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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
"Only q Little chan. .,

II know, said the conductor, as he
finished counting up and lighted a
cigar, that most people consider us q
hard hearted lot, but we've got to be-,
or at least must appear to be. A rail-
road company has little to do with SEN
timent, and great deal to do with bus
mess. I can't afford to let people ride
at my expense, and so what am to
do?"
No remedy being suggested, he
smoked away in silence for two or three
minutes, and then continued:
u didn't use to have SO much heart
about it, always excusing myself on the
plea of duty; but one night about three
years ago something happened which
has kept my heart pretty soft ever since.
1t was on the run out Of Buffalo, and
When I came to take up the fares I
came across woman and child. She
was pale-faced and poorly clad, and she
had world of trouble in her face. 1
saw that in general way, but it was
not my business to pity her. The child
with her, q boy of 2 or 8, was lying
back on the seat, with her old shawl
for pillow. She offered me one full
fare ticket to q point about forty miles
below, but I demanded one for the
boy:
Please, sir, she said, we are very
poor, and he's only little chap, and
I'm taking him home to die
"That was no excuse. and I plainly
told her that she must pay for him or
he'd have to get of. thought she was
trying to beat his way, but in that / was
mistaken. It was q dark and rainy
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

SSA1hs are largely consumed by
consumptives in England who can af-
ford them OF course they are inn
ported. The best come from the
vineyards of France, and for this rea-
son they are considered especially fine.
They are certainly luxury, for a tin
of snails cost As, Cd, Frogs hind legs
are eaten in larger quantities than is
generally supposed. You can't tell
them from bit of chicken; and no
doubt good many people who are not
carful about consulting the menu at
swell dinners eat them as such. An
other novelty for epicures is crayfsh
tails. They are little things like
shrimps, and are used for favoring all
sorts of dishes. soups, sauces and vege-
tables. Boned larks in aspic jelly
sound we'll. The young bachelors who
lounge through life in chambers off Pic
adilly go in for these potted things.
They are handy.
BANK of England notes are made
from new white linen cuttings-never
from anything that has been worn. So
carefully is the paper prepared that
even the number of dips into the pulp
made by each workman is registered
on a dial by machinery, and the
sheets are counted and booked to each
person through whose hands they pass.
They are made at Laverstoke, on the
River Whit, in Hampshire, by a family
named Portal, descending from a
French Huguenot refugee, and have
been made by the same family for more
than one hundred and fifty years.
About 1860 q large quantity of the
paper was stolen by one of the
employees, which caused the bank a,
great deal of trouble, as the printing
is comparative easy matter, the great
difficulty with forgers being to get the
paper. They are printed within the
bank building. there being an elaborate
arrangement for making them SO that
each note of the same denomination
shall differ in some particular from
the others.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
Trapped Again.

@Were you ever in love before, Ed
VIM"
Great Cesar he cried in anguish,
Gam ] never to be free Of that awful
question:" as
aAnd what is strange about it?"
"All the girls ever loved have asked
it and when I tell them yes, they an
swer they wouldn't have thought it
from the way acted. And now you
are laving wires to ring in the same
couundrum."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
or Two Evils He Chose the Least.

The late master of Trinity College,
Cambridge, was held in wholesome
dread by the undergraduates. On one
occasion an unfortunate undergrad"
who had been invited to breakfast with
him strolled across the court to the
masters lodge, finishing as he went his
morning cigarette, all unmindful of the
college rules, which strictly prohibit
such enjoyments within the gate.
When ne reached the door it opened
suddenly and the master appeared be-
fore him as he took his last Whit.
"Do you mean to insult me, sir, or
are you lost to all sense of decency ?"
said the head of the college.
The poor fellow, thinking only o., the
dire consequences of the first of these
alternatives, answered in trepidation !:
IF you please, sir, I am lost to all
sense of decency." EFT
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
Ended in Tragedy.

