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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07
II. DIETRICH, N. D.,
German Physician and Surgeon.
o@ee in Peuuington's Block.
-: OFFlcE Hours :
From 10 A. M. to 2 p. M; from 6 to 2, evening
Leave orders at Kadislis drug store.
Sidewalks NOTICE.

BEL resolued, bykhe Mayor and cur Council Of
the GUY Of Ydnklon:
SECTION l. That It Is, and is hereby declared.
necessary that q sidewalk be constructed on the
south side OF Third street, In the city Of Yank.
ton, In front Of west u feet. nj the east 81 feet
Of lot is, block 10, YanKton, in the city OF Yank-
ton, d. T.
SECTION 2. That such sidewalk be construct
ed Of wood, he eight feet wide, and In accord
ance with the ordinances Of the city Of Yank-
ton. @fs
SECTION 3. That this resolution be published
IN the o1leaAl paper Of the city. tO-wit Tho
Press ana Dak0sAlxn.
Passed JAnussy n, ls7s. Approved JsnuaSy
q .foW. n. BJWYNN, Mayer.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

Stanley Huntley, editor Of the Bismarck
Tribune, in his last Issue of the Tribune,
speaks Of STANLEY Huntley, the yossg and
talented editor of the Bismarck Tribune
He may be young, but-We leave it to the
Jamestown Alert, Fargo Times, Gary Inter-
State, ct al, to finish the sentence.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07

The senate committee which had under
consideration the project for opening up the
Indian territory have unanimously agreed
to report favorably. The report will rec
ommend that the lands be divided, that
courts be established and that each of the
five civilized tribes be entitled to a delegate
in cnnpreaa.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-07
ahf 9aily 9rfss aud 3akptaisa
vANkroN DAKOTA
Friday Evening, Fob. !, 1879

The "young and talented editor" Of the
Bismarck Tribune announces in his personal
department that his wife has called upon
him. Good girl.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30
II tuck big skeer mysef arter few rocks,

II tuck big skeer mysef arter few rocks,
an sich like fruit, spattered ontu the pulpit,
nj ontu my head an as the Lovingoods know
nuthin but tn run, when they gifts skeered, l
lis put out fur the swamp on the krick. AS
I started, a black bottil owe baldface smashed
agin q tree furninst me, arter missln the top
owe my head bout an inch. Sum fool profess
sor dun this, who he'd more zeal nur sence !;
fur say that eny man who wud waste quart
owe even mean sperrits, fur the chance owe
knockin a poor ornary devil, like me, down
wifi the bottil, is bigger fool nur ole Squire
Mackmullen, an he tried tu shoot hissef Wit
onloaded hoe handle"
"Did they catch you, Sut?"
"Ketch thunder! No, sir 4! jis' look at
these yer laigs Skeer me, hoss, jis' skeer me.
an then watch me while stay in sight, an
yu'll never ak that fool question agin. Why,
man, that's what the ait dullars am fur.
"Ole Barbelly Bullin, es they calls i'm now,
never preached ontil yesterday, an he hadn't
the fust 'oman tu hear i'm they heu seed too
much Que i'm. Passuns ginerly hev pow'ful
strong holt on wimen; but boss, l tell yu,
thar amt many owe 'em kin run start nakid
over an thru crowd owe three hundred VIM
en- an not injure thar karacters sum. Eny-
how, hits kind owe show they'd ruther see
one at time, and pick the passun at that
His tex wer, 'Nakid I cum intu the world,
an nakid I'm gwine outen hit, eff I'm spared
ontil then He sed nakidness warnt much
owe sin, purtickerly owe dark mig hts. That
he wur a weak, frail wum owe the dus', an q
heap more sich truck. Then he tocht onto
me; sed I wer livin proof owe the hell-de-
sarvin natur owe man, an that thar warn't
grace enuf in the whole 'sociation tu saften
my outside rind that wer a lost bali forty
years before I wer born'd, an the bes' thing
they cud du fur the church, wer tu turn out
an still hunt for me ontil I wer shot. An he
never said Hell-sarpint onst in the hole preach.
1 blieve, George, the fools am at hit.
"Now, wants yu tu tell ole Barbelly this,
fur me- eff he'll let me an Sail alone, III let
him alone-awhile; an sf he don't, eff don't
lizard him agin, I jis' wish 1 may be blasted.
Skeer him if yu ken.
"Let's 60 tu the spring an take hon.
"Say, George, didn't that ar He'll sarpint
sermon owe his'n, hev sumthin like He'll.
sarpint aplicashun? Hit looks sorter so tu
me-" q.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

