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The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-11-01
Italian Railway Enterprise.

TecllnB sure tnat L should never
climb another mountain, had brought
from Cortlna-as trophy to hang un-
der my Mesel oar-the alpenstock with
which l struggled up Tofana- value, %
cents. For convenience / would send
it as freight to Havre. To allow fo1
the slowness Of the clerks we assigned
an extra quarters ofan hour for the
business of getting it off our hands, be-
sides half hour for buying tickets and
registering the baggage. In front of
the station stands little guard house,
with the deluding legend, "Expedi-
zlone"
Might / send this stick to Havre?"
"Sicuro."
"How much will it cost?"
We must ask. The expeditor goes
with us to the freight clerk, who an
swers, More than it is worth
Probably, but how much?"
"How much does it weigh?"
Il don't know. Weigh it
The expedition hung it to the hook OF
steelyard which another man held up
"One kilo' (two ponnds). Then, after
a calculation, "Two francs"
"Very well; / will stand 2 francs.
No matter about the receipt. Here is
the money. Mark it Paid and send
as soon as possible" !"
But they manage these things bette,
in Italy | must go back and see what
Expedizione' really means. l must
give the details very clearly, and the
official must make out the papers.
might go and get my tickets aud fight
my baggage through, and then come
back. | came back, at the end of hall
hour and Of all my patience, and found
him still writing There were three
freight letters" each as long and in
tricate as a policy Of insurance, and two
long declarations for the custom.
house giving description, value, etc.
etc. Cali concerning % cents worth OF
wood and iron, which had not reached
Havre twenty-eight DAYS later, and
probably never will reach there. One
Of those freight letters has got into a
wrong pigeon-hole.) Then we went to
the freight clerk, and he signed some
thing and i signed something (sanded)
and the Expedizione" man demanded
three francs and half. | referred to
the contract for two francs.
"Ah! maisl the Expedizione' costs q
franc and half"
At last l was free. Everything was
attended to, and we had still seven
| minutes to get our seats. | separated
Jane from poodle with which, and
with whose mistress, of course, she had
made friends, gathered up my bags
aud bundles, and started gayly for the
| train.
As we turned into the corridor we
saw the great doors swing to. and ou1
1 porter shrugged his shoulders.
But what does it mean?"
"Troppo tardi!'
ct is only 10 minutes past 9, and
the train leaves at quarter past"
"The doors are closed five minutes
| before the train STARTS
"Then why in-" But no; the man
did not understand English, and no
poor words Of mine could do justice to
the situation. Jane thought other
wise, but then her words are never
! poor. and on this occasion she showed
an approach to genius. As q piece OF
sketchy Characterization, the estimate
she expressed of Italian executive ability
was worthy of permanent record; but
she is overfastidious in such matters,
and prefers that her achievement should
be permitted to remain our private pos
| session.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-11-01
An Eastern Apologize.

Jesus, says the story, arrived one
evening at the gates Of certain city,
I'd He sent His disciples forward to pre-
ire supper, while He himself, intent on
.siAg good, walked through the streets
INTO the market place. And He saw at
The corner of the market some people
Gathered together looking at some OBJ
5ect on the ground, and He drew near
% see what it might be. It was dead
dog with halter around his neck, by
which he appeared to have been dragged
through the dirt, and yiler, more
abiect, a more unclean thing never met
the eyes Of man. And those who stood
by looked on with adherence.
Faugh!" said one, stopping his nose J;
it pollutes the air!" How long,"
said another, "shall this foul beast of
fend our sight?' "Look at his torn
hide" said third; lone could not even
eut shoe ont Of it, and his ears" :"
said fourth, "all draggled and bleed
ing.' : No doubt, said fifth, "he has
been hanged for thieving.' And Jesus
heard them, and, looking down comras.
slonatelv on the dead creature, He said :
Pearls are not equal to the whiteness
Of his teeth" Then the people turned
to Him with amazement, and said
among themselves: "Who is this !?
This must be Jesus of Nazareth; for
only He could find something to pity
and approve even in dead dog" And
being ashamed, they bowed their heads
before Him, and went each on his way.
Chambers journal
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-11-01
OUR LITTLE FOLKS.
WHY'S View of Things.

