davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12
volcano Dust as n Fertiiizcr.

Zealand, has proved by actual experiment
that the dust thrown out during the recent
volcanic ernptions is of a highly fertilizing
kind. He obtained samples of the dust from
three different places, and sowed a quantity
of clover and grass seeds in each. The soil
was kept moistened with distilled water, Sc
that no manurial elements might be impaired
by the water used. In all cases the growth
was.allnost as vigorous as in rich volcanic
soil. The rapid growth of the plants and
their color show that the dust is a benefit to
tho soil on which it has fallen.-Cleveland
Lsader.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12
sC0TT's EMULSION OF PURE

Cod Liver OIL with Hypophosphites,
Possesses in the fullest degree the
tonic and stimulating properties of the
Hypophosphites combined with the
healing, strengthening and ~fattening
qualities Of God Liver Oil in Q perfacsly
agreeable form, of wonderful value in
consumption, Debility and Wasting
diseases. IS,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12
The Veratct Unaaa,n,o,ts

w. d. Suit, druggist, Bippns. Ind, tes-
titles: u can recommend Electric Bitters
as the very best remedy, Every bottle
sold has given reliaf in every case. One
man took six bottles, and vas cured 81
rheumatism of ten years standing
Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellville, Ohio,
afirrns: 4The hest selling medicine |
have ever handled in my 20 years expert
encs, Is Electric Bitters." Thousands OF
others have added their testimony, SO that
the verdict ia unanimous that Electric
sBitters do cure. all diseases of the Liver,
Kidneys OF Blood. Only a hasf a dollar
ia bottle at Purdy Brecht's.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12

the Plaintiff in the
great case in the ST.
preme court of the
United States which
resulted in the cele-
brated "Dred Scott
decision. Atan
early age Eugene's
mother died, and he
was sent to Am
herst, Mass, and
placed in the care
OF an aunt, Miss
French. He finished
his academic eduaa-
ton at the age OF
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12

car--punp themselves through tne dang
arehway.
1t is Il poleiTsh business altogether. In
there is pitch darkness, except at the man
holes OF the ventilators. The men have taken
their lives in their hands. ANY forgetfulness
on the port of a gatekeeper, any misunder-
standing of c.yiers-such as letting the water
in too soon-and whishI they would be
drowned like blind kittens.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12
EUGENE FIELD,

The Talented Poet and Photographer of
Tho Chicago News.
Mr. Field is the genius who writes the
aSharps and Flatss' for The Chicago News,
and is one of the brightest paragraphers on
she American press. He is 50 years of age.
His father. r. NJ. Field, of Missouri, was the
attorney for bred Scott, the negro who was
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12

The vatican is preparing for the publ
cation OF an encyclical letter con iemn-
ing and stigmatizing the Italian govern.
ment. whose policy the letter will say
places the pope IN the power of a reyo-
luton which menaces his liberty.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12

In Central park are two reservoirs, and
there is q third enc down In the city at Forty
second street
Sometimes once a year, sometimes oftencr,
1T = necessary to inspect thu whole thirty
hye;miie length of aqeduct. Tile chief on.
gileer Ic,sonaliy goes Though it from end to
end, Occasionally it is allowed 10 run quite
empty, and the engineer and ,sorkme1-.rid-
lnrs machines that are half bicycle. half hand
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12

The best Salvesin the. world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblaina
Corns, aud all Skin Eruptions, and poH-
itively cures Piles, or no pay required. It
is; guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For Sale by the Excelsior Drug Store Of
Purdy & Utrecht.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12
GHERARpl.

promotad TO Take Charge of the BROOK
Ign Navy Yard.
Nowt TINT we are 10 have something that
may be chilled "a navy there is a stirring UP of
The officers at the training schools and naval
stations, as mere war saipS means promotion
and position for the many naval officers that
have been waiting for something to turn up.
Onn of the most rnceilt nromotiolts is that of
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12
a ,sas Alaa gahotaiaa
IN. g. e. e. Department
III. LOUISE TANNER. Epiro..

