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The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-02-17
Carnival at Montreal.

The winter carnival at Montreal
was opened January %, with the an
nual drive of the Contractors associa-
ton, led by four-in-hand and tan
dem team OF five horses. Seventy five
sleighs turned out, making process
sion nearly mile long. The ice pal
ace is nearly completed and will be
inaugurated tomorrow. It has al
ready been illuminated, and presents
a magnificent spectacle, the lights in
all imaginable forms and tints flashing
through the almost transparent walls.
An attempt made to freeze the roofs.
and spires of the structure, which are
composed Of cedar boughs, was un-
successful, and so cracked the ice az
to threaten the destruction Of the
whole building. The curling on the
river presented q very pretty scene,
but the intense cold, the thermometer
being at zero, made it very unpleas
ant for the players. The Americans
played against the best Canadian
players to-day, and were badly beat
en-. Trotting will begin tomorrow
on the egg-shsped track, q mile long
on the river. The toboggoning hills
in Mount Royal Park are alive with
hundreds Of people who keenly enjoy
the sliding, and majority OF the
visitors freely admit that it Il the
most exhilarating sport they have
ever enjoyed. Chicago Herald,
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The ExemDtiOn Law.

Tho G~,rl Eo~l,e Hnra III h,,;ny~ a. q
agitation of the question Of repeal OF
the exemption law to the front a.
follows:
The Territorial Legislature now in
session should lose no time adopting
measures to modify the present ex-
emption laws. As they now stand Da-
kota offers a premium for dishonesty
and a refuge for people who regard
the payment of honest debts with
the utmost repugnance. The law as it
now stands exempts four tifths of the
people of Dakota. Therefore it is
not strange that capital is timid about
risking itself here. The result of the
present law will be to drive capital out
of the Territory to some location
where it meets with some protection.
The object of the law of exemption
is generally to prevent an unfortunate
debtor from being deprived of the
means to support his family, not as a
protection to rascals who use it rs a
means to beat the business man who
trusts them with his goods.
Any man who wants to pay his
honest debts does not need more than
an exemption of his homestead and
few hundred dollars. As it is a
man may be we'll off and yet no debt
can be collected of him by course OF
law: therefore by not getting the
credit his property is entitled to he
is compelled to give mortgage every
time he wants anything on credit.
The apparent purpose Of these laws
in Dakota is to induce dishonest peo-
pie to come here and keep capital out.
The wonderful growth and prosperity
of Dakota in spite OF the chances
capital takes that has come here for
investment, shows great faith in the
resources Of the Territory and in the
inherent honesty Of mankind, where
every inducement is offered to be dis
honest is placed before him. The
man who trusts to the honesty of his
neighbors. instead Of good watch
dog, will have no harvest apples to
sall
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SELECTED MISCELLANY.

