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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-14
EnrlanlS ROYAL Plate.

In Windsor Castle there is one apart
ment called 1.-The Gold Room. LIN
that room the gold plate is valued at
SO, 900, 900. Much of this plate is only
silScr-gilt. A good part, however. Is OF
solid gold, and S12,O0O,O0O was the es-
timated value of the whole, whether the
material was gold or silver. 1t is said
to be an irksome thing to get out and
lay the plate for state dinner, so enor-
nous is the weight. 1t is handled and
placed by the rovel pages, some OF them
having been over fifty years i'll serv-
ice.
One salver in the Gold Room" is of
immense size Give feet in diameter),
and was made from the gold snuff boxes
alone of George w., presented to him
by various cities and towns, the lids and
incriptions curiously preserved on the
surface in kind of MOSAIC gold, and
this salver is valued at $4,000.
Among other curious articles there is
n dinner service of silver, presented to
Victoria's uncle, William w.,
when he was Duke of Clar-
ence, the donors being the mer-
chants OF Liverpool, in reward for royal
service rendered to them by his advo-
cacy of the slave trade. Forty years
later, when he was king, he signed the
act Of parliament which abolished slavery
in the British dominions on and from
Aug. l, 1884.
A candelabr,,m of gold, to be used
for lighting the dinner table, which is
among the plate at Windsor, is so heavy
that two strong men are required to lift
it. Its value is $4,000. There are 14O
dozen of gold table and teaspoons, of
six different patterns, and golden plates
of various sizes sufficient to dine $50
persons.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-14
A Truthful Epitapl,.

Mrs. Richard Harris, living near To-
peka, Kan, has furnished practical ma
terial for the prohibition cause more eff
fective than anything given by st. John
in his campaigns for that party. Her
husband departed from life through too
constant indulgence in alcoholic drinks.
and his last moments We're surrounded
with the monstrous visions of mania
pOtat.
Mrs Harris buried his remains and
erected over them simple shaft of
granite. Around the base of this col
umn was carved the forms of coiline
twisting mass Of snakes. The column
contained an inscription, devoid Of
Latin phrase and unaccompanied by
lines of obituary poetry. It merely re-
corded the name and age of deceased,
together with this sentence "Died Of
Deli,'iltnl Tremens."
The monument stands as perpetual
Temperance monitor, more powerful by
far than the piled-up words ofpamphlets
and human speech.-Arka7asa Trav-
eler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-14
Chinese Customs.

The Chinese, geographically our
antlpodes, are as opposite to us in man
ners and costums.
Our night is their day. Our mourn
ing color is black, theirs is white. Their
boats are drawn by men, their carriages
are moved by means of sails.
Old men fly kites, while little boys
look on; with them the seat of honor is
at the left hand, and to keep ones hat
on is sign of respect. We drink tea
hot and wine cold; they drink wine hot
and tea cold.
The family name comes first instead
Of last; thus, John Smith would be
Smith John. The needle of their com
pass points to the south, ours to the
north. They say "westnorth" instead
of northwest" "eastsouth" instead of
southeast. Their soldiers wear quilted
petticoats, satin boots, and bead neck
laces, carry umbrellas and fans, and 60
to night attack with lanterns, being
more afraid of the dark than of the
enemy.
They mount their horses on the right
side. The children in school sit with
their backs to the teacher and study
their lessons aloud.
+ A married woman when young and
pretty is slave; when she is old and
withered she is the most respected and
beloved member Of the family.
Their most valued piece OF furniture
is handsome camphor- wood coffin,
which they keep in the best room. They
are very fond of fireworks, but always
display them in the daytime. If you
offend Chinaman, instead of killing
you he will kill himself on your door
stem
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-14
The Bitter with the s,.

