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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24

It was Daniel Webster who, when
called upon at Philadelphia banquet
for toast to Pennsylvania illustrious
sons, responded: II drink to the health
of the great men of Pennsylvania.
Here's to Benjamin Franklin of Massa-
chusetts and Albert Gallatin of Switz-
erland." The Jest was not relished by
Pennsylvania, who could have retorted
in like manner upon Massachusetts,,
for the great orator and statesman Of
whom she was so proud was q son Of
New Hampshire.
But nothing more illustrates the cos
mopolitan character of our civilization,
and the kindness of each State to thosd
who are her sons by adoption as those
who are by birth, than the fact that
so many of our illustrious men are not
born in the community with which
they are identified. The death of Sem
ator Beck affords q striking instances
Since childhood he has been in thought,
feeling and action thorough Kentuck-
ian, yet he first saw the light in cold
and foggy Scotland. But no one could
ever think of him as other than Ken
tuckian, and he was never anything
else. Thus Henry Clay was born and
reared in Virginia, and George d.
Prentice was 0 Connecticut Yankee,
but there have been no better Kentuck-
ians than these.
land while Kentucky has drawn some
Of her great men from other States she
has given many in return. Illinois is
Justly proud of Abraham Lincoln, but
he was born on Kentucky soil. Jeffer-
son Davis was Kentuckian by birth,
but in history is Mississippian.
Examples multiply with respect to
other States. General Grant was cred
tied to Illinois, but he was born in
Ohio. Andrew Jackson, the great
Tennessean, was long the disputed
product of North Carolina and South
Carolina, though we believe the latter
State has established the better claim]
The brilliant Sargent s. Prentiss OF
Mississippi. the perfect type of South
ern orator, fowery and impulsive, was
Graded among the SHOWS of Maine.
And thus the list could be continued
indefinitely. Courier Journal.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24
Cornfield Philosophy.

The longest way round may be the
easiest way found, but it is not always
the quickest way to reach your destina-
ton.
Green apples do not give the small
boy any trouble unless he eats them.
Do not bank too heavily on the man
who wears clean shirt. Possibly he
did not pay the washer-woman for
making it clean.
It Is well that the world is neither
SO bad as some folks think it nor so
good as some folks would like to
have it.
The man who pays his debts is not
SO commendsble as the man who does
not make any.
The saying that poets are born, not
made, is showing considerable respen=
sibility off on Nature.
Dead men tell no tales, but they are
able to trouble the living very FREE
quently. Conscience is the great liver
regulator.
Lots of rain will make corn grow,
but It makes weeds grow also.
III an honest man is the noblest work
of God, what can be ssid of the one
who Is dishonest?
The bank robber is not In favor of q
higher tax for better police force.
The vine will climb q crooked pole
as quickly as ii will one that is
straight. 81
The industrious hen does NOT require
q patent nest to induce her to lay eggs.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24
A Rich Mans Advice.

Russell Sage, who is supposed to oe
worth fifty million dollars and who is
one of the most notable examples in
| America, of a self-made man, is believed
to have more ready money than any
other individual in the world. There
are, of course, larger fortunes than Mr..
Sage's, but they are invested in securi-
ties, in property, or in business. Mr..
Sage keeps SO much money on hand
that he may proftably accommodate
men and corporations that require loans
from time to time.
When asked by the New York Her
aid, Mr.. Sage said that any man of
good intelligence can accumulate a for
tune by adopting three principles
dustry, economy, and patience. He
places no reliance on luck. A man
must SO conduct himself as to command
the respect and confidence of all with
whom he comes in contact. To disre-
gard the opinions of others is simply to
invite failure.
Then he says that without economy
no man can succeed in even circum-
stances where there are large gains. 1t is
the careful, prudent way that makes
man master of the business situation.
This is true not only in business, but
also in politics, in religion and in every
| interest of life.
What a man saves is of far more i'm
| portance than what he makes. What q
man should save must be governed by
| circumstances. There can be no fast
and bound rule in this case. Mems sur,
roundings SO vary that the rule which
would fit one case would not suit an
other. Still it is safe to advise young
man to save all he can, and to assure
him that the saving of his first hun
dred dollars will teach him to save the
second, and to proceed on that course
until he has laid the foundation for q
large fortune.
Very properly in this connection
great stress is laid on the fact that
mans health has much to do with his
success in life, and that therefore it is
his duty to look well after his bodily
condition. Ill health will deprive him
of energy and therefore of success.
But economy and good health are not
the only requisites. A man must also
be intelligent. He must read books
and newspapers and keep generally
posted on the topics of the day and the
course of human events. The learning
which young man acquires in his own
room is far more lasting and robust
than that which is obtained by hot
bed action in an institution of Gull
ture.
One of the wealthiest men in America
recently said that he considered intern
perance the greatest cause of poverty.
Mr.. Sage regards the lack of intelli-
gence, coupled with lack of industry
and economy, as much greater cause.
Close application is necessary in every
business, and with this, if the ordinary
personal business qualities can be found
there is no reason why success should
not be obtained.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24
A Timid CAT.