M. LOUISE IAANER, EDtIoHs
THE friends of prohibition are cordially in
: led to contribute to this department.. Com
niunioations to bo available must be brief. Adj
ieass the editor, p. %. Drawer, 1881
The regular meetings OF the w. @. 7. q. of
YanEton will be held at s p. M. on the first
and third Thursdays of each month, at the
Msthcdist Church:l
TIE SOLUTION OF THE LABOR PROBLEM.
Commenting upon tho speech OF
Fisiden, the anarchist, before Judge
Gary, the Chicago Tribane, alter
punctnring the absurd tailacyN Of abb
o!ishing the private properly system as
aremedy for the evils Of society goes
on TO show where the real troubles Of the
working people have their source. Be.
low are extracts from the editorial:
Tho great evil of our social system
ii not the private ownership OF property,
not t,se question OF hours aud OF wages,
not the "oppressions OF capital" so
much harped upon, but the crushing
grinding, killing tyranny of King
Alcohol. More than all other causes
combined ten times over the tyrant
alcohol is responsible for the poverty
and wrefchedness Of the laborlDg
classes in Americaa cities.
The consumption of liquor in this
country costs drinkers 900 millions Of
dollars every year, and OF this amount it
10 fair to estimate that the Wage-workers
consume one-half. Has Mr., Fielden
oyer stopped to think what a difference
there would be If the wage-workera
saved $4,000 900 every year, or in
vested il in homes for themselves? OF
the $4,000, 600 spent every year in
Chicago for liquor not less than &c.
600, 600 ,comes out of the pockets OF the
waee-workers, enough to pay more than
5000 new cottages each year and filed
with comfort. III this money were saved
there would be few iahorers' families
suffering from deprivation of airy sort,
few women in rags, few hungry child
rem, lew Respondent mon, few com.
plants about wages or the Oppression
of capital few idle men, and few
Socialists OF Anarchists.
How q 1t be possible that Mr..
Ftlelden, when searching sor the source
Of the evils in our social system, failed
to recognize this mpnstrnus end aniver-
gal one5 Was he man blind that he
coniu no1 see tnat AID alcohol Is re-
hponsip!e ZOE nearly every y tnat .s
oppressing me taporing olasscs; That "
~ aiconoi that ls debasing and de-
grading go many ge-Workera; that ~
Y eeping tnem IN poverty and de,
pravinR them Of sntioient food, fuel md
- 0sn 1 snaS M \ aloonoi %nich aeaus
the abuse OF children the
breaking mp Of homes, and TO She degrad-
alton: ,mpoyer,shment, and snifering Of
hr;aanam y Yhs n aa W. Wsns .9 me
not SEQ that ninety.nina nut Of avarv
hundred OF their wretohed inmates we're
asnt there by their appetite for alcohol?
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12
A Resolution

@N SSoo 4
For the construction of a sidewalk on the
north side of Fifth street along and in
front of lots 8 and 10, block 46, in that part
OF the city of Yankton known ga Central
Yankton.
Be ii resolved by the Mayor and Council of the
City of Yankton:
Section 1, That it is, and is hereby de clsred
! necessary, that the following sidewalk should
be constructed in the said city Of Yankton, to-
and in front of lots Q and 10, block 40. Central
Yankton.
Section 2. That said sidewalk shall be ak
upon the curb line of said Fifth street, II feet
distant from the adjacent lots above describ-
ed; and the said sidewalk shall be Constructed
Of Wooa and in all respects in accordance with
the requirements of the ordinances OF the city.
and plans and specifications to be prepared by
the city engineer, and approved by the mayor
and council. The said alongsides or
on a corner, made by the intersection of two
streets, shall be extended to the curb line of
the crossing street, or 30 az to meet and con.
nect with any, sidewalks row laid down, or
that may be laid down hereafter, upon such
crossing streets.
Section s. That the coat and expense of
making the aforesaid improvements shall be
betrayed by special tax, to be levied upon the
aforesaid lots, or parts of lots, bounding or
abutting on the same, in proportion to the
feet front of the said lots or parts Of lots sc
Section I. That said sidewalk may be laid
on an approximate grade to conform to the
surface of the ground. as designated in the
ss.d plans and specifications to be prepared by
Section 8. That this resolution shall be pub
liahed for four consecutive weekssin the official
newspaper of the city.
Adopted November i, 1855.
Il. M. O'BBIEN, City Clerk.
Approved this third day of November. 1ss6.
noV5-4w C.J.B. HAMRIS, Mayor.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12
THE CR0TON AQUEDUCT.
SOURCE OF THE WATER SUPPLY OF
NEW YORK CITY.
A Great Conduit of Masonry, Thirty-fire
Miles Long-Perilous Journeys Through
1.-THE Water of T~wenty-three Lakes.

