to inquire into the
charges against Judge Blodgest Of the,west,
ern district Of Illinois. > & - ~ ~
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-07

MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
WALL. STREET.
.,sa .91&f New York, Jan. T.
Money-4c.
Goverments-Active.
NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, Jan. T..
WHEAT-Quiet No. red. l.lOAc.
RYE-Heavy.
CoRN-Tri1e better western mixed. 44tda
47@c.
BARLEY-Dull.
OATs-Firm western mixed, 3O6, 3lac.
PoRK-Dull; $3.50.
<11ARD-Heavy; s59eac.
WHIsKY-Sl.ll2.
CHICAGO.
.---.e Chicago, Jan. Z.
WaEAr-Firmsr; No. spring, s3c for
January s3sc bid for February; s4c3c for
March.
CoRk-Firner; 30c for cash; 3O.c for
February.
OATs-steady, firm and unchanged.
RYE-43@43fc.
BARLEY-e7c.
PoRK-Easier; S7.55 for cash; $3.50
for February; $40. asked for March.
LARD-Weak and easier; S5.479c for
cash; s572!@5.75 for February; s5.e24
@5.G5 for March.
WHIsKY-Sl.O0.
MILWAUKEE,.
Milwaukee, Jan. Z.
WHEAT-s@13c lower; hard, oslo
No. !, SIC; No. ?, s3!c for cash; s43c
for February s5sc for March; No. 5,
7osc; No. 4. 6o!c.
CoRN-29!c.
oATs-l9ic.
RYE-42c.
BARLEY-SSc.
'77'- Es g ap @ e A
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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-07
TREASURY CERr1rlCArEs.

The general feeling Of the senate finance
committee in an informal discussion to-day
was favorable 70 the issuance Of treasury
certificates to any person depositing coin or
United States notes, certificates 10 bear 10.
terea. at 3.65 per cent. per annnm. to be
convertible within one year from da.s- into
per cents. Issued upon the retirement, Of ak
per cents. X
ToBACco TAX.
Warrington. Jan. 7.-Aryumeu,s upon
the tobacco tax bill viii y closed ss an
Early day. The conoissleasr Of internal
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-07
WASHINGTON.
THE SUGAR fAx.t

Washington, Jan. The ways and
means committee will hear persons interest.
ed in the sugar tax on Thursday and Friday
mornings.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-05

Brother Gardner, President OF the
Lime-Kiln Club, stated that he was
in receipt of q personal letter from Il
colored maa in Indiana asking the
club to contribute financial aid to
assist him and four other colored
men in building a church. Il favors
de church," explained the President,
'sbut afore l make any contribution
to the cause l want to be sartin dat
desc five cu.lud men can't do all de
prayin' dat am necessary right al
home. If dey can't, an If dey mus
hev a church, will dey pay their pew
rent? OATS de stick. Some men
will clau off q docta's bill some will
hang off when dey eve a butcher
oders will walk a mile aroun' ID keel
away from de grocery whar dey get
trusted for a Goldfish, but de sixty
vars l hez put in on dis earf heV
taught me dat de man who am ready
to come right down wild his pew rent
when it am due hez yet to be bon
/ know folkses in dis town who haV
be IN trabblin' lords heaven for ht
las twenty Vars. prayin' In a voice
loud 'nuF to shake de plasterin'
down, an yit in debt to de churcf
for pew rent till dey can't reckon VI
de Gggers.'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-05
FIirtiD'.

