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The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-22

GREAT deposits of coal are reported
along the Missouri river all the way
from Bismarck t. Chamberlain.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-22

In the next presidential election there
will be 40l electoral votes. Necessary
to choice, 20l
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-22

TIE champion Smut-mill of Dakota
is the Buffalo Herald. a liberal use of
disnfectants is needed in Buffalo county
to cleanse il from the filth Of that sheet.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-22

bOStou Duuget.
The habit Of opening the windows only at
the bottom il most unwise one: it ncrcr
really airs the house as effectively In 80 short
space Of time. When open both at top and
bottom. the fresh, pure air Is let In as fast ~
the impure air is expelled
Another more reprehensible habit Is to
open the led. rs il is termed by simply
throwing back the clothes A bed il never
thoroughly aired unless everything Is re-
moved and the mattress raised The right
plan Is to place two or three chairs Mt the
foo: OF the bed, 70 take of the blankets and
sheets one by one and neatly lay them over
tee chair-tacks, TO beat up the bolster and
Pillows and place each separately on chair.
then to raise up the mattress over; 10 this
way IL vii! be kept fresh aud sweet. II takes
scarcely a few minutes longer to open hed
neatly thus than to throw of the things any
how, as Is often done; and it certainly takes
less time to MAKE IT,
A Change or sentiment.
Detroit Free Press
The newspaper editor who has been vexinx
his soul over the way the youth Of tho land
gulps down dime novels Of the blood and
thunder sort can feel better. A change Of
sentiment has already betrayed itself. and
there is reason to hope that ''One-E Eyed DickH
and "Dead-Shot Jim will soon be out OF
print Yesterday lad Of IA, who has de-
voured about a thousand flve and ten cent
novels during the last ycar, entered Wood
ward avenue news store, and when the clerk
handed him down "The Black Demon OF the
Prairies" and other late publications Of the
sort no tTned away with sigh and ~
marked:
~ don't care for 'em any more"
"Why. what's the matterf
"Well, read Injun stories and run away
to become an fnjun slayer. Dad brought mo
back and whaled me half 10 death / read
pirate stories and shipped ON schooner for
Buffalo and almost died of sca-sickncsa I
read hunting stories, but there's nothing
70 hunt around hero except eats. I've tried
to be trappcr, but tho only game
ever caught was the millman, and he's lay.
ing for me yet kinder wanted to be train
robbcr, but the trains wouldn't stop 70 be
robbed, and when read Of boy heroes ana
looked around TO save rich girls in q runa,
way coupe or old men from the river tl,ere
never was any chance. I'm going to change
and read something elsen
"Wcll, what shall it bcg'
I'll want something about q boy who BEGAN
low down and worked up. He mustn't ruslI
into any burning houses, save any stores from,
being robbed, discover any plots to blow II,
steamboats, on save any old woman from mad
dogs. He must he just like the rest of us---
have headaches, get licked, hate to Get out a
bed, tight his brothers aud stoal sugar ankI
| take it 70 bed 20 eat "a
Thes dealer conlint and such 4 hook. sz.I
the lad went out with the remark tier "a
body seemed to care to write anvthinn f1I
boys, aud that he gucsed hcll have tN 1rue Z
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Thinking AlOud 10 Church.

Newport letter.
One of our churches has somewhat eccen-
trio Iarisboncr. who often affords the congrc-
CATION much amusement. lie has a habit OF
expressing his thoughts aloud when very
much in earnest, never mind where he may
be. His entire unconsciousiiess OF hav-
ing thought aloud is irreSistibly funny. Last
SUNDAY late conner at church, young lady
with voluu,in0us skirts sought to pass him to
get scat As she did SO she carried the gen
tlsnlsn's hat, which was on the floor. some
distance. IT happened during pause in the
service, when there came, slowly and
distinctly, and with AN earnestness worthy
of the preacher, that unconscious CALCULATIONS:
"Now--. where in he-name---of-the--
i.ord-is-that-g girl-taking
Not Styiish Enough.
New York Letter
Two young ladies OF my acquaintance were
i'm Paris last summer, and, after the manner
of most good Americans, they went to Worth
to order some dresses. He looked them over
critically, and then asked them to walk across
the room. They did as they. were bid; but
alas! after thus putting them 80 their PAGES he
shook his head and saidi xadies, / can do
nothing for you" He did not think them
stylish enough To do justice to his tiresscs
thought before they told me this aneciots,
that Il was Worth's dresses that nsA{(p tho
style, and not the style that nlnde W0rths
dresses.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-28
MONDAY ON the Farm.

