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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-04-21
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Bessie iIillyer Bulkley.a Washington belle,
daughter OF Judge Hillycr, committed sui
eide with poison Friday morning. IL will be
remembered tkat she eloped recently with
Buckley, young bank clerk, on the eve Of
her promised marriage with the son Of Comp
troller Trenholm.
In the United States Supreme Court.
Monday, Attorney General Garland pre-
scnied the resolutions adopted by the bar
and officers Of the court on the occasion OF
the death OF Chief Justice Waite. and cx-
tolIed I'm eloquent language the services OF
the deceased jurist. Justice Miller replied
for the court, also paying tribute TO the
learning, research. energy, and patience OF
the Chief Justice. The resolutions were
ordered spread upon the records. and an-
nouncement was made that arguments would
cease on the 4th OF May, and that the court
would adjourn for the term OF the 18th OF
May.
The Supreme Court OF the United States
rendered a decision Monday In the case OF
William l.. Powell. plaintiff In error. vs.. the
Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania. affirming
the consatutionality Of the statute Of that
State making IL unlawful 10 manufacture
butter or cheese, or any article designed TO
take the place Of those articles, from any
compound other than unauthorized milk or
cream. Justices Field and Harlan dis
sented.
The International Convention OF Woman
sunragsts began It's sessions Monday at Al
baugh's Opera House In Washington. The
attendance was large, delegates being
present from associations In France, Eng
land, Ireland. Finland, Norway. India, and
Canada. Elizabeth Cady stanton delivered
the address Of welcome. and during the day
and evening papers OF much interest were
/ read.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-04-21

Gen. William II. sherman, az New York,
Thursday, addressed letter OF which the
following Is n copy;
"To Gems. James Longstroet John b.
Gordon, simon Ii. Buckner, Fitz Lee, Will
liam Malone, John S. Mosby, and Joseph u.
Johnston: IL has been determined 10 cele-
the 9th inst by banquet At Delmonico's
In this city. write TO ask the pleasure OF
your company on that occasion. Time has
developed the ahectionate regard which the
people OF all sections entertain for the vir-
tues Of this illustrious man, audit IL fitting
that those OF ms who know him should set
the example 10 those who are 10 follow, OF
thus annually doing honor TO his memory
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-04-21
POLITICAL POINTS.

A maudamus was granted at New Orleans,
La, Friday, compelling Registrar OF Voters
Patton to appoint Republican commissioner
OF election at each polling place.
On the s79th ballot, at Gallipolis, o.. Fri
day night, the Republican convention re-
nominated Mr.. Thompson for Congress.
At Galesburg, ILL.,, Monday, the Knox
County Republican Convention nominated
delegates 10 the various conventions, and in
structed for Colonel Clark +. Carr for Gov
ernOr.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
"GIVE HIM JESSY."

The origin of this phrase is discussed
in the new Journal of american, Folk
Lore as follows: when two American
boys are fighting together and crowd
is watching the mill, spectator will
often encourage one of the contestants
by crying, Give him jessyv In nv
own boyhood the expression was too ia
miliar to seem worthy Of note. Hear
ing it after many years, it seemed a
subject fit for inquiry 1t appears GER
tain that this expression is a remnant of
the days when the language of falconry
was familiar among the youths as that
of horse-racing now is. The jess was a
thong by which the bird was attached
to the wrist, and when it retrieved
badly it appears to have been the Gus
tom to punish it by the application of
the thong. 1t not unlikely that this
convenient bit Of leather may also have
been used from time to time in argu-
ments with boys. At any rate the
phrase is heard through all parts of the
United States. have not been able to
find whether it exists at all in England
I think it likely that It may have died
out there, for several of my acquaint.
ances who were bred in England do not
/ remember to have heard it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
E.iRLY SUPREME COURT
JUDGES.

