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The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-02
BETTING ON BOTH SIDES.
How q Sporting Man Took Advantage Of
''thc Odds"


fChicago Herald Train Talk
"Who did bet oni' echoed young man
who seemed to bs flush with money; "who
did bet on, Well, bet on both Cleveland
ana Elaine, did Sure thing, you know.
You don't sea how it was donei 1t was this
way: The morning after election the papers
said Cleveland was elected. 1t looked that
way, for fact n ID Blaine stock was pretty
low. But ! put up $500 tket morning on
Blaine, my tickets calling Tor about 81 800,
the average olds in my favor being two to
one. You remember how the evening news
changed the thing around. In the evening
tho Blaine men were jubilant and the odds
were nearly reversed. | saw scheme right
away, aud put up $500 on Clevelant. took
the shssrt side again, you see. My tickets
now called fer s. 900 In all--for 81, $40 no
matter which side won.
Next morning Cieveianl was OH top again
and Blaine was the short man at the pool
rooms But had no money, having put up,
my last dollar. Going to Rilsy ! says =
Riley, here are g., 600 worth OF tickets, each
half Of them representing $3.50, and ono or
the other half sure To win. You take these
tickets and go me creiit for $1,000 Riley
agreed and so put $500 more on Bo.ha.
the odds being in my favor two to one again.
/ saw right there that the news was being
manipulated IN New York to give the big
losers chance to hedge and also TO give the
evening papers chance to sell That night
Blaine again had the call at odds, and put
my remaining $500 on Cleveland.
"Just as thought, next morning Cleve-
hand was strong again The morning papers
bad real news. was tempted to put every :
thing on Cleveland, but made up my mind
that a man who wouldn't stay by sure
thing such as had was fool So Iwent to
Riley again AMI says: Here are checks for
1890, about 81 900 sure, no matter which
man wins. Put these I'm your safe and give
NE a card for 81, 800 He consented, and i
put 800 OF this on Blaine, getting odds of
three to one. That evening Blaine was
ahead again, and lot of Cleveland hackers
were frightened into hedging, and the crowd
thought Blaine was the winner. / put up
my $500 on Cleveland, odds Of nearIy;two to.
one. Next day betting was slow, and all on
Clevelani, and Iquit. When l sized up /
found | had invested 5000. II Blaine
should be declared elected would draw out
a., 800, and il Cleveland won would draw
81, 100 So you see had q dead sure thin21
Of big winner, with no chance at allmt~
loA rint tho only man that playedUhs
gamo hoss"
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-02
HOUSE BILLS,

I. A Joint resolution TO purchase codes and
session laws FOR the use of the Legislature.
i. An act TO define the boundaries Of Kidder
county
10. 4 joint resolution memorial to the Con.
grcss " the United states praying for the
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-02

The rebellion still goes on in the
Northwest Territory. Middleton met
the enemy, and came near beng theirs
The Canadian government has taken
steps TO provide land for the half-brceds
SO the prospects for a conclusion OF the
rebellion is good
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-02

GENERAL GRANr' : birthday anuiyer-
sary occurred last Monday He was
feeling in good spirits and tookhis usual
drive. Thousands of congratulations
flowed in upon him and birthday cards
and boquets were received by the
bIshpl
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-02

\ RECIPROCITY treaty with the
United states is agitating the minds of
the Canadians. Such treaty might hc
beneficial to St Paul and Minneapolis,
but Will not benefit Dakota.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-02

THE Russians and Afghaul have had
quite an engagement The Russians
were routed with heavy loss.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23

WHAT HAPPENED TO
Mr.. JOSEPH BEACH.
Stone in the Kidney Expelled nfscr
Using Dr. David kenncdy's ''Fav-
Orite Isemedy'' About
Two Weeks, itt.

