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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-19
USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL.
Which Cost Little and Beautify
the Home.

The bird-cage converted into a hang
ing-basket. makes a very pretty orna-
ment for the sitting-room in winter.
An old bird-cage a be used, by Civ
ing it a coat of paint, or regilding it.
Get a tin-pan about two inches in depth,
make a number of holes in the bottom
of it, and also in the bottom of the
cage, fill the pan with rich earth and
plant some light, running vine in it; set
it in the bottom Of the cage, and fasten
or the top by means of stout wire, as
the ordinary f%astenings will not be Sc
cure enough.
A pretty cover for a flower-pot may
be made from a Japanese fan. Cut the
end sticks off, and sew the paper parts
together. Run q thread through the
upper part, and draw it to fit the pot;
also run one through the end of the
sticks, where the rivet was inserted, to
keep the bottom in place. The color
of the fan should form a pleasing con-
trast with that of the plant and flowers
in the pot.
A commoa cigar box aids in the Or
namentation of an ordinary clock. Cut
a hole in the bottom of the box, large
enough to admit the face of the clock,
cover the box neatly with plush, cut
the opening in the plush an inch small
er than the II in the box, slash it
around, and draw it through, and glue
it to the inside of the box. The lid
should be covered separately, and
fastened on the box with small hinges,
or by mean of pieces of muslin glued
on the inside, to serve as hinges. Fast
en- the clock securely in the box. The
vine may be either embroidered or
painted; if embroidered, it must be done
before the covering is put on. Cover a
small shelf for the clock with the same
material, and finish it around the edge
with fringe.
Now that the days for fans are over,
the Japanese fan catch-all is in order.
Cover side of the fan with satin,
using muslin on the other side. Make
a pocket of satin, and sew it on the side
of the fan covered with the same ma
terial. This forms the catch-all, shown
in the lower corner. Finish with a
large bow on at the handle.-American
Agricultu7ist.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-19
AWFUL POVERTY IN NAPLES.
The Misery and Distress, to Which the
Horrors of Epidemic Cholera Arc
AIdnI

The Misery and Distress, to Which the
Horrors of Epidemic Cholera Are
Added.
The great problem with the Govern
ment now is how to disembowel Naples.
Or to spread around the shores and the
n~eighboring hills the surplus popula-
ton which ovcrcrowds the Easements
of the city. The basement is a dirty
institution of Naples. In single rooms
on the ground floors or in the cellars
whole families live together with dom
keys, goats, chickens, and pigs. They
are so poor they can not pay for better
quarters. 1t is not a depraved taste
which makes them crowd in these dark
and dirty holes and keep their little
one in the gutter, it is only need. The
Neapolitans are not brutes. They like
music, bright %colors, and light. How
q they pay high rents when the best
wages are scarcely one franc a day?
There is no city in Italy where wages
are SO low as in Naples. The best
skilled workmen-thc t%ailors, shoe
makers, type-setters, job printers, ma
SOllSs IL CtIl pClltClS"CNCll III UllC
busiest seasons scarcely get thirty
cents a day, while the second-rate
workingmen must get along with ten
cents a day less.
1t is therefore impossible for a Nea-
politan to pay more than one dollar a
month for his rent. The condition OF
the M is simply dreadful. A poor
mother is obliged to get work outside
Of her home for her bread and for that
Of the children. Hat makers, dress
makers and flower girls make only S.
or 81 a month. The great majority Of
the women are obliged to 60 out to SER
vice as domestics. A servant girl gets
ten francs a month, without any din
ner. Some have two OF three houses
in which to do housework for one dol
lar at each house every month. They
are constantly running from one house
to another. and scolded and threatened
in each place they go. Many of these
miserable creatures have children to
nurse when they go home st night, a
baby, perhaps. that has been left the
whole day in the arms of a little sister.
The poor mother, going home without
sufficient food and half exhausted, has
to nurse the little one, and at thirty
years IF age looks as old as if she had
suffered the wear of sixty winters.
How very, very many of them have
fallen victims of the cholera!
Children in Naples are considered a
sort Of burden or hindrance. When a
boss takes a boy to work merely to pay
him his daily bread, a mother is happy,
and when a little girl makes five cents a
week By hard daily work, the work of
a regular servant girl, the mother is
equally delighted. No wonder that the
Government is taking up for serious
consideration the question how to lodge
a little better this immense crowd O
human beings, swarm;ng like ants in
the filthy, dark cellars and rooms of the
Ncapolitan easements.
The financial condition of the city is
terrible. No vegetables OF fish are al
allowed to be exported from the city,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-19
The assertion is made NV a PITT

