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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-06-21
Sic GHdTcr 1T Nraufretd).

Sian Id'ipdrmt bier fir GliaB=S ptbrin,
gen, id'rcibt man aus 4sariS an elm ame.
rlfonild'c@ SIatt, lit ober ~feineSipe9s ent.
Sltt I'm Den Scrtrctcrn bc5 ,rcrIprenen
SrucerI tNmmco", bic nah Trdnfreid'
fommtcrl, um bier ihr Glitd III periufen,
nno dnrcrn Seutcn thre ippbleripOrbencn
Sttuatlrncn ipegiunebmen. &or bcn,
&rte0e btIretcn Die GIidiler bic ,3ieIideibe
bes ull9cmcincu Sppttc5 uno nientcn aui
hcr Suhnc, mie i'm Roman, I'M @aIIcn.
bauer ais fpmiIhe Sppen, bic nit unz
bdrmhCrSi9cn 9Siben 9citod,cIt murbcn.
Dad, Dem S%ronffurtcr Tricpen dnbcrtt
i'd ric": Itatt Der Glidiier ipltrpcn Die
N%upcr9nottn benz pffentlibcn Npbne
prel18t9cbcn. Semen iduf elm aI0emei=
ncr unb id'0ncr IufidNpung patriptiIdcr
Se9ciltcrun9 cine b~cpprSu9te Stellung III
Sr1nfrtId,.
Sic ipurHen ais ybpppelte Sranspien"
betrud'ttt, pie 8ambctt1 lu9te. Sic
erttcittn Die bciten YIGbe in Den &erpal=
tun9cn re5 StaateS unb Der Yripat0ez
itlIIfaftcn, tic fonbcn IN alien 3eitungs=
rerattIpncn freubi9e 9luinabme uno
id0pftcn bei icber &crtbeiluns umtlider
CUNT Zen Gahm alb. Stun ban9en stpar
Die Sranipfcn beltte nod nit oleidsr
Stebez mic bcint Sranffurter Sriebensz
1dlulle, an BEN perlprenen 9rcpinsen..
Der Glldiler Sptanten aber. ipeId,e bic
tetteittn SiIlen aus ibrer SdIilaI ellen,
ltnp tie nit Der d3eit bsrsIid iiberbriiIiig
ssiporpen. Sa, fDtnte man Tic a,lf quite
Ntanler ipieber lbs iperren, man 9dbe
9erre etipaS odrum. 9lber Die patricti=
lGe Contention sebietet NildIidt osoen
Ole Dperlorencn Sriiber", uno 10 serr
man aud I'M 6rclnbesfreiIe iiber lie rail-
lonntrt, 10 ipr9ium hiitet man iid bod,
pffentlId' GIN 9Sort 9egen Tie su iagen.
Intoine madt in bieIer Siniift feline
Gusnabme. Gr tpurbe, ais or ais
Ntdtprer Der GroteftppIitif in 9aris ems
So9, NIT Se8eilterunS besriibt. Die
Sorme, Die mar tbm beseuste, ianf iebud
iotprt unter 9tuQ, ais ct iid ais pplitis
lfer Streber entpuppte. Sebt persidtet
er, tuie ct in ben iSeitunsen befannt
''adt. ..porlduiia auf bic pplitii6e @ai
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-06-21

beg Yesners", ieyt bdnn, tur5 Dor BEN
iSieI, ,mo9 mebr Sampf auf" unb Iesi
gum S6Iub yfunf 9dngen stpii9en lid
unb ben 0esner.
las iinD ipradIide 9siitunsen, boz
tpeIden ieber Gi6tS sportsman bemiitbi9
Die Segel itrei6en pirb. Sas finn
@prte uub Gdbe bon mpnumsntaler
Sportlidfeit; friider Stalpuft itei8t
aus ibnen empor, u,p bellseltreifte Spm=
meriibsr;ieber III pitripdnniSen Nail=
Gpahes tauden in Der ipprterregten
9bantaiie auf = lit psni9Iten5 frdf=
ti8s Gigenart, unp ais iOi4e woaen mir
ile lahenb scIten lali1n.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-06-21
BAR 2n0e.

