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Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
DeG0LlA BROS.
DEALERS IN
Real Estate, Business Exchange
AND LOANS.
8 and 9 Tower Block

FOR sALE-0r exchange; i05 acres l2 miles
southeast OF city; good buildings. fences.
orchard. sosl clay loan. This Is No. farm;
price $40.
EoR sALE-Or exchange; 50 acres ~ miles
from Vaudeville. Barry county; sroom
house. new large barn. good outbuildings.good
soil. 80 acres seeded and - acres OF wheat on
the ground: price $500.
EOR sALE-Or exchange; 80 acres miles
from city; fair house. large new barn good
soil. - acres Of timber; Will sell on snail pay
ment or exchange for city property; price
s2.5c0
FOR ExcHANGE,-scveral 20 acre farms
south Of city by nonresdents; owners
wishing 6rand Rapids property. ranging IN
price from 500 up. II you have y small house
We can surely meet you on these.
TOR EXCEAEGH-lo0 acres 81 miles from
Wzylaad Alleean county, with two houses
and two large barns, good orchard. 30 acres
improved. 20 acres seeded; to exchange for
south end property; price s5.1yo.
FOR SALE-or exchange; . acres miles
from city; clay loan. new house; nne
place for gardening; price $3.50.
TOR sALE-0r exchange; 100 acre farm In
4 northern Michigan; 30 acres Improved.
good house. barn and out5uildings. =, acres
flne timber. beech. maple. Eastwood and elm.
small orchard; this farm lies on bank OF a
small lake and is so protected as 10 be free
from cary and late fr0sis; lake abounds In
fine ish and IS beccmiD. noted as a resort;
price so Q. on easy terms for cash. or will ex-
change for Grand Rapids real esfate;. For ex-
change. hardwood stump lands In Newaygo
county for equities ia Grand Rapids property.
These lands are well located and good soil.
perfect title. and can, ~ Improvement. be
made hne farming country. This Is your
chance 10 get Gu. OF debt.
ECR SALE Or EXCHANGED acres on lake
shore. near the park; good buildings, 1yo
peach trees Ia bearing. % pear Standards In
bearing, acres strawberries. acres raspber-
ries. 20 grapes. gooseberries and other small
fruits; price 500; fruit on same will pay Tor
IL the present season; would exchange for
good city property; this IS q great chance for
some one and the greatest bargain We have
DrGOLIA BROS
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
THIS : MEANS YOU!

X0l can have peaches Sne cream. spples anc
el1ef. pe&Ia sE.d Ylzkie> 81 sac s>trn1io
irait i.rm ve cas- SCI! s9a 90 .s2k t.nAs VII
snail psyfaeat assA- Nsn2As ALss1- , Sna
Tower bloek-
Vol esa have 3 farm in mis- arr ether
state Is exeAsaSe fsr year Esase sss is1-
You can trade ana set coed berxsia
chaEdlse-
garden land near TIE eIsy.
V0U can exchange almoss aayshteg valuable
Ter aex house IA the clIy-
yoU can come 70 our once ana make year
mill mercantile stscs Of xny klad. timber
land ia any direction. aud Aay distance ner>s
and carsiAxe- lana esnsrs.ss etc. etc &C:
sad Tower hleex-
slioa A Letter enc fer sIse'. daisy tor
Slse- mansion fer s-lJ0. and palace Tor
sea
YoU can have yeur home on Henry or Center
! or Hsdisca. OF Cass. or LAxrase or lonlA.
or amp enc OF al least los streets
Yot can buy i've lots near the corner Of
FiftA and kaststs Tor slslD
YOU can buy for szlee within three- quarters
4 mile Of post once. = modern e-room house
with large plAzA hard WOOD finish and IL
good neighborhoocs one not geso close ~
sold for szsea What are you waiting iorg
YOU can get from ~ . horse carr ace ana
driver II yeu arc docking Tor house slla
mean business
VoU ear help Q poor fellow out OF the mua
L and make . good thing By oUying cam
riete hardwood numbering p.a2i. easily ac-
cesible from this market.
YOU can have. af our once. 3 list 70 order
from OF 90 HOUSES l-1S ists and 90 faraas-
VoU can buy Of as 'ot IN Chicago 90 oiym-
pia. " sshington. or Riverside. California.
or Chattanooga
X0U will confer favor by bearing in mini
that this advertisement Is for YOU; this
means you and concerns Loboay Else exeeps
us.
WISANs 4 ALLEN.
AMI Tcxsr IfrcE
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
focal uAnxsrs.


