The DeSmet leader., August 18, 1883, Image 2

About The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891

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Smet Tciuii r.
Bt lUIOWX A BHEKWOOD.
M. A. UKown, *. Kditop.
Entered at the postotfice at DefSmet
fis second class mutter.
The Sioux Falls Leader is Among the
newest and best of our exchanges.
Nearly 8,000 European immigrants
arrived at Castle Garden, New York,
last week.
Mexican revolutionists are in train
ing to put the “horseback government”
; to its paces in suppressing them.
President Ahtiiuu is having a
hilarious time with his little fishhook
among the trout of Yellowstone Park.
The national hanks number 2,42 j,
.with a total capital of over $500,000,000
£nd deposits aggregating $1,042,087,703.
Employes of the Dakota Central
presented a beautiful silver service to
Mr. E. C. Harris, train dispatcher of
the road.
A semi-monthly paper, called the
•Terra Firma, has been started in Huron,
Jto be devoted exclusively to real estate
interests. Jt will Ik; valuable to deal
ers in dirt.
South Dakota's apUmdid crops this
year will bring an army of proiqiectors
to this country in the fall, to be supple
mented by a bigger stampede from the
East next spring than lias ever been
seen before.
The colored man's rights are begi li
ning to tie resjiected in tlie south. The
Georgia legislature lias unseated D. P.
Proctor, a white man, and seated An
thony \Vilson, colored, by a vote of s 7
Jo 64. 4. solid Democratic vote may not
pt counted on too surely in 1881.
John Bull is said to be iu a state of
/Hind because the Irish League proposes
Jo agitate an opposition to English land
lordism in America. In this the League
should have the hearty co-operation of
/»very American citizen. No English
landed aristocracy should lit* tolerated
( QU American soil.
Falls Leader runs up the
jiameof Judge Brookings for president
or the constitutional convention. On
/>U© account the selection is the liest
possible. It is wholly u non-partisan
/Movement, and as the Judge luts repre
sented all parties he embodies the ideal
p[ thaj sentiment.
Millions of acres in unhappy Ireland
£ra abandoned and going to waste,
while the British government proposes
to buy up lands in North America on
.winch to settle its starving Irish ten-j
autry, and the English landlords seek
J*> grab American lands ami inaugurate
fty© yile system of vassalage here.
Steamboat competition on the Mis
souri makes a wonderful difference in
freight rates. Goods for points on this
line west of Huron can be shipped to
Pierre and back to their destination
cheaper than they can begot by direct
shipment from Chicago —which illus-
Jtratapthe beauties of railroad monopoly.
SANifoitN county is in “a peck of
Jialf-bmdiels ” now. with two sets of
bounty commissioners, each claiming to
lie legally constituted, and two county
.peats. The strife waxes warm and the
fur will begin to fly soon. The county
.was for a longtime without organiza
tion and praying for officers. Now it
Jias a double dose, and still is not happy.
Dakota's exhibit at the Chicago Ex- \
position promises to be a good one. It j
/nay be an item of interest that a
Dakota county (Burleigh) took the first
prize for farm products at the Minne
apolis Northwestern Exposition last i
year; and it was the only county in the I
Territory that competed, at that. Yet
jt Qlitstripped the whole Northwest.
As if it were not woe enough for 1
Egypt to be devastated by cholera, the
Nile is flooding the country to an un
precedented extent, destroying the
.crops iu that wonderful valley, and
threatening to add the horrors of fam
ine and starvation to those of the pesti
lence. The land of the Pharaohs is the
most afflicted part of the broad earth
at present.
Judge Edgkhton is deliberating on ;
the quo warranto case, to decide whether
fhe removal of the capital from Yauk
fon is legal. If he decides against it
fhe case will lie appealed to the supreme !
pqurt. Meanwhile the building of the
papitoiat Bismarck goes right on re
gardless. Who will ft>ot the bills ami ,
stand the loss if the whole scheme drops
through, is a conundrum. Who will’*
pare for the Big Nine then, and pay
their s<i a day? i 1
schemes of a few extremists to
pommit the State to a foolish and mad j.
polipy bf declaring Itself wholly Inde- .
pendent, and setting up a government j
in Dakota, ignoring the federal auth- (
prity, will have very little backing. The ! j
£ioux Fails convention will sit down on
tt)em heavily, unless we greatly mistake (
Dm character of its members. The, (
mission of the convention is to prepare ,
us for admission to the Union, not to 1
force us out of it.
It seems the Interior Department has
fakeu a turn at punching up (iov. Ord- 1
way, with better success than the peo- 1
pis have. Complaints made to Secre- :
tan Teller resulted iu the organization (
pa some of the neglected counties with ’
fui alacrity that shows how lively the *
old man cun “ flax around " when there > ’
is a persuasive force behind him. Other
counties should profit by this experience ‘
pud make tlieij* appeals w here they will -
do some good.