Where children are, there Is golden
age. NOuals
The world does not require so much
to be informed as to be reminded
Hannah Moore.
Action may not always bring hap
piness, but there is no happiness with
out action. -BedcOnsfeid.
Slumber not in the tents of your
columns. The world is advancing,
advance with it.-Mazzini.
All the scholastic scaffolding falls
rs ruined editice before one single
word-faith.-NapOleon.
To correct an evil which already ex
lists is not SO wise as to foresee and
prevent it.-ChineSe Prorerb.
Next to an effeminate man, there is
nothing SO disagreeable AS mannish
woman. Charles Dudley Warner.
BE courageous and noble minded
our own heart, and not other mems
opinions of us, forms our true honor.
Schiller.
Common sense, does not ask an i'm
possible chessboard. but takes the
one before it, and plays the game. -
Wendell Phillips.
ploasura may la aptly ne,. ,r"-~a te
many very great books, which in
crease in real value in the proportion
they are abridged
We think our civilization is near its
meridian, but we are yet only ut the
cock growing and the morning star
Emerson
There were never in the world two
opinions alike, no more than two hairs
or two grains. The most universal
quality is diversity.
Nothing makes the world seem so
spacious as to have friends at dis
tance; they make the ATTITUDES and
longitudes Thoredu.
If you have built castles in the air,
your work need not be lost. That is
where they should be; but put found
atoms under them ThOredu
He that waits for an opportunity to
do much at once may breathe out his
life in idle wishes; and regret, in the
last hour. his useless intentions and
barren zeal.
Character is not cut in marble-it
is not something solid and unalter-
able 1t is something living and
changing, and may become diseased
as our bodies do.-George Eliot.
Nothing so increases reverence for
others a. a great sorrow to ones self
1t teaches one the depths of human
nature. In happiness we are shallow
and deem others SO.
Talk to women as much as you can.
This is the best school. 1t is the way
to gain huency, because you need not
care what You say, and had better not
be sensible. .-BeacOnsfeid.
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from utter barrenness the parched,
arid soil in it's season of burning
need.-Ellen OH, Or.
1t is pleasant to have people meet
us with kind words and q CHEEKY
smile. but we can scarcely expect such
greetings unless the spirit of kind
ness shines in our own faces and ex-
presses itself in genial ways of man
ner and action. Golden Rule.
No man ever lifted up bis fellow,
ever taught sad heart TO nope or in
fused the power of new purpose
into broken spirit, but that he grew
in stature and experienced, in com
pensation for any loss suffered, the
JOY that makes the soul forever glad.
W. r. Davis.
Love, not vindictive justice, love in
the sense Of choice and purpose to
promote, AZ far as possible, tie we'll
being of all creatures, il the essence
and principle of the Divine moral
nature, OF which all other attributes
of God are the outcome, as the
branches are OF the tree.--G' ~
Weber.
The great hindi ance to Christian
progress is unchristian Christianity
Christian doctrine without a Chris
tian practice. The chief priests,
scribes and elders were religious after
an irreligious kind. They mumbled
the right words, but they did not live
the right life or develop the right
spirit. 1t was religion gone sour
the wine Of piety turned into the vim
egar OF resentment. Joseph Parker.
Justin Martyr tells us that he was
led from philosophy to religion by
the godly lives of the early Christians.
And when the native converts OF
Madagascar, on presenting them
selves for baptism, were asked: "What
first led you to think OF becoming
ChristiansY Was it some sermon or
address, or the reading of Gods
wordY the answer usually was: 1T
was the changed conduct of those who
had become Christians"
During the last years of his life
Thurlow Weed took great interest in
the controversies over the supposed
conflict between science and religion.
Shortly before his final illness ne left
this record of the result of his medi-
tations upon the subject of future life:
Il cannot believe, and cannot be
brought to believe. that the purpose
of our creation is fulfilled by our short
existence here. To me the existence
of another world is necessary sup
plement of this, to adjust its Unequal
tiles and imbue it with moral signiti-
cancp"
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A Fight With a Bloodhound.
New Haven Register.


5. T.. Merwin T. Go. have kept a
young but large and powerful blood
hound in the office of their packing
house on Crescent street. The animal
several times has shown symptoms OF
treacherous ferocity which the watch
man has punished by throwing hot
water from the Office kettle on the
dog. But one night when the watch
man had attempted to punish him
the dog showed fight and drove the
man behind the desk railing and
kept him imprisoned there for two
hours. The watchman had revolver
in his pocket, but he was loath to
shoot the animal, because of the value
placed npon him by the firm.
Charles H. Nichols, the book keep
er, always treated the dog kindly. Yes
terday afternoon MIR. Nichols fooled
with the dog little after 3 O'Clock,
and then went to work at his desk,
and the dog fell asleep beside the
stove. Half an hour or so after MIR.
Nichols had occasion to fill the kettle
on the stove with water. Accidental
ly he touched the dog with his foot.
The dog looked up at him and growl-
ed viciously, and sprang at the book
keepers throat. The now excited
beast bit at him right and left, inhict
ing severe wounds on his arms and
shoulders. Mr. Nichols fought and
defended himself as best he could,
but the dog penned him up behind
the stove, which was red hot.
tAft>I fully n'o ...;.,a,~ss Joi,Ss I'oi
rell, a customer of Merwin's, came in.
Mr.. Farrell Immediately called up
stairs for help, and when an employe
brought in cleaver, he snatched tina
weapon and struck the dog over the
nose, cuttingit open. The dog turn
ed on him. Mr.. Farrell struck ut him
again and again, cutting off one of the
brute's legs. The dog still jumped at
his throat, and not until his skull was
split open did the struggle cease. AS
soon as the dog left Mr.. Nichols that
gentleman tainted with fright and
exhaustion. DIR. Cibble was sent for.
He brought the young man to con
sciousness and cauterized the wounds.
One of the arteries of the left arm
had been severed, and it was only af
ter much time that the flow of blood
was stopped. A bite in the left wrist
was fully an inch deep, and there
were some twenty other bad bites.
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Germany Anticipates a War.