There is an old cat in Cobbham, a
suburb of Athens, that lately called
forth much interest from its owners by
its mysterious behavior. Since the de-
structive cyclone at Louisville and other
Western cities, carrying in its mouth
death and destruction, this Goldman
cat has grown quite curiosity in the
feline tribe, Every time it t6unders
and dark clouds roll over the canopy of
heaven in manner that threatens q
storm, the cat begins to tremble pite-
ously and scream in the most weird
and frightful accents of it's tale of woe.
When the lightnings fash from cloud
to cloud the cats agony seems to know
no limit, and it rolls over and over,
yelling in the widest way possible.
Even at the dead hour of night this
mysterious cat will rush frantically into
the room Of its mistress when clouds
appear and will scream in such terror
that the lady oftentimes has to arise
and nurse it in it's fright The cat is a
large black animal and has one eye,
the other having suddenly disappeared
recently. The cat is the property of
one of the leading families of Cobb
ham. -SdUd2an1h NeaUS.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24
Truth About Farm Mortgages.

That Kansas is plastered all over with
mortgages the Eastern newspa. er fire.
quently aftirms, and the Eastern reader
usually believes, particularly the Demo-
cratic newspaper and the Democratic
reader. They must, in some way, get
even with that 80, 900 Republican MAORI
ty, and to libel the State is doubtless the
easiest method. "The Kansas farmer
sits by the light of his blazing corn and
reads his mortgage" has been favorite
witticism, originating with the Louisville
Co~rSer-JourmGt but passing from paper
to paper regardless of the prompt sug-
gestion that the indebtedness must have
been paid or the farmer wouldn't have
his mortgage to read. So much has been
said and written of the load of debt un-
der which Kansas farmers were strug-
Cling that, beyond question, very large
proportion of the people in the East
think of the agriculturists in the Sun
flower State as toiling on without hope,
striving only to meet their annual pay
ment of interest.
For the sake of the reputation of Kan
sas and for the enlightenment of the
East, to say nothing of the discontinue
of those who have borne false witness, it
is gratifying that special census agents
have been at work in the State compiling
statistics as to the actual recorded mort
gagged Indebtedness. In some counties
the work has been completed, and the re-
suits show how gross have been the
exaggerations heretofore published. In
Harper County, for instance, the actual
number Of mortgages recorded during the
past ten years is less than one-f fourth as
large as has been claimed; and five-sixths
of them have been paid.
AS the journal remarked day or two
ago, no State has been lied about more
persistently than Kansas, and no State
can better afford to have the truth known.
Kansas City Journal.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24

and reflected from the mirror were his
legs encased in pantalets which barely
reached his knees, and around the bot
toms OF which was an eight inch breadth
of ruffie.
For. q time there was the devil to
pay.
He attempted to explain that his
friend had put the pantalets on him
while he was asleep, but the explana-
ton didn't hold water. He wanted to
tell her that in the West this was the
style of drawers worn by cowboys in
their meanderings for ruffied grouse,
but she wouldn't listen to him.
How he finally did explain matters
is not known, but he owns that his wife
is perfectly satisfied provided he does
not get into rufied drawers again, and
this promise he made her. PhilGdel-
DhSd Record.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24

