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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09
EXPLOSION oeDynamlte.

RIcHMoNn, Ind. March 8 "A fearful ex-
plosion Of dynamite occurred on the farm
Of David Hampton. a resident Of Dyna-
mite county, blowing his horse and
wagon and dog into pieces. The head Of
the horse was found a long distance from
the point Of the explosion. Mrs. Jack
Chamness, a quarter Of d mile away, was
seriously injured,
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09

CRY or MEXICO, March 0-Reports are
Iii circulation that It is not unlikely that
Minister Braggwill take up tie general
subject Of the commercial relations be-
tween Mexico aud the United States with
q View to- negotiHting a treaty Of friend
ship, commerce and navigation, the old
treaty having lapsed
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09
we are

PHILADELPHIA, March 8. Jno. }. De-
Ianey, Of Chicago, said this evening that
after careful examination hsS had found
that exactly seven men, who were in good
standing Ia the Brotherhood, had taken
the places of the strikers on the Reading
system.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09
waiting for the Gallant Colonel and His
Marc Nellie.

YANKToN, March 6.-The board Of
trustees Of the insane asylum has been
in session today. No important business
was transacted as Col. Gale has not yet
arrived. It is said that DR.. Craven, super
intendent, and DR.. Livingston, assistant
superintendent, will be allowed to remain
and that DIR. Potter, steward, is likely TO
eo
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09
monks sIrinsd with the Needle.

In ancient days even monks were not
ashamed OF being considered skillful With
the needle. In some Of the pattern books
for embroidery cut work and l8ces OF the
Sixteenth century, men are represented
sitting at a lace or embroidery frame. In
deed, some OF the pattern books OF this 20.
Rod were designed BY monks u PRIESTS
Philadelphia Call
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09
4 JANE Of FREEZE OUT.
That Is the Kind Of Game Now Being
Played In this strike.

CHICAGO, March 6.-The Burlington
strike has now resolved itself into a game
Of freeze out. awe have 80 per cent of
the number Of engineers and fremen en-
pioyed before the strike,n said General
PassengerAgent Paul Morton today. @We
only require rs per cent of the whole
number, as we had more men than we &c.
tually needed at the time the strike was
ordered. We are not receiving live stock
or perishable freight yet, but will be by
Friday.D
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09

BRArSERD, MINI. March 0-In the
municipal election today nr. Woemer
Hampstead, democrat, defeated d. II.
Douglass, republican candidate for re-
election is mayor, by a small majority.
The movement 10 elect women on the
school board failed.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09
An old Fashioned Preacher.

Mrs. Highmind--I suppose you 90 to
church,
New Nurse Girl - On, yes, ma'am;
every Sunday.
choose MOSTLY
N. N. G.-T5sy're all rom the Bible.
Mrs. HI see; one of those old fash
Toned preachers.--Tid Bits.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09
g. n "a Yukon cnuntrr.

Contrary 10 the general superstition,
there are no areas Of frozen swamps 70 DO
found in the country adjacent 70 Alaska
~anFyeying parity enpaye hy the goy.
ernr1ent II Canada discovered 4 great deal
81 grassy country eloug the branches 81
the Yukon river chicago Times.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09

INDIANAPOLIS, March Nv r. A..
Bernhamer, one Of the men convicted IN
connection with the tally sheet forgeries.
was today cent 10 the northern prison At
Michigan City To serve q year.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09
WASHINGTON NEWs.

Fhe Informal Revenue Bui II suhm tilted
70 the Full COMMITTEES.
WAsnIKoroN, March 6The demo
cratic majority Of the ways and means
COMMITTEES to-day submitted 10 tins full
committee the ctafnal revenue bin. II
provides that after July 4, 1888, AZ taxes
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09

Husband Gust starting for ous Of town.
MY dear, here Is a $50 bill.
Wife hastilg-Oh, John. I'm ever 50
much obliged
Husband-Which wish you would give
10 The tailor for my new oyercoak Ho
said he would send bill today-The Epceh.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09
THE SIGNAL ron A FrgHT.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-The presenta-
ton Of the revenue bill was the signal for
a vigorous onslaught by the republican
members upon their democratic col
leagues. They roundly denounced the
majority for their conduct in preparation
Of this and the tariff bill, and their indig-
nation was heightened when a proposition
was put and carried despite their objec-
ton TO consolidate in one measure the
tariff and revenue bills. 1t was then sHg-
gested by the republicans in view of the
apparent determination of the majority, to
begin immediate consideration Of the bill,
that manufacturers and producers whose
interests might be affected by the bill
should be offered an opportunity to adj
dress the committee upon the subject.
This proposition did not seem to meet
with favor at the hands of the majority,
who said plenty of information could be
gotten from printed matter.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-03-09