"Daisy Lavena, come heah to me-.
What is you dom swingin' on dat
gate an fingin' dat Handkerchief in all
dem Imagination shapes" shouted
Mrs. Randolph to her eldest daugh-
ter.
why, manmy, Use firtin'."
..Fiirtin'2 What's dat honey"
"Why, if you draws yo' banker
cher cross yo' lips, dat means Use
dyin' fur 'quaintance wild you ard il
you puts it to yo' hand, dat means
sumfin', and if you filings it ovah yo'
left shouIdah, dat means follow me,
and if you catches it inde middle, dat
means sumfin'.'
"Well dat's 'nough. Who dat
you flirtin' wid:"
ga Teller dat stays in a stoah."
81 isn't gwlne to scold you TO dat,
child, but if evan sees you, or healis
tell of you, flirtin' wild a printah or n
railioad man, Is gwine to GIN you
sumfin' dat'll last you to- two weeks
and make you member me every
time you sets down. Quality's
quality, an you's OIL enough to
'stinguish TO- yo'se'f.''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-05
The Value Of Education

Jake was heard calling across the
fence t. his neighbours son, a colored
youth, who goes to school at the At
lanta Colored University.
"Look hyar, boy, you goes to
school, don't yer?"
"Yes, sir" replied the boy.
"Gettin' e~ddykashun, amt yer?'
eyes, sir"
''Learnin' 'rithmetic and figUrin'
on a slate, eh?"
eyes, sir"
"Well it doesn't take two whole
days to make an hour, do it?"
"Why, mol" exclaimed the boy.
"You was gwine ter bring dat
Ratchet back in an hour, wasn't yer?''
eyes, sir"
can it's been two whole days
since you borrowed 1t. Now, what
goods eddykashun gwine to do you,
when you go to school a whole yar
an den can't tell how long it takes
to fotch back the Ratchet"
The boy got mad, slung the hatchei
over the fence and half way through
the ash barrel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-05
a MAsTERLY STROKE OF
GENIUS.
How to Get OF with the Old
Love without Getting Into
Court.

The other day a muscular young
fellow, having an odor of the stables
about him, entered a Detroit photo
orapher's establishment, and ext dn-
ed that he would like to have about
one photograph taken, but ON learn
mo the price he concluded to il est
in a tin-type. After taking his seat
in the chair he shut up ono eye, drew
his mouth around one side, stuck up
his nose and patiently waited for the
operator, whose astonishment caused
him to eXclaim:
"Good gracious! but you don't
want to look that way to get a picture.
Nobody will know you from Sitting
Bull
"You go ahead," vas the reply
"Do you want me to take such d
phiz as that?"
II do"
The artist took it II beat Sol Smith
Russell all TO pieces and was highly
satisfactory to the sitter, who paid for
it and said:
:.Ypu see, l had a sort of object
county six months ag5&angaAsIe5d dsqtoo
a gal there found a girl here / like
better-got to sever old ties-see p
"But what has that picture got to
do with old ties!" asked the artist.
"Lots-heaps! I've writ to her
that l was blode up here on a boat
and distigured fo- life. She's awful
proud. When she gifts this ana sees
how that explosion wrecked n.e,shcll
hunt another lover quicker'n wink
see? How do you like that plot!
Just gaze on this picture once and
then tell me thai Mary Ann won't
send back my love-letters by first
train!"
He posted the picture. The letter
was brief. but explained all. 1t
said: my Ever Dear Gull in
cloze my pikture that you may see
how offul bad l was hurt, tho L know
you will love me just the same"
''Ever see that game worked afore?'
he asked of the artist as he licked the
stamp on the letter.
'No-never did"
"Of course you did. Its
mine. 1t struck me the other day
while 1 a. greasin' a wagon, and
think it's boss. Blode up-see! Dis
iggered for life-see? Picture right
here TO prove it, and she'll write back
that she has at last concluded to
yield to her parents wishes anc mar
nv q man out there who owns eleven
steers, a hundred sheep and an eighty
acre lot"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-05
He Knew the Hair.

A few days since a parry of gentle
mel were together. One man, a jo-
ker, stepped up to a member of the
party, and holding a long hair before
his eyes, said: "See here, old fell
low, this looks suspicious. Where
did this long hair come from?''
''Why, that's from my wife's head!' -
"Are you sure of it?" "Sure of 1t!
of course l am. You don't suppose
you would find any other woman's
hair about me, do your" mo,
probably not but / am sorry you
are SO sure it is your wife's hair, for
/ just picked it off the coat of this
gentleman pointing to a friend near
bv
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-05
Grounds fer Encouragement.


