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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-14
DICKENS STORY.
II Amusing Anecdote the Great Novelist
Was Wont to Relate.

Was Wont to Relate.
Charles Dickens would tell it m
thingilike this:
There was a very beautiful lady pas
senger upon that ship, and she inspired
three gentlemen, also passengers, with
the most passionate love for her. Each
declared his love and proposed marriage
as soon as the Great Western touched
the shore. They were all equal in their
attentions, as they were equal in their
social positions and fortunes, and this
triple conquest placed the unfortunate
lady in q sad dilemma as to how she
should choose and which to accept. So,
being without q friend or adviser save
the Captain, under whose charge she
was placed. it became necessaryto make
known to Captain Haskins the nature of
her solicitude and ask his advice. After
giving him time to revolve it in his
mind, she said: Captain, what am l to
do? We'll, my dear lady, said the gal
liant old salt, I'll tell you how to test
this matter ct~fectually. Some calm day
when you are upon deck and the trio of
lovers are also there, just you jump
overheard. 1 will have the boats ready
so that nothing can befall you, and
whichever of the gentlemen jumps after
and risks his life for yours, that mans
hand and heart and fortune you should
accept The lady consented.
"The next day came serenely in with
scarcely a ripple upon the bosom of the
trackless deep. The parties were all up
en- deck, and a goodly number of other
passengers who had heard some vague
whisperings of what was going on in
this new nautical play Of the Lovers
Leap. Suddenly Il splash was heard in
the water, and back to her native ele-
ment, from which sprung the Goddess
Queen of Cyprus Isle, floated the lovely
Venus of our Nv goodly company, and
two out of the three gentlemen jumped
after her. Each grasping an arm of tho
fair lady went s%wimmingly on toward
the ship and, though all Of them were
more or less frightened, safely gained
the deck of the noble steamer. There
was an uncounted-upon new situation,
however, the lady. undismayed. although
her fright was not wholly dismissed,
again addressed Captain Hoskins: ''My
dear sir, how is this affair to be dccidedp
These gentlemen. so equal in their cour-
age and devotion, have risked their
lives, giving full proof of their love.
Now, how is the gordian knot to be cut,
and how am l to be released from my
unpleasant %quandary?" The captain,
retlcctivcly scratching his head for a
moment, quickly replied: ''My dear
lady, take the man that didn't jump!
He is the most sensible Of the three!'
''Then,n Dickens would say with a
finishing nod, .'you will observe that
the race 10 act to the swift, neither is
the battle to the strongg:'~ Cincinnati
.SU2a.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-14
PICTURED ROCKS.
A Source of Wonder and Speculation for
Over One Hundred Years.

A Source of Wonder and Speculation for
Over One Hundred Years.
The famous Pictured Rocks on the
Evansville pike, about four miles from
Morgantown, w. Va, have been a
source of wonder and speculation for
more than a century, and have attracted
much attention among the learned men
OF this country and Europe. The cliff
upon which these drawings exist is of
considerable size, and within a short
distance of the highway above men
toned. The rock is a white sand
stone which wears little from exposure
to the weather, and upon its smooth sur
face are delineated the outlines Of at
least fifty species of animals, birds, rep
tiles and fish, embracing in the num-
Der panthers, deer, buffalo, offers.
beavers, wildcats, foxes, wolves, rae
coons, opossums, bears, elk, crows.
eagles, turkeys, cells, various sorts of
fish, large and small snakes, etc. In
the midst of this silent menagerie of
specimens of the animal kingdom is the
full length outline of a female form,
beautiful and perfect in every respect.
I%nterspersed among the drawings of ami
mails, ETC., are limitations of the foot
prints Of each sort, the whole space oc-
cupied being one hundred and fifty feet
long by fifty wide. To what race the
artist belonged, or what his purpose
was in making these rude portraits,
must ever remain a mystery. but the
work was evidently done years ago.
Bos:o" Budget.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-14
PEMAQUlp.
The Old Fort at the Roughest Point on
the Atlantic Coast.

