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Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1893-08-25
Minneapolis Grain.

MINNEAPOLIs, Aug. %, 1879.
WHEAT-S September opening. Sic: highest,
Soc: lowest. b5l4c: closia: $3.50. Dec cmbcr
opening. C3l4c; highest, c34c; lowest, G255s;2s
closing, C3lsc. On track-No. hard, GSc;
No. ] Northcrn, &c: No. 9 Northern 54c
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1893-08-25
GHA AS9HOPPl.I;&.
An Invasion Like That of 1876 at
Fort Scott Kan

FO"C SCOtI, NaH.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 1S.-An invasion
Of gra shoppers as marked as that OF
1s75-1G oc, urred at Fort Scott, Kan,
during tie night. Ti:ey appeared-from
the South and by morning had laid
waste l.. lawns, stripped trees and
were so thick on the streets that the
ground was almost covered. They are
larmcr tlun the old red leuS
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1893-08-25
1lIClin,hinr I,n

CHICAGO. Aug. 23.--Paid admissions
at Tic worlds iair Tuesday We're 1852,
900
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1893-08-25
PRCHI IT!nN OW NED.
Hawk"yc ! cp ,"i,cans Reverse ihcir
Policy q, II the ;u.or Quest ion.

Hawk"yc cp ,",,cans Reverse Ihcir
Polic, II the ;q.or Question.
DIES A:I.N.s. Aug. 1T.-lhe policy OF
the Republican party i'll Iowa is
changed. The state convention has
rcruaiatcd prohibition by adopting
local option plank in its platform and
naming an anti i-Prohibitionist as can
hidate for governor. This means al
most certain repeal of the prohibi'ory
law by the next leg islature as the Demo-
cratic l,arty has always opposed Ii.
After permanent organization and
pending the report of the committee on
resolutions nominations foc governor
were made. The first ballot stood as
follows: +. D. jackson. 493; Lafay-
ette Young, a4l,s 4. F. Drake, loi; J. A,
Lyons, s4; L. S. Ormsby, 81; w. p.
Torbert, 81; F. S. Coffin, IS; Albert
Head, SO; d. b. Henderson, 3; james
Harian. .; whole number of votes cast,
l,204; necessary to Il choice. COB.
"A second ballot was taken and vari-
GUS counties swung swiftly to Jackson.
He received more than 500 votes, aud
on motion of Captain Fee Of Appanoose
county the nomination was made an
anilnous. Tie nominee is in New York
on business and has not been i'll Iowa
for two weeks.
The committee on resolutions next
appeared and Editor Clark of Keokuk
read the platform, the liquor plank OF
which was as follows:
The Liquor Plank.
THAT prohibition is no test of Re-
pubiicani>m, The general assembly has
given 10 the state prohibitory law as
strong as amy that has ever been ell.
acted by amy country. Like any other
criminal statute its retention, moditica-
tion OF lei cal must be determined by
the general assembly elected by and in
sympathy with the people and to them
is releg;teti The subject to take snch &C
tlon a. they may deem just and best i'll
the matter, maintaining the present
law i'll those portions OF the state where
it is now on can be made efficient, ana
give to tie localities such methods of
controlling and regulating the liquor
traffic as will best serve the cause Of
temperance and morality"
There was long discussion over the
prohibition plank. but tho whole plat
form was adopted by IL majority of 500
to G3. Adjournment was then taken
until 8 p. IN.
AT the evening session Warren S.
DUNCAN of Lucas county, was nomi-
mated for lieutenant governor on the
second ballot. For railroad commits
sioner J. w. Luke of Hampton county,
was renominated, and G. S. Robinson
OF Buena Vista county, was renomi-
mated for judge of the supreme court.
Ex,Supintendent Henry snbin of Clin-
ton, was nominated on the third ballot
for s;a'e superintendent of instruction.
The convention adjourned at ll:45
d. III.
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1893-08-25

Aug 70. 1873
CATTLE-AIarket steady.
HOGS-Firm: loc higher. Heavy. $40,
R5i': mixed and medium. S5.25a5.I5: light
S55Ti5.,5.
SHEEP Steady.
Receipts: Cattle, 1880; hogs. l5,ooo sheep
III OUu
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1893-08-25
Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO UNION STOCK YARDS.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
FOREIGN STATS TICS.