Gssfs--wAeat. Sci corn. ssc. cate. sci RE,
70 barley s.lu rwt
MKsla ~tsssf, i'ssc. ppft. eiff mutton. fasfe
srrina fsmb ses fowls. ipr spffnx chickens
l,..ef val. - TURKEYS. ines duess Zoe.
Fpsntte hhtteF, Ne. eggs. iic potatoes. 10
hu, hrrff, stc , hus eai0H-. lsr = dox rad
picked uia has honey. isrs pesrhas
SIS kus apples. aesnfie bnt arape-. toe
peas 81 rs , bu erth apple,. fsc. y IA.
H4r@ rimsfhv. fit4 u foal eissef. ssoesia
Toe STRAW - SIN.
Ntses sxn Tstt0e~ ereea. snt part cured
See rured. g. calf skins. green. sei calf = q
cured. let tsils~. ss<cs seiss. sce . H.so,
dekfn. t0s d 30.
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
TO LOAN
on FARM AND cfrr PROPERTY.
A. rsvs Pee csat.

ls4K ~ ~ No. "A James "a. tnssata haasa.
y hessa4s Haifs. eith al maasfa lesFfoVs-
asafss efefSfhfss asst eis<s snieaata is1s
fiaAs ~lli sell Fks4easttiEi tesfas sesFf 10 fass
~saf Eaaa aa5ae asa isl g. see tnis ems ~
fefe fsa haf fH4Hlfe - y, O. AlasaHaes, Is
ffea.ss 'Fhaus -
kt1n sAIE Hs4 sssTa. kasss sith fssHt
y hsi fsiief abdsf @hssts h4tss0 ffaRt saa
kaafs saif khfes eaas< ffalH fhessF sssesf
sass: s&sf ff4ats Fgtss eHis Sizsss IL ssIa sasa
ttis = : aasssls fa4sifa ~ J. q Aie.saasy
y ifes 81
Los <alf-s ssssas fssz a. taFssssr.;as a
fh1tfs e asa Las 1ess. sFa s.sas .seaz
- sfsak Hsles fss ass+ = aass SEQ l. 100
ssfh, SO g ee4t 81 iss ,asaks kiz4 Is
isfss WfssAf t4kk ess. siass ~ F4ss -
ssssn F.ssAasss 80. sssss - 81 n.sss sisss nss
Heat$ iagalfs ~ = Alss saazs. Gears Ais,
= Lzes 90 fs@as 80.
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

FLars sss Fsspp f.tlT White T. e. Pat MT
eHe est eefr mesl. u 81 yesti fera. ~ q
q AN = ten faffsiings K1.D ton bran,
f*lnf tsfn shfrs. siRta t9ns
Ma tssfs sfrsh. hoe, Past. i,el ribs. So
faaaefluta tl' - hans - hcrf ssrak tnsf isr
,ssss sse lei flhs. se mutfan. reF .estns
ismb, Yea lsr safinz ehseHeas lie turkeys
r4,as.ee Haftef &c sass iscg pststa~s
A. > ga hsrts. ~ on 8ninns ~ > pa
fes-. So - aetfs - y fsdish~s. ~ ,
as eearhra esesssfe - spnirs Re ga
sfane- i4ass eesh sppiss. BE pa erafs
- a.
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
THE GRAND RAPIDS
Land and Improvement Co.,
No. 62 WOnderly Building,
Has to offer the following bargains.

