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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13
LATEST FASHIONS
What Is Being Worn BY the
Followers of Dame FASH
ions Whims.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE STYLES.
Fancies in Outdoor ana Indoor Costumes.
Wraps, Hats, Bonnets, Trimmings,
G!oues, Jewe!ry, Etc.
BY ANNIE T. MYERS.

Many months ago we foretold the
advent of more artistic and classic
gowns. That was buta foreshadowine
of the craze now upon our fashionably
dressed women.
Esthetic dresses had brief period
of supremacy, but did not take with
the masses because they did not possess
that most necessary feature of popu-
ty-becomingness. There was toe
mnch OF fade-away-ness. too mucl
lankiness about them to allow them tx
beautify any woman, and none but al
nnquenchable handsomencss would
stand their proximity with any degree
of equanimity.
The new artistic gowns are soft and
womanly, but possess as we'll chirpi-
ness and freshness most enhancing.
Again, they are quite as often glowing
in color as Of delicate and faded tints,
and they pay due regard for the de-
mands of conventionality.
Let us lift our voices in exultation
that these comfortable, pretty dresses
seem to have come to stay, or at least
for good long run.
Our artist has given us three illus
trations Of pretty gowns that embody
many features of this new movement.
The drapings of our first design i'm
mediately call to mind the graceful
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13


American ladies draped and slashed
after their own style, as they really
are.
We illustrate one of these happiest
conceits. 1t is light suede-brown
nuns yelling. with petticoat heavily
embroidered around the bottom in rich
reds and yellows, over which is
swung diagonal drapery, also
embroidered The bodice is full over
the bust and V-shaped in the neck, the
space of the throat thus exposed being
covered with heavy chain and locket
Of dark gold.
This gown, made redundant with full
ness and worn with stately mien, is q
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13

unique specimen of our newest and
most novel artistic gowns.
Let us drop from the severely CLASH
cal for century OF two and we will see
that our ballroom bellies are lust as
charming in costumes modelled in the
days Of Shakespeare and Good Queen
Bess.
In glancing over q volume of his
torical costumes this week we found
almost the exact counterpart of our last
illustration as having been worn in the
English and French courts two hundred
years ago.
There was the same stiff pink satin
skirt and the same festooned lace front.
Our ancestors did not have quite so
boutfant back, but their waists were
just as tightly covered, and while they
wore more sleeves, if you can call that
| band a sleeve, they wore the long, loose
gloves as shown here.
Their shoulders and throats were ex-
posed and looked as comely, and they
dressed their hair in much the same
outlines. The fan, of course, belongs
to the nineteenth century.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13
Elk Us. DOGS.

A stockman from the Wind Ri
range tells story Of a fierce and ed
ing battle between courageous old
and the wild dogs that infest the W
River region. The river escapes II
the mountains and hills into wha1
known as the basin district over ii
and beautiful falls named the Mail
Hair While riding near these falls
stockman's attention was attlactedb1
deep baying, and at once recognized1
sound as coming from the savage ID
and realizing the necessity OF geti1
out Of the way, the horse1nan II
rapidly to the top Of a neighbol1ns \
which commanded an excellent VEN
the falls and also Of the surround
country. He had scarcely reached
top of the hill when lie saw, dasA1
along a high ridge running paTal!e
the river, a magnificent bulk elk, As
chased by a dozen or more mo1GI
dogs. The race had evidently been
for some time, for the elk ai}peaEei
be about exhausted and the dogs VI
not in the best of condition. On sH1
the pursued and the pursnels, e'
bound bringing the dogs nearer
launches OF the tired elk. SN0F
the elk changed his course and pun
down the side Of the ridge, mas.
straight for the falls. Overhang!as
edge Of the river, and towering dNH!
above the pool at the foot OF the
was huge rock. On to this f5', u
bull made his way. and planting y
self within a few feet Of the eH5%
with lowered antlers, awaited the '''g "
He did not have to wal. long Il
dogs came with a rush ana -
themselves at their prey. iNs'
and then another dog was c&;1si.' u
elk's antlers and sent bowling l''S
depths below. Just when the ny"
the hottest the rock, Or ledge y
which the battle was being iousM:, |
denly gave way, and with a Graz
combatants We're dropped into t's w.
and rocks at the foot Of the ''"'''
their bruised and bleeding rena-A1
swept down the stream. p"
Globe Democrat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13
LUCKY IND UNLECKY MEN.

