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äDM i'S8 1 TAILORS IN A TEMPER. 1 4 They Rose In Riet Againet a Play Ii 1 05) Samuel lish I- and main. •'Jlenacing letters were sent to Dgwton telling hi in that 7,000 tai IfljMl would attend to his piece, and OQ6, who signed himself "Death," ed^ed that 10.000 men could be ioi^nd if necessary. These threats were laughed at by the actprs, but when night came it was discovered that the craft were in earnest and that with few exceptions they had contrived to secure every seat in the house, while a mob without still squeezed for admission. The mo ment Dowton appeared upon the stage there was a hideous uproar, and some one threw a pair of shears at him. Not a word would the rioters listen to, nor would they accept any compromise in the way of changing the piece. Within howled and hissed without intermission hundreds of exasperated tailors outside howled and bellowed thou sands of raging tailors, who at tempted to storm the house. So formidable did the riot wax that a magistrate had to be sent for and special constables called out, but these were helpless against over whelming odds, so a troop of life guards was ultimately summoned, who, after making sixteen prisoners, put the rest to flight. Conture and His Dginty Pupil. An old pupil of Couture told how the master came into his school room one day when the model was in exceptionally good condition, the light especially line and the cir cumstances of the seance altogether auspicious. As he entered one of the students got up and went to the tub of water in the corner, leaving all the rest buried in their work. "What are you going to do?" asked Conture roughly. The student showed his hands, which had some paint on them, and replied that he was going to wash them. Conjure dabbed his thumb in some paint on the palette of the nearest student end made a smear on the dainty pu pil's forehead. "You'd better wash your face, too," he said. The face washing was the last act of the students when they had finished their work for the day. The dainty pjipil took the hint to heart, apolo pzed and sat down at his easel without visiting the tub. If he had not done so he would never have en tered the school again. Pressed to Death. An English court has sentenced a weman to imprisonment because she refused to speak during a trial. SJhe,old penalty for remaining mute Bruder similar conditions was being •tressed to death. The form of sen i^pce set forth, "The prisoner shall laid in some low, dark house, where he shall lie naked on the esrtb, and one arm shall be drawn tfj.one quarter of the house pith a tOQfdjand the other arm to another HUarter, and in the same manner let it be done with his legs, and let ihere be laid upon his body iron and itppe, as mufih as lie can bear—or •jpre.',' Inhere the man had to lie. On the following day he wis given three morsels of bread without wa ter,-on the following water but no And this was his diet until ipidanes and orflerejf, Imo gifts which were to be off wo uSSt|=6 jW ^l with imn^qo^ SgonfjO^ polished gold. Like the wjiiJ-fltiuf natinna. IhSgAztecs evidently considered the •f jttmeteuctli, god of paradise, and. •fJXotec, the military disciple of frMtialcofcuatl. Puuled Grant. it and Sherman were the tent—a göod 'notorious- for »his carelessness di, PNMMWMKiMe. Hitz idier Snished^is^r out. ZH»i»M«0»n his cigar for a few minute» in ilAt !i I te aliiirtitbe flrrt week.* Scratches Cured That Satirized Their Art. oote, the Jing- dramatist, had produced London a in burlesque, the author of which lias never been discovered, entitled "Tl.v Tailors—A Tragedy Fgr Warm Weather." Dowton, the actor, announced the revival of this piece for his beneiit. As the title implies, it was a satire upon the sartorial craft, and upon the bills being issued an indignation Btygeting was convened by the ta^ghts of the needle, who vowed to oppose the performance by might quickly and easily. Apply 'Healing Healing prer Ointment Affords instant re. 11«.*". Effects speedy cure. 25e, 60c. '»our money beck if ll fall»." A1k for emits. aiid wuunus. Sample free. Get Pratts Profit. sharing Booklet. 1S13 Almanac FRE£ M. B. Crockett Th Minneapolis Dollar-Hotr! 200 MODERN ROOMS Located in Heert of Eu.lnt-u Diitrirt $ 1 2 2 S I N E A E eU *OFLAN FATC ROE TWO PCPSCR S $1 PftlVATC BATH AN TCUCT jt T»' A COMPLETE S A E AUTOMATIC SPRI'/ri-I^S AND FIREPROOF CONSTR'j JVC** (INSURANCC O 2 t. A f, O I even LOST IN A sp«='r Kifo r.w r-'N CVCHT ROOM HAS HOT AND ^r. it WATER, ST AM HCf\ C-i? N LIGHTS. AND TtLCPHONC £?