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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1888-06-07
Patent Adjustable SRat.
CHAS. BENESH,
WahpetOn, Dakota
TEST,.I.NI,n I,ngNI.lALss

WrLKIN County, MINI, May 81, 1885.
Mr.. Charles Benesh, Wahpcton, DIT.
The seat which bought from you last summer
is all you represented it to be. 1t has gwen me
entire satisfaction. Yours truly,
FRANK BEzrNEK.
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W.Lkrs COUNTY, Mrsn, April IA, 1883.

"ILKIN COUNTY, MINI, April IA, 1883.
Mr. Chas. Benesl, Wahpeton, D. T. Il
Sir-hTy ncighbor used one of III patent
seats last year, and he praised it sfRuch that
was induced to go on his field hnd try 1t.
found that he did not ovcr.estimate its merit.
and made up my mind to have ono this year.
Will you please send me one as soon as possible
and when come to town will call on you and
pay for It,. NEILs LARsor
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HOUSE TO RENT.

j. w. Donavon has neat and
desirable house to rent, near Brooks
Bros store. Mr.. ID. may he seen on
the street as he is street commits
siOncr.
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LIDGERwooD, D. T., April 24th 1883.
Mr.. G. Benesh, Wahpeton.
Dear sir-I used the spring scat last summer
Oh my mower and binder. would not bc with
out it for double the cost. Yours truly,
FRANK PARIzEK
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DWIGHT, D. r.. April Goth. 1

DwIaIIT, D. T., April Goth, 1888.
have used Chas. Bcnesh's adjusting seat, and
must say that it is tile best scat that ever was
made IL stops all the shaking and jarring and
man can sit as still as though he were sitting
in chair. Every farmer should have one.
FRANK DOLEsKY
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A fresh arrival of parlor goods
and chamber sets at Lounsbury's.
Call and see new goods and learn
prices. 4
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WAnpEToN, April q, 1888

Charles Benesh, Wahpeton.
Dear SRI used the spring seat bought Of
you on my mower last summer and found 1t All
and more than you represented. would not,
be without it for double the cost. Yours truly.
ALBERT CHIzeK. IS
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RlcHLAND COUNTY,, AprlI. 1S8s

Chas. Bcnesh, Wahpeton, DIT.
Dear Slr:-I used one of your patent seats last
summer and found 1t i'll every respect all that
you claimed. 1t is tho best ever used and u
can recommend il highly. JOHN TRIBKE.
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WANTED.
Thousand Mcn--

To Buy Boots and Shoes at j. A.
HUNTS ONE PRICE SHOE
STORE. l am overstockcd in Mems
Seamless Shoes in Button, Lace and
Congress at $500 per parr. ALSO a
line for $3.50 and $500 that are
World Beaters. One Hundred pairs
of Ladies' Dongola Kid Shoes for
$3.50, worth 1926.
Two Hundred pairs OF Ladies'
Good shoes for $500, 1925 and
$3.50 per pair.
We arc Ovcrstockcr' and Must
Reduce it.
The above prices are Good for
Thirty Days Only.
j. A. HUNT,
The ONE PRICE SHOE DEALER.
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CPALDING s. TEMPLETON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
NegOtiatOrs of first mortgage loans on Red
River valley lands. Corner Broadway and
Second avenue.
FARGO. DAKOTA.
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H. s'sowLEs'
DENTIST.
Office up stairs in Bee Hive Block.
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PALMER AND MATsON.
Are They Really to Play The Baby Act