* —M—■ ; (
The commissioner of the general j
laud office ha* rendered an important |
decision in the case of the application i
pf Pettigrew’ and Jlrow n, of Dakota,, \
for fhe return of supreme court scrip j
used in payment of locations or entries r
which hare been canceled on the ground j i
tlmf pre-euiptors' affidavits were fraud-1
iileijt, hi which he holds that scrip used ! a
in payment for laud is money, within v
the meaning of law, and therefore legal j
Render. Tin: commissioner says it was r
Die price of land, and it would seem; t!
that whenever a given thing is by law j h
jnade receiya|>le in payment for lands j
at JHicej*, consideration is eqtiiv- J r;
rnent to money, within the meaning of t)
the statute, and that if entry is fra ml u- m
iffit the coasiderat ion is torfeiteil. I ii
The U. 8. minister to Persia has
found out that oriental hospitality is a
delusion and a snare of the first magni
tude. The ,Shah gave hiiu a magnifi
cent reception on his arrival, and pre
sented him with a splendidly caprari
soiied horse, which tickled Mr. Benja
min immensely. Mr. Shah now coolly
calls upon him to foot the hill for tlm
whole affair, and he is not so tickled ;is
he was. He is now trying to figure out
where he can save the cost out of his
salary.
It seems to Ik* about settled that
the strike of the telegraph o)KM'atnrs
is a failure. The Western Union is
gaining ground daily, and must eventu
ally worry the boys out. It is not a
question of bread and butter w ith the
company, and they can stand it just as
long as the government lets them alone,
and it is not disposed to interfere, it
the strike should stir up Uncle Sam to
take the telegraph business into his ow u
hands, and break up the thieving, grind
ing monopolies, it would Ik* one of the
grandest moves of the century.
Mftohel Mull
Gen. Tom Thumb is dead, hut Dako
ta can boast of a man who is even
smaller than was Gen. Thumb. We
refer to Commodore 1 hviggans.of Miller.
Dakota. Mr. Dwiggans is 27 years old.
weighs about -so pounds, and is three
feet and four inches iu height. The
writer spent his youthful days in tie*
same town and school with Mr. Dvvig
gans, and has seen him stand by the
side of Tom Thumb. He was rather
brighter than the average scholar, and
had an answer ready for every question
put to him. lie lias one sister larger
than the average size, and nuothei that
promises to lie as small as himself, lie
is a jeweler by trade.
Fanoi It 'publican
When the time comes in Dakota that
the people feel like taking a hand iu
politics, it w ill he a fearful day for the
ringsters who have been running the
political machinery to suit themselves.
The political tricksters think that they
now have the pins well set up, that
they are solid, that their combination
cannot be broken. They feel that they
have gone on iu an uninterrupted career
of success, and that there is not the
least danger that their power can he
broken. Hut the time will come when
the people will settle accounts with
them, and they will think it were better
that they had millstones tied to their
nccksniid thrown into the placid waters
of Devil's Lake. About next year look
out for a political revival and reforma
tion iu North Dakota.
Yankton I'rcx* aiul Ilukuluian.
The attitude of the Northern Pacilic
railroad in relation to tin* opening of
the great Sioux reservation forms an
additional reason for separation from
the north. It is a fact beyond dispute
that North Dakota is, and always will
lie,controlled by that corporation, vv liich
is using its endeavors, in its ow n inter
est, to prevent the cession of any por
tion of the Sioux reservation. With
Dakota admitted as a whole it would
send to Washington a senator and a
representative from the north who
would be liable to oppose any treaty
with the Indians in behalf of the south.
Opposition from the State to lie affected
by the treaty would be fatal to the hopes
of South Dakota. Tins is only one
illustration of tin* diverse interests of
the tw r o sections. They have always
differed radically upon important ques
tions, and always will. Besides, the
south does not care to he attached for
governmental purposes to a railroad
coronation which ow ns one-sixth of the
entire domain of Dakota. We have
witnessed the first result of its corrupt
ing power—the capital <d Dakota has
been located in the geographical center
of the Northern Pacific tract.
Dakota INM offices.
Washington special to the Chicago
Inter Ocean, 5: A loquacious postotliee
department man thus addressed a rep
resentative of the Inter Ocean yester
day: “ Let me tell you about Dakota.
Do you see this douhlehamlfut of mail?
Well, it's all from Dakota. Here are
the adventurous members of the Join s.
Brown and Smith families petitioning
for new postoflires. They represent
that their neighborhoods are growing
rapidly, and they have almost no means
of communication with the old folks at
home. They want oflices established
rigid away and recommend that the
"squire, who has just started a grocery
and notion store, l*e appointed post
master at a salary of from to ch>
per annum. Here are some of the
names which they suggest as appropi i
ate for tlie proposed offices: Total
Wreck, Hard Tunes, Lousy Canon,
Crazy Prairie. Pill Taker, Clean Shiit.
Extra Socks, limply Buttes, Clear Grit.
These are samples of names a< tuallv
sugge ted by the petitioners. But what
1 started to tell you is that this county’
is growing faster than anyone knows.
The mail messenger here says that the
correspondence with Dakota has more
than doubled during the past year. Tins
is a plain pointer as to the Territory .
Every county lias several fictitious in
for new offices, ami they are all from
bona fide communities which au* just
In-oig srttled
tl**w to Foretell the W<*at!icr.
The Farmers Club of the American
Institute has issued the following rules
for foretelling the weather. If farmers
and others whose business is out of
doors and depends upon the weather
will study tin in closely, they w ill be able
to guess the weather more aeeiuatelv
than Wiggins or Vennor.
1. When tla* temperature falls sud
denly there is a storm forming south of
you.
2. When tin* temperature rises sud
denly there is a stonu forming north of
you.
3. The wind always blows from a
'region of fair weather toward a region
where a storm is forming.
4. Cirrus clouds always move from a
region where a storm is in progress to a
region of fair weather.
а. Cumulus clouds always move from
a region of fair went tier to a region
w here the storm is forming.
