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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09

THE cry from the mountain top that
the tariff is a tax, that duty on given
article is and must be added to the cost,
that the robber barons are devouring
the substance of the land, that the sub
sidy advocates are Fastening us to ruin,
that the workingman who receives dou-
BILE and triple the amount of wages he
received in the old world Is slave, that
tin plate can't be made in the United
States, and that our climate will always
prevent the manufacture of linen, Is a
sort of free-trade educational talk with
which all are familiar. Such state
ments, untrue though they are, may, in,
connection with other issues, have del
ceiyed some of the people for the mo-
ment; but as Abraham Lincoln once
said: "You can fool some of the people
ell the time, and all the people some of
the time, but you can't fool all the peo-
pie all the time"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09

COMMENTING on the action of the
Michigan Democracy, in regard to the
electoral vote theft, the Brooklyn Eagle,
always Democratic, says:
"The bill providing for the choice Oh
Presidential electors by Congressional
districts in Michigan has passed both
houses of the Legis ature. While the
change is in harmony with the Constitni
tional provision investing States with
the right to prescribe methods for choos4
ing electors, it is, nevertheless, an ag.
gressiye employment of the art of gerry
mander The better course for every
party is to rely on intelligent appeal tc
public sentiment rather than resort I'd
questionable expedieEts OF this descrip,
Mon
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
The Tariff and Labor.

The manufacturer can get on without
protection good deal better than the
farmer and the wage Garner. If he is
driven to free and open competition with
the world outside, he must either close
his shop or bring his wages down to the
level of his foreign competitors. There
is no escape from one of these two re-
suits. To do either would be injurious,
not only to the workman but to the
farmer and the country generally. If
The manufacturer was driven to shut up
his shop, the workmen would be driven
to the soil, and when there would be
competitors Of the farmer rather than
his consumers, as they are to-day. If it
was scaling down of wages the injury
would fall upon the laborer and agricul-
turist and not upon the manufacturer
When the manufacturer is forced to re-
duce the cost of his product, the first
thing he does Is to go to his payroll. He
cannot regulate the rate of taxes and
insurance. His economy must be on the
inside. He has no control over the cost
of his raw material That is fixed by
others. II the wage matter was not in
volyed, the manufacturer could get on
without protective tariff. Give the
manufacturer of the United States the
same wage standard as in Europe, and
they would need no protective tariff. Tt
is idle, therefore, talking about protec-
ton benefiting manufacturers and no
one else. The labor of the country de-
mands first consideration.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09

THE Democratic press approved of the
act of the Michigan Legislature pro.
viding for the election of Presidential
electors by districts on the ground that
such method gives the people more
direct voice in the choosing of Presi-
dent The same papers, though, show
o singular lack of sympathy with the
suggestion that the New York Legisla.
ture pass similar law next winter
They regard 1t as poor rule that works
both ways, but in Michigan will give
but half dozen Democratic electors at
most, and In New York at least twenty
five Republicans .
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA,
Events Great and Small of Interest A
Around the State.

Events Great and Small of Interest All
Around the State.
In spite of years of adversely and
great discouragements the farmers of
Nebraska have held their heads above
water and in many instances quietly
pocketed savings year by year. Local
newspapers of the agricultural counties
abound in stories of successful farming
which many careful farmers are truth
fully able to tell. The following extract
from a letter written by q Kearney
county farmer will be an encourage
ment for the newcomers and illustrates
the possibilities of strict attention to
business in Nebraska:
II want to write you something about
my experience since L came from Swe-
den to America. [ arrived in the state
of Indiana in 1860. My money was ex-
hausted and had not dollar left. /
hired out to work on farm at $50 per
month. I worked five years at that
price, then rented farm one year. At
the end of that time had saved 5000.
In 1877 came to Kearney county, Neb.,
built sod house, bought team and
wagon, a few household goods, having
only few dishes and as many farming
implements as my pile would admit of,
reserving portion to live on till could
raise crop. took homestead and
timber claim. BY the time had made
final proof ON those claims had accu-
mulated quite stock of horses, cattle
and hogs. I therefore bought another
quarter section of land and have it all
paid for but one payment, and have the
stuff ready to make that payment when
it becomes due. have attended strictly
to farming with no outside speculation,
and what have made here cannot be
bought for SIS, 900. There are scores of
my countrymen within my acquaintance
who have done equally as well as 1.
Some came too late to get homesteads,
but have done quite as we'll, considering
the chance they had of getting land. In
fact, all have made money here Except
where they had some extremely bad
luck) that would make money any
where. II we had staid in the old coun-
try it would have been all we could dc
to earn enough to eat, and wear very
poor clothes and keep out of debt"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09

