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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18
Sarah Bernhardt's Reculiarities.

Ireally think that this wonderful
woman has a screw loose somewhere in
her mental organization. She is not
mad nor even cracked, but she is what
the French call '%'toquee," a convenient
word for which the English language
affords no equivalent. Her reckless
ness in money matters is something
phenomenal. When she was about to
start for America she wrote to a bril-
liant French author: "All my expenses
and those of my maid, including car
riage hire, are to be paid by the man.
ager. DO you think can get along
with $4,000 per month as pocket
money!" Her friend wrote back in an
swer: ''Since you ask me the question,
I do not think that you cam" She will
give her steward 500 at a time. Two
days later he will come to her for moro
money. "Why, did I not give you
some the other day?" she will say
vaguely. Call gone, is it? Well, here
is $50; only take care of it,"
Her cook never knows how many
people are to be present at breakfast OF
at dinner, for Sarah thinks nothing of
inviting in an extra dozen or SO of
guests. She will put on a pair of new
boots, go out to walk, get caught in q
shower, and toss her desecrated bottines
as a present to her maid as 500 as
she pulls them off. She never pays a
bill without legal pressure, is lavishly
generous to her servants and to the
poor, has no idea of order or of pune
tuality, and is as eccentric in private
life as she is great upon the stage. She
has made and squandered three for
tunes, is always dying and never dies,
is as fragile as q reed, yet tires out the
strongest men in her troupe when she
goes upon a professional tour.
The latter popularity is owing to
her exceptional power of sleeping
whenever she chooses. She always
travels in a sleeping car, and, once
ensconsed therein, she will draw down
the blinds and betake herself to
slumber. Arrived at her destination,
she will walk upon a stage on which
she has never set foot before, and the
exits and entrances Of which are to-
tally unknown to her. and will go
through her part with as much spirit
and brilliahcy as. though she had
acted there for half her life. All her
friends adore her. and she is the idol
of every cat Or dog belonging to the
theaters of France. In many respects
"a most sweet woman and for the
rest, so the pity of 1.-THE pity of it,
Iago!"--Lucy 4. Hooper, IN tie Cur
rent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18

