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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

Furnished rooms to rent. For partic
ulsr inquire at this Office.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07
Offices.

Newly rettted in artistic style, for
rent in Dudley's block, corner of Third
and Douglas.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07
nr. Herbert coney,s announcement.

Vt SUFFCy . MISUNDERSTANDING.
Mrs. Coney will be in attendance for
the convenience of ladies at the bath
rooms in connection with the medical
institute, Bunker's block, on Monday
and Thursday of each week, between the
hours Of two and five pm.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07
Pr0nosals.
County Clerks office

County Clerks office,
Yankton Ceuaty, d. T., Jan. 4, 1856.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
- this office until Thursday, the 14th day of
January, 1855, for furnishing medical atten-
dance to the county prisoners in the county
Jail, and also for medical attendance to the
poor, that is county charges within the county
and city of Yaukton, and also to furnish the
necessary medicine for the use of such prison
| ers and poor. Any person so bidding will be re-
| auired to enter into contract with the county
for the term of one year from and after the
date of contract.
BY order of the board of county commits
' toner's. ERICk IYERSON, County Clerk.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

Send your orders for ice. l am pre-
pared to cut two hundred tons a day.
CHAs, WALIRAUM,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

County Clerks Office.
Yankton County. D.. IT., Jan. 4, 1886.
SEALEp PROPOSALS will be received at
- this Office until Thursday, the 14th day of
of the county board and other legal advertise
ments. Any person so bidding will be requir-
ed to enter into contract with the county for
the term of one year from and after the date OF
contract.
By order of the board of County Commits
sioners. ERICK INVERSION, Connty Clerk.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

we'll and c~istern, three lots surrounded
with thrifty young shade trees and o
variety of fruit trees, good barn. For
particulars call On II. j. Williams, OPP.
posite Steffin's livery, Yankton, Oak.
FOR SALE-A pair of new
Vineyard Roller Skates. Never
used but once. Inquire at the
Press and DaLOtaian office.
Money to Ian.
On real estate and chattel security.
G. w. ROBERTS,
Real Estate and Insurance Agent.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07
Chicago and Council Bluffs.

These cars are the most modern, complete,
and nIatinificenti Dining Cars in existence, ana
are managed and run entirely in che interests
of the travelling public, and without regard 70
furnished will include all the delicacies OF ,ne
season, and equal to those to be had at any
strictly first class hotel. Speed. comfort and
safety are combined. which render this the
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

For cheap bargains in Ice go to
CHAs. WALLBAUM.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07
Yaig ggess ana gakotaiau
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1886.
.OCAL OBSERVATIONS

All observations taken on 18th meridian time"
ar Department.. Division of kilograms, for the
benefit of Commerce and Agriculture.
Signal Service u, 3. A., Yankton, Jan, 7. 1885,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07
Annual Meeting.

Redpath concert company Friday
night at Turner Hall.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Three span of work
horses ranging from three to nine years old
one Tyler ~ Nissen 81 ring wagon, rearly new,
double spring seats, one Davenport suiky pillow.
used but little, | will sell or exchange this
property at reasonable figures for cattle ia or
young: Having lost 100 hogs l must get cattle
to feed my corn to. O. l. BROOKS.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

= For notices in reference to Special Exc
cursions, changes OF time, aad other items OF
interest in connection with the Chicago. Mil
waukee q st, Paul Railway, please refer to tie
local columns of this paper.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

FOR SALE-A large Base Burner Goal Stove
u for office. Good as new. Inquire at this
office.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

DAKOTA REPORTS-volumes / and g.
- Prce $3.50, Address, Bowen & Kingsbury,
Ii,nkton, Dakota.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

RULES. OF PRAC,ICE-Second Judicial
District, for sale ut the Press & Dakotaian
otsce. Price, twenty-five cents.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

Standard or central time.
Rivsr frozen.
Maximum temperature 1,0.*
Minimum temperature l4.s."
= Below zero.
I Melted snow.
E. d. THOMPSON,
Serg't Signal Corps, q. 8 A.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

MI UST BE SOLD-l60 acres one and u half
Iva miles southeast of Gayville- itice $3.50
J. p. HAYWARD, Real Estate Headquarters,
Bunker's block.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

EoS SALE-Four hundred acres of land,
a improved, len miles from Yanktan, on Clay
Greek. New dwelling house a0x2s, story and a
half; good well and spring. For terms apply
to NJ. A, BAKER, Yankton.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07

A PPLESi APPLEs-A car load of Mioai
IN gau apples just received at FL FARk s
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-07
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Wants.