б. Where cirrus clouds are moving
rapidly from the north or northeast
there w ill l*e rain inside of twenty four
hours, no matter how cold it is.
7. .When cirrus clouds an* moving
rapidly from tlie south or southeast
there will he a cold inin storm on tliej
morrow if it Ih* in summer, and if if be
in winter there will la* a snow storm.
K. The wind always blows in a circle
around a storm, and when it blow s from
the south the heaviest rain is west of
you; if it blows from the east the heav
iest rain is south *. it it blows from the
west tin* heaviest rain is north of you
9. The wind never blows mile.rain
or snow is fulling within loon m ; l"s of
you.
10. Whenever heavy, white frost oc
curs, a storm is forming within !"oo
miles north or northwest of von.
Tclliim Figures 1 nun Dakota.
New York '1 . • .louri.n!
For a Teiiitory, Dakota has been
lately claiming more attention than
any of her sisters, and indeed it may
well be doubted whether her brilliant
record in sitticinent ami improvement
ever lias been, or ever will be again
equaled. Since tie* Northern I’acilic
railroad struck across her wheat li**ld»
which, as yet untillcd. await only the
plow of the setll.'i to entitle him to the
session of a homestead, immigrants
have been swarming thither from over
populated European emmtrb's. and tie*
soli-n of mu western farmers have taken
their little families and migrated in
large numbers to gain for their ow n the
extended and valuable farming lands,
and thus avoid further division on the
paternal farm. Some id* aof the grow t h
of this section may be formed when it
is considered t hat w ithin a year, a* *ord
ing to the agricultural l**pai tmeat. the
wheat aciejige lias inereused about liltv
pel cent., or more definitely stated tints:
Acreage in 72'M.nn; in l.vst. I i*7«-
HMI. As win* it is one of the profitable
farming crops, ami little monev is re
quired I o enable o.’ic in t ii.tt seitiun at
present to harvest an abundant yield, it
goes without saving that Dakota will
escape the seven* years of |M>virty and
struggle so familiar an accompauin cut
of pioneer settling a-, to he looked upon
as an object ion aimo t ins. parable from
it. The lua sof the people now r* oil-
ing to Dako a an* hornet, industrious
and enterpi ising. For trade, ihe.-cfore.
no section seems to otter better induce-
ments to men of energy. p<*... '-dug a
knowledge ni general incivli.iodising,
but with only a limited capital :o com-
mence vv itil
l)..ug* rs of Alien l.aiallcnlbm.
For Ih<- l.t'iulor.
In the history of our country there
probably never was a time when such
great intcicsts were necessary to he con
sidered in a new Male constitution as
those which ought to conic before the
convention at Sioux Falls. A constitu
tion modeled after that of some old u
State mav let us in to the U nion. but that
is not the true mission <>f Dakota. Tlieie
arc now new interests to be prov ided
for that never existed when most of the
old constitutions were formed, with
new evils growing incidently out of
them to be provided against, and new
amt great dangers threaten the perma
nency of our institutions. I refei m>t
to the temperance issue. The people
are rising everywhere, and wall ulti
mately dispose of that in a satiMaetoi v
manner. Nor to the attempts of ,*•
fanatical sect to bring tin* new west
under the influence «n Asiatic polig
amy. The enlightenment of ti.e nine
teenth century will dispose of that. Of
these new items I vs ill indicate two or
three ;
Ist. Proper safeguards around our
educational institutions, protecting the
educational domain from heartless,
greedy land sharks, and providing
against all future misappropriation of
their proceeds to sectarian alms*,
whether religious or non-religions.
2d. Protection against the overshad
owing influence of va.'t, < orporations,
under the plea of vested rights, ovu-
I'iding both legislation and jurispiu
dence. W e need to be separated from
North Dakota, if for u * other reason,
from the fact that that portion of our
Territory has already become sub
sidized by one corporation, as u.is N« w
Jersey till it lias been called •• tin* State
•if Camden Amboy." North Dale ta
' is already the Territory, a.id w ill hr tin*
State, of North in Faritir, ami that
j huge roropration i.->
trying to liriiui as witliin i anaronda
folds by using it vast intlneiiee against
division and against statehood till it has
' | hound ns m .1 captivity the people ha\ e
I little dreamed of. And thi Icings ns
to another item tiiat is of more piesent
< importance than all others,
j lid. Kllicient provision against alien
I non-rcsidcnt land!* rdistn, the great
j curse of Ireland. While our home
stead laws provide that all who ten ive
its henetits shall he> ome Ann t h an citi
zens, the general yovemmeut ran go no
further. Free-hold tenureonet* artpurrd
1 ' is subject only to St„t<* eon trol, and only
State constitutions ea:i provide again't
alien landlordism. The fact is hut just
coming to light tiiat as profits are i;rou
. ing less upon the vast entailed estates
jin Kurope. tin* eyes ot lordlings are
, turuina: toward Ameriea with a view of
making the vast domain already in the
i hands of the great railroad eorpora
, lions, and those whit h are in the pos
session of southwestern States, trilni
(tary to the tottering nobility of Kurland
I and < Germany.
While Itismarek has his rye upon
Mexico.tlie Fnglish at i>toerary.through
sueh as .ludali I*, benjamin m
an eertain lawyers in Ni vv York, Fhila
, delphia and Washington, are aiready
making investments in siic!i great
estates. Their objective points are
now. in the south, in T* \as. New Mex
ico and Arizona, and in the north, in
: North Dakota and Montana.