Scarlet and ermine were the robes
they wore in the primitive court, with
clean-shaven faces and powdered hair
drawn back into queue tied with a
black ribbon. Velvet suits, ruffles, knee
breeches, and buckles were the only
wear. The lawyers were required to
dress in similar fashion, and barris-
ter in any other color than black and
without profusion of ruffies stood a
chance Of being fined for contempt of
court. By the time Marshall arrived on
the bench the scarlet robe had given
way to the black silk robe, still dear to
the heart of the judges. But customary
suits OF solemn black and small clothes
continued to be the dress both for bar
and judges. "The lean and slippered
pantaloon" made slow progress on that
high tribunal for many years, even after
pantaloons were in common vogue on
the streets. The great Pinckney, At
torney-General for Madison, was a ia
nous dandy as well as being the ablest
lawyer of his time. He was daring
enough to appear in court and set
fashion in colors for the lawyers. His
dress was a blue coat with brass buttons.
buff waistcoat, buckskin breeches and
top boots. He wore the Brummel era
vat, which required high art to put on
and tie. His hair was short and nm
powdered. But the bar generally stuck
to black, even after pantaloons came
fully into fashion. The bench. how
ever, wore small clothes until the adj
vent Of fancy. With the great Mary
lander another departure from prece-
dent is to be noted. He was absolutely
the first Of Chief Justices to preside at
that august tribunal and deliver jude-
ment IN trousers to the horror and dis
may OF many barrister and gentleman
OF the old school. What sans c,llotteisn,
was to be expected next? Pigtails had
already departed, and what kind of law
was to be expected of men in pantaloons,
and without powder and pigtails? Ger
family the ancient fountains were being
troubled, and the stream was running
muddy! Nevertheless the Constitution
OF the country bore the strain, though
any OF the old-school gentlemen could
have toretold that nothing short of a
Dred Scott decision could be expected
from Chief Justice in trousers. CHI.
cagO Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
All
II EARL MARBLn.


four Interjections sat on the sand
In 'front.' of a summer hotel
And listened to the music played by the band
And watched old oceans swell.
All were little-one very email
And all were alive with glee:
That is, all but one, whose sadness
Tho rest it tickled to SEQ.
All There was dude with single glass,
Through which he ogled all
With an eye of lead, and cheek Of brass,
And most unaccountable gall.
All Sin was Chinaman, old gold hued
Whose queue was black and long.
Who had eaten rats till the vexv cats mewed
AZ he smoke in his high sing song.
All Goo was baby who sat there,
And dug in the sand and cooed,
And knew no sorrow, and dreamed no care
very beatitude.
An Mo was n maid whose heart was sore
Since tickle her love had grown;
And she looked the sand and the SEQ all o'er,
And breath he'd n desolate moan.
Anon venturesome wave crept higher,
Much higher than others had done;
And the consequences were rather dire
To tho four on the sand i'll the sun.
They forgot their Joys they forgot their woes,
As the waves dashed over tho four,
And their poetry oil was turned to prose
As they, dripping, left tho shore.
Detroit Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
THE GHOST OF JACK WEIGH,

Pond Cove Harbor, so some fisher
men aver, is the scene of a curiop
manifestation that recalls long-as
tragedy that might else have been iod
gotten by the general public. As til
kennebec Journal tells the story.
man named Jack Welch, who had beel
at work all day on a new boat, mysten
ously disappeared during the night
All search was unavailing, and the e1I
element over the occurrence had calmed
down, when, just year from the disap
pearance, some boys coming home from
fishing trip saw small, bright ligh
about a mile out in the bay that moved
slowly to the place where Jack built hi
boat year before. The boys stor
was not fully believed, but year later
watch was kept, when the same light
appeared. Each year witnessed the
same phenomenon. On the tenth ami
versary boat containing Joe Hanson +
Tom Wright, and John Welch was
,hurrying up the bay, hoping to reach the
wharf before the light appeared. Every
thing was enveloped in dense fog, and
tie men were just making the boat fast
to the wharf, when suddenly, witha
flash like lightning and buzzing sound
the light went through the rigging Of
the boat and out into the water. The
frightened men took to their heels, but
one, more courageous than the rest, saw
the light return and go to Tom WrghtsI
house. His story kept the villagers up
all night, too nervous to sleep, and |
when, the next morning, Tom was mis- |
sing, excitement reached high pltcn
Twenty years later a letter from the |
missing Tom to his wife solved the t
mystery. Toms wife had been Jacks
sweetheart, and in order to get the gill |
Tom had killed Jack and thrown his |
body overheard. He wrote the letfe.
on his death-bed, declaring that he ha'
been haunted by Jacks ghost until ne
could live no longer. The ghost is SAID
to yet haunt the harbor.- LeTIs'o"
(Me. JO2pnat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
Three weeks after, as Jack and Cara