We hear often in one way and another
about the Croton river, whence New York
gets its water supply. But not many per
zetis outside OF that city, or inside, for the
matter of that, have any very definite idea of
its whereabouts. 1t is associated in d mystic
rious way, i'll some minds, with creton oil.
1t is a very modest little river in itself. Its
Importance comes from the fact that ii is tha
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12
A Positive Written Guarantee
MbRRIAnE GHLhE.

Elegant cloth and giltbinding. Sealed for SOC
IN money or postage stamps. Over fifty wonder
iul pen pictures, showing who may marry, who
Manhood. Wosnaahood. PHYSICAL decay. Who
should marry. How life and happiness may ba
increased. Those married or about to marry
should read it,. of interest and value to evetS
thinking man and woman. Popular edition,
paper cover, Address DIR. WHITTIER
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12

outlet of twenty
three lakes of pure
soft water that lie
in the elevated re-
gion sixty miles
north of New York
city. These lakes
are so MANY natui-
al reservoirs in
which is stored the
water supply of the
great city of q mill
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-11-12

For the construction of a sidewalk on the
north side of Fifth street along and in
Of the city of Yankton known ea Central
YRnkton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN.
DOLLY.
CHAMBERS JOURNAL.

We were schoolfeliows, Do " and I.
AT 3 little dame school in the town close by;
L carried her books, and she held nv hand
Two Innocent children of Gods own band.
We would marry when we grew, up we both
said
Very grave plans for the time to come we
laid
A small boy l. and wee girl she,
In those bygone days-ah me! al me!
We grew-we were married-poly and 7
AZ the quaint old church in the town close
by;
The old farm was purchased, the fees were
paid
What a blithe young couple" tn neighbors
said.
And SO we were till the winds Flew bleak,
And chilled the roses on Dolly's cheek,
Ike the waning tide of a waveleSS sea,
Her life ebbed gehtly-ah me! ali me!
If you want to know why oftmes Sigh,
You must come with me to the town close
by;
You must see the church where the vows were
said
For my love is sleeping the quiet sleep
That The good Shepherd gives TO His wearied
sheep
And the world is not what it used to be,
Ere its sunlight faded for her and me.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

sheep to take what moisture they must
have by eating snow, or by drinking
water from ponds or troughs out-of-doors,
and often containing ice, or frozen over.
This Is not only cruel, but foolish as
we'll Nothing taken into the system as
food or drink can be appropriated Or even
digested, until it is warmed to the tenn
perature of the stomach, which is full
blood-heat or little more. And as all
the animal food comes from the consump-
ton of food, and at a greater disadvan-
tage to its generation, it seems absolute
foolish to pump water from wells from
which source most stock water is supplied)
usually at temperature as high as CO.
before it is drank by the lambs.
The rule, then, in watering and feeding
lambs is to give them plenty, to furnish
it clean and in clean drinking vessels,
and either to pump it directly into the
trOughs from the wells or to keep it in
the barns, where it will remain at least as
warm as it came from the well, and, bet
ter, if it could be artifieially warmed to
about 20 or IS before it is given to the
lambs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
Washing Wool.

