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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12

! active and agile as he really is. rbo.
he can outrun q fleet horse seems ;a
credible enough, but it is even man,
wonderful that he can vie in uuicknopee
of movement with the muscular tinos
One of a party of hunters in ln@d;.
left CAMP n evening, intending ia
shoot one Of the peacocks which wcro
heard screaming in their discordsn,
way not very far from camp. He knew
from experience that he might find y
tiger in the ncighborhood, though nn
to that time no traces of that animarI
had been seen. But the tiger is so fond
of peacock that experienced hunters
always go cautiously to shoot the birds
In this case the caution was wise. fo,
when neal the spot where the bird,
were the hunter just saved himself from
stumbling on a large tiger, which fort.
unatclv was SO much taken up with
stealing upon the birds that it did
not notice the man. The Latter
anticipating some interesting sporl.
watched the tiger nov stealthilv
through the undcrbrush and come
upon the noisy birds. Whoever
has seen an ordinary cat crouch and
spring can comprehend what the hun
ter saw. The spring was unsuccessful.
however; and, as is its custom, the
tiger, as if ashamed of its failure, was
sinking away, when there came the
noise OF crashing undcrbrush, and the
graceful creature crouched closely to
the ground.
The noise, as the hunter had at once
suspected, was caused by the approach
of a herd of elephants. Again he wait
cd silently for further developments.
The huge creatures made their way
straight toward the clearing where the
peacocks had been feeding on the grain
which grew there. At the head of the
herd gambolcd a baby elephant. I'm
conscious of the presence of the tiger,
the little creature was almost upon it,
when the great cat. as if unable to re-
slst the temptation, darted toward it.
Like magic the whole herd responded
to the shril cry of the mother, and the
leader of the herd charged to the res
cue. /
The tiger seemed willing to retreat,
but that the leader would not permit;
and then began a fierce combat. in
which the tiger with all its agility
strove to take the elephant anywhere
but in front. TO avoid this, the ele-
plant moved about with astonishing
celebrity, and finally with aquick plunge
caught the tiger under its pondcrous
foot, and with one terrible thrust
pierced it with its tusks. Is not the
elephant the real kingp-ohn X. Cor.
well, in st. Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
THE SAFES WERE EMPTY.
Mysterious Disappearance of $4,000
Worth OF Jewelry.

Worth OF Jewelry.
New York, Feb. 27.-When the iewelry
firm OF Kossuth, Marx & Co. failed on Sep
TENDER 5, 1885, after one years existence,
it had liabilities OF S631 900 and assets Of
$4,000. The young partners made Julius
Lippman, a lawyer, their assignee. Their
creditors got out attachments and gave
bonds to indemnify SheriffDavidson. Under
Sheriff Aarons went to the office OF the
firm, and instead OF levying on som $40
900 worth OF diamonds thatwerc there he
seized a lot of miscellaneous jewclrv OF
much less value. This he valued at S47,-
OOO. 1t was contained in five large safes.
The creditors made repeated requests to be
allowed to see the property, but this was
always refused. Aarons was removed soon
after January l, and Judge Barrett APP
pointed Ed. Shelley as custodian. Shelley
asked the assignee to open the safes SO
that he could get the property which
Aarons said was in them. The assigneere-
fused to comply, and Shelley had four OF
them forced ON Thursday. He found
nothing in them. They were engaged
on the fifth when they were
stayed by an injunction. Judge Barrett
dissolved the injunction yesterday, and
Shelley went to work again on the
fifth safe. The lock was broken and the
outer doors opened. Every drawer and
compartment was empty, and nothing re-
manned OF the S47,O worth OF jewelry,
and over this Aarons had been keeping
guard for some weeks. 1t is said the jew
elry was in the safes as late as February l.
The creditors have no redress against
Sheriff Davidson, as his bondsmen have
already paid in the full amount OF their
liability in other cases.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12

