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, 1888-01-18
A We'll Known City Character.

A gentleman happened in u Clinton
street saloon tho other evening when q
man with one leg, 8 long ulster, n dilapi-
dated hat and crutches entered. The
gentleman was surprised to find that all
conversation suddenly ceased, and as the
newcomer sat down there was q general
rush made for him from all parts of the
saloon, addressed him as boss and nearly
all requested a loan. The boss then ap-
preached the bartender, and that worthy,
in response to q mumbled request,
handed tho boss q small iron safe, from
which the boss took o quantity of coins
and distributed them among tho men
around him, carefully making note of it.
A few moments later the boss left, and
the gentleman questioned the bartender.
II tell you how it is, said the dis
penser of liquids. ''The fellows you saw
around the boss are peddlers of shoe laces,
matches and that class of goods. When
they get broke, they come hero and bor-
row a quarter or o half dollar from the
boss and he charges them from two to ten
cents interest per day. If they don't pay
up he never lends them again, but they
seldom fail to pay him what he asks,
and he makes considerable money!
New York Evening Sun.
, 1888-01-18

ut IL singular thing said n Ii ami.
ger of arc lamp systcmg, THAT accidents
usually happen to men who are more OF
less familiar with electricity. They got
so used to manipulating the apparatus
that they sometimes become careless, iut
ms the brakeman who regularly Jumps on
n moving train gets careless sometimes
and suffers the inevitable consequences.
Fooling with electricity is like fooling
with red hot iron. Nobody but an idiot
would think of handling heated iron
without proper implements, and nobody
should handle exposed electric wires
without rubber gloves, or allow any de-
feet in insulation to so unrepaired n mo-
ment. The accidents that happen are all
to be tracc'l to carelessness, either in
neglecting repairs or in handling the ex-
posed charged wire. We reduce danger
to tho minimum by insulating all our
wires that run indoors with rubber, and by
hanging the wires that run through the
streets, and which are insulated with
material made chiefly to resist the effects
Of tho weather, away up il the air where
pee. 10 can't readily get ut them. That
Is all the safeguard thct it is possible to
throw about this wonderful secret force
Of nature. With such safeguard we can
run MS much rs 1000 volts of electricity
along u wire safely. When some of the
electric supply is desired to light a build
ing a,ong the route Of the street lights,
n shunt or guard box is laced at the en-
trance of the building, and separate sup
ply wires arc run from the inside. Then
only rs much electricity as is wanted to
light the building goes into it, and the
rest i3 diverted by the shunt and carried
back to and along the street lines. As
an average only 200 volts of electricity
is carried on tho street wires. and very
few buildings require SO many lamps that
the current sent to supply the lamps is
really dangerous, even if the insulation
of the wires were imperfect New
York Sun.
, 1888-01-18

Most to be deprecated is the constant
growth of European and American drink
ing customs. The native sake or rice
wine, with about the strength of table
sherry, was bad enough when used to
excess, but Japan today is being flooded
from abroad with alcoholic drinks, good,
bad and indifferent 1t is impossible to
find n town of any Importance in which
there are not large shops filed with beer,
wine and distilled spirits bearing the
marks Of western makers.-Cor. Cincin-
matt Commercial Gazette.
, 1888-01-18

The Hon. George West, of Balston Spa,
Is il possession of a curiosity in paper
sent him by n friend in Hong Kong.
China. 1t il a sheet II by II inches,
made from the web of the sacred white
spi lcr' of tho Flowery Kingdom. 1t is
as light as air and almost as transparent,
but is also beautifully printed, and CON
tains about the equal of two columns of
matter, giving in English the story of
'.Iow Milahipman Copplestone was
Present at tho Court of Pekin." Mr..
West has made the manufacture of paper
his life work and study, but it is safe to
say that he never ran n spider web paper
factory.-The ~Saratogian.
, 1888-01-18
nlood prInkcrs Of rnrIs.

