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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-09-08

The Best Farm in Yankton County for Sale
~ of Broadway. Good house with nine rooms,
good water large barn and stables, fine fruit
and shade trees, excellent hay land. Will be
sold cheap for cash, or half cash. balance we'll
secured. Apply to A G. FULIER
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-09-08
Eco Cards.

WILL be sold at bargain. a complete black
w smith shop, al as good as new. Apply to
WALI4BAUM d BECKER,
Germania House.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-09-08

The extended drouth accelerates the
spreading Of bush fires in Michigan.
There are reports Of immense damage
on all sides. It is feared that farmers
will suffer greatly. losing their entire
personal property and crops. Several
villages are threatened, and one-Rich-
mondville, Sanliac county-is reported
completely destroyed. with eight per-
sons burned. and many injured. Sew
eral other villages are reported burned.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-09-08

Critical Condition Of the President After
His Arrival--His Pulse runs up to 124
and Temperature to 1915.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
The Cause Of DrOughts.

The question Is often asked, why
droughts are more common latterly than
in former years. The main reason, we
copcede, however, to be, because the
forests have been cut down. The effects
of forests upon the atmosphere are two
fold. They fill the air with dampness,
and again this dampness, when it is con-
densed into clouds, is attracted by the
forests. The roots of trees run deep into
the ground und absorb the moisture that
is contained in it considerable depth
below the surface. This moisture, much
of it at least, is evaporated by the leaves,
and thus the air is loaded with water.
The amount of water that is drawn up
from the strata of the earth lower down
than the roots of ordinary cultivated
plants penetrate is enormous. This
water, if not drawn up by the roots OF
trees, would gradually make its way into
creeks and rivers, and ultimately into
the ocean. Cutting down the forests
has two other effects, both of which re-
suit in decreasing the amount of rain.
Dry and parching winds are unimpeded
in their progres, and the result is that
they carry off the moisture which is in
the atmosphere. Another result is, that
small streams of water have in many in
stances been entirely annihilated, except
during the winter months. This has de-
creased the volume of water in the creeks
and rivers, and consequently decreased
the attractive force for the clouds and
the amount of water evaporated from the
surface of the earth in our particular
section.-COrtldpd Standard.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
Tarnish on the Church Pews.

The seats had been newly vanished,
and, somehow, the varnish was not
right, as it was terrible sticky. You
know when you pull anything off of
sticky varnish it cracks. Well, the au-
dience had all got seated, when the min
lister got up to give out the hymn, and
as the basement of his trousers let loose
of the varnish of his chair there was a
noise like killing fly On the wall with
a palm-leaf fan. The minister looked
around at the chair to see if he was all
present, and that no guilty mans pants
had escaped, and read the hymn. The
choir rose with a sound of revelry, and
after the tenor had swallowed lozenge,
and the bass had coughed up piece of
frog, and the alto had hemmed and the
soprano had shook out her polonaise to
see if the varnish showed ON the south
side, the audience began to rise.
One or two deacons got up first, with
sounds like picket firing in the distance
on the eve of battle, and then a few
more got up, and the rattling of the un-
yielding varnish sounded as though the
fight was becoming more animated, and
then the whole audience got on its feet
at once with sound of rattling musket-
ry. The choir sang "Hold the Fort. "
When the choir had concluded the peo-
pie sat down gingerly, the services were
short, and all went home praying for the
man that painted the seats.-Peck's s
Sim
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
AKentncky Rabbit Story.

A father and son went out into the
snow rabbit hunting. The snow meas
ured twelve inches in depth In some
places. and at no place was it less than
six While strolling along signs unmis-
taxable led them to hollow chunk not
ro more than three hundred yards away
from from a. a negro cabin. The chunk was
crooked short and by no means 6is sbon ogGr
der and walked away to the cabin, where
he he procured roc an ak, and in few strokes |, IS
emf into the hollow. He inserted his
arm and took from the chunk two fine
Tn the afternoon the old man who lived
in the cabin carried into his room one
section of the chunk and threw it upon
the fir. After heating a while, and
when il had nearly burned iaGS through, et swG swG
were captured in the room. They were
stewed and furnished most enjoyable
meal for the old darkey and his wife.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
Monkey Shooting in. Gambia.