GLASS MAK1Ne.-Pittsburg has seventy
two glass factories, covering an aggegate area
of 200 acres. The wages now paid to tirst
class men range from 500 to $3.50 month
Second-class men get $65. In the making
bottle glass, from half drachm vial to
twelve gallon carboy, American manufacture
ers claim to beat the best foreign products
with the exception of one particular style Of
wine bottle, in which Germany excels. In
the manufacture of fruit jars, represented
by ten factories in Pittsburg, the American
article is superior to the European. The
moulded table ware is good and cheap
SO that considerable quantity is exported
There are about 100 establishments in the
United States engaged in window glass man
ufacture. The plate glass factories are all in
the west. At New Albany, Indiana, there il
concern which has capital Of about ST.,
25O,0OO controlled by W. G. Depau, and
which is running night and day with 75C
hands.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30
PETROLEUM.

When we are told that at the present time
over 100000 gallons of petroleum or earth
oil are brought to the surface every day in the
oil region of Pennsylvania alone, the mind
is staggered by the contemplation of the mag
nitude of this comparatively new industry
So lavish is Mother Earth of her hidden
stores of oil, chat it is sent to the surface much
faster than it can be taken care of, or stored,
and at the present time 100000 gallons, at
the lowest estimate, run to waste every day.
The great United Pine Line and other meth
DDS Of conveyance utterly fail to convey the
oil to markets, and the enormous tanks tor
storage are full to overfowing. There are
tanks owned by companies which hold 5,O0O,-
600 barrels of oil, and all of them are full.
The wooden tanks owned by individuals and
private concerns amount in their aggregate
capacity to as large number Of barrels, and
these are also full.
Thus it will be understood that there are
great lakes of oil above ground, as we'll as
below; but there is good reason to believe
that the subterranean deposits may with great
er propriety be called oceans rather than
lakes. The oil workers are evidently pump.
ing from inexhaustable supplies in the rock
chambers below, and what are called the
"spouting wells" deliver their vast currents
with the same impetuousity as when the drills
first tapped the pent-up stores. An interest.
ing inquiry arises as regards what becomes Of
the oil that cannot be secured into what
does it flow, and where is its final resting
place? ANY one who has visited the oil re-
gions will know the nature of the country,
and readily understand that much of the oil
flows into brooks or small rivers, and in time
finds its way into the large rivers, and is lost
ultimately in the Gulf of Mexico or the At
lantic Ocean. Still larger quantities are
absorbed by the earth in ravines and marshy
places, and thus it is lost to view. In the
famous district one is led to exclaim: "Oil,
oil, everywhere, and no untainted water to
drink" There is oil iu the soil oil in the
springs; oil on the bushes and trees oil in
the atmosphere, apparently; on the clothing,
and in the mouth, eyes, and hair Of the work.
men; the bread and coffee of the region have
the odor of oil, and the beds are saturated
with it.
How wonderful is all of this Well do we
remember when the first vial of crock oil''
fell into our hands. 1t was called "Seneca oil, :"
and it was claimed to be a most eficacious
remedy for variety of ills to which the hu-
man body is subject. The statement that it
flowed spontaneously from spring in Penn
sylvania, was received at first with much in
credulity, as that was regarded as impossible
but in short space of time the truth was
known, and the oil was no longer regarded as
mixture devised by human hands.
American petroleum oil is now used as a
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30
Seletted gaetrg.
THE SAME OLD STORY.

