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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-28
THE THERMOMETER.
Learning to Read This Indispensable I'M
strument in Warm Weather.

learning to Read This Indispensable In-
strumen in Warm Weather.
"Thermometer's gone mp considers
BILE since I passed here an hour ago." he
said, putting his head in at the door Of
the jewelers. store.
"Oh, l guess not" said the jeweler,
as he affixed his magnifier to his eye aud
picked up the works of a watch.
"But l tell you it has," cried the other
excitedly, while he mopped his brow
with his handkerchief. !
II think you must be mistaken, said
the jeweler as he picked up a pair Of
Itweezers and frightened a screw.
Mistaken yelled the other; std'ya
think I'm an idiot? Come out and see."
"I'm pretty busy" observed the jew
eler as he brushed a peck of dust off the
handspring.
..What'h you bet it hain't gone upP'1
shouted the other as he danced into thu
store. "Whatu you bet?" +.
"Well, I'm willing to bet you a do;4
lar replied the jeweler.
..Done! Come out now and see."
They went out together. !,
"What do you think of that, now?"'
he yelled; "You amt blind, are you?1
The thermometer has gone up five de-
grees since we looked at it BEFORE"
Pardon me-" said the jeweler; ..thet
thermometer is in precisely the same
place that it was when 1 hung it up this
morning. It is on the same hook. =
see, however, that the mercury has risen:
five degrees, a change in temperature
which the Thermometer faithfully regis
tiers. Athefmometer, my friend, neither
rises or falls. 1t is a Measure which in
dictates a rise or fall of the mercury.
Please hand yer the dollar, because {
am busy and have no time to fool" +,
81 shan't pay until some better authoF4
iity decides the matter"
'"Wel, let us go and find some better
authority. I'm willing to let my bust
ness go for little while to prove that Z
am right"
When last seer che pair were hunting;
for General Daniel Pratt, the greatl
American traveller, who is an eminent
authority on all scientific questions =
| Boston Courier.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-28

"A paper-making firm iii New Jer-
seyi is turning out counterpanes and pill
lows of paper. No. l manila paper is
used. two large sheets being held to-
gether by a slender Irvine at intervals
Of three or four inches. The Irvine lis
gummed, so as to hold the sheets firm
" together where it lies. A hem is
placed on the countcrpanc to keep it
from tear,n g. The safety edge is COM
posed of Irvine. Ornamental designs
are stamped on the outer surfaces Of
the covers and cases, giving them a
neat, attractive appearance. When
these counterpanes and pillows BECOME
wrinkled from use they can easily be
smoothed out with a hot f1atiron. The
new paper bedclothing is seventy-tive
cents per set, and will probably become
| popular.-M. Y. Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-28
What James Did.

One day a very pious clerical friend!
who had consumed an hour of his valu-
able time in small talk, said to James
Harper, the publisher: Brother Har-
per-, 1 am curious to know how you
four men distribute the duties of the
establishment between YOU" ttJohn,ni
said MI. Harper, good humoredly, Sat
tends to the finances, Wesley to the
correspondence, Fletcher to the general
bargaining with authors and others,
and, don't you tell ANYBODY" he said.
drawing his chair still closer and lower
ing the tone of his voice. 81 entertain
the bores. "-Brooklya Magozixe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-28
DUTCH CHILDREN.
Youngsters who Ape h Habits and
Small Vices of Their Elders.

