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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

The Pail Mall Gazette says: with
in the past few weeks large number
of Irish emigrants have sailed for the
Argentine Republic. From the Linn
erick district alone there have left
nearly five hundred, and SO serious is
this movement regarded that the Arch
bishop of Cashel has issued letter in
which he solemnly conjures his coun-
trymen, as they value their health here
and their happiness hereafter, never to
set foot in the Argentine Republic,
however tempted they may be by offers
of a free passage or an assurance of
comfortable homes. He says that the
language, being Spanish, is unknown
to them, and surely, on that ground
alone, if the people must leave the
land they love best in quest of fortune
elsewhere, they should direct their
steps either to the great Republic of
the West, where SO many of their kith
and kin live and thrive and are happy,
or to one of the free and fourishing
English-speaking colonies that own the
sway of Great Britain at the antipodes. !"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08
Popping the Question.

It was seven long years since Jonas
Harris had begun to keep company
with Miss Hannah Bell, and yet, in all
that time, he had not mustered courage
to propose certain important ques-
ton. His house was lonely enough to
be vacated, and still Jones could not
bring himself to speak the decisive
words. Many time he had walked up
to her door with the courage of a lion,
only to find himself very mouse when
she appeared.
He had never failed in dropping in
to cheer her loneliness on Christmas
evening, and this year he presented
himself as usual. The hearth was
swept, the fire burned brightly, and
Miss Hannah was adorned with smiles
and a red bow.
Conversation went serenely on for an
hour or SO, and then when they both
sat pairing red-cheeked apples, with
great contentment, Jones began to call
upon his recollections.
"It's a good many years, amt it,
Hannah, since you and first sot here
together?"
Les, BOOu many.
II wonder if I shall be settin' here
this time another year?"
maybe / sha'nt be at home. Per-
haps I shall go out to spend the even
ing myself said Miss Hannah,
briskly.
This was blow, indeed, and Jones
felt it.
"Where?" he gasped.
ooh, / don't know" she returned,
beginning to quarter her apple. II
might be out to tea-over to your house,
for instance"
"But there wouldn't be anybody
over there to get supper for YOU
Maybe I could get it myself"
$50 you could SO you could!" cried
Jonas, his eyes beginning to sparkle.
"But there wouldn't be anybody to
cook the pies and cakes beforehand"
maybe I could cook 'em."
At that moment Jonas plate fell be-
tween his knees to the earth and broke
in two, but neither of them noticed it.
Hannah" cried he, with the pent-up
emphasis Of seven long years, could
you bring yourself to think Of gettin'
married Z"
A slow smile curved her lips; surely
she had been given abundant time for
consideration.
Maybe I could" she returned, de-
murely, and Jonas has admired himself
to this day for leading up to the subject
az clayarlv
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08
The Delights OF Housekeeping.

Has housekeeping itself lost half its
charm since the dear old homely days
of our grandmothers, or have women
SO changed, SO advanced with the
progress of the age" that they can
no longer delight in the simple pleas
ures of home and housekeeping? Some
such question naturally evolves itself
in ones mind, says a Chicago Herald
writer, after visit, be it only to have
supper, in real old-fashioned house,
where the touch of the mistress pres
ence is perceptible from the parlor to
the kitchen, from the bunch of sweet
smelling posies on the mantel to the
pile of crisp cookies" on the sideboard.
This presence is just as much an actu-
atty in busting and in cakemaking, in
preserving and in curtain-hanging, in
dainty understanding linen, in biscuits,
or in shining tea-cups as in the female
figure, bright and sweet, clean and neat,
that stands at the door, hands out
stretching in welcome 1t is time some
body made protest against city houses.
They, more than anything else, initiate
against real housekeeping Where the
kitchen is a clean, bright, pleasant
room, with nice, big window, it serves
as an absolute trap to lure the mistress
in. There is certain to be good house
keeping as far as the culinary depart
ment goes, especially when it is not
too much out of the way of daily steps
to reach the kitchen door. But what
do city people know of nice, bright,
neat Kitchens? Their houses are all
up and down stairs, the kitchen is a
mere apology down in the basement,
the stairs are steep and dark, and cook
herself has not light and sunshine
enough to keep her cheerful, or per-
haps their houses are too big and toe
grand for dear, delightful everyday
housekeeping, and the kitchen is pre-
sided over BY domineering female, at
high wages, who won't have the mis-
tress pokin' about Besides, it is en-
tered through the buffers pantry, and
grim dragon, with austere stateliness,
guards the way, and stares at madame
If she enters his domain into cooks be-
yond
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