Let us examine briefly some of the
grounds there are for encouragement
for the
PROFESSIONAL TEACHER.
When teaching was only a temper
ary avocation taken up by the young
man in order to gain the means for
the prosecution of his studies at the
academy or the college, and to be
abandoned for the practice of law,
medicine, Or preaching, as soon as
its aid could be dispensed with, and
o living could be earned at a profes-
sion, then it was of little consequence
what the general outlook of the voca.
ton OF teachers might be.
The apprentice, if wise, cares very
little for the inducement of wages
during his apprenticeship. 1t is the
ultimate value OF his trade, its posi-
bilities of rising and development
that he cares for.
Nc wonder, then, that so long as
the ranks Of teachers were filled with
INEXPERIENCED MEN
NTH % professional zeal' and with
has happened that the remuneration
for their work has been so uncertain
~--wavering from year to year in ac-
Cordance with the systole-diastolt
movement Of the public treasury,
and liable to as great variation as the
amount of money voted from year tc
year for public improvements, were
it not for a certain regular stipend
received annually from the State
school fund.
With the elevation of the work O
teaching 10 the rank of
REGULAR VOCATION,
demanding professional preparation
and laborious apprenticeship, like the
learned professions and the fine arts,
there comes perforce a gradual re
cognition OF this distinction on the
part of the community, and effective
though tardy provision is made tc
meet the case.
1t is in education as in other de
partments of the business of civil So
ciety. In the long run skill, pre-
Pal atAOIl otiu VI dlIS Will OCis
THE PROFESSIONAL TEACHER
will, after awhile, furnish the only
standard, and the make-shift teacher
will be valued and renunerated like
the make-shift shoemaker or nechan.
ic, lawyer or doctor. And here it is
we'll to say, perhaps, that the educa-
tional laborers have this matter nj
in their own hands. Nay, more thar
this, each individual teacher has the
matter in his own hands, 50 far rs he
il interested.
There 10 height above height, and
the crowd 10 found only on the lower
terraces. The uppermost ranges are
well-nigh unfrequented solitudes.
Then, again, the road to promotion
is clear and we'll marked.
How easy it 10 for the young man
or women, fred with seal to add to
the narrow and necessary prepare
ton required for the conduct of the
daily recitations constant study o.
the great works Of human genius!
There is literature, with its Homer,
Dante, Shakespeare and Goethe-the
poet OF the nation, the poet of the
church, the poet OF society, the poe
of the individual. To what serene
heights one can climb with these
guides, il one uses his best morning
hour, once . week, but from year t.
year! :.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-05
CATCHING AN
New aSauriNn was EHectualHy
Aroused frem its Winter Tor
pfdity.