One of the unluckiest men we have
ever known was even unconscious Of his
ill-luck, and declared that, some how OF
another, the oif-chance always hit him.
1t was partly true; bat the intimate
friends who knew and loved him under
stood well that there was in him this
awkwardness, this Redundancy Of angles
presented to fate, in {; very high degree.
that being at once Il good man. a
thoughtful man, an>l a highly cultivated
one. he always i'll critical moments con-
tlved to do precisely the wrong thing.
This capability of Icing incapable is bv
no means unusual and the first Roths-
child was probably right from his point
OF view when he said that he never
would employ an unlucky man. On
the other hand the lucky man is usually
the man who fits his fortunes. who.
Whether apparently able or stupid, can
90 Just what his especial circumstances
require him to do. Ve:y stupid men are
often ready men, armed with readi-
ness as OF dogs when they twist from
under a cartwheel unhurt. The "fool
who makes fortune is usually man
with Just the foresight, or the iudg-
s1ent, Or the intuitive perception Of the
way things are going-a faculty like
long sight or keen hearing and indie
pendent of intellectual power-reoui-
ste TO make large profits quickly. In
TACT, the fortunate man is usually tho
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13
Il Chinese Ma,'htt.

"Birds of feather focl together"
In China, shops of certain kind will
be found side by side. If you will walk
with me through a long avenue in my
native place, you will find the dry
goods stores, where all kinls of silk,
wooden, and cotton cloth are sold, at
one end of the street, with possibly a
booh-stall or pharmacy sprinSled here
and there between, and the shops
which deal in food at the other end.
Let us take our basket and hand
scales and walk through real Chinese
market. You will need the scales, if
you don't want to be cheated by some Of
the rascally dealers. Human nature is
the same there as elsewhere, you know :;
and you must take away the temptation
to sin. dare say that very few will
give you short weight willfully, but II is
just as well to provide against mistakes.
and you see that almost every buyer is
similarly provided. The scales are a
simple affair, being polished and grad
uated wooden rod, dotted with brass
pegs which mark off the ounces and
"catties" (about Ii lb.) and having two
hooks fastened to the larger end. The
goods to be weighed are fastened to the
hooks, and an iron weight is put on the
other end, and so placed as to balance
them.
Thus, doubly armed, with scales and
alertness, let us follow the crowd
through the narrow thoroughfare. You
notice that the street is paved with long
granite slabs, worn smooth by the tread
of thousands Of pedestrians for many
years. It is so narrow that you may
conclude that horsc-teams are not sup
posed to pass through. Indeed, there
are no carriages and wagons to be
found in southern China, except in the
foreign settlements. But occasionally
Il sedan-chair passes by, to which you
must yield the right of way.
The shops open upon the street, and
all their wares are displayed to the best
advantage. The meat markets are
rather dark looking and unpleasant
within, for there they not only sell
their meats, but slaughter the animals
on the spot and roast them as we'll.
The butchers stand behind u long table
facing the street, and sell you lamb, CT
mutton, OF pork, and sometimes yenison
all raw, on roast pork, roast chicken,
and roast duck, in any quantity you
may desire.
The way the meats are roasted may
be OF some interest. After the animals
are slaughtered and we'll cleaned. inside
and out, they are hung on iron hooks
The oven is OF brick, very large, about
four feet high and three feet in diane
ter at the top, and is now heated red
hot by a blazing wood-tire. The ami
mails are put in the oven after the wood
is burned down to GOALS, and suspended
by means Of iron rods across the top,
which is then tightly covered up as is
also the draught. You would be sur
prised to see how quickly the meats are
roasted. It takes hardly fifteen min
utes for them to be thoroughly cooked,
and ready for sale. The meats thus
roasted are delicious. The skins turn
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13
suggesting something of thu

suggesting something Of the ancient
Greek folds.
Those ferocious old Romans who
used to ornament the forum, and jaunt-
lily swing their togas when eloquently
debating in the Senate, would, if per-
mitted to open their eyes for an hour
to-day, be surprised to find our pretty
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13
STE.iLING THE PRESInEyn
,SfGE,

