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Tenths, 81.
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APPROXIMATION PRIZES,

APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
loo Approximation Prizes of soon
500, 900.
loo Approximation Prizes of 500.
$4,000. :
too Approximation Prizes of SIS.
$500.
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IWEATH HER RECORD.

For Month of Fehrnnr Latitnde of
Medora. Oak, AB Dogs. 45 Min. and
10 Ser. North; Lon gitude, 1903 Dogs,
80 Min. and a Sec. West. Il
The following IS the weather record as
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Il Greatest snowfall at ono time, 4 inches, Pre-
vniling wind, northwest. Golden sunsets, 4:
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BISMARCK II STEAM LAUNDRY.

Headquarters in the Northwest for arst-clasf
work at bottom prices. Mail orders will receive
prompt attention. Is
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School closes this week. Arrange
ments will probably be made for another
term. 5.t: j;ss. Z I, 40
Chas. Cook has received large supply
Of oranges and lemons and we know
from experience that they are excellent.
If any one thinks Peter Book hasn't
good command Of the English language,
he ought to have heard his remarks when
he found he had up his three hundred
yard sight ct the two hundred yard
range. s, KS;
AS spring opens up and our people be-
ginagaint to p1aa llliieif summers work,
We: eansee that Msdora win more than
keep up her reputation Of being the best
ttoWnon the road, IN proportion to her
lsize. Many buildings will be erected
land new businesses will be established.
a prominent characteristic Of western
life was exempli ield Gin the rattle last
night. Although the rife and outfit were
not worth . quarter Of the amount
realized for IT, eyeryone, and especially
the working men were eager to help ont
the unfortunate man lying on a bed Of
suffering and all did their share and
stood ready and willing to do as much
more. In this connection it may be well
to notice the generous donation Of $50,
tgIYsn BY w B. Wright, before any other
attemDt toTaise funds was made. Ii Il
Frank Walker, an account 81 whose
accident We published last week, Is today
resting easily. 1t was found necessary
yesterday morning to arnputate the. leg,
thu anputa alton being performed by the
ATTENDING physician, Or. hobart. The
patient stood the operation well and Is
improving since. After Incorporation 1t
was found that tie bones had been 30
shattered that ii would hayo beenim-
possibIe To save the Isg III any event.
The opera Hon was q complete susceasand
q septic poisoning does not ut id there
Is every chance of recovery. pTOSided
leysrything ii fayorabIe tho patient will
HE Dit pc eE1tcles ID three or four weeks.
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breaking. 1t ii not likely that the bot
tom ice will break for some time.
Willis Eaton descended on us like
wolf on the fold Monday. He had to be
introduced to his most intimate friends.
MesIs. Ayers and Maxwell have gone
]. east on a pleasure trip of a week or two.
Nv. b. Ladd is taking Maxwell's place
during his absence. 4. N. }:.;5s 4
Gold Turkey Bill' came in from
North Grand stage station, Wednesday,
has been posing as dude since and will
start back to his station soon. sj
Chaa. Cook has a descriptive catalogue
and price list Of all kinds Of meerschaum
! goods. Any one des.ring an article in
that line would do well to call on him. 81
Mitch wants it distinctly under.
stood that he has buried the Ratchet and
any further attempts to beguile him
from the path Of rectitude will be fail
ures.. 3i55
IL any one thinks that the six-eyed
/ beauty, who runs confectionery store
ina town not far from Medora, amt a
darling let them come and witness the
next ride contest. 5ss55$
Nest Of the foundations have been laid
under the hotel de Mores, the partitions
have been knocked out and work is to be
pushed vigorously as soon as the weather
1 becomes settled. s5sss55.: 5s.
The new roller rink is rapidly nearing
completion and will be opened with a
dance some evening next week. We
I coud suggest making it a pillow case
ball. We understand the rink viii be
mananged by Mr.. Deffebach.
The second shoot in the first series of
3,five.f for the rifle comes off next Saturday
! at 100. All those who may wish to
enter now and were not in the last con-
test should be on hand, early, by one
O'Clock at least, to make up for the one
\ omitted.
George Carver is telling the following
\ story: The Doctor came up from Dick
inson Tuesday and brought little red
baby that don't like a bit. He may be
good some time to play with but he's too
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358 VIC. Smith has again gone of on one
/. of his meek OF nothing expeditions.
! He started last night for e point several
4 hundred miles above Fort Bnford and
III. nrissonr; y sloot;;na haaysr = coon : !
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ISsss "a
# The rattle last night for Frank Walkers
ride belt and knife g was the largest that
has yet been held IN the COUNTRY. Every
man who was IN VI town was e seen s BY
Johnny Munro and al put their names
down y with one sor Two exceptions "a
hundred and tWenty-folr chances were YER
sold and the outflt was fnally won By
sakrank laateia, ms proceeds VIII Pc g
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]. NO. 70.

