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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
They Cage Their Girls.

Consul Griffin, at Sidney, New South
Wales, contributes to the State De-
partment an interesting description of
the inhabitants of New Britain, an
island in the South Pacific Ocean: One
OF their curious customs, he says, is
that of combining their girls in cages
until they are old enough to marry.
The cages are made of the twigs OF the
palm trees, and the girls are put into
them when Only two or three years of
age. These Cages are built inside the
houses, and the girls are never allowed
to leave he houses under any circum-
stances, and are only taken out once a
day to be washed. The houses them
selves are closely fenced in with sort
of wicker work made of reeds. yenti-
lation under the circumstances is made
very difficult. The girls are said to
grow up strong and healthful in spite
of these disadvantages.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
Where Is He |?

"And you say you would die for me,
George?"
Die for you! Yes. thousand
deaths"
"You are a noble man, George"
my darling, you do not know me
yet"
"Well, dearest, I do not wish you to
die for me, but l will tell you what you
can do for me to show your affection"
"What is it, my darling? Shall I
pluck the stars from the cerulean
dome? Shall say to the sea, la! ha !!
cease to flow, for my love wills it? Shall
I tell yon bright and inconstant moon
that is glinting the hill tops with her
light that she must not shine on thy
face too roughly-ha!"
No, George, no. she smiling said,
IL do not wish you to attempt such i'm
possibilities. ALI I ask of you is
this"
Eyes, my darling"
Call I ask you is this-don't call
again. Boston Courier.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
A Deduction Merely.

Speaking of Cinnamon, the hsto1
fell in with one of the race as be
whirling madly out Washington ST
on the front platform of car.
traordlnary as it may seem, the
ceased to whirl for considerableper
now and then, and one of these Gel
occurred directly in front Of Jorda
Marsh's store, where there wasn'tm
to gaze at except the dainty costu
displayed in the window. So the
torian and the Cninaman gazed at
dainty costumes, and there was az
superior sort of smile clearly perez
BILE on the Chinaman's face.
"Not many dresses like that Tor
ladies in China, John, said the
casian.
The Chinaman's superior smile
tended noticeably in either direetlol
Chinese ladies no likee such d.
es," said he. @Too much cloth; u
show small feet. Mclean lady
big feet" and he measured of assE
of about two feet in the air VIII
hands, "gottee wear big dress
likee show feet. Boston Recofa'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
Arrow Artists.

The prize contests of our archery
clubs have developed many proficient
sagitarians, yet the spur of ambition
such as theirs can not compete with
the stimulus OF necessity. The BASH
kir nomads Of the Caspian steppes
have to subsist partly on the produce Of
the chase, but are too poor to use gun
powder, and can boast of arrow artists
that would make Maurice Thompson
stare. Their veteran hunters think
nothing of skewering a long legged
mare IN full career, or hitting flying
bustard (Otis tnrda), large but ex-
tremely shy game bird, at distance
OF eighty or ninety yards. They prac-
tlce shooting at a gallop, forward and
backward, but few of their champions
would have been able to pull strings
against the long-bow men of the Black
Prince. Strut, in his "Games and
Pastimes of Old England" states that
several kings, down to the time of
Henry VIII, interdicted all other
sports in order to insure supreme skill
in archery. The boys of the yeomen
began to practice about as soon as they
could stand on their legs, and the
craftsmanship thus attained actually
surpassed the average proficiency Of
our musketeers. On the testimony of
numerous eye-witnesses we must be-
lieve that in archery contests three
hundred yards was the usual range, at
which distance veteran archer
thought it shame to miss stick as
thick as a mans thumb. Os.
1D1ld.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
How n Woman Puts On Bonnet.