rley he's my little buther
id We has the mostest w.
u we, Charley Our 3s&ar mother,
never We whips ons'hother,
les to whip us, AMI we run,
We, Charley 2-aad men byme-by,
q le gives us cakes and pie,
she, Charley when we come In,
rom1sO never to do it agin.
- named Charley; I'm Willy,
i'd I'm got the puttiest namel
Uncle Bob he calls me Billy
t he, Charley? Our Ally
named Billy, the same
like me-and our mother said
puts foolishtn in our head"
II; she, Charley = and she don't know
about boys, cos Bob said SO.
VS. the funniest feller--
Amt no hair on his head,
ley, Charley PTS meller
ID up there; Id sell her,
i'd buy one 'at wasn't 50 red,
Int you, Charley men we could play,
I ave most fun VIII him every day,
mt we, Charleyl-and have most fun;
they'd buyed purifier one.
4 little sister she's 'leven
ears old; ats mucher'n l,
tit, Charley! I'm seven,
n our little sisters in heaven
cad peoples goes to the sky.
they, GharIeyf-nen they has wings,
like Fanny and purtiest things,
they, Charley Men they can fly,
dy-and-eyer'thing Wisht I'd diel
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-11-01
''Let up on that cheese


Il don't want your cheese, sir; l want
one OF them tube roses to put in my but
tonhole. The tube rose, my dear sir, is
simply one of the most exquisite Of our
floral gems; from an aesthetic point of
view II is charming; but the proper way
to enjoy a tube rose is to have 1t on a
piece Of pumpkin PIE. May l have
tube rose2'
"No, sir
"Not even as a souvenir?'
"No sir
''Then good morning. was just 60
ing to tell you about poor Shelly, but I
shan't now. Any man who is mean
enough to refuse stranger tube rose
is not fit to hear the name OF man of
genius, My lord high generalissimo,
addols.' The Film Flamity Film Film
meandereth on his dig.
And he shot out
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-11-01
THE JOLLY OLD PEDAGOGUE.
BIZ GEORGE ARScLp.

Twas Jolly old pedagogue. long ago,
Tall and slender and sailow and dry;
His form was bent and his gait v as slow,
His long. thin hair was white as snow,
But a wonderful tNi kle shone in his eye;
And he sang every night as he went to bed,
Let us be happy down here below;
The living should live, though the dead be deAd,s
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
He taught his scholars the rule Of three,
Writing, and reading. and hist Try, too;
He took the little ones upon his knee
For kind old heart in his breast had he,
And the wants Of the lttlest child he knew;
Learn while you're young" he often said,
There is much t. enjoy down here below;
Life for the living, and rest for the dead,
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
With the stupdest boys he was kind and cool,
Speaking only in gentlest tones;
The rod was hardly known in his school
Whipping to lin was a barharous rule,
And too hard work for the old bones;
Besides 1t was painful he sometimes said;
We should make lie pleasant wn here below
The living need charity more than the dead"
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
He lived In the house by the hawthorn lane,
With roses and woodbine over the door;
His rooms were quiet, and neat and plain,
But spirit of comfort there held reign.
And made him forget he old and poor;
need SO little" he often said,
And my friends and relatives here below
Won't litigate over me when am dead"
Said the Jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
But the pleasantest times that he had, OF all,
Were the sociable hours he used to pass,
With his chair tipped back to . neiYhborG wall,
Making an unceremonious call
Over pipe and friendly glass;
This was the finest pleasure, he said,
OF the many he tasted here below;
who has cronies had better be deadln
Said the jolly old pedasogue, long ago.
Then the jolly old pedagogue's wrinkled face
Melted all over in snnshiny smiles;
He stirred his glass with an old school grace.
Jhuckled and slipped, and prattled apace,
TIL the house grew merry. from cellar to tiles
I'm pretty old man" he gently said;
u have fingered long while here below;
But my heart is fresh if my youth is 1edi"
Said the Jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
He smoked his pipe in the balmy air,
Every night when the sun went down,
While the soft wind played in his silvery hair,
Leaving its tender kisses there
On the jolly old pedagogues jolly old crown
And, feeling the kisses he smiled, and said,
Twas glorious world down here below;
Why wait for happiness till we are dead?"
/. Said the Jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
He sat at the door one midsummer night,
After The sun had sunk in the west,
And the lingering beams of golden light
Made his kindly I'D face look warm and bright.
While the odorous night-wind whispered 1rest'
Gently, gently he bowed his head
There were ange Is waiting for him. know
He was sure OF happiness, living or dead,
his Jolly old pedagogue, long az
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-11-01
Origin Of the Telescope.