And she said in regards to heaven,
we'd try and learn its worth,
By starting branch establishment
and running it here on earth.
"1'hat night I knew the last record
he took to his higher sphere,
Was Betsy, wife, are you sorry 2
Husband, ! am glad you are
here 7
"And so we sat a talkin' three
quarters of the night,
And we opened our hearts to each
other until they both grew
light, - r1.ts@z..Es
And the days when I was winning
her away from so many men,
Was nothing to that evening when
! courtcd her over again."
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limited States Marshal's Sale.

Hari"d'Eiar A. D1npm No.
Charles d d. pnzippi. 1o7so.
In the United States Circuit Court
for the Eastern District of
Louisiana.
Pr virtue Of a writ of feri facias
to me directed in the above entitled
suit, | will proceed to sell to the
highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, the 7th day Of MARCH,
1885,
at II o'clock q. M, at the door of
the Court House in Alexandra,
La, the following described prop
srty, viz:
A certain tract OF land together
With all the buildings and improve
ments thereon, rights, ways, servi-
indies, privileges and advantages
thereto belonging or in :anywise
appertaining, situated, lying and
being in the Parish of Rapides in,
this State, and known as the Long
place, containing about twelve lsun-
ared and seyentv-tlree (I273( ar
penis, be the same more or less,
fronting on Bayou Rapides about
twelve miles from the Town Of
Alexandria, bounded on the lower
side by the Old Walker place and
on the upper side by the lands of
the heirs of Frank Bynum, being
the plantation formerly worked by
G. Mason Long, and upon which
he resided, being the same property
which was acquired by Charles A.
Phillippi, the present owner, at a
public sale thereof, made on the
2lth day of February, 1877, by
Nicholas J. Hoey, duly licensed
auctioneer of New Orleans, under
and by virtue of an order of the
United States Circuit Court for the
District of Louisiana, rendered in
the matter Of the liquidation of the
consolidated association of the
planters of Louisiana, No. sO14 of
the ] {, docket of said Court, as will
iasy appear by the process verbal of
sale of said Anctioneer delivered
to said G. A. Phillippi, and by him
caused to be recorded in the con-
veyance office in said Parish of
kapldes in book +, folio 305.-
seized in the above suit.
Ierms-Cash.
United States Marshal's Office,
.als the 3lst day of December,
1884. JAMES C. WEAKS,
United States Marshal Western
District Louisiana.
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And Betsy, like all good women,
had a temper of her own.