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / see in my
papers that Col Matson, of Indiana, and Gen.
John NJ. Palmer, of Illinois. have withdrawn
from the G.A.R.-that is, have each asked for,
and probably received, an honorable discharge
from the G.A.R.
This act on the part of two prominent public
men seems to me to be so supremacy silly, that
! cannot help saying word about it.
Col. Matson's conduct during the last session
Of Congress in regard to the pension matters in
his hands was an act of his own free will and
accord. He was 81 years of age, and certainly
could plainly see what the consequences would
be if he was ever a candidate for any office
again, where his comrades could have chance
to kill him off politically, as he killed their
Pension legislation when he had the power.
He has learned that he could not trample upon
the rights of his comrades with impunity. If
he is tired of being member of the G. "A. r.
because he was defeated in his race for the
Governorship of his State, let him take his dis
charge The great association of the GAR. will
live and flourish just the same.
If he had been elected, according to his the
DRY, it would have been quite the proper thing
for Gen. Hovey, his successful competitor, to
GAR. / don't believe that Gen. Hovey is that
kind of man.
Gen. Palmer thinks fifhe is quoted correctly
that the GAR. is run in the interests of the
Republican party. How silly again!
Generally, when there are two candidates
running for the same office, one or the other is
defeated. as was case in the race for the Gov
ernorship of Illinois. Now, if because Gen.
Palmer did not get votes enough to elect him
Governor, he must ask for his discharge from
the GAR. let him go. We can live without
him. But for two such men to play the school
boy act to such an extent is, it seems to me, the
hight of nonsense
Is it impossible for such men as these to see
and understand that the great bodyof men who
risked their lives to save their country feel
keenly the insults that have been heaped upon
them in various ways by the present Admins
tration, and that when they got chance to
retaliate they retaliated with a vengeance?
Whether they can see it or not such has be.
come historical fact.-P. WINsoR, Co. E, 29th
Mass, Fergus Falls, Mimi.
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Time Wasted With Bad Spelling.

Prot. II. Il. March Ia the December Forurnl
DR.. Gladstone has made elaborate investiqa-
tons in the schools of England and other coun-
tries to ascertain the time devoted to teaching
spelling. He finds that 720 hours, at least, are
lost to each scholar; that an Italian child of
nine years will read and spell as correctly as
English children at Ii, though the Italian be-
gan his lessons two years later. 1t is about the
same with the Germans and Swedes. This ex-
ira time is given to civics and useful sciences.
The illiteracy of English speaking nations is
startling. There were 5,658 LA persons of 10
years and over who reported themselves litter
ate at our census Of 1870; 6,239, 956 at the CEN
sus of 1880, The nearly illiterate are probably
as many more. England is worse off than we
are. But the other Protestant countries of
Europe have almost none One of the causes
Of this excessive illiteracy among English.
speaking peoples is the badness of English
spelling. The reform of spelling is patriotic
and phianthropic reform.
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BAGS OF RICE

