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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-10
CURIOUS FACTS.

A POUND of pennies is worth $142.
A pound Of fve-cent pieces is worth
$455.50.
A MAINE baby has been christened
Anna Versary because she was born on
the anniversary of the parents mar
riage.
A NEW French device for applying
perfume is pencil, which is rubbed on
the article to be scented. All the fash
ionable odors, such as violet, heliotrope,
ETC.. are now sold in this form i'll Paris.
The smallest circular saw i'll use is
one used in Sitting gold pens. 1t is a
disk about the size Of o 5-cent piece, and
has the thickness of ordinary paper. Its
velocity tends to keep it rigid enough
for use, 400 revolutions minute being
the ordinary rate of these dimlnutiye
saws.
AUSTRIAN engineers speak favorably
of Gieszil's pilot engine for preventing
railway collisions. 1t is worked by
electricity, under the control Of the
engineer, and is run at any desired dis
lance in front of the train, which stops
automatically on encountering any OBJ
stacle.
Much of the so-called ivory now in
use is simply potato. A good sound
potato washed in diluted sulphuric acid,
then boiled in the same solution, and
then slowly dried, is all ready to be
turned into buttons, poker chips and in
Vulnerable other things that ivory was
used for once upon a time.
It is reported that a "devil-fish" or
ocean vampire, weighing fully two tons,
was recently caught in fishing seine on
the Mexican coast near Tampico. When
dead and spread out on the beach it
presented every appearance of an enor-
nous bat or vampire. 1t was fifteen
feet long and seventeen feet wide from
the edges Of the pectoral fins, and its
mouth was five feet across.
For painting walls or other objects
exposed to damp, a composition is said
to be much used in Germany for very
fine filings and linseed-oil varnish; and
when the object to be painted is to I'M
dergo frequent changes of temperature,
linseed oil and amber varnish are added
to the first two coats. Tli;s paint may
be applied to wood, stone or iron; in the
case Of the latter it is not necessary to
free it first from, rust or oily matters.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-10
ion. He was SO quiet that both ladies

ton. He was so quiet that both ladies
forgot all about his existence, and when
Mrs. Prim gathered up her ulster hur-
riedly, for she wanted to get out of
church ahead of those detestable Shifts,
she jerked Peter" on to the floor with
considerable force. peter" gave a
fearful howl and continued oyelp as he
ran rapidly down the aisle.
The congregation was at first alarmed,
then amused, then angry, and Miss Prin
was glad enough to get herself and her
Partisan wrap out of sight.-Pittsburgh
DiSD0tch.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-10
THE ar4RvE1oUs GBApHopHoyE.

THE 1T.ARVELOUS 6RAPHOEHONE.
The instruments will be leased at $50
q year each. Leased, mark you. No
person will be allowed to own an instru-
ment outright. There seemed reason
for leasing telephone instrument, for
it was simply part Of connected system
and was useless when disconnected.
But the graphophone instrument is COM
plete in itself, or seems so. Perhaps
the wax cylinders, which are its chief
feature, will have to be supplied period
ically from central office, and in that
way q sort of connected graphophone
system be established. Or there may
be some other way. Anyhow, the in
strument will be leased,
The graphophone is an instrument
smaller than the ordinary typewriter.
It makes a permanent record of every
sound transmitted to it, and can repeat
the sound at any subsequent time as
many times as one pleases. Mr.. levy,
the cornet player, for instance, played
"Home, Sweet Home" in four octaves
as aforesaid. All Mr.. Lombard has to
do when he wants tune is to take out
whatever wax cylinder may happen
to be in the cylinder at the moment and
insert in it's place the wax cylinder that
was there when Mr.. Levi was playing.
You just press button and the brass
band begins to play. In this way one
Of PATHS $1,000 songs can be repeated
500 times at pleasure. Five hundred is
about the limit. After that the wax be-
gins to chip and the graphophone gets
hoarse. And PATHS songs can thus be
handed to future generations. -Nea0
York sam.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-10
EINGER SPEECH.

