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The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-01
A Peculiar Thief.

A young man acting as scullion in
a collegiate establishment (according
to Partisan correspondent has
just been arrested for theft under
very peculiar circumstances. Hewas
led astray by his mania for gorgeous
costumes, with which he arrayed
himself in the seclusion of the garret
wherein he reposed after the labors
of the day. In order to satisfy his
taste foHsumptuous apparel he was in
the habit-as opportunity offered
Of taking money from the treasurer's
room, and when the discovery was
made it was ascertained that up
ward Of 81 900 had been spent on
fine feathers" Among the articles,
which for security he had slowed
away in q box in q coal hole, where
a custom of red velvet, richly bro
caded, Q large ring, q crozier, and
some Photographic in which the
scnllion was depicted in papal attire,
hia head surmounted by q tiara.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-01
Treatment Of Sprains,.

Sprains demand careful treatment.
When a large joint is affected there
is often considerable constitutional
disturbance, fever, rapid pulse, etc.
1t has often been said that q bad
sprain is worse than q fracture. 1t
is certainly very serious trouble,
especially if the ligaments which bind
the bone together are lacerated.
Perfect rest to the affected limb is
the most essential measure, and q
splint should be used in it's support.
To lessen the supply of blood to the
injured member during the inflamma-
tory stage, it should be elevated and
cold water applied. Cold applica-
tions should be made to the Joint
either by cloths wrung out of cold
water, or by powdered ice tied up in
towels or in a rubber bag. A very
convenient method of keeping the
cloths wet without changing them is
as follows: Fill pitcher or some
other vessel with water, and place it
higher than thelimb. Moisten string
or q strip OF linen, and place one end
of it in the water; let the other end
hang on the outside, and rest in on
the cloths which cover the injured
part. The water will be continuous
ly conducted along the string or
linen used.
The application of cold should be
persisted in until the Inflammation
has subsidized; the swelling may then
be reduced by bandaging, uniform
pressure and firmness being used.
More or less stiffness of the Joint will
remain for @ time, this may be over
come by gentle movements, if they
do not excite more than momentary
pain. If, however, the pain is moro
or less persistent, then the part must
be kept still longer at rest. The To- Y
cal treatment to restore the action
is much the same as in chronic rheu-
matism. Stimulating liniments may
be used; it matters but little which is
selected; the efficacy of all depends
almost entirely upon the hand-rub-
bing employed in their application.
One part to three of liniments am
monia and camphor make good
preparation.-Boston Journal of
Health.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-01
Could Hen. Drink Iersgs fifty Yxa11

We question whether the best men
of the present day have the constitu-
tions or strong brains of their great
grandfathers. We remember that
Mr.. Gladstone, when asked as to his
opinions on total abstinence, de-
clared that SO far as his own ex-
perience went, he felt oil the better
for q glass or two of light elaret at
dinner. The statesmen of the reign
of George III. might have drunk
themselves into dropsies without
finding light claret affect them ap-
preciably otherwise. Lords Stowel
and Eldon are said to have been in
the habit of boasting that they had
swallowed more port in their time
than any two men in England, and
the grim Lord Thurlow must have
run them hard. The judges of the
Scotch bench stuck to claret, but the
wine was of the finer vintages
OF the Gironde. and they
made up in quantity for what was
lost in streng 9Th. In fact, the Scot
tish gentlemen of the beginning of
the century we're about the hardest
and steadiest of contemporary
drinkers-as we are reminded in one
of the ballads of Bon Gaultier-and
we were surprised that, in scanning
the records of conviviality, Mr..
Dyer has overlooked the biography
of Archbishop Constable. The great
bookseller, who was dubbed the czar
by the gay young wits of Black
woods Magazine, was taken on g.
tour in Forfarshire by his partner,
Hunter, who was the cause of the
memorable quarrel with Scott.
Hunter introduced him at Brechin
Castle, the seat of Lord Panmure,
father of the Minister ut War during
the Crimean campaign, who was
best known as Fox Maule. The con-
sumption of liquors was not only
portentous, but the indiscriminate
mixing OF champagnes, burgundies,
and clarets sends a shudder through
the well-regulated mind. No won
der that these unholy drinking bouts
sent the Southern guests to, bed for
days to moralize on the vanity and
the abuse of pleasure.-The Saturday
Review.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-01
The HrsNs THAT MOTHER suys.

