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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-06
THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO, Aug. 4.
WHEAT-August $3.50, September siAc.
CoRN-August 4oIsc, September 46Lsc.
oATs-August 25c, September ssAo.
PoRk-August sl4,a5, septembers14 ID. 500 II. seq
LARD-Auglst ss.aaJk, September $3.50.
sHoRTRlBs-Angust Sa.s21a, September ss.a5.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-06

ANCHORAGE, KY, Aug. Airs. Laura
Crull, an inmate of the insane asylum,
filled a bath tub with hot water in the
absence of the matron, and deliberately
laid down in it. When found she was
unconscious, part of her flesh being lit
orally boiled. She died soon after.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-06
Omaha Live STOCK Market,


OTTAWA, Aug. 4-Grasshoppers are
causing terrible ravages near here. A
local naturalist estimates the number of
the creatures on each square mile of ter
ritory to be upward Of ahundred million.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-06
VISITING HARRISON.
large Delegations from Montgomery and
Clinton Counties,

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. a. Within an
hour after noon, $500 Republicans from
the towns and farms of Montgomery and
Clinton counties reached the city on u
visit to Gen. Harrison. About two-thirds
OF the united delegations were from the
first named county, In which there is a
large Presbyterian population. The Clin-
ton county people came first, their train
being n of fifteen cars, while the larger
delegation from Charlottesville required
thirty-iye cars, divided into four trains
two each over the tws roads reaching
fsom that city to this. The delegations
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-06

BROOKLYN, Aug. Orr, Of the Brook
lyns, has been laid off as captain and
suspended without pay until he gets
ready to play. He reported sick Thurs
day but wen to Coney Island. This led
Manager Byrne to discipline him.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-06
Anarchist Cases Continued.

CHICAGO, Aug. An the criminal
court, before Judge Halves, the cases
against the alleged dynamiters Sevic,
Hronek, Chspek and Chleboun, were
continued by agreement of counsel until
the September term.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-06

BERLIN, Aug. Germany has an
nexed Pleasant Island, in the Pacific
ocean, and announced the prohibition of
the Introduce ms or ammunition
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-06
Absorbed by the s,nt, ~

NoGALEs, A. J., Aug. st is stated
onggood authority that the Mexican Pa.
cine, or NJ. Woods railroad concsssjnn
IL Mexico has passed into the bands of
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-06
a Boating Party Drowned.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Aug. 4.-Charles Ray,
Mary S. Watts and John Martin, while
boating Friday evening near here,
were drowned. Their homes are near
Fayette; Ia
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
Making Cork Bottle.Stoppers.

s'Cork has to be prepared before it
can he manufactured into bottle corks, "
said dealer to reporter for the New
York Null and Erpress recently.
"How IS this done9"
"The bark which is intended fo- corks
is kept in a damp place. When taken
into the shop to be worked it is cut by
the first workman into strips, the width
of which corresponds to the length of
the future cork. A second workman
cuts these strips into squares, suited in
size to their diameter. The squares,
strung, are plunged into boiling water
to make them swell out. They are then
stored in a cool place and kept con-
stantly moist by sprinkiing till they pass
into the hands of the cork-mastcr. He
applies them in succession, giving them
a rotary motion, to the edge of wide
bladed knife, drawing them at the same
time slowly along its length, and by
skillful manipulation transforms the
square into round cork. This is the
French method. In other countries the
workmen handle the knife in different
manner"
"Are many corks made in this eoun-
try2'
eyes, great many. They are cut by
q machine. Only the best are made by
hand. To obtain good cork it is es-
sential that its axis, as it is cut from the
bark, be parallel with the axis of the
tree on which the bark grew, but the
broad, flat corks have to be cut perpen.
dicular to the axis of the tree. A good
workman can make 1000 corks a
dayr
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The Australian AbOriglnes.

