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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12

ways being whirled along by the side of
some young fellow in dog cart. rustling
over the piazzas in gown Of delicious
flminess. dancing around the parlors, and
occupying the most prominent place i'll the
dining-room. She is especially beautiful,
a fact thoroughly appreciated by an army
of excited masculine followers. who tumble
over one another endeavoring to catch her
smiles and favors. She rules her court
like true princess, and 1 can scarcely
blame the young men for becoming infatu-
ated with her. for she is undoubtedly the
sweetest armful in q season of waltZing at
the Springs. l was talking with one of
those old bachelors on the piazza this FORE
noon when she floated by ON the arm of
young man. looking more lovely than wor.'s
can tell. 1t is q within of fashion. by the
way. for Saratoga bellies to take beaus arms
by daylight She was laughing with the
melody of a flute. and declare that her
mouth. with its flashing teeth. was the
most alluring thing in the world.
"A fine creature" remarked to my old
friend.
He glanced up at her receding form,
laughed quietly to himself. and then said:
Yes. she is quite belle. Did you ever
have your nails treated by manicures in
New York;"
To this seemingly irrelevant question I
replied in the negative.
"Oh. then probably you never met the
angel" observed my friend. THAT'S her
trade. The old gentleman down at the end
of the piazza. with the straight brimmed
silk hat on. is her benefactor. Used to visit
his sisters house. I believe. to operate on
his hands. He wants to marry her. So
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12

tiers of the building, and it's rusty round
side is plainly visible from beneath. AS
the American flag yet floats from the staff
directly over the shell, it makes it quite
an interesting as we'll as historical piece
of iron.
There are very few good seaports in
Mexico. There are none on the Atlantic
coast, and but one or two on the Pacific,
and those will need some work to make
them as good as We are used to seeing on
our own seaboards. Either Guaymas or
Topolobampo, from their peculiar geo.
graphical positions and inherent qualities
that nature has given them in country
where she has been very spare with her
favors, will be great port on the Pacific
for the transmission Of freight from the
United States and Mexico to Australasian
ports. San Francisco holds this now by
right Of American energy over her south
ern neighbor, but against fairer position
and ultimate development of this region
do not think she can hope to keep it
always.
The country surrounding Guaymas is
rich, but undeveloped in the American
sense. Enough has been done to show,
however, about it's true capacity, and on
this found my conclusions.
FREDERICK SCHwATKA.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12


gates, her water works are of the Same
character as those of the ancient Epyp.
tians. The chief description shall give
of them is the picture of one of the public
wells, just in the suburbs of the town.
Multiply this by six or seven, throw in
two or three abandoned and dilapidated
ones that look like the ruins of Jericho,
and the description is as complete as it
can be made.
In one Of the rooms of the American
Consul, Mr.. Willard, facing the principal
plaza. is lodged the piece of shell,
thrown there, singularly enough, by an
American man Of war when Guaymas
was taken. in ls47, during the Mexican
war. At that time the Portsmouth and
Congress entered the harbor, shelled the
town, and took it. The piece of bursting
she'll has lodged in the huge wooden raf-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12

ana a!a. white can make it. it CONVEYS but
httle idea Of the reality, beyond form and
contour, with the variegated colored rocks
y a roof, and the same reflected in a
moor OF the deepest ultramarine oscillatinp
WIN the great swells of the ocean.
thought that Guaymas had q wealth of
natural attractions for the winter tourist
or traveller, although hardly any reared by
me me hand of man to make his stay comfort.
aole In the strictly physical sense. The
noteis are all Mexican, and while thew
should be judged from that standpoint
probably, yet to an American they are
neither good nor bad, and it is hard to saw
lust where they are between those limits.
how an American hotel ought to succeed
here, If that fact and all others regarding
Guaymas were known!
Even the inhabitants, in their Nazarine
primitiveness, are very interesting. Al
though Guaymas claims 1000 within her
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12