Oriental traders on the east coast of
Africa have been compelled, in order to
avoid the interference Of lookers-on, to-
adopt a sign language. Walking
through a market-place in this region
Of the world, the traveller will often
witness a strange sight. Two grave,
long-bearded Arabs will step as. !e,
each will put his hand up the other 9:
capacious sleeve, and the pair will then
begin apparently to pinch each others,
fingers for few minutes.
Often the performance will be varied.
One will unroll his long turban CLOTH,
OF perhaps lift his long mantle and then
cover his hand, and conceal beneatha
this the pinching Of the fingers will
proceed as before.
The initiated know that this is q
method Of bargaining by means Of a code
Of finger speech understood by Eastern
traders from Arabia and Northern
Africa to the borders of Persia. It has
been adopted in the first instance for e
single reason. In the East, especially
along the coast Of the Red Sea, Zanzi-
bar, and Southern Arabia, all business
is transacted in the open air.
In all such transactions the bystand-
ers, oilers, rif-raf, and meddlesome
busybodies generally, contrive to have
a good deal to say, rendering their ad-
vice to both buyer and seller. The un-
written etiquette Of the East requires.
that such friendly counsel be not re-
scented.
But as the merchants and dealers
find it an unlimited nuisance and q.
great hindrance to business, they have
adopted certain code Of finger signs,
which they exchange when bargaining.
with their hands concealed under their
sleeves OF turban cloth.
Each finger and each joint of finger
represents a certain figure. So the pair
can bargain by the hour--as they oftea
do-to their hearts content, and none
OF the busybodies around them be any
the wiser for it.-.St James Gazette.
ON THE MOVE.
Neighbor-What! Are You going to
move again?
Col. Peterby-Cf course Pm going to,
move again, and I've got very good rea-
sons for it,
Il thought you were satisfied with
your quarters?"
eyes, I was at first, but now the
landlords daughter plays all day on the
piano, and in the second place I've been
served with a dispossessors notice be-
cause I haven't paid any rent. Teas
SiJ1i1ags.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-10
PURsuED BIZ LION.

The narrator of the following adven-
ture was out in the forest and wandered
much farther than he intended. At last
his dog was set upon by lion, and only
got off with his life; but dogs senses
are sometimes worth more than mans
judgment, and in the present instance,
half dead as he was, the dog saved his
masters life:
The children loved my dog, and no
artery was cut. Ishredded some Span
ish moss, bound up his wounds, slung
him in my scarf, and set out for home;
so far had we wandered that it was
nearer than the corral. I am strong,
but the sun was hot, and dog is heavy
on ones shoulder. Nopath led through
the forest, and could not feel sure, not
being an Indian, that I was following
the true course. A hundred times L
thought of dropping the poor animal, but
had not the heart when he licked my
neck, and remembered what his fate
would be-devoured alive by ants.
Presently he became restless, and
then he growled. "It needs many les
sons to teach fool" says the proverb.
hit him with my elbow, but he would
not be quiet. He began to bark feebly,
gathering up his limbs-poor beast! L
suddenly caught the hint and turned.
At q few yards distance the brushes
softly swayed beside my track. That
lion was following again. I looked to
my rife and set forward. In ten min
utes the growing recommended, and
the excitement Of the dog grew stronger
and stronger. The brute was creeping
up. 1 cooked my gun and faced round,
but that beast was quicker. Nothing
could be seen but the waving of the
twigs. 1 fred chance shot to no effect,
and resumed my way after loading. For
long while all was quiet. Igained the
river bank, and was working down, re-
lieved of all anxiety, for the spot was.
familiar.
Beyond broad belt of reeds and
swampy ground lay the clearing. That
was an ugl y bit to traverse with a lion
at ones heel, and I congratulated myself
that he had run away. One could not
see yard on either hand when, half way
through, the dog growled and barked
and struggled more violently than be-
fore. When I turned the leaves were
all bending and quivering not five yards
away. shot and hurried on, but the
ground was difficult. In a few mo-
ments the dog again gave warning, and
the reeds swayed all about. Ishot; but
now the dog did not cease to raise such
feeble clamor as he could, and shot as.
fast as could load. The firing saved
me. Two vaqueros resting in the shade
knew the sound of my piece, and
came to meet me, hallooing. The dog
was almost choled in commissions by
this time, and I believe that the lion
had just gathered himself to spring
when their shouts frightened him.
From that time I have understood
how kind action does not go unre-
warded. For if I had abandoned my
dog that day I never would have
reached acknowledgement Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-10
Chicago LADIES.

