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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23
The Umbrella i'll Eastern Countries

1dS uAAUAC11"o " Vic LlSu. recognized
as the insignia of royalty, is composed
OF the richest materials and encrusted
with precious stones. Among the
numerous presents brought from India
by the Prince OF Wales were no fewer
that twenty state umbrellas. OF these
may be especially noted one sent by
the Queen OF Lucknow, which was COW
cred with blue satin woven with gold.
and literally covered with seed pearls,
Other very noticeable examples were
the state umbrella of Indore, simulat-
ing, IN form, that OF a mushroom. and
those which We're covered with the
plumage of the rarest tropical birds.
Fixed umbrellas Of considerable size.
and fitted with deep falling curtains,
were an important feature Of the two
wheeled sedans formerly used bv jap
anese ladies Of quality. These remark
a~ble-looklng conveyances we're pro-
PEELED from behind by an attendant,
who bore, passing over his shoulders,
a long bamboo handle, the ends of
which, held in either hand, enabled
him, no doubt, with but slight fatigue
to accomplish his duty. In Sierra
Leone the regal umbrella was of a
decidedly conical form, and was fitted
with a handle that permitted it to be
held %obllquely over the kings head.
The King Of Dahomev holds his court
in a barn lined with twenty-four UNI
brellas, the outer ones of which are
white, but the central ones, marking
the spot occupied by his majesty, are
OF the gaudiest colors imaginable. such
as blue, orange, scarlet and purple.
The kings of Burmah were invariably
IN the habit pf addressing their brother
potentates as "The Great Umbrella
Bearing Chiefs OF the Eastern Coun-
tries" and the omission of this courtesy
would, no doubt, as implying interiori-
ty of rank, have been considered a
cause Of mortal offense,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23
How the Sheriff Made His DEBUT,
Laugh Mt a Hanging.

The train was due at Springfield
about 80 o'clock. Those who were to|
get out there We're collecting their bag.
gage. The hustle woke up the fat.
faced passenger, who turned oyer ard
began to talk to his companion as fol-
lows:
AS | was a-saying, I gave up the job
after Bill died so unexpectedly. Ike,
the Sheriff, L, his deputy. and Bill, the
poor lad who was going to be hanged
for shooting a United States marsha.
were boys together. Naturally We
wanted him to go as easy and happy as
possible. We fed him from our own
table, and used to send clear over to the
Corners to get him whisky and tobacco
NO prisoner ever got treated betterthan
he.
But somehow he didn't want to die.
SO, about a week afore he was going to
be hanged, he asked me to rig a knife
or a scythe or something sharp over the
cross-bar OF the gallows, so that when
he dropped his weight would cut the
rope and he would drop to the ground
L told him it would be q big fall, and he
would be apt to get his legs broken, but
he didn't seem to care SO long as he
wasn't killed, and he argued 50 warm
about it that I consented.
Il had the fixing Of the rope and all
that. Two nights before the execution
fixed a sharp bush scythe into q big
block, edge up, and took it up with
cross-bar, and brought the blight OF the
halter right down across the edges:
When 1 told Bill of it he was tickled
enough. He said the fall would hurt
him so that nobody would try to hang
him again, and he would get out i'll a
year or two.
Friday forenoon Ike and I led him
from the jail to the gallows. Therewas
a big crowd, I can tell you. Bill
whispered to me that it was the hes.
Joke he ever heard of, and asked me ii
l had padded his knees and legs so ne
would not be hurt too bad by the tall
OF forty feet to the ground. ! told Mn
he could do it like a parachute.
He heard the warrant read, spoke
his little piece in good style, and then
we put on the black cap and moose, ana
l led him under the cross-bar. Hooked
at Ike: He snapped his fingers: leni
the line holding the trap and loohsa
down, expecting to see Bill drop TO 1at'
ground among the crowd. But ne
didn't. He fell about ten feet, the rope
brought up with a snap. ,
And it held him right there until ne
was dead.
That dirty Ike of q Sheriff haa
dropped to u little.game and takep
the scythe out the night before.
But it was a terrible good joke u
poor Bill. Don't you think So"
Springfield" yelled the brakeniaD'
and the conversation was dropped
Boston Globe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23
He Was One OF Them.

