gand (ffountg xm. J. A. BCBHFIKLD, Publisher. MILLER, 8. DAKOTA. Balt a dozen New York ladies earn handsome living by holding conversa tlon elaaaea and giving private lessons la that art. Aa president of the Drexel institute of Philadelphia at fIO,OOO a year Prof. MacAliater la the beat paid teacher in the United State*. The London Lancet saya the beat au thorities estimate that the average du ration of human life has Increased ten years in the last century. Bason lliascH has already given about §14.000,000 to the Hebrew poor. In addition to his recent gift of 92,54k),- 900, and is still worth 9100,000,000. Tn first sewing machine vras patent ed in England in 1700, sixty year* before the birth of Elia* Howe, who is popu larly credited with the invention and who first made It a practical success. Br actual count one hundred and fifty young women have taken up tim ber claims in western Washington dur ing the past six months They prob ably intend to marry experienced wood choppers. At the annual banquet of the Ohio society in New York Governor Camp bell, of Ohio, described himself as the first governor of that state whose par ents were born within its boundaries and who had his own birthplace there. The other day a philanthropic lady found the following apperJ among her Usual grist of begging letters: *'l»car madam: Will you help me to get a po sition as teacher to support myself and two little ones? Also tell me where I can buy a parrot 1 year old.” It la proposed to unite Ireland and Scotland by a tubular bridge of steel containing a roadway, this bridge to be sunk sixty feet below the level of the aea and to be kept In position by means of anchors. The length of the bridge or tunnel will be twenty-four miles. Great Industrie? develop rapidly in this country. Fifteen years ago elec trical appliances other than the tele graph wen little more than interesting toys, but to-dRy Edison—and he ought to be an authority—estimates that at least 9000,000,000 la invested in electric al industries. Gen. Bukhman used to tell that while traveling in Ireland he was once sere naded by a local band in Cork. To bis surprise and delight the musicians played, “Marching Through Georgia.” lie inquired where they had heard the tune, and was further surprised to hear that it was a very old Irish air, the origin of which was lost in the mists of antiquity. At the lost meeting of the physical society in England an electric lamp was exhibited which lighted itself when darkness came on and extinguished it self when daylight or another strong light was brought into the field. The lamp Is worked by a selenium cell on the principle that the strength of the current varies with the intensity of light falling on the selenium. The man who signalled that famous message of General Corse from Altoona: "I am short a cheek-bone and an ear, but I’U hold the fort," etc., died at New berg, N. Y., recently. Hergeant Hugh M. Hayea was his name—a fact which may interest the thousand* of l*«nii\nr with the hyinn, “Hold the Fort," which was inspired by the answer Sergeant Haves waved back with his signal flag. At the recent meeting of the National Publishers' Association in New York, an association embracing the publishers of nearly all the leading newspapers in the country, a resolution was passed commending the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago as a National en terprise. and authorising the appoint ment of a standing committee of the association to co-operate and advise with the department of publicity and promotion in the relations of the ex position to the newspaper press. Russia is pushing forward that great railroad enterprise, the Siberian rail road, and it is to be completed in two or three years. A writer familiar with the country says it will be seven thou sand milea iu length, and the eastern terminus will be but five days from Japan. It will give Russia the trade of Japan and China with Europe anil en able It to compete with the Pacific roads of America for the traffic now derived from China, especially in the carriage of tea, which loses iu best quality by tea transportation. Gee. Siikhman waa never a respecter of rank, and at times spoke his mind freely in regard to the value of general officers. On one occasion, while cover ing Vicksburg, he waa very short of transportation and he bail made a num ber of requisition*. One day when he waa looking for quartermaster*' supplies three brigadier generals ar rived in his camp. Sherman buisd out: “I did not want brigadier generals. The president can make them at the rate of every live minutes What I want la mules If they will send me the males they can keep the briga diers" _____________ There is a tradition among watch makers all over the world that prior to the year 1970 all clocks and watches were made with IV., the proper char acters to mark 4 o'clock. In that year a clock waa made for Charles V., of France, who waa not only a crank, but a great tauWfinfler. The clock was a beauty, hut Charles had to find fault He examined it critically anil Anally broke out in a storm of rage because the hour 4 bad been marked "1V.,” insisting that llU’s should he put on instead. This waa done, and in order to perpetuate a king's mistake has been kept up ever since. Coesternatioe has been occasioned among the vegetarians by a declaration of leading Philadelphia physicians that tomatoes are a hurtful diet The speci fication of ills derivative from this luscious fruit includes injury to the walla of the stomach, interference with the action of the salivary glands, and a generally Impaired digestion. It will lie remembered that this view is a repeti tion of the early prejudices which as sailed the "Jerusalem apple,” as the tomato waa first called. The tomato survived its early persecution, and if any vegetable can resist this second on slaught the tomato can. Until quite recently all of the author ities concurred with each other in the opinion that a lightning flash was in stantaneous; late experiments show that the flash is not infinitesimal, but that it lasts a measurable period of time. Thia interesting fact was ascer tained by setting a camera In rapid vibration and exposing in it a plate so as to receive the Impression of the flash. Upon taking out the plates it was found that the impressions seemed widened out on the negative, showing that the negative had been moved during the ft«wm the flash waa in existence. Several teste proved tl>e theory a correct one. w The Sews of the Week. BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL. FIFTY-FIRST CONQRESS. Second Swlon. Saturday, Feb. 21. A bill was passed in the senate to prevent hook making and pool-selling in the district of Columbia. The sundry civil appro priation bill was reported and the Nica ragua canal hill was discussed. The nomination of Charles Foster, of Ohio, to lie secretary of the treasury to suc ceed the late Secretary Winiiom, whs received from the president. In the bouse the senate hill fixing the salaries of United States district judges at 95,009 was passed anil in committee of the whole the post office appropriation bill was considered. Moepay, Feh. 28. —ln the Senate the conference report on the hill for the allotment of lands In severalty to Indians was agreed to and the hill for the establishment of a bureau in the agricultural department for the promo tion of the silk culture industry was favorably reported. The sundry civil appropriation bill was discussed. In the house the post office appropriation hill was passed and the deficiency ap propriation hill was considered. Mr. Wike (111.) Introduced resolutions ask ing for the impeachment of Speaker Reed. Tuesday. Feb. 24. The time in the senate w-as occupied in discussing the sundry civil appropriation hill. The nomination of Charles Foster, of Ohio, as secretary of the treusury, was ooufirmed. In the house the senate bill to refund the direct tax levied twenty eight years ago to support the war for the union was passed It carries an ap propriation of $15,227,589. Wepnespat. Feb. 25. —Hen a tor Gor man (Md.) announced the death of his colleague, E. K. Wilson, In the senate, and after adopting resolutions of re spect to his memory the senate ad journed. In the house the immigration hill and the agricultural appropriation bill were passed and the general defi ciency bill was discussed. Thitbspav, Feb. 241.—1 n the senate the sundry civil appropriation and the military academy appropriation hills were passed and the Indian and legislative appropriation bills were re ported. A bill was also passed appro priating 92,000,004) for anew mint build ing at Philadelphia. In the house the deficiency hill and a bill transferring the county of Logan from the northern to the southern judicial district of Ohio were passed. FROM WASHINGTON. Thk exehanges at the clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 2lst aggregated $980,122.