The mere fact of slaughtering monkeys
will probably not cause any great degree
of pleasure to any one aspiring to the
title of sportsman, though at the same
time man choosing to kill as many as
possible might yet not consider himself
altogether wanton in his sport, for the
monkeys may be termed vermin. They
are great nuisance to the agriculturist,
and cause much loss, especially in the
ground mt plantations, where they fire.
quently pick the seed out of the ground
almost as soon as it is planted. To shoot
the dog-faced monkey is easy, but to
make bag is quiet another matter. You
may knock him out of a tree, or you
may bowl him over ON the ground, but
you will not find him on the spot where
you feel sure you saw him fall. Dead
or alive, his companions carry him of,
and pursuing monkeys on foot is not a
game which man is adapted to play sue
cessfully. The most likely way to secure
a specimen is to take a little boat and
pull gently along close into the bank,
lust after sunset, at which time the mon
keys frequently collect in the branches
of trees overhanging the river; thus one
may be shot SO that he falls into the
water, whence his friends are powerless
to rescue him. The great drawback to
this method of aquatic stalking is that in
the upper river, and especially at the
close of the day, the mosquitoes fairly
swarm, coming down on one in clouds,
and making shooting a matter of great
determination and endurance. Certainly
it is very easy to say that such and such
game may be shot by lying out at night;
and this necessitates an amount of ex-
posure against which most Europeans
are not proof, to say nothing of the at
tacks of the above pests, though they
may, to a certain extent, be baked by
wearing over the hands and face bags
made Of some light material-leno, for
instance. Perhaps at some future date
monkey skins may become of CONNER
cial value, and when they do the Gambia
will be able to flood the market, and the
ground nut growers will rejoice.
don Field,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
POPULAR SCIENCE.

FoR articles of rubber which have be-
come hard and brittle DIR. Pol recon-
mends the following treatment: I'm
merse the articles in mixture of water
Of ammonia one part and water two parts,
for time varying from a few minutes to
an hour, according to the circumstances
of the case: When the mixture has act
ed enough on the rubber twill be found
to have recovered all its elasticity,
smoothness and softness.
TIE royal engineers have tried the eff
fect of gun-cotton In bringing down two
old chimneys at the dock-yard extension
works, Chatham, England. The first
was demolished by placing a necklace
Of gun-cotton inside the chimney, the
total charge consisting of about four and
q half pounds. The second YVES de-
stroyed by placing six charges of the ex-
plosive in the center of the base of the
chimney, the total charge weighing
twenty eight ounces. The experiment
was very successful. At the instant the
electric spark ignited the gun-cotton the
chimneys became wrecks.
AFTER tolerably exhaustive examine
hon Of the biography of the subject, DIR.
Otto Kuntze maintains, but on ground
not quite satisfactory, that the gulf weed
consists of many varieties or species of
SdTgGsstsa1l vulgdre, and that the plants
80 named in the lump are either dying
or dead and incapable of reproduction
There does not appear to be any good
reason for assigning definite and con-
stant area to the Sargasso sea- Patches
of weed occur more frequently in the re-
gion of calms, but sometimes there is
very little of the weed there. Winds
also affect the distribution of the patches
with regard to each other and the posi-
ton of the whole mass of weed.
ATTENTION has been directed by NJ.
Moride to q new kind of food to which
the name " nutricine" has been given.
It's preparation is thus described: Raw
meat, from which bones and tendons
have been carefully excised, is passed
into suitable machines along with nitro
genized alimentary substances, such as
bread, to absorb the water of the meat,
and, possibly, to form new combinations
with it. After the mass thus prepared
Is dried In stove under mild heat it is
pulyerized and sifted. A powder of an
agreeable taste, and varying from vel
low to gray In color, is the result When
albumen, fats, or gummed water is add
ed to this powder solid cakes or cubes
may be broken up, as occasion may re-
quire, for soups or sauces. This nutri-
cine is admirably qualified to sustain
physical vigor, and it can be preserved
for any length of time if it is kept from
the deteriorating influence of an atmos-
phere charged with moisture and from
the action of heat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

