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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-16
Railroads..
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AND UNIFIED STATES NAIL ROuTHc
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Harrisburg Pttsbufs era the West Pullman Psees
Cars attached 90 m. 0 10 Dining car s'oS
smokns ana s,e sy, v..pulsa csr q 90
every day
wilamspors Lock Haven. 90 a. n. SD N CORY sa4
Erie az p m, connecting az Cory Dr I'usvie sns
For Lebanon, 90 20 m .sa ~ ,ss aga sa,..
~ 90 Nv 90 ana % s;sara'' cay.
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Long Branch BAY Heal Jussuon ss nssr.eals ~
uons, wa Railway and Amooy' 500 ana -. ~ ~
re-. ia ' FI % Sss s 'sl ''S
Boss Sa 1 Bay " sssys 80 % Tfsa .
trains o. Jereg CITY arordns speedy snd direct
fer for Book IN travel
FOR PHILADELPHIA
IA. ds str cts Ferries a. follows: NO o'rs
0:2y 20 o. 4? Chicago Limited With Din,ns a. "a
200 20 J. 20 %. 9 90. $50 s.6y $40 10, p
A. u aisss H. a,A;,o.Ssassssss %
and II no m. !, 2. 4, & ?. m. ana 10 and
.ss os sa s:. 81 r." "a
Bsooslyn ssaou Jersey city rmis.u. ress. ome.
TbA New YORK Transfer Company will for snd enscx
baggage from hotels and residences - woon
t,enera Manager General Passr Agent
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Z RTE RAILwAl.-I Offices, 4ol L.. 81 !

Z, RE RAILWAY Ticket Offices, 40l, 81.
II III and Isl Broadway. So IL Bowery. Isl Westst.
Battery pace. IhamUrr, ana % street Iert.s ..s"-
YORK s51 and 1888 Futon ~ E}yn To- GHobose5:
and New station, Jersey cay, whs.y Ai.hets Gnu rse.
sleeping Car reservaons ana opasf' f0f ns
leave 5gi - minutes earlier than time shown iron.
chsmersst local trains % 10 minutes earlier s..
10 Buffalo Pullman sleeping coaches HofneAs'lhe 70
Cine nnatl and Cleve and . v,,,.r ..,nr.s. r,,lo,
10 $40 M week tags Delaware yasy EAPe n ps''''
9 o. m dsils Chicago and ST. Louis Limited solia
Pullman q dy "a 6a,s. Sserg Goa oi he a. S sni
s. Lou - no extra charge tof fasi me -. .,o.,,,,
p m day, Chcago E5pr.ss fqImsn outsa fRuf
coaches to Bngnsmton OMego' himiFs' t'oSheSV''' "
Rutherford aud passslc4, 40 7'S9 20 ~ i se
sso & 80 1910 10 $50 10 % g r. Z ashs
Also to Rutherford 80 a m. 4 80 go p IN. y. -
i,ssssoc s. ZIG 10 o Sso s. slnaaS 80 80 j.
S 'a 70 70 SO SO 70 Z p;s 90
s;sb6" s.. SO SO S 70 nom u
ser AZ Sd fs,sr. go v - z x
10 ~ Is 10 M M l. night Sundays a m; 80
Rdse%cod ana Sufsrn-A, ta,. 80 3 80 10 80 m ;
IA, $50, s. 49, 10 64S u, 80 ~ ~ go 90 M
70 ssnsrn. $50 y p NJ sunday As $50 1850
n.x,@;s Ia g. ta ! 70 g. "a night 80 49, 500
wa SS Jays s:iS. 0. 80 a. l. $50 n
g. % ss 30 2 a ss g. 80 10 80
Middleton and Psls Jeevs- As so . 10 20 q az n
ssis@o g. ;sc; o. 80 M D. IN sundays $50 '0'
Express trains rom the Yves. arrive In New'FOrk a.
l;en;l SupL General Passenger Agent
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A WIN. L. HARTuNG. ACCOUNTANT
"A. AND AUDITOR 80 AND 3! NESEf-
ST. (Telephons Murray isl
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100 ST. res wEST.-Chcapest and
IU.O hes, apartments on block Of L sta-
ton six decorated rooms With OUTSIDE
windows. and bath nails heated 40 up
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COOK and LAUNDRTsS by young
L scotch woman competent ecohoncs
cook nrst-ciass launfress eAesueu. 49,
h,scutt and pastry baker un1erstan1' car
y, wtik and butter references country
on,y AMERICAN TRAINING SCHOOL,
4s2 Shave
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Board ano Rooms manIeo.

