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The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24
He Would BE an Editor.

New 4 OfR SUn.
We frequently receive letters from young
men who are anxious 70 become editors OF
newspapers. and who seck our advice as 10
what they snail do u accomplish the desire
of their hearts. The following is fair ex.
ample Of such communications:
81 am n young man, twenty years old II
has long been my desire 10 enter the news
paper profession, believing il to be better
suited 10 my taste ttan any other occupation.
For some time past other pursuits have en-
gaged my attention, yet the desire for Jour-
naiStic labor has b$san constantly present.
Believing as do thai il il the only profession
to which the full power Gnl energy Of my
mind ear le directed, would il not Ia wise
for me 10 enter uroa il AZ once. l. cole
giate education an Indispensable qualification
for newspaper editor, or are q good com
mon school training and an acquaintance
with general literature sufficient"
The more thorough the education Of a man
the better is he adapted for an editor, prt-
vidod he has the other requisites. We OBJ
serve, however, thai men who exhibit their
deficiencies of education in everything they
write, sometimes undertake 10 condilct daily
Journals. Their work j. coarse, Slipshod. and
worthless, for tine most part but perhaps
they do not know L; or perhaps they think
the public VII not mind il. They offer an
example which young men should especially
avoid.
An ignorant editor, or one Of an unculti-
waited mind, draws about him writers Of the
same sort. A weak editor will not have
strong writer's. An editor without conyic-
tions and without honesty will not bring to
his aid uen who have serious and honest con-
victions. Puerility in the editor insurss
puefiiity in the paper
But the coarse and vulgar, the uneducatesi,
6ipIant. puerile and silly editors will not
succeed. The public cannot be put OIL with
chafr.
We therefore advise our young friend to
extend the range Of his knowledge as far as
possible, and to train his mind 10 sound think.
ing bcfore he sets up "a an editor.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24
"I,nrade Rest

chicago Inter Ocean.
Colonel loved to repeat the order
parade rest Oh dress parade .be regular
order was, 'a.-tent-shdn Shc!-hcr hArrIns
or,lsr harms Parade res" Then repsst
again and again. with long intervals a. OF
after parade rest. The rclone' "a. cs.led
Old Parade Rest ard tie boys could give
order in his exact ,ono and With his pecu.
,iarly enjoyable empha.i, and infection Oh
une occasion when the regiment sas formed
A. part Of a long Inc II battle, and the men
were all nerves and excitement, the word
was passed along the line tina, the enemy
were coming and each man proceeded 20 act
as an individual in getting himself ready 20
receive them There was raising ofguns, sx
hmining OF tubes. and that rattltlg ot guns
that is scarcely noise. bat which means -
much. The men were startled by the col.
onti> souorous voice: 'At-tcn, ,-shun. Shoal-
her harrmS Order harms Pa rade rest"
The men were thunder struck. tut they
oheyci. The other regiments looked ou IN
wonder. Tho colonel was nonplused tie
bad laid mechanically the old words, when
he meant to say something else. He recov-
eied himself Immediately, however, and
,aid: Il am proud of yOa men Rest at will :
that is danlt, lie down.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24
California Ranches.

san Francisco Alta.
A list of the big ranches OF San Luis Obispo
county is given. Few counties are suffering
more from the aggregation of land in the
hands Of wealthy men There is one ranch
Of more than 1900 acres, four Of more than
10000, two containg over 30, 200 and less than
10000 acres, four between 10000 and 30, ,oOO,
and nine between 10000 and 10000. The
Tribune says, by way Of comment: In 20 re
OF our neighooring counties there are tracts
of 100000 acres in the possession of sheep
herders who live in an S-by-l0 shanty, with
ont book or newspaper, little above the sheep
intellect. There may he one nest of children,
no more, who are compelled To lead fife Of
seclusion and ignorance away from sociaty
and all that is elevating. Not a school house,
not church, not a fruit tree, or even
flower mark the vida 0aoalaaion.r
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24

Our governor now complains OF the
legislature for leaving the organization
of counties in his hands. He is troubled
with a bad memory. and has forgotten
that when bill was before the last leg
isIature to relieve him of that duty he
waXed very wroth and declared that it
was insulting to him.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24

\ COCNTERFEITlNG establishment
has been unearthed at Cavour, Beadle
county. y. G. Estey and VIM. Sickles
were arrested by deputy marshal and
taken to Yankton fOr trial before the
L. :. court. They have been manu-
featuring and circulating bogus silver
cOins and ten-dollar gold pieces.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24
T,he .sh.nglea Bang,

