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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06
THE CITY IN BRIEF.

10000 rolls wall paper and border
to match, at gr reatly reduced prices.
Call and inspect our stock.
HENRY MILLER.
Hess & Schaefer have first class
merchant tailoring establishment, and
can suit you in style, finish and
fit. %
500 different patterns of wall paper
ut greatly reduced prices, by far the
finest in the city. Call and sec at
Miller's.
The incest thing we have seen in
the way of a sash lock is on the mar
kct now. 1t will hold the sash ut any
height, solid and safe, and hold it
down when closed for the night. 1t
cheap and very simple. See it ut
Gull River Lumber Co.
Plastcring sand, lime, brick, yellow
and red, smitlling coal, plastering
hair, adamant, lath, cedar and tam
arac posts, us we'll rs the finest as
sortmcnt Of dry lumber. at Gull River
Lumber Company.
Il. lciSchari, Tailor and ClOthicr
is the place for Bargains. 5tf
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06
VOL. 13.
Tho Local Market.

Wheat. SO; No. l Northern, 75c.
Flour, first grade, 1926 per hun
dred; second grade, $500; Oats. pays
45c and retails for SOC; Corn, pays
76c and ret;.ils at Soc; Barley, 6Oc
Ground feed fluctuates but is now
sold for 81 .65 per hundred; Shorts. SO
cts; Bran, Soc; Hay per ton $500.
Potatoes. Oc;Butter, l2ac; Eggs lOc
Beef per hundred. on foot, first grade.
81; second grade q; PORK, DC dressed
sc alive; Mutton dressed. 7c;.Veal, 81
alive; Hides. first grade 81.
Maple four foot wood, $3.50; White
Oak assorted, $4.75; Birch $4.75;
Tanarac, $40O;
Coal Anthracite, last falls price,
$3.50; Soft coal $3.50.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06
Attention. Horse BUYERS.

| have two carloads of youn g mare
and work horses, all Minnesota bred
animals. If you want a work horse
or mare call on me at Citizens
National Bank, Wahpeton, N. ID. or
Wilkins County Bank, Breckenridge,
MINI. +. +. KENASTON.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06
Harness. Lap Robes and Fly Nets

Call and see my large stock of lap
robes and fly nets, which l will sell
at very low prices. 1 have also
made up a large assortment of single
and double buggy harness, which
sell very reasonably and guarantee
them to give satisfaction.
II. G.. ALBRECIT.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06
We have a LOT Of hioh grade Nor -.

We have a lot Of high grade Norway
Pine plank. 2xlOx8. which were cnt
that length in making ub q "a "
cutting long stuff. We do 6 sell
them any cheaper just because they
are short. as the quality i extfa
But. anyone wanting plank of r.
length can rely on getting itS !
very dry Gull River Lnusb 79 81
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06
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Lime.

Marble head white lime also hair
brick cement and plaster at Schuler
Brothers. l
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06
SOCIETIES.

A O.U. W.-BOlkn Lodge, meets every second
IA and fourth Tuesday evenings Of each month
ut Odd Fellows tall. WISHING brothers always
welcome. Albert Plummcr, Nj. W.
J. NJ. Graham, Recorder.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06

~ A. R.-SUMNER POST.-Mccts at post
W. room on the first and third Wednesday,
evenings IN each month. +. HERRIck,
&. \ MckEAN, Commander
Adjutant.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06

TO. q. F.-WAIIrETON LODGE, No. TO-
IL Meets at Odd Fellows Hall every Tuesday
evening. Visiting blOihers always welcome.
J.. J. HiNGT0EN, N. g.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06

A +. and a. M.-WAHPETON LODGE, NO. Is.
11e Regular Communications second and
Fourth Friday IN every month at 7:3O p. m.
Lodge room over Bee Hive Store.
FRANK GRAY, W. Nj.
r. n IOurNsRIrRy Secretary
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06
CHURCHES.