chat reminds me" said the o,,;..
in the Chicago Hera1d's room. ST.
saw a $1,000 bill change hama,
once. Some years ago 1 was in
well known before gamblina
were suppressed, when reporter
morning paper came in, accompar;'
a prominent criminal lawyer. T.
that in those days it was cops;a,,
great deal Of enterprise to s+asl
print the Presidents message bc+o.
had been transmitted to Cow.
Hayes at that time was on tho ).
and John Sherman was his rich.
man. The latter guaranteed ths.
document shouldn't get out prenat,,,
as it had the previous March So,
precaution was taken to preven.
leak on the one side, and on tho :,
desperate efforts were made 70
the coveted prize. 1t was asco,.:
that printed copies We're to be MAIL
a certain hour, and that those dos+l
for Toledo would reach that town al
o'clock the night of March 3. The
prietor of one of the papers there ar
to sell his copy for 81 1000, and the /
cago journalist agreed to buy it.
arrangement was made by telegram
late hour, and the necessary anna
of cash wasn't in the newspaper co
ing-room. So the reporter and .,
ney who were delegated to do the
rushed over to this resort and co-
money from him on the LAWYERS {,
rity. 1t was new, crisp $1,000
After one or two bottles of wine
been cracked and everybody felt d
the pair made for the depot. r
called for two tickets for Toledo
showed in the big bank note, supm
they would paralyze the agent. Bu
never cracked smile. He handel
two pasteboards and change for SOD
Hold on yelled the lawyer, Ii
a 81, 600 bill
ooh, is it. YEARLY yawned
ticket man, L really didn't notice G
it is, for [ can get rid Of some Of
stuff.
"Then he loaded them up with
cellaneous collection of paper, gold
silver and copper and ended the in
view by saying:
Come gents, please step as
Other people are waiting
"Well, the pair got to Toledo allr
but their scheme didn't work,
train bearing the precious mess
went off the track twenty miles out
town and didn't get in till Z in the md
ing. So you see it was only aGa
luck that John Sherman was -
keep his pledge to Hayes"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13
Notes for Ladies',

There is almost an endless variety of
delicate tints to select from for summer
wear, and with all these, red, and that,
too, of vivid shade. is popular among
fashionables preparing for season at
the various summer resorts. Bright,
poppy red has been chosen for the
foundation material for black-lace tot
lets intended for dressy uses. Gobelin
blue, old rose, roseda. and ecru are
also used under lace, but all black has
the preference for street wear. In all
black dresses watered silks are favored
for foundations, but in this case the
lace is only used as draperies, not COW
ering the skirt. Foot trimmings on
skirts are revived, much to the delight
OF those with large feet. The broken
outline afforded by full ruching or
plating enhances the beauty of a
pretty foot as it pops in and out, and
softens the defects and apparently takes
from the size Of one that needs such
advantage. Tournures are growing
smaller, which adds not only to the
graceful appearance but to the comfort
Of the wearer. Small pads are still
added to the top. but the steels are
shorter and not tied back so closely,
giving a broader effect The narrow,
protuberant style of wearing the tour
nure is decidedly passe.
Fashion Notes.
RED is the color OF the passing mo-
ment
BLACK lace toilets are as popular as
ever.
RED bandana handkercliefs have
risen in price.
CONES Of pure amber, in odd designs,
are in vogue.
BOTH high and low dress collars are
fash;onably Worn.
THE newest thing in watches contain
a picture and a mirror.
SLEEVES are more frequently pulled
above than below the elbow.
GRAY, blue and red is the fashion,
able combination in dress just now.
VARIOUS stylish notifications Of the
polonaise are constantly appearing.
ENAMELED buttons in the form of a
daisy are used upon ladies' dresses.
RED, white and blue is the favorite
color combination for lawn tennis suits.
The Empire scarf is Worth's latest
essay in the direction Of the revival of
Directory and First Empire styles.
A RECENTLY imported bracelet was
composed of heavy curb links of silver,
with a tiny silver watch in the center.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13
Il YANKEE SCHOOL.HliM IMONG
THE MINIII.S.

