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, 1889-04-13
Antique Pockets.

The pocket was previously n girdle
and first of all a purse, or pouch. The
ancient Hebrews carried n pouch and
the Roman matrons carried n hand
bag which originated tho modern rcti-
Guile. They ere at first made Of net
ting but later of leather. The Romans
came nearer TO having a pocket than
any people until modern times. A
portion of the toga was bound in n
knot under the left breast and n pro
t~uberance was there formed divided
into many folds, which was named
sinus, and answered the purpose of a
pocket. The Roman matrons con
cealed valuables about their persons
in the upper part of the strofium, a
kind of corset fitting the waist tightly,
yet loose at top.
Charlemagne carried n travelling
pouch, which was suspended from his
person. The Saxons had purses, and
the Normans, when they came TO
England, carried tho aulmoniere, n
little purse for carrying aims for { {
poor, which was suspended from IL
girdle. Tho fashion of carrying the
purse in that way, but not for that
purpose, has revived in recent years.
The general thing was n purse of tri-
angular form, frequently ornamented
with beads or trimming, and sus-
pended from tho girdle. Bankrupts
hguratively gave up their effects TO
their creditors by putting off the girdle
to which the purse and keys of their
estate were attached. So long Us CIR
dies were worn there was little need of
a pocket, for custom and convenience
made it n habit TO thrust anything
within tho %encircling band.-Good
Housekeeping.
, 1889-04-13
A codsend 10 English Farmcr..

Wiro barbed fencing has proved to
be a godsend to English farmers. They
arc using 1t around their fields quietly
to annoy and prevent fox hunters
from trampling their crops. They say
nothing OF the sort, of course, only
keep on putting up the barbs us q con
venient and cheap fence. Tho horses
and hounds are often injured by these
fences. There is no law to prevent
the use of the wire, and not likely to
be. So n revolution is wrought in the
manners of English barristers and par
sons and gentlemen by the bits of
twisted wire invented for us on our
western prairies, where timber is
scarce.-San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1889-04-13

Coward Lying hearted manw Missed
Lula darlington between her set teeth
when Richard Kurdaleeong replied that
she could only be a sister to him.
Lula, you are excited. Your words
do not consist" replied Richard, calmly.
"TriHerl Base migrate, explain your
selfp was all the outraged girl could
utter.
"If 1 am Richard the lynn hearted,
surely 1 am no coward"
Another moment and he held the wan
corpse of Lula darlington prone at his
feet-Binghamton Republican.
, 1889-04-13

DR.. Jackson's Health Journal says a
cat is a sermon to nervous people. She
finds the quietest spot about the place,
where it is coy and sunny. or in sum-
mer shady, drops down just MS her flesh
viii drop, with each muscle relaxed and
goes to sleep. Tho doctors cat sermon
is that we Americans do not know how
to rest or sleep, or how to ~recuperate and
make the most of life. What we need is
to know how to relax every time we feel
tired or tagged, instead of pegging on
under stimulus of tea or alcohol.
, 1889-04-13
DEARER EVERY DAY.

They sald l would cease to love her
When her freshness showed decay;
They wero wrong, for as the river
Wears Its channe more away,
Deeper grew my love, and clearer
Seemed her beauties In display.
S grew older-she grew dearer-
Dearer every day.
Had l loved her for her beauty,
Had her heart been simply clay,
Then might mine have ceased its worship;
But her truths respondent ray
Filled my soul and drew me nearer
To the fount Where sweetness lay.
StHl the older, still tho dearer-
Dearer every day.
Age has laid Its hAnd upon her
Do / realize IT. Nay,
Her yOuth's bloom my heart nemcmbcs-
her faithfulness portray,
And 1t shall be mine TO cheer her,
So her winter shall DO May.
Stl the older, still the dearer-
Dearer every day. William Lyle
, 1889-04-13

Mr.. HENRY G. HAY was last evening
elected president of the board of trade to
succeed Governor Warren, who resigned
because of his assumption of his new
official duties. Mr.. Hay is a man emf
ncntly well qualified to fill the position
with honor to himself and credit to the
community. We look Tor some energetic
and telling work under the adminissra.
ton of President HAY.
, 1889-04-13