on manufactured chewing tobacco, smok-
ing tobacco and snuff; all special taxes
upon the manufactures Of and dealers In
said articles and all taxes upon wholesale
AMI retail dealers in leaf tobacco shall be
repealed. A rebate. is allowed on all
original and unbroken packages then held
after that date. The manufacturers of
cigars shall each pay special tax Of SO
annually and dealers in tobacco shall pay
a tax Of 81 annually. For violation of the
internal laws the court ina impose any
penalty or fine not exceeding the max
Imum in the present statutes. Other Sec
items define the conditions uGder which
warrants%are to be issued and the officers
before whom trial is to be had. The bill
reduces the penalty for non-payment of
the tax from 100 TO % per cent 1t re-
peals the law which permits the destruc-
ton Of a still prior to a hearing before a
court of proper Jurisdiction. The act re-
lating to fruit brandy is extended SO as to
cover brandy distilled from apples, peach
es and other fruit, All laws imposing
any special taxes upon the manufacturers
of, and retail dealers in, liquors and re-
tail dealers in malt are repealed. The act
shall be in force from the first of next
July. All laws in conflict With it shall be
repealed. The total reduction in revenue
made by this bill is about $25.0 200,
made up of $20,000,000 on tobacco and
So, 100000 on LIQUORS,
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04
How Rhymes Are Made.

Poetry is a more mechanical art
than most people believe. Fred
Latham, who is cousin of Lord
Tennyson, has told me that when the
laureate is writing poem he con-
structs a rhyming dictionary of his
own, thus: A, b, C, d, e, f, G, h, i, j,
k, |, m, n, o, p, q, r, S, t, u, V, W, x, y,
2.
"When he has written line, say:
Where Claribel low-lieth-
He starts down the alphabet hunting
for a rhyme, getting 'buyeth,' 'crieth,
'dieth, lieth, 'sigheth, 'tieth,' try
eth, 'vieth, and so on, out of which,
of course, it is the easiest possible
thing to get the line
The oak tree, thck-leaved, ambrosal sigheth,
when the proper time comes to intro
duce that verse into the poem. Usual
ly Lord Tennyson conceals the art by
which he gets to his rhymes by putting
the manufactured line first and letting
the second one carry the real burden
of the thought, as any one who will
read Iocksley Hall critically will
see."-H. B. DeeS, in Chicago Ne,OS.
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04
MISQUOTED LINES.
Familiar Expressions That Are Geher'V
Quoted Wrong.

Familiar Expressions That Are GeneraIV
Quoted Wrong.
1t is a peculiar faculty OF hunI
memory to misquote proverbs al'
poetry, and almost invariably to pl'"
the credit where it does not belong
Nine men out of ten think that "lN
Lord tempers the wind to the sn''
lamb" is from the Bible, where
Lawrence Sterne is the author "fou'
ing oil upon troubled waters Is '~
ascribed to the sacred volume, wheI'1
it is not there; in fact, no one AuV'
its origin:
Again, we hear people say; ~
proof of the pudding is in chewing y
string" This is arrant nonsense, %
the proverb says: THE proof Ol
pudding is in the eating thereOl o.
not in chewing the string" NJ
Nothing is more common tnaD
hear:
A man convinced against MS WIZ
Is of the same opinion still
This is an impossible condl'lOl,
mind, for no one can be conVlnOV'
one opinion and at the same time
to an opposite one. What Butler Wv
was eminently sensible:
He that complies against his VIII
Is of his own opinion still
A famouc passage of Scripture
often misquoted thus: "he 'D AN
without sin among you, let him c''', 4,
first stone" 1t should be; 'h0'
first cast stone" n.,s
Sometimes we are told: W. h,
how great a fire little ma'''' "a.
dleth," whereas St. James sala' h
hold how great matter a il'uS ,.s,,,
kindleth," which is quite uiD'
thing. =, ar
We also hear that "a miss Is o :h,e
as mile" which is not as Scn'i I ns
forcible as the true provero;
of an inch is as good as mus ii :
Look before you leap" Snou I.,s
"And look before you ere YOU h
Pope is generally credited VIZ
ing written
Immodest words admit OF no u0ie .snse
For want of decency IS want Oh w. .,i
though it would puzzle any OrV gSor u
the verses in his writings ln
written by the Earl Of RoscolniH
died before Pope was born >, ,bsS
Franklin said: Honesty u co,s
policy but the maxim is Oh O5
origin and may be found IN
ote." "-Rhiiadelphia Times
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04
NOWl

