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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-06-19

THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
Gen. John A. Logan was born Feb. 9,
1926, in jackson county, Illinois, and is
Of Irish ~parentage. He was a lieuten-
ant in the Mexican war, and was admit
ted to the bar in 1852, being elected to
the legislature the same year. and in the
office Of prosecuting e~ttorney Of the
Third Judicial district, holding that Of
fee until 1857. He was reelected to
the state Legislature in 1853, 1856 and
1867, and was presidential elector ON
the Buchanan and Breckenridge ticket.
In 1858 and 1860 he was elected repre-
sentative at congress. In July, 1851, he
enlisted in time TO be in the first battle
Of Bull Run. His Bravery in Grants
Northern Mississippi movements met
with a promotion to the rank of
major general. At Yicksburg his
column led the entrance on June
%, and he was the first military
governor. He succeeded Sherman az
the head Of the fifteenth army corps in
November, 1863, and when McPerson
lost his life, on the 22d Of July, Logan
succeeded him and commanded the army
Of the Tennessee, going with Sherman
on the march TO the sea. From the close
Of the wa to 1871 Gen. Logan served
IN the house. In that year he was de-
feated for reelected in 1877 by David
Davis. But was returned at the expira-
ton Of Gov Oglesby's term in 1879.
He is a man of great decision, some
learning, and is a lingering monument
Of this machine period in American
politics. He was Grants lieutenant in
1880, and Is suspected Of an alliance
with Blaine this year.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24
The Emperor Of Germany.

The emperor looks well on horseback, and is at home in the saddle, but he is not what is called good rider, and takes no special interest in horses, except as regards military requirements He rides with loose reins, letting his steed have it's own way and seem ing to reckon as confdentially on his horses good service as on those of the other instru- ments of his will. In former years he has frequently met with accidents in consequence of his careless riding. Now his aides-de- camp always keep a sharp lookout before him when he canters off in his peculiar way, looking in every direction except where careful rider ought to look, viz, at the road before him. When he goes across country the officer who trains the horses for the em- peror's special service, and who is an accom- plished rider, habitually precedes him by few hundred yards to see that there is no dangerous ditch or wall ahead; smaller things the emperor will clear apparently without noticing them. Extraordinary care is taken with the training of the horses for the emperors personal use. They are always safe powerful, intelligent, good-natured ami mals, generally half-blood, shying at nothing and requiring scarcely any attention on the part of their rider. The emperor has cer- tain liking for manly field sports and is 8 good shot, put ne IS noC "haI IS caheu sporting man. His favorite flower is that most prosaic, pretty, uninteresting corn flow er the blue bottle, without any perfume, but which looks so bright and healthy in large field of wheat and so fresh and inno- cent in the hair of fair young girl. am told that the emperors grandmother had this same curious taste in respect to flowers. The emperor is tall and well built and when he was young had fine, manly presence. Though he is now very old he has won derfully dignifed attitude, and it is astonish- ing-as well as fatiguing for those who are with hin-to see how long he can stand without getting tired
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24
UnaeeountabIe Things,


 To the Editor of the JOURNAL COURIER:
 What a presidential campaign this is get ting to be! What unaccountable statements are made about the two leading candidates! What a quantity of mud is being thrown from all directions A stranger among us would conclude from reading the Register and Palladium the past week that the Dwight Place church had been turned into a Blaine and Cleveland wigwam, where the orator of the day holds forth on the Sabbath from a religious standpoint and where, according to the religiously inclined Register and it's CA Republican Neighbor's'0 opinions, under date of the 22nd, both hold that the orator has rights as an American citizen" to take the stump during the week for presi- dential candidate, which, to say the least, is
 very obnoxious to nine-tenths of the congre- gation that should be in attendance on the
 Sabbath and listen attentively to the exposi- tion of such passages as the following: Ye
 cannot serve God and Mammon," ''Whatso-
 ever ye would that men should do to you do ye even so to them" Judge not, that you be not judged" "'Speak evil of no man, "
 ''He that hath knowledge spareth his words,
 and man of understanding is of an excel lent spirit, D ''Let him that stole steal no more,'' etc., etc.
 How unaccountabIe that the wigwam is not packed with front, middle and ''back pew" Republican members, and how unac- countable that the speaker did not know the cause of so many vacant seats last Sabbath after he had published the statement that MT. Blaine was thief and that by his inf1u- ence and vote he should do all he could fol I the election of MT. Cleveland! How unaccount able the fact that @ large number deem 1 it their right as American citizens to exercise l their privilege to hear preacher on the Sab 1 bath who gives ''no uncertain sound" Sun fahJ fl,k l fact that so many people have so much ad vice to give the Dwight Place church and sc l little by way of attendance and material aid | YOurs from THE GALLERY.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24
For State emcers.
KEEP THE RAsoALs OUT.