What scheme may be on foot to ae
ipi.re territory in South Dakota remains
to W developed, ii.it the opposition of
that .meat conn ration to the immediate
treaty with the Shmix and pure! a. e of
their lands that embrace om -third ot
our feiritorv foreshadows some sell* me.
lienee we are by no means premature
in seeking Ih>th division and numediate
statehood, and hence the ureal neces.aty
of wisdom, knowledge, experience and
incorruptibility in our coming conven
tion. it tur con\ ration sees tlie crisis
and rises to its opportunity it will be
, the It adi r of the new Ve t and our land
■he saved in the future trom tlit* ’
I evils that are distracting Ireland, or
| such turmoils as forty years ago were :
' witnessed iu eastern New York in tin*
j anti-rent uprising upon the meat Van
Itensvlluer and Livingstone estates.
K. lllllHVN',
Tiik fust Chiuese journal publisln d
oast of the Rocky Mountains made its
-uppeuruiict- in New York lately, and is
called the Chinese-Ameriean. It is 1
photo-lithographed from sheets written
in India ink by a Chinese <lib«*. the
In -t I I ni' lanliii 1 ilo.l k.l 1 • l l . 4
A LAZY STORY-WRITHE.
A CrltlflNm of lire* llurfe—
A Trick in Literary Triulr.
!/*nm!<T Hi* hardson in St. I'uul Pioneer
Rross.
Cinrit. lv, llif*t. Hurt* Is a fraud of da*
xiitig mt la< ity. Ho (.*> so lazy that li>* hates
<>f bn uthuig, ami he drinks *o
inticli Itrandy and Mtda that you <*hu aliu<>t
hear him tit/, when ho goes by He iw cupio*
the J»o*itiorj *f T7nit-nl State* omul at Glas
gow , an 1 h>* spend* most < f bis tim mi I .on
don. where he p"*«*s in a Haw-hammui' coat,
with his shirt front rutiled and In- hair
tvwzl«d up to look po*tk\ I..avion l< the
paradise of men who mv heavy drink'is, and
who don t like to pay their bills promptly.
Hut precisely Iviw Mr. Harte arranges to
manage tla* Glasgow core n late from
the private bonne of a for
eign diplomatist in London, or of
what earthly use lie is to the American gov
eminent, I am not weak enough t<> imagine
can tell you. Harte knew wlmt h.“ was driv
in.' tit when he wrote the “Heathen ('’liiete.’
At nnv rate y ui would think he did if yo
knew how lie ouee played it on a great New
York daily. If you knew—by George. you
almll know! It was like this: ilavteli.i l been
engaged by this newspaper to write a *ei ,«*
of si ties for its Sunday edition They paid
him juk*) apiuce for them, and as they didn’t
average in ire than four or five columns in
length, that was a pretty good price. Well,
the stories di I not prove the hit that was
pecte lof tiivm. an I they were gradually .11s
continued. I hie afternoon, auiue week- utter
they had stopp'd, Harte came into the man
agin ; editor's ofliee with a manuscript in his
hand. He pio<*-. d- d, tii-st, to sj i i; a si
cent cigar on the editor; and then t -av that
he was extremely hard up. lie n<. ledpn*-
11 ely f:;oo, an lif tli<> editor w >uid like the
st ry at half the usual price ho could have
it The editor didn't know his man very
well, and h* gathered m tli<> document,
plunking down ins cash at tie unite time.
That afternoon the man who make* up the
foreign clippings came in with the proof
•lips of the story in his hand.
“ Where did yiui get t his ‘' lie asked
“iiought it of llret ilurtc." responded the
editor, inuoiamtly. “Whvdo yoiiusk.'''
*'<). nothing, only her. , th" via •i I. title d
Kfory in a Loudon magazine that came in
yesterday, finite must havcsoM the manu
script twice.”
So lie had. And he has not printed a soli
tary line in that pa|su since, v >u ina\ ns well
Is lieve. He get* up every morning with the
best working intentions in tin* w > Id. Ju>t to
clear the cobwebs away lie take a drink.
Like the man in the nnnstn 1- it makes a new
man of him, mid he has tot tea! the in w man.
So that by In« nkfa-t-taue he has to go out
nnd walk oil his drinks. and he does, on nu
average, al»out live p :g»*s of cop\ in a \ve« k.
’l ln* I*ii.ted States consulate bilsiu. >ha L.u
the ruin dimi of more g.mmi wi iters than any
othei one institution aitovegr iuid. It gi\. ■
them enough m ney -•> this ea.i live without
doing anything but -t mug reports, an ! that
Is about a. fur as the most of them vver get.
It isn't so ul w a s s, thoitgli.
How III* Uot IlisOnts.
“ReesilliH tions of a Diuimiur Roy,” in St.
N icliolas.
in looking for my regiment, I passed one
of the Irani'. The eommisrtiry was dialing
out f rage to his men, who were standing
around lum in a circle, each holding op n a
bag for his oat-, whicli tile ininiiiHsit) wua
alternately dealing out to them with a
bucket—-a bucketful to this man, then to the
le xt, end so on around the circle It was
clear, however, lint he was more concern *■l
at»<ut the shells tha.i interested in t.ieoata,
f >r lie ducked his le ad uliucst every time ho
poured a bucketful into a bag.