THE Indian Medical Record shows terrible record of deaths from cholera. In fourteen years, from 1877 to 1890, it declares that 1 1,O00,S2G persons have died in Bengal from cholera alone.
 FROM statistics covering the last thir- ty-two years it is computed that the average life of women in France has been ;}S years, and of men SC years. Dur ing last year, however, the average rose to 40 years for both sexes.
 AN official report just issued on the vital statistics of England states that the proportion of Jews in the popula- tion of England has more than doubled in the last twenty years by natural in- crease, not counting immigration.
 THERE was a falling off in the value of both the imports and exports of France during last year. The imports were to the value of 4.412, ,390, 900 francs, against f, 7G7 ,SG7 ,O00 francs in 1891, and the exports 3,563. .9O9.000 francs, as compared with 8,5G0, ,737, ,OO0 francs in 1891.
 BRAZIL and other parts of South America are being rapidly settled by Italians, Portuguese and Spaniards, the Italians prcdominating in a remarkable manner In Argentine alone, from 1879 to 1888, G7.4 per cent. of the immi- grants were Italians. Tho proportion of English, Irish and Germans is very small
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
QUAINT BRUSSELS,
Pesurlarities of the Capital of the Little
 Kingdom of Belgium.

PeeuIIarities of the Capital of the Little
 Kingdom of Belgium.
 Brussels is a showy, geometrically built city, says Harper's Weekly, with endless straight avenues, cubic perspec- tives, and well-ordered suburbs; a young and laughing capital vulgarized by its imitation of every other capital, and which an immoderate love of stucco has led to the imitation of Paris in par icular; a modernized town laid out by rule, scraped clean with pumice stone, deprived of all the bric-a-brac of its antiquities, rebuilt without any of it's primitive originality; town which has sprung forth from the vitals of its an- ient quarters with ready-made squares, symmetrical thoroughfares. straight streets, stucco and bastard-stucco build ings, fve-storied houses, all the usual typographical peculiarities of European asm; town which has laid aside its an cient robes, crumbled to dust it's antique plaster work, pulverized its venerable relics. cleaned out it's sewers, aerifed it's sinks, desquamated its ulcers. to make itself like other towns; a town of palaces, barracks. academies and of 2cial buildings, in which Is concentrated Gll the machinery of gov ernment, and which is the very heart of the body pohtic: a town which, with it's sparse population, altogether insufficient to people it's wide thoroughfares, and with its somewhat paralyzing condition of well being, it's ostentatious luxury and wealth, calls Up a vision of another | La Haye-a purring, self-satisfed quiet, satiated, much-envied place; a town which has retained its bourgeois char acter with all its pomp-a matter-of- fact, home-lile, punctilious city; town inhabited by men of simple manners and moderate intellectual power, com bined with a weakness for trivial amuse- mcnts and military pomp and show; yet. with it all, still remaining very | paradise to those who like to lead an | easy, careless life.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
DOG AND GUN.

THREE hundred and twenty jack rab- bits were killed within six hours on a forty-acrc farm tract near Dodge City, Kan, a few days ago.
 A TREMENDOUS wildcat was shot by hunter near Mt. Grctna, Pa. The cat killed two hounds before it received the fatal bullet.
 A GIGANTIC gorilla, measuring seven- ty inches across its chest and with shoulders as wide as those of three men united, was shot by Lieut.. Morgen's party recently nt a place twenty-five days march from tho coast of Came room. Tho creature was so heavy and unwieldy that it required the efforts of sixteen men to drag it to the station.
 A FAMOUS hunting dog, the hero of a hundred bear fights and of numerous fights with partners and wildcats, which didn't count," died at Ashland, Ore, recently. His owner, hunter in the Sisliyous, kept a record of the dogs bear achievements. and figures out that it caught ono hundred and five bears, in cluding those trced, brought to bay, and Nun into caves, where they were shot.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
FACTS BRIEFLY STATED.

