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The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
The yellow Fever in New York

The yellow Fever in New York
Society has the yellow fever. Not
the scourge. but an insa table taste for
the color. The fancy has been raging
for some time and still the cry is more,
Palms are displayed in windows, cor
ners and hallways, and in nothing but
a yellow jardiniere is the beauty of
color and foliage SO effectively brought
out. No cabinet is considered reliev-
ed without bit Of yellow porcelain,
and drop lamp or pedestal burner of
orange china, with trimmings of black
ened iron. is the very acme of artistic
taste. Then there is the kings blue
candlestick, with the candle of gilded
yellow was; and how can you imagine a
bunch Of mignonette more poetic than
when displayed in smooth bowl Of
underglazed yellow? These craze COL
orists, who are law unto themselves.
go so far as to worship the marigold,
"that molten thing Of beauty" which
the florists were obliged to force and
which brings as good returns as the
queen of flowers, the rose. But think
of putting yellow marigolds in yell
low bowl, and then say who dictates
In chromatics.-New York Sun.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08

eccentric whim Of the second wife %
to have a picture painted wherein she
and the first wife were represented
as standing together with their arms
entwtned about each others waists.
When the third wife came into power
she was at first somewhat puzzled to
know what to do with this extraordi.
nary production of combined affection
and art With genuine woman's wit,
however, she hit upon the idea of
having the piece worked over, and
with what result may be judged from
q conversation in regard to the
picture which took place between the
bride and one of her wedding callers.
The visitor inquired If the picture rep
resented relatives of the family.
''No, notrelatives, the wife replied.
81 believe the originals were distant
connection of my husband, but the pic
ture represents Faith and Resignation
1t is thought that the figure of Faith
resembles former friend of Mr..
Smith. but I cannot tell, as I never
saw her. Boston Transcript.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Remedy For sunstrokes.

Whatever is to be done in this dis
ease, must be done quickly. Clinical.
as we'll as experimental observations,
enforces this doctrine. There should
In such cases be no waiting for the
doctor. The remedy is SO simple, the
death so imminent, that the good
Samaritan passing by should save his
brother. The good Samaritan
must, however, have a cool head to
be useful. Not every man who falls
unconscious on hot day has sum
stroke. There is fortunately one
criterion SO easy of application that
any one can use it. Go ut once to the
fallen man, open his shirt bosom
and lay the hand upon his
chest; If the skin be cool. you
may rest assured that what
ever is the trouble, it is not sum
stroke. II. on the contrary, the skin
be burning hot, the case is certainly
sunstroke, and no time should be lost.
The patient should be carried to the
nearest pump or hydrant. stripped to
his waist, and bucketful after bucket
full OF cold water dashed over him un.
til consciousness begins to return, or
the intense heat of the surface de cid.
edly abates. Louis Magazine.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
He Was Too Honest.

Il try to be a man of my word" he
said, 40 he entered Cadillac eating
house yesterday, ''but I can't always
do as I promise"
"What did you want?" asked the
proprietor.
''You gave me square meal on tick
two months ago. The bill was forty
five cents. I promised to pay in six
weeks, but am little late"
Il don't remember the circum-
stance"
perhaps not, as you are a big-heart-
ed man, but do, and here's your mon
ey."
The proprietor pulled in a 81 Cana
dian bill and flung out the change,
rather disgusted with the mans hon.
esty. Ten minutes later, however, this
disgust had changed to adm iration.
In making change he took closer look
at the bill, and on the back he found
the stamp: Suspended 4"-Detroit
Free Press.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
The Shell of the scallop.

The prominence of the scallop in
heraldEy has been mentioned. It
signifies, when found in a coat-of-arms.
or carven upon mortuary monument,
that the person has been crusader to
the Holy Land. In the old days it was
known as St. James or ST.
Jacobs she'll. and was worn hy pil-
grims and crusaders. sewn to their gar.
ments or fastened upon their standards.
Many legends cluster about it, and all
lusions to it are frequent in the poetry
and romance of the middle ages, while
it often plays significant part in the
religious art of that day. Out of this,
and Its natural beauty of form, has
arisen the wide adaptation of this
crenulated or ''scalloped" shell in
decorative designs in both the paint.
ers' and sculptors' arts.-Once a Week.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
The Ungallant Cuthbert.