W hi’e 1 vv.i.s looking at thein, Rage, a
Ma hj/au I miy, orderly to our brigud ev-p a
end. came up on his horse in search of our
division train, for he wanted oats for Ins
horses. Stopping a mom mt to coat,mplati
the scent* 1 was a limnng, he -uni to mo iu a
low tone:
“You just keep an eye on mv horse, will
you, and I'll show p.m hov. 1 g -t m> oafs.”
It was well known that Rage could get oat
[■ when nob sly i ise could. Though the wagon
trains wcr<* miles and miles m the nav. and
had not Ui'ii SH'ii fora week, Rage wa- dt*.
teriiiiued Ins horses should not go to Ix•<i vp.
perless. Oats for the general s horse Rag
, would have by hook or by crook.
“You see tli.it eointuisNirv yonder,” said
‘ Rage, us h>* disiuoimi, ,| and threw a bag o.t-r
his nmi. “ib*'> a eow.ar 1. he i' u »iv inu*r
: esied m the shells than anything else. Imn't
know wla ther |.,-'s dealing o*;t eat' t the
right man or not Just keep aa eye on my
| horse, will you/'
Rushing his wa v into the circle of t -».m
etels, nil > were t o lu.ielt ellg l '<• 1 in WUtdl
itlg for shells to II .tie) til' pi ', ice of
stranger*, luge o|S':i'd his bug ulu !e Mr.
Commissary, d'lekiu" ho li a i u e. r> maek
of the cmiuon. pour* lin f,*m .m -k - ->t it-,
w heieU)H>n Rage shouldered Ins p, iz • mi I tv
■ turning, mounted his h use,with a lau o h, and
u wuik at me.
*Mlml Y our Ihisiiirss,”
Scientific Amei icun.
An mice lute is told of n eloektnuker who,
lieing employed to construct a ne«v eloek f ,r
the temple, London, was d< hiious of a suit
able motto t>» U* * lace hinder the clock, (hit
day he npplitd to the lieueht Is <>l Hi temple
for the motto, w hile they wi re at dinner, and
one •>f them, annoy»d at the tmt«a* mu hie in
teirupth n, testily teplied, “(io about your
bti'iii'vss,” 1 it.lerstnading this to u- the
s, leebd motto, the eloekmakt r in-, till,d it
utvh r the dis k, where it st II remains to d
lie llish all to attend to business.
The Continent ini cent. Usually known as
the Frank! u cent Us a use its legend was pm
|:mms| by h in gives the muir advi< e in the
words: “Mind your business.” This is tie
qm ntlv m * jttoted and corrupted to “Mud
y, nr ow n 1 i s.iies.*,'' w hi h tiisn ad of in,
s< I to dillg. uce is a rebuke to ine.Miiu::,
1 rai.k ii. wus au admonition to |crf.>nn
duty and to care for the concerns
which make life s.avessful. It contains
tla very Kernel of all business wi-dotn. A
homely adage is that “It is bcttei to drive
y ur bii'ine-s than to let your business drive
yi u.” liatter to is* a master and manager of
vo ir business than to Is- its siavi and \>c in
This is the Cs'enec of the I'raektill cent m »i
to. end, w !»• th< r a> know leilgtsl In so many
weeds or not. it is tha actuating prim iph a“ 1
the nndei lying i a use < f all buidue»*i m nutgc
Ultnt Had business «uc< t*ss.
“He I’orgot.'*
0i tinit Spectator.
Last week a railroad collision ommired at
I'lainviHe, Conn., in which several lives were
lost and ?so,uhi damage done to rolling st.wk.
The m-cident wns <auv l by the “forgetful
ness” of 11.* Udegtaph ojHTat n, “a youth of
eeventi*en, who failed to ileliv’er to the ( <in
ductor of one uf the collided trains a iness.iga
which won hi have prevetitcl the accident,
lint when it is known that the l«*v had to at
ten I tin* w ir*w, sell ti* kets. clas k luiggag . o*
tend expn-'S matter, see that pr* p r - tgv I
writ displayed, personally deliver bhgriyh
mißsagesatid wait for signatures of nsi iie:>, |
and all for #1 a itav of eighlceu la.ittN, is it
ttn\ won h r le* should “for;get” s<»iiie of 1: |
dutithf Surely the company that requir sl
such Inls.r it* tuorti to biaine thou tLo youUt
that torgot.
Mexican l etter I’notage.
»w Y ’o**k I’omttie: ml Rcdetin
The new M xienn tostn! law. which
Into tlTect next Heptendier, U coiimiemlaulc
s<> hir «« it gis*s.hut it do ' n * g,, fur ei o ... I,
Th*» i eduction is tr *n “"> to It) cent* on do
m* Stic !. *ter postage, hut it i« out «,f k**. pmg !
that a letter should < *rn,id from M. xtc*
U almost auy part of the wm Id for 5 vent*. I
whilt twice ttut sum t» i-hargcd to carrv it
from any part of th* Rej uMu* to »ny other
part It i« hope! that thr tim* will soon
join• when the govetniiient will xe ir» way
tc a rerlucticn to S cent* If the l/nited
Ht.des can aff i d to earry letter* from u*
Of th** country to the othei t r i cent*,
“our sick man” might try and |»*rfortu a
Mitnlku service for hi» own people at*on .v
--tfainj below five times tlm*. atuouut,
rhlcage’a Elbow Itooiu.
