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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-31
An Ordinance

To repeal IAN Ordinance az to Repatriation O
Of the R5tised Ordinances Of the City o
YAnkton.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council Of
the City of Yankton:
Section l. That an ordinance entitled "Ar
Ordinance as to registration of voters passed
November 2. 1881. and took effect without the
approval or signature Of the mayor, be, and
the same is hereby repealed. =
revised ordinances of the city of Yanitou b.
amended by inserting ~ the commencement
thereof the words following: "At the last
regular meeting Of the city council prior to the
(. Sec :. This ordinance ahall take effect snd
be in force from and after its passage :. nd m
proyal. ~
Passe0 March II. 1884,.
WILLIAM P. DEWEY.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-31
New Advertisements.

r AIDES OF Young Men in city or country to
u take nice, light and pleasant work at tueir
own homes; Sc to IS . day easily and guilty
made; work sent by mail; NO csnv vassinR; no
stamp for reply: Please address Reliable Mfg
Co., Philadelphia, Pa. drawer TT.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-31
Yankton and Hurley wa Swan Lake
-MAIL,-
Passenger & Express Line.
q. q. DEYo, PRopn1rroB
Yankton Office ut the Commercial House.

DEPARIUREs.
Leave Hurley for Swan Lake and return daily.
Leave swan Lake for Yanktop Monday. Wed.
nesdsy and Friday on return Of Hurley stage.
Leave Yankt0n for Swan Lake and Hurley
On Tuesoay. Tbunsday and Saturday At O'clock
il the morning connecting at Rurley with the
Northwestern train.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-31

. The use of. the te. %
"Short Line" in connec-
tioh with the corporate
name of a great road, con
veys an idea OF what is re
quired by the travelling
public-a Short Line,
Quick Time and the best
Of accommodations--all Of
by the greatest railway in
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-31
That Dictionary---Have You
Seen 1t 2

The NationalD Standard Dictionary is
book that ought to be in every family
or tho benefit Of young and old. 1t il
well known that Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary is beyond the reach of very
many, being besides too cumbersome for
school children or for adults to use on
every occasion.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-31
SHOR I
Il Line.
futnfsneu py tne gfe8tese railway II
America.
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE,
and ST. PAUL

It owns and operates over 4,5OO miles of road
IN Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota
Iowa anc Dakota and az its main line, branch.
es and connections reach all the great business
centres of the Northwest and Far West, it ma
turally answers the description of Short Line
and Best Route between
Chicago, Milwaukee. ST. Paul and Minneapolis
Chicago, Milwaukee. Lacrosse and Ninuna.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Aberdeen and Ellendale.
Chicago. Milwauk kee, Wausau and Merrill.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Beaver Dam and Oshkosh
Chicago, Milwaukee, Waukesha and Oconom-
OwOc.
Chicago. Milwaukee, Madison and Prairie du
Chen.
Chicago. Milwaukee, Ow,tonna and Failbault
Chicago, Beloit, GAINESVILLE and Mineral Point.
Chicago, Elsin, Rockford and Dubuque.
Chicago, Clinton, Rock Island and Cedar
Rapids
Chicago, Council Bluffs and Omaha.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Mitchell and Chamber.
lain.
Rock Island, Dubuque, st. Paul and Mime
apolis.
Davenport, Calmor, St, Paul and Mime
apolis
Pullman Sleepers and the Finest Dining
of The CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, s ST
paid to passengers by courteous employees Of
the Company
S. s. MERRILL. General Manager.
a. v. a. CARPENEER
J.. T.CLARK, Genl. sup't.
GEO. 81. HEAFFORD, s
Asst. Gen'l. Passenger Agent.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-03-31

Contents-4OO0O English words, pro.
nounced and defined; illustrated with
700 wood cuts; Table of Synonyms;
Foreign Words and Phrases; American
Geographical Names; Sobriquets given
to American States, etc., q Biographical
Register; Abbreviations in Common Use,
Tables of Weights and Measures; Tables
Of Metric System; Marks and Rules for
Punctuation; Divisions of Time; Simple
Rules for Spelling; Use of Capital Let.
ters; Parliamentary Rules and Usages;
Valuable Information for Business Men
Sizes of Books and Papers; Geographi.
cal Statistics; Census of Principal Cities.
etc; Distance Tables; Coinage Tables,
and various other information.
WTae Casa must accompany all
orders. Address,
Bowen & Kingsbury
Yankton, Dakota
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
A Bisected Woman.

