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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15
He Was Not Snperstitious.

A wen-known jeweler: Il am often
asked why / keep that little, old-fash-
Toned silver horseshoe in my showcase.
1t certainly does look out of place
among my watches; it would not be at
home among the diamonds either, and
it would be equally stranger in the
case with the earrings and breast-pins.
1t was made in my fathers shop in
Switzerland about forty years ago,
when was boy, and l made it.
Il made it out of silver franc after
I had been at the bench less than a
month. A little French girl gave the
coin to me, and l fashioned this horse
shoe with few tools that my father
would allow me to use. 1t was a breast
pin once, and after it was made the
girl wore it. About five years after
wards 1 brought the horseshoe and the
French girl to this country with me.
She was my wife then.
II had hard fight with the world at
first. We went West. Then we went
South. At last we came here. After
this we prospered. All this time my
wife wore the horseshoe. I shouldn't
say all the time, but most of the time.
Once she lost it. The same night my
store was burned The next day boy
brought the pin to me and asked me
how much it was worth as old silver.
He had found it on the street. I bought
it back for five times it's value without
a question.
"Twenty years ago my wife died.
Among the last things she did was to
ask for this pin. She gave it to me and
told me to keep it always. It had been
the means of our marrying, and had
always brought us good fortune. With
two exceptions, it has never passed out
of my possession since.
when my eldest daughter was
married she wore the, pin on her
wedding dress. She left for Europe
the next day, and forgot to return it
to me before she started. She had not
been gone a week before my cash
ier disappeared with $4,000 in cash
and left large deficit in my bank
balance. He was my nephew, and
would have been my partner some
day. During that month the grass
hopper plague destroyed the crops in
Kansas and i lost several Thousand
more in bad debts. am not supersti-
tious, but 1 cabled to my daughter for
the pin and it came back by the first
steamer.
"The next exception was five years
ago last summer. In cleaning out the
showcases one morning new clerk
threw the pin among the scraps in the
workshop to be melted up, thinking it
had no value. When / missed it, it
could not be found. The shop was
thoroughly searched.
Il advertised for it, offering liberal
reward and my porter returned it to
me and claimed the $50. He had found
it, so he said, in the ash-box in front of
the store. This was one week after I
had lost it, During that time my daugh-
ter's husband was killed III railroad
accident in Illinois. Since then
this old horseshoe is in the case, where
it has lain for twenty long years. Every
day and every night it goes into the
safe.
"No, I am not superstitious, no one
can accuse me of that weakness; but it
would take more money than most men
have to buy that pin. I don't believe
in luck. I know that losing the pin had
nothing to do with my disasters, but I
won't part with it all the same. "-Jea0-
elers' Weekly.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

have had list of individual tallies az
follows: 2, 4, 5, 9, IL, and II. The total,
forty mine, shows that the Spartans were
one point worse off than their rivals. SO
far as team work went. although the best
runner was in the Spartan pack and the
worst in the other.
The team securing the lowest total score
gets the championship, and the six men,
bers who crossed the line in time to par
ticipate in the victory are honored with
gold medals. Prizes are also given to the
individuals who come in second and third,
if they do not happen to be members Of
the winning team.
In club runs, where the same style Of
SEQ ing is employ ed. tho result may be
confusing. Surprising three clubs are
represented, the A by two men, the B by
four, and the by six, for in the prelim-
mary trials or independent chases there is
no rigid rule requiring six men to run for
each club. Let this table represent the
entire tally of the race:
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

ii race between the hounds to see which
shall reach the finish line first Il either
of the hares is overtaken on the way BY
any hound, II counts as big point IN
favor Of the Inter.
At the finish line tally is kept Of the
men as they cross it. The barrier who
crosses firstis the champion in individual
running, whether his team is highest or
lowest on the list His trophy Is silver
cup appropriately engraved. When all
the hounds have crossed the line the
peculiar scoring begins. Suppose Spar
tan barrier crosses first, another from the
same club third, another eighth, another
tenth, another thirteenth, and another
fifteenth. The score Of the Spartans is
then found by adding the numbers that
represent the individu i results. In this
case, which is wholly hypothetical. the
total is fifty. Some other club might
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15
Stories of Gen. Grant.