The assertion is made by a Pitts
burgh man that in fifty years, perhaps
in twenty-five, coal will not be carried
from the mines to it's places Of destina-
ton in bulk, but only its actual heat
energy transported, and that by wire.
This process, he says, can oe accom
plished by converting the coal into
heat, the heat into motion, and the
motion into electricity. A storage bat
terry at Cincinnati would take it up as
generated at the mines. From the bat
terry it could be taken out and convert
ed back into motion and heat, or
changed into 1ight.-PtMsburqh Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-19
GLASSWARE.
An Interesting Account of the Manufacture
of Different Kinds of Glass.

An Interesting Account of the Manufacture
of Different Kinds of Glass.
Bohemian glass is made with car
Donate Of potash, as pure and as rich
as possible. Hydrate of potash of 81
to Sc degrees is the best for use. Pot
ash used for glass making is extracted
from the residuum of beet-root sugar
making. In Bohemia a potash ex-
tracted from wood ashes comes from
Hungary. America also furnishes a
good article. All potash used in glass
making should especially be free from
soda, as it tends to give glass a green
color.
Soda has taken the place of potash
to a great extent. 1t is used as q car
Donate or snlphate. Carbonate is yet
used in the manufacture of table ware,
but in the making of plate and window
glass, bottles, etc., the sulphate is al
most entirely used, owing to its cheap
ness. By adding Il small quantity of
charcoal to sulphate Of soda it is de-
composed much more easily.
In the manufacture of flint glass lead
is used in red oxide form, or sometimes
a litharge, but the red oxide gives the
best results. Red lead furnishes oxy-
gen., which escapes in melting, and
serves to refine the glass and burn
the organic matters which may be con-
tanned in the mixture of materials.
Red lead is prepared from the puG-
est Of leads coming from England and
Spain, which are comparatively free
from the oxides of iron, copper, etc.
Lead is used in this country for glass
making, by those manufacturers who
make a superior quality of glass.
In the manufacture of plate, window
or white glass, lime is used as a car
Donate or slaked.
1t is important that sands should be
selected with care, as impure silica has
the most detrimental effect upon the
color Of glass, This is especially i'm
portant in the manufacture of fine
tableware, plate. and window glass.
All sands should be free from iron, as
this is the fruitful source of the green
celebration of all glasses. In Bohemia
quartz is used instead Of sand. 1t is
first heated, then thrown into water;
this breaks itinto manypieces, which are
subsequently reduced to fine powder
by mechanical action in wooden NOR
tars with quartz pestles. By this
means the Introduction of iron is
avoided.
France and Belgium, for the manu-
facture of fine wares, uses the Fontain-
bleau sand, not far from Paris; also
the sands of Ncmours, Chantilly, and
from the province Of Champagne.
These sands are used for flint. plate.
and first quality Of window glass.
English sands contain a considerable
proportion Of iron. Slick is sometimes
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-19
A DOMESTIC ROW.
Dispute in a Printing-Omce, In Which tho
Shears Were Not Even Mentioned.

Dispute in a Printing-Omce, In Which the
Shears Were Not Even Mentioned.
One morning the Washington Hand
Press in a Printing Office suddenly flew
it's Frisket and called out in a loud
voice:
'Hear ye! hear We! But for me the
Banner could not be issued each
Week."
'sJust hear that! snecred a Case of
Burgeois owe by the Window, .Where
would be the Paper but for its Type?"
"And they w Printed a Paper vet
without ink" added the Roller in a
Glue and Molasses voice.
swell, I don't want to Appear EGO
tistical,' observed a Bundle of White
Paper lying on the floor, but if you
knew how hard it was for the Editor to
raise the Cash to buy me, you'd I'M
agine 1 was of some little Account
Around here.'
Gentleman" added the Imposing
Stone, in a marble voice, Il don't
claim to own all the corner lots in
Town, but if the Chases, Shooting
Stick, Mallet, Quoins and myself were
to go on a Picnic I'd like to see the
Banner 90 to press-I would"
The Gordon Jobber, Box Stove and
several of the Galleys were getting
ready to chip in when the Editor en-
tered and asked the cause Of the Row.
The matter was explained by the Card
Cutter in aCalm and Unbiased manner,
and the Editor replied:
"Each and every one of you are
valued in your Respective Places, and
all combined 90 to help issue the Lead
ing Newspaper of this county-circula-
ton (when a circus agent comes along)
5000 copics-Wood Received on Sub
scription, as Heretofore"
MORAL:
And the Shears lay right there in
Plain Sight and were not even men
t;opo6 -. DETROIT T,oo- P,oeo
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-19
Sharks have been nnnlasSantl