Philadelphia Times.
''Whas is the shinglcd bangf' asked the 70
porter Of the manager OF a leading hsir-cut
ting establishment.
1.-THE shinglci bang is simply mans hair
cut. We begin at the forehead, and raising.
the hair on our fingers cut right straight back
to the part between the front and hack hair.
which Is just Mt the cars. We gradnate "a
length as we cut back, leaving u the LoucsGA
at the forehead. Tho hair thus removei =
from six to twenty four inches in lcngth.n
"What makes II so fashionableF' was sskod.
well, it's cooler, good deal, for en-
thing, and Il saves an i,nnseiis au,uuut u
trouble; just half tho work ~ hair<lscu.inr.
Ladies' only have to do their hack hair hovr.
and 10 they don't swallow but half tho mum
her of hsirpins they used to. aud have twica
the numlsr of boot and glove hntton-hooEn.
There are only half tlss nunlhgr u trvnk kl6u1~
and dinners kept wsitil1c AND S>aIy hsI3 -
much masculine psueauity a. tlsps $50 -
be- The shinglci bang y An evsasellxl'S3
Guencsn ~ 'S
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24

THE senior editor of the Alphena
journal went east on a matrimonial
trip recently, and his junior took the
following base advantage of his alb
scnce
From recent actions and develop
ments on the part of the Journal senior
we would, as a warning, suggest that
in the near future our Alpena friends
look out for little " squall-er >
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-24
BLACKSMITHIuG.

Az &. Moir has opened a blacksmith
shop on his farm, the sw or. H-lll--57,
where he will be on hand To attend to
all work promptly. Plow work a spe-
clalty. New plows made and old ones
repaired. 3-l5
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..rhe Nnse of Madame."

Mrs. Fred Burnaby, wife ofthe English
officer whose Ride to Khiva" ismemor-
able, has been sojourning among tho
high Alps during the winter, mountain
eering in search Of health. Though on
the borders Of consumption, she found
the nure air of the high mountains so
beneficial that she now faEors cold rather
Than heat as a cure for that terrible dls-
esse Among her adventures while
crossing a mountain one bitter cotd DAYS
was that Of freezing her nose, winch sh9
AS As me assembled, the cold grew more
and more penetrating, ana the WHO i,l
seemed turning TO positive gaze, oel l
we walked upward. As we We're w s,S,
] saw MichePs eyes opening 10 'hoh
widest extent, r,..,l
.rTbe nose Of madam the nose OF mad
amp he screamed, and to my astonisn-
ment. every one began rubbing my poor
nose with all their force.
"What is the matterg ! asked.
"Rubl rub hardp was all the answer
got r ,hh;no
which it received seemed 70 satisfy
| them, for Cupeia exclaimed, 'oh, IL Is
beautiful now" %, T
Beautiful What do you meahf i
| inquired. nip, rou
quite blacSw \.
Al length they enlightened me: AZ
seemed that my nose had got iIost rlt
| ten; that its turning white was the HIS LIS
| sign NJ tbe catastrophe, and getting
| higck afterwards showed that II was
cured. felt no pain, owing to the m
tense cold. when 1t came to, but 1t burnt
as If held before fire for several days
| afIRr
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NEWS or Y4fE kAILRoADs.

The Chicago, Milwaukee 81 st. Paul COM
pany issues a circular announcing thst
persons having live stock. agricultural I'M
lements, machinery or other articles for
warted for exhibition at the Northwestern
fair and exposition, to be held at Ninneap-
oils, Aug. q to Sept i, inclusive, or at the
Minnesota state fair TO be held at Ovation
ma, Sept. 3 to 3. inclusive, will be required
to pay fall rates on exhibits; but if they be
returned by the origiral shipper within
three days after the close of the exhibitic ms,
they will not only be returned free to the
forwarding station, but the amount paid for
transportation to Minneapolis or Owatonna
will be refunded, This makes for exhibit
ors in reality, free rate both ways.
General Freight a gent Bird and Traffic
Manager Wicker, representing the Mil
waukee & st. Paul and Northwestern roads,
have agreed upon new rates for emlgrant
movaLles to Minnesota and Dakota points
from Milwaukee The present rate OF from
$40 tn $50 per car were advanced from SIC
to $40 per car.
The gross earnings of the st. Paul and
Duluth for the third week in July were $751;
1872 80 against $22, 315, 20 for the same week
in 1882 and increase OF $9,077, 10.
The loss by the burning of the Northern
Pacific depot and freight house OF Dawson
OAK, on the 26th, is estimated at $25, 900
isaac Beck of Duluth has been elected
director of the Duluth and Iron Range Rail
road in place of Mayor Culver deceased.
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1t is amusing to read some of the
suobbish papers which assumes to be
the especial guardians of society"
They have nothing but sIgared words
for INSCRIPTIONS capitalists; they can
endure stock watering; the contin-
uous extensions Of a gigantic monopoly
frequent reductions of the pay OF
men and women who depend upon
labor requiring untiring industry for
the support of themselves and fam
lies without murmuriHg-but when
these people driven desperate by heart
less corporations, threaten to strike,
they are informed, that if they strike
for an advance of pay and a reduction
of hours of labor they "must accept
what society at large always gives to
those who defy or rob it." If society
entertains these views and purposes, so
cietv is peculiarly stupid and selfish
But society is not composed of those
only who have the power and disposi-
ton to Cypress others, but of vast num-
bers of good men and women, children
of common Father, who recognize to
some extent the claims of human broth
arhood
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The Lemonade MANS story

