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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
Tn. zit,,.r a. A,exand.r's Feast.

We know that at the wedding fes-
Invites of Alexander the Great with
Statira, the daughter of Darius, some
of the most famous kitharists, as
Kathrinos of Methymna, Athenodores
of Tejos, and others, had to play. It
is also known that some of the best
either players of those days, like
Anobeos, received magnificent re-
muneration for public appearance-an
Attic talent Iabout five hundred dol
lars)-being nothing unusually high
for the performance. Under the
Roman Emperors, too, the kithara,
often changed and improved, -four
ished as fashionable instrument, and
even as late as 115O after Christ, the
Greek Emperor Manuel esteemed the
famous kitharist, Samotheres Logothe-
to very highly because of his art.
During the following centuries sew
eral varieties of zither-like instru-
ments were in use, such as the cithara
barbara, the cithara tontonica, and the
paslterium in Germany and adjoining
countries, the crowt in England and
Scotland, and the yarginale or clari-
chordiun later on-about 1900. The
latter, together with the psalter, was
popular in nearly all European coun'
tries, and it was really not until the
time that the forerunners of the pres.
.ent piano, the spinet, ETC., came into
general use-about the end of tho last
century--that the either went out o.
date,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
BUT ONE Ex-vlcE PRESIDENT.

Hannibal Hamlin is the only living
exVice President Of the United States,
and, to be in his eighty-second year,
he is about the liveliest old man in the
country His tall form is almost as
erect as ever, and he walks with free
and swinging stride. When he goes
out on the street he ut once attracts
the attention of strangers. His dress
is relic of the past. He is almost
invariably attired in the old-fashioned
black swallow-tail coat, wears q regu-
lation silk hat and a stock and dickey.
He has no time for new-fangled no
tions in dress But, although his dis
position is still lively, and he loves
dancing. he is said to hate music. He
rarely, if ever, enters church until
the opening musical exercises are over.
In Maine, where he has been q
familiar political figure for over half q
century, there is large stock of good
stories about him. One among many
will serve as an illustration. A caucus
was called at Hampden in his early
days, but was only responded to by
two men. One was young Hamlin him
self, the other man of enormous pro-
portions. The young lawyer had set
Of resolutions to propose, but there was
neither Chairman, Secretary, nor meet
ing. Hamlin. however, was equal. to
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
CHINESE PLAv,nc-cARps.
Tho Packs Csed l,y tho Celestial. Arc Of
Peculiar Shape and Size.


The Chinese name for card, con-
sidered singly or as one of the parts of
q pack, is shen, or FAM most evident
reference to the manner of holding
cards spread open like fan, which is
common to all nations.
"The shape and size of the Chinese
card are peculiar. They are printed
in black on thin cardboard. The
backs are sometimes brirht crimson.
and sometimes black or yellow, and
they are the shape and size of a finger.
Some of them are little more than half
on inch broad by three inches long.
and others are one inch wide by 81
long. The pips and court cards are
always printed in black on white
background. and on the face of
some Of them are stamped Chinese
characters printed in red In some
packs the cards have animals, snch as
horses and deer. represented upon
them; while i'll others characters which
may mean the names only Of Che ami
mails are written above tils y:ios The
cards are rounded aJ the tsi,, and at
the upper end small portion is left
blank, rs if to aold them conveniently
and allow OF their being spread OF
famed out. showing the whole of the
pictured surface. the blank space be
ing held under the thumb and fingers
Strangely enough, this blank space
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

