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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-04

a. few days ago Colonel Henderson,
member of congress from Iowa, made
the most attractive speech of the session,
in which he arraigned the confederatea
fer their efforts to prevent union sol
diers from enjoying their pension rights
and openly charged Pension Commits.
sioner Black with falsifying the records
to the extent of ninety-three million
dollars to prevent the repeal Of the
act limiting the arrears of pensions act.
On Tuesday the confederates attempted
q reply, but Henderson was there and in
the end his opponents were
40 badly worsted that they retired from
the field in dismay. A correspondent
gives this statement in connection with
an account of the encounter:
As the democratic speakers proceeded
Colonel Henderson, stationed at con-
veniept point in the house, cl,nched
their Misrepresentation 30 often and &c
firmly that their eloquence fell fiat
Time and again did he ask both of them
in many ways, to answer his analysis oi
the vote against the increase of widows
pension, which showed that sixty-four OF
the sixty.six votes cast against the bill
were from the south. The nearest he
came to getting an answer was from
Maxey, who finally exclaimed, II an
not here to defend or explain the votss
of those who opposed an increase O
widows pensions. Every member o
this house has right to exercise his cwr
mind and vote, and these men are capa
Bile of taking care of themselves" 81
he left the feet as it stood, that the aolit
confederate element in the house il
against more lIberality in pensionins
union soldiers.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-04

Following the special message of
President Cleveland in depreciation of
Chinese labor outrages in the far west
comes al official declaration
that the people of China
are moved to retalfatory intentions be-
cause of such outrages While the
Mongolian element is an undesirable
one III our over crowded labor circles
and while the individual Chinaman is in
every way obnoxious to society and
detrimental to good morals, the Amerl-
,an OF average intelligence cannot but
admit that his violent expulsion from our
realm for the simple reason that he is a
Chinaman and heather is repugnant
| to that sense OF justice to which we have
attained through the liberal teachings
of our republican form of government.
| The Chinaman is not wanted and is not
| needed, but how to get rid of him and
be consistent is the problem. 1t will not
answer for nation possessing the pro-
gressive enlightenment of which we boast
to continue its exhibitions of brutal intol-
erance, and through murder, rapin and
incendiarIsm crowd from our shores q
class OF people who have come in re-
sponse to Americas opsn invitation to
the oppressed OF all the world. Our
sense of right and justice reyolts at the
barbarous process and we cannot in our
consciences find an excuse for its indul-
gence. The problem is rather serious
one, and our president in his specia
message fails TO furnish clue to it's 30.
luton. He recites the horrors of
the past years raids apon Chinese
settlements, repeats the illusions
OF hla annual message to the subject
testities that Investigations into the
anti-Chinese outbreaks fail to furnish
in behalf of the offending Caucasian any
mitigating circumstances, tells US that
the Chinese are non-aggressive, Law
abiding people and are entitled to pro
lection, asserts that the government il
bound to extend protection to them, re,
lates that all judicial proceedings il
their behalf have been but mockery O
justice, and hopes tina
congress will provide som,
measure of indemnity in behalf of tn
Celestials whose promises, have bee,
looted by bowling American mobs
This does not reach the root of the evi
tho cause Of the necessity for the sug
gested indemnifcation, Presiden
Cleveland, perhaps, comes as near to
christian like solution OF the question
as any of the rest of us christians
Ought we to expect him to do more, be
cause he is president of the Unite
States? Possibly not. Our mobs viii
go on expelling by brute force the Ce
lestials who are driving American labo
out of the market and taking the brea
from the mouths of coming Statesmen
and the tangle of the state department
will 60 on increasing its intricacies an
bewildering the feeble intellect of th
gentlemen who preside over the de-
TIMES of this republic. 1t will be inte
esting to watch the successive spasms {
the national patient under the almles
I experiments of its medical attendant
| fr
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ARGUMENT FOR CHRISTIANITY

ARGUMENT FOR CHRISTIANITY
An Argument for the Truth of Chris
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THE PORTUGUESE DONKEY.

Not long ago, during the yearly cruise
of the training ships, on which Young
boys serve their apprenticeship as sailors
in the navy, great numbers of pets were
picked up by them in the tropics and the
different islands and countries at which
they touched. They had hundred and
ten canaries, twenty parrots, nine dogs,
four cats, four monkeys, and last, but
most enjoyable of all, a Lisbon donkey,
very small, and well proportioned.
No better proof of kind captain was
needed than this love for boys and ami
mails shown In his Willingness to allow
the apprentices to bring their numberless
pets on board.
While the smaller pets were the prop
erty of individuals, the donkey seemed
to belong to all. He was scarcely larger
than a Danish hound, and chased the
boys when on deck, carried them on his
back, ran races with them, stood on his
hindfeet and put his forefeet ON their
shoulders, ate from their hands, and was
full of delight when recreation hour came
and his fun began.
The donkey was kept in little shelter
on the gun deck, near the captains cabin.
1t was the custom every evening just
after shutdown for the captain to assemble
the boys on the gun-deck, and the
hundred and fifty or more stood in line
and said the Lords Prayer in unison.
One day, early after the arrival of the
donkey on board. the order for silence on
the ship was as usual given about sun
set, when the boys assembled, and the
chaplain began the evening prayer. The
donkey, spying them from his little house,
thought that play-time had arrived, and
tried to break his bonds and get to them.
When he found he could not, he began
series of brayings that rang through the
ship like the yells of besieging buc-
cancers. Not sound of the chaplain's
words or the united voices of the appren.
tees could be heard.
The boys tried to keep grave, but it
was impossible, and the donkey had to
be removed perforce, all the while pro-
testing in a succession of uncanny
sounds, which, to the grief of the genera
tons of man, be it said, have never yet
been reduced to chromatic scale. When
the chaplain had given time for the
apprentices to recover their gravity, the
duty. was proceeded with, and short
time after the fun forward began.-Har-
per's Young People.
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A MISSIONARY PAMPHLET.

