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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13
A Lesson for a Dude.

The name of Harry Cakes is not yet
forgotten in the army-a bluff, straight
spoken soldier, who some twenty years
ago commanded the Twelfth Lancers.
This is how he dealt with the point
now SO much at issue. A young officer
complained that while in plain clothes
q certain soldier had not saluted him.
The soldiers excuse was that he had
not recognized the officer,
"I'll take care you can't make that
excuse in future" quoth Colonel Cakes
@Mr. , you will walk up and down
the barrack-square in plain clothes un-
til Private 49, is satisfied that be
would know you again.
The private gave the officer a benefit
of about half-an-hour, and all he con.
ceded then was his ability to recognize
the former in the suit he then wore
IF you are not satisfied" said the
Colonel, you will appear in the square
for ten minutes in each civilian suit
you own, and whenever you get new
suit you will do the same, and let Pri-
vate -- know"
The young officer never complained
again Of not getting what he consider.
ed his proper due in the matter of So
lutes. London World.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

THERE has been discovered en- the
Epping plains. ia the town of Colum.
bia, Washington County, Maine, freak
of nature that Chords fruitful theme
for local scientists, and has set all the
natives agape with wonder. Some
time between August, 1887, and Au
gust, 1888, there was formed, by some
subterranean agency, pond so by IS
feet, and several feet deea where no
pond ever existed befo... A body of
land Of corresponding dimensions was
forced from its natural position easter
" and upward several feet to more
elevated part of the plain, where it
now rests, leaving hollow which in
turn became pond. Nothing of the
sort ever happened in the vicinity be
fore, and the inhabitants are now look
ing for earthquakes.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Al Little syhesdiss.


There never was grandma half 80 good
de whispered, while beside her chair he stood
And laid his rosy cheek,
with manner very meek,
Against her dear old face. In loving mood.
There never was o nicer grandma borni
4 know some little boys must be forlorn
Because they've none like you;
wonder what I'd do
Without q grandmas kisses night and morn
.Thers never was dearer grandma -therei r.
He kissed her and he smoothed her snow-white
hair:
Then fiKed her rufied cap
And nestled In her lap,
While grandma, smiling, rocked her old arm
chair.
1whsn I'm man, what lots to you I'll bringi-
horse and carriage ind watch and ring
All grandmas are SO NIGEL"
{Just here he kissed her twice)
sAll grandmas give boy most anythingF
Before his dear old grandma could reply,
This boy looked up, and with q roauish eye.
Then whispered in her ear
That nobody might hear:
Say, grandma, have you any more mince pie =
The Independefst.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

the upper wards he was met BY the
nilrs who had written to him, and was
taken to the room where Jim Elder lay
tossing to and fro.
As soon IS the sick boy saw Nat he
sat up in bed, strong with fever, and
held out his hand. MAT, he sid II
want to hear You say that you forgive
me. I've been awful jealous, and mean
as could be to you; and then | killed
Mop. I am sorry Every night it
seemed as if you came and stood beside
my bed and ! can't get any sleep"
The boy sank back on his pillow ex-
hausted, with his bright eyes fixed on
Nat, who was not looking at Jim, but
q spot, in the carpet; and tumult was
snrging within him. The one who had
done him more injury than any one
else in his life lay before him. He was
afraid that he could not say from his
heart that he fully forgave him for
wantonly killing his little fayorite. No;
the words choked him. At length he
raised his eyes. The victory was half
won, but only half. II am sorry you're
sick, Jim,' he said, drawing a long
breath.
Say you forgive me-" whispered the
sick boy; but still Nat was silent.
Over the bed hung colored text, at
which Nat looked vaguely for minute
without taking in its meaning. For
give, and We shall be forgiven, he re-
peated to himself Suddenly his face
flushed, and he grasped his cap with q
convulsive movement. The words,
xpb ;nb Saa,,,fa5 x,r.;4+e,, oil ox,e,. tba xu II
in letters of light, entered his heart.
Gould he ever pray, Forgive us our
trespasses, unless he freely forgave
his PROSTATE enemy? All, no, never!
How bitter and hard he had been!
And great wave of contrition swept
over him. The battle was won at last,
but not in his own unaided strength.
"Jim," he said, IT do forgive you, for
Mop, for everything" and, breaking
down with n sob, he left the room.
Every visitors day after that saw a
bright, dark-eyed boy sitting beside
the now convalescent Jim, talking or
| reading to him, and filling that little
corner of the ward with sunshine.
| When the sick boy was able to leave
the hospital, he found place opened
to him. He did not know that Nat
had gone to one of the clerks in the
Office, and that it was through his in
tercession with the head of the firm
| that the place had been secured But
he guessed that Nat was the main
spring of his good fortune, and it
touched him to the quick.
Nat forgave much, and found great
Joy in doing it, peace Of conscience, a
chance to help another back to health
and useful labor, and bound to his side,
by ties of gratitude and love, a lifelong
friend. -NeW York Observer.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