Inter Ocean.
t h.< ago ha* breathing space in the shape of
jark- to the extent of li,uut>.lhk> »q me yard*
Tla» ir fifteen r.irtls i,t m-ai i\ *J.*>«
tquar* ft at of i ark to R.>* inh »l» ta it count
log b.ibit* t:. a* tid hftt, Is Tl.i'ts n,« re pat k
oi treat hit.g *pi»e to in* inlividual *lmn i<
poM«r>»ed by any other uty to the world, t«
•ay nothing of the , .iau- •* b r a little , tv; a.,
on the lake Chicago I* .-etter prepared f>i ;
not weatksr than are in • utoer eit.t*» in th*
NU3.X latitude, a.s *gc Lus , ss uf it.
F('P. tut: FIfiHT,
(Roal by J pii’i Mnlar. l»fore th« N**w
Y rk R• - . .v ici'it icai. ]
Th" build* I * ' . *1 *•*». ~f Wol'Ms Hl'*) W«»
Th t i mown -r. H'« an I of unknown
r v.'oi tii;
F"t we e * tin I.in ni.m of Pro'gtvss. and !• *
’i'li** i. pr,u- c wo liotior tin* whole wile
* am ‘ h
a Not g ■ ’■ n it* igi'.'t v. ti< *r name we claim—
t We t-t t"d h* i giit. unf<'tier«sl t«* licht;
A Ton.tin a .vi ug lo Its idMUUelev>linuir,
To -it) the wi ,i.g fur the sakeol lb*
rig la»
Tl*e s. ntri.*« <*f <'itn*'. of world* an* we,
r lvcli standing ;il*» ie on lii> high watch
s mwir,
j We an* look nig a wav to th<* lund, to the so*;
W<* i<a\ • Duly a lamp iu the miduight
* lionr
’ Th**n l>*., vo it- tin right-to fight or t<> fall,
i AsC.tdniav will, in the front of the fight,
rnehallenge 1, uijipte.-Uoutsl, for tin good of
t . till.
Fur tli" truth that live*, fur the love ui th«
rigntf
The jfiv*r* of gl**ry to nations are we,
Th * bn Id* r- of sh ift- and monument*
To s* ’ !.■ ,n ! ! i great m*'ii of th»* ***«;
Rut w . • ),. bom lr.ss, strange dweller*
1 m ten '
i With n* v i it a*' 1 t"i high built stone,
i Yet whit *.,:e w* wlhj go down in the
' fight.
j Though w.* live umm tied, though we die uu
, k'K'A 11.
( If only we live an ! die for the riglltf
Then* are bright*' thu g* in this w**rld than
gold-
Tb* I*• *ut i * I !. r things in tin* world tkun
name.
r To *i;i lit';. <lo with y tr d** ds untold,
To 'lie itl', die unit 'ixsl t<> fame,
i Then forth to in, mud anil nlone,
, l.* i its ic.ul th" w.ii 1 t<-it * *l"'tin<sl height
[ Etloll *1 to I;., \v |f l* It till' Iv Kli'lW 11.
UellN- and we <iu atom* tor the right'
The ••lory et a < !ul»-llou«e lnteiioc
' (’• *r. l’hilad«‘lplua Tim**s.
' Kvei v \ isitoi at I."iig Rruneli pans* s t*
lo* k and turns ', *1", , again at th<- Reun yl
vania dub in th** \\«'t Kn*l. This gorge-m
--‘ and fas*matin : j **• loo** more attmetivt
tiian ev> r ttii'y* i a« x**n ls \ond it > sue *ll
la wtian ! gay p.ii;, , .and the interior hat
b*en mad* «-\* nn. : e].ib<*rat* ly beaut,fit
1 than b* I t" Ti" s, w' o reint tnls-r tin* i. la
g* nof a y ti ,il" '• :l find if eotnpli teiy
tiuiistoi ined bv t In* ittspiration «-l
1 tin* i»ui.ti-t and t! nph*dst**ifr. and by tla
addition of two buddings, which have Uvi
ei’ei t* t during tlie winter the retumhl
w Id, li e h sweet (l:\o,t*e h*‘tw,*,'ii old an
* new I'ctagoiiiul '.•,!<*' Thi* series of root. »
is a stipeil, mixtiin **f stain, *1 g!a-s fits
* cut*. * x*'tics, cosily upholstery ami onto
tit l s Too lir*t .s furnisltcsl m the* rich
shade** of olive, crushed stiawLiry
' tui'l term cotta. On the doin«*c
tilling me repi *.-, iited the scusnn* un
del the form ut b male figiu*s, mid a<*
coni) tiny tig the t indicative of tla
1 change i t time, .v i>.i«l- and llowt is. Hv
day it i* I'gliN,! f\ large tlouble witid(>ws
’ fillni'lit d w ith himi • i-'iuins of tilt* same ma
terial n* tl.t li; i t l ing uf the * hait s, s- i'nt
’ ami di nll s i;i: !at night by a twvnty f*,tn
light ei v'tal clmisd ..i f Mts]M*ndetl from tla
* < tit* t t I tl « m* . * rh siitud oil* > of n os:
t uiipie itt .'ign shuni»;ng uiixlesily into lh*.