- 577, against 91,047.088,507 the previous week. As compared with the corre sponding week of 1800 the increase amounted to 2.4. During the week ended on the 21st the issue of standard silver dollars from the mints was 9828.800. The issue dur ing the corresponding period of last year was $805,909. On the 26th Charles Foster, the newly appointed secretary of the treasury, took the oath of office. PiucsniENT Harrison sent to the sen ate the following nominations: John A. Anderson, of Kansas, consul general at Cairo. Egypt; Truxton Iteale. of Cal ifornia, minister hi Persia, and James V. Long, of Pennsylvania, United States consul at Florence. THE EAST. Five men intoinbed in the mine at Jeanesville, Pa., for eighteen days were found alive. How they lived was a mir acle. The hoard of aldermen of New York passed a resolution naming the triangu lar space at Seventy-third street and the boulevard "Sherman place,” in memory of the late gereral. At Burlington, Vt.. flames destroyed the cotton mills and a lumber yard, causing a loss of 9180,000. Near Madison, Me., a large meteor burst with a loud report It was seen in all parts of the state. Five oil tanka four freight ears and four engines were demolished in a wreck on the Reading road near Gor don, Pa, causing a loss of SIM.OOO. Thomas Ham., of Rahway, N. J., the inventor of the turbine water wheel, was killed by an Erie train. Henry Marsh was executed at Ehensburg, Pa, for the murder of Clara Jones at Oallitzin, July 0, 1890. anil William West was hanged at Wash ington, Pa, for the murder of the Couch family May 14, 1890. Hundreds of tons of earth were hurled down In a landslide at Berry, VL. and many dwelling houses were wrecked or damaged. Over 741,000 immigrants arrived at New York during the year 1890, Italy sending the largest numlier. Da Crandall's house at Fort Ed ward, N. Y., was robbed of $2,000 in gold. Resolutions were adopted at the na tional conference in Philadelphia of school superintendents indorsing the compulsory education law, commend ing the principles J civil service as ap plied to the teachers of public schools, and recommending the retirement and pensioning of teachers after a service of thirty years. WEST AND SOUTH. Flames in a business block at Kansas City, Mo., caused a loss of 9225,000. Marcus Uolquahsoh's house at Per ry, Wia, was burned, and his two chil dren perished in the flumea Mrs. Ilol quarson was made blind by rushing into the Are for her little ones John 0. Dickerson, the sir knight who a few weeks ago waa subject*.il to the operation of skin grafting at the expense of 144 of his brother knights templar, died in Chicago. Two girls aged 9 anil 10 years were drowned while playing on the ice at Grand Rapids, Mich. Fire at Beaver Crossing, Neh., de stroyed the post office, the town hall and four business houses. All the mail and post office records were burned. A. C. Oshorn and W. J. Elliott, two newspaper writers, had a battle with pistols on a public street in Columbus O. Osborn was fatally shot, a Mr. Hughes, a bystander, was killed and several Innocent persons were injured. Ten thousand settlers were said to he occupying land in the Cherokee strip in Indian territory. In a collision on the Baltimore A Southwestern road at Remington sta tion, near Cincinnati, five persons were injureiL Flames ruined eight of the principal business houses at Mereilosia 111. A moh took Mcott Bishop, a negro ac cused of assault and robbery, from the officers at Blackstoue, Va, and hanged him to a tree. Soap manufacturers of the southwest met at Kansas City and formed an asso ciation to regulate priceA Charles Ham mond, of Kansas City, was chosen presi dent. At Parkersburg, W. Va, and vicinity, the loss by floods was estimated at 91.- 000,000, The burial of Mrs. Margaret Tlm monds took place at Hartford City, Ind. She was horn in Ireland in 1789 and was 102 year* old at the time of her death. At Yuma, A. T., floods hail done 9150,000 damage and threatened to sweep the town away. Gus Lee was drowned in bed. In Chicago the case brought by Mar shall Field Co. to test the legality of the United States revenue law was de cided by J udge Blodgett in favor of the government In Armouniale, Kan., a fire destroyed an elevator, owned by J. P. Campbell A Co., forty freight cars and about 100,- 000 bushels of grain, entailing a loss of atiout 9150.000. Thk county attorney withdrew the charge against Banker Cowles of Clarks, Keb., of killing his wife on February 4. Mat Weight Hew all, of I tdiana, was elected president of the National council of women of the United States In Brandywine township, Indiana, hydrophobia was raging, and many hogs, cattle and horses had beet killed to prevent its spreading. The death of Senator E. K. Wilson, of Maryland, occurred on the 24th at his apartments at the Hamilton house, of heart disease, in his 70th year. Fire swept the business portion of Edina. Mo., causing a loss of upwards of SIOO,OOO. At Covington. Ind., hundreds of acres of laittoin lands were under water, caused by the overflow of the Wabash river. Judge R. M. Montgomery, of Grand Rapids, was nominated for supreme