The Old Fort at the ROughest Point ON
the Atlantic Coast.
Pemaquid Point, neal Damariscotta,
Me-, has been said to be, in a gale
from any point of the compass between
southeast and southwest, the toughest
point on the Atlantic coast. 1t is liter
ally out to sea, and the waves Of the
Atlantic, rolling in from three thou
sand miles of ocean without let or him
drance, break with explosive oar upon
it's bastions of stone, which are worn
into endless forms by the attrition and
abrasion of ages. 1t is very rarely that
any point of the mainland possesses all
the conditions of an uninterrupted
breaking place for the waves of the
ocean. Outlying rocks or islands or
the conformation of the adjacent coast
usually break up or check the course Of
the waves long before reaching the
mainland. Nothing lies between Pema-
quid Point and the broad Atlantic, and
even in the caimest moods of sea the
roar of the surf upon its walls is re-
markable. When the southerly gale is
on, the spray is flung hundreds Of feet
into the air. The noise is deafening.
Huge pieces of rock are broken from
the projecting wall and thrown up on
the bank. Pemaquid lighthouse stands
on the promontory, several hundred
feet back from the edge. with the house
Of the keeper adjoining it. The light
is at least three hundred feet above the
sea level. Yet in a %southerly gale Il
few years ago Il large stone was hurled
by the waves through the thick glass
of the lantern, and the spray came
down the chimneys of the house in
sduh quantities as to extinguish the
fires.
History and legend also lend their at
fractions to Pemaquid. No part of the
country was earlier known to voyagers.
The ships of Pring, Weymouth and
Gilbert had plowed these waters long
before the settlement of jamestown,
and Pemaquid was the rival of Ply
mouth and Boston as q metropolis in
the infancy of New England. The old
fort at the harbor was for neal a cent
ury on the disputed territory between
Massachusetts and Acadia. Governor
Chamberlain claims for Pemaquid an
older date than Plymouth. Few
know" he says, .'that years before the
Pilgrims set foot on Plymouth sands,
there were established English settle
ments at various points on the shores
Maine-that Pemaquid was a seat Of
trade, and at ore time the metropolis
of all the region east Of New York.
RocEl0n0 (lL1f Courier Gu=ele.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-14
BANK OF ENGLAND.
Brief Description of the Systems Adopted
for Its Management.

In 1894, while England was at war
with France, William Peterson, a Lon
don merchant, conceived the scheme
of organizing q bank to receive de-
posts and assist the Government with
money. The capital of FL. 200, 900 was
raised by popular subscription. and it
was provided that the whole of this
should be permanently loaned to the
Government at 8 per cent. per annum
The bank Immediately issued notes of
the denomination of ESQ and upwards.
AS there was no legal limit to the
amount Of issue, they soon deprecated,
and in 1897 it was found necessary to
increase the capital stock by FL, O0O,-
900. This was paid into the bank, and
for a short time was not loaned to the
Government, and the effect was to
cause the notes and the stock (Which
latter had fallen to 40 per cent. dis
county to appreciate to par. In 1874
an act was passed dividing the bank
into two departments the issue and
the banking-the object of which..was to
prevent the issue of notes without a
sufficient reserve of specie to redeem
them. At the time of the division into
the two departments the aggregate of
h permanent loans made by the bank
to the Government was ELI, OLE, 900.
This debt was declared to be due
from the Government to the issue de-
partment, which was authorized to is
u notes to circulate as money to that
amount. But some of the provincial
banks had also been authorized to is
sue notes to a limited extent on the
deposit of securities, and it was pro-
vided in the act of 1874 that whenever
any of these provincial banks dimin-
ished their circulation permanently
their rightto issue notes on deposit Of
government securities should accrue to
the Bank Of England, but that the lat
ter bank should only issue two-thirds
as much as the amount which provin-
cial banks should cease to issue. Under
this arrangement the amount Of ''per-
manent ISSUE had increased to E14,-
$4,000 in 1853. For the notes issued
under the foregoing provisions no re-
serve of specie is required, but for
every other note more than are issued
rs above, coin or bullion must be paid
into The bank before the issue of the
note. There is no distinction in the
appearance of the two classes Of issue;
but when gold is wanted from the bank
the notes are presented at the issue de-
partment, and, upon their redemption,
are at once destroyed, and for every
now deposit of bullion or coin, new
notes are issued to the banking depart
ment.-I0ted0 Blade.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-14
Some Queer Requests.