Lem made! Lem'nadew The man
that daily shouts this seasonable bever-
age in the down streets gave a New
York Morning Journal reporter the rec
ipe for making fortune in one summer
IN the business.
Ten lemons of questionable quality
may be had for three cents, one pound
of white sugar 10 cents, mixed with a
pail of water and sold at l and cents
glass, average forty glasses to pail,
ten pals day, gives profit of 5000
per day" And | make that amount
many day during the SUMNER" said
the lemonade man.
"What do you do with the monev?"
Faith and | find plenty to do with it.
The tiniment house what | own down in
Sullivan strate needs great looking af-
Their, with the way Thin bloody tinlnts
riot livery nofght, and bate me out OF
the rint. Thin there's my wcife, for
the last twinty years that woman
has niver been two weeks at a
time off the Island, but | stick to her,
sur yes. sur. Vance she was as folne a
looking woman as niver trod the floor OF
a house, but she always loved dhrink,
and so the moment she romes otf the
Island she commences drinking, thin
she gives me sound beating, thin the
Judge sends her up for nointy days apd
| furnish her with some Injuries IN the
prison"
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His OwnProressiou.

To see an offensive person put down
is always gratifying, and especially SO
when his offence is impertinenee in the
presence of other people. Tire great or
ator and author Richard Brinsley Sher-
idan sometimes classed among actors,
because his father was an actor and he
himself was a writer of dramas
suffered little Of this impertinence
from young braggart, who INDUCED too
freely in table-talk. Wharton, in his
wits of Society,"" relates the circum-
stance and how the young fellow gets
the worst Of it:
One of those sporting young men, who
look upon authorship as degrading and
most knowledge as "bore," except
that of hunting, shooting and fishing,
was staying at The same house ca coun-
try inn) with Sheridan. One day he
began, quite unprovoked, at the dinner
table to talk of factors and authors, aud
that low sort people you know"
Sheridan did not say anything, but pa
tiently bided his time. by and by young
| Nimrod branched OFF into personal mar
ratives. and entertained the company
with the extraordinary leaps Of his hum
| ter. the perfect working OF his new
| double-barreled Manton, Of course
making himself the hero of each adven-
! ture,
Ina moment OF silence, Sheridanl
! with an air of great pollteness, adj
! dressed the important youngster,
Pardon me, but have been Unable
to catch the whole of the very interest,"
/ ing account you have been giving" Cali
! yes were at once turned upon the two,
Permit me to ask who it was that made
/ the extraordinary leap you mentioned"
Il, SIR" replied the youth, with some
pride.
Then who was il killed the wild duck
at that great distance"
/ II, sir"
Was it your setter that behaved so
wen?"
"Yes, mine, sir" getting rather red
over the examination.
"And who caught the huge salmon so
neatIy?"
81, sir"
And so the questioning went through
one or two more items, till the young
man, weary Of answering 81, sir" and
| growing redder and redder every mo-
ment, would gladly have ducked his
head under the table cloth.
80 sir," said Sheridan, finally, with
the utmost politeness OF tone and man
ner, "You were the chief actor IN every
anecdote, and the author Of them all
Surely, you ought not to despise your
own professions"
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PITH OF THE NEWS,
Events ~ U.4SfffNGTON.

