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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-11
A Satisfactory Answer.

Mr.. J. Walter Mitchell yesterday made an.
swer to the rule laid on him to show cause
why he should not be punished for contempt
in disobeying the order of the court made in
the divorce suit of his wife, Mary C. Mitchell,
directing that the children in his custody be
turned over to her until the final decree IL
passed. lie stated that he had been absent
had been issued until the rule was laid upon
him. He was perfectly willing TO obey the
order, and would turn the children over to
any person authorized TO receive them, JUS
tlce Cox directed the rule to be discharged,
stating that the answer was satisfactory.
OvERcoATs are moving, but not as readily rs
we wish, the mild weather doing the draw
back. We are Offering special inducements to
force sales. Eiseman Bros, corner eth and L.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-11
LADIES'.

We keep in stock seventeen diff
ferent styles. We mention only a
few specialties
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-11
FOR s1o5

Our 6-button Kid Gloves, in the
new shades Of tans, fawn, drab, and
dark and light colors, are unques-
tionably the best value ever offered
for the price.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-11
FOR s1.oo

S-button length Mousquetaires, in
new opera shades. These gloves
cannot be purchased elsewhere under
$3.50. We also offer for 81 French
Kid Gloves, S buttons; a job lot,
worth nearly double the price.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-12-11

FANCY Kilt overcoats, largest variety Mt re-
duced prices Elsoman Bros, corner It'll and L.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-11-29
INSECTS AS MIMIcs.

They Often Initiate the Color of Their
Food and Hiding Places - Why This
Faculty is Given Them.
''Why, Cousin Helen! What do you
mean by saying that locust is a mimic?'
asked my little cousins, John and Lin
coin.
Eyes, he is a very good mimic, and
so are all the insects in this case. Look
at them, and viii tell you in what way
I have seen them mimic.
Insects have power called 'mimetic, ,
which enables them to mimic, or in1i-
tate, the substances which afford them
food and shelter. They are mimics all
the way from the larya state to the i'm
ago, whether they are moths, butterflies,
beetles, bugs, or locusts. In the larya
state some insects are easily distin-
guished from their food and shelter, but
oftentimes they are not. Don't you re-
member how, when we went bug-hnnt-
ing up in grandpa's orchard, we chased
some white cabbage butterflies over the
tomato bed, and you, John, found a
UIONiLSu CdbGIp lllaE Oh Ole "a GhO
plants? Then we hunted for more, and
found one so much like the leaf in color
that almost took it in my hand before
/ saw what it really was.
'sWhen the insect is in its pupa state,
it is as great q mimic as before. For
then the cocoons and chrysalides, or
aurelide, are of the same color as their
hiding-place. The cocoons and chrys-
Aides we find hidden under posts,
fences, stone, hanging from trees, etc.,
ARE of the same color as the stones,
bushes, etc. This light-brownish
#cecropia cocoon is the color OF the bush
or tree on which it hung. Perhaps it
was a barberry bush.
.sThis one isn't brown; it's white, "
said Lincoln
$50 it is. It9came off the top Of a
white birch tree. and so it initiated the
bark of that wood in color. / think
that only in the image state is the IN.
sect mimic in shape. Examples OF
this kind are walking sticks and walk
ing leaves.
Zone day / was out on specimen
hunt with naturalist on the banks Of
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-11-29
a Previous Hang.

He had been hired to carry barrel
of ashes down four flights of stairs from
a lawyers office, and when the job was
finished he returned to get his money.
eyes, yes, you've earned it!' replied
the lawyer, but don't bother 1Ee nows
/ want to hear from New York"
..Boss, I'ze dependin' on that quar-
..Of course-of course, but don't
bother me now' Great scots! mar, but
I'm all in tremble to see the next dis7
p' DE ole woman an chill'en am
'spectin' pork chops fur dinner" per
sisted the man.
"Heayens, man! but will you exhibit
such sordid avarice when the fate of
this Nation hangs on thread!'
well, boss, doan' want to huxt dis
kentry any, but wasn't she hangin on
dat thread when you axed me to lug
dem ashes down!
He rot nickel down, with a prom
Use of the remainder in weekly INSTALL
ments.-Dctro1 Free Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-11-29
IMPROVEMENT OF PLANTS.

