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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-19
No Tourists in Egypt.

The fact is that people have been
frightened of Egypt this winter. The
crowd of English-speaking folk david
ling under the veranda of Shepherds
in the afternoon are drawn to Cairo by
the obligations of the service, civil or
military, to which they belong, or the
attractions of that to which they aspire.
But of the ordinary annual influx OF
languid invalids, upper m~iddle-class
people who relieve a life of %penurious
cxertion in England by spells Of extrav-
agant sightseeing abroad, American
ladies doing the round of Europe Git is
hard to believe that Egypt is not a part
Of Europe) in neatly-fitting ulsters and
curly straw hats, hardly a sign has been
seen. In their homes they have pic
tured to themselves scenes of open out
rage, possibly of murder, the privilege
of a Consul has become in their imagin-
alton the portion of the public; and
their peregrinations have in consequence
been confined to the safe and salu-
brious shores of the Riviera. Much of
the same kind of alarm has long de-
tered people from visiting n of the
most charming and accessible of Euro
pean countries-Greece. The horrible
story of 1870 has imprinted itself on
mems memories-the photograph of the
seven decapitated brigands' heads, very
widely sold in England, has found q
place in their album Of curiosities; and
the mountains that look on Marathon
seldom look on anything but a desolate
and unfrequented plain.
Perhaps the valley of the Nile is all
the better and the p%leasanter for its lack
of pilgrims from the West. The moral
ity of the natives, debauched by the
booty which the everlasting howl OF
backsheesh can always extract from the
open purse of the Englishman on his
travels, experiences a momentary rally.
Manufacturers of forged antiquities,
false scarabs, clay statuettes, gaudily
painted mummy-cases, find an unwontec
slackness in their base but lucrative
trade. The donkeys of the celebrated
Egyptian breed, combining the obsti
macy of a Pharaoh with the pa
thence of a Moses, for once can frisl
their tails over tlanks that are not exec
rated by the brutality of the youthful
Arabs, who think, and not always with
out reason, chat the satisfaction Of thu
foreigner is proportional to the amour
of torture inflicted upon his beast
Egyptian pockets are the losers by
. "bad winter" Egyptian ethics most in
voluntarily gain.-Lomdon World.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-19
P0LITENESS PAYS.

n ANEcpoTS THAT PROVES THE TRUTH O
THE SAYING.
James F%nnegan, q sailor bold,
Who, naturally, went to sea,
Was never known to swear or ecOl03
T. A mighty pleasant man was he. +,
aTwas his belief n v lost
BY trying hard to be polite,
And twas his rule, at any cost,
10 do a favor when he might.
While sailing in the Southern Sea
His ship was wrecked; ships OFTEN arc.
His mates were lost, but saved was ne
By clinging to q floating spar;
And there he met a new mischance'
At orce he was made captive by
The barbarous inhabitants.
They grabbed him with avidity
And bound him to an q Hs eal5, dts see
They meant thai he alive should bake.
Now James was not at all inclined
To undergo q fricassee,
But still was to his fate resigned
Because, %forsooth, he had to De:
A chief then tried to make some nre
By putting friction to a stick;
A toilsome task. He did perspire
So much it almost made him sick.
James pitied him and then bethought
Himself of matches. Glanced II ne
Had some in q tin box and not
The least bit damaged by the SEQ.
His hands were free: q match ne oreW
From out the box; all to him turned
Their gaze. AS sailors always do,
He scratched it on his leg. 1t burneo'
He held it out for them to to take;
They took it not, as you may guess;
With W and terror all did shake;
Some fled with yells of dire distress.
The boldest dared to cut the band
That bound his body to the stake.
They gave him then to understand
That all he wanted he could k
He ran the island, was the boss
Till rescued by a passing bark,
No savage ever dared to cross
- The man whose leg could strike q spark
-Raston Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-19
Gems of Thought.

