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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-07

The Rev. w. Sanbocn, of Lock-
port, n. Y, who combines with his
parochial duties the functions Of chief
Of the Senecas, at the Canandaigua
Reservation, gave an interesting talk
at Cooper Union, before the New York
Academy of Anthropology. concerning
the manners, traditions, and growth Of
the Indians, says the New York Times.
The aborigines are not dying out, said
he, but have been increasing through
out the country at the rate Of 600
yearly, and they now number 100000.
Their first contact with civilization was
blighting, like sudden change from
hot to cold, but by little and little
they are learning to appreciate the
comforts it brings. Mr.. Sanborn spoke
more particularly of the Six Nations,
OF the Iroquois Confederation. They
not only dress in the manner Of Amer
lean citizens, but have many of their
home comforts. Mr.. Sanborn believes
in Fenimore Cooper's romantic Indians,
and to show the reason OF his faith
read pretty tale from the Esop's
fables of the tribe. He praised their
hospitality and liberality. The women
still chung somewhat to their tradi-
tional dress, but they are contented,
for they enjoy the same political and
social rights as the men. Counting is
no longer done by proxy, and the
women still have the right to pop the
question when tired of waiting for a
lover.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-07
The Aquatic Spider and Its Diving. Bel

The Aquatic Spider and Its Diving. Bell. /
While their nearly constant abode isl
the water, they are. like most other
spiders, air-breathers; consequently
they need some special provision for
providing themselves with air while liv-j
ing under the water, and for this pur-
pose they possess the art of constructing
kind of diving-bell. 1t is an interest
ing sight to witness one of them making
his air-cell. Clinging to the lower side
Of a few leaves, and securing them in
position by spinning few threads, thei
spider rises to the level of the water,
with its belly uppermost, and, doublingI
up its hind-legs, retains stratum OIL
air among the hairs with which it's body
is covered. Then it plunges into the|
water and appears as in the first stageI
of the making Of this silvery robe. Go
ing Immediately to the spot it had
chosen, it brushes it's body with its
paws, when the air detaches itself and
forms bubble under the leaf. TheI
spider surrounds the bubble with thej
impermeable silky matter furnished byl
its spinneret. Returning to the surface,
it takes in another layer of air, which it'll
carries down and adds to the first one,
also extending the envelope over it.
The process is kept up till the "diving-
bell' has reached the proper size and is
finished. The ideal form of the con-
struction is that of thimble, but it,
often assumes an irregular shape, like
an inverted sack. When the spider has
taken possession of it's redoubt it re-
mains quiet in it, head down, watching
for the appearance of an insect. Per-
ceiving one, it seizes it and returns to
its lodge, which it has secured against
intruders by spinning threads across it,
to devour its prey at its leisure.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-07

IT is asserted in London papers that
the discovery made by Mr.. Hewitt in
the artificial manufacture of quinine
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-07
The Tendency of Literary Criticism,

The thing is not easy to say without
seeming to slight the more intellectual
lied work; but if criticism has grown al
all of late Years, it has been in the dill
rection of inclusion and Of the appreciaI
ton of kinds. We no longer contend
that if Pope was poet, then Keats wal
none; we know they were both poets
and are q good deal richer for th1
knowledge. Tt would be easy to over
rate the value of such poetry as that O
those young Southerners, but it is MOI
necessary to do this in order to prize it
In fact we shall like it all the better i
we remember that it's charm is from
what they have in common, their youth
rather than from their separate qualitie|
and intentions. They all have the sti
of the impulse to appropriate the on ,
side world by recognizing and naminI
its facts; they cannot rest till the
have found tint of phrase,
music of words, for each of i
appealing sights and sounds, and thu
made it, or seemed to make it, thei
own. It is winning, and touches thu
heart; but it is not the only poetry
though one likes to have them write al
if it were.
On the other hand, we must not uni
der. value their work, as one might quit
as easily do. If you look at it eve1
casually you will find that it is nature
different in many things from thai
hitherto known to literature, which they
are observing in such keenly felt detail
Traits Of the outer world which are YET
subtly to influence life appear in the verse
which scarcely hints Of the expression
of social conditions; as in Mrs. Cookies
poems, and DR.. Homes, the external
world is lost in the interest of associa.
tions, Of experiences.-W d. HoWeHs
IN Haape,'s Magagine.
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1867 "Schools and Universities OF the
Continent" in 1868; and Higher
Schools and Universities in Germany,
in 1874. He wrote many admirable es-
saws, the best of which are : -" Essays on
Criticism" which appeared in 1860 ;
Couture and Anarchy" IN 1863 "ot;
Paul and Professionalism, in 1871 aud
Literature and Dogma" in 1872, the
most celebrated of all, in which he sub
iected some of the dogmas OF religion to
free criticism. In 1879 he published a
volume EMIT i mixed Essays" IRISH
Essays" appeared in 1882. As poet
MIR. Arnold displayed cultivated taste
and imagination.
Mr.. Arnold received the honorary de-
gree of Doctor OF Laws from Edinburgh
in 1859, from Oxford in 1870, and from
Cambridge in 1883, and in 1871 the
King Of Italy conferred upon him the
order of Commander Of the Crown oil
Italy for his care Of the Duke OF Genoa
during his studies in England. In 1886
MIR. Arnold spent some time in CONT
mental Europe in studies on behalf OF the
educational department of the English
Government, thus renewing activities
which had given him distinction earlier
in life. lie published in tho last
number Of the Nineteenth Century an
article on Civilization in the United
States" which has been the theme oil
much comment in American journals.
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The queer Dresser.
fMurray's.l