however, could be mistaken for her, for
their straight froeks are in some
soft color and they carry bright flow
ers. The groom is nervous, too, of
course, but, dear me, he does not look
or feel bit more like piece of icor-
ice than does his little bride like an
avalanche. Old-fashioned folks, look
ing at pictures like the one given here,
and reading of grand weddings like our
portraiture, wonder little if the droop-
ing, half-crying little bride of thirty
years back-but why draw COMPARE
sons? 1t is all the same thing, whether
done in satin and shine in a big fash
ionable cathedral with all "the world"
to look at you and your dress, or in
meekness and muslin in little village
church, OF in hack and hurry, with
a bonnet, old gloves and hastily Sc
cured license to add dignity to the
ceremony it's all the same; and
whether or not content and happiness
go out of the church to follow the pair
will-dear old chestnut that it is-of
| course depend not on the dress but
the girl in the dress.
It is curious thing that brides SO
| seldom look as well in their bridal
gown as all their friends have seen
them look dozens of times. I suppose
| it is because bridal gowns are usually
ugly and unbecoming. White silk OF
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

MISS WILL ALLEN DRoMGooLE is a
literary lady who has cut her official
throat with her little pen. Some of
her recent magazine sketches of life
in the Tennessee mountains carried a
sting to the denizens of that section,
and when Miss Dromgoole recently
sought an election to Senate clerk
ship big rough-bearded Scion from
an up-county arose and roared out :
"She wrote agin the mount'ns! I war
be known'st ter it, and I'm agin her.
The Senate sat petrified and Miss
Dromgoole incautiously giggled. It
sealed her fate. Another hill-county
legislator was hoisted to his feet by
indignant colleagues to second the OBJ
lection. He did it tersely> and effec-
tually: aShe lowed the wimmin folks
went b'arfoot an Their men talked a
diurlec. I'm agin anybody as is agin
the mount'ns." The issue was joined,
and on the ballot being taken Miss
Dromgoole was beaten.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08


! !: ||ll]d bride herself, the brides
maids are most elaborate. They. too.
are done up ii ivory silk, but il Is
ivory silk relieved with green revers
and sashes Of MORE. The bodices have
Directoire sort Of ruching down the
front, that the prevailing fashion may
be deferred to. Their hats are turned
up with green and trimmed with ivory.
They carry each great bunch Of lilies
Of the valley tied about with sash rib
bon, and they wear besides gold chain
bangles, gifts Of the bridegroom
Fine, fine, fine, is it not the great
church, the blare of the organ, the
crowds, the gorgeous dresses It sets
an old-fashioned body to remembering
dark little church whose stained
windows are Swallowed with ivy, q
low, throbbing organ, a few closely
gathered friends and neighbors, an
old preacher whose hands baptized, a
few years back, the girl that now
stands to be married. She wears a
white frock that drags little at the
back and buttons simply to the throat;
over her face veil that is held on her
dropped head by wreath of orange
blossoms. A bunch of the same flowers
she holds in her trembling hands be-
meath her veil. Some tears are drip
ping quietly under the veil, too. She
is very happy and very, very
much frightened, and for moment
wishes she were one of her simply
gowned bridesmaids, no one of whom,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08
Primitive Eating.

A correspondent in Berlin found a
restaurant where the only article on
the bill of fare is soup. The dining
table consists Of a log, in which eight
teen cavities appear at regular inter-
walls. Each cavity is the size of q
large soup bowl, and fastened near
each one is big iron spoon; attached
to the log by q chain. Thesdiner en-
tiers and planks down five pfennings
about one cent and quarter. Then
he chooses one Of the cavities, seizes q
spoon and waits for the waiter. That
fnnctionary comes forward With two
cans, and says Thick 81 clear sonp "
The diner makes his decision, the
waiter fills up the nearest cavity with
soup, turns on his heel, and that ends
it. The diner scoops the soup out 81
the hole in the log with the iron spoon,
and having thus dined wisely and well
J is promptly ordered put by the pro-
priet9r. How many Americans are 50
poor that they dine on 4 loea GoIdeg
DayR.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08
Absurd Customs.

