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charge of the American people at large,
the representatives of whom are fully
capable of taking care of the subject in
all its phases.
The military of the United States very
naturally have deep interest in perpetua-
ting the memory of the first commissioned
military officer of the New World, espe-
cially when the martial character of the
man, after more than $50 years' test, still
stands out so strikingly in the history of
our country. 1t has often been said that
the military powers of Standish, together
with his great executive ability and in
cessant labor in the various civil depart
ments of the new colony saved it many
times from dissolution.
Be that as it may, there is abundant
evidence that the colony always held him
in high confidence and respect. The last
commission against the Dutch so near his
death proves that even in his old age its
faith and trust in him were not dimin-
ished.
The spot chosen for the monument is
on Captains Hill, on the old Standish
farm, where Captain standish lived and
died, and where stands now the house
erected by his son in 1866, near the site
of the old homestead, burned in 1865.
The farm was given to him by the colony
about 1880, and remained in the family
till the middle of the last century.
The hill is 180 feet high, and over
looks Plymouth at Duxbury harbors, and
is now used as a sighting point to
navigators in entering Massachusetts,
Bay. When the shaft is finished it will
be most useful to the coast survey as we'll
as to navigators.
The monument is 100 feet high from
the grade to the top of the parapet or
base of the statue. The diameter of the base
is twenty five feet, and at the top sixteen
feet. The base is octagonal to the height
of twenty-five feet, or to the height of the
projection of the lower cornice; above this
the monument is perfectly round. The
foundation runs eight feet below the sur
face of the ground, and is laid in hydraulic
cement. The granite base of the monu-
ment, up to the first projection or cornice,
is of dimension granite of the first quality,
rough split faces, with hammered beds
and builds.
The entire upper corner is also rough,
split granite. There are eight granite
nosts and lintels inside to support the
brick cone. The posts are hammered
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-09-18
STYLES IN HAIR DREssrga.

The classical arrangement Of the hair
is said to be more and mora coming to
the front. Whether properly carried put
or not, there is still visible the desire to
initiate the styles that were in vogue long
ago; consequently all sorts and kndsof
pretty ornalnentations are being daily In
vented to suit theprevaihng tass, Inplsce
Of the now antiquated ostrichfaigrettes
deft isse and tulle BOWS are to be- had ia
all colors. Some have spfsys OF ivy Il j
twisted into them ink such 8 manner That
their effect is that Of the III. standing os.
prey; others havel the bows springing
from cleverly made-up rosettes of gold
guipure; but one and all are made 20 IS
to fasten into the side of well cufled or
raised coiffure, and they look wonder
fully well for wear with theatre going or
or ordinary evening gowns.-NesO York
Mercury.
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half century, at great expense, have
been obtained by the British Govern
ment, and now millions of trees are
grown in India and Java, from which
parts the supply of the world is obtained.
There are no less than thirty-six species
of the Cinchona now known and named,
but the kinds found to yield quinine in
its various forms in paying quantities are
crown-bark, C. officinalis, red bark, c..
succirubra, yellow bark, C. calisaya, gray
bark, C. nitida, and micrantha.
We get our word quinine from quina,
the native name of the bark, and for
many years in its early history it was
known to druggists as Countess bark
and Jesuits' bark, from the early con-
nection of these with its introduction.
"Quinine and Its Romance" by A. H.
Japp, in the February number of the
Popular Monthly, gives lively history
of the plants introduction, and subse-
quent history. The tree itself is a beauti-
full object.
The illustration of C. quinquina cali
saya will give a good idea of its appear
ance. 1t has delicate, small flowers, in
close clusters, and at certain seasons its
fragrance fills the air for a considerable
distance. The kinds most valuable for
the bark are fortunately readily raised
from cuttings. In the original forests
very destructive methods were used in
obtaining the bark, but in the cultivated
forests of Java and India, the trees are
specially prepared by removing the stems,
and only parts of the bark stripped at a
time, so that, after certain length OF
time, the process can be repeated. The
aromatic bark of Rhus cotinus or
sumach, has been used as substitute for
Peruvian bark.-Prairae Farmer.
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surpasses in beauty any other in the
world It's absolutely fawless, and y
all of foIr-tenths of an inch IN diameter!
She bought it from Russian Prince fos
$3.50, 900. She owns also the mosts splen.
did emerald known to exist, and paid q
fabulous price for it. Among the bsgai
telles of her jewel-box are set Of coral
comprising d crown, brooch, bracelet
and so on, all of the most exquisite rost
pink in hue.
She has also pair of diamond ssoks
taires so magnificent that they are vaiueR
at more than $400, 900. One of them
was bought for her at the sale OF the efi
fects of the Duke of Brunswick. She
commissioned a jeweler to purchase :
mate for it. The jeweler spent two year4
in searching before he found an oppor3
tunity of executing the commission. Two
years were required also to complete tho
collection of coral gems. The only other
like it or equal to it is owned by the
Queen of Portugal.
Most of these exquisite and costly gems
will probably 60 some day to Mrs. Mac
kay's daughter, the Princess Colonna, UNI
less, indeed, her sons, who are being
trained up to business in this countryi
should have the good sense to follow
their fathers example and marry Amerii
can women, in which case it is to be pre-
sumed some of these gems would remain
in the United States. Chicago Tribune. {
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MILES STANDISH.
A MONUMENT TO AMERICAS
FIRST MILITARY OFFICER.
1t Will be the Second Largest Struc-
ture Erected to ANY Man in
This Countrywide Statue
Described.