judge at the republican convention at Jackson, Mich. A heavy vein of silver was discov ered on Grayson's farm on Silver creek, in Clark countv, Ind. Gov. Kaolk lias signed the bill passed by the Arizona legislature providing for separate coaches on railroad trains for negroes. Firk nearly destroyed the town of Fennville, Mich. At Fort Logan, Col., eighty soldiers were in the hospital and four deaths hail occurred from the grip. Thk Edison building, the Lumber ex change anil adjoining buildings at Min neapolis were burned, causing a loss estimated at $500,000. Maskkii men attacked the jail at Abbeville. Oa., and took Allen West, a colored prisoner, out anil shot him to death. Dave Seville knocked out Arthur Majesty in a glove contest at Nelson ville, and the latter died two hours later from the effects of the blow. In a wreck on the Pan-Handle road at Hagerstown. Ind., four persons were killed and a large number of passengers were wounded. In the Two Medicine mountains in Montana four of a party of five labor ers in search of work were frozen to death. Gold was reported to have been found along the streams of Brown county, Ind., since the recent freshets The region near Jeffersonville, Ind., was visited by a tornado. The greatest damage wasdoneat Utica, where many dwellings and business buildings were demolished. In the ears near Athens, Oa, John L. Sullivan, the pugilist, was soundly thrashed by a train hand for using in sulting language. Fi.amkh in Counselman's grain ele vator in Chicago canoed a loss of $100,0410. Thk chief sanitary Inspector of the state lioard of health announced that there were in New 4)rleans twenty-live fully-developed ease* of leprosy. At Irwin, Col., Mrs. Ed. Clarke and child, Hupt Rnpcll and Engineer li. F. Smily were buried lieneath asnowalide. The Michigan democrats have re nominated John W. Cltamplin for su preme judge and Charles N. Williams and Arthur A Clark for regents of the state university. By a vote of 72 t 027 the Kansas house defeated the proposition to resubmit the prohibition amendment. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. At Spring Hill, N. S., the work of re covering the bodies of the victims of the mine explosion showed the numlier of dead to lie 119. Of these 54 were married men, 44) single men and 25 boys. During a fight with bandits and offi cers in the state of Jalisco, Mex„ twent.v-two of the former and four oi the latter were killed. In revenge for a raid on the Italian frontier Italian friendlies surprised and attacked BiK) Soudanese near Buri, Africa, killing 200, including the lead ing chiefs. At SL Johns, N. 8., Mrs. Rose Walk er, 14)5 years old, was burned to death by her bed-clothes catching fire while she was smoking. Gen. da Fonseca lian Wen formally elected president of Brazil. Prikr. Wotton A Co., lumber mer chants in London, failed with liabilities of 190,000. The governor of Nossi-Be, an island and French colony off the northwest coast of Madagascar, caused the execu tion of over 14k) rebels and killed their wives and children. During the bombardment of Iquique, Chili, the insurgents sacked and burned six of the princi;>al squares and 24k) women and children perished in the ruin*. *-ATEX A Lout Ntta s«>•'• Ip. New York, Feb. 28 -The Red Star steamer Pennland, which arrived to day, reports on Feh. 22d, she sighted a steamer in distress which proved to lie the Warren line steamer lowa, CapL 4)wens, from Boston, Feh. 17, for Liver pool. The British steamer Chester, ’apt. Tolle. from Rotterdam Feh. 10, for New York, was taking off in her boats the crew of the lowa, and she will bring them to this port. The Pennland reports that she could not get near enough to the low a to ascer tain what the nature of the trouble was. It is believed, though, that the lowa had been in collision with an iceberg. Senator Heart! D*aorteoo. Mr. lilair hiss been twelve years in the sen ate, and prior to that had served two terms in the house of repre sentatives. lie is a native of New Hampshire, 50 years of ago, and a law yer by profession. 