what Is Gained by the Practice of Guilt
vation-Some Positive Facts.
Au.our cultivated plants have orig
mated from their wild types, and have
been brought to their present perfection
by the art of the farmer and gardener.
Wheat, the staff of human life, originated
in plant which bears very remote re-
semblance to that which we know; SO
remote a resemblance, indeed, as to be
discovered only by botanist. The
present cabbage has its origin in a seaside
plant which forms no head, but carries
only stalk with loose leaves, and the
turnip and beet also originate from
maritime plants which have thin,
fbrous, tap root of no similarity to the
fleshy bulbs which now give value to
them. These examples may serve to
represent the whole list of our useful
and valuable agricultural plants and
fruits. The improvement in the char
acter of cultivated plants is due solely
to the improved condition of the soil
by culture and tillage.
If we take piece of the richest land
and plant upon it a crop of wheat or
cabbage without turning over the sur
face, mellowing it, and exposing it to
the influence of the air, the warmth Of
the sun, and the effects of frost and
rain, the product will be far inferior to
the seed sown. If this product be per-
mitted to fall upon the ground, take
root and grow, the second product will
further depart in its character from that
of the original seed, and this process of
deterioration will continue until we can
not recognize in the product any like
ness to the seed originally sown. Ii we
reverse the process and pillow and cult
yate the soil. we can restore the lost
character and even improve upon the
original excellence of the seed. What,
then, is lost or missed by want OF
cultivation, and what is gained by the
practice of it? We know how the
soil has been formed and of what it con-
sists, and it may be easily concluded
that as atmospheric influences have had
so much to do with the formation of it
originally, so they are not without effect
in modifying its condition from day to
day. This is precisely the key to the
whole system OF tlIlage ana cultuLe' 1ot
inasmuch as we cause the soil to be ex-
posed to the effects of the atmosphere
and atmospheric influences 50 do we
loosen or unlock from it its fertile ele-
ments; and inasmuch asWe permit it to
remain covered by q hard crusted sur
face so do we render it inert and cause
it to become sterile. We recently gave
an instance of the deterioration of a
wheat crop. mentioned by that great
experimenter, Sir J. B. Lawes, and
abandoned to nature instead of being
cared for in the usual. manner. This
neglected crop in two short years be
came practically extinguished, while by
the side OF it successive crops, grown
upon the same ground for forty years.
produced an average of fourteen BUSH
els per acre.-K z Times
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-11-29
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

-Tinware after being cleansed and
wiped dry should be placed near the
ire. This will keep it from rust.
Weak soapsuds or aqua ammonia
will clean bronze statuary or bronze or
naments in fine lines on which dust has
collected.
Sheep grow quickly and mature
early, and with their fleece pay divi-
dends oftener than any other live stock.
Chicago Tribune.
"A farmer in Maine recommends in
the Home Farm sprinkling air-slaked
lime on potatoes, when being stored in
the cellar, to prevent rotting.
One of the hardest of all crops to
'sraise,'' in the financial sense, is a
mortgage, but it is easy to plant The
less one plants of mortgages the better.
albany Journal
Fire in chimneys may be checked,
If not arrested, by throwing salt on the
fire below, Stopping the chimney at
the top with broad board or wet hay,
arrests the current Of air and helps to
extinguish it.-Tr0y Times.
Ill LOCALITIES iWnSlCE SGOlIEs
farmers might often do well to put up
stone buildings instead of wood. Stone,
with thick walls and furred ceilings,
makes warm and dry dwellings in win
ter and cool ones in summer.
Every month is a harvest season
for some sections of the world, though
the harvest does not always consist OF
hay or grain. There is a fruit harvest
as well as a Wheat harvest, and har-
vests also of other products. Cja1cin-
natl Times.
Rocky forest land had better be
kept in woods until the rest of the farm
is in. the highest state of cultivation.
There are millions of acres of poor land
partly cultivated that ought never to
have been cleared off. But when farm
ers have such land sheep will make it
valuable if anything can. -Neo0 England
Farmer.
The injury that the crow does to
corn by pulling it up is. not generally
great and can be easily guarded
against A more serious Indictment
is found in the fact that the crow is the
great enemy of misunderstanding birds,
whose nests it destroys and whose young
it kills. The squirrel is also open to
the same charge.-M 7. Herald.
To crystalze fruit: Pick out the
finest of any kind of fruit, leave in the
stones; beat the whites of three eggs to
stiff froth, lay the fruit in the beaten
egg with the stems upward; drain end
beat the part that drips off again; Sc
lect them out one by one and dip them
into a cup of inely-powdered sugar.
Cover a pan with sheet of fine paper,
place the fruit on it and set it in a cool
oven. When the icing on the fruit be-
comes firm, pile them on dish and
set them in cold place. Boston Globe.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-11-29
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
THANKSGIVING WITHOUT PAPA.