A remarkable case was settled
Tours, in France, a few days ago vr;|
correspondent 1t is only two ye
since woman, her husband and
sons were executed at Romorantip
burning the woman's aged mother NJ
was supposed to have put spell I'd
them. A very short time previou|
at Cologne womanw guillotined
the murder of a man by means Of
philtres. which she had given him
cause him to love her. The witch u
lad compounded the philtres WAS s.
to hard labor for seven years.
But now at Tours comes q case viii
would be amusing were it not for
tragic ending. A woman named G
rard,a sorceress, persuaded an unfort
ate coachman named Jahan that
would discover buried in the earth
meath his stable a box full of gold, if
would dig at midnight, after having
candles and burned incense in gid
quantity to render his good genius i
favorable state of mind tofight with 4
skeleton who had charge Of the tire
ure. Jahan, who had paid very dear
the revelation, turned up his stall
from end to end. working every nig|
but, Of course, never finding anythiI
Gerard continued to exhort him not|
lose patience, and at every new cons
tation gave him some fresh advice d
fresh lamentations which he was to d
Jahan at last had paid the won
$4,000. every penny that he own|
When he saw that he was compiled
ruined and still had found no treasu
he hanged himself to q rafter in
stable. Gerard has received cid
months imprisonment for fortune td
ing-not very severe punishment.
is fact that in every village AIM
throughout France there exists s.
cerer, who is the evil genius of
place, and a clairvoyant who comb
the wicked spell and neutralizes
evil influence of the sorcerer. b
make capital livings out of the stupid
Of the villagers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
Her Lie for His.

In Grand street the other day
eral people cried out in terror at see
a ragged, bare.headed girl of a!n'
under the feet of coal-cart horse.
man seized her by the arm and sw'
her to the walk, and as he looxed DC
upon her he said:
Why, child, you might have ''
killed."
"Yes, but I had to save him,
see, " she replied, holding ont her nj
and exhibiting sparrow when
somehow received an injury and 'a'
to the street.-N. Y. San.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

A NAN who has acquired great fame
in other walks of life can generally
make money by literary work." but
the poor fellow who drives away at
literature is lucky if he acquires fame
enough to make him a drawing card for
the lecture stage. 1t is not usually
what man writes that is we'll paid
for; it is the signature that is valuable
or worthless, as the case may be.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

The present Harpers are grandsons
of the original printers, but they retain
their adherence to the craft. They are
still printers, and each one of the fam
fly that intends entering the firm must
first learn the trade. He starts as an
apprentice, and is not admitted to the
Arm until he has mastered the craft.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

A LARGE vein of pure white sand.
suitable for making glass, has been
found near Pittsburg, Pa. The discov-
cry will save the glass manufacturers
of that city thousands of dollars annu-
ally, as they have hitherto been obliged
to send across the Allegheny Noun
tains for their sand.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
Unexpected Generosity.

A woman entered a drug store not
from Beacon street, the other event.
and said that she wanted to p1
chase q toothbrush. The p
prietor laid out a number of these az
cles upon the counter for her insp|
ton, and turned away to attend to
wants of another custo .ler. In sh'
time the female approached him o
said, in the sweetest Of tones: i,
II have tried them all, and think d!
I like this one the best, so will take
The astonished proprietor took 9
look at her, gave one short momen',
silent reflection and meditation, tn
said:
Madam, you MY have them ali
the price of this one. I will make
u present of them" E.
The woman no doubt is vet w"lld
ing ut the cause of his unex! ected g
erosity.-Bostom Record.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

In Finland, the people use curious
stone for q barometer. When foul
weather is approaching, it turns black,
or blackish gray: in fine weather, or
when clear weather is coming, it turns
almost white. This stone is quite COM
mon in Northern Finland, and is called
allmakiur."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

A PROMINENT Denver man was mar
Med last week with great eclat,
but he is already unhappy. He is un-
happy because an Associated Press
dispatch which announced that he had
msrried handsome Colorado woman
was mixed in transmission, and he now
his the reputation of having married a
handsome colored woman.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

1t is proposed to put the newspaper
reporters of Brussels, Belgium, in uni
form, and semi military costume, with
q handsome frogged tunic, is suggested
as tie proper thing. The desirability
of the uniform was first made apparent
at the Stanley reception, when they
were hustled about like ordinary NOR
tails because their identity was not
known
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

A SURGEON on Cunard liner has
been nothing the peculiarities in cigar
lighting practiced by men of different
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

The export of canaries from Ger
many is very large. Every year about
100, 900 of these birds are sent to Amer
lea, 5000 to England and about 1000
fo RnSsia
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

By far the most expensive coffee
brought to this country comes from
Blue Mountain, Jamaica. The whole
product of the region is small and
only a few thousand bags reach New
York. It is usually bought by Del
monico at very high figure. At the
Same time the Delmonico coffee does
not contribute to the restaurants rep
utation. Quite as good coffee is served
at half dozen less famous places.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

No MATTER how wise you may be, you
show a great lack of wisdom if you
think you are phenomen, :.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

SEVEN out of every eight loaves Of
bread eaten in London are made from
foreign wheat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
Plnions Are Wings, But