One might forget or admire the cheap.
ness of the hangings were they not so
gaudy. But who car forgive magenta
damask or bright yellow rep, or slipper
pattern Berlin wool work, all of which,
alas! are decorative commonplace at
his eminence's.
A cardinals post is no sinecure.
From morn till nightfall the bell at his
door rings c~caselessly. Grievances have
to be redressed, cases of conscience to
be inquired INTO, visitors to be given
audience, and visits to be returned.
Then there are meetings to attend at
the Vatican and other meetings may be
at the Propaganda, to say nothing of
the routine obligations of all bishops,
the praying, preaching, p~ontificating,
and giving of benedictlons. How some
eminences find, the time for all their
work is a constant marvel to the writer.
And the strangest part is, that not only
do they do the work, but they somehow
manage to be gracious, good tempered,
and polite in doing it. A Roman car
dinal, take him for all in all, is one of
the finest gentlemen breathing. How
ever early it may be, or however late,
if you have any serious claim upon his
time and attention You are sure Of
a courteous hearing. There are certain
shades of difference, of course, hs-
tween the courtesy extended to ono
visitor and another, but the humblest
gets more civility than one dares to
hope for at the hands OF Italian Gov
eminent ampiegati, telegraph clerks,
or Custom-house officers. The approach
to his eminencei is usually made through
three ante-rooms. The paper on the
walls in room No. / may be Prussian
blue, No. 2 will perhaps be pa
8 with q nice quiet magenta.
According, to your Importance,
you are ushered into the first, second,
or third room, the last one Chat near
est to the audience room proper) being
reserved for very high dlgnitaries-
princes, ambassadors or bishops. The
fourth room, in which you will proba-
bly, find his eminence, Is likely to be
furnished with very loud gilt and crim-
son. 1t invariably contains a bad por-
trait of his present holiness, and often
another of his late holiness Plus TX. II
you are a Catholic you kneel to the
cardinal and make a show Of kissing
his fingers. Ii you are a hereto the
o%beisance is dispensed with, and his
eminence usually gives you his hand,
with a pleasant smile. Strict etiquette
requires that you should not depart till
a hint of dismissal has been given you,
and you may roughly know what esti-
mate has been set upon you by watch
ing whetherhis eminence escorts you to
the door on leaving or simply bids you
farewell where he happens to be sit
ting.
In the afternoon the cardinals gen.
orally get a little rest. But the hour of
the cave Maria" brings the bell-ring-
ing and the visitors again. Often when
vulgar mortals, having digestcd their
dinners, are drowsily thinking of bed,
his eminence is still in his crimson audi
ence chamber, faint and weary. long
ing for the last tedious caller to go, and
wondering whether after all he would
not have been happier without the pur-
ple.-Ron1e (Naly) Cor. N. Y. Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Glass floors are being laid in the
stores of paris.
Passenger elevators are still rare in
Europe. A few of the principal hotels
in London have them.
The most remarkable known echo
is that on the north side of a church of
Shipley, Sussex. 1t repeats twenty-one
syllables.
One Of the queerest army corps in
the world is that of the Norwegian
skaters. They are armed with rifles,
which they can use with greatprecision
while skating.
From cork clippings once thrown
away. thousands of yards OF linoleum
are now made at Delmenhorst, Ger
many, where the industry is becoming
quite important.
Miss Mile Edwards, aged seven
teen and weighing seven pounds, was
married to Frank J. Flynn, aged twen-
ty and weighing nine pounds, at Man
cherter, England, the other day.
The Turks have q superstition that
an angel hos charge Of each hair of the
beard, and for that reason they break
and bury each one which falls that the
angel may be set free from his task.
i The dress which the Queen intend
ed to. but did not wear at the royal
wedding, is described as a marvel of
the modiste's art. The material was
black moire-antique, with a silver
thread running through it, interwoyen
with the fabric. A special loom had to
he made for it. and it's cost was IS per
yard.
Nine. Auban-Moet, the wife of the
Partisan wine merchant, died a short
time ago at Seville, leaving a fortune
of 10000, 900 francs. In her will she
said: 81 bequeath all of my fortune to
my husband, but IN case he should re-
fuse to accept it, or should die before l
do, all of my fortune shall go to Prince
Victor Napoleon ~Bonaparte." The hus-
band accepted the fortune.
An English doctor reports the case
of a lady who had asregularly recur-
ring series of assesses upon the ankles.
On entering her sitting-room one day
he noticed a pair OF her shoes, and, on
the impulse of the moment, he directed
his patient to use a large, broad-heeled
shoe. She did so, and has had no
trouble for two years. Her former shoes
had a long. tapering heel, set nearly in
the middle of the sole.
i A terrible accident occurred recent
ly at AuNonne, of which one of the men
connected with a menagerie which is
being exhibited there lost his life. 1t
appears that the man was showing the
wild beasts to some friends, and in
passing before a cage containing a lion
and two lionesses he putone of his arms,
between the bars for the purpose of
stroking the lions name. The lionesses
Immediately sprang at the mans arm,
in which they buried their claws, while
the lion by a snap of his teeth, severed
the arm clean from the shoulder. The
mai was taken away by other attend
ants, and he died in hospital soon after.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18
O

As q constant reader of the Times, I
have noticed the ''P~roceedings'' of the
Psychical Society, and as Your society
has invited communications, L respect
fully beg to offer you a short statement
Of my experience on q subject which I
do not understand. Let me premise
that l am not a scholar, as L left school
when twelve years Of age in 1927, and
l therefore hope you will forgive all
sins against composition and grammar.
l am a working foreman of masons at
Winchester Cathedral and have been
for the last nine years a resident of this
city. l am a native of Edinburgh. 1t
is now more than thirty years ago
that I was living in London, very near
where the Great Western Railway termi-
nus now stands, but which was not
then built. Twas working in Regents
Parkfor Mowlem, Burt & Freeman, who
at that time had the Government con-
tract for three years for the mason's
work of the capital, and who yet carry
on a mighty business at MillbanE,
Westminster. I think it was Gloucester
Gate if 1 mistake not. At all events il
was that gate of Regents Park to the
eastward Of the Geological Gardens, at
the northeast corner OF the park. The
distance from my home was too great
for me to get home to meals, so I car
ried my food with me, and therefore
had no call to leave the work al! day.
On a certain day, however. J. sud-
denly felt an intense desire
to go home, but IS I had no
business there tried to suppress it, but
it was not possible to do so. Every
minute the desire to go home increased.
1t was ten in the morning, and I could
not think OF anything to call me away
from the work at such a time. l got
fidgety and uneasy, and felt as if must
go, even at the risk of being r1diculed
by my wife, as l could give no reason
why / should leave my work and lose
Sd. an hour for nonsense. However. I
could not stay, and l set oft for home
under all impulse which [ could not re-
sist. When [ reached my own door and
knocked the door was opened by nv
wife's sister, a married woman, who
lived a few streets of. She looked sur
prised aud said: "Why, Skirving, how
did you know?" 'Know what?"I said,
..Why, about Mary Ann" / said, 81
don't know anything about Mary Ann
(my wife, "Then what brought YOU
home at present." II can hardly tell
you. l seemed to want to come home.
But what is wrong7" I asked. She told
me that my wife had been u over by
a cab, and been most seriously injured
about an hour ago, and she had called
for me ever since, but vas now in fits.
and had several in succession. I went
up stairs, and though very i'll she rec
ognized me, and stretched forth her
arms and took me round the neck and
pulled my head down into her bosom.
The fits passed away directly, and nv
presence seemed to tranquilize her. so
that she got into sleep and did well.
Her sister told me that she had uttered
the most piteous cries for me to come to
her. although there was not the least
likelihood OF my coming. This short
narrative has only one merit. is strictly
true;-.Alerander Shiavtmg, in The Nine
leeatA Century.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18
The greatest whispering gallery

