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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-02-09
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-02-09
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-02-09
"RC Cgulating" tho Liquor Traffic.

hCSttIdtiHE IHJ LIQUUr FaIiICs
The follow wing is copy OF the Bill to
reoulat, the liq.or t'sili; in this S ate.
which was introduced in the Legislature
last week. ny Mr.. Johnson, OF Van
Vert county: III
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
DEEP SEA
Twelve Thousand People Who Are With.
out Churches, Chapels or Libraries.

Twelve Thousand People Who Are With
out Churches, Chapels or Libraries.
Crossing the North Sea in fine steam-,
ers plying to Rotterdam, Hamburg, or
the Baltic ports, some readers may have
had their interest awakened and their
curiosity aroused while passing through.
fleets of little vessels, whose white and
brown sails sparkling in the Jul seemed
in the distance like the wings of sea-
fowl, but on nearer views were resolved
into light, handy smacks, apparently
innumerable, dancing on pillows for
miles around. and dotting the horizon
far as eye could reach. What are these;
vessels?: A trawling fleet. !.
Perhaps some n may have asked,
where do all the fish come from? A,
few years ago the answer might have
been from the coasts; and a description
of q fisherman, generally accepted,
would have been one who goes forth at
sunset, or sunrise, as the case may be,
and returns the next day, to be well
coined by his anxious wife and smiling.
BARNS. Very pretty, and very true Of
the coasters, but by no means appli-
cable to deep sea smacksmen. Their
lot is cast in different places-their fish.
ing grounds lie far off in the North
Sea, where they toll, summer and
winter, all the year round, with only a
few days break occasionally, when they
run home to refit. Out on the
North Sea there are of course neither
churches nor chapels, reading rooms
nor libraries-neither clergyman nor
minister ever IN round that way;
the Scripture reader and the mission
airy find it too far off. So far as ordi-
nary means r concerned, the deep
sea fisherman, our own flesh and blood,
hailing from our own shores, working
within a hundred miles or so of our
coasts, toiling on our behalf, TRAVELLING
the fish that come to our markets and
tables, might as well be cruising in the
Caribbean seas. Year in, year out, it
is drudgery and toll u~nceasing, with
out any of those privileges and Joys
which raise our hopes and ennoble our
souls. The Gospel is to them an unfa-
miliar sound. True, in boyhood they
may have heard of such things; but
far off in the North Sea, beyond the
reach of pulpit or press, cast in the
company of those who know not and
care not for such things, they soon
catch the prevalent tone and go with
the rest. Bygone lessons are forgotten
in present isolation, and they are apt
to sink to the general level. AS a rule,
singularly sharp and intelligent in their
own line, and in many ways attractive
in their fine, frank, fearless style, but
neglected or forgotten, it is little won-
der they have let slip teachings and
truths. These deep sea fishermen are
not a small and numerically insignifi-
can't body. There are over twelve
thousand Of them cruising in the North
Sea- OMiyey.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
TAGGING AT RUGBY.
A System of Abuse Practiced Upon Yonng
Scholars.

Scholars.
A very important custom in which
newcomers have to be instructed is
that of tagging. They are purposely
allowed a forthight's grace that they
may carefully study the duties exacted
of them. 1t is with tagging as with
football and hare-and-hounds. Its
greatest days are past. Think of a boy
having to warm three or four beds on q
cold night by lying in them until the
heat of his body has destroyed their
chill, and then having to rise al four
o'clock in. the morning to run two miles
to the Avon to. attend to the fishing
lines of the sixth-form boys. and then
to be back in time for first lesson!
Fancy his being obliged to form one of
of a team of four or twelve in harness,
to be raced around the school-yard, or
''close,' BY the prapostors of the Four
in-hand Club, and compelled to make
fower-beds for the same mighty beings,
having half a pewter spoon and a
whole fork for his only garden tools, and
the flowers to be supplied by fair
means or foul! Yet these were a few
of the services expected of Tags in the
days when s.there were giants in the
land" as a Rugby song says. Now
they are treated with much more leni-
ency. Only the sixth-form boys are
allowed to have Tags. The younger
boys must wait on them at breakfast,
tea and supper, run their errands to the
nearest pastry-cook shop, clean out
their studies, attend to their wants in
the dormitories, and sometimes .'feld''
for them at cricket. Asin several other
public schools, when the sixth-form
boy or pr@postor wants anything, he
calls out ''F-a-a-g!" in answer to which
call all the tagging boys must run, the
last to arrive having to do the work.
1t is but for a short time, fortunately,
that tagging is really a serious and per-
haps tiresome duty. For the rule is
that during a boys first term, he must
run at the first call; during his second,
he need only answer the second, and 80
on; so at the end of his second school
year he has comparatively little to do
as a fag.-EZisa6eM Robins PenneU, IN
ST.. Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
Mr.. DUNDER,
He Buys Some Cider and Proves That the
Way of the Transgressor Is Hard.

