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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

it will invariably be found to be on
some poor animal, whose wearied and
haggard appearance is attempted to be
disguised by this instrument of tor
ture.
"The check-rein is, in nearly every
case, painful to the animal and useless
to the driver. Because, it fastens the
head in an unnatural posture; and, as
the horses shoulder and head fall to.
gether, cannot be of any real support
in case of stumbling.
When, from some defect in the ami
NAL, or other cause, the check-rein is
used, it must be slackened. Because,
in addition to the easier position of the
neck. o greater portion of weight can
be thrown into the collar, especially
going up hill, thus saving great and
unnecessary expenditure of muscular
power.
@There is an important difference
between a tight check-rein and tight
ened rein, although not generally un-
derstood. The first is injurious, and
cannot help the horse, while the latter
is often useful. Because, the latter is
a steady support to the animals head
from distinct and intelligent source
the driver; whereas. the former is
only the horses head fastened to his
own shoulders. That the check.rein
is inconsistent with the action Of the
horses head is clearly shown by the
fact that, when horse falls. it is al
ways broken. ALEX. DUKE BA1LIE.
CHICAGO. ILL.,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30
THE NEW TARIFF
1t will Help the Republicans In the Com
gressional Canvass.

On the whole the new tariff will help
the republicans i'm the congressional can.
vass. The advances in rates which have
been made in some of the schedules, as
compared with existing law, were, of
course, not looked for by the great ma
jority Of the party before the measure
first appeared in the house, and, in the
opinion of the western section of the or
ganization, these changes weaken the
bill and leave it open to serious attack.
But its good qualities more than Offset
its bad ones. The cut in the sugar duties
strikes blow at the trust and will re,
duce the price of one of the staple COM
modities. Relief is thus furnished in a
quarter from which it was sorely needed.
1t is relief which affects all classes and
which will be particularly grateful to
that most numerous and important class
OF all-the poor. The sweeping reduc-
ton on binding Irvine, too, will aid the
farmers and strengthen the republicans
with an element of the community to
which the party has always looked for
material aid
The republicans thus find themselves
in position to make an aggressive and
winning canvass. It's pledges to the
pSOPlC oiO DCiuS hCpb WIFI lulI ucSIEG
of promptness and sincerity. Several
weeks ago the chances for the adoption
of a tariff measure as favorable to the
interests Of consumers as the one which
has Just been agreed on is were not
looked for. The democrats, as conse-
quence, began to find the prospects. for
their success brighter than they have
been in several years past, and discour-
agement was felt in the ranks of tho re-
pubicans. Now, however, the situation
is entirely changed. Once more the out
look becomes full of hope for the repub-
licans. There can be no reasonable
doubt that government by the repubi-
cans ordinarily is favored by the great
majority of voters. The party can al
ways rely with. confidence on command
ing and holding the popular approval
whenever it is true to its best impulses
and traditions. The change shown in
the past few days on the tariff in the de
rection of progress shows that the old
spirit of iiberality and regard for the
rights and privileges of the masses has
again begun to assert itself Whenever
the republicans deserve to win they do
win, and they deserve to win this year.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

strength of muscle as the exception,
when extra resistance is to be over
come. .-
Women are much to blame in this
matter, women who admire a horse
because she carries his head so stylish
ly." / hope that they are ignorant of
the torture with which that "style" is
purchased. hope they will learn
better ana inaugurate crusade hay
ing for it's object the adjustment, the
extinction of the check-rein. I would
have every policeman in the land in
structed, authorized, ordered to cut
the tight check-rein on every unfortu-
nate horse tortured by the barbarism,
the owner of the animal severely pun
ished, be he moneyed king of the
earth or some thoughtless human don
key aping the "style" of those he con-
siders his betters. The preacher
could occasionally, to advantage, drop
doctrlnal discussions and appeals for
foreign missions and discourse most
feelingly, if they studied the subject of
the check-rein, on that sound text:
The merciful man is mercifui to his
beast, " to the edifcation, possibly to
the conversion and reform, of their
wealthy, enlightened, and tender
hearted" pew-holders.
An eminent authority, the London
Horseback, in discussing the check
rein atrocity, uses the following Ian
guage:
"Ihe horse is often prevented from
throwing his weight into the collar by
tight check-rein-a useless and pain
full incumbrance, introduced by vanity,
and retained by thoughtlessness
amounting to cruelty. Few of the
London cab-driyers. use check-reins,
knowing them to be inconsistent with
proper work and when one is observed,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