CT. ADAI.BERT'S CATHOILC-Corncr Third
- Street and Michigan Avenue. Rev. r. L..
Anbsteinek, Rector.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06

SI B. EvERDELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NAHPETON, DAKOTA, AND BRECKENRlDGE,
MINNESOTA.
Wahpeton Office with Geo. T. Proper, over
the POstOfiice.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06

ERANK GRAY,
Room !, Globe Block, Wahpeton, N. ID
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06

Above train Daily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleepers are run daily between Wsh.
petOn and st. Paul. EN- OMAN A1enf -
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06

ST. JOHNS CATHoLIC-Corner Wisconsin
~. Avenue and Second Street. Services Rcgu.
lar. Rev. Philip Aibrecht, Rector.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06
Above is q Daily Train.
MIXED TRAIN -

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Ar Minor. 80 p m Ar Wahpetonil:ss + 1;
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-08-06

S.O V.-Sumner Camp. No. 6-meets ut Odd
- Fellows Hall ON the second and fourth Fri
day Ol each month. l.. l.. KINNEY,
Z. IL BISHOP, Captain.
First Sergeant.
n L. s. WAHPETON LODGE NO. 3.-Nleets
We the first ami third Tuesday In every month
ut =. p. Nj. Lodge room over Beehive stO.e
Mrs. p. J. McCumber, Secretary.
Mrs. B. l.. Bogart, W. Nj.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-23
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

"A Christian will find his parentheses
for prayer even in his busiest hours
Cecil
Plans have been drawn for new
gymnasium for Rutgers College stu
dents.
Women form III per cent of the
students in all departments at Ann
Arbor
Korea has only twenty-four mis-
sionaries, or about one to every 100000
people.
The number of combinations in the
Church of England last year was 900, 900,
against $4,000 in 1876.
Those are the best Christians who
are more careful to reform themselves
than to censure others.-Fuller.
The Wesleyan Guild of Michigan
University has purchased a site for a
$4,000 hall, to be erected at once.
There are only $50 freshmen at Ok
ford, smaller number than usual. The
decline is attributed to the fact that
students in science and medicine now
prefer Cambridge.
The oldest missionary in India is
said to be an American Presbyterian,
Rev. John Newtcn, who is still at his
post in Lahore, at the Ige of seventy
eight He began his missionary labors
Mt Calcutta in 1885.
To live in the presence of great
truths, to be dealing with eternal laws,
to be led by permanent ideals-that is
what keeps a man patient when the
world ignores him, and calm and I'M
spoiled when the world prasies him.
Francis G. Peabody.
Nearly double the number of new
Christian Endeavor Societies are being
formed every week than were reported
a year ago this time. The advance
movement is apparent in every evangel-
ical denomination, and in nearly every
State and province The Christian at
Work.
The late Justice Miller is said to
have had taste almost amounting to a
| passion for mathematics. He depre-
/ Gated the amount of time college stu
dents gave to the study of dead Ian
guages and held that mathematics and
scientific studies were of chief i'm
portance.
Sowing and reaping are not pro-
cesses that are sure to be separated by
an intervening season; but in the men
tai and moral world it is often the case
that sowing is reaping. He who sows
the seed of truth in another's mind
reaps the result of his sowing while he
sows.--S. S. Times.
Rev. Mr.. Guinness, of the East Lon,
don Missionary Institute, is maturing
plans for grand advance of three col.
umns of missionaries up the three
branches Of the Congo-the northern
central and Southern. The central one
may be considered as started by the re-
cent departure of eight missionarie;
from London.-Spirit of Missions.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-23
WIT AND WISDOM.