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ELY AND THOMAS'S DISCUSSION
A Series of Letters between Ezra Styles
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18mo. 286 pages. 30 cents.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-27

she was a real good mother to our mother
when she lost her own"
well, then, it ye wanted to ask her
why didn't YEP
"Mother wouldn't"
"Why not?'
"Aunt Prudence cast mother of be-
cause she married our dear father. But
l musn't talk about it."
"Tisn't any harm to say" added WILL
"that mother thinks that il Aunt Pru-
dence had been kind and helpful to fa-
Their, and encouraged him to keep the tenn
perance pledge he took before mother
married him, he would never have broken
it, and then got down hearted and
Will never finished his sentence. The
kitchen door opened, and in walked a
fine-lo liking man with an easy carriage
and a clear, frank eye. Katie cried ga
therp and ran to his arms, and Will well
coined him ioyfully; while the old woman
improved the opportunity to slip I'M
noticed into the be lroom. Then their
father sat down, and asked all about
"mother," and told them he had gone
away in despair of ever being worthy of
his wife and children, but good men had
helped him to hope, and induced him to
sign the pledge again, which he had kept,
and had found profitable employment,
but had stayed away to test himself be-
fore he set them to hoping, thinking
Aunt Prudence, who was rich, would be
kind to his family if he stayed away from
them. He ended by saying:
"But saw your advertisement about
the Lsghorns in the Infornaer, and found,
on inquiry, how you we're struggling on
unaided. So, now, have come home for
real Thanksgiving, because 1 am going
to do right, and stay with you and love
you and work for you and take care OF
you as long as live. AS to Aunt Pru-
dence, let her.
"Be forgiven and fill mothers place
to you and yours" said nice lady of
about fifty, with silky, brown hair, and
very erect figure, coming briskly forward
from the bedroom, and Offering her hand
to Mr.. Ames.
"Why, Aunt Prudence" he cried, TAX
ing her hand, sit is I, not you, who have
need to be forgivenl I'm rejoiced to see"-
A door opened, and Mrs. Ames, with
cheeks like roses and eyes like stars,
stood with them, to whom the husband
and Aunt Prudence both rushed at once.
You all see it much better than can tell
it.
$50 it was you, Aunt Prudence, who
saw my name in the advertisement, and
bought my Leghorns?" said Will during
dinner.
Eyes, and they are yours whenever you
want them. 1t was what Mr.. Lyman told
me of my granddaughter and niece that
led me to invite myself to Thanksgiving
You had moved; and I had quite lost
you, till I saw Wills name in the paper"
'Apd you weren't lame nor hungry"
cried Kate; "and the gray hair was false,
like your story and your grammar and
pronunciation"
"She was an imposter, children" laugh
ed the father, as he helped the honored
guest to the choicest of the feast.
"I was cold and wet, having walked q
mile from the hotel, and was trying to
get home; and l have"
$50 was trying, and I have" said the
father.
Kate and Will said, 'It all came of
making the best of Christian Regis
ter.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-27
Onr lyomng Reop1e.
THANKSGIVING TURKEY.

knew little turkey who
Was never satisfied.
He ate and ate, and grew and grew,
And wanted more beside.
His parents reprimanded him.
And said he'd come to grief.
Said he: 'Old folks are very prim,
And that is my belief"
He robbed the chickens of their share,
Assaulted Mrs. Hen;
And killed her only son and heir,
No bigger than wren.
He challenged Mr.. Chanticleer.
When he was but youth;
Then greedily beside his bier
He ate, and that's the truth.
He fought with ducklings and with
geese.
And kept them all in fear,
Till their was never any peace
When he was standing near.
He ate the farmers corn and wheat,
He ate the peas and beans;
He was greedy, greedy cheat,
And lived beyond means.
He grew so very corpulent
The farmer wagged mis- mead;
The barn-yard gossips said it meant
That fowl was good as dead.
And when to gobbler's high estate
He did arrive. at last,
They warned him ere 1t was too late,
To pause and think and fast.
He gobbled all their words to scorn
And went his greedy way,
Until. one co ID and frosty morn
Before Thanksgiving Day,
The farmer. OIL he did appear,
And with an ak he slew
That gobbler; but no single tear
His death-bed did bedew.
The fowls within the farm yard beat
Their wings and quacked and crew,
The farmers relative did eat
That turkey. So did you.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-27

lOmO. zoo pages. ~ centS.
This volume is well known. It has
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In series Of letters, brief, compact and
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-27