aDid YOU ever notice how woman
nnts IN a bonnet?" asked an irreverent
friend not long ago.
mo? Then you have missed the en-
ioyment of a most interesting perform
ance. When man dons his headpiece
he merely olaps the cover over his
brows, with as little consideration rs
one would drop an extinguisher over
candle. He simply puts it on, and that
is ell there is in the operation. Light
or dark is all the same to him. With
woman how different. When she puts
on her new bonnet poem is created, q
picture is called into being, music is
brought back to earth, and the atmos-
phere is saturated with sweet sounds.
He had quizzical look on his face,
and there was suspicious smile about
his mouth. 1 wonder if he knew I had
on new bonnet?
"She brings forth handbook (her
plump arms can scarcely clasp it's
aldermanic waist), sets it upon q chair
or table, removes the lid, and with a
sweet smile reaches down into the
cavernous interior of that box and
draws forth very tenderly little, in
significant, heterogeneous affair that
courtesy calls bonnet. To the male
eye it has neither beauty nor comeli-
ness.
I knew he was going to say it. Aren't
men hateful?
"But wait bit, he continued reck-
lessly. "Now she advances toward the
mirror, holding the delicate trihe be-
fore her, after the manner in which o
careful housewife carries pan full to
the brim of hot fat. Arrived at the
looking-glass, she releases one ear of
the bonnet, and with the disengaged
hand deftly brushes her front hair.
Then her hand resumes hold of the
bonnet, and the fellow-hand in it's turn
pays attention to the clustering locks
on its side of the house. Now both
hands have the bonnet in their gentle
grasp. The fair creature looks into the
glass, and remarks, apologetically, that
her hair isn't fixed. She feels that it
is her duty to exhibit that bonnet in
the most favorable manner. She has
no excuses to make for its short-com.
ings; it has none. It is herself alone,
and always her hair, that is responsible
for anything short of perfection, when
the nuptial knot shall be tied under
her chin, and the bonnet and herself
shall be one glory
"And still she hasn't it on her head
yet?" said I, not wholly Modified.
"Ah, no; she raises the airy nothing
aloft; her chin protrudes; her hand
oscillates; she cranes her neck and
lunches her shoulders while she adj
justs the bonnet astride her pug and
settles it down carefully on its hair sub
couch. 1t is now exactly as it should
be. There is no guesswork about it.
Square, level, and plumb could not be
more precise in results. Up goes her
rounded chin; the strings are tied with
out the slightest wrinkling of the rib
bon; the ends are brushed out with q
delicate sleight-of-hand; the bows are
picked out flat and square-not too fiat
nor too square and long, slender
pin is thrust remorselessly through the
bow, its point, naked aud unguarded,
protruding from the thither side-a
warning to all whom it may concern
that no trespassers are allowed upon
the premises. San Francisco Er-
am liner
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
Tea.

In the London MedicalsTiD1es an
pears the following paragraph: "Dr.
Heath, of Newcastle, has been the last
to raise his voice against tea. But
it has long been q fact familiar
to us that tea is most fruitful
source of dyspepsia. Among the
vast numbers of poor women who fire.
quent the patient rooms of our Ion
don hospitals, we should not be far
wrong In saying that two thirds are
suffering from dyspepsia. This dvs-
pepsla arises from two causes: the
want of proper food. and the abuse Of
articles like tea, which stay the cray-
ing for food, but which aggravate the
con consequent conditions of the diges-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

A MOST deplorable state of things is
reported from Boston. The whole
world appears to be short of collars
and cuffs just at the time of the year
when those always useful articles are
most in demand. Dealers are said to
be so badly in want of this kind Of
goods that the manufacturers are un-
able to supply the void, and some are
quoted as being absolutely bare, not
having single collar in stock. The
cause of all this is the five weeks
strike, which began last May, in Troy,
n. Y. Very nearly all the collars and
cuffs in the United States are made
at that point, and it also produces a
large percentage of the shirts. At
the beginning of the struggle the
manufacturers and dealers were gen
orally stocked up, and the knowledge
of this fact made the former feel
strong in the determination not to con-
cede the point asked by the strikers.
But it was found at the end of the five
weeks the stocks in the country had
been literally wiped OUT" and ever
since then the trade has been attempt
ing to catch up, but has succeeded very
poorly thus far.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

A CHEERFUL suicide was resident
of New York named Walters. He was
in the dynamite business, and made a
bomb for the sole purpose of killing
himself. 1t was grand success. Wal
tiers placed it under slab of rock, then
sat on the rock and touched it off with
a percussion cap. 1t scattered him into
Winchester and Kings Counties, and
the only element of failure in the dem
onstration of Walters patent was that
the secret died with him. It doesn't
make much difference, anyhow, as the
method muses. up the landscape too
much to ever become popular.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