There was private exhibition re-
Gently ut the Eden Musee of a new sem
sation called Thauma. The attraction
was quite remarkable. The room in
which it took place was darkened SO
that the audience was in the back
ground. A railing separated a varie-
gated curtain from the audience.
The curtain was withdrawn, and the
face, bust, and arms of ayoung woman
were exhibited. She had pretty teeth,
was much painted as to complexion,
and had a very agreeable expression of
countenance. She was good looking
and lively. She smiled at the audience
and spoke occasionally to those who
addressed her. Now and then she put
out her arm and shook hands with peo-
pie in the small audience who desired it.
The popularity of the whole thing
was that nothing below the waist APP
pcared. What would be the waist
rested on hanging pedestal. Now and
then, to show that there was nothing
below, she would raise herself up by
her arms, and the pedestal was taken
away to show that there was nothing
beneath. She herself passed fan
through the dark air, and an old lady,
her assistant, did the same thing. In
one instance young boy was handed
up to kiss her, and she gave him Il
sounding smack, after which he was
rapidly taken away.
This was all very remarkable to the
people present; nevertheless it was a
most transparent trick. The ground
back of the swinging figure is absolute
ly black. No light is permitted to
reach it. A very short examination of
the bust of Thauma shows that what is
natural finishes at the bosom and that
the waist is not her own. This is very
clearly shown when she raises herself
up by her arms and comes back to the
pedestal with thump. There is no
yielding of the flesh, such as would
take place were the figure real. 1t is
evident that the waist is made of some
material, and that on the pedestal on
which she rests, having as support
the breast bone, the bodyis carried back
in the darkness and is quite impercept-
ible to human sight
If some one could get an electric
light to bear on the dark chamber back
of the form the trick would be speedily
found out. But for all that it is very
cleverly done, and, though rank i'm
posture, is we'll worth going to see.-
Nc1D York MOrRiR1 Journal
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
An Army Of Drunken Toads.

A man living up in Willow Creek
Canyon was in town last Thursday for
grub and told the reporter queer
yarn. He prefaced his story by saying
that he always keeps a supply of whis-
ky on hand as a remedy in case of
rattlesnake, scorpion, centipede or tar
antula bites. He has several times of
late been annoyed by coming home
from his work at night and finding the
demijotn lying broken on the floor and
the whisky wasted. Thinking it the
result of accident he kept sending to
town for more demiiohns so often that
his merchant began to suspect him of
having taken to hard drinking, and
this was particularly regretted from
the fact that he has always been known
rs II very steady, temperate, hard
working man. Last Wednesday, not
feeling very well, he took a Jay off, and
was lying in bed reading, when, hear
ing Il noise he looked around and was
astonishcd TO see regular army of
coming through cracl; under the
door Having curiosity TO see what
they were after, he did not disturb
them, but waited for developments.
The one appearing to have command
of the foraging party went straight to
a convenient chair from which he
climbed up the window casing, and
then to the shelf where the whisky was
kept. Finding Il new demijohn he
signaled to his companions, and about
dozen of the largest went to his as
sistance. Gradually crowding them
selves between the top of the demijohn
and the wall, they managed to tip it
from the bottom, when it was but an
easy matter to send IL crashing to the
floor. Then ensued scene indescriba-
bic. The whole mob came tumbling
over one another to the spilled whisky,
and eagerly drank what did not run
away through the cracks in the floor.
In about ten minutes there were in the
neighbcrhood of 100 horned toads as
drunk as drunk could be and hav-
ing more fun than circus. After
laughing himself well, he rose to drive
the topers out, and looking through
the cracks in the floor, saw another
army under the house as drunk from
the leakage rs those in the house. He
says that while he had whole lot of
amusement, it was at the expense of
both his pocket and reputation, and he
has put a flashing around the demijohn
and stopped up the cracks in the cabin.
Walker Lake Bulletin.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
The skeleton i'm Most Closets.

Few houses have as many closets as
the ladies like, yet, in Difference to the
known fact that they will always try to
induce their husbands to take house
with seven closets in preference to one
with six, they usually have more than
the landlord likes.
Closets are not always innocent
from sanitary point of view. Many
things which it would be disagreeable
to have in a bedroom are packed away
in the closet; the housekecper forgets
all about them for months, and they are
often treasures of moth and mold.
The closet reserved for the soiled linen
of the family is the worst one. DR..
Benjamin Richardson has very truly
said that people which was really civ
ilized would have a thoroughly venti-
lated room set apart for the entire fam
lily to undress in, where the clothes
could be hung upon rods and thorough
ly purified by draughts of cold air dur
ing the night. From these remarks the
conclusion may be drawn that closets
in which clothes are kept ought to be
ventilated. Philadelphia Record.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
A Prudent Woman.

Some years ago retail dealer in the
interior of the State, who took butter,
eggs, and cheese in exchange for dry
goods and groceries, found himself
overstocked with the former articles,
and was worrying about prospective
loss when buyer from the city called
around and had a talk with him. AS a
result the grocer rushed into the house
at noon and shouted to his wife:
Hammer what dye thinkp There's
Teller here from York who'll take my
200 dozen eggs and them seventeen
cheeses."
sis it possiblep"
"And them 400 pounds of butter"
"You don't say?"
Eyes, going to take 'em all and pay
cash down.
"Well, well. But, Henry, you look
out. know they. must eat SIGH things
in New York, but he's buyin' huff TO
feed half of America for week, and
don't you trust him for any part,
take your chances on his finding q mar
ket. Wall Street NeUS.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
Give Over Coaxin', Neighbor.