This dresser was an extraordinary man.
He went once TO country house to put
up some scenery for some private thea
tricals. On the oh-night he amused the
house party with little entertainment
of his own. We asked him what 1t was.
"Oh Just Civ 'em bit Of 'Amlick
Hamlet, and sung 'em Tea in the
h'Arbor.'" But his greatest speech
was when we told him to take
off bis hat in our dressing-room.
"Gentlemen, he said, 81 am net
Their serf, nor slave, nor leverled
servant" His knowledge OF the Queen
English was likewise extensive and pc,
culiar" On one occasion at rehearsal
we asked for chair with high back.
He said 81 only ave one-that there
spreddel chair. This puzzled US so much
we were obliged TO ask him to produce the
chair. He meant "prie-dieu char. III
he had TO take musical cue. he would say {:
ooh see, sir then comes In when the
horchestra begins them 'trmlets.
Whether he meant "triplets Cr"t remo-
10 I'VE never discovered. On another oc-
casion, being told that We should not
want piece OF furniture that had been
ordered. he SAID: "Never mind, sir, L
can make it come in andy; Al neutral
ize il for the h'amatoors. A blue sky
and snowy landscape he described as
giving such dissolute efect-desoiate,
he meant; and on being asked oil what
wood a certain piece Of furniture was
made he got into the most hopeless slough
Of misplaced letter "H" l ever heard
"Some say it's hoax, some say it's
hash. some say it's helm. But
whether III h oak, hash, or b elm, elm,
hash or oak, I'm sure l can't rightly
saw for certing |" Liverpool seems to
nossess q curious race OF dreSsers. There
was another one three years later who
reioicod in the name of Sexton. de had
the faded appearance OF an operate cho-
rms singer by daylight one Of those I'M
emnloyed peasants who are always as
sertinc and exercising their right OF
meeting on the stage, whether 1t
be in the Kings council cham
her the Queens boudoir. or wood
land glade. bis hair was shaved OF at
the temples, worn rather long, and a
soft. wide-awake was perched insecurity
an the side and back OF his head, like
into the manner OF the unemployed
operatic peasants aforesaid. he had
once been 10 Knowsley, and everything
he saw brought back wildly to him the
memory of the late Earl OF Derby.
"Ahl sir" he would say, "if the late
h'Earl OF Durby 'ad bat seen this per,
Torrance, 'ow 'ewould ave apprusshiated
"A 20
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wa,po,e.s Dog.

By her will Nine. du Dedand be-
queathed all her papers, letters, books OF
every description. and god box. with
the portrait Of her dog. to Horace Wat
pole. The dog itself. rs being so III
tempered that no one else would be
likely TO treat il well, he desired might
be sent him. But TontoEs inaugurs-
ton into the circle at Strawberry Hill
was anything but pacific despite his
late mistress's too partial description
OF her capuchin- colored darling, $50
full OF esprit, OF soul, OF gayety,
OF grace" his temper, like that of his
new master, was somewhat precarous.
One evening IN Paris he flew at lady
and bit her finger In q paroxysm Of
alarm she burst into tears, whereupon
Nine. du Deffand Immediately told a
story of another lady, whose dog having
bitten piece out OF gentleman's leg,
the tender dame in great alarm cried
out " Won't it make my dog sick "
Il was Tonton who long heralded his
masters approach each morning as he
descended TO breakfast in the favorite
blue room which overlooked the Thames.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-06

dress before the Yale Alumni Associa-
ton and is generally recognized as o
man OF scholarly attainments
George Rutledge Gibson is . con-
tributor to leading magazines, and Is
now understood TO be writing book.
He wrote "a Lampful OF Oil, six
teen-psge article. which appeared in
Hdrper's Magazine finely illustrated
aud graphically descriptive of the pc
troleum trade from its inception onward.
"Wall Street During the Civil War" no
contributed to the Magazine Of Amerf'
can History, and "The Mormon Reli-
gion" to the Princeton Review, and has
delivered two addresses before the Bank
ers' Convention ut Saratoga.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-06