Some good. improved. weii-rentef Grand
Rapids property 10 exchange for improved
farm within eight OF ten miles Of city.
house and lot Or South Lafayette. near
Morrison. Ter about the yziGe Of the lrt
fine building iof on FouEtsin-st.. near the
court house aud posIo1ce. al a closr bargain.
Beautiful building lots In any part of fhs
city desired al low prices and on fayorsois
terms.
Lots on our additions on Burton ave. neal
Division snd on Lyon. near North Union. fcf
sale on favorable terms
We handle large tracts OF pine. hardwood
and mineral lands IA Michigan and elsewhere.
and will mall estimates and descriptions on
application.
tract OF n. n0o. go feet white pine In Mime
sofa. on nayigabie stream At a bargain
We hare good. improved farms in Hillsdaie
county. Also some 1ne res.dence property IN
the city OF Hiilsdaie. 10 exchange for rentabse
Grand Rapids property.
Valuable Detroit business and residence
property TO exchange for Grand Rapids real
estate.
We DO a general real estate. loan and insrr.
ance busineSs.
81 wcnderly Building. Grand Rapids. Mich.
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
BUSINESS BLOCK FOR SALE!

fss ssta. niaak tsa@ssa "a y 50 nftass o.
- - Is <s.. 50 i ~ <sies Foes s.nt<f4s
s. = @fsfa~. Use esesk4 fsaf - = <sffts a
- .,ss5 ATS fss aftess - kease - tfsa
K "A .si - sase = <ssf tske esfs = ass
..a.e8k. 4 ssta = i 4s<S. fsssffA -
A Aarh rs Hs>t rftsesst
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

Fof dsieasy. for purity. and for Inn
movement ~ ths complexion nothing
.aosls t'os1onis Powder.
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

HATftfs kssss seaax sszh = ssss IA saa
80 ~nst ~ esa a. eifA sneas IS = eaif
9 FaAt>. sssfs - efs4has - esszesas aeaa -
st@ss Netsa HssFeisksiass d c., II
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

~ have inss Fsessssi sasne Of shesa
fsmans Sssk lavvF oystsfs ~ klilot =
te.'s
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

V0U CAN MAKE s50-In buying that new
SOON house OF ours. Just complet ed. by
Rawson Bros. on Buckeye-st- Electric rail
way and schools adjacent. Pipe for gas aud
furnace and front part Of house finished ia
oak below. We only ask 500 tor this aud
you can make your own terf1s Of payfreAt-
This Is a bargain. Turner x Carol. 50 New
Housenan book.
SISGLE Foo1ER AND CARRIAGE HORSE
~ combined; q coat black. standard bred
huse. four years old coming sprirg. We offer
for sale because VIC have not time 10 drive him.
Buggy and harness 20 with him at bargain.
Good sfyieaad finest combination bcrse a the
city. Turner * carroll. 50 New bousensn bldg.
lust ONE MORE LEFT of those s. 80 homes
- on our eighth ward addition. situated on
Dayion-st. corner lot We arc desirous Of
closing This cut at once. Call ard see rs sac
get a bargain. Turner 4 Carroll 30 New House
man building.
INVEST YOUR SAVINGS. double your mon-
ey and Increase your capital. and make ~
least . per cent n year By buying one OF our
desirable lots on south Division. Hall. Euclid.
Cherry. Buckeye, West Futon. Watson aud
OTHER streets You can pay on monthly pay
nelts and buy a. reasonable prices.
TURNER A CARROLL
81 New uouSrman BLDG
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

WHAT PEOPLE Want r: e; !; C i ;::;:,
Twelve words will usually make two lines thirteen and
not TO exceed twenty words three lines,
and in the larger advertisements
the average is seven words to line. There
is but one price, that IS quoted IN the table below.
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