Washington special Col Tourtelotre, on
the staff of the general ofthe army, received
a letter from General Sherman recently,
written at one of the. stopping places 10
YELLOWSTONE Park. Inc general said the
accident TO C.lief Justice Waite occurred
when they were going up hill. A saddle
slipped back and the horse began Getting
badly, and succeeded in thre yin, the chief
Justice. He was shrc4ed considerably, but
the members 81 the party and the Judge
himself Thought the injuries sustained
were not serious enough to prevent his
continuing the trip. Jadge Waite deeihg3 to
return east however, In orde" 20 allay the
apprehension ofthe members of his family,
a"gerated reports of the accident.
New postal orders. Postmasters Com
Observation-Disclosures: Frank Torstein,
Elbow Lake; Ole Halstead, Marsh River
August A. Parish, HoldingsfoTd Dakota:
Julia NJ. Wheeler, Appomattos. Postofices
| stablished-Dakota, aendiotta, Sergeant
| county; Millsburgh, Sergeant county,
| Montana: Roundup, Yellowstone couaty
| Postoffice Name Changed-Iowa: Wheel
er's Grove, Pottawattsmio county, to
Wheeler. Special Service Discontinued
Minnesota: Massile Bay, Polk county.
Attorney General Brewster is at Elberon,
where his predecessor year ago received
tidings which made Chester a. Arthur pres
| ident. From hfs 9ocl apartment, overlook
| ing the ocean, the attorney general holds
4 diIect Communication with the department
I of Justice in Washington and is psrfcImIng
! the duties OF his office w'th as much care
and celebrity as tbe.ea he were under the
blistering sur OF the capitol.
TIE Second comptroller of the treasury
has decided that the act of Aug. 3, 1882
providing mileage" to officials while trav
cling under orders IN the United States
docs not authorize payment of mileage &c
sos miles Of the route from Sitka to Sar
Francisco. which is off the coast of British
America"
The first victim under the order of th'
postmaster general prohibiting postmaster
of the higher grades from being absent from
their posts without leave. IS Lyman NJ. Gate
of Kalamazoo, Mich, He was suspended
to take e4fe5t when his successor is appoint
ed
The war departm ent is Informed that tn
bod of the late Gen. Ord has been EN-
balmed and Will remain in Cuba until au
tumn, when it will be taken to WASHING
ton.
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the Potomac river. The body was found
by some ignorant colorsd men, wao buried
it where II was found. One of the men
came to the city with some keys and adj
dresses which he lad taken from Mr.. Lords
pocket. Mr.. Lord has been greatly de-
pressed since losing his position in the pa
tent office some time since, and has been
drinking heavily. The father Of Mr.. Lord
was member of the Forty-seventh con-
gress from the First Michigan district He
was appointed, early this spring, receiver OF
the public land office at DEVILS Lake, OAK,
and is at present located al that rlace.
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The reduction IN letter postage from
three 10 two cents will take place Oc-
tober /. The impression p revails to
some extent that three-cent postal stamps
will be without value after that date,
but such is not the TACT Postmasters
have been instructed that as the two
and three-eent stamps and envelopes of
the present issue will continue to be
valid after that date. they must be &C.
cepted in payment of postage VIXEN of
fered in proper amounts; and that the
three-cent stamps can be used
IN combination with other
denominations on letters requiring
more than one rate of postage and on
parcels of third and fourth class-matter.
1t will be well, however, not to accumu-
late an unnecessary amount of three
cent stamps and envelopes, as no ar
rsngements have yet been made for the
redemption of the three cent stamps and
envelopes in TIE hands of postmasters,
OF for the exchange by postmasters of
those stamps and envelopes in the hands
of private holders.
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RECORD or CASUALTIES.
PERSON4L MENTION.

Gen. Grant in speaking of G an. ord, says
"T knew Gen. Ord for forty years. he
graduated from West Point the year / en-
tered He was man of genius, and of some
eccentri cities He was honorable in all his
dealings and heightened in every sense. he
married late in life, aud leaves his family
In destitute circumstance"
1uomas Harden of Norwalk, Conn, has
son seventeen years old that has no
shoulders, and whose arms come out OF the
middle of his back. The hands and aims
are devoid of the power of feeling, and arms
also aifi icted with strange continual mo-
ton sweeping aroHnd III circle like wind
tsill.
Miss Minnie Benmen and Cbaales Dem
by of Brooklyn join in asking divorce
The say they nirted, and one night the girl s
uncle compelled them to marry. They bad
parted at once and never met afterwsrd.
Ex-Copgressmanj William f. Lansing
died suddenly of heart diseise at Syracuse,
n. Y, recently. Ee was a member of the
Thiety-saventh and Forty-second and For
ty-third congress.
Marcus Newman of New Albany, Ind,
was married to Miss Emma pemerest on
the % inst, and three days latter, she ran
away from him, and Joined the Salvation
army.
Three capitalists of Joliet, H., have to-
getheF Bought so 600 acres of land in Flori-
da for S120 goo. The tract has fiourishine
village upon it called Mt Carroll.
Antor 10 Meucc; of Clifton, Staten Island,
claims to be the original inventor of the
telephone and shows in proof three caveats
issued to him in 1923.
Henry y i&vnuaII OF Provide nee, X. L.
bequeathes the public library $4,000, anc
other charitable institutions $l75.
| Last week William Brink, printer in
Waterbury, Conn.,, fell heir to 100000 from
| a maiJen aunt in Amsterdam.
Henry L. Dawes,Jr., son of the Massa
chussets senator, has Joined the Montana
| peol opical survey.
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F0RETGN NEWS GOssyp.