IT Is understood here that the selection
OF a new secretary of the territory has
been left entirely with the people of Lar
annie City. 1t is said that they are prac-
tically unanimous in favor OF Gen. j. w.
Medium, who was formerly a resident OF
that town, and his appointment may
therefore be expected to follow as a mat
ter of course.
, 1889-04-13

The old, old story Is plainly but aptly
told in a few words by Messrs. II. d. and
G.. w: Brown Of Pellville, Kentucky.
as follows: chamberlain Cough
Remedy has given the best satisfaction Of
any cough medicine we ever had in the
house. You will please ship us three
dozen bottles OF the SO cent size" Sold
by B. b. David druggist.
, 1889-04-13

A French ballet girl has recently
been proven the daughter of deceased
marquis and the heir to a fortune O.
several millions. America says that
she is now enriched by her father
after having long been supported by
her grande pas.
, 1889-04-13

Nothing hinders the constant agree-
ment of people who live together but
vanity and selhshness. Let the spirit
of humility and benevolence prevail,
and discord and disagreement would
be banished from the household Col
ton
, 1889-04-13

To make tough steak tender, take q
teaspoonful of salad oil, two teaspoonfuls
vinegar, a little cayenne pepper. Lay
the steak upon it and let it remain one
hour, then turn over and let 1t lie IN
hour.
, 1889-04-13

Zang's draught beer at Jim Oder's
Gold Room bar. Grand lunch from 1913
to LEO.
, 1889-04-13
q 8
THERE is A
PROSPEROUS FUTURE
IN STORE FOR
CHI I'VE N N E !
That is the Verdict
of those who are best able to predict
with any degree of accuracy,

The above has great weight in determining the under
signed's future movements.
Five years ago, in the midst of flush, times, we opened
up here in great glee of expectations, but this country soon
after experienced great reverses, and in consequence bust
ness suffered very heavily. However, we bore on for four
years, thinking that business would improve, but at last we
were forced to look up another location with a view of
lettering our business, but in consequence of the tightness
in money matters here we were unable to close out as soon
as we expected, and when about ready to move we find
ourselves in the midst of the
, 1889-04-13

For good hack service call telephone No. ..
, 1889-04-13

Courtesy Of Hyo. Archives & His+ori
, 1889-04-13
There's nothinq like II.

DIAMOND DYES Gs.Si E Eas,as; a E... s.Ssssii
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19
The Latest and Largest Steam Engine,

The largest steam engine in the world
is that constructed for the new italian
cruiser Sardegna. It really consists of
four triple expansion engines, which can
be used together or separately, as de-
sired, the entire combination being ca
pable OF developing force OF $4,000
nominal, or 25,00O actual horse power.
The ship is driven by twin screws, and
two engines are connected to the shaft
of each screw, but one screw can be
stopped altogether if the vessel is to be
turned around, or for ordinary sailing.
one engine only may be used for each
screw; but, in case it should be neces-
sary to increase the speed, the other en-
gines can at once be connected and the
full power exerted. As usual with naval
machinery, a large number of auxiliary
engines are used. On the Sardegna
there are no less than twenty compound
auxiliary engines for feeding the boil
ers. keeping up the draught, and so on,
besides great variety OF single cylin-
der machines. --America,a architect.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19
Sonora.


venture. still. as the wild hogs here go in
droves and are equal if not superior in
courage. they more than make up in num-
bers all they lose by being considered
individually.
When in Guaymas, on the eastern coast
OF California, heard from rather reliable
sources that these self-same peccaries, or
Mexican wild hogs. were quite plentiful
along the line of the Sonora Railway. and as
never object to explore or hunt in u Pull
man car. determined to see il could not
pugnacious pigs in their own haunts.
This southern part of the Sonora Railway
would be interesting in the extreme to a
person who has never seen our great and
growing Southwest. Its vegetation is The
most curious. although the surrounding
scenery is picturesque enough by itself; but
fine scenery is to be viewed in a thousand
places In our own country. Not so with
such wonderful plant-Rrowth as we saw
that morning on our way to the slaughter
grounds OF the peccaries to be.
Here was the universal mesquite, that
looked like dwarfed apple tree with more
dwarf than apples about it. and that gives
the brightest fire of any wood that was ever
burned. Our locomotive tender is full of
1t. and we can make sixty miles an hour il
we want. as far as fuel is concerned. Inside
1t is a beautiful bright cherry red. and many
is the year that 1 have wondered il this
plentiful tough and twisted timber Of the
far Southwest could not be utilized some
beautiful color was never seen.
Occasionally l thought saw my old
friend. the sage brush. that used to run
across so often in the West. when l was
chasing Indians just far enough behind
them to be sure would never catch them
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19
THE NrYI0AN YKCoARY

