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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

~ from each side assuming the directino If
49, nc ellVcal tee. When all the stones have
sco on sast the umpire counts up the points
h~ az ~ each side, deciding, as in quoits,
80 t4 10 proximity of the stones to the OBJ
seos lee. That constitutes an end" and
nIa'. o..mes a, definite number of ends are
tt;,syed 70 constitute game and some
s saa a definite time is played, in each
ease the scores of completed ENDS" being
asslegated to arrive at res lt An ex-
pe!lenced player thus describes the five
points, of the game:
curling is game that does not depend
1or success upon the exercise of great
muscular strength. When the ice is in
susn condition that it takes good deal of
muscle to propel the stone to the tee, we
do not consider it good curling, Peonle nm.
lamlliar with the sport might think a forty
pound stone rather heavy for plaything,
put Few would prove SO slight as to be I'M
aple to throw it more than forty rods over
Keen Ice. Curling seems to me superior
10 al other sports in that, while individual
excellence is cultivated to the highest ex-
tent, yet team-playing is equally import
ant, and more required than in any other
game know about. In curling, every man
has to be on the alert every instant; he is
never wholly idle, and must be ready to
obey the command of his skip promptly
and lntelligentlN. know no sport where
the leader or director or captain, whatever
may be his title, has as great responsibility
as the skip has in curling. The player forty
two rods away cannot distinguish accurately
the relative positions of the stones already
at rest near the tee; he cannot see with
certainty just what it will be best for him
to accomplish. The skip decides for him,
and from his Dosition nj the too doc;1oa
the play. Now, suppose the player has
started his stone; the skip NAV think il
not coming fast enough to reach the de-
sired point, and he therefore orders his
men who are in the middle of the rink to
sweep with ,hei- brooms in front of the
curling stone. You have no idea how much
difference the sweeping makes. If snow
is falling it can readily be understood that
the brooms must be used actively, but on
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

to Tighten the hitherto darKered pgtfi-
ways of their sex. By no means is
mental culture to be placed second ID
physical attractiveness; but let as, &
possible, endeavor to bring about the
desire in women to dress themselves -
that they shall always lie agreeable to
the eye as we'll as mentally attractive.
1 have great dislike for the costume
commonly affected by "strong minded"
females, but I really think 1 would
rather see my sex both cultured and
tailor clad than only butterflies of
fashion, vain and empty-headed, the
merest toy of man. While discussing
questions relating to dress, may take
the opportunity of referring to the re-
marks recently made by Ouida on the
subject. Most of her views q am pre-
pared to indorse. I think, for INSTANCE,
that she is right in saying that women
should use white more frequently, and
that children should never be clad in
colors. It is more beautiful to the eye
and cleaner than somber shades. That
white is becoming to young girls hard
~ needs to be insisted upon, because
OF its suggestiveness of innocence. One
of the best known authorities on
the subject of fashion has just been
defending the old-time crinoline, which
he thinks has been wrongfully abused
and considered as an unmitigated hor-
ror. The invention, he says, had it's
good points, and did much to improve
the health Of womanhood in general
by doing away with the immense weight
of multifarious petticoats, all wo1h
dragging from the waist. can agr&S
with this portion of the argument mofe
than with that where he asserts that
the crinoline gave opportunity for much
elegance in the way of ball toilets.
The expanse of the hoop, he says,
showed off to advantage the richness
of silks and velvets and the vaporous
beauty of lace fiounces, and furnished
a foundation for showing off garlands
and bouquets of artificial flowers. He
thinks that graceful woman never
looked more graceful than when float
ing, swan-like, through ballroom,
all methods of locomotion concealed,
and the slender waist and shapely bust
rising in sea-nymph fashion out of bill
lows of tulle or costly ripple of exaui-
site lace. To me the stifly extended
outlines of crinoline, with their COM
plete concealment of all physical life
within, suggests doll on wheels rather
than graceful, living figure.
But nothing seen in the dancing as
semblages Of the season has struck the
writer more picturesquely than the
couplings of white-robed maidens and
black-garbed gentlemen. Some of the
seasons dances have great deal Of
romp in them, with very rapid figures
and somewhat violent exercise. The
illustration shows the contrast of white
and black in a single pair, but room
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25
Brought Him to Time.