The yassar brothers, the last of
whom, John Guy Vassar, died not long
ago, have done much for education and
for the higher development Of women.
John Guy Vassar was fortunate man
of business. He appreciated the bene-
fits of liberal education. He and his
brothers founded Yassar College, which
was really the first definite attempt to
establish an educational institution
solely for the benefit of women. 1t is
grand monument to the generosity
and breadth of the founders.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13
AoceRp1Ne to the Walla Walla Joa.,

ACCORDING to the Walla Walla Jour-
nal, the red fish have for the first time
in sixteen years disappeared from
Wallowa Lake, and the packers are idle
in consequence. The fish are identical
with the "blue black" salmon of the
Columbia, and have been accustomed
to making the lake their breeding
grounds, where they swarmed in inn
mense numbers. Like many other fish,
they change color at the breeding sea-
son. The blue black is one of the
finest species of salmon, and its utter
determination seems to be matter of
only short time.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

A PUBLIC school teacher of Milwau-
kee has in her notebook the following
composition on "Girls," written by q
boy: @Girls are very stuck up and
dignifed in their manner and behave
youror. They make fun of boys, and
then turn round and love them. ]
don't behave they ever killed cat OF
anything. They look out every mite
and say: oh, amt the moon lovely
Thir is one thing I have not told, and
that is they always now their lessons
bettern boys"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

Few people have any correct idea of
the amount of railway construction
which has been in progress in the
United States during the present year.
During the first ten months of the year
main line track was laid in forty-four
States and Territories on $50 lines, to
the aggregate extent of $3.50 miles.
The following table. compiled from the
detailed records of the Raihoay Age,
give the totals by States and Terri
tories:
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

aWho will enjoy church the most to
morrow was question one night in
the game of 4Impudence" among a
circle Of young people sojourning in
the country. Who will most enjoy
the going and coming?" coquettishly
ventured a young girl to whom it fell
to ask the following question. why,
that's what I meant" exclaimed the
first, with naiyete which was greeted
with peals Of laughter. Harper's Ba-
gar.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

SENATOR EvARTs has new hat. He
has long been famous for his shocking
bad hat, and for many years his we'll
worn old tile has attracted notice in
the streets, and has been a theme OF
POPULARITY in the courts. The glossy
tile in which he now disports himself
is worn too far back on his head, as the
old one was, but he thus gives good
display of his Gladstonian brow and
Ciceronian features.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

The Project of Paris has issued an
order ferbidding newsboys to cry any
thing in the streets excepting the titles
of papers. The law was first passed by
the Government Of the Republic in
1893. Under the reign of Napoleon /.
the law fell. into desuetude, and with
the exception of brief revival in 1916
has remained dead letter ever since.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13
10 ouality. From this il VIM will BE-

ing quality. From this 10 WIN WIN be
understood that coal saoa.d 10 kept
dry and under cover, and that to expose
it to rain or damp is to lessen It's guam
tity and weaken its quality. Here,
too, we have an explanation of the in
feriority of the great hea $ of small
coal which encumber the ground in the
mining districts.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

LADY DRuMMoND, the American girl
who had 10 leave her titled English
husband on account Of bad treatment,
is trying to secure 100000 which
belongs TO her and her young daughter.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