body that position which is the most
natural and effective. He has to pull
by the strength of his muscles only /;
the weight of the body is lost, and SO
much pulling force is thrown away.
What remains is exerted at q great ex-
penditure Of the horses power and
health. to say nothing Of his comfort.
The consequence is that his limbs and
muscles become strained and distorted !;
his knees are bowed forward and his
hooks backward. IL q man pulls load
by strap across his shoulders, he
bends bis head and chest forward, and
relieves his legs; he pulls with his
weight. A horse does the same when
he can, and ought always.
The confinement Of the head in an
unnatural, constrained position, while
the heart and lungs are excited BY
action or work, hinders the breathing
and the attenuation Of the blood In the
head, makes the horse miserable and
irritable, bis bead aches, he becomes
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

THE town of Sweden, Me-, got ex-
cited recently, according to the Oxford
Democrat, over reports of various per-
sons who declared they had seen wild
woman in the east part Of the town.
One said he saw her trying to milk q
COW, second that she was in another
pasture picking berries, third that
she was walking through some bushes
near the road, and when she saw that
she was observed beat q hasty retreat.
Some said she was dressed in light
clothes; others that her clothes were
dark and she had on white apron. A
searching party was made mp and
armed with handouts, etc., but the ex-
element quietly subsidized when, after
following the trail some distance, it
suddenly ended at red and white COW,
peacefully chewing her cud and won
dering what all the commotion was
about.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30
A Good Rannrfer.


A good reporter, then, must, first, be
a man of quick intelligence, great per-
severance, good manners, courtesy and
tact. In the second place, he must be
able to write good English, and to do
it anywhere, at any time and at high
speed. Then he must have a good
local knowledge of the city in which
he works. He must be able to "look
up" subject quickly and ut moments
notice. A good generalreporter should
know something about everything, but
that being out of the question, should
come as near to it as possible, saws q
writer in the Epoch. He may be sent,
without any preliminary preparation,
to interview an Irish member of Par
lament, an astronomer just returned
from an eclipse expedition, a ward pol
itician, a doctor OF divinity or pawn
broker He may be called upon to
report Methodist conference or po-
litical convention. or to trace q muir
derer whom the police are slow about
finding. 1t is true that newspaper
work is now SO specialized that men
are detailed to many departments per-
manently. There is the horse re-
porter, a baseball reporter, boating
reporter, reporter for local politics
generally called the "oity hall report
err reporter for general politics, to
interview visiting statesmen and the
like, a weather reporter, and 80 on;
but nevertheless a good general re-
porter needs to be we'll enough ac-
quainted with these and other depart
ments of human knowledge to get an
interview or work up a story in any
of them. Last, and by no means least,
the reporter must read newspapers and
know what is going on. In his own
department, if he has one, he should
be walking cyclopadia with daily
automatic supplement-.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

restless or violent, and the fool OF brute
of a driver Furnishes him. The muscles
OF the neck are oh a constant strain, to
relieve this be must rest the weight Of
his head on the rein, thereby his
mouth is violently stretched and he ex-
changes one agony for ant thel.. ~
This is the testimony Of DIR. Kitch-
ing, an eminent English writer on
horses, and about five hundred yeter-
mary surgeons of Great Britain have
Endorsed his opinion by signing
paper condemning in strongest terms
the use Of tight check-reins.
Whether the horse has work to do,
weight to draw or carry. or is gallop-
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

1 refer to that Internal instrument
of torture, the check-rein for horses.
I say infernal-it is the only word adj
missible that is sufficiently expressive.
The use of the check-rein is stand
ing arraignment of those who permit
its attachment to the harness Of the
animals they own, as it is also an evil
dence of their thoughtlessness, cruelty,
or ignorance; if they are not ignorant
on the subject their crime is the more
atrocious. Hour after hour, day after
day, they infict upon noble animals a
torture, the like Of which, applied to
themselves, would render them howl
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

Training FOR Kingly Dignity.