mo mos. prctcntionS exposition that had
oeen held up to that time. 1t was held
IN 'aree onilding>-thc Palace of Indus
Try, the Palace of Fine Arts, and Ma
cn'hery Hall. The total space occupied
III theSH buildings by exhibitors, includ-
,hS passages, Offices and all else used by
inc puDilc, was about 1.S66,0OO square
ieet me exhibitors numbered 23.954.
vi VI "hich our country had exactly 144.
ms cNh'oltlon possessed one feature of
great interest. which has been made
9ni!e prominent ever since in connection
with worlds fairs. That was the depart-
'heht OF me arts. Louis Napoleon, En-
peror OF the French. assisted by Prince
Napoleon, President of the exhibition,
ana an IN his power by awards of dec
orat'ons ana medals to place Franco in
the front rank. The total cost of this
exhibition may be put down in round
numbers vt ss.s377, OOo-or, adding cost
OF Palace of Industry. paid for by the
french government. nearly $5,OOO,OoO
The total receipts reached the sum of
3.2D2, 4o5 francs. or S644, 100.
! From the Worlds Fair. Paris, 1855, to
the Worlds Fair, London, 1862, there
were several local expositions OF consid-
crable Importance. all being the result
/ of the impetus given in the start by
Prince Albert.
In 1854. Victoria held its first exhi-
| bition III Melbourne. in Il palace of glass,
/ erected ON the site of the present mint
/ There were also interesting local indus
1 trial celebrations at Brussels in 1856
/, Lausanne in 1851. with 1850 exhibitors
/; Turin In 1858, and Hanover in 1889.
In 1859, Greece had her first exhibition
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
EXPLORATION OF DELPHI.
an Illustration. of the Spirit OF Americas
sOholarHs1iIl.

An Illustration. of the Spirit OF American
scholars:nil'.
The success, of the Archaeological In
stitute of America in securing the right
to explore the ruins Of Delphi is an
other excellent illustration Of the
Jealous spirit OF American scholarship.
OF all the historic localities in Greece,
Delphi, the seat of the famous oracle
Of Apollo, is generally considered by
archaologists the most interesting that,
! remains to; be explored. The Ameri-
can Institute and the American School
at Athens are now in position to ron
der the same service to classical re-
search and to. win honor for themselves
that was lately done by the Germans
in their explorations of Olympus.
Kastri, q modern village of two or
the ancient temples of Delphi. 1t was
pronounced necessary to purchase and
remove this village before excavations
could begin. The Grecian Society Of
Archaeological Research was unable to
raise the necessary money-the re-
quired sum was set at $80,0O0. Then
the privilege was offered to the French
Society, and explorations were com
menced in an experimental way, which
promised rich results. But the rejec
ton by France of commercial treaty
with the Greek Government, of which
the Delphi privilege was one Of the
provisions, caused the privilege to be
Withdrawn, and subsequently the
American Society applied for it. After
Ia good deal of hard work by the gen
;tlemen interested, the guarantee fund
of $50, 600 has been gathered and the
privilege secured.
Altogether, the affair is quite a
feather in the cap Of America. The
payment of this money does not carry
with it the right to remove from Greece
any of the works Of art or other ma
terials that may be discovered, except
duplicates, but it does give the ex-
elusive right of copying and llustrat-
ing them. The Archaeological Insti-
tute has about St, 1000 year to devote
to the work of excavation, and it is be-
ieved that it will be sufficient fer tina
purpose. 1t is intimated, however,
that the public may be called upon. at
some future time, to assist the institute
in preparing the results of the work for
publication. En- such q case, the nat
ural pride of cultured Americans in
important undertakings of their coun-
try people is Q pretty good guarantee
that the response will be q generous
one.-BOstO71 Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
Mg2Lll EA!R, l9nDgh 1851.

1T Athens, with 914 exhibitors. In lsGl
there were national art exhibitions in
Dublin. Edinburgh and Florence.
The Worlds Fair at Munich was open
only three months, owing to the approach
of cholera. The building. constructed of
iron and glass. was 500 feet long and 26O
wide, and cost $3.50. 900. Tho number of
exhibitors was 1000.
London entered upon and successfully
carried through second Worlds Fair
in 1862. The buildings. which covered
All area Of twenty-four acres. cost ST.
605, 900 The number of exhibitors was
! 2s.653 The total number of visitors
| amounted to nearly six millions and a
quarter The daily average attendance
was 36,32s, and the largest number an
any one day was 81, S9l.
| Frances second Worlds Exposition
was held at Paris in 1867. The main
/ building. which was oval-shaped, was
1850 feet long and 1850 feet wide. 1t
| covered eleven acres, while smaller
/ buildings connected with the main build
: ing increased the area to thirty-tive
acres. In addition was annexed the
| Island of Bllancourt, comprising fifty
two acres, for agricultural purposes.
| This exhibition opened ON April ! and
closed on Nov. 3, being open lit days,
sundays included. There were 50,2a6
exhibitors. and 1O,2OO.OOO entrances of
visitors. aud the receipts were about
equal to SO, lO3.675.
| In 1865 an international exhibition was
again held in Dublin, and, like the form
err one in 1852 owed its existence to the
liberaity of private citizen, Sir Ben]a.
min Lee Guinness. The building was OF
iron and glass. The total number OF
admissions was nearly 1,O0e, 600 AS IN
1853, this exhibition was especially noted
for it's collection of magnificent works
OF art, of which many were secured by
the British Government.
There was a grand international eXhi
hibition at Vienna in 1879. The maiE
building consisted of q central nave Z, 80;
feet long, SO feet 8 inches wide, and .;
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