BARBARA FR1EToHIE's flag, which Whittier immortalfzed, is preserved by Barbara's niece, Mrs. Handschen. It Is of silk, about twelve by eighteen inches, and attached to staff about three feet long.
 THE second largest diamond in the world is now undergoing the cutting process at Antwerp. When finished it will be about the size of a pigeons egg and will weigh about two hundred karats.
 ENGLISH ignorance of America did not begin with this generation. Gold smiths description of Niagara falls in cludes the statement that ''some In- dians in their canoes, as it is said, have ventured down it in safety"
 THE weather on the top of Pilke's peak during December last was the coldest, for the month, that has been experienced there in fifteen years past, and, with one exception, the coldest ever recorded there for December. The mean temperature for the month was one degree above zero.
 A CURIOUS and apparently ancient sword was plowed up near Savannah, Mo-, few days ago. The local paper describes it as similar to the blades used by the Romans," and the local antiquarians ''thihl1 it belonged to some member of De Soto's expedition ' which was around southern Missouri in
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
POPULAR FALLAClES.

THAT to be great is to be misunder- stood.
 THAT ladies pay no attention to the ballet.
 THAT a warm heart is better than all riches.
 THAT poet cannot appreciate @ lot- ster-salad.
 THAT Vassar students never think ot matrimony.
 THAT rhubarb is never eaten by the elect of men.
 THAT the frce-lunch f1end does not pay for his fun.
 THAT lovers of the beautiful never wear false teeth.
 THAT pink fngcr-nails arc indicative of good breeding.
 THAT the tramp doesn't enjoy his sleep in the open air.
 THAT millionaire isn't bothered when he has the toOthache.
 THAT ncar-sighted men never know when q pretty girl passes them.
 THAT the back-fence cat has more tribulations than my lady's lap-dog.
 THAT the trombone-player in tho or chestra is not as earnest ns he appears to be.-Judgc.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
Such Is Fame,

In Augusta, Me, the "ten-cent wagon," as it is called, is one of the features of the town. These wagons, according to the New York Tribune, do a good business in carrying passengers, on account of the numerous steep hills in the city. Members of tho legislature especially patronize them; and the drivers, who are characters in their way, always refer to the representatives as Reps" ''IIauling Reps" is, indeed, their most profitable source of income. Nor Is the term ''Reps" confined to the Jchus. The other day a small boy re marked, as he passed the lobby of the statehOuse:
 Say, l made seventy-tive cents to- day"
 ''IIOw was that?"
 "Oh, was workin', doin' up buG lbs for RcDS."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
k9. CLEVELANO'S PLANS.
liz Go TO Washington on a B. & O.
 SD ,ciaI Train.

YiH Go To Washington on a B. & O.
 Special Train.
 My XonK, Feb. 20.-lIost of the rran%ements for MT. Cleveland's trip to Rs.s ,inEton from Lakewood have been etl'D.o;'I, If the present plan is carried et atr Clvvei md ill start for Washing e nl '"uu~.iay night, Feb, 2S on the k'r.;i Hlue Line, arriving at the capital sri 7 the following morning. The Royal s..a.. Ill.,. has placed at the President siect's ,iSposal a special train consisting o5 ti1rhr coaches.
 'i3 D. s,lent-elect, Mrs. Cleveland aid bA''y Ruth will occupy the Baltimore S$JIio p..v.lse c;tr B.tlCinore.
 he next car will he occupied by the risntt, of Mr. Cleveland, who will ,cse..p ? .,!y him to Washington. The party wil include Daniel S Lamont and saa.ly, Wilson $. Bisse)l, and Mr. and .rs -E '. D uedicr of Cincinnati. Tie si:sgl ear wiil carry the servants, attend arts, ana the baggage belonging to the par y.
 O.4 t:!e arrival of the tr.in in Wash ln.s-oa, Mr. Clevelanl will go ut once to I suite of apart tnents reserved for aim at the Arlington. where breakfast Wtl, bs in waiting. It has not been fully lecitiea n uei her tAe Prrsi lent elect will ot.yrt direct for Washington from Lake wo.d or first come to tHis city.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
JURY SYSTEM IN FRANCE.