% rErlitiide Go~rreipontsns" in
SS!el braftc ppr einisen Sagen einen
oftt5loien Gstersburser Sriek ben bas
aabel ieiner @idti9feit baIber ilbermit.
telt bat, ipsld)rr Die au3enbIidIi6e 8ube
aut Dem 8ebiete Der internationalen 9o=
litif unb Den iiberrai6enben @afenitiu=
ltano am Salfan in intereiianter @eiie
srfldrt. rSas Guslanb mare I'M I'm
re6t," beibt eS in iener inipiriten guSz
laIluns, ubas Sdtpei8en 8uBlanbs an,
Salfan ais cine Ienperuns Der 8oIitif
beg Barren aufSufahen. &ubIanb babe
frsili1 ni6t Die Ibiiht, ben 8altano6Iz
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-06-21

SIR serf@6pfte" acknowledgements e6rt
fe6rcrinnen, Pusnadertnnen. Rdstertnnen. SduSbI!
%terinnen une u5erarbettete Srauen lberbaupf 4 DIR
Pierce's "Fsvorito Prescription" ba5 tclc cite
berifens-hen araftt-r:G Cr t'ef. GSti fsin n@iicr res
Seilmittd," aber eS cntirrirt iruneerbor Dc: ,"ein'
gen 3psde eines ini&tisen S.et'fterrns se9cn Ct Il
rcibltHenG iblefte eissnen drpnilben G6;rGbei Il,
2tiben.-GS lit et1 frdI dSsS, alssnieineS im. ,bt =,
ntertneS 3puuL=, unb nei Ieuftsrtfnres Wiiticl ur' -:
i4ra9e, linperrauli@te,l Vlabunssn, aidcnifr'ShS
aerp1Se Ntnfan atsi., Gyh6pfun5 ulo Cd ali ,;1ts;: l.
tciben &eI6Ied,tern. "Favcrite Preservation ' irj'
bon Gpotsstsr.t nnter rms rer potllsn ua.:a:.
~pertduft. -9ca1tet ben itmiflc, her SiIiG..
GretS $1.O0, ODER feds StaSdIen Jar $50.
Sine Gbbanblun8 dber Trauf u Strartb'iicr. nit !:
btJen StleerIi unb 1dtfret&en SrlJitnilt,a ;:.'ri,'
piro fur 10 Gents tn Yoifuidrfen ~rerfoueI.
Aprefirt Worlds Dispensary LGiir.,. ~,
~cIation." 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y,
9ReroSfer unb btIt5ier &opiidjmar;, h~v,
Weritcpfune ,pirp i6nelt Sebetit 6re;
Dr.. Pierce's Pellets, IS Gents -:
Elai@del, BET apptbeteru gu babeE.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-06-21

TERN mdterteu su be1fen, bod iei beniet:
ben be8 Saren moralii6e nntertiibuns
eefi6ert, fdpn besbalb, neil cine fol6e
Bclitif fur bic Sntereien &uBIanbs nib=
lid, ia nptbpenbis lei"
,,9lber aud bieie 4plitif Der &ube uno
3urldbaItuns," beibt es in hcm 8riefe
neiter, TRACE ibre 6rii6te, benn bic
8atrioten 8umdniens ioipobL, pie Ser
biens flblen iid bereits seitdrft in benz
getpubtiein Der 3beilnabme 8ublanbs. d.
Die Yatricten ipilIen ~ibrisens gang gut,
pab 8ubIanb au9enblifiid mod ni6ts
pfen tbrn fam. Nus bieiem 8runbe lei
aud ilber Die &ubisns res forbidden Grz
Ntetrpppliten WiGaeL bel benz 3aren in
8atidina Gas rruite 8eteimniB beipabrt
ipprben.
9(u5 setpiiien Nnreutunsen iebp9,
rueI6e rer ereiie Ytetrppolit eini9en
5reunren Der Yetersburser Y~anilapiiten=
freiIe 9emadt, lei berporse9angen, bab
Der j3or ibn crrabnt babe, man iolle
,,sunddit" s%uriidbaitenb unb porfi6tig
perfafren. Gbenio iider lei eS, oaB Die
iton beidlnKen geipeIsne Rudfebr 9tataz
liens nad Serbien burd &ublanp's Ginz
fluB p~orIdufj9 perS0gert iporcen 1T, neil
Der Gar ieren rnseit9emdben 3ipil6ens
fall permieben ieben wOue.
Sm 9lq8emeinen babe man in ben leiz
tenDen &reiien 9etersbur9's Die 8idfebr
NatalienS ~ipeniser ais bcpeutungsppaen
ppIitii6en Sdrttt in ii6 ielbit ipnbern
pielmebr ais Yrlfltein betra6tet, pb Die
8esenten iiG tbatiddlid bonn GinHuiie
Wilan'5 i6on emansiplrt BADEN, unb ob
Der, in Serbisn i6eiabar nit GROCER See
friebigung o~lfgenrmmene raoifaIe nmz
Idtpung Der SerbdltrtiIe aud elm ~ernites
uno nift Bios i6einbarer iet!"
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-06-21