1t is reported in a semi-offieiai way. by
a London Journal OF high life, that the
prince OF Wales is disposed to conn-
tenance the recent action OF the duchess
OF Buccleuch IN raising the bars to pre-
vent the admission OF undesirable Amer
leans OF both sexes into the upper circles
'of iondon society. II appears TINT his
royal hlghness has been displeased BY
the ''frivolity and jocnlarity'' displayed
by some Of the distinguished American
mlllionaires who have enjoyed the honor
Of being presented to him, and he IS not
unwilling 70 have his displeasure Xii, WI
by those who fan to guard their tongues
or % adopt the proper demeanor lii court
circles. 81 IS, 81 b y
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

ing maniacs in ten minutes time And
this is done for the sake of "style," be-
cause it is "the fashion"
The poor and ignorant, the slower
classes" are not the gross offenders
in this outrage; the guilty ones are the
"ton," the quality" Their well-fed,
well-groomed steeds stand before
church-doors, suffering in silent mis-
cry, only by impatient pawings and
champing Of the bit telling Of their
agony, while the owner kneels on pad
ded stool mindful of self-comfort even
when praying), to worship Him who
taught that "the merciful man is mer-
ciful to his beast" They are conveyed
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

n this age Of civil
cation and land OF
the Christian re-
ligion, in this and
other cities claim
ing advanced in
telligence, d a il y
and hourly, in the
most crowded and
most fashionable
thoroughfares. can
be seen exhibitions
of cruelty to ami
.nals that would
shock the most
savage Indian of
our plains, or the
widest Arab of
the desert,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

FRENCH aeron auts are to cross Eu-
rope in a balloon, starting from Nancy
and landing somewhere in Russia and
Norway. Should they be able to COM
plete reliable charts of the aerial cur
rents and settle the question of utiliz-
ing them for travel, France may scare
Europe with feet of air ships that
can drop dynamite upon Williams
palace in Berlin and toss bombs over
into England in way to make them
think that the ghost of the First Ma
poleon has returned to complete his
campaign cut short at Waterloo.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

ing or running of his own free will.
nature tells him not to throw his head
up and backward towards his tail, but
forward and down, SO as to give the
force of his weight to what he has to
do. Nature never intended a large
and heavy animal like the horse to
perform his work by the strain of mus
Gle only, or chiefly, but by the power
of weight as rule, assisted by the
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30
bruised and the berries are very sour.
1t has no poisonous effects.
Was Indignant.

A man wearing number OF badges
went into Chicago saloon, kept by
German, and, calling the proprietor.
said
i had come in here to take drink
at your bar, but have discovered that
| should not patronize you.
"Vell, how vas dot p
Because, upon looking round after
coming in, ] see that you have an avn
ing made in imitation of the flag of my
country. 1t is shame, sir; miser-
able shame. / fought for that flag
fought for it while you were doing the
work of a slave in an oppressed en-
pire. I stood in trenches knee deep
in water, watching for the ensmy.
while you occupied bed of straw in,
your masters stable. Now you come
to this blessed country, where there is
no slavery, and, with the freedom
which we grant you, get money enough
to start saloon; and how do you re-
pay this country for the chance it has
given you? The first thing you do is
to take the blessed emblem Of the re-
public and use it for an awning say
it is shame, and, furthermore, i say
that you are AN ingrate--a man that
has no heart of appreciation.
The German was staggered.
Wy, mein frient, / no thought me Of
dot. / dond wander brink de vlag. Of
de goundry in Disgrace
But You have done it. Look at that
awning
aMein frient, LET me dell you dot I
meind no harm. hobe you will nod
hold id againsd my house. :
How can help it?
Il dell You. You have Something's
NIT me- bottle wine. p
All right; as You seem to be Reni-
tent I'll join You Z
When the fellow had gone. the Ger.
man stood for time with his elbows
on the bar, and then, mnsing, said
y do belief dot man haf made fool
of myself. Arkansaau ITdreler
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