1t was getting pretty near the end of
leap year and Amarantha was becom-
ing agitated.
"Charlie, she said with sigh, as
she raised her store frizzes from the
shoulder of his Tewksbury mills all
wool cassimere four-button cutaway.
i've thought of a conundrum: Why
are you like green corn?"
II don't know, I'm suah, Amarantha
%, it's because I'm so sweet"
"No, replied Amarantha, whose
education was completed at the
Athens of America; "it is because no
degree of warmth causes you suddenly
to expand into a desiderated effiores-
cence."
Then there was silence for the space
Of several minutes while the signifi-
canoe of the answer was working its way
through his nerve centers to his occipi-
tai vacancy, and then he popped
Springfield Union.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25
winter STYLES for Womcn.

Winter Styles for Women.
CANADIAN beaver is favorite fur.
Blue fox and Siberian fox are also IN
high favor,
FLOWERS are still much worn. In
previous seasons they have been dis
carded much earlier in the winter.
STRIPED cashmeres, imousines. and
fancy woolens are in vogue, and make
up into very effective costumes.
In millinery green appears to equite
as popular as ever, and shades for win
ter wear are particularly rich and be-
coming.
RICH brocades, heavy and thick, are
worn with soft, pliable fabrics that
drape effectively and modify the sever
ity of the Directoire models. I.
OLD fashion makers say that never
in the history of the dressmakers' art
have there been such abundance and
variety in the materials and designs
for evening dresses.
ONLY those cloaks designed for car
riage wear are entirely lined with fur.
They are too heavy for walking. The
redingote of cloth or velvet edged with
ing or visiting.
POPULAR Empire wells are of black
net with lace edge or of real lace with
o deep border wrought in scallops.
They are worn with small bonnets.
The border should drop below the
chin, so as not to obscure the wearer's
face.
SOME elegant brocades have plain
silk, matching the ground in weave
and color. For example, brocade
with ground of silver gray and figured
design of old rose may be made up
with either the gray or the rose in
plain fabric.
The newest craze of fashionable
Paris women is the wearing of broad
black MORE ribbon around the neck.
To the ribbon is attached small
hanging watch, on which are inscribed
the initials of the favorite hero of the
hour.
THERE is a rage for costumes in
white. Not only young girls but ladies
of mature age, Mme. Carnot giving the
example, wear chiefly white faille,
gros-grains, MORE, and Grape. Skirts
are made very scant and trimmed at
the foot only. either swith an enormous
ruche Or with series of narrow gath
cred hounces, either pinked out or en-
broidered round the edge. The bodice
is no longer high upon the shoulders,
but quite low and round, with the
slightest soupcon of sleeve, mere
strap to hold the back and front of the
bodice together, concealed under bow
of ribbon or spray of flowers, or else q
full putting of Grape. The latter style
is more suitable for young girls.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

frishtfully realistic battle scenes.
Verestchagin was born about forty five
years ago in the province of Novgorod,
northern Russia, and was educated at the
naval school at st. Petersburg. The navy
did not suit his tastes, and he went to
Paris and studied art under Gerome. In
1866 he returned to Russia and began
his career as traveller and painter. He
hesitated at no subject, however hideous
OF appalling; and as he visited many his
toric places and depicted literally, dis
regarding all conventionalities. some of
his pictures are laughed at and others de-
nounced as blasphemous by the adherents
of certain faiths.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