BERLIN, Jan. M.-Notwithstanding
the pacific declarations recently made
in the name of the German Govern
ment. it is clear that the authorities
here are paying special attention to
what is going on in military matters
in Russia. This is shown in many
ways, but is considered to be unmis-
takably indicated by the fact that Of
ficers Of the Grand General Staff have
been stationed at Konigsberg sndG
Thorn. Up to the present time no
such appointments have been made
anywhere, except at Metz and Stras-
burg. The statement that it was in
tended to increase the German artil-
lery is, however, apparently without
foundation. Indeed, it would be diff
fcult to discover any necessity for
such q proceeding, as the German
field artillery is now the most power
full in Europe, and has been organized
by Count Won Moitke in perfect pro-
portion to other branches of the army.
Despite the peaceful protestations of
diplomatists, however, the belief is
widely entertained that the outbreak
of war is not far distant, and this
opinion is well-nigh universal among
officers OF the army.
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Trust tie Rows.

The case here related Of q loan of
large sum to an unknown boy is, {
course, an exceptional one, as bus
ness men do not lend money to pei
feet strangers without securit,
whether they are Young or old. Br
really flank and trustworthy bos
carry their honesty Oh their facs;
and when such arc needed for sertce
or desire any favor, an INTELLIGENT
person is not only excusable for put
ting faith in them, but may coRer a
great encouragement and benGt by
doing SO. A gentleman of wealth
and h gh official position sayt
Somewhat more than my years
ago. l was appointed mi&hipman
in the navy and sent to NV York.
| was only fourteen years old, and
being of slim make and spall stature,
did not look more than efven. My
previous life had been sVnt IN the
country. and knew noting OF city
ways or business proceedings. Pay
day was the thirtieth Of tho month,
but l wanted some money on the
twentieth, and passin) through Wall
Street I went into a brokers' office
and said:
"You lend none here, do you
not?"
Yes"
II want to borpw twenty dollars
for ten days." I sid
did not thennnderstand the quiz
zical manner with which the brokers
looked at me hfore replying:
"You shall lave it, and / won't
charge you irterest for it either"
He gave me the money and / sign.
cd the receipt and need not add
the twenty dollars were promptly re-
turned at the expiration of the ten
days. l am sorry that l have forgot
ten the name Of the broker l men
toned the Incident many years after
ward to gentleman who said it was
the most extraordinary story he had
ever heard of Wall Street broker OF
"ll ,e,@~ -
The other case happened in Wash
ington about fifteen years ago.
was standing in the porch OF Viii,
larGs Hotel, when little boy with
bright, honest face said to me:
please, sir, lend me twenty five
cents to set up in business? | want
to buy some newspapers to sell"
/ replied:
My boy / haven't got twenty five
cents, but here are fifty cents, and
when you want to return it you will
find me at this hotel"
Thank you," said the little lad
IL will bring it back"
Inever expected to see him or the
money again, and considered it do
nation; but in the evening as l was
walking up and down in the entrance
hall, my coat was pulled by a little
newsboy, and l turned and beheld
the youngster who had applied for
loan in the morning, with the same
bright face that had attracted me
then.
swell, my man, what is it" said
as though didn't know him.
II have brought you back your
fifty cents, sir" said he, "and l am
ever SO much obliged to you. have
made more than dollar clear profit
with your money"
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Scientific Matters.