Ohio is growing in wealth u a. Obi y!
POI ;1;a,, and is in many dire as
Judged by itsinstitntions Of i've 81
and OF economies, it is a J1etnevold
No No other ;a State provides more r,"g Il, 81
for its u,nfortunates, in asyln u lloer
insane rs for the blind, the ' %na, for
idiotic, the young waits and u lea
shows more intelligent con' strays,
of the legitimate functions af rehea
commonwealth, in the creation y, q, :
OF education and charities. and oil 81 bog
in State inspection of worl, ,, ~ hea
factories, in establishing lna oS
meteoroiogy and of forestry, and u
commission, and an agricultnra91 a
ment station. The State h lal exp *
four colleges and universities las tha
school system which has abol;s 4 pun
tinction of color, and which G hEs e,
ports Pc is as effective as aay in the NE ne.
c "a the moral tone of wh;o Gal
Ohio people say, is not fair rnleh'
sented by its newspapers, is famfep
world over for its cultivation " IN
and its progress in the fine and Il llS
trial arts. 1t would be poss; iI lldj
State to have and be ali, The IT,, 10
rise in the general scale of c;n; allo
only to a splendid mediocritv, ''4 w;,hl
the higher institutions of pure le a,,io]
and without a very high stan 'Ia,.l
public morality. Ohio is i in va
danger Of materialism, with all i it \
fused intelligence, than other .r IS IS,
There is a recognizable limit 70 ' wI1
diffused level of education, say in t : II
four colleges, can do for the h;a ID ,n
OF State. I heard an address i;
Capitol by ex-President HAYES on ~ \
expediency of adding manual tra n
school to the Ohio State Uniysrs; ilN
Columbus. The comment of soms
the Legislators on it was that we i H..
altogether too much book-lea,ni;aa,,
Whist We need is workshops in Dl J
schools and colleges. 1t seems ~ y
stranger that whatever first. class ipd ~
trial and technical schools Ohio na e1
it needs mo-e the higher education 's ~
the teaching of philosophy, logic s sn
ethics. In 1886 Gov. Foraker san NJ
special message to the Legislatn,
pointing out the fact that notwithstan;
ing the increase Of wealth in the Stat
the revenue was inadequate to tho ~
penditure, principally by reason Of Il
differentiation Of taxable pronar
(there being yearly decline in the
ported value of personal property an
fraudulent evasion of taxes. Tbs,
must have been wide insensibi]ity,
the wrong of cheating the State to ba,
produced this. state Of things, and or
cannot but think that it went along vi,
the low political tone before mentiope
OF course Ohio is not solitary Sims
among States in the evasion Of dut
but she helps to point the moral iii
the higher life of State needs gre;
deal of education that is neither con
mercial nor industrial nor simply phi
anthropic.- Charles Dudley Uiarns
IN Ha1pe,''s Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-14
The s'Song of the Shirt.n

The number ofwomen in this city Wild
earn their living by the needle is dihl
cult to ascertain. There are hundred
OF establishments on all the business
streets where sewing is either done o|
given out to be done. "A reporter foil
the Mail and Empress recently asked
two sewing girls what sort of living thev
made.
"How much are you paid for making
those garments?" asked the reporter.
twenty-five cents apiece"
How long does it take you to make
a garment?"
II do very we'll if I make four day'
said one.
But it takes more than ten hours to
make four, work as hard as you WILL
rejoined the other.
The garment referred to were thick
WOODEN jackets. They were wadlel
lined with alpaca, and had the appear
ance of a garment made by an adept
The sewing-machine did most of the
straight work. but the button-hoes
putting in the lining, and other WORK
had to be done by hand. The seams
had been pressed, the threads picked
Off, and the garments were neatly folded
and all ready to be sold. Wages for
the making Of underwear, and indeed
tor all gentlemen's apparel, have
dropped considerably during the past
few years. The pay of the girls who
make up the smaller articles such as
gloves and neckties, does lot average
more than IS week. Many have to be
content with less, and SIS is considered
good pay nowadays. Most Of the work
is done by piece. Mems drawers are
made complete for so cents dozen
pairs. For the hickory shirts that
laboring men wear, made Of stripe
',lue, 50 cents dozen pairs is all that
is paid. Overalls are made complete
for SO cents dozen. Striped calico and
white shirts are made for 65 cents a dozen;
The forewoman fixes the price and
sees that the work is satisfactorily done
If it is not good it is not paid for Fore.
womens wages vary from SIS to s2Va
week. A button counter gets 50 weeA
during the busy season, and SIS during
the slack time. When the new SHIRTS
come from the laundry she counts '!'S
buttons to see that none are missing
folds the shirts and puts them in boxes.
There is general rule iii factories tla'
those who work there are fined for DC,
ing late; 5 cents if they earn 50 wees cen
and 10 cents if they e;~n $l0'--Ss"
York Mail and Express.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-14
Found in q Ton of Coal.