A FOOLISH young fellow at Albany,
while riding in an electric car day or
two ago, took costly gold watch out
of his pocket, and just for the purpose
of showing that he "dare" do it laid the
watch on the floor of the car just over
the motor. Of course it became heav-
lily charged with the electric fluid and
stopped. After it had laid there per-
haps ten seconds he picked it up and it
began running again. Some one in the
car remarked that he might do it once,
but it would not be safe experiment to
try it very often. He secuted the idea
of danger, and to show that no harm
could come to a watch under the cir
cumstances he placed it upon the floor
again, letting it remain minute. The
works became thoroughly magnetized,
would not go, and matchmaker tells
him they are ruined.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24

APoLL-PARRoT under the influence of
"a jag" was witnessed by several per-
sons in the Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg.
1t escaped from its cage, and found a
cup of alcohol in the drug-room. OF
this it drank until it staggered. About
this time one of the house physicians
entered, and the depraved bird swore
at him with frightful vehemence, and
bit him in the hand. Then, half flying,
half leaping, Polly commenced to make
for the entrance hall with unsteady gait,
swearing in manner that caused the
waiting visitors to stop their ears. just
then one of the sisters arrived, and
found this frightful example to all
birds disappearing in the center of the
hall, while the visitors were retreating
in all directions. Aid was promptly
furnished. Polly was removed into a
room where she could sober up.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24

A QUAINT love feast was celebrated
recently by the Pennsylvania Dunk
ards. After the night services of three
hours duration loaves of bread and tin
dishes, containing soup made of rice
and beef, were placed on the table and
all the members partook of the Lords
supper. Every set of four brethren and
every set of four sisters ate soup out of
one dish, two sitting on each side of the
narrow table. The salutation of the
holy kiss followed the supper, when
each imprinted kiss on the HIPS of the
member next to him. Communion
service, the breaking of unleavened
bread and the drinking of unfermented
grape wine were also part of the
services.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24
Bees as Weather Prophets.

1t is undeniabIe that animals have a
sort of PRECEDENCE of coming weather.
Nature has evidently provided them
with special nerves that are affected by
changes in the weight and moisture Of
the atmosphere, to which all storms are
due. Those little creatures, the bees,
are peculiarly accurate weather har-
bingers, but how far ahead the bee may
be able to look is an open question.
A keen observer, by looking at them
in the early morning, during the work
ing season, will soon be able to form an
opinion as to what the day will be, and
that almost to certainty, for they will
sometimes appear sluggish and inactive,
although the morning is very bright
and showing every appearance of q
clear day, but the sun soon becomes
clouded, and rain follows.
And, again, the morning may be dull
and cloudy, and sometimes rain may be
falling; still the bees may be observed
going out in considerable numbers, and
as sure as this is seen the day becomes
bright and fair.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24

became troublesome. One morning hs
took crowbar and began prying them
up. He found that they were cobble
stones that had been driven iato the
ground forming circle. Beneath them
was large fiat stone. His curiosity
was excited, and he pried up the latter,
when he discovered beneath it brass
kettle full of money, but whether gold
or silver is not stated.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24
RedoemiuS Promises.

1t is the redemption of the promise of
the Republican resolution in the last
platform that no man who wore the blue
should be allowed to become the inmate
of an almshouse, or Re forced to subsist
on charity, except where his own vices
have led to his dependence. This meas
ure gives pension of not less than Sc a
month and not more than $12 to each
honorably discharged soldier suffering
from mental or physical debility of per-
manent character, not the result of his
own vicious habits, which make him I'M
able to earn his own support. The bill
also provides for the pension of depen-
dent parents and of widows and children.
This measure has more in its favor than
any that have been proposed recently. 1t
is not the idea of the people that the men
who served honorably in the war and who
are now, through no fault of their own,
incapable of their own support, should be
sent to the ordinary almshouse to end
their days. The veterans as we'll as the
country are to be congratulated on the
defeat of the service-pension scheme. for
which there was no demand among the
mass of veterans. Sentinel.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24
Indian Keenness.