Mons. Potel has produced new
substance, which he calls 'poteline."
from mixture of gelatine, glycerine
and tannin. He claims that the COM
pound is absolutely impervious to air,
and among the purposes to which he
has applied it is the preservation OF
meat. it becomes nearly liquid at a
temperature of l12 deg, and spreads
over the meat, killing the germs of
putrefaction and preventing the en-
trance of new germs. Mons Potel
asserts that all the freshness of meat
thus treated will be retained for two
months.
In the course of comparison OF
the size of the planets, somewhat
imaginative astronomer remarks: 'Ap-
ply the principle that attraction is in
proportion to the mass, and man
who weighs $50 pounds on the earth
weighs 396 on Jupiter and only 5S on
Mars; while on the Asteroids he could
play with boulders for marbles, hurl
hills like Milton's angels, leap into
the fifth story windows with ease,
tumble over precipices without harm,
and go around the little world AT
seven jumps"
The metals which are usually re-
garded IA fixed even iron - have
been found by Mons. Demarcay to
emit real vapors at relatively low
temperatures. Cadmium, for in
stance. volatizes at PSI degrees and
zinc at 302 degrees.
1t has been calculated, according
to Prof. Schuster. that il the sun were
made Of the hardest steel and thor
oughly magnetized the distance bet
ween it and the earth is so grea
that it could not affect our magnets
| The connection between the sun ant
the earth, whereby magnetic storms
occur on our planet Immediately afte
the appearance of sun-spots, is there
fore one Of the greatest scientific
mysteries OF this age. Thus far tn
efforts of physicists have utterl.
failed to account for such phenomena
Prof. Feser of Munich, has been en-
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deayoring to syw that a connection
EXISTS befweeukliet and liability to
infectious disc fses. In trials made on
rats inoculat with the poison of
cattle distenfer, he demonstrated the
fact that th7animals which had been
fed on yeuAble diet were quickly at
tackled bvthe disease, while those
which hy been fed on meat exclu-
sively rested the effects of inocu
lation.
Asse}rnilk is an excellent substi-
tnte fd human milk. and at the Paris
Hosnal for Assisted Children all in
fantsWhich for any reason are de-
priN of human nursing are now al
iowd to suck directly from the teats
Of flsses. The efficacy of this method
ofeeding is best shown by statistics
Iaring a period of six months, eighty
x children afflicted with congenital
nd contagious diseases, were fed at
the Paris istitution. Six received
cows milk from bottle, and only
one recovered; of the forty two nursed
at the teat of the goat, eight recovered
and thirty four died and of thirty
eight nursed at the teat Of an ass,
twenty eight recovered and only ten
died.
To test the effect of rarefied air on
the animal system, Drs j. Geppart
and A. Fraenkel have experimental
on a dog by enclosing the animal in
a box from which the air could be
gradually withdrawn while the results
were being watched through glass
window in the box. No effect seemed
to be produced until the pressure was
reduced to half an atmosphere, when
the animal became restless and his
respiration grew deeper and faster;
at little further rarefication, the
movements became uncertain and
giddy; at a third of an atmosphere
the animal fell into a deep sleep,
which it was found could be suffered
to last six or seven hours without
proving fatal; but at a little more
than a fifth of an atmosphere, pa
roxysms of difficult breathing and
commissions very soon caused death.
Aeronauts are affected in this way
during balloon ascents, but the symp-
toms occur before the air is nearly so
raretied, which is quite likely due to
the action of the cold encountered by
balloonists.
Mons FREDERICK has proven that
the blood Of crabs and other crusta-
ceans has the saline constitution and
and the strong and bitter taste Of the
water they inhabit. The blood Of sea
fishes does not partake of these pecu-
liarities of the water, and thus shows
great superiority over that OF crabs.
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To clean copper tea kettles, use
turpentine and fine brick dust, and
rub hard with a flannel. and polish
with leather and dry brick dust.
To clean hair brushes, use ammonia
and hot water; after washing we'll,
shake the water out and dry on q
coarse towel, and they will look as
good as new.
One tablespoonful of bromo-chlora
lum to eight of soft water makes an
excellent deodorizer, and will purify
the sick room of any offensive smell
Silver should never be washed with
soap if you wish it TO retain its orr
ginal lustre When itrequires polish.
ing use a piece Of soft leather and
whiting and rub hard.
An excellent polish for zinc or tin is
made of three pints of water, one
ounce of nitric acid, two ounces oi
emery, and eight ounces of pumice-
stone SHAKEN we'll together.
To destroy bed bugs, moths and
other vermin, make strong solution
Of alum and hot water, and apply
with paint brush to the furniture or
cracks in the wall; or if moths have
lodged in the borders of carpets, wet
the edges thoroughly.
To renew q rusty and discolored
chandelier. apply mixture of bronze
powder and copal varnish. The drug
gist where they are purchased will
tell you in what proportion they
should be mixed.
To remove claret stains, spread a
little salt over the stain while fresh
if the stain is an old one, wet it and
rub on the spot pulverized chalk and
salt, and lay it in the sun. Repeat
this process. keeping it damp, until it
is all out.
To wash carpet, spread it where
You can use brush, and scrub as you
would a floor. Scrape one peck of
potatoes into two pals of water and
let them stand over night; when
ready to use add more warm water
and two ounces of beef gall. When
dry brush hard with 4 broom.
To clean marble, dissolve in water
to which has been added one teaspoon
full of washing soda, large lump of
Spanish whiting, making a paste; APP
ply to the marble with a flannel cloth,
rubbing well, and leave it on for some
time and, if necessary, repeat the
process. Wash off thoroughly with
soap and water, then dry and polish
with soft dnster.
To clean black silk in simple way,
brush the silk thoroughly and wipe
with cloth. Then stretch fiat on "a
table and sponge with hot coffee that
has been strained through muslin, on
elsv ,iVt,o intended to .-iIV", ubCn II .,
partially dry, iron the wrong side.
This will restore the brilliancy OF the
silk and give it thickened appear
ance.
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Reproduction Of the Dam in the Pro.
duCe.