11c was lieutenant colonel of the Fifteenth New Hump shire regiment during the civil war. and was twice elected to the state legisla ture before he entered congress The nomination of Senator lilair was well received at the capitoi. As soon as it became known on the floor of the senate lie was surrounded by a large crowd of seuators and kept on his feet for half an hour receiving congratula tions. Senator lilair received a national reputation as the author of the educa tional bill named after him and his ad vocacy of national prohibition and vari ous lu bor measures. The senate in secret session con firmed the nomination of Henry W. lilair as.minister to China. CASH FOR PENSIONERS. Warmutu luiiril for the Payment of Nearly •20,000,000. Washington. Feb. 28. —Acting Secre tary Ncttleton has issued warrants for the payment of nearly $20,000,000 on ac count of pensions. The amount was distributed among the different agen cies as follows: Augusta. Me, $750,000; Itoston, $1,509,00(1; Columbus, 0., 83,- 250.000; Concord, N. H., $750,000; I)es Moines, la.. $1,600,000; Troy, $1,500,000; Indianapolis, $2,550,000; Knoxville, $1,800,000; Louisville, $1,000,000; Mil waukee, $1,550,000; Kansas City, $2,450,- 00' San Francisco, $400,000, making in a 11518,600,000, in addition to which $758,- 000 was paid out on account of naval pension*. The requirements for pen sions for the quarter ending March 4 next art- about $31,000,000. Including these disbursements a little over 821,- 000.000 lias already been applied to that purpose, leaving nearly 810.000.000 to lx* met between now and next Thurs day. The available cash balance in the treasury, as stated by the treasurer, is 835.000,000, so that there will still be a surplus after paying all these pensions. l.oftt lii tfeilco. City or Mexico, Feb, 98. —The port of San Felipe has been flooded by a storm. One schooner, one lighter ami thirteen smacks have l>ecn wrecked, eighteen houses destroyed and many families made homeless. A number of lives have been lost and muny cattle drowned. Two hililren Hurtled llealh. Topic ka, Kan.. Feb. 28. —Rolx-rt and Lena doing, two children of Henry do ing, were burned to death at 10 o'clock Friday morning in a fire which de stroyed the family residence at. Silver Lake. The mother had gone to a neigh bor's to spend the morning, and while absent the house caught tire. I onllrni«*«t. Washington, Feb. 28.—The senate lias confirmed the nominations of Truxton Beale, of California, to tie minister to Persia, and Martin A. Knapp, of New York, to be interstate commerce commissioner. Two l.lvrn I o«t. Sfpai.lA, Mo., Feb. 28.—The house of mi old lady named Mary Dunnin was discovered on tire at an early hour. Be fore the neighbors could reach it it had burned to the ground. M rs. 1 hum in and a 2-year-old grandchild named Hay wood were burned to death. Thrr* Mi ii llrown«>«l Iturlni a feqnall. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 28. —J. c. Ar nold, guard on McNeill's island, and two prisoners, Charles Oleaon and Charles Barrett, were drowned in the sound Thursday while attempting to reach the mainland in a sailboat. which capsized during a squall. Iturnni by Miillrii Potts To w ji. Pa.. Feb 28.—An explo sion of gas took place at the Pottstowa iron company's steel works Friday. Several tons of hot metal shot from the converter and fell in a regular showei over the men. painfully hnming fifteen of them. George Townller ami Charles Butter were terribly injured. Convention of the Kr|iutill<-»n l.rsgne. Nrw York, Feb. 26.— President John M. Thurston, of the Republican league tif the I'nlted States, will issue a call for its fourth annual convention to ha held at Cincinnati, 0., beginning April 21, 10V1. THE TWO DAKOTAS. CENSUS STATISTICS. Ifllclal Count by th* On.u* Bureaa at Mouth Dakota CaunU«s. The following is the final count by •ounties in South Dakota, anil will ttand for the next ten years in the eleventh census: Aurora 6.043 Kln*»bury K.VW Beadle V..W9 hake Bon Homme #.097 Lawrence 1I «7S Brooking* Ju.i a Lincoln k,143 Brown UUftft Lyman Itrull- 9.737, Mt Cook £448 Buffalo v. t Mi Bheraon 6.M0 liutte I.a»; >tar»ha11....... 4,044 Campb. II "MU Martin 1 CbarTes Mix 4 ITsM. ie 4*40 Cboteau s Miner ,“|*2 Clarke .728 M.nm haha Clay TM» Moody Codington 7,037 Nowlin Custer 4.54 H lVnningura. 9,540 Davison MW Potter. #.#lo Day fc, 19* I'reibo I*l Delano 40'Hyatt Deuel 4.574 Roberta 1 ##7 Dugin* 4. <70 Sanborn 4 610 Edmunds 4,30 k Scobey Ewing is Spink 10,.Vd Full River 4.47* Stuuley L l Faulk 4 092 Sterling 09 Grant &M 4 Hull* *.4l* Gregory yar.Todu Hamlin 4.935 Turner 10. VI Hand 9 sl9|Union llan.on 4,1*9 Walworth 7.163 Harding 197 1 Washington 40 Hughes 5,044 Yankton 10,444 Hutchinson 10.4OS|Ziebach 510 Hyde l,**li Jackson SO Total 328HU6 Jerauld 3,90. 