Hast thou work to do, which waits
Thy tardy hand, and mutely chides
Thy careless, long neglect' Then do
That urgent work while strength aoloes'
Work now, to-day, this hour, for hours
And days are brief and feet, and strengtn,
Though now it seem so proud and great,
viii wane and disappear at length.
Then work with all thy power
To-day, this hour.
Hast thou an evil done, or harsh
Word said, and made human heart
With sorrow ache or anger stir
Repent this hour, and pluck the dart
So cruel from the tortured wound.
By humble, tender words reveal
Thy grief and penitence; for why
Shouldst thou thy fault or sin conceal'
Speak now, while thou hast power'
Do right this hour,
Hast thou gift to givef And are
There aching hearts and tears from lack
or what thy hand withholdsf Then give
To-day-why longer wait'-nor slack
Thy giving seltishly or soon.
Why should brother be In need
Because Of thy too long delay'
Do now thy good and helpful deed,
To-day thou hast the power;
Give now, this hour.
Rev. 0. C. S. Wallace, IN Wdtchndn
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04
FULL OF FUN.

When cat gives an entertainment
from the top of wall it isn't the cat
we object to, it's the waul.
"A man with six marriageable
daughters says that his house is reg.
ular courthouse every Sunday night
Boston Post. '
-Brown-"I hear Smith has In
chloroform his clothes every night
White-"What for?" Brown-"Be..
cause they are so loud they keep him.
awake. n-Erchangc
-Passengcr-'Do we stop long
enough at the next station to cat
sandwich" Conductor-"No, sir; we
only stop twenty minutes. "-Ltfe,
-"Tu chew you up Grimalkn said to
Thomas Fitz de Growl.
,trd like to cat.chew doing it," quoth Thomas
with ayowl.
-YOnber'S Gazette
Stranger addressing an old colored
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., who's building
this houso?" Colored Bricklayer-
"Mr. Hirshbug he build de house, but
Queen Ann she drawed de plan. "-Hary
per'S Bazar.
Wife (carelessly)-"Whats that
fire alarm ringing forP" Husband
Nreshly)-"For fire, of course
Wife (calmly)-"Woll, what do you
s,tppose it wants with fire such a day
rs Washington Critic.
-"How is your employer, Sambo:
heard he had bad fall" yes, sab,
butts he's sufferin' most from the re,
action before he fell, sah." 20, the
reaction came first did it?" "YeS, sab,
de mule kicked him ober. Springfield
Union.
Lieutenant (waIsipg up)-" "Domer
wetter! Already ten o'clock! John,
why did you not wake me when |
ordored?n John Il have already
wakened you several times, but Per-
haps you have not heard me- e'"-FiA
gcnde Blatter.
Student (not very clear as to his
lesson)-"That's what the author says,
any way" Professor-"l don't want
the author; l want you" Student
(despairingly) well, you've got
me. e."-Philadclphia Qniz.
He had Just declined her profered
heart; but, wishing to soften the blow
, was about to add: "But | will always
be a -" when the fair girl raised
her hand. "Hush, George" she Sad
! "when your budding muStache Is As
, long as the whiskcrs on that chestnut
Won can use it for Il mufllor.-Iesg
, SVtjngS.
8 -.Phat's thim?" said Mulcahq
!, pointing to the life-preserverS on deck
' "Those are life-prcservcrs," said Tho
officer. "Oh, life-preservarS, ar'
l they? Thin why don't yez sind thin
e to ther hoshpitals, where there's Plng
. dying and dying all the tonne, bedad'
n Ocean.
# -Steve-"Yes, poor Blivin8 does
d look melancholy, as you say de sui
K suffers from the consequences Of 40
y e early love affair" Maud Qnstanty III
Is terested) CON, tell inc. DID tH
j. young lady die or prove falseP" Steve
g Neither. She married him. "-I@'
.s He was doing very nicely mlS
IN parlor, when a solemn voice CANE
to through the open window from lA
Ig porch: THAT young man makes a
d d very tired" Don't be alarmed, Nh
ID ID Sampson" said the girl, as he hasal
n started up, "it is only Polly, our par
g rot" 81 understand it's the parrOS
d. he replied, "but | would like to know
"a who taught her to talk. ~ T. S@'
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04