The Democrats are bowling, F'Turn the rascals out!" During the eight years of An drew Jacksons administration the govern ment collected revenue of $255, ,182, ,775. 16, of which $5.53 out of every $1 ,000, or a total of $1 ,412, ,387. .62, was stolen by dishonest officials. The same administration disbursed S223, ,546, ,049. Al, of which $10.31 out of every $1 ,O00, or total of $2,506, ,236.74, was stolen In Martin Van Buren's administra- tration of feur years, $137, ,094, ,438 34 was disbursed at an average cost in stealings of $21 15 in every $1 900, or total of $2, ,S99,- ; 653 84 Under Franklin Pierce, who seems to have had the honestest set of Democratic office holders that could be procured, as the rate of robbery in his time was lower than under any other Democratic president, $265, 5,638,- S75. 65 were disbursed at loss of $5.86 per LOGO, or total of $1, ,674, ,S52.64. Under the seven Democratic presidents from Jack son to Buchanan, inclusive, the average rate of robbery in making disbursements was & fraction more than $10.22 per $1 ,000. The average rate in making collections was some thing less, being about $2. 14 in every $1 ,O00
 Everybody knows what the record of the Republican party has been i'll this respect Under President Arthur the total loss from dishonesty in officials has been in collecting $2, 961. .6s and in disbursing $1,920.75. Will it pay to let the Democrats take hold of the financial affairs of the government now' The Washington National Republican puts the case well when it says: The 1000 expectant Oenlocratic) office holders have very deep and very empty pockets. The party doctrine is that the victors are entitled to the spells. The s4OO, ,0O0, 900 now in the treasury, where it can be applied to the payment of the na- tional debt, the pensions due our wounded and disabled soldiers and their widows and orphans, the defenses of our vast stretch of sea coast, the building and equipment of a navy, or to the current expenses of the gov ernment, is safe in present hands, the people know. Judged fairly by the record, without one particle of party feeling or prejudice, would it be equally safe in Democratic hands! Do the people want to take the chances of a change? Is it not much safer to make sure that well enough is let alone, es- pecial1y when that well enough is slowly but surely growing betters
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24
CONTRADICTIONS.
The Green. ? +Ia TorpNar AND t-1or,p

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER;
 The question of our public Green, and whether there shall be any further encroach- ment upon it's territory in the shape of build ings, is an important one, and deserves the attention and interest it is now exciting. But it seems to the writer, judging from the communications in the newspapers, that some people are getting unnecessarily alarmed. For no one proposes that any other public buildings should be located on the Green. And if anyone was so foolish as to make such proposition, it would not survive one day of the universal ridicule and condemnation which would be visited upon it. Now, as to the actual proposition or re- quest made, that the existing church edi6ces on the Green be allowed a small additional space in their rear for the purposes of en- largement or improvement, it ought to be decided according to what is proposed to be
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24