THE SAME OLD STORY.
She read until she could not see
Did :.Ivanhoe" e'er weary
Then dropped the book upon her knee,
And said her life was dreary.
"From day to day still must tread
The same dull round of duty ... .
OF darning socks and baking bread,
without one glimpse Of beauty.
"From week to. week my landmarks are:
A sermon dull on Sundays;
On Friday night the Plumville Star;
The weekly wash on Monday.
And, O! there's never line of grace,
And never hint Of glory"
She sighed and heightened her pretty lace
sIt's always the same old story"
She dried her eyes and curled her hair,
And went to the conference meeting
From the garden gate to the vestry stair
The self-same words repeating.
At last the final hymn was sung,
And all the prayers were ended,
When one from the doorway crowd among
Her homeward steps attended.
They left at length the village street,
And sprang the low wall over,
To cross through Captain Peaslee's wheat
And Deacon Bascombe's clover.
The moon seemed shining overhead
To flood their path with glory;
They whispered low, but what they said
Was-only the same old story!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

WHERE IGNORANCE WAS BL1ss.-When q
Fulton father came home the other evening
and stepped into the parlor to fill up the coal
stove, be was startled to see, when the fame
of his hand-lamp dissipated the darkness,
that his daughter and her ducky doodle Adolf
phus were sojourning in the shadows of the
lowered gasjet. But they were in separate
chairs, and were engrcssed in box Of figs.
He felt compelled to ask: Something the
matter with the gas?" And the time-tried
youth, grasping one of the golden thoughts
that overwhelm US in the time Of emergency
answered, as he mechanically picked up an
other fig: "No, sir; we turned it down so as
not to notice when We bit into worm"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

source of artificial illumination in nearly all
parts of the world It goes along with rum,
powder, and muskets to the savage tribes OF
Africa, and the mud houses on the banks of
the rivers of the interior are illuminated by
its combustion it is found in the interior of
the Turkish Empire, in Persia, in Egypt, in
Palestine, in China in Japan, and in the re-
mote islands Of the sea. For the paltry sum
of fifteen cents, we can purchase gallon of
the clear refined oil, and the cost Of the light
afforded, in comparison with gas as furnished
at the lowest cost in cities, is as one to twenty
in its favor. It is just now the most formid-
able antagonist of gas, and we can scarcely
hope in the utilization of electrical force in
the future, to secure light at lower ex-
pense. Boston Joarnal of Chemistry
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30
Total cost of factory and machinery...$6,33 33s


Harden says the daily capacity of his fac
tory is 1000 pounds seed cotton, making
900 pounds yarns: This for 300 working
DAYS in year makes 100000 pounds seed
cotton, or 10000 pounds yarns or lint cotton,
at 9 cents per pound for cotton, will cost for
the year $500. The cotton. as matter of
course, must be bought in the months Of
October, November and December, as we
have no seed cotton at any other season OF
the year. But this is generally the best time
to buy any way, as the price is the lowest at
this time usually. This investment, however,
is not required for twelve months, for you
begin to return this money as soon as you
start the factory, and it is entirely returned
in six months. Therefore, it may be called
an investment for six months in the year.
Now as to the income and profit. The
daily capacity of the factory, 300 pounds
yarns per day for 300 days in year, makes
10000 pounds yarns. At 163 cents per
pound it will bring S14,S5O. Add to this
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

ALWAYS A CHANcE.-It is scarcely neces-
sary to remind reasonable men that if they
wish to be sad and sour, to grumble and
complain, there is always chance. Reasons
for being cast down and detected are as plen-
ty as blackberries in the height Of harvest.
If one thing goes right, you may be sure
there is always something else going wrong; !;
and if one thing is in order, something else is
out cf joint, or at any rate soon will be- The
chief difference in the feelings and dispositions
of people result from the different way Of look
ing at things. Few nights are SO dark that
no stars are to be seen the thing is to look
them out and keep your eyes on them, and
make the most of what light you can discover.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

EEL M1GRATIoN.-The eel will, Of its own
accord, leave pond or stream and wander
overland to another locality. This occurs,
it is stated, usually when the hot Summer sun
has evaporated the water of the pond, in
which the fish happens to be, or SO lessened
its bulk that the eel finds its locality no lon
ger suited to its wants. In such q case the
animals leave the stagnating waters Of land
locked pond, and, with serpent-like motion,
pass through the grass we'll wetted with dews.
or showers. They seem to exhibit sense OF
direction in their movement, and always head
for the nearest stream. These land migra-
grations are more frequent during evenings,
when heavy dew is deposited, than at other
times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

paT The Scientific american says that beforc
the advent of cheap cotton, the production
and manufacture of fax were important in.
dustries in this country. In 1910, when the
population was but little more than 7,OO0,.
900, there were produced in the United States
over 100000 yards Of faxen cloth made
in families. At the present time, when the
population of the country is believed to be
5O,OOO,O0O, the total annual production Of
fax and linen fabrics is probably not over
100000 yards, and not a yard of fine linen
is made in the country.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