the hands of foreigners, and this is es-
peelally true of the northern part of that
rich territory.
After cooking our lunch of cabrillas and
boca dulces on the northern or inside
shore of San Vicente Island we made a
visit to the southern or seward face of
the same island. This led us through a
little gorge between two high, betting
cliffs and into which the sea had excavated
The caves We we're to see.
Through or rather under this gorge the
waters of the Gulf of California pour into
asmall underground funnel of the sand
1ock before they reach the little lagoon be-
You'd. At all hours the reverberation of
the rushing tide is like thunder as it beats
backward and forward in its cave-like
PRISON. The upper crust of the funnel Is
pierced with occasional holes and crevices,
ard at certain stages of water these are
'he mouths of SO many spouting geyers as
each wave comes in and beats against the
hone roof that confines it there. Woe to
=, .le 1ootman who steps across one just as q
h'gh wave reaches it's maximum strength
III the cave beneath. He will get the
quickest and most effectual bath of his
lifetime.
!. Once on the seward face and q long
me OF caves are presented to view. The
nigh hills here are hard conglomerate. and
me sea waves Of the Gulf Of California
aave cut fer under the cliffs, leaving over
hanging masses of earth sometimes hun
e '1ds Of feet in depth, as measured back
IT;tong the roofs under which we walked.
tth1ey looked foreboding enough, and we
. .elt that great chunk of few hundred
pns might come down at any time on our
neads, scaling of Of the roof, for here
=; Sno there could be seen just such deposits
great islands we're as'n made al out along the
mouth of the caves that must have been
lofmed when greater masses fell down,
Probably the whole cave tumbling in.
,o: ne coloring in the largest cave was De-
sond description, and although the &C
Ipanylng sketch is as good as black
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12

0ughly, slowly driving the steamship lines,
and especially foreign steamship lines,
from the Mexican trade. We labor at
one disadvantage, however, and that is
The fact that we will not attempt to cater to
any other ones taste, even though to do
$50 would be money in our pockets. There
are peculiar lines of cheap prints and cot
tons made in Europe that are sold only
on the west coast of Mexico, not yard
finding it's way to any other part of the
world and while ours command higher
prices and great deal of it finds ready
market here, yet it does not "exa thy fill
the bill. and Americans, probably from
ignorance of the true wants of these peo-
pie, will not manufacture it and drive the
foreign stuff from the Mexican market,
which they could easily do. The
ignorance of our people as to the COM
mercial value of Mexico to US, and es-
pecially those parts off the great lines of
railway, is certainly great and losing us
money daily now, and more important in
fuence later. Our enormous advan-
tage of contiguity is pressing us
forward in spite of our ignorant baking,
when in reality we should sweep nearly
every line of commerce in Mexico from
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12
An Estimate of Els,nere.

The Chicago Tribat,ae does not mince
matters in it's editorial notice of Robert
Elsmere. 1t says:
cat the conclusion of the Squirrels
vapid talk the limp priest says: I will
not fight you any more, Mr.. Wendover,'
and he does not. The reader can never
he quite sure what it was that over
whelmed Robert so easily, or why he
did not fight any more, or if he had
ever fought before that time. If he had
resisted the Squire with half the spirit
of adroitness with which he resisted
the charms and seductions of Nine
de Netteville, it would have gone far
toward making climax in the book
and elevating the weak priest in the
readers estimation. One would like
Squire and Prof. Patton or the Rev. 10
Cook. Blood would be drawn and
blows would be hit from the shoulder.
But Robert Elsmere-bah!
''There is room for congratulations,
however. that the clergy have recov-
cred from their panic: that the church
is in no danger; and that the laity
once more can turn its attention to the
practical work of faith, hope and char
ity. undistnrbed by this important
book, already gathering dust on the
shelves. They were scared by bug
aboo. No Christian man or woman OF
the tens OF thousand who have waded
h1ough the volume has had his OF her
faith shaken, and no agnostic has had
doubts strengthened. The thin staff
has done neither good nor harm, except
that the time spent in reading it was
wasted and the money paid for it
thrown away."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12