The character of the Australian abo-
riginal, when studied, shows traits that
his white oppressors might be proud to
possess. His faithfulness is remarkable,
and he has been known to stay with his
sick master on the desert plains of inte-
rior Australia till death had taken them
both, though his own safety might have
been secured with ease. Their power of
endurance is such that they have been
known to travel over 1875 miles in twenty
four hours, and be ready to move on if
required Their keen power of scent
and observation is now appreciated by
the police, and woe be to the criminal
whose track they are upon! Not dis
turbed leaf nor an overturned stone will
escape their keen eyes.
Last November three desperate bush
rangers escaped from the Jail at Perth,
Western Australia. They were familiar
with the bush, and had hours start, yet
with the assistance of the "black track
ers" the escapers were in the hands of
the police within twenty-four hours.
But the "black fellow" will not work; =;
ii any duty is required of him, and the
idea is impressed upon him that it is only
play, he is ready and willing to do it, no
matter how arduous the task may te.
He will ride horseback all day after cat
tie aud stay awake all night to watch
them, if he thinks it is fun, but let him
find it is his work he is doing and he will
take to the bush at short notice, nor will
he return to the same master. He asks
no pay; clothes he does not need; a bite
to eat and his satisfaction is complete.
It is the fashion of the Queensland
ladies to have little black boy for pet.
Tricked out in gaudy c'othes the little
fellows take the place of the pet poodle
of European society. These boys are
usually taken from the "Gins" by force,
but as it is nobody's business the crime is
never noticed. Francisco alta.
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The StruWberry's Name.

Over four hundred years ago "Straw-
berries - was cry of the London streets
aud the garden of the Bishop of Ely at
Holborn was famous for its fine growth
of the lucious berry. Its name is an
Anglo.Saxon one, supposed to be derived
from its straw-like stem, bat quite as pos
sibly it is derived from the circumstance
of its growing amid what was called
straw, or from the custom of ssringing
and braiding the long-stemmed berries
into bunch of straws, as some OF the
country folk do to-day. Beside our own
numberless varieties OF the same wild
berry, cultivated out of all acquaintance
with its parent stock, there is an East
Indian variety with snowy yellow flow
ers, valuable only for ornament, as the
fruit is worthless. and charming Chill
ian species with thick dark leaves, and a
berry sometimes of a pale rose color and
sometimes of q rich creamy tint, ana
often as large as q hens egg.
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Larry Jerome's Scarf Pin.

A week or 30 ago, just as Larry Jerome,
the New York millionaire patron of out
door sports, was leaving home to come
over to Washington, he stopped in at
NIacy's and bought handsome solid gold
scarf pin, set with beautiful sapphire,
for which he paid the regulation price Of
So. On the handsome Jerome this pin
loomed up like a gem of purest ray
serene, and he fattered himself that he
was giving the jewelry a great send-off,
and taking in all observers by its gilt
ter. When he reached Washington and
Chamberlin's the first man he met was
John Hoey, and the first thing he noticed
on Dir. H. was a fine diamond scarf pin.
"Larry's mind was soon made up and
he began to approach" his friend, the
millionaire.
'tThat's a fine pin you are wearing, "
he said, with innocent confidence.
"Yes, " remarked Mr.. H., ''and 1 OBJ
serve that you are wearing one that isn't
any slouch."
Larry blushed and went at him again.
YES" he said, "that's fine article,
but like yours better in some respects
thanmy own"
ooh, I don't know" said Hoey, eva
sively." How'll you trades"
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A RhinOcerOs in q Rage.

can infuriated rhinoceros, said Mr..
L.ohse, a hunter of wild ANIMALS in
Africa, sis literally blind with rage"
He puts his head down. and runs in a
bee line, kno; king down everything that
gets in his way. If there was a stone
wall in front of him he would smash right
up against it. Some Of my Homrahn hun
tiers wounded a female rhinoceros one
day, when the brute ran off. The men
were securing her young when she sud-
denly stopped and rushed toward them.
1t was such an unheard of thing for one
of the animals to do that the hunters
were taken completely by surprise. One
of them was caught by her horn and
thrown high in the air. He dropped to
the ground a corpse. for the rhinoceros
had disemboweled him. ."-NeW York
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
A Case of Hard Luck.