puvxrcrIN aesi-es rooms suitable Tor
a NJ ,'rics with a private family between
ssd and 9Sd sts., west Of sth-svs. Aon'ess
DOOpOR III EAes 636sA
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Situations Uanteo fema!

ANNE. JACQUIN's, COZ Gth-aye.,
"A. upstairs. between 30Jh ana 3Oth SIS
ma, az present superior swedish. Ger
ma On French cooks. wllc-se II sCcI'S's
I,uu.llr-sss ciiainOerHa44 - ana -caA.st es'Ss
II ,ench and German nurses; ely ana cOuh-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-16

-lsATI.ST.. near LenoX-sNe. : IVY
n. i8Oth-st near LenoN.aNe' 80
I,euox.sye.. Queen Anne villa l,9V0
Tccecono-s ave. uear l36th-st. -. Lew
PORTER & CO.
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~ OoK. BY . nrst ass competent cook
L In privs'e family andes'' ana. 'O cI,S
srer wages. $50. "A. ANDERSON.
BUREAU $50 6th-ave.
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on FAST GoD-sT. -Unfurni- he'd, cabinet
.oI finished dwelling all Improvements
rroder.fe omen 100
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Ciin properip 10 Iti.

-A.-TO LET. on January lst large
n factory, corner building. IL, 25O s9ose
49,. also three ssua.ate nOOrs. 5OXV1, 40"
vacant, with steam power, elevator ana iul-
nisned throughput with the Harkhess
TEN OF automatic spilnklefs- MSSLn' l.
QIrTI DING, llL1-aNp.. list ana "a eto-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-16

The refined al market failed TO develop The ACTIVITY
AZ ced OF II nom the increased stir late last weeK at
quotations were unchanged On dull business az ~ cehN
Der gallon at all ports.
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4 TROY BOATS, lighted throughout by
y electric lights connect with trains Of DElAWAItE
fND hi DsON AMI FITCHBURG Railways Steamer
SSRATOGA or CITY OF TROY leaves Pier ~, n r..
foot ChrisOpusr-s,, d. ly except Ssuriay m SUNDAY
steamer touches o. Albany state-rooms warmed
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N Ew- YORK. ONTARIO AND WESTERN
Gitnations Uanteo---M ale.


noRTEK or USEFULMAN.-By stIo"g
/ man a. porter y an, kim OF worn 70 wy
port hls family USEFUL, loy +. 4Ien-oe.
n OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ts~e
L care OF 3 or 4 iurascesi soo5 te' CO.
ences Address HbLi Abbf1 %, -
Tribune Uptown once, l23e broslNay.
TSEFT USEWORK. By
L neat German and vile no ch.i lren man
good with horses, garden. mlk attehd
nres Be-. wife family COOK, laundt, s. , &c
excellent reference. Az CAHFEN IL" >
l0S 6th-eve. "
WAITER ami USEFULMAN.-By a ne!
w and obliclng Young cOlored nan -end
furnace: city or country fefefeLcts Ad-
Iress WAITER Tribune Uptown Odi-e,
/ 30 Broadway
MATER aud BUTTERFLY nat,
w capable young Englshnsn can Ian
windows, attend fires and be useful D.sl
city references. At CARPENTERS, Jos
6th-ave.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-16

ITO NEW HAVEN, 75c. os
EXCtJRsION good dayg 81 20 = ,..,.
steamers c. II. NoRTHAM and con IN T ~ rsunIsys
exeeped connecting New Haven SiIn sYgSis HUI
YoKE &c Through tickets sod ana oa.gag ehg1nou ~
e4l Broadway New-York- and SourIs~' "i0o'
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ALL FARES REDUCED