CLEANING DIsHEs.-Dinner dishes and
plates which have had greasy food upon them,
may be rubbed off with little Indian meal
before putting into water. They are thus
prevented from making the water unfit fol
continued use, while the meal, saved by ITSELF
is good for the pig or chickens.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

A CLEVER G1RL-A young lady vas sit
ting with gallant captain in a charmingly-
decorated recess. On her knee was dimin-
utive niece. In the adjoining room, with the
door open, were the rest Of the company.
SAYS the little niece, in q jealous and very au-
dible voice, "Auntie, kiss me, too" I leave
you to imagine what had just happened.
"You should say t.giee, Ethel, dear tvo is
not grammar" was the immediate rejoinder.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

SHOOTING STARs.-In Ruthenia, shoot
ing star is looked upon as the track Of an an.
gel flying to receive q departing spirit, or of
righteous soul going up to heaven. In the
latter case it is believed that if a wish is
uttered at the moment when the star shoots
by, it will go straight up with the rejoicing
spirit to the throne of God. So when a star
falls the servians say: "Some ones light has
gone out" meaning some one is dead.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30
the value Of cotton seed, 81 1000, and it makes
yearly income Of $15,850.
Deduct wages of ten hands at the prices
paid by Harden ($6.6O) per day for

800 days-..... ,9oo.oV
cord of wood per day at Sl.50 per cord ,,
for 300 days"..."........ .4hO.00 W
Contingent expenses, oil, "..".5OO.O 90
Total expenses. eoo.oo w
Deduct amount paid for cotton" lOO 90
Insurance. 90
Leaves net profit of............. 90
Hardin says his profits are $40 per day. l
think he is too modest to claim more. But
after taking out all the usual expenses that
may be expected in running the factory and
allowing $500 fer contingencies, make the
profits nearly $15 per day, or nearly 80 per
cent. on the investment. Let's us have tac'
torv. G.. F. A.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

p@. A wifes's love that stood the test is re-
counted in the following very singular affair,
which occurred last week in Bangor, Maine:
A sewing machine agent by the name Of
Pendleton thought he would test the affec.
ton Of his wife. He accordingly went to
an upper story Of his residence and opened
the window. He then tied stout rope
around his body under his arms, fastened one
end To something in the room and stepped
out Of the window. BE then made noise
which attracted his wife's attention. She
came and beheld the perilous predicament
which he was in. She felt the need of doing
something at once to save her husband.
In her excitement she seized knife and cut
the rope. The result was that he was precipi
tated some twenty-five feet to the ground be:
meath. Strange as it may appear, he escaped
serious injury, but it will probably be some
time before he attempts similar exploit.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

The ORIGIN OF KERosENE.-A Russian
paper called Nediela The Week) gives the
following extraordinary account of religious
prejudice which has grown up in one of the
most ignorant rural districts Of Russia: "The
farmers in the district Of Kabilianks Govern
ment of Poltava) have commenced to use
kerosene lamps in lieu Of the tallow candles
or thin lathes of pine wood which they had
been in the habit of using. This innovation
displeased their spiritual shepherd. he there
fore preached at his church thatit was unlaw,
full for an Orthodox Greek Catholic to light
his house with this liquid. This sort of oil,
he said, comes from the decomposed part
of Satan, who has been confined to rot be.
meath the mounts of Caucasus since he re-
belled against the heavenly powers. His
parishioners listened to his wise expostulation,
and bsnished the ungodly lamps from their
houses" This remarkable story must be &C.
cepted as true, for it must be remembered
that the Russian censor would never permit
such remarks to circuRte as pleasantries.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

WHAT THE COUNTY PAPERS Do.-An ex-
change combats with considerable vigor the
argument that the city papers are cheaper
and better than the county papers because
they give more columns and more reading
matter for the money. Do the city papers,
it asks, ever give you any home news2 New
er. Do they say anything in regard to your
county? Nothing. Do they contain notices
of your schools, churches, meetings, improve.
ments and hundreds of other local matters OF
interest, which your paper publishes without
pay? Not an item. Do they ever say word
calculated to draw attention to your county
and its numerous thriving towns, and aid in
their progress and enterprise? Not word.
And yet there are men who take such con.
tracted views of this matter that unless they
are getting as many square inches of reading
matter in their own paper as they do in a
city paper, they think they are not getting
the worth of their money. 1t reminds US OF
person who took the largest pair of boots in
the box, simply because they cost the same as
the pair much smaller that fitted him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