Three weeks after, as Jack and Cara
stand before the newly-framed picture,
he saws: "It was rather shabby of you
to do it, but forgive you, and am just
as much in love with it as ever"
"That's discouraging,' says Cara
"You can't marry them ALL"
UNFORTUNATELY, no. Utah is remote.
I might do it in turn. Who sat first ?"
81 refuse to tell you" says Cara; but
colors slightly as she speaks.
"Your eyes have told me already" he
answers, and there, for minute, they
regard each other steadily. She has so
much and he so little! She has refused
him once before, and yet-of late, he
has almost dared to hope
edo you think, Cara-that you ever
could love" His eyes finished the
sentence for him. and he reaches his
hands towards her with infinite longing.
Il think" she says, smiling little as
she lays her hands in his, "tlat I might
If I were sufficiently urged" And
then, with one of those passionate
veerings which he knows 80 well: Il
think have always loved you, Jack"
Ten days later she receives note,
over which she smiles, as it has been
but a few hours since he has left her:
ITO M,s, Jack Hannaford (ttat ,riU be):
when did you say that you would help
form that composite which will make you
Madam Me? want to see statement OF
the fact in your own writing. Yours,
JACK"
To which she answers:
You spoke Of next month when you were
here. Let it be on the 18th. With all my
love and sympathy for the terrible future
before you, Lovingly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
ZINC FOR HIS LIFE.
Hon. the Late Emperor William t''ce "oe
to Hide in Rorms and Difeh"s.


In 1s4s, the year of the continental
revolutions, the people of Berlin foi-
lowing the example Of those OF Par's,
raised barricades, and after four days
fighting the King, the elder brother OF
the late Emperor, who was then Prince
of Prussia, ordered the Prince, who had
been organizing the attacks on the bar
ricades, to retire with the troops from
Potsdam. Prince William sought an
interview with the King, who refused to
rescind the order, when the Prince
broke his sword, and, throwing it at his
elder brothers feet, left the palace.
The mobiles and the aristocracy wished
the King to abdicate in favor OF the
Prince, but the people were SO enraged
against the latter, in consequence OF his
ordering the barbados to be carried by
the troops, that he had to escape in dis
guise, whilst the democracy triumphed
and paraded the King on horseback
through the streets of Berlin. The
Prince, disguised as q coachman, took
refuge on an island in the river; but
here he was not safe, and he fled to the
Spardau; but, being known, the Mayor
talked Of giving him to the Democrats
as a traitor to his country, and he was
again obliged to have recourse to flight
to save his life.
To save the crown jewels, the plate,
and the imperial treasures from the
clutches of the victorious party, it was
necessary to remove them from the
palace. Fortunately a private door
opened on to the river, and the valuables
We're placed on board barges, which, for
the purposes of disguise, were draped
with black cloth, as though they con-
tanned bodies Of insurgents slain at the
barricades. In this manner they were
transferred to the railways, and reached
Hamburg as merchandise, and were put
on board a vessel about to leave for
England. The Prince, however, had to
leave the railway, being threatened with
death on several occasions; to save his
life he had still further to disguise him
self, cutting off his beard and wearing
strange clothes. Wandering on foot he
hid himself away in peasants, cottages
and slept in barns. It was important
that he should embark for England
without being recognized To accom-
plish this end he passed over the frontier
on to Danish territory, and arrived at
last at villa belonging to his friend
Oswald, where, for the first time since
he left Berlin, he enjoyed the luxury of
a bed. The following day the Prince,
under the name of Muller, embarked
on board a vessel about to sail for Lon
done, accompanied by single aid-de-
Damn
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
NOSES AND I'm.
Queer Notions about the sme,,
Hearing .4pparotus 'h0

