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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-27

The Yankton correspondent of the Sioux
City Journal, in his closing comments upon
the acts of the late legislature, says:
P%ettigrew's bond bill and prison bill died
at the hands of the governor, and thus has
been throttled what, under the ring man
agement, would have become an immense
fraud on the people of the territory. The
governor recommended, and the people
would have indorsed, reasonable legislation
and I liberal appropriation, in warrants on
the treasury, for the commencement of a
prison At Sioux Falls; but when the $45, 600
bond bill appeared the corrupt intent and
the corrupt acta were so manifest 10 all that
1t became necessary to st,ae the monster in
order TO protect the taxpayers. And 80
Whatever disappointment may result to our
friends at Sioux Falls, on the failure of this
measure. they may charge to their council
man, for 1t was nothing on earth but his
spirit Of pure cussedness that rendered the
present defeat of the territorial prison en-
terprise . necessity.
b conduct Of the councilman from
Sioux Falls, since the defeat ofthe pet meas-
ures Of the syndicate, have satisfied all fair
minded men that he is not a fit representa-.
tive Of any decent community. Oaths and
inprecations Of the most sickening nature
have fallen from his lips and mingled With
his obscene curses were the names of men
who wear the we'll earned garb Of honesty
and morality and beside whom he is no more
ut to stand than are the fallen habitues
Of the lower regions beside the saints
Of heaven. From bis foul mouthed utter
ances men have turned away with wonder
IN their hearts that he should be sent 10 the
capital to represent the intelligence and
virtue and honesty Of moral, high minded
community. which believes in God and
fowns upon the blasptemer. Az the
Jdtrnsl correspondent states, it is
the man which Sioux Falls sent
who made odious the measures in which
Sioux Fails was interested. His conduct
since his acts brought defeat upon the inter-
ests Of his constituents has been in full
confirmation Of this assertion. The man Of
sterling qualities Of heart and mind meets
defeat with philosophical silence, snoshers
disappointment and goes home and quietly
prepares to recover lost ground. But the
insolent brasgart proclaims upon the streets
and in the public places, with fearful male
dictiona his intentions to crush all men Who
oppose him, and by this very act robs him.
self Of the power % falail the promptioss
Of his vengeful heart. Governor Howard
has stood between the people and the dc.
signs Of I. nsn Who lsbored I accom-
pliah psssooal ends. The people will honor
hin forit - thoasb III. Pssisrsv Aas
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-27
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vANkToN DAKOTA
Thursday Evening, Feb. q, 1879.

Morton county is up In arms over the
change In county boundary lioes By which
the better part of its domains were attached
to Burleieh county. II was to have been
expected that Morton county would "kick."
but It 10 now too late. The legislature has
adjourned.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-27
u.s.. CRADLE,
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MUp0sY Mt

&ENS~A SfWrN - W III
Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots,
Shoes, Carpets, Second-H Hand Furniture,
Stoves, &C., &c.
Wanted-Second- Hand Goods Of all kinds
for which ! will pay the highest cash price.
C~onsignments solicited. Auction every day
and evening, :
FOR SALE
One Black Walnut Book Gaze One
Chamber Set-solid oak Bedstead, Bureau
with Mirror, and Washstand, less than half
price; One Cherry Bureau; One Black
Walnut Crib; One Center Table; Two
Washstsnds; One Second Hand Singer Suw.
ing Machine; One Tin Kitchen Safe; One
Hard Wood Table One large Hard Coal
Stove /; One Box Wood Stove, with drum i;
One small Wood Stove and Z joints pipe;
One Book, Case or Cupboard; One Second.
Hand Cook Stove, with wash-boiler, Sc, in
good order; One Center Table, with folding
leaves; One Washstand; Ten Redsteads ;
One Drug Scales !; One U. s. Dispensary ;
One Soft Coal Stove !; Four Bed Mattresses ;
One Second Hand Sofa. One Oil Tank,
with patent gauge; Two Oil Tanks; One
Rocking Chair Six Hard Wood Chsirs;
Fifteen large Chrome Pictures; Two Fine
Steel Engravings Forty Shoe Boxes; Four
sets Ladies' Furs, very cheap.
Large stock of Silk Lacer, Fringes, Rib
bone, Kid Gloves, Hosiery, Shawls, silk
Braids.
New ~consignments received twice every
week, direct.
]. S. CRADLE,
Opp. Jencks Hotel, Cor. Capital 4 3d-sts..
YANKTON, DAKOTA.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-27
NOTICE OF SEIZURE.
UNITED STATkS INTERNAL REVENUE \
Collectors Once, District Of Dakota. !
YanktOn. Feb. a. 1870

HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, OF the following
1 seizure Of property under the Internal Revee
nue. Laws OF the UNIFIED States, viz:
About 60 Gallons Whisky;
About 20 Gallons Brandy;
Seized Is the property OF n. II. Day.
Any person or person claiming any OF the said
property, are notified to appear 1t my once and
make such claim within thirty days from publi-
cation hereof, or the said properly will be for
feited to the United States.
JOHN l.. PENNINGTON.
Collector.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-27

cured the name Of our good governor all
the way 6om Yankton To- Sioux FallA -
triumph5of right 10 permssent. and csnhosI
ID, ovslsasnsd q 1.-The wiltofs blssphemer.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-20
Leghorn Bonnets.

Among all the strange ways in which
smuggling has been carried on from
time to time, one of the most singular
was a practice which prevailed for sey>
eral years in Dover, aud was carried on
openly in full view of tbs preventiyes
ana all the inhabitants of the town.
Leghoru bonnets of extraordinary di-
mensions were then popular. They
were hugo straw plaits, nearly circular,
and averaging about yard in dlame>
ter; they sold in England at two or
three or more guinies each. according
to their quality. and nearly half their
cost was the duty paid on importing
them. Now, according to the law.
duty is not demendable on any artic le
of dress worn by travellers. A clever
dealer in Leghorns contrived to profit
enormously by the law. He hired a
numerous troop of the poorest women
and girls-ragged. squalid and wretch>
ed looking creatures they were, to be
sure-and paid them almost a nomina!
fee for accompanying him daily in his
voyages to and from the French coast,
contracting with the captain of one OF
the steamers for season tickets for the
whole of shem. When they started
the ragged party we're almost bonnet
less; but on their return, each head was
crowned with a hinge bonnet, which the
shrewd merchant soon received into his
ware and bv his successful trick
reaped large profits. :
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-20
Home Politeness.

A boy who is polite to his father and
mother is likely to be polite to every
one else. A boy lacking poiiteness to
his parents may have the sembIance of
courtesy in society. but is never truly
polite in spirit. and is III danger, as he
becomes familiar, of betraying his real
want of courtesy. We are all in danger
of living too much for the outside
world, for the impression which we
make in society, coveting the good opin-
ions of those who are in sense part
of ourselves, and who will continue to
sustain and be interested in us, nots
witbstanding these defects of deporte'
ment aud character. We say to every
boy and to every girl, cultivate the
habit of courtesy and propriety at
home in the sitting room and the
kitchen. as well as in the parlor, and
you will be sure in other places to de-
port yourself in a becoming and ats
tractive manner. When one has a.
pleasant smile and graceful demeanor.
it is satisfaction to know that these
are not put on, but that they belong to-
the character and are manifest at all
times and under all circumstances.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-20
Readers of Character.

When an observing womaD looks at a
man she generally makes an estimate of
him then and there. The glance is
Withdrawn, and goes into obscurity
like an instantaneous sun picture, there
to deepen into distinctness. Almost
every woman has set up a gallery of
these impressions, which she shows
rarely, and to her trusted intimates
alone But there he is preserved-a
simpleton, a rowdy, a gallant, rogue,
gentleman. In the, long run you will
generally succeed in iustifying all her
silent estimates. A fine woman has not
the conciousness that belongs to spies;
she is guiltless of the act aud the in~
tent to watch us. men deliberately set
themselves to the work of scrutiny; and
pay ont all the line they have to fethom
an associate. and bring/up his mud or
gold-sand sticking to the sinker. But
clear>headed women intutively under
stand the natures of men, and read
them easily.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-20
Home Keeping.

Even housekeeping, writes Mary
Clemmer, which should be the supreme
delight of every woman who has one, is-
to day to thousands of women an ex-
pressibe burden. And this scarcely
through personal fault of theirs. 1t is
born of condition, emulation, inade-
quacy, ambition. custom, "the habits
of good society, ""the spirit of the age"
This blight scarcely falls on the simple.
comfortable poor. The loving, thrifty
man ard woman, graduated from the
contriving school of necessity and en-
deavor. who, under one roof worked to-
gether, head, heart and hand. to make
all ends meet at the end of every year
patient, peaceful. industrious making
the best, the most of every possibility
within their life-these are not the un~
happy, worn out peoples of expensive
tastes, luxurious habits ungratified am
bition inadequate means, whose life is a
perpetual struggle between desire and
debt, or the fear of it. To them life
is snare, q burden, cheat; as it is
also to the rich. the powerful, who. in
all their getting. lost forever the charm
of quiet happiness, the capacity for re-
pose. The preponderance of the two
last classes in great cities is what fills
the very air we brethe with disquie-
tude deeper than the mere numbers
which seem to make it.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-20
Cost of the Know How