Bowles-Mr. stiffany, l won a 7
you to fix the wings of this watch.
Stiffany-Wings? l do not uns
stand you.
Bowles-Perhaps I haven't got
right. What are those appenaaget.
which q butterfly IS enabled to 4
Pin pin
Stifany-Pinions?
Bowles-oh yes; fix the wa's'
pinions.
stiffany-oh!-Je,celers' circe1'a''
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

The Japanese books begin where ours
end, the word fms coming where we
put the title page; the foot-notes are
printed ct the top of the page, and the
reader puts in his marker at the bottom.
In Japan men make themselves merry
with wine before dinner, not after the
sweets precede the roast. A Japanese
mounts his horse on the right side in
stead of the left. The name of the
animal hangs on the left side instead of
the right; the horse stands in the
stable with his head where his tail
ought to be. Boats are hauled upon
thebeaohes stern first. The Japanese
saw and plane toward them instead of
away from them. Keys turn in instead
Of out. The best rooms of a Japanese
house are always at the back, and ar
chiteets, when building, begin with the
roof.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

THERE are in st. Petersburg 73S be-
nevolent institutions, upon which the
city spends yearly 100000 roubles.
The maintenance of hospitals and mfr
maries costs $500, 900; poor houses, L.
100000; asylums for children, 2,224,-
200; schools, /, 49,, 900; kitchens for the
poor, $4,000; warehouses;, 10000, and
lodging houses, 1000 roubles. The
sinking funds of all these institutions,
besides their respective possessions in
real estate, are estimated at 60, 500, 600
roublcs.
WHEREVER you find petroleum you
won't find mosquitoes. said an oil
country man. "The internal insects
can't stand the smell of the grease, and
wherever oil wells are plenty there is
no call for mosquito bars. Over and
over again I've seen mosquitoes leave a
new oil field as soon as we'll flows.
Whether petroleum applied to the face
and hands will drive off mosquitoes
don't know. But one of the few COM
pensations Of the driller. is that he's
seldom troubled by mosquitoes"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

The memory of Grant has just ac-
quired notable monument in Boston.
There is a battery of eight-inch guns
on Someryille Heights, used in the
civil war. They now mark the spot
where Israel Putnam threw up earth
works Immediately after OF on the
night of the battle of Bunker Hill, and
which Washington held and used until
the enemy was driven from Boston har-
Dor. This battery, in working order,
has been named by General Veazey,
the commander in-chief of the Grand
Army, "The Grant Memorial Battery"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

A KENTUCKY man recently fouua]
snake in his bed tick. He must ~
gone to bed with his boots on
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-12-30
1O-PAGE EDITION.
DIG. SO. 1870,
TUESDAY.

CEEISrNAS DAY has come and gone,
snd now the New YeSr Is at hand
though we have sll, II is 10 be hoped,
enjoyed ourselves, Yet the eelebrS-
ton Of the season Is not without Its
drawbacks, We allude more espe-
cislly 70 the unchecked annoyance
Of fire crackers and bombs which are
SLOWED 10 make night hideous.
On Christmas Eve TO the small
hours OF the morning, from close
behind the Queens Hospital, all the
length OF Punehbowl street and the
Psuos rosd, the rosr Of crackers and
bursting Of bombs then comes the
sarensiers, snd invslids and tired
workers are deprived Of their much
needed sleep. We invite heads of
households, and, if necessary, the
police authorities, 10 prevent the
night between the old and new years
being made 3 torture instead Of g
rest
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-12-30
THE LICK TELESCOPE.
Il Brings Within the Range OF the Eye
One Hundred Millions of stars.

Il Brings Within the Range OF the Eye
One Hundred Millions of stars.
Probably the earliest structures
erected rs astronomical observa-
tories were built by the early peo-
pie Of Egypt, for many EgyptoIo-
gists now incline to the belief that
the Great Pyramid itself was q
mighty observatory constructed TO
facilitate the observations of
the Chaldean astronomers. Mag
nitceut - were these ancient
buildings, the limitations of human
vision prevented astronomical pro-
gress until GaIiIeo's discovery Of
the telescope opened wide the gates
OF heaven TO human observation;
for, while 10 the unaided eye only
some 5000 stars are yisabIe, the
great Lick telescope brings TO our
knowledge nearly 100, 900. 900, and
by the aid Of photography the cell
estiaI horizon stretches to ininity.
Popular Monthly.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-12-30
THE LABOR QUESTION.