Bear your own misfortunes with
half the resignation you bear other
peoples, and you will be happy all the
time. 1t is so easy to tell other people
how to be heroic, and so difficult to be
courageous ourselves Golden Rule. T.
The world is full of resurrections.
Every night that folds us up in darkness
is a death; and those of you that have
been out early, and have seen the first
of the dawn, will know 1.-THE day rises
out of the night like a being that has;
burst its tomb and escaped into life
George Macdonald.
William E. Dodge, in a letter writ
ten not long before his death, detailing
to a friend some "reminiscences of his:
%eventful life, said: "The Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Road was formed
in my office in 1851. by my inviting some
one hundred gentlemen to consider the
project. My late father-in-law, Arson
G. Phelps, made the first subscription
and myself the second. have been a
director ever since. 1t has grown into
vast proportion, but has been a strictly
notwithstanding road and greatly pros
porous. l was pleased some years ago
last summer, when in the Office, to see q.
telegram reply just made by the Presl-
dent, Mr.. Sloan, to a letter from a
Methodist minister, asking that trains
might be run on Sunday to q camp
meeting some fifteen miles from Scran-
ton. The reply was short, but to the
point: "Our trains don't run on Sun.
days"
Feeling is no true test of ones re-
llgious state; nor is it a safe guide IN
duty. One is not always most p%rofited.
by church services, or by Bible reading,
or by prayer, or by alms-giving, or by
duty-doing Of any sort, when he feels
most in the mood of that particular
service. He may, indeed, gain most
when his duty-doing is most of an effort
to him. "God," it is true, "%loveth q
cheerful giver;;" but if a man can not
give cheerfully, he had better give re,
l%uctantly than not give at all. Ane
there is no way by which one is more
likely to grow into a spirit of cheerful
giving than by giving in spite Of hi
feeling of reluctance to give. So OF
Bible reading, and of private devotions'
and OF public worship. One ought TO
feel it a privilege to have a share IN
these things; but the less he feels in this
way, the larger is his need Of takinga
part In them in spite of his lack of rlgl.
feeling. As Archbishop Trench has
phrased it.:
when prayer delights thee least, then learn
to say: ,,..
Soul, now is greatest need that thou shoulds'
pray"
IS. S. Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-19

Jim Finlay, a half-breed on the
Flathead reservation, Montana Terrific
ry, shot and killed himself recently.
The incident is remarkable, and il
probably the first case on record of an
Indian taking his own life.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-19

The income the Pope could have
from the italian Government, If no
choose to take the money. is $65o,0o~
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
A HIGH.ToNED WEDDING.

The Marriage of Perry Belmont to Nx.s
Whiting, the Event of the SeasOD,in Rhode
Island-wedding Presents Worth S10o.-
OOO
NEWPORT, r. l., Dec. 27.-The wedding to
day of Oliver Hazard Perry 'Belmoat and
Sara Swan Whiting,.is the social event Of7hs
season. The bridegroom is the son of August
Belmont and the bride Is the daughter nf
the late August a. Whiting. The company
present was about as select as the Eastern
States could furnish. The wedding presents
are vaIned at 100000. The bride was
dressed in white satin, with pearl trim
mings. The Court train was heavy Ehits
silk, with pearl trimmings; the sleeves were
cut short at the elbow and trimmed witk
old family lace The bride also wore a long
tulle veil, which was trimmed with orange
blossoms and fastened back with diamonds,
gift of the bridegroom. She also wore =
neeklsce of pearls ard diamonds. and car
ried a bouquet of white roses and lilies OF
the valley. The ceremony was performed
beneath floral bell, which was suspended
from an arch of flowers in the psrlor. This
room, as well as all the rooms of the first
floor, were decorated with flowers, piants
and eyergreeDe
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
Death of Gambetta.

PARIS, Jan. IN. Gimbetia died at his
residence at Vile d. d'Avray at midnight.
Gambetta was quite conscious to the last
The death agony lasted two hours. Spulter,
Ell. nne aud DIR. Frenzal were present at the
last moment. The physicians who attended
Gambetta state that his death vas due to
pyemia. caused by suppressed erysipelas. A
eliot of blood formed in the heart and suffo.
Gated the deceased.
A plaster cast of the face was taken this
morning. There will be an autopsy to-
morrow. A state funeral is expected to be
given.
The death OF Gamhetta created an i'm
mense sensation here. Groups gathered in
thu boulevards by 8 o'clock this morning,
discussing IT, 1t is reported that he will be
buried at Nice, beside his mo'her. Presi
dent Grevy was much affec ed by the news.
Gsmbetia left no pcli,i~al testament. He
made a private will Saturday. The papers
reporting his death are selling on every
street, and crowds are struggling To procure
them. kilograms were ssnt to President
Grevy and o,her authorities imn nedistely
after bis death. Gambeita died in a state OF
uncon. ciousness but in the cnurse Of the
aft rnoon be exclaimed: II am st Ii is
useless 10 ssimulsts; but | have suffered
so much that it will be a deliverance."
For nearly twenty hours before Gambetfa
became unconscious, he complained that ne
was tortured with pain as If ball of red
hot iron was inside him. He bad recently
became asthmatic, and IL was therefore not
permissible to ventilste his rom properly.
Several times during his illness he spoke
TO Bert, member of the Chamber of
Deputies. upon some matters weigniog on
his mind, but always briefly. Ranc and
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
FIrz JOHN PORTER.

