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must take care OF yourself in such terri.
BILE weather"
Eyes, ma'am: it be chilly, that's a
fact. think ! viii move up a piece to
the fire"
Elbow kind she isl" the deacon kept re-
peating to himself as he edged nearer
toward the blazing logs and at the same
time drew closer to the rocker. where the
widow still sat sewing.
81 saw you at church last Sunday,
Mrs. Martin. The minister preached a
powerful sermon. didn't hep remarked
the deacon after another long interval.
Eyes, deacon. and it did me a power
Of good too"
Tim real glad to hear You say that.
Mrs Martini" exclaimed the deacon.
His face fairly beamed with delight,
while III the truth must be told he abso-
Intely chnckled and rubbed his hands on
his knees as IL something had happened
with which he was immensely delighted.
do you recall what the parson preached
about?"
II must have been the heat from the
burning logs that caused the widows
cheeks to blush 90. She couldn't even
look up from her sewing as she replied:
We'll, come to think Of 1t. deacon. !
think 1t was about weddings and such
things, but / amt quite sure, for | didn't
pay much attention, I'm afraid, to that
part Of the discourse" =
The chairs were getting very close.
That's it, that's it," cried the deacon,
bringing his hands down upon his knees
witha slap that startled the canary from
his perch and get the widows heart beat
ing furiously. That's it. And don't you
remember where he said that 1t wasn't
good for man to live alones think hs
told the truth, don't your
The chairs touched now. The deaco0
was absent from the town meeting thst
evening.
When the villagers assembled at
church next day, they saw a little woman
sitting beside Deacon Harding. 1t waa
the Widow Martin. She was welded to
the deacon, for the parson had said it
wasn't good for man to be alone.-B. A.
MacDon in Buffalo Express.
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SenAera Get Cash.

OTTAWA. Ont., April Sit is under
stood that the government has received
by cable from England the sum
awarded by the imperial government to
the British Columbia sealers for losses
sustained by them by being excluded
from BehriDg sea during the sealing
season of 1891. The indemnity, amount
ing to about 800. 600, viii probably be
distributed through the collector OF
customs at Victoria. Claims were sent
in on behalf of Al vessels.
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In Two Big Cities.

The average man who makes the trip
to Brooklyn by the bridge cars conducts
himself very differently ut the two ends
Of the line. On the New York side he
manifests the utmost eagerness to lose
no time. He rushes up the station steps,
crowds upon the first car he comes TO,
and then dashes for aseat, rs If his hopes
Of happiness depended upon his speed
When he gets TO the Brooklyn end Of the
bridge, however, he has more time. He
walks away from the al as If he had no
further reason to hurry. Instead Of fight
ing for a first place IN the stairways, he
loiters along as IL he wanted to end the
procession. A Brooklyn philosopher ac-
counts for the phenomenon on the ground
that everybody is inclined to be happy
in his town and Is too well content to
hurry.-New York Times
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State Of South Dakota, Office OF Commissioner
OF School and Public Lands, Pierre, 8. D., Jan.
81, 1898.-Notice 10 hereby given that on the 18th
day OF April, 1898, all the unsold school lands In
the county OF Lake viii be offered for lease at
public auction to the highest bidder at the front
door OF the court house in said county. Said
leasing will be held between the hours Of ten
O'Clock a. m, and B O'Clock p. m. of each day
until all tracts of school lands have been offered
for lease. THOS. ii. RUTH,
COMMISSIONS of School and Public Lands.
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Notice.

State Of South Dakota, Once Of Commissions
OF School end Public Lands, Pierre, 8. D., Jan.
~, 1698.-Notice 10 hereby given that on the lSth
day Of April, 1888, all the nnsold school lands In
the county Of Lake will be offered for sale at
public auction to the highest bidder at the front
door OF the court house IN said county. Said
sale will be held between the hours OF ten o'clock
q. m. and s O'Clock .. m. OF each day, until oil
the tracts Of school lands in said county have
been offered for sale. THOS. III. RUTH,
Commissioner Of School and Pablic Lande.
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LATEST MARKET REPORT.
81. Paul Union stock Yards.