Give over coaxin', ncighbor, for III go out no
Unless to walk about the farm once in a
while try
IT'S not because do not feel as friendly as
before
She left mo- hut there, sit you down, and
willie YOU why.
You sec when she was here--it's now some
Fifty years ago
Since first brought her home-how glad and
proud was that day.
never went abroad but that, us sure as faith
I'd know
She was keepn' lovin' count of all the hours
stayed away.
And when the gate latch clicked, and she again
my footsteps heard,
Wide open would the house door ny, ana her
bright face appear;
And In voice as sweet to me as song OF any
bird, L
With smiling lips and smiling eyes, she'd say,
you're welcome, dear
You know our sons have sailors been since
they were naught but boys,
And that our only daughter when child
was called above,
And so we two were left. to share each others
And we loved each other, neighbour, with q
good, old-fashioned love.
And think a moment, neighbor, how very sad
To come back from an outin'-how my poor
old heart would pain!-
And find the house door shut, and no dear
wife awatin' me-
'Twould hurt almost as much as though
saw her die again.
Give over coaxin', neighbor, for now you un-
derstand
IN leave my home no more until I'm sum-
moned where I'll hear,
at heavens door wide opened-shel ii be there
with Outstretched hand
And smiling lips and smiling eyes-her say,
loo.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
Dishonesty i'm Trade.

There is hardly an article of MANI.
featured merchandise made or import,
cd in the United States that has not its
authorizations or limitations; and there
are but few articles of raw material that
are not in some manner adulterated.
What is needed is law that shall COM
pei all men to do an honest business; a
law that shall apply alike to the rich
and the poor; law that shall punish
the man who sells with false balance,
the same as the man who steals q loaf
of bread; a law that shall punish tho
MAN who makes and sells counterfeit
article of merchandise, the same as the
man who makes and circulatcs coun-
terfeit coin.-T W. IBrer, IN the No
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
He Slew Them on the Spot.

had the fashionable cut on my hair.
Wherever went, at the bank, on the
street, in the hotel, everywhere, my ac-
quaintances met me with such express
sions as "who broke it Off" "Been
scalped amt YEP" Had it drove in, !
see!" until my life became burden,
and wanted TO die or kill somebody.
Well, l came home and went out to cut
some wood for breakfast, congratulate
ing myself that il was over and i was
at rest in the bosom of my family, where
old sayings do ne or corrupt nor chest
nuts break through and steal, when
those hens struck up and began to sing:
"Cut, cut; hair cut Cut, cut; hair
cut
Human endurance could go no furth-
or, and ] slew them on the spot.-Bos
Ton Globe.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21

To prevent the growth of moss OF
weeds on graveled walks it is recon-
mended to sprinkle salt pretty freely
on the paths (about pound to the
square yard does for one year at leasD,
care being taken not to let the salt fall
on the box borders or the edges of the
grass. A damp but not rainy day is
the best for this operation. Some APP
ply boiling solution of salt (about a
pound to the gallon of water) with a
common watering pan, so that pound
of the salt will be received by every
square yard of walk. A much weaker
solution will serve the same purpose if
it should be required again.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21

'.Great Heavens! what do 1 seer Val
escoe is to be executed at this spot, and
l, unhappy man! am to order his exc
cution.
His mind was quickly made up. That
night, when darkness came like fun
eral pail over the blue sea and shut out
the light, Forbes, Mr.. and Mrs. Vales-
coe, and Abdullah lowered themselves
into a boat and made good their escape.
In England, that land of freedom,
Captain Forbes is now enjoying the So
ciety of his lovely daughter and her
husband, who, but for timely discov-
cry, would have left blood-red streak
on the waters of the blue Mediterran-
can
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
A Remarkable Escapc.

Mrs. Mary A. Daily, of Tunkhaunock, Pa.
was afflicted for six years with Asthma and
Brochitis, during which time the best phys-
clans could give no relief. Her life was dis.
paired OF, until in lsst October, she procured
a bottle of DR.. Kings New Discovery, when
immediate relief was felt, and by continuing
its use for short time she was completely
cured, gaining in flesh so pounds in few
months. Free trial bottles Of this certain
cure OF all Throat and Lung Diseases at Os.
born Bros drug store. Large bottles, 81. 90.
Sold by all druggists. 4
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
These are Solid Facts.