that you have bought when you have thought
to get rid of an importunate peddler by offer
ing him what must be "a ridiculousy low price
The best things, however, cost great deal, and
/ was shown at Yamanake's, in Osaka, screen
which was for sale for $4,000; and | see daily
cabinets which bring 500 and $500 here.
The japanese themselves are lovers of the beau
tiful in china and lacquer, and many house
which looks mean from the outside has stored
within it beautiful embroideries and rare
china which are worth more than their weight
in gold. There is no china in Japan made by
machinery, and the painting IS all original.
You will find no two cups or saucers exactly
alike, and it is the skill of the artist that en-
bances the prices of many set. Some of these
painters of china are known all over Japan,
and the porcelain here has its works of the old
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The country expects to have representative
Government in 1880, and at this time the new
Parliament will convene. 1t is probable, how
ever, that the Mikado viii maintain his des-
potic power, and with all the boosted freedom
in Japan at present the newspapers are liable
TO be suspended for the publication of senti-
ments contrary to those of the Government,
and in 1852 20 newspapers were suspended for
a time, and y were entirely suppressed on
these grounds. During the past year there
have been several suspensions on account Of
the too free criticisms Of the Japanese Govern
ment by the editors, aud saw in Toxic de-
partment of the police whose business it is to
read the papers Of the Empire and to decide
as 10 whether they should be censured or not
There is little freedom of speech in Japan,
though the young Japanese likes to stump, and
though the University students turn out some
able stump-speakers. In Japan, when assem-
blies or meetings are to be addressed on poiti-
cal subjects, the speeches to be delivered have
to be first passed upon by the local authorities
of the place. If anything is Objectionable the
speech and the speaker are suppressed, and any
police officer has the right TO stop man in the
middle OF his speech and to forbid him TO pro-
| coed. l have before me some figures collected
by Mr. T. Il. Jernigan, the Consul at Kobe,
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The ground is first turned with japanese
mattock. This is q piece Of iron set in wooden
handle, so that the whole forms a kind Of a
LoattOck spade. The ground must be arranged
Tor irrigation. IL must be so that il can be
flooded with water, and the recessed is sown
IN the flooded fields on the surface of the
water. This is about the middle Of April, and
the water is from four TO five inches deep.
Within two months the young sprouts have
grown from four 70 SIX inches high, and then
each bunch Of sprouts has TO be taken nm and
transplanted. This work is done by yonng
women or girls, and these girls get about 10
cents a day. They stand in the water over
their ankles, and they plant five sprouts in q
bunch. Thirty-six lunches are set ont to every
six feet square Of land, and the work is exceed
ingly breaking.
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The natives Of Japan, however, eat their rice
without curry or chutney, and, like the Chinese
they only want il cooked and plenty Of il. [
am told by the Captains Of the Pacific steamers
that there is no danger Of mutiuy from Chinese
sailors, without their rice is cut down or poor
quality Is furnished them. There is a great
deal of difference IN rice, and the quality Of
table rice used by the Europeans in India costs
about twice as much As that used by the
natives.
The ricefelds Of Japan are one Of its great
est beauties. They are while growing as green
as the emerald shores of Ireland in SPRING
time, and they are divided up into little crazy
patchwork Earden-beds, with borders about
them raised about foot higher than the beds
themselves, and upon these borders often grow
wildfowers. Among the green leaves of the
rice sparkles the diamonds Of the sun upon
the water which flows about the roots Of the
plants and as the crop grows older an6 comes
70 maturity it turns to the rich golden yellow
OF an American wheatfeld. Ii is in this state
as write and each patch Of gold is in the
Deighborho0d of Kobe, fringed with a border
Of blood-red wild lilies, and the whole looks
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50 and pour it over your rice. By mixing the
two you have what the Oriental considers one
OF the greatest Of dainties. At the big hotels
YOU wlil see under item Of curry and rice ="
q Bombay duck, and visions OF fat oily young
fowls feat before your mind as you give your
order in stent0riRn tones. The experienced
travellers at the table laugh, and you find
yourself blushing when the waiter sets before
yOu two little pieces Of smoked fish about two
inches long and as VIDE and as thick as the
blade of lable-knife. As yOu nibble at them
il strikes you THAI the duck is decidedly old,
and yeu wonder if ii came from the coffin Of a
mummy. You look 10 see il the Others are
eating as you DO, and to your horror you hnd
they are not. They have taken their Bombay
ducks and crumbled them into powder be-
tween their fingers and thumbs, and with this
mummy-dust Of the ancient Gsh they are sea
sOniBg their curry. As you watch, waiter
puts before your plate pot Of what looks like
pickles Of citron. 1t is labeled "Chutney,'
and is made by some Englishman who puts
himself down as PurveyOr 10 the Queen"
You grasp il with relief, and think, "Ah, here
is something that VIII take away from my
palate the taste of this mummy-dust." You
swallow mouthfUl Of chutuey. 1t tastes like
lonid FIRE. The tears come 70 your eyes, and
you do well ii you can remain At the table.
This cbuuBey is the hottest thing that ever
burnt a human mouth, and the foreigners in
the Orient dote on it as they do on red peppers.
1t is mixed with the rice aud is one OF the
dainties Of the East.
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] have visited during the past few weeks
some of the great curio stores of Japan. The
selling Of odds and ends gathered from temples
and old Daimios palaces is one of the leading
businesses of the country, and you find these
shops in every town. They have in them
enough idols to stock heather temple, num-
Der of old bronze or brass bells, and some OF the
most beautiful Of old lacquer and silk. The
moment you arrive they hunt you up at your
hotel, and bring their stock with them. They
spread it out on the floor of your room, and
then bargain with you for such pieces as you
fancy. The price taken is about one-third the
price asked. and you may be surprised to find
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One for Count Herbert.
London TFuth.l

