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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
Cooking in a Normal School.

At the next meeting of the board Of
public education, says The PhsiGdel-
phia Ledger, a plan will probably be
reported by q committee, and pressed
for final action, for the introduction of
cooking as one of the branches of
study in the girls normal school. 1t
has been found and SO stated in the
official reports to the board that the
time given to sewing in that school,
which was taken from the time for
merly devoted to other studies, has
not lowered the standard In those
studies. and that, on the contrary. the
change of employment has reacted
beneicially upon them. Prof. George
w. Fetter, principal Of tho normal
school, is of the opinion that cooking
may be added by slightly modifying
the curriculum, with results equally
advantageous to the school. Prof.
Fetter considers ,that two or three
hours q week, after the actual instruc-
ton in cooking begins, will be sufi-
cient time to devote to this subject.
He thinks that the expense Of such q
school would amount only to the pay
of a teacher and to the outlay for the
necessary fixtures, as there are four or
five rooms with ranges, exit upon the
street, etc, in the basement, which
are not used as class rooms, and
which are admirably adapted to this
purpose; and he says, as the food can
be readily disposed of at cost to the
large number of girls who attend the
school and who would no doubt pre-
fer those well-prepared hot meals to
the cold lunches which they now
bring with them. This consumption
of food Is not opened to the objection
raised by all educators to production
as an end in industrial education.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
Average Annual Cost Of Living

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
How many persons have even Q rough
idea Of the average sum upon which by
far the larger part Of the citizens of the
United States are fed, clothed and
housed? Arecent statistician estimates
that so per cent. of the population Of
this country is supported by from 45 to
80 cents per capita q day. At the lat
ter figure this makes $164.25 as the
average annual cost of living; but, as BY
average we mean the balance between
extremes, there must be many persons
who have not even this sum to live up
on. That so cents q day is q generous
estimate will be admitted when it is re-
membered that many mill operatives
earn only from IS to 81 q week, and that
the wages OF farm hands run from $50
10 $50 q month, and that on these sums
several persons are often supported.
When it is remembered, too, that some
other human beings have a yearly in
come equal to what is necessary for the
subsistence Of 500 or 1000 of these
~aayeragep mortals, the startling con-
trast between the extremes OF our mod
ern society must be most evident.
EN
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
The Tyrant. Habit.

The Emperor William is a man OF
exceedingly economical habits, land
the study lamp on his workable is a
simple oil lamp of a pattern such as
since the Introduction of petroleum
lamps can hardly be met with on the
table of the humblest citizen of Berlin.
But it was not economy that accounts
for the fact, SO much as the difficulty
which an old man has in changing a
habit. The explanation is given by
TIE British american Register.
The Emperor has for years been ac-
customed to screw down the wick
whenever he ceases writing or reading
or leaves the room. When the petrO-
leum lamps finally came into general
use, the Emperor's valet, Krause,
brought one and put it on the work
table.
True TO his habit, his imperial mas
ter screwed down the wick on leaving
off writing; and, as a matter of course,
the room was soon filled with an in
supportable smoke, which greatly af-
fected the nose and eyes Of the mon.
arch, and necessitated the opening OF
doors and windows.
Krause finally volunteered the re-
mark: mo, your Majesty, that sort
of lamp will not suit.
"But what are we to do, Krausep
Had we better get our oil lamp back
again? You know my eyes are weaker,
and require a brighter light
swell, your Majesty, we can have a
new lamp made with an extra large
burner, SO as to do away with petro-
leum altogether"
'aQuite right, Krause; let us try t."
And Krause got q lamp of the old
pattern, had the burner enlarged to an
almost colossal size, a green glass
shade added to 1t, and to this day the
new lamp, defying all innovations,
asserts its place of honor on the work
table of the most diligent of all mon
archs.- Youths Companion.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
False Prophets in Egypt.