Through the changing scenes oflifc,
~ Inc shnuowed vale OF smile and teurs,
Where oil is lost within the mist
That hides the bygone years.
Some strains there are TINT iinper still
And many hearts no longer young
Are thrilled with joy again to hear
The hymns that mother sunr.
We used to gather ut the hearth
When darkness overcame the day,
And dreamily, as children will.
We'd watch the shadows play;
And sitting by the glowing fire,
As two and fro the kettle swung.
We learned the songs we've always loved.
The hymns that mother sung.
We seem to hear again her voice,
so long remembered clear and sweet,
As when. in days of long ago,
We sat at mothers feet,
And gazing upward on the wall,
Where dearest fathers picture hung,
We thought he smiled, for he, too. loved
The hymns that mother sung.
oh many snowy wintry nights,
When oil without was cold and drear
We've clustered close around her chair
In happiness and cheer.
No more for lis the glowing fire,
No more the crickets chirping tongue,
And never more on earth we'll hear
The hymns that mother sung.
To them We owe our happy homes,
Praises be to God who reigns above,
For keeping ever bright and clear
The lessons learned in love.
Outliving sorrows, bearing hope,
The dear old songs have always clung,
And never can the heart forget
The hymns that mother sung.
Newark Journal
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-01
A Physicians Night Call.
A story of u nocturnal visit is tol,

A story of u nocturnal visit is told
with great glee by one of Philadel-
phia's eminent practitioners, as
joke on himself. He had been up for
several nights with patients, and one
evening went to his colch with the
determination that he would go out
that night for no one. About one A.
NJ. his night-bell sounded. "What's
wanted?" he called down the tube.
Doctor, my wife's i'll, and she
wants you," was the reply.
II can't go. You'll have to get
some one else"
''But, doctor, she won't have any
one else"
81 can't help it. She'll have to, for
I won't 60"
ooh, doctor, please come. She's
very ILL.,"
"Well, whereas it?" (relenting lit
tle.)
"Out Darby Road"
"Then I certainly can't go" (de-
cidedly); ''it's too far. "
''Oh, but, Doctor, my wife wants
yOu, pAcoVAASAJ.
"Well, get a carriage and I'll 20,
came the tired response.
"Oh. but, Doctor, I can't afford a.
carriage"
"Well, then, that settles it. Iwon't
go without one. Goodnight"
And the physician returned to his
slumbers. About ten minutes later
wheels ratified up to his door, and
again sounded the night-bell.
"Well, what is it?''
doctor, here's the carriage" ano
the now thoroughly maddened and
awakened physician dressed and went
with the man. About tN o hourslat-
er, when the carriage brought him
home, much to his surprise hewas re-
quested by the driver to ''settle up"
''Why, the man that hired you paid
you" "Not much he didn't, sir. He
said that you would when We got
back here" said the driver.
And the doctor had to pay for the
use ola double carriage from lao
to $50 A. n. The case was ono from
which he obtained no fee, 80 revenge
is out ot the qusstiou,-Philadslphia
Presa>
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-01