{,Qok WANTED.-A woman to cook and
~ laundry. Good wages to com etent per.
son Add esq by telegram. u. l.. PRATT, Fl.
Randall, Dakota.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28

She VIA be dirty and dusty, the lit
tie"
"Neyer mind We will go down to
meet them"
Sue trembled, and Bertie's fifteen year
old eyes were red with crying; but they
descended together ''Your train rus
ties Just as Lady Macbeth's does In the
sleep walking scene" whispered the
youngest girl, and Florence took mo-
mentary comfort in this momentous re-
semblance.
The doctor and hi' wife were in the
hall; the carriage stopped; the door
flew OTen.
'Weil, nanny. here she is, cried
Jack--a big, good natured college boy
with an honest pair OF ugly gray eyes-and
out stepped wizened little old lady
with jolly kind face, for all the world
the prophecy of Sues at siXty-tlye.
"Why it's Emily! it's Aunt Emmie /.
When did you Gomez Where did you
come froml How are you herel'
"From England, on the S ythia," "
cried Jack, answering everybody az
once. II told Sneed to wire you, but |
dare ,ay he forgot Aunt Emmie's name,
| had only time to shout out to him l
wanted the carriage at the station. Why3
what are you all so dazed and solemn about D..
Anything wrong2 And you, Florence
What, my darling, crying when I've
brought you beautiful diamond ring,
with 'Fidelis mortem' as big as life in
side|-Isa 9. CdJet in, HarPer's Basar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28
Curious Features Of Mexican Life.

There is no end of curious things and
conditions in Mexico The people plow
with the pronged stick, such as was used
in Egypt and Palestine thousands of
yelrs ago. The cattle are yoked by a
horizontal stick, tied with thongs to the
hons it is said that there is not mol
ern OK yoke inthat country. The large
majority of the male inhabitants wear
sandals, which once put on are very
rarely if ever taken off One will see,
says correspondent of the Indianapolis
Journal, hundreds of laborers in the
fields, naked exc ept for al apology for
pair of pantaloons. The hat-the high
crowned, broad brimmed sombrero-is
the main article of dress. To this add u
shawl, and the average Mexican consid-
ers himself gJtup in style. The balance
of his dress or the lack of it, is of little
moment. A native will pay twenty-five
dollars for hat that will weigh five
pounds, as much for serape or shawl,
and one dollar will furnish his panta-
looms. If he has any money left he will
buy a revolver, and take the chances of
getting his dinner OF thousands of Mex
lean women Of the middle and lower
classes that we saw on our trip, not one
of them wore bonnet; but the universal
black shawl covered head and shoulders
The burro is the grand means of trans
portation, except the Mexican himself.
The Mexican porter will carry a load of
800 pounds or more; and the burro must
carry whatever can be heaped or tied
upon him. All the wood that is burned
in the towns and cities, the most of which
are roots dug out of the ground and cut
into lengths of about eighteen inches, is
carried to market on the b ;cks of the
blTros, as is also hay, milk-anything
and everything. The burro is the eX-
press wagon and dray of Mexico. Oc-
casionally, and only occasionally, one
will see cart or rough wagon, none of
which, however, have particle of iron
in their construction. The wheels are
cut out of solid wood, and the framework
is held together by wooden pins or ropes,
When considerable journey is to be
taken they carry an extra axle, because
as they never grease them they wear out
in short order. 1t is said that one can
hear the squeaking of the ungreased
wheels of cart train five miles. One of
the strangest anomalies to be found in
Mexico is that they use little or no iron
in their domestic economies, yet every
town of three or four thousand people
and upward that we saw had street
car line with T rails running first and
second class cars, their first-class cars
and their roads equal, if not superior, to
the street railroads of indianapolis, and
much cleaner.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28
WISE WORDS.