1 The towns of Horeman. Dewey, Lu genbeel, Meyer, Rinehart, Schnasscy, Shannon, Tripp. Warner and Washae baugh made no returns. A STRANGE CASE. Can a Man Be Imprisoned for One-Half of HU l ife? What is considered an unique case in the history of American jurisprudence took p'ace at Sioux Falls, S. D., the question being-: “Can a man be impris oned for one-half of his life?" Two years ago John Leford, of Deadwood, was sentenced to the peuitentiary for fifteen years for attempting to rob the Homstake treasure coach. The statutes of Dakota at that time provided that where an unsuccessful attempt was made to commit high way robbery the penalty shall be one half of the greatest penalty for a suc cessful commission of the crime. The severest penalty for highway robbery is imprisonment for life. The court in Le ford's case thought fifteen years would be half of his life, and an argu ment was heard before Judge Aitkens for the release of Leford from the pen itentiary upon the grounds that a pen alty of one-half of a man’s life was so vague and indefinite that he should not be deprived of his liberty. The judge granted the release of the prisoner. John Leford was given his freedom. Stopping s Hail Cradle. It is a common practice among the Sioux Indians to dispose of their annu ity goods, consisting of clothing, etc., as soon as they receive them from the government. The government proposes to put a stop to this, and Deputy United States Marshal Kilbride hail arrived at Chamberlain, S. 1)., with a pocket full of warrants which he would serve on white persons who buy the annuity goods from the Indians. It was be lieved this would effectually stop the practice for the present. The New Felice I-aw. The governor of South Dakota has signed the new fence law. It provides that there shall lie free range for stock in all unorganized counties and all eo ii.ti -s to be organized hereafter until such time as the jieople decide other wise. The law will prove a great in centive to the development and wealth of the newly acquired 11.000,000-acre tract west of the Missouri river in this state, to which Pierre is the gateway. 11l llurry to Murry. Yankton, S. was excited over the marriage of William Mnnroe, county auditor, to Mrs. C. E. Bartlett, a widow. Mr. Munroe’s first wife had not been dead ten days, and his marriage so soon after that event had aroused public opinion. The groom is 50 years old, and the bride 45. M unroe has one son in Trinidad, Col., and has five children in Yankton. Half Katea for Old Soldier*. The Freemont, Klkhorn Missouri Valley Railroad Company has decided to transport all old soldiers who are ad mitted to the state Soldiers’ home at Hot Springs, S. 1)., from Sioux City to Hot Springs at one-half the regular rates. It was believed that the other railroads in the staty could also be in duced to give a similar rate. A Hr! I« In Mhort I)r«*N4«»». James Snow, aged 23 years, and Net tie Cross, aged 13 years, ran away from their homes in the eastern part of Yankton county. S. D. They left a note in which they stated they were go ing to lie married and would return in a week. The girl still wears short dresses. Miorf Item*. The post office at La Foon, Faulk county, S. 1)., has been discontinued. Edward Williams, for six years hotel keeper at Campbell, S. I)., dropped dead with heart disease. A son of Mrs. M. Dutton, living at Omaha, Neb, died at Woonsocket, 8. 1)., from the effects of his feet and hands hiring frozen in a lute storm while herding cattle west of ChainWr lain. A message was received at Huron, S. 1)., saying that T. Dick Archer, former station agent therefor the Chicago Northwestern railway, died at River side, Cal. Archer was one of the best known railroad men in south Dakota. Bright Slur, an Indian girl, wounded at the battle of Wounded Knee, S. I)., and now an inmate of a church hospital, is dnneribed as strangely beautiful and remarkably intelligent. Parker, S. D.. is going into the stone business and is alsiut to organize a company to operate a quarry located not far from the city. The stone re sembles that found in and around Sioux Falls. "Speaking of moose,” said Tom Hardiman, the veteran trainer of Sioux Falls, S. I)., ‘‘you may not know that at Devil’s Lake the 4th of last duly a moose troths] la-low 2:50. I am told this moose can strike a 2:40 gait.” Word was received at Vermillion. S- D., of the death of N. C. Ayres, which occurred at Plnnkinton. He died of apoplexy while making an address lie fore the grand army memorial services. He was a prominent republican and a meinlier of the Liard of trustees of tho university of South Dakota. Judge Luse, of Rapid City, was be queathed 810,000 by the will of his brother, the late A. P. Luse, of Chi cago, also an interest in other legacies, and a large, well stocked farm of 1,500 acres near Chicago, amounting in ali to alsiut 8100,000. Judge Luse's daugh ter also received a bequest of $10,005. Mrs. Lydia A. Olson, who lives on a farm near Sioux Falls, S. I)., has brought suit against Axel Kmg„tad for $5,000 damages for having seduced her 15-year-old daughter. At Mitchell, S. D., Colonel Long in stituted a lodge of ISixxl Templars of about sixty inetniiers. Some