HIS Response to the Resolutions Of the
Firth Corps.
EosToS, Dec. 29.- General Fitz John Port
er, in response to kindly resolution Of the
T wsDty second and Thirty-second Reei-
meDts and Third Battery Association, writes:
During the dark days that tell OF your endur-
ance aud courage ana devotion TO your country g
canse. up 10 the day our Governments through
misiuf0r nation deprived me OF my right To Draw
ny sword Ia her defence aud sent me into the
W rid with the brand of Cain felt be confidence
4 had reposed A.. aud -ll eff the Fifth co ps
shown Oh hOtiy contested fields Of battle was re
posed by you IN me. who had never unnecessarily
hsrrassed y or Iecklessly exposed you TO dsss
ter, but who. when cuty demanded, never hesi-
tated to strike with you q blow heeded for our
canse. or Iowar one aimed att Though socially
and politically ostraclsed By that Government
act, severe a. IL was aud all the more severe be-
cause rDdeserved. feel IL my country demanded
Of me a sacrifice greater than that of my lie,
offered on many bloody fields, could endure II
with steadfast faith. that when the passions oi
the hour To " hich 1 have been sacrificed should
have bee calmed, my character as q soldier aud
pairiot would he yiudicaIed. That vindicaticl
has come.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
A Green County Man Who Want
ed TO Atone foe His Sins.
He Prepared TO 0sfer Up His Son
- As a Sacrifice, bat Was jailed
Before Doiag Harm.
|Szdden Death Of the Hawaiian Min
lister During tae White House
Reception.
A MODERN ABRAHAM.
A Greens County Farmer Proposed to coer
Up His fsEour-Near-Old Son as q sacrifice
|

A Greens County Farmer Proposed to coer
Up His HisEour-Nsar-Old Son as q sacrifice
fsolttcss.
= n Geshe Sentinel:
ooxsneTok, Ind, Jan. 1.-James Mink,
essdes a couple of miles out Of town,
= sse i'm pressed with the idea recently
e be must oO something to arone for the
Fms 0f the wcrid, and he therefore proposed
70 otFec up his little four-year old coy as a
living sacrifice. His demented condition
nsd been noticed in the neighborhcod, and
. strict wetet had been placed over him
lie rrayed over the matter all last Thursday,
nd pretending that he had been ordered By
the lord TO commit the deed. made every
khSzg FeeGy. After he had sharpeDed huge
ybuscber knife and prepared every thing iOr
be olfetieg he waited a few RInutes in
aseditation, when one of the neighbo-s
stepped IA and attempted To check the
ssh act This incensed Mr.. Mink so
hat bat for the timely arrival
assistance he would have murdered
he whc.s family. He escaped from his cap
Ors and came to town, where the Sheriff
oticed his peculiar acts, and at once pleced
i'm inIJail. His rawlings in Jail awskeued
be 3ho neigh borhood, and he did not get
ouieted until NJ got fast by getting his feet
pnder one of the huge ircn doors, which had
30 be cut down to get him loose After this
be knocked the stove over in the corridor,
kpre his clothes all on, ana came near smOtn-
ring himself TO death. He was then hand
EnfIed and an insane inquest held, when he
box snother raving fit and kicked Br..J. b.
.Lanl-al, one Of the examining surgeons, in
fhe face, and injured him quite severely.
He was then shackied, the papers made out,
and the officers started with him to the In
sane H0s ,aial Mr.. Mink was quiet and
j une-suni az farmer, and was well respected,
buthis rehgloa has made demon of him
Nothing would please the Democracy of
Greene County more at this time tnan to
I~see Hon. w. D. Bynum elected Speaker OF
the General Assembly. He is q Greene
County boy, having been born ard raised in
fhis place. The Democrats here shout for
ByDam for Speaker.
10 IS rumor ed that Horace V. Norvell, mem
Der of the Democraic State Central Com
ID ytee from the Second District, will be g
candidate for Director of the Southern
Prison. IL he is elected to the position he
Rill make one of the most faithful servants
I1ae peoIle ever bad
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03

A Man and His Four Children Roasted d ir
Their Burning Home.