He Buys Some Cider and Prove That the
Way of the Transgressor Is Hard.
"May be you like to hear some leedle
incidents?" said Mr.. Dunder, as he
softly tip-toed into the Woodbridge
Street Station yesterday.
go ahead" said Sergeant Martin.
"Vhell, l goes down on der market
last week to buy me some cider for my
saloon. l finds a farmer NIT three
barrels, und he draws me a glass und
says:
Mr.. Dunder, if dot Wasn't der
very best cider eater you put in your
mouth den l gif you ten barrels in your
Christmas stocking
cit vhas good. 1t vhas shust so
sweet ash honey. 1 take der three
barrels right AWAY queek, und pay him
eight cents a gallon"
:.Well?"
"Vhell, l use oop dot n barrel by
Saturday night, und yesterday Shake
und me goes down cellar to tap some
more. Vhas you belief?"
II believe you tapped barrel"
$50 l didt, but vhas it some cider!"
"Of course"
"Not much! 1t vhas all water in two
barrels!"
'.No!'
"Sure as der shmall-pox"
"Then that farmer swindled you?"
"Vhell, may be-ha! ha! ha! laugh
SO much dot 1 roll on der floor! 1t vhas
der best shoke 1 eater take hold of
81 don't see it,"
'Vhell, [ make him plain. When 1
pays dot man I gif him a t%wenty-dol!ar
bill und he makes change. After he
goes AWAY Shake comes around und
says:
"'Who takes dot counterfeit twenty
dollar bill AWAY dot my sister sends
from New York;
Il vhas dot same bill 1 gif dot farm
er. but l vhas a leedle hind-sighted und
l doan' see him."
"Well we'll -
II gets one barrel of cider und al.
mostten dollars from him, und he doan'
come back any more-ha! ha! ha!
Sergeant"
well"
"Dot proves vhas I tell Shake so
many times. If you cast your bread
on der water he comes back to yon like
tunder, und some birds in der handt
vhas worth eater so many in a chicken
pie. Good-by, Sergeant. 1 pays taxes
in two wards, ind der vhay Of some
t~ransgrcssor vhas hardt !'-DstroI
Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
AN HISTORICAL CLOCK
Once Owned by John Knox, the Great
Scotch RefOrmer.

Once Owned by John Knox, the Great
Scotch Reformer.
Huntington (Pa.) special.1
Not alone on account of it's intrinsic
worth, but owing to its historical value.
w. H. Woods, of this city, has in his pos
session a clock hat would command per-
haps as high a figure as any other time
piece in the country. 1t was built at Pals
ley, Scotland, by Evan Skeoch in 1860, and
was owned by John Knox, the great Scot.
fish reformer. from whom Mr.. Woods de-
sends lineally. John Knox died in 1872.
His big eight-day clock was handed down
to his family for nearly a hundred and fifty
years, when it finally came into the hands
of job Witherspoon, father of one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence.
When John Witherspoon, the son, left
Scotland in 1853 to take charge
of Princeton College, he brought the old
heirloom with him, and when he was elect
ed to the Continental Congress the old
timepiece was ticking in his parlor and
indicated the hour Of his departure
in time to transact his patriotic du-
ties. DR.. Witherspoon priced the clock
very highly. He cleaned it himself at
regular intervals, and took pleasure in
showing it to his friends and the mem.
bers of Congress.
When he died he requested that it should
remain i'll his family inc descend to
the first born Of succeeding generatio ms.
At the death of DR.. Witherspoon, which
occurred in 1794, the clock came into the
possession of his daughter, Marion, who
subsequently married the Rev. DR.. Jas.
S. Woods, of Lewistown, this State, who
died in 1862. At the death of Mrs. Woods,
shortly after, the clock came into the pos
session of the present owner, W.. H.
Woods, in whose parlor it now stands.
The clock is still u good timekeeper,
eight feet high, built of rosewood, with
works of brass. Mr.. Woods was urged to
place the clock on exhibition at the Cen
t%enniaa, but refused to let it be taken from
the house.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
OF LAND.
Geology an Unreliable Guide to the Nature
of Soil.