Noontimc should be kept by every
farmer, and work should be suspended
when the steam whistle of some neigh
boring factory, the bell of the village
church. or the housewives horn an
nounccs that it is ~ o'clock. To go to
the house, indulge in wash at the
pump, eat Il hearty dinner, and rest aft
erward, perhaps enjoying smoke, re-
quires an hour-good. honest, sixty
minutes. Nor should this be intrenched
upon by grinding scythes, feeding hogs,
or doing other chores. 1.-The laborer is
worthy of his hire" we are told, and he
is also entitled to his incoming.
The children enjoy their noontime,
snd after eating the contents of we'll
filled tin pals or little baskets, they
skip out upon the grass, some to romp-
ing games, while the little ladies group
themselves around some favorite pas
time, their merry voices keeping good
company with the minutes rs they fly.
There is no care there for the morrow;
no shrinking from the ghost of the past.
Everyone is having a good time, and is
ready when the bell pleasantly tinkles
NJ l CLOCK To return TO study. How
different is noontime in the city. where
the turbulent currents of business boil
and bubble. The merchants. greedy of
the prospects of gain, hurries his clerks:
HAS that order been filled? Have
those goods been delivered? Where are
the bills of lading? Were those notes
taken up9 Are those accounts current
made up? Go to the bank and see if
the notes | offered were discounted
Hurry! Hurry" are the sounds at
noontime in the counting house. In the
bank the discount clerk opens his led
ger, and crowd of anxious applicants
listen to his announcement. Ten thou
sand dollars to raise. and notes | offered
thrown out" says one, and off no goes
to dispose of his paper to note broker.
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The Potter.
| watched potter at his wheel one day.
Enr ln .rns M n cinrr aiInhnrg AIlt Af nlnA.

watched potter at his wheel one day.
For he was making pitchers out of clay.
The feet of beggars and the heads of kings,
Dust, blown from old, dead cities far away.
Not heaven itself more splendid Is and high,
Than was this palace, when is kings went by
Race after race The turtle sits here now.
"Nherc! WhCreI' she cries But there i nc
reply.
They who endowed with wisdom arc like
light.
Torches to guide their followers feet Alright,
They have not taken yet one step beyond
This night OF nystcry-this awful night.
Speak of these wise ones then, with bated
breath
The most that of the wlscst wisdom saith
Is: They bcqueathed you fables, nothing
more,
Before returning to the sleep of death.
The great wheel of the heavens will still go
round
When you ana I, my friends are underground
At once creating life. cOnspiring death;
With death and life incXorably bound.
Come sit upon the grass and drink your wine,
And quickly, while the suns of summer shine;
For other grass than that you sit upon
N!l soon be springing from your dust ana
mine.
When you and are gone, for we must 90,
They will raise bricks above u, and ! know
That other bricks for other tomhs than ours
viii out of us be moulded. BE 1t so.
LIDO not fear the world. do not fear
The leaving II, though ! confess II dear.
We should fear nothing but not living well
In the only life and world we know Of Here
But come my friend, since we must pass
away,
Since all we are goes back again 10 clay
What does it matter whether we remain
hundred years or but single day!
BE il our care, since pitchers we began,
To hold the hearts good wine long rs we can,
Before the potter mods our dust again
Into new shapes that are no longer man
"A Strain from the Oriental Mystics.
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Improvement Of Grain by Selection.

The principle of selection was long
appreciated by stock-breeders, and they
have largely proiited by the application
of its teachings. AS applied to the
growth of cereals it has not found a
very wide acceptance, not having had
time to force itself on tho attention OF
the average farmer. The founder of
the practice of selecting grain for seed
is Major Hallett, +. l.. s., Brighton,
England. In 1861 he planted ten grains
of wheat, from variety known there rs
Bellevue Talavera wheat, which up to
that time had been sown as spring
wheat, and was declared to be quite in
capable of withstanding the frost of win
ter, Nine of the ten plants from these
grains were killed by the severe frost
but the other plant, although from the
same ear, remained rs healthy and Wig
orous rs any of the winter varieties of
wheat by their side. From this surviv-
ing plant seed has been selected and
grown year after year rs winter wheat.
Close observation shows that in the &C.
reals, rs throughout nature, no two
plants or grains are exactly alike in pro-
ductye power, and hence that of any
two or greater number of grains or
plants one is always superior to all the
others, although the superiority can on
ly be ascertained by actual field tests.
1t may consist in several particular
characteristics, rs power to withstand
frost; proliticness; size and character of
ear; size, form, quality and weight Of
grain; length and stiffness of straw;
powers of tilering; rapidity of growth;
and many others. james ChesSmdn IN
P0pular Science MOnMlV for Julu.
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He Realizef1 II.