At Magnolia, Fla. April %, on
the end of Q well-worn afternoon our
party turned back along the smooth
paths through the natural park. At
one lumber camp we passed logs
were being RATED down q creek to a
bay in Florida. As the shadows we're
growing heavier under the trees, our
hos, L., paused opposite a small
pond covering . quarter-acre in an
open. do you see that alligator? %
hs said, pointing to Q black log six
or seven feet long, lying half in mud
and half in water, = few yards out.
"'That fellow is stupid yet; just out
Of winter quarters, and half torpid"
A pine knot thrown and striking
close by did not disturb him. The
Professor, reused to action, scented
o. prize. ''Gentlemen, we must have
that specimen for the Chicago Acade-
my of Sciences. We must capture
him. No eye to be bunged out and
skull cracked by musket ball. Wen
snip him alive, and mount him after
ward at our leisure"
The good genius Of our friend ap.
peared on the scene at this instant in
long-shsnked darby, mounted on
that imp of wickedness, our scrubby
pony acquaintance Of the morning.
Around the beasts neck was wrapped
a lariat of length, evidently at the
expense of some white mans clothes
line. That rope was just the thing
to yank our doing alligator out with
A bargain was quickly struck. L.,
rs best posted in habits of the game,
was to take the loose end of the
~lariat, and, wading out, drop a slip
lose over the rough tail. The color
ed gentleman vas TO start his steed,
and We were to give a helping pull.
The programme was carried out to
that extent without a slip. The pony
moved, and 30 did the alligator. The
darky yelled and stuck his heels in,
and everybody shouted. The pony
checked and turned partly around by
the resistance at the other end of the
~lariat, made the discovery to what
he had become attached, and at once
devoted his whole attention to the
SUBJECT. There ensued a system oil
kicking that caused the long-shanled
colored gentleman to vacate the sad
die and take q position between the
ears, where he hung like a spider.
Then followed a fight that drew the
half-grown alligator with a rush out
Of the water and I'VE the ground and
against trees, until the lariat parted
In the gloom that had now gathered.
the terror-stricken pony disappeared
among the trees in a d~issolving view
of high-lifted heels, with a woolly
head and rolling eyes hanging on some
where. As the latter did not come
back for his pay, it was presumed
that he desired to terminate the con-
tract. As to the alligator, however
torpid he may have been when the
proceedings started, the mad race,
tail foremost, over the ground ano
against trees, effectually warmed hin
up, and the blood commenced to cir.
culate sufficiently for all practical
purposes. The jaws came together
like a steel trap whenever we approach
ed, and, as it was late and We had nc
weapons, this valuable specimen was
left to himself and lost to science.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-05

The article : telling It's own story ~ Tho hands
of thousands who are using Il u It'll NOS! crafty
tag aItl encouraging results:
MR.. GUSTAVUS +. HALL. of tn" Oates Opera
TrUlDc writes: "Aftrr IN weeks use am cOG-
vincch. a are also nay cor.adcS. that lour CAR
GDTTSE has and i I'ro lTrIHg a wonderful growth
OF hair where / had none tor Year,"
v. M~CCLAEEAS. sixth tvcuur Pharmacy,
piltshuTg. Pa. saws: The gpOi Effects from the
use Of C~NHBnIINE are hrorghtto NV notice every
day 10 such an extent - To insIify me IN rGcOg!-
mcnding 1t to my most ultimate friends
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-05

obtained for mechanics devices, mcl,ra
or other compoI nds, ornamental designs.
trade marks ai1 labels. Caveats. a ssis IL
monts. lnterierences, Infringtments, and
all matters relating to Patents promptly
attended to. We make preliminary ex-
aminations an furnish opinions rs to pat
entahilitr free OF charge, and all who are
interested In new invektions and Patents
are invited to send or a COPY of our
Guide for obtaining Patents" which is
sent freq to any address, and contains
complete instructions how to obtain Pat
ents, and other valuable matter. During
the past five wears We hsve obtained nearly
three thousand Patents for American and
Foreign inventors, and car give s~atisfac-
tory references in almost every COUNTY in
the Union.
Address Louis Dagger & Co, Solicitors
Of Pateuts ana Attorneys at law, lie
Droit Building. Washington, ID. G.ll-iy
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-05

"What's de time o. day, ole wo'
MANI" said q colored countryman to
Aunt Milly, trying to poke fun at the
brass chain that held her front door
key around her neck. "Look ut de
town clock, chile. OATS built for
po' folks.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-05

Let us examine briefly some OF the
grounds there are for encouragement
for the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-06-05
At the dry goods store: "Ml

AT IHV my gUUIS sUuTt: MHIe'
wishes -" 81 want u pair of
garters.' "HeIe are some pink
ores. That's the color most worn
this year." "Oh, no they won't do
for me. You see my furniture is
blue, and they wouldn't match"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-10