-p.V' *t seves STCRY ASNRX Notice of Teachers' Examination The next regular examinations '"or Teachers' life diplomas, sk.te md first grade certificates will given in the court room in Sis eton. from Thursday to S Nui iay, February 27 2S. and March 1st. Beginning at the hour of 8:30 o'clock on Thursday mor ning. Bonnie Andrews, (35-36) County Hupt. Advertising in the -St-andan hrinsrs results. Ji 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 long when keara*€htfMwe Span anded and were about to 1 1 1 1 ••'I 1 jl 1 1 lUM\ GRAPHITE AND ITS USES. Mexico Supplies the Finest Brand ef This Transformed Coat. In the central part of the Mexi can state of Siimira. twenty miles from the mining town of La Cokv rada, is one of the most desolate spots on earth. A few rude shavke give sign of human oecupaiivv. and there are other evidences to she* that mining operations «ge going on. Here and there are hngc heaps of some intensely black stuff. One soon discovers, however, that the black stuff is graphite—not only that, but it is from this souree that the world gets most of the material for its best pencils. The stuff, oddlv enough, is obtain ed from coal beds which in places have turned into graphite. In fact, the sain« beds are actually being min#d in other spots for coal. Ge- ologists say that the metamorphosis was brought about by a plntonic agency—granite "dikes'' pushing their way up from molten hot strata down below and changing the coal into graphite, which today is soft and friable enough to be dug out with pickax and shovel. On being brought to the surface it is spread out in the hot sun to dry, and then thrown into piles to await shipment. Mules not much larger than St. Bernard dogs hau' it to I-a Volorada. whence it is for warded by rail to Michigan for treat ment. Water :s so scarce in the graphite producing locality that it is doled out in keroi-ene cans, ten gallons a day to each family. There is not enough of it for reckn^s washintr. so that the miners iook like necrops. Tiie famous Smeriau graphite is hard to get out, transportation fa cilities in that part of the world be in 5 ind oveu the best tier- Livestock Dapple Gray Gelding, 6 years old, weight 1400 Bla Mare, 6 years old, weight 1400 Brown Gelding, 5 years old, weight 1100 Bay Mare, 12 years old, weight 1200 Brown Mare, 1200 years old, weight 1100 Black Colt, 2 years old. Black Mare (with foal) 4 years old, weight 1100 Hogs (2 sows, 4 barrows) Farm Machinery KOornaick^inder, Sft cut (nearly new) fcCoriritcY%ihder, 6ft cut (nearly new) IcQormijck Binder, 6ft cut iit v.i lcCörmick Corn Binder (nearly new) Van Brtfnt, 18 double disc drill (nearly new) 4-hörse,.$ßft steel Harrow (nearly new) 3-horae, 18ft Harropr John D'eefe Gang Plow ^y-^ull^P low Walking Plow ch Corn Cultivator hi'Qitff I man graphite Ims to he floated in I water and settled no fewer than ninety times in order to rid it of its impurity. But the graphite from Sonora demands no such elaborate treatment. Velvety soft and smooth to the touch, lumps of it are easily crushed in the hand. After being ground it is "air tloated"— that is to say. exposed to a nentle hh.st of air. Tin heavy particles (grit) settle first and are t!v,:s separated out. What remains are particles almos' infinite ly small, like soot. The graphite thus refined is mix ed with clay in certain proportions for making pencils. A good deal of clay is used for hard pencil leads, 1 less of for soft. The more clay the harder the pencil. The pencil with a big lead, extremely soft, such as carpenters use. has only enough clay to hold the particles of graphite together. The largest use of graphite, how ever. is for a lubricant. It is also employed extensively in the mixing of paints to give "body.'' The fa miliar shiny look of gunpowder is given by graphite, which furnishes a coating for the individual grains and prevent- them from sticking together. Other uses of graphiie are in elect rot vping and manufac ture of stove polish. For high temper:'!lire crucibles .1 the onlv ii:i!.jv Li--,!!.!! is that COMMENCING AT II O'CLOCK Ä. M., SHARP THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY, towit: obtained from Ceylon, which has an unusual structure, being fibrous. Mixed with clay for a hinder, its fibers interlock, and with expansion and contra lion they work in and out. so tha the crucible does not break when heated or cooled. Such crucibles are made from an inch high to sizes big enough to hold gal lons.—St. Louis Ixepnb'iic. Platonic Lovs. "Pa, what's platonlc love?" "It's generally a bunch of trouble disguise."—Exchnnep Having decided to quit farming, 1 will seil at Public ^Auction, on my farm, the northeast quarter, section twenty, BBossko township, 13 miles northwest ofjSisseton, on W E N E S A MARCH 19, 1 sums under $10, cash. All sums of $iO and 'RX£r' ym! WM! be given on bankable paper at the usual of interest» t*Auctioneer in W 16-disc Pulverizer (nearly new) new Corn Planter Deering Mower, new Deering Mower (in good running order) Sweep Rake Jones Hay Rake Fanning Mill Success Manure Spreader (nearly new) Stoughton Wagon, 34 tire Double Buggy Single Buggies Fairbank Scale (nearly new set Bob Sleighs Grindstone Empire Cream Separator set double Harness, nearly new sets Harness 1 Standard Graphophone Single Harness 10 tons Hay ÄX) Bushels Corn 1 Heating Stove 1 Cook Stove 1 Writing Desk Also Household goods and other Articles too numerous to mention. MM England's "Fiery Dragons." In the year lö-'i.' various parts of Great Britain were visited h\ a re markable ineteoi'olou'icaI phenome non, which I he old authors retor to as "the visiiat ion of I he lire drakes or dragons." The author of "Con templation of Mysteries says, "In ye letter parte of \e yea re (15,'S2) \e