A careful estimate by Broadway
chemist Of the contents or constituents
OF ton Of coal presents some interest
ing facts not familiar certainly to I'M
scientific minds. It is found that, be-
sides gas, o ton of ordinary gas coal will
yield 800 pounds OF coke, twenty gal
Ions OF ammonia water, and 14O pounds
of coal tar. Now, destructive distilla-
ton OF this amount of coal tar gives
about seventy pounds of pitch, seven
teen pounds of creosote, fourteen pounds
of heavy oils, about nine and a half
pounds Of naphtha yellow, six and one
third pounds Of naphthaline, four and
three-fourths pounds Of naphthol, two
and one-fourth pounds of alizarine, two
and one-fourth pounds Of solvent naph-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-14
Banking Under Spirit Guidanrc.

A wealthy banker in an interior O..
OF Wisconsin is spiritualist, and claims
to be directed in the management Of hn
financial affairs by the spirit OF ls'
father, who died a number of ye'rs AZ
The spirit of the dead man, it is as7e..s.
by the son, has advised every imros'"D'
investment he has made since the a'":'
OF the old gentleman, and has sSI ,,,,
fully engineered several very Ass ;Is
business transactions. The son Atsg.
an open account with his father, plac' 4:
the funds at the old gentlemans Crew. a:"'
as he may direct, and at stated 'iG a..
rendering an account of receipts, a.
bursements, and balance. The i'ai1a', :,
belief is we'll known in the town WIZ; ~.
he lives, and an attempt was mant y !,
party Of roughs some time ago 70 h..
him through his spiritualistc fai;h' ~; -.
it was unsuccessful, the banker n', ~; il
revolver handy usa'A "'''
efect.-ChiC
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-14

med her, and found her ali ordinary
ships boat, with the name Martha Will
Jams painted in small black letters on
her stern; Scotch cap, sailors shirt
and jacket, belt and sheath knife
We're found in her; also an empty
breaker, dry and resonant with the
heat, and the half of ships biscuit.
moldy and vermin-eaten. 1t was aft
onward ascertained that the Martha
Williams was a missing ship long
posted, and supposed to have foun-
dered on voyage to the Thames from
Ca1loo
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-14

tina. one and one-fiith pounds of aniline.
seventy-nine hundreths OF pound OF
toludine, forty-six hundreths OF pound
of anthracine. and nine-tenths OF pound
of toluches-from the last-named sub
stance being obtained the new product,
sacchariae, said to be $50 times as
sweet as the best cane sugar.-NeN
Ioyk Nail md Express.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-14
A Lie Out Somewhere

i haven't taken a drop of liquor for
Years said a rather ford looking man
to temperance lecturer in Texas
You haven't, eh?"
Wssertalnly not; don't you believe
The trouble is, my friend, I don't
know which OF your features to believe
Your lips Or your nose, but I do know
there Is lie out somewhe:e." '
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-14

WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER, of Standard
Oil fame, is one of the few milio aires
who makes farming pay.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-14
THE VISIT.
By CHARLES HENRY WEBB.

Wearing suit of simple gray
called upon friend to-day.
He straight unlocked his cedar room;
My senses swan with the perfume.
From shelves above. at wondrous height,
de took down wear that dimmed my sight,
Breeches TINT buckled at tho knee
sSma1lclothes '-but much TOO large for me-
Laced doublets, and CROSS gartcred hose:
1t Was wondrous wealth of clothes.
But twas not meant that l should share:
They We're not brought for me to wear.
Twas only meant that / should see
How very fine my friend could be.
And while he walked in brave array,
needs must sit in simple gray.
Think you, thnt when left his door,
l wont much richer than before?
-H0rpcsS Mdyusine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-14

Wearing suit of simple gray
/ called upon friend today.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-08-11

Put two or mora quarts of water in a
kettle, and one large coed pepper or two
ANAL ones, then pus tho kettle over this
fire. When the water boils sir In the
coarse Ildian meal until you have
thick mush. Lat 1t cook an hour or
so; feed hot H5Tse-radish ia chepp d
fine and stirred into much as prepares
in the above directions, ard for results
We are getting from Avs to ten eggs per
dn5i whereas, previous 20 feeding We
had not had eggs for long time We
hear & good deal of complaint frCm
osher people ab5ut not getting eggs, II
suoh We would wAImy recommend
cooked feed fed hot. Boiled appl5
skim; seasoned with red pepper, or
boiled potstoss, seasoned with horse.
rEdish, arc a0oa for feed; mush better
than uno0oked food. MaiEs, when fed
10 the hen by itself, has = ten 1eRoy to
fatten rather than produce the more
profitable eER laying, A spoonful OF
sulphur atirted with their feed oocA
sionAliy viii rid them of vermin aud
tone up thelE system.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-08-11