the wild hogs out, made it easy to trail
them. and brought them to bay sooner than
If there had been none. There was no horse
for the youagsto5 SO Senior Canon 9 N TOOK 36e
pelting rain after the poor little pigs. as
one Of the senoras of the ranch put it,, As
the poor little pigs have been known to keep
a man up a tree for three days. we felt more
like wasting Winchester ammunition on
them than we did in wasting sympathy.
The rain now came down in torrents.
vivid sheets of lightning played in our very
faces. while the rumbling OF the thunder was
often SO loud that we could not hear the
shoutings to each other. 1t was not worth
while to wait for thunder-clap to die out,
for before it's reverberations were lost an
other was on top of us. apparently louder
than ever. Now we were anxious ;;t to get
helps the hunter in his chase after wild
hogs such delnge was entirely pneye against ass
that would swim peccary and this was in
their favor in ESCAPING from the ao dogs ,s,,h
ns. one noble looking fellow for hunt,
IKE Cuban bloodhound. that kept sweep
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19

the Indians. not the sage brush. Then there
was the iron-wood (palo de hierro), that
looks like Il very fine spruce variety of the
mesquite. Its hardness gives it its name.
and it deserves it. 1t takes an ak to fell
each tree, and as the quality of the differ
ent trees is always the same. and that of
the different axes is not. even this ratio has
to be changed occasionally. and always in
favor of the tree.
But as to cactus. There are.5OO species in
America, and Mexico has big plurality.
while majority OF these can be found along
this end OF the Sonora Railway. There is
the giant pitahaya, sometimes with a dozen
arms. each as big as fence-post and from
twenty to thirty feet in height. Each arm
has score OF pulpy ribs along its sides,
inch along its length. each button having
twenty to twenty-five thorns sticking from
it. They tell me that when a hunter is
sorely pressed by peccaries. if he will
climb pitanaya cactus about ten feet the
thorns are SO thick and terrible in their
effect that the peccaries will not dare to
follow him. hardy and venturesome though
they may be.
Then there is the choya or cholla cactus.
about as high as ones waist. You can go
around pitahaya as you would tree. but
when you find chopalla Geld of choyas)
mosphere to get to point. The cholla will
lean over until it breaks its back trying to
get in your way so that it can dart dozen
or two spines in your flesh. They are the
worst of all.
Our first destination was to ranch two
miles to the southeast OF the town, owned
by Col Munyoz. Here We would get q
Yaqui Indian for a guide and learn the
latest quotations as to the peccary market
Shortly after rising in the morning. heavy
clouds were seen in the northeast. which
kept spreading and coming nearer and
nearer. with vivid flashes of lightning and
loud rumblings of thunder. until just about
the time we were half way to the ranch OF
Col Munyoz it broke all over us with the
full fury OF Sonora thunderstorm. Its
worst feature was it's everlasting persist
ency. I never saw thunderstorm hang
on for six or seven hours before in my life;
but this did. much to our personal dlscom-
fort, and. worst of all. to the serious detri-
ment of the hunt.
Arriving at the ranch, We found that the
Yaqui Indian guide. who by the way was
famous peccary hunter. was absent working
in distant part of the hacienda. Now u
hacienda in Sonora is about the size OF u
back county in most of our States. and it
requires an efficient messenger service to
get over one inside of half Il day. We sent
for him, however. and as small boy pres
ent volunteered the information that he
thought he could guide the party to where
pig might be lurking in the brush. We
thought we would take short spin with
him while the Yaqui Indian Was coming in.
He based hispassurance OF a jiball on the
r.in that had been falling. which brought
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19