ALL FARES REDUCED
- VA PEOVIDl NEE LINE
Boston. es Providence, e. 20 Worcester 81 90 COR,
rcsngndiua I.ducton5 to ali points Eas CIANGE or
TINE.-steaners Rhode Island and Massachusetts now
iea.e pier 90 y r. foot Of Marren--f. instead
M Z 80 a. formerly, daily except sunday. - -. 49,
To kcts and stae-roonls secured 2O1 20I 26l 5fI,
oo- I5t oj7 Broadway Aston House, Cosmopolitan ana
Windsor Hotels and all offices OF WestcoVs Express Com
nany In New. York and Brooklyn
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STEAMBOATS,
| SO TO BOSTON

A SO TO BOSTON
"A FOR FIRST.CLAse LIMITED TICkEIA
FARES REDUCED.
FALL RIVER LINE 1900, -
Reduction 70 all points. steamers P1LtiRlM anu
BRISTOL leave Pier 90, N. r.. foot Of y'SSS ~,
Of T. m daily. included. CONNECTION oi
Annex boat from BROOKLYN. 80; Jersey CITY: a.
n m Returning, connecting with steamers ~
F,ll River leave Boston week days az y m Snnd1aSs
D. Steam heat In staierooms AZ OK II - "a
on each steamer hr0uchOus the year Tickets and state
ICONS secui at principal transfer and ticket Cces. ON
IL nd al
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WEST SHORE RAILROAD. N. Y. @

WEST SHORE RAILROAD, N. Y: Q. y
Co. as 90 lea 1eu wss s.f sIa
Hamilton % SO a m. 900 . ;15 D. m St Louis
9 90. g Is ,. m Toronto SO n 20 ~ 10 E n,
sase. Utica and principal lhtcTmedis;e stations Sl2
oniyJ Kingston, saucerties caiski. Albany $40,
s715. . 80 all 80 aud a 100, ZOO 'SIo NJ
Ncwburg. 10 IS a. m. 10, 10. sA2 m Hayer
ears Tor DS S Niagara Fails f9onto Detroit cheaso
Other trsis daiy except sundays g $ Leave Jersey
civ p r r. Station. All 20 a. m go p M iIoboken,
ticket 'imetables information apply at onces Brook
loot Of Fnl;on"s; New-York City-353 ami ei2 Broad
yay on l'S o6 2 p Gow wsy l5 ' and loot q ay T.
westcotts Express calls for and CHECKS baggage from
H''' General Passenger Agent, vandorbltsve. n. Y.
~ EW- YORK. ONTARIO AND WESTERN
~ RAIN TRAINS leave from ferries az west fZd
aN1 vSs, 12ist $50 a. m Jay.s,., 80 for MID
dle,own ra .isburg Monticello Li0elu, Walton. Delhi
Norwich Utica. Rome, Oneida. Futon Us"eso' Buhsio
De'WsV Wy. ds' 10 p m. Jay.s IS NJ for Wall
nN vn 10 oni gburg Eiienvile Nj Dale. Monticello
FallshurA Liberty. white Lake Rocksn1 a.uy ,,,
West 42ist :25 o. M Jayst. 10 p ID, s,s,a.
M,df'etown Fall-burf, Liberty, Walton Norwich ona
oySss sSgct. % R9 asaa p1 s Reclining
Time table. tickets &c. 2o7 so7 s ~ VEL sGs s5o:d
N'"i0' rs s r ASeE ss fse. e NV z YORK
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Rooms ano flats 60 Get.

I7PPTR part Of No ll2 West lfth-s. .n "
L rent: will divide OF al er 10 ,ult tehsAi''
FERDINAND FISH. i49 BROADWAY.
,n-ST 4O9 EAST.-Very desirable
~ improved apartments, and ROOM :
walls pspered, painted, law rents gas
elevators good neghborhood; near Na'iOh'
JanitOr -
I,c EAST 1oTH.s nfurnishe1 rat
IL of .ix light rooms al improNenienss
fully decorated; no aiIshaIt WIN iu' N'''
heat s5O-SlO.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-31
Pet Mice IN, a Bustle.