The Colored Republican League oil
OF Muncie, Ind, has passed resolutions
condemning the attempt Of the so-ealled
Independent ColoTed Convention which
met IN indianapolis to swing the negro
vote into the Democratic party.
with the recovery of Governor Ames
all doubt as TO his denomination has d ia
appeared. He himself says that he sees
no reason why the custo IA of the Mass,
achusetts Republicans Of giving governs
ors three terms should be violated In his
case.
The National Convention of the Ameri.
can party meets 10 Wash ins ton next
Tuesday for the nomination of candidates
Tor president and vice pres ident. Since
the refusal of Mayor Hewitt 10 run for
president no one has been named as like
ly to get the domination.
The reports OF the Rcces ion OF Protec-
ton Democrats to tia Republican party
were some OF the encouraging statements
that delegates TO he Michigan Republi-
can Convention had to make. But the
eflorts to carry the state by 90 600 ma
lority will not be relaxed on this ac-
count.
The Rapnb icars In the Fifth Ohio
ngresslonal Di trict are urging lex. g oy-
ernor Foster To run for Copgres and they
believe they could elect hun The die.
trict "a Democratic, but there is much
dissatisfaction on account OF Congress
man seney's vote for the Fiee. wool Mills
bill.
There are plenty of candidates for the
Republican gubernatorial nomination in
New Hampshire, bat there is no bitter
ness In The canvass, and whatever the
outcome OF the Stale Convention may be,
It will be acquiesced in by all de anu
the canvass made an earnest and enthusi.
astic one
The Eighteenth Congressional District
in New York is one Of the d ricts The Re
publ cans are going to redeem this year,
and John A QuacRenbush is probably the
man who Will be name1 to do 1t. The
district is naturally Repu lican and
was Cnly lost in 1885 through indifer-
eDce.
The hope the Democrats had that the
eoldter vote OF Illinois would be given TO
General Palmer, their candidate Tor gov
ernor, has been dissipated by the publlca.
tlon Of the facts about his leaving the
army. He left his command on the eve
OF the movement on Atlanta to satisfy his
personal pique and vanity.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-08-11

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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-08-11

In Wilkesbarre, Yesterday, the police
made an examination OF the homb found
under Williams & Brothers bu lding on
Thursday. The bomb was taken into an
open field and It exploded with teryiac
force. 1t was DO = erful enough to blew
up several blocks of buildings tie be
lieVtd that this bomb was placed under
the building by an enemy OF the Williams
Brothers.
keardou, eolored man, whn sh It and
fatally wounded Policeman Palmer, at
Springfield, Missouri, on Thursday, was
captured yesterday after having been
wounded by his captors, II is thought,
fatally. At last accounts the Jail was
surrounded by mob of several hundred
men, who threatened to lynch Reardon.
The steamer Georgia, of the Norfolk
line, struck the mast of the sunkeu
schooner James Phelps yesterday, near
FOL Lookout, and sustained $500 dam.
age. The spars Of the schooner are still
standing, and render the channel danger
ons to passing vefsels.
Burglars entered the residence off l.
Smith, at Willoughby, near Centreyille,
Maryland, on Tuesday night, chlorofjrm.
ed Mr. and Mrs Smith, and secured 500
In money. $1,000 worth of negotiable
paper and valuable watch.
Hugh NJ Brooks. alias W. H. L. Max
well, convicted OF the murder of G. a.
preller, was hanged yesterday In st. outs
lie was executed at the same time
and ON the same scatiold with Henry
Landgraf, the murderer of his sweet
heart
Charles Carroll, Of Baltimore, aged %
ears, descendant of the signer of the
Declaration of Independence whose name
he bore, was drowned while bathing
yesterday at New London, Connecticut.
Amos Miller, colored, charged with
having feloniously assaulted white wo-
man, was taken from the court-rOom at
Fratklin, Tennessee, yesterday, by fifty
armed men, and lynched.
Lewis Phinney ard William Sanford,
while track laying on the FItchburg Rail-
road, at Concord, Massachusetts, yester-
day, were struck and killed by an express
train.
The crop report Of the Agricultural
Department for August sh )ws that corn
has advanced from 80 last month to 90 5.
Spring wheas has fallen from 95 o to 81 6.
Frost was reported In Northern Mime
sofa on Thursday night.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-08-11
The Army Worm and the spArrows

