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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-10-23

The prohibitionists of southern Dako.
ia, in convention assembled at Huron
Saturday, have shield their caster into
the ring and resolved to wage war
against the constitution.
The foregoing, from the Watertown
Courier, is an error. The prohibitionists
in convention at Huron made no express
sion of hostility to the constitution.
Writing about this convention cores.
pondent of the st. Paul Pioneer-Press
says:
This prohibition convention seems to
have been an utter failure, so far as prac.
tical results are concerned. The Rev
Dolliver, who was the author of the reso-
luton in the Methodist conference in op.
position to the constitution, presided al
the prohibition convention, and appoint
ed the committee to draft resolutions
And yet it seems to have been an impos
sibilitv to induce the prohibition con
| vention-from which opposition was Ger
tainly expected-to adopt resolution.
against the constitution, and Mr.. Dolli
yer was compelled to go into the confer
ence and get the preachers to take uI
his pet hobby, squeezing it through
after struggle. by the small majorit,
of four. If this means anything it mean
that the friends of the constitution hav
no reason to expect serious opposition
from the temperance people or the pro
hibitionists, the latter being unable t
make headway against the popular cur
rent.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-10-23

A short time ago the editor of the
Grand Forks Herald announced that he
had in his possession certain documents
which showed conclusively that DrScott.
of the capital commission, had been
guilty of Irregularities as an officer and
promised to lay the evidence before the
next grand Jury. AS the time for assem-
bling of that grand jury draws near the
doctor and his associates are said to be
afflicted with unessiness. The
Herald now charges Scott with
attempting to intimidate the witness
who is to testify against him, making
threats that he will procure the indict.
ment of that witness by Bismarck
grand jury unless he abandons his pur-
pose to.show up the inside action of the
commissioners. The threat had no effect
and the exposure will go on. lu connec.
tion with the promise to produce this
testimony the Herald says:
1t may be consolation to him Or
| Scott and others vino are associated
with him in similar otfenses. to know
that the submission of this business Il
the grand jury of the county will but b,
the entry OF the wedge of inquiry apt
exposure. and that, armed with this
proof, congressional committee vii
probably complete the work of unmask
ing in all their hideous deformity tn,
rascally processes of this rotten comb
nation, the capital commission.
This is strong language. bnt gu
acquaintance with George Wiusbip. Tia
editor OF the Herald, leads us 20 believ
that he would not make any promises j
this direction unless he was certain h
I could fulfill them. Tle end Of ,hi
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-10-23

The two meetings held IN Yankton
during the past few days indicate clearly
that there is here an overwhelming
sentiment in favor of the constitution.
The first Of these meetings, called at the
instance of the Burleigh.Shannon com.
bination for the purpose of centralizing
opposition to the constitution, was fat
failure, most of the few who attended
receiving the utterances of the speakers
with unmistakable indications of distrust
and disgust. The second meeting, in
behalf of the constitution, was large
earnest and confident of the justness oi
its cause. The speakers were listened
to with marked attention and there was
general air Of satisfaction and gratif.
cation over their success in establishing
their claims that the constitution is al
the most ardent advocate Of state
hood could ask for. Yankton is practi
cally a unit in favor of the constitution
and tins after the most strenuous effort
on the part of small imported faction
to overthrow it.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-10-23

The region north Of Fargo, covering
an area reaching from the Red river to
Devils Lake. contains nineteen news.
papers. OF these nineteen the following,
seventeen in number, oppose the course
of the capital commission: Lakota News,
Niagara Timos, Grafton News, Minto
Journal, Grafton Herald, Larimore
Leader, Garfield Gazette, Larimore
Pioneer, Hillsboro Banner, Medford
Messenger, st. Thomas Times, Walsh
County Times, Michigan City Capital
Nelson County News. Devils Lake Inter.
Ocean, Pembina Pioneer-E1press, Grand
Forks Daily Herald. Two, the Grand
Forks PIaindealer and the Ojata Times
eMdorse the gang.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-10-23

speculative deal seems near at hand and
the exposure is liable TO como through
grand jury SO far away from Yankton
that local prejudice cannot be charged.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-10-23
4 Patriarch

Writes: "With firm, steady hand mot
trembling one), though my age is
nearly eighty, l give my testimony to
the value of Burdoek Blood Bitters; for
twenty years I suffered tortnres indies.
cribable throRh dyspepsia, indigestion
and constipation, tried hundreds ol
remedies. but all was money thrown
away until tried your bitters. / give
Burdock Blood Bitters the credit fol
making me strong and hearty. Price, 81
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-10-23

OrdwRy has again interviewed himself
and uttered the declaration that the
charges against him relative TO the
organization OF Hyde county are lies per-
petrated by the enemy. AS he is called
on to make some such denial after the
organization of almost every county, the
story is becoming old and threadbnre.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-10-23
s.erx..a..-To Nc. O..y.