A tall, slender man with sunken
cheeks, deep-set glittering eye a
stubby mustache and a dark suit that
had seen better days, bearing an old
valise in his hand, entered the Girard
House, and grabbing up a pen wrote in
a quick, nervous hand on the register.
Abraham Davis: Tyrone, Penn"
will you have breakfast, sir?" in
quired MIR. Carmack, the head clerk.
mo, SIR"
"Dinner?"
mo, sir"
"Supper?"
"No, sir"
Stay all night?"
mo, SIR"
Well, what 10 you want?'
Jess want to put my name on the
register. [ heered all prominent peo.
pie write their name on that air book.
I'm prominent. Col durn it, I'm ali
there. Whoop!"
An officer showed him the way out.
As the tall figure was lost to sight
behind the west end folding doors Mr..
Carmack stroked his heavy black
mustache and with a sigh exclaimed:
When will the hotel cranks cease to
be ?"--Phald0elphia North american
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

MAN of high position who has been
entertained at many foreign courts,
when asked what social characteristic
kings and queens held in common, an
swered emphatically. Courtesy. Let
me give you one instance. The late
King of Spain gave my party a superb
reception. We had with us an obscure
young journalist who, after being pre-
sented, modestly retired to a corner of
the room. Approaching this young
man the King said to him, I learn that
you are a literary gentleman "A
humble one, your Majesty replied the
correspondent. Il can sympathize with
you.' answered the King, pleasantly,
I, too, aspire to be a literary man. L
am now reading your"Hamet," in your
own language The journalist longed
to express his thanks for the delicate
compliment, but remembered just in
time that etiquette requires royalty to
begin and also end q conversation"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23
CarelesSneSS.
Evil is wrought by lack of thought
A. uraIi a G 1anl of heart

EVIL is wrought Dy laCh OF InouSht
As well as lack of heart
which is another way of saying that
carelessness is selishness, and may re-
suit in as dire a mishap as if premedi-
tated and prompted by malice.
Some one uses, leaves on the spot and
forgets where, the cl~othes-brush shovel,
tongs, hammer, rake, pitchfork. shears,
and scores of other articles used in COM
mon by several persons. Who can meas
ure the bother, waste Of time, and per-
haps loss of temper this form of care
l~essness brings about?
What caused that long, lacerated
scratch on that woman's hand? Some
girl or woman left a pin in the UNDER
clothing which she sent to the wash.
and that ~ugly-looking scratch on the
laundress's hand was the result. To use
a pin in clothing where a button or
string should be indicates untidy habits,
but to leave the pin where it may do
other persons damage indicates some
thing worse.
To leave bottles of poison unlabelled,
or within reach of q child, may lead to
fatal consequences and a lifelong re-
morse. A mother was one day using
carbolic acid, and left the bottle con
tanning it on a chair for q few minutes
while attending to some other duty.
Two-year-old Teddy seized upon t,and,
with the inquisitiveness Of childhood,
put it to his lips, and swallowed enough
to cost the little life.
A tack, pointed end up OR a rusty
nail protruding from a board, is left
where some one steps On it. Lockiaw
has resulted in such a case.
In the house where q friend was stay
ing, some one left a tin box Of tacks on
the stairs. In descending, she unwit-
tingly placed her foot on the treacher-
Gus box, fell headlong, and broke her
arm.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" said the guilty one,
penitently. Il meant to take those
tacks away"
An elderly woman in Boston caught
her foot in a loose strip of carpeting at
the head Of a fight OF stairs, and fell to-
the bottom. Fortunately no bones
were broken, but she was sadly bruised
and famed.
ooh, I meant to re-tack that piece of
carpet!" said the contrite housekeeper.
Stepping on a lady's dress is an in
frequent accident nowadays, but it does
sometimes happen, and to be suddenly
checked in that way puts a person at
heavy and unexpected disadvantage. A
teacher in a seminary near Boston, de-
pendent upon her WI exertions for sup
port, was stepping from the cars ut the
railway station; there was no crowd and
no particular haste, but some blunderer
put his foot on her dress skirt. She
lost her balance, tried to recover her.
self, fell backward, and struck her back
upon the car steps. Spinal conclusion
resulted, and the unfortunate teacher
has been confined to her room for two
years.
A little thought, a little care, and
how much pain and trouble could be
averted!-Youth's Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

A MoUSTA1NEER preacher down in
Crook County, Oregon. astonished a
part of his audience by exclaiming:
MY friends, all the world shouted for
Joy when the good news of Christ's
birth flashed over the wires"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

The original flag of England was the
banner of st. George, i. e., white with
q red cross, which, on April -, 1906,
three years after James /. assembled the
throne, was incorporated with the ban
ner of Scotland blue flag with a di-
agonal white cross. This combination
was named the "Union jack" in allu-
sion to the union with Scotland, and
the word jack is probably a corruption
OF Jacobus, Jacques or James.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

NELLY BLY's journey round the
world in .seventy-two days was con-
sidered a great achievement, but it ap-
pears that a copy Of the London Times
went around the world by the Canadian
Pacific route nearly three years ago in
two days days less time than that. It
was back in the Times Office in London
on the sixty-ninth day after it's publ
cation, and this occurred without pre-
arrangement.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