Still it remains true here, as else
where in the United States, that wo-
men are in advance in the intellectual
revival. One cannot yet predict what
will be the result of this continental
Juror for literary, scientific, and study
clubs-in some places in the East the
literary wave has already risen to the
height Of the scientific study of whist
but for the time being Chicago women
are in the full swing of literary life.
Mr.. Browning says that more of his
books are sold in Chicago than in any
other American city. Granting some
afectation, some passing fashion, in the
Browning, Dante, and Shakespeare
clubs, 1 think it is true that the Chi
cago woman, who is imbued with the
energy of the place, is more serious in
her work than are women in many
other places; at least she is more en-
thusiastic. Her spirit is open, more
that of frank admiration than of criti-
cism of both literature and of authors.
This carries her not only further into
the heart Of literature itself, but into a
genuine enjoyment of it-wanting al
most to some circles at the East, who
are too cultivated to admire with
warmth or to surrender themselves to
the delights of learning, but find their
avocation rather in what may be called
literary detraction, the spirit being that
of dissection of authors and books,
much as social gossips pick to pieces
the characters of those of their own set.
And one occupation is as good as the
other. Chicago has some reputation
for beauty, for having pretty, dashing,
and attractive women; it is as much en-
titled to be considered for it's intelli-
gent women who are Intellectually agree
able. Comparisons are very unsafe,
but it is my impression that there is
more love for books in Chicago than in
New York society, and less of the crit
ical, nil ael,aiaari spirit than in Boston.
1t might be an indication of no value
(only of the taste of Individually that
books should be the principal "favors"
at fashionable german, but there is a
bookstore in the city whose evidence
cannot be set aside by reference to any
freak Of fashion.-Charles Dudley Var
11er, IN Harper's Magazine.
, 1888-05-05
PrOclama.

a LIE og Enhver, som have
GSa Noget at fordre i Skiftet efter
afgangne BENJAMIN INNISS
(Ennis) indkaldes herved med 3
Maaneders Varsel til for under
tegnede Skifteret at anmelde og
bevisliggj0re deres Krav.
st. Thom@ Skifteret, den 25de April
1888.
H. A. JURS.
, 1888-05-05
PrOcIa1na.

a LIE og Enhver, som MATTE
&s5 have noget at fordre / Boet
efter afg. ADELAIDE BEATHIE
her af Byen, indkaldes herved med
3 M~aaneders VarseI til for under
tegnede Skifteret at anmelde og
beyisliggj6re deres Krav,
LigeledeS indkaldes med Aar og
Days Varsel Afd0des Arvinger efter
Loven til at anmelde og l~egitimere
sig.
Christiansteds Skifteret, st. Croix den
20de April 1885.
MAXEN,
est.
, 1888-05-05
TranSla alton.


dPT is hereby made known that
- Government Secretary HANS
CHELL having returned to the
Island Will take over the Government
Secretary's Office in st. Thomas,
Thursday the 26th instant.
The Government of the Danish West
India Islands, st. Thomas, the oath April
1888.
For the Governor,
HALVOR HANSEN,
dctg.
, 1888-05-05
Proclama.