Work is nearly completed upon the
great monument to the memory of the
first military officer of the old colony,
Miles Standish, and when completed it
will be the largestan tallest structure In
the United States erected to the memory
of any individual except Washington.
Although some of the founders and
largest contributors to the building of
the monument are dead, many yet re-
main who arc pushing on the work.
When completed the interior of the mon
ument will be perfect museum of his
toric research. 1t is expected that the
structure will be completed and dedi-
Gated this fall.
The great interest taken by the public
in the erection of suitable memorial to
Captain Miles Standish properly took the
subject from the hands of few of his
immediate descendants and placed it in
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"You see," went on Arthur, quietly,
when Invent out upon the pieri seems
that Alleyne was there before me; and
he just quietly and coolly pitched me
into the water!"
"Humph!" chuckled Ludlowe, II
knew it! Of course, what else could
you expect when you accept such invi-
tations? Well. what next2
Arthur smiled again.
"The sharpest rogue'will overreach
himself some time" the young man
went on quietly; sand as I went over
the side of the pier and struck the
black water below (Ugh! But it was
cold, LudloweD heard him say:
$50! I'll sweep them all out of my
path! First, the girl; and now, her
lover!"
Ludlowe was pacing slowly up and
down the Office floor.
He came to halt, his hands behind
his back, o thoughtful expression upon
his grave face.
"Well-that is something!" he OBJ
served. "But tell me, Arthur, how did
you escape so soon from the lake, in
which he expected you to find watery
grave?"
"You surely cannot believe me quite
devoid of sense, Mr.. Ludlowe9" que
ried Arthur, suppressing smile.
"You cannot believe that would be
guilty of going to that meeting on the
pier without first preparing myself for
emergencies? The night was very
dark; I wore cloak and ife-pre-
server; when went overheard, the
saving of my life was only a question
of time.
II swan to the shore as easily as a
duck would have done. Before Mark
Alleyne was scarcely out of sight, I
was on shore, had thrown away my life
preserver, and had started by the short
est cut for the Office, and you, and here
am.
"But see, Mr.. Ludlowe; an inspira-
ton has entered my brain. Mark AL.
leyne believes me dead; why not utilize
that belief? Listen to my plan, and il
we do not come out ahead, I'm mis-
taken, that's all !"
He drew his chair up close to where
Ludlowe had seated himself, and began
to speak in low, guarded tone.
The clock struck twelve before the
two men had finished their converse.
ton.
They rose and shook hands, warmly.
"You are bound to succeed" said
Chief Ludlowe, earnestly. II feel it!
I know it! God bless you, my boy.
Goodnight"
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MRS. MAcKAY's JEWELS.

