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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04
planned of the cold in ballroom, advised
her to ''put on another necklace"

THE rival politicians of New York have
the satisfaction of knowing that they have
shut themselves out of the Cabinet. If this
is not a satisfaction to them, it can be taken
as such by the rest of the country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04
WHATS In a Namee

From the New York TeleSram.l
Sir Julian Pauncefote has been chosen for
British Minister to the United States. Now
will some one tell the Americans how to pro-
nounce the name? If the pronunciation fits the
spelling as well as it does in some other En-
gllsh names it might be Gasteropod, for IN
stance
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04

MARCH's moist but rather lambiike en-
trance still leaves the sightseers at WASH
ington on the ragged edge of suspense as to
how soon the leonine characteristics will
make themselves apparent.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04
ABedford Avenue BInze.

The Office of Albertson's brickyard on Bed
ford avenue took fire yesterday morning about
II o'clock. An alarm from box 3l3 ididnot
come soon enough to save the roof, which was
entirely destroyed. The cause is unknown.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04
They Found Hsr naadina aoa.

Caroline Maitland, aged 40, was found dead
in bed at her home, 143 Beaver avenue, Alle-
gheny, yesterday morning. Apoplexy was the
cause Of death, and the Coroner decided that
an inquest was unnecessary.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04
One as Bad ms the Other.

From the Boston Herald
An Ohio boy who bit off two of his fingers is
said to be afflicted with dydrophobia. The per-
sistent swallowing of two or three fingers is
more apt to lead to delirium tremens.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04

HAS Washington no Law and Order So
ciety to discipline the lawmakers when they
pursue their regular vocation of railroading
private jobs right through the Sabbath
hours?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04
Wnit md WnrcI,.

From the Philadelphia Record.1
AS the l7-year locusts are to appear this year
as usual, il will he worth noting whether their
wings hayea "W"-meaning war with Germany
--or "P"-meaning Prohibition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04
Thev Left The Door Oman.

Two men were found in James A. McAteer's
grocery on Webster avenue last night by Of
ficer Terry, who found the front door open.
Thepoliceman arrested and locked them up in
the Eleventh ward station house.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04
It May be Too Busy.

From the Baltimore Americana
If Washington is enterprising, it will have its
census taken on Monday
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04
Vernon. Fla.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
What is the county seat of Washington
county, Florida. X.O. K.
MCDONALD, March 2.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04
A sunday Morulur special Car.

About 20 prominent Southside men left for
Washington yesterday in special car over
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Alderman
C. e. Succop headed the party.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04
Tho Old Reliable Method.

From the Omaha Herald.l
There is an article going the rounds telling
show to catch the public eye." This, we think.
is best done with an umbrella. .s
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04

IF Canada will lend favorable ear to our
wooing for commercial union, she can do
the courting for the political union, or leave
it undone, Just as suits her.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04
THE BEAR EMBRACED HIM.
Pennsylvania Hunter Has an Exciting Ex-
perience in the Mountains.

WrLL1AMsPoRT, March 3-Calen Junis,
while going from Canton to his tannery at
Grover, saw large bear in the road. Getting
a party of friends together. arme with repeat
ing rifles, they soon overlook the bear, and a
lively fight took place. A man named Miller
was nearly squeezed to death in the bears en-
brace, and was rescued by the rest of the
and the big bear scampered off to the woods
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-04
Ube gtSpatfb.

Vol. A. No. 25-Entered Al Pittsburg Post
ofice, November II, 1SS7, as seeond-class matter.
Business Ohce--e7 and99 Fifth Avenue.
News Rooms and Publishing House--75,
n and 79 Diamond Street.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
Il SS.iKY PARADISE.