tut Little Machinery Used in Their Manu-
facture.
Probably there is no article of table
or of other household use in the pro-
duction Of which so little OF machine
working is employed. Almost all the
work on solid silver spoons is hand
work; the exceptions are the rolling
of the ingot into plates, and the pro-
duction of spoons with oinamcntation
in relief, which is produced by recessed
patterns on the rolls. .
The material for spoons is coin silver
obtained from the Government minis
in ingots, or from trade for old silver,
or from the use Of current coin. This
is melted over a charcoal fire in plum
bago crucibles to a certain heat, known
to the adept by the appearance of the
surface of the molten metal; it is
poured into cast-iron molds, forming
bars of about seventy ounces each.
These bars are heated over a forge
! fire Of charcoal and worked on the
anvil by hammer and sledge, precisely
as iron or steel is worked, or are rolled
into plates or ribbons. Occasional M
nealings are necessary to prevent
cracking.
The ribbon for the ordinary teaspoon
is four and a half inches long by three
| eighths of an inch wide. When rolled,
u blank of two and a quarter inches is
heightened to four and a half inches,
to thin it down to spoon thickness. Be-
fore rolling OF hammering, silver is
very nearly as soft as lead; but with
these mechanical processes it can be
made hard and rigid. Good springs can
be made of silver hammered or rolled.
To form the bowl of the teaspoon.
the bar, Of threereighths of an inch
wide and less than three %thirty-sec-
ondths Of an inch thick, is hammered
flat on an anvil with a browning face
! until the workman has spread it into
an oval, which is much thinner in the
middle than at the edges, as the edges
arc to receive the bulk of the wear.
The handles are formed also by the
hammer.
The curvature of the bowl is pro-
duced by repeated cooking" blows by
a steel punch and q die Of east compo-
sition of lead and tin. No tile-dressing
is employed on the faces of the spoon;
only the edges are tile-dressed to form.
From the anvil and the die the spoons
come to hand-smoothing with Scotch
gray stones and polishing by stiff
brushes, generally revolving brushes
charged with ''grits" and oil. Burnish-
ing is the finish Of spoons as of all
all bright silver goods.-Pdnsy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
THE QUEEN WARNED.
A Leading London journal Speaks Plainly
About Her Majcsty's Secluded Manner OF
Tjfa

"a SkDuA oAAN& uOAAa A&1A otSN \ AAAAAJ
About Her Majcsty's Secluded Manner OF
Life.
LONDON, March Queen Victoria is rap
idly becoming q ommon topic Of discus
sion here. An extraordinary editorial in
the Standard Friday has made a sensa-
ton. 1t said:
1t is time to s%aypublicly whatevcrybody has
been saying privately for many years. that
the Queen and the country over which she
separation can not be continued much longer
without serious and lasting injury both to the
throne and the community. There is nc room
in the English constitution for II sovereign
who lives IN almost complete seclusion.
1t will be remembered that the STANDARD
is the organ OF all that is most conserva-
tive and loyal. The evening papers fol-
lowed suit. Then at night in Parliament
great feeling was displayed about the hiss
ing OF the toast to the Queen on Wednes-
day. The reaso for this is perfectly well
known. The working classes throughout the
country consider thatthe Queen has treated
Gladstone on several occasions recently
with a distinct personal slight. 1t is this
they resent. Saturday the Queen had a.
very cordial reception at Albert Hall. 1t
is ten years exactly since she attended IL
similar concert there. 1t is safe to
prophcsy that the people will see rather
| more OF her after this little excitement.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
Work of CONGRESS-.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Has been here
now almost three months, and the Presi-
dent has had the privilege OF a~ffixing his
signature to just three bills, which it has
passed and sent him to become laws. Three
bills in three months work. Congress costs
the people pretty nearly S 5000, 900 a year
or about $4,000 an llour for the time it is
actually in session, and yet in three
months it has managed to pass just three
bills. One OF these is merely i, perfunctory
piece OF work; the passage OF the War
claims bill merely ~appropriates fixed
sums to pay the allowances made by the
Quartermaster's Department, and a couple
of semi-private measures. What it has
failed in the passage Of bills it has, how
ever, made up in introduction OF them, for
the number introduced in the House and
Senate now reaches over 1000.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
IN ABJEcT