-Sharks have been u~npleasantly
abundant in the waters about New
York this season, and in some cases
they have shown a disposition to pur-
sue swimmers and other persons within
their domains. A man claiming in the
bay OF Jamaica, Long Island, was at
tackled by one of them, who followed
him to shoal water on the bar, and was
only driven off by persistent splashing.
A m%an-eating shark was captured u,
Ccrnwall-on-the-H Y. Suss
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-19

A Cape Vincent On. w. mar
learning to play the cornet has picked
up brick enough in the front yard and
on the balcony where he sits to prac-
tice to lay a pavement all around his
house. He hopes to be able to build a
brick hen house this summer if the
neighbors do not all move out of the
Observation-Disclosures Express.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-19

Once in the dining-room of tho
principal hotel in Amherst, Mass, q
table girl asked ME: 'tHas any other
lady taken your order?" l was obliged
to confess that I had not had an oppe1s
tunity to give my order to "any other
lady" A little girl Of my acquaintance,
whose instincts and training mad
made her unusually polite for a child,
startled the family by announcing:
Mamma, the swill lady is at tAe PACK
door.N-HaYper's Bazu2.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-19

The dioseope does for the. eye
tho telephone does for the ear. AN
objective lens is fitted in some hal
of entertainment, and by an electro
wire communication is established
with q small white glass plate IN a
room at any distance. Excluding
the light from this room complete
reflection is contained Ct what is pass
ing IL lho hall.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-19

-Square-toed shoes are coming into
fashion again, and toes will once more
have a chance to spread Themselves
N Y. Sune
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-19
MORAL:

And the Shears lay right there in
Plain Sight and were not even men,
toned Detroit Free-Press.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-12-05
ES Ia MAS BARATA.
CAIECISIo DIX IA DOCTRIyA CRISIIln
Compaesto pOr el Padre Ripa.da.

Texto para las Escuelas de Ia Isla
de Puerto-Rico seghn Decreto del
Excmo. limo. Sr. sObispo de esta
Di6cesis D. Juan Antonio PUG en- 10
de Diciembre de l880,y pnblicado en-
ell Boletsa Eclesidstico en- 10 de Enero
de 1881, que dice asi:
"Deseando facilitar, segfn 81 impor-
tancia requiere, Ia adquisici6n del Ca
tec:smo de la Doctrina CristiaDa 4 toda
clase de personals, venimos en- declarar
tsmbien de texto para la Di6cesis Ell
tntiguo y popular Catecismo del P.
R:pa,da que q pesar de So reducido vo-
ldmen, comprende en- sus sencillas y
concisas preguntas y respuestas 10 su-
ma toda de la ensefianza cat6lica; reu-
niendo Ia vez Ia immense ventgja de
estar por su infmo precio oil alcance do
as familias pobres."
PBEcIo.-2 chavos una, 26 cts. doce-
ay $3.50 cts. .gruesa. I.
Sc vende en- Ia IMPRENTA, ALMAcKn
DE PAPEL Y L1BRERfA del BoLRrN MIR
9ANTIL Fortaleza 81, y enla de d. Josk
GoNzILEz Font. Fortaleza 81. 50
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-12-05
CORREO De LA MODt,
{ (Edicidn sptcml para s4styts.)

Peri6dico de mcdas para caba
lIeros, en- Il que ro'aboran los me
lores sa>trc> de Madrid tien
.c"rrespon ale~ en Paris Y Lon
dres. Pnbltea re,i. Ia dc NJ elaS.
estudio> d. eor1e y ruant ) noti
rias pueden intert>ar ii los qnc $,
dcdican al diicil artc Dc la Sa~ 4.
treria.
"a IL nllmclo ~ ano may.
nfc"s .f2Wincs-PanDyumaS rtu
minndbS. con taha nlineIo IN n
ron o"td" tamann uataural ,
ma 'anti'a on dibufo- ~ d6ci
No de e-,aa dcnla do
garnde ,amina> ,lum,nada Al
vno IL 45 PER 64 entimctro
5 peso& eSpaj1oirS a. ana.
Gu Ia lul renta del BoLElIN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-12-05
A Los PROFESORES.