Ceylon, the sunny isle-"where every
prospect pleases and man alone is vile"
is inhabited by half dozen different
races, some of which can hardly be said
to evince more than the average degree
OF human malice; but it would be still
greater mistake to suppose that the oc-
casional vilcness Of local phenomena is
limited to the two-legged products Of
that qualified paradise. Its serpents
are not content with posing in the foil
age of forbidden trees, but invade the
banana orchards and even the cabins of
the natives. The family OF gnats is rep
resented by at least twenty different
species, filing the air OF the coast
swamps in swarms which, in the words
of a recent explorer, fall upon the tray
eler like shower of hot ashes.' The
foot hills are less cloudy, but wriggle
with land leeches and scorpions while
the highlands are haunted by leopards
that will crouch down flat in the fork of
a roadside tree, where they remain
motionless for hours, starving with the
fortitude of Texas temperance editor,
to get good chance to pounce On the
neck of an unwary rambler. Troops of
eupeptic monkeys raid the fruit planta-
tons with an etfrontery exceeded only
by the hardihood of the frugivorous
bats, that will enter an open skylight
and devour the provisions suspended
over the very heads Of the sleeping rus
tics The plaques of the neighboring
mainland sometimes appear in the form
OF migratory locust swarms.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
CHANGED HIS MIND.

II have called" said 9. fsse-nc;ous look
ing man to the editor, "to get saSsiisiiac-
ton for what you said against me in
your paper the other day. And I'm
going to have it, too, and don't"
Certainly, sir, certainly. Take a
seat moment, sir. John (to the Office
boy just ring up the hospital and ask
If that man has gone out yet who has
been occupying our bed there for the
last few days. CTo the strangely We
have bed at the hospital which we
maintain at our expense for affairs of
this kind. The last man who called
here to get satisfaction has been occu-
plying it ever since his visit. If he has
been discharged We will accommodate
you at once with the satisfaction Won
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
CALCULATING LOYEr

He was OF a statistical turn Of min,
In fact he was what might be ca,}a1 :,
statistical crank. He can tell YOU MA
cisely how long it would take MAJ; y
walk from the earth to the moon, If i.
walked twenty miles day. He ca,
tell to an inch the number of miles tS,.
the average woman will walk Will.
looking for her scissors during an ord,
nary lifetime. He knows, or pretend,
to know, the facts and figures ab,,t
everything.
Well, one day this typical charac.c,
whom we shall call Statisticus, was 81,
ting ty the side of the young lady s|
whom he was engaged to be married
when he suddenly drew notebook anal
pencil from his breast pocket and BEGAN
to cipher. The young lady also began
to sigh, for she knew by sad experience
that he was going to spring some OF HI,
internal statistics upon her. Eoweya,|
she asked:
Are you writing poem about mc?'
Glow many meals day do you ge,|
away WITH" asked Statisticus.
"Three, OF course. What do vop|
mean?" o.s
I'll tell you in a minute, dearest
he replied, working vigorously with hid
lead-pencil. After several other Dues
tons OF an almost impertiaent nature
placing his arm around her waist, ae|
said tenderly:
Don't you want to know, dearest
Fanny, how many beef steers, sheen
turkeys, as we'll as barrels of -four, call
Ions Of coffee, hundred dozens of eggs
etc, etc, have been telescoped by thiiII
lovely, pouting, little mouth?"
Il don't want to know anything OF It'd
kind" she retorted angrily.
"You would be surprised to learn Till /
during the last ten years alone, yo1
have swallowed seventeen head Of CATTLE
forty-sovon sheep" he replied, once
more working his pencil. Then shs|
got her dander up, and for five minutes
there was flow OF indignant eloquencI
that surprised him, for he began new
calculation.
AT the rate you were talking just
now, Miss Fanny he said as soon Al
she paused for breath, your lower jaw
would in twenty years travel distance
equal to 1923, 67S miles, or twice as fs /
as. from the moon to-"
But she had fled, and when he called
again he was given the "only- be-a-sises
to-you bounce--TeIas Sttings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
flower bed and its occupants s,n;,
YOU through the garden senco ''s

flower bed and its occupants sm;,,
you through the garden fence u
Care should be taken to have
beautiful sod in the first place, To- ' nm
end thorough preparation is essoS. meg
and, whether it is to be sodded ~ ''''
frequent top-dressiny will ;psn. "a
continued beauty, especially ii cute,,8 IL
and often. '>e
As to the arrangement, a cout;nu
variety in form, color, and e.n,as: 's
would lend themselves to the eve sa
hand of true lover of artistic ho.S s'a
Here certain species of tree day.:
and delicate in nature, yet persaaN
hardy, would form a beautiful W. ivy
when grouped, like the dwarf a~i '
Vitae and Irish Juniper, while there ~
orseparate planting the varieties OF w.
way Spruce, White Spruce, and Han
lock, the larger varieties to be l,,
within bounds by cutting back, VIII '
the dwartish kinds may follow t1a; '
will. -Iici:'s Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
CHINESE B4RBEIss.