-1He greatest whispering gallery
in the world is that of the Grand Can
yon, Colorado. For years this chasm
has been a matter Of surprise to pros
pectors and miners on account of it's
wonderful transmissions of sound, and
it has only been sin e the advent of the
railroad that any definite idea has been
entertained of the great distance it tray
els within it's walls. A train of cars
crossing the bridge Vt the Needles a
be plainly heard on a quiet day at Cot
tonwood Island, a distance OF eighty
four miles. The fife and drum at Fort
Mojaye IS distinctly heard at Bulls
Head, a distance Of elghty-four miles.
The report OF the sunrise gun at lort
Mojave can be heard at Ell Dorado Can.
yon, a distance Of ninety-six miles
Chicago Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18
A singular accident occurred the

A singular accident occurred the
other day in Essex County. A six
year.old daughter of a farmer, playing
in her fathers barn undertook to crcep
up from the cattle hay-rack through q
scuttle to the hay-mow. Pushing open
the trap door, which closed the spout
leading to the manager, she had pushed
herself partly through when the door
fell, and catching her under the chin
pinned her fast. She was evidently
quickly strangled. Her body was
found not long after she was missed
Oqdensburg (N. W JourwaA
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-07-18

-"Why, Sam! How do you expect
70 get that mule along with a spur only
on one side?" ''Well, .oss, If l gets
dat side 10 go, amt de udder huunY TO
keep up?"-OW CsT Deyrac;t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12
District Government Affair.".

Inc District commissioners are in receipt OF let
ter from an officer at the military museum near the
War department, representing that a man named
Boyd, assuming TO be officially authorized guide
TO strangers visiting the city, practices, as the
writer believes, 'grosS imposition upon such de-
Sire 10 visit the public buildings ami other objects
OF interest ere. His practice Is 70 reply inquiries
as 10 his fee, twenty-five cents and upon the close
OF his services TO insist that he SAID
ty-nve cents for each person OF party, however
numerous the party may be. In this way he eX-
acted s.. 50 from one party OF recent visitors from
Pennsy vania, and upon protest from them threw
open his coat TO exhibit metallic badge. similar III
general appearance 10 those worn BY policemen,
whereupon the money was paid to avoid altercation
VIII An officially constituted person." etc.
A DELEGATION OF PRoPKRTY-HoLpERs
living on Sd street southwest. now being improved
with an asphalt pavement from street south to
Virginia avenue, was before the Commissioners to-
day. headed by Mr.. JOnn McDernOtt, the we'll
known carriage builder 10 ask that 81 street be not
narrowed etgnt feet In the cariageway, as cOHtem-
PLACED by the Commissioners Ihey contend that
Sd street is one or the few running through
The city without interruption, and that the car
r1ageWay should be uniform IN width forty feet,
instead OF thrty-two, as had been proposed by the
Commissioners The Commissioners Will look into
the QUESTION before proceeding further.
HEATING OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Owing to the great discrepancy in the cost Of
heating the several school buildings OF this District
the Commissioners are taking steps ascertain
To consider the Following points in their nveSlga-
ucnS Nv neither the late Introduction OF the Rut tan
system III various ScnOVl buildings Is advantageous?
Whether ii is advisable TO substitute CumDer. and
coal Tor antarctic for team heating in any build
ings, and If So in what buildings? What Is the oc-
easlOn OF the very wide difference OF the cost OF
heating various schools? Is II due to the practice
OF heating tue entire building in some schools and
only the rooms In others? have some schools Ueen
closed part OI the time? Does 1t result from pecul-
arities Of construction Of the Buildings? Are the
jan1tors competent"
MISCELLANY.
The commissioners are taking preliminary steps
for estimating the District expenses for the fiscal
year ending June 3Oth, 1886
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Young Heroine.
NARY HEYBURNE, THE REscUER OF SEWN pERsoss
FROM DROwNINa