II live in New Mexico mining camp.
nearly a hundred miles from railway
station" said w. F. Austin 1T was
several years before the young lady
school-teacher now in our camp came
there since the miners in that section
had seen a white woman. She went
from Boston out to Albuquerque to visit
her sister, who WAS the wife of a banl:e,
there. She went up IN the mountains
OF a pleasure excursion a year ago last
summer, and on the trip visited ou1
. camp for two or three DAYS When the
miners found she was there they came
in from every direction to see her, and
she expressed adesire to live there.
The camp grew. and several miners
with their families came in last year.
We had no teacher, and the boys cot
me to write for the Boston girl
well, she came up to the camp. and
! about one hundred miners subscribed
$50 a month each to pay her fo1. teach
ing the school. She Was paid in this
way until recently. when there was i'll
the camp enough children 70 organize
the school under the Territorial laws.
Now she is paid out Of the Territorial
treasury. She seems to enjoy the wild
mountain life very much. Her principal
amusement is riding on horseback.
When she came there she had mover
been in a saddle. The young school
teacher is greatly admired and pro
foundly respected by the miners, and
she is certainly a bright ray Of sunshine
in that camp.-,St. Louis Globe-D Demo.
cT0t
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13
had BEEN 1rIsINF0Hh ~ u,

Mistress Ito pretty servant, ~,
Mary, how do you like your ne" l ,r
Pretty Servant. Very m'len' +
I was told before came tina. ~ ,,r
could get along wild your N' '1;]!
mum, but I think he is just sj'ls"s' i
Wanted-By competent your ~. 4
a place to do general ho'S""''N'
-SJti41gs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13

GEORGE BANCROFT, the historian, is
said to regard the writing OF $50 word,
as good days work; Mr. Blaine made
1900 his stint when writing his recolle,,
tons, and Admiral Porter dasllcs OF
$500 as rapidly as poet writing unde,
inspiration. Maca1llnT looked uDon U2(
words as gocl. DAYS work. NEe,. that
write well se1Gc.:... fever, write RAPIDLY
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13

man who, in consequence of so,,
den quality in his nature, dese,,.'
tune. Nevertheless, there is > :,
of the true personal good or IN ;.
men to whom things happen 50 =. -
and so little explicable by their ~ :,
anything that either is or can "
themselves, that the world. 1a.,'
of Interpretation, considers then, i
the favorites or the victims Of TO-.
London Spectator.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-03-23

tain ores, but is rather too low famed. This how
ever, must be decided by trial in some special
cases. Per cent. of coke, 4o.86
REGIS, CHAUvENEr s. Bro.
ENGINEERS REPORT AND ANALYSIS.

Wyndham G. Jones, civil and mining engineer
of Cleveland, Ohio, visited Mclean county, north
of Bismarck, last spring and made an investigation
for railway company, with the following result:
made careful examination, extending from
point about five miles northwest of Coal Harbor
Mclean county (see map) to a point about fifteen
miles southerly, embracing strip of territory
from ten to fifteen miles WIDE found the coal
seams persistent throughout the whole distance
and remarkably uniform the dip to the south be-
ing about equal to the fall of the river, but great
er to the westward found two veins of coal
each from six to seven feet thick two veins about
four and half thick and one of a thickness
not known, but probably front hree to six feet;
across the river from the town of Stanton ex-
pored the workings of an old coal mine; found
the coal holding its thickness of six feet we'll:
the coal was hard and black and impressed me as
being superior, though | am by no means sure it
is the best in the hill
There are more than 10000 acres of such coal
lying east Of the Missouri, west Of line north
from Washbprn and south of line drawn east
from Fort Stevenson. This coal rises to the east
ward at the rate of about fifteen feet per mile;
drainage without pumping could be attained in
any opening of a mine on the Missouri frontage
east of the river. The lump coal could be deliv,
cred on board the cars at cost of about ~ cents
per ton with an output of not less than one hun
dred tons per day; with more than that the cost
could be reduced; all timber and other requisites
for mining operations except iron are abundant
and cheap. Good clay, suitable for terra Gotta
and all such ware abounds; it burns to beauti-
ful red. Specimens of it have been exhibited to
experts who pronounce it very fine.
l herewith append copy of the analysis of
Lignite from mine opposite Stanton, east of Mis-
souri, river (six foot vein):
Moisture ,.,s
Volatile combustble matter ,35.339
Fixed carbon ~.
Ash 4.!2
Sulphur, Off. mo
Average OF ten mines in Hooking Valley, O.,
Vol. 5, p 924 Ohio Geology, 1854:
Moisture .o,
Volatile combustble matter ,S
Fixed carbon 22,t1
Ash go
Sulphur, LOG. 1oo ~
The st. Louis chemists, mentioned elsewhere.
found less moisture, less ash, less sulphur and
more fixed carbon.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-03-23