London letter to Toronto Globe:
1t is related that when the prophet
Mahommed lay dying an angel APP
peared to him with the cheering in
telligence of the assassination Of his
rival and enemy Aihala, called Al As
wad, and that upon the founder of
Islam predicted that, ere the day Of
Judgment, the world would be trou-
blcd by thirty other impostors, and
that not until after the rising and set
ting of all these should the true Mahdi
proclaim himself. Since that day SO
many ~pretenders have arisen that
Mahommed Ahmed, of the Soudan,
may reasonably assert that the field
is by this time open, and that the pro-
phecy rather supports than opposes
his declaration that he is indeed the
man who is to lead the whole uui-
verse to a knowledge of the teachings
of Islam and whose enemies shall, in
the near future. be east from the mar
row bridge al Sirat, into the bottom
less pit.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15

friends and of incidents in scenes dea,
10 the Princess. Trophies of the chase
10 india, tiger tusks, skins, ETC.. abound.
and many relics, if so they may be
called, and Egyptian and Hindoo antiq-
nItles, meet the eye in room after room.
Inc mode of life at Sandringham is full
OF healthy enjoyment. House time is
nall an hour earlier tnan that of Green
wlch, so that the 800 breakfast is real
~ at y, the 2 o'clock is at 1870; and s
o'clock at 7:30. There are farms to be
visited, stock to be scrutinized and poked
In the ribs, and sheep to be criticised
for off days. The stables and kennels
are full OF interest, and there are de-
Iighttul drives. $50 The amount of
correspondence to be carried on at San
drlngham, Marlborough House, Os-
borne Cottage, or wherever the Prince
may be, is, as Sir Dighton Probyn, Mr..
Francis Knollys and the Eauerry in
Waiting for the time being well know,
colossal In magnitude and extraordina-
r1ly various in its nature, and it would
tax patience and credulity to give an ac-
count OF the contents, in all languages,
OF some OF his letter bags. The Prince
may say. "Princeps sum, at non supra
grammaticam." He is a favorite mark
for begging letter writer's and inventors
and wonderful pains and trouble must
be taken by his secretaries in sitting
the wheat from the chaff and
In getting at the truth OF the
stories of the applicants for his boun-
teous assistance. Needless to say, he
is also assailed by the ignoble, malicious
or silly people who write anonymously,
and by the crack Drained prophets"
dealing in menaces of death and of eter-
nal destruction on various theological or
political bases, who with the writers OF.
threatening letters, form a very consid-
cradle legion.
There are very few men in England
who a make as good a speech as the
Prince OF Wales. His voice is singular
" far reaching, clear, pleasant, and his
delivery is simple and dignifed. But
1T must not be supposed that the ease
and huency which now characterize his
public discourses were attained without
trouble, Dr. that the Prince is one of the
mob of gentlemen who speak at ease"
and have very little to say worth listen
ing to. At first, when he had to address
an audience-and it fell to his lot to be-
gin speech-making whilst he was very
young indeed-he spoke with some hest
~tation, and he gave his audience the
idea of one who would be very glad
when he could sit down but by persist.
ent practice. stimulated by the certainty
that he must look forward to constant
calls upon him, and animated by a high
sense of duty, the Prince overcame the
difficulties which beset most young ora
tors aggravated in his case by the con.
seriousness that every word he uttered
would be eagerly weighed and record
ed. He has acquired a command Of
language and q felicity of expression
which commend his matter to the most
critical, whilst it is at the same time
iudicious in substance aud much to the
point. -
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
The Peculiar People Now IN Wash.
ington.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
The aping Of foreign aristocratic fash
ions has Turned night into day in Wash
ington, and diverted the hours that
should be devoted to sleep, to parties,
balls and all sorts of social dissipation
especially attractive to the would-be
a~ristocratic class which shoddy wealth
and what the Tribune naively calls
never neglected Opportunities" have
drawn TO Washington IL the past few
years. There has been q special effort
to give Washington a social distinction
as a desirable place of residence, at all
events during the Congressional session,
for the select self elected classes which
can pay enormous rents for fine houses,
or buy lots and build palaces for them
selves, and who can live in q city where
questions of precedence" are definitely
settled, and where there are "Mrs. Gen.
erals" and @Mrs. Minister'S" with an
all-night-long parade of carriages, coach
men, fummery, footmen, %crests, coats
of Grms, low neck and back dressing,
late suppers and all the accompani-
ments of late hours. These induce
ments have Own to Washington the
peculiar people that are able to pay for
all this snobbery and who have the as
surance to assert their supposed super
iority 10 the ay-laboring, money earn
ing democratic people.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
shutting.