{5h may we'll be recognized as an
u tina, was giving birth to a new
y ot NliMg>.
here Were also gatherings of mer-
hts in India, China and Russia at diff
. nj times ior Me furthering Of their
mercial interests that were then
Ed fairs. but The London exhibition of
was the frs, that deserved to be dig
FL with the title of Universal Fair.
originator was the good Prince Al
!, and to him is due the credit of one
the most important events of the
fcnt century. for from the starting
flt OF 1851 have followed all other
fl'S Fairs until now, when Chicago,
|ch Az that period was little more than
f.Fagsling prairie village, will close
century with what promises to
fps" all former universal expositiof1s
ne London Fair of 1851 was all held
sr one roof The building, which
constructed of iron and glass, was
fret long. to correspond with the
F and $50 feet wide. This immense
P'iNre was begun and completed in
Incredibly short space Of four
pms, and cost 1865, 900. Over ten
uSand persons were employed in one
or another in the work of construc-
The exhibition was opened with
u eclat on the 1st of May by the
zen IN person, Prince Albert in al
seSS explaining the objects and pur'
OF the undertaking. The man
Rs OF this fair secured profitable re-
the surplus left being $3.50, 600
'otal number of exhibitors was 10,
Inc next attempt at an interna
pa exhibition was made in Dublin
II was in no sense of the word a sue
1t was undertaken at the cost 0
'Sate citizen. who advanced $500. OO'
EXPENSES. The building was onl,
'eet long, 100 feet wide, 1O5 high
win It's anneXes cost $24O, 900. Thu
loef OF visitors was 1850, 900, blu
II was not sufficient income to NEE
expenses.
lew York had a big exposition in 1858
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
tions than our own. The total number
of admissions was SOC, OOO

tions than our own. The total number
of admissions was 10000
No other big fairs were held until
1889, when Paris again forged to the
front with the greatest exposition the
world has ever seen. The various
buildings cost little less than $6,0O0,-
600. There were in all $4,000 exhibit
ors, of whom the United States had
1,75O. The total space occupied was
173 acres. The largest building on the
ground was the Machinery Palace, 1873
feet long, 4O6 feet wide and 166 feet high.
This building cost 81, 500, 600. and covered
eleven acres. The Palace of Arts cost
81, $50, 900. and the palace Of the French
section cost S1,15O,OOO, while 100000
was expended on the parks and gardens.
Among these parks were interspersed
that marvellous collection of dwellings
representing an Indian dwelling, street
in Algiers, houses of New Caledonia, the
Tunisian minaret, Turkish village. En-
glish dairies, Dutch bakeries. etc. There
is no question but that tho Eiffel Tower
was the principal attraction in Paris,
1889. The total number of admissions
by ticket between May and Nov. 6 was
S.149,353, or more than three times the
number of entrances to the Centennial,
thus CARRYING out the steady rule of
progression in increased numbers which
all exhibitions indicate, the daily average
being 1929. 1t is estimated that
4OO, 900 people visited the fair on the last
day, which makes it the largest single
day in worlds fairs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

finer structures and bestowed upon
the Benedictines. It rapidly increased
in wealth and strength and had grown
into an important fortress by the be-
ginning of the eleventh century. In
the beginning Of the thirteenth CEN
turv the mountain fell into French
hands and has, been since q French
possession. 1t sustained several sieges
by the English. During the revoln-
tion it shared the fate of other relig-
ions institutions in France and was
converted into. q. house of correction.
A few ecclesiastics now occupy it as Cd
orphan asylum.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
Nugget. of Wisdom.