When bustles first came into fashion
certain society lady in Minneapolis,
who is apt to carry things little to-
ward extremes in the matter of dress,
had one made to order. She insisted
that it should be "a large one, and it was.
1t was so gigantic, in fact, that it was
relegated to the attic. But in the
course OF time it came to pass that bus
ties We're worn larger and larger, and
having need of new one, the lady be-
thought herself OF the airy network that
she had once discarded. Down it ca:11E:s.
from the attic, and proved "just her
size" But the hustle was inhabited. A
cunningly-constructed nest reposed in
side, and fast-growing and inquisitive
family of mice poked out their pink
noses to resent the rude disturbance.
The lady, remarkable to relate, had not
the traditional feminine fear of mice.
She bravely wore the hustle, mice and
all. AS the days passed on her strange
pets became very tame. She had a
small aperture made in her dress over
the top Of her hustle, covered with q
convenient plat, and it is her chief de-
Light to terrolize her friends by calling
forth the mice from their retreat as she
sits entertaining her visitors. - IVonaa7a.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-31
A Voicc of Too Bright C,,or.

Why is it that some women never
learn to talk unsteady? Some of them
do not seem to realize what charm
there is in low, soft voice, md good
many who do realize it makeno attempt
to improve their own discord,nt tones.
At the opera, in the chursh, on the
street, ladies, otherwise really charm
ing, rasp the ears of everybody near
them by talking in loud, coarse voice
that drives sensitive, refined people to
the verge of distraction. A dear little
maid, who has a horror of bright colors
and loud talking. said to her mothers
guest few days ago: Il don't love for
you to talk; you talk red" Was not
the little one correct in her queer COM
parison? A soft, low voice reminds one
of the lilies of the valley, of clear, blue
skies, velvety grass, anything that is
fair, and sweet, and fine. But the other
kind of voice! It brings to mind the
rumbling of wagon over cobblestones,
walking in ones bare feet over a field
of stubble, scarlet peoples in sick
room, royal purple on Bridget. Yes,
the maid was right. She talks rea.--
Kansas City Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-31

for the performance arrived the ira
gedian did not appear, nor could Flynn
nor anybody else known to the manage
ment discover his whereabouts for
several days. The general impression
was that he had fallen into a canal or
met with some other accident. Flynn,
however, finally unearthed him. While
playing billiards one afternoon he heard
the voice Of Booth in IN adjoining room.
He knocked, gained admission and found
the tragedian busily engaged in study
ing Dutch under the tutelage of two
teachers. !:
Flynn told him of the great disap-
pointment his non-appearance had
caused. Booth expressed his regret,
declared that he had been industriously
engaged in the endeavor to obtain q
knowledge of the vernacular; that he
intended to apologize to the Prince,
and for the interest he had manifested
thank him in his own language. His
performance of Macbeth" which was
subsequently given, excited the delight
of the people Of Amsterdam.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-31
Bettceelt the Acts.

"YEs," said Mazeppa's grandson, my
grandfather was very much attached to
that animal. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Would it be proper to speak of the.
atrical prompter as avehicle because he
is stagecoach To,ahers Statesman?
A NEW melodrama is called "a Mar
row Escape" Those who once hear it
probably think that they have had it
Boston Post.
PATTI has earned the magnificent
diamonds she wears. Precious tones
have brought her precious stones
Neac Orleans Picayal1ae.
SARAH BERNHARDT is growing stout
it is said. She has already got to that
point where she can be seen as she
stands edgeways. Boston Post.
BERRY WALL, king Of dudes, talks of
going on the stage. He probably thinks
of elevating the drama with new
pair of suspenders every day.-Rochester
Post-EIpress.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-31
Plays and Players.