Youngsters who Ape the Habits and
Small Vices of Their Elders.
The middle-class girls of Holland r
certainly very pretty. They have soft,
clear skins and bright compilations.
They are decidedly piquant in appear
ance, much more so than their sisters
over the Rhine. This year the favorite
color is parrot green of various shades,
which seems to suit their brown hair
and eyes amazingly. They wear the
high crown, fashionable hat, with q
string or two added. As for the back
crinoline now the rage, l have seen
nothing in size OF sway to equal the
achteyNit of the fashionable girl of Am
sterdam. The literal meaning of the
above word, [ am told, is ''behind the
horse" Everyone smokesin Holland
that is, every male body. One could
almost believe that the male bodies are
ushered into the world with a cigar
in their mouths. The modifying
efforts of tobacco sooth the infant
Dutch boy in the cradle, add variety to
his youthful sports and pastimes, and
when he becomes old enough to run Of
errands, or, if of well-to-do parents, to
sit at table d'hote with his father and
mother, forms the chief occupation of
his life. Walk the streets of Amster-
dam early in the morning and observe
the most diminutive ~ofice-boy sweeping
the sidewalk, polishing the door-plate
or cleaning the windows with a six-inch
cigar in his mouth. 1t is no uncommon
! thing for a boy ten or twelve years old
to address you seriously, ~ beetye euu'
nj IN heer as u beleet." And sober,
gray-haired men give them the desired
light and pass on. / have e q boy
not over fourteen years of age dining
with his parents at table d'hote at the
Amstel Hotel light a large cigar, when
the wax tapers were passed. as they al
WAYS are in Holland, Immediately after
dessert, and calmly puff away, much to
the astonishment of the British matrcxs
and British papas present. In railway
| carriages American and English ar
rangements are reversed, smoking car:
riases being the rule and "no smoking
the exception.-Cor. San francisco
| nLnoooclp
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-28
A GREAT ORGAN.
The Second Largest Instrument I'm ths
~. Il World. ]

-. i World.
Thelargest organ in the world, With
the exception of the n in Riga, Russia,
b in the Cathedral Of the Incarnations at
Garden City, L. l., the church built by
Mrs. A. I. Stewart, as a memorial to-
her husband. The instrument is dis
tributed in ourdistinct and widely sep
arated localities of the cathedral. al
though the whole is under the CONTROL
of one performer, through the agency of
an electric action. In an octagonaH
chamber, built for the purpose in the
angle formed by the transept and chan
Gel walls is the largest portion of the
instrument. The organ is here divided
into floors, or stories, and in the base
ment are the engine, countershaft, etc.
Above this IN a floor of brick and iron.
are the bellows and the wind chest, on
which rest the thirty-two-foot pipes.i
The great organ windchest, with that of
the reeds and fixtures of the pedal or
gan are on the next level and then fol-
lows the swell organ, and, above all, the
choir. Each of the three manual wind
chests is furnished with it's own auxili-
airy reservoir or regulator" where the
wind is reduced to the pressure needed
for that department.
In the tower at the western end OF
the cathedral is the next important di-
vision of the organ. In this room, which
is fifteen feet square, and is high enough
ito admit of one windchest being sup
ported above another, are placed parts
of the great swell, and pedal organs
and the whole of the solo organ, the Sec
ond of these being above the first, the
third at M side, and the fourth at the
back. In the chapel beneath the. ca
,thedral is the third section, which Isl
provided with claviefs of its own, so
that it may be made Independently
available for chapel purposes. This
comprises a part of the choir organ, di--
vided here between two manuals and
two of the pedal stops. Its tone rises
into the church through the different
,%staircases and the distance lends en-
chantment to the sound. The last part
consists of the echo organ and one pedal
stop, which is placed between the CELL
ing and the roof, above the intersection
of the nave and transept. The mystic,
irious source of the tones produces an in
Iteresting effect.
Steam power is used in initiating the
bellows. One engine is placed beneath
the chancel division to supply it with
compressed air, and another beneath
the tower to operate the bellows of the
chapel division, the tower division, and
the magnetic machine, which generates
the electricity. All 1.-THE wires used in
making the electric connections of the,
instrument stretched out in a continu-
Gus circuit would extend ove distances
of twenty-one miles.-M Y. Times,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-28

II. R. Porter, seventy-four years o.
age, living alone near Reno, Nevada,
mutilated his left hand by the accidental
discharge of his gun recently. He de.
cided that the hand required amputat-
ing, and with a pair of shears he per
formed the operation neatly and expedi-
tiously. Medical attendance was ten
dered him, but he refused it, and the
wound is healing all right
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-28