bow of tho boat, his body vibrated an in
slant in the air, and on the next the troub.
bled waters had closed over it.
Bella Lakin stood with hands firmly clasp
ed, her eyes fixed with wild, vacant stare
upon the spot where the youth had gone
down, while every muscle and nerve in her
frame seemed fixed as marble.
The minutes passed--one--two--th three
-four-five--and there was quivcr in
Bella's frame and her hands worked nerv-
ous'y upon her bosom. The color now left
her lips, and o more deathly hue overspread
her countcnance.
But look! There comes shadow upon
the surface of the water--the element breaks
and human form arises. 1t is tho pearl
diver! He shakes his head smartly, and
then strikes quickly out, with one hand
firmly closed. But he goes not toward tho
boat. He turns his head to the shore, and
his strokes are long and stout.
Bella started eagerly forward, and then
sank back again. Her lips moved, and an
earnest prayer of Thanksgiving went up to
God.
The pearl diver landed, and walked proud
ly up to where the baronet stood.
''Sir John," he said, 'your long-sought
prize is gained and so is mine. Here is the
pearl!"
He extended his hand as he spoke, and in
it was one she'll of the huge oyster. A
filmy, muscular substance still adhered to
tho shell, and in the midst of it was the
massive pearlW
1T is not the one!" uttered Condor Sud
ham.
SkNn-Sk kpo~ ~ l,oeS l4l kh~ h~>
net
"Let me see!" shouted an old diver, work.
ing his way through the crowd. 81 am tho
ono who first found it, and know it well.
for I not only opened the shell and thus
killed the oyster, but measured the pearl.
Ha! tits the one-the very one! and here is
where I notchcd the she'll in opening it.
Gentlemen, this is the pearls"
"Sir John," now spoke the chief magis-
trate who had stood close by tho baronct,
''you cannot retract. BY my soul, he must
be wretch indeed, who could snatch re-
ward from such devoted love and match.
less daring!"
''Aye, aye!" shouted hundred tongues.
at must be the pearl" uttered the baro.
net
He looked up as he spoke, and found that
his child was already clasped within her
lovers embrace, and that upon his bosom
she was weeping for frantic Joy. He dared
say no more.
Condor Sudham cast one look of intense
chagrin upon the happy couple, and thcl,
turned away.
Within week, Allan Wilton held Bella
to his bosom, and she was his for life; and
within the next week he gained permission
to fish for pearls during one year in any
place which was not yet let out. He en-.
gagged his divers, and went to the place of
which he had once spoken to Bella, and
there he went to work. People wondered
at the vast supply of pearls he gained, and
great effort was made to buy him off, But
he maintained his exclusive right for the
season, and at the expiration Of that time,
he stood second only to Sir John in wealth
among all the men Of the country. But
this was only secondary in his life cup.
That one prize which he gained, when he
went down amid the mad waters of the
Bangale. was the brightest jewel in his
crown OF iife-the ''pearl Of great price"
Yankee Blade.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-01
A Tired Skeleton.

Living Skeleton (only one in Amer
ica, at dime museum)-"These folks
make me tired"
Sympathetic Vis;tor-"Ia what
way?"
Here I am earning $500 week as
the greatest living skeleton. yet hour
after hour. day in an day out, one old
woman after another stops an chins
and chins at me about the things I
ought to eat 10 get fat"-New Yor1
Weekly.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-01
Five Ways to Cure a Cold.

I. Battle the feet in hot water and
drink pint Of hot lemonade. Then
sponge with salt water and remain in
q warm room.
2. Battle the face in very no,
water every FIVE minutes for an hour.
8. Snuff up the nostrils hot salt
water every three hours.
4. Inhale ammonia or menthol.
5. Take four hours active exercise
In the open air.-Mcdical News.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-01
A Change of Instrument.

"I've just written a waltz. Got a
piano? I'll try to run over it for you"
mo, I haven't piano. but have
dog. You might try it on him.-Har-
per's Bazar.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-01

"A vast cf0Wd was collected about the
shore opposite the Bangale Rocks.
The story of the strange trial which was to
come OF had become known among the
people, and they had assembled to witness
it. The chief magistrate was there, and
other magistrates Of that section. Bella was
there with her father, and she was pale and
trembling.
Tho hour had come-the moment OF the
clear ebb-but the pearl diver was not yet
present Nearly half an hour passed away,
and the people began to imagine that he
would not come. But just as the murmur
was becoming general. u boat appeared.
coming around a distant point, in which
were three men. One of them was Allan
Wilton. He stood in the bow of the boat,
and his bearing was firm and sure. He
was dressed in a close. fitting garb of oiled
silk. with simple skirt of silk about his
loins which reached halfway to his knees.
Al length the boat stopped, and there was
hushed stiffness upon the shore. The
water was in wild commotion. and the sur.
ges lashed madly among the rocks.
"Oh, he shall not dive!" gasped Bella,
clasplng her hands in agony. But her father
bade her be still.
Four stout oarsmen rowed the boat to the
spot where the youth wished to stop, and
where they held it. He did not reach the
place where the water hissed and boiled,
but stopped at some distance from 1t. A
few moments the light bark trembled close
BY the mighty caldron, and then the youth
stood upon the bow. He cast one glance
upon the fair form that now leaned upon the
baronet for support, and then he closed his
hands above his head, and prepared to dive.
There was low lnurmur upon the shore,
like the rumbling OF distant storm, aud
every eye was eagerly fixed upon the noble
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-01