a LIE og Enhver, som have
40 Noget at fordre i Skiftet efter
afgangne Planter ERNST PHILLIP
WEINMAR indkaldes herved med
6 Maaneders Varsel til for under
tegnede Skifteret at anmelde og bevis-
liggi0re deres Krav.
st. Thoma Skifteret, den 25de April
81. A. JURS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-15

When all the men and some few girls
| were provided with lighted torches the pro-
cession moved, headed by the Stockbridge
| band, which. to tell the truth, has gained
celebrity more by the excellent lungs of its
| members than the melody of its perfor-
mances. All started in good style, the pio-
neers leading, by an une yen path to the
| mouth of Ice Glen ravine through which
| the party was to climb. This gorge cuts
deep into q spur of Bear Mountain, one
| Of the widest Of the Berkshire hills.
| The distance through is hardly more than
mile, but into that mile are compressed
enough slippery rocks and stumps and logs
to make miniature chaos. The terrors OF
| the spot for timid girls and unfortunate,
| ill-treated chaperones, are manifold. The
| band was left at the entrance of the glen,
and then, accompanied by a solitary drum
| and bugle the mummers essayed the first
| threatening rocks. Here, alasl they lost
| the beautiful uniform line in which they
| had started ous. Witches and devils Jared
no better than ordinary mortals; for the
| broomsticks Of the witches and the horns Of
| the devils were excessively in the way both
of themselves and their immediate neigh
| bors; while ia courtier of Henry Will and
his companion, Greek goddess, slip
ped headlong into a dark and dreadful
| chasm worthy of DanteH Inferno, as illus
| trated by Dore. Colored fires were lighted
from time to time, and with the torches
made the scsnesas light as midday The
more active members of the party were
| grateful for this light, but when some poor
unfortunate was in the throes of sliding
| ignominiously down a tall shelving rock or
contemplating with dubious fearful glance
the horrors of a yearning chasm indispensa-
| BILE to cross-it was more than aggravating
to have small boy light huge calcium
fire close at hand and silhouette ones mis-
fortunes to the hooking crowd.
If you climbed ahead of the rest and
gained some rock overlooking the glen, the
scene was weird and picturesque in the ex-
IRENE; fit for one of Wa9ner's operas. or
der Freischutz" itself; only on a larger
scale than any opera house in Europe or
America can afford, The rough path
wound irregularly through the ravine, and
the colored fires we're Lighted at the differ
ent bends, and the torches rushed headlong
across or went out like wiz o. the Wisps,
hiding or revealing the gaily dressed crowd
as ii stumbled and slid BY turns--the fan
tasy and originally OF the picture were re-
markable.
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tat. wien care and anxiety were tossed
asia made ole think Of the Wild oance in
/ the '"Marble Fawn,n when Miriam and
Donatello e ided oyer the Payeties.
| Stockbridge, however, has had other
amusements during the season not yet pas.
! The little Casino deslgaed by Mckln, VINO
offered his drawings as ain art site contribu-
| ton to the town has been the theater of
unusual festivities. 1t boasts pretty little
stage whore uaby opera was given not
long ago, and scenes from Mother Goose
were performed by sc.ous from the nursery
| already familiar with the text of :" Banbury
| Cross" and the Maid of the Milking Pail"
| None OF the Comedians were more than 10
| or IL years Of age: thew were therefore net
liable to stage-fright like their elders. They
went "Rou I'd the II liberty Bush" as I'M
consciously rs if here had been no audience,
! and all possessed that highest and rareSt OF
| histrionic charms-complete naturalnesS.
In this they were worthy of the Theatre
Francois. This unique performance drew
a crowded house and netted several hun
dred dollars for charity.
It. was indeed so successful that the young
people of the next grade in yeas grew jeal-
Gus, and more ambitious amateur theatricals
we-e AZ Once arrang d. In these Edward
tates Coward, the star of SO may drawing
rooms, was fdclie l1TincepS; indeed he was
stage manage, pronpter, and actor, all Mt
once-three single gentlemen rolled into
one. The programme consisted of "Sugar
and Cream" clever comedi4tta by Hurst,
never yet played by Professional actors
Two Of Austin blossoms proverbs in Porce-
,ain;' and fuuny novelty called The Toy
Shop" IN VIII .ch all tire Young girls of Stock
bridge appeared as dolls, and we're brought
out and exhibited to thu audience as well as
TO he mimic purchaser on the stage. Cow
ards talent is well known. lie really PLAYS
the modern gentlemen with more dignity
and ease than many professional actors
oven on the F. euch stage; for tie stited
lyle SO common in the theater is imperc sp-
lble i'll himwli lie the facility that ana eurs
almost always Lack he has gained by long
rqctice. II IS n mistake to suppose that
ladies and geatlemel of society are espec-
iaiiy fitted 10 play the same paris on tue
'TaSe; hey are TOO co 2scious to lie th'rn-
dives, or to act Us they do in ordi ary life;
while many trained and admirable Il fists
are either ignorant of the life they attempt
20 portray, or too used to exaggsration TO
)lay society parts Dir. Coward just hits
tile mean.
Then there has been tennis tournament,
at which Socum. the champion, con5e-
'cended no look on, though Of course he
could find no 10 man or, ny Of his Steel 10
Stockbridge, and consequently did not
clay. It was amusing to witness the awe
Hitn which he was rega de1 b the yourg
people. There comes the champl)"m
5hey would say to each other, as he entered,
and they seemed about to rise en- ntasse L,
eceive him as if he had b. Ell the Pre- ideIt.
Indeed. neither Cleveland nor Harrison is
SO IMPORTANT in many tennis Players eyes
as the hero who has won in all the imyor-
tant tour naments of the year.
ADAM BADEAU.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-15
A Voice from Macedonia.
From the Washington (Ga3 Chronicle