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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-28

IA ASAPASS9
for although swift of foot, it possesses
but little endurance, and is soon over
taken by dogs. foxes, wild cats. or its
lmplacable enemy, the ermine. Eagles,
hawks, owls and snakes also prey upon
the unfortunate cotton TAIL" es-
pec'ally the young animals.
West of the Mississippi River are
found three varieties of the Sylvaticus,
which d fer very little from the East
ern type, either in form or habits; they
are merely local races.
The northern hare, or white RABBIT
(Lepus Americanus), is easily known
from the common grey species. 1t is
much larger than the latter, measuring
from seventeen to eighteen inches in
length from point of nose to root OF
tail, and attaining a weight of five n
o,ne-half to sixpounds. The hind feet are
longer than the head, and the ears
equal in length to tie head. The color
IN summer is q cinnamon brown. white
beneath; in winter, in northern latl-
tudes, almost pure white; in New YORK
and Pennsylvania, clouded with brown;
tips of the ears black. The hind
limbs are nearly twice the length o.
the fore legs, and the soles OF all the
feet are closely covered with hair.
The home of this hare is always IN
deep forests, it being very rarely seer
IN the open country. It prefers dense
mr. woods and ~..wind-falls," often TAX
ing up its residence in the branches OF
"a fallen tree. Its food consists Of
grasses, tree buds. the bark OF trees. etc
The farmer never sustains any injury
from this species, it never being found
IN the neighborhood Of vegetable gar,
'oens or orchards. This is q nocturna
animal, and remains in Its ORR
through the middle OF the day, In tne
manner of the grey rabbit. 1t has I'M
regularity of following the same Patns
month after month, and this habit II
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-05-15
BUSINESS llHANHE.
Sol Abraham Purchases the Property Of
Abraham, Wheeler & Co,

This week the largest transfer ever made
IN Eonglas county was conAmmated. Sol
omon Abraham purchasing the entire Real
and Personal Property of the firm Of Abra-
ham Whee1er &C TO. the individual members
Of which were Solomon Abraham. /. e..
Wheeler. w. M Wheeler and Rudolph
Abraham The property consists of the fine
two story brick store building and gram ware.
house and elevator sitnated in this city and
costing III the neighborhood of sec. 900. Also.
large stock of general merchandise. The
steam sa~ mill at G senslale with conacity
of &C, ,090 to 4, eco feet Of lumber per day and
twelve miles of valuable timber and agrienI-
tural land situated on the @. G. r. r. in
clnding the townsite of Grants Pass. Also
the notes accounts, horses and cattle belong
ing to the firm. The sale was conducted IN
the most friendly and satisfactory manner.
the settlement being made in enc hour after
private hut q large amount changed hands.
It is unnecessary for as to introduce Mr..
Abrahams to the people Of Douglas county
among whom he has made his home for tie
| past 80 years and whose indefatigahle indus
| try and keen business enterprise has made
| him at all times one of our leading citizens,
and now as The sole owner of the largestes-
Enlistment in southern Oregon he will at
| tend to his business personally and his past
/ record is sufficient guarantee to his cd
friends and viii attract many new ones. In
| the sale he has agreed to pay every dollar of
indebtedness of the firm but upon review
OF the books finds that neither he nor the firm
owe dollar. Look out for fresh stock of
goods and great bargains as Mr.. Abrahans
always leads and never follows.
/ Mr.. Rudolph Abrahans and Mr.. L. G..
Wheeler viii remall in our city to the satis-
| faction of all, while the genial Walter
Wheeler expects to leave US shortly to look
after his interest in combined header and
thresher having DISPOSED OF the state right
of Kansas for s25,G00 so We are informed.
He will lie greatly missed by every body and
will doubtless at some future day return to
/ the vineclad hills of old Umpqua.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-05-15
Riddle items.