The italian Pndrone System Increasing IN
Americn-Eighty Thousand Sons and
Daughters of Sunny Italy Little Better
Than Serts-Serious Charges Against
Constitutes in Various Cities.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Senor =. c. Nor
emo appeared before the House Committee
on Labor yesterday morning and ex-
planned ut some length the system OF ltal.
ian slavery common in America, and
known as the padrone system. Tho
traffic, he said, began in 1869, when
Ferdinand DE Luca was Consul-General
OF Italy in New York, and ever since
that tine the italian consulates in New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago,
Denver and San Francisco had been the
principal headquarters OF the padrones
and their accompliccs. He denounced
Senior Cont and Crestalli, employees OF
the italian Consulate in New York, as
among the %evil-doers. Among the other
padrone headquarters in New York which
he named were these: Office OF Banker
Angelo Bertolino; the office OF the Eco
d'Itaha, the organ OF the padrone; the
office OF Banker Don Bcniainino and the
Metropolitan Museum in Central Park.
He asserted that Joseph Vadeosio, night
Waterman at the museum, vas as nc
STYLED it, the "absolute boss OF the sell
styled Count, General di C%esnola." Va
dcosio, he said, possessed secrets OF Ccsno.
la, by means of which he ruled him, and
Cesnola was himself largely interested in
the padrone trade. Senior Moreno said the
evil-doers had never been known before,
and he proposed to make a clean exposure
OF them.
These padroncs and their accomplices,
| Senior Moreno said, were most OF them
Italian fugitives who had either broken
Jail or run away for fear OF arrest.
These men held in abject slavery
eighty thousand men, women and children
and grew rich, fat and lazy on the
sweat and blood OF the unfortunates. He
said he had been inlploring the knights OF
Labor and the American people generally
since 1871 to stop this terrible and nefari-
Gus traffic, and thought Congress should
now act. lie paid a tribute to the sober
ness and worth OF italian laborers, but
said they would always be an element to
make trouble until slavery was abolished.
The speaker had with him an Italian who
said he was Il slave subject.
The Labor Committee has now before it
a bill introduced by Mr.. Caldwell (Tenn. }
intended to break up this traffic.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
A Neat swindlc Well Worked.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The Fish Com.
mission is informed that certain persons
i'll Columbus, o., are %swindling farmers by
inducing them to send one dollar to Column
bus for u book on fish culture and a GER
tain amount OF live carp. On receipt OF
the dollar the swindlers send their
victims a public document relating to fish
culture and an application for the carp ad.
dressed to the Fish Commission When
this has been filled out and returned to the
sharpers they forward it to the Ohio Con.
gressmen, who, surprising that it has come
direct from the constituent applying for
the fish, takes it to the Fish Commission
and has it filled.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
INDIGNANTLY DENIED.

The Charge That Thousands of Italians
are Held in bondage in the United States
Pronounced False by Consuls at New
York and Chicago.
New York, March Francesca Zano-
lini, one OF the proprietors OF the Eco
dItalia, said that there was not a word OF
truth in Morcno's charges before the La-
Dor Committee in Washington Friday.
Moreno was known as an agitator, and
had at different times, he said, assailed al
most all the prominent Italians in the
country, including the Minister at WASH
ington and the Consul in this city, utterly
without foundation in both cases. There
had been cheap italian contract labor, MIR.
Zanolini said, but nothing at all like Mo-
reno's characterization OF it, the laborers
being always free to do as they chose i'll the
disposition OF their services, despite con-
tracts binding them to cheap service. Mr..
Zanolini said Moreno had long had a fam
cicd grievance against the Eco dItalia,
growing out of Il personal gludge against
the former owner, Mr.. Casali, but that the
paper had always strongly advocated the
elevation OF Italian labor, never its debase-
ment. He said that the other persons as
sailed by Moreno stood well among the ltal-
ians and were innocent equally with himself
OF these wild charges.
CHICAGO, March IA reporter called on
the Italian Consul at his rooms,' No. G69
South Halstcd street, and informed him OF
the accusation made that lie was one OF the
principal c~onspirators engaged in the ne
iarious padrone business. He expressed
great astonishmcnt that such n charge
should be made and ~strenuously de-
| MED that he had ever had any thing
to do with that species OF cruelty and in
justice even in thought. He knew, he said,
Sig. Celso Cnsar Moreno only by report.
and that was not favorable to him.
Moreno, some time ago, he said, stated that
there were over three thousand Italian
children in this city who were the victims
OF cruel padroncs; but thatstatcmcnt, said
the Consul. was plainly untrue. There
were not, altogether, that number Of ltal'
ian children in Chicago, he supposed, and
was confident there were not thirty the
slaves of padrones.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
The REAL KING.
The Elephant Justly Entitled to This
Proud Distinction.