It is vain to suppose that uncivilized
races will get good from our teaching,
and ignore the evil involved in our ex-
ample. Bishop Whipple, who gives in
the North american Reuiew an ac-
count of his experience among Mime.
sofa Indians, says that the Dacotahs
once held q sca1p-dance near the mis-
sion house. The Bishop was indignant.
He went to Wabasha, the chief, and
said:
"Wabasha, you asked me for mis-
sionary and teacher. I gave them to
you. visit you, and the first sight is
this brutal scalp-dance. I knew the
Chippewa whom your young man have
murdered: His wife is crying for her
husband, his children are asking for
their father. Wabasha, the Great
Spirit hears his children cry. He is
angry. Some day he will ask Wa
basha, Where is your red brother?' p"
The old chief smiled, drew his pipA
from his mouth, and said:
White man go to war with his own
brother in the same country; kill more
men than Wabasha can count in all his
life. Great Spirit smiles; says, Good
white man! He has my book. / love
him very much. I have good place
for him by and by The Indian is a
wild man. He has no Great Spirit
book. He kills one man; has scalp
dance. Great Spirit is mad and says.
Bad Indianl put him in a bad place
by and by Wabasha don't believe it. .
The Indian has keen sense Of
humor, and never fails to see the weak
points in his adversary's armor.
Old h-bah-skong, the head chief
of Mile Lac, brought all his warriors
to defend Fort Ripley, in 1862. For
this act he was promised the special
protection of Government, and told that
his people should never be removed. A
few years later, an agent was sent from
Washington to ask the Ojibways to
cede their land, move north and settle
on worthless strip of ground.
This man called council of Indians.
and said to them, "My red brothers.
your great father has heard how Won
have been wronged. He said, Il viii
send them an honest man. He looked
in the North. the South, the East, and
the West. When he saw me he said.
This is the honest man whom I will
send to my red children Brothers,
look at me. The winds of fifty-five
years have blown over my head, and
silvered it with gray, and in all that
time ] have never done wrong to any
man. AS your friend, I ask you to sign
this treaty"
Old Shah-bah-skong sprang to his
feet and said, contemptuously:
My friends. look at me! The winds
Of more than fifty winters have blown
over my head and silvered it with gray.
but they have not blown my brains
awayi"
The council was ended.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24
Protection Lays Up for a Rainy Day.

There is no better index to the pros
perity of this country than the returns
Of the savings banks. For the benefit Of
the revenue reformers we reprint the
table compiled by the Comptroller of the
Currency, showingth amount of deposits
and number of depositors in our savings
banks for the year 1882 In some States
like Pennsylvania the savings of the
people have been diverted from savings
seciations. Some States have failed to
profit by their opportunities, and their
people have comparatively little ahead.
The total, however, is magnificent, and
is irrefutable evidence of the benefit of
protection to the wage-earners of the
country
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24
The Senator and the Waiter.

While travelling together recently,
three Southern politicians-Legendre,
Semmes and Ben Hill-lunched in rail
way restaurant. Messrs. Semmes and
Hill attacked the bill of fare to the ex-
tent of 81, and Mr.. Legendre contented
himself with a seventy-fve cent meal
Breakfast ended, the three gentlemen
each handed the waiter silver dollar.
Twenty-Five cents was due Legendre,
however, and this amount the waiter re-
turned to him on his tray. Mr.. Legendre
replaced the quarter on the tray
to "tip" the waiter. The waiter,
placing the same money in glass
on the tray, passed it to Mr.. Sem
mes as gentle reminder of what was ex-
pected of him. Mr.. Semmes was, how
ever, busily conversing with his friend
Mr.. Hill at the time. and in an absent
minded way appropriated the tip-money
under the impression that it was his
change. The waiter was dumfounded, and
Mr.. Legendre, somewhat embarrassed,
beckoned to him and dropped an addi-
tional quarter on the tray to soothe his
feelings, This the waiter passed to Mr..
Hill, with the hope that he at least, had
caught on, and that Mr.. Semmes might
finally be brought to knowledge Of his
mistake. Again he made Q serious error;
Mr.. Hill dealt with the tip-money just as
Mr.. Semmes had done in the first in
stance. The waiter was dumfaunded, but
before he could attempt an explanation
the party fastened away for their train.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24