Originality in writing has had its
day. Nobody but quack will strain
for it. The best any one can do is to
make the trail little palmer for others
to follow.
Wisdom doesn't take away our folly;
it only helps to hide it.
Ones own horn is most delicious
instrument to blow.
Popular opinions have their day,
just like fashions. Every generation
has new set.
Eccentricity, at best, is but a fungus,
just as apt to grow out of the soil Of a
philosopher as fool.
The cheapest thing in life is common
sense, but few people seem to have a
corner in it, and are holding for rise.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

duStral processes, apparatus and prod
ncts that had ever been attempted up to
that date. The art building was 600 feet
song by 100 feet wide The department
of agriculture was confined to three
large frame buildings. covering about
six acres Total area of Fair. $50 acres
The actual experiments in agriculture
took place at Il long distance from the
exhibition buildings. Three hundred and
live acres were appropriated for the
trials OF the reapers and mowers, 200
We're reserved for steam blowing. and 40
acres for the trials of the ordinary plows.
Nar testing moving machines there were
available so acres of rye, 40 acres OF
wheat, 40 acres Of barley. IL acres Of
grass. and 30 acres of clover. For
threshing aud winnowing machines there
We're provided ia, 900 shcavcs of rye, 49,,
600 sheaves of wheat. and the Same
quantity of barley. The total cost of the
Vienna Worlds Fair buildings was 81
$50, 900. The total number of exhibitors
was 100000 The number of paid admis-
sions was ;, 4?2. 6a.2a.
The next Worlds Fair was held in our
own country. The Centennial EXPOSE
ton w;is opened at Philadelphia on the
10th of May, 1876. and closed on the 10th
of November following The buildings
were as follows: Main building. cover
ing an area of S7O,464 square feet; Ma
chinery Hall. covering an area OF 5O4. go
square feet: Art Building, covering TO-
$50 square feet floor space and ss.s69
square feet wall space; horticultural
! Hall, $50 feet long, 100 feet broad, and
| IS feet in height; Agricultural Building,
! covering III, $50 square feet: Women's
| Department Building, POS feet long and
2Os feet broad. There were about 3D.
900 exhibitors. the United States leading
the list with s,l75. The number of adj
missions was 9.?lO,966 The largest
number admitted on any one day was
274, 919-on Pennsylvania Day, Sept 2S.
A second Worlds Fair was held al
Paris in 1878. The main building cover
ed fifty acres of ground. The exhibitor:
numbered 40, 366. The display of fine
arts was upon very large and compre
hensivc scale, and the avenue of nations
Il street z, 400 in length, was occupied b.
specimens of the domestic architecture
of every country in Europe and scvera
in Asia. Africa and America. The mum
Der of admissions was 16,032, 725
sydney and Melbourne, in Australia
each INDUCED in the luxury of World
Fair-thc former in 1879 and the latte
; in lSsO-but neither hardly deserved tn
designation of Universal Exhibition
! There was Foreign Worlds Fair i
Boston in 1888, confined to other ma
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

being ut the top instead of at the bot
tom of the card, it would seem that
they should be held by the top and
spread out in exactly the reverse way
customary among Europeans. The
tiny cards are so narrow and SO small
that they might well be held concealed
in the palm Of the hand, which could
effectually cover them and prevent the
shape OF the pips being seen through
the thin cardboard or the number of
the cards being counted by the OPP
moment"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

the occasion. The resolution began by
an introduction, which stated that the
meeting was "a large and respectable
gathering of voters" The big man OBJ
jected, on the ground that the meeting
was not large, and that two men could
hardly pass set of resolutions. ~
ooh, that's all right" said Hamlin,
blandly, "for, don't you see, you are
large and I am respectable. You just
keep still.
The big voter kept still, and the re.
solutions went through bya Unanimous
vote
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
MOUNT ST. MICHAEL.
AMT.ssAtsd Pyramid Of fsock an the French
Side of tho English Clsaal,el.