Resignation is an invaluable treas
ure which can not, by the most violent
evils, be taken from us.
Learning is good thing for man to
have in his upper story if he has common
sense on the ground floor.
Let us be of good cheer, remember
ing that the misfortunes hardest to bear
are those which never come.
-Passcngcr-Which of the fool ques-
tions you hear every day tires you the
most? Conductor-That one.-Indian-
apolis Journal
-"Brudders, remarked Rev. Poin-
dexter Cranberry, "neber Judge udder
folks by yourself, but judge yourself by
udder folks. IN. Y. Herald.
81 can't find where that plumber
did any thing to this heater" Neither
could |. l told the man, but he said
we'd certainly find it in the bill. Phil
delphia Times.
-He-What do you think of the idea
that 16, 900 years hence we will be here
just the same as now? She-From pres
ent indications it seems quite plausible.
Indianapolis journal.
What was the secret of the power
of the ancient Greeks?" Slow Scholar
(desperately)-It came from their
knowledge of Greek. People who are
able to learn that language could ac-
complish any thing. - Philadelphia
| Times.
I'm willing to bet any thing that
that young lady has just graduated from
some seminary" Eyes, so am L! Isn't
she refned-loolling, modest and cultured
in her behavior" "Pshawl | don't
mean her. l mean the gushing, gum.
chewing girl with her, who is using SC
much slang Boston Traveller.
Never be discouraged because good
things go on slowly here, and never fai
daily to do that good which lies next tC
your hand. Do not be i'll hurry, but be
diligent. Enter into the sublime view o.
it. God can afford to wait, why can MOI
we, since we have him to fall back up
on?-Geo. Macdonald.
Loving Wife-"Now that you are
ruined, Henry, | will disclose my secret
For years have been savingu and nov
pouring shining heap of gold into
his hat this may tide you over" Hus
band-"Oh, my darling, how did YOU
manage to do it?'' Wife-''E Easy enough
Every time you said mean thing to mi
put ten cents into a box. my Sun
Literary Aspirant-''I have just writ
ten a novel. 1t will make book of abou
400 pages What step woulc
you advise me to take il
getting it published?" Literar,
Veteran-"What step? Step into an,
secondhand bookstore and look at tn
cords of 4OO-page novels with the leave
uncut for sale at 10 cents a copy
Chicago Tribune.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-23

Subscribe for the STANDARD.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-23
Guaranteed Cure for La Grippe.

We authorized our advertised drug
gist to sell you DIR. Kings New Dis
cOvery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds upon this condition. If you
are afflicted with La Grippe and will
use this remedy according to direc-
tons, giving it fair trial, and eXpe-
rience no benefit, you may return the
bottle and have your money refund
ed. We make this offer, because of
the wonderful success of DR.. Kings
New Discovery during last seasons
epidemic. Haye heard of no case in
which it failed. Try it. Trial bot
ties free st Ritchey & Bostick's Drug
Store. Large size SOC and 81. 4.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-23

these they will surely die, So,wheu-
ever the weather permits, let them
run out, if it be only for the half hour
between showers; but until they are
large enough to be out Of danger from
drowning, restrain their wanderings
to a lot near the house, 50 as to be
able to re.coop them should hard
shower threathen. And no matter
how mild and fair the weather, all
ways see that they come nights.
Five meals day they should have
at first, but after they are older and
may beEout most of the time, three
meals are sufficient. When a month
old, gg-bread scalded in sweet milk
may be substituted for custard'a and
bread, and buttermilk Or clabber for
sweet milk.
The most satisfactory coop / have
ever had for young turkeys was box
shaped, by 3 feet, tall enough for
the hen to stand upright, and while
sufficiently close near the bottom to
confne the young poults, yet well
ventilated under the caves, over
which the inclined board roof pro-
jects on every side to keep the rain
from beating in. In the front and
rear two of the stats extend out as
handles, for the coop is light enough
to be easily lifted to clean spot
every day. Short thick grass makes
the best of floors, but care must be
taken to select ground that drains it.
self naturally, lest water should col.
lect after a hard shower. Turkey hens
give the keeper less trouble if they
come off in pairs, for being company
for one another they are less restless
and wandering, and therefore take
better care of their little ones. II
early in the season, when the wealth.
er is still cool and inclement, fifteen
poults each are sufficient; wher
Matched later on, they may have
more. Should several broods 90 to
gether, the hens must each have q
separate coop, and the young divided
among them at night, as they have {
great fancy for crowding together anC
smothering each other.
My directions are thus minute be
cause, they are intended especially
for beginners, who as yet have no eX
perience of their own, and are there
fore liable to make many disastrous
mistakes. And while / do not say
that my way is the very best, yet
do affirm from some years of expert
ence that it is remarkably success
full one. l have reared entire brood
without the loss of single poult, ant
the little fellows make such rapi,
and vigorous growth that disease is
thing unknown. When fully ma
tured, their general development
weight, symmetry of form, and beau
ty of plumage so nearly approac
the standard of perfection that / an
fully repaid for all my trouble. In
r deed, l find that while studying tn
.. nature of my pets and striving t
make them comfortable and happy
; the work of caring for them is ofte
merged into pleasure.
A FARMERS DAUGHTER.
Logan County, Ky
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-23