FROM Htc washington tbu) C'THtCte.
Judge E. d. Anthony yesterday received
a letter from his eldest son, Ed, who is liv-
ing near Tavares, Fla. At the time Of
wr ting the young man had high fever,
but he assured mis- father it was only stom-
tchic, not yellow fever. Ed Anthony
states that instead Of tventy-eight trains
passing through Tavares daily. there are
now only .thret. The result Of this is a
Hearth of meat. A gentleman who can
put his hand on $4,000 at any minute
Of the day, came TO Mr.. Anthony and
offered nearly its weight in gold for
pound of hog meat. This gentlemaa
said he had been living on boiled peas and
corn bread for several weeks. Vegetables
are scarce, as the first crop is over, and the
second crop is not ready. The people, in
fact, are on the borders of starvation.
They fish and hurt, it is true; and this is
about all that keeps them going. But they
are so exhausted from want of food that
fishing and bunting becomes an onerous
task Mr.. Ed Anthony says his neighbors
or at least many of them-are starving,
and are praying for the time when the
dread quarantine shall be rendered IN
necessary
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RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
FLORIDA RAILWAY AND
NAVIGATION CO

ON AND AFTER MAY II, 1883, trains depart
~ from jacksonville passenger station, fooa
of Hogan street, as follows:
7:3O a. m.-NEw ORLEANS FAST MAIL. daily,
son, Monticello, Tallahassee, Quincy, De-
Funiak, Pensacola Mobile, New Orleans,
Texas, Denver Nashville, st. Louis, Cincin-
natl, Chicago, etc. Arrives in Jackson.
$50 a. m.-For Fernandina and Ocean
Beach, Sunday only Stops at all stations.
Arrives Jacksonville at 6:45 D. m.
$50 q; m --FoR fEaNANDINA DAILY, except
Sunday Connects with Cumberland Kouta
for Brunswick, Macon, Alfalfa, Chatta-
nooga, Cincinnati, St Louis Chicago add
all points North. Arrives at Jacksonville
1910 a. m.-souTH FLORIDA NAH. AND Ex-
PRESS daily, for Gainesville Cedar Key,
Silver Springs, Ocala, Wildwood Plant City,
Leesburg, Tavases, Orlando, South Florida
Arrives Jacksonville 1:46 y. IA.
GAO D. m.-ST GAMER EXPRESS, Sunday only.
Connects with Sunday steamers Clyde Line
for Charleston and New York. Also with
Gum 1erland Route steamers for Brunswick
Macon. Atlanta, Cincinnati, Chicago and al
points North Arrives at Jacksonville
800 D. m.-WEsr FLORIDA EXPRESS, daily.
for all points in West Florida, Pensacola,
Montgomery, Nashville aud all points North.
Arrives jacksonville 12:45 .. m.
4:3O p m.-FERSANDGNA MAIL AND EXPRESS,
daily, except Sunday, connects Tuesday and
Friday with Savannah steamer, Thursday
with Mallory line. Arrives Jacksonville
TAG D m.-SourH FLORIDA NIaHr EXPRESS
daily, except Sunday, for all points in South