S' AVV"t tNe SMe,,.
Hearing apparatus. "o a
[st' Louis Globe Democra.,
If large notes were thought =:
genius, it is not usually the c,s ssa
long ears, characteristic Of tho 1a' WI
In China, however, we are to u9nss
French missionary, they are tbou how" By
dications of wisdom, and coumos gnu
pie think the Emperor has VOW. Pc
ears. as1
The itching of the ear is alsoon,:
This is very old superstition san '. n,
says: when our ears do ala 81, f'''
Jingle, some do talk of us in no o,.
sence." Molinaus, an anc;ent o '
says: IF his ear tingles, It's s;o write !,
others speak of him." In sN1ueL
About Nothing" we read iii; ~.
What fire is in mine ears9
Herrick all"des to the same be];.,.
One ca ngles some there be
That are snarling now at ma
M ] "ii'ef' 1889 says: ftbe
ears Jingle they say it is sign fl.
have some enemies abroad that do
are about to speak evil of them" y"
Sometimes, however, it denona,
upon which ear tingled. An old ws;.
says of the superstitious man. sWl
his right ear tingles he will bo Il, "a
but if his left he will be sad
The Scotch ask: "Rightlug, left1,l
which lug lows?' So in Hull, Enala,
it is said that Islander is talked oha
you if the left ear burns, but il A
right men speak we'll of you. In 1,1
cashire this is reversed. The Duta|
say that some one is praising YOU il N
right ear itches, but if the left bo c.l1
no names. LII the latter case bite vow
little finger and the evil speakers tonm,|
will suffer accordingly. In this count
it is said that people talk well Of Won !
your right ear tingles, but evil # Al
left.
In popular weather lore, when Il
ears ring at night change of wind i, !
hand. Forster, an old meteoro]ors
says: Singing in the ears portenl,
change Of weather"
The ear was in Egypt hierogly,|
of obedience. The saying: aWa1
have ears, is very old. Chaucer say,
THAT fields hath eyes, and the vo,
hath ears" The phrase "to set peopl|
by the ears" had its origin in mI
house custom of stringing pots BY M
handles OF ears, and clashing thed
together in carrying them.
Ut seems formerly to have been ford
of endearment to bite ones ear. vi
read in Romeo and Juliet:
Il will bite thee by the ear for that JEST
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
HUMANITY's DUTY.

A correspondent sends us a. card
from the parents of a small child, thank
ing friends for favors during its sickness
and after death. This is unnecessary,
as it is the solemn duty of all clv1l'z','
communities to assist neighbor at s'tn
time without fee or reward" anu =
is not necessary to publish such nolrt'
It is reflection upon neighbors by 'n'I,
nation that it is an unusual occurren',,
for friends to lend assistance in time "a
need.-Stnmt ford Mirror:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
THE N-aTION1L CINE

Bobby" said his father, with an om-
NOUS look in his eyes, "why weren't Won
at school this afternoons"
Bobby hung his head. @'Csuse r
went to see the ball game, he said
is that SO? Who Won" -New yo,.z,
San. ~ -
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
He Must HAVE. BEEN Drunk.

Husband-W What's the matter WIZ
my darling this morning? .,
Wife-You know well enough wl"' =,
the matter. You came home aE"'A
again last night
Me drunk last night-never' :,
But you owned up that you A'
been drinking" -.
II did, Ell? Well, you can't Del's"
half what a man says when he's tau'
Sifings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
THE PEOPLE OF DA1sB.iBOs.

I think the density Of population is
what impresses stranger most. 1t is
like living aboard man-of-war, where
men are as thick as bees, and space for
another one seems difficult to find.
There is absolutely no privacy. Out
from the town of Bridgeport, as far as
you choose to go, the roads are like
streets, with little boxes of houses
along the wayside, each holding nu-
merous family, while troops of negroes
stroll along the white way. Sit for a
moment beneath lignumvitn or bread
fruit shade, and negroes spring up
from the ground to gaze and wonder
who you are. This teeming concen-
trated human life is the first nov
city that tourist sees.
In an area of one hundred and sixty.
six miles, one hundred and eighty
thousand human beings live, and APP
parently live comfortably we'll. It is,
perhaps, the most densely crowded ter
ritory known, and this state Of affairs
makes itself evident at once in eyery
part Of the island
Streets are crowded from building to
building all day long, as New York
pavement is in the forenoon. The peo-
pie are almost entirely good -humored
blacks, clean, and neatly dressed in
white. Or. ". F. Hutchinson, in The
american Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24

"A CERTAIN style of shoe button 10
called the odd Maids Wedding" be-
cause it never comes off,-'-~oe o,,1
Leather Reporter. ~ "'S@
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
PANT1fERs IN CALIFORNIA.

Panthers are very abundant on the
McCloud River and very destructive to
stock, especially to pigs, and from the
experience we have had with them here
I should say that in this region at least
they very seldom climb trees. They
are perfectly we'll able to, but they can
jump into tree so much quicker and
easier than they can climb into it that
they very seldom if ever resort to climb
ing. I think they would consider it
slow work.
The hunters here assert very posi-
lively, and stick to it, that panthers can
jump to the limb of tree twenty or
thirty feet from the ground, and, as all
the trees about here have limbs nearer
the ground than that, it is obvious that
our panthers would have very little oc-
casion to resort to the slow process of
climbing. But in other parts of the
country, where the trees grow to a
greater height without branches, there
is hardly doubt, l think, that panthers
climb up the trunks of the trees when
necessity for it occurs. But even then
[ fancy that they jump the first twenty
feet or more up the tree. They must
certainly be able to climb trees when
ever they want to, for their claws and
limbs are much stronger, compared
with the weight Of their bodies, than is
the case with our common house cat,
which climbs trees easily enouch
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-09-19
Seven Deaths and Twenty-one
New Gases nc Jacksonville.