The Independent says: Shall we con-
secrate church debts or pay them ? Good
people take opposite sides of this ques-
lion. We should hardly dare sag that
there are no conceivable conditions in
which debt on a church is justitiable.
Calamity may foil on a people engaged
in building. Commercial complications
NAV run up the cost, but under ordinary
circumstances ought church of Christ
TO incur debt it cannot well pay? Tho
question deserves thought.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-06
The DEPARTED CRITIC,
Matthew Arnold, Recently Deccssc


Matthew Arnold was the eldest son OF
the late DIR. Arnold, of Rugby, England,
and vas born in that town on the 24th Of
December, 1922. He received n thorough
education at Winchester and Rugby. and
wrote some very clever verses while at
school. When eighteen years Of age he
was elected scholar Of Balliol College,
Oxford, and four years later was award
ed the Newdigate prize. In 1845 he
became fellow Of Oriel College, and
in lS47 was appointed private 5ecre-
tary to the Lord Of LansdowDe. His
first poem, 1.-THE Strayed Reveller, )"
appeared in 1S48, and excited very IA
vorable criticism. He was appointed one
of her Majesty's inspectors of British
schools in 1851, and although the duties
OF the position were rather arduous, his
pen was not idle while he retained il. A
number OF his best poems were written
about this time, and shortly after he rs
sumed the Chair of Poetry at Oxford, in
1857, Merope, a tragedy modelled after
the Grecan drama, made its appear
ance. in 1890 he visited the CONT
nent in the interest of his Government
as an assistant Of the commissioners APP
pointed to inquire into the educational
affairs OF France, Holland, and Ger
many, and returning in 1861 he publish
ed report Of his inquiries. He was
sent on a similar mission to the continent
in 1865, when he made diligent study
OF the methods OF secondary education
practiced in several European countries.
The problems Of education, politics,
and religion engrossed the greater part
of his attention during the later years OF
his life. His most celebrated lectures
were on "Translating Homer" written
in 1861 "a French Eton, or Middle
Class Education and the State, " in 1864 ;
"The Study of Celtic Literature in
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-06
CURE OF
CANCER and ULCERS.

Judge 7. C. McLendon writes 10 the sTift
Specific Co. Atlanta, Ca. under date Of Feb
ruary "a, 1888 About three years ago, Jerry
Bradley, a colored man. had q cancerous sore
on his face. near the right eye. II caused
him a great deal Of pain. and he lost tho sight
OF the eye. butwss finally cured Of the cancer
By the use OF Swifts Specific. This case 10
well known IN wilkes Co. Ca, where he lived
(near Dauburyl and OF this case. |, myself.
had personal knowledge"
Dir. I. Cox. OF ArSabutls. Tate CO., Miss.
writes, February a. 1853 81 suffered a greas
deal from old ulcers for six years. Your med.
icine was recommended to me. and after
using six bottles. was completely cured. I
nsver saw Its equal rs Blood Purifier. Ny
nelghbors will use no other. Your medicine
does even more than you claim FOR Il. ! HAYS
known NJ 20 cure cases which were thoughtto
be hopeless. Il IS the best medlcIae made"
Mrs. A. 81. Goldsmith. 40. ca Warren ST.,
Brooklyn. n. Y, writes, February q. 1888 81
commenced using S. :. s. about three years
ago. / had suffered with q soro throat for
ever year. Whcu I commenced using your
remedy. fused n great many other remedies
with no good results. Ny llttle girl, also. had
sore fingers Il commenced from the QUICK,
and then the nails would como on. We doc
torod herfor over two years end when com.
menced using s. s. 8. thought would SEQ
what Il would DO for her. am thankful 10
say that II entirely cured her. II is the best
remedy | know Of for the blood. really
believe Il was tho mean, 81 saving my lifc.
'The doctor told re had a throat disease
similar 70 General Grants. I cheorfully
recommend It to ell suffering from dis
ordered blood ! use &c now as tonic when
ever think I need It."
Nr. D. I. George, Milford ?. o., Ellis Co.
Texas writes: u had n cancerous wert Or
mole on my eyelld, a. large as the end OF ny
thumb, which had tho appearance OF cancer.
causing me much pain and Inflammation,
from which l suffered a long time. Seeing
the 8. S. g. advertised I commenced using II.
and after the use OF few bottles the sore
dropped out. my cancer was gone, and Twas
entirely relieved"
Mr.. O. ". Pettis, OF Akin 9. C., writes Il
Was sufferer from cancer Of the breast,
and had been under tho treatment of three
physicians. but It did me no good. II was 50
bad that had to stop work. After taking
course OF s. s. 8 / was entirely cured
Trcatlsc on Blood and skin Diseases mailed
free. The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 8. Atlanta. Ca
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-06