France is coming out to welcome you. The
boulevard sight OF heavy swell seated at a
small table in the open air. on the veranda
of q restaurant, taking his summer bever-
age with slow equanimity under public
gaze. is not uncommon this year at Sara
toga. Can it be that the American drinker
is to emerge from behind screen. and sit
down boldly to quaff his drinks. instead of
guiding them?
1t is spangled and a gauzy crowd. fairly
blazing under the electricity and the moon.
and the poet is taken even to more in
toxicating spot than wicked Paris as he
views it. He is in Cadiz. where the roofs
are Of gold, the skies diamond decked
canopy of purest sapphire. and the women
shadowy- eyed houris. made only for love
and caresses. The love and the caress of
life is the very earliest discovery made by
the Saratoga pilgrim. Nowhere could pas
sion find wilder, rioting place. The air is
so filled with the fragrance of flowers, the
bell notes of foun tains. the swing of band
music. that Cupid seems lodging behind
every skirt and aiming his darts over each
cleaning shoulder.
As lolled back in seedy old barouche.
and was taken through Broadway last
night. was never m ore impressed by the
brilliant power that we Americans have for
becoming pictorial and vast. The hotels
themselves, suggesting the colosseums of
the Romans. were SO overwhelming in their
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12

The specific weight of human body
exceeds that of river water, but SO
very slightly that the addition OF lit
tie salt will equalize the difference.
In waters holding an unusually large
solution of saline elements, ike the
Dead Sea, even inexpert swimmers
would float like driftwood, and by
means of a few pounds of cork fastened
between the shoulders, overwhelming
children would be made almost acct
dent-proof.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12
s.Oid Hickory" Was Tough.

Traveller in sparsely settled region
in Tennessee Coming down with red
eyes to breakfast)-You say, madam,
General Andrew Jackson once slept in
the bed occupied last night?
Aged Landlady of Country Tavern
He did, fer fack.
Traveler-Was it-er-the same bed
in all respects it is now?
Aged Landlady-Jes' the sam:
Traveler-And he actually slept in
it? Sure he slept?
Aged Landlady Sartin'. That's
what 1 wuz sayin'. He slep' in it.
Traveller (wonderingly) What q
hide he must have had y Chicago
Tribat3le.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12
SusniciOus Submission.

A small boy had been having a day
of unmitigated outrageousness, such
as all children who do not die young
are likely to have at times, and when
he was ready for bed his mother said
to him:
when you say your prayers, George,
ask God to make you a better boy.
Yon have been very naughty to-day"
The youngster accordingly put up
his petitions in the usual form, and
then before closing with Amen" he
added:
"And, please, God, make me good
boy"
He paused a second, and then, to the
utter CONSERVATION OF his mother, con-
cluded with undated gravity: Never
taeless, not my will. o Lord, but thine
Dee done !"-Provilence journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12

Savannah, Americas and Montgomery
railroad, and, of course, is on the line
OF that road, ten miles from Abbeville.
One of the stores does wholesale bust
ness, with Joe Hammond as manager.
Weike to see enterprises pushed along
rapidly when it can be done with
safety. If the building of the new road
IS to receive like dose of "rush it
aionng, +" it will not be great while I'M
tn le will have the new road here
McRde (GG.) Enterprise.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12
ESPECIAL coRREsPoNDENcR.I

I 6nC0rlQg S0raCO-
ga in the evening
you find it with its
old-ti halo on.
You are whizzed
from the station in
one of its gawky
stages, and swirled
down the spectac-
,ular vista of Broad
way to whatever
mammoth hotel
you may have cho-
sen to put up at.
You can imagine
very easily that
you are entering
the Paris EXPOSE
ton, and that the
uid6iaSt MART of
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12
Building a Town in One Dav.

It is truly astonishing what can be
achieved when people set themselves
TO do thing. Since the Mclaughlin
Brothers took their railroad building
apparatus and commissary supplies
from the McRae depot great feat has
been performed in town-bnil1ing. In
one day town comprising l6 dwelling
houses and two stores sprang up, built
by those now engaged in building the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12

lHE harbor of
lGuaymas is pic
Fturesque to IN ex-
IRENE, W rite Is
Lieut.. Schwatka
in the Chicago
II ! e 70 c e u n,
after being. used
to the low, fiat
coasts of Eastern
Mexico. and even
those of the NOR.
lsouthern ports on
1.-THE Pacific side.
It is completely
land lOcEofl on1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12
rIIV \TKA TN MEXICO
,,x az, MEXICO AND ITS BEAU.
Tiih rIFUL HARBON.