Gull the following conversation from an ac-
count of the recent tour of the German EN-
peror in Italy:
Italian Gentleman told OF to receive the
Emperor at station, and pushed aside by big
German)-A little patience, sir if you please.
German am Count Herbert Bismarck.
Italian-The excuse is insufficient; the ex.
PLANTATION is ample.
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write this letter at Kobe about 300 miles
west of Yokohama, and the chief seaport from
whence the ships start for China and Corea. I
sail from here tomorrow through the Inland
Sea- which is said by travellers to be the most
beautiful sea in the world / will stop at
Nagasaki, which is the most western port of
Japan, and from thence will go in one of these
Japanese ships to the Hermit Kingdom of
Corea. l sent cable to-day TO the Capital Of
this country, and to give you some idea of what
the cost of telegraphing across these Asiatic
lines is, this message has cost me $l02 word
and its total foots up 5000. The message has
to go first TO Nagasak, and then by cable to
the nearest port in Corea, from whence it is
sent to the Capital. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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like flower garden made by design rather
than the natural fields of the farmer. The
farmer himself is now pulling the rice, aud
with a great hat and bare legs he leans over
and cuts of the straw close 10 the roots His
almond eyes twinkle as be thinks Of the profits
OF the crop, for rice pays the best Of the crops
Of Japan. The rice lands are also taxed the
highest and are worth the most. There are no
moving machines in Japan, and look at rice
culture viii give Us a very good idea Of Japan
csc farming.
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BOUT 0ne-balf Of the
people Of the world use
rice 10 place of bread,
and the hundreds Of
millions Of people Of
China. India and Japan
live almost entirely
upon rice. Rice forms
4 part of every Japan
csc feast 1t ends the
feast. and however
little there may be Of
other viands, the rice
box is always full. It
is a food OF wonderful
streugth-giving prop
critics. Jiuriksha
men. who are the hack
horses of Japan, viii
ran Tor six hours upon
a stomachful of rice;
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met Mr.. Jernigan at Kobe, and had long
talk with him rs to America and American
trade. He says our firms which seek to do
business in Japan should send their own agents
there TO do it, and he denounces some OF the
japanese methods of treating American trade
marks as little less than infamous. Said he !:
Some of the more INSCRIPTIONS among the
japanese merchants have counterfeited the
American trade marks, and they make inferior
goods and put these trademarks on them and
sell them as the genuine. There should be a
law against this here, but as yet nothing has
been done by the Government, and the abuse
continues
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Ihs Ihehingsehae received the highest award any
al ne Centennial Exhibition the two last Cold Medals given
y me New foFE sate Agricultural Society; and has been selected
nom al oerz, and illustrated ard described that grant work
Of hechAHlcs Cazoga sent Free
ADDRESS HEARD HARDER, colleskl, sehohsr Co., n. Y.
Also straH-pTeserNing Rye-thFeshers, CIOTer.hul-
lers fodder-cEtteFsJ FeedInills, FauninRuiIIs ana
eaw-maehines3 all Ofthe best In market.
The Fearless HOrse-pOwers arc The most econcms
zeal and best Powers built for the running of EnSi
laEecntters and COttORains, aud for general faEzs
and plantation sSes
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dollars rank the same as
the Mexican dollars in
value, and the currency
rises and falls with the
price Of silver. 1t is
now worth about 70
cents on the dollar, and
it has, during my stay
in Japan, gone down as
low as 81 cents. The
Japanese national bank
ing system Is the same
as ours, and its banks
are making a great deal
of money. ] look foI
the day when business
will be conducted here
on exactly the same
principles as in Ameri.
-, .L,--L #R,s- --sEf
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The japanese rice is Of a sticky variety. 1t
has not the dry, eaky taste of the rice of
India It is served at the hotels with curry,
and curry and rice is on every Eastern
dinner bin Of fare. The curry is of the hottest
of its kind and it is made in the form OF a
gravy, mixed with fish or meat. The rice is
passed around first, and you help yourself to
as much as you wish. Then comes the curry
IN another dish, and You dip out 8 spoonful or
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SITTING RICE.