IT is related that a few years ago the
Prince of Wales declined to attend q
luncheon following the opening of a
town hall at Halifax because the local
"big-wigs" had determined that the
newspaper men should dine apart. in
another hotel; and once Disraeli, when
touring in Buckinghamshire, shut
himself up in his room on learning of a
similar resolve, and sent word to his
hosts that he would remain there until
the journalists were accorded place at
his table.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23
Xothers.in.Law Tall. ,

Here is some good adv;o. D'
n-law who are honestly lof mott
their daughters happy af aas'ous I
and it comes from an erne er man
matters, if any one can hess in
ON expert in cases of that eoasas1
the advice Of the clerk Of 4 ano
courts in the County Court B gas Of
is now over seventy years ol l9uss.
been a clerk for almost o y and
Nearly all Of that time he h n Il ID
the part Of the court where I a beg
jority Of the divorce cases " large
Besides this, he has several t ne
who are happily married, and aaassh
keen observer Of human natnra ne
for limited divorce was tried T. az
in which he is clerk the otber ~ mel
which too much mothe,-in.lau uaFF,
principal cause of complaint. ss
was finished, he said to the wr;. a'te
"lll tell you what it is, afta ,set;
has been said about motherseel al
disturbers of domestic happinssu Il
young married couples, not ono an saa
has been told that might be sa;d y
the subject. I have watched dal ~ ss
ceedings in not only hundreds Is
presume thousands, of iiyorcs, "s
and l tell You scores of those o.,s sS
brought into court in conseonsns
mothers-in-law. The trouble ; IL
that the mother-in-law often ear ~ \
disturbance by actions which she !
estly believes are for the best inta!.
Of her daughter, and because sha uMs
that she is making her child haunul
her conduct. Not only that, ~,
would consider herself derelict N h
duty to her offspring if she did MI m
as she often does when she cave
disturbance.
This misrepresentation of her al
very often causes serious trouble Nv
a divorce suit. When my first dann = y
was married, she and her hnsh.'1
came to my house to live and thev \
not been married a month before H.
were quarrelling. 1 saw how th ~
were going and T bought them a sn,
house in Brooklyn and sent them r
there to live. Since that time tb
have lived happily together and IN
have never had q serious quarrel sin
that time. When my other daugbte
were married l insisted upon their col
away from home immediately. and II
are now all living happily with III
husbands.
Il tell you what. the less a moth
in-law has to do with her daugI
during the first few years of the dan.
ter's married life, the better that dam
ter will get along With her husbay
It's all right for a mother 10 visit
daughter for short periods, Of ecu
but she must let young people runtl
own affairs to suit themselves. Fl
the many ceses which have come I'M
my observation, 1 know that thei
nothing a young man with any 81
resents so quickly as the interfere
by his mother-in-law in his domestic
engagements. A young couple will m
a great many mistakes, of course, {
ing the first few years of their mar,
life: but they will learn, by experiel
quickly enough, to be practical,
they will be all the more closely boz
together in consequence of the exp
ence. Whereas, if the mother.in.
thinks it is her duty to teach til
there will be no end of trouble.
their married life is likely to end wi,
divorce suit before they have really
come acquainted with each other.
NeW York Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23
Holds True with Rnh;os

Deacon Cloudy.-Permit me to con.
graduate you, Mrs. Washington, on de-
b~londishness oh your new baby.
mrs. Washington.-Oh, thanks. but
1 regrets it amt darker. ou'
What makes you talk SOP"
{: Well, because de yellow childrer
shows dirt lots wus un de black onas ~
Omaha World. oues'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

AB1DDEFonD, Me-, man who hustled
about and gathered together a large
crowd of fellow-citizens and a lantern
to assist in searching the gutter for a
SIS gold piece, which he was under the
impression he had lost, was much
chagrined when the coin was found to
be a bright new copper and the gold
piece was found safely stored away in
his pocket.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

JOHN HOPKINS, a farmer living near
Franklin, Ky. has ordered a marble
slab to be erected over the grave of his
nephew, Marcella Jerome Clark, the
famous Confederate guerilla who was
known during the war as "Sue Mum
day." He earned this sobriquet because
of his youth and effeminate appear
ance, and for a long time it was actu-
ally believed that he was a mi He
was famous for his cruelty, and repeat
eddy shot down prisoners with his own
hand. He was captured and hanged in
Louisville.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

II may not be generally known to the
reading public how much each indi-
vidual letter of the alphabet is used.
d, h, n, o, C and u are in third place as
regards ordinary use; t, S, a, i and r
are in second place, being used a very
Little oftener; l and m are in fourth
with t, g, y, v, p and b close afterward
j and k are not common, as compared
to the rest; while z, q and x are used
least of all. The letter e is in first
place, being used far oftener than any
other.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23
He Was Useful.