BRONSON HowARD's new play is a
military comedy, involving incidents of
the rebellion.
w. H. CRANE is having royal time
in London, and it can hardly be said
that he is resting for the SUMNER" as
his name appears in the list of guests at
some noted gathering every day in the
week.
The brilliant and financially success
full engagement just closed by Miss
Fanny Davenport in San Francisco pre-
sents sharp contrast to some of her
struggles in her earliest days in the pro-
| fession.
NEGOTIATIONS are in progress for the
appearance of Marie Roze in opera in
Paris prior to her tour around the world.
Nine. Roze has not appeared there since
the siege of Paris, before which she Yves
at the Grand Opera.
EDWARD HARR1GAN's new play.
"Waddy Googan,' is a study of the
New York hackman, and pictures the
curious episodes which fall in the way
of a metropolitan jehu. One of the
scenes introduces the launching of. a
yacht in real water.
SARAH BERNHARDT has created nearly
one hundred roles. She states that her
most popular one is "Phedre;" and says !:
Had I my own way would never play
anything but the roles Of Racine and
Victor Hugo. In the modern roper
tory, I think myself, my best is
Camille"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-31
Gossip for the Ladies.
A KENTUCKY woman has patented {
uuidholder for gum-chewers.

A KENTUCKY woman has patented a
quidholder for gum-chewers.
The average yearly pay of women
school-teachers in Iowa is but 1912 As.
A PROPOSAL has been made to the
Finnic Parliament for changing the age
Of a woman's legal majority from Is
to 81.
ONE OF the largest ship-owners in the
town of Ellsworth, Me-, has been Mrs.
Mary A. Jordan, at whose death the
other day the flags on the shipping were
placed at half-mast.
MAGGIE WELLS, aged II, arrived at
Pittsburgh the other day from England
nnaccompanied. She had made the
journey safely through means of tag
tied round her waist with the address
upon it of her uncle, John Tay, of that
city, with whom she came to Wis it.
Mrs. OSCAR WILDE is said to wear
the same "best" dress through the
season. If not the same dress it is
made on the sa me plan, beng white
clinging silk, embroidered down the
front in gold, and adorned around the
neck with a high standing ruff la
Queen Bess.
A MONTREAL lady ordered a cloak
from tailor and refused to pay for it
on the ground of misit. The tailor has
brought suit to recover the price of the
cloak, and claims that it did fit until the
lady put on an immense hustle. The
court will have to decide the regulation
size of hustle.
JUDGE THuRMAN's daughter, who
lives at Richmond Hill, Long Island,
built her own house and had it made to
suit her own ideas. The entire lower
floor, except the kitchen, is one i'm
mense room, which is divided into
smaller ones by large screens. These
screens may be rolled aside or used for
partition purposes at the wish Of the
owner. The house stands high, and
commands fine view Of the village Of
Jamaica and the surrounding country.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-31
Who Wrote the "Danites9"

Mckee Rankin prints the following
in the Chicago Times: The writer in
the Times under the heading of
Strictly Confidential" has written a
very pretty article about poor BARLEY
Campbell in recent issue which I have
just seen. It would be much prettier,
however, if it was true, but unfortu-
nately that portion which refers to "The
Danites" is not true The facts are
these: read joaquin Miller's sketch
entitled, "The First Families of the
sierras, y published by Jansen & Nc
Clurg, of your city, in the summer of
1876, while residing in Philadelphia.
In this sketch I saw, I thought, the
suggestion of strong play. there
fore engaged the service of an old actor
who had evinced some talent in writing
plays to put the material as I gave it to
him together. Ipaid him $25 an act as
he finished the work, and have got his
receipt in full. The old actors name
was P. A. Fitzgerald, of Philadelphia,
we'll known to the older members Of the
profession. The play of The Danites,"
under the title of Poor Little Billie
Piper" was first read to Joaquin Mil
Ter in the summer of 1876, and to Bart
ley Campbell in the following winter,
so neither one gentleman nor the other
ever dreamed of the play until it was
in form ready to be acted. This P. A.
Fitzgerald was considered an unlucky
man, and I was certain that managers
would never listen to play written by
him; SO I hired Miller to father the
work and paid him $1,000 for the fraud.
But poor BARLEY was never wronged
through The Danites." On the con-
trary, it afforded him suggestion for
the greatest work he has left behind
him-viz., My Partner"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-31
Toilets for the Bed.