Florida Has through Sleeping Car to
Orlando. Berths only 81 Arrives Jackson
For local tkie cards, folders maps, rates, and
any other information, call at City Ticket
Office, Sc West Bay street, corner Hogan.
A. o. Mcdonnell, G. p A.
D. IT. MAXWELL Cen Supt., Jacksonville, TIA.
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GAY REVELRY BY NIGHT.
AUTUMN FESTIVITIES IN THE
BERKSHIRE HILLS.

A rorchlight Procession of Fair
| Womea and Gallant Men-Novel and
! nreported Amusements.
| NEW York, Oct. 13.-',ris hard to believe
that in pu itanical, conservative Massachu-
sets, such thing as torchlight process
sion in masquerade dress could possibly &C.
cur in the nineteenth century and that it
should be an old established custom. organ
lied by the chief families of the town, the
lneal descendants of stark puritans like
Jonathan Edwards and his Calvinistic fol-
| lowers. Yet, oil this occurred in the year
of our Lord, 1888, in the quaint and quiet
village Of Stockbridge-the very core Of
New England.
For week beforehand the whole town
was in agitation, discussing costumes,
torches, escorts and the like, and at last On
the appointed evening, the organizers and
the invited guests 'seinbled al the railroad
station soon after dark. Half an hour was
and at alb ut O'Clock torches were lighted,
and sailors, fishermen, peasants, vivanderes.
devils, witches and ghosts took their PLACES
TWO by two amid talk and laughter and the
loud cracking Of bonfire near at hand.
Never had the solemn, dignified old town
looked 50 tricksy. The evening train from
New York whizzed by, and as the travellers
peered from the windows at several hun
dred people in motley dress, brandishing
ttambeaux and frisking around bonfire,
they must have rubbed their bewildered
eyes and wondered whether q lunatic asy
lum was near
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SHIPPING.
Compagnie Generate TransatIantique
French Line to HaWe.

pETWEEN New York and Havre, from pier
ID No. ~, N r., foot of Morton street. Trav-
elers by this line avoid both transit nv English
railway and the discomfort of crossing the
Channel in small boat. Special train leaving
the Companys dock at Havre direct for Paris
on arrival of steamers. Baggage checked at
New York through to Paris
la NORMANDIE, DE KERsApIEc, SATUR-
DAY. oct. 10, NOON
LA BOURGoGNE. FRANoEuI, SATURDAY,
Oct %, 5 AM
LA CHAMPAGNE, BOYER, SATURDAY. Oct
%. 10 AN.
To HAVRE-First Cabin, $50 500 aud $50;
Second Cabin, 500; Steerage from New York 10
Havre. $685. Storage from New York to Paris,
SEQ; including wine, bedding and utensils.
LOUIS DE BEBlAN. Agent, 8 Bowling Green,
foot OF Broadway, New York.
OR r. w, HUNT, Esq, ~ Bull street, MEssRs
WILDER q CO., ls6 Bay street. Savannah
AgenA