MpIIen Elm Ibeater. Sn
MuIbinston lief aus 0uthrie, ella.
bDrta, cine Tepeid,e nit Ger Nad,fra9e
Gin, pb alf Grluden les Otapprs, be5
Stabtratbes unb perihispsner p~rominens
ter Burger iencr Stuot bic Jtegierung
Die Senitbun8 Der NtcBitrum95rel erpation
fir Elm Ehcotsr .,eri ter &luIIa" geItotten
ipilrbc. Stc Gutiport iitl perncincnb
ana
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-06-21

9ummerfir6. Mit bent 8au
zines 8tmcince= uno Vtdbdenidulbdu=
les wiro remnd6it ~begcnnen. Gem
Bauunternetmer 9ietmam murscr rie
Nrbsitsn 81 runo $1,000 ytaif u5er
trdaen.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-06-21
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Omitted tor Il .nsmlssion through me "'''HS II
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Toruls lInS
SprimgtUagen

9 Il ii 9 c, @99en II. 6 ultiontors
iitis an Sans unb rerttn auf Stltluus fttr
bliiJ ttIssftat ron
6er.G 0,
Rai1O 2ittlt Berger, No.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-06-21

Gras. Ger Crfirit BON Sul9arien,
Gtaf Sarlenau, bat bier Die Sila &plps
oit6 iur elm S1hr 9emietfet.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1889-06-21

&artateb stuuo SdFrt aiSSsg psrttit, e
w. Der atTste 2isbIina.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-06
A Sanoan Maids Romance.

In the book of Mrs. Laulii Willis,
the Samoan woman whose husband, a
contractor, left Alameda several days
ago and has since been missing, occurs
the following quaint story Of how she
fell in love with her husband:
"The first thing saw when we went
alongside the ship was white man
with a bald head. That looked very
funny to me, as had never seen o
bald-headed man before. He was real
fat and nice-looking, but he did not
have any hair OH his head, and I got
my brother, who could talk English, to
ask him, just as we got aboard, where
was all the hair that belonged on his
head. And the white man told him
that he lived in California, and they
did not have any cold weather there,
but had what they called "a glorious
climate, and the climate had taken
all the hair off his head. We got very
we'll acquainted, and liked him, be-
cause when another white man kept
talking to me this one with the bald
head quarreled with him and knocked
him down so he should not bother me. !"
Oakland Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-06

The location is excellent, the table uu-x-
ceptionable, and the people charming. But
those who come for a short time cannot
now expect such good luck. By the time
this is in print the city will be so full that it
will have to be taken to the station house.
Speaking of hours for returning to one
lodgings. l know that hurt myself at the
hotel where first stopped by getting in
the first evening at 1880 o'clock. The con-
cierge was a violet-eyed French girl. She
gave me the key and the one-franc candle
with which intensified the gloom of my
ID width boys size room. She looked at me
reproachfully. She was panied to see a
man with such noble mien and such a
scope of brow go to bed at 1850 at night.
She mentioned it in pure English to me
and l could see that had lost good
friend. I could only promise her that it
should not occur again. L did so. and now
whenever am tempted to retire early I
can see those blue reproachful eyes again,
and my solemn promise made to that SIM
pie, gentle girl while the hot candle grease
ran down over my arm comes back to me,
and 1 smother the wish and scorn the
temptation.
will now pause in my literary career to
go and get shaved again. What 1 like about
the French barber is this: if you do not
like his lather you can spit it out.
P. S.-Before mailing this learn that the
beautiful Algerian girls who dance the
stomach dance or gastric calisthenics re-
ferred to above are natives of Paris and
live on the Rue de Rinktum.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-06
A GO.Ahead Young Man.