To YoUNe MEN.-Do not work for fame
Work to do all the good it is possible fol
you to do. Improve the mind Acquire
stores of knowledge to benefit mankind
Fame will come if you merit it. If you
do not merit it, you may seek it till you
60 to your grave, and never grasp it
Have definite object. Let that be a worthy
one-a philanthropic one. ifpossible. March
steadily forward-not daily, but hourly
towards the object you have in view. Nc
matter what obstacles are to be scaled, never
yield till you are victorious. Men who work
for fame, never get it. 1t comes, if at ALL
because it is merited; because of superior
qualifications exercised in the discharge Of
duty; because of work done meriting it.
The only way to gain fame is to do some.
thing worthy of it-but do not do that some
thing to win it. If sought for in that way, it
will avoid your grasp like an apparition.-
The Rural World.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

MoNEY.-It heals the lacerated honor, sat-
isles Justice and buys square meal. Every.
thing resolves itself into cash, from "corner"
in corn to the building Of churches. Chill
dren ask for pennies youth aspires for dimes
and quarters, manhood is swayed by the al
mighty dollar. The blacksmith swings the
sledge, the lawyer pleads for his client, and
the Judge decides the question Of life or death
for money. Money makes the man there.
FORE man must make the money, if he would
be respected. Our old neighbor, Ben. Frank
lin once said knowledge is power" Fogy
idea. Money is power. Money, with little
feeble help, shoves the world ahead and keeps
business moving. Money buys Brussels car
pets, lace curtains, Steinways, and builds
marble mansions. It drives us to church IN
splendid turnout" it secures the best pews,
and in some places it pays the parson. 1t
buys Pailsey and rich satin for the madam,
splendid silks, laces and kerchiefs for NATL.
da Jane Anna. 1t commands the respect OF
gaping crowds and secures the most obsequlous
attention. ,
Money is useful. It enables US to be kind
and charitable, to send tracts and Bibles to
the heather in the surrounding cities. 1t
makes and straightens railroads and builds
airline railways. Money is big thing on
salt-wells. Money bids care Danish. 1t is a
soother in sickness. Its power stops short OF
nothing save the ugly mouth of the grim mes,
senger, whose relentless hand spares no one,
but levels all earthly distinctions, and teach
es poor humanity that it is but dust. AT the
brink of eternity money goes back on US.
The beggar and the millionaire rest side by
side beneath the sod, to raise in equality to
respond to the final summons that awaits all.
THE T1LDEN PROGRAMMED am inform
ed, on authority that has never heretofore
been at fault in matters Of this kind, that
very important step has just been resolved
upon by Mr. Tilden's managers, the effect Of
which will be to break up the protracted and
sphinx like, reticence which the venerable
statesman of Gramercy Park has maintained
with reference to public affairs, while almost
every other public man, Democrat and Re-
publican, has been speaking out. A great
public demonstration is to be held at the
Academy of Music, the week before the elec-
tion as the final "boom" of the campaign, one
of the incidents of which will be process.
sion to the Tilden mansion in the immediate
neighborhood, to afford its distinguished oc-
cupant an opportunity, which he himself has
urged, to deliver speech that is designed to
attract the attention of the country. There
are two very intelligible motives for this pro-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-10-30

A SINGULAR OCCURRENCE IN TExAs.-A
man named Aiken, living seven miles NORTH
west Of Clifton, Texas, was plowing in his
field few days ago, when he heard dull,
rumbling sound like that Of stones falling in
water Suddenly his horse leaped to the left
and began furious run, and before Mr.. A.
could understand the phenomenon, the earth
gave way under him and he went down q
distance Of twenty feet into cold stream.
Mr.. A. began to struggle against the rapid
tide and gained the bank, along which he
groped his way to the place in which he fell,
sometimes on dry rocks and again into ed
dies waist deep, but finally placing his feet
on terra frma. A party went on the follow.
ing day and explored the channel q distance
of several hundred yards either way. The
stream is represented as being ten feet wide,
by four or FIVE deep, the whole passage being
about eighteen feet wide by eight or ten feet
in depth.