A banquet given by the British volunteers
in honor of the American rifle team took
place in London The American and Brit
ish rife teams were present in full uniform.
There were about 100 persons at the tables,
including Earl Waldegrave, Lieut.. Col.
Otter, captain of the Canadian team, and
several other Canadians Sir Henry Hal
lord, captain of the BIZ fish team, who pre-
sided, proposed the toast The Queen,
which as drank by all standing. The toast
to President Arthurs health was received
with three cheers. Gen. Sir William Me-
Muftio responding to the toast to the army.
dwelt upon the similarity of Organization OF
British volunteers and American National
guard.
Cardinal McCa3e, receiving the clergy in
Dublin, on the 22d inst, condemned the
false teachers who as serted at the pope,
in issuing his late circular, was exceeding
his legitimate sphere of authority or had
been influenced by secular motives. Those
disobeying the circular, he said, incurred
the guilt of heresy.
Last week Mr.. Andrew Carnegie gave a
brilliant dinner to Matthew Arnold in view
of his approaching departure for America
to lecture on Sweetness and Light.
The cholera in London is claimed to be
simple, and not Asiatic, though the Wash
ington marine service is advised differently.
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Charles seitz, paper hanger of Alleghe-
ny City, Pa, fatally shot DR.. g. W. Lang
felt recently at the latter's home in Belle
vue. seven miles from the former city.
Langfelt was en- gagged to Seitz's sister for
several years, bu t a short time ago broke
the engagement, without explanation and
this SO enraged Seitz thatihe borrowed re-
volver and went down 10 ReiieTue and shot
Langfelt on sight.
San. Wilde, an attorney, and man
.iamed EWilliam Bennett were held in Bill
hngs, charged with stealing $500. The Jas
TICK. decided that Wildes conduct in the
matter, though nspTofe1sional, was not
criminal, be, Fennett was held to await &C
ton Ct the next grand jury
Amos Floyd, farmer living near Rush.
vile, Kans., has been lynched by his nei gh
bors for persistent horse stealing.
DR.. Milligan Patchim, on the New York
board of health, committed suicide on tht
% inst.
RECORD OF CASUALTIES.
A boat containing eight men and two
young girls, all colored, who were crossins
the James river at Claremont Va, on th,
23d, to attend prayer meeting at Sandy
Point, upset and eight Of the party Sef'
drowned.
A ire at lincoln, Nebraska, on the 10Th
destroyed ter business buildings. Loss
$3.50, 600, Leighton & Brown, wholesal,
| drugs are the heaviest losers. Insurance
about half the valuation.
A large number of people were injured a
| NoffalS, Va. by the blowing down OF cir
| Gus tent.
Two-thirds of Brookvile Ill, wa
de stroyed by ipcendisfy fire. Loss owe
40 COO
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Northwestern Patents.

The following patents have been issued:
Edmund Brent, Muscstine. Iowa, WIN
dow screen frame; Libbie A. Call. Oshkosh,
Wis, dress chart; George s Dean. indie
pendence, Iowa, wire stretehei; Julius
Go'dstein, Waterloo Iowa, salt + eding
device; Jonsth n K. Hamilton. kim ston.
Mimi. corr shelter; L. Hartshsrn Wyoul-
ing, Iowa, harness buckle and loop; Will
liam h and C. A. Rolcomb, Beloit. Wis.
pump; " s. Hubbell. Mechsniesville Iowa,
spectrum and dilator; Warren johnson
Whitewater, Wis, electric thermoscope:
William Louden. Fairfield, lows. bay stack
er: Calvin j. Merrill Des Moines, Iowa,
tile machine; John Shoemaker, Garner
Iowa, weather strip; Ephraim Sin ar West
Union, and V. d. Slniar, ST. Pal, Mimi,