The life of Mr.. Peter Cooper is about
to be published but l doubt if it con-
tains any of the amusing anecdotes of
the many demands upon Mr.. Cooper
from people who seemed to claim a
certain right to ask favors from so rich
and great u philanthropist. He was so
beset with letters of the kind that a
clerk was employed to answer them.
One woman wrote that she never had
been to the opera, and would like to
have him send a box SO that she might
go, and invite friends also; another
wanted a sealskin sacque, as the win
ter was severe, and thought he might
we'll afford to send her one; while still
another wrote that if she had a new set
of false teeth, costing forty dollars,
which amount she asked him to send
her, she thought she could get a hus-
band.-IoWm Topics.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-14
DIVISION OF LABOR.

The Inconceivable Degree of Minuteness
Into Which French Trades Are Divided.
The name of carrying on business
in France has much to do with the suf-
fering caused by commercial depression.
Labor and trade are divided to an in
conceivable degree of minuteness. The
variety of goods that one person sells,
whether at wholesale or retail, is ex-
ceedingly limited, in order not to trench
on the business Of another. 1t is a rule
that books and stationery must be sold
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-14

The special mail delivery system is
voted to be a great annoyance by postal
clerks, who have to keep a sharp watch
for a few letters bearing it's stamp while
sorting thousands of two-centers.-M
Y. San.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-14

moving mass u 1lle-dl1 IdCCSS III aSCo III
conditions gazing in one direction and
upon one throne, the throne of resurrec-
ton.
All WHO are in their graves shall come forth.
"But," you say, eff this doctrine OF the
resurrection is true as prefgured by the
Easter morning, Christ, the first fruits of
them that slept Christ rising, a promise
and a prophecy of the rising of all Hispeo-
pie. can you tell us something about the
resurrected bodyE"
can. There are mysteries about that,
but I shall tell you three or four things In
regard to the resurrected body that are
beyond guessing and beyond mistake.
In the first place 1 remark in regard to
your resurrected body, it will be a glorious
body. The body we have now is a mere
skeleton of what it would have been if sin
had not married and defaced it.
Take the most exquisite statue that
was ever made by an artist and
chip 1t here and chip it there with a
chisel. and batter and bruise it here and
there and then stand it out in the storms
of a hundred years, and the beauty would
be Well, the human body mas oeen
chipped and battered and bruised and
damaged with the storms of a thousand
years-the physical defects OF other gem
erations coming down from generation 70
generation, we inheriting the infellcltles
of past generations; but in the morning OF
the resurrection the body will be adorned
and beautided according to the original
model, and there is no such difference be-
tween a gymnast and an emaciated wretch
IN azaretto as there will be a difference
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-14

About SO, 600, 900 worth Of Ameri-
can-made locomotives are sent abroad
every year.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-15

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF RAMSEY
- SIS. District Court, Second Judicial District
Annice G.. Barteau. plaintiff, against The Unknown
Heirs of Antoine Pepin, deceased, defendants.
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
The State of Minnesota TO the above-named de-
PENDANTS:
You are hereby summoned and required to
swer the complaint OF the plaintiff in the above
entitled action which is on file in the office of the
clerk of the said court at his office at st. Paul
Minnesota, and to serve a copy of your answer to
said complaint on the subscriber at his Office, in
the city of St Paul. in the county of Ramsey,
within twenty days after the service Of this sum
mons upon You, exclusive of the day of such serv-
ice; and If you fail 10 answer the said complaint
within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this
action viii apply to the court for the relief de-
manded in the complaint
C. d, O'BRIEN,
jas-6w-fri Plaintiffs Attorney, st. Paul, Mimi.
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CrATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF RAM

CyTATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF RAM
- sey-ss.
state of Minnesota to Thomas R. Paxton, defend
ant:
You are hereby summoned TO be and appear be-
fore the undersig ned, one of the justices Of the
peace in and for said county the I'd day of Feb
ruary. 1886, at 3 O'Clock in the forenoon, at my
Office in the city of St. Paul, in said county, to
answer 70 Edward Webb. in a civil action.
should you fail to appear at the time and place
aforesaid, judgment VIII be rendered against you
for such sum he shall show himself entitled to.
Given under my hand this S1st day of December,
A. d. 1888. 8. v. HANFT.
ial-3W-fri Justice of the Peace.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