China has, perhaps, more barbe:'
than any other country in the world
and the Chinese head needs more at,
tention than any other head ON The
globe. The Chinese dude has his head
shaved daily, and the man is very po3'
who cannot afford his weekly shave A
place is left at the crown about as big
around as tin cup, and the hair which
grows on this forms the cue. The Chi
naman has his face shaved even to the
fore head and about the eyes. and v'1
find the BARRIERS on the streets, in shops
in the country, and in fact, ever
where. Itinerant BARRIERS carry tE0l
small red stools made of boxes in thf|
shape of a pyramid, in which they ha''|
drawers containing their razors and By
sins. They shave without soap. and
they use a two-pronged piece of lro7
with which they make noise asia
sign of their trade. You hear tAs
everywhere throughout CHINA, anu VI
of the commonest sights of the stress
and country roads is one Of these Oa
bers at work upon patient. The Cd
nese razor is in the shape Of an isosce',
triangle. 1t is made of rude steel, aN
many Of them are pounded up tnS
worn-out horseshoes, which are I'D
ported from Europe by the thorsa's
OF barrels, and which are used FOR iAn
ing all kinds OF Chinese implemeDS
The rates of shaving are very low r'''
ing from a few tenths of cent 10 y
cents and more, according to the'e't
to which the barber belongs and 'VD
standing Of the customer. The 0afuss
unions fix the rate Of shaving, and w.
have fines and penalties.-fraHN
Carpenters letter, from Pehin.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
.s..l'ynQ THOUGHTS ARE ALWAYS BEST.
ar ADnLA1pE w1cKHAM.

"IslsT sssrsf beside tine meadow brook,
sJ,vee. wIusnnlc Kate and handsome Jack;
4h, sEaG,.y glenn was IN his eye
Whsle size The tears could scarce keep back.
~Wess gar. na friends. at aeast," shc said,
~llsslz harsh words ranklo in the breast"
.a:sd sasa nes learned, this little maid,
IaiSas +setnrd thoughts are always best
.szsi .isss sse turns and walks away,
Wi7l:e ,yacflwell, when his wrath is cool
Bs. c,sI;s himself a few pot" names.
Like -heonlin' idiot" donkey" fool"
Easr eoaid he doubt ibis" little Kate,
wTaose rslI,y lips and soulful eyes
Sa.s.s ,ausits aut truth and tenderness,
ktsc csrsrt saeceit in any guise?
Th<sa through the meadow, 'crost the brook
Hnw we'll he knows the dear old path
VIZ, s1atza meet him with smile?
s.an ssse forgive his foolish wrathP
H. tfYrts sweet face wet with tenrs,
Ess when his fault hc has confessed,
SKIS Esa1iZss"J Thought I'd not forgive.
But second thoughts nro always best.'s
All att..s, .'sass, when hendsome Jack
Ass.i wsnss,zse Kate 60 hand i'll hand,
As isx.n Eae's journey. Bido by Bde,
Tasay s;iids sliong through Eden land"
No 7i%-,gsa rtrax ts,e wators blue
s.a- soTss tSreir happy home hath blost,
And essii l.ns ieuned 'tis cvor true
Gzhsea -secos< thoughts are always best"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
4 NOVEL SCENE.