7 THANKSGIVING WITHOUT PAPA
My papa went to Heaven to live
About a month ago.
I wish God hadn't taken him,
Because we miss him so.
I thought perhaps we shouldn't keep
Thanksgiving when it came;
Because, with papa gone away,
1t wouldn't seem the same,
So asked mamma what she thought,
When was going to bed,
Last night The tears came to her eyes,
But then she smiled, and said:
''Was papa all we thanked Sod for,
My darling child, last year?
Have we not many blessings still IA
We had when he was here?"
And then she said: "You shall decide
What we had better do.
Tomorrow morning, Try to think
OF all things, old and new,
'"That we have now or we have had
Within this present year,
To bless us and to make us glad;
And then decide, my dear,
IF there's enough to make it seem
Betting every way
That we with very grateful hearts
Should keep Thanksgiving Day"
And so this morning began
To do as she had said;
And oh how fast Thanksgiving things
Did come into my head.
i wondered had never thought
OF all of them before;
/ don't believe | ever could
Forget them any more. e
There's mamma-papa's gone away,
utmammas with us still;
And there is darling sister May
And little'brother Phil.
And little baby brother, too
He's worth his weight in gold,
And there is grandma don't think
She ever will grow old.
And there is aunty, and, besides,
The other folks Hove;
Tn thankful that no more of them
Have gone to Heaven above.
Then I am glad that we can see;
I've heard my mamma say
That there are children who are blind.
Pm glad we're not thatway.
And am very thankful, too,
That we are well and strong;
Ny mamma knew Il lady once
Was sick the whole year long.
And have heard Of children. too,
Who could not run or walk;
And mamma says that there are some
Who can not hear or talk.
And then / thought, through all the year,
What pleasant times we've had,
And how so many things have come
To make us very glad.
And all the summer, everywhere
Such lovely things to see;
And trees and birds and flowers, that look
So beautiful to me.
Dear papa always loved the flowers
So much when he was here:
Tn sure I'll always think of him
Whenever they are near.
But mamma says that up in Heaven
They have more lovely flowers,
And that they bloom there all the time,
And do not die, like ours.
I am SO glad, for papa'll be
So happy then, know;
I'd like to thank God just for that,
And told mamma so.
= told her, too, of all the things
I'd thought about SO long,
And that it seemed, because of them,
1t would be almost wrong
If we didn't keep Thanksgiving Day,
And that, if papa knew,
He'd like it better If we did.
She said she thought so, too.
And then she cried a little bit,
Then wiped her eyes and smiled;
tShe looks so lovely when she smiles)
And then she said: Dear child,
E'You've helped me more than you can knoI
1t shall be as you say;
Though papa is away from US,
Wen keep Thanksgiving Day"
And then she took me in her arms,
And held me very tight,
And kissed me very fondly twice,
Just as she does at night.
Fanny Percirdt. in N. Y Independent.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-11-29
a Puss WITH 4 GREAT HEAD.
How Smart Connecticut Tabby Thwarted
Terrible Plot.

How Smart Connecticut Tabby Thwarted
Terrible Plot.
There were three cats in a Williams
street family, and the lady of the house
concluded that one was sufficient to do
all the business, and an edict of death
was passed on the old cat and her
kitten The question of the manner of
death was settled, and the chloroform
purchased. Days passed after the
chloroform was in the house before the
executioner could muster courage to
execute the sentence. To facilitate
matters the lady thought that some
laudanum added to the cats milk would
produce a stuper that would make the
Achloroforming more easy. The drug
.gas put in the milk and rendered the
,llld cat. She tasted the food, cast her
W8s suspiciously about her and refused
t&vsat The kitten rushed to the dish to
pan Rke of the milk and was violently
knoSsed away by the old eat, who took
a CONFER of 81 mat and covered over the
dish tSAhide it from the kitten and pre-
va hGA from taking the ''medicine.
The LAZY could not believe it possible
eSsaat the Act was intentional on the part
of the cais and uncovered the dish ard
again tSadered the milk Il lher. She
again kHocked the kitten from the dish
and coserNd it over more carefully than
before.g This repetition of the protective
act gaiGlsd che good wfA of the lady and
she gav'AupS kissg the cats. She can
not sseisg her mind9 however, whether
the actioa the cat was prompted by
instinct or REASON. NorWicb 1C0n1s.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-11-29

his chubby round face glistening aoos,
the broad white collar and his S1oyed
hands conveying no plebian suggestions
of either baseball or dead cats. WQSA-
inqton Star.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-11-29