There was much gumption evinced
by that particular darky whose master
was surgeon. who had performed on
another darky an operation requiring a
high degree of skill. This latter darky
was well-to- do, and the surgeon charg-
ed him twenty>fv dollars for the oper>
alton. Meeting the doctors servant
afterward, this dialogue occurred:
"Dat was mighty steep charge OF
the doctors for cutting on me tndder
day"
"How Elnch did de boss charger"
"Well, julius, he charge me twenty
five dollars"
$50 long, niggah, dat amt much
charges"
"Well, he wasn't more dan three OF
four minutes doin' it, and l tink five
dollars was all he oughter took. p"
"Look>a,heah. Sam: you don't un'-
stan bout dat ting. You zee de boss
have to spend great many year larnin'
how to use dat knife. an cost him
heaps O money. Now de fact am dat
he only charge You FIVE dollars for dit
operation; de tudder twenty he charge
for do know how"
That's it--the time and money to
learn the know how.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-20
ziferarv.
The Iron Pen;

Made from a Fetter of Bonnivard, TIN
Prisoner of Chillon; the handle of woot
from The Frigate Constitution, ant
bound with circle of gold, inset will
three precious stones from Siberia, CeyloI
and Maine.
thought this Pen would arise
From the casket where il lies
OF itself wonld arise, and write
My thanks and my surprise.
When yon-g gave it me under the pines,
| dreamed these gems from the mines
o. Siberia, Ceylon and Maine
Would glimmer az thoughts in the lines
That this iron from the chain
FOf 93onnivard might retain
| Some verse Of the Poet who sang
OF the prisoner and his pain;
That this wood from the frigate's mast
Might write me rhyme at last,
As it used to write on the sky
| The song of the SCI and the blast.
But motionless as wait.
Like Bishop lying in state
Lies the Pen, with its mitre of gold,
And Its jewels invioate.
Then must | speak, and say
/ Thai the light of that summer day
In the garden under the pines
Shall not fade and pass away.
shall see You standing there.
CareSsed hy the fragrant air,
With the shadow on your face,
And the sunshine on yonr hair.
| shall hear the sweet low tone
OF a voice before unknown,
Saving, "this is from me to YOU
FROM me, and to you alone"
And in words not idle and vain
shall answer, and thank you again
For the gift, and the grace OF the gift,
o beautiful Helen OF Maine!
And forever this gift will be
As blessing from you to me,
As a drop OF the dew OF your youth
On the leaves OF an aged tree
HENRY w. LoNGFELLow, in Hdrper'>
Mugaz;Ae for December.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-20
Ad versI~InY Rates.
pdwor Of ! sweet Voice.

i HIlf re is no power of love so hard to
{ fQel atd keep as kind voice. A kind
1 ii asaf and pumb. 1t may be rough in
hasls and blood, yet do the work OF a
/ soff heart, and do it with a soft touch.
BIT there Is no one thing that loves 80
'snaah needs as y sweet yoice to tell
via tit means and feels; and it is hard
| iii xet it and keep it in the right tone i.
I!5eB ranst start in youth. aud be on the
nAtoss night and day. at werk and play.
II gkb and keep voice that shall speak
Tax aI times the thoughts Of kind
Eheasf. But this is the time when a
sl.atp voice ls most apt 60 be got. You
oisen hear boys and girls say words at
play with quick, sharp tone, as if it
sssse khe snap Of whip. When one Of
siss11 gets vexed. you will hear voice
1fsk sounds as if it were made mp OF
q spafl. whine. and bark. Such q
voice often speaks worse than the heart
feels 1t shows more ill-will in the
tone tlan in the words. II is often in
kinirtii that one gets voice or tone
That Ii sharp, and sticks to him, through
life, nud stirs mp ill-will aud grief, and
fails like drop of gall on the sweet
joys at home. Such as these get
sharp home voice for use, and keep
their best voice for those they meet
elsewhere, Just as they would save their
beet cakes and pies for guests, and all
their sour food for their own board. I
wo,iid cay to all boys and girls. Use
vour guest voice at home" Watch it
by dav, as pearl of great price, for it
will will ba worth more Tn Won in dayg
to come than the best pearl hid in the
sea. A kind voice is lark s song to a
hearth and home 1t is to the heart
what light is to the eye. 1t is light
that sings as well as shines. Train it
to sweet tones now, and it will keep in
tune through life.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-20
BROOKHAvEN, MISS, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 90. 1879
when YOU shill find it, you will find it