The son of spectacle-maker, Of
Middleburg, Holland, happening to
amuse himself in his fathers shop, by
holding two glasses between his finger
and thumb, and varying their distances,
perceived the weathercock of the
church spire opposite to him much
larger than ordinary, and apparently
much nearer, and turned upside down.
This new wonder exciting the fathers
amazement, he adjusted two glasses on
a board, rendering them movable at
pleasure, and thus formed the first
rude prospective glass. Calico, hear
ing of the invention, set his mind to
work in order to bring it to perfection.
He fixed glasses at the end Of long or
gan pipes, and constructed telescope,
which he soon directed to the surround
ing heavens. He discovered four moons
revolving round the planet Jupiter,
| spots on the surface of the sun, and the
rotation Of that globe round its own
axis; mountains and valleys in the
moon, and numbers of fixed stars
where scarcely one was visible to the
naked eye. These discoveries were
made about the year 1910. Since that
period, by means Of improved instru-
ments, the celestial wonders Of the uni
verse have been explored. By the
help of telescopes, combined with the
art Of measuring the distances and mag
nitudes Of the heavenly bodies, our
views OF the grandeur of the Almighty,
of the plentitude of His power, and OF
| the extent Of His universal empire, are
extended far beyond what could have
been conceived in past ages. We can
| plainly perceive that the kingdom Of
God extends through the unlimited re-
gions Of space, comprehendlng within
lis vast circumference thousands OF
SIMS, and ten thousands of worlds. all
ranged in ma jestic order at immense
| distances from each other, and all sup.
ported and governed "by Him who
rides upon the heaven of heavens
whose dominion is an everlasting do
minion, whose greatness is unsearcha-
| BILE, and whose understanding is in
| finite" The invention of the telescope
has nnfolded to our view not only thou
sands but hundreds Of thousands and
milhons,of worlds; and the higher the
magnifying powers Of the telescope are,
| the more numerous these celestial orbs
appear, leaving no room to doubt that
countless myriads lie far beyond the
reach Of the finest glasses that can be
constructed by human skill, and which
are known only to Him "who counts the
number of the stars and calls them by
their names"
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-11-01

WHAT is your name?' asked .
teacher of boy. Ny name is julie"
was the reply; whereupon the teacher
impressively said, You should have
said, julius, sir And now, my lad,"
turning to another boy, what is your
name?" Bilious, Sill"
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-11-01

A YOUNG woman was knocked down
at Roseyille, Ohio, and robbed Of her
long and heavy hair.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-11-01

As FOOD, eggs are exceedingly nutri-
tious. They are easy Of digestion, and,
when the shell is included, they may be
said to contain in themselves all that is
required for the construction Of the
body. It has been claimed for them
that they may be served in about 600
ways, although it is generally found
that the more simply they are prepared
the more they are approved. Although
other eggs than those Of birds are eaten
for instance, turtles eggs-it is gen.
orally conceded that the eggs of the
common fowl and Of the plover possess
the richest and sweetest flavor. An
ordinary hens egg weighs from one
and half to two and half ounces
avoirdupois, and the quantity Of dry
solid matter contained in it amounts to
about 200 grains. In 100 parts, about
ten parts consist of shell, sixty of white
and thirty of yelk. The white Of the
egg contains larger proportion of wa
ter than the yelk. It contains no fatty
matter, but consists chiefly of albumen
in dissolved state. All the fatty mat
ter of the egg is accumulated in the
yelk, which contains relatively q
smaller proportion of nitrogenous mat
ter, and larger proportion Of solid
matter, than the white. It is said that
raw eggs are more easily digested than
the cooked ones. A hard-boiled egg
presents decided resistance to gastric
solution.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-11-01

REMARK Of the oyster Sept. !, Here
We r again"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-12-19

WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 10, 1879.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-12-19

provide for any emergency that may
arise under an attempt TO override
the Constitution through the methods
already adopted and practced by the
Democratic party in nm attempt to
subjugate the Nation TO it's own neiarious
purposes under the iniquitous methods of
recent introduction into American politics.
No one can, in view of this condition Of
affairs, be insensible to the danger that inn
pends over the future of the country. Fore
warned is forearmed. The Democrats have
declared their intentions so positively and
authortatively that there can be no doubt
on that point. They aim to steal the Gov
ernment and convert it into great Babel
where there is no recognition of the princi-
pies of equality, right and justice, and
where the Constitution and the laws are to
be as ruthlessly trodden under foot in
Pennsylvania and ohioas they arc in Maine
and Louisiana.
The changing currents of tho Democratic
winds, as typifed by the Central Demo-
cratic organ, are mere indications of its own
recollected that just before the late State cleo
toni New York, when in its utter ignorance
of political sentiment it called attention 10
the fact that under the Constitution Of the
United States the legislatures of the sew
eral States had full power to provide for the
election of Presidential Electors as in its
wisdom might seem best. 1t was then
basking in the sunshine of confidence
based upon its own stupidity and dshon-
esty, that widely misled its Judgment. 1t
now discovers how lily it judged of future
events in the pivotal State of the Nation,
and finding powerful Republican legisla-
ture where IL confidently anticipated strong
Democratic body, in its disappointment and
vexation it now alleges that the Republican
leaders are engaged in devising schemes to
do just what it contemplated as the action
of its own party had it the power to steal
the Electoral vote of New York and other
States. Whether the Republicans of New
York shall decide TO do just what the Demo-
Gratis are doing wherever they have the
power, and what they threatened TO do if
they should carry the legislature of that
State, we will not predict but the Post
bowls like wounded canine now lest the
Republicans shall resort to the adopted
methods of its party. Its conduct is alike
disagreeable and pitiful.
What the Republicans may do under
emergency and provocation we will not pre-
tend to anticipate, but we have full conf
dence that they will do now as they did
during the whatever seems neces-
sary to save the Nation from Democratic
rule and desolation.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-12-19

fSenator ID. w. Noorhees
l thank you vfry sincerely Tor the relief received
from our treatment my bearing, which has been
seriously impaired, The result OF 90 eHcesslyey So
we're cold. D. w NOOKHEES.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-12-19

Largest Legitimate Morning CIR
culdtion IN the District.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-12-19
PERSONAL

Miss oGiLBY, of England, is at the Riggs House
J. n. Spell, U. s. N, is guest at the Metropoli-
tan.
b. ATKINSON, of New York. is registered at vii.
lards.
J. BIGLIE, of Newburg, N. Y, is stopping at VII.
lards.
JUDGE 7. LYLE DIcKEY, of Chicago, is booked at
the Ebbitt.
II. b. SARGENT and wife are stopping at the Ar
lington.
Hon. JOHN P. VINCENT of Erie, Pa, is registered
at the Ebbitt.
J. F. Powers of Boston, registered at the Riggs
House yesterday.
H. RANDALL. of Albany, N. Y, arrived at the Ar
lington last night.
DUNBAR LOCKWOOD of Philadelphia, Is stopping
at the Riggs House.
Hon MILTON G. URNER and children Of Mary.
land are at the Metropolitan
CHARLES G. CoLBEY and 7. A. Wiswell, of Canada,
arrived at Willard IS last night.
THE Viscount de Richmond, the new first secre.
tary Of the French Legation, registered ut Worm.
ley's last night.
THE Ebbitt House, though II was not selected for
the headquarters of the Republican Committee.
had the honor of furnishing from its many promi-
nent guests the secretary, Hon. Thomas u. Keogh.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-12-19