Among the residents OF "Shantytown," a settle
ment OF poor and INCIDENT people on the rocks IL
the upper part of New York city, Is 17-year-old
girl, named Mary Heyburne, whO despite her
youth, has already rescued a number or people
from drowning, and Is regarded as sort of mascot
by the people OF the vicinity. Five years ago Mary
jumped into the East river after a boy who had
Iallen overheard, and she brought aim safely to
the shore Since then She has rescued no less than
boat captain who fell from the boat about two
months ago. For this heroic act Mary received a
nfe-Sav1ng medal from the public authorities The
young heroine says that she learned to swim in one
OIL the public baths here when She was but 10 wears
OF age, and, as she likes the water very much n
day seldom passes without her taking swim She
says that She would be able to drag fu-grown per
sons cut OF the water II they would not struggle
ana try TO pull her down In their efforts 10 save
themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12
District Polfticians.

ORGANIZING DEAOCkATlC CLUES
At meeting at Roses hall, Uniontown, last
night, Cleveland and Hendricks club was organ
lied, with the following officers w. H. Rose, pres
ident; Julius Tolson, vice president; NJ. J. Quinn
recording and financial secretary James Rose cor.
responding secretary: John s. Anderson, treasurer
Thos. Reardon, sergeant-at-armS The following
committee OF three TO confer with the central com.
mittee regarding arrangements for the ratification
meeting was appointed:-Eo keele, w. c. Thomp-
son and John Stevenson.
The democrats OF the seventh district organized q
Cleveland and Hendricks club last evening by
electing Mr. Oliver DufoUr presideDC MIR. n. A.
Poole. vice president; Harry Byrn. treasurer, and
Harry w. Barbour, secretary. committee was
appointed to secure large hall for the meetings
OF the club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12
Alexandra Affair.".

Reported for THE EVENING STAR
EXTENSION OF WATER MA1Ss-The Alexandria
Water company has agreed to extend its mains out
Alfred street from Princess TO Oronoko street, both
sides OF which are Well built up and will add con-
siderable to the number OF water takers
The DEMOCRATIC Observation-Disclosures q.
Shepperd, w. W. Scott and g. w. Rock viii proba-
bly, make up this campaign, as last year, the
clerical force OF the state democratic committee,
which has its headquarters re.
POLICE REPoRr.-Lucy Williams, colored, ar
rested by OFtcers Simpson and Bettice, charged
With stealing money from Ruben Smith, colored,
was the only prisoner at the station house this
mOrninS.-The mayor at his last court sent 10
the chain gang. In default OF fine. Chas Taylor,
cOored for disorder at the Washington ferry wharf
on Sunday afternoon.
NOTEs.-St MaIyS Sunday school Is to make an
excursion to Belmont Park on the goth Instant
The police are finding clue 10 the white babe muir
dered and thrown into the river, with hole in its
neck, last week The DO was buried by the cor.
poration at Penny Hill ground.-A handsome
flagstaff has been put up by the fourth ward demo-
Gratis at the intersection OF Duke and Payne streets
- Hanson Price and Henry SlnoOt, OF this city,
started on a Jour through the state In carriage
yesterday.-Masters PurviS and Gibson have re-
turned from their pedestrian Jaunt to West vtr-
glnll-COnductor VIM King, buI Mt in the Lynch
burg bridge disaster, where ms gan Int conduct be-
came theme OF praise, is again on the Midland
line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12
RECENT ADDITIONS
TO STOCK OF
BLUE FLANNEL SUITS

ran short Of these In mid season owing to thu un.r
pecteo demand. but am now prepared with al the
popular shapea
HENNING's
has been known ~ headqua rters for Ill FAST
BLUE GOODS OF every description ard the ancient
reputation has In no wise abated Among goods Of that
sort may be mentioned. in ready-msde stock:
Naval Great Coats or Dreadnsushts,
Blue Flannel Business Suita
Blue Beaver OvercoatA ~'
Blue Flannel Yachting suita
Blue Flame Boating Suits,
Blue Flannel Neslise shirts
Blue Serge Business Suits and Blue Tdoot Froct Goat
SuitR
ENNI ING,
OTHER
sos 40 sxvxxx1 sx1xI1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12