In the National Republican Conven-
ton of 1880, John L. Routt led the
Colorado column among the 306. Soon
afterward the ex-President visited the
Rocky Mountains, accompanied by Mrs.
Grant. Leaving her in Denver, he
made a round of the mining camps
with Gov. Routt and one of his own
sons. Needing no hardships the Cen
eral penetrated into the very heart of
the continental divide and across it into
the widest recesses of the San Juan.
With the true spirit of soldier he
never once complained of unavoidable
deprivations, and one night while lodg-
ing in log cabin, when. his bed COM
pletely collapsed, he forbade his COM
panions to move, assuring them in the
dark that straw mattress on the floor
was softer bed than many he had lain
on. Before retiring Gen. Grant al
ways arranged for the starting time
next morning, generally naming the
earliest possible hour. He was then
invariably ready himself, and mani
tested impotence at any delay.
From one of the small towns near
Crested Butte, in the Gunnison, cav
alcade of $50 young men and women,
handsomely mounted, rode out to meet
the General. As they approached the
horse of one of the girls took fright,
turned about and galloped full tilt for
the town. Gen. Grant instantly jumped
up in his carriage and shouted: "Is
there no swifter horse than hers 2"
Several of the men put spurs to their
horses and gave chase. While he
watched the perilous race and saw the
danger the girl was running, the great
captain exclaimed, with the utmost
distress: us the whole pleasure of my
journey to be spoiled by an accident to
that poor young woman?" But she
was saved, though overcome by excite
ment. Gen. Grant had her placed in
the carriage with himself and Gov
ernor Routt, and conveyed her to their
destination.-C p. Bryan, In amer
| Ian 49, Il
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15
The Height Of Adm ana Eve.

A French scientist has recently com
puted the height of Adam as 1913 feet
and that of Eve as 118. No wonder
they fell and the consequences were a
shattered constitution for all their de-
scendants down to the present day.
Five feet ten would have been safer
model and saved deal of theology
and bad blood over the salvation of
those who fell in Adam. Such people,
with their heads in the tops Of the
trees, could not be expected to let the
apples alone. There was big blum
der somewhere, and it may turn out
after all that Adam was not SO much
to blame. It is possible, however, that
the Eiffel Tower has turned the
Frenchman's head and that Adam was
not more than Ave feet six. --St. Louis
!. Globe Democrat !.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

we hired an elephant apiece and began
to penetrate the jungle, preceded by
our trusty bird-dog.
At the kraal or livery stable, where
we engaged our elephants, we were
told that game was plenty about thirty
miles across the dingelow, and that in
small forest of jingsnag trees and
hoola bushes quite :ovey of quigga
and elephants had been scared up by a
Boer who had penetrated the Jungle
accompanied by his broke or dog.
The first night we camped beneath
the shade of Vienna breadfruit tree
on the borders of the Karroo, and, pre-
venting the escape of our trusty ele-
plants by attaching their trunks, we
began to prepare our evening meal.
I read the directions from q hook OF
African travel, and my faithful COM
rade, Mr.. Riley Haggard, did the
cooking.
First refreshing ourselves with a
long draught from gourd of spoopju
from Peoria, marked 1912, so-called
because it is placed on the market
eighteen hours and fortytwo minutes
after it is made, our faithful gun-bear-
er, Wang Ylang, began to carve the
bultong, Meiboss, and jerked muskrat
for the evening meal. Making a bright
fire of karroo bushes and fresh train
figs, wad of mealies was soon sim
mering on the Goals, while the odor Of
Cincinnati bultong pervaded the trop
ical forest.
Wang Wang, our faithful valet, who
has made his name household word
because of his search after Schwatka
and zone Night" Stanley, said that &C.
cording to the books on African explo
ration it was now time to bed down the
elephants. After doing this he re-
turned and proceeded with the cuisine.
We had hardly swallowed our sup
per, and Mr.. Riley Haggard was about
to climb date palm to secure few
luscious lecture dates, when our ears
were saluted bya most unearthly and
ear-piercing roar from the heart of the
Jungle. At this moment our faithful
Ylang Wang came in, with eyes stick
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