4O0 O0&dllaUC CuC0D6TC.
Sir Cuthbert, that out-and-out wo-
man hater. would have no female
creature about his place in Lindsfarne,
not suffering even a COW, saying,
Where there was a COW there must
be a woman, and where there was q
woman there mu ct be mischief In
the cathedral at Durham. dedicated
to him. a black cross in the pavement
marked the spot beyond which no wo-
man was allowed to pass. In 1888
Edward III. and his queen went to
the priory at Durham where they
lodged together. In the middle of the
night a monk broke rudely into their
room. saying to the queen that St.
Cuthbert loved not her sex. and that
she must up and go. The queen
tumbled out Of bed, undressed as she
was, and spent the rest of the night in
the church, praying for pardon to the
patron saint whom she had offended.
In l417 two servant girls dressed them :
selves 40 men and ''impiously ap-
preached tho saints shriue." to be
severely handled by the authorities.
Fortnightly Review.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
How It Feels to Drop 5000
Feet

GLOW dies it feel to let go of the
balloon when you are two or three
thousand feet in the air?" said Thorn.
as F. Grinly, the parachute jumper.
am sure I can not tell. One comes
down SO rapidly he hardly has time to
analyze his feelings. Macclain, my
partner, compares the sensation to
that OF being upset in the river. We
cut loose from the balloon almost me-
chanically, and before we realize we
are loose, we have shot down cou-
pie Of hundred feet, and thereafter
the remainder of the descent ia easy.
1t does not jar you until when you
strike the ground, if you strike on
your feet. In fact there is less jarring
to the system than If you jumped off of
six~foot high fence. Neither is there
any appreciable difference in the air
to the height which we attain. It is
a great deal purer, though, but not as
rarifed as you would suppose. Wash.
ington Post. ..I
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Be Good

Pretty Marie Jansen hasn't very
much to do in Francis Wilson's new
opera at the Broadway Theatre, New
York, but she has certainly created .
sensation with her new song entitled
Be Good, and q controversy is tn reat-
ened over the question whether or not
the song may not be too suggestive
for the kind of audiences which Mr..
Wilson in The Oolah has attracted
since the opening night One Of the
verses in the song describes how q
young man carresses his sweetheart
and dallies with her tresses, the tress-
es rhyming with caresses, of course.
and the young girl thus tenderly treat
ed demonstrates with him and insists
that he must ''be good" And Miss
Jansen utters the phrase with subtle
and humorous suggestivsness that
gives to It its fullest possible signif-
cance.-Ex. e h
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Englishmen as Hus bands.

I wish few American women could
have English husbands for about one
month. They would then realize
what it means to take all the money
that Charles has got, while Charlie
laughs at your cuteness and then
laughs still more when at midday you
call him up on the telephone, ask
him If he loves you, tell him you have
seen a bonnet that will make him
think you are Is years old, and repeat
that delicious day when you first met
him, and won't he please send you a
check for it?
The English husband is not built
this way. His creed is that women
should have as little money as posi-
bic. as few desires. and then look as
we'll as women who have more money
and crafty all their wishes. The
Englishman as man is most interest
ing-as husband he is O failure. -
New York Graphic.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Luminous Numbers WANTED

Luminous Numbers Wanted
Anyone who has been forced to
search for a house number after dark
will appreciate the words of Western
newspaper man who is at present visit
ing this city. "A fortune and the
gratitude of his fellow men," said he,
''await that person who shall discover
some practical method of applying
phosphorus to the manufacture of
luminous street numbers. Compar.
atively few of the houses of this or any
other large cities have the street
numbers SO placed as to take advantage
of the light from the hall gas jet and
there are many houses and buildings
where no light is kept burning during
the evening. Many of the numbers are
on outside doors. and as it seems to be
the rule to leave them open, the num-
ber is lost to view from the sidewalk.
Then, if q man happens to be in search
of a particular number after the regu-
lation bedtime, his chances for prowl-
ing around for an hour or more, not to
mention incidental annoying expert
ences, are excellent At such times
how much unnecessary profanity might
be prevented by some simple illumina-
tive device. 1t seems strange that
some inventive genius don't turn his
mind to this subject. New York
Times.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
The Samoan Treaty.