The claims as to the curative powers OF
Hoods Sarsaparilla are based entirely
on what the people say it has done for
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ell, Mass, for a book containing state
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-27

RUDIMENTS OF THEOLOGICAL
and Moral Science. By Rev. 1. d. Will
hanson, ID. d. Large limo. 1878 pages.
Q1 ~
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-09
our Educated Birds.

A handsome flock Of pigeons circled
over the tall buildings ON Broadway,
just below Fourteenth street, and finally
alighted in the top window of three
story house, the other day. Pigeons
on Broadway" said many passers by,
as they turned their faces up and
watched the flying birds.
"Humph! dem pigeons hev been dar
many year." remarked an old darky
as he trudged along A reporter decid-
ed TO investigate the pigeon question.
On the top of the building Mr.. Thorn
ton NJ. Bodman sat writing. He smiled
when asked If he kept pigeon rookery.
mo, ] don't call it a rookery, but
have pigeon room right here filled
with rare specimens. have fifty-twO
pigeons, and it took me just IL years to
clean out large lot of worthless birds
and find the best. 1t is merely pastime
with me. They are mostly boards and
bald-pates. Look how clean-cut their
color marks are and how smooth their
feathers. And their eyes and heads
ahl what degree of perfection and
how beautiful. We 90 great deal on
a beautiful-shaped head and a fine,
round eye, as we'll as the clean-cut color
marks. In years of careful selection
and pruning down common lot Of
pigeons can be made valuable. Now
look at that flying Antwerp from Flori-
da. He is cafrier-pigeon and very
costly. The United States government
is experimenting with them now in or
der to utilize them as carriers. Recent
experiments show that the Florida Ant
werp is capable of flying a greater dis
tance than any pigeon yet discovered.
One flew back to Florida, with mes
sage some nine hundred miles Five
hundred miles is considered long dis
tance for them to fly. The message ii
written on silk tissue paper and tied
around tail feather-stripped for that
purpose. Stripping single feather
does not interfere with pigeon. "AeU
York Mail and Express.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-09

1t is a well-known fact that water IN
the act Of freezing expands considerably,
and with force that Is irresistible 1t.
il the freezing of water in their crevices
and pores that causes the rocks TO be
gradually worn down and s.weathercd,
as it Is called, into soil It is this also
which is continually reducing the soil 10
finer fragments, and which breaks up
the hard clOds and mcllows the ground
Fall blowing or spading assists this IF
feet by breaking up the compact soil ill--
70 Jumps, which are further broken into
small particles. As water and air can
only act upon the surface Of these parfi-
eles, il is clear that the smaller they are
the more surface II exposed to the
weather. and the soil il made. soluble.
II block Of hard soil Of twelve inches
cube Is exposed 10 the weather, there are
864EqErare inches only Of II affected: if,
it Is broken up into cubes 81 one inch:
1O.368 square inches are exposed to
these beneficial influences: if the soil isf
further broken up IN fragments Of one
twelfth Of an inch. there are more than
1z4. 600 square inches thus affected.
This fact shows how greatly the effects
of frost benefit the sOil. and. therefore.
how necessary ii u that the land should
be Fall plowed. and opportunity given
for this beneficial action 81 the weather.
n The garden. even. al the soil possible
should ii spnkIed before i fre1 -
1Uifric1N .AQy3fi'Iksfflz
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-09
L0ngs.ree.,. STORY ADOa. ssephens.

General Longstreet tells the following
good story: Son one occasion certain
of the Confederate leaders were discuss
ing the matter of putting the negroes
into the army. was against the pol
icy, but those above me sent me over to
Aleck Stephens with instructions to try
to convert him to the policy of putting
the negroes in. / rode over from camp
TO where Mr.. Stephens was, and after
short conversation brought up the sub
ject was to speak with him on. No
sooner had done SO than he hopped up
and made speech of over an hours
length. You can imagine my feelings.
When he concluded and sat down We
talked of other matters for awhile, and
then casually mentioned the negroes
again. Up jumped little Aleck and
made another speech of an hour or SOS
length. |, lone auditor, sat it through.
He finished, sat down, and we had Il
short conversation on some other topic.
A third time ventured To speak of the
negroes, and up hoped the great COM
moner and made me another speech.
When he sat down | stole a glance III
my watch. 1t was o'clock in the
morning. bade Mr.. Stephens good
night and rode back to camp. i re-
ported that was perfectly willing 10
go on with the war, but If anybody
wanted Aleck Stephens argued into
anything they'd have to send some one
else-not me. "-AtldntG (Go. Constt-
fskki0N