i"The first thing l remember when,
ever we disagreed
Was something concerning heaven,
a difference in our creed;
We argued the thing at breakfast,
we argued the thing at tea,
And the more we argued the ques-
ton the more we didn't agree.
"The next thing that remember
was when we lost a COW;
She had kicked the bucket for GER
tain, the question was only
how?
l held my own opinion, and Betsy
another had,
And when we were done talking,
we both Of us was mad.
"And the next that remember, it
started in a joke,
But full for a week it lasted, and
neither OF US spoke;
And the next was when I.scolded,
because she broke a bowl,
And she said'I was mean and stin-
gy and hadn't any soul.
"And 50 that bowl kept pouring dis
sensions in our cup;
And so that blamdd COW critter
was always coming up;
And SO the heaven we argued no
nearer us got,
But it gave us a taste of something
a thousand times as hot.
"And SO the thing kept making,
and all in the self-same way,
Always something to argue and
something sharp to say,
And down on us cann the neigh
bors, couple dozen strong,
And lent their kindest service to
help tho thing along.
"And there has been days together
and many weary week
We was both of us cross and spun
Ky, and both too proud to
speak /;
And I've been thinking and think.
ing the whole of the winter
and fall,
If can't live kind with a woman,
why then l won't at all.
"And so I've talked with Betsy,
and Betsy has talked with me,
And we have agreed together that
we can't never agree;
And what is hers shall he hers,
and what is mine shall be
mine
And I'll put it in the agreement,
and take it to her to sign.
"Write on the paper, lawyer, the
very first paragraph,
OF all the farm and live stock that
she shall have her half,
For she has helped to earn it,
through many weary day,
And its nothing more than justice.
that Betsy has her pay. IT,.
"Give her the house and home
stead-a man can thrive and
roam,
But women are skeery critters, I'M
less they have home; 4
And | have always determined,
and never failed to say, 9Te
That Betsy should ne'cr want a
home if l was taken away. |
"There is a little hard money that's
DRAWN tol'rable pay,
A couple of hundred dollars laid
by for a rainy day,
Safe in the hands Of good men, and
easy to get at,
Put in another clause there, and
give her half of that.
eyes, I see you smile, sir, at my
giving her so much |
Yes, divorce is cheap, sir, but I
take no stock in such
Sv,
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"BETSY AND I ARE OUT"
Editor Democrat -

\ 1Lttt" LCPoOCs
AS the poem which will form the
subject of the present notice has
aroused con troversy not the less
bitter than the famous one relative
to that ballad which lies embalmed
in the hearts of thousands, "All
Quiet Along the Potomac To-
Night" some mention of it may
prove interesting to the reader who
desires to keep posted as to the lat
est topic on the literary tapis.-
Just one year ago, one summer
morning, along with the birds,
bees, ripe peaches and other deli
cacies of the season, Ha,peys Week.
y "spread through the land a brand
new poem for brand new pam"
On the first sheet Of paper, finished
in that perfection of style which
has made so enviable a reputation
for the great firm of Franklin
Square, was a large engraving.
Scene, a law office persons. q law
yer and his client. The former
pausing, pen in hand, as he sat at
his desk, presents the same paucity
of beard, trimness of attire and
general air Of smartness and per-
feet dissatisfaction that form the
distinguishing attributes of the pre-
sent phase of his profession. OPP
posite him, one hand pressed hard
upon bis high forehead while the
other is raised, and, with extended
forefnger, gives q sad significance
to the words that tremble on his
lips, is q man. And such man
Old, without being aged; earnest
to intensity, and with a grand sim
plicity about his Bonded head, re-
minding one of the superb painting
of Ezekial in RaphaeFs cartoons,
which compels reverence to the
manliness of the man quite as much
as the tender sadness in his eyes
awakens sympathy and asserts that
his sorrow is of no common kind.
Under the picture the words-"Bet-
sy and l Are Out" AS the poem
has been and is one of those splen-
did successes that set the length
and breadth of the land ablaze,
and contains SO much of the geuine
freshness of nature that repetition
only enhances its merits, we give it
entire as it appeared on the occasion
of its first printing:
"Draw up the papers, lawyer, and
make 'ern good and stout,
For things at home are crossways,
and Betsy and I are ont,
We who have worked together so
long as man and wife,
Must pull in single harness for the
rest of our nat'ral life.
"What is the matter, say you ?" ~
swear its hard to tell,
Most of the years behind us we've
passed by very we'll
| have no other woman, she has no
other man,
ONLY we've lived together as lOnr
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LA, FEBRUARY %, 1886.
eral other chaps,
And all of them was flustered and
fairly taken down,
And 7 for t;,,o u.o, ,o,n4,l a..