Courtiers are, persons whose chief
business is to stand around royalty,
laugh when he laughs, and cry when
he cries. The King of Menomotapa,
in addition to these duties, required
his courtiers to sneeze when he
sneezed. The effect was peculiar and
somewhat startling to strangers. When
the courtiers followed his example, the
lesser courtiers in the ante-rooms
joined in the sound, and the ordinary
people outside took it up. In conse-
quence q mighty sneeze spread all
over the city like tidal wave. It may
be mentioned, by way Of explanation
of this absurdity, that Menomotapa,
as a kingdom, is no more, being about
ten miles square, in Africa, and totally
wiped out by the Arab slave-traders.
Yet this custom was no more absurd
European officers in India, requiring
native Government officials to remove
their country shoes before entering
their august presence. II, however,
!. they have on pair Of English boots,
they can approach without being put
to any trouble. Recently, some Hin
doc officials, to avoid the indignity OF
presenting themselves in bare feet,
bought q single pair Of boots; and each
wore the boots in turn as he went up
to be presented to the Governor.
There was great fun caused by the
officials running hither and thither to
take their turn with the pair Of boots;
but it was pitiful fun, after all. As
Shakspeare's Puck says, What fools
these mortals be r. Colder. Days.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

satin is bound to be trying when worn
close up to the throat. Yet white
satin seems to be the popular fabric.
OF course you can hardly suit your
lover in your bridal dress. He is sure
to recall to your mind some little blue
serge or gray cashmere or pink bingham
In which he caught you such morning
and in which you looked lovelier to him
than any fine dress-bridal gown in.
Guided has ever been able to make
you look since. White velvet Is softer
looking than the satin, but 1t is heavy,
especially if one be married In warm
weather, or if one Is d wee slight thing.
think it would be good idea if O
set fashion We're adopted as the proper
thing for brides just as the color has
been settled upon. A Gretchen dress,
for instance, with yoke softly gathered
about the throat and made of lace OF
tnlle satin upper skirt drawn up
through silver or pearl chain to show
an embroidered underskirt surely
such gown in its pretty simplicity
would seem to suit better the service
and the occasion than does the latest
invention Of modiste and manufac-
turer. pajsv Davf, 20 Chicago Led
geY
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

is reached by step ladder. The bath
room is fitted with closet, tub, and
bowl; the two latter fixtures being
supplied with hot and cold water. The
wide verandas and covered balcony
make this very desirable house, af-
fording shade at all hours of the day.
This plan can be modified to suit any
special requirements.
The plans for the second house are
thus technically described: Size OF
structure Front, IS feet; extreme
width at dining-room, 81 feet 6 inches
side, 40 feet. Height of. stories-Cel-
lar, feet 8 inches; first story, feet G
inches; second story, 8 feet 10 inches;
attic, feet 6 inches. Materials
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

Two ONO women have the grim sat
isfaction of rejecting that but for the
opposition of their parents they might
have been the wives of Presidents Of
the United States. Thirty years ago
they lived at Bedford, village of less
than five hundred Inhabitants, about
twelve miles from Cleveland, and both
were very attractive. To each of them
at different times Rutherford B.
Hayes and James A. Garfield paid Sc
rious attentions, but the young men
were poor and their prospects anything
but bright, SO the parents of the girls
firmly and effectually checked the
love-making.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

closely covered. The third Is That q
veil shall be worn. Orange blossoms
obtain to use the popular word and
have obtained since Eve, denied the
fabric of loom, wrought her, so says
the legend, gown of the orange bios
som petals, and Herewith charmed
Adam afresh. Yet, Eve to the contrary
even, a nineteenth century union is
legal, and all that, though the bios
SONS be omitted or substitute found.
Simplicity should reign, but it doesn't
Eve to the contrary, too. Instead
of a trembling, shy bit of girlhood COM
ing yelled and shrinking unto her eager
groom, instead of maid in simple
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

