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Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05
WHY JENNY LIND MEYER SANG IN
PARIS


Lucy Hamilton Hooper, in one of her
Paris letters, tells the following anec-
dote OF Jenny Lind:
A Baron told me of scene that he
witnessed at the opera long years ago,
the trial hearing of a pale, PLAIN girl,
with abundant fair tresses and great blue
eyes. He brought by his description
the scene vividly before me--the dimly
lighted house, the fair-haired child upon
the stage, and in the proscenium box,
superb and naughty, the splendid prima
donna Of the day, Rosina Stoltz, whose
empire over the opera and the heart of
its manager was SO supreme that none
Of the operas composed for the grand
opera in those days contain more than
one female role OF any Importance, as
witness "La Favorita," La ReiEe de
Chypre," etc. The song ended. Nine.
Stoltz leaned over and said something
to the manager, who advanced TO the
young singer, expressing in polite and
empty phrases his regret that her talent
and her voice were unsuited to the re-
quirements Of the grand opera.
She heard him in silence, and folding
her modest shawl about her she glided
from the stage. Arrived at the exit door
she looked back. II bid you adieu,
Monsieur" she said quietly. "One day
You will implore me TO return, but
never will return. shall never sing
again in Paris
A few years later, when every opera
director in Paris was at that young girls
feet praying her to accept any possible
terms, the memory of that night stood
between her and the Partisan public and
deprived Paris OF the delight Of ever
listening TO the greatest singer of the
century, for the pale, blue-eyed maiden
was Jenny Lind.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05
IT DEPENDS on rHE barr.

"Eels is bitin' very good this winter"
observed Newtown man TO the Eagles
cashier as he fished around in his pocket
for marriage notice and paid the ex-
pense of insertion.
"Catch many?" asked The cashier.
checking the notice.
"Doin' pretty well pretty -ell /" &c
piled the old man. "I ketched one the
other day that was considerable eel. Ye
see went to the crick in the mornin'
and cut hole in the leo and dropped
the hook. In about a minute / knowed
/ had bite and went for him. When
I'd got ten yards of him out began"
SCOT what? ?" demanded the cashier.
"Ten yards of him. Ye see, / Icouldn't
tell how big he was goin' to be, SO I just
pulled his head over my shoulder and
'streaked for home, only mile. Then I
followed along back to the hole, and he
wasn't all out yeti"
How big was he ?" asked the CASH
ier, with round eyes and standing hair.
Hold on till / tell ye. Then I takes
arother grip on him and reaches for
nome again, but that didn't seem to fetch
.he whole of him. Well, sir, 1 travelled
between the house and the hole all day
.ong, and when I got him out he ms1.
Q coil on my farm quarter Of mile in
diameter and 400 yards high Fast, sir !!
] tell ye he was considerable eel T.
"What kind Of bait do you usually
use for that size of eel ?" asked the cash
Ter, sarcastically.
Whisky" replied the Newtown man.
: used three pints of whisky on that
eel. Drank it the night before, you
know
The result OF which was that his mar
riage notice went into the death column.
and the cashier sat around aud chewed
his nails all lay. .--BrookLsa Eagle.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05
1HE cRFAr LIr7Ls jay ooUED.

The country is full Of the doings of
this great little man. Personally 10 lis
one Of the poorest specimens of the ge-
nus homo one would see in n days
journey on the streets Of q large city.
He Is not much over five feet two inches
in height, and weighs about 100 pounds.
He is sickly man, always taking medi-
cine. lie is unimpressive in manner,
and has dazed, shamed look, as if he
dreaded criticism. He is dark, swarthy,
and his face has Jewish cast. He was
called on to speak recently at railroad
meeting in Boston, but he simpered and
stammered like a schoolboy. He could
only utter O few words, when he sat
down confused. Yet this little, feeble,
ly-looking fellow is one Of the most
daring spectators of the age, and the
most wonderful manipulator OF stocks
known to the history Of Wall street.
He controls properties estimated to be
worth $400, 600, 900. Nobody, not even
himself, can tell how much he is per-
sonally worth. But the disposition is
always TO exaggerate the fortunes Of OPP
orators. In addition TO his gigantic
railway enterprises, this man owns tine
telegraphic system Of the country, and
through it has the press Of the whole
nation by the throat. Demorcsfs
h,,,SbI,,
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05
IOpE nm FLIRTgTTUN,