The conclusion of the Berlin Confer
ence on Samoan affairs is hailed a. en-
inently satisfactory from the American
standpoint The only particular in
which our representatives do not ap-
pear to have secured what they were
disposed to insist upon was with re-
gard to the indemnity claimed for the
destruction of German life and proper
ty during the disturbances last De-
cember on the islands. The demand
OF the German Commissioners was
heavy enough to seriously embarrass
the natives. but this our agents would
not concede, and the amount was re-
duced so as to be nominal merely.
1t fought to be nothing at all. The Sa-
moans certainly had beligerent rights
and the Germans should bear losses
which they brought upon themselves.
One gratifying feature of the treaty
is that it secures governmental
autonomy to the natives and obviates
the need of any extended interference
on our part in affairs with which it was
a blunder for us ever to have had any,
thing to do. There is to be an advis-
ory council, composed of representa-
tives OF the United States, Germany
and England, the Englishman only to
have vote in case of disagreement
between the two others. Malietoa is
TO be reinstated and constitutional
form OF government provided for him
to preside over. Courts for the settle
ment'of land questions are to be estab-
iished. No foreign power is to pre-
dominate.
Let us hope that the matter is now
ended, and that it will be the last time
this great big Republic is inveigled by
insignificant busybodies into bothering
itself In an International controversy
about little patch of land more than
five thousand miles away in Polynesia
and peopled by small lot of more or
less naked savages.-New York
World
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
sxindliue at Calais

There was ono fellow in particular
whose roguery impressed me by it,
sheer boldness and nerve. He was q
tall. gaunt rutian, with broken nose
and couture like an Italian Swiss.
His hat was diney old English derby,
his shabby dress showed not even the
faintest notion Of initiating q uniform,
and he spoke only few words of En-
glish. Yet he was going around. and
collecting from all the passengers
whom observation showed knew NO
French. the sum of Sd. for each piece
Of luggage they had brought over on
the steamer. In this he was aided by
all the porters. who. because they spoke
English, had been employed to carry
this luggage. These thieves having
satisfied themselves that the ir particu-
lar patron knew no French, would
beckon to this chief swindler, and then
say: This is the agent Of the steam
ship company. You must pay him Cd.
each for nine pieces of luggage" OF
course this sweeping fraud would now
and again strike q snag. Some pass
enger who retained his senses in the
tumult and crush would explain that
he was not born yesterday. Then the
tout would make pretense of looking
at this wise mans luggage ticket, and,
with unabashed effrontery. say: "Oh,
see you paid on the other side" To
talk to the station-master or train Of
ficials about this impudent rascality
would be like whistling to the moon.
They are all leagued together, from
the top to the bottom, and they are
the checklist crew Of villains to be
found at the present moment anywhere
outside prison.-Cor. New York
Times.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
The Health of the World