A High School girl in a West End
car. yesterday afternoon, took q fat
oxidized silver box from her handbag,
carefully removed the cover, pinched
a few grains of snuff-colored powder
on the pink tips of her dainty fingers,
and pushed it up hcr nostrils with O
dexterens grace that confirmed snuff
taker would have envied. Half a
dozen passengers stared at her In
amazement. She smiled placidly,
brushed off her upper lip with a lace
handkerchief, and remarked to her
companion;
"Oh, I've such a cold"
s.So've l." was the meek response.
OFF came the cover again, the silver
box was passed over as q man hands
out q paper of tobacco and another
pinch Of the brown powder vanished
up another charming little nose. Both
girls sneezed once, very mildly, and
got off the car.
A fashionable jeweller said: .sWe
have frequent calls for snuff-boxes,
silver and gold ones, from young men
as well as young women. It is simply
what you might call a motion" j
can't say whether anything is put in
the boxes, but / do know that young
people buy them and carry them"
Al druggist said: Oh, no; it wasn't
snuff. The girls have an idea that it
is fashionabl to carry those boxes, and
naturally enough they wan. something
to put in them, Genuine fermented
tobacco snuff would make them sick.
We mix them up harmless COM
pound, perfumed like sachet powder,
put in a little pearlash to keep it
damp. and just enough Scotch yellow
to tickle them o little and make them
sneeze. When a girl puts m of those
boxes on the counter and says thar
she wants something to clear a cold ] n
the head. we know what she means.h
Nashville american.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
In q reading Room

/ suppose there is an immense
amount of misery ia some lives. There
is some in all. The other day. early
in the morning, o friend of mine went
into the reading-room of the free Ii
brary to look at a payer. 1t was on.
gagged. He went back to work, and
worked on until lunch time, when he
walked into the library once more.
The same man sat there read
ing the same paper. He thought
it was curious, but he did
not disturb him. He went in again at
3 o'clock. The same man sat in the
same place reading the same paper.
He walked up behind him and took a
look. The paper was upside down.
There is a chance for speculation over
what condition that mans mind was
in. The successful man of business
would naturally say that he was lazy
and lacked energy, and would despise
him. 1t is so easy 20 believe because
you make money easily, everybody
ought to be able to do it. / am q be-
lever in luck. / have seen q great
many men whose abilities were far be-
yond the average, whose energy was
unceasing, struggle, and fight, and
work, and-fall. l have seen men in
seedy clothes, poor and hungry, starv-
ing half the time, upon whom their
successful fellows looked with CON
tempt, who were purely the victims of
bad luck. They are men who never
complain. If you meet a man who
whines over his condition and his luck
you may set him down as entirely at
fault himself. But the charity of this
world takes no account of tempera-
ment, of physical conditions, or of
mental eccentricities. Some people
are broken all to pieces by shocks that
would hardly affect others. Some peo-
pie will break where others only bend.
There are good Samiritans to-day, as 2,
900 years ago, but the good Samaritians
of this age are very apt to pick up the
wrong man, and there are many lying
by the wayside.
Who is to say what misery this man
who sat for seven hours with the paper
upside down was enduring9 Who can
say what he was thinking about-how
many accusations he was making
against himself-how grateful ne was
even for the convenience that reading
room afforded him to be quiet and hid
den? There are many men wandering
through San Francisco. They are
kicked from bar-room to bar-room;
they are driven from post to pillar.
They are called bummers and loafers.
Many of them have gone too far to be
drawn back to responsibility. But
somehow the worst of them can offer
some excuse for his downfall. A wise
dispensation of Providence has dead
ened their sense of shame and made
them forget the life of brightness, Of
manhood, they once led. And nobody
is SO hard on them as those VINO helped
them to their ruin-nobody SO kind to
them as those who have endured pow
erty and hunger themselves. San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
From that day there was no insubor