1t is in the Hebrew section Of the
slaughter house that you see the blood
drinkers, who come regularly every day
to drink their glass Of warm blood, the
first blood that gushes from the throat of
the animals slaughtered by the schohtim,
a sovereign cure for anUmia. \ few
years ago the famous dancer of the opera,
Rosita Mauri, used to come regularly to
the slaughter house to be treated, not for
annmia, but for n sprained ankle. BY
the counsel Of an old habitue Of the opera,
who had seen Fanny Ellslor suffering
from n similar accident, Rosita Mauri
plunged her sprained ankle every morn
ing in the warm entrails of a newly
killed calf. \ fortnight of this horrible
treatment cured the ballerina of her
sprain.-Paris Cor. New York Sun.
, 1888-01-18
Controlling n Spirited Horse.

An interesting experiment was tried
not long ago at the veterinary school Of
Harvard university in attempting to con-
troll q spirited horse by nm electric bit.
The horse was considerable of q %trotter,
but had u disagreeable way of boiling
and breaking. DIR. Harrison, of the
school, procured q Galvano-F aradic bat
terry of small size and extended two
slight wires from it along the reins to
the bit of the bride, they being termin-
ated in small knobs. This was applied
to the horse, care being taken to use it
in connection with the words "whoa"
and STEADY" The animal, after q few
experiments, became docile and his
''bolting'' ceased. He was tried under
circumstances calculated to excite him,
and the experiment proved perfectly sat
isfactory here, too. The experiment is
one of considerable Importance, since,
though it has been tried in France, it has
not been performed in this country be-
fore.-Public Opinion.
, 1888-01-18
Wearing Light soled Shoes.

l know that it is contrary to precon-
ceived notions, but it is the fact all the
same, that the feet can be kept warmer
in cold weather by wearing a shoe with
u light sole than a thick one, With the
light sole the foot has a chance to work,
thereby keeping up a circulation. This
applies, of course, only to dry weather.
When it is wet and rubbers are necessary,
it is best TO wear 4 single soled shoe in
side. In the summer the thick sole
should be used, for it keeps the heat of
the pavement from striking through to
the eet.-Globe-Democrat
, 1888-01-18
BEFORE H RAIN.

The blackcaps pipe among the reeds
And thereu be rain 10 follow;
There is n murmur as Of wind q
In every coign and hollow;
The wrens do chatter OF their fears
While swinging on the barley ears.
Come, hurry, while there yet is time,
Pull up thy scarlet bonnet.
Now, sweetheart, as my love Is thine,
There is n drop upon II.
So trip 1t ere the storm hhg weird
Doth pluck the barley by the beard.
Lo! not n whit too o o we're housed;
The storm witch yells above us;
The branches rapping on the panes
Seem not In truth To love US.
me look where through the clover bush
The nimble footed rain doth rush.
-Amelie Rves in Harper's Magazine.
, 1888-01-18
Illustration of Magazines.

What have you to say about illustrat-
ingf' was asked of Richard Watson Gil
der, editor of The Century.
illustrating requires technical cduca-
ton. How, for instance, can a man
draw u scene illustrating n story without
n thorough knowledge of the human fig
ure3 Magazines are constantly on the
lookout for new illustrative talent, but u
man or u woman must prove that he or
she has illustrative as well as the artis-
tic capacity. If he wishes to illustrate
fiction, for instance, he must be able to
follow The thought of another. In the
matter of descriptive draughtsmanship,
he must be able to make pictures of
places and things, which pictures adapt
themselves readily to the condensed form
in which they are presented in the mar
row pages of a periodical. That faculty
comes from practice. We constantly
hear from girls OF boys in the back
woods, who send in specimens of work
which rave no art in them at all, though
they may show a certain inventiveness.'
That brings us down to u practical
point. Now, i'll this branch of art, when
the person has talent and ability, yet! no
money to start with, where could he or
she go to seek this technical training?''
at is not absolutely necessary any
moro 70 go to Europe; several of the
large cities in the west, as well as in the
cast, have excellent schools; but New
York is probably on the whole, the best
place in America for training in art; and
the better the training the better for the
artist, of course, in any branch he nay
follow for O livelihood. The illustrative
faculty comes with practice and thorough
attention to the needs of the periodical.
The best school for magazine illustrative
work is in the magazines Themselves
New York Mail and Express.
, 1888-01-18