The following written definition of
the word bachelor was handed in
by fifth grade boy. GA bachelor is
a man who has no wife, nor wants no
wife, nor can't get no wife"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-23
rp~ FOR THE BIOOu.

g~--TS~ FOR THE BLOOD,
&~0' Weakness, Malaria, Indigestion and
'.l. H,ug,.. take
10. HWN'S IRON BTTTERS.
J. ,.,..- quickly For sale by all dealers in
u,.d .r..c. Get the genuine.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-23

Why suffer? PrestOn's "Hed.Ake'
will cure you.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-23
Don't Feel Well,

And yet you are not sick enough to
consult doctor, or you refrain from
so doing for fear you will alarm
yourself and friends-we will tell you
just what you need. 1t is Hoods
Sarsaparilla, which will lift you out
of that uncertain, uncomfortable
condition, into state of good health,
confidence and cheerfulness. You've
no idea how potent this peculiar
medicine is in cases like yours.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-23

One hundred and fifty $50 worm
from two doses of DR.. Fenner's Pleass
ant Worm Syrup. See his circular.
Money refunded if satisfaction not
given. For sale by J. ID. Tate & Co
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-05-23

Among the remedies that may be
effectively employed against the
striped cucumber bug, tobacco dust,
such as may be obtained at any to-
bacco factory, is one of the best. A
few handfuls Of this thrown upon the
hill is almost specific, and has the
double advantage Of being a valua-
BILE fertilizer as well. Ashes slightly
mOistened with kerosene have also
been used with good results.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-10-08
BUILDING.

When but little, initiative child
Ny playthings bits of this and that piled
One over other, even high and higher.
And called it building houses but desire
To build less pleased me than by one last piece
To see down. .toppled the whole edifce.
. the eager, . the triumphant feeling,
When to the ground in ruin it went reeling!
In youth built me towers and palaces
Such as fe's prime and richest heart most please.
Yet little wherewithal had to build;
Only the heavens and untred earth were filled
With visionary forms of beauty lent
AS for a model of my tenement.
Just at the cope the world o'erthrew it. saying
H.'Why art thou still with childish toys a-play
ing7"
Youths visions gone and boys prophetic play.
On the firm earth we'll planned base lay;
Stone upon stone my house shall rise and stand.
Not as the child's, to fall at touch of hand,
Nor yet the youths. at scorn of elder eyes.
But like the world rs and worthy of its prize.
Then Gods strong arm reached forth, my struc-
rendng,
Ne back to dreams and youth forever sending.
John Albee, in The Century.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-10-08

will find how much lighter your burdens
will become. and how much lighter your
darkness will appear.
A word or two more. Your editor men
tiOns ''philanthrOpsts'' and prisoners aid
societies." For my own part would have
nothing to do with either. There is vast
deal of prejudice in both the ones and the
Others. And in the prisoners aid societies
there is vaster deal of conservatism and
snObbery. If there is any grit in a man, he
will never go to one on his discharge. OF
course. l am not undertaking the tempo
rary good that such societies do. or even the
permanent good; but 1 do most unequivo.
cally evince my disgust at the patronizing
snobbery they show yOu and the necessary
humiliating manner they-mOstly-de
you to assume. Were my sentiments in
toto fully known to you. and my studies
followed from their start. you might ap.
preciate my position here spoken of better
than you now. perhaps. will. But appre-
ciate or depreciate. remember. bOys-and
whatever you hear to the contrary don't
place much reliance On-remember. if you
can't keep honest. become man. and re.
main one on your own responsibility. no
society is going to help you. You've got to
fight alone. and to fight cOurageously. and
severely. and at length, ere conquering
your criminal tendencies. May God be with
each of you at all times. and with your
editor.
Your friend and fellow ex convict.
New York city, Sept. %. JED JUKEs.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-10-08
The Lock and the Convict.