Mrs. Mackay's sojourn in this country
will be brief, and SIZE has brought ovel
few of the dazzling toilet accessories that
have made her so conspicuous a figure in
the social functions on the other side OF
the sea. It is half pity that she did not
bring over half peck or so of her jewels
and dazzle the leaders of fashion at New
port, where this summer there is as great
a show of gems as there is at the most
fashionable routs in town in winter. Mrs.
Mackay's collection of jewels is superb,
and some of her gems are the finest in the
world.
One of her sapphires, American visitors
to her houses in London and Paris think,
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place" of the Crows. They even open
the boxes, take out the dried bodies and
prop them in groups in order to obtain
more striking views.
The Grow is anything but stoical in
dividual. If you say "How" to him he
is likely to reply with emphasis, "Good
morning" He is wit and sport, and
when he is in town he sees all that is 60
ing on. He will start a game of "tag"
in crowd and keep it up by the half
hour. When he goes into a store he
knows just what he wants and doesn't
pull over forty different things while
trying to make up his mind. But he is
still addicted to feathers and leggings
and blankets and the loudest possible
oolors. Globe Democrat.
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The Quinine- Bearing Tree.

This tree is a native of the mountain
Gus parts of South America, and is named
by botanists Cinchona, from the Countess
of Cinchon, the wife of an early Spanish
Viceroy of Peru, who first brought some
of the bark to Europe in the year 1889:
Although well known as an article OF
commerce, in the form of Peruvian bark
and its extracts, no plants were raised in
Europe until 1s46.
The plants allied to it, and often met
with among exotic plants in greenhouses,
as rondoletia, ixoras, bouvardias and
gardenias, are well known. After re-
peated attempts, fought against by the
natives, seeds and plants within the last
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A Crow Indi3n Cemetery.

The Crows haven't made such progress
toward civilization as to put their dead
under ground. They still inclose the
corpses in boxes and perch them on plat
forms as high in the air as possible. In
different climate Crow cemetery
would be nuisance. Montana air makes
mummies of bodies thus exposed. There
is nothing in one of these places to offend
the olfactorics. Tourists, who bring
with them their amateur cameras, have
great sport visiting the ''last resting
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WOMANS WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
+ FEMININE READERS.
PEcH1ARITrEs OF QUEENS.

The Queen of Spain is the proudest Of
mothers. ~
The Queen of Greece is the finest Of
swimmers.
The passion of the Empress of Austria
is riding. j..
The delight Of the Empress of Russia
is skating.
The Queen of Portugal is the most ex.
travagant dresser in Eurdpe.
Nothing delights the EQueen of Italy
more than to add another pearl TO bel
necklace. ",
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From Investigations carried on by DR..
Rappoport in St. Petersburg, it would
seem that the quantity of gastric juice
secreted during sleep is much smaller
than that secreted during the daytime or
active life. The digestive power is also
less. Pepsin is found to much the same
amount; but chloride of sodium and
hydrochloric acid are in smaller proper
tions.
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A "Belgian" exhibition will be held in
London next spring.
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Just Like the Dear Prince.

fro BE CoNTNUKD.1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08

are important reasons why building
erected for the worship of God should
~ ,'l respects be regarded as peculiar
''no UNIQUE among edifces reared bv
human hands. Superstitious reverence
i I, sacred places, is, of course, to be-
olscountenanced; but there is a mean,
ana q golden one between that ex-
'feme and the opposite extreme at
winch the house of worship is simply
viewed as public convenience, Just as
any ordinary place of gathering might
De- When that Baptist house in Proyi-
dence, r. l., was erected for the wor-
Ship Of God and to hold commence.
ments in that was going perhaps as
lar IN the direction of secularization as
could be approved. At all events. the
place where Christians meet to Worship
uod should be for them, and thew
should try hard to make it for others
unlike al. other places of assembling
whatever.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
Ohio and the New States

A paragraph in the Cleveland Plain
deate,' calls attention to the density of
population of Ohio. The four terri
tories soon to be made states cast last
fall less than % per cent. of the total
vote of Ohio: Jointly they reached the
aggregate of 1872, 1903, while Ohio cast
S4l, al. Cuyahoga county has more
electors than either of the quartette
except South Dakota, while the four
counties of Cuyahoga, Hamilton,
franklin and Montgomery come with
IN about 200 of as many as both Da-
kotas, Washington and Montana, and
adding Stark, the five most populous
counties Of Ohio exceed all the new
states in adult male citizens by more
than 10000.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
4 LICKING HAD TO CONE oFE.