when YOU shill find it, you will find j,
tn read thus:
"And ne played upon a harp Of q
thousand StringS-sperits Of just me'
made petek."
My text. breethIng. leads me to
speak of sperits. Now thar's great
many kinds of sperits i'll the world--in
the fust place thar's the sperits as some
folks Call ghosts, and then thar,s the
sperits of turpen- time, and thars the
fsperts as some folks call liquor, an
I've got as good an artekel nv them
kind NV sperits OH my fiat boat as evel
was fotch down the Mississippi river
but thar's great many other kinds nv
sperlts, for the tex says, "He played on
harp of tn -u-sand strings, sperits
nv just men made perfek.
| But I'll tell you the kind NV sperits
as is meant in the tex: it's fire. That
the kind NV sperits as is ment IN the
text my breethering. Now thar's 6
great many kind NV fire in the world.
In the fust place thars a common sorl
Of fire you light your pipe or segal
with, and then thar's fox fire and camp
phire, fire before you're ready and fire
aud fall back, and many other kinds OF
fire, for the tex says, "He played on g
harp NV a thou sand strings, sperits ol
inst men made perfek.
Bnt I'll tell you the kind nv fire rs is
ment in the tex, my breethring-it's
, hel! fre-and that's the kind of fire as
great many nv you'll come to. eff You
don't do better nor you have been dom
| for "He played on a harp nv thou
sand strings, sperits NV just men made
perfek."
Now the different sorts nv fire in the
world may be liSenel unto the differ
ent persuasions of Christians i'll the
world:
In the fust place we have the Pisca
paleyuns, an they're II high salin and
q high falutin set, and they may be
likened unto turky> >buzzard that flies
up into the air, and he goes up and up
til!.he looks as bigger nor your finger
nail, and the fust thing yom know he
comes down and down and down, and
is film himself on the carkiss of a
dead hoss by the side Nv thou sand
strings-sperits nv just men made
perfek." "
And then thar's the Methedis, and
they may be likened uuto the squirrel,
runnin' up into tree. for the Methods
believes in gwine on from one degree of
grace to another and finally on to per-
feckshnn. and the squirrel goes mp and
up. and up and mp, and he jumps from
limb to limb, and branch to branch,
and the fnst thing you know he falls.
and down he comes kerflnmnx. and
that's like the Methods, for they is
alters fallin' from grace ah, and HE
played on harp nv thousand
strings, sperits just men made perfeck. ,
And then, my breethring. thar's the
Baptist alb! and they have been liken-
ed urto possum on II 'simmon tree,
and the thund"rs may roll and the
yarth may quake, but that possnm
clings thar stil-ah. and you may
shake one foot loose, and the Others
are thar, and you may shake all feet
loose, and he laps his toll around the
limb, and he clings, and lie clings fur
ever, for "IIe played On a harp of a
thousands trin2s-sperits of just men
make perfek."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-20
Tie grrsidf.
The Little builders.

John Brown and Jenny Atkins nj
great friends. At school, at play aTs9f
where, they were together, and Nn
one learned anything new il was !
long before the other knew il A|l J
Now they were watching tile IaaHb J
who we're building a fine store ols /
street. 81 - 4
Did yon know that we are builds 4
John? said Jenny, as he watche4 u
men putting brick after brick upon 4
wall "a
IN }; We aint; we are ouly boys z 4 d
John.
"But we are: we are buildifac a ~
which is to last forever and
Jenny earnestly. & Z
Pooh! now you are foolinQ ia i
John. Notlling in the world lasts ID
ever aud ever. That old Moi'goi iaol1s
is only a hundred We ,rs old, and q wng |
last hundred more"
IL can't help that, y, sad Jas III, /,
"Mother~ told me orr soiis sshousti live
forever, and we were building heases
for them to live in
"iIow IS that?" said John, soberly.
"WelI, she said that we build our
characters day by day., brick by bsiok
just Is that man is doing. And ii we
build well, we shall be glad forever md
ever; and if we build bad, if we use
shaky bricks. or rotten wood. or stub
bic, we shall be sorry forever and ever
"That is queer. We ought to be
pretty careful, then,' said John. "B 1t
OF o,,ni, a lao
knows
81 think it is jolly nice TO be builders,
don't yon?' said Jenny.
"Yes, if we build right. But let's
see; what kind of bricks had we better
use?"
always tell tine truth; that's big
sill. Be honest; that's another" said
Jenny.
"Good!' cried John. "Mlnd your
mother; there is another"
Eyes, and father. aud teachers, too, y
said Jenny" There's big beam of
temperance. in my building. Mother
says that's Gospel beam, aud keeps
the frame steady"
''Be courteous; there's brick" said
John. "And don't swear; there's an
other"
"And don't speak against anybody,
and don't say any dirty words" inter
rupted Jenny. And We shall go on
building as long as we live, mother
says every single day we add something
to our house.
The gentleman who owned the new
building stood close beside the boys,
hidden from sight by high wall. He
listened to their talk intently, and then
he stepped aronnd besidrthem aud said
Pretty good work, my boys, only
build on a sure foundation"
The boys looked n little frightened,
but he smiled pleasantly upon them
that they soon felt at ease, and listened
while he SAID:
"Give your Young hearts to God, nv
boys; He il the great Master Builder.
He will teach you to build so that He
will say, well done Seek first the
kingdom of God, and all things else
shall be added unto you Then he
added: II wish everybody would build
as wisely as your plan, dear boys. May
God help you to keep them evefI"'
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-20