Spanish women, who are naturally
dramatic, and who use their hands so
much in talking, will, I am told, abso-
lutely sleep over night with their hands
held up to the bedposts by pullies, so
they may be pale and delicate looking.
Really, 1 think this is the most idiotic
thing I ever heard. just imagine any
one that one cared for coming
in and finding one strung up
in this fashion. I had always
thought that Spanish women were
coquettes, but they don't begin to COM
pare with the French women in this re-
spect. The French woman makes a
toilet for the bed as naturally as she
does for the day time, and that is where
she is very wise. The horrors of hair
in papers and the face smeared all over
with some toilet mess, is condition so
dreadful that it should be reserved for
the dressing room in the day time with
locked doors. A woman in curl papers
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-31
The Mar. ,c;th the Hare Eae,

"There," said the beautiful Amelia
Wintergreen, casting diamond ring at
the feet of Ethelbert Flitterbat, "take
the jewel you gave me. I nall marry
Mr.. Smithereen, who owns the horrid
dog from which you ran yesterday, leav-
ing me without protection from that
dreadful beast. You are ,coward, Mr..
Flitterbat. If Mr.. Smithreen had not
kindly saved me-" sobbed che girl, hys-
terically, II should not haze been res
cued. Please go, Mr.. Fltterbat, and
forever"
Amelia" moaned TINT wretched
young man, shear me. Knw that my
right eye was once rabbits. 1t was
with my right eye that I saw Smith
Green's cur approaching us. I knew he
was great rabbit dog, Amelia, and SO
I ran. I am the victim of tcience, but
am no coward"
"How romantic!7 exclaimed that
glorious girl, Forgive me, Ethelbert."
-ChicQqO Ne1cs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-31
Protection against Fire.

An italian engineer has invented a
roof for the stage of theaters, which, by
an ingenious mechanism put into mo-
ton by pressing button, slides of
from the top of the stage on to the roof
of the auditorium; at the same time an
iron drop curtain falls automatically in
front of the stage, completely isolating
it from the rest Of the stage. The util-
ity of this system will be readily per-
ceived on considering that by far the
greater part Of the fires in theaters orig
mate on the stage, which being by the
above mentioned means shut off from
the auditorium and connected with the
open air, can burn freely without ex-
posing the audience to the perils of
suffocation, which in such accidents has
made more victims than the flames
themselves.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-31
The Praying Engineer.

One winter, several years ago, there
was a good deal of religious interest in
certain Western town, and among
those who joined the church was Allie
Forsyth, little fellow II years of age.
His mother was widow, and had re-
moved four years before from their
home in Vermont, to this town in Wis
consin.
On the Sabbath evening of the day
when he joined the church, Allie was
sitting in the twilight with his mother,
when she said to him: "Allie, tell me
what led you to be CHRISTIAN. Was
it your home teaching, your lessons in
Sabbath-school, the preaching of your
pastor, or has it all come in some other
way?"
Looking up into his mothers face he
replied: Mamma, it was neither of
these. But do you remember when we
were coming from st. Adams to live
here that I wanted to ride on the engine
with the engineer? You were afraid to
let me till the conductor, whom you
knew we'll, told you that the engineer
was remarkable man, and that I was
just as safe with him as in the parlor
car with you" Then continued Allie !:
"When we were ready to start from the
station where first got on the engine,
the engineer knelt down just little
bit, and then got up and started his
locomotive. I asked him many ques-
tions about its different parts, and the
places and things We passed, and he
was very patient in answering. Soon
we stopped at another station, and he
knelt down again before we started. He
did this before leaving every station,
and I asked him after awhile what he
was doing. He looked at me very earn
estly and said: MY little lad, do you
ever pray?'
Il replied, ooh, yes, sir! I pray
every morning and evening"
"'Well, my dear boy said he, when
l kneel down I pray. There are, per-
haps, 200 lives now on this train in
trusted to my care. A little mistake on
my part might send all, or many of
these souls to eternity. So at every
station I ask my Heavenly Father to
help me. He has helped me, and in all
the years 1 have been on this engine
not single human being of the thou
sands that have ridden on my train, has
been harmed. I have never had an ac-
cident.'"
For four years the life and words of
that praying engineer had been con-
stantly present with this boy and be-
came at length the means of leading
him into Christrian life.