"Mrs. Depue, what disturbance is
that going on in your dinine-room (!
There seems to be a great vocal clamor
there just at present"
"Oh. it's nothing but Chauncey re-
ducipg the surplus, 80 to speak.
"Then there's banquet down there,
is there ?"
"Not at all. He always goes on that
way after dinner. It's the force OF habit,
YOU know. Every day after our repast
is over we generally start him by saying
'the day we celebrate or something like
that and that sort Of winds him up, and
agay he goes. But We don't mind 1t I;
he always runs down before bedtime.
"Kel. I've just heard of little scheme
that Mutries got onto, and we must
study the thing up and if there's any
thing in it have our pull at the benefits,
too"
"What is it, Morry?"
"Why, it's Just here. Jim has been
worrying a good deal lately over the an
nual strike OF pitchers, aud at the rate
of increase that's been going on for the
last wear or two it won't be long before
the market rate OF good pitcher will be
somewhere about $4,000. In anticipa-
ton Of this blow 10 profits Jim has been
investigating for an nntldote, as It were,
and has found ont that they have a
pitcher-plant in India that grows pitchers
ready made, and he's sent down man
TO investigate what it will cost to trans
plant one of those plants and set it out
on his polo-plsntation. It's great
scheme, Amt it, Kel?"
"Great Greats no name for It,.
Fancy a manager having one OF those
trees on bis grounds. and every time a
pitcher goes wrong just going out to the
bush and picking another one. It's i'm
posing. it's-it's--voJ popVH! We must
have one OF those trees if we have 10
mortwage Clarkson TO raise the needy.
odd you send for the doctor, Jane
I fear that / AIN failing"
"Yes, dear, l sent for DR.. Persim-
mons"
"Is he a man OF reputation ?"
Reputation Ishould say so. Why,
he has the reputation OF having pre-
sented the biggist bill that was ever made
out by one of his profession"
Indeed How much was it,"
Zone hundred and forty thousand
dollars"
"save us, but how the poor patient
must have suffered.
Don't let that worry you, though,
dearest. / won't let DIR. Persimmons
run up any such incubus on your estate
No. sir He'll make no day s-vork
rates ont Of your infrmities. I'm deter
mined that before he puts spoon down
your throat he shall sign contract to
kill or cure you for $1,000, and not
cent beyond it
"Whats the matter with your new
check trousers, Freshly? The dormel
section seems to have suffered eclipse.
"Yaas. dooced shame. You see,
unfortunately sat down in that mud
bank yaunder.
"Really Well, that was poor in
yestment The bank black-listed Vol
perhaps because it was felt to he cas-
of premature check on deposit. -
THAT was very enjoyable dinner a
Senator Gaud's last evening. was 1t not
Mrs. Sylph -
Every, indeed, Mrs. 6ammin."
"And what did yoIFhink of the en-
toTdge ?"
"Well, as to that ! must say it had
little too much seasoning in ii to sui
me, but the tout-eascmbtc was certainl
the best ever tasted
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-06
WADE wHrrrLE,s wHins.
fFor the Dispaich.l
a Fitting Name.

"Thatis the latest cur" quoth Fred,
"Of all the carine group;
He never wsgs his tail. instead
II hangs there nutteriess aud dean,
AS downcast rs his lisiless head,
guess IN call him Drop"
Responded Tom. Your Wit mus' 90
A lltile on the trail.
That worry caudsl drcOp 70 me
Suggests n ho,ter name: you 500
The pat deduction Instantly
A. Thereby hnugs a tale.'"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-06

"Pa. heard Uncle Jack reading
about a fight, and he said one of the
men threw In his castor. Is that fair
way of fighting? Seems to me If the
castor had hit him the bottles would all
broke and cut him awfully."
"But it wasn't that kind OF q castor,
and if it had been he'd merely tossed it
in the ring as much as to say, I'm here
in season, and my friends are mustered
about me to see me assault and pepper
the other fellow. '"
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rns Rest Of All.