A STICK of timber 151 feet long and
twenty inches square, believed to be
the largest piece ever turned out from
any saw mill, has been sent from Puget
Sound to an exhibition in San Fran
cisco 49,.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13
Al Confidence Game.

aKiliordan, You know that district
telegraph boy that sometimes runs err
rands for me ?"
Eyes
Il put up $40 on him in foot-race
the other day. That is, / bet $40 he'd
lose the race.
swell, You won that race, didn't you,
Grindstone?"
No, lost, The telegraph boy won
the race before the other got started. ]
learned afterward that the other fellow
was an elevator boy. It was mean
confidence game, Kiljordan,"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13
o1eARErrE smoking has become fad

CIGARETTE smoking has become q fad
among the aristocratic fair of Balti-
more. Not only girls but married
women of high social standing in the
city are inveterate smokers, and few
of them are so welded to the habit
that they are unable to break off, fear
ing disastrous results from sudden
removal Of the stimulating effects Of
the tobacco.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

Mrs. HARRIET LANE JOHNSON, who
presided over the domestic affairs of
the White House during Buchanan's
administration, has taken possession Of
ahouse in Washington and will spend
the winter there.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

PLEASE don't swear is printed on q
card stuck up over the ticket hole in
the window OF one of the Sixth ave-
nue. New York; elevated stations. It
reminds the passengers of sign on an
organ in a Western church: please
don't shoot the organist; he's doing
the best he can.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13
Expert Advice.

Uncle--So you are going to be mar
ried?
Nephew Yes, uncle.
Uncle Well, I'll give you piece Of
advice that won't come amiss. Begin
married life with a good excuse f3r
staying out all night, go your break
fasts can be happy meals. Ioaoaa Top
doc
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

IT is asserted in London papers that
the discovery made by Mr.. Hewitt in
the artificial manufacture. Of quinine
will result in the reduction Of the price
Of that article to few cents perpound.
The Importance of this discovery is
rendered greater by the fact that, while
hitherto dependence has been on the
cultivation Of the cinchona tree for
quinine, the bark yielding only about
two per cent. Of the same, the new pro-
cess admits of the substance being pro-
duced without limit from an article
which can always be got in abundance
in any part of the world.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

IT Is not known yet why the shell OF
the lobster turns red on being boiled.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13
SET.F-EDIJGATION.
BIZ pRoFEssoR DAVID SWING.

1FTEK q youth has pass
ed through the common
schools of our country or
city, self-education be-
. comes not only possible
but easy So much de-
ponds III on self that .
4college course is valuable
I only SO far as the stud lent
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-12-13

THE Portland Oregosaian tells Of a
peculiar sight witnessed the other day
by passengers on the ferry from Van
CONVEX A seal was in pursuit of q
salmon. The fish darted hither and
thither, and fre luently leaped out of
the water. The passengers became
very much excited in watching the
race. Finally the fish darted up to
the boat and jumped on board. A
member Of the boats crew sold it to a
farmer, to the great indignation Of the
passengers, who wanted it taken to q
safe distance and restored to the water.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-02-04

A late secretary of the Wesleyan
Sunday school Board of Englan | tells
of the first time he heard Dir Parker
preach in the (ity Temple in London.
II was eagerly looking ont for some
thing out OF the common way, and /
was not disappointc just before he
began his sermon he made tie eXtraor-
linarv announcement that t. G cong,e-
cation We're to sing & p1rtic' lar hymn
at the end of the sermon ! thout bis
having to rise and give it ont. l saw
at once that he intended some great
coupe in his peroration. The sub ect
was the Scarlet Woman Of Babylon.
AS he neared the end OF his sermon he
grew more and more excited, and end
ed with: Yes, my fr ends. Babylon,
the mighty, has fallen, has fallen has
falIen-has fallen, has fallen.
at each has fallen lie took one
step nearer his lounge and finally sank
exhausted as the last word was ut
tered
The poetry Of DR.. Parker's fall
would have been destroyed had he
Qrisen to give out the hymn. "-Neu
NDTk Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-02-04