JAcgsosyILLs. Fla, Sept. g.
Twenty.one new cases and seven
deaths was The official report Of the
Board Oh Health for the Is hours up
TO noon to-day. The dead arc Miss
Pauline Wolf. Mrs Charlotte Mon
onberger, Edward Lucas. Charles A.
Peterson, Sr., Il. Sawdler, Il. A. L >,
rimer and Miss CasteIlow. Presi
dent MITCHELL ofthe Board Of Health,
announced TO the citiz.ns meeting
that there had been several death
directly duo to the want of compes
tent and faithful nurses. Most Of
the negro nurses here are incompe-
tent end unreliable and neglect the
patients. Cool nursing IL esteemed
or more Importance than medical At
tention. In the ex cutine commit
Tee of citizens assembled this morning
q committee consisting OF j. NJ.
Schumacher, J. T.. McMarray and
Ed. Martin vas appointed TO prefer
formal charges sgalnst the conduct
d, Surgeon-G General Hamilton In con.
nection with yellow fever in Florida.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-09-19
eampa,gn Notes and Comment.

aHNtHHlHW N1stR 8Ah
Senator E'lmunds says be thinks
that candidate Harrison Is an able,
kindheatted, all charitable man.
.But," asks the World is he able 70
carry Indiaua2 That's the kind OF
ability which thu Republican mana
gers are looking for" ..r
"My personal experience has
taught me" says Congressman
Smith, labor representative from
Milwaukee, shat cheap raw material
never reduscd wages In manufac'
b,ry. but. on the contrary, has ten
dency % raise them" -
"What 10 the difference betweer
,he world renowned Connecticut show
man anil Candidate HARRISON
"tiive II %"
"Why, Rarnum has the creates
sbow on earlh,' and Harrison las %
show II all. Adapted firm Nep
York Tribune.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-09-19
A wonderful Rocking stone.
Monticello IN. III Waterman.


Imagine q stone In size containing
abont 500 cubic feet, in shape nearly
a. round Us an orange, In weight not
less than $4,000 p ,unds or forty tons
and 50 nicely balanced upon q table
rock that child ten years OF aga;
by pushing either against the north
or south side can rock ii back or
forth; yet the strength of o hundred
men, without levers Or other appli-
ances, would be insufficient 10 dis
lodge il from its position. Such il
the celebrated rocking stone on the
farm of Mr.. j. McLaury, two miles
west of Monticello. This ID one Of
the greatest natural curiositics in our
whole country. What sculptor could
chisel OUT a piece Of marble Of its
size.sand then poise il 80 mica that ID
would vibrate under 80 light q touci.i
But lis shape, size and position are
not the most wonderful things about
it. Its body 10 composed Of q some.
what loose and soft sandstone in
which are imbedded numberless
round and finty pebbles, Of q dias
mond like hardness. In al the val.
ley where II Is situated il II the soli-
tary specimen OF ia class. Around
and under, the rocks are Of q totally
different structure. The table on
which il rests ID 4 hard stone nearly
~ firm and close grained a. tho blue
stone Of our quarries. From whence
came this wanderer aud howl
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-09-19

RICHMOND. Va, Sept. 5.-Hon
George ID. Wise. Democrat, 3rd Dis
trict, Vas 10 day nominated for Con.
gres. by aeclama,ion. Mr.. Wis., has
alreadj served In Congress four EN-
socutise terms.
uMos CIrY Pa, Sept. 5.-W /.
Scott was unanimously renominatsd
for Congress b. the Democratic con-
yention here on the FIRST ballot thiI
afternoon. HIS course In Congress
was endorsed BY emphatic resolutions
WARRgsros, Va, Sept. Dat thu
Democratic convention held here TO-
day General Ice was fenominated 10
Congress BY reclamation.
WAsHnGToS. Sept. 5.-Thc Senat'
has confirmed the nominasion OF w
j. Allen, VI South Carolina for Coun
sci ii Kingston. Jamaica,