! The exodus Of Chinese lsborers is
still going on, and IS being felt slI
over the islands Plantation hands
IN some districts are demanding s
dollar day, and in this city domes-
tic service and laundry work IS rising
in price By the S S. China on Fri
day AFTERNOON not less than Us
I Chinese men, besides women and
children, returned to their native
land The very ship which carried
the planters envoy IN search Of
labor, was loaded with labor which
We can III spare.
We referred last month 70 The
great new industrial undertakings
!usc started. OF to be started. the ad-
ditl0cs 10 the Oahu Railway, the
great plantations al HonouIiuIi, ka-
huku. N this island, MakaweIi. on
Kauai, the prospective operations in
tea and coffee planting in Hawaii.
the building going on II and about
Honolulu. the dredging works de-
signed IN this hsrbor. All these call
for large increase IN unskilIed Ia
Dor. and are met with g decrease
which means eItravsgant wages
FIeld-hsnds and the ike have al
ways received higher wages in this
than n any other country in the
world, and nOw when We may be OBJ
iged TO take two millions OF dollars
less under the Mckinley tariff for
Our crop than might have been real
lied under the former sugar tariff. It
: Necessary for planters TO watch eli
Out-goiugs with if possible extra
care
Msanwhile We have yet to learn
that anybody Is the better for this
depletion Of the unskiIled labor
market Cinnamon ere not less busy
than usual II those trades and ne
ehsnieaI eupIoynents they have
already O5truded themselves into.
On the contrary those Of them who
obtained 9 footing sre the more
secure and less liable 70 competition.
High wages On plantations viii heID
20 keep competition from Chinese
FF0rk-eU n towns. without helping
II the least the white mechanic
4 long As large orders sre pIen-
t-f1- al nay Be WELL but when plan
tztlons aEe compelled 70 d-op tEer
acreage Of cane planting. 6 must be
done unless Isbor be supplied, II viii
s0o1 be felt II the trades
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-12-30

| Paris without the signatures OF his
co-trustees,
At a village aptly called Ballins
hills there was tremendous fighting,
during which we are told Davitt
lesped from his car welding thick
hazel stick, and fought his way foot
by foot to Parnells wagon, which he
and few followers reached. torn
and bleeding, and standing on the
steps uttered breathless and indis-
tinct defiance and pushed back 10
his own car, declaring, = I was never
struck by 80 E1glishman, but to-day
1 was many times struck by my own
countrymen." Further on, at Castle
Corner, both parties met sgain, and
after wild confusion Parnell and his
friends drove off amid showers of
stones and mud.
Here occurred the most shameful
occurrence of the day. Some ruffians
threw bsgs Of lime at Harrington
and Psrnel and a quantity struck
the latter full in the face, completely
binding him. With the assistance
of the police, Psrnell's party got
away into the road. and he was
taken fsinting with agony into la
borer's cabin, where a local doctor
attended him, but could give him
but little relief. Again the party
started for Kilkenny. but Parnell's
pain was so intense that again the
carriage was stopped, and q doctor
was able to remove some of the lime
by freely pouring castor oil into the
eyes The doctor apoiogized to Par
nell Tor causing him so much pain,
to which the suffering man replied:
" Never mind the pain. Do your best,
but don't let me lose my sight,
Finally, the party reached the town,
and Psrnell was led TO his room
where he reclined in an armchair ap-
psrently sightless and suffering the
most intense agony. The doctor
was at length able to state that the
lime was alI removed, and that he
did not anticipate permanent injury
TO the sight
Without expressing any opinion as
70 the merits Of the question at issue
between the two parties OF National
lists, everyone viii agree that this
lime throwing was q most brutal and
cruel outrage. and we may be sure
that II VIII be severely reprehended,
deeply regretted, and if possible de-
serTedly punished by the leaders of
both parties
The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-12-30
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The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-12-30

Dr. Koch. whose fame during the
last few weeks has gone forth to
the ends Of the civilized world as
the disc0verer Of the cure for con
sumption, was until ten years ago
an obscure country physician His
practice and his reputation did not
extend beyond the limits Of the
little town Of WoIIstein- Z place so
small and unimpCFtant that IL IS
only with much difficulty that it
can be found upon the map. 1t
was while there that his name
came before the public IN 1880 as
au expert IN connection with the
famous SpeicheFt poisoning case.
The conviction Of the prisoner in
this cause celebre was entirely
owing 10 the remarkable analyses
and medical testimony Of Dr.. Koch,
which attracted such widespread
attention by reason Of their pro-
found erUdItiOn that he was sum
mOEed % Berlin 20 take his seat as
: member Of the Sanitary COmmIs-
SION Of the metropolis and IS
Professor Of the Royal School Of
Medicine.