ZoLA, the famous French novelist, is
now engaged upon a new novel to be
called "La Terre," which will be de-
voted to the examination of the life of
the peasantry, with special reference
to their earth-hunger. He hopes to
have it ready by the beginning of next
year. Afterward, it is said, he will
take up railways, the army, and jour
nalism as the subjects Of three more
novels,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

but this indicates too great disparity
in the ages of the old couple. Chinese
wives are usually two years older than
their husbands; the idea of the mother
in-law being to secure useful help in
the house, and wife of years and dis
erection. sure to look after her youthful
son, now entering into the holy estate
of matrimony.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

A CONSIDERABLE time after the re-
cent burial of number of men in a
French mine, an attempt was made to
investigate the condition of the wrecked
galleries by means of an electric
Photographic apparatus lowered
through small hole. A successful
picture was finally secured. II showed
man who had not been crushed, but
had died of hunger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

The Gogebec country, says the Mil
waukee Eue1aing Wisconsin, is now
the cynosure of all eyes that long for
the sight of wealth galore, and the
fairy land of those who find comfort in
building castles in the air. The cost
and after-value of air castles are about
equal-nothing--and it is waste of time
to build them. But good many sub
stantial castles with full treasure-vaults
have been built from the next thing to
airy nothingness, in the now excessive
ly popular iron company. For in
stance, three years ago a young man
of this city, while up in the Gogebec
region (then unhonored and unsung),
purchased between 500 and 600 acres
of land at the Government price-$1. 25
per acre. It has never been very clear
to him just why he wanted that land,
but he knows now that somebody be-
sides himself wants Numerous some
bodies. And if the bidding continues
at its present stage of activity the
young man will get something like
$4,000 for making out the deed of
that property to somebody else.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

EX-TREAsURER SPINNER writes let
ter to Washington paper, in which
he tells how the first employment of
female clerks in the Government SER
vice came about. General Spinner
himself was the first to suggest the in
novation, and urged upon the Secreta-
ry of the Treasury and other officials
that young women could not only do
much of the clerical work better and
faster than men, but that they could be
secured for half the wages. Mr.. Spin
ner dwells particularly upon this point
in his letter, and seems to plume him
self quite as much upon his economical
notions as upon his part in opening the
departments to women. The ex-Treas-
urer is entitled to limited thanks from
the women employees of the Govern
ment. Had he omitted to discrimi-
nate against them in the matter Of
wages, they would rise up and call him
blessed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
No Obligations.

Man Ito friendly ou.didn't seer
treat that gentleman with politeaas1,,
Friend-"I spoke rather rougu'
admit" s.
Man-"You have changed tow
him. The other day I saw you co''
~ shaking hands with him"
Friend-"Yes, he owed me theu
he has paid me, consequently !ot.
that I am no longer under obllgS'
to him. "-ArkanSalU TrGUeler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
The Lessons Mixed.

Ieacher-What was Solomon noted
for? " noteo
Bright Boy-Eight hundred wives
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. He wos 80 20,
can: In what way he most displayed
fright blIght Boyle found safety il
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

CURIOUS specimens of journalism are
often produced at seashore resorts.
One of the most unique is baby news
paper at Sea Grit. It is printed
every week on toy printing press,
and gives the nursery news of the nu-
merous children in the place.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

The Pekin correspondent of the
North China Daily Ne,os says: "In
the late examinations for the doctorate
master of arts from Se-C huen, 1O6
years Of age, turned up. He was &C.
companied by his wife, 80 years of age,
and two sons, so and 60 respectively.
The graduates showed the family every
mark of respect, and they are allowed
to wait upon the aged scholar inside
the examination stalls. The other
students address him as lau fa1-tse-
old master which title, however,
he disclaimed, asserting that he was
their comrade. No other country, we
presume, could produce parallel to
this. have not heard whether he was
successful. In all such cases the EN-
peror is won't to confer the degree
homoris caa1sa upon the centenarian.
One report puts the wife's age at 1l9;
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
They Take Appalling Liberties.