Charity is first mortgage upon every
human beings possession.
An open mind, an open hand, and an
open heart would everywhere find an
open door.
There is nothing 20 sweet as duty,
and all the best pleasures in life come in
the wake of duties done.
The most cross grained are by no means
the worst of mankind, or the humblest
in station the least polished in feeling
Let every man take care how he speaks
and writes of honest people, and not set
down at Il venture the first thing that
comes uprermost.
The real price of everything, what
everything really costs to the man who
wants to acquire it, is the toll and
trouble of acquiring it.
Let grace and goodness be the princi-
pal loadstone of thy affections. For love
which hath ends will have an end,
whereas that which is founded on true
virtue will always continue.
The warm sunshine and the gentle
zephyr may met the glaciers which has
bid defiance to the bowling tempest; 50
the voice of kindness will touch the heart
which no severity could subdue.
Times of general calamity and confu-
sion have ever been productive of the
greatest minds. The purest ore comes
from the hottest furnace; the brightest
flash from the darkest cloud.
Let no man think lightly of evil, say
ing in his heart: 1T will not come nigh
me" Let no man think lightly of good,
saying in his heart; "It will not benefit
me" Even by the falling of water drops
a water pot is filled.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28
A Swell Dinner in Turkey.

In the Oriental household there are no
fixed hours. no fixed habits, no regular
sitting rooms, dining rooms, bed rooms.
The divan which serves as seat or
lounging place during the day, serves as
a couch at night. Each person eats when
disposed to. Sweetmeats, sheI bets, and
coffee, particularly the last, are partaken
of at intervals all day long. When reg
ular meal is served, it is usually an SOC
casiOn' of some sort, and it is served in
courses. The greater the occasion, the
larger the number of courses. One dish
cOmp0ses the course. 1t is served on
large circular platter of copper or brass or
silver or gold, according to the wealth
of the host. This platter is place on
circular table of the same circumference
as the platter and about couple of feet
high Around this table the guests place
themselves either on Cushions or squatting.
There a,e neither knives. forks or
plates nothing but the huge platter,
which entirely covers the table; and
from this huge dish each person helps
himself with the first two fingers of the
right hand Never under any circum-
stances must l0Ou De toucneu WITH Wa
left hand to do so would be to defile it.
A meal served in this way con-
sists of anywhere from six
10 twenty-six courses. Some OF them
are rather nice; many of them very nae,y.
1t is hardly necessary to say that no wine
is served. The good Mus,u nun never
drinks wine-in public! After every
course tue sevants hand to each guest q
small basin containing tepid water deli
cately perfumed and a clean napkin. This
is very refreshing, and, when the manner
of dining is remembered, very necessary!
There is no lack of liquid refreshments,
but as this Is made.up OF sherbets of vari-
Gus favors, but all extremely sweet, one
is apt, aboat midway of the feast, to long
for draught of cool, clean, comfortable
water --Neto York. Mail and Express.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28
Blackbirds Used for Food.