vi IA
IN choosing land for agricultural pur-
poses it is very unsafe for the farmer to
be guided by any loose notions of the
geological features of the locality. &C.
ology in this respect and for this use is
one of those things of which a little
knowledge is dangerous. There are
few places where the everything soil has
been derived from the breaking down
of the underlying and outcropping
rocks, and these can only be detected
by an expert geologista and mincralogist.
Generally the soil is made up of drifted
materials, which have been brought
from distant places by the force OF
great floods of water or vast bodies Of
ice, and have been spread over the sur
face and moved back and forth in muah
the same manner, butte amuch smaller
extent, as we see them now. 1t is only
where the rocks lie near the surface
and in the most ancient geological
formations, as in Northern Michigan,
Eastern Canada, and all along the Allie
ghany ranges, as far south as Alabama,
that this primitive condition of the soil
exists. Elsewhere the character of the
rocks of the neighborhood can not be
safely taken as a guide to the nature of
the soil.-N. Y. Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
A TRAIN.
A Lightning Express Train That Made No
Noise.
Hanover IN. H.) Special

Noise.
Hanover IN. H.) Special
John Saunders and Hiram Townsend
were riding home from this village last
night, when they came to a crossing over
the railroad track.
"There's a train comingw said Saunders,
pointing up the track in the direction of
East Berlin.
The men pulled the horses in by the side
of the track to let the train go by. 1t APP
peared to be surrounded by a thick mist,
although the night was clear and the.stars
were shining. The engineer could be seen
looking out of the window of the cab, but
there was no noise as the train drew near.
The reman kept pulling on the bell rope
as is customary when nearing a crossing,
but not a sound came forth. The phantom
engineer was recognized by several parties
as Tom Williams, who was killed on this
section of the road a few weeks ago while
running on the midnight express.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08
III sIsTER.lN.LAw.
A Disagreeable and Expensive Addition t,
aHappy Family.

a DlS8Sree8Dle anu expensive Addition to
aHappy Family.
The mother-in-law has had her day.
She has had many days. She will have
many more. All joking and senseless
puns aside, the mother-in-law is a very
handy creature to have around when
the baby is taken suddenly sick, when
your wife has a chill or when you want
to borrow funds to settle for last
winters coal before filling the bill this
season. I used to make wretched jokes
about the mother-in-law. l thought a
funny scribe could not get along with
out having his occasional fling at her.
l don't say hard things about the
mother-in-law now. l have got one
now. I have got something else. The
mother-in-law is an angel compared to
what I've got. When l married 1 didn't
agree to marry my wife's sister. That's
the case in a nutshell. I've got a sister,
in-law. Did you we have one? Be
very careful. DonN My mother-in-
law never cost me a single cent. My
s%ister-in-law, if she continues, will
bankrupt me. One year ago I bought
4 parlor, set. My sister-in-law and her
friends have created disaster among
my parlor furniture. She sparks by
my coal fire. She reads gush to her
beau under my gas. She wears out my
gate hinges. She has the best room in
The house. She mast have a sealskin
like my wife's. She says Chawly don't
like to hear the baby cry. She goes to
the seaside with my wife. She bosses
my servant. Shc-she-well; if any
mother-in-law could be more expensive
and d~isagreeable than my sister-in-law
I'd like to meet her. I'd trade my
sister-in-law off for a yellow dog; then
I'd shoot the dog.-H. s. Keller, IN 81.
Louis Whip.
-s'Well," said Mr.. Snaggs, looking
up from his paper, 'a seat in the New
York stock exchange has just been sold
for $4,000" ..Mercy!' commented
Mrs. Snaggs, "who is going to sing?"
'.Sing!" howled Snaggs. '.What would
they sing for at a stock exchange?
Have you got an idea it is a kind of a
concerto Swell, don't get cross, dear.
{ thought some foreign singer wotAd be
there, or seats wouldn't be so DEAR
Pittsburgh Chronicle. Il
Uncle Sam has just run his hand
nto his long wallet and counted down
zen thousand clinking dollars, and all
:or a hole in the ground-a II thou
sand five hundrcd-foot artesian well at
Mare Island, Golden Gate.-Sau Fran
nsc0 Call.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-08

A PAIR Of slippers-Banaua and orange
peel.-LoweU Citizen.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-05
THE STATE CAPITAL.