From that day there was no insubor-
dination en- board that ship, and on
more than one occasion when any one
of the men in the watch was suspected
of a desire to skulk some OF his mess.
mates were overheard saying, You'd
better look out; the 'old man will put
you to bed.n
1t was an experiment that acted adj
mirably, and was always a source of
great satisfaction to Capt. Hollins, as
it proved to him that men could be
governed by other means than fog
ging. On another occasion, when Hol-
Inns went on board to take command
of another ship, and while being shown
around, he saw a mysterious-looking
concern, and said: whats this!'
"A sweat-box."
"a whatpn he asked. "a sweat
boxP Open the door" He looked in,
perhaps got in, and then said: '.Call
the carpenter The carpenter came.
KNOCK that thing down and throw it
overheard" said he. 1t was done at
once. s'Jack" was looking on, and
the incident had its effect on those
hardy, brave, and often ill-used sons
of Neptune, for there was little or no
trouble on that cruise. Doubtless
Capt. Farquhar's suggestions will have
most excellent effects If carried out,
for, as he says, the men must be edu.
Gated and trained, and, if this is done,
success will be the result.-BGLtimoTt
SIN.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-15
A Dakota Town.

"We've got a beautiful town. said
a Dakota man at the Palmer house.
Eighteen months ago it was a bare
prairie. Now we have 1000 popula-
ton, forty stores. seventeen saloons
elegant, some of them-an opera
house, four variety shows, eight beer
gardens, thirteen hotels, two brewe-
ries and a stock for another one all
sold, a dime museum, three gambling
houses. a distillery, a paid police force,
and two steam fire engines"
.sHow many churches and schoolsP"
.sOh, yes; and they're talking about
building a church and a school. CHI
cago Herald. "a
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-19
The sIorlnons Want 20 Sell Out.

There are indications that the opera
tions OF the Edmunds bill with refer
ence TO polygamy has had an unexpect-
ed effect upon the leaders Of the Mormon
Church. The control of that church is
vested in the President and his twelve
apostles. 1t has been generally sup
posed that they hold a vast amount Of
property for the church. The amount,
however, appears TO be comparatively
limited, and under pressure Of the Ed.
munds bill they have been impclled to
make proffer Of the sale Of all their
principal possessions to n syndicate Of
eastern capitalists, with the intention
Of emigrating to Mexico, and taking
with them such Of their followers as can
be induced 70 leave Utah. The propo-
sltion has been laid before several large
eastern capitalists, who have been In
yited to consider It purely from busi-
ness standpoint. The agent In the mat
ter Is John w. Young, a son Of Brigham
Young by his first wife. Young was
one Of the contractors for the building
Of the Union Pacific road and Is sharp
business man. lie has been In New
York for two or three months on this
mission and has one Of his wives with
him.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-19

A French physician gives long dis
sertation on the advantages OF groaning
ard crying In general, and especially
during surgical operations. lie con-
tends that groaning and crying are two
grand operations by which nature aIlays
anguish; that those patients who give
way to their natural feelings more
speedily recover from accidents and op-
erations than those who suppose II un-
worthy In man to betray such symp-
toms Of cOwardice as either to groan or
cry. lie tells Of man who reduced his
pulse from l2G TO 60 In the course Of
few hours by giving full vent TO his
emotions. II people are at all unhappy
about anything, let them 20 Into their
rooms and comfort themselves with
loud boo boo, and they will feel 100 per
cent. better afterw ward. In accordance
with the above, tie crying Of children
should not be too greatly discouraged.
What Is natural 10 nearly always useful,
and nothing can be more natural than
the crying when anything occurs 10
give them either physica. or mental
pain.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-19
NEW VOL. 2O-NO. AZ.