The subioined incident, says Mary
w. Early, in the Portland Tya1escript,
was related to me by the young man to
whom it occurred, French vice-consul
in one of our Southern cities.
He said he had carefully studied our
grammar and literature before coming
to this country, but he was perfectly at
sea i'll conversation, lacking the right
accent, and ignorant oflittle colloquial
phrases current among us. However,
on landing in this country, he deter
mined to keep his ears open, and mas
ter colloauial English as speedily as
possible. There was one phrase he
heard often repeated, more SO. perhaps,
than any other: Go ahead" It was
on the lips of every business man. every
schoolboy he met From sailors, wagon
ers, and other rough people, he had
also frequently heard another phrase,
closely resembling the above in sound,
and so he became confused between
the two.
One evening he went to visit very
elegant and accomplished young lady,
to whom he carried letter of intro
duction, but the conversation was stiff,
owing to his imperfect knowledge and
defective pronunciation of English. It
was, therefore, quite a relief for him
when some one proposed for the lady
to sing. She picked up song and po-
litely turning to him said:
"This is a French song Shall I sing
it for you:"
10 which he, with a puzzled air, re-
piled:
eco to hell!"
"sir!'' said the young lady, her face
flushing scarlet.
what did you say. sir?' demanded
her brother, with flashing eyes and
fiery tones.
81 said, go to hell" innocently re-
peated the Frenchman, annoyed at the
commotion he had created.
"How dare you? Leave this house
instantly" cried the young Southerner,
laying strong restraint on himself to
avoid expediting the Frenchman's de-
parture.
ooh, brother" interposed the gentle
girl, "there is some mistake, some mis-
understanding here Monsieur -
does not understand the meaning of the
expression, am sure;
The poor Frenchman was indeed be-
wildered and distressed. Fortunately,
in his confusion he betook himself to
French, which the young lady under
stood better than he did English, so he
soon made clear to her the nature of
his mistake. He had intended to say
"go ahead" as that seemed the pet
phrase of the country, but he had used
the other phrase, which sounded so
much like it that the difference was
hardly distinguishable to the ear Of the
foreigner. An amicable adjustment OF
the difficulty was made, but after that
the vice consul was extremely cautious
in his choice OF language, striving to
act on the motto. "Be sure you are
right. and then 60 ahead
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-06
through the aue-like interior as power.

through the fue-1ike interior as power.
full ascending currents.
The phenomenon, however, will NOT
be attended by terrific foods unless
the atmosphere is densely stored With
water vapor, as IL was on Tuesday in
the Cayadntta valley, and as it was
on May 81 in tho Conemaug h Valley.
When such is the case, the violent as
cend1ng currents suddenly lift the va
por-laden clouds several thousand feet
above the level at which they were pre-
vlously floating, and hurl them ulott
into rarefied and cold regions of the
atmosphere, where their varor is in
stantlY condensed into many tons Of
water. Could tho water fall as fast as
condensed it would be comparatively
harmless. But the continuous 1prush-
ing currents support this mass of wa
ter at high level, and as their own vast
volumes Of vapor rising are condensed
they add to the water already accumu-
lated thousands of feet above the earth's
surface-making, so to speak, lake
in high air.
As the whirlwind weakens or passes
from beneath this vast body of water.
which its ascending currents have GEN
Grated and upheld in the upper story
OF the atmosphere, the aqueous mass,
no longer supported, drops with ever
increasing grayitational force to tie
earth. In severe cloud bursts the wa
ter does not fall as rain, but in sheets
and streams, sometimes unbroken for.
many seconds. The cloud burst of
1893 at HDllidaysbu,g, Pa, oxca,-o4ad,
many holes in the ground, varying from
twenty-five to thirty feet in diameter,
and from three to six feet deep. In a
similar but milder storm, which visited
Boulogne last May, assures were cut
in the streets eight feet deep and open
ings made large enough to engulf a
horse and cart,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-06