One of the most remarkable cases that has
ever been brought TO the notice Of the public
ia that OF Mr.. j. s. Beach, OF Stone Ridge, Ulster
county, N. Y. Mr.. Beach had suffered since
October 18th, 1874, from the presence of Calculus
or Stone In the right Kidney. No less than
seven physicians were employed at different
times, TO whom Mr.. Beach paid hundreds OF
dollars for medical treatment, with only tempo
rary relief from his agony.
BY the urgent solicitations Of his friends he
was induced to try DIR. David Kennedy's
"Fayorile Rmedy"-experience u marked
improvement frOai the first day he began 10 use
the medl inc: on the 18th day of September he
voided stone as large as could be passed
through the natural channel
Mr.. Beach concludes long letter to DIR.
Kennedy by saying: SIT will ALWAYS afford me
pleasure to recommend the "Favorlte Remedy
TO those who may be suffering from difficulties
Of the Kidneys and Bladder, or any disorder
arising from a Impure state of the blood. The
"Favorite Remedy sol by all druggists The
Doctors only address is liondoht, Now ork.
FlR SALR nv
2 lanes Bell, SIKH, and MARKET atr.ets
N. y nariforfh, S.ASnh anh Narbai strsAdA
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23
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The Approaching Dog DAYS.

Sunday next, July 18th, will be the be-
ginning of what is known as the .sDog
Days" which precede and follow the
helacal rising of the star Sirius in the
constellation of the Greater Dog-in the
morning, which in the historian Pliny's
time was on the 18th of July. The
extreme heat of this season of the wear.
although TO us palpably the effect of the
continued high position of the sun was
connected by the ancients with the ap-
pearance of this star in the morning.
They considered the Dog Star rs raging,
and gave the time the appcllation of tile
Dog Days. The liability Of dogs to rabies
in consequence of the heat of the season
was connected with the same star though
there was nothing but accident in the
collision, and they butchered these nni-
mails without mercy. At Argos there was
festival expressly instituted for the
killing of dogs during the season. BY the
procession of the equinoxes the heiincal
rising of Sirius in the morning has been
changed to the latter end of August, and
in few Thousand years will take place in
the depths of winter.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23
DIR. cARyER rs. sUFEaLo, MIL
Bitter Warfare Between the Former
Partners.

New HAVEN, CONN, July l5.-"Buffald
Bill, ;" DIR. Carver, Nate Salisbury, three
cowboys and three Indians of "Wild
West Show" fame, together with several
lawyers, three county sheliis and dozen
deputies and constabl,,s, were before
Judge Torrance in the superior court
to. day, there being u hearing on the quesl
ton of substituting bond for the
1925, 900 attachment DIR. Carver has placed
on Buffalo Bills" Wild West Show fol
libel and also for malicious arrest.
After argument by counsel, bonds in
SIG, 900 were furnished in the malicious
arrest case and $4,000 in the suit fol
libel brought by Carver. Carver is also
under $l5, 900 bonds for libelling Buffalo
Bill in certain circulars he issued. The
attachments placed on Carver's show
caused it to break up in Willimantic re-
Gently. Buffalo Bills show is now in the
state, and he is afraid Carver will ruin il
by repeatedly attaching it, This il
Oarver's home, and so the Buffalo Bill
show does not visit the largest city in ia,
state. The former partners ARE bitterly
hostile, and denounce each other ii
strong language. In court to-day they
glowered ut each other with the utmost
| hatred. Z
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23
Pension OrrLce Appoln,men,s.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE President
has made the following special Civil Ser.
vice rule; appointments to the 15C
places in the pension Office provided to
be filed in the act of March Sd, 1885,
except SO far as they may be filled by
be separately appointed by the
conformity to the second section of the
act of January 10th, 1883, MS the need of
filling them promptly and the residence
and qualifications of the applicants will
permit" The section above referred to
provides that appointments shall be APP
portioned among the states and terri
tories and the District of Columbia upon
the basis of population as asccrtained at
the Inst preceding census.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23
wHr People DRINK.