81. Faut Union STOCK Hards.
SOUTH ST. PAUL, April 8, 1893.
HOGS-:ac higher, and active. Range of
prices Sd.45GB..a.
CATTLE Steady. Good demand all around.
Prime steers, s4.0O14.75; good steers, $3.5Na
LOO; prime cows, 8 3.s5ni.m; good cows. S2s5Kl
400; common to fair cows, Sl.5013. 20. light
veal calves. $3.50Gk 50: heavy calves, $e.Oaa
aD0: stockers, $2.UUG..gG; feeders. S2.50a.3.50
bulls, $1.2512.T5 t@
SHEEP-tNo receipts and no trading.
Muttons, $a.75G4.S5; lambs, $L0O1A90; stock
ers and feeders, $3.00GA.D.
Receipts-Cattie, 30, hogs, 200; calves, 10
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"eElNo DEAD, YET sPEAKETH."

He was 6 soul and body fifty blended
A crSwding spirit in It's giant frame,
And now they say his words and deeds aro
ended,
And Phillips Brooks is nothing but a name.
But words SO spoken do not cease In saying.
The deeds so done act on fcrevermore.
Life and the ripnled pool, one law obeying.
Are stirred from center to thaSarthest shore.
Walter Storrs Bigelow.
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In q small village not far from New
York / was sent by my parents to spend
q few weeks with an aunt of my fathers.
| had not been at her home long when
one evening as we were preparing to re-
tire for the night my aunt discovered
that we were not alone in the room. She
had noticed q slight noise and upon close
inspection discovered q man hid in a
closet. She knelt in silence q few mo-
ments; then in q loud voice she asked
God to protect the stranger, whoever he
might be, to keep him from the evfl be
intended to commit, TO bless and lead
him TO better ways. :
She had barely finished when he came
from his hiding place and addressed her,
saying: Madam, you have taught me q
lesson / shall never forget. Ny snothes
taught me to pray just as you have
prayed tonight when / was but . little
child" and with these words he left rs
and we have never een him since.-Cor
New York Press.
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No Serious Scraps.

NEW YORK. April S.-The Brazilian
minister at Washington, in q letter to
The Herald, officially denies the truth
of recent reports of serious trouble in
Rio Grande do Sui. He quotes an Off
cial ~cablegram from his government to
that effect,
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Taken From Jail and Lynched.

SAN FORWARDING. CAL, April g.
Jesus Fuen, the Spaniard who killed
his mistress, Francisco Flores, and an
old German named Golkoffer, who
came to her defense, was taken from
Jail here and lynched.
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London's Parks.

: The open spaces in London, without
reckoning the disused burial grounds,
extend to 5,449 acres. Besides there are
open spaces on its borders which bring
up the total Of parks accessible to Lon
doners TO $4,000 acrss.-Pall Mall Ga
zette. KS I
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Pembina Presbytery.

ST.. THOMAS, N. d.. April S.-The
presbytery OF Pembina is in session
here. Rev. w. j. Hall was elected
moderator and Rev. L.. Il. banks clerk.
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO, April 9. 1880
OPENING PRICES.
wHEAT-MAy, 7s1<c; July 75Nc;September,
75J6c.
CORN-May, 41Mc; July. 42ssc.
OATS-May, z95Sc: July, 2s1kc; September,
26z<c. %s G8Ps ~
PORK-May. s17.0o; July. $iz-05; September,
S17.2N.
LARD-May. slo.as July. so s7K;septembsr,
S10.40.
SHORT RIBS-May. sa.s71a; July. 81 Is.
CLOSING PRICES.
wHEAT-April, 7s14c; May. sJ1sc; July,
76lsc; September, 1856.
CORN-Aprii, 401sG40l4c; May, Alt41413sc;
July, 4ss7sc.
oATs-April, ss94c; May, 3oc; July, ss7sc;
September. 254c.
PORk-Arril. $i8.70, May. Si6.Ss; July, $i7 90;
September, Sl.-D.
LARD-AEril Sl0.05, May. 5000; September,
SOS.
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Chicago Live o

Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago UNION Stock YARDS.
April 8. 1895.
CATTLE-Market firm. ,
~HOGS-Strong. l5D-5c higher. Heavy, $3.50
07.l7; mixed and medium. $6.6507. 10; light,
e6.3O16.90.
SHEEP-Steady.
Receipts: Cattle. 5000. hogs, 5000; sheep,
SS
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Minneapolis Grain.