Laborer Attempts Suicide Moses n.
Hancock Discharged From CUSTODY.
Special TO tho Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX. Fob i.--.R. l.. Jafneik
laboror on tho new capitol, attcfnpted
10 commit suicide to-day by taklng O.
large quantity OF strycnnine aud NOR
phinc. He fell down on the avenue, ~
the intersection OF Bots dare street, And
created a big sensation, but the doctose
got TO him Immediately and BY timely aid
OF the stomach.pump prevented az iDi.
medlately fatal result. He Is still alive
tonight, Jafnett had been drinking
heavily. He has wife and child ~
came here a short time ago from Larcto
The case OF Moses II. Hancock charged
with the murder Of his wife on Christmas
eve, WAS called before Justice Rosenberg
to-day. About thirty witnesses were
present, Lawyer II. T. Moore and Dis.
trlct Attorney Robertson, after conyerss
ing with the witnesses for the proseeur
ton, discovered that they knew absolute,
ly nothing TO warrant the proceedings
against tho prisoner and made written
statement TO that effect and re-
queated q dismissal Of the
case. Hancock was therefore turned
loose and the bloody series o. horrible
crimes Of which The murder 81 he WIG
was The second last remains az profound
mystery to-day az ever before. ~ tyfne
out that llancO was arrested on q war
rant sworn out by sort oi LEGAL amateur
detective named BRlles, who was some
time aga discharged from The Austin pc.
llce force. Public opinion IL now heavy
against Baylles. II now appears tlat ~
had not particle 81 evidence on which v
base charge. TX Congressman Hencqrk
did not app ar az tho trial, but mn itpfef
sentative, Lawyer Coopwood, was Tiers
When the prisoner Was discharged IRON
custody tears came into biz eyes and say.
Ing that the murder OF his wife WAS ~
great q mystery TO him as 70 any Que eiset
he pronered his services W The officers Y
aid them IN discovering the demon of uet
mons who perpetrated The murder Han
cock now stands before the community ~
an injured and m Innocent man lnrre
Is some talk Of arrastin2 hayiir5 iSI VS'T
iurV
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-05
The cabinet Meeting.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE cabinet
meeting to-day was attended by all the
members except Secretary Lamar, who Is
not in good health. The principal topic
of discussion was the action Of the house
Yesterday in the adoption OF Mr.. BANDS
resolution calling on the secretary Of tue
treasury for information in regard TO his
past and future policy on the silver ques.
ton. The propriety and cxpedlency OF
disclosing the future policy OF
the administration ON this ques-
ton was considered az leng'h
IL Is understood that the conclusion
reached was that the secretary could best
reply to that portion OF the resolution by
a reference 60 the views expressed by the
president IN his message TO congress, aud
by the secretary of the treasury In his
annual report Oh the subject, with an eX-
planatory statement that their sentiments
In regard TO silver remain unchanged.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-05
FoRBleS AFFAIRS.
wlil Aal,,nl,r nnlnrne,l.

LoNpoN, Feb. i,--Gladstone will TO.
morrow Issue an election address 70 the
voters OF Midlothian, giving the clements
Of the policy upon which he asks that
constituency to return him TO the house
OF commons TO ilil the vacancy caused by
the fact OF his accepting oillce In this
the prime minister win state that the
new government win institute an Inquiry
iuto the entire land questiou In Ireland
and into the question whether there ex-
lists any necessity for the introduction OF
any specially coerclve measures; but
the main policy OF the government, thu
address viii declare, shall be 20 endeavor
20 reach the source OF the mischief ganer-
ally admitted tcrNlsi In that country. The
following Is one of esontences contained
In the address, aud one which Indicates
plainly the outlines OF the irish policy
decided upon by Gladstone "Althougb
the difficulties Of the task make II impos,
sible TO anticipate success with conn.
dence, we shall draw comfort from tho
knowledge that we arc engaged in great
work OF peace y
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-05
VISITING KNIGHTS.
Committees Still interviewing the
Merchants Of Galveston About
the Boycott.
The Retailers Say We Consult our
Best Interests in shipping Not
Tl,d 10 Mallory.
AZ Fort worth thc Boycott = Not Felt
Yct ana Nisrchants Await Develop
ments In the Cnsc.
rhe sltnntlnn AZ aalre.lon.