OF all the medicines ever heard OF or
used. / consider DR.. Biggers's Huckle-
berry Cordial the best medicine for all
bowel trouble and children teelhing ever
used. A. j. SrIsE, Oxford, N. o.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-06
DEPARTURES or STEAMERS.
ANCHOR LINE.
ATLANTIC EXPRESS SERVICE.

LIVERPOOL via QUEENS TOWN,
Steam ship CITY or ROME" from l'ow York
NAV 18Th, June 18Th, July iith. Augrsts h
Largest and finest passenger steamer Aloat.
saloon passage 500 10 500; second CAS-
GLASGOW SERVICE.
Steamers every saturday from new York 70
GLASGOW and LONDONDERRY.
Cabin passage to Glasgow, Londonderry. Liver
pool or Belfast, $50 and $50; soc Id class.
$40: Storage outward or prepaid. $50.
Saloon excursion tickets at reduced rates.
Travellers' circular letters OF credit and
drafts for any amount issued at lowest current
rates For books Of tours, tickets, or further 10
formation, apply to Henderson, BROIhEH~.
New YORK: or & EORGEW. ALLEN & CO., Old Do
minlon steamship Company. or w. GAkBEk,
1000 Main street, or ANDREW WELSH. southern
Express Company, Richmond. az ll-om
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old DOMINION STEAM ApIEfh
" eulP COMPANY. eAHSnns
FOR NEW YORK

TicSets can be Obtained az A. W. Garber's. 1900
Main street: Chesapeake and Ohio and Mich
mond and Petersburg depots. aud at company's
orrce., 1901 Main street, aud wharf hockeila
hteis Nv ro,nts Seyond New York.
FreIgh. received daily until hour OF sailing.
Passengers leaving Richmond on MONDAYS
TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS, and
SATURDAYS by the Chesapeake ana ONO raul
Richmond and Petersburg raro.d same daysl
Al iO:tg A. NJ. will make connection al NOn~
FOLK with steamer leaving those days
GEORGE w. ALLEN & Co, ASents,
No 1901 Main street, and
,o4s Company's wharf. Rosetta
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JAMES RIVER By DAYLIGHE
GREAT TOURIST LINE.
JAMESTOWN, DUTCH GAP, AND WAR
SCENERY.
CHEAPEST ROUTE.
RATES LESS THAN HALF CHARGED BY
BAIL LINES.
FIRST. CLASS MEALS
TIE elegant aud fast steamer
ARIEL,
earring United states MALI
CAPTAIs DEYO,
leaves Richmond eTerv
MONDAY. "WEDNESDAY. AND FRIDAY At
A. Al. (sfRERT-CAk5 CONNECT IN FULL
TiND tor apoYo-nAmed -pIsces. arriving al Nor
tolE sDou. $50 z. n. Returning Tho steamer
leaves Norfolk. Old Polat. and Newport news
on alternate days, arriving at hicnmond about
Sop. y.
an steafner and az CARRIERS Agency. 1000 Main
street. Baggage checked tnrolgn:ou NV
ATE.RUOMs ESGA9kD FOX OAK
OK NICHE
FRElGHr.
Frsight received caiiyior Norfolk. Portsmouth.
smithf,eld. Hampton. Old Point, Wayegly, aad
Hirxsford. Va; Washington, ID. q. NewDerne.
Waship gton and Tar1oro'. y. c.; ali stations on
i,lantis and Danyille railroad, Senoos.d and
Yoenoks railroad. Norfolk Southern railroai,
and Eastern North Caroliua generally: also, for
Eastern Shore OF Virginia aud al regular land
logs on the James and bappAhannocs rivers, AZ
io1 RsT RATES, and through bills Issued.
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No lit Main street and kockstta
IRyM WKIsIGEa. freight and Passenger Ageat
mn 81
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ONNkLIlONS -
Train No. 50 macs cosnectiou az keJsVns
for Cbas, CifI, ClsrksVills, ADD oxford. AZ
Greensboro for Durham and ksisizn daily ek-
cept sunday and all points on North SAroilna
Division, AMI Northwestern North Carolina rail-
road.
Train No. 50 makes connection 81 Greeuseorv
for Raleigh, 0oldsborJ. and Norehead CITY. .:
Salisbury for AsheyiIe. Hot springs, and al
points Ia Western North Carolina; at Chariot,
With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad
for Columbia, Augusta, Aiken, Charlestsa, -.
vannah, Thomasrilie. Ga, Jacksonyiiis snd
other florida points. also. win csroiina Geo
trail railroad for Wilmington
ara A NJ and t4S r.