Love ia ch hImpaRne:
II cheers one d'y, the next breed, pun aud col
row;
Irritation, though % sparkling lesves
No headache for tomorrow.
Love is a debt;
You ~ nd to-day, and pay the piper after;
Fhrtst,on il a deId-head pass
A fellow doe m't have ter"
Love IL n snare
with pleasant bait 10 lnre one n a y ison
Filtration gives a man the cheese
The rat-trsp isn't hisn."
Love is rope
That serves 10 bind and post together:
Filtration let's one range the selds
With ,ut the Calling tsther
Love IL, like faith
h evidence Of things unseen, and By II
YeI're blinded 40 youll never see.
Fi tetion7 Well, lust try II.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05
NILIIE'.

Nobody would take little Mike Mark
ham for heroine. nor would one sup
pose that the little quiet figure possessed
enough nerve to save hundreds of lives
by her Pre- mpt action, but this was the
way of it: 1t was hot summer after
noon, and the most absolute quiet
reig Ltd over the little railroad station
Of Parkertown, up in Northern New
England, on these sweltering July days.
Not even the customary loafers were
around, and only at train time was there
any show of life.
The down train was due at $40, but,
until then, rs the sensational story
writer's say, "all was quiet as the
grave"
Mike was the station agents daughter
and only child. She was Is, although
SO small she looked some three years
younger, and was usually as quiet as
mouse-"not much zip to her." the
country folks said. In spite of the cur
rent opinion, however, she had, except
the small portion Of time which the little
country town set apart for the social
season, spent nearly all the time in the
ticket Office with her father, either read
ing the few books and papers that came
in her way, or "unbeknown to her
father, picking up, letter by letter and
word by word, the sounds of the Morse
instrument; and, finally, one day she
astonished her father by taking tele-
gram by sound, giving him neat
"copy."
From that day Mike was installed as
telegraph operator, and the indulgent
father often said "Nick could run that
Office Jest as well rs he could himself
whi.h, considering that Mr.. Markham
was considered by the boys "a plug
OPERATOR" might be doubtful compli-
ment 10 Mike.
Wei, on this particular afternoon we
are talking about, the aforesaid "plug"
sauntered into the depot with trouble
enthroned on his majestic brow.
"Nlck, I'm summoned on jury case
mp 10 the Centre village this afternoon.
IT'S too late to get anybody here, even
s'posing there was anybody to get. What
are we going to do about it? Spose
you can tend the concern alone till get
back-probably by 6?"
~ guess SO, father" replied Nike;
there won't be much of anything to
do. Likely there won't be many passen-
gers for the down train this hot day, and
hope I know enough to sell ticket or
two, il there are"
"Well, see that those boxes go by
express. The way-bills are ready and
in the drawer-guess you'll get along all
right off he went, leaving Nixie
mistress of the situation-which phrase
meant more than you might imagine on
that very particular day.
At first shefelt her newly acquired i'm
rortance somewhat. and stepped around
briskly, dusting the musty little Office,
and watering the few plants in the
window, but, there being absolutely
'othing to do, she dropped into inactiv-
'fy and listened 10 the click Of the tele-
graph instruments, which TO her was as
companionable as the talk OF near
faends would be. A the afternoon
PASSED drowsily along the heat and still
hess overcame her, and, dropping her
iaxen head on the desk before her, shs
was soon--as one Of the good old ladies
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05
rHs AMERICAN xExrcoeRArnER.