Mr.. Sidney Buxton, In one Of his
amusing paper on animals. In the An
imal World. says that dogs and horses
are, a. far rs he knows, the only ami
mails sensitive to ridicule, while cats
aud birds are wholly unaware that
they are being laughed at. He tells Of
pony of his own which gets very
cross when disparaging remarks are
made upon him, and becomes furious
and stamps about his stall, putting
back his ears, and attempting TO bite,'
If he is openly laughed At while
praise greatly pleases him. Tho truth
is that it IL only those creatures which
can feel sympathy with men which
can also appreciate ridicule. The horse
sympathizes evidently with many OF
his riders feelings and amusements,
while the dog can enter into NO small
proportion Of his feelings. But birds
and cats, though often exceedingly
affectionate, and full of attachment to
individuals, hardly ever attempt to
enter into human feelings-as Cow
per's dog, Beau, for instance, entered
into the poets desire to possess him
self of the water lily. The hatred Of
ridicnle always Accompanies capac-
ity for sympathy. Certainly dogs,
and probably horses, know the diff
ference between being laughed at in
derision, ~ we laugh at . fool, shd be-
ing laughed at In admiration, - We
laugh at good comic actor, and en-
joy the latter as much ~ they resent
the former. It 10 questionable, how
ever, whether some parrots do not un-
ders.and aud enjoy the pracaice Of
making fun Of their human aequain-
tances-do not appreciate Tho lart Of
duping, and take pleasure In it,
(Spectstor. ~ - 1zao5 =
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-10
OLD r.nE coynrEsx.

John Wise, the father of Henry "A.
Wise, wrote in his stately fashion in
Nay, 1871, to the father Of Miss Crop.
per, the young lady who had won his
affections aud possessed his heart i:
Is Having conceived an affection for
your daughter Miss Sally I beg leave
to solicit your permission TO make my
address to her, and at the Same time
let me express the hope that should l
be 90 fortunate - to succeed In gain
ing her Affections, my first wishes will
not be frustrated by your disapproba-
ton. have thought proper to make
this application to you on the subject
in this manner, rather than In person,
because my character III l have &C.
quired any) my condition and my cit.
uation In life are not altogether M.
known to you, and II objections are 10
DO made they can be more freely com.
municstsd in this than any other way.
I have hereto fore proceeded NO fur
ther with the lady than merely to oh
tain her permission to make this ap-
plieation, and, sir, now pledge you
tho honor of gentleman, that in case
you have objections Of an ,unsuperable
nature to tho proposed union, whatev-
or may be tho ehagrIn, regret and NOR.
ti6cation which may feel ON the oc.
casion. I will not disturb the quiet OF
. parent extremely solicitous,no doubt
for the happiness Of beloved daugh-
ter, BY persisting further with her."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-10
HOW THE rurnse oao~s.

Nqtmegs grow ON little tsoes which
look like little pear trees, and are gen.
orally not over twenty fest high Tho
aoWers are very much like Tie My Of
the valley. They are pale yellow and
very fragrant The nusmeg is ssed Of
the fruit, and mace 10 the this cover
ing over this seed. The irsit 10 about
- large - . peach. When ripe Il
breaks and shows the little nal iaside.
The trees grow on the islands -; Asia
and tropical America They bear
fruit for seventy or eighty yearA hav-
ing ripe fruit on them at all ssssess.
A fne tree in Jamaica has over 1000
nutmegs on it yearly. The Dutch
used to have owned the Danada ia-
lands, and conquered all the other
tribes and destroyed the trees. To
keep the, price up. they once harmed
three piles Of nutmegs, each Of which
was as large - church. Natere did
not sympathise with such mSannesA
The nutmeg pigeon, fouad IN al The
Indian Islands, did for the world
what the Dutch had dotetlninsd
should not be done carried ali To
nuts, which are their food. iato al the
surrounding countries, aud the lress
grew again and The world had the
benefit. -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-10

F. r. MORATH, NJ. D.,
hvsfetan and Sur|~~W. Onice .psi
residence with Rev. Mr., WtnaAs, 1reedoo
Center. .. A3 II.