The veltaic Belt Company. Marshall
Michigan, will seud DR.. Dyes Celebra.
ted Electro yoltaic Belts and Electric
Appliances on trial for thirty days to
men young or oldD who ars afflicted with
Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality. and
Manhood, and kindred troubles. Rusrsn.
teeing speedy aud manly vigor. Ad.
dress as above. n B.-No risk in in.
CURED ma thirty davis trail is allowed
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-10-23
Cause Of Failure.

Want of confidence accounts for half
of the business failures ofto-day. E. NJ.
Coates. the Druggist, is not liable to
fail for the want of confidence in DIR
Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup, for
he gives away a bottle free to all who
are suffering with Coughs, Colds. Asth.
ma, Consumption and all affections Of
the Throat and Lungs.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-10-23

Miss Cleveland IS in high favor at
Sioux Falls. The Press says:
In consideration of the effective work
performed by Cynthia e. Cleveland
during the present campaigns, the board
OF trade Of Sioux Falls will not meet on
Tuesday evening, but will attend the
meeting that is to be addressed by this
distinguished and talented lady. This
is deserved mark of respect TO Miss
Cleveland that any person in Dakota
could be proud of.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-10-23
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The bee., 1883-06-30
COMMITTEE OF the Whole.

Messages from the President afd
other matters of great Importance are
usually referred to committee OF thu
whole House, where general principles
are digested in the form Of resolutions,
which are debated and amended until
they ct into a shape that meets the
appreciation of majority. These reso'
lutIons, after being reported and con-
tmJd by the House, are then referred
10 one OF more select committees,
where they are reduced into the form
Of bills or Joint resolutions. 1t Il
found tlat the sense Of the House is
letter learned in committee, because III
dlcommitteeS every one speaks as often
as he pleaSes. No gag law can be ap-
pied in committee 10y moving the pre-
uOuS question. The form for gong
fromthe House into the committee OF
tie whole is for the speaker, on mo-
ton, tOput the question that the House
DO now resolve itself into a committee
OF the whole to take into consideration
such a matter, naming it; to which the
eeliberations of the committee must
be confined. If determined in the at
lrmative, he leaves the chair and
hkes seat elsewhere, as any other
member, and the person appointed
chairman seats himself at the clerk S
tale. The speaker usually appoints
chairman, but the committee has
lull power TO set him aside and select
lis own chairman. In case Of the
committees getting into violent dis
order the speaker, who is clothed with
authority to call in the sergeant-at-
arms, if necessary, to enforce order
may take his chair, and at the tap OF
his gavel every member IS req ired t.
Take his proper seat, such action hav-
ing the effect to dissolN the commit
tee. Cases of this kind are rare. Usu
ally when the committee is ready to
Use the chairman rises, the 81 eaker
immediately reSuming the chair; il
IN" business is un nIshed the chair
man of the committee reports pro
eFeSS and asks permission for the com
Allttee to sit again, which the House
may or may not cons Mt To. IT fEt
BUSINESS is finished the chairman ten
Ref0 his report.-Chicago Inter-Ocedn,
The bee., 1883-06-30
MIR. BEECHER'S BIRTH DAY.
THE 10Th BIRTH DAY OF THE GREAT
PASTOR-SENAToR BRUCE's LETTER
To TIE COMMITTEE.