The beauty aud grandeur of England's
method Of criminal procedure is lucidly
pictured forth i'll the eloquent fact that
Mrs. Maybrick is sentenced to imprison-
ment for life because it has not been
proven that she poisoned her husband.
This reminds us of the method of Grim
inal practice that obtained in Mr.. Won
Hoddelsshon's household. He thrashed
his boy, it will be remembered, for say
ing damn"
Il didn't say 'tam,'' cried the boy.
"Vell, den, you thought TAM and I
vii lick you for that.
mo, fader, I didn't t'ink tam"
@Vell, den, you are thinking tam
now because I lick you. so I will lick
you for that
"No, fader; I am not thinking tam
now"
"Vell, you had brovocation enough to
t'ink tam"
"But didn't t'ink tam"
"Vell, den," said the father, "you
made me t'ink you vas thinking tam,
SO, by tam, I will lick you for that. >
Washington Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
READING.
,,ous Why We Should Be
thankful for What
We Haze.
THE SURE PRESCRIPTION.
j, Of the Terms Applied to the "Greot
Nueafler'-Rsligious Train
ing for Women.
The Sure Prescription.

doctor of divinity had just finished
1ressins large Sunday-school. A
[.Ip sirl whose father was drunkard,
[nned up beside him. Please, doc
/ do you know anything that can
LEc folks we'll that can't be cured?"
.vbo is it that can't be cured?"
please, it's our papa; he staggers
h can't walk straight, and sleeps, and
.,,s and has such headaches, and is
his and not bit like he used to be
bon VIC were little and he was we'll:
i mamma says there's no doctor in
city that can cure him; and they
ID me YOU was from another city, and
IS 50 smart, l thought I would ask
H. You will cure him, won't you 2"
With tears in his eyes and prayer
hi, heart, the doctor of divinity wrote
re,cription which he told the little
wonld cure her father if he would
X take it. Home the child ran. and
ICED in her fathers hand the pre-
iption that was to make him we'll.
nly had the man struggled to con-
srthe demon that had chained him.
opened the paper and read, half an
X, half curiously, the words: "The
od of the Lord Jesus Christ, His
y. cleanseth from all SIM" The mes
e reached his heart, the blood re-
we'd his life, Christ became his pass
II out of bondage into liberty.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
Taken Unawara..

unsupported causes for malaria exist every.
where. sunken lot partly filled with water
III the vicinity of your abode, a new location
upon land filled in, but formerly overlooked or
marshy, and causes far more occult than tbesa
produce the atmospheric miasmata which con,
stitute the germs that, If inhaled, ripcn into
lever and ague and congcnital maladies A
person taken unawares with a malarial com.
plant should, as soon it declares itself. seel,
na from tho safe. cordial
h sa 4a, noststters Stomach Btters which
quarter Of tho globe, relieved the malaria
stricken, and neutralised mias,na in air and
water water Tho Bitters imparts activity to the
rheumatism. and remedies inaction of the ia
neys and binder. Appetite and sleep are i'm
proved Owe and the intirmities OF age initigated
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
Stiffness OF TIE XE,

The density of the sea-sits specific
gravity to use the language of the
the chemist-depends on three things ::
the amount of salts it holds in solution.
the temperature and the pressure. The
two former, and particularly the first
named, are the most important factors
In the question, and as there is wide
difference in these respects in the seas
OF different parts of the world, so we
find that the sea-water shares in these
differences.
Salt varies in amount, as the Droche
observations prove, at different depths,
the surface water in the North Sea
showing, as might have been expected.
the least amount, while in parts of the
tropics and elsewhere, exposed to dry
ing winds, great heat, but little rainfall,
the greatest amount Of salinity is found
OH the surface.
Yet, even in the limited area of the
North Sea, the surface salinity varies
considerably, patches of salt above the
average being found where the expanse
IS not affected by the fresh water
pouring seward from the rivers bor-
dering it and other causes.
Similar inequalities are found in
every ocean. Enclosed seas, like the
Baltic and Black, and Hudson's Bay,
owing to the large number of rivers
flowing into them, and to the rein and
melting ice and snow, are brackish.
Now, If these seas were stagnant,
they would in time become almost
fresh. But the fresh surface water,
flowing out in q steady current, while
the salt water pours in with equal per-
sistence as an under-current, the aver
age salinity is maintained with tolera-
BILE uniformity, taking the mean of a
number of years, though there are
periodical fluctuations in this respect.
Again, the Mediterranean and the
Red Sea are much salter than the In
dian Ocean or the Atlantic, between
which they lie. But here again the
mean salinity is preserved by current
of oceanic water flowing in on the sur
face, while an under current of salt. in
land water flows outward. these recipro-
cal movements preventing the stagna-
ton which must otherwise ensue.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
The Cost Of a Washington Banouct.