fairly taken down,
And ] for a time was counted the
luckiest man in town.
E!And once, when l had a fever-l
won't forget it soon
| was hot as busted turkey and
crazy as a loon,
Never an hour went by me when
she was out of sight,
She nursed me true and tender, and
stuck to me day and night.
"And if ever a house was tidy, and
ever a kitchen was clean
The house and kitchen was tidy as
any / ever seen;
And | don't complain Of Betsy or
any of her acts,
Excepting when we've quarreled
and told each other facts.
$50 draw up the papers, lawyer,
and I'll go home tonight,
And read the agreement to her and
see it its all right;
And then in the morning III sell
to q trading man l know,
And kiss the child that was left us.
and out in the world I'll 90.
Z" And one thing put in the paper,
that first to me didn't occur,
That when I am dead at last she'll
bring me back to her,
And lay me under the naples !
planted long years ago,
When she and was happy, before
we quareled SO. ),
"And when she dies I wish that she.
would be laid by me-,
And lying together in silence per-
haps we will agree;
And it ever we meet in heaven, /
wouldn't think it queer,
If we loved each other the better
because we quameled here.
"And then I'll sell in the morning
to a trading man know,
And Pll kiss little Bessie and out
in the world III go;
You see that's one great reason I
couldn't divorce my wife;
'Twould be a disgrace to Betsy for
all the, rest of her life"
''But looking along the paper, the
next thing that l read,
Was Lay us under tho naples to-
gether when we're dead"
Then | knew the one choice left
me was a flood Of tears or
tongue,
So l told him I wouldn't sign the
thing to save him from being
hung.
!" In his mean old farm and live
stock 4 scorned any part or
share
was going home to my mother,
and twas none of his business
-therew 7th
'Then Betsy she got her specs
from off the mantle shelf, \
And read the article over quite
softly to herself s asf
Read it by little and little, for her
eyes is getting old,
And lawyers writing amt no print,
especially when its cold.
'And after she had read a little,
she gave my arm a touch,
And kindly said she was afraid |
was lowing her too much.
But when she was through she
went for me, her face astream-
ing with tears,
And kissed me for the first time in
over twenty years. CESS
Il don't know what you'll think,
sir; | didn't come to inquire,
But | picked up that agreement
and stuffed it in the FIRE; a4,
And told her we'd bury the hatch
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Was nothing to that evening when
! courtcd her over again."
A Very Remarkable Case.
Mrs. Henry Ellis, No. 500 Scott
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Mr.. G. A. Prochl, New Portage,
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"My wife has been sick for abo' t
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jon Printing Of every descrip.
ton neatly executed as this o&te.
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A Handsome Compliment.

The New England Farmer publish
ed at Boston, one Of the best agricul-
tural journal in the country, paws the
following compliment to the reports
Of the Wisconsin State Agricultural
Society, but is also a tribute TO the
resources of Wisconsin,:
From Clinton Rabbit, secretary,
we have received a copy Of the Wis
consin State Agricultural, Horticul-
tural and Dairymen's Associations re-
ports for the year 1SS3-a neatly
printed and substantially bound vol
ume of 825 pages If the agricultural
character Of state may be Judged by
the value Of its annual agricultural re-
ports, Wisconsin can be behind none
Of her sister states as place to emf
crate to, or to remain in when there.
1t is really refreshing to read the re-
ports of her public meetings where
the farmers and professors from the
agricultural schools meet to discuss
subjects of general interest.
In no public debate have we seen
the vexed questions Of free trade and
protection more earnestly, nor more
ably discussed, than in the agricultural
meetings Of the farmers. Eastern men
who propose to go West and grow mp
with the country, will have to travel
beyond Wisconsin to find a place to
begin as pioneer farmers. The best
variety Of apples, pears, and the small
fruits; the means for destroying injur-
ious insects; the best methods Of dairy
ing, and how to educate the children,
and keep the boys at home on the
farm" are questions that are discuss
ed, with all the interest and familiar
ity to be expected in the oldest East
ern states"
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BUYING TEE E.EGEGE.&TG.E.
a scry Grea. yrrenase for Vcr,
Snsa4; Amount.

The State legislature commenced is
first biennial session Wednesday, Jan.
A. The Milwaukee Sentinel makes a
proposition By which those in the hum
blest circumstances, who could never
hope to purchase a Legislature" can
at least purchase the proceedings Of
such Il body, 1t offers TO send The
Daily Sentinel by mail till the close of
the session for only two dollars. *
this session is likely 10 last five or six
months, it takes the chances of having
TO publish the lowest priced daily in
the country. The Weekly Sentinel
will be sent till the close Of the session
for twenty-five cents.