WAsHINGTON, d. C., June oath,
Ch0TIes e. Vest Esq. Brooklyn, n. Y,
DEAR SHIT affords me pleasure
TO acknowledge the receipt of the invi-
tatlon, through you, of the citizens of
Brooklyn, to be present upon the oc-
casion of the public commemorative Of
the sevenieth birth day of the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher.
Mr.. Beecher has lived in a remarka-
bic historical era, has witnessed the
solution of great moral. political and
industrial problems and has been pc
tent force contributing thereto.
Among the remarkable men that the
period has produced, and that the cur
rent needs Of the times demanded by
both the methCd and measure of his
work, he is distinctly distinguished
from his co-laborerS and possesses and
deserves the honorable individuality
that he has Won Among the first of
our noted public men to attract my
youthful attention, the interest excl
ted in my mind then has never abated.
but has continued to grow with the
contemplation and careful considera-
tion of his character and work. Broad
IN his humanity, sober and cheerful in
his judgments, earnest and honest in
his efforts and reverent and hopeful in
his spirit, he stands to day among the
strongest and broadeSt leaders of the
people; commanding respect and admi-
ration even from his opponents.
The citizens of Brooklyn do well to
honor him for his own and his works
sake. regret that circumstances rem
der it impossible for me to be present
on the contemplated commemorative
occasion, and that must needs, in this
form, render the tribute to the worth
of your honored citizen, that | should
have been pleased otherwise, to have
given in person.
lam, yours very truly.
b. K. BRUCE.
The bee., 1883-06-30
THE VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILWAY.
TPE TRUUK LINE TO THE WEST AND
SOUTHWEST.

Schedule in effect May IA, 1882:
ITO q. m.-New Orleans Mail, daily, making
close connections to all points South and
Southwest, with Pullman Sleeping Cars
from Washington via Danville to Atlanta,
and Atlanta to New Orleans, also Wash
ington to New Orleans via Lynehburg and
Bristol.
$40 a. m.-Louisville Fast Line, daily, vis
Charlottesville, Huntington and Lexing
ton to Cincinnati, Louisville and all
Southwestern points, making direct con-
nections, and with solid train and Pull
man Sleeping Cars, Washington to Louis
vile.
40 p. m.-Wsrrenton Accommodation, daily,
except Sunday, for Warrenton and inter
mediate stations. Returning, arrives in
Washington at 1880 q. m.
t0.35p. m.-Southern Mail and Express,
daily, to all points South, Southeast and
Southwest via Danville and Charlotte,
with Pullman Sleeping Car, Washington
to Charleston, and Washington to White
Sulphur Springs. Marks Sleeping Chair
Cars between Washington and Danville.
For all points on Manassas Division take z. 10
a. m. train daily, except Sunday. For
Warrenton take ITO a. M. train daily,
and 4.20 p. m. train daily, except Sunday.
For tickets and all information, inquire at
Company's Office, 601 Pennsylvania avenue, OF
pt Union Depot. Office 601 Pennsylvanis ave
nue., is connected with telephone system.
F. T. HAWKS, Assistant Ticket Agent
NJ. SLAUGHTER, General Passenger Agent.
SOL HASS, Traffic Manager.
The bee., 1883-06-30
TIE CONVENTION.

The National Convention of colored
men shall convene during the month
OF September in Louisville, Kentucky.
The most midable opposition to the
convention that has been expressed
burst forth in a mass meeting at
Timm's Hall in this city composed prin-
cipally of department clerks headed by
Prof. r. I. Greener. 1t is generally
thought that, that meeting was very
productive of good results. or that the
original plans have been seriously dam
aged thereby. Wash. letter, IN Lam
Get.
The bee., 1883-06-30
Mississippi 'Skeeters.

The railroad station at Mississippi
City, says the Detroit Free Press, is 10
Gated among the pines, and the way
the mosquitoes were biting there. even
in April, was enough to keep mule
moving. After a while we got to talk
ing about the insects. and 1 asked a
native of the country:
care they thicker than this in the
summer2''
"Thickerl Why, in July there's a
million to one!'
"And larger?'
Larger! Why, sir, one Of the regu.
lar 'skeeters of this section could carry
these on his back and still fly highp'
1 thought I'd down him at once, land
so continued:
"Now, sir, answer me truthfully
Do you believe that six of your biggest
mosquitoes could kill a mule if he was
tied up out here?"
He looked at me in amazement for a
minute, and then went to the door and
beckoned in the man sitting on a box
and watching the horses. When the
man came in, the native said:
civilian, you remember that all
roam mule O yours"
81 reckon"
''In perfect health, wasn't hep"
"He was"
sCould run like deer and kick like
saw-log?"
"He could"
"And he was all alone in ten acre
lot, William?"
"He was"
"And two of them mud swamp
'skeeters got arter him one morning
and run him down and killed him and
devoured both hams and sucked every
drop of blood in his body? William,
speak up!'
stranger, if they didn't then hope
to be chawed to ragsp said William
and he said it exactly like man who
wouldn't have allowed there were two
'skeeters if he hadn't been earnestly
convinced of the fact. He walked out
doors. and deep silence fell upon US
two, broken only after long interval
by the native saying:
"I've allus kinder suspected that
them two 'skeeters had assistance
from hoss-fy, but L can't prove it.
/ kinder think the hoss-fy held him
down till the murder was committed
The bee., 1883-06-30
A MuItlDliciiy of Euidps.