A Man and His -Four Children Roasted In
Their Burning Home.
BEVERLY, W. Va, Dec ga dispatch
from Randolph County gives an account of
q terrible calamity in that isolated section.
Mr.. Adam Currence, an industrious and
estimable citizen, resided with bis family,
consisting OF himself, wife and six children,
twenty miles south of Beverly, on the west
ern slope of Cheat Mountain. Mr.. Channel,
q neighbOr Of Currence, had been very low
with some com plicated disease, which re-
quired the attendance of some one daily and
night. Mr.. Currence went over at night and
sat with him. Loss of sleep com pelled Cur
renee to remain home Christmas night aud
take rest. His wife took the two smallest
children and went TO sit up with G .annel
Late in the night persons at Channels dis
covered that Clrrence's house was on fire.
and those who could do so left Immediately y
for the scene OF the confaEration. inclu ing
Mrs Cnrrence. BY the time the parties
reached the house the building had fallen
in, and was consuming Currence and four
of his children. The sickening sight of five
human beings roasting before them was
more than the stoutest heart of the spec
tstors could stand, but it was impossible 10
render assistance. Mrs. Curreuce, frantic
with grief, rushed into the flames To save
her husband and children, but was rescued
after receiving fatal burns. It is supposed
that log rolled out of the fire place while
Currence was asleep. set fire TO the house.
and it burned before the inmates could
make their escape.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
A MANLY AT.

Hon. W. FL. Bulkley, Republican CandBdatE
for Governor of Connecticut, VIII n ct Ae-
cept if the BLACK Ballots Are Rejected
HARTFORD, Conn, Dec. 3I.-Willism II.
Buikley. the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor at the late election, has written Charles
Cole, Chairman of the State Republicea
Committee. refusing under any ciicum-
stances to accept the GoyernOrshiD. in case
the Democratic black ballots of New Haven
should be rejected. he says: mo matter
what the General Assembly may do or
declare, and any action they msy take must
be with the knowledge that in no event viii
/ serve or take the position which [ believe
it was the intent of the electors to sive t0
anotber."
The letter is expected to prevent any con-
troversy in the Legislature over the matter.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03

up the interest OF the County as well as his
Slate His wife is the sister Of Ben Ristine,
we'll known lawyer Of this city, and the
father of the present Senator Ristine of this
County. He leaves three sons and three
daughters, one of the daughters Being married
to Charles H Davadge, of the Treasury De-
partment OF Washington, and we'll known
in Indianapolis, and one 10 George B. Cham
erlain, formerly of the Postofice Department
at Atlanta, Ga, his soDs bang prominent
business zen OF our city. DR.. Sloan was 9
nsember Of Center Presbyterian Church OF
this ciry, and his plessanJ and jovial couu-
lenance will be greatly missed from our
socials and evening entertainments oy MS
numerous friends throughout our city and
County. The funeral services will be con-
Quoted by Rev. DR.. ]. 2. Stratton, his pastor,
Wednesday afternoon.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
Mrs. Laogtry.

CHICAGO. Jan. Mrs. Lantry arrived
here this afternoon and was driven directly
TO the Grand Pacific Hotel, and remained
in her parlors during the entire afternoon.
In the evening she appeared at Hayerley's
Theater in The Honey Moon" The house
was large. but not crowded; some seats were
vacant. The audience was not very fash
ionable and so z ewhst cold.
The Times will publish an interview In
which she declines to discuss her private
affairs beyond saying she does not believe
Mr.. Labouchere gave utterance 10 the pub
lished statement attributed 10 her. She
feels flattered by her reception in America,
and likes all cities she has visited exec ept
b. stoD. which she prOnounces cold
The News will publish an interview with
a member of the Company who asserts that
Mrs. Langtry knows nothing of true acting,
that what she knows she learned from
Labouchere, a soubreite of former years,
aud that as consequence, she is only
acquainted with antiquated stage business
ana the mannerisms of a soubrette.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
WASHINGTON.