when, to his dismay, the tracks of three
other fresh peccaries were to be seen com
ing in at this point ON the broad stream.
Whenever fresh jabalis join those worn out
their minds as to lighting. and viii run as
long as their fresh companions hold out.
We thus had another eight to twelve miles
chase through the slippery mud, and this
the horses and mules would not stand, so
exhausted were they already. We had seen
Of their Salient pecuiarities in losing them
and this was sufficient compensation for
our first but never to- be-forgotten hunt
for wild pigs. They are very ferocious lit
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19

ing the air with his nose as if 1t were a fail.
whlle the other was most detected looa-
ing whelp, that seemed TO be II cross be-
tween mongrel and a cur. 1t was the
sloppiest. wettest failure, and about
looking like drowned rats. A good
Mexican dinner of chile, red pepper. tabas-
co, and few other tasteless condiments
was never better appreciated, and as the
mild hammered Yaqui Indian had put in an
appearance we crawled back into our wet
saddles with our wet clothing sticking
to US like a postage stamp. and
once more sailed out into the wet.
It had "let, up" a little while We
were eating dinner, and our otherwise
dampened hopes had gone up a little as q
consequence. but when we had gotten
away about a mile it seemed as if the very
flood gates of heaven had opened and let
all the water down the back of our necks.
Gullies that we had crossed in coming out
amidst a choking dust. now ran noisy.
muddy water up to the horses bellies. and
in few places part the way up their sides.
Thus we kept along for an hour, wet to
the skin. and even under the skin. cactus
burs sticking to us until we looked like
sheep.a resemblance that was not dissipated
by looking ut our faces under our dropping
SLOUGH hats. About 2 O'Clock, as near as I
can remember. We heard shouts ahead,
and away we tore through the cactus vines.
spires. and shrubby thorns, for it was sign
that there were peccaries ahead. There
were. and we chased them for eight miles
of $3.50 verified standard feet each.
The ground was slippery. and the unshod
ponies went sliding around over it like cats
on ice with clam-shells tied on their feet.
II weighed 265 pounds and my pony not
much over twice or three times as much,
and how he kept up with the others swing
ing through choyallas and around thick
mesquite brush is yet mystery. 1t was
exciting and wet. Occasionally horse
would get a bunch of cactus in his fetlock
joint and then he would turn up his heels
to let the lightning pick it out, regardless
of his riders. dismounted once or twice
on that account. Once or twice the pee
carries were sighted as two faint gray
streaks just outlined against the dark
green brush into which they disappeared at
once. Several times the trail looked as if
we ought to overtake them in minute or
two. but that minute never came. Our
Yaqui guide was valiantly to the front,
making leaps over the cactus that would
have shamed kangaroo, and keeping well
ahead Of the horses. Suddenly he stopped
and gave up the chase on the near side Of
a broad river. the result of the rain.
His face was melancholy in the extreme.
1t was known that he would not give up the
game without the best OF causes, as he was
to get months wages ($5 if jabali was
killed. He explained in Spanish that the
party had been following the wild hogs with
an absolute certainty OF catching them. as
he thought. so tired we're thew becoming.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19
A Strictly Judicial Answer.

One of the best stories of white
haired, white-chokered, courteous Cal
vim Record, is about mellow old law
yer who used to live on the banks of
the Androscoggin. The Squire was
given to deep potations and was famous
for his fine distinctions. It is said that
in special pleading he could split hai;'
even more closely than Mr. Record can
himself.
But often after the shades of night
had fallen, the Squire might have been
seen struggling home so booty that he
apparently could not split single, to
say nothing Of a hair.
One night when he was drunken than
usual, he staggered completely out of
his course and could not find it. Real
izing that he was lost and drifting into
unfamiliar regions, he called at house
to ask for information.
Madame" he gravely said to the
lady who came to the door, candle l.,
hand, "can you tell (hic) me where
Squire Blank lives?"
Certainly" she said, and gave him
full directions.
But as she talked and looked, and as
her candle gradually brought out the
features of the man before her, a puz-
zled expression came into her face, and
she finally asked: "But isn't this
Squire Blank?"
MADAME" replied the old lawyer,
assuming a judicial air, chat is en-
tirely (hic) immaterial. "-Leaoisto1a
journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19

tie beasts. hesitating to attack nothing When
in. numbers. The coyote leaves them if
numerous and even the mountain liol
passes them to look for jack rabbits
other gans.. Their tusks are deadly wea-
pons. and they click like so many hammers
driving tacks when they are angry. If any
Jealous Nimrod wants a hunt aite, the mos,
peculiar game extant in the United States
and Mexico. in a country that has i, hons-
and novel sights to the square mile. ht.
ought to take II peccary chase in Cent al
Sonora
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19
Maxinls.