- - 81.
Neglect Of these preca f1oua . the
origin Ct three-qu quarters 81 the repazI'
bulls The supply e the bot xafeT
poller must pe go arranged that = can
not fall else the Water-pack 10 the
range will be burnt out. This can Pc
done by hanging an indicator u me
kitchen connected with the tank, e
snow now mucn water ~ n the tank,
20 that. snouid tne supply faii, the
stop-cocks o. me Top and bottom Of the
boiler can pc turned, keeping the water
from entering on leaving the boiler, and
thus keeping the waterAbaek full. The
indicator Y SIMPLY 2 wire attached TO
the copper fioat IN the tank, which, as
the f!oat lowers, rises correspondingly,
It being attached to the opposite END o.
the rod to which the fioat e attached.
It is carried down over pulieys TO the
kitchen, and the end IS liked against 2
board marked OF property a plum.
met weighing little less than the hoat
should De attached TO the end OF the
wire TO lower IL again when the noat
rises. Stationary wasntups should pc
OF earthenware, galvanized or senam-
~,
wooden tubs, winnie mucl cheaper
originally, get foul, ana VIII nave % pc
replaced AFTER rev years service.
Ihe SINK should pe OF galvanized or
enameied IRON or eartnenWare, lor the
reason that IRON rusts and never loolis
clean. a Few dollars more spent IN
TINS way rs true economy. Inc water
closet should pc Of porcelain or earth
enware, and OF the wash-out pattern,
with an overhead nnshng clstern sup
pied from the mann tank. these are
manufactured under many different
names, put are tne same tmng ana
equally good. no otner pattern OF
closet Is SO simple, emcient ana SAFE.
Inc cost OF good porcelain closet Win
trap 1maae IN one piece ana clstern Is
ABOUT $zo. Inc oid-styde pan closet;
WIN It's weak, drlponng nusn ana Ioul
metal DOW Is an apomination, anu 9
continual danger 70 =, the nealen OF
the nousenoidef. Inc Wasn-D asin
snoudd pc Oval, q SIZE not less 1n ~
loxlS lncnes; tne COCKS supplying the
same shouid not De less tnan men.
AS the system OF WaStaQ0 Is where
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08
Plumbing.

@Shall we have plumbing in the
house, or shall we not ?" is the question
that arises to perplex the mind of every
thoughtful man who undertakes to
build for himself and his family a
dwelling that shall be in the highest
sense home.
There are great advantages and at
fractions in having every possible con-
yenience and trpuble-saving appliance
within doors; yet, on the other hand,
their Introduction is often the intro-
ductien of disease. Their cnstliness
looms up in frightfni proportions, with
visions Of endless abills for repairs.
The wise man thinks Of these things,
and the more he THINKS the more per-
picked does he BECOME. To such we
would say, ven can have the plumbing
without danger to health, at small
original outlay, and with no repair
bills, If it is designed and put in prep
erly in the first place, end at the time
the house is built. TO put plumbing
into an old house that was net designed
to receive 1t is very expensive and
troublesome work. The greet saving
of woman's strength and patience when
the house is provided with running
water, stationary wash tubs, bath, ETC.,
is only appreciated by those who have
had the dare OF a house not provided
with them.
By running the water pipes on In
side walls and taking care to protect
them by packing whore they are neces-
sarily exposed, the danger of freezing
end bursting win be done away With.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08


A LIVELY correspondent tells how
the Morton and Mckee children were
lost on Inauguration day, the drivers
of their carriages driving about town
when they should have gone to Will
1ard's Hotel. The families were wild.
Mrs. Mckee suffered agonies and
Miss Morton tainted in her anxiety for
her little sister Mary. Mr.. Mckee
and Mr. Halford, though they said it
was all right, kept running out in the
rain, and messengers were sent in
every direction. After an hour the
carriages drove up and the little ones
were Rugged and kissed until they
were in more danger of being damaged
by the smother than they had been OF
perishing of cold or hunger while lost
in the streets of Washington.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