Cali Al Elilost . CO. Sand gel can si
ths.sa fsasoas Yofs River Oysters.
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

4 thAStf - ilfe ssss 80 Fssa eits esgh
- - eaa ssttsx asa sitbeAi sfl4a a. So
So FeES Pheasant ana pfaatsiie essisess
aafFss NttH eeat sfesaE. taHs@s isfsa "A
sl@tis shSe store - Assaas kasiafbf,
iessi&sa 6ais ~
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
THE NATIONAL CITY BANK
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
CAPITAL......-s8SOO,OOO

THOMAS n. GILBERT. President.
GEO &. BRIGGS. yiee-Presden..
j. FREDERIC BAARs. Cashier.
T. IL. HUNT. Assistant Cashier
Transact Business Ia al dep2rrmeBtso Of bark
fna xufh0sized 81 Sic National Banking Law
Exchanges available IN all the commercial
cfties Of the world sold AZ current rateA
T.. :. bonds bought and sold
DIRECTORS:
thomas D. Gilbert. seves L Avery.
Thomas j. O'BFten. tseorze y. b1sks.
DAyld NJ. ABbers. Leuuei ID. Putnam.
Eao~sm G. LEee. Coustaatlne Morton.
Edward II. HHst. John g Fitzgerald.
II. stewart White. PHO C. Fuller.
J. Frederic BazrA
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

RADoLtfr A lIoiT Reliable nrholstefers
~ "a I'll south Ifslsien-st. have the largest
vans" smploy the most eompetrnt men ana
viii Fier you regular rates. whstnrf yoo ssh
fsf them ~ rot bv 'phenins No. $50 90 90 after
tasiars- hsafa
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
THE OLD NATIONAL BANK.
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH

n = SWEET. Press1eaE
j. n BARNETT. Vice President
HARVEY J. H0LI.I-IER. Cashier.
Al classes II e4nxlaz b1zsAess thai ara II
harnsoAy vita she National Bz2kAHx Lac
tfzn s&esn1-
LISTERS II Creeit. carrent tn ~ parts Of the
asr'1 lzss.e1 In suns . salt In1eresz a.
lowed 81 xsF eSag 90 tln1e esrtt1csIrs 81
DIRECTORS.
L-E wtsbsy. tseorxe c. Pierce.
J NJ Esrastk- J. GUNNER.
n @zesf' Jes~pn IL Martha.
IA j Hellfsfsr W Il Shelby.
WfIizre BASBAzr1k. W. D. huzhzrk
l. CrofIo1 Fox. T. LostExexI
l. T. HsxkiaA
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

WANftt~ AT ssntsefaea whe are IN aesa
" 4 ssifts - cali a cot egssee SD lease
thsff of8Sf faf sssar ~ eaf t. 9def Fsift@.
We SaA ~ s3a. and aaf AssrFf5eSaf - styles
:, pH as PASSED ftfaH4 haFaas fhfft Ia.
~ sHieh tisfss. A. sna "a eoasa tissssee 81 /
tak - eiesAtsf tsisFha6e is8A 81
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
riseEla.AsKouA

WANDA fes sehaisf= D. tsts rslhfiag
ies@oasl ~lll siys lessons eieae. address
hls4.s. care carter ~ ~
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

Lok sAt.E-fIssse ana lot 81 Wealthy svs
price siNH
ieusf and inf 60 Necehd afe u rooms
sfefs sea fafAsre. stsEl
iienst saa ies corner Of fsrissss sha wesl
rhY ave ssuH.
t,seses saa lots ffsm tsn AZ 70 sfs sssal Also
sasae asstsabse tsfnss near tfs ssfs Ser sale %
aEn r fFNIs a co.
Over Manfeesss-. ssfana hsrsss.
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

MONEY ON
REAL ESTATE
In Sums Of elo0 and Upward.
THE MICHIGAN TRUST COMPANY
isaad 81 Fountaia-st Telephone 4ea
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

IrOR RENT-Niceiy furnished front room to
desirable party. 1ti Lyon-st.. near posi-.
ONCE. IA
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
SITUATIONS wlETBD-PEaALE.