MINNEAPoLIs, April 9, 1888.
wHEAT-May opened. 65hc; highest. s5Ssc;
lowest, 9 sc; closed, 651sc. July opened 6SAc;
highest, $50; lowest, 6T4c; closed. 6S16c.
On Track-No. / hard. 66Nc; No. l Northern,
e5t4c; No. 2 Northern, 90.
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the saddle. the reins in his teeth, his
paws together, and unutterable wisdom
IN his sharp, bright eyes. When the pair
came to the creek ne flung himself down
and lay forward well over the pony S
neck and watched him drink and drink
with the liveliest satisfaction. When the
pony raised his head, shook himself and
turned again toward the school house,
Button sat up again, drew himself back
till the reins were taut, and so held them
till he arrived and put them in Davy' S
hand.
In month Button knew the whole
school by name and would fetch and
carry accurately, unless forbidden by the
schOolmistress, who stood higher in his
regard than even Davy.
In short, there was never quite such
another delightful little bundle of fun
and fur set to run upon four legs. The
wonder was where and how he had learned
his tricks, and who his owner was, and
why he was not searching the earth up
and down for creature SO adorable.
81 believe right shore he's a circus
dawg,' said Jim Barker, now Buttons
most abiect slave, and for the most part
the school agreed with him.
Davy, however, did not. The dogs
pretty ways were, ne was sure, love-
taught, and he lived in daily dread of the
appearance of an owner whose claim
could not be gainsaid.
But nobody came, though the winter
went by, the spring grew rosy, and at
last summer blossomed on every hill.
Summer brought the last day OF school,
when, according to good country custom,
all the countryside came together to eat,
drink and be merry; also to sit IN the
shelter OF big green bush arbor and lis
ten and look while the school children
did !sums in the double rule of three,
parsed sentences from Paradise Lost, sang,
recited, acted dialogues and ''spoke
pieces. -
Every scholar had a part. Button was
by no means to be left out. Buttons ''re
port' was read along with the rest, and
you may be sure he was marked perfect
in attendance, attention and obedience.
Next to these his best mark was in Vocal
music.
The Pages were natural musicians, and
Davy at II could play his fathers fiddle
more than creditably. When he played
Button delighted to howl in concert and
all agreed that the public ought to have a
chance to hear the two.
fore dinner. When they came out upon
the green and -four wreathed stage,
Davy's heart was in his throat, and such
a singing in his ears that sold Dan
Tucker sounded to him as though some
body was playing it half a mile away.
But no trace of self-consciousness
troubled Button. Standing upright, one
paw cnnningly bent. the other resting
lightly against Davy's side, the school
dog howled and barked and howled again,
till the bowling aud the hddling was
drowned in q great uproarious laugh.
Davy waited for il to die away before
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'lcns; not fur all the deah madame's
trunksi No, indeedl''
Colonel Dinsmore used to tell the story.
but could never finish without laughing
and shaking: He said. $50 I went up
with him. We took the big lantern, and
walked ahead, to the big pile OF trunks
and bags over in one corner. After hold
ing the light SO that it shone on the right
ones, Jerry leaned over and grasped the
largest with his long hands and strong
arms, giving it a big pull, when just OPP
poslte him slowly rose two great red eyesg
They fixed themselves on Jerry. Then
they moved little as if some one turned
his head, but still cleaned and glared
out from the utter darkness. Before I
conld speak or move Jerry gave one leap
into the air, down came the great trunk
Jerry stumbled and fell into the glass gas
shades all in a heap, and crash went the
glass Jerry shrieked oh, the deb-el-
the evil eye, the deb-el hisse1f. Oh.
Lawdl" and that was the last of Jerry
and the trunks. He ran and leaped down
ell the stairs TO the kitchen, where he fell
fat on the floor, and prayed and, groaned
ito be delivered from the deb-el with
hery eyes,
Again Mrs. Hayes in the goodness OF
her heart, went down to see what was
the matter with Jerry, but don't think
she ever heard who carried the BULBS eye
lanterns to the garnet and hid behind the
rubbish when Jerry went for the trunks.
All these various appearances Of the
"deb-eP' in the White House Jerry re-
hgiously remembers and often relates.
Uncle Jerry knows that the White
House is haunted.
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sell. The world never appiauds a man
for what he says ne can do, but for some
thing he has actually done. When he
has shown that he possesses qualities and
capability, then the world stamps his
value upon him, as the mint coins the
gold.
The qualities that are valuable are in
telligence, accuracy and honor. A boy
must show that he has fair mental capac-
ity, that ne has formed the habit of cor
rectness, and that he is trustworthy.
Employers do not seek phenomenal
boys. They prefer the ordinary kind.
Above all else they appreciate the accur-
ate boy; one who, in workshop, store or
Office, does the right thing at the right
time. That duty may be but trif1e in
itself, but the doing Of it and the perceiv-
ing that it should be done without wait
ing to be told, proves the boys value.
The boys who allows himself to feel that
ne is working solely for the wages he re-
ceiYes will never get beyond the grade of
wage Garner. He should Try to learn
something new each day, because it is
what he learns, not what he earns, that
makes him valuable. By knowing more
ne is able to earn more.
There is q difference between ambition
and dissatisfaction. Ambition comes from
knowledge, but dissatisfaction often
comes from ignorance. The first question
requests advancement is, ''What are you
aUle to do?'' If the boy can reply that
he is able to DO more or better work than
when his pay was first fixed, he can gem
orally count on an increase. II he can only
say he is dissatisfied, - he viii probably
be told to go somewhere else, but if ne
can show that he can earn money for his
employer he can command money for
himself. That is a rule as stable as gold
itself, not only in the workshop but IN
every walk of life. ANY employer who
ignores this truth would be tearing out
his own foundation.
II a boy will realize that dissatisfaction
with conditions IS an injury to himself,
but that laudable ambition to advance
is merit, he Will prosper. And advance
ment can come only through doing well
what is each moment to be done Such
boys are always observed and kept in
mind BY men who need boys services,
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used a type -writer-in fact, he used one
Of the first OF those machines made some
fifteen years ago. a low chair in front of the
typewriter, an easy chair at the window
q tier Of shelves concealed by a curtain
across one end of the room, and a plain
book shelf filed with books of reference,
most of them nautical volumes, charts,
gazetteers and guide books, complete the
furnishings. And it is here that every
day the writer spends at least six hours or
more, If he does not complete his stint OF
work.
HOW HE WRITES THE GALL ROUND THE
WORLD SERIES.
Mr.. Adams methods of work are as
simple as the man and his surroundings.
Beside him on Frest,' as / saw him
that morning, stood a blank book,
opened to a page where were jotted down
the names OF the characters of the story
on which he was at work-one OF
the Cali Round the World series.
Beside each name were jotted fig
ures representing the ages of the
characters, and occasionally there was an
additional word to denominate their rela-
tions to one another or some salient point
IN the nature of one of them would be set
down. Such are the only notes that this
Ruthor of juvenile adventures uses.
On a wide shelf under his book rack
stood an open book on t'rest' like that
used for music. This was chart of the
harbor into which the hero of the book he
was at work on-whom boys know well
today as Louis Belgrave-was sailing his
yacht at the point of history when / in
corrupted him.
HOW he CAME TO CALL HIMSELF SOLVER
oPTIC.1
The selection of his pen name, orrather
the one by which he is now known-for
at one time in his career he had many
came about in this way: A new play ''by
q Boston gentleman was produced at the
museum, in which there was a character
called doctor Optic.' This man took
Mr.. Adams fancy. At that time he was
addicted TO writing humorous doggerel-
he never called it poetry-for public oc-
casions, and being in want of signature
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The Dissatisfied Boy.
by Morgan Bates. |