Foundations, 8-inch brick walls; first
story, clapboards; second story, shin
giles; roof, shingles; the cost, 50, 681. 40,
complete, including plumbing and gas
fitting and $35 wood mantel in the
parlor. The special features include q
cellar under the parlor, hall and din
ing room; cellar bottom is cemented.
The whole frame is sheathed with lum-
Der and papered. Sliding doors con-
meet parlor and dining The hall
and parlor are connected by cur
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

in parlor and dining-room, range in
kitchen. The large entrance hall
opens directly into the parlor and din
ing-room. These rooms are connected
by sliding doors, by which arrange
ment the three rooms can be thrown
into one, forming grand apartment
for social gatherings. The kitchen is
so situated that one can pass from it to
the cellar or any other part of the
house without entering adjoining
rooms. There is ample closet-room
and good store-room in the attic, which
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08
AN instance of presence of mind ap

AN instance of presence of mind ap-
preaching to the horrible occurred in
the Grand Theater, Glasgow. Miss
Rose Lee, while singing love song,
saw afyman" fall head foremost from
the flies to the stage, distance Of
twenty-five feet. She not only con
tinued her song, but moved forward to
the front of the stage in order that the
calcium light which was directed upon
him might not reveal the form Of the
dead man to the audience.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08
Don't Know what They Miss.

Marriage, speaking of it at large, is
not a failure. 1t is, ON the whole, more
of success than any other social insti-
tuition anywhere as prevalent as it is.
.3utwhen a specific MARRIAGES. a failure
it is sad affair for the principals. As
for the bachelors, they are exercising
their individual privilege and discretion
in remaining single. Some of them are
doubtless the gamers from it, and the
many who are the losers have at least
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

Mr.. STURGEON, the famous Baptist
preacher, has. for many years been in
the habit Of sending fresh books to
country clergymen who are unable to
buy such books themselves Heber
Newton, of New York, has been doing
the same thing, and other clergymen
have been doing a similar good work.
A writer in the Advdaaee tells of .
hearted layman who's has recent
II set apart $500 to lend to clergymen
for the purchase Of books and maya
zines.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08
HINTS 4 BOUT HOUSES.


Instructions as 70 How to Buisd Them
Sanitary Plumbing and Drainage -
Small Outlay.
The first design presented in our
house-building article this week il of
an exceedingly pretty house that can
be erected for 80, $50. The materials
are: Foundation, stone; first story,
clapboarding second story, roofs, and
side gables, shingles; front gables,
timber construction. The special
features of this house are: Cellar un-
derthe whole house. Open freplaces
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

A REMARKABLY cool-headed man is
James Purless, of Sacramento, Cal.
By the breaking Of scaffolding
around building he was tearing down
he was thrown into cellar. Several
of his bones were broken and pro-
truded from the flesh, but, notwith-
standing, he continued smoking, and
qnietly directed the men in their work
Of clearing away the rubbish which
held him a prisoner.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08
Arc Won doing ia RniId 4 Lawn9

There are about 5000 species Of
grasses growing here and there all over
the planet we inhabit; 5000 species,
and $500 an q Aalf-acre lawn and then
have nothing t9 show for it but the big
gest, healthiest, coarsest crop Of PLAN
tain that ever spread itself all over the
earth like green bay tree and hlol-
Tered for more room. This ALSO is van
ity.-B atrdette,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08
WILLIAM D. HowELLs' host of friends

in all parts of the country will be
grieved to learn of the blow that has
befallen him in the death of his eldest
daughter, Winifred, in the twenty sixth
year of her age. She had been an in
valid for several years, but such be-
reavements are not much, if any, easier
to bear when they come for having bee,
foreseen and dreaded. Mr.. Howells
has two children left, a younger daugh-
ter, who is studying art, and SON now
at Harvard.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

The Empress of Austria carries a
travelling basket fitted up so that she
can make soup on the cars. 1t has sill
yer sauce pans with gold handles, and
the Empress declares that she can
make in it better broth than any chez
can concoct.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

The kangaroo is said to have got its
name in this way: Captain Cook first
discovered the animal in Australia.
When he inquired it's name Of native
the latter replied, Kangaroo" which
in the Australian language is II don't
knou -
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

Gov. AMEs, of Massachusetts,, is re-
ported as favorable to the old custom
of wearing ruffied shirts and ready to
assist revival of the by-gone fashion.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-05-08

Miss MCMILLAN, daughter of the
new Senator from Michigan, is said to
bear such striking resemblance to Mrs.
Cleveland that she is often mistaken
for her in Washington.