10 your coming, from n0ur TO hour. and
from day to day. But do not leave me now
oh, do mott should die if you were
gone!"
With these words. spoken at the close in
quick, spasmodic tones, she placed her
hand upon Allan's arm, and pillowed her
head upon his bosom.
But" said Allan. trying TO be calm.
''why should stay. when it could only end
in misery to us both! Oh. you should
know that to live thus. we should be un.
happy, unless we could be united forever
and that cannot be!''
"Whv may it not bes" murmured the
maiden, without looking.up.
''How, Bella! Would you consenta"
'Oh, with all my heart, and all my SOUL"
And as the fair girl thus spoke, she
clung more closely to the noble youth
For moment Allan forgot all else but
the words he had just heard, but he would
not deceive himself.
'Alas he uttered, ~ could almost wish
had never known the thing you have told
me, for your father will never consent to
this-never"
"Hc maybe may" cried Bella, earnest
ly. "He loves me. and 1 do not think he
would sec me miserable. He has money
enough, and
"Hold, Bella. l can have as much
money as we should ever want Ipossess
secret that is worth more than l should
dare estimate. I know of a new pearl
bank. which no man save myself has yet
seen. But your father is too proud to mate
his child with pearl diver"
Yet Bella was hopeful. She made Allan
promise that he would not so awav till he
could know all. and she even intimated that
rather than live without him, she would
follow him.
'Are you crazy, my childa" Sir John
Lakin cried, as his daughter confessed her
love for the poor pearl diver 'Marry you
with such as hea Preposterous: Why,
should - soon think Of seeing sou welded
20 one Of my native slaves"
'sBut Allan is good. father, aud he is wor-
thy Of any woman in he oour:ry. He loves
-, and love hila.D
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lIlu6U AlCIlI 1uC.
"Swing was true American and O
bachelor as we'll, and one glance at
the soft, sweet beauty of that placid
face decided him. He took my arm
and led me away.
es we will save her, doctor, if it's
in the pins, but there's only one way.
We must get her on shore and go in
to hiding ut once. Wake her and
have her dress in some of your old
clothes. Then will get out boat
and we will 60 ashore. Between US
we can find some hole to show her in
until her friends can come and carry
her off. By Jove!" he continued, as
he remembered the vision he had
seen, If she hasn't got any friends
I'd marry her myself to save her
from the bowstring."
"He left me to perform my part of
the plot.
II went to my cabin, closed the
transom, and then raped on the
door. / heard O stir, q faint sigh,
and then a low, sweet voice.
~ told in a few words what must
be done and why, and with wonder
full acuteness she apprehended me
and promised to obey.
"Ten minutes later q handsome
son, dressed in the uniform of o sur
geon in the navy-for such was my
unlform-emerged from the state
room, and l hurriedly told her of the
plan OF escape.
"She looked into my face with
frightened eyes.
Mclean man no save me. Zen
glovenor kill mel
81 strove to explain to the fright
ened beauty that it was impossible
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-29
MORALITY Or MONEY!

With an ardent desire to give credit
where credit is due, concerning the suspen-
sion of Sunday trS4ic on the Vanderbilt
roads, it is necessary to remark that some of
the newspaper comments on that step create
the idea that there is a good deal of hum
bug in connection with it. We learn from
the New York Herald that "the number of
passenger trains shall be reduced to the
minimum required by Travellers" and the
Herald regards this as "a radical step taken
by man who has the intrepidity of his
opinions"
Considering that to run more passenger
trains on Sunday than are required by
travellers would be an expense without any
corresponding income, the radical and in
trepid character of the step appears to be
financial rather than moral. If Sunday
passenger trains were taken off altogether
that would imply loss of revenue to the
Nanderbilts; but as they are to be run to
the amount required by travel the order
that they shall not exceed that amount In
dIcates a greater respect for the funda-
mental laws of money-getting than for the
decalogue of moral conduct.
This view is not weakened by the repre-
sentation of the employees of the Vanderbilt
railroads that, while the new rule will work
a decrease of about one-seventh in their
wages, they will be required to work just
about the same length of time as heretofore.
1t is possible that money continues to be as
powerful as morals in corporate manage
lnent
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-29
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