An edict from the dowager empress
Of China has been published ANNOUNCE
ing that Yeh-hoh-na-la, the daughter of
the Manchu brigadier general, Kwei-
slang younger brother to the dowager
empress,) had been selected as the con-
sort of the youthful Emperor of China,
and that two girls named Ta-ta-la,
daughters of Chang-shuh, a Manchu
vice-president of the Pekin board, aged
Is and Ii years respectively, had been
chosen for the harem.
The process Of selecting the Emperor's
consort is interesting. After two in
spections, at considerable intervals, the
number of candidates was reduced to
thirty-one, who are the daughters OF
mandarins of above the fourth rank, and
OF course Of Manchu extraction. These
thirty-two young ladies We're conveyed
in carts to the palace on the night OF
the 2Sth ult.. or rather in the early
morning of the 2Sth, at o'clock. They
entered by the Gate OF the Southern
Sea" which they crossed in six boats,
and We're conducted to the palace,
which they reached at 3 o'clock a. m. A
splendid banquet was then spread be-
fore them, after which they were ush-
cred into the presence OF her majesty,
the Empress dowager, by groups Of -four
or five. 1t may interest the ladies to
know that her majesty wore on one oc,
casion an apricot-yellow silk long dress
with black velvet jacket. Each girl
carried tablet bearing her name and
age, also the name Of her father, ban
ner, etc, which was presented to the
Empress while the girls stood before
her.
After some interrogations, and in nc
few cases even monitory words for hay.
ing continued to shave the forehead, hel
majesty formed her opinion of the can.
didate, which, when unfavorable, was
signitied by handing the girls tablet tc
one Of the eunuchs with the order t
present the rejected aspirant with roll
OF silk. The girl with the silk was then
taken back to her cart, never more to
participate in the imperial matrimonial
competition. The selection of new
empress intlicts serious burden on
many poor men whose daughters are
eligible and must be presented, but
who have little means to defray the ex.
penses incidentalto journeying to Pekir
and frequent visits to the palace. Most
OF them pray to be put out of theil
misery at the first inspection, and those
who survive to the last and are then re-
jected are really to be pitied. -Nortl
China Neacs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
FASHIONS CHANGES.

Mr.. De Style-Why, my dear, I'm
glad to see you so composed. When I
left this morning you were weeping and
wailing and tearing your hair, because
Fido was sick.
Mrs. De Style-Well, You see, just
after you left, Mrs. Tiptop came in and
told me that dogs Of Fido's breed were
going out of fashion. So I dried nv
tears and kicked him out.--Ne,v York
Weekly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
= EDITOR.

| he CALLED ON :. he EDITOR.
Good morning, Mr.. Editor. 1 see
you are very busy, but 1. suppose cal
can look upon king without disturb
ing him.
Certainly"
Don't let me take any of your valu'
able time. but 1 sent you communica-
ton the other day which you have not
printed"
Sign your name9'
"No, didn't care to put my namc to
it, but the matter was one OF such public
interest that L"
Wrote on both sides of the paper"
@Why, yes. 1 didn't intend to, but
the subject strung out so 1 had to, and
also round the margins"
Wrote johnson so it looked like
Smith q"
"Very likely. was in great haste. :"
"Signed Constant Reader I sup
pose?"
Eyes, sir, I have taken your valuable
paper for a great many years.
Read all our editorials on the sub
ject you wrote about?"
"No. Have you been discussing that
subiect?"
Certainly, for some months past, of
and on
singular I haven't noticed it. Well,
if you can't print my communication,
I'd like it again, as I may make some
other use of it.
See waste basket"
II don't see any waste basket, but ]
notice the floor is Uttered with manu-
scripts"
Same thins-no room for waste
basket big enough to accommodate all
the fool stuff that comes here"
ooh, then I can't"
"Ask Janitor.
"Where shall I find him?"
"Ten flights farther up"
ELEVATOR"
"No, climb stairs"
"What kind of looking man?"
Savage looking, with big club
"Oh-goodday."
"Day. "-Sp2i7agfeld Union.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
4 woMA LOVE.