"We hope we don't intrude, but W.
thought we would come in aud ask il
it would be any trouble to let us SEE
the inside of newspaper office"
The managing editor sprang to his
feet, and the law reporter covered his
lunch with his hat. The exchange edi-
tor poured his ink into his bottle OF
beer to make it look innocent, and the
rest of the staff crowded around the
two blushing damsels eager to offer as
sistance.
Certainly replied the managing
editor, smoothing down his hair and
approaching the fair guests. "This is
my room, and there is the peg 1 hang
my hat on Only the peg seems to
have come up through the hat lately.
must have tn 1t peg fixed. This is
my"
"Perhars the ladies would rather
see my editorial on the rise and prog
ress of mission schools" interrupted
the religious ed tor, pointing toward
his own desk. Never been in news
paper Office before?" he inquired, as
the gir's turned toward him. 81 sit
here at this table. and in this drawer
is whe-e 1 keep my
81 think / Can show you one of the
mot important legal decisions ever
rendered" obs ryed the law reporter,
taking one of the girls gently by the
arm and making OF with her in the
direction of his desk. "You know the
law has always been"
81 suppose YOU really want to see
the practical workings of an office"
smiled the exchange editor, boWing
very low. eff you will step here to
my department | will show you on
what all the vast machinery of this
institution rests, and the exchange
editor gallantly offered his arm, and
motioned toward his den.
"Of course, you would be most in
terested in the weddings" observed
the society reporter, feeling confident
that he had tn bulge ON the whole
business. "If YOU will he kinl enough
to come this way | Will show YOU my
account of swell affair that came off
on the Heights last night. The
BRIDE"
"This IS where the local news is put
together in shape" Clipped in the city
editor. ''Everything that happens in
Brooklyn has to pas through my
hands, and 1 will he glad to show you
how it is d ne, if you will be coed
enough to ta1e chairs in my little
office"
Have you come to visit a news
paper establishment: :" asked the cash
ier, who happened to drop into the
editorial department ut that moment.
"Yes, ST." faltered one of the be-
wildered girls.
"Then come right downstairs and
see me make up the list of marriages
and deaths You will lie ahead of
everybody in town."
won't that be nice" giggled the |.
girls, 1uttering out after him. 1--WE |.
will know al about it before the paper
comes out
And the triumphant ca, hleT stalked
out while the staff sat down to get up
a remonstrance against that cashiers |
with the regular business
of the office. in the future.-BrOoklyn |
Edgle.
The bee., 1883-06-30
LOCAL.

Mr.. r. Lewis James is our Balti-
more correspondent.
Look cut for the collector Monday.
T.. and have your money ready.
The Board of Fire Commissioners
ba, been abolished.
TheMasonic fraternity gave picnic
At Rick's Park on Monday.
pr. Redsyn is the best person to con-
suit if you have the chiIls and fever or
the malaria.
II you want to exchange your old
stove, for new ones, 60 to Buffers
stowe store. corner Of Fifth and K
streets. \. W.
Corporal John III. Campbell has been
elected second lieutenant of Company
A. Capitol City Guards, vice John III
shepard. resigned.
The col0red citizens of the ninth
district are requested to meet at the
aGre Of the BEE Monday evening.
July ;, for the purpose of electing
delegates t. the colored convention.
! 4. Youngs old established stand.
-ath1c and save twenty-five per cent.
m,.Ia'. satlnS, para5ols, sun umbrellas
ara goods, hoop skirts and bustles.
m" presents daily, it will pay YOU to
a'i"re
Professor y. III. Ensley. colored. of
H1"ard University, Washington, d.
C. a graduate Of Newton Theological
summary and learned Greek scholar.
was cl"ctcd from a public restaurant
H 'hicagn yesterday on account of his
unr.
Tia" second open air concert and
military picnic will be given by the
Company A. Capitol City Guards. on
NondaT, July 2. The public should
hnl iall to go. Everybody knows
Company Is and its worthy captain.
V" are all going to the picnic Mon
day.
The following delegates were elected
pa the district: Randall Bowie, Wm.
crawford and Charles johnson. Reso-
IHjluns were passed endorsing the BEE
Ai The organ of the colored people, and
Protesting against holding the conven-
tlcn at Galilean Fishermen Hall.
cos A and b, Capital City Guards.
viii accompany the Cadets on their
excursion TO Richmond, Va, on July
Fourth. Go. A will have a special car
toaccommodate their guests, which will
he several ladies of Baltimore. and
the immediate lady friends of the com
pmy.
The bee., 1883-06-30
SAYINGS AND WHO SAID THEM.
Familiar Maxims that are Used without
knowledge OF their Authorship.