eight years OF age. The neighhors did no
want the tower built. They felt certain ii
| would fall and strike most anywhere within
| quarter Of mile, and they thought it
would be discouraging 10 trade They
were also afraid that boarding Ii ouses near
by would lose money and have to put the
price Of nourishment up to where it would
harm onize with the tower.
1t is a fact. as the reader knows, that it
is nine hundred and eighty-iour feet high,
and made of iron. Those who have hefted
it say that it weighs seventy-three hundred
tons, but would put it a little below tn at.
1t is just as we'll to be honest about these
matters and not seek to startle people all
the time.
The base rests on four legs with concrete
and stone foundations. These form four
arches. which are about two hundred feet
hi h. which at night are beautifully lighted.
In fact. the tower is more beautiful at
night than in the daytime. The top sways
to and fro about rcd. but it still continues
erect. The top of the tower affords a fine
sight for a rising young bridge jumper to
display his brains such as they are, among
the other exhibits
The structure is painted red. The artist
who painted the Eiffcl Tower red will no
doubt fill a. druakard's grave.
There is a constant roar pervading the
structure. caused by the rising and falling
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-06

words at which he had takan .,,..
i hhs1y glance. She was able to @;ra a
f anna., account of the hero vino
d le"aea IN the lesson, but names and
ua.es entirely escaped her. She STAN
$50 i eu ana hesltated in shame and con.
;na s4on' her eyes sinking before the low
o ms Ehes winch gazed upon her. She
.ouiu feel all the surprise and d;son-
polntment which she knew thew mus+
cypress. The questions passed on to
wary and Hattie, at whom She had
ol'en -, laughed for being "plodders :.
a!lu Elsie thought she would have
even even anything she owned to be able to
5eci a.;. as they did, promptly and clear
~, With the confidence which ALWAYS
0 nT ol dligent, conscientious study.
y don't believe you'll ever want to
sl:iI my school again, Aunt Laura.
; sala Elsie, coming to her in the even
ing with tears in her ewes. "No 7
know you never will. Ii I could only
nave known you We're coming. Won
would have seen what a good lesson I
should have had"
wanted to see you lust as Won are.
Elsie; not as when YOU prepare for
company"
"And you saw me- said Elsie,
mournfully, "a careless, idle little
girl. And you'll never forget it of me.
no matter If [ turn right around and
DO my very best after this. And You'll
never, never let Cousin Helen come
to go to school with me now"
why, my dear little girl" said Amt
Laura, putting very tender arm
around the little penitent. edo YOU
think L never do wrong myself, never
need to repent and seek forgiveness,
that l should be so hard as that on
you?"
ooh, Aunt Laura" said Elsie, very
earnestly, "Pm going to turn over a
new leaf. as mamma says, really and
truly. I'm going to show YOU and
mamma how hard am going to try to
do right mean just because it is
right. And if do, perhaps in another
year you'll let Cousin Helen Gomez"
Elsie" said her aunt, with smile,
If l should tell you I had so much
faith IN your promise that I would let
Helen come next term, what would YOU
say"
"Oh--that you are the dearest Aunt
Laura in the world, and that it would
make me try great deal harder than
II you punished me by not letting her
come"
I think Aunt Laura's way was a good
way, don't you?-Sydney Dayre. IN
the Interior.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-06
An Old Boatman,s Lament.