"A rancher near Hawthorne, New,
who owns good many perkers, found
a recently born litter of pigs among his
herds the other day, all of which were
covered with fur instead of bristles.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-11-29

Enormous profits are anticipated
from the pearl fisheries in Lower CALI
foruia.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-11-29

&c No, indeedS' exclaimed Mrs.
Podsnap energetically. I don't be.
fieye In the extension Of Womanss SUI
frage at all-she suffers enough now. !"
OH City Derrick.
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8. 8. MrnRrLl. A. Y. q. OahsKsTER.
General Manager Gen. P~sG b Tiki AIT
J..T. CIAAx, u. hkAsoao.
Gen. Supt. Asst Gen Ps@ AT
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A r E

The largest buyers in Dry Goods of any firm in Brulc
county, and have the facilities for paying spot cash
and BY this method, backed with a life long experi-
ence in the business, place goods on this market at
prices that. defy i~competion. We do a cash business
and give our customers the benefit. Goods we'll bought
arc half sold. This is we'll known fact.
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T7IR KIldBAIL GRAPHIC
= roller skates.

TheFoller hate Is i hayward little
quadruped. IL Ii Is frolixome and
mcre innocent looking than ? lamb,
but for interfering with ones upright
attitude msthe couAnAunity 1t ID per
1laps the best maChinc that has APP
peared in therits
One'saGssk feeling on standing up
~ . par Of roller skates IN an uncon-
trcliabls tendency to come from to-
xctAer. One foot may start ont to-
wards Idaho while the other 81
promptly strikes ont for Arizona. The
legs do not stand bY eszh other -
legs related by blood should do hit
each shows 1 diHpoeifioa to sat up in
business alone, md leEve you to take
ssre Of yourself u best yon may.
The awkwardnes ofthn arrangement
ii appalent While they are setting
mp independently there Is nothing for
YOU to do butte BIT down and wait
further Developments And you have
TO sit desAstc % without having made
AnnY preparation for il, and without
having devoted Is much thought to
ST as won might have done had o
1t,een sconsataNd IN the MISTER.
One Of ~ most noticeable things
mt q skating rink is the strong atsrac-
rton bctseensthc human BODY and the
door Of the rink. II the human body
Il.ad been coming through space for
-stays and dayssg1 81 the rate Of ! million
miles y second, without stopping at
Aeating stations and not. excepting
xandays when it strikes the floor, we
sconld understand why it struck the
floor with 20 much violence. Az 1t
i, however, the thing is inexplicable.
There are different kinds of falls
IN vogue ut the rink. There are the
u falls and the front falls, the Car
sdinal Wolsey fall, the fall one across
the other, three In . pile and 80 on.
There are some Of the falls that I
would Ike to be excused from de-
scribing. The rear fall Is the favor:.a.
ltis more frequently utilized than
any others here age two positions
IN skating, Ashs perpendicular, while
OtllcrS a1kect the horizontal.
Skates ne no ~rcspeotors Of persons.
They VA lay ont a minister Of the
gospel, Aor the mayor OF the city as
readily Is they will q short-coated,
one-suspcndcrvd boy, or giddy girl.
When one OF = mans feet starts for
nevada and the other for Colorado,
that does not separate him from the
door q break up bis fun. Other por-
tons Of his body will take the place
his feet have just vacated, with a
Tromptness thas is surprising. And
he viii find that the fun has Just be-
gun-for The people looking on.
The equipments for the rink, are a
pair Of skates, 4 cushion and . bottle
81 liniment--IHW Nye.
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Enough TO convey to your mind the idea that We are
alive to ~the7timcs and want you to know it. We arc
the only exclusively Dry Goods house in this section Of
Dakota, and enleayer to carry . complete stock in
this line and such goods a. we can recommend to our
customers Any goods bought of us that do not provo
money will cheerfully be refunded.
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ORAT0RICAL EFFECT or PLANKM.
TON AUSU.