AN Eskimo girl has an indolent time
of it. There is no homework to do.
There are no household utensils of any
kind; no brooms with which to sweep
even no water for washing. The blub-
Der of the whale, the flesh of the polar
bear, and fish-their only article of
food--are eaten frozen and raw. Only
the very sick or old, or infants, ever
taste heated meat. AS for washing, an
Eskimo does not understand the term.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

In order to prove that an electric
death must necessarily be instantane-
Gus, consider two simple facts. The
speed of the electric current, approx
mately. is about one hundred and
eighty-seven thousand miles per second !;
or, in other words, start current at
any given point and (under the most
favorable circumstances while the
clock ticks once, the current will have
made seven and one-half complete cir
cults of the earth. Think Of it On the
other hand it is now generally conceded
that sensation, muscular sensation,
travels only about two hundred feet
per second. Suppose then that the
death-dealing current were applied at
the tips of the fingers. While the mus
cular sensation responsive to the shock
travelled two feet, the electric current
would have moved at the rate of early
two thousand miles. In other words,
there would be no return of the mus
cular sensation, for the death dealing
current would so many hundred times
outstrip the swiftness of the muscular
sensation that the latter would never
be recorded. To die an electric death
is to be hurled into eternity even
sTifter than the twinkling of an eye.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

ENGLISH as she is writ" receives
curious illustration in the circular
Of German manufacturer, which is
headed: 1000 Nix. reward to any one
who will procure me the proves Of a
Justification to be legally prosecuted. ;"
The opening proceeds in the same
style: @The surprising results pro-
duced by my new Gold-sizes encourage
me asking you to make trial no doubt
that you will at once derive from it the
great advantages they present.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

4JusT1FIABLE burglary was the yer-
dict brought in by a justice Of the peace
in Sumner County, Kan, in case in
which the defendants were two boys
who broke into an icehouse on the
warmest day Of the recent hot spell.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

"A GLASGOW policeman was asked the
other day what his views were on the
subject of police pensions. He replied
that Burns, when he Ras an exciseman,
exactly expressed them in his famous
toast: Here's to the last verse of the
last chapter of the last Book of Kings"
No more would he say, and the quer-
ist, on going home, turned to his Bible
and read: "And his allowance was a
continual allowance given him of the
king; daily rate for every day, all the
days of his life."
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

; DR.. FINDLEY, of Havana, in an article
in Science some time ago expressed
the conviction that mosquitoes are the
principal means of the dissemination Of
yellow fever, that yellow fever never
appears In regions unyisited by mos
quitoes, and that in other regions it
comes and goes with them. In the SUM
mer of 1885 mosquitoes were scarce in
Havana, and yellow fever cases were
rare. With the autumn came unusually
large swarms, and the yellow fever
came at the same time. Another writer
in Science says: an 1889, during a vel
low fever epidemic in Augusta, Ga, no
cases originated at Somervi1le, neigh
boring suburb among the sand hills.
There were no mosquitoes at Somerville,
which was approached by circuitous
route from Augusta. Some years after
straight broad road was built through
the swamps directly to the sand hills (;
cisterns were also built: and mos
quitoes appeared and became an intol-
cradle pest. During the yellow fever
epidemic of 1854 a number of cases
originated at the sand hills Astounding
with mosquitoes"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

JUSTIN MCCARTHY tells of his re-
jected manuscripts, which, one after
another, he flung into top drawer
above his head. When the tide of his
fortunes turned and the same editors
asked for manuscripts who had former
ly declined them, he took a sweet re-
venge. He gave those editors no new
manuscript, but with long forked
stick poked old ones from out the lofty
drawer aud sent them just as they were
to publication. Had he tossed them
into the fire instead of that drawer he
would have destroyed matter worth
hundreds of pounds to him.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