An Australian Ballot Plan Observed While
 Verdict Is Being Reached.
 The assize court is composed of an assize judge and two assistant judges, according to the North American Re view. The jury are seated in the court room to tho right of the judge. They have no special costume, but wear their ordinary dress. Sometimes they appear in blouses. The prisoner faces the jury. They ask no direct questions, but may interrogate tho prisoner or witnesses, through tho judge, on any point likely also demand to see all articles offered in evidence by the public prosecutor to prove the prisoners guilt. They hear the argument of the public prosecutor, who pleads for the indictment which he has prepared, and then those of the defense, and form truly enlightened opinion from the dispositions of the wit nesses on both sides. When the trial Is concluded the judge, in the presence of the court, reads to the jury the ques- tions which are submitted to them and reminds them of the duties which they are to perform. In tho center of the room is O long table with six separate partitions or boxes on each side. At the head of the table is box for the foreman, containing a wooden urn. From the moment the jury enter this room they are alone. The foreman puts the questions to them and they discuss them. The jury Is usually divided into two almost equal camps There are the indulgent ones, who answer the most mcontrovertible evidence with the ever lasting "What does that prove3" and there are those who, even when the crime is but ill-proved. declare that ''society must be rid of such people. ' The foreman finds it hard to seize the opportune moment when the jury are almost agreed in their readiness or re. luctance to vote one way or the other Then he states the question anew. The jurymen seat themselves at the table, each in his box, where he cannot sec what his neighbors write. One by one they rise and place their folded ballots in the urn. The form of the ballot is
 "Upon my honor and my conscience declare that" etc.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20

tions of making himself comfortable, was reading a ncwsapcr in the quiet inner office when North and Mir. Archer entered.
 Good morning, Wee. Take chair, Mir. Archer, over here by my desk, 9 said North, airily, tossing his gloves down on the desk and holding gracious ly to the junior partncr.' "I will count these bills, Mir. Archer, and you may run over them after mo, If you will. just to sec that there is no mistake"
 And as he sat down nt the desk, ap- parcntly absorbed in the business in hand, North said to himself with a keen sense of enjoyment, as he accidentally encountered pair of eyes raised with an expression of contcmptuOus surprise from the paper that MT. Wcscott was not reading:
 "Poor Wee! I'm afraid this may give him concussion of tho bralnl wonder if he will not fall on my neck and weep when old Archer is gone? He will at least think better of that rash dctcrmi- nation to dissolve partnership"
 Wall, MT. North" said Jonathan Archer, as, having finally disposed of his business, he stood for Q few mo. ments beside North's desk hugging his cane as if it were some favoritc de fusion, 'I'm free to say that I was mighty well pleased with the scnty- mcnts that you expressed in my hear ing spell ago. cant say as I've ever heard jest the same before, but reckon you hit pretty nigh right every time Now. Rir.. I'm free. tQ.. say that I hoo
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
A Mothers Song.

Hush, my baby; sweetly restl
 Mothers boy feels no alarm; Pillowed soft upon her breast,
 He knows naught of earthly harm. What though life be dark and sad Mothers love can make 1t glad. Little child, close to my heart,
 See, press you closer still, For your dear weight heals its smart
 Even have known life's i'll. What dream you of tears and sighs While you gaze in mothers eyesi Baby mine, my bonny lad,
 Do you guess your power, dear2 Earth cannot be dark nor sad
 To this heart while you are near How can life be aught but sweet When child-love makes it complete? Virginia Franklyn, in Harpers Bazar.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20

had appeared upon that proud, peauC- full face, told of anxious thoughts and genuine heart sorrow.
 Her manner, however, was light, as if her pride would not permit her to ac- knowledge the mental suffering that had so mercilessly left its traces upon her; and she smiled incredulously at North's anxious inquiries.
 "The merest trihe, " she protested with a slight wave of one delicate hand as ii she thus cast the trife from her. q read too late last evening, an0 a head ache always rewards such excessive in tellectual application"
 And she sank languidly into an easy chair, after inviting North to be seated.
 ''I fear that you are not equal to a discussion of the serious questions that are before the house this morning." be- gan North, his flippancy modified by the air of anxiety with which he was regard ing her.
 This introduction of painful sub iect which she nevertheless knew per fectly well was unavoidable, visibly distressed her; but she conquered her feelings bravely and answered without a tremor in her voice:
 "Serious problems sometimes appear less formidable after a candid and prac- tical discussion, Mir. North. While l have no ground for expecting it to be so in this case, am at least confident that nothing can be worse than a con- tinued silent breeding on the subject
 Notwithstanding the Respondent resignation in the words, there was a suggestion of hope-a faint intangible hope that was very like despair-in her voice and in the swift glance that she raised to his face.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
CHINESE RAILROAD OFFICERS.
More Interest in Velvet and Varnish Than
 In tho Science of RailroadlnG.