RocHDALE is to erect a monument in honor
of the late John Bright.
GEORGE WASHINGTON received the degree
of LID. from Harvard, Yale, University of
Pennsylvania and Brown.
UPON one street in Elizabeth, N J., there
are now living a grand-nieee of Washington
and three great grand-nieoes of Wilson Cary,
father of the beautiful Mary Cary, who is said
to have been the great Generals first love.
MISS SUSANNA NJ. DuNKLEE. of Newton,
Mass the first woman to be bank treasurer in
the United States, with the help of a clerk,
how handles about $780, 600 in money each year.
In the Is years of her experience she has but
twice taken in counterteiG bill-in each case
a SO one.
MRS. NEWTON, wife of the man who blew up
He'll Gate, is described as tall, pale, satin
skinned and slender, with soft white hair and
big black eyes. She is now en- route from Pan
anna to New York, accompanied by her young
daughter, whose baby hand pressed the button
that set off the great blast.
Ex-PREsIDENT CLEvELAND's horses and
carriages are to be sold at auction in Washing
ton some time this week He had at the White
House and Oak View stables quite a hand
some equine establishment. At first Mr..
Cleveland thought that he would bring the
seal browns, the bays and his favorite single
horse to New York City, but lew weeks ago
he decided to sell them all. In this he follows
the course pursued by Mr.. Arthur.
ELIJAH W. HALFoRD, the Presidents
Private Secretary, is short. slender man,
with large, symmetrical head, a long, pear
shaped face, and gray hair and mustache-
prematurely gray years ago. His figure is
straight, but his head leans forward q little.
He wears eyeglasses now and then. He walks
and talks quickly. He is nervous and Wig
orous worker, never entirely happy unless he
is busy. He has humor as well as the sense of
it, and is a bright talker either at table or on
the platform.
SAYS Washington correspondent: "Mrs.
Harrison sighs for her china painting. Since
she has been here the multiplicity of duties,
social and domestic, suddenly imposed upon
her has given her very little time for her
favorite diversion. By and by she hopes to re-
sumo her work. She may have a kiln con-
structed in the basement of the White House
like the one which she had in the cellar of her
home in indianapolis, where she fred all her
own china. No one else in Washington, be-
lieve, ever attempted to put finishing touches
to such work.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-29
A USE FOR BOYS.

The treatment of the Chicago boy who
won fame on Friday by shooting burglar,
seems to have failed to improve the oppor-
tunity of encouraging the suppression of
burglary. 1t was, probably, according to
the strict letter of the law to take the boy to
the station house, and lock him up until it
was found out whether the burglars wounds
we're fatal; but in the way of encouraging
the perforation of burglars it might have
been better to have given the boy reward.
The failure of all other methods for the sup
preston of house-breaking has been some
what prominent of late. When it is found
that the proverbial handiness and fondness OF
13-year-old boys for revolvers may result in
the discouragement of the burglarious in
dustry, it would seem better to relax the
rules of the law a little and encourage the
prOwess of the rising youth of the nation.
1t is the general rule that boys of that age
are proverbially clumsy and useless, but the
record of this boy seems to indicate decided
utility Tor them. If giving them revolvers
will discourage burglary, the public will be
glad to see the boys turned into walking
armories and encouraged to pursue that
large sized and noxious game.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-29

realize the Importance of the Polo Grounds
bill. Its uncOnstitutionality was patent.
So he vetoed it.
No one need go to New York to hear the
baseball cranks howl. They are demanding
that Governor Hill shall have no more free
seats in the grand stand If he has the
temerity to appear at ball game he will
do well to wear an umpire's mask and pad.
Governor Hill might have trampled the
Constitution under his feet, bought 20 pianos
ana billiard tables to give to his friends at
the States expense, purchased votes in
Eimira by the thousand, stolen the roof of
the Capitol and replaced it with tissue
paper, and the voters would have still
piled up a majority for him. But he has
tampered with the privileges of the dia-
mOnd. He need not ask the Legislature to
change his name. 1t is changed already, to
Dennis.