WANTED-A situation as cook or second
w giri: cannot speak English. Inquire lst
Cassst.. up stairs. tZz
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
roa MISCELLANEOUS

LoH sAtE-Nliiinsfs attention. A chance
~ of n lifetime we'll asserted stock OF mil
inefy aud ladies furnishing goods must %
sotd on account of siek nezs OF owner. stock u
In iafge vliiazr within ~ miles Of city, viii
invoice about 800. viii trade for city property
II taken ~ once. Inquire nj the Real Estate
Mart. aad 10 Hotisemsn building. Jas. A. toye
Mauascff Phone iDis. ~
LuR sALE-ehsaps horse and csffiasei horse
Hfpa and asnfle. suitable Tor . woman "
dive. Appis fson = New iionseman blk. -
-, go. 80 49,. g. a.. a.ath IA
faystte IT. %
LuR AAf.F Cheap good paying business
on Nest hfiesr.sss fiffsefaa ftans
fefa, ~ Nsst Ridge 81. real estate sna hfe
ihsafsaee sssntss telephone fzss
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19


WANTED s3ns ~ tee feiishie nen q bsn
W die heasshoia Rosslts. pa asiafs ~
eefBmisstoas Address A. H. bes ears 81 Ihis
adiSa, nsu
WAstfD tIsea ssshts ~ seiicit fnf fssaiit
" ~litas keasehala sStsstf "a svssshsseh
sssafr t4iF Nassfaes % saafess, g \. ffstisfI
= Eaasi st.. fssa H. assRa heHlas %
WANfFb Tee - three sseE - ssss a.
W afsss 80 ssil haese FURNISHING sass -
sftst esaH4afas eHabissmFHt se fizht fsfs'Fs
fsisseses ss4sisea adassa iissas 80 Hisa.'s.s
iieass > asath bltsslaa -.
V(AhffD zuss agents sass so ~ =,
8seafA siflea saf kasfH % met 49,
We s~at ss~nfts afa etAEfal sefats' So -
tssa hzss at e&4as aasala n E~as8sf -
faiis - stees Sid asa ssfessfs 4isef thtssf
a3Fs tFsss. - s*aetas esSet tess ttts 49,
Ne Esii seaa t@fsa Illustrated fi*saiets 49,
sstsef STA . sFsetsi saef - sait se'ttsetf -
p8Iea Id "a ssselet 81 teFse 4ss eeat stsssffs
fsIs - Sass saA 81 a. tss kstsss 49,
hsa.ss h~A@ssstssia4 es%ssasl rat'sss' Z
Pa
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

LDR RENT--Furnished or unfurnished
II rooms with or without board. also rooms
for light housek eeping. 50 or 81 Barclay.st.
Mrs. {. u. Rvsdaie. 90
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
REAL ESTATE CITY.

WHILE attending tie fair just arop into my
cnlee anu get prices on a few choice lots
i have left on my addition. l. :. froylr. OPP
posife Sweets Hotel.
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
SITUATIONS wARTEp-NALE.

WANTED--by young man. position as as
W sistant DO )kkeeper Ia wholesale house
experience more Of an object than salary; rel
erences furnished. 9. T.. box 2. this ONCE. "a
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

WANfkD-fxo lady boarders AT 32 Shaw
~ the same number. -
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19
FOR REHT-R0OMs.

L,OR RENT--sulte of rooms ~ No. $50 and
~ s4l East Brldgc-sf.; also dive lings Nos.
200. D2 and s32 south Division-st. and No. -
Allen At. Tuftie Bros. over Arcade. Do
Telegram-herald., 1891-09-19

LOR KENT-Part Of very desirable furn-
Il ished home suitable for two or four per.
sons. complete Tor housekeeping. 70 Lagraye
A. ge3
Eon RENT-2 cottages or part Of them. at
Maestawa Park. Inquire OF Geo. Roelafs:
e canaist. 2i2tf
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-22
Startling n Sleepy Native.