trimming and torsade Of black silk
gauze all round. Bows of black silk
gauze fastened with jet buckles are
placed high on the top in front. The
other is q pretty gold material, sur
rounded by torsade of white gauze
and trimmed with one bunch only OF
dark violets.
BY the way, the prevailing flowers OF
millinery merge into other decorative
things. There are exquisite floral
candle and lamp shades, which SINH
late single daffodils, chrysanthemums,
roses and crocuses to perfection. Floral
fans are the very latest novelty. These,
like the shades and the bonnets, are
formed of one huge blossom, the center
of the fan being, of course, the center
of the flower. Each one is made of
silk crepe in the colors of the bloom it
is intended to represent, peoples and
daffodils and white roses being most
general, and it is impossible to imagine
more delicate and effective shade to
pretty face than those soft and nat
ural-looking blossom screens.
Preachers and others are won't to de-
plore the earliness and thoroughness of
fashionable training given to girls.
From the first that they hear, and the
soonest that they can talk, they almost
constantly have the subject of dress
forced upon them. We are frequently
warned against the folly of this course,
and are told that mental culture should
dominate, while mere adornments of
person should be subordinated. Now,
there are always plenty of idle, frivol-
GUS women whose dressmakers are
their fetch, and who are content to
spend their hours trying on new gowns,
while their thoughtful sisters are care
fully trimming the lamps of knowledge
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25
Josh Billings Philosophy.

When q man duz a good turn, Just
for the plum ov the thing, ne haz goIh q
great deal more yirtew in him than ne
liz aware Ov. II,
The man who haz got q mote IN hiz
eve kan alwus see big beam IN hlz
brothers. ,4hor.
Az general thing. we envy IN I 1o4. re
not what we amt got. but wha' We
have got less than Others. .h,+ Gin
The only thing about man t9a' Pr Pr
haz not, and kan not PerveI1, IL nlN
conshience,-NeW York Veef'y'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

GRANADA, q city in southern Spain,
was founded by the Moors in the eighth
century, and formed at first part Of
the kingdom of Cordoya. In 1886
Mohammed- al Hamar made it the cap
ital Of his new kingdom Of Granada,
which was highly prosperous till its
subjugation by the great captain,
Gonsalvo de Cordova, ia. 2, 1892. In
1909 and 1910 the industrious Moors
were expelled from Span by Philip
III, to the lasting injury Of his com
try. Granada was taken by Marshal
Soult in 1910, and held till 1872.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

Bile to o given mark. There the resem-
b bla ceases. The quot is Us unlike the
curling stone rs can be imagined. Instead
Of pound and half iron disk, or ring.
We have a rock that must weigh at least
thirty pounds. but may not exceed fifty.
The shape of the curling stone is similar
to a much hattened orange. According
TO the rules it's height must be at least one
eighth of its circumference, and this
must not be greater than thirty-six
inches. Into one side of the stone is fas-
tened handle which the player grasps
when he throws his. stone. A curriers' out
81 consists of two Of these ponderous
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25
AN IDEALIST,

A Russian Who Paints Bloody Pictures in
tho Interests of Peace.
The American art world has q new star
in the person of Vasilla Verestchagin, the
Russian painter now visiting the United
States. AS realist he ranks above all
other modern painters; he disregards all
the softening features employed by other
artists, and paints battle scenes, wounds
and agony exactly as they really arc. In
short, the critics say that what lola ia in
literature Verestchagin is in art. even to
a more pronounced independence Of Gus
tom and precedent. SO conscientious is
this great Russian that he aims always to
paint winter scenes during the winter and
other scenes during their season. so a. to
be fully in sympathy with his subject"
His fame is greatly heightened bv the
remarkable journeys he has made in order
to paint certain localities. He penetrated
Thibet with small guard in spite Of the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25
BISHOP KNIGHT