tive Fishery Interests Il: Guaymas
no, P,,.,i,tcr for American Manufacturers
;,t, sam Vicente Cavc-Reiic of the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12

A MAN buried in thought is usually
able to res,1rrect himself.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12

HE that walketh with wise men shall
he wise; but companion OF fools shall
be destroyed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12
AT SARATOGA SPRINGS.
STYLISH ANGELS EVER IN A Devil.
DERING FLUTTER.

SaratOga's Colossal Hotels, Fairy Palaces,
Dense Crowds and Theatrical Effects
The Brilliant Power of Americans for
Becoming Pictorial and Vast.
Especial. CORRESPONDENTS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-12

Ivy neigh borhood teams. But the girls are
not critical, and here is bit OF actual dia-
iogue;
keginald-Isn'ti it a corking game. girls2
Girls.-Gn chorus)-Oh, just splendid:
and these are such great teams. too. It
makes it so exciting.
Belle-(aside to Grace)-Was teams the
right word?
Grace aside to Belief think so. Wait
till read over his shoulder what teams
they are, anyhow. TERPs1CHoRE
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-14
rlo contp.t Cpnmlttee,. 1seporl.

II would be interesting II It were
hereafter to DO established on unim.
peachablo testimony that the majority
report Of the Gubernatorial Contest
Committee was prepared by one not a
member Of the committee, Yet this is
Just what seems about to be done. The
compliment in this TO the majority Of
the committee oludes the most yisilant
search. ll.,.6
Iu the course Of this robbery a good
deal has been said with much redness Of
face about the committee and tho LeCis.
laturc sittingin a judicial capacity. Is
IL tie habits OF courts to allow their
opinions to DO prepared on tho quiet by
counsel, known or unknown in the
casoP
We live aud learn in these time Of
Democratic nkullduggery.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-14

Our own John L. Sullivan scorns the
suggestion that he shall put up his fists
against Peter Jackson, the Australian
negro who has just covered himselfwith
tistlc glory by whipping Jem Smith, the
pride Of England, in about Eve minutes.
Sullivan has said that he is ready to
meet my real fighter who is able to
stand up against him long enough to
make it interesting, always provided
the purse DO large enough to warrant the
exertions Of an operator Of his grade.
Unfortunately for Mr.. Sullivan there
is in the conditions Of championship Of
the prize ring no such clause as, black
man barred. He will, therefore, have
to meet the black man on the equality
Of the greonsward, or throw up the belt.
Then the bottom rail would be on top,
indeed. Whittier are we driitingR "And
is the Caucasian played outP"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-14
11n 1nlln,lnnn lLolltf ltnnd.

The needy poor Of Johnstown COM
plain that tho plan on which relief ID
being distributed gives to them which
have and withholds from them which
have not The well.to.do who lost bul
have a good deal iCit arc to DO given To
according TO their losses, while those
WHO had less to loose and lost II all are
10 10 loft In pInchipg want.
Making due allowances for the CONS
plants and criticisms always TO be or.
pected in such cases, tho fact seems 10
be undeniablO that something Is wrong
In the plan Of relief, Money enough
was sCnt 10 relieve all tue distress In the
stricken valley, and yet the winter Is on
tho people aud theory Of dlettcss grows
louder
Perhaps the men having the fund In
charge have acted according TO their
best Judgment and have done as well as
any other men could have done under
like circumstances, The truth 10 that
the distributors Of the fund were sud-
denly brought from other business 10
face 4 problem entirely new 10 them.
10 work out asolulon on abaBls Of ek'
aut Justice, making every dollar accom-.
plIsh Tie most good, would have requlr'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-14
The relograph ContFoyeFsy,

The President Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company makes digniaed
and strong reply to the Postmaster Gem
eral. II his statement Of facts with re-
gard 10 the cost Of transmitting mes
sages be true, the rates proposed by the
Postmaster General would work great
injustice to the telegraph company, 1t
would not be long before the company
would linda way to take tout, oithe pub
lie, H
The conclusive strength Of the tele-
graph company's reply is not SO much
It's natural determination to defend
itself in the courts as its ready accept
auCs Of the Postmaster Generals offer TO
arbitrate. This ia reasonable way TO
settle the difficulty, and will lead to an
adjustment honorable and fair to both
sides.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-14
,ssltrp pAILY, sENl.wRExLY AND wEEKLT,

Frew, campoelIa Hart, Props
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-14
DANIEL pOUGNRRTY,S SPEECH.