SAyh Abume tne AtADkEs H.It. .
The why's and ''whereforesn of the
world wide drinking habit-the swallow
ing of strong stimulantsxh have, become q
subject of almost universal discussion.
Perhaps no more suggestive summary of
the reasons. for drinking has ever been
formulated than that given in a conyiyial
epigram of the seventeenth century
| t Good wine a TREND o. being dry;
Or lost we should be, by and by;
Or, ANY other reason why
The point Of the epigram is in the last
line. Wine" is simply euphemism for
something stronger, and the deceit is not
seldom in tile article that presents itself
q concoction with which the gr, pc has
had very little to do. The friend" who
10 o reason for drinking is such friend
that one might desire him 10 be ''better
stranger and the plea Of thirst to be
assuaged by An irritant of the fauces is
scarcely logical. ANY other reason
why" is like the compendious clause in
the title of an act for a certain unim-
portant end, and "other purposes"
''Other purposes" used to cover a wide
margin in legislation and multitude of
sins-and ANY other reason why" is
| equally elastic in drinking license.
| The regulation Gram in old times when
the dram was o conceded necessity, came
TO the laborer and to the clerk, TO the en-
ployer and TO the employed at IL O'Clock
a. IN. and at 4p. m. Perhapsa glass or two
was constitutional at the early dinner.
And after work or business at night in
diligence was regarded as eminently
proper. The ''night-cap" closed the
day, and by the progress of the fiery
stream gave promise of thirsty morn
the morrow. And that thirst and furred
tongue suggested the matutinal ''bitters.p
He asregarded rs q temperate man who
never so warmed his throat as to need the
''like curing like" to be necessary in the
morning. When once the ''before
breakfast" dram became habit and
necessity the patient was conceded to be
in danger.
Among the temptations to drink which
come under ''any other reason,p it has
been well remarked that the people of
drinking habits 'desire to accentuate
their existence and to divide il into chan.
tiers. They drink TO escape from their
own thoughts, or rather from conscious.
ness of vacuity. They drink for the sake
of a break in the periodical routine" The
hand OF the clock on a certain hour of the
day points them TO the decanter or the
SCHOONER" This break in the routine"
of daily occupation, or of daily idleness,
is accomplished by the adoption of a
worse and very dangerous routine. "A
slayish habit once permitted is hard to
shake of, and he is in perilous way 10
whom the timepiece has become the sup
gester of dram. iu 4sia5 :
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23
,rhe IndnsiriaI I,rohlen,.

DIR. Lyman Abbott says: There are but
three ways by which man can have any,
thing by producing ii, by receiving it MS
gift, or 10y stealing it. There is no
short cut To relief Mr. Henry George
tolls us that if We had community in land
all things will be- we'll, but Russia has
such communism, aud yet has the poor.
est pcasaltry in Europe. Another re.
former blames the use of machinery.
Some offer protection, but Germany has
protection; some free trade, but England
has free trade, and the pcasantry in those
countries are in misery. We must find
some way by which employment will be
more general and remlRnerative, and we
must recognize the principle that the In.
horer is worthy of II fair share of the
profits Of the work. As whole it may
be asserted that the working man has re.
ceived only bare means of living. You
cannot have great wealthy class without
having n large poor class. Wemu learn
m some way to distributethe wealth which
they have learned only TO accumulate and
concentrate, Politically our country is
democratic, but industrially il is aristo.
cratic. The poor miners in PENNSYLVANIA
complain that ten men can assemble al
Long Branch over their wine and cigars,
aud decide how mnch coal shall be mined
nihow many men shall receive nm oppor,
tunity to earn livelihood, There must
be something wrong in the system when
JOO, 100 men seek in vain for work.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23
A Good rexas Gotten Ou,Iook,