FRIGHTENED TO DEATH By TRAMPS-TWo trampS-
stalwart ruffans-approached recently the farm
house, near East St. Louis, OF Hubert Deter, who
had until recently kept saloon, after nightfa,l,
and demanded whisky. They were told that none
had been sold on the premises for some time. They
refused TO accept this ana attempted to force their
way IN, when desperate struggle ensued. Deter
ting the best OF him. when his brother, who was Ill
LII bed, rose. and armed with gun approached the
the mother OF the young men, aged seventy years,
Was so frightened that she fell unconscious and the
next day died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12
Cuban General. In This Country.

Bald 10 BIB ARRANGING RoR ~ UPRDIN0
MI Ramon Rubiera. the editor OF the Cuban Or
gan 81 Separtsta has received word that the Cuban
generals Maxine Gomez and Antonio Maceo are In
New Orleans and win soon proceed to Baltimore
and Philadelphia 70 consult concerning q contem-
plated uprising in Cuba Apublic reception viii be
given them in Cooper Institute, New York. Gen.
Aaxlmo Gomez played leading part during the
!ate cuban Instruction short time before the
treaty Of ZanJou Gomez became commander-in-
caleI o. that portion OF the patriotic forces that
were operating In Camaguay. After the treaty
Gomez, with others. sought the shores OF Hondu-
raS Antonio Maceo Is q mulatto, who rose nom
the ranks after severe lighting in Cuba. He was
Sanuago de Cuba when the Spaniards Informed
nun OF the treaty Of ZaDJou he refused TO believe
man-of-war, and has never returned to the Island
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12
Ask Sny Nurse

IN the city OF Baltimore (where the merits O
DuuyS Malt NhiSsey Is known better than in an,
other city OF this country what the physician
pleScriDeS for the sick room in cases OF feves an,
She VIII answer only Duffyls Malt Mhi,key 2W
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12

READ Howe's Business School, Educational column
YoUR EYESIGHT fitted, 81. Hempler's, 45a Pa ave-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12

GOLD BRICK SwrNpLER CAUGHT-The ST. Inuis
police made clever capture sunday evening in
arresting John Holcomb, alias Riley. noted gold
Dfick Swindler, who was taken In while endeavor-
alte, pawnbroker on gold bullion. which he repre-
scented 70 be worth at least $4,000. The pawn
police, who took HolcOmb into custody When
searched al the station $3.50 in counterfeit money
receipts for making gold brick, and several bars OF
eral hundred dollars worth OF gold bullion II ia
supposed that he Is one Of the two who vtctimized
Baltimore merchant out OF s., 600 two months ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12

Tor all Kinds OF salads. cold meats. raw tomatoes
picked salmon, cabbage, etc, Is Durkee's Sala
Dressing. IL is, besides, more economical thai
homemade. co
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12
Turf NOt0a.

Turf Notes.
WINNERS At BRIGHTON BEACH. CHICAGO AND BOSTON.
The winpers at Brighton Beach yesterday were
q. b. Belle Garland, Unknown, Hickory Jim, Jim
Carlisle, Charley Epps The hurdle race was also
won by Charley Rpps
La Belle n, HslianthuS, Editor and Blue Bird
At Mystic Park, Boston. yesterday, q match fol
S,OO0 cetween Smuggler's Daughter and POrtia,
2:24%.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12

RECONCILIATION PKoBABLE.-E. n Rowell shot
and Killed johnson Lynch, an Albany lawyer, in
Mrs- RoWeliS bedroom, III Batavia, N. Y, some
months ago. He was tried and acquitted. Since
then proceedings instituted by him 10 procure q
divorce nom his wife have been pending. Mrs
ROweil went to Leonardsvile, n. Y. a week or so
ago, and a lew days later her husband joined her
there with their children. They had been In CORE.
spondence for some time. and it is said that ROwe
made The first Overtures Tor q reconciliation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-12

Cocoaine, compound OF Cocoanut OH, beauties
the mar and Is sure 10 allay ali Itching and rrILa.
ton OF the scalp.
The superiority OF Burnetts Flavoring Extracts
CONSISTS IL their perfect purity and strength 60