An elderly grizzled man sat on the
string Of a wharf below Coenties slip
the other evening just as it was grow
ing dark, and gazed in q melancholy
sort of way over the several acres of
canal boats lying in that part of the
East river, says the New York Mail
and EEpress.
"Things is gettin' wuss and wuss
here all the time," he remarked at last
to companion.
Chow is that ?" inquired the listener.
"How? How enuff," was the gruff
response. "Hev we seen fight round
here fer more'n week? OF course we
amt. I amt seed but one in more'n a
month, and that wuzn't good one. I
kin remember wen we ulster have 'em
every might've or three of 'em!
Yes, sir; b'gosh! an they wuz good
ones, too.
"But there amt no more fun round
here any more. There amt nothin'
Why, if you listen you can't hear a
sound on any Of them boats; nary q
sound. Wy, I kin remember few
years ago, wen you could hear fifty
'cordeens goin' on them boats. Every
canaler that wuzn't fighter had a
'cordeen OF poll parrot, and eff you
didt care for fightin', why, you could
have a dance on the dock OF some of
the boats, while the cap'n played on the
'cordeen. Similarly, if you wanted
fghtin', yer could have oceans of it.
"But there amt no more Of it," con-
tinued the veteran, with sigh. "There
amt no fghtin', there amt no parrots,
there amt no 'cordeens nor dancin',
there amt no fun, there amt no moth
in. and b'gosh I think I'll give up the
hull thing an go to driyin' truck"
With this the old man struck his
pipe so viciously against the string
piece that the head of it broke off and
fell into the water, after which the
veteran plunged into deep and de-
jected silence as he meditated on the
days that are not any more.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-06
on news abOut the ,

prize-ight, to the exclusion of more i'm
portant matters. Mr. Sullivan is the VIC
tor. He has vanquished a presumptu-
GUS and aspiring fighter, and the world
has started on its course again. The
man in the moon no longer wears
that expression of suspense on his rubi-
cund face. Those who scorn to read
the glowing, sparkling, and gushing
details of a prize-fght which is served
up on the first page, can amuse them
selves with the caustic criticisms which
our thoughtful editor has written for
their special benefit. Those who read
the columns on the front page must
not suppose that the thoughts and SEN
tlments therein are unanimously in
dorsed by the editor of that journal.
for such is not the fact. Editors, as a
rule, are in search of the lucre, which
by some of the poor and envious is
called filthy. If you wish to read the
true sentiments of the editorial heart,
read we'll and digest his editorials
which you will find in some secluded
niche on the tail-end of the paper.
To say that prize-fghting is brutal
practice would be superfuous, as any
one who is not utterly coarse in in
stinct is aware, but if we We're to let
prize-fghters off "scot-free," without
giving them singing rebuke in our
editorial columns, they, being natur-
ally ignorant, would misconstrue the
motives Of the shrewd editor, who
cares not for prize-fghts, but dishes
up the news with an eye to the main
chance. There is no doubt but what
prize-fghting is practiced more by
reason of the money that there is in it
than for the empty honor Of the cham
pionship. There are more ways than
one of testing the relative strength Of
two men. Some individual with a
fertile brain would do humanity a
great service if he would invent or in
troduce some new system or some
new method of testing the rela-
tive strength and endurance of peo-
pie with fighting turn of mind.
The writer would propose the follow
ing plan: Erect wall or fence COM
posed Of heavy boards. These boards
should be at least one inch in thick
ness and have good supply of knots
in them. The sluggers, instead OF
bruising and battering each other,
should compete with each other for the
championship by striving to knock out
the largest number Of knots from these
heavy planks. The man who succeeds
in putting daylight through the boards
in the most places in a given length o
time to be declared the victor. Thi
plan would do away with brutality an.
a great deal of adverse criticism on tn.
part of editors.
If I could write severe editorial or
pugilism, replete with singing irony
and rebuke, I would do so, but what is
the use? The chances are that the
sluggers would not read it, nor heed il
if they did.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-06
A Ride Across Europe.

A correspondent in Paris sends me
an interesting account Of Lieutenant
Asseyeff's ride from Lubni, in Poltava,
to the Paris Exhibition. He is only %
years old. When he determined to go
to Paris he followed the Gar Nicholas
method Of laying out a route, with a
difference. He did not use ruler; he
took thread, and, stretching it across
the map from Lubni to Paris, marked
off his route in straight line. Then
he started on horseback alone. Lieut..
Asseyeff rode one horse and led an
other, on the Turcoman system, riding
each horse on alternate days. One
steed was half-English and half-Don
Cossack, the other was of pure Rus
sian breed. He rode on an average u
little over fifty miles a day, and coy
cred the whole distance in thirty days.
The cost of riding across Europe with
a couple of saddlehorses was only
$50, or about twenty shillings day.
If it can be done as cheap as this,
tours will become common.
Pail lIGW Gazette.