Papel para plana 4 Sl.20 resm.
"a la Imprsn del BoLsTn MnnoAs,.
ru4
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-12-05
AMIGOS DE TODOS
PILD0RAS HOLLOWAY.

hillones de psrsOnas, en- todas las parties de
mnndo, recomiendan dichas PiIdoras como q
mejor rcatauratiso IL Ii Il 4sss. conoce
Elias cman todas las afe, 81 mes del Z. raz6n
del hgado, del est5rnag0. dc los riiion.s de
los intestinos, rernnsven ii acrimouia, Is
uatulencia ID oariialgia, expnlsaDdo de ID
ssngre toda inpureza, fortalecsendo couple
tsmente 81 sistetaa nersioso dando un tons
udable I Ia organizacitn general.
Unguento Holloway.
Este maravilloso bslsamo sana infaIiblemea
te las he,idas antiguss, las llagas, los male
de piernss de pecho. Por mediode sn infuea
cia las alceras viruientas toman mny pronte
IN aspecto convaieciente desaparecen. ia
mas deja, este an g0ento feTrigerante, de pro
ducir ana eura petfects de los afecciones Do d
MEL, los constipados, las toses 81 reumatis
no, ann cuando 30 ha aUeIade sn vano to
os tos3enAs remedies.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-12-05
ENCUADERNACION Ia
DEL "B0LETIN MERCANTIL. "

En- eSta seccion de la casa, mOntada con
tOdos los elemcntos necesarios y prOvista de
materlales dc prmera clase, Sc hacen encua-
deinaclOncs cn holande>a, cartOne, pasta es-
pahoIa, piei dc ieyante CON relieves. todo per-
tecto y precios reducidos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-12-05

@lTA-as vioa expadas po preos
venconales
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-12-05
La PEkLA ANTI -GASTRALCICA
DEL DOCT OR d E L G A d o


Medication efcaz contra las afecciones dc
est6mago, sea dolor, acedia vinsgres, v6mi
tos despues de Ia comida: inapentecias, debI
lidad estomacal, sahurras, disenterfa, en- &c
neral para todas aquellas molestiss que Hveler
malas digestiones, sean no dolorosas.
Para mayores datos dirigirse al
DEPosIro-Sevills; FL sutor, Farmscia Clio
bo: Tetuan, 30.
En- Puerto .Rioo. Sres Lsdeswa Hno 10
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-12-05
Ell GAMING DE LA vida
0AVISOS MORALES SOCIEDAD
D. Genaro Gomez Labrada,
DE INSTRUCTION PRIAARLA

Acaba De pub.icarse la segun-
da ediciou de esta interesante
obrita, corregida, aumeniada y
modifcada para selyir de texto
de ,ectura en- las escuelas, y de-
clarada tai por Decreto del Go
bierno de 3 dc Julio de 1884 !,
del Obispado en- 20 Mario del
mismo aflo.
De venta al precio de 80 centa-
sos ejemplar y $3 so docena en-
la Imprenta del BoLETIN MERcAN.
TIL y en- Manati, comercio de don
Antonio Morey y ell autor en- el
mismo pueblo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-12-05

The Proprietors Of the Boletin
NeivantH have the honour of re-
questing English advertisers TO hand
their orders to Mess. AMEDEE
PRINCE & c. who are the sole
Agents for all English q FresAb
Advptising.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-12-05

administration du BOletin MeI-
cantH Phonneur de Prier Messieurs
les Annonciers franeais de vouloir bien
remettre leurs ordres de Publicite
NM. AMEDEE PRINCE & Cs, qui
sont les Agents uniques ct exclusifs
de celjournal pour la Publieitt Fratpaiss
81 Anglaiss. ea
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-12-05
NOCIONES DE GBOMETRIA
poR
D. ERNESTO dLLER0 Y CARMONA

Obra declarada de texto para
las escuelas de esta provincial por
Decreto de 4 de Julio de 1884.
Un tomo en- AZ con dos laminas
d 2 REALEs ejemplar en- Ia Inn,
prenta del BoLETIN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-12-05
NO1A de los precios corrientes que ene esta5lectda
~igarrillos gruesos en- la clase de papel
que Sc quieran, de S. en- adelante 4
40 cajetillss por. .................
TABACOS ELABORADOS.