The other day l took up New York
newspaper and .ead: .'The dictates
of fashion death to health and
happiness. The world is cursed with
sick people. 1t is. almost impossible
to find well woman, and not a little
difficult to find a perfectly we'll man."
and SO on. It was all anent the poor,
much abused corset, that hapless wom-
an insists on wearing 10 the grave,
but let that pass.
We don't care a button about corsets
in Boston. where the women 20 about
looking like bags run through cylin-
der press; but what would like to re-
mark is this: Corset, or no corset, q
consideration which ought not to af-
feet the sterner sex, the world is much
more healthier than it was go or q 100
years ago. 1t is deal bigger than
then. and the sufferers may be in pro-
portion. but physicians who have
reached the good old age of 20 odd
affirm that the average of life is great
er than in their youth. One of the
most thoughtful practitioners here. 3
man of learning and wide pathological
research, 8 ays the improvement in the
American race, physically, is due to
its regard to hygienic laws, better
food, less medicine, and the protect ion
science has afforded against the at
tacks of climate.
Our great-great- grandmothers killed
themselves wearing low shoes in mid
winter, and died. of consumption be-
cause they would not cover up their
necks and arms. and it was rare in
those days to find a New England fam
lily that had not lost one or more mem
bers by that disease, while now their
descendants have almost eradicated
its seeds from their constitutions. and
look the picture of health in-corsets.
Well, you pay your money and 30
forth, but as to getting frightened by
the resounding phrases Of dress re.
form. DON'T Perhaps the dear girls,
though. are not as healthy as they ap-
pear to the appreciattve eye Of a be-
lever in anti-sloopiness.- Her.
aid .D..
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Trout That Reasoned and Re-
memberod

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'Some time before the death Of Seth
Green, the celebrated New York fish
culturist and naturalist" said 4 Phila-
defphian who takes great interest in
piscicultural matters" / paid visit
with him to the fish hatchery of that
state at Caledonia. In. one of the
ponds there at that time there were
5000 large brook trout, every one of
which had been captured with the fly
tied on barbless hooks-in unfre.
quented brooks in the. Adirondack
region. These trout Mr.. Green said,
had convinced him that fish have rea-
soning power and memory. When
they were hooked he said, and were
reeled slowly in by the careful fisher
men who were capturing them for the
state pond, they had time and oppor-
tunity to note the form and character
OF the tackle that made them prison.
ers. According to Mr.. Green they
never forgot that experience. The
trout had been in the pond long
time, the females never being allowed
to spawn there, and would follow Mr..
Green as he walked along the edge of
the water, tossing bits of liver into the
pond. 10 show that his theory about
the memory and reason was correct he
would carry cane and a fish rod con-
cealed behind his back. II he took
the cane from its concealment and held
1t out over the water the fish paid no
attention to it; but the moment he pro-
duced the rod with its reel and line
attached away the trout scampered like
q flash to distant parts of the pond.
MIR. Green told me that he would per-
NIT anyone to cast q fly in that pond
to his hearts content, as he was satis-
fed that not one of the trout would
come near Il, 30 vividly did they re-
member their enemy of five years ago."
Philadelphia Press.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
A Picket Fence Over a Hill

A Picket Fence Over a Hill.
'R d. c." asks II it will take more
pickets to build fence through hill
than over it. the pickets to be set two
inches apart, and to be two inches
wide in both cases. It will depend on
how the pickets are set. II in both
cases they are set perpendicularly to
the plane of the hill the same number
will be required in both cases. But il
the pickets over the hill are set perpen-
dicularly to the surface of the hill it
will require more, but how many
more will depend upon the difference
in distance over and through the hill.
Chicago News.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Emphasis in Life.

Some people find fault because a few
have so much influence in politics,
in business, in society and even
in church. They seem to forget
that it is inevitable and applies even
In childhood and youth. In every
school and on every playground a few
dictate the policy, and lead In fun and
hard work, in thought and action, be-
cause of the emphasis they place upon
what they say and do. It is still in
emphasis that usually determines sue
cess If it is known how any one en-
phasizes life it is easy to estimate the
probabilities of success. Emphasis in
life is much like emphasis in reading.
The first principle in each case is to
emphasize ideas. not words. There is
a radical difference between the two.
Superintendent George Rowland of
Chicago read "Evangeline'' to one of
the grammar schools of that city on
Friday afternoon a year ago, and 1
CHANGED to be present when the pupils
read their compositions on the read
ing. A bright little foreign boy
wrote: Il thought SO CRATE a man
would read very loud, but he didn't.
l thought he would emphasize it lots,
but he never emphasized word; but,
oh. my. didn't he picture the story,
though! / shall SEQ it as long as I
ive." This is vivid illustration of
emphasis upon ideas rather than
words. This principle holds in life.
Success depends upon magnifying es-
sentials. Some people tire us in their
talk because they dwell upon minor de.
tails about which we care nothing,
while others fascinate US by giving the
pith of story so that we do not wish
u word omitted. This is a land and
age of progress. A mans life must
show on the face of it that every word
and act tells, and that he has not done
the best that he will ever do.-St
Louis Republican.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
al Fasoinatiue Man.