An old colorcd man Familiarity known
as Colonel" who gains his living by
doing odd chores and errands, was yes
terday discovered in an icc-cream sa-
loon with ten-cent dish of the luscious
dessert before him, and he was asked;
"Why, Colonel, isn't this rather an
unusual circumstance"
Il reckon it am, sah.n
"And pretty Steep"
YES, purity high up
"Can YOU afford such luxuries?'
Not hardly, sah-not hardly. Time
rs paid ten cents fur dis, five cents fur
sody an bought half dozen oranges to
take home shan't have mo- dan nuil
left to buy chicken and green peas fur
Sunday!-Detrou Free Press.
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OF Interest 10 Gum Chawars.

GLOW many really different kinds of
gum have YOU
"There are only three or four differ
ent bases from which gum is made. -
Tolu, spruce and parailne are the prin-
cipal ones
Which of them is the most popu-
lar?'
"Tolu in the West, and spruce in the
East. Paralline is Il very cheap gum,
and IS used as a giyeaway great
deal
what about the materials of which
the different kinds are madc?n
"Well, tolu is the gum of the balsam
tree OF South America, and paratline is
a product of petroleum. 1t is made in
immense quantities ut the oil reiinerieS
in Pennsylvania and the East. Spruce
gum is from the spruce tree, and until
recently it was made almost exclusively
at Portland, Me"
"What other kinds of gum have you?'
1.-The rubber or swapping gum which
is the product of a tree in Mexico. The
bases are sometimes mixed, making other
varieties. In the manufacture of all
these varieties, sugar and some other
ingredients are used"
'ls there much gum sold?'
Tons Of lis There are twenty-five
or thirty factories in the United States
in the exclusive manufacture, and it is
quite probable that their sales do not
fall short of two millions per annum,
perhaps more. We sell from five to ten
thousand boxes 4 month. Louis
Posi- DiSDnLch.
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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND g. PACIFIC R'Y
TAINTED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY. WILL
EXAMINING THIS MAP, THAT THE

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Missouri
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-28
A Railroad Lunch,

"Now, my dear" said Mr. Spoopen.
dyke, rubbing his hands gleefully and
contemplating his wife from the oppo-
site seat with pleasant smile. Now,
my dear, suppose we take look at the
lunch OF which we had such remarkable
accounts. II there is anything nice when
3 man is travelling, it is home made
lunch. Develop the viands and let JOY
be uncontined" and Mr.. Spoopendyke
laughed outright in anticipation of the
gustatory delights in store for him.
.All right, giggled Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke. opening the basket with trem.
bling hands. Now you hold that. and
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-28