The whole world may be asa'n''
man, but the woman who loves hlf y
stand boldly forward as his champ,
No matter how vile a man may w.
woman loves him she exalts to h1p
rank Of a demi-god, and refuses ~,
the clay feet of her idol. When ~ y;
forsaken by all she still clings ~ - =,
When others frown she still sn''S, :,
him, and when he dies she ADORE, =,
reverences his memory rs that OF ~
tyr Of circumstances.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
THAT OLD REBEL YELL.
Originality 1T Was the Battle Cry of the
Cherokee Indians an Tennessee.

Originality 1T Vas the Battle Cry Of tho
Cherokee Indians in Tennessee.
After superficial research into the
Genesis of the rebel YELL" our some
times sciolistic friends who write Amer
lean historical essays for Eastern readers
have inclined to the opinion that it is a
Texas modification OF the cultural Co.
manche whoop. This is clearly mis-
take, based on insufficient information.
The veil was heard in the Texan war
for independence. 1t came clear and
strong from the Threats of the men who
followed Houston at San Jacinto, but
that was not its genesis by any means.
The Texans of that day were all, or
nearly all, natives of other Western
States, and their war cry was part of
the equipment they carried to Texas
with them.
All the reliable evidence shows that
the rebel yell was contribution of the
great West to the cause of American
freedom in the rebellion against En-
gland. Before the Revolution hand
full Of Virginians had pushed across the
Alleghenies, and built at Watauga, in
what is now Tennessee, one of the first
outposts Of American civilization in the
then unknown West, lying between the
Alleghenies and the Pacific. They
held in check the $4,000 Cherokee In
dams who We're melted by the English
to attack the rebels of the seaboard in
the rear, and when these Eastern rebels
seemed hopelessly demoralized, when
CORVALLIS, with Tarleton and Fergu-
son under him, had cut the confederacv
in two "the rebel yell" was heard for
the first time east of the mountains. 1t
was the accompaniment of a style Of
fighting with which the English regl-
lars were entirely unfamiliar-the mass
ing of a small force against the weakest
point of a scattered opposing force, add
then without regard to the numbers of
the opposing force, headlong rush,
and the wild, charging cry which has
since became memorable as "the rebel
Yell"
When the brave Col. Ferguson re-
treated to Kings Mountain and en-
trenched himself there in what he sup
posed to be an almost impregnable posi-
ton his second in command, Du Pey-
ster. said to him as the Western men
charged up the mountain under the
calling fire of his superior force:
There are those yelling devils again"
Six hours later the yelling rebels from
the West had won the battle of Kings
Mountain, captured its surviving de-
Tenders and turned the tide of the rev.
olution against England, sending Corn
wallis in confused retreat to the SUI
render at Yorktown.
There is no doubt at all of the gene
sis of the rebel yell as it was heard a.
Kings Mountain. It was the war cry
Of men as brave as ever died in defense
of homes-the Tennessee Cherokees,
whose LANGUAGE has made the rivers
and mountains of their old hunting
ground musical with names that are as
soft as italian. With the possible ex-
ception of Natchez, they were the pos
sible intelligent and least cruel of North
American Indians, holding the uni
versal Indian law Of retaliation, but
more capable than any others of the In
dian stock of forgivlng injuries. Tile
st. Louis Republican.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10
rHE LAWN.

The artistic arrangement of the lawn
Is, to the owner of every country place.
matter of the first importance or
should be. Time was when flower beds
plentifully besprinkled its green sur-
face, and made of even the smallest
plat very garden of brilliant color;no
attracting the eye of every beholder
But the fashions change here as we'll
as elsewhere, and behold, now, the
popular taste would point toward the
larger expanse of green with its modicnm
OF shrub and tree, while the old time
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

The philosopher remarks that "all
things must have an end" We wonder
if he ever tried to untangle wet fish
line in the bottom Of boat?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-05-10

desire, if not we will have to beg of You
to call again.
Boy" at telephone. "3Iaa was dis
charged this morning, sir"
All right. Now sir we are ready to
acco-. What! going? Very we'll,
sir, if you will go you mast. John run
after him and tell him that If he will
subscribe now we will send the paper
from this date till the first of May 1890,
thus giving him -"
Boy-He's gone, sir. - Boston