It seems poor philosophy, poor NOR
ality, poor sense, not to make the best
of every thing. 1t is contemplate
habit to carp and see the disagreeabla
to the exclusion of the good.
Franklin tells this story: ga cer-
tain man having determined to culti-
vate a cheerful mind, found 1t neces-
sary to cultivate cheerful acquaint-
ances. He had one crooked leg and
one handsome and well-formed. Per-.
sons who looked only at the crooked
leg, and ignored the we'll and sound
limb, he refused to know"
Carlyle said that he who made two
potatoes grow where but one had
grown before was a true benefactor OF
the race. Surely he who makes come
into life, either his own or anothers,
two joyfulnesses in place of one, two
smiles instead of one, he is a bene-
factor of the human race, and working
out the Beatitudes.
Many years ago / heard James L.
Fields deliver in fremont Temple q
lecture on Cheerfulness. | was scarce
ly more than a girl, but his words have
remained with me twenty years, help
full and sensible. He said cheerfulness
could be cultivated and should be; that
man or woman, however upright,
was curse to all connected with him
if he did not carry cheer OF heart. l
think lack of cheer argues a real lack
of faith in God. All life, from the
tiniest grass blade to remotest star,
shows things working towards perfec-
ton. So it seems a pitiable blindness
that let's man grope through life
without clasping on to the divine OF it.
Of greater worth than all our COM
plex system of education would be g
systematic training of the mind to ap'
probation of the good, feel a great
pity, together with contempt, for the
man or woman who spoils a day or ar
hour or q moment by fault-fnding
grumbling, or by sullen silence ir
place of glad praises. How many
divine day is spoilt before breakfast i;
over!
Many of life's burdens would be
lifted if we would establish with our
selves a sort of balance sheet, cancel
ing the unpleasant with the pleasant
and not emitting to credit the surplus
pleasantness. Such accuracy of ac
count would invariably show the gain
in large excess of the loss, and prove
that many a soul avows bankruptcy
when there is no excuse for it, fol
which fraudulent insolvency as strin
gent laws are needed as might restrain
the evil. We could not many days
keep true account with life, even thu
most common, without convincing our
selves of the fact that there is mucl
more of good than bad. Suppose Mrs
Somebody kept her record. One da!
might run like this:
BAD SIDE. GOOD SIDE.
Baby cross, and Baby alive and ab
creeping into every to be cross and creep
thing. Had breakfast
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04

In New Mexico, says the Louis
vile Courier-JOurnal, the Spanish
language is the language of the courts,
the council, and the Assembly. Legis-
lative debates are carried on in Span
ish, and laws are framed in that Ian
guage. English is secondary tongue,
and person is at a decided disad-
vantage even in transacting business
unless he is familiar with Spanish.
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04

The old belief that more light
haired persons than dark become in
sane has gone the way of other ancient
delusions. Out of the l65 patients who
are being treated in the kirkbride In
sane Asylum, in Philadelphia, all ex-
cept four are of decidedly dark com.
nleXiOn
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04

1T is our habit to speak deprecatinrlv
oI commonplace people and things. And
yet what would be done without them, The
muiVlpl'catlon table and the alphabet are
commonplace enough, and they are but ex-
amples OF othe indispensableness of com
teiidn ''S"S-
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04

IHE ice.dealer's motto-As we Journey
through life let US live by the Weigh
Merchant Trdueler,
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04

= NlneLVsnlnG
bread good. rlN
Great possibilities Of
q new girl.
Home to keep, hus.
band and children to
love; dear friends,
lovely world, pleasant
times, people to help.
Lovely opportunity
to prove myself supe-
rior to circumstances
| Lovely lesson to
teach me common
sense in shoes.
1 have feet. How
much better than
horses.
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04

The line might stretch out infinitely,
and at last there could be no balance
struck, because most evils at which
people complain are so trihing as not
possible to compare with the beautiful
blessings of life. In plain words, let
US all join the Lookup Club"
Look up and not down,
Out and not in,
Forward and not back,
And lend hand
Mrs. Grace Curtis, IN Chicago Id
1jl1ce
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04

Bread sour.
Hired girl going.
Too much sewing
back-ache, cross, tired,
no good living.
Fire out in dining.
room.
Corn aches.
Mrs. Lofty has o car
riage.
Sharp County record., 1888-10-04
BAD SIDE.