The yOlk in healthy fleece is natures
preservation of the fiber, says the Wool
Journal. 1t is a soapy matter, with a
strong potash base, resembling no other
animal secretion; it is in fact, a soap with
more or less free oil. 1t preserves the
elasticity of the fiber and should be left
in the wool until it is wanted for manu-
featuring use. Manufactures well know
that secured wool, in time, becomes brit
tie and looses its elasticity, while unwash-
ed retains all its good qualities indefinite
ly. 1t is doubtful if anybody ever saw
moth in unwashed wool. It is, as rule,
free from all vermin. The per centage of
yOlk in healthy focks of even grade is
quite uniform, but varying in different
breeds of 25 per cent. in the Leicester and
other coarse breeds to SO to IS per cent.
in the very finest Saxon, the bucks always
carrying more than the ewes. The sys-
tenn of waahing in cold water on sleeps
back never results in a washed fleece fit
for the manufacturer, but only the eradi-
cation of an unknown and uncertain part
of the yolk, contained in the fleece, which
is thus changed into an understandable
commodity to be sold on its uncertain
merits as to shrinkage. The name or des-
ignatiOn of washed wool has ceased to
have any charm, and the sooner the prac-
tice of washing is entirely abandoned
the better it will be for the sheep and
their owners and the trade generally.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
A Modest Man.
Texas SiftingS.

Kosciusko Murphy is one of the most
polite and deferential meu in Texas. Not
long since while sitting at hotel table at
which there were several drummers with
whom he was not acquainted. They were
telling stories and laughing vociferous-
ly.
Kosciusko never smiled, but after an
excrutiating funny story had been told
and the drummers were almost speech
less with laughter, he leaned over and said
timidly:
"Gentlemen, my name is Murphy, and
if you have no objection l would like to
chuckle a little myself over that last
story"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
The Culture of Barley.
Country Gentlemen.

Barley is both awinter and spring grain
and can be easily changed from one to
the other. There are several varieties,
but all originating probably from the
same source. The most prominent, how
ever, are the two-rOwed and six-rowed,
which are subdivided into subvarieties
as Hudson's Bay, very early, and ripens
in short seasons; the chevalier, very sup
eriOr; also Peruian and Egyptian, etc.
In Europe the six-rOwed is preferred on
account of hardness ond productiveness:
the two-rowed is mostly raised in this
country, on account of its superior fullness
and supposed freedom from smut. To
| obtain the pest results, it should be sown
on very rich, we'll drained light land, such
as some of our alluvial riversides are.
Barnyard manure should never be
applied directly to the ciop, as it tends
to make it bnnchy, and increases fungi,
and barley should never follow wheat or
rye. It does very well-manured, clean
hoed crop corn or potatoes, or if a good
clover son be turned down i'll the fall, and
the barley plowed in shallow, so as not to
turn mp the sod; harrow and roll; when a
few inches high, roll again, to settle the
land and destroy insects. Sow about two
| and half bushels to the acre; I tried light
sowing, but found it waste of ground.
At harvest time it should be watched
very closely, as there is no grain which is
more subject to loss from SCATTERING than
barley often one half, and again it will
shrink if cut too early. I cut, bind and
shock like wheat. In choosing for seed
it should be of pale yellow color; if
slightly shriveled all the better as it shows
thin skin; the husks of the thick-skinned
barley is stiff aud will not cling to the
shrunken kernal within. Changes seed
eveay few years and see that the kernel
is full and plump. If this is neglect the
grain will get coarser every year.
Very sew men can judge by the grain,
after having been threshed, whether it is
two-rowed or six-rowed, as there is no es-
sential difference in appearances like
as two eggs. I took some of my barley
to several malt-houses in Baltimore, but
they could not point out the difference.
bought my seed last year from man who
had arrived here from Norfolk, Va, where
he had raised it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.
ANTHONY MoREHEAD, IN THE CENTURY.
Cruel and wild the battle;