EDITOR REvIEw.-Rev. f. p. Power
gave US an interesting sermon last
Sunday. The meeting was well at
tended.
Mr. A Heather, of Drain, has his
photograph gallery here now. but will
move TO Canyonville in a few days.
Silly Riddle and d. A. Levens
shir ped two carloads of beef cattle to
Portland this week.
Mrs. j. D. johnson is visiting friends
in this place.
J. D. Johnson stated for Montana
last Monday with about 200 head Of
cattle.
Abner Nichols killed six panthers On
his sheep range near Nichols Station,
this week. .sChub" is the boss hun
ter il this section OF the country with
out a doubt.
The rain IS doing the grain in this
vicinitya great deal of good. but il
came too late to make the crops as good
as they were last year. Respectfully,
X. x. X.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-05-15
Oamas VALLEY Its1ns.
Hot weather.

Hot weather.
Mr. Wn. Day, the road supervisor
is doing some much needed improy-
ment on the roads.
Messrs John Wiley and Wn. Mur-
ray have gone down II the mountains
for a weeks hunt.
Miss McCulIoch of Ten Mile spent a
few days this week visiting Hiss Net
tie Ferguson in this valley.
Miss Warren Of Looking Glass is
visiting n our valley and gave US .
lie sant call. Come again.
Mr.. Bennetr hrs recently been to
Port Oxford anu reports times dull
down there
Three very interesting sermons were
delivered here last Sunday by Messrs
Johnson, billiard and Kuskendall.
Mr.. Estes and family who have been
visiting relatives here for he past
week, have gone to Ashland to perlna-
nently reside,
Messls Prior, Ferguson & Co. have
on hand at their mill a fine lot of fr
sugar pine, cedar ind oak lumber,
which they will sell cheaper than tht
cheapest. Don't fail to call on them
x. II. T.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-05-15
Looking Glass Items.

Rey. Miller preached to a large con-
gregation last Sunday.
E. NJ. Moore, wife and daughter,
from Rosebnrg, paid friends visit.
r ,yas, Goodman, Fitzgerald, G. w,
Wright, Ksyes, Dodge and Beasley
are out prospecting. Dodge has been
heard from in the shape of some rich
gold specimens.
Gentle showers are refreshing crops
What we have at Lookinglass good
health, good church, coed school, d
happy and prosperous people and the
prsttiest girls in Oregon.
What We have not At Looking Glaes
No spo,ks, doctors, dentists, law.
yers or cowboys, and 70 use for them.
TON Boy.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-05-15
NEW THIS WEEK.
Guardians Sale.

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT BY VIRTUE
IN CT license OF the Gounty Court of Douglas
County, Oregon, made the 18th day of May, A. D..
1885, authorizing me to do will on Tuesday the
10Th Of june, 1885 between the hours Of 10 o'clock
and o'clock, T. NJ. of said day. on the said lands
ia Myrtle Creek precinct, Douglas county Orezo n,
offer for sale to the highest bidder for Cash the fol-
lowing described premises, TO wit: An undivided one
half interest in and to Lot mum bered one S of
/, and N e of K of Section 80, Tow nship % S
of West Of the Willamette meridian in Douglas
County, oregon, containing 152 and $500 acres Of
land. ALEX. MeCAKTY,
Guardian OF TIE Estate Of
Give oatman, nlino-.
By Lane & Lane,
his Attorneys.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-05-15
A Good Time.
DEER CREEK, May 8. 1885.

A(G1h OAsi-A-AAS u4oJ ~ 1oOOs
EDIToR REVIEW. In justice to my
friend Mr.. Henry White, Of Caiipooia,
I must let tie neighbors know what is
going on there. When | was over tc
AIr. Sampson SutIlerlin's after my
sheep I went with q surprise party to
IL c. Whites, and, with all the others.
spent ole of the most agreeable even
inss / ever enjoyed. The old violin
was on hand, aud the youngsters
ttipped the light fantastic till midnight
and then retired in good order witt
the best wishes for Mr.: aud Mrs
White. Ny thoughts will be OH that
party for many day,
G. w. GENaER.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-05-15