exists in mississippi and other States
solely because rec speech and free
voting are unknown there.
Gllttering generalities as to the right
OF government cannot be accepted
In defense OF the Southern States, for
the essence of tho motive of the Fedetal
election law is the grave charge tint SELF
government does oseAist in them; that q
government of and by IN oligarchy is the
rule in them; that in all of them .reat
number, in some of them great ma
Jorlty, OF voters are not allowed any
shadow of political right.
The Democratic duty is to bring facts
in disproof Of these grave charles or,
failing in proof, to plead guilty AMI to
aid in remedial measures. The most use
less and aggravating course for them to
pursue is that OF factious opposition to
inquiry and remedy. Inter Ocean.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24

A LARGE Belgian poodle dog aston
ished promenaders in the corridors of
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, the
other night by strolling leisurely up
and down and putting with apparently
intense satisfaction at a small pipe,
which he held tightly in his mouth.
Max Somerville, awealthy Philadel-
phian, bought the animal in Paris
several years ago.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24
A Mothers Wall.

The dead Of Cagliari, Sardinia, are
buried in q bright cemetery. ut Is an
ordered thicket of geraniums, in end
less bloom writes an English tourist;
eand from the splendor peer forth the
white marble tombs and the black
crosses which pay tribute to the dead
under the flowers
The visitor sees that the mertalitY
among the children Of the city is very
great, and reads with aching heart the
walls OF the mothers recorded upon the
monumental marble.
On one monument Is carved the
figure OF little boy OF three, seated in
his nursery chair, with toy loose In his
hand, and his head upon one side, as If
he were asleep. The mothers convul-
sive sigh is heard as the epitaph Is
read: Naughty onel Why do You not
awake 2"
Another epitaph commentaries q
child yet younger: within three DAYS
he was born, he suffered, and he died.
Oh. true compendium Of humanity r
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24
OHIO STATE APPROPRIATIONS

Democratic Recklessness Involves the FL
nances of the Buckeye state.
columbus (Ohio) speciall
The Auditor Of the State ~ lust COM
pleted the arrangement of the several
appropriations made by the Democratic
Leg stature during the first session. tho
total appropriations from the general
revenue fund are found to be So, $685.
4O7.76. The total estimates of receipts
from all sources of revenue to tue State
are $3,323, 2S9.69. or $lS3, 1885, OF less than
the amount appropriated. This condi-
ton of affairs is likely 10 drain the st tie
treasury before the end OF the wear, and
may force suspension OF payments, as
In 1886, soon after Governor Foraker
succeeded Governor Hoadls in the Execu-
tive Office,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24
IT is now believed that the mammoth

IT is now believed that the mammoth
abounded to as great an extent upon
the east as on the west coast of Behring
Sea. In fact mammoths have already
been discovered in Alaska, and news
comes that syndicate has been formed
for the purpose of procuring their ivory
tusks, which are now of great value,
and which will undoubtedly continue
to be more valuable as the elephant is
being exterminated.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24

MISS STEWART, Scotch girl, of Gin
cinnati, was few years ago superin-
tendent of the restaurant department
of the Woman's Exchange at small
salary. She and two sisters are now
running restaurant of their own in
the Chamber of Commerce Building,
where they earn $4,000 year. They
furnish but one meal day, from IL to
3 p. m. It is business mans lunch,
and their success shows the weakness of
the average man for "home cooking"
which is their specially.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-07-24

BRUNo GANsEL of Chicago, has the
sleigh in which Napoleon made his
fight from Russia in 1912. 1t is an
ancient and worm-eaten affair, little
care having been bestowed on it of late
years, and attached to it are three lit
tie silver bells. Napoleon rode in this
vehicle to little Silesian town, where
he exchanged it with Gansel's father
for a light travelling coach. Gansel has
documents attesting the genuiness of
the sleigh.