Manager Brown, of the Witherald &
Brown Rolling Mill, at Findlay, Ohio,
thinks that luck is dead against him.
He was the victim of most peculiar ac-
cident the other day. He drew $500 in
bills from bank, and placing the pack
age in an outside pocket of his coat
started on the railroad track to walk to
his mill. A train passed him, and from
the smokestack of the engine spark OF
fire was thrown into his pocket, alight-
ing upon the package of money, causing
it to burn. When Brown discovered and
auenchcd the fire it had eaten clear
through the centre of the bills, leaving
only two ends of each bill unconsumed.
1t is the opinion of bank officials that
enough of the money remains to be re-
deemed in bills Washington Star.
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Cranberry Culture.

Years ago, when the entire cranberry
crop of the country was obtained from
the wild cranberry bogs," scoops and
rakes of peculiar construction wero
used in gathering this fruit. In using
these implements the vines were usually
broken of or pulled out by the roots,
and large quantities of weeds, grass, and
mud got mixed with the berries, all of
which hal to be picked and washed out
before the fruit was ready for use or
market. The cranberry rake is still used
on some of the will IA plantations, but
m.ch of the fruit gathered with this i'm
plemcnt is badly bruised, causing it to
decay much sooner than the hand picked.
Gathering by hand is now considered
preferable to any other mode. not only
as being the least in ,,urious to the vines,
but also to secure clean, sound berries.
As the hand-p;cked fruit commands a
better price in market than that gathered
with scoops and rakes, the extra expense
of gathering it is more than made good
TO the cultivator.-New Io.'k .Spa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
A Rat Tail Supper.

James Wallace, wealthy Irish farmer,
is TO day, perhaps, says a letter from
Shawnee Mound, Ind, to the Chicago
Lk,uM, more respected by all his neigh
bo?s than any other man in thot district.
simply because his name was attached
to the following. found posted on all the
school houses and prominent gate posts ::
Take notice: The rat must 60 The farm
ers have been tormented by these pes:y ami
mails long enough and the cry for pro ection
is abroad in the land Therefore, be it
known that on Tuesday night week hence
there will be a supper given at Pin HOOK
school house, the proceeds Of which will be
given to the man, woman or child who brings
the largest number of rat tails. .,,,
1t would be expressing it mildly to
saw that the farmers were pleased when
they read the above. The scheme was so
plausible TO them that they were almost
wild with excitement Iat-tail societies
were formed among the farming youths
and various plans of determination dis
cusscd. In a few nights the campaign
began. The scene was an exciting one:
Dotted here and there for miles around
one could see the lanterns and torch
lights bobbing up and down among trees
and hedges, while the frequent reports
of pistols and sho: guns sounded to the
listener like sklrmishers at war. When
a single family turned out, the father
and sons welded the weapons of de-
struction, while the women folks brought
up the rear, armed with pair of scissors
each, with which to clip the tails from
the dead and dying, and it may be added
that large number of rats were running
about minus their tails.
Was the ''rat tail supper a success?
To the tune of several thousand tails,
and on the night of the supper it was an
amusing sight to see the Cupid stricken
farmer boy, in company with his best
girl, walking arm and arm into the
school house with bunch of rat tails in
each of their hands. The school house
was packed full of country people, and
ra. tails was the leading topic of con-
versation. Some of the tails had been
cut short and some long, thus atfording
an insight to the manner in which they
had been clipped by the excited women
in their great hurry to carry away the
trophies of their labor.
Previous to the announcement of sup
per general handwashing took place in
q large basin prepared for the occasion.
No one can wonder ut this after the
handling of so many rear projections.
Then came the supper. oysters-after
which the ia k of counting. the tails
began, and lasted tor over an hour, dis.
turbed frequently by the clapping of
hands rs some prominent farmers num-
Der exceeded that of his neighbor. Amid
the shouts of every one in the school
house the result was announced in favor
of James Wallace and family-the man
who had carried the scheme through
and then followed congratulations from
all sides until that gcntleman's aim was
almost shaken from its socket. The rat
has lost his hold on shawnee prairie, due
to the famous 'rat tail supper.
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THE STRUGGLE.