II can not travel on the cars at
night" said Congressman Boyle, of
Pennsylvania.
"Why?" asked colleague.
Because [ was in that dreadful &C.
cident on the Youghioghney Road last
November" answered Mr.. Boyle, "and
lay for five hours under the wreck up
to my neck in the freezing water.
Don't you think that ought to account
for my horror of railroad travel in the
dark?"..
eyes, indeed" retorted his vicious
companion, @and it also explains your
aversion to cold water"
Congressman take appalling liber-
ties with each other.-Ne,u York
Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

The Harper Brothers, it seems, came
"down to the sidewalk with uncovered
heads" to secure the publication of
General Grants book. According to
Colonel Frank Burr, of the Philadel-
phia Times, they approached the Gen
eral with an offer of $50, 900 for the
work, he to tranfer the copyright,
Grant was advised to accept this propo-
sition, but declined on the ground that
he was not willing to accept more than
q fair compensation for the work, and
what that would be could not be de-
termined except by a royalty upon the
actual sales of the volume. Whether
this decision was the result of ingenu-
GUS modesty or a bit of financial fore
sight, it is impossible to say; but, con-
sidering the hundreds of thousands
already realized, the wisdom of it is
very apparent. The Harpers "came
down." but not with sufficient cash.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

EVEN as late as the reign OF . u
VIII. in England all foreign a'S !" i
were prohibited from WORKING
kingdom.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

A GIRL from Bath, Me-, had s'' !
fever while at boarding-scbeooi' I'M
recovered and went home, and v"
containing clothing worn while SUI
i'll was put away in the garre's ';,s,
months afterward two little cn. ..,
playing in the garrett opened tle -
and took out some of the clotninss' q
a week beth were taken very slcA 4, 4
scarlet fever, and one died. NO i; il
persons in the neighborhood ~e'''
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

The first female clerk employs IN,
the Government was MISS 1, os
Douglass, appointed to the ,os 90
DEPARTING nt by Spinner in loo-'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

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New-York tribune., 1886-02-24
PERSONAL.

Miss Nina Miller TO whom at her home at Akron Ohio
Mr. Tnoma. A. Ellison Will Do married to-day. Is about
twenty one years III and Is the seventh OF ten children
She became acquainted Mr. Edison at the hCme OF
oue o. h, uu.uo,s associates ia Boston, nearly two yoars
asp she tbou being school Ia tna city Her father
Mr. Lewis Mulor, au inventor holding fLlly 100
tnt.n.s mostly on ugucnlturAl uTlaments From
these has acquired fortune estimated at not less
Than S2OOOUOO. More than 1000 mrn are employed
in MS factories where moving or real na machine
il turned out nusled ready fOT every i've minutes
during workng he Is also largely Interested IN
Inc oal aud IRON mines the HOoKlng valley He has
Intimately associated with Dr. vincent IN to Cha
taIqua entrrITlse ever since It's ioundhu"h, mas LOT
tulrty-rgut years sunday school superintendent
aud Is Trustee Of MoIut UuiOn Coil'gr ohlO TO ONO
wesleyan University, aud Allegheny COLLEGE ho"d'iHr'
~ nn.
Senator Evarts will spend several days at tho Unvor-
sity OF Michigan Am Arbor before returning 10 to
Last, and viii address the students there
The leading manufacturers and citizens OF tue pot
terles district OF stannrdsnrc gathered at Burssn
Gently L. present fine silver saiytr aud tea aud coffee
set and a complimentary address {" Mt. +. h. Lane
VINO h.d been for years unsd states Consul at
rnustall and has succeeded by Mr. schocnnof
IN. nouor" says me StdGOrdshire Sethe, was well
deserved Mr.. Lane has lOn~ hlnsn IN slioh uahh'l
as opos To upnod the dignity Of ho great country ne
represents aud tJ for himself large amount ot
personal Iegarh
az t-senator ben Iiill ut Atlanta. Ga, are much
reased with II aud pronounce 1t striking likoness An
orator not yet been selected nor date set lOi tho
unV.ilng.
Archbishop Croke would like much to visit this coun-
Try but At hls age-abOve sKtyhe breads tho mental
and physical strain IL would cause hun.
Commander Cneyne r. NJ. is visiting Detroit and Is
his idea OF reaching tue North
Pole by balloon.
Mr. Hamilton Dl.ston. OF Philadelphia is said to bo tho
most heavily insured America, having policies
aggregaliDg $4,000 ON his IFS
The Prucess Anele d'Orleano, daughter OF the C"me
de Paris on marriage with tho Duke Of Braganza
will receive dowry OF S2,O00O00 from her uncle the
Due d'Aumale
Carlotta Patti will presently give up singing and 20 to
Florence to live.
The Duke Of Braganza--whO will one day be King OF
Portugal and perhaps OF Spain also speaks every
Eurunean Language well except his His father
.us.ks Eng,isn vol and Portuguese very III.
joseph Arcu, 81. r.. says his attention was INST
strongly drawn politics by the reduction of his own
wages from eleven 10 nire shi!llngs per week
New-York tribune., 1886-02-24
miss rnURsBYs CONCERT.