State Of Minnesota, County Of Ramsey-ss. In
Probate Court. special term. Dec. 90 1855.
In the matter of the estate of Peter Molitor, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that the Judge of Probate
of the County Of Ramsey will upon the first Mon
day of the months Of January, February, March.
April and May. 1856, at 10 O'Clock a. M, re-
ceive, hear, examine and adjust all claims and
demands of all persons against said deeeasedi and
that six months from and after the date hereof
have been allowed and limited for creditors 70
present their claims against said estate at the
piration of which time all claims not presented or
not proven to its satisfaction shall be forever
barred. unless for good cause shown further time
be allowed
BY the Court,
isl WM B. McGRORTY,
Judge of Probate.
BERNARD MoLIroR, Administrator with will an
nexed de bonis non. !ai-5w-fri
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

state of Minnesota, County Of Ramsey-ss. In
Probate Court, special term. Jan. .. 1886.
In the matter of the estate Of Theodore Bartlett
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the Judge of Pro
bate of the county Of Ramsey, will upon the
second Monday of the months of February,
March, April, May and June, A. d, 1886, at ten
O'Clock a. m, receive, hear, examine and adjust
all claims and demands of all persons against said
deceased; and that six months from and after the
date hereof have been allowed and limited for
creditors opresent their claims against said estate
ct the expiration of which time all claims not pre-
scented or not proven to its satisfaction shall be
forever barred unless for good cause shown fur
Their time be allowed.
By the Court,
isl VIM r. McGRORTY.
Judge Of Probate
HELEN BARTLETT, Administrative.
Z. A. HENDRICKsoS, Attorney for Administers
trix. jans-5w-fr
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CITY NOTICE.
City Treasurer's Sale.
OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, !
ST.. PAIL Mimi Ian \ Iss6 I

OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER,
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. s, 1856.
Notice is hereby given that under and by
virtue OF Il Judgment entered on November
Il, 1885, in the District Court. Second Jul
dicial District, Ramsey County. State OF Min
uesota, against the hereinafter described real
estate, situate lying and being in said city
and county, on an assessment warrant for
Grading Mulberry Street and Alley
Connecting same with Rice Street,
in Block 80, Irvine's Enlargement
to Rice & Irvine's Addition,
In said city of st. Paul. the undersigned will,
on the 22d day OF January, 1885, ut 10 o'clock
In the forenoon, at the City Treasurers Office
in the city OF St. Paul, County of Ramsey,
offer for sale at public auction as provided
by law. to the best bidder for cash, the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-wit:
Irvine's Enlargement TO Rice Irvine's Adj
dition.
Supposed owner and Amt of
description. Lot. Block. Judgm't
RI German. SO $ll 5S
An in the City of St. Paul, County of Ram
sey and State of Minnesota.
1915 GEORGE REFS, City Treasurer.
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Rice & Irvine's Addition.
CITY NOTICE.
Notice for Judgment
OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, !
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. IL, 1856. (


will make application 10 the District Court
I'm and for the County of Ramsey and State of
Minnesota, at the special term to be held Sat
urday, Jan. 80, 1886, at the Court House, in
st. Paul, Minnesota, for Judgment
against the several lots and real estate EN-
braced in warrant in my hands for the col
lection OF unpaid assessments, with interest
and costs thereon, for the hereinafter named
special assessments.
All in the City of st. Paul, County OF Ram
sey and State of Minnesota, when and where
all persons interested may attend and be
heard.
The owners and description OF real estate
are as follows:
Assessment for Grading Bay Street,
from Stewart Avenue to Grace
Street, in the City of st. Paul, Min
nesota. in Accordance with the
Order of the Common Council of said
City Approved July p, 1885.
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CITY NOTICE.
City Treasurer's Sale.
OFFICE oFTHE CITY TREASURER.
81 y Ar-r Mn In = H..n

OFFICE or THE CITY TREASURER.
ST. PAUL, Minu. Jan. ;, 1856
Notice Is hereby given that under and by
virtue or q judgment entered on Nov. L.
1853, at the District court, Second Judicial
district, Ramsey County. State of Minnesota.
against the hereinafter described real estate,
situate, lying and being in said city and
county, OF an assessment warrant for
Grading ROBBIE Street. from Ohio
Street to Manomin Street.
In said city of st. Panl. the undersigned will.
on the 22d day OF January, 1855, at 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon, at the City Treasurer's office
in the city of st. Paul, County or Ramsey.
offer for sale at public auction as provided 6y
law, to the best bidder for cash, the following
described real estate. tO-wit;
Banning s divers Addition.
Supposed owner and Amt OF
description. Lot Block Judgm't
susan Arter- $40 1t sol "a
All in the City OF st. Paul. County Of Ram
sey and State of Minnesota
l2-l0 GEORGE REFS, City Treasurer.
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Ashton s. sherburne's Addition.