Criticized for Recalling Dark Day Is In These
Times of Universal brotherhood
NFv York Herald,
TIE speech Of Cardinal Gibbons before
the Catholic Congress at Baltimore yes
terdsy was prose poem, 1t was full Of
tho gentle, but courageous, the lovable
and heroic personality Of the man who
uttered It. TWAS the result OF profound
religious conviction, mingled with path-
otto fidelity. The immense audience
listened with willing ears, rapt atten'
ton and open hearts. In a word, y was
all the magnificent occasion called for
May we be permitted TO say, however,
that the speech Of our eloquent friend,
Mr., Dougherty, was hardly attuned to
the concert pitch Of the Cardinal. lie
carried his audience back TO the perse-
cutions OF colonial days and drew asom-
bro picture OF the hardships 10 which
Catholics were subjected,
II is AL true, but, alas there was no
class OF people IN this country at that
time which had not suffered at least
equally The Colonists were all men
with the brand on their brows. These
shores represented one prolonged cry Of
distress. Every grave was practically
tho grave Of q martyr for conscience
''f But those days ate happily gone; let
us not recall them. Brotherhood has
supplanted sectarlan hatreds, and
throughout the length and breadth oil
the land every one Is free to worship az
be wills. Catholics and Presbyterians
live in amity, and the old denuncIations
are heard no more.
We give our greeting to that congress,
with the belief that its discussions will
widen the scope Of the Church's inhu'
ence and increase the loyalty OF its con-
stituents to itself and to the country.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-14
pomoorut. and tho Labor Vote.

Chicago Tribune
The Free Trade Democrats now COM
mand about rs per cent OF the votes
among the organized labor" otthe cities
aud towns OF the United States-the
workmen engaged in pursuits directly
and indirectly highly protected by the
tariff, but who have been induced 10
become Free Traders. They have
been greatly taken with the Demo-
cratic promise to supply cheap goods
and greatly lessen the cost of living by
taritl reduction. As usually presented
the promise appears reasonable and
easy TO carry out TO superficial
thinkers. What could DO palmer than
that the cost OF the necessarles and com.
forts OF life would DO greatly re.
duced II our ports were thrown open 10
the cheap goods Of Europe2 Home
manufacturers would have TO come
down 10 the foreign price 10 be unable
to sell their goods. Workmen see clearly
that such change would greatly reduce
living expenses. That is one side Of II.
But the free trade politicians carefully
hide the other side, which is that II
1t would bring down wages In
about tho same proportion, and
II workmen got goods and rents
cheaper would have less wages where.
with To pay for them. II the Free Trade
doctrine should ever be put in practice
the Democrats will have an ugly time
explaining the reverse side Of their
dogma TO their recruits, They are not
telling them that low wages inevitably
20 with cheap goods as cause and effect.
American workmen who are demand.
ing the eight hour day arc also insisting
on free trade-the system which has
been the dispair Of the eight hour advo.
Gates in England. To make the matter
worse Great Britain and the United
States manufacture the same kind
OF articles and in the absence Of
tariff restrictions, and under free trade,
would DO direct competitors. Yet
American workmen demand the re-
moval OF such restrictions and expect To
retain high wages which protection alone
makes possible. They insist on high
protection wages, cheap, free trade
goods, and fewer hours Of labor
that in any competing countryl By
ELUSIVE promises as 10 cheap goods, cum
ming silence as TO hours Of labor, and ad.
rolt evasion as 10 reduce wages the Demo-
cratic party leaders encourage their Free
Trade workmen to pursue the jack-O'-
lantorn with unilagging seal.