There is large trade in Philadelphia
in blackbirds. Some years ago, when it
first began, very few birds were sold; but
the restaurants and private families
found out that tn birds could be made
tender and palatable by parboiling them
and then baking them in pie; and now
dozens Of punches of blackbirds, twelve
in bunch, are sold at the very best
game depOts. The adc continues from
April, when the birds come back from
the South, until early October, when
they leave this latitude; and all the
season through there is one unvarying
price demanded for this sort of
game, viz, twenty-five cents per ''bunch't, },
of twelve birds. The birds are shot byt
farmers boys and other sportsmen. As
the birds fly to their fee ling grounds in
the morning and back to their ''roosts"I
in the woods at sundown, and their line
of flight is straight, the gunners can fire
volleys into their tluttering foeks when +,
ever ttley come within range while cross
ing the country. At early morning and
an hour or two before the sun sets, tie
swamp and crow blackbirds, two very
different species, seem less wary AID
feed in the plow- in the field, or
along the banks of creeks and rivers,
where worms and fresh water shellfsh
abound, and then the volleys of shot
decimate their sable ranks.
Theoretically, there is no reason why
the flesh of blackbirds should not be-
used for food. They feed on cherries,
currants, fruit, grain and worms, just.
as reed-birds, doves, wild pigeons and
plenty of other palatable game birds do.
Black birds don't eat carton, and al
though they are polygamous, don't mate,
and lay their eggs in the nests of
other birds, they are not otherwise
different from other species. They are
noisy, cheeky and great pests of the
farmers who have cherry orchards or
grareries, and those who know black
birds best will set it down as an invari-
able rule that if they can steal ripe cher
ries tn y will not touch any other kind
of food. No country people eat
blackbirds any more than they eat
crows They look upon both
warbleFs with about the same sort of
feelings There is tradition in the
neighboring counties that blackbirds eat
carrion, but it is not true, though their
flesh is rank enough before beng par
boiled A bIackbird roost, that is, r
place where hundreds or thousands of
the sable feathered pests flock and
scream at night, is regarded by tillers of
the soil as local misfortune, and it
often happens that dozen farmers, with
their sons and hired hands, all armed
with guns, will lie in ambush evening
after evening, for several days, in order
to shoot the birds as they fly in, in small
black clouds at night, to a harboring
place of this sort. t.-Ne,0 York Nail and
EtpreSs
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28

,nly need TO be careful not to let the
cans Of dynamite drop, but in a strong
current it is pretty ticklish business.
SIN eighty feet of water" the diver
went on. II have sometimes used only
;he small pump, viii h is supposed to be
good only for very shallow water, and
in less depths l have dived and done
hard work with no air pump at all. This
is the way managed il; put on the
helmet, with whate .cr air it had in it,
and fixed in my mouth rubber tube
which connected with knapsack on my
back containing three pounds of caustic
soda. | also carried a copper tank hold
ing aboat Lundred pounds of oxygen.
You see | inhaled the air in the helmet
through my nose then breathcd it out Of
my mouth, pa sing it through the tube
into the Caustic soda. whence it returned
10 the helmet and inhaled it again. BY
means of another connection | could get
more oxygen from the tank when Il
needed it. With this apparatus put "a
Golfer dam under the wreck of the Hud-
son City about TWO years ago."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28

At the close of 1878 there were only
156 firms engaged in the silk manufac-
ture in all its branches, in the country,
of which 30 were in New Jersey, 81 in
New York, 25 in Pennsylvania, % in
Connecticut, and the Others scattering.
The total capital invested in the industry
was only $15, 988, S77; the total products
were valued at $40, 894, 874, and the op-
-erative5 numbered only 10, 651 By 1879
the figures given for the whole country
six years before little more than covered
the silk interests of Paterson alone,
which then had 102 firms and corpora
tons engaged in it, employing 1859
hands, with $9,oJ5, 800 invested, and
produced St2, l72, 005 worth Of goods
that year. Since then the indus+y has
made still further progress.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28

A mad donkey at Mentone, France,
has Just provided NJ. Pasteur with two
new patients. The animal, which had
itself been bitten by mad dog, attacked
its owner and veterinary surgeon who
came to treat it, inficting severe bites on
them both; and they both started i'm
mediately for Paris, bringing with them
the brains of the ass which had done the
mischief They are not the only sufferers
by the accident, which has cast slur, in
local estimation at least, on the whole
family of quadrupcds to which the
offending animal belongs. The noun
tain excursions on donkey-back, in
which visitors to those parts were in the
habit of indulging, have fallen into tenn
porary disfavor; and the donkey-boys
have been heavy losers by che hull in
their industry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28