A young man, who had formed an at
tachment for young lady, went to her
fathers house TO ask his consent TO their
union. The old gentleman, who was
terribly deaf, was standing on the door
step as his daughters lover approached.
The front door commanded view of
meadow in which COW was feeding,
and while Mr.. c. was looking In that
direction the youthful lover, whose
heart was overhowing with emotion,
commenced the task he came to per.
form.
81 am acquainted with your dsugh-
ter" he said, in loud tone.
''She is fine beast" remarked the
old gentleman, looking at the COW.
"Your daughter" screamed the
young man. 81 have the honor to be
well acquainted with her."
"She Is noble ANIMAL" was the
quiet response.
plague the old COW !" said the young
man, in whisper. 81 wish she was
out Of sight.
81 was speaking about your amiablc
and accomplished daughter"
"She is very kind, indeed; never
breaks down the fences; never kicks
over the pail; never strays away like
the other brutes have"
lnnft ma. I
was speaking of your daughter at board
ing. school"
mo, never put board on her face;
she never does any mischief at ALL"
Your daughter !" shouted tho young
man, frantic with excitement.
"Did you say ought tor"
"No, sir! was speaking Of your
daughter, the young lady away from
home"
"oh, yes; have plenty Of room, but
think she is too old to keep much
longer. To tell the truth have made
up my mind to shut her up In the stable
and feed her on chop stuff for few
weeks"
"Great heavens !" remarked the young
man TO himself. "What shall | doY
This deafness will be the death OF me.
| will try once more, and If this effort
fails will resort 10 pencil and paper.
al should like to say word or two to
you respecting your daughter"
81 shall let the butcher have her by
and by-if he will give my price" said
the old man, with emphasis.
AS last resort the young man used
his pencil and paper-showed his letters
of introduction, Handsomely endorsed
by men whose opinion was good author
! ity on the delicate question on the ta-
pls. After little cross-questionlng and
little hesitation the old gentleman
gave his consent, and when the parties
were married he declared II was the best
haul he had made In all his life.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-19


The Beetle and the Grassbopper met
by Accident one day on the bank OF
Pond, aud each at once Assumed I'm
portant Airs.
"I am Jumper from Jumpersville
called the Grasshopper.
"But / have twice your Strenthw
growled the Beetle.
"I have received Column after Col
umn Of Press Notices."
Sand Scientific men have Declared
that / ought to have been Humming
Bird!"
They Continued to Chatter and Boast
until they got mad, grsppled with each
other, and Rolled into the Pond 70 BE-
snapped up by the Fish.
Moral: Really" said the Fish, ~
he Chewed away at the Bones, ''there
is very little Difference between Dead
Folks.~
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-19
AYERS
Cherry PeCtoral

Is not a new claimant for popular conf
dence, but medicine which Is to-day
saving the lives of the third generation
who have come into being since 1t was
first offered to the public.
There is not household in which this
invaluable remedy has once been in
troduced where its use has ever been
abandoned, and there is not person
who has ever given it a proper trial
for any throat or lung disease suscep-
tible Of cure, who has not been made
well by it.
AYERS CHERRY PECTORAL has,
IN nunnberless instances, cured obstinate
cases of chronic Bronchitis, Larnygitis,
and even acute Pneumonia, and has
saved many patients in the earlier stages
of Pulmonary Consumption. 1t Is
medicine that only requires TO be taken IN
small doses, is pleasant to the taste, and Is
needed in every house where there are
children, as there is nothing so goou aS
AYERS CHERRY PECTORALf for treat
ment of Group and Whooping Cough
These are all plain facts, which can be
verified by anybody, and should be re-
membered by everybody.
Ayers Cherry PeCtoral
PREPARED BY
DR.. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all druggists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-19
ASafeguard.

The fatal rapidlty with when silSlf
Colds and Coughs frequently develop
into the grayest maladies Of the thro&i.
and lungs, is consideration which should
impel every prudent person to keep II,
hand, as a household remedy, q bottle OF
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL.
Nothing else gives such immediate relief
and works so sure cure in all affections
OF this class. That eminent physician,
Prof. F. Sweetzer, Of the Maine Medical
School, Brunswick, Me-, SAYS
"Medical science has produced no other Hno.
dyne eIpectorant so good as AYERS CHERRY
PEcToRAL. Ii is invaluable for diseases Of the
throat and lungs"
The same opinion is expressed by the
well-hnown DR.. L.J. Addison, Of Chicago,
Ill.,, who says
"I have never found, in thirty.fve years Of
continuous study and practice Of medicine, any
preparation Of so great value as AYERS CHERRY
PRcToRAL, for treatment OF diseases ot inc
throat and lungs. 1t not only breaks up coiHs
and cures severe coughs, but 10 more effective
than anything else in relieving even the most
serious bronchial and pulmonary affections.