THE New York sun disaDproyes OF
the Michigan plan of choosing Presiden-
tial electors by Congressional districts,
partly because it is wrong In principle
and partly because it doubts If the Dem
ocracy would profit by it. 1.-THE refusal,
says the Sun, "of a political party, strong
enough to have majority in the Legis-
lature, to appeal in the customary and
time honored way to the voters of the
State, sof itself an admission and con.
fession of weakness, and, so far from
lessening the opportunities of corrup-
ton, it may be said to increase them,
since it enables the corrupting party to
concentrate its forces upon the doubtful
Congress districts, free from the neces
sity of great efforts in the others. These
uggestions go beneath the surface,
whereas it is evident that the Michigan
Democrats jumped at the bait, without
stopping to think whether there might
be hook concealed in it.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
The Banks Win a Case.

JUDGE ANDREWS, of the Third judicial
circuit of South Dakota, filed decision
in the cases of the banks of Watertown,
which are resisting the payment Of their
personal taxes to the county treasurer.
The judge holds that the act of the
state board of equalization in raising
the assessments was unconstitutional.
The cases will undoubtedly be carried
to the supreme court.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
THE DESERT LAKE.
The Water Rising and the Scientists Still
Puzzled.

There is little new to tell about the situa-
tion In the Colorado river desert in southern
California. Theories and runlors are plenti-
full, but facts scarce. All that can be said
with certainty is that the water is still
rising slowly. The increase in volume of
water is perhaps not SO small as supposed,
for as the deeper portion of the basin is
filed the water has spread over much
greater area OF level land. There are four
possible solutions OF the problem. The
water either comes from the Colorado river,
from the gulf ON the surface or by subter :.
ranean channels.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
Sustained the Grand Jury Law.

JUDGE HANEY, at Aberdeen, s. D.,
has decided that indictments found and
returnd in the regular way by grand
juries under provisions of the new law
are good and defendants must prepare
for trial. Appeals from his decision will
be taken at once. The points involved
will doubtless arise in every circuit in
the state, and the decision will be
most important one.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09

THE protective system has given to the
farmers of this country, whether they
grow cotton or corn, wheat or wool, the
best domestic market anywhere offered,
has given to our people diversity OF
employments, to our industries wider
range, to our labor better wages, than
can be found anywhere else. 1t has ac-
corded to genius, skill, and invention en-
couragement, and to the whole country
a marvellous development In all that
goes to make a nation rich and strong,
progressive and prosperous.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
A Lake Also Forming i'm Nebraska.

An immense lake of water has been
forming for the last three days about ten
miles west of Columbus, Neb. The water
now covers space 600 feet wide by seven
miles long. The water is clear and cold
with slight mineral deposits. The land
covered by this lake was heretofore barren
of springs and vegetation and situated be-
tween two sand hills. Farmers in that
vicinity are considerably excited and work.
ing hard to stop the flow, which has thus
far proyen imDossibIe,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
A Quarrel of Iaborers,

At session of the carpenters at Pitts
burg, Pa, who have recently been on a
strike, their master workman was petitioned
to withdraw from the federation and organ
ize them in the knights of labor assembly.
II this is not done it is thought probable a
large number of members of the various
building trades will transfer their allegiance
TO the knights.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
DIVORCED Three Generations.