American inquisitiveness and ingenui-
ty united have produced thread made
from the bic ssoms of the common milk
weed, which has the consistency and te-
nacity of imported fax or linen thread,
andis produced at much less cost. The
fibre is long, easily carded and may be
readily adapted to spinning upon an Or
dinary fax spinner. 1t has the smooth
ness and lustre of silk, rendering it valu-
able for sewing machine use. The weed
is common throughout this country, but
grows profusely at the south. The ma
terial costs nothing for cultivation, and
gathering is as cheaply done as that of
cotton,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28

Tobacco blindness is becoming a com.
mon affiiction, At present there are sew
eral persons under treatment for it at one
London hospital. 1t first takes the form
of color blindness, the sufferers who have
smoked themselves into this condition
being quite unable to distinguish the
color of piece of red cloth held up be-
fore them. Sometimes the victim loses
his eyesight altogether. Although smok
ing is to large extent the cause of the
malady, and so gives it its name, heavy
drinking is also partly responsible.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28

During the trip Of small steamer up
the Fox River, Wisconsin, which oc-
CARED one night recently, the crew was
startled by. hearing a German call out t:
"Vat you doing nit my hastnre" In
vestigation developed the fact that the
steamer had wandered with the food
over a portion of the Germans farm,
and the irate Teuton thought they were
about to rnh him
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28
WHAT TO BELIEVE.

He has no JOY who has no trustl
The greatest faith brings greatest pleasure,
And believe because must
And would believe in perfect measure.
Therefore | nd
To you, my friend,
This key t. open mines of treasure;
Whatever else your hands restrain,
Let faith be free and trust remain
Believe in summers sun and shade
Although to-day the snow be falling;
Expect glad voices in the glade,
Though now the winds alone are calling.
Have eyes to see
How fair things be;
Let Hope, not Fear, prove most enthrall,
ing;
And skies that shine will ofteuest be
Stret he'd lovingly DER thine and thee
Have loyal faith in all thy kiu
Believe the best of one an ,ther;
One Fathers heart takes ali-men in,
Be not suspicious of thy brother
If one deceive
Why disbelie g
The rest, and so all kindness smoiherl
Who the most locks for love will find
Most certainly that heart are kind.
Regard tie age with hopeful thought,
Not it, but thou thySelf are debtor;
Behol what wonders have been wrought
Believe the world is getting better,
Oh, BE- thou brave
To help, and save,
And free mems hands from every fetter,
Yet know that CHEEKY hopefulnes5
Is the great factor in success
Above all things, in God believe,
And in His love that lasts forever,
No changeful friend thy heart to grieve
Is He who viii forsake TIA &c never.
In shine OF shower
His blessings dover
The souls that trust with strong enleavor;
Believe, believe, for faith is best
Believe, and find unbroken rest.
--MariaHne FdrainghdmA
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28
Lucky HOrseshOes.

The superstition of luck in horseshoes
has been verified by the continued pros
perity of the pos3e2sors of the shoes
worn by Maud s. in her carly triumphs
as a trotter. One OF them, through the
influence of this "Mascot, as he judges,
married the woman of his choice, and
has been so triumphantly happy in all
other ventures that he has paid homage
to the mysterious talisman by plating and
framing it, and considers it the most
potent of household gods. Bair, the
driver of Maud S., had one of her shoes
stuffed into the cushions of his sulky,
and attributed his unvarying success
with the little mare TO that fact ---I,e'n
York Hour,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28

A curious flower was recently discover.
ed on the isthmus of Tehauntepec, Mexico.
1t has faculty exchanging its color dur.
ing the day. 1t grows on tree. An
other popularity of this floral chameleon
is that it only gives out perfume at noon,
time. One of the strangest things about
this flower, however, is that it should be
found in Mexico, when its colors are those
of the United States flag. In the morn
ing it white, at noon it changes to red,
and at night it adopts soft blue
color,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-28

Near Charlottt Harbor, Fla, is a coast
where one can wade over fifteen hundred
feet from the shore. In certain seasons
this place is alive with men, axes in
hand, who await the large fish that seek
the place as means of escaping from their
arch enemy the porpoises. The men
easily kill the fish with their axes, as the
water is as transparent as glass, and they
can see how to strike them without any
difficulty.