time ago then* was published an account of the murder of Anthony Dewster by Indians, near Pine Ridge, S. D.. and the scalping of three of his children, who could not lie found. In formation was received that one of the children, a tsiy, had liecu found hung up by the heels to a limb of a tree. j SCHOOL AND CHURCH. —The French Protestant Mission among the Itasutos has over 0,000 com municantft. —A significant educational tendency of the day is the increased interest in the study of history and politics at Johns Hopkins University. —One of the students at the Kansas State University is a barber, and is making his way through school by working at his trade or. Saturdays. —llishop llowmnn. of St. Louis, hns passed more tlinn fifty years in church work. lie is now seventy-four years old and is in splendid health, straight as an arrow, with a constitution like Hint. —The report of the General <"lerg.v Relief Fund of the Protestant Episcopal church-for the past year shows that the receipts from ail source# were 911,2U11, and that relief hail been given during the year to 147 persons in forty-four dioceses. —lt Is said that Daniel Webstei was the first editor of the first college paper published in this country, the initial number appearing at Dartmouth in I*oo. These journals now number 100 in the United States, but while one is sued in England. —England, Germany, Italj- and Port ugal have signed an agreement fer the reciprocal protection of missionaries of these four nationalities who settle in Africa, in regions accorded to their respective states by the recent treaties. For liberty to exercise their ministry the missionaries must have a passport from the government to which they be long. —A clergyman recently sent to the supply coi mittee of u church which was without a pastor u telegram sim ply containing the words: “Ruth i., 16. The words of that passage are: "Thy people shall lie my people." The reply which went over the wire was: "And all the people said amen." Rather a neat way to get a call, but it wouldn't always work that way. —According to an amendment of the school laws of the State of Michigan, children suffering from consumption or chronic catarrh must be excluded from public schools. The circumstance is in teresting as a first step toward the pub lic recognition of a most important truth, the fact, namely, that the disor iers of the respiratory organs can tie propagated by direct contagion, and that the atmosphere of a consumptive’s sick room, unless constantly ventilated, is apt to become a virulent lung poison.— Dr. Felix L. Oswald, in llelfords’s Maga zine. —ln 1850 the Catholic church in Den mark had 8 missionaries, 2 stations and ROO members. Now it is represented by 1 apostolic prefect. 87 missionaries. 14 stations, 3,700 members, and more than 150 members of religious orders. In 1850 there were no Catholic churches in the kingdom: now there are 10 churches, S public and 0 private chapels, a Jesuit college and a high school for boys. No where in the world are the spiritual in terests of Catholics so well provided for, there being a clerical representative for every 18 members and a church for each 168. —At a recent meeting of the normal principal council of New York State, an important change was effected in the curriculum of the normal schools, —the abolition of the elementary Bourse. A recommendation was adopted that the elementary English course be eliminated from the present courses and that arithmetic, grammar, local and political geography, United States history, and civil government lie omitted in its published curricula of the normal schools, and that these Bourses he limited to two—a higher Knglfsh of three years and a classical of four years. The change will go into effect on the opening of the September term in 1892. SHE WAS HONEST. A Hoarding llouji* Mlntrea* who was of the flight so.-t. A gentleman who passed the autumn dome fifty miles from Philadelphia pays a tribute to the honesty of the Quaker lady with whom he boarded. He passed several weeks at her house, and when the time came for him to le.»ve, he packed up his belongings, paid his hill, and said gcxxl-byc, leaving the house by the stage-coaeh, which, in primitive fashion, was to take him to the nearest railway station. The stage shipped for a few moments at the village post-office, while the mail was made up. and the gentleman, sit ting on the Vxix, saw his landlady com ing down the street. The driver eamo out and mounted to his place, but the Quakeress made signs to him to wait, and in a moment she was at the side of the coach. ‘‘l found this in thy dressing-table,” she said, extending something wrapped in a wisp