Rev. Cyrus F. Knight, of Lancaster,
Pa. has been chosen as the successor of
Bishop Welles The election of DR..
Knight is a victory of the cathedral and
High Church party over the Broad Church
element in the diocese. DIR. Knight will
accept the Office. He was born at Boston
in March, 1881, aud is, consequently. 81
years of age. He graduated from the
general gone theological 1s1 s seminaly in !. New
priesthood shortly afterward His first
cure was ST. Marks Church, in Boston.
Thence he went to Hartford, Conn, as
rector of Christ's Church, whence he re-
moved to Lancaster, Pa, where he has
since resided as rector of ST. James
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

The fresh-looking matrons on certain
occasions. They show off pretty faces
to good advantage, and there are ladies
to whom. they are so becoming that
they adopt them for all times and
places. There is, however, a great
Neal to be said in favor of large hats,
which are so extremely picturesque.
Hitherto summer and winter have had
radically different forms, but now
there are several summer shapes in
winter materials. Here is an example.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25
$4,000 for n Horse.

American turfmen opened their eyes
when they saw in the papers that Ormonde
had been sold to one of their countrymen
for $s5,0OO. Ormonde was bred by the
Duke of Westminster, his late owner.
He was sired by Ben d Or, dam Lilly Ag-
mes: Ormonde won the Two Thousand
Guineas in 1885, and the Derby by a
length and half from the Bard Fred
Archer rode the great horse in all his
races. The Duke Of Westminster bought
Doncaster few years ago for 1000, or
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25
Authoritative.

Big Sister-Dick. I think it is time
little folks were in bed
Little Dick (on Mr.. Nicefellow's
knee)-Oh, it's all right. Mamma said
I should stay here until she came down
stairs.-Ne,v York: JVeekly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25
rUE GAME OF CURLING.
,rscR1p11 ON OF scoTLANDs Ma.
=" TrONAL GAME.

. r,,u,srating sport That Is Fast Be-
,,ir. INSTRUMENTATION 1t Is Played
pastime That Involves Plenty OF Ac.
.;on and Excitement.
The pame to which curling bears the
,.raoIest similarity is quoits; in each the
sSh;act is to throw an article in such wsy
, yo, It shall come to rest as near as posi-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25
INEw YORK coRREspoNpRNCE.,

RTIST1C author
ity says thst We
should wear large
hats and small
bonnets to be in
fashion, but this
assertion is apt to
be misleading.
Large hats are
worn by young
people, and by
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25
FOR THE LADIES.
A HAYF-HOUR CHAT WITH OUR
FAIR DAUGHTERS.

Tho Latest Fashions Discussed, and Sux-
gestiOns Made In Relation 70 Becoming
Toilets-Ever Tickle Fashion's Demands
and Requirements.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

Church, one of the best known parishes
in the State. Since he took charge of tia
church he has paid off the debt which in
numbered it, and has SO increased the at
tendance that the church edifice has been
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

the high Hima-
layas on q yak Ian
animal of the bo-
vine species), and
gained a thorough
knowledge of the
people, AMI m n ! 8,
and scenery of the
highplateausn north
of those mo UNI
tains. All this will
be given to the
worldin book form .
He also followed
the Russian army
in in the war against
Turkey, and took
the sketches fOrhis
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

opposition of the British authorities a
Northern India and the attacks Of hostile
nomads, fighting two or three small bat
ties on the way. He iourneyad THROUGH
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25
EPISCOPALIAN BISHOPS.
PORTRAITS AND SKETCHES OF THE
TWO NEW pRELATEs.

Rev. Charles c. Grafton, of tho Diocese el
Northern Wisconsin,. and Rev. Cyrus #.
Knight, Of Lancaster, Pa, tho Successor
of Bishop Welles.
BISHOP GRAFTON So
At Especial council for the election of
Episcopal Bishop for the Diocese of Fond
du Lac, Wis, held recently i'll that city,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

full of similarly contrasted couples
makes singularly striking spectacle.
Chicago Ledger. DAISY DART.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

enlarged three times, and now seats 1000
people. He is said to be digniied, hand
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

\ Russian Who Paints Bloody Pictures in
tho Interests of Peace.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-25