Down below Natchez, while the boat
was running in close to the left-hand
bank and had stopped her wheels to
avoid a big tree floating in an eddy.
we saw a native sitting on a stump
fishing, says a writer in the N. Y. Sun.
He sat bent over. hat over his eyes,
aud there was scarcely q movement to
tell that he was alive. We had a
smart Aleck with us on the promenade
deck. and he had no sooner caught
sight of the native than he called to
Que of tho %deckhands to toss him up a
potato. A peck or more of the tubers
were lying loose near a pile of sacks,
and q was quickly tossed up.
Now, see me startle him." said
Smart Aleck, as he swung his arm for
a throw.
The distance was only about a hun.
dred feet, and his aim was so true that
the potato landed on the natives head
with a dull thud. His motions were so
quick that we couldn't agree as to how
he did it, but in about three seconds
he had dropped his tishpole, pulled a
revolver as long as his arm and fired
at Smart Aleck. The bullet bored a
hole in his silk hat just above his hair.
and the young man sank down in Il
heap and tainted dead away. When
we restored him to his senses he care
fully felt of the top of his head, looked
back at the fisherman, and absentlv
asked:
Did she explode both boilers or
only oneP"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-22
German
Syrup

HERE'S something from Ml.HiANk
a. Hale, proprietor Of the De Witt.
House, Lewiston, and the Tontiiast
Hotel, Brunswick, Me. Hotel men
meet the world as it comes and goes,
and are not slow in sizing people
and things up for what they are
worth. He says that he has lost 4
father and several brothers and sis
tiers from Pulmonary Consumption,
and is himself frequently troubled
with colds, and he
Hereditary often coughsenough
to make him sick at
Consumptionhis stomach. When
ever he has taken q
cold of this kind he uses Boschee's
German Syrup, and it cures him
every time. Here is a man Who
knows the full danger Of lung trou-
b1es, and would therefore be most
particular as to the medicine he used.
What is his opinion? Listen "
use nothing but Boschee's German.
Syrup, and have advised, ] presume.
more than a hundred different per-
sons to take it. They agree with
me that it is the best cough syrup
in the market Q
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-22
Between schoolroom and Altar.

When the girl enters the world after
her education is ''hnishea," she does
not always find it what she expected.
The schoel-room is one thing, the
world another,
She may have been popular with
her teachers because she was a dill:
| gent scholar. aud carried OFF the hon
ors Of the school. But she finds that
book knowledge does not make her
popular or successful socially.
Some of the most intellectual peo-
pie | have known have been among
the most d~isagreeable. A woman
whose intellect is aggressive, who pa.
rades Ter knowledge before those OF
inferior intellect or education, is an OBJ.
ject to be dreaded.
Mere learning in a woman is never
attractive. 1t is, on the contrary, of.
f%ensive, unless coupled with feminine
graces. School learning should sink
into the character and department, and
only exhibit itself as the perfume of a
flower is exhibited-in a subtle, name.
less and unobtrusive manner
A woman's knowledge of grammar
should not make hertalk like an orator
in daily life-it should simply make
her conversation gracious and agreea-
bic.
Mathematics should render her mind
clear. and her judgments true; her
geographical studies should teach her
that the world is too small for false
ness to find n hiding-place; and his
tory should impress her that life is too
short for unworthy ambitions.
The time between the school-room
and the altar should be not a mere
~ilarvest-time Of pleasure, but q sowing
time for all the seeds of kindness and
self-sacritice for others. and of unself-
ishness and beneyolence which alone
can make her a successful wife and
mother.-ENa Wheeler Wiicoc, in La
dies Home Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-22
The Dykes Of Holland.