" Body, pray you let me co."
Ut is Soul that struggles so.}
" Body, I see on yonder height
Dim reflex of a solemn light;
A flame that shineth from the place
Where Beauty walks with naked face:
1t Is a flame you cannot see,-
Lie down, you ciod, and set me free.
" Body, l pray you let me go"
Ut is Soul that striveth so.)
" Body. hear dim sounds afar
Dripping from some diviner star;
Dim sounds of joyous harmony:
1t is MY mate that sings, and I
Must drink thatsong Or break my heart, =
Body, I pray you, let us part
" Comrade, your frame is worn and frail,
Your vital powers begin to fail;
long for life, but you for rest,
Then. Body, let Us both be blest.
When you are lying meath the dew
III come, sometimes, and sing to you;
But you will feel nor pain nor woe,-
Body, pray you, let me 60"
Thus strove Being: Beautyfain,
He broke his bonds ana fled amain.
He fed: the Body lay bereft,
But on its lips smile was left,
AS if that Spirit, looking back,
Shouted upon his upward track,
With joyous tone and hurried breath,
Some message that could comfort Death.
-Ddnske Dandridge, in the Century.
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Fleet Birds of Passage.

There seems to DC no doubt that the
"frigate Bird" an inhabitant of the
tropical seas, is the swiftest bird that
flies. 1t has been impossible to calcu-
late It's rate of flight within fixed limits.
The pectoral muscles are immensely de-
vciopcd, and weigh nearly one-fourth as
much as the whole body of the bird.
Another rapid flyer is the common "black
swift" 1t has been computed that the
great speed it attains is about 276 miles
an hour, which, if maintained for about
six hours, would carry the bird from its
summer retreat in England to Central
Africa. Our American "canvas back
duck" is commonly computed to be capa-
Bile of flying 200 miles an hour. .-Me,O
York Dispatch.
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The Art of R0ning Fish.

"After all, this is just about the finest
fish that swims," said q Quincy
Mass market dealer to a Glo5e- Demo-
tgut correspondent as he laid upon the
scales big shad that made the indica-
tor jump around to the seven pound
notch. ,.,
$50 far as favor is concerned, replied
the customer, lit is certainly unequaled;
but the bones are serious drawback"
The fishmonger smiled. IF you don't
like the bones" he remarked, "why
don't you take them out before you cook
the shad."
"You are Joking. 1t would not be
possible without pulling the fish to
shreds." ....
"You are quite mistaken, assure you.
If you like, l will bone this one for you.
Watch me closely, and next time you
will be able to do it for yourself. You
see, have already spread the fish out
fat. as if for broiling, by dividing the
back with a knife from head to tail.
After disemboweling it cut off the tail
and head, and then inserting my knife as
carefully as possible beneath the
backbone, L ulscCt ~ Out oS VIC
doctors, would say, from the
flesh, together with the ribs
and smaller bones attached to it. If this
is properly done nearly the whole of the
bony system will have been removeds
when the belly and other useless portion,
are cut away. Nothing now rcmainse
YOU perceive, but the edible part OF thf
shad, ready for the grirdiron. For. o.
course, boned shad must be broiled,
Scarcely a scrap of meat has been thrown
away. and all the bones are taken out,
save only two or three rows of little ones
that can be readily withdrawn from be-
tween the longitudinal flakes. The shad's
skeleton is far more elaborate in structure
than that of any other fish, and the diff
ficulty of performing this operation upon
it is proportionally greater. With a
mackerel or cod there is comparatively
little trouble. Here is your shad now,
sir, without bone in it. 1t is deli
cacy. will venture to say, that you have
never seen upon anybody's table"
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"Well.r - hesitated Larry. shrewdly, ~