picture Of a jolly old man with bag on his
back seated on two riee-bags. This is Daikoku,
the japanese god of fortune, and the god
which is worshiped in Japan perhaps more
than any other. You will find him in the
dwelling of every poor man, and il almost
every store.
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The Oriental nations cook their rice differ
entity from MS. They wash it again and again
before putting il over the stone box which
forms their kitchen-range, and each grain IS
SO cooked that il Is separates from every other
grain The rice is not stirred IN the cooking,
and il comes ont as white snow and As soft
as butter. Ii is eaten here without milk, and
the natives often pour hot tea over IT, and half
eat aud half drink the mixture. They use
little bowls Of lacquer holding about half
pint, and they raise these close 10 their mouths
and poke the white kernels in with chop
sticks They do not do this kernal by kernal,
but by half handfuls, and the fuller ones
mouth gets the more in accordance with
etiquet he seems 10 be eating.
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which have not :been published. These show
that in 1882 there were $4,000 subjects that
were allowed to be talked about, and that ,O52
subjects which had been proposed were prohibit
ed There were more than 1000 speakers, and
2S2 of the meetings were dispersed. Ia 1855
only 66 meetings were dispersed, and 1858
speakers were allowed to talk upon political
subjects
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Speaking of japanese money, the country
now prints its own currency. 1t uses paper
money on the silver basis, and its denomina-
tons are yen, or dollars, and sen, or cents. Its
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The irrigation Of the land is wonderful.
JaDan has large irrigating works. It has
reservoirs for its mountain streams, and the
water is taken from one level to another
through winding bitches until it covers a great
area Of territory. It is raised from one field TO
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CURIo STORE.

masters. A Japanese will sit by the hour and
admire the glaze on piece of old Satsuma. and
he will consider it valuable, whether broken or
whole.
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Special Correspondence NATIONAL TErEuNE.
EoBE. JAPAN. November %, 1855.
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and the consumption Of rice per family IS
here about i've pounds day.
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A BOWL OF RICE.
The Bread Of the 0rient---HOw il is
Planted, Harvested and Cooked.

japanese Rice and Rice fsrming-A Lock at the
Fields and the Irrigatiug Hachines-Curry and
Rice and Bombay BHck-6raphiC Description OF
an Eastern Rainty-Ths japanese a. Stump-SBeak-
ers, and How the Government Regulates their
Heetines-HaW the Japanese Counterfeit AmeTi-
can Trade-marks-JapeRcse CuriO Stores, and
Good-hy 10 Japan.
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foOFyEIenTID BY FRANK G. cAEPEsTrn, lss8.l
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ca though this viii probably not be for gen.
erations
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erations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-04

sells in case of disaster, this board has
passed rules requiring on each steamer
iife-preservers, or floats for each
and every passenger, and such
number of boats as can De
conveniently carried without lnm-
bering the ship so much as TO oo-
struct its safe navigation; ana we nave
done this to an extentin advance OF tnat
required by other maritime natlons:
We are fully aware that the number Oh
such boats, independent OF other ap-
r,lisnces provided, is inadequate LOT
saving the lives of all the passengers on
the present large ocean steamers. ire
spectiye of the safety offered by the
construction of the ship itself, winch Ii,
the present stage of advancement, OF
modern iron and steel steamships,
with their numerous wstertlght
buikheads, make them at least
so per cent. safer than the ships OF
twenty years ago. In view, however, OF
the difficulty of carrying boats neces-
sary for all the passengers ship Can
safely carry. providing there are nc
accidents, the only practicable plan
would be to restrict the number OF pas
sengers to the capacity of the boats
they can carry without detriment tc
the working OF the ship. This, your
committee think, would work such 8
restriction T pen commerce that rule
to that effect could not be sustained by
this board, without the active support
of Congress, and we, therefore, reques
that the Secretary of the Treasury viii
refer this report to Congress, so that
it desires such restriction it will express
the same by an amendment to thu
present laws, making it obhgator!
upon steam vessels to carry no NOR
passengers than. they have life-bos
capacity for, and also TO request 81
other nations to impose such restric
| tons. -.-------- = -. Il :