The ways of the auctioneer in differ
ent parts Of the world vary greatly. In
England and America the seller bears
the expense Of the sale, but in France
the purchaser bears the cost, 5 per
cent. being added to his purchase. In
Holland it is still worse, the buyer
being required to pay 10 per cent. adj
ditional for the expenses of the sale.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

For some years a record of storms,
magnetic disturbances, etc., has been
kept at the Berlin postofice. The re-
suit shows that underground wires are
much less disturbed by magnetic
storms than overhead wires, while, on
the other hand, accidents from light
ming are much less serious lii towns
where the overhead system prevails.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

A SWARM of bees created block on
. Pennsylvania railroad in a curious
manner the other day. A freight train
had stopped at country station to
take water, and the engineer and fire.
man were in the depot waiting room,
when q swarm of hundreds of bees set
tied on the tender and defied the engi-
neer to get into his'cabin and start the
train. No one would attempt to do this.
fine bees utter defa ing ii the train train aia
hour were finally driven off with hose.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

Now the republicans We're very anxious
about the little school house, and said Ii
was I'M jeopardy from the democratic party,
when IL was the child or the democratic
party and had been for years. The ordi-.
nance OF 1857 for the Northwest territory
had contained two provisions -one that
slavery should never enter III, and The
other that the little school house should
never leave it--and that ordinance was the
work OF democrats. Roger @. MUS
Historically there was no democratic
party before 1889. III there were any
democrats then they must have been
tories, because when parties did form
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

People could easily distinguish these
poisonous shrubs and vines il they
would learn the difference in appear
ance. Children should be early taught
to tell the harmless woodbine from the
ivy. They have but TO remember that
the woodbine or Virginia creeper has
Ave leaves, while the poison ivy has
but three. / send you drawings Of all
three:
This vine. (the leaf in illustration
one-third actual size) is not poisonous.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

"A PERMANENT commercial museum,
containing specimens Of the natural
products and manufactures OF Poland
and bureau Of information for Rus
sian and foreign merchants has beer.
established at Warsaw.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30
Relieved Part of 1t.

Villa peculiar thing happened to
me the other night.
Bill What was it?
Will was asleep and the stopping
of my clock woke me up.
Bill The stopping OF your clock
Will Yes. Don't You believe it? Il
Bill Oh, yes; I believe the clock
stopped.
NOS to love the good is d proof that
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

No MATTER how much advertising
pays 1t certainly costs. A single page
in an issue Of the Century, taken for
advertising purposes, costs $500; in
Harper's, $400 down to 800. A year
ly advertisement of one column in the
New York Herald costs $3,304 for the
lowest and 100000 for the highest
priced columns. These figures will
doubtless be Of interest to men who in
vest 90 or SO per month, and aatter
themselves with the idea that they are
extensive and liberal advertisers, and
that because of their investment they
ought to control the columns and die
tate the course Of the publication.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30

a GOOD horse-meat dinner can now
be had for cents. Americans will find
no fault with the price.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30
TORTURING THE HORSE.
FEW WORDS CONCERNING
CE1ECK-REiN BARBARITY.

1t Is am Unaccountable Mistake In Harness
Invention and Ought to BE Abolished
Forever - Its Growing Unpopularity--
Condemned by Veterinary Surgeons.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30
VINES 70 DE STUNNED
How to distinguish Poisonous from Harms
less Shrubs Poison Ivy tili Poison

q this season of pic
MICS, vacations, and
rambles in the coun-
II r thousands 81
women and hildren,
and some men, be-
come poisoned By
contact with or the
exhalations from poi
son ivy and poison
oak. Apropos of this
subject, DIR. =. M.
HI ale, of Chicago,
contributes the fol-
lowing to the inter
Ocpn3l 1ThA mi
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-30
POISON IVY.

these leaves are not notched. The
stem is bright red and the leaves are
much smaller than those of the com.
mon sumach.
The rhus aromatica resembles rhus
tox. SO nearly that it is difficult for o.
novice to see the difference. This
species emits pleasant odor when