A GREAT DISCOVERY. The Coos Bay
News gives an account Of the machine made
by Pub, Fernly g uinslow, of Portland, for
the purpose of saving gold in black sand
mines. Il is described as very simple con-
tanning copper cylin.ler in which quicksil-
yer and chemicals are placed, the whole cast
ing less than SIS. One Of these machines is
now at work at Randolph and has got s23 per
ton from sand that by the old process yielded
only sl.50. Il this he the case, there vi | he
no end to the fortunes IN store Tor t.e lucky
inventors.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-05-15

RUYAwAY.- Saturday morning ch am
ragne's team at the depot was eft unatten-
ded while Mr.. crump was seeking passen-
gers When the other hack started, the
team went also and before they were caught
they had commenced to run. The haeF was
damaged some SO worth, one Of the horses
severely lained by a four inch splinter IN the
foot, and the porch over Harmon 4 Pilch-
forl's saloon demolished. Mr.. Chanf agne
hal just had his hack repainted and repaired
aud the loss is that much heavier. The horse
that was injured belongs to JOS. Cailon as
Mr.. Champagne's other horse wreDched its
shoulder some two weeks since aud is out
at pasture not improvng.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-05-15
Dram Items.

The few days past have been very
pleasant ones for onr village, owing
more especially to the arrival Of well
come showers of rain, which are hav-
ing splendid effect upon fields and
gardens. The average citizen.of Drain.
is cheerful or downcast in appearance
just as the crop prospect is good or
had Just now he is amazingly cheer
ful.
On Friday evening list the Drain
Lyceum held its regular meeting, and
an excellent programme WAS carried
ont. The next meeting will discuss
the question of .sFlee trade or tariff
for revenue only, as compared with
the protectsve system The former
will be ably supported by Hon. ]. G..
Drain and the lattsrby Judge Geodell.
On last Saturday evening the Good
Templars disbanded as such, and at
once reorganized under the name of
Guards of Honor. The rev orgapi-
cation is teetotal club, requiring an
abstinence pledge during membership
only, and has an entirely new ritual
and secret work, all of which are the
result of the labols. Of committee
consisting of DIR. Kuykerdall, II. M.
Gallwell, A. w. Hart and Prof. Ben
son. The Aew order has leased Cellers
Hall, and will meet regularly on Sat-
urday nights.
On Sunday morning and evening
Rev. T. I. Jcnes preached unusually
excellent sermons in the Academy
chapel to very large audiences. Bro
Jones has done grand work for his
church this year.
Rev. r. L. Shelley has also been
doing some good, earrest pastoral work
for the Christian Church, and the com.
munity ale beginning to appreciate his
fidelity to all good causes.
On Monday evening concert was
given ut the Acadeny chapel which is
conceded to have Leen the best ever
had in our town. Mrs. Short, of VIII
bur; Miss Holman, Of Portland; Miss
Benson, of Ccmstoel, and Mr.. Da-
Motta. of Rosebnre, with his guitar
very kindly assisted, and the enthus;-
asm with Which they were repeatedly
recalled proved the qualification of the
large audience.
Charley Stephens is putting the FIN
ishing touches on wha: is probably the
handsemest saddle in Douglas couaty
| IF you don't slink we have 4 frst-c,ass
saddler here conle and look at biz
work.
The Palmer SAW mill is running OF
full time and tuning out some goot
lumber Five. car leads We're sent L
.Roselrasg by Tuesdays freight.
Tie skating rink is still source o
enjayn ent To those who arc fond Of th'
risky exercise.
Mr. Merliman and his family lef
L
for their farm III Coos County on Mou
day. Oar best wishes go with them
The State Noinsl School is flour
ishing condition, aid will next yea
graduate ore CT mere students, VIII
! will receive the State educational di
| plonla provided for in the act cleatin!
the school.
/ If any Egyptian fortune teller want
to make fortune he should call on til
undersigned and obtain, gratis, SOM
"points" on the future prospects Of F
w K, j, G., Charley s., Bob G. AM
others. Of course / have no intention
/ of giving anything away,
CAsARALToN.