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life I'll
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28

the stone. The UrlenUal sapphire retains It's
exquisite color by gasiight, while that of the
inferior specimens becomes dark.
The French government intends to erect an
apparatus to destroy the grasshoppers in AL
geria. 1t consists Of curtains impossible to
them except at certain places where they
fall into ditch and are trodden to death
by natives with wooden shoes. This scheme
has been successfully practiced by English
farmers in Cyprus.
Charles G. Root, who is at San Quentin,
Cal, completing twenty-four year sentence
for safe-breaklng, has fallen heir to fortune
in Germany He is also the inventor of a
shuttle point, which the state uses in all its
jute looms. He intends to claim a royalty,
but the authorities contend that all con-
vict's labor belongs to the state.
Professor Richards, of Yale college, has
made study of the records of 2, 425 students,
In order to determine, If possible, the rela-
tons of athletics in Yale to scholarship. The
general result is that the athletes fall slightly
behind the non-athietes in scholarship but
, not so much as to demand suppression of
such exercises. In some branches of athletic
exercises the students who engage in the
sports are above the average of the non-ath-
letes in scholarship.
The cats eye stone is found in Ceylon. It
is always cut in highly convex form, and
has remarkable play Of light in a certain
direction, resembling drop OF water or the
the pupil of an eye moving aboutinside of it,
or band of light floating On it's surface, ever
shifting, like restless spirit, from side to
side as the stone is turned. The people regard
it with awe and wonder, and, believing it to
be the abode OF some genie dedicate it to
their gods as a sacred stone
A simple stove for warming rooms BY
means of solar heat has been contrived by
Professor E. S. Morse. 1t consists of shall
low box, having bottom of corrugated iron
and glass top. This device is placed outside
the building, where the sun can shine direct
ly into it. The rays pass through the glass
and are absorbed by the metal, heating it to
high temperature and warming the air of
the box. The air, which on sunny days rises
to 80 dogs. Fahrenheit, is conveyed into the
room to be heated
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-28
A Pretty Hanging Basket.

a particularly rustic and charming effect
can be produced with the stems Of the grape
vine and the five leaved ivy or woodbine
The former should be about as thick as
slender finger and cut into lengths of ten
inches. These pieces should be soaked in no,
water that they may be easily handled. and
holes can then be made with a penknife abou,
an inch from each end of the pieces 4 piece
Of steel hoop is then passed through these
holes and the ends burned to make them bend,
that it may be fastened The distances
should be evenly arranged and another piece
of hoop passed through the upper ends in the
same manner, breaking Of the steel so as TO
make the basket thirteen inches in diameter.
The sticks should be two inches apart, and
three more pieces Of hoop should be put at
equal distances from top to bottom, that the
weight Of earth may not split the sticks.
Pieces Of hoop are then fastened across the
bottom, and vines OF the FIVE leaved ivy are
woven around the hoops at the top and bot
tom OF the basket, and also around the mid
die, not forgetting long handle or support
er Of the same material. The basket should
be lined with moss. and it is thea ready for
the earth and plants-EewYork Star.
The Case of Al Farrow.
The Alta California says that Judgment
having been rendered for Il T. Walters in
his suit at Sacramento TO recover possession
Of Al Farrow from parties holding hirn un-
der lease, with damages placed st $50 20. it
might be thought tee matter would be az an
end Tbs is not %, however, fer Mr.. Tupper
has instituted sais for recovery and demands
the horse or 6, so n money. Upper. who
Chains to De .he legal lssee q the animal, &C.
cured an order Of ooXrt, gave toe requisite
bood and was placed By Sheriff McNuRen IN
temporary possession of the horse The case
viii THIS be fought over again, and IL is not
impossible that we may see Al FArrov at
sc-ue Of the meetings u the near future car
rying the colorsof soEss legal fra, fer tie
lawyers VII De the only ones 70 benefit By
tia Et;Saa1cn--