Mr. Hitchcock offered joint resolution pro-
viding for the printing of 1000 copies of the
journal Of tho State Board of Equalization.
Mr.. Beer introduced bill making relatives
Of doctors and professors Of colleges ineligible
as members of school boards.
The House amendment to Senator Horr's bill
authorizing the completion OF the Lorain
County Courthouse was agreed to, and the
same is now q law.
A bill requiring Superintendents of Insane
Asylums to notify the Probate Judges of the
proper counties when patient escapes or dies,
or is discharged or returned, was passed.
Mr.. Carran's bill providing for the expense of
repaving streets, the paving Of which has been
paid for by the abuttfng property owners, shall
be placed on the general tax list of all taxable
property in the corporation, was amended so as
to make the matter discretionary with the
Council, and that such portion of the remain
der of the improvement only as the Conncil
may deem just and reasonable. The bill
passed.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Atkins emPow-
ering all Courts with authority to compel the
+ attendance of witnesses in any part of the
State.
Mr.. Hitchcock offered a resolution identical
with that of Mr.. Ray, passed in the House, for
tri-weekly adjournment, which WAS passed.
A resolution requiring the Supervisor of Pub
lie Printing to have the report of the Commits
sioners of Common Schools. for 1880 bound in
muslin, was referred to the Committee on
Schools.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
To Rid a Loft of-Rats.

Take pint of common tar, half an
ounce of vitriol, and good handful of
common salt; mix them all well to-
gether in any old deep pan. Get some
pieces of paper, and put some of the
above mixture very thick on the paper,
and place enough of this into the holes
sufficient to stop them, and then let the
bricklayer make good after you, and If
you should find any of the holes opened
again, it is quite certain you had not
put In sufficient quantity.
For smoking rstsout when they get
behind the wainscot Find out small
hole or crack, then take handful of
common salt, and put it in at the hole or
crack, and pour upon the salt spoon
full or two of oil of vitriol, and this will
make such o fumigation or smoke that
they cannot bear it. Then stop the
hole or crevice again that the smoke
may not come out. Do this in two or
three places as near where you hear
they are as you can, and it will cause
them to forsake those places. This
method is very safe, as no damage can
possibly ensue to the wainscot from the
SMOKE Vernain Catcher. 1853.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
Revenge is SWeet,

Gallagher is satisfied The facts are
these: Gallagher was the president of a
dramatic club and wrote a piece for
them. It called for nine persons, and
everybody in the cast except Gallagher
considered that he or she had the worst
part and that it was made so on purpose
At first they didn't propose to play, but
finally decided to do so and concocted
plan te punish Gallagher. He played the
hero, and In the first act said farewell
to his mother and went off to sea, and
when she parted with him she contrived
to wrench his head and scratch his nose
on pin fixed in the shoulder of her
dress for that purpose That eased her
mind and disturbed his. But he submit
ted. In the next act he appeared on
shipboard and had to be knocked down
by the cruel captain, who hit him SO
earnestly with belaying-pin that it
nearly killed him. And then when he
headed the mutiny and cried to the mutt
neers, "Follow mel" somebody opened
a trap and he ignominously fell through
It and got terribly guyed by the audi
ence. He was awful mad, but deter
mined to conquer in spite of the disaster,
and 80 came up and went on with the
play. In the third act he was to have
G6rTlDl6 COmDdG Will bH0 F11lhln VI bil0
play and whip him. Mr.. Hencoop
Smythe played the part. He was satis-
fed that he had the worst part of the
piece, and that Gallagher made it so to
spite him Gallagher, as he clinched
him, cried: William, I'llsbeat your life
out in two seconds ,, But he didn't
The villain was the strongest man, and
the way he lathered Gallagher about the
stage was awful. When it came to the
point where the villain was to cry: "Let
me upl I'm crushedl'' he had Gallagher
iammed under the table, and was beating
him with a chair-leg, and of course his
speech and Gallagher's reply: 81 will
not spare your ifel" sounded absurd.
Before the villain consented to be over
come, he had got the audience to shrek
ing with laughter, and had beaten Gal
lagher black and blue all over Gal
lagher went home terribly enraged, and
the rest of the company were delighted.
The piece was to be played the next night
and Gallagher reported himself too i'll to
appear. But he sent a substitute. That
substitute was prize-fghter, under an
assumed name. He hugged the mother
SO, IN the parting seen, that he nearly
killed her, and pulled her false hair of,
accidentally. He threw the cruel captain
down the trap. He hurt all the other
actors, and, in the fight with the villain,
mopped the whole stage with him and
hurled him clear through the back fat
The company and scenery were COM
pletely wrecked, confusion reigned, and
Gallagher sat in front and laughed till
he nearly died. Revenge is sweet!-Bos-
ton Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
Wasted Opportunities.