The Elephant Justly Entitled to This
Proud Distinction.
The lion is called the king of beasts;
but after all, he is rather a sneaking
sort of fellow, and not what we have a
right to expect a monarch to be. He
is very strong, and when he must fight,
does SO tiercely; but as he is not any
more powerful than the tiger, and is
not even as good a fighter, he ought to
take rank next to that first cousin of
his.
But eve the tiger is not entitled to
the first place, for he is not by any
means the master o thc brute creation.
If any animal can be said to hold that
place, it is certainly the elephant.
Only, the elephant, not being a flesh
eater, very seldom has trouble with his
comrades of the forests, and conse-
quently has no reputation as a fighter.
And yet he a fight, even in captivity,
as was seen only a few weeks ago,
when in the winter quarters of a men
ageric at misunderstanding to the
newspapers-an enraged lion, escaping
from his broken cage, dashed madly
upon a great elephant, only to be
crushed to death by the powerful beast
which he had dared to attack.
All animals, indeed, respect the ele-
plant and give him a wide birth. Once
III a while, a rbinoceros will lose his
wits and go tearing through the Jungle,
regardless Of consequences, and he
might then attack even an elephant,
AS a rule, the result is very disastrous
to the r~hinoceros, which is quite likely
to discover that his horn is no match for
the two shining white tusks of the ele-
plant.
When used by man for hunting the
tiger, the elephant will frequently dis
play the most abject fear, should the
tiger suddenly spring up in his path;
and this fact has led to the belief that
the elephant has a natural fear of the
tiger. The truth is, the tanned elephant
has been taught to so bend his will to
his human masters that he has lost his
ability to act upon his own impulse,
and, moreover, is so hampered by his
crowded howdah, and his other trap
pings, that lie has not full liberty Of
action.
Stories without number are told by
hunters of combats witnessed in the
Jungle between elephants and other
animals, and all 60 to show the pro-
alglous strength and activity of the
ause creatures. Strength, of course.
me elephant would be expected 20 have
out it is hard to comprehend how SO
Onsainly-looling u creature can be 80
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
GONE TO SCHOOL.

Where is our merry-ncarted oaby9
How strange the silence seemsi
Whore is helm the and OF mischief,
Or in the land of drea.ns?
Tying the reins of patient tovcr!
CoaXing puss with Il spool!
All, me! how slowly VIC remember:
baby has gone to school.
Here ut home he began his letters,
Finished with X, y, y,
And conquered the multiplication taple
AS far as the three times three
Then papa laughed, and suggested shyly:
Mamma forgets one rule.
Babies must learn to be more than Daples'
And SO they must go to school
Well we recall the September morning.
When Our sturdy, little maA
Kissed us goodbye, in the pleasant sun
shine,
And the growing-up began.
Looking back, he chcerily shouted,
AS We watched from the doorway cool:
"Good-bye 1olkses. III colnc and see you
By'm'Ly, after school"
Many a tale he finds to tell us,
Mingled i'll smiles and tears.
Brnvely his heart goes out to the future,
Untouched BY doubts and fears.
Net we lnow life holds harder lessons
Than thot e from book or tool.
All, time! deal gently with us and baby,
, Till VIC all are home from school.
Leslie Waite, IN Chicago 4uCdncc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
A BLOW AT POLYGAMY.
synopsis of a Stringent Bill for the Sup
preston of Mormonism to BE Introduced

Synopsis of ii Stringent Bill for the Sup
preston of Mormonism to he
In the House.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-Mr. Woodburn
(Nev.) will introduce in the House-day n
stringent anti-polygamy bill. 1t disfran-
chises and renders incapable OF holding
office under the Government, or in, under,
or for any Territory, or OF settling upon
public land, amy person who directly or in
directly advises or encourages unlawful
cohabitation, and any person who belongs
to any organization or association chat
directly or indirectly advises or counte-
nances unlawful c~ohabitation. 1t also de-
prives any such person of the right to sit
on %juries. The bill further provides that
any person challenged under the bill
at the polls, and every person
elected or appointed to office
i'll, under, or for any Territory, or who
shall seek to acquire title to public land.
shall subscribe to an oath prescribed in the
bill purging himself or herself OF the things
prohibited by the bill. Ii, in taking this
oath, such person swear falsely, the bill
makes him liable to a fine of not more
than one thousand dollars and imprison-
ment for from six months to fourteen
years. inclusive.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
A USEFUL FISH.
The Carp and Its Marvellous Ada lation
to Environment.