I to.u corn is
Russing untilr a vunltctl nivliway draped
, with ca i'Ut .l porti*-: **, we enter the s, end
, pallor, wli.idi i' o *lt n.e*l nn*l has a ro
J t* * f 11!: I The elt'.te s its of it consist ol
l vel, *1 iniri is, L,ordered in mahogany
| iianit 'uf iiiti » ..t, v.urhnmiisliip, alternabti
by siameil gin*.-v :i.*i w .', soft* lit dby Ma liu»
( drapery. 'i‘he f* ur < otners ate oec tipit-d l*\
oriel niehe.'V, %\htr<! bronze storks hole
brunches <*t Uutizcci t-fuil and ferns, U-nring
light* mellowed under opal-tinted gk>l**»
a:nl lOtt ißil I \ a nnekgrouud of electru
blue, 'lit* etr.’iv f slight of this room
is of pt*!i* ! 1 bt ass. set with
eiltht'ltul gl i's tviaiigl, s, odds, o|-als,
bt mix < y cs, lik ti *s oil' gi*ni' in a lady's
g' w-gaw. The third niVxl last of th»**e park
ti « nts * - ale ", i a <a t] ! « f the first, with
the e.\*'* pM >n tha - lh re is less opulence **f
Ctlior ttli'l t lull' ll*:,-, u| • jic fr**sriN‘s of the t oil-
I oav< *l,l. whore are intf* rst tintit>n of
mirth. i:r; I cme.'tig. Theextr m*« v\, t
wall i> e vied with ami it r which dapli
i cat* stiie • '.* ,'iti oj he entire suite, 11. re
I again w'* r*‘various iv*l atol roulette tables,
tli* bai/es t* t l • >*t, t •*■ :r und a liew game
called 1/ngli lihaz .*! wiiicli is j laved with
tin * ” *li *• a* I s|i* aii. out of the old aniiv
sweat more than a *t< ;i*le i;g->, wlnn 110- sol
( dief' carried a puck of cards m their kii.-qe
sack' an,! played the i*c ui all it» primitive
ftilUplieify
•'Ti. • Itl.tt) I'd 1 :1s (i Uidl* IV Iguitl
■ Law.-.” !“•> •. ■'* . I<• con!s. i*r<*i *■ i'»<l.
A'iilit-s \. A. A n mat min .
Di Saw 'a.
in ' " ” - ~
vj' - 5
: iiv :i »
111 \=l rn
5 I £ ;; = ? >
r ! I I : I !“
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1 n-1 i / (fi •■■" iii
I i - r £ H !=3=s
! ll | } mSSI
■ j= ij I> oo
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■ rn GscS
f r I W SK=J
3 ' f | r
I ’ 5 | l O *-“-3
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I
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K* • t a; * net.ii assortaient of
GROCERIES.
PROVISIONS,
. Flnr aiii Fmt
dlcjiJs. of nil Kinds 1
C.’uiincd (auutls,
Notions
Coiifcctionci'y,
Toltncco ife ( igill's.
1
LOOK HERE!
Tlit* < Vli bruti <1
McCormick
Imped Binder
IRON MOWER
W ill Le handled in lie Smet by
D. & f. FOHGER.
Machines tl at have been tested and
found to la* at the head. I>♦ m*t fail to
call and see them before Ini) mg else
where.
1). A W. FcNtiKi:. De Smet.
t)u; M. Lvkkn v\. < <»., Lake l'lvsti'ii.
BE BURE
T<i take a I*mik at the
ST. PAUL
HABVESTER
AND
Annießy Eider
Befort* you buy.
L. s. ril LDHY. Lake I'reston.
At i KNT.
• iAKLITY N LL(»D(JKT. Nordland.
(.11. iIN I\ 11 AM.I )e Smet.
MI N( Kl. N MANN. Iroquois.
EMPIRE
LUMBER CO.
>! anil fa* tint rs and deajert* in
I
AN'I,
Building Mate
rials.
y till, still lv 1,, , | umbel, |,util, Sliiligit S.
i'* r i V. M il* ot .! ‘ per. Lime, and Itl ii'K,
c(,nsnnitl> on Intnil.
i .tin it*' itml -pt eiflc.itiuns tiiii'lt with*.ire
mid w e bout t• > pen -< .
y i'i! on vvt st si le tal u met \mi tic.
Re sy; j; |\ . . . . |> yK« 11 .\.
('ll as. /•:. t:i. ). ,b
CHICAGO
WEEKLY NEWS
and Tin:
fi! Si! Uf
Foil
m\ \ if.!li mu run
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rocoscnized aa u paper unsuri asaed in
all th® requirements of American
Journalism. It btunrls conspicuous
amonK the metropolitan Journals of
the country as a complete \<mpaper.
In the matter of telegraphic service,
having tho advatitage of connection
with the CHH A',o DAILY S’i;WS, it lias at
its command ail the dispatches of the
Western Assocated Prose, b sides a
very extensive service of Special Tel
•grums from all important points.
As a jVrrxpaper it has no superior.
It is IXD&iK\DB\T in Politics, pre
senting all Political News free from
partisan bias or coloring, an l abso
lutely without leur or favor as to
parties.
It is, in the fullest sense, a FAMILY
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COMPLETED STORILS, i SBHIAL STORY of
absorbing interest, and a rich variety
of condensed notes on Fashions, Art,
Industries, Literature, Science, eto.,
etc. Its Market Quotations are com
plete, and to be relied upon.
It is unsurpass *d as un Enterpris
ing, Pure an! Trustworthy Gt.Nl-'RAL
FAMILY SKWSBAVEH. Our special Club
bing Terms bring it within the reuo*!
of all. Sped men copies may bo seen
at thie office.
tAT*Bend subscriptions to this office.