fieri dragons appeared Hying by (locks or companies in yc ay re, hav ing swincs' snowies, and sometimes, were thev scene loure hundred fly ing togither." hi speaking of the tire dragons in another portion of his work he say, "Common people thinke lire drakes to he spirits which watch over hidden treasure, but the philosopher-: atlirm them to be ye result of poisonous vapors which are spontaneously lighted in ye ay re.'' Advice For the Minister. In preaching the minister been rather long winded when the young bride remembered that she had left the dinner in the gas range without regulating the flame. She hastily wrote a note und slipped it to her husband, who was an usher. He. thinking it was intended for the minister, calmly walked up and laid it on the pulpit. The iniii ster paused in the midst of Iiis sermon and took the note with a smile which changed into a terrific frown as he read: "I'lease hurry home and shut off the gas." About the Way. A \ouhl: man uhtml, to get mar ried asked his I'alhcr hew he got on so well with his wile. The old man ron.-ideivd fur a moment or two, and hen he said "It's like his. John. If your wife is a gond \vom:,ii let her have "•r iiwti wav. anil 11 a bad one »•he'd take o." l.'indu'ri Telegraph REPAID THE LOAN. At Least That Was What the Old Time Highwayman Called It. The fourth Earl Stanhope when on his wav homeward late: one dark" night was held up by h* most gen tlemanly of highwaymen, who pre ferred his request for money or the nobleman's life in quite the nicest way. It happened that Lord Stan hope had not any money with him and was disinclined to yield the al ternative. "Your watch, then," suggested the gentleman at tke opposite end of the pistol. The watch, the carl explained, was dear to him. valued it at 100 guineas and had He would not surrender it. "What 1 will do," he said, "is to bring and deposit in this tree the worth of the watch money, and }ou can call in and get it tomorrow night." "Done, in' lord," said the high wayman. The law knew nothing about this arrangement, and the earl did ae he had promised. He placed the 100 guineas wh-.he the highwayman might at his leisure collect it. And there, so far as he knew, the mat ter ended. Years afterward he attended a great banquet in the city and found himself pleasantly entertained by an extremely well known man whose signature was good for a sum in several figure-. Next day came tc Lord Stanhope a let tor inclosing the sum of 100 guineas. Accom panying it was a note hogging his acceptance of a loan granted some years previously to the man who now forwarded it. That loan, said tho letter, had en abled the sender to gain a new start in life, to make a fortune and to renew acquaintance at. dinner on the previous night with his lord ship. The city magnate and the highwayman of earlier days were, one and the same.— London Stand ard. A Plant That Coughs. All have read of carnivorous plants, of laughing plants and of plants that weep, but who has heard of a plant that coughs? There is the authority of a French bota nist, however, for the statement that a plant in various tropical regions actually possesses the power to cough in the most approved man ner. The fruit of this plant re sembles the common broad bean. It appears that the coughing plant is something of a crank, that it easi ly works itself into a rage and that it has a curious horror of all dust. As soon as a few grains of dust are deposited on its leaves the air cham bers that cover I heir faces and are the respiratory organs of the plant, become filled with gas. swell and end by driving out I he gas with a slight explosion and a sound that reseiüilli so mucii the cough a child Mili'ering fro:n ,1 cold as tu ear: .. mo-t imcannv -i ei iv the o:a ••c'hi'c iii I lie phenomenon. —Ciiimuo l.'cctinl-1 Ivrald. O '31.1 o," "~e\vater." The lii: whisky or intoxicant of inferior quality was distilled in England and brought iu America in large barrels, but in transporting it overland it was found more con venient to divide it into small kegs. The traders soon became aware of the fact that by diluting the ky with obtained. whis water more furs could be This was some time, but practiced for the Indians learned that good whisky poured on a fire would cause it to flame up, whereas had the whisky, been diluted the fire would be quenched. It was by this simple experiment that the term "firewater" became a common word among the Indians. A chief who had experienced the bad ef fects of whisky among his people •aid it was most certainly distilled from the hearts of wildcats and the tongues of women from the effect« it produced. Cheeky, Indeed. hear," said Lou to hie friend' Dick, whom he happened to meet one morning, "that Maude has bro ken her engagement, with yw IX68,f ?°sVered Dick «ifstrue.», ...WLell 1" sorry, old man. Why did she break it tiÄäW? bec 1 "°le ."What!" cried Lou. «Why, she must be crazy to object to having 8teal a kiss from her.» Well, explained Dick, "the trouble was I didn't steal it from —Lippincott s. ^•tephyeiee. Oliver Wendell Holme, wae a dM"mate.oiJDx. Clttkeuet Harvard 1 t,e11 you, Jamee, what "H'ltiphysics is like. It is