Houston, TEX, July Regarding
the season and general condition the
growing; cotton crop of Texas, Messrs.
Carson, Sewail X Go. of this city have
received returns within the past five days
from 42l correspondents, embracing ~
cotton growing counties. These returns
show the cotton averages two days late as
compared with the same date last year.
Sufficient rains are reported by
the correspondents, GO of whom
report rather too much rain in
their localities. The damage by
worms is very small throughout the state
rs compared with the same date last year.
The replies from all the correspondents
show net average Improvement of 80
per cent. The average hight of the plant
is 20 inches. One hundred and nine cor
respondents report the present indications
for crop us very good :" 1853 answer
''good )" 40 say average CROP" and re-
port poor indications.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23
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4. Damsels.
ST. Louis Republican. f14
The scene wns vivid and not without
prettiness. A fringe Of girls in very
clinging short clothes, their arms and
legs shining white anil their faces yiante
with jollity, hung about the lower end of
the tank where the water was shellowest,
sticking their feet into the water and with
little preparatory shrugs making ready
for the scream that was sure to announce
every drop made by swimmer from the
edge of the platform. ilf
Why do those girls all gather at that
end and hang back so long before they
take plunge " was the query put the
popular teacher. sd g.. ~8s. aa...
swell, that's their way. Womt al
ways stand and toy with their toes in the
water to feel its temperature down at the
shallow end; they are so different from
the men. Why the men walk straight up
here where they can get full depth of the
tank and make the plunge. That's their
way of testing the temperature.
A CLEAN of white round arms, raised
high, and dash of bright red raiment,
| dropping through tie air from the gallery
and sinking into the waters, which closed
| in little circling white and green eddies,
followed the words like flash. The jump
had been taken by Miss Clara Cecil, who
| is as graceful as trout in the water and
rs pretty as maid of old Greece. The
bright color in her cheeks and lips, and
brilliant black eyes and dark hair, by
above all her rounded figure set of her
her BRIGHT red dress, relieved only by a
trimming of white braid, make of her q
perfect picture us she swiins about the
pool or leans over the railing, her red
Neapolitan cap pushed back from her
moist locks.
Other girls there were who disported
themselves with grace as swimmers. IL is
noticeable that the most graceful swim
mers are NIL possessed of well-developed
limbs, while a gangling, knock-kneed,
sharp-elbowed girl or woman seems
always to be shying away from her own
angularity and cutting the water about as
a four .bladed knife would do.
"Do you think women ever learn to
swim as we'll as men ?" / asked trainer.
''No; they are always thinking about
how they look, while a man just goes in
for all the pleasure he can get out of it.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23
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WILD LADY CHURCHILL.
Western Lawyer says She Mas
queraded as ssEve'' lin Paris.

II
queraded as ssEve'' in Paris.
Detroit Evening News.
Yes, know Lady Randolph Churchill,
wife of the new English minister, we'll, ~
said an aristocratic member of the Detroit
bar, this morning. "She was a Miss
jerome of New York City, one of the old
jerome family, after whom Jerome Park
was named Pretty? Well, should re-
mark, and with more of the devil in her
to the square inch than in any woman L
ever met. Before Napoleon III. died she
was in Paris, and, being celebrated for
her beauty, was invited down TO the En-
peror's summer palace at st. Cloud to
attend q brilliant masquerade ball
Imagine the horror of Empress
Eugene when Miss Jerome entered the
reception hall attired as Eve. The inn
personation was exact in all its details.
Flesh-colored tights covered her well.
shaped limbs, and even the traditional
| tig-leaf was not omitted. You can Imagine
the dismay of the guests, and particularly
the Emperor. He had been soliciting the
Empress for week to get her consent to
inviting the young American girl. +
Eugene wouldn't stand it at all. She
insisted ON Miss jerome retiring. II was
regarded MS rich joke by the yount
lady, who hadn't an idea Of its impro.
| priety.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23
Chinese View Of immigration,

The New York correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Le,lgsr says The Chinese
consul, Mr.. On Yang Ming, is disposed
TO be more communicative, with reference
to the position Of his countrymen here.
than is his wont. In a conversation with
n representative of the tommercial. this
morning, speaking of the exclusion bill.
he is reported as saying that the Chinese
government comedies to every nations
atty the right to regulate the
question of emigration, and it has
no complaint against the United
States therefore for exercising that right.
He went ON to say; "We regard the mat
ter as course of legislation which was
dictated by political cxigrucics, and not
by any widespread objection to the
Chinese per Sc. OF course there NAV be
some persons in Olina whose sentiments
in regard to Americans may have been
irritated by the action Of tile United
States in regard TO their compntriots. but
do not imagine that this feeling is Mt All
common. Iii fact, the whole subject is
without interest to the average China.
man.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23
A Reading steam Collier sunk.