DO you think your sister likes to
have lie come here Jamey?"
You bet. You take her to the
the-a-ter and bring her candies" H..
I'm gladI can makeh happy"
"9es, and the young ioller what she's
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

SIN RENTING for a subscription"
writes a Georgia editor, "do not say
please find inclosed 81 We are
bound to be pleased without the ask
ing, and, besides, We have not seen a
dollar in so long a time that if we knew
it was within six miles of us we would
find it blindfolded and with both hands
tied behind our back"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

GEN. LEW WALLACE, having reached
the ageof 62, is going to file his claim
for the pension of IS a month, which he
is entitled to as a veteran of the Mexi-
can war, and turn it over to an Indiana
orphan asylum. He says the treasury
is full and the orphans are door,.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23
From Five Dollars to Ten Dollars.

Clerk-We intend to raise the price
OF these shaving sets next week.
Joneson (who has just bought one to
present to Jackson)-Why not raise the
prlce now? 1t is marked with pencil,
isn't it? Here's an eraser.
jackson (some time later)-Ten dol.
lars for this shaving set. Ideclare that
%Joneson is the soul Of generosity in
everything he does. Nothing small
about him.-YaaEee Blade
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

BARON R~oTHscH1LD, the Paris bank
er, lives in fear of the Commune. His
cellars are almost impregnable, and his
pictures and jewels are protected in
such a way that the most grasping mob
could not reach them. He lives in a
state Of constant fear.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

APAm of bantam chickens were sold
at the London Crystal Palace for $500,
which was almost exactly twice their
weight in gold. This is believed to be
the highest price ever paid for a single
pair Of fowls since the days Of extrava-
CANT and luxurious Rome.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

A WOMAN. Miss Jessie Carson, drives
a stage between Usage and Park Rap
ids, MINI. She has done it for years
making three trips a week-summer
and winter, and often with the Their
mometer down to 40 deg. below zero.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

A MEpIcAMENr more powerful than
quinine in counteracting fevers is said
to have been discovered, in Mexico. It
is a plant called the pombolano, the
root of which contains a substance an
alogous to quinine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

GENERAL BADEAu says that after the
first days fighting at Shiloh General
Grant went to sleep under a tree, but
the rain that was falling finally drove
him to the hospital, where he fell
asleep with the surgeons operating
around him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

SOME of the South American States
have reorganized their armies and now
have ten private soldiers to one general.
The generals kick vigorously, as there
used to be ten to one private, but on
the whole the people consider it to be
q success.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

a practical test of this principle a few
days ago by boring a big hole into a
monstrous gnarled log, into which he
put a lot of dynamite, ignited a short
time fuse and carelessly sat down
astride n ED of the log. Soon WEIGH
and the log assembled in a curve about
thirty feet. In the descent the po-
sition of the couple was reversed.
WEIGH arrived at earth first, the log
followed. and Welch says it thumped
him several times after he was down.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

A PHYSICIAN Of note says that it is
impossible to draw any conclusion from
the size and shape Of the head as to the
extent or surface Of the brain, and so
as to the mental capacity. 1t is absurd
to Judge of the brain surface by either
the size of the head or the extent Of
the superficial irregular surface which
is covered by the skull, without taking
into consideration the numbero of folds or
the depth of creases. For a little brain
with many deep folds may really, when
spread out, have a larger surface than
a large brain with few shallow folds"
What do phrenologists say to this?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

JAMES WEIGH of Middletown, Conn,
having been told that the force of q dy-
mantle explosion was downward, made
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

HE grandest and strongest nature,
are ever the calmest. Restlessness '''
symbol of weakness not yet outgro%''
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

LII best way for a smoker to sec,ro
peace TO his ashes is by the appoint.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

Why is it that the good are not al
ways happy" was the question which a
Sunday school teacher in an uptown
church put to her class of bows last
Sunday. There was q dead silence Yor
a moment, and then q little fellow ninad
out, Because they're thinkin' o the fun
they amt avin'. "-Spring1ield Union
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

Dome faces have a very striking ap.
peafance, and this is particularly true
OF a cloch.-JeWelers' Circular.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

IT is proposed to establish a museum
of war relics in the Confederate White
House at Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-26

Ex-senator Thurman, says the Chicago Her.
aid, has broken himself Of the old-fnshioned
habit of taking snuff, and an ingenious CORE
spondent has started the story that the Old
Roman dropped the habit because he found
that it was injuring his eyes. Mr.. Thurman
denies ever having given any one authority to
make such o statement, and says that he
stopped because he concluded that he had
'snuffed about enough" The explanation il
thoroughly characteristic Of the Old Roman.
Any one that has ever broken of pet habit,
especially habit that has been INDUCED in for
years. knows what struggle is involved. Few
people have the courage simply to quit and say:
Ion, concluded had done that about long
enough" The Old Romans example is COM
mended to all persons addicted to foolish or in
furious habits. The way to stop is to stop.