"Well," hesitated Larry, shrewdly, ~
am not very anxious, but if you feel like
it, I'll go for you for friendships sake
and take the chances"
Each one assured the other of the great
bargain he was getting, and finally the
pins were exchanged.
That night the two friends went to the
theatre, and Larry, fearing that Hoey
might want to play "Injun gift" wore
his new scarf pin in his pocket, so his
friend wouldn't see it and be reminded
of the past. ''Gf course" thought
Larry, "Hoey wouldn't wear anything
but the best, and I'm just in to the e1-
tent of $50 scarf pin"
The next day Hoey left, and Larry was
in high feather and went to John Cham
berlin to tell him his luck.
"By Jovew he said to John, 81
worked Hoey in great shape and he
proceeded to give him all the particu-
lars.
John tumbled into chair and fairly
yelled.
Larry joined kim and roared even
louder than John did.
"What are you laughing at?" asked
John, finally.
"At the way I worked Hoey. OF
course" said Larry, in some surprise.
81 amt" said John. Sim laughing
at the way he worked you"
Worked me2" exclaimed Larry, getting
cold.
"Of course" said John. "D:dn'tyou
trade him a S. pin;" .
"Yes, and got $50 one for it,"
"Not much, you didn't. Hoey told me
all about it, and that pin you've got cost
him just fifty cents, and he didn't try to
beat the dealer down single cent,
either.'
Larry was so indignant that he bet
Chamberlin a basket of champagne he
didn't know anything about jewelry, and
then taking him out to jewelers., the
question was put to the expert as to the
value of the pin.
"Well," he said, after a critical ex-
animation, ~ don't know what it is
worth to you, but if were buying I'd
give about twenty-five cents a quart for
pins of that grade"
Larry collapsed, and now he is look
ing for Hoey with a club. Washington
Cri &c.
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Hunting Woodchucks With Terrapin.

A man in Webster county, W. Va. has
novel way of catching woodchucks.
He first catches land telrapin and bores
a hole in it's sh"ll just over the tail.
Thorough this hole he runs ball of
candlcwick, leaving the ball about two
feet from the terrapin. When he wants
a woodchuck for dinner he takes the
te,rapiu in his pocket to the hole in
which the woodchuck has taken up his
permanent residence. When there he
puts the terrapln in the mouth of the
hole, saturates the ball with kerosene,
applies lighted match and in the turtle
goes, followed by the ball of fire. The
owner then stands at the other end, or
exit, and awaits progress. In very
short time the woodchuck appears at the
mouth of the hole in puzzled frame of
mind. A sharp blow from club winds
up the woodchuck's existence. The
lerrapin is always close behind his prey;
he is picked up, the burning kerosene
extinguished, and the hunter is ready
for another. - Mita20 Herald.
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"The Chautnuqua Salute

Sunday night. when Mr.. Burdick arose
to begin his address, the ladies, in ac-
cordance with a preconcertcd plan, gave
him a Chautauqua salute. Every lady
in the house waved her handkerchief,
and the effect was beautiful. We didn't
suppose there were so many clean white
handerchiefs in town. From the par
ouet, the circle, the gallery and the
stage huttered the dainty fabrics, giving
ELOQUENT though silent evidence of the
warm place Mr.. Burdick has won in the
hearts of the ladies of the village. -
DansoiNe (N ~ Adrertiser.
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The Worlds Coal Output.

The following table shows the total
output Of coal throughout the world for
the calendar years for which statistics
are available, except the figures of the
United States for 1887. Gross tons of
224O pounds are used in giving the sta.
tistics of Great Britain, the United
States, Russia and other countries, and
metric tons of ssO4 pounds for all the
other continental countries of Europe:
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Whore He Drew the Line.

81 dropped into a downtown hat,
store last week to have my hat ironed, "
says writer in the New York 70wn
76pbs. "a gentleman having Just pur-
chased silk hat, one of the clerks had
taken it to the inner room to have it
shaped to his head. While he stood
bareheaded awaiting his tile, another
gentleman entered, and, mistaking him
for one of the clerks, said as he handed
him his hat, which was an old one":
"Want to have it ironed." The gentle
man accepted the situation humorously,
and taking the hat to the back Office.
called out "Just iron that hat, please ~
Presently his new hat was brought out
to him, and while he was just adjusting
it, customer number two came up briskly
and said: "You need not try it on; it
looks all right; give it to me-"
"Well, my good man" was the some
what sarcastic retort, 81 don't mind be-
ing mistaken for hat clerk, but when it
comes to giving up my new hat for that
old campaigner 1 have just passed in, the
line has got to be drawn"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
In a ContempIative Mood.

"Why so contemplativc, papa mine2" "
said the beautiful Miss Wabash to her
father, the eminent Chicago pork packer
81: your mind upon business cares in
tent?"
"Yes, dear he replied, pushing her
away gently; land you mustn't dis
turb me now. l have perfected sys-
tenn by which can make silvered pigtail
favors for the german, and am trying to
think out something that will prevent
the grunt from running entirely to
waste. .n---.Ncao York Sun.