no SCOT or black dirt 1t burns to a white ash. 1t
is nice to handle Tests in Dakota flour mills prove
that two tons are good as one ton of anthracite
or one and a half tons of Pttsburg coal Even at
retail at this time it in Bismarck onehalf as
much as anthracite above basis. With this Win
ter it comes into universal use and for cooking pur-
poses the good housekeepers will have nothing else
MIR. Berry, coal expert, with Rhodes & Co.. Chi
cago, says the Mclean county coal of the camel
variety, and superior to any coal mined in Ill
inois, Indiana or Iowa.
The leading chemists of ST. Louis analysed sam
pie of Mclean county coal and report as follows:
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. II, 1887.
GENTLEMEN: Your coal is non-caking, burns
with long smooth flame, and leaves small white
or pinkish ash (a74 p. c). Compared with the Iowa
or Illinois Goals it is lighter has higher water high
er volatile matter, lower carbon and lower ASH also
less sulphur. 1t makes fine grained ringing coke
in the crucibe.
Farther regarding its use: 1t is good household
fuel, forming no clinkers, and giving cheerful
blaze 1t is good boersc coal, because it lhas no
sulphur to harm the iron, and makes no troublesome
clinkers. In blastfurnace it should work on GER
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-03-23
DAKOTA COAL.

The Dakota coal fields cover greater than
is represented on the accompanying map. The Lig-
mite coal formation is the substructure of all the
country north, and northwest and west of Bismarck
In Northwestern Dakota it appears on the surface
in such stupendous quantities to challenge the
multiplication table we'll as human belief The
best working vein is feet thick but local
Lgnite runs Wild and we have exposed seams thirty
feet thick and not single layer of dirt but all solid
coal. The late Prof. Hayden estimated from twenty
to thirty seams, extending from the surface to a
depth of five thousand feet. Prof. Alex. Winchell
of Ann Arbor tests to the greatness of these beds
of coal. Prof. Pumpely, of Rhode Island, says the
Dakota coal will make true coke. The most re-
markable characteristic of this coal is its ability to
retain fire. 1t will keep fire longer than any other
coal hod of anthracite in that particular is kind
ling wood compared with lump of Ignite With the
drafts shut off, it has been known to hold out four
five days. The fire goes out at night if the
stove drafts are closed 1t is clean COAL It makes
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1888-03-23
A Common Sense Ruling on the Res.
idence Clause of the Home
stead Law.
A Settlers Absences from His Home.
stead Does Not Necessarily I'm
peach His Residence.
A Homesteader May Absent Him
self for the Purpose of Earn
ing Necessary Funds.
"Good Faith. All I,nportat.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE secretary
of the interior has rendered the following
important decision involving the question
of residence upon homestead entries prior
to making final proof:
To the Commissioner of the General
Land Ofice:-Sir: have considered the
Ofice-decision of July 8, 1885, rejecting
his final proof for the land therein men,
toned. think this man is entitled to his
patent. He made his declatOry statement
on April 26, 1883, alleging settlement a
week before, and shows that he made it.
OF the following summer, that he was on
the. land from fall until the following
spring, absent again during the succeed
ing spring, again on the land from fall
until spring and not absent six months at
any one time; that he applied the proceeds
of his labor during the two seasons when
he was absent to the building of his house
and making improvements on his land,
now valued altogether at $500; that he was
poor man and his absence was for the
purpose of earning the means to improve
his land and that he devoted all the fruits
Of his earnings with fidelity to that pur-
Pos pose; In! In the the spring Of the third year he
ing to Z earn Sufficient money to
pay the government for his land.
The amount necessary. was $500, q
considerable sum for labOrer to save
from his wages during year, in addition
appears to. have done it and notwithstand-
ing he was not personally present upon his
land during the last six month preceding
the completion Of his entry, the fact cannot
deny his right. He made "a settlement in
person" on this land and has erected q
= vu0 n IN he's {snSN k1.0