The two hundred and forty prominent peo-
pie Ia society INSTRUMENT aI IN tenderng Miss
ThursUy testimonial concert last nght at the Metro
poitan Opera House. doubtless well pleased with
hs result Of their efforts The audience that filled the
opera House was brilliant and appreciauSe Miss
Tbursby vas assisted by Elol sylvia Joseph Staudigi
Richard Hoffman aud tho Ddmrosch Orchestra. The
prugramlnu consisted overture. "FingaPs Cave,
Mendelssohn; air from Acts anu Galatea," Handel ;
andante and hune from concerto In minor with or
ehestraJ, MendcssOhn. aria MIA spsranza Adorato.'
Mozart; ara from 4" La Refine dc 5IOa GOunOd; rhap-
sody No. XIV, Lisz; Ave Maria. arranged by f. Lux,
Schubert; reoitatiye and aria, mad scene, Hamlet
Aubro 10 Thomas; mir from tine Creation" Haydn; 4;
aria Jerusalem" Verdi; tarautee Bzet; march from
the Lenors" syuphony Rah
It's always u pleasure to hear MOzarts music. but
MIS-, ThursOy unfortunate In uer selection of " Mia
AdOrtO tue orchestral WORK being TOO heaYy
Tor her VOICE. ia the mad scene IN q" Hamlet ana III
me taranelle la whIOu no Orohes - much lighter
her voice heard To better advantage MISS IhurSOy
received ary reception aud was oDlSed 10 Dfeak
her rule aud rospOud To several oucorea
New-York tribune., 1886-02-24
SOCIAL IbCIDEKTS.

A fancy dress ball for about fifty couples was
given by Mrs Alexander Barrat last evening at her
home No. So West Fftyfourth-st. Many handsome
and quaint costumes we're worn. There were spanish
peasants, Yum Yums and Turkish and other Oriental
costumes. When supper was announced at O'clock all
unmasked.
Receptions were in tho afternoon and were
well attended Mrs. Charles II. Adams held reception
at No. 16 East slxtyseventhst; Mrs. Edward A. Ray.
mond at No. 395 Fifrh-aye Mrs. Albert Q. Hail ana
MISS Beach, at No. 27 East Fifty-ssyenth-st Mrs.
Horace Barnard and Mss Zereger at No. 20 East Thirty
ftth-st; Mrs. Willard Parker. IT,. and Mrs. Morris
Krtchum at No. 8 Vest Eighteenshst
Mrs John Sherwood reating, announced Tor to-mor-
row afternoon, has been postponed until Thursday
afternoon OF next week. - ,,,
The Illustrated lecture Of Mrs. Tying and Mrs William.
son on Greek Mythology will he given Tomorrow
fernoon Al $50 o'clock In the University Club Theatre.
1t ia hoped by ladies Interested In ths clever enter
inment that the lie rures will be hberaily attended
Persons OF artistic taste will be particularly enter
tained by them. a., -, H.. , -.
upion last at the Murray Hill Hotel IL was
preceed by class meetInZ. at whicn the 1bOWnV oui
GERS ere elected Presiden, L. Manierre hrst Vice
president f. L. Pupko; second vce-president, j. Bon
ner; secretary A. r. Zabriskie; treasurer g. n.
Barnes; Standing Committee 70 act Win tho preslucnt
Messrs. A. " ". Jackson ami J. O. West