"Do you not look back into the dim
vista of by-gone years with feeling of
regret at wasted opportunities that cause
tugging at the heart-strings?" Tug
ging's no name for it. We had chance
once in the army to make fortune on
mules by putting our names to false
certificate, and We declined to do it. The
man who proposed the mulish scheme
now owns an orange grove, two blocks,
fast horse and steam yacht. This was
q real tug g-of-war.-Baltinore Bulletin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
The Biting End.

"You did wrong to shoot that mans
dog. You might have pushed him off
with the butt of your gun" said the Gal
weston recorder to C man who was
charged with shooting a neighbor's
dog.
az would have done that" replied the
prisoner, ''if the dog had come at me
tail first, but he came at me with his Bit
ing end. ."-GGlueston Wesps.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
Dared Not Tell Him.

A New York citizen, says the Hour,
who, in his lifetime, had been by no
means distinguished for his public or
private virtues, departed for another
world. His disconsolate widow received
visit from q condoling friend, who
found her sadly sitting with her young
est ia her lap. 'T am so dreadful1y
sad," said the widow; 'sand even my
baby looks up in my face, and Gsps,
Where's papa p" "Ah," said the seven
year-old boy, playing about the room,
''but You know, mamma, you don't dara
tell himrn
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
Dr Perfumes.

Dry perfumes are simply sweet-smell-
ing gums, and resins, and herbs, pow
dered or ground up together. They
form incense, used for burning in Cath
olic churches, and satchet powders, sold
at the perfumers for laying in ladies'
boxes and drawers, where handkerchiefs
and gloves are kept, and which thus be-
come perfumsd and fragrant.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
We will give 500 reward for man

We will give 800 reward for a man
who, when he undertakes to make a re-
ply in an article in the newspapers, has
never said, or been known to say: my
attention having been called" etc., etc.
Is it possible that no public man ever
read newspaper, or, if reading, does
not discover his own name the very first
in million ems of matter? If there is
such fellow, let him be stuffed for a
monument to the man who ever told q
Ee.--Rochsster Democrat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20
GERTIEs GLOVE.

Slips of kid skin deftly sewn,
A scent as through her garden blown,
The tender hue that clothes her dove,
All these-and this is Gertie's glove.
A glove but lately doffed, for look
1t keeps the happy shape it took
Warm from the touch! What gave the glowf
And where's the mold that shaped 1t SO?
1t clasped the hand, so pure, so sleek,
Where Gertie rests pensive cheek,
The hani, that when the light wind stirs,
Reproves those laughing locke nf hers.
Your fingers four, you little thumbI
We're but you, in days to come,
I'd clasp and kiss AMI keep her-goi
And tell her that I told you SO.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20

PERRY MARTIN, of Arizona, climbed
tree to shake down coon. Just how he
felt when he found the coon to be bear
will never be known, as the bruin cuffed
him off limb and he had fall of fifty
feet.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20

"THE liberty of the press must be
preserved" said the small boy, as he
stole up to the cider-mill armed with
bundle Of straws.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20

MISTRESS - Mary, this venerable
goose is tough enough to break ones
teeth" Maid" Yes'm; didn't you tell
me, m'am, that you wanted it for
piece de resistance"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20