passed through more fiery ordeal than
did Ruth Ncnnor feeling herself forever
cut off from that crown of every loving
woman's life wifchood and mother
hood.
Among her new acquaintance was
one to whom Ruth soon became tender
ly attached
Miss Landerwas plain and elderly and
quiet; yet some congcniality OF spirit
drew the two together until Ruth, in her
longing for sympathy, made 4 conf
dvntc of her new friend, and related TO
her all her sad story.
Miss Lander listened with n strangely
working countcnancc, and when Ruth
had finished she kissed the girls pale
cheek and smiled even while she wiped
tear from her own eye.
MY dear brave girl, " she said, show
strangely fate work, out our lives. Your
fortune is not so hard rs it seems. l
hold the key to your happiness.
You" calculated Ruth, staring fora
moment at her friend,
"Ruth, listen to me, " said Miss Ian
der imprcssiycly, you are not Ven
nor by birth. When Mr. and Mrs. Ven
nor were travelling abroad they were
childless. | had then the little orphan
child of my brother-a baby scarce two
months old. j was poor and in i'll
health.
"Mrs, Nennor was set upon taking the
baby for her own. She knew of my con-
dition, and was very kind to ne. Her
husband came to see me alone one day,
and informed me that his wife was very
low in her mind, and that he feared in
sanity; but as she seemed pleased with
the idea of adopting the child, he hoped
for favorable results, if ! would consent
to the arrangement. My heart was sore
at parting with the sole creature Of my
own left me, but | felt that it was for
the baby's good. and | consented.
81 shall name her Ruth, after my
dead sister, he said; and she shall be
like our own. No onc-not even my
own doctor, who thinks he knows every
thing about me, shall guess that little
Ruth was not born to me during our
foreign tour. And she shall be our heir
ess.'
"Need I add" said Miss Lander,
"that you were that child? rccog-
nized vow ut the very first, but did not
speak because | felt the difference be-
tween my poverty and your wealth, and
am proud.
"As for your own parents. they were
poor in the worlds goods, my dear, but
rich in honesty and nobility; and there
is not particle of insanity or disease of
any kind in your blood. "
1t seemed to Ruth that never in the
days of her childish careless Joy had life
been half so bright and glad as now,
when, with the darkness of great sor-
row past, she turned once more to the
sunshine.
She returned at once to her old home,
taking her ncw-found relative with her.
DR.. Brian was told the marvellous truth,
which at first he was half inclined to
ioubt.
But some letters in Mrs. Vennor's
addressed to Miss Lam
Ter, convinced him; and he joyfully ac-
,cptcd the commission of breaking the
oyful news to Rolf Grennis, who had
his dark fate with n sort of
rim despair, that was making cold,
lard man of him.
Our story is ended.
The two Young lovers were happily
inited, and Miss Lander, a smiling and
peaceful old lady, makes her home with
hem, and nurses their children faith
ully. I
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This delicately nurtured girl, accus-
toned TO great luxury, entered upon her
new life with firm bravery that was
heroic. No martyr at the stake ever
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Fifteen thousand" says another
swell, | knew they had to do it, and
they owe me so much that they have to
keep me going and so on it runs.
This man nervouSly graSping his re-
fused note, and anXiously debating to
himself as to how he may best meet his
obligations for the day, the other specu-
lating as to what may be the most prof
liable Investment Of hi, plrihoric bank
account. Ben Pcrlcy POOre.
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The Due de Morny's definition of po-
lite man is hard to realize. "A polite
man, y" said he, "is one who listens with
interest to things he knows all about
when they are told by Il person who
knows nothing about them.
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GOING EAST AND WEST,

sFinest Equipped Railroad In the World OF
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Thousands gre beng cured of Catarrh
every year with Hall's Catarrh Cure, that the
doctors had giyeIyup aud saidt could not be
cured. y cestsa bottle, soldby all drug
giStS. u - lhl
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FOR SALE.

Tintah. MINNESOTA 1hereris broken up vAcres;
good web: good house sx2 plastefcd good barn ior
best section In cbsinpaisn fiownsp VIII be- sold
cheap. Reasons for sale made known to applicants
Ottawa, Jan. 20 lSS3..tf Z - W. BUSHNELL
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

Washington special: The celebrated
Jackman land case at Bismarck, has
again been opened by the secretary OF
the interior, and arguments have been
submitted by the attorneys III the case.
THIS case is an old one, having been Ill
contest since 1873. Three decisions
have been made in favor Of MIR. Jack
man, but in January, 1882, they were
overruled by Secretary kirkwood, ana
now Mr.. Jackman has succeeded IN Sc
curing a rehearng. Secretary Iellers
decision will bc rendered in few days.
The land involved adjons Bismarck, and
part of it on which Il patent has been Is
sued, has been offered for sale and re-
Gently been taken into the city limits.
The Deadwood Pioneer, publishes a
complete list Of stamp mills and works
for the reduction of ore, as distributed
throughou, the mills, showing that there
ale forty-four mills and ore smelters, ag-
gregating 1893 stamps, or an average OF
81 1922 stamps to each mill. OF this
number the s!nelters and sixteen mills
tile latter aggregating $50 stamps-are
i'm operation, the remainder being idle
by reason of frozen bitches, impossible
rOatls. enlargement TO or repairs OF ma
chinery, etc. The $50 STAMPS crash an
average of 2 2-3 tons of ore each, or to-
tai Off ,365 tons every twenty four hours,
which. estimated at the low average of
S. IA ton, gives a gross yield OF Sl4,-
100.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
Senator VIM. Pitt. Kellogg Indicted
i'm Washington