of paper. “What is it?" the gentleman asked, it Wing rather difficult to reach down to where she stood. She unrolled the wisp of paper with the greatest gravity: and showed —a discarded quill toothpick. “Oh, thank you!" the gentleman said, endeavoring not to smile. “It is of no value. You may keep it.” “It is of no value to me," she re sponded. with unmoved seriousness, and standing upon the stop she reached to him the wisp of paper. There was manifestly nothing to do bnt to take it, and so the ridiculous scene was ended by the gentleman pocketing the quill, and thanking the Winger as gravely as if it had been a gold watch. Youth's Companion, SAT UNDER THE SIGN. Why s Very Pretty llu.lr I .eft m Tslile Car In a Crest Hurry. He was a real pretty young man and he was gotten up in the highest style of the art. He sat in the able car, next to the stove, and regarded with very evident admiration a pair of very posi tive, very large-cheeked, and very new t rouse rs. which he pulled up carefully at the knees to prevent any tendency to bagging. The car rattled and clattered along nd all the passengers gazed into up ward vacancy, like ail cable-car passen gers do. Finally a fair maiden who sat opposite the young man saw some thing and giggled, after the fashion of her kind. Then she looked at the nice young man and giggled again, then she nudged her fair companion, and the fair companion gazed across the car, looked at the young man, and giggled. A small Imy followed t!>ir looks, stared at something over the young man's head, and then snorted. All this annoyed the nice young roan, who had been looking very wise, and when two or three other passengers joined in the chorus lie begun to wiggle and quit looking wise. The laughing Increased, and grew and spread, and the nice young man grew desperate. He got up to see what it was over his head that caused the unseemly cachinnat ion. He found it It won one of those big rardheard signs that adorn cable cars. It was printed In big black letters anil it read: “The young man sitting beneath this card is one of our customers. He is very fussy and hard to please, but my. Isn’t he elegantly dressed? lie hasou a pair of our three dollar pai fa.” The nlee young man left the car, left It in haste, in anger, leaving behind him •ome very naughty words that smelt of sulphur.—Kansas City Glob PERSONAL AND LITERARY. —Count Moltke, in spite of his ninety years, often walks the long distance from the Reichstag building to the Gen eral Staff Office. As he quietly walks along, with his tall figure only slightly IK-nt, his simple cap, and his hands i.t his poekets, he woulvke style; auch is said to lx* the fatuous French painter, benjamin Constant, who is now visiting in the United States. He has a con tempt for the costumes anti fashions which are commonly affected by art ists. such as the velvet jacket and soft hat, and dresses like a plain English gentleman. —The Einperorof (iertnany, while tertaining much more freely than his grandfather did. has a koo«t months In which to purify ygJ|g s blood. puriDg toe lon*, cold winter, tliu *1 co.in*a thin and Impure, the hi* It bee*• roe* J and tired, the uppe He nmr he loM. mid the system c arcs the aid of a reliable r ll«K»d s Har^ai. arilla is prruilsflf adapted t-> c ami enrich the Mimml. i«* create a good appeals to orcrcoiue that tired f eel tun. Hood’s Sarsaparilla 0014 by all (VruiMlata. $1: si* for 15. Prepared*** jj by C. 1 IKMHJ.» fti.. L«*well Mass 100 Doses One Dollar “August Flower” How does he feel —lit* feeb cranky, and is constantly experi menting, dieting himself, adopting strange notions, and changing tht cooking, the dishes, the hours, an; manner of his eating —Augua Flowor tho Remedy. How does ho feel?—He feels* a times a gnawing, voracious, iusafr-X able appetite, wholly unaccouutabk, unnatural and unhealthy.—August J Flower the Remedy. How does ho feo! ?—He feels® i desire to go to the table and grumbling, fault-finding, over-nice M tv about what is set before him whes-fi he is there —August Flower the 1 Remedy. How does he fool ?—He fee If# after a spell of this abnormal ayi** _ s tite an utter abhorrence, loathing, 11 and detestation of food; as if a j mouthful would kill him —August Flower the Remedy. How does he feol -He has ir regular bowels and peculiar stools-l August Flower the Remedy, i! j Bermuda Bottled.j j “You mu-1 an in Iti-riuuila. 11l lou iln mil 1 Hill nut Ur rr>|mhi«|.| j ble lor Uie eoiiHrquenei**. lint, i?! doctor, I mu nrtnrrt uclttier Ibt) j lime nor Ike imiiie>." \a. 11. 11! *i that la linpiiHHililr, try SCOTT’S Emulsion OF PURE NORWEGIAN COD LIVER OIL. 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