B4den Death of the Hawaiian Minister.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1-At the Presidents
reception, the Hawaiian Minister, after
being presented to the President while on
. his way to the ante-room, was attacked with
brtigo and spasms. He was promptly
tenued by the hysicians but SHORTLY alter
aed expired in one of the ante-roonis at
he. Executive Mansion.
When the Minister was taken sick the
music stopped, aud after the announcement
SOf has death the reception ended. His
bedy was subsequently removed to his
residence.
The announcement of the death of Mr..
,tAllen folio we'd so quickly upon the first
report of his illness tnat the two we're elmost
6imultaDeOas- A gentleman who was present
idescriOes he scene as an affecting one, the
Il IPses;dsnt having been moved TO tears. Mr.
Il Allen, VIII had remained a short time after
being presented TO the President, had passed
into the clOak room in company with his
500. preparatory to leaving the building.
he was chatting cheerfulIy with soDe ac-
aueIntances, when suddenly he became
Specifies and fell back upon q
or the Navy, was the first medical
man in attendance. He was quickly joined
By DIR. Basil Norris of the Army; Surgeon
yGenersl Crane, of the United States Army,
anu Medical Director Brown, OF the United
8 ates Navy. who all endeavured by the EN-
pic Szcsnt of every expedient at hs1d TO
Tesuseita,e the stricken diplomat The
death vas almost instantaneous, and was
caused by angina pec'oris DIR. HaDDe-
berger, who was in the cloak room at the
time of the attack and was in. attendance at
||the moment OF death, says the Minister
m ace but three or four inspi rations from the
|1ime he fell upon the sofa until life was
| sxtinct There was no struggle. The daal
all came apparently without premonltion.
| excepting a slight sensation of closeness in
NE chest, which the Minister mentioned TO
lis so2, and the ending, shocking in its sud
te0Dess as il was. was peaceful just pre-
nous TO entering the CLOAK room for his
pEerc0Gt, Nr. Allen passed with Judge Wm.
Richardson, of the Court OF Claims, the
pn pllments of q season. and then the
Dtlemen relaxed the conrtly demesnor 81
he occasion and exchanged witticisms. al
<hieh both laughed quite heartily. This
|<zughter. IL is thought, Induced the Minis
terfs f2tsieitsck.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03

with his son and was taken 10 Third
avenue saloon by confederate in the
swindle, and shown upwards of 5000
in crisp bank notes aud some gold, which
he examined with great satisfaction.
AN intimation was given Begley that
the notes were counterfeit ut'could easily
be passed He paid $500 and saw s. coo in
supposed couDterieits counted out aud put
in black leather bag The swindlers ad-
vised him TO leave the city at once TO escape
detection, Morse starting with hirs to the
railroad depot. On the way Police Inspector
Murray met them, and, knowing Morse, sus-
pscied a swindle and stopped the party.
The bag so carefully carried by Begley was
loaded with stones and papers and three
cent bag OF salt. More was locked up. The
farmers are without money. In Court Beg
ley acknowledged that he paid tue money
to another person than Morse, and Morse
WAS DISCHARGED
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
Tba Tow Pistol Again.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Marcus Pike, aged
eighteen, pick ed up a toy pistol to-day and
in playful manner pointed it at his mar
ried sister, Annie McKeon, an explosion
followed and the woman was shot, probably
fatally.
The will of Edward Clark, of 0tsego
County, this State, bequeaths to heirs 81,
$50 1000. Considerable property in this city
and elsewhere. including FeInleigh Man
sion and thirty five acres of land in the village
of Fernleigh on the Susquehanna. He also
bsqueaths $50 600 10 the general fund Of
Williams College, and requests his son. John
H. in his will, to have sufficient interest in
the Singer Manufacturing Company to be
elected Dsreetor. 10 watch over ard protect
the family interest in that concern.
Matt Grace, wrestler. was rearrested on a
charge of having stolen diamonds in his
possession
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
The Immense Clothing Establishment O.
Friend Bros Milwaukee, Burned

MILWAUKEE. Dec. 3i.-EarIy this morning
fire broke out at Friend Bros large estab-
lishmenr, wholesale clothiers. The fie
originated in the basement from either al
overheated or defective furnace, and worked
its way up the stories of the large structure
through the elevator. The interior was
com plete.y gutted, destroying the immense
stock by water and smoke as much as bv fire.
The adj lining firms of LaDdauer & Co.,
wholesale dry goods and notions and straw.
Ellsworth & Co, wholesale hatters, suffered
to the extent of 500 600, making total loss
of 5000 600 Three hundred tailors working
IN the outside shops for Friend Bros. are out
of EMPLOYMENT