From the Art Interchange.l
 Most of the shops where decorative and knitted work is sold are constantly receiving on sale articles from women who live luxuri- ously and who, anxious for pin" money, are willing to sell their manufactures at any price The result is that the worker who de pends upon her labor for support finds her self compelled to accept pittance, the prices
 being so ruinously cut by these fine lady pi-
 rates, whose rapacity thus adds to the mise
 ries of the honest toiler. Unfortunately the
 burden of this unjust and sly competition falls on those who are least able to bear it. Women with families of young children or with invalid relatives, who cannot leave home for number of hours every day, aud who are forced to work at some employment which can be done at home, are the ones who suffer from the money greediness of their su- | perior (O sisters. The evil is a serious one, and unless some prompt measures are taken l to lessen or eradicate it, much of the good which would otherwise result from training girls in the minor industrial arts will be neu- tralized. The public is not benefited by this cheap production. It is the shopkeeper to whom all the profits accrue, as the retail price of the goods is none the lower because women of leisure cut prices. remedy ! which suggests itself is the multiplication and modification of exchanges for women s work and decorative art societies where the public could purchase good work at fair prices Most Of the already established aS- 1 sociations of this class do not keep enough of 1 a variety to tempt purchasers, or if they have
 an attractive list of goods the prices asked
 are altogether too high. The association, 1 too, is neither regarded nor advertised as l business enterprise, interest being demanded
 for it as sort of an asylum for women. It
 would in the end result better for the associ- | ation and for those who have work on sale if | the exchange or the art society were conduct ed on purely business principles and useful or ornamental articles sold for fair price. If possible, some special line of work, de- signing, painting upon china or canvas, met l al work, preserves or knitted garments l should be made the leading industry of each association, so that an extensive reputation for manufacturing that particular class of
 goods could be acquired. Other kinds of work would not of course be excluded, but the association would be known for making it's speciality pre-eminently well. This or some other remedy will have to be resorted to if deserving poor women workers are to be saved from the rapacity of their heartless
 weIl-to-do sister women.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24
suggestions for Home Furnishing.

From the Christian Unionl
 A room should only coagtain as many pieces of furniture as are necessary for use in that particular room. Every piece put in for the purpose of producing effect is an evidence of the lack of true artistic instinct on the part of the mistress. Let every piece of fur niture in the room be just as handsome as the circumstances of the family will allow, but avoid every attempt at ornamentation 1 for the mere sake of ornamentation. Can anything be more tiresome than wall GOV cred with glaring fans, brackets and cabinets l filled with bric-a-brac, that you know is put | out for show? Some private parlors produce | on the visitor the same effect produced by a visit to one of the so-called art parlors in our l large stores A cabinet containing rare bits | of china glass pottery is an ornament and a means of education; but a cabinet | filled with plates and cups and saueers, that can be obtained at any pretentious store, be- | longs properly in the dining room, where, | in all probability, they would find their prop | CT places on the table. Mantels loaded down l with ornaments are as much out of place and | are as great an evidence of poor taste au overtrimmed bonnet. No room is restful that | appears crowded or suggests extra exertion | on the part of the housewife, any more than ] an overheated, over anxious hostess adds to l the comfort or the guests a1 u ulnler Gdple. | The mere business of living, the hurry and
 rush necessary to accomplish the various ob- 1 jects we have in view, make quiet, restful 1 heaithful homes 8 necessity of the age. Not l only does this false idea of what is artistic | destroy the true uses of home, but it ab-
 so1bs the money that would be otherwise | used in purchasing those things that would conduce to the moral and intellectual growth of the various members of the family. How much better that the children should have I two magazines and a dozen new books in the year than that the parlor should have a love l ly plush banner embroidered in impossible
 flowers, that pair of smirking Dresden l figures should adorn @ the mantel! How I much better to use the old cover the liv
 ing room table and cover tEe table with good
 reading matter than to buy the new cover 1 and by that means give time for a nothing
 to-interest feeling and yawns to creep in tho home circle! In how many homes is the evening looked forward to with feeling ot
 dread instead of anticipation, because the plush and china ornaments do not prove ar 1 endless source of interest and conversation
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24

Nearly three hundred stockholders of a railroad in New Hampshire have the idea that they are entitled to the surplus of mil lion and a half earned during the last fiscal year. If the directors think differently, legal proceedings will be instituted to compel a dividend. Should this be done, the stock have no such rights in the premises as they cJ4za11oco
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24

The Russian Nihilists seem to be pretty quiet nowadays. The coercion act promul- gated in 1881 in order to enable the police to cope with them has expired, but it sprompt- ly renewed. St. Petersburg and Moscow will remain for three years longer under the exceptional legislation, while for the rest of the country one years pro1ongation is be lieYed to be sufficient
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24
EDTTORrAL NOTES.

President Barnard of Columbia college, who has been travelling in Ireland, says that he did not see the distress he had expected to find there
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24
Wednesday, September 94, 1884.