In the tribal circuit court of the Chicka-
saw nation at Sishominge Smith Paul, aged
80 years, his son, Sam Paul, aged 40. and
the latter's son, Joe Paul, aged 20, all prom
inent Chackasaw Indians, were each grant,
ed a divorce from his wife. The woman
from which the grandsire was divorced is
said to have been his sixth wife. She from
whom the young man Joe was separated
was his first wife. The women were all
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
Valuable Discovery of Ignite.

LIGNITE has been discovered four
miles south OF Hermosa, s. ID. The vein
when discovered on the hillside was only
two inches in depth, but now q tunnel
has been run into the hill, following the
vein to depth of fifteen feet, and the
vein at that depth is twenty inches
thick. The quality is also greatly inn
proving as depth is attained. Expert
enced coal miners say that 1t is one Of
the best prospects for an extensive mine
that they have ever seen.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
Frost Has a Story.

FROST, the young Dakotan, whom La
Cointe shot few weeks ago in Wash
ington, claims to have been played for q
sucker. His version is that he spent
the evening in question with Miss
Eaton, and left at 11:4O, promising at
her request to return twenty minutes
later. He returned at 1890, when Miss
Eaton dared hum to put on her Mother
Hubbard. He went into back room
and did so, when La Cointe appeared
upon the scene and did the shooting.
Frost says he hopes to see La Cointe
hanged,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
Nebraska at Eastern State Fairs.

THE plan of advertising the agricul-
tural resources of the western country
adopted by some Nebraska counties in
collecting and arranging display of
grains, grasses, vegetables, ETC., and
placing these in charge of a committee
of their citizens, to be taken east and
exhibited at several of the leading state
fairs, has proved, in every instance, a
winning card for the county. AS re-
suit of this experiment other counties
will arrange this year for similar exhi-
billions.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
A Train Stalled by Hoppers.

The Rock Island passenger train was
stopped near Lyman Junction, Col, by the
grasshoppers. The insects covered the track
for five miles and two engines were neces-
sary to pull the train through them. The
engines were two hours getting the train
over the Ave miles of track. The grass
hoppers have only been here two weeks. 1t
is feared they will mature enough to rise
before the corn is hard enough to be safe
and be blown in this state by the winds.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
specuiated in Cotton ana Lost.

DEVELOPMENTS fully confirm the re-
port of the defalcation of Sheriff War
field, at Arkansas City, Ark. The short
age will be in the neighborhool OF
So, 1000. 1t will be total loss TO the
bondsmen. In addition to this the
sheriff is short $50, 900 on his settlement
of last year. 1t is stated that Warfie!d
lost heavily In cotton speculation during
the past few months.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09

THE trade arrangement with Venezus
ella which the administration has made
under the Mckinley law cannot but prove
advantageous to this country. Last
year we imported coffee, hides, ETC., ia
the value of over $40, 900, 900, and ex-
ported thither only about four million
dollars worth Under the new arrange.
ment the duties will be taken off on
breadstuffs and provisions, and 1t is ex.
pected that our exports will nearly bah
lance the imports from that country.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
Eight hours will make full days

Eight hours will make full days
work at the worlds fair. When the
carpenters union found that men were
being worked ten hours day, instead
OF eight. by the contractors, they sent
delegation to protest to the board Of d.
rectors. That body decided that the
eight hour rule must be strictly followed
s'ly the contractors.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
70 Fightiat st. PAUL.

ARRANGEMENTS have been completed
for the Fitzsimmons-Hal fight to occur
before the Minnesota Athletic club at
ST. Paul July g.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
Independent static Convention.

THE committee appointed to select
point for holding the next independent
peoples state convention OF that party
in Nebraska decided on Hastings. The
time for holding the convention is fixed
for Al august / g. sE8s1s
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09

FREDERIcK ScHUMAcHER, Henry Knu-
seman and Albert Selling have been
arrested for attempting to wreck a pas
senger train on the Great Northern road
the evening of June 10, near Ada, Mimi.
They ars boys only 10 and N years old.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
The River Cutting.