THE AMERICAN LExrC0GRAPHER.
DR.. Webster was Q true scion Of the
old New England stock. Upon his moth.
er's side he was descendant of William
Bradford, the Plymouth Governor. The
clever boys Of New England families
were then sent TO college, and Noah
Webster naturally entered Yale College
IN 1774. His studies were somewhat in
terrupted by the Revolution but he
succeeded in graduating. Aftsrward he
taught school and studied law, being ad-
mitted to the bar in 17S1. In l782 he
kept a classical school at Goshen, N. Y,
and there compiled two small ele-
mentary books for teaching the English
language" In 1888 he published his
First Part Of Grammatical Institute
Of the English Language" followed In
the course Of the next two years by the
second and third parts. The first part
was the basis Of the spelling-books
which he sfterward published. He had
an idea that Americans should have
school-books Of their own. and he based
his compilations upon this. He adj
hered to this when he published his
reader, and many Of the selections are
from American writer's and orators Hia
books were popular snnngh TO make him
feel the need Of a copyright law, and 10
secure this by the legislation Of the sew
eral States he studied assiduously, Con-
gress under the Confederation having no
power to protect literary property. II
did not enact copyright law until 1870.
The spelling book, as everybody knows,
was enormously successful. In 1847
"a. .000, 900 copies of the book had been
published Tho ..i~ ~--~--s,-o -,eee,vvo
per annum. Upon this Or. Webster re-
eeived premium Of copyright Of 8 mills
copy, and it was the profits arising
from this book which, during the twenty
years in which DIR. Webster was en-
gagged upon the American Dictionary"
supported him and his family. --New
York Tribune.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05
A cABMAN,s sotD REASONS.

The following story is told Of distin-
euished Edinburgh professor Desiring
to go 10 church one wet Sunday he hired
a cab. On reaching the church door ne
rendered shiliing--the legal fare--to
cabby, and was somewhat surprised TO
hear the cabman say. "Twa shillin'. sir. "
The professor, fixing his eye Y. on the
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05

and il il continues at THE rate the lives Of these
people will be in greet danger unless they are
speedily relieved. Ne is perfect panic
among the mega oesy11any being 40 terrified as
to be unable to make the least effort toward
saving themselves -or families until reused by
the whites" a.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05
ENTERTAINING HER BIe sIsrErs
BEAU.
sY BRET HARrx.

MY 'isier'n be down In minute, and says you're
to wait IL you plesse;
Aud says might stay I'LL abe came, II ia promise
never TO tease,
Nor speak till you spoke TO me frst But thst's nom
sense, for how would you know
What she told me 10 say, II I didnrf Don't ron
really and truly think sof
"And then you'd feel TRANCE here a.one and Won
wouldn't know just where 10 sit;
For that chsir isn't strong on its legs, and we
never use 1t bt
We keep II to match the sofa But Jack says n
would be just like you
To Mop yourself right down upon II ana knock out
the very last screw.
"spose you try7 won't tell You're afraid toi OF
you're afraid they would think Il was mean I
"e', then, there's the Ibum-that's pretty, If your.
fingers arc clean.
For sister says sometimes daub II but she only
says that when she's cross.
There's her picture. You knowu? IT, like her.
but she amt as sood-lookipg, Of coursei
"This is me. It's the best of en all. Now, tell mo-
you'd never have thought
Thnt once was little as that7 It's the c1Iy one
that could be bought
For that was the message to pa from the photograph
man where sat
That Lc wouldn't print Of any more III he FIRST got
his money for that. 1924. ~.
'whst' Maybe you're tired Of waiting. why,
Often she's longer than this,
There's all her back hair to do up and al her front
curls to frlz
But it's nice TO be sitting here talking like grown
peop.e, just you aud nue..
DO you think youil be coming here often y OBJ, dof
But don't come like Tom Lee.
= Tom Lee? Her lsst beau. whv, my goodness!
He used 10 be here day aud night,
TIL the foiks thought he'd soon be her husband;
and Jack says that gave him fright.
You Won't run away then as he did7 for you're not
srich man, they say;
Pa says you're as poor as a churSh-Eio,.se. Now,
areyou7 And how poor arc they7
" Amt you glad that you met me7 Wei, ] am; for
I know your hsir isn't red,
Rut what there's ieft Of it's mousy, and not what
that naughty Jack said.
But there must 20. Sisters coming But wish
could wait, just TO ace
II .he up to Won spd t-sed you in the way tha.
she used TO kiss Lee
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05
REFORM THE LANGUAex.

The idiosyncrasies Of the English IAN
guage are no better illustrated than in
the following doggerel which is sailing
around the newspapers:
Rem, mber. though bor In the plural mAhss bozsA.
The plural Of on should Be oxen, not ozss;
And remember, though neecs In the plural y
neeces,
The plural Of goose is not eooses nor geesss;
Aad remember, though house In The plural %
houses,
The plural Of mouse should b. mice, and not
moufes.
Mouse, n h true, IN the plural d mice,
But the plural Of houre shouid Be houss~ not htcs
Aud foot Il IN true, In the plural V sssl
But the purs Of root should Be -cets. and net rtrt
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05

IT il stated that 100, 900 persons are
annually killed in England from causes
directly resulting from industrial occu.
pations.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05

!extortioner, demanded why he charged
two sh;liings, upon which the cabman
dryly answered, 1--WE wish TO discour-
age travelling on the Sawbath rs much
as possible, sir.
Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05
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Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05

CHICAGO
heartily
8 IN SroRIi
his Spouse
iek iionkeE
| Dte, NJ. D.
free.
lots O. fur
pticoni
are Outdope
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Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-04-05

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Daily globe., 1882-09-18
,kMARkET Gossip.