Wednesday, September 24, 1884. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
 FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES G. BLAINE, of Mafne.
 FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN A. LOGAN, of fI1IInois.
 State Electoral Ticket.
 ELECToRs-AT-LARGE, THEODORE D. WooLsEY, of New Haven. CHARLES A. WILLIAMS, of New London.
 DISTRICT ELECTORS, 1st Distriet-I. LUTHER SrBHoEa, of Suf1eld 2d District-JosEPH E. SILLIAAN, of Chester 3d District-JAMEs s. ATWOOD, of Plainfeld 4thD thDistrict-FREDERICK MILES, of Salisbury.
 For State 0meers.
 GOVERNOR, HENRY B. HARRISON, of New Haven
 FOR LIEUTENAET--GovERNoR, LORRIN A. COOKE, of Barkhamsted
 FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, CHARLES A. RUSSELL, of Killingly.
 FOR TREASURER, V. B. CHAMBERLAIN, of New Britain.
 FOR COMPTROLLER, LUZERNE I. AUNSON, of Waterbury.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24

The Farmers club of Chester, England recently met to discuss the sparrow pest and it's remedies. One member present stated that one bushel per acre of grain had been destroyed by small birds in the country The government returns showed that in 1889, 3,003, ,96O acres of wheat were grown, and in 1883, 2,613, ,162 acres. From these figures he had estimated that if the number of small birds had been reduced by one-haIf the say ing to the country would amount to S, $50, 450 eE ---
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24

The navy of the United States is not the only one on which money is wasted The English ship Thunderer, a magnificent war ship that has cost about $2, 50O, ,O00, includ- ing repairs, has done only about two years service since she was launched in 1872. On her trial trip she burst boiler and killed forty or fifty of the crew, and five years ago she met with second accident, bursting a 38-ton gun and killing and wounding sever al. These disasters have stamped the Thur derer as an '1unlucky ship" and with nayi- gators this means enough to keep the power fuI vessel idly rusting, though she has no actual fault She lies in Malta harbor dis mantled
 Harper's Ferry is to be sold, with the fa- nous little engine house where John Brown
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24

done, and whether the present buildings are to be made to look better or worse than they now do. If, as in the case of Trinity church, the appearance of the edifice is to be greatly improved, so as to be architecturally and ar tistically more an object of beauty and adornment in the public eye than hitherto, why should anyone object to and begrudge the small additional space asked for to make 8 great improvement? And if the other church societies the Green make but similar request to make their existing edi- fees more comedy and beautiful than they
 now are, but not erect new and separate buildings adjoining their present ones, (which would indeed, create new eye-sores in the public gaze), let their request be granted and not opposed. B. T. s. Hanging By Wholesale. To the Editor of the JOURNAL COURIER: After reading the gentlemanly and courte
 ous reply of MT. Phillips the question arose to our mind, 'Ts MT Philips the Corporation Counsel?" And is it not also strange that his wrath and righteous indignation was not
 kindled into flame when Trinity church was allowed to extend it's edifce, and again, as MT. Phillips quotes the hackneyed couplet from Pope to show that ':W F." is like 8 rogue that "feels the halter,' are we to con- clude that all the members of Trinity church are rogues? Evidently in this case it is Mr. Phillips who ''draws the rope'' Are we to infer that MT. Phillips would like to see all the members of Trinity and the United churc hes hung together and
 would he be willing to act as hangman2 So far as this practical quotation has any reference to the gentleman to whom it was addressed, or bearing on the subject under consideration, MT. Phillips might as well have said:
 Who killed cock robin? l. said the sparrow.
 With my little I killed cock robin
 Try again Mir. Phillips.
 UNITED CHJTPCH
Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-24

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Harper's Ferry is to be sold, with the fa- nous little engine house where John Brown
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Kansas.

Topeka, Kansas, Dec. 3.-The presidential
electors met to-day and cast the nine votes
of Kansas for Blaine and Logan. J. NJ Miller
was chosen messenger to Washington. The
following was resolved: ''They desire to
convey to, our gallant standard bearers, Hon.
j. G. Blaine and Gen. John A. Logan, an
expression of our confidence and esteem !;
that we regard Blaine and Logan as private
citizens, as high r and better repre- ntatives
of American manhood than any official of
the Democratic party; that we recognize in
j. G. Blaine the greatest living repre-
sentative Of American Republican
ism and tender to him our
earnest thanks for his manly aggressive
campaign for Republican supremacy; that
Kansas, the first born child of Rrpublicanism,
again pledges her fidelity to Republican prin-
cipes in the future, as in the past. Kansas
will march at the head of the Repu blcan
column, giving more Republican majority in
proportion to her population than any other
state" The secretary was instructed to
forward copy OF the resolution to j. G.
Blaine and John A. Logan.