THE Missouri river has carried away
twenty acres of timber land near Elk
Point, s. D., and it is still going.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09

THE statement that, as q direct result
of the wicked Mckinley tariff, tin
plate factory to employ 500 hands Ii to-
be shortly erected at Elwood, Ind, win
throw the free trade press, which insists
that Americans can't make tin plate,
Into sDasms of virtuons Indignation.
This, however, won't hinder the building
OF the factory, which Is to be ready fol-
operation Jan. /, 1892.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09
A Hard Job.

Stones has gone into politics"
ayes, he is going to try and make poll
itics respectable.
"He u.s. is he? Well, I tell you he'll
find it mighty hard job to smash up
the Democratic party"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09

SEVENTY human skeletons were found
in an old slaughter house at Chicago
the workshop of q professional skeleton
bleacher and Wirer.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-09

DULL times cannot take the snap OUT
Of the whip industry
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-18
a Huge Turtle.
[Eminence Coz Current wave.l

About two miles below the junction,
in this county, can be found deep hole
of watt r in Current river, in which q
large turtle, measuring about four feet
across the back, has been seen at differ
emit times for the last fifty years. Various
plans have been devised and put into
execution to capture the tortoise, but up
to the present time to no avail, as he
seems to be proof against spikes, spears,
gigs, gunpowder and dynamite.
A few days since hunter residing in
that neighborhood, while passing along
near the river bank, espied his turtleship
basking in the sunshine on the root of a
large oak Quickly bringing his Win
chester to his shoulder "a 4S-caliber) he
fired, the ball striking the monster fairly
between the eyes. But Judge of his
chagrin and surprise when the turtle, in
stead of tumbling over dead, quietly let
go his hold and swan away as placidly
and unconcerned as if he had been
thumped by gravel.
Upon examination the hunter found
that the ball, after striking the turtle.
had glanced upward and imbedded itself
in the body of the oak to depth of six
inches. 1t is supposed that the monster
shellfish made his way up from the Mis-
sissippi river in the great freshet in the
spring of 1S4J
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-18
aoston Produce Market.

ROsTON. July II, lS8l.-The follow are tn
days quotations OF Provisions, &C.:
Pork-LOng cuts IA 00a14 so; short cuts IA 25
OLA rs; backs at IA 50@14 20; lean ends Ia 90
Is so; prime mess Is 50@l7 90; extra prime at
Hams at 1oc; small at 1O1ac; pressed hams
Lard-Cboice &c p ID in tierces and tubs; 10
Hogs-Choice city dressed e1sc y h country do
sac.
Butter-Western extra creamery 18GO0c;
fancy higher; firstS and extra frsts 15@l7c
extra imitation cream 16Gl6c; others - &C |;
factory choice at l3a16c: New York and Yer
mont extra creamy 10000; New York and
vt dairy good to choice a 15d17c; Eastern
crm good to choice at 16@l8c. The above
quotations receivers prices for strictly whole
sale lots.
Cheese-Northem choice s@s14c; Western
extras 71atGSc.
Eggs-kastern extras at 1919; fancy nearby
STOCK higher: tirsts 17c; extra Vermont and New
Hampshire at 1S@lS1zc :Western extras at 17t1
price lie higher.
.POultry..ChOice Northern and Eastern fresh
far to good at ll@13e; Western iced turkeys
12G00c; fowls 13Gl31zc; chickens zoe.
Beans Choice small New YORK hand pickle at
4Ot92 90 u bush; choice New York marrow
hand-pIcked 2 1892 40 choice screened pea
2 lOa2 20 ,choice Yellow Eyes at 5000 O9. Job
bling prices loo higher.
Hay Choice primo hay at SIS OO@S19 90: fair
TO good S1b 00a16 90; Eastern line Sl2613;
poor to ordinary Sl0@1l: East swale SalO;
Rye straw, choice, s17a17 so; Dat straw SIS Bog
Potatoes We quote new Norfolk reds and
heDrons So 259? 90 y Dbl; fair to good 81 fog
2 O0i Eastern shore hebrOns and rose So 26G0
ooo. sweet potatoes, Jerseys at So U093 30
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-18
FROM MrRcHANrs vxcu.vnv