"IT try"
Let none wish for unearned gold.
Be honest and then be generous
Mockery never degrades the just.
Tomorrow may never come to ns.
The purest are the most charitable.
One fib is oft the cause Of ten more.
A lie is black even if it is white lie..
Il can't" is humbug and a nui-
sance.
It is not parsimonious to be economi-
cal.
No admittance here except on bust
ness.
Wealth nor mower can ennoble the
mean.
To-day is all the time we absolutely
have.
A single fact is worth folio Of argu-
ment.
It is not selfish to be correct in your
dealings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19
HUNTING TIE WILD HOG
EXCITING SPORT IN THE w1LDs OF
NORTHERN MEXICO.
Lieut.. Schwatka INDUCES In a Large
Amount of Hunting, but Bags Small
Quantity of Game-The Gigantic Cacti of
Sonora.

HE peccary of Sono-
ra. Lower California
and Chihuahua is the
wild hog Of these
parts Of Northern
Mexico, writes Lieut..
Schwatka in one of
his letters from So
nora to the Chicago
Inter Ocean. While
one of them is in no
wise equal to the
wild boar of our coun-
tries Of which we
read SO often in books
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19
Too Much Land.

He-My dear, I believe I shall sell a
lot off our frontage.
She--Why, Charley! you said when
you bought the place you would never
sell an inch of that lovely lawn, even if
you were starving.
He-My love, at that time I had
never had any experience running q
lawn mower.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19
u0lrsE ON THE HILLS.
.,oS DELIVERED By DIR. TAI
MAGE IN BROOKLYN.

the Favorite Biblical similo for
.n-.m My Fathers House Are
pooms"-The Doctors idea of What
"e lone of the Blest Will BE-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19

New wheat never ruined as many
men as old rye.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19


diamonds around the pierced feet.
Jesus shall reign wherer the sun
Does His successive journeys run,
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore
Till sun shall ,ise und set no more.
Oh, that throne room of Christ! I'm my
Fathers house are many rooms.
Another room in our Fathers house is
the music room. St. John and other
Bible writer's talk SO much about the
music of Heaven that there must be mu-
sic there, perhaps not such as on earth
was thrummed from trembling string or
evoked by touch of ivory key, but if not
that, then something better. There are
SO many Christian harpists and Chris
tian composers and Christian organists
and Christian choristers and Christian
hymnolegists that have gone up from
earth, there must be for them some place
of espe cial delectation. Shall we have
music in this world Of discords and no
music in the land of complete harmony?
| cannot give you the notes of the first
bar of the new song that is sung in
Heaven, I cannot imagine either the
solo or the doxologv. But Heaven
means music, and can mean nothing else.
Occasionally that music has escaped the
gate. DR.. Fuller dying at Beaufort. $.
c., said: DO you not hear!" Hear
what?" exclaimed the bystanders: The
music! Lift me up! Open the window!"
In that music room of our Fathers house,
you will some day meet the old Chris
tian masters, Mozart and Handel ana
Mendelssohn and Beethoven and Dod-
bridge. whose sacred poetry was as re-
James aaes' Montgomery and William Cow
per, at last got rid of his spiritual mel.
ancholy. and Bishop Heber, who sang of
sGreenland's icy mountains and midas
coral strand" and DR.. Raffies, who wrote
Of High in yonder realms Of light, . and nd
Thomas Abney and wife for week but
proved himself SO agreeable guest that
they made him stay thirty SIX years; ana
side by side, Augustus Tcplady, who has
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-19

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Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-26
Sporting Goods.

Sporting Goods.
Cal at Sportsmen Headquarters for your FISH
ing supplies, just received. All kinds of sport
Ing goods on hand. Goods guaranteed or money
refunded. All work neatly done and guaran
teed. II. slotterbeck, III North Main street
Temple block.