There have been already, and are at
present, n few members of the p~rincely
families of the old world engaged in the
pursuits of common life. A Bavarian
prince excels in surgery; n Roumanian
queen is teaching school and writing
stories in prose and verse; a Brazilian
emperor is known as a journalist, and
now one Prince Henry of Reuss has not
only composed n symphony, but conduct
ed its first performance at the hall of the
Philharmonic society at Hamburg.-Chi-
Cngo News.
, 1888-01-18

The Turks, without being scientific, are
practical. They ave learned from ex-
perience, and pulverize their coffee to a
powder in a marble mortar and pass it
through fine sieve. When semi-pulver-
and with 1t the benefits. The Turks COM
bine the two to advantage in the follow
ing manner: They take of the finely pull
verified coffee half the quantity ordinarily
used in this country, or about q teaspoon
full for each cup; put it in an ordinary
coffee pot of the form Of a truncated
cone, pour over it boiling water and
stir it thoroughly. They set tho pot
on a gentle fire to accelerate the chemi-
cal combination of the particles with tho
water. In the process of ebullition the
Particles afloat will gather on the surface,
forming q thick cream, which serves as q
cover and prevents the aroma contained
in the essential oil from evaporating.
When it commences to boil the surface
cream rises to OVERLOOKING, to prevent
which the pot is taken off the fire to per-
init the boiling to subsidc. This opera
ton ia repeated several times, until tho
creamy surface has thinned, ready to
break or bubble. Then the pot is taken
down, covered up and set to rest in a
warm corner Of the range for about five
or six minutes to settle. When served it
is dccanted gently so rs not to disturb
the sediment. Thus is prepared the
famous Turkish cafe noir, or black cof-
fee, for they use neither sugar nor milk.
New York Press.
, 1888-01-18

In the spring, when the seal comes out
upon the ice to bask and doze in the
warm sunlight, the hunter approaches
him by lying down and advancing eau
tiously, at the same time initiating the
motions Of n seal, keeping his feet and
legs, which lie crosses at the ankle, close
together, so that they much resemble the
hindquarters Of a seal. Indeed, when at
q distance, l have frequently found it
difficult to tell which was the seal and
which the man.-Cosmopolitan.
, 1888-01-18

The coupling of medicine with theology
in tho Christian mission to Corea
promises success. Since 1885 five
American missionaries and their wives
have Leeu laboring in the capital city
through the medium Of schools and a
hospital. Such success crowned the first
surgical operation which the medical mis-
sionary performed that the confidence of
the natives in his ability led them so far
as even to bring him dead people to be
restored TO lifc.-Chicago Times.
, 1888-01-18
An Absolute Cure.

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two. ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. Will positively cure all
kinds OF piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETINE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
w. N. Hunt, at 25 cents per box-by mail
80 cents.
, 1888-01-18

Is essential TO good health, but at this
season it is often lost, owing to the pow.
erty or impuritY of the blood, derange
ment of the digestive organs, and the
weakening effect of the changing season.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is a wonderful medi.
cine for creating an appetite. toning the
digestion, and giving strength TO the
whole system. Now is the time to take
il. Be sure TO get Hoods S~arsaparilla.
, 1888-01-18
DR.. Wagner cp.
sRBC1Ah1sTs-

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class OF
diseases believing that no condition OF humanity
Is too wretched TO merit the sympathy and best
services OF the profession to which we belong
the physician who devotes himself
TO relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, Is no less a
THAI the surgeon or physician who by close ap-
plication excels in any other branch of his pro-
fcssion. And, fortunately for humanity, the day
is dawning when the false phIi6nthrOphy that
condemned the victims OF folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law. to die uncaIed
for, has passed away.
, 1888-01-18

an n and reliable Medicines are the best
Nv todepend upon. Acker's Blooa Ell
ixir has been prescribed for years for all i'm
purities of the Blood. lncvery form of Scrof.
ulous, Syphilitic or Mercurial diseases, it is
invaluable. For Rheumatism. has no equal.
DR.. W. n. Hunt.
, 1888-01-18

The lIrgest stock of fine brandics, old
WHISTLES, choice Hqueltrs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1888-01-18