method of conducting the sport consists in
starting two men, known as the hares, some
minutes in advance of the others, who are
known as the hounds. The hares carry
bags filled with torn paper, which they
scatter as they run. This leaves o
trail which indicates where they have
gone, and the hounds are required TO fol-
low it closely, no m tier where it may lead
them. The hares are not allowed to
double on their tracks SO as to confuse
their pursuers. and the hounds are re-
quired to follow the circuitous course in
dicated by the trail, even if they chance to
see the hares away off at the right or left,
where cut across fields might bring the
chase to speedy conclusion. To make
certain that the hounds do not disobey the
general order, there is always Master of
the Pack and two Whips, whose duties
consist in keeping the pack together, as
sisting unfortunate hounds over rough
places, and regulating the chase in other
respects. When the bares have run, say
four miles from the starting point, they
may throw upon the ground large guam
tity Of p. par different in color from that
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15
Prescriptions for Fits.

Though no doctor, have by me some
excellent prescriptions, and as / charge
you nothing for them, you cannot
grumble at the price. We are most of
us subject to fits, and am visited with
them myself, and 1 dare say that you
are also. Now, then, for my prescrip-
tons.
For fit of passion, walk out in the
open air. You may speak your mind
to the wind without hurting any one,
or proclaiming yourself to be a simple
ton.
For fit of idleness count the tick
ings of clock. Do this for one hour,
and you will be glad to pull off your
coat the next and work like negro.
For fit of extravaganza and folly,
go to the workhouse, or speak with the
ragged and wretched inmates of jail,
and you will be convinced
Who maketh his bed of briar and thorn
Must be content to lie forlorn.
For a fit of ambition, go into the
churchyard and read the gravestones.
They will tell you the end Of ambition.
For a fit of repining, look about for
the halt and the blind, and visit the
bedridden and afflicted, and they will
make you ashamed of complaining of
your lighter Affections.
For fit of dependency, look on the
good things which have been given You
in this world. He who goes into his
garden to look for cobwebs and spiders
will find them, while he who looks for
flower may return into his house with
one blooming in his button hole Er-
bn910p
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15
through the snow-shoes and prevent
their slipping going up and down hill.

A PACIFIC coast paper reports that
the blowing up Of q rock in the harbor
of Nanaimo was attended by remark
able sight. AT the moment the explo-
sion occurred an immense shoal of her.
ring was passing over the place, and
thousands of them were thrown high
in the air. For several minutes after
ward the water was of silver color
from the immense number of fish
which foated on the water to the
depth of foot or more, stunned or
killed by the shock.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15
sspnssy ii the Corner. y