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eahcc ~ lnHGh ~ possible, II nH. tiy
fPl-o"S t.'%I re mas every oppolI uulIS
lor 2ctv!hS ln' Sutu; NIo1n"ly pi"tci
CONSIDER t'lo' il" SIA-il"ldel game, lhat
Is 1Eiec "r u Sloe, Is 'iie peSV Tor INC
sPCf;. 'o"onef' 'iie genera pi !ncii'le
or PioFihs IS inc same, "hetnef TWO Oh
elglt players take part
"A hGc Hra"h across inc couit sep"
scoring a GENERA! l1e" OF low Inc INC
game Is p'"Yc" may Dc gwen plioliy.
1'o'S ere c''Sl ~ '''i'" 'ortt' Vi oIilor lor
lilt 3'.pr0 ~ si''oS' "pt INC i,l"h mt'o
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tloh n -'oh' 81 ''i Vine, que ne oVl'er
st'.a''S' '''tn o. u, NIloh 'he 9"nt a.. -
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si"e u es ~, o"'i - il''IG anu throws
~ sn":P'! Gown 'i,oi' sn1 N Tliltl!;
AS IL Uses upon t'ie lG',o'1Nu' ~ p"tI ~
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-02-04

watching to do ones proper work. As
I'm exercise, it calls every part Of the
body into play. The ball must be
taken now with the right hand, now
with the left, or it way be necessary
for the player to throw himself on
the palm of his hand to get low
ball, or reach as far as possible to one
side or the other, to succeed in batting
it. sometimes, too, the player is
obliged to spring into the air and strike
Mt the ball rs it is passing over his
head. When an opponent has the bali
near the wall, it is impossible to tel
what he will do with it, whether he
will barely put it, or whether he will
strike it n rousing blow that will send
it good distance. Generally one
player on a side attends to out-play,
and one to the in-play, when the game
is more than sin: handed. Some
times a line is drawn along the wall
about fifteen inches from the floor, and
any ball which strikes within that gives
T. score to the opponent. There is CON
Siderable difference of styles in the
play. The best player stands sidewise
and brings the hand, with the palm
open and slightly curved, to the hip,
and very near the body, and strikes the
ball there 1t is not so easy to secure
a good form and force in this, one of
the most graceful methods of driving
balls. Where the line is not
drawn requiring the ball to be
struck at certain height, some
expert players can send in mailer or
dead Mailer in the slang phrase of
the game; that is, one ball gets in and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-02-04

Oars many a lie on Il tombstun.
Ef de cat s asleep de bacon am SAFE
Tears dat flow benin de do am de
fulles' oh sorrcr.
Oars no use lookin' at de sun eff 1t
spiles yo' eye.
De wicked often wondah how oddahs
can be good.
DE dog dat doan' bark gifts de bigges
mouf'ul oh breecheS.
Dom weep fo' faded blossoms. Dar
er seeds on dc same bush.
De bird on de wavin' branch ain t hit
cz easy as de bird on de stump.
Eff de doctah kin Gu 20 lumbago W
can't he Gu lis own rllmmytlz?
De liehtnin'-rod man does quick
lob wild de faamah w'ose baan was
struck
Eff straight face war evidence oil
honesty, nobody nd cVah cotch de man
dat stold dat coon skin.
Yo' kin steal an eat watahmcllcn
an tinll nobody knows hit: but Il single
seed on de lapel oh yo' coat am cv'-
dence huff dat yo're de guilty niggah
-JJ1uo
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-02-04

earth rolled and pounded very smooth.
One objection to this kind of floor, if it
is an outside court, is that it takes q
very long time for it to get into condi-
ton for playing after rain. When
the floor is laid in asphalt there is one
objection, inasmuch as player having
to stop suddenly after sharp run is
very likely to slip and get bad scrape
at least, or give his clothes rather rough
usage. With good team OF players, a
smooth, hard alley, and a ball of the
right weight and elasticity, hand-ball
will give fellow half an hour of the
most healthful and enjoyable exercise.
There is no reason why it should not
be introduced into every college and
everywhere that space enough can be
secured for an alley. Probably one OF
the chief reasons why it does not -four
ish better in large cities is because it
needs room, and space is too valuable
to be given to an alley.
"There is no especial training re-
quired for becoming a hand-ball player
except practice at the game. For any
one wanting to develop his lungs, there
can be no better exercise than hand
ball. 1t is fully as good as long-distance
running for this purpose, and better rs
general exercise, because it calls into
play the arms almost as much as the
legs, and because the whole body is
brought into action by the demands OF
the game.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-02-04
AN EXCITING SPORT.
The Irish National Game Of Hand
Ball, and How 1t Is
Played.
Detailed Description of a Pastime
Which Is Growing Popular
in America.
NEW YORK CoRREsPoNDENCE.l