The best blood purifier and system regu
lator ever placed within the reach of suffer
ing humanity, truly is Electric BitterS. In
activity of the Liver, Billiousness, Jaundice
Constipation, Weak Kidneys, or any disease
of the urinary organs, or whoever requires ar
appetizer, tonic or mild stimulant, will al
ways find Electric Bitters the best and only
certain cure known. They act surely ant
quickly; every bottle guaranteed to give en-
tire satisfaction or money refunded. Sold al
fifty cents bottle by all druggists.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21

Lord Dufferin has adopted the rulo
of appointing no married men on his
staff in India. The position of aide-de-
camp in royal or vice-regal households,
says the London Truth, is extremely
analogous to that of footman, and it is
quite enough to have large cstab-
lishment of such functionaries with
out adding their wives to the strength
of il.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21

The changes made in the Lansing House
at Lansing, by Mr.. Aberle since he pur-
chased the property, arc surprising, and
the House is now one Of the finest in the
State, as an incentive for the best patron
age he has now placed the dining rom
under the charge of W. ii. Dewey the
Justly celebrated Detroit caterer.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
IMPORTANT,

When you visit or leave New York City save Bag
gage Expressage and Carriage Hire and stop at the
Elegant rooms fitted up at a cost Of one million
dollars, reduced to 81 and upwards per day. Euro
pean plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with
the best. Horse cars stages and elevated railroad
to all depots. Families can live better for les:
money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other
frst-class hotel in the city.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
I;ucklen's Arnjco Solyc

THE BEST SvLvE in the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
teter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and
all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles,
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded
Price IS cents per box.
For sale bv Osborn Bros.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21

What has become of Owosso's Heat g.
Light Co, is daily asked on our streets,
Can the officers Of the company give the
public any information
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
An Only Daughter Cured
Of Consumption.

When death was hourly expected from con-
all remedies having failed, and
DR.. II james was experimenting, he accident
~ made II preparation of Indian Hemp,
which cured his only child, ana now gives
this recipe on receipt of two stamps TO pay
expenses. Hemp also cures night sweats,
nausea at the stomach, and will break IL fresh
cold in twenty-four hours. Address CIaddock
& Co., 1889 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa,
this paper.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-21
MARRIAGE GUIDE.

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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-17
About New York Mud.

"Can YOU tell me anything about
New York mud?" tall, angular coun-
tryman asked of reporter of the Sun.
The reporter did not know anything
about it, except that it is an unpleasant
and frequent accompaniment of Life in
the city, and that too much of it has
been dumped into the lower bay. So he
looked wise and replied: "Whyp
because it is not like any other
mud" the stranger replied. 1T is not
like st. Louis mud, or Philadelphia or
Baltimore mud, or any other mud that
| ever ran across. Chicago mud, for
instance, is much lighter in color, and
Is out and out mud. Brooklyn mud
| is a little darker than Chicago mud, TO
be sure, like Baltimore mud; but you
perceive nothing about them, or about
the mud of any American city except
| New York, that is not common to all
wet dirt. But New York mud is thing
by itself. You cant mistake it for wet
dirt. 1t is black and very greasy, sticky
and slippery. 1t is very much like axle
grease. 1t ruins whatever it touches
exC ept leather or metal. Strangers no
tic it right away. They have all they
can do to keep footing on it. They go
about among their friends and the bust
ness men swearing at it as the worst
feature of the city, and the business
men and friends reply: We'll, if you
countrymen did not abuse it go con-
stantly we would not know there was
such a thing Car it b, possible that
New Workers pillow around in it year in
and year out, and never notice anything
peculiar about it?"
The reporter wore an expression of
wisdom and reflection, and wondered at
the stranger, who continued:
but l am interested in it. noticed
(where it had dried on the sidewalKs)
that it is, when not wet, light brown
powder, with no trace about it of grease,
or apparently of clay either. 1t has no
smell when it is dry. The other night
saw the street-cleaners 60 up 81, adj
way, leaving the pavem nts clean
enough to eat off of. They took cart
load or two of this gray powder from
every block. Next morning when / got
up it was raining a little, and Broad
way was hidden under this curious
axle grease. as call it. Horses, men,
women, children and vehicles were
sliding and slipping about on it. Now,
whore did it come from? ! will confess
the subject has got the better of me. l
put some in paper and took it to my
hotel, and I'm going to analyze it with
a microscope when | get home. | no.
ticed that it not only. looks greasy, but
it smells and feels greasy. | noticed
also that it is sticky and gluey to the
touch, but slippery TO the tread. | I'M
dcrstand the London mud is the same.
You know the old SAYING that London
mud yields butter. fancy it must be
made up of particles of everything in
the world, and can only form in very
great cities. Or perhaps it is peculiar
to very old cities as well as large ones.
Perhaps it bows about, to and fro, while
dry, and becomes mud when wet What
do you think?"
This is the first time | ever heard
ANYTHING about it," the reporter replied.
~ Y. Sun.