The boy who thinks he could do great
things ''if he only had chance" is the
boy who seldom makes a success of any
thing. He is always waiting for stgood
luck'' to bring him into prominence. He
isn't valuable to a practical employer
who wants boy that can do ordinary
things well. and who is willing to do Or
binary things.
The boy who sullenly thinks that his
position, wherever it may be, IS not ''as
good as he deserves, - is preparing the
way for disappointment in after years.
The world never puts valuation on a
boy or man as it does upon a horse or
8 steam engine; they have a market value
the minute they are shown-based on
their capacity to do good work. But
boy has no value until he earns one him
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cording to the way he behaves, until
finally, you can use full cartridge. Just
as a boy will gain confidence in himself in
learning the art OF swimming, so in this
course Of training horse will gain con-
fidence when he finds that he is not going
to be hurt.
In teaching six of my horses to fire off a
cannon, each one was taught separately
1t takes months of hard work, giving two
lessons q day, before you can train a
horse to fire off a pistol.
l trained my school of horses three
years before they were introduced to the
public. I taught them such tricks as to
bring my mail, pick up my handkerchief,
fetch me a chair, erase an example on the
blackboard, and to turn forward the
hands of a clock so that the school may be
dismissed early.
THE MOST DIFFICULT LESSON.
Probably the most difficult thing to
teach horse is the meaning of words and
sign language.
Still, it can be done. Horses are taught
everywhere the meaning of such words or
phrases as sswhoe,' s.get up, - ''get
over, y ''back," etc.
l am careful when utter words to make
physical movement to Indicate their
meaning. Give the horse the word and
at the same time in some way show him
the movement you wish him to make.
All this is very tedious, because you
have to go through the lesson over and
over.
You want to teach him to obey the
command to turn to the right. Each time
You give the order turn him to the right,
pat him approvingly, go away, and again
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pat him approv1ngly on the neck and, in
the course of time, he finds that l wish
him to hold the stick between his teeth.
When he has learned that you wish him
to do this and discovers that it does not
hurt him to do it, he is willing to do it.
The next step is to hold the stick down
below his head; make him lower his head
and then put the stick in his mouth.
That drill is followed until the stick is
placed on the ground and he consents to
take hold of it and pick it up with his
teeth. You can finally throw the stick
on the ground, say ''pick that up; give
it to me, and he will obey. He will
turn his head towards you and allow you
to take it out of his mouth.
now take strap of leather and so
arrange a pistol that it can be fired off by
pulling the strap. The pistol is not
loaded when the horse is first taken up to
begin his training in regard to the strap.
This is a very different thing from the
wood, but he must be taught that the
strap is the object he is to take, and when
he tries to fasten his teeth on it they slip
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off and you have to keep experimenting