''We've got a hen that laid two eggs
in one day" boosted q ~O-year-old girl to
q companion.
That's nothing! My papa has laid q
cornerstone philadelphia Times.
, 1888-01-18

An English engineer proposes by mems
of electricity to condense the solid part
of smoke and send the solidifled portion
back to the furnace.
, 1888-01-18

NON,A trife with any Throat or
Lung Disease. If you have
q Cough or Cold, or the children arc
threatened with Group or Whooping Cough,
use Acker's English Remedy and proven
further trouble. 1t is a positive cure
and we guarantee it. Price 10 aud 5Oc
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-01-18

FERRIS MOVES HOUSES
FOG Fifteenth street
, 1888-01-18
YOUNG kaEN

Who may be suffering from the effects OF youth
full follies or indiscreJlous, will do well to avail
themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. NAG
NER will guarantee to forfeit 1--WE hundred dol
lars for every case of semiual weakness or pri-
vate disease OF any kind or character which he
undertakes and fails to cure.
, 1888-01-18

Soils CJg0r., Inter Ocean.
, 1888-01-18
MIDDLE.AGEp MEN

There are many men OF the age of 80 to co who
are troubled with too frequent excavations of
the bladder, often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and "A weakening
OF the system IN u manner the patient annCt
account for. On examining the urinary deposits
q ropy sediment will often be found. and some
times small particles OF albumen will appear, or
tle color will be OF akin or milklsh hue, again
changing to Il dark and turbid appearance.
There are many men who die of this difficulty
Ignorant Of the cause, which is tile second stage
of seminal weakness. DR.. Wagner viii guaran-
tee a cure in all such cases and q healthy restora.
ton OF the genito-urlnary organs, Consultation
free. Thorough examination and advice, So 90.
See the Doctors additional advertisement In
the Denver Daily News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14

Speaking of the good work done by
Delegate Clifford and senators and rep
resentatives from Minnesota the Wash.
ington correspondent of the st. Paul
Pioneer Press says:
The ssnste committee on territories
has already reported favorably bill pro.
vrdiug for the division and admission of
Dakota, and has also given several
hsarings to Dakota people upon both
sides OF the admission question. The
senate committee on Indian affairs has
reported bill providing for the opening
OF the Sioux reservation, and the house
oommittee will report it's Sioux bill some
time this week. The house COMMITTEES
on territories will consider the arpu
msnts submitted to it the FIRST two weeks
tomorrow morning, and may decide
upon bill and report it looking to the
admission OF Dakota. Mr.. Gifford,s
bill providing for extra judges for Da-
kota has been considered by the same
committee and Mr.. Springer is about
ready toreport bill for that purpose.
The other measures in which tie north.
west is interested are being rapidly
pushed and thoroughly agitated by the
members. and there will be found very
little good grazing or nay land around
the feet Of Davis, Sabin. Sawyer
Spooner, MacDonald, Rice, Nelson,
Hanger, Guenther, Clifford, Stephenson
Wilaon or Lind when this session ends
next summer.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14
symptoms of catarrh.

Dull, heavy, headache, obstruction o.
the nasal passages, discharges falling
from the head into the throat somet,mei
psofuse, watery, and acrid, at others
thick, tenacious, mucous, purulens
blood and putrid; the eyes arc wesk
watery, and inhamed; there il ringing In
the cars. deafness, hacking or cougina
to clear the throat expectorstion OF Of
fensive matter, together with soabs from
ulcers; tho voice Is changed and has q
nasal twang; the breath is offensive;
smell and taste are impaired; there 10 o
sensation Of dizziness, with mental de-
preston, q hacking cough and general
debility. If you have all, or any oon-
siderable number OF symptoms you are
suffering from Naval Oatarrah. The
more complicated your disease has be-
come. the greater the number and
diversity of symptoms. Thousands OF
cases annually, without manifest;ng bali
of the above symptoms, and end in the
grave. No disease is 30 common, more
deceptive and dangerous, or less under
stood, or more unsuccessfully treated,
by physicians. Five hundred dolIsrs
reward 10 offered by the manufacturers
OF DIR. aage's Oatarrh Remedy, for a case
OF catarrh which they cannot cure
Remedy sold by druggists, at only &c
cents.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14

CENTRAL AND MANITOBA.