The new four-masted schr in the yard of Dunn
4 Elliott, at Thomaston, is to be launched lst
She is about 800 tons and is to be commanded by
Capt Walter B Wiley.
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-18
boring hole into the end about half an inch

boring hole into the end about half an inch
deep and then whiting it down thin so as
to form wooden tbimble. Ordinary metal
thimbles Gamble used, but unless they are Of
silver or gold the metal corrodes in the
water and makes 1t unhealthy for the bird
to drink. Wood is best and is easily formed,
For bale to the bucket use piece of silver
wire, procurable at any jewelry store.
For permanent chain one OF the same
material is not very expensive and can be
found in styles fine and light enough for the
purpose at 3 very small cost. Irvine can be
used in its place at first, but the bird is quite
easily tangled up in 1t as 1t slides back after
he has drank.
Now hang small cup directly underneath
the hole in the bay window as shown, by
couple of small brass chains or strings and
the arrangement is complete.
The bird to be trained should be, put into
the cage and allowed to become thoroughly
accustomed to it before his education is at
tempted. Place drinking cup in the bay
window. so he will become accustomed TO
going there for drink. After he seems at
home In his new quarters hang the cup I'M
derneath the bay window, but up so near 1t
that the bird can reach down and through
the hole and drink. In a day or two lower
1t a little and place the bucket in the we'll
with just enough string attached to it to
allow It to fall into the water and fill.
The bird, II he has ordinary intelligence,
will soon see what it is for and will use IT,
although his first attempts will be failures.
and he will doubtless have to work hard for
drink. He should be carefully watched,
and If be makes too bad work of It he should
be taken out and another bird tried. Some
birds can never be taught anything.
But If the little fellow seems to comprehend
matters, and thei majority will, lower the
bucket little from time to time, as his
education progresses, until he Is obliged to
draw it up nearly foot.
1t is best to have the hole in the bay win
dow little larger than the bucket and then
put wire across it so the latter cannot come
up through. 1t will probably be found that
the bird will gradually become a thorough
trick bird and will be playing all sorts of
tricks, such as pulling the bucket up in such
a way as to make 1t stick up at the top and
thus keep supply of water on hand, 1t ia
astonishing what intelligence the little
fellows will show in working the affair."
The writer had siskin once that would
look down carefully through the hole and see
II the bucket was caught half way down, as
1t sometimes would be, before he drew it up.
Ii so he would proceed to shake the chain
with his bill until the bucket dropped into
the water and was filed. Then up it would
come with surprising rapidity.
The bird accomplishes the feat by pulling
up length of the chain with his bill and
then holding it with his foot. Then he takes
another hold with his bill, and so on until
the bucket reaches him. This he holds by
his foot until his thirst is appeased, and as
well.
The goldfnch and siskin are more easily
taught and seem to do the trick little bet
ter than the canary
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-18
International Steamship Co

taspot, Calais. ST. John. n. B., Halifax. MS,
and all parts OF New Brunsvick. Noya sce-
Ws, rn .et Edwards nsiasd, and Cape
and -. Andrews, N. n.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
-, On and after June 22d and until further notice,
tne SteaIhers OF this liue leave Railroad Wharf,
FS0gSiana. WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at
o:OO ?. M. Tor Passport and SC. John, with above
connections; returning, leave st. John and East
port TUESDAY and FRIDAY
din.roagn tickets issued ana baggage checked to
uesllnation. ER-Freight received up to 90 p NJ
ror tickets and Staterooms apply al the Union
Ilcket once, 40 Exchange st., or for other infor
NATION at Company's ONCE. Railroad Wharf, foot
vi otate street. j. b. COYLE,
Je<oIu GENT Manager.