''Click, click" says the Lock. and the
newly arrived convict is ushered into his
cell. ''Click, click" again. says the Lock,
and the iron door is secured in its place. an
insurmOuntable barrier between him an lib.
erty. Then, as he listens to the retreating
footballs of the guard, the sense of his iso-
lation forces itself upon his mind and in
bitterness of soul he exclaims, "A COnvctw
'DO not despair" said the Lock. There
is no use in regretting the past; it cannot be
recalled. Attend to the present. and keep
in mind the prOverb that Since you can't
have things as you'd like them, like things
as you get them.'"
Keep your advice to yourself; I'm in no
mood to listen to it,"
''I'm sorry to hear that, for your prede-
cessor was jolly fellow and encouraged
my talkativeness.
my predecessor. what of him? Tell me
a curious anecdOte or two"
He was a smart fellow. and probably
would have gone to congress had he not
made mistake in the roads and got into
the penitentiary instead. While here he
applied himself to study and reflection, and
when leaving he confdentially told me that
two or three years sentence between the
ages of fifteen and twenty might have been
the means of making man of him."
HE must have been fool !"
'On the contrary, he was sensible fell
low, which fact. his now being respect.
able citizen will prove. In fact. man
don't begin to live until he's thirty. and
some one has said that the best half of life
is before the man of forty if he has spent
the first half of it in learning how to do
something and to do that we'll. Misdirected
energy is waste of fOrce-blind endeavOr
is not WISE"
'ThOse platitudes have been dinned in
my ears at every turn through life. Pm
disgusted with them. They may suffice for
you whose only aim in life is to keep watch
and ward in those dreary corridors. aided
by my master and his key without which
you would be unable to keep me here
moment"
1--WE heard many of your kind talk that
way before. and they invariably returned,
as you will also if you don't change your
mind. To keep watch and ward over you
is my duty; and The path of duty is the
way to glory;' had you done the same you
would not be here. 1 but perform my part
as it is arranged in the economy of things.
1t is true have master. he in turn Obeys
another. No one is free to act as he
pleases. Even the planets are governed by
law; and those that disobey that law are
doomed to destruction. From them you
might take lesson In duty.
"'Heedless of the things around them,
Admipstrated by the sights they see;
They demand not that the things about them
Yield them love- amusement. sympathy"
LACON.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-10-08

Never expect a lawyer to mind his own business.
He'd starvs to death If he did.-Tsxas Siftings.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-12-10
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-12-10
No. 3Oi.

We offer herewith a fine assortment of
"Victoria" watch chains for the ladies.
They are guaranteed by the manufacturers
90 wear 10 years.
No 30i is Just the chain for a soldiers wife
or daughter. The chain is made of solid
rolled gold plate, and the charm Ia hand
some drum is made of mother-Of-pearl,
trimmed with solid rolled gold plate. We
send this to any address for S225 Sent free
for a club of 10 subscribers.
No. 305 is Victoria" chain for ladies'
wear with heart pendant or charm. The
charm is engraved or plain, rs you may
choose. The gold plating is very heavy and
guaranteed TO wear 10 years. Mailed to any
subscriber for $50. Sent free for a club of
subscribers.
No. 3OG is like No. 3Oj, but instead of a
mere pendant the charm is q locket, IN the
front Of which brilliant rhinestone CLEANS
and scintillates with the most dazzling lus-
ter. Just the thing in which TO preserve the
picture or hair Of a loved one. Mailed for
only 81 so. Sent free for Il club of IL sub
scribers
No. 3OG is a beauty, AID we advise every
man to buy one for his wife, daughter or
sweetheart. No. 30I and No 305, while
modest, are worth double the amount asked
ior them.