Familiar Maxims that are Used without
knowledge OF their Authorship.
Many of our common sayings, so
trite and pithy, are used without the
least idea from whose mouth or pen
they first originated. Probably the
works of Shakespeare furnish us with
more Of these familiar maxims than
any other writer, for to him we owe
"All is not gold that glitters," "Make
a virtue of necessity" Screw your
courage to the sticking place. (not
point), "They laugh that win," 'This
is the short and long of it." "Compari-
sons are odious," Gas merry as the day
is long" "a Daniel come to judgment,
"Frailty, thy name is woman" "Make
assurance doubly sure" and a host of
others. Washington Irving gives US
"The Almighty dollar" Thomas
Morton queried long ago. what will
Mrs. Grundy say?" while Goldsmith
answers, "Ask me no questions and I'll
tell you no fibs." Charles Pinckney
gives Millions for defense, but not
one cent for tribute" First in war
first in peace, and first in the hearts of
his fellOw-citiZens" not cOuntrymen)
appeared in the resolutions presented
to the House of Representatives in
December, 1870, prepared by General
Henry Lee. From the same we Gull
Christmas comes but once year."
Count their chickens ere they are
hatched,' and "Look before you leap
Thomas Tasser, a writer of the six
teenth century, gives us "It's an i'll
wind turns no good" "Better late than
never" "Look ere thou leap" and
the stone that is rolling can gather no
moss" Cali cry and no WOOL" is
found in Buffers "Hudibras. Dryden
says "None but the brave deserve the
fair" ..:Men are but children of larger
growth" and Through thick and
thin" "When Greeks join Greeks
then was the tug of war;" Nathaniel
Lee, 1892. "Of two evils 1 have
chosen the least" and "The end must
justify the MEANS" are from Matthew
Prior. We are indebted to Colley
Cibber for the agreeable intelligence
that ''Richard is himself again.
Johnson tells us of ga good hater,"
and Macintosh in 1871, the phrase
often attributed to John Randolph,
"Wise and mastery inactivity" Eva
riety's the spice of life" and "Not |
much the worse for wear" Cowper.
s.Man proposes, but God disposes,"
Thomas Kempis. Christopher Mar
lowe gave forth the invitation so often
repeated by his brothers in less pub
lie way, "Love me little, love me
long," Edward Coke was of the opin-
ion that ga mans house is his CASTLE
To Milton we owe "The paradise
FOOLS" ga wilderness of sweets" and |
"Moping melancholy and moonstruck
Madness Edward Young tells us
death loves shining mark "a foo
at forty is a fool indeed" From
Bacon GENES "Knowledge is power"
and Thomas Southerne reminds us
that "Pity's akin to love" Dean
Swift thought that BREAD is the staff |
of life" Campbell found that !
Coming events cast their shadows
before" and 'Tis distance lends en-
chantment to the view" GA thing of |
beauty is joy forever" is from Keats.
Franklin said, "God helps those who
help themselves" and Lawrence Sterne
comforts us with the thought, "God
tempers the wind to the shorn lamb"
The bee., 1883-06-30

Mr.. King, from the west coast of At
rica, has been interviewed. Mr.. King
speaks in glowing terms of Africa.
lie speaks in a somewhat different
tone about our country. For when he
says that colored men here are but
hewers of wood and drawers of water,
he is beyond the actual facts in the
case.
Mr.. King, if indeed you have been
informed Us YOU speak in the inter
view, how sadly have you been de-
ceived Read the census, then take
an observation first here, ie no where
else. and you will certainly find enough
TO allow you more margin than the
narrow assertion that the colored man
Is "but a heW er of wood and drawer of
water. We will not enter into any
argument on this matter now, but we
ask you respectfully to look around
you, talk with the representative
Southern colored men in this city, and
1t occurs to us that you will haul in a
big lot of that interview.
Mr.. King, honestly and sincerely
speaking, our educated men and women
are on the road to greatness and success
in the field that is before them, and we
need them right here to help solve the
problem, what will become of the
colored race? Here is the identical
place, the Southland, for our scholars.
men and women of letters, to labor in.
For the good deeds left behind them,
And the good that they may do