A certain Jealous dame is said to
have once attempted to sweep the
ocean away with a broom. The Dutch
have been wiser than this. They are
slow and deliberate people. Despera-
ton may use brooms. but delibcration
prefers clay and solid masonry. So.
slowly aud deliberately, the dykes,
those great hall-like walls of cement
and stone. have risen to breast the buff
citing waves. And the funny part of it
is. they are SO skillfully slanted and
paved on the outside with flat stones
that the efforts of the humping waves
to beat them down only make them all
the tirner!
These Holland dykes are among the
wonders of the world. l cannot say
for how many miles they stretch along
the coast, and throughout the interior;
but you may be sure that wherever a
dyke is necessary to keep back the en-
c%roaching waters, there it is. Other
wise, nothing would be there-at least,
nothing in the form of land; nothing
but a fearful illustration of the princi-
pal of hydrostatics: Water always
seeks its level.
Sometimes the dykes, however care
fully built, will spring a-leak." and if
not attended to at once, terrible re-
suits are sure to follow. In threaten
ed places guards are stationed at in
t%ervals, and a steady watci, is kept up
night aud day. AT the first signal Of
danger. every Dutchman within hear
ing of the startling bells is ready to
rush to the rescue. When the weak
spot is discovered, what do YOU think
rs used to meet the emcrgencv? What,
but straw-everywhere else considered
the most helpless of all things in wa
ter! Yet straw, in the hands of the
Dutch. has a will of its own. Woven
into huge mats and securely pressed
against the embankment, it dcfies even
a rushing tide, eager to sweep over the
country.
These dykes form almost the only
perfectly dry land to be seer from the
ocean side. They are high and wide,
with fine carriage-roads on top, some
times lined with buildings and trees.
Lying on one side of them, and nearly
on Il level with the edge, is the sea. lake,
canal, or river, as the case may be-; on
the other side. the fiat fields stretch
ing damply along at their base, so that
cottage roofs sometimes are lowert than
the shining line of the water. Frogs
squattlng on the shore can take quite
4 bird's-eye view of the landscape; and
little fish wriggle their tails higher
than the tops of the willows nearby.
Horses look complacently down upon
the b%ell-towers. and men in skitfs aud
canal : boats sometimes know when
they are passing their friend Dirk's
cottage only by seeing the smoke from
the chimney; or perhaps by the cart
wheel that he has perched upon the
peak of its overhanging matched roof, in
the hope that some stork will build her
nest there, and SO bring good luck
Mary Mapes, IN st. NlchoLds.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-01-22
Had Been Given the Rush"

During the recent visit OF o delega.
ton of members of the legislature and
invited guests to Hot Springs there
occurred ar episode that is illustrative
OF the haste of some men to perform an
action without asking why or where
fore. 1t is a well-known fact that
when it rains in the Hot Springs valley
it comes down bythe bucketful. Win
dows and doors must be closed at
once, else carpets and floors will be
soaked through and through. It came
to pass that Hon. John j. O'Dowd and
Thomas j. Cogan were given the same
apartment, occupying beds at either
side of the room
Late one night a heavy rain came
up, and the noise of the storm awak-
ened Cogan, who discovered that the
windows were wide open. Sitting up
in bed he shrieked to O'Dowd. Start
ing from a sound sleep that young
man asked:
Huh! What's the matter?"
Get up and close the windows,
quick! Its raining! Hurry up!'
With a bound O'Dowd sprang to the
floor, and, after a struggle. in which
his night-shirt was soaked and his feet
wet he did that which he was told.
Returning to his couch. the legislator
carefully tucked himself beneati, the
coverlids. A silence of two minutes
passed, and then it was broken by
ODowd. who sat up, and, in an in
jured tone, said:
Say, Cogan, what was the matter
with you getting up and shutting those
windowspn
He had been given the rush." and
it took him a long, long while to tum-
BILE.