Some amphibious habits on the part
Of certain tropical fish arc easy enough
to explain by the fashionable clue OF
''adaptation to environment" Ponds
are always very likely to dry up, and
so the animals that frequent ponds are
usually capable OF bearing a very long
deprivation Of water. Indeed, our ev-
olutionists generally hold that land
animals have in every case sprung from
pond animals which have gradually
adapted thcmsclvesto do without water
altogether. Life, accordingto this theo-
ry,. began in the ocean,, spread up the
estuaries into the greaterrivers, thence
extended to the brooks and lakes, and
finally migrated to the ponds, puddles,
swamps and marshes, whence it took
at last, by tentative degrees, to the
solid shore, the plains and the mount
aims. Certainly the tenacity of life
shown by pond ANIMALS is very re.
markable. English carp bury them
selves deeply in the mud in winter,
and there remain in u dormant condi-
ton many months entirely without
food. During this long hybernating
period they can be preserved alive for
a considerable time out of water, es-
pecially if their g1lls are, from time to
time, slightly moistencd. They may
then be sent to any address, by par
GELS post, packed in wet moss, without
serious damage to their constitution;
though, according to DR.. G%unther,
these dissipated products of c%iviliza-
ton prefer to have a piece of bread
stepped in brandy put into their
mouths to sustain them beforehand.
In Holland, where the carp are not so
sophisticated, they are often kept the
whole winter, being hung up in a net
to keep them from freezing. Atfirst they
require to be Slightly wcttcd from time
to time, just to acclimatize them grad
ually to SO dry an existence; but after
awhile they adapt themselves cheer
fully to their altered circumstances,
and feed on an occasional frugal meal
OF bread and milk with Christian resig.
nation.-CornhW Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
GAVE IT UP.
Dead or Alive; the Will of .Jobbins' Moth
er-in-Law Could Not BE Broken.

Dead or Alive; the Will of Jobbins' Moth
er-in-Law Could Not BE Broken.
Mr.. Jobbins' mother-in-law had died and
in her will had almost entirely left the job
bins family out in the cold. Mr.J was very
naturally opposed to such treatment, and
forthwith consulted a lawyer.
Haven't we some claims onher estate?.'
he asked, after stating the case.
"Undoubtcdly,' replied the lawyer.
Cant We get our share, them"
81 should say you could"
"Wen how are we going to do it??'f
"There's only one way that can Sec"
whats that'!"
BREAK the old lady's will, OF course"
,Jobbins shook his head.
CANT there no other way?' he asked.
"Not that l am aware Of"
1--WE might as well give it up then as q
bad Job"
"Why so? Wills have been broken time
and again"
MAY be they have, but not my mother
in-law's. That woman lived with me for
ten years, and nobody ever broke it while
she was alive, and I've had enough expert
ence not to want to tackle it even after
she's dead. Goodbye; send around your
bill. "-llcrchant Traveller.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
RIGHTS OF INVENTORS.
Mr.. Edison Thinks the. Late Decision as
to Telephone Rates in Indiana VIII BE
Found to Be Unconstitutional.

MIR. Edison Thinks the. Late Decision as
to Telephone Rates in Indiana VIII BE
Found to BE Unconstitutional
CINCINNATI, Feb. 27.-Mr. Edison, the
well-known inventor, spent q day here on
his way TO Florida with his bride. To one
OF his many callers he spoke OF the recent
decision in Indiana, in which q rate per
year was fixed for the use OF telephones,
saying:
If that doctrine is to be. followed the Pat
cut Office might as well he shut up, as invent
ors will not produce patents II they can
not be backed by capital. Such q doctrine
is fatal to patents and progress. 1t has
proved so in England, where Parliament not
only fixed the rates but provided for tho
purchase of electriclight plants by munich
palities ut their value, without any cOnsidera-
ton of the goodwill. The consequence is
that the development of electric light in En-
gland has been stopped. 1t would be hopeless
to attempt to raise capital for al inventor il
the Legislature likes the compensation
for the use OF the patent. I
understand a patent-right to be Il compact
between the whole people of the United
States and the inventor thatif he will produce
something new and useful they Will give him
q monopoly OF it for seventeen years, and
then that they they are to have it for all time.
believe that Indiana law will be pronounced
unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the
United states.