A CLOSE analysis of all the influences at
work during the late meeting of the Re-
publican National Committee, and care
ful study of the practical developments
thereof, show, MS we have often said, that
the GRANT movement booms everything
before it, carrying all the political leaders
and so-called manipulotors into the cur
rent and leveling them TO proper subjec-
tion to the tide of public opinion. Strictly
speaking, there were no GRANT managers
present at that meeting. By this we mean
there were no pronounced advocates of his
nomination, nor vicarious representatives
of his interests, such rs Mr. WILLIAM L.
CHANDLER and the Hon. WILLIAM p. FRYE
were for Senator BLAINE, or as Mr.. COOPER,
of Ohio, was supposed and alleged to be for
Secretary SHERMAN. Yet, while the great
majority Of the committee was proven to be
in favor of Mr. BLAINEs nomination, the
reorganization was sgnalized by the eleva-
ton of pronounced GRANT men in the per-
sons of Messrs. CAMERON and KEoGH to
the important positions OF chairman and
secretary. In fact, the twenty-five votes
east for Mr.. CAMERON were composed OF
GRANT men, SHERMAN men and BLAINE
men, while the nineteen votes cast for Gem
eral AvERILL were composed of BLAINE
men mainly, but more particularly of anti
SHERMAN men, or those who were opposed
to Mr.. CAMERON because they believed that
after GRANT and for his second choice he
may prefer Secretary SHERMAN. This lat.
ter element, it should be explained, num-
bered only a few Western delegates who
are opposed to Mr.. SHERMAN ON the score
Of his financial views. But the GRANT
boom prevailed, and that, too, without the
aid of especial interference or direct manipu.
lation,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-12-19

IT looks more than ever like GRANT and
BLAINE. If the indications given out by
the reorganization of the Republican Ma
tional Committee amount to anything, and
if Senator BLAINE will accept the second
place, this combination is foregone conclu-
sion. And it would be invincible.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-12-19
DEMOCRATIC PLANS AND PURPOSES

DEMOCRATIC PLANS AND PURPOSES.
To the Republican leaders now engaged in
devising schemes to steal the electoral vote of
New York and other States next year 4: Re-
member that ii is a Democratic Congress that
counts this vote.-POSt.
The Democrats shudder at the prospect
Of having some of their own methods
turned against them. With brazen eff
frontery that would have shamed foot
pad, they have just gobbled up the State of
Maine by wanton violation of every prin-
ciple of right and justice. Through ballot
box stufiing and false counting they have
captured the South and made il solidly
Democratic through schemes, plans and
methods that are at war with the princi-
pies and laws of civilization. Thus in
trenched in wrong and crime, they send
forth dismal howl when they discover
that the great State of New York can be as
easily captured by their opponents as Lou
isiana and Maine have been by themselves,
and that, too, without any infrac-
ton of law and right. When this
abstract fact is revealed TO them
as plainly as the MONDAY sun in cloudless
sky, and they see no possible escape from
the consequences should the legislature
resort to a change of the process for electing
Presidential electors as the Constitution
cOniers the power to do, then the Democrats
rend the air with the cry, The Republican
"leaders arc now engaged in devising
"schemes to steal the electoral vote of New
"York." This is the antiquated dodge of
the thief who joins in the cry of stop
"thief!" more Justify than the minister of
the law who is in pursuit of justice against
the offender. For the Democrats to resort
10 this stale expedent now partakes Of u
brazenness in crime that Outshines the
bronze statues that adOrn our public parks.
Then, the Democratic trumpeter admOn-
ishes tho country to Remember that il is a
Democratic Congress that counts this
vote" This, of course, refers 10 the count
ing of the Electoral vote, but the Constitu-
tion of the United States does not so pro-
vide. 1t says:
The President of the Senate shall in the
presence Of the Senate and the House of Rep.
Tesentatives open all the certificates and the
votes shall then be counted.
In this performance, under the Constitu-
tion, Congress is to witness the act of open
ing and counting the vote, but ii does not
provide in any degree that "it is a Demo-
"cratic Congress that counts this yOte.'
"This vote will be counted rs the Consti-
tuition provides and in no other way The
same game was attempted in 1876, and the
Electoral Commission was resOrted TO as an
expedient to bridge over a difficulty that at
that time seemed imminent and somewhat
formidable That expedient in all proba-
bility will not be repeated. The Electoral
vote will be opened and counted by the
President of the Senate as the Constitution
provides, and any interference with the ex-
ercise of the powers relating thereto
either by Congress or other parties must be
held as revolutionary and will be so re-
garded aud treated by the Government,
This foreshadowing Of what may culminate
in difficulty will enable the Executive to
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