• - ;Till; i -
Chicago & North'Western
R:i!!v. ay i. l -' t! - o
OLD SHORT LINE
And tho
UNITED STATES FAST MAIL ROUTE
it i * tho Lrrout 1 norouglituro ircau and to
CHICACO
And all points in Northern llUnoia, Cen
tral, Ft.- ,‘tit ntui Northwestern /eira, i
Wisoon ;n, Nortlujtn Michigan, Minne
sota, Ihi/.ohi, Mut itobe, Central end
Northern .Wfuvi.vA,***, ( <>/<,>'«(«/», Wyom
ing. C' di, ! !.i!m>, Montana, Nevada,
t uli/'-tnot, »> !••'/»,i, Wnshlngton Terri
tory, i i>tinnhhi, China, Japan,
tlie Smulwii'li Islands, I n*tro(in, \rw
/rniumi, and all principal points in tho
NORTH, NORTHWEST and WEST.
\\ i'll its own linos It traverses North
ern ll.l.l\M|s, c«ntrnl and Northern
lo\v\. WMtiNsiN, Northern Mlim
«. v\. MiVM.Mit i, und Central i»\Kn-
I t. R offers to tho traveler nil accom
modations th it can bo ottered by any;
railroad. Its train service equals that
ot any road: their speed is at* groat as
comfort at l -H.’oty will permit; they
make close connections in union depots
«tt junction and terminal points with
th** lauding raß.ro.itls ot tho West and '
Northwest, und ctler to tlioso that use
SPEED, COMFORT AND SAFETY
At < iiU.At.o t niakos close connec
tion with ah ouier r.ii'roudH at that clt y.
1 runs I’.U. U K *1 I ki im; cars on
all thro :gh trains, niii-mt ( Alteon its
principal route t, and NoiM 11-U ksTKKN
• UNIX- ( (IN oil
and on its ST. I’M Land MINNEAPOLIS
through cl.iv' express ’ruins.
It you wish die Besi Traveling Accom
mooations you will buy your Tickers
bv tills route AND WILL TAKE NONE
o*l II Kit.
For rates for single or round trip
tickets and for full information In re
gord to all parts of tin* We«t. North and
Northwest write to General Passenger
Agent- at Chicago. 111.
All coupon Ticket Agents sell Tickets
by this Line.
J. I>. LAYNU, MARVIN HUGHJTT,
t«.L. • pt. \M ’• ■ l*i * uij (j< u Mtuiii 'er.
V . H. B'TENNETT, t
Oui l'.ac Apl., Ciiiv»i;u.
AT THE FRONT,
That’s where you will find
LIFTiS k BRQADBENTI
Their store is pik'd up with stacks of
NEW GOODS
Of every conceivable description, and more
are coming; daily.
on them and save money.^£ls
At the Old Reliable
j HARDWARE STORE!
Quiet, did we sayf X»s notv! We are
iiernliy overwhelmed with Roods ol*
ail sorts in our Sine. \n avalanche ol*
cash has struck u*.and our pocket-book
rcsesnh’es an aiidcnnan. Wc are
worked **tii« wc can't rest,” and well,
wc don’t want to.
81 you want the best Via;;on, Mow,
liras, Cultivator, Harvester. Mower,
Itakc. Stove, Oil or (<asoli!ic **|ovc. or
• anything else sn our line, call and fvet a
-!««!• deal. 011 vi ill li:ul a broad yrict on
on;*'*|)liiA” «f)ii if Che trains don’t beat
ns, twenty of Roods.
i have a 'fiiiioi', ißi'aiir on your leaky
tinware.
E. H. CHOSE
W oca you want arij to inn in 4 fn» v jii ot
Gfllffl! Hills!
They call lit \oiir IVel. ho matt r s\ hilt f luir > e \\ ;t i an \ kind ~]
BOOTS and SHOES!
And supply \«mi- \\ jp. ; , n .| v , ah
DRESS GOODS!
lii van* lies ton iiuiiieruus to mention. !;i tin- I ,u of
Groceries and Provisions
I he\ can lit you out to stand a 1 »Io« kade. Their store is tl < | j r-t one \<>u couih
to us you enter town 1 rotn the unitli.
lfeS.net, . - - Dakota.
"W-A.ITT’ESr}!
Everybody to follow the crowd to the
Rsii Fill Sill’s
„
imnat & set:
In I)e Smet, where you can find every*
tiling you can wish for in
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS AID SHOES,
HATS AID CAPS, CLOTHING,
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, CROCKERY,
Flour, and feed of all kinds.
Don’t fail to call and see them, and inspect
their stock.
A CARD.
I sun lu*w piepared to tarnish the best
11 <m«t Mail** 1>*»t»» and Shoos in K:mjs
busy county, inado in tin- latest stylos,
< l»e«l» Coo Ca<ili,
I have also a lirst-dass livory. (ohhl
turnouts always on hand. t'l at rites roil
sonahlo. Terms cash, on Calu
met UNOIIIiO.
DESMET, . - DAKOTA.
S r B. OWEN.
be smoi
BLACKSMITH SHOP.
Morse Shoeing. Sharpenim; l’lows.
Making now Lay s. lioniiu; Wagons, etc.,
at reusonabl crates. All work warranted.
DAVID FLOYD,
BLAGKSHITHIN6.
\. t . Moir has opened a hlaoksinith
siiop on his farm, the sw «jr. u't— H 1—.77,
where he w ill lie on hand to attend to
ad work promntlv. Plow work a spe
naity New plows made and old
iv paired y-i.y