It is wonderful how minutcly, in
nervous temperament, the produce is
apt to be a reproduction OF the dam.
The most trivial eccentricity is apt to
be inherited. For instance: The
writer owned road mare that had q
peculiar habit of brushing the flies
from her front limbs in summertime
by crossing them and rubbing them
together with almost human intelli-
gence. No other horse In the pasture
practiced the same effective plan till
her own colt, that was left mother
less at ten days old, grew up, and
then she resorted to precisely the
same means to rid herself OF the same
annoyance.
Another instance is fine illustra-
ton in point. Quite a celebrated
road mare had a habit of working
with the bit over the paved streets of
the city on her way to the driving
avenues in the suburbs. She would
straighten out her head and neck;
she would pull and haul and snatch
at the reins till she would almost
drag the driver over the board,
or suddenly snatch the lines from
his hands. On the road the habit
ceased. There she was a pleasant
driver; but on the street this habit
made her an exceedingly provoking
and difficult animal to handle. After
she was retired from harness for sew
eral years she foaled a handsome
colt. that in no portion of it's ont
ward formation resembled her. But
when it was broken, and taught to
speed to harness, it developed pre-,
cisely the same nervous, eager
hunching upon .he bit that made hel
dam SO disagreeable in walk or jos
on the pavements. The Temperament,
of the dam, therefore, should be 9
matter of special injury, In the ma
iOrity Of instances. a dull, sluggish
nerveless mare, without ambition fcl
speed, will produce colt that de
mands the inspiration Of the lash u
develop its speed. The more cheer
full and courageous the dam-pro
vided it is not G ,rried to the verge o.
unsteadiness, tlightiness, or Mysteries
the more certain will the produce
have game and courage and spirit tt
excel.--Lire Stock Journal
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Value Of Cream In Cows.

Cream varies in its value for butter
production on account Of the breed of
cows from which it is obtained. Deri-
we'd from Jersey milk, it's separation
from the liquid part of the milk is
very complete, by reason OF the very
large size Of it's cream globules, which
come to the surface quickly, end with
less liquid adhering to them. Then
cream from Ayrshire milk is usually
very compact, being composed OF large
and small globules mixed, the smaller
ones filing in and occupying the space
between the larger ones, just rs the
small potatoes or small apples till in
between larger ones, and give more
weight to a great bulk than if meas
ured separately.-Lire Stock Jour
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"Whatw he said; "the customers eat

"Whaty' he said; "the customers eat
them up" -
The sad passenger looked up with
All air of interest "Incrediblew he
exclaimed; cannot accept your state
ment without proof. They may hide
them under their chairs or secrete
them in their napkins, or they may
carry them away in their pockets to
throw at burglars, but I cannot be-
lieve that they eat them. Here, let
ne see one of them eat this, and l
will believe you. Trust me, good
waiter, L"
But the waiter pointed to placard
inscribed: POSITIVELY no trust" and
went to the cashiers desk to tell the
boss to look out for the man at the
corner table, us he didn't seem to be-
satisfied with his steak and had asked
for trust.