Preparing for Spring Extensions
Getting Early I'm the Field.
Sioux Falls Press: Itis learned from
q perfectly reliable source that the
Illinois Central will NO. wait until late
in the season to pull out OF this city for
northwest. Their experience last year
OF building railroads In winter has
shown them it is an expensive under.
taking. To show that they will begin
operations early The Prees is informed
they have hopes of being 100 miles away
from hero by next Jaly, as their route
has already been picked out. There are
probably only two or two or three men
In Sioux Falls that know the proposed
line, and they are elose moathed ss an
oyster when approached on the subject.
J ust ss soon as the ground is bare sur.
veyofs will be put in the field, and ss
soon after ss possible grading contracts
will be let.
Wstertown wants the line and the
News OF that place says: "As we have
before stated, it is quite certain that the
ILLINOIS Central railway will extend their
line Dorthwsrd into this territory from
their present terminus ct Sioux Falls
during this year. We wiah to enquire
whether the people Of Watertown ought
not to be making an effort, and making
it now to secure this northsrIa extenslon
which will very soon be one If the great
arteries OF commerce in this territory
Watertown hes only to secure this line
in order to nuke her the railroad center
OF the northwest
The Manitoba road isn't going TO let
the grass grow around it's ties. They
viii be 10 the field as early as the Central
and will pnsh their work as hard. The
fact that ail the grading confraotorg on
this line are lying here and are NOT
worrying themselves about next seasons
work, is assurance enough that they ez-
pect 90 continue right on the nne all
the coming season. AS to the route
this 10 ahrouded in mystery. Undonbt.
sedly many aspiring sowna would Nks te
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14

The Indian committee of the United
States senate has given Mr.. Dawes to
understand that it does not approve of
his Sioux reservation bill. The sub.
mission clause within the bill is the
stumbling block. This Mr.. Dawes in
sists on and over this clause there will be
contest in the senate with MIR. Dawes
in the minority. The intination is
given out that the president will fevor
Mr.. Dawes views to the extent of Veto
ing the bill if 1t paaees with the Dawes
fooliehness stricken out. So there is q
prospect shst the reservation measure
msy yet meet with defeat.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14

The sutferings OF Colonel Gale are
sufficient to arouse the sincere sympa-
tbies OF the public. He is no common
sufferers man with merely one or two
restricted pains. His entire tissue is In.
volved. The colonel said to Washing.
ton interviewer:
When l consider the events of the
passing years, and look back upon the
recent past of Dakota, and see her rising
as dream from the terra incognita OF
the maps OF our boyhood, growing with
the grace OF g maiden and the strength
OF an athlete, it seems unthinkable to me
that any man or class of men should
want to rsnd her in twain and give new
names to her dismembered parts.
AnRtomicaliy speaking these rude and
ungentlemanIy divisionists should be
ashamed of themselves. In the name
OF modasty let them halt. Such trans
actions are really worse than unthink.
able. A fair maiden who rises like O
dream from terra incognlta should not
be torn asunder in this dlsreputable
manner. Gather her up and put her
together again.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14

A surprise to the republican party
and surprise to the nation IL letter
from James g. Blaine declining to psr-
nit the use OF his name for the presi-
Dental nomination in the republican
national convention. The letter ia
dated NJ Florence, Italy. January 25th
last, and is addressed TO B. j. Jones,
chairman ot the republican nations 81
committee. Mr.. Blaine says:
] wish, through you. to state to the
members Ut che republican party thai
my name will not be presented to the
national convention called to asseinbb;
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-14

Henry e. Voikmar, editor OF the Mil.
bank Review, has been commissioned by
Governor Church as captain on his mill.
tary staff and assigned to the surgeon
generals department, vice A.. II. Lewis,
resigned. That is-Henry e. Volkmar
commissioned as Q captain under the
alias OF A. 81. Lewis, having parted with
his assumed name, is re- commissioned
as Henry E. Volkmar, all danger OF pun.
ishment fc $50 confessed acts OF lncen-
diarism having passed. Funny, isn't it 7