Virtue, unfortunately, does not fas-
cinate. The veriest scoundrel that
ever drew breath is apt to be q thous-
and times more magnetic than he,
who, having marked out an ethical
path for hims elf, proceeds religiously
to follow it. All women like insinua-
ting manners. They represent as 1t
were, what a garniture of trufles rep
reseuts on an entree. They give flavor
as we'll as artistic beauty. The fas-
cinating man is always askilled artist.
He must assume, If he have it not, q
tenderness that never loses sight OF
itself, and he must continually show
an appreciation that presents him al
ways in the light of a suppliant on
bended knee, and never as one who de-
mands or expects anything.
Nearly all women are vain. and the
man who would fascinate must begin
BY. fattering woman's vanity. But
he must likewise take care that his
modus operandi is never discovered or
its existence ever suspected. Other
wise he is lost. The courage and in-
dependence born of possession unfor-
tunately incite to the reckless express
ion of absolute truth. and man who
desires to please woman. should new
or tell the whole truth. Suggest it,
play with it, ignore it entirely, but re-
veal it never! The Latin races are
adopts in the art of fascination.
Why? Because they are always Low.
ers. or pretend to be lovers, which in
the end amounts to the same thing.
Emerson expressed an unalterable
truth when he said: "All the world
loves lover" But in order to be a
lover it is not necessary to rush into
vulgar protestation of affection. A
glance of the eye. a pressure of the
hand, the particular curl of the lip in
q smile. the hundred trivial courtesies
that appeal to the feminine sympathies
are embodied in the MN who fascin-
ates. And when he has once mastered
the secret OF feminine inclination and
the special qualifications of feminine
taste, his way is clearly marked. Be
he ugly as Satan, he will not fail in
personal magnetism.-Once Week.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Getting Even.

Mr.. Hayseed(of Hayseed county,
"Here's letter from some one in New
York city named Blank, and they want
to know if it will be convenient to have
them and their nine children visit us
all summer on the farm. Who is the
Blanks. anyway"
Mrs. Hayseed-'sThe Blanksp
Blanksp Let me see! Oh, them's the
city cousins we visited during the
Centennial. New York Weekly.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
A sagacious Horse.

A Montgomery N. ~ farmer has
q colt that has learned to ring tha
tarm bell by catching the rope in his
teeth and prancing back and forth.
de knows. too. when to ring it-at
day break to awaken the farm handai
and ct noon 70 call them to dinnner.|;
l.Est and y never Ave minutes late al esrly.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
He Got His Bath Free.

A good story is told on Baily Magrud-
er, keeper Of a bath house at Sanford,
Fla. A boy applied to him for a bath
but as he had no money he was told
that he could not get one. However,
upon reflection, Bailey said to him: II
will tell you what will do. Ifyou go
and get six other boys will let you
have your bath Free" The boy agreed
to the proposition, and went and got
the requisite six boys and all were ad-
mitted to the bath room. Mr.. Magrud-
er told the attendant of the agreement,
and told him not to charge the boy
any thing for his bath. After waiting
awhile the attendant went in to collect
fares. What was his surprise to see
the six boys perched upon the benches
watching the one boy take his free
bath.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Very Amusing.

V01y AQVSll1Ke
Second Husband-Are you fond of
me as you were of your first husband,
dearP
Wife-Yes, indeed, and If you were
to die / would be just as fond of my
third. I'm not woman to marry for
anything but tlove.-Omaha World.