Cruel and wild the battle;
Great horses plunged and reared.
And through dust-cloud and smoke-cloud,
Blood-Ted with sunsets angry flush,
You heard the gun-shots rattle,
And, mid hoOf-tramp ana rush,
The shriekS or women speared.
For it was Russ and Turkoman-
No quarters asked or given;
The ghirl of frenzied hate and death
Across the desert driven.
Look! the half-naked horde gives way.
Feeling frantic without breath,
Or hope, or WILL and on behind
The troopers storm, in blood thirst blind,
While, like a dreadful fountain play,
The swords flash up, and fall and Stay
Wives, grandShireS, baby browS and gray,
Groan after groau, yell upon yell
Are men but fiendS, and is earth hell?
Nay, for out Of the flight and fear
SpurS a Russian cuirasSier:
In his arms a child he bears.
Her little foot bieeds; stern she stares
Back at the ruin of her race.
The small hurt creature sheds no tear,
Nor utterS cry; but clinglng still
To this one arm that does not kill
She StareS back with her baby face.
Apart, fenced round with ruined gear,
The hurrying horSeman finds a space.
Where, with face crouched upOd her knee,
A woman covers. You see Kim stoop
Anu reach the child down tendery,
Then dash away to join his troop.
How came one pulse of pith there
One heart that would not Stay but save
IL eli that Christ-forgoGIen sight!
Was there, far north by NeVa's wave,
Some Russian girl in sleeprcbes white,
Making her peaceful evelafng prayer,
That heavens great mercy meath its cure
Would keep and cover him TO night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
Water i'll Feeding Sheep.
Rural New Yorker.

1t IS a very common notion that sheep
need very little water, some going even
so far as to assert that they do best if
| entirely deprived of it when at pasture,
and given but scanty supply when kept
on dry feed. Nothing could be more er-
roneous. Of every 100 pounds live weight
less than rs are simply water, and
every article of the solid part is taken up
by the ''absOrbents" only as dissolved in
water, and the process of digestion can
be carried on only when the forage and
grain are floating in water. The fact is
few animals drink more, in proportion
to their weight, and none drink so often
as sheep when the water is accessible.
Even when fed two full rations of roots
per day, they will be found, at the trough
ing many times day.
The water must be clean that is given
for drink to any kind of stock to have
them do their best. But while cattle Or
even horses, can be so accustomed to
dirty water, or that quite foul with the
soakage Of the manure piles, that they
will temporarily drink it almost in pref
erence to pure water, sheep will never be-
come used to such water, and will absolute
ly suffer from thirst before they will
drink even limited quantity. They are
quite as particular about the cleanliness
of their drinking dishes. Let a sheep
put merely its foot into one of these, or
let the shepherd wash only his hands in
one, Or let the least particle of manure
fall into it, and no sheep will do more
than snuff the water until the vessel is
cleaned and filed afresh. 1t is therefore
essential that the drinking vessels should
be so ploced that no droppings can be
fall into them and that the sheep can not
put their feet into them, and at least
twice each day every one should be look
ed at, and if in any way fouled it should
be emptied scrubbed out and reflled
with clean water
1t is common practice to compel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
A DOg-Goned Institution.
Texas Siftines,

"Look here, Uncle Nose, you ought to
shoot dat dog. He is gwine ter hab hydro
phobia sure,' said Jim Webster.
Uncle Nose, somewhat alarmed, asked
what were the symptoms.
He am afeared to drink water, dat am
a certain sign"
''G'way, fool niger! You haint drunk
no water yerself in de last ten years, and
you hain't bit nobody yit. Does yer want
me to take gun and shoot bofe because
yer don't drink water?n
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
A Primary Lesson.

Experienced Tramp Ito novice)-Now.
Bill, times money in this business SANS
any other.
Novice-Yes?
Experienced Triumphant so when you
strikes man on the street, an he stops
an says Sir an is very polite, dom
try to work him fur nuthin', cos you'll not
get it. Drap him to oncet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

ed through the after cabin door and what
do you think I saw There sat our mate
Mr.. Wood, by the side of our skipper. She
had her beard off. and Noticed then that
she had let her hair grow. In Mr.. Woods
lap sat the little boy. She was looking
tenderly at Mr.. Wood, and he was talking
to the boy as if he had made up his mind
to be very good to him-for his mothers
sake. Then | knew it was all settled.