Says the ozdeDsburg IN. ~ jour
ma: The army worm has bs6n doing a
RCoi deal Of damage to oats aud corn Ia
the Black Lake district of this town
the present spring. Charles Dubois re-
sowed . piece Of OATS Of Ave acres last
week, and will have to replAnt three
acres Of corn this week. Both were to.
tally destroyed. John Paul, whe iB d
very OBJ ewing mau, oaliei the atten
tion Of Mr., Dubois 10 the operations OF
q few spsrrowH which osma into the
field and gorged themselves on the army
worm, and took hundreds o. lheir
young. He remarked to Mr.. Duhois:
"See herel" pointing To $ sparrow,
You need not talk 20 me soy more
about shooting sparroWs, fCc an con
vlnced that they DO more coed than
harm, The bird hiss his month full #
worms that bAye bsen deatgoying The
oats" The bird a " away To fad lie
young and than csme back. Mr.. Paul
Agsip called attention to him. "sse
tboTe" saId ha TO MI Dubois, chs is
back sitar more" Mr.. Dubois ia now
satisfied thAt the sparrow 10 worth more
than he costs.
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Tine cheapest has house Ia ah@ esey
@umf0rd BFOs,' AOA HRTASG stress.
Oupping and Iesahipgs 103 4. second ct.
Try BuBh's coal you will like II.
Brazilian Balm, Immediate oure for mumpa,
Try Bash'B coal you will surely like 1t,
hlllard y. Davis, leHeler, Q =, Second st,
Fine IS X. Rings, at HAnf's, Is E. Fourth.
Frank hoop Smith, druggist bth and King.
American Laundry, COZ West Front street.
Pine oIgtr rs and notions at N. W. corner
Seventh AID Poplar streets. La Bell.
Hollis, o. vast ID street, has returned
from Ohie' go, and Is still open though his
onFtain5 a. Gown.
Resa has removed from ll6 Market street
to his new store, 40 Market street, with a
lsrge stock Of hats, whito shirts, su sDs nders,
h01lefy, neokHeAr and notions. All OF tho
latest styles and prices guaranteed the
lowest In the city. Money T0turnsd II goods
are not satisfaotorJ.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-08-11

Time table in effect, July sth 1883. Trains
leave Wilmington tFrench street, as follows:
FOR reading RirdsboTo, Joanna, SpriuR-
htld, WayneablrR junction, Manor Pottsyllle
1amaquat Allentown, Lebanon, Weraere.
RlLle and all pOlnte on the PHILADELPHIA and
hSadlng x. R,i Z. 30 a. m. and 2. 40 D. m.
For Springfield, Waynesbnrg junction.
Goatesvtlle, EmbreeYlle, LenApe, Chaidii
F9fu anu Dupont'H and intermediate pointa
% a. M and b.00p. m.
FOR Coates He and intermediate points ~
FOR West Chester, 100 a. M, 40 and SO
Daily except Saturday and sunday.
For Rev Bridge and intermediate pointA
II. 10 p. m. '-''>
On Sunday for Reading and intermediatt
points, ~ 800 q. M, and for Springfield AND
Intermediate points at 300 p. m.
A. z. MEGA UPLAND. BOWNESS BRIGGS,
superlntendent. Gen'l Pass. Agit,
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-08-11

FLUSHING, L l., Aug. 11.-MaggIe
Jones, colored, Is years old, who lived
alone In the upper story OF house at
Rocky Hill near Creedmoor Long Island,
was found murdered In her room yester.
day morning. A blood stained axe was
discovered near the b ,dy. The crime Ia
supposed to have been committed by
Emma j, FleIcher, white, aged Sd years,
VINO had applied for lodging on Thursday
night. The murdered girl offered the
woman her own bed, which was accepted.
The Fletcher woman was arrested yes
terday, and her clothing was found to lie
covered with blood.