Special 10 the Gazette.
CAl.vKs1oN, Tx, Feb. Notwlth-
standing the very general reiusals which
greeted them at every turn yesterday, the
canvaSsing committee OF the knights of
Labor, In iurtherauce Of the boycott de.
clared against The Mallory Tho Steam
ship company, we've out again this morn.
Ing In full force The committee which
yesterday was divided into two divisions "
seven each, to-day numbered four divis-
ions OF three members each, two menu
bers having laid of. Those of the large
wholesale houses not waited on yesterday
were visited and put on record either as
absolutely refusing or answering In
definitely. No one Of this class Of the
mercantile community on the Strand
and vicinity can be found who
has declared himself IN favor
of tho boycott, which Is more than
probably accounted for by the fact that
nearly every merchant has put himself ON
record BY pledge to stand by the NAL
lory company. Towards noon the COM
mittees directed their attention TO retail
dealers, who with one accord returned
the same answers; that they consulted
their best interests In the manner of the
shipment Of their goods, and while having
no antagonism 10 the order they had no
special preference for the Mallory line
and that " better facilities and
rates were offered them by any
other route they wonld accept II
regardless of the question AZ issue, In
which they took no part either way III
this connection Il Is announced that q
meeting of retail merchants has been
called for tomorrow evening, when the
/ boycott win be discussed, aud the retail.
ers place Themselves IN position where
/ in their attitude can be exactly defined.
! The knights OF Labor, as far as can be-
/ learned by close intcrrogatory, say that
Their canvass Is merely TO get the view:
/ OF business people ON the boycott, whict
win be duly reported TO the executive
board, when further action will be taken
aud they clam the support Of the Farm
ors' alliance and the Changers, dcspit,
the secretary OF the Farmers allianc,
says that that order viii not figure In Tn,
boycott. While they do not Intend to In
terfere with the railroads In any way
they saythey will freeze the Mallory
out, using their Influence In dIrectin.
shipments In other directions than Gal
weston When this fact, they further ray
Is realized by merchants, they VIII find /
to their interest not 10 support the Nal
lorys. The canvass will continue 20
morrow. Thus both sides OF the stor
are given as far as at present appears.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-05

II Is believed that Lord RoseberEy Will
follow the policy pursued By Salisbury.
The porte supports the demand Of Bull
garia for war indemnity from Servia.
The appointment OF Lord Roseberry as
secretary for foreign affairs Ia Mr., Glad.
stones cabiuet is generally approved.
In event Of the deieat Of Jno Morley in
the selection at Newcastle, MIR. Parneil
Offers TO find him constituency ip lre-
land.
The hearing IN the Crawford divorce
case wherein Sir Charles Dixie IL cor
respondent has been postponed until
next "Wednesday.
The principal landlords In Wales have
combined to resist tho demand OF the
farmers ieague for o reduction OF 20 per
cent. In farm rents.
No opposition VIII be offered 10 the re-
election 70 parliament Of Mri Chamber
lain, the president 0i the local govern
meut board Ia ihe Gladstone ministry,
A motion IL being prepared IN the Ger
man rtichsfag =, questiDg Prince Bismai ok
10 negotiate with the powers concerned
for the establishment Of a double money
standard
The Turkish ambassador TO London
has informed the Turkish government
that Gladstone viii continue haliHbury's
Greek policy only on condition that Vi,
powers compel the people 70 eject needed
reforms IN the empire.
The newspapers Of Ireland, generally
Interpret the appointment OF Mr.. John
Morley ~ chief secretary Tor lrelond u
mean the transfer Of power 10 Irish rules
but they say precedents warn the people
against anything too sangulne.