More Interest in Velvet and varnish Than in tho Science of RallroadinG. The Chinese officials on the railway are the nominally responsible parties, and they are Chinese officials, term which to anyone who has lived long in China sums up nearly all that can be said about them, says Macmillan's Mag azine. The railway in all its parts and stages Is to them a strange and in- scrutable thing, whose mysteries they are slower to learn than their unedu- cated fellow-countrymen, owing to their minds being already saturated with kind of lore which has no points of contact with the novelties introduced by the troublesome foreign devils. | They detest the whole undertaking, which does not even provide such means of enrichment as any purely native work would do. Custom renders 1t derogatory to them to handle any im- plement heavier than a hair pencil, and what is necessary to be done by off, cials is simply intrusted to their serv- ants.
 At the head office things are scarcely better. The directors are men who have been forced into an unwelcome | position, who have no feeling for the
 substantial success of the railway, and no appreciation of workmanlike excel
 lence, but who arc always ready to
 listen to any dilettante who can talk
 superfcially of velvet and varnish and
 show from illustrated advertisements in
 what respects the Chinese trains come
 short of some ideal Brighton express or
 Philadelphia f1ier, especially when the
 glib foreign gentleman hints at the pro
 fuse fabrication which railway pro
 motion demands in other countries and
 which Is only compatible with lavish
 cost
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20

about made up my Hnlno to support MT. Wymer this comiH election; but since I've heard your sentyments I've changed my mind considerable. So, MT. North, I'm goin' to vote for you, sir, and what ever inhooence I can pull shall all go in the same direction. Good day, sir! Good day, Mir. Wescott, good day!'
 North, rising from the desk, laugh ingly bowed the old gentleman out of the office; saying to himself with a touch of good-humored satire:
 And thus are swayed the suffrages of an intelligent and independent con- stituency!''
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
W eather EOrecasU.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 90 For New Eng land: Light snow, followed by clearing and colder weather, with moderately cold wave, brisk and high northwestcrly winds with heavy gales on the coast.
 For Eastern Now York, Eastern Penn sylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Mary land: Snow or rain, followed by generally fair weather, much colder, with gales on tho coast, high and brisk winds in the interior of New York and Pennsylvani moderate cold wave in Maryland and Delaware.
 For Western New York: Local snows tonight, followed by generally fair weather, much colder north westerly winds with a cold wave tomorrow.
 For Western Pennsylvania: Snow or rain followed by generally clearing weather, colder noxGhwesterly winds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
Compulsory Saving,

In Germany every servant girl is obliged to own little blank book fol stamps. Once week the mistress pastes in the book a two-penny-half- penny stamp, which is purchased from the government. When the girl gets old, or should sho fall i'll, the stamps are redeemed by the government, SC that the girl has d small sickness or ole age fund. The custom was ordered by the emperor two years ago,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
M. BURNS

Licensed disinfecting officer for cleaning and disinfecting vaults and cesspools. Disinfectant soc per qt.
 " B.-Rosidenco 18 snrsneld Street.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
Ashton e Clarity,

Plumbers, Steam and Gas Filters, Tin Hot. Water Heating a;specialty.
 aO6I BANK STREET.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
JOSEPH 4, JACKSON, ARCHITECT,

L1lley's Block Waterbury, Conn, And 2'7 West I25th St, New York
 Plans and Superintendence for all classes
 buildings. Many years successful experience enables me } to secure for clients the best results with the east expenditure.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
Go To Dreher'S Market

For the choicest Meats, Beef Mutton, Lamb, Poultry and Provisions. The lowest prices, Gentlemanly attendance. Call and see for yourself. Sausages 8 speciality. our own make.
 Peoples Market, Brooklyn.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-02-20
CHAPTER XII.

Par.-Good very good; It is so, then. Good, very good; let it be concealed
 awhile.