Mrs. PARrINaToN will not allow Ike
to play the guitar. She says he had it
once when he was child and it nearly
killed him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-01-20

Business cards Of Ave lines or less 81 per annum.
Local notice, 10 cents per line each insertion.
Simple announcements OF marriages and deaths
sd church aud benevolent society no Ices inserted
irer. Any additions to obituary notices vii be
charged i've cents per line.
Favors must be handed in as early Tuesday
morning TO insure insertion the ssme week.
Communications upon subiests of general or local
tntar>~t aoiciteA
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-12-10

Because there is nothing to do"
she replied.
care you quite certain of that9'
he asked gently. "There is q great
deal to do, Elise Dale. want you
to stay at Mount Sorel--to stay for
my sake. l want you to be my
wife, Elsie!"
"Oh," cried Elsie, clapping her
hands, "if l were only worthy Of
that"
"But you are worthy" he said.
S weetheart, my life would be a
vain void without you, now that |
have learned to know and love
YOU"
So when Madame Duchesne wrote
TO Elsie Dale that she had found a
situation for her, Elsie Dale wrote
back to Madame Duchesne that she
had found one for herself; and that
had nothing to do with music
lessons either.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-12-10
Aberdeen Examiner: In figuring

Aberdeen Examiner: In figuring
up the Democratic majority in the
State, it will be found much larger
for all the rest of the ticket than for
Governor. This is due to the fact
that hundreds Of Greenbackers OF
Democratic prOClivities accepted
Ben King while they rejected the
rest of the mongreI ticket. Our
gallant leader, Gen, Lowry, polled
the full Democratic vote that was
cast, and made considerable gains
upon it, but King retained a large
following from among Greenback-
ers and Republicans who scratched
all Of the others on the Indepsn-
dent tleket.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-12-10
Our Beloved GARFIELD ana
has Faithful Cabinel.

An elegant Chrome L~ithogranh .
our ate PresiQeat, making Silitleagt.,
portraits, priatedin 10 colors on heavy
paper with a rich gold border. Size
1926 inches. The sale Of this beanJI
full work of srt has beea SIMPLY ulprs
cedented at 5, per copy. ia order thai
every family may be able to posses
this beautiful aud touching soyenir .
late President and his Cabinet, we Wi
mail it for Gully 30 cents pr copy W
can furnish THIS same subject, printe
in S c%olors, reduced to 9xl2 inches, fof
only Is cents. Postage stamps taken.
AGENTS WANTED.
Now is the time for agents t. team a
rich harvest with these be4utif0I p1r
traits. Nothing ellis like them SmI
for samples and terms,
CONANT y CO. Publisher
Dey st., Nov Yorh
Octoher3 | 8I-2m-n Il.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-12-10
GIVING MUSIC LESSONS.
The summer vacation!

'|DtSIs
What a world Of change it brings
to the innocent young school girl
what areyolhtion Of thought, fact
and fancy. In all our future, will
ever the weeks come to US, garland
ed with roses and radiant with the
fancies Of the heart, as they came
to US in the days of our summer
vacations
This was what Elise Dale was
thinking, as she sat beside the river
dipping her water lily buds in the
cool tide, and watching the birds
nest in the rushes.
She was homeless and motherless.
and all the other girls we're full of
anticipations, as they clustered on
the one green spot of shadow I'M.
der foe giant elm tree. And yet
beneath ii all, there was a throb of
oxidation in her heart.
~ am to- have a season at Sara.
toga," said Cynthia Vail, the beau.
ty Of the school, "Mama says I am
young, bat then very young girls
are the fashion now"
81 am to go to the Adirondacks
with papa, to take sketcbes and
strengthen my lungs" said Mary
Allison, proudly.
Il am to have music lessons from
Signor Rallentando!' triumphantly
proclaimed little Bell Burton; sand
fell us, Elsie dear, what are you
going to dos'
Exactly the opposite from you,
Bell" said Elsie, laughing, while
the dimpIes came into her chin and
the carmine color inyo her cheek,
Il shall spend my vacation in Civ
Ing mnsic lessons, so.that / can test
"a pacity and earn a little money
.or The future" !