Excepcionales en- csjas de lujo de 25
tabacos. millar ...................a....
lem sin lujo de idem..
Tmperialee en- GAIA de e50....-u............ 85
Regalias antillanas en- csjas de 26,..... 90
Idem iden en- idem de 60............... Is
1ep de preferencia en- dem de 25...... SO
aejna Victoria en- idem dc 80 ........... 70
>reHas imperiaies en- idem de 3d.. 50
ezadorer imperiales en- idem de 50.... 80
sFovay en- hoies en- idem de 50............ 90
lem cilindrsdas en- idem de l00..... 40
cn oorrientes On idem de l00..... 80
lem en- paquetes de 10............... . %
}egalia britannica on csias de 80 ........ so
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-12-05
GRAN Bazaar DE ROPA HECHA.
SASTRERIA DE JAIME TOMAS.
av.-G1N H. MK MDEKA Cn.Uz. A..

esabecnento monado al nve de los bazares de E
buen sudo de de
cotu eta chaue ae, TRACES casmir lana aie
rano poyora drill banco de color gnero para co.,
Ia apda misma camsas blancas cueos pune
,no pec5era de camisa, corbaras ombreros
!, ticuo- para rabaIleros s1endo e lena de la
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-15
PEARLS Or THOUGHT.

The fail Of the leaf is q whisper i
the living.
Truth is the hidden gem We al
should dig for.
A good child is the brightest ray II
the sunshine Of = parents heart.
Content is the philosopher stone
that turns all It touches into gold.
The plainest words are the most
profitable oratory in weightiest mat
Ter.
Wisdom Is the talent OF buying
virtuous pleasure at the cheapest rate.
Patience, without energy. in nothing
more than respectable kind Of lazi-
ness
Example is the best teacher. Its
silent persuasiveness reaches the heart
by the most direct route.
Concentration Is the secret Of
strength in politics, in war. in trade;
in short in all management Of human
affairs
Reflect upon your present blessings.
of which every man has many; not on
your past misfortunes. Of which all
men have some.
All changes, to be permanent and
improving, must be gradual Leaps
and jumps are not successfully taken
either in mental advancement Or in
moral character.
Every human being has work TO
carry on within, duties to perform
abroad, influences to exert, which are
peculiarly his. and which no con-
science but his own can teach.
In private conversation between in
innate friends the wisest men very
often talk like the weakest; FOR. in
deed. the talking with q friend il
nothing else but thinking aloud.
Strength must he found in thought
or it will never be found in the words
Big sounding words. without thought
corresponding, are effort without
effect.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-15

BTscUI7. Dissolve one tablespoonful of
butter in q pint Of hot milk; when luke
warm stir ia one quart Of -four, one
beaten egg, little salt, and teacup of
yeast work the dough until smooth. If
in winter set il warm place, if in sum
mer, cold place, to rise; in the morn
ing work softly and roll out half inch
thick; cut into biscuit anti set to rise for
thirty minutes, when they will be ready
to bake
COOKING ONIONS. "A very appetizing
way to cook onions is to boil them in
salt and wafer until they begin to be
tender; drain the water from them, and
wrap each onion in soft paper, set them
side by side into dripping pan. let them
bake until done, then put into vegeta
BILE dish and pour rich brown gravy ovef
them; Spanish onions are especially nice
cooked this way, as they have SO deli
cate flavor.
SQUASH AND RICE Sour. Peel and
slice enough summer or winter squash to
fill quart bowl peel and slice two
white onions, and chop cnpful of
celery; put these vegetables into q sauce.
pan with two quarts Of boiling water, six
whole cloves, ten peppercorns, and two
level teaspoonfuls of salt, and boil them
until they are tender enough to rub
through 8 sieve with potato masher.
Meantime pick over half cupful Of
rice, wash Il III cold water, and put it
over the fire to boil for twenty minutes
in sailed boiling water After the vege-
tables are tender. rub them through q
sieve, put the pulp again ia the saucepan
with the water in which they were
boiled, drain the rice and add it to the
vegetable pulp, together with enough
boiling water 60 make the soup Of the
proper consistency, and boil il for Eve
minutes. Stock, or broth. substi-
tuted for part Of the water, improves the
flavor Of the soup.
BAKED GARBAGE. Wash head Of CAD
bage in cold salted water. cut away the
tough part q the stalks. and then boil
the cabbage fast ID plenty Of boiling
salted water, for fifteen minutes, oruntil
the stalk in the leaves IS tender enough
to be easily pierced with q fork: while
the cabbage is being boiled put over the
fire saucepan containing heapfno t.
blcspo0nful each Il -four and butter. and
stir them until they are snootale blended !:
then stir ID enough milk t. make sauce
OF tbs con istency 81 cream: let Il boil
Tor couple OF minutes. season il nala-
fably with salt and white pepper. and
use e for the cabbage. When the cab-
Dage u tender drain IL chop i little.
put it into On earthen dish suitable to
send 70 the table. moisten It with the
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