VINEYARD HAVEN, MASS, July l6.-The
steam collier Berks, Captain Odiorne,
from Boston, of and for Philadelphia,
arrived here this morning with the captain
and the crew of steamer Perliomen Captain
Wylie from Boston of and for Philadelphia
which vessel was sunk by a collision with
three-masted schooner about 10 o'clock
last night off Pollock Rip. The Berks
sailed for Philadelphia at 1890 to-day
with the Performers crew. The steamer
was of iron, 234 feet long, 81 feet wide
and 204 feet deep. She was built in
1875, was owned by the Philadelphia 4
Reading Railroad Company aud was en-
ployed in the coal trade. The schooner
was badly damaged and was run ashore
on Monomoy Island to prevent her
sinking.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23

Walls and sunshades cannot prevent the
summer sun from embrownlng your complex
Ions, but "GLRNN's SULPHUR SOAR" will speedily
lions. The great charm of this article H.. that
nobody would suspect the effect 1t produces TO
be ARTIFICIAL. Nothing can be more natural
skin, with the tlnge Of rose which il
leaves on the too pallid cheek. Be-
ware OF counterfelts. See that @. N. Crltten-
Ton, proprietor Is printed on each packet,
without which none Is genuine. Sold by drug
glsts at rs cents; three cakes 10 cents NHILIjs
INSTANTANEOUS HAIR DYE" introduced about
the same time with "GLRNN's SULPHUR SOAP,D
Is an equally valuable article. although ffty
per cent cheaper than the most Wanted Dyes
~ the market These two specIalties have no
rivals either In this country or In Europe
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23
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Proroy HOUSE,, New LONDON, Conn.,,
July 18.<Ths second annual regatta Of
the American Yacht Club saiied to-day
from Larchmont TO New London, was an
unqualified success. The day was bright,
the weather magnificent, and the sound
as smooth as the surface Of o prairie. The
chief feature Of the race as there was
every reason TO expect itwould be, was
the performance of the Stifstto, the latest
Of Herreshoh's marvels. q ile .i -
The Stiletto lay motionless alongside
the Atalanta, which was Of anchor about
half mile west Of the Cygnus, until
after the Promise had crossed the line.
Then she started forward spun completely
around the Atalanta, and went over the
line like an express train, with shower
Of delicate spray squirting from her cut
water, lather of foam on either side, and
the water seething in her wake. As she
went by the Cygnus the people on board
crowded against the bulwarks until TINT
boat was keeled well over. One minute
after crossing the line the Stiletto passed
the Promise, in another minute and a-half
she was abreast of the Lurline, still
another minute and she had passed the
Sophia, and in minute more she had left
the Utowana behind her. In each sue
ceeding minute she passed one of her
comp stitors, until there was nothing ahead
of her but the Radha, which had already
put a broad strip of water between
herself and the other boats. Il took
the Stiletto just three minutes to cross
the gap between the Lagonda and the
Radha, and then she was the leader, and
just ten and a-quarter minutes had elapsed
| from the time she started. Nor was IL O
temporary good day she gave them; IL
was permanent goodbye. The Radha
seemingly diminished rapidly in size, and
the other yachts disappeared from sight
below the horizon. With all this exhibit
ton of speed the Stiletto was carrying
only 100 pounds of steam, 20 pounds
less than she can carry with ease, and was
not hurrying herself in the least. AT
11.37 she was abreast of Eaton Point
Light, and the Radha was black spot
upon pillow of foam, and the rest of the
feet were out Of sight.
From this point, so far as the Stiletto
was concerned, il was not race, but a
sail. After passing the Cornfeld Light
the Stiletto slowed down, and ran at less
than half speed for about half an hour,
when the furnaces were cleaned out. Had
she been kept during this time at the
speed Of the remainder Of the run hei
time would have been at least 10 minutes
less, The Stiletto only measures 81 feet
but as her owner wished to have crack
at jay Foulds Atahnta he WIS permitted
to sail his boat in the first class.
The following is the actual time of the
yachts over the course as figured out by
the committee