off and you have to keep experimenting
with him.
Next you take a common blank car
fridge, which nowadays is used altogether
for these tricks. Extract from it about
two-thlrds of the powder and put the car
fridge into the pistol. Then let him pull
the strap. The report of the pistol makes
slight noise and the horse will probably
start back.
Without reloading the pistol you may
let him pull on the strap a few times to
convince him that he is not going TO be
hurt. The cartridge experiment is then
repeated.
If he is not qnite as scared as he was at
first, you can, after an interval, try an
other. You stand near him and grad
ually seek to show him that the cartridge
will not hurt him any more than the
strap. Reduce or increase the sound. &C
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striking another bar. He stood facing the
audience, his eyes nervously glued on his
fiddle bow, and wondering if he could
possibly stay there five minutes longer
He did not notice when some one came
softly out upon the stage. behind him and
flung wreath of asparagus and bear
grass blossoms around his neck, and then
set what was meant for floral crown
square upon Buttons shaggy poll.
Then everybody laughed more than
ever, for Button no sooner felt it than he
dropped to all fours, pitching his crown
incontinently to earth over the platforms
edge, followed it himself, and ran a
brown streak out through the grove and
vanished down the highway just as Davy,
red and choking. unwound himself from
his fiowery tolls and went holland red and
mortified, off the stage.
Miss Aston came up to him hurriedly.
''Do forgive me, Davy; it was all a
compliment and joke. You know when
young ladies sing and play they get heaps
and heaps of flowers. knew it would
make everybody laugh TO see you and
Button tricked out that way, I had for
gotten about how Button hates 8 Ounce
cap. No wonder he scudded awayI poor
Button! Run now and find our doggie,
tell him am mighty sorry to have hurt
his feelings, and that he shall have adm
ner all of gingerbread, if he Will only come
back to eat it.