Assistant Private Secretary Pruden,
who has been in the White House for
a quarter of a century, more or less, is
authority for the statement that of all
the presidents who have passed under
his tutelage Mr.. Rutherford B. HAYES
was the most liberal in his entertain
ments. This statement is so contrary
to the generally received impression
that it provoked expressions Of incre-
dulity. Mr.. Pruden repeated the as
sertion, and said that Mr.. Hayes's first
diplomatic banquet cost him over
$4,000, exclusive of the wine table.
1t was popularity believed at the
time that Secretary Evarts shouldered
this encumbrance, so as to comply with
diplomatic usages and not offend Mr..
Hayes's well-known views on the sub
1ect OF Temperance, but this was not
so. Mr.. Hayes footed the entire bill.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
What They CAL 1t.

Among vague terms applied to the
rc world are "the greas hereafter"
Ne other world, futurity," "the great
newhere else," the after lire," "the
ther shore, "the spirit world" "the
seen universe" another life,' "the
ea beyond 1t is unnecessary to in
Fm YOU that the sweet ultimately" is
American term. A famous French
b. when dying, said he was about to
into the great perhaps" Similar
ns are the dim unknown" and the
|hknown dark. !"
FIN poetry the future world is "the
|ppy land, far, far away" the "land O.
leal, "the world beyond the stars"
|aybreak," the mansions of light"
jerusalem the golden" "the better
3D. the realms of the blessed" "the
|ppy isles beyond the wayeless
B." the fair home above" "the
bins Of endless day." the celestial
pre- the harbor of rest" "the SOW
Eign, dim, illimitable ground" Ca
pens terms it the Lethean dungeon
ID the somber shades avernal." An
e-saSon poems refer to "the green
Fds of Paradise" Mrs. Barbauld
ILLS it the brighter cline" Goethe
Peaks of joining "the ghostly nation. :"
|akespere terms it "the undiscovered
|untry' and "from whose bourn no
Fveler returns Edgar Allan Poe
(lls it "the distant Aidenu," "the Plu-
|nian shore, and "the Lethean peace
1.-THE sales.--future Birds.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
Tumb,cs in English.

It was justice of the high court
to whom, in former days was attribu-
ted the famous exordium of charge to
q jury in 9 case Of larceny: "For forty
centuries the thunders of Sinai have
echoed through the world, Thou shalt
not steal. This is also principle of
the common law and rule of equity. :"
Perhaps, the best of all such judicial
utterances is that ascribed to rural
justice Of the peace: prisoner, q
bountiful providence has endowed you
With health and strength, instead of
which you so about the country steal
ing hens"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-08
A MAN who has practiccd medicine for forty
years. ought to know salt from sugar. Read

TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1887.
Messrs. T. ]. Cheney q Co--Gentlemen II
have been in the general practice OF medicine
tor most forty Years, and would soy that in all
my practice and experience have never seen a
preparation that could prescribe with as much
confidence OF success as can Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by you. Have prescribed
it a great many limos and its effectis wonderful ;
and would say in conclusion that have yet to
find case of Catarrh that it would not cure, it
they would take it according to directions.
Yours truly, l.. l.. GORUSHC, NJ. D.,
Office, 215 Summit street,
We will give 500 for any case of Catarrh that
can not be cured with Halls Catarrh Cure.
Taken internally.
7. J. CHENEY & CO., Props Toledo, o.
"a Sold by druggists. 75c.