AMIs01Ated Pyramid or Rock an che FrenoTS
Side of tho English CIss'n,el.
In the little Bay of Avrsnches. ID
off-shoot Of the Bay of Cancale, which
washes a part Of the coasts Of both
Normandy and Brittany. rises Mount
st. Michael, an isolated pyramid o.
rock, whose summit overlooks great
part of the Norman and Breton coasts
and in clear weather commands the
cliffs Of Jersey. Tradition does not
tell when this rock first became thu
abode of man, but when the Romans
came they erected on it shrine to
Jupiter ard named il the Mount Of
Jove. With the advent Of Christianity
some hermiss built cabins and took up
their abodes there In the sixth cen
fury these wsre formed into a brother
hood and liz 7O8 Aubert, Bishop OF
Avranches, built 81 church and sur
rounding cells and dedicated the mount
to ST. Michael. In 1853 the church and
other buildings were replaced with
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
Art Criticism.

$50 you are at work ON another
picture" said one young Washington
man, who is prominent in art circles.
to another.
eyes; it's the scene Of duel. One
of the combatants is supposed to be
saying, Draw, villaint"
"Well, old fellow, must say you
have carried your idea out admirably.
The drawings villainous. flashing.
tom Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

Offiey softman-Aw, Miss Ethel,
do you know I--aw-mean to give that
fellah piece Of my mind when
Ethel Sharp-Good gracious, Mr..
Softman, don't! He wouldn't even
recognize the gift, and it would kill
you!-AmericaN Grocer
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

.ees transeps each 57a feet inches he's
long, s. feet wide and A feet hi q. f hna
rotunda or dome in the center r+ '3 -, i te
IN diameter. being the largest in inc :,
II, ~, u,u at hat time. The machinery hall
M wos . . Ss5 feet long and 164 feet vide ),
Within ' it this great bui!din a: s when II.
had a floor space of 10000 SQUARE 10
meters. or nearly ten acres' "'io
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

n the year 10Y, amid
the dying embers of
that surcha rged
wave of riot, rage,
and revenge t II 4 t
swept over France in
that decade. the first
national exhibition
was held in Paris
1t was the ga me
wear that Washing
ton. after having cs-
tablished a peoples
government. Nolun-
tarily retired from
the Presidency of the
United States, so
that this important
cvcnt-the elevating
of labor, by placing
-. -,r,r1,,nts hnf1r,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

nam building covered ia, 600 square
W. |Na The annex $4,000 square feet.
~: We're 4,lC0 exhibitors. The
'''@' results were: Cost of building
'n'F expenses, 100000; total re-
w. w. including admissions, concessions,
8, - catalogues, etc, $4,000; lcav-
s,n ,"Ss OF 100000, which fell upon
g 'Srls Worlds Fair of 1856 was
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

\ * the eyes of mankind,
,,.lipg ii to tho fore front of
...,, jnausurating a new era in
~" .ushercd into
n hlazc of glory in the old. as
''' ,n, new world, that could only
w., crisis in mans history,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
Inns EXpOsITlONs.
a,rE BACK AS FAR AS
1897.

Have since Been Hold
~ .,,ccess-That of Paris In
Any the Most Attractive and by
wa Largely Attemded--A Arief
,vorld's Fairs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
"A Chance for :. Whit.

Old Lady {stopping open street carr
--Ye don't allow no smokin' on this car,
do ye?
Conductor-C Certainly, madam: take
one of the back seats. Step lively,
please.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20
She Classified Him.

"My DEAR" said the caller, with
winning smile, to the little girl who
occupied the study while her father.
the eminent literary man, was at his
dinner, Il suppose you assist your
father in entertaining bores?'
eyes, sir,' replied the little girl,
gravely, "please be seated. "--CAicago
Tribune, ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

HoT water is said to be sure cure
for every complaint, but we never knew
a man to feel any better because haa
wife kept him in it:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

collected many thousands OF exhib.
its, embracing every known variety
OF machinery; the Vienna Worlds Fair,
1879. having brought together the most
completely satisfactory exhibition of in
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

LIVERY horses belong to the hire
class of animals.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-20

must confess he excited my pity. for
which political pur1tsns will perhaps
blame me: but 1 do mot reproach my
self, Cor was witness of his agony"