RAD SIDE. GOOD SIDE.
Baby cross, and Baby alive and able
creeping into every to be cross and creep.
thing Had breakfast. =,
The Portland daily press., 1888-11-06
OVER THE BORDER.
How Uncle Sans Laws are Evaded
in Northern Maine.

BANGOR, Nov. 5.-Reference has been
made from time to time to the organized sys-
TEN of 'pocket peddling," so called, along
the Maine frontier, and especially along the
line of the Canadian Pacific Railway and in
adjoining towns, and the business has grown
so rapidly of late that in many cases citizens
are seriously considering the matter. being
desirous of taking some steps to check it,
While there has been a traffic for years in a
small way in all the border towns, the advent
of the new road opened up another and COM
paratively safe avenue for smugglers, and
since that time many thousands of dollars
worth of goods" have come in "around," 4"
and not through the custom houses. Perhaps
no country on earth guards so carelessly its
frontier as does this one in which we live,
and this fact can be made plain to any one
who is interested enough in the matter to in
vestlgate it. On the northwestern boundary
of Maine there are no less than thirty town
ships which border on Canada soil, and for
all this line-much over one hundred miles
In extent-there are but two custom house
officials and one assistant, and in the case Of
Custom House Officer Andrews, at Moose
River, the government pays the magnificent
sum of 1920 per day. The other office,
strange to say, is fifteen miles over the line,
being in the town of Megantic, and there is
no more difficulty in smuggling than there
would be in bringing goods from New Hamp-
shire into Maine
If it were not so, many thousands of dol
lars worth of trade, which now drifts away
from the merchants of northern Maine,
would come to them. Then in the matter Of
liquor, the amount of the smuggled article is
very large. In dealing with this, nearly all
break not only the rigid State laws, but the
United States internal revenue laws as well.
Here again the government is lax in its
work, for the duty of apprehending the
peddlers who sell without paying the United
States tax, rests wholly with Deputy Collec-
tor Murphy, who has eight counties to cover,
and is supposed to be found at all reasonable
hours in his Office in Bangor. 1t is not a
strong or overdrawn statement to make,
that hundreds of men and women are en-
gagged in this unlawful selling, and in regu-
lating this matter alone and unaided Collec-
tor Murphy. or any other man, stands about
the same chance of success as would greet a
house fly attempting to stop buzz saw.
The Portland daily press., 1888-11-06

Congressman Reed In California.

Congressman Reed who has been in Cal
ifornia for some weeks past spoke in San
francisco, Saturday evening, Oct. 27th. The
meeting was very large and the ENTHUSIASM
intense. At Oakland Mr.. Reeds reception
was extremely cordial, and here he addressed
very large audience. He has spoken since
he has been on the Pacific coast at San Jose,
San Bernadino, Fresno, Merced and Los
Angeles, and everywhere his meetings have
been remarkable for their size and their en-
thuslasm. Concerning the meeting at San
francisco the San Francisco Chronicle has
this to say:
1t augurs well for the success of the Re-
publican party when the announcement that
one OF the Eastern leaders will speak in the
Wlgwam attracts thither an audience that
appears one evening at fashionable theatre
mrs nrst night and the next at charity ball.
VI such was the vast assemblage that heard
Congressman Tom" Reed Of Maine. No
orator, no Thespian, no preacher in this city
was ever cheered to grander endeavor by a
more select audience than that that he
moved 20 numerous applause or breathless
silence last night Ladies who are known
In society split their gloves in giving the
speaker well-timed reward for his happv
hits; leaders of the german applauded with
voice and cane the efforts OF the Eastern
Congressman; the merchant, the broker,
speech, and the workingmen punctuated
with full-lunged appreciation political ora
ton that was soundly Republican,
Inc Wlgwam Is too small for such meet
ings. Il tests party regard to make men and
women stand up for two hours, yet hum
dreds did not weaken. At 7.30 o'clock over
1000 had vainly tried to gain an entrance
into the hall. AT that time over 6000 people
were inside. Among those on the platform
were the following: M. G. Blake, ID. j. Muir
ply, j. r. Sharpstein, Horace G. Platt,
Frank j. French, I. X. Wilson, NJ. HI. de-
Young, Colonel Frank w. Sumner, L. b.
Mcfarland, Colonel l.. b. Miner, Marcus
p. Wiggin, j. J. Deane, Theodore Reichert
and Henry c. Dibble.