Cats are subject to most Of the dis
eases which affiict tho human race, and
will frequently catch 9 fever from its
sick mistress or little playmate. When
cat seeks dark corner, neglects her
toilet, and has hot nose, she is sick
and trihing remedy will now prevent
some more serious disorder.
"A city cat should have raw meat once
dav, in the morning AT night give
her hearty meal Of warm bread and
milk, or gravy in the place Of milk.
Always remember cat will eat most
anything, if it be warm and we'll moist
ened. Have milk and water where she;
can get it, and in clean dish, for Mrs.
Puss is dainty, and will scorn to drink
dust covered milk or water as quickly
as You would.
A country cat, who has plenty OF
outdoors, should have meat twice
day, piece as big as an egg each time,
and cut into mouthfuls. Kidney or
liver is their favor, but too much OF the
latter or Of oysters may cause diarrhaa
They must have grass and pleanty Of it;
it is as necessary to them as salt is to
us. 1t would pay in the city to raise
grass and catnip in box for these pets.
Should cat be attacked by. fits or
commissions, throw over her q shawl
or rug to prevent damage to herself or
furniture; Whit of chloroform, either,
ammonia, or, lacking these, an onion
freshly cut, will often give relief.
Should she continue to cry piteously,
with eyes wide open and glaring, pro-
| foa do rr,fth nln on
firmly in the shawl and with sharp
pair of scissors snip the end of her ears;
o few drops Of blood will be sufficient;
let her stay in cool, dark place for
several days; feed sparingly with warm
bread and milk.
One Of the most valuable remedies
for cats and dogs is sweet oil. One
half tablespoonful in their milk is sell
dom refused. In cases where poison is
suspected it is the best and certainly
the easiest remedy.
For inf1amed eyes apply wash OF
warm milk or weak borax water. A
cat will catch cold, sneeze, and have all
the symptoms of influenza; greese the
one-half teaspoon of castoria or balsam;
if she has sore throat wrap it with
.fanel wet with Arabian Balsam and
keep her away from the children.
Cats with kittens should not be
roughly handled or frightened, or she
will miscarry or suffer during confne-
ment. Do not kill all her babies;
leave her at least one until such time as
it can eat other food than its mothers
milk. Should her kittens die and the
mother suffer from swelled breasts, rub
them with camphorated oil, or even
warm lard, and give aconite and BELLA
| donna alternately. Some people and
doctors are ashamed to prescribe for
cats, but there can be no loss Of dig
nifty in such humane act.
Pussy will be silent ghost gliding
through the house, or she will be an in
telligent, affectionate friend (not slave
like dog), according as she is neg
lected or loved and cared for. cannot
close without protest against the cruelty
of leaving cat to get its own living"
while the house is closed during the
summer months. Give her shelter, and
pay the butcher and milkman to feed
her if there is no friend or home where
she can be carried. Good Housekeep-
inn
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

WHATEVER may be the truth con-
corning the present condition of the
health of the Empress of Russia there
can be no doubt about the narrowness
of her escape from death in the recent
collision at Bork. The jacket which
she wore at that time was sent to Paris
recently in order that it might be
duplicated. The correspondent Of the
London Times writes: "I have been
shown this garment, the buttons of
which are crushed by the collision,
while on the left side there is hole as
large as the hand. This shows the vio-
lence of the shock, and it is difficult to
conceive how the Empress escaped"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

for the total made by B is "a, and by G,
IS. The trouble was, of course, that @
sent too many men. while A selected the
best two runners that it had. The effect
of this style Of scoring in ordinary runs
was pointed out to an officer of the Cross
County Association by the writer, and he
admitted its injustice. The result may be
q change in the rules before another sea-
son. The difficulty of an equitable score
is not so great in case of championship
chases, where there must be at least six
men On a side, and where only six mems
scores for each club are taken.
TERPSICHORE,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15
lated farm.

The returns published by the Swiss
Confederation with reference to the
development of telephone communities
ton in Switzerland show that since
the establishment of the first tele-
phone, in 1880, sixty-one towns have
been provided with them, and there
are now 6,944 telephone stations, OF
which no fewer than 1900 are in Gen
eva and its suburbs. Most of the Swiss
towns are now connected with one an
other, Geneva not only communicating
with Lausanne and other places on the
shores of the lake but with Berne,
Zurich, and st. Gall.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15
TRANSPORTATION In Corea.

1t is doubted il, with the exception Of
the Kings carriage, the artillery at the
palace, and some numbering ox-carts
used for the transportation Of heavy
stones and timbers, there are any
wheeled vehicles in Corea, saving,
however, the elegant dog-cart Of one OF
the missionaries, so narrow and torturons
are the streets of Seoul and atrooious the
country roads. Concerning the sedan
chairs, however, the natives have curi-
GUS saying when they see foreigners
chair. III it be q brand new one it Is q
missionary who Is coming; ifonly re-
spectacle, 1t belongs to one OF the for
eign Legations, II old and shabby. II
must be that of the American Minister.
Seoul letter.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

A HALF-BREED Sioux boy at the
Hampton Institute philosophers thus :
when I do anything white man dom
like he call me 'Injun;' when I do any
thing Injun dom like he call me white
man. Then" he went on, "they say In
jun dom know so much as white man
not SO much sense. White boy he go
to school six, seven, maybe ten years
he know good deal. Injun go to
school three years; everybody think he
ought to know as much as white boy.
What that mean? That mean, I think,
Injun great deal smarter than white
bow !"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