Here is a telling extract from Canon
Farrar's new. Life of st. Paul: "Pdul,
as he stands iu the light of history.
Paul, as he is preserved for use in the
records of Christianity; Paul, as ener-
getic as Peter. as contemplative as
John; Paul, the hero of unselishness,
the mighty champion of spiritual free
dom; Paul, greater preacher than
Xavier; greater reformer than Luther;
a greater theologian than Thomas
Aquinos; Paul. the inspired Apostle of
the Geutiles; the slave of the Lord
Jesus Christ-this is the man whose
career will best enable us to under
stand the dawn Of Christianity upon
the darkness alike of jew and GENTLE
the man who loosed Christianity from
the cerements of Judaism and inspired
the pagan world with JOY ani hope.
The study of his life will leave upon
our minds fuller conception Of the
Truths which he lived and died to-
teach"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-20
Scene in a Street Car

The Utica Tribune says: lady en-
tered car on the O1kwood road one
day last week leading little girl per-
haps four years old The mother sat
down and lifted the little one to the
seat beside her. The child was nib
bling at a piece of cake or sugar, and
now and then turning her face, full OF
childish love, up to her mother and
muttering some almost unintelligible
words of affection.
Opposite to mother and child sat an>
other yonug lady, who often smelled a
fresh rose which she held. The inno'
ceut little one before her attracted hel
attention, and the natural kiudiness OF
the sympathetic womaa's heart prompo
tee her to offer at once the fragrant
flower to the little budding lilly oppo>
site. So she leaned bit forward and
spoke:
'Baby want the rosy?'
But the ci1ld seemed net to hea,
Perhaps it was the noise of the moving
car that prevented. Then she spoke a
little louder, and held the flower for
ward temptingly:
baby may nave tie posy.
The mother heard, for she looked
toward the other lady and smiled-and
OH such look of heartfelt gratitude,
of motherly love. yet heavily saddened
with such an expressive tinge Of sorrow
as is seldom seen. And still the lady
of the rose pressed upon the little one
acceptance of the flower.
Baby, take the rose, holding it al
most to the child's hands. Aud now
it seemed she was heard, for the blue
eyes turned full upon her wouid~ba pat
ron, and then in moment she strange
" drew back and turned her eyes APP
pealingly towards her mothers face
The lady with the flower showed
her bewilderment in her look, while {
panied expression fitted across the fa,t
of the mother. who leaned forward ant
whispered just word:
"My darling is blindp'
Then the whole sunless, darkenet
life of the fair little being-fair as th'
flower winch had been offered to her
came up before the mind. All beauty
shut ont from her forever! For her, NJ
foliage-strewn, fower-studded scene t.
follow the bleakness of Winter. M
looking with an awe into the mysteriou
depths of the night sky, sparkling Will
glittering, twinkling star>gems, for owe
those blue eyes , the Creator. in tn
mystery of His designs, had hung th
impenetrable veil. No expectan. gaz
towards the mothers face for the gent
lest smile that ever soothes a childisl
trouble; only the blind passage of th
little hand over and over those features
for one moment Of which that growing
little one will often and often williugl
offer years of existence. For her th
birds will sing, but loveliness of forl
and feather are not. For her, while til
babbling stream may make myteriou
music, its dimpled waves and windin
reaches and verdant banks do nc
exist
How bitterly vivid all this as the Ia
dy opened the little hand and shu
within it the thornless stem of the rose
now bearing tear on it petall
And there were other swimming eye
In the car.
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