A brace OF Indian Turyeydrops
from Chamberlain, paused here Mon
day, .en-ronte for the Dakota lobby q,
Washington One was Man.mnch,
Observation-Disclosures, the other Chief
81 p-tlpen-tb3- Reservation, q relative
1f Jno. I. 9tcarns' lady friend, Wo.
man- Who Goes Out Of the House.
Foar-T,raaa. They were attired ia
full American costume, except moe
cas,lis, and hair done up in French
tSists. By special invitation they
stopped IL A Piankinton, partioi;-
pated IN the mt,sh ard milk festival,
where Mann uch-Afrald-of-a-Pc tti-
Exat is rcpMtod to have made tins
pathotio address.
@ugh white man, the red chiefta,n
of thH foS6st and prairie, once was
eots and peaceful pnssessor Of this
beautiful territory. His tepees dotted
the landscape. and Ills squaws were
beautiful 81 the winter mirage, and
pure as the sweet clear morn. The
pappooss and pony were his sole
delight, the of fish and game his onl v
pursuit. With what calm delight
IN this pastoral, paviarchal state, with
the great Maniaou overhead, and the
sasdicine man in his wigwam, snr.
r0uided by his tribe, be used 10 yevel
jufhe Injuries Of HIS nomadichome,
~ peace and plenty. The young
buck would mcander with the dusky,
sskstnty Mnaw, through the lissome
willows Tint fringed the Firesteel,
and with no thought of the tempta-
4,on Of the white mans fire water, or
&.ast IRON steaks from the government
srule OF. Texas steer, eat his muah
in peace. Ugh! sad now is the red
mans heart Where now II the play
fni pappoosc. tke paving pony, the
ipN,niHg bnck md his sweet
breatled sqnaw?: The ruthless white
Jnan, coming from the home Of SPLEEN
dor, tacsiap Of plenty, whose fall soul
1oath0d The honey comb, would not
1ct HIS M brother enjoy his simple
GupplEeM 6sshoa,ely hasty, padding
in pence, bit with. the masterful pase-
5on Of .a1is Tane, stole his mush away.
.lsut we BrAefionx, when we arrive
1T WashiReGss, sesrning through in
fcfprstssk dat thc treasury depart
.1lent ii .fuh ~ 4, will do better.
Chief RipO psn1ze-Rxseryatlon, and
j will never retafsste. Side by side,
A..sA .A.-a H. Ae.LA TIM ~ ny. In
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APPEAL NOTICES

United States Land Office. Mitchell u. I. Jan.
notified that -FOUR Homestead entry No. iii.
made April 9TH 1873 upon Lots 1 q 2 Sec. s, m.
llOi, f.B7, ~. athP n, has been adjudsed for
felted BY this office upon complaint Of George
Taylor and you arc further notified that our
decision will become tinal az to all questions u
fact, unless appealed from within thirty dsys
tr0in this notice. that bsins the period 81 time
sllowcl! yon in which TO appeal from said decis-
ton, ~ the Honorable Commissioners of tho Gcn-
erhi !And Office. Upon your failnre to appeal
ported to the Honorable tommissioner Tor cam
collation.. Goa. h. Ev,rift Register.
Pa II. Barber u. Rcceiyor.
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FIR OXEN S.

Are hard things 70 get around and We send out this
frociamation to the people of Brule county to let them
know that when they are m need of anything in the
way Of Dry Goods, Notions, Underwear, or any article
asua'iy kept in . Dry Goods Store, they can obtain
them at our store. at lower prices than can had else
where. Why is ths SOP you ask. Simply beoau.. We
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w 81 lat

We now desire to do, is to call your attention to a
few lines Of Winter Goods that we shall not carry
through to another season if low prices will make them
move OF rapidly. Among other things We have a
very nice line of Ladies Flannel Skirts; all nice styles,
well and honestly made that We bought cheap for cash
and will sell them accordingly.
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Pullman Sleereu and tbs Finsrt Dining
Cam In the world :.re run ON the mnin lines
III tho chicago MILWAUKEE d 81.
PAUL RAILWAY, and every attention In
+, aidsto phsaenaers bp courteous S,nployen
OF the Com anv
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Advise the ladies TO come in and examine these goods
before making up any skits as they are made of better
material than can be obtained in this section, We
have also ! nice stock of Ladies Red rnacrsc,r of
a fine QUALIFYING cheap sloddy good. to fool the un,
inexperienced, but honest we'll made goods is what
these arc and our endcavor is to always