Dewey, Bass Bohrer's Addition.
Supposed owner aud Amt of
description. Lot. Block. Judgm't
c A Mann & A L Mayall
ct al..........22 10 Sli9 81
Ashton & sherburne's Addition.
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CITY NOTICE.
Notice for Judgment.
OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, }
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. ID, 1885. !

viii make application to the District Court
in and for the County of Ramsey and State OF
Minnesota at special term to be held Satur-
day, Jan. 80, 1885, ut the Court House, in ST.
Paul. Minnesota. for judgment against tho
several lots and real estate embraced I'm a
warrant in my hands for the collection of un-
paid assessments, with interest and costs
thereon, for the hereinafter named special
assessments.
Ali In the City of st. Paul. County OF Ram
sey, and State of Minnesota when and where
all persons interested may attend aud be
heard.
The owners and description of real estate
are as follows:
Sprinkling Fifth Street, from st.
Peter to Market Street. and Market
Street, from Fourth to Fifth Streets
Rice & Irvine's Addition.
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CITY NOTICE.
CityTreasurer'sS Sale.

OFFICE OF TIE CITY TREASURER,
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. s, 1886.
Notice is hereby gwen that under and by
virtue of judgment entered on Dec. Is,
1885, in the District Court, Second Judicial
District, Ramsey County, State of Minnesota,
against the hereinafter described real estate,
situate, lying and being In SAID city and
county, on al assessment warrant for
Grading Sycamore Street, from Syl-
van Street to CORTLAND Street,
In said City of st. Paul, the undersigned will,
on the 22d day OF January, 1856, at 10 O'Clock
I'm the forenoon, at the City Treasurer's Office
in the City OF st. Paul, County of Ramsey,
offer for sale at public auction, as provided
by law, 70 the best bidder for cash, the follow
ing described real estate, to-wit:
brakes Second Addition.
Supposed owner and Amt of
description. Lot. Block. Judgm't
f z Drake. SlI 81
All in the City Of st. Paul, County of Ram
sey and State of Minnesota.
I2-I5 GEORGE REFS. City Treasurer.
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Supposed owner and desert ption. Assmi
John Summers. Commencing at
point on My line of lot ), block TO-
Rice Irvine's Addition st. Paul.
IS tt Ely from Nw'ly corner of said
lot; thence 30 II parallel with Ely
line of said lot; Ely at right angles
It; thence Ely alright angles 10 sly
line OF said lot; thence Ely on said
Sly line 1917 it TO SE'ly corner OF
said lot; thence My on Ely line OF
said lot II 10 NEly corner of said
lot; thence WY 81 r. 10 place of
beginning, being part of lot 8, block
10, in said addition. $40
Same. Commencing at a point on
My line of lot ., block 10, Rice 4
Irviue's Addition to ST. Paul, IL II
from NWly corner OF said lot );
thence + % fl; thence sly 81 IL
parallel with Ely line of said lot s;
thence Ely S It; thence Sly To Sly
line of said lot; thence WY on said
sly line 3l.7i II; thence n 5S.s II to
beginning, being part of lot ., block
TO- said addition. Observation-Disclosures. s33
George Benz. The WY 1921 It of lot
3, block 10, Rice u Irvines Addition
TO st. Paul, being 81 80 II on Market
street, IL IL on Fifth street, 5S.S IL
on its Ely line, and 70.3f IT on its
SLY line, being part of lot 8, block
III, said addition. .................. $50 W
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All in the City of st. Paul, County of Ram
sey and state of Minnesota.
ls-I5 GEORGE REFS CT " Treasurer
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

EARM FOR sALE-One hundred and sixty
Il acres; rare chance; easy terms, or Will trade
for house and lot in st. Paul or Minneapolis not
exceeding $500 in price; 20 acres ploughed land
80 acres of choice meadow, balance pasture and
timber and fencing; S-room house with bay win
dow; stone cellar, cement bottom; cistern. soft
water; windmill as good as new; large barn. can
tie up 30 cattle and "a horses; finest location in
the state; plenty shade; ten minutes ride from a
beautiful village. For terms address J. N. B.,
box 8, Clearwater, Wright county, MINI. 1881