WHILE leveling the ground to build
a sea wall at East River, little vii
lage on the shore twenty miles east of
New Haven, Conn.,, Emory Morse, of
Wallingford, unearthed the crumbling
skeleton of an Indian which he be-
lieves is that of the famous sachem
whose fate in battle gave name to the
pretty shore retreat, Sachem's Head.
The remains are those of an Indian at
least seven feet in height. More than
two hundred years ago white settlers
had fierce battle with the Indians at
the place where East River now stands,
and the sachem, with all his tribe, was
killed.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

Oldest sports known. The term originate
ed in England centuries ago, when genu-
inc hares were the subject of the chase and
genuine hounds were employed 10 assist
the sEortsmen in running down their
game. At some date not easy to fix the
gentlemen engaged in the lun came to the
conclusion that there was about as much
fun in chasing imaginary hares as real
ones, and much more chance for emula-
ton. The game has undergone many
notifications and it is to-day played under
a variety of rules in differen places. In
the vicinity of New York the various
forms of the sport have been reduced to
rules and there is even national associa-
tion of barriers for the running of picked
men and packs. This is called the ma
tional Gross Country Association Of
Amer ca" Among the more important
organizations represented in this body are
the Manhattan Athletic Club, the Olympic
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15
The Noble Red Man.

A correspondent writing from Arr
IONA says that at the time the law was
passed making it an offense..for Indians
to appear in a city minus their trou-
sers the red men accepted the decree
with their usual stoieism. They would
carry their pantaloons on their arms
until they reached the city limits,
whereupon they would don them, re-
moving the obnoxious garments when
they left the city,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

The Savannah Neaos says that in
the neighborhood of Flint Hill, Talbot
County, Georgia, lives o maiden lady
known as Captain Jane Smith. Sew
eral years ago she and her sister, Miss
Elvira, bought 100 acres of land on
credit, and by industry and economy
they have paid for the 100 acres out OF
crops grown on the same, and are now
rated among Talbot's most successful
farmers. The Captain transacts all
business matters, buys her mules, fol-
lows the pillow, and does anything
necessary to be done on well-regu-
lated farm.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

The postoffice at Mineral Point, Col,
$4,000 feet above the sea level, is the
highest postoffice in the country. But
the postmaster says his salary is about
the lowest.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

Mrs. HARRISON is fond of the old
fashioned crochet work, and it is said
that the ladies of the White House cir
Gle during the next four years will at
tempt to revive the wearing of lingerie
trimmed with homemade embroidery
and crochet. It is believed that this
may assist in giving employment to
many women whose means of livei-
hood have been seriously curtailed by
the fashion suggested by actresses, OF
ladies wearing silk undergarments.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

The newest use to be which the At
lantic cables have been put was illus
trated in the New York Herald, which
printed description of the baseball
games played at Naples on the day be-
fore, with full score. How the italian
and, for that matter, all the other
telegraphers' eyes must have bulged
as they received the copy.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

The native Bombay press is not
very high-toned. Out of sixty-three
newspapers established between 1884
and 1887 twenty-four were edited by
men dismissed from the Government
service or convicted of theft, breach of
trust and similar offenses, or notorious
for loose character, or of unknown
social status and limited education, or
by schoolboys, religious mendicants
and the like.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

GEN. WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN, United
States Commissioner to the Paris Elk
position, says: "The American exhibit
will be much finer andsmore extensive
than we at first anticipated. There
will be general representation of in
dustrial, manufacturing. and business
lines. American inventive genius will
play an important part in the general
exposition"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

That is, o G club man came in first, B
man second and another third, G man
four b, and SO on. 1t will be observed
second half of the pack. Their scores
added together make Is. They were
beaten by four men in the G club and two
in the B. Yet their team wins the event,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-15

eTEN years hence" said member of
the New York Assembly, "the fact Of
an adult sending valentine will be
taken as evidence that he is not a
proper person to act as a guardian or
trustaa