A "Long" Movement Said to be Impending
Wheat Dull and Corn Lively.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE estate of s. A..
Kicker ask for duplicate membership on
the board of trade. =. ..'ss-IK.sssafev
There is said to be a new long deal
working up..emong certain railway officials
and S. II. Richardson and Gilbert and
Berga are said to be the brokers.
The wheat market lis dull and steady. 1T
is the opinion of several operators that
wheat would have been weak Saturday but
for the advance insscorn which kept it firm.
Nobody seemed to. want it, excepting that
the car lots of No. 2 offered were taken by
a person who was supposed to be selling
fer September, and there was little ship
ping demand for No. 2, both spring and
winter. There has not been so little doing
in the wheat market on anyday for several
months past as there was Saturday. The
wheat market is so dull and corn so active
that the larger or wheat pit on Change
is nowused by the corn men.
Daily globe., 1882-09-18
TIE Empire Of the Bend.

According to NJ. Maspero. the soil of
Egypt is thick with mummies. Dig in
any part OF the country and the pre-
served corpses OF the ancient Egyptians
are brought to light. Indeed, at some
distance from the Nile the soil is rem
dered unproductive and therefore cannot
support population because of these arti-
icially preserved dead bodies. It is,
after all, a wise provision of nature
which DEGREES that the body shall
molder away after death. The preserva-
tion of the dead is unnatural, and, if uni
versa!ly done, would, in time, make
the world uninhabitable except by dried
corpses. The cremationists have a new
argument in the lesson taught by ths
burial Of the Egyptian dead, but, after
all, would it not be better to place tina
bodies at once into the earth, so that tha
component parts would assimilate natur-
ally with the soil to which it belongs.
Cemeteries and gravegards violate tha
intention of nature as much as did tho
burial customs of the Egyptians.
Daily globe., 1882-09-18
REFORM CfHb.

An audience of about two hun
dred gathered in Harrison hall
yesterday afternoon to listen to an
address by Bev. NJ. Russell of Philadelphia
The speakers remarks were we'll chosen
and finely delivered, he advocated not a
prohibitory law alone, but law supported
by strong moral sentiment to insure en-
forcement, and said that sentiments must
be produced by systematic labor, by strong
temperance organizations, and by teach
ing the principle of temperance to the
children. He considered legislative prohi-
bition not of SO much Importance or
productive of so much general good as
careful, judicious moulding of public opin-
ion and thought it better not to go too fast
or too far at once, but to proceed slowly
and be contented with partial victory for
the time.
At tie conclusion of the address J. A.
Temple spoke briefly of the work of the
clab and its political relations and was fol-
lowed By Mr.. Satterlee, who in closing the
meeting said that books bearing upon the
question of prohibition would be found in
the new reading room. and that the public
were invited to come in at any time and
read up on the subject. Mr.. Satterlee coun-
seled the members of the club to continus
their wo k and made strong appeal for
new members. The reading room IS to De
ope~ed Tuesday evening.
Daily globe., 1882-09-18
DE. TH6PlI.
New York Sun, 18th.

we trust that the authoritative and most
interesting statement which we published
yesterday respecting Mr.. Tilden's position
and attitude toward the politics of the day,
may have the effect of relieving him in his
retirement from the annoyance both of
those who deprecate and those who would
invoke his renewed Intervention in public
affairs. He has Withdrawn from active
pursuits. whether political or other;
he is not candidate or maker of
candidates; there is no place for which he
would either accept nomination himself
or dictate a nomination for any other
man; there is no Office which he desires or
would consent to receive; and, though he
is as firmly devoted to Democratic truths
as ever, he does not entertain any wish to
shape the policy or to prescribe the stand
ard bearers of the party to whose success
a large part of his life has been devoted.
Henceforth, his interest in politics is that
of a student and philosopher, who views
from the repose of his library and his gar
den the stirring contests in which he was
formerly wont to frame the issues, to head
the onset and to cheer the combatants.
Daily globe., 1882-09-18
Judge Parsons and the Juror.