Not little interest has been aroused
recently i'll a sport that, although con-
siderably in vogue in various parts of
the country, is not much known to the
general public. 1t is the old-fashioned
game of handball. This sport origina-
ted in Ireland, and by many people
there it is considered the national
game. In fact, it comes as near to
recognition as such as baseball does in
America. 1t is i'll one sense a very SIM
pie game, and yet it seems to require a
peculiar skill of its own and great
deal of endurance for playing it prop
erly. 1t is also worthy of being placed
in the rank of recognized sports, if for
10 other reason than that it has its
own code of rules and its own peculiar
arrangements for playing the game
that is, as the base ball field has to
have it's diamond marked ON the turf,
and billiards is played upon regula-
ton table, so hand-ball has it's regula
ton court, without which no game can
be considered complete. A game that
is slightly suggestive of hand-ban is
played by all boys in the country, and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-02-04

is known as barn-ball. In this sport
the ball is thrown up against the side
of the house or barn, as the case may
be, and is caught or batted back on the
rebound by the opposite player. This
is the primary principle of hand-ball,
but in the regulation game the wall
against which the ball is first thrown
is supplemented by side walls. In
fact, the game, when played as it
should be, is entirely within doors.
In many of the educational institu-
tons of this country, particularly those
under Catholic influence, n hand-ball
court Is one Of tho features of the e m
nasium. Bat it is usually constructed
in those cases ont OF doors, so that
there is no roof and generally only par
tial side walls. In the indoor court
the side walls usually are triangular in
shape, the apex of the triangle being at
The point where the side wall joins the
front or objective wall Of the game.
Although this Arrangement admits of a
deal of exercise aud skill III play, it
does not make it possible to play the
complete game.
The game may be played with two,
four, O. SIX players. There are some
alleys ma.lo which are large enough to
admit comfortably of an eight-handed
game, and most OF them are so large
that ordinary players find atwo-handed
game very fatigaing. In fact, it was
demonstrated in the championship
matches that endurance is one of the
most important requisites for success
in the two-handed game. When there
are two Or more players on side each
ono has his specific part Of the court to
cover, hat when there is only one ne
has to dance about from one side to the
other, wherever the ball may go. And
Us Ii is lis nl.,Auunul,S aim to makp him
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-02-04

for elasticity. In alleys where anna
teurs practice there are sometimes
more lines drawn upon the floor of the
court than in the regulat on court
This permits of grading the game &C
cording to the strength of the players,
so that instead of having line twenty-
five feet from the front wall as basis
for marking, there may be line twen-
", or eighteen or even fifteen used.
SO that men who are not accustomed
to the game may yet be able to put
the ball, as the phrase is, properly.
Lawlor, the Irish champion, prac-
ticed daily at the Murray Hill Court
after his arrival in America. There the
writer found him one morning, en-
gagged in his exercise, and talked with
him about the game.
"This game" sa 4 Mr.. Lawlcr, "is
so simple in its rules that those who
have not seen contest, or who have
not played it, may think it a silly and
rather tame sport, but it is quite a
different thing from simply knocking
the ball up against a brick wall.
those who know the game are aware
of the qualities which it brings into
play. Agility, good wind, quick run
ming, and skillful mo ements of the
hands which frequently have to be de-
cided in the flash of an eye, are neces-
sary for a good hand-ball player.
After a sharp game of half an hour or
forty minutes, the player will generally
find himself in state of profuse per-
SEPARATION and of considerable exhaus
ton. The beauty of the game is that
there is no letting up from beginning
to end. Where there are only two
players, as is the case in nearly all eX-
pert matches, the ball is driven in
every direction, and it takes the great
est activity and nerSeYernnce and close