Washington Special Ex-senator Will
liam Pitt Kellogg was quite confident up
to Wednesday afternoon that none of the
pers,ntments made against him by the
grand Jury OF the district a few weeks ago
would ever bear fruit in indictments.
Nevertheless, the grand jury came into
court this afternoon and reported an in
dctment against kellogg and another against
Brady. kelO & is charged with having re-
ceived five insalments of 81 500 each in
lawfal money as a consideration for using
his influence, while in the United States
senate, with Brady, To secure the
| expedition OF certain routes,
| the following is a statement of what the gov
ernments counsels believe to be the facts in
| the case:
! Price had attempted without succ IS to
| get an allowance for an expedition in con-
| nection with these two routes. He then took
the papers 10 Kellogg and promised to give
bim $50, 900 if he would procure expedition
Of the routes. Kellogg told him to leave
the papers anu to call in two days. At the
appointed time he returned and Kellogg
| told him il was all right; that expedition
would be gra ted Price thereupon sat
down and drew five drafts upon the auditor
! Of the treasury tor a total Of $4,000,
against his pay for service ON the San An
tonic and Shreveport routes. For the re-
manning 5000 he gave note, in
dorsed by another mail contractor which
was paid at maturity. The drafts we're to
be paid on April l9, july a. oct. IL, ioso,
and Jan. IA, anu April q, 1881. kellogg
gave him TO Walsh, and requested him to
collect them pay him Kellogg. 81, 500 Tor
each draft, ard credit Brady, who owed
money to Walsh. with the same amount.
Walsh collected the drafts as they matured,
and, upon the collection of each draft, paid
Kellogg 81, 800 and credited Brady with
81 500.
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Foreign News Summary.

Timothy Kelly, charged with palticipa-
ting in the murders of Cavendish and
Burke, was placed or trial on the 10Th inst,
and Sullivan and McInnery were appointed
to conduct the defense. Judge O'Brien
complied with the request Of Dr. Webb and
dams To be relieved from further duty IN
defending the accused men, A jury was
then sworn in, one ofwhom was Parnel
ite, and 'onsequently it is expected that the
Jury will fail to agree. The evidence of wit
nesses for the crown was mostly a repetition
Of that : iven III the cases of James Brady
and Daniel Curley. James Carey swore
that the conspirators had resolved 10 MUIR
der Col. Hitler and Burke in consequence OF
an article that appeared in the Freeman S
Journal speaking of the deslrablIity OF a
thorough change of officials at Dublin cas-
tie which had become an Augean stable.
This same statement was made by Carey at
the preliminary examination Of the prison
ers, and was then declared by the FIR, eman's
Journal to be due to the fact that +. Dwyer
Gray, owner Of that paper, when Chairman
of the municipal commission, had charged
Grey, who was town counselor with con-
spiracy.
Brady said, the other day. 1t is reported,
that he had in his possession facts that
would afford basis for indictments, similar
TO that against Kellogg, against nun ber OF
congressman WHO secured expedition for
star ro.te contracts, and were paid for II by
contributions from the contractors to their
campaign funds. That was the way in
which Kellog got his 81 900 from Price. II
is barely possible that other congressman
may be indicted on similar grounds.
The trial of eighteen more prominent
nihilists at st. Petersburg resulted in the
conviction Of all. Six were condemned to
death, 40 to life servitude, and the remain
der to imprisonment for fifteen to twenty
years
The Dominion government has awarded a
French compan' 500 600 year ior month
ly line between Have and Montreal.
Oxenburg Russians are preparing to try
cotton raising in Central Asa.
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The revolution in lIaytl, or which only
brief particulars have come to hand,
is an uprising Of the mu!attoes, who
comprise about one-third of the popula-
ton, and its most intelligent and pro-
gressive class, against the intolerable ty-
rannies of President Solomon, repre-
senting the black domination. Their
property has beer confiscated, and hum
dreds have been shot without trial,
while others have been imprisoned or
banished. 1t is said that they have
formed an alliance with black leaders,
rivals Of Solomon, who have some popu-
lar following of their own race, and are
aided by the revolt against the general
tyranny and burdensome taxation Of his
administration. Whether they will sue
ceed or not is a matter about which no
reason lble conjecture can be formed,
from the lack of definite information,
but success is generally deemed improb-
able. Hayt is black nation of the
purest type, full Of barbarism and feroc-
ity. 1t is an ungrateful fact for thos
who hope for the native improvement
of the negro race.