ct once heard" said J. F. Clarke,
"this anecdote of Judge Parsons, the
great Massachusetts advocate and law
yer. It is said that, being about to try
q mercantile case, he ordered a jury to
be summoned, and among the names
was that of Col. Thos. 81. Perkins, the
leading merchant of Boston in that day,
and personal friend of Judge Parsons.
When the officer made his return he laid
down a $50 bill before the Judge.
"sWhat is that ? said Parsons.
"sCol. Perkins says he is very busy
indeed. to-day, and prefers to pay his
fine
"'Take that back to Col. Perkins, ,
said the Judge, and tell him to come
here at once; and, if he refuses, bring
him by force
"When Col. Perkins appeared the
Judge looked sternly at him, and said:
'What do you mean, sir, by sending
money when you were summoned to sit
on this jury?'
"Col. Perkins replied: Il meant no
disrespect to the court, your Honor; brtt
was extremely busy fitting out ship
for the East Indies, and 1 thought If
I paid my fine might be excused
Fitting out ship for the East In
dies, sir 7 shouted the Judge; 'and how
happens it that you are able to fit out a
ship for the East Indies?'
"Your Honor, I do not understand
you?'
"'I repeat, then, my question, How
is it that you are able to fit out ship
for the East Indies? Ii you do not know
will tell you. It is because the laws
of your country are properly admins
tered. Il they were not, you would
have no ships. Take your seat, sir, with
the jury.
Daily globe., 1882-09-18
Fishermen's Superstiti0ns.

The Fishermen's Own Book" con-
talns an interesting chapter on the above
subject, from the pen of Capt. J. W.
Collins, who says that the fact that fish
ermen seem to be more dependent upon
luck than almost any other class of men,
and that they are constantly meeting
with events calculated to excite super
stitions, may account to some extent for
their being credulous. Among the fish
ermen's superstitions of which he treats
are belief in lucky and unlucky sailing
days, the belief in Jonahs, the supersti-
tions concerning dropping hatch in the
hold, breaking a looking glass, driving
nails on Sunday, ETC., etc., and instances
are cited where such superstitions seem
to have been well founded, and others in
which they are shown to have been
without any foundation.
Mr.. Scudder, in his interesting report
on the Greenland halibut fishery, treats
briefly of the same subject. "The only
difference between Sunday and any other
day of the week, F" he says, "was that no
nail must be driven on that day, for they
said that would mail the trip Their
superstitions are, a little curious. An
old notion that any enterprise COM
menced on Friday would be unlucky has
in great measure disappeared, on ac-
count of the fishermen having read in
the papers long list of great events
that had happened on Friday. The OBJ
lection to hammering on Sunday was so
strong that the Captain delayed fixing a
part of the rigging from Sunday until
MnpHov ON, 4hic g
superstition about which they are ex-
ceedingly particular. They will never
leave hatch upside down. I was in the
cabin fixing the fire and had taken up
the hatch In the floor forget at the coal,
which was kept in the bottom of the
vessel beneath the cabin floor. The
hatch I had placed in such a manner
against the side of the cabin that, if it
had fallen down, it would have been bot
tom side up. One of the fishermen,
whom had always regarded as very
sensible, seeing the hatch in that posi-
ton, said to me: Mr.. Scudder, don't
leave the hatch that way and, when
asked him why, he explained that if it
should slip down it would be upside
down, which would bring i'll luck upon
the whole trip. I replied, Lets try it, ;
and knocked the hatch down on the floor
bottom up. I do not remember of ever
having been more surprised than I was
to see him jump to turn the hatch over.
He then said, I don't know what the
Captain would have said if he saw that.
One of the fishermen told of a Captain
he was with who swore terribly at him
because he pushed the dory off from the
vessel with the bow Of the dory toward
the sun. I found, however, some diff
Guilty In getting the men to acknowledge
their belief In many superstitions, and I
should not have found out those I have
mentioned had not the incidents spoken
OF called them into action. I think, as
a whole, they were, for sea-going men,
remarkably free from superstition.