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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-24
Reduction of Duties.

BUENos AYREs, July 23.-The Argentine
Congress has voted reduction in the duties
on petroleum and ricr.
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PARNELL PRESIDES
At the Opening Meeting of the Irish League
Convention

DUBLIN, July 23.-The League conven-
tion opened to-day with a large attendance.
Parnell, who was the presiding officer. was
warmly cheered. Referring to Balfour's
promise. as outlined, of a Local Govern
ment Bill for Ireland, Parnell said he would
join Timothy Healy in making il as COM
prehensiye as possible. The convention
adopted a programme, which included man.
hood suffrage land law reform and the re-
instatement OF evicted tenants.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-24
Montreal Millinerv Firm Faila

MONTREAL, July 23.-Ihe wholesale mil
linery and fancy dry goods firm OF John Nc
Lean & Co. has made an assignment Liza
bilities S2S1, 200.
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A RUSSIAN WELCOME.

The French Squadron IReceived With Much
Pomp at Cronstadt.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 23.-The partici-
pants in the elaborate reception by which
the French squadron was welcomed to
Cronstadt to-day were favored with fine
weather. The roadstead of Cronstadt was
occupied by eleven vessels of the Russian
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Trotting at Detroit.

DETROIT, July 23.-The rain prevented al
but one neat OF the 2:30 trot to-day Prince Ho.
garth came In ii ST. Pilot II second Little AL
bert third, Lucy Nj fourth. Time, 2:3o12.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-24
The Live rrool Gun.
BASEBALL GAMES.

LONDON, July 23.-The race for the Liverpool
cup, mile aud three fu,longs, was won by
Rathbesl, 81. Benedict second, Burnaby thlid.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-24

The Boston Club Defeated the Brooklyn Bride
grooms Yesterday.
NEW YORK. July 23.-O'Rourke to-day
batted in all four OF New York's runs
New 1orks 4, Phiadrlphias s. Batteries
Welch and Buckley, Gleason and Clements
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-24

Sturgeon Somewhat Better.
LONDON, July 23.-Rev Mr.. Spurgeon to-
day is slightly be tier.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-24

In negro divorce suit In Atlanta, Ca,
there were twenty witnesses. and not one Of
them. II is said, knew month IN the year,
or could tell the time Of day by clock,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

LIFE is garden, and you who dwell
therein must cut down, with stern
will, the weeds would you have your
flowers flourish; give those tender bios
soms-love, hope, truth and friendship
no artificial warmth, no forcing pro,
cess, no undue or nervous haste, but
vault them over with the blue skies
of eternal love, bind them about with
strong hedges of faith, and give them
sunshine and fresh air and sweet rains.
and give them care and everyday at
tention, for these they will need more
than anything else. And whenever
you have q moment to spare pull a
weed-but never fower-out Of your
neighbours garden, that it may be as
fair as your own.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
Trade.

The spirit of barter is one which
very early animates certain American
children. AS soon as they have pos
sessions enough to swap" for others
more desirable, they are happy indeed.
The st. Paul Press gives a recent
instance of such devotion to trade.
"Please, SIR" said boy to the fore
man Of paving gang, will you give
me one of those round cedar blocks ?"
eyes, I'll give you one if you will
tell me what you want it for"
"To cover it with carpet, and make
a hassock."
what do you want with hassock 2"
ooh, I can trade the hassock to Mrs.
Brown for bird-cage. Her bird is
dead"
"But what can you do with bird
cage without bird?"
Oh, I don't want the cage, but I can
trade the cage for an oxidized picture
Frame"
well, of what use is picture frame
without any picture?"
"But Mr.. Oliver has picture oil
General Sheridan. and he said he
would trade me hanging lamp for a
good oxidized frame"
$50 it's the lamp you want!"
"No, I've no particular use for lamp,
but 1 can trade good hanging lamp
for Persian rug, and the rug for 8
Mexican parrot, and Tom Eligible will
give me his banjo for the parrot. It's
the banjo want.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
u. Vent Down to His once.

aMvdear, said Mr.. Blough, Il am rot
going out this morning. l have got a
cold and it rains, so 1 think | will stay
in the house and finish examining those
ooh. I'm so glad" said Mrs: Blough.
81 have wanted to get chance to
run out for mornings shopping for
some time, so l will go to-day, and you
will see to things, won't you?
Il expect the grocer's boy pretty
soon. Tell him to bring some cheese
and bread, and one-half pound of but
ter, the usual quantity of tea, three
pounds of loaf sugar, and don't forget
TO say that the last coffee he brought
was not the right kind. Then, when
the dustman comes round be sure you
watch for him, and tell him he mustn't
spill any more ashes on our walks.
And the dressmaker will be in be-
fore noon. Tell her I can't be fitted
till / get some new trimming for the
bottom Of my yellow skirt, and ask her
to call on Thursday afternoon. Oh,
and don't forget to tell the nlilkman to
leave two pints instead of one. Tell
It'll Ill SO1HS w ludhc d PuANAhS w
morrow. And the butcher will have
to be paid. Give him SIS Cd, and tell
him the sirloin he left on Friday wasn't
tender, so 1 won't pay him full price
for it.
"And the upholsterer is coming to
see about doing over that chair in the
back parlor. and say to him that [ will
come round and pick out the color ]
want in plush. And now I'll run out.
"You can have nice, quiet day, with
nothing to disturb you. and you won't
mind going out for a lunch, will you,
if I don't get back? Good-bye-good-
bye, dear"
And Mrs. Blough went out.
MI. Blough whistled softly. Then
he said to himself:
Somehow, don't think it will rain
much"
And he went down to his office.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
A Terrible Iistake.

A young gentleman had an engage
ment with the daughter of a prosper
GUS citizen to attend the theater, says
the Louisville Post The young lady
suggested that they use the family
carriage, and the gallant was too po-
lite to decline On the morking of the
engagement the young lady asked her
father to please stop in Mr.. Bowersox's
office and inquire where he wanted the
carriage to call for him. The kindly
old gentleman did so. He stepped in
the Office, and, calling to the young
man, said:
Il want to see you about that car
riage."
"Wait moment" said the youth,
evidently agitated. He laid down his
pen, and, coming from behind the desk,
led his visitor into a far corner, apd
continued II can't settle that right
now, as am deucedly hard up. I'll
fix it by the middle of the month, dead
sure"
"What do you mean?" said the old
gentleman.
"Why, amt you the collector for the
Gouge'em Transfer Company"
"No, Tn not. I'm Miss Bondhold-
er's father, and want to know where
my carriage is to be sent for you to.
night"
He went to the theater in the car.
riage, but he did not enjoy it much.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
A Tree Which Smokes.

Newton, vigorous mountain town
west of Charlotte, N. g., has curl
osity that beats by large majority
the rain tree which gained such noto-
riety in Charlotte in 1886. It is a
smoking tree, and battles all efforts at
explanation. 1t is white mulberry
tree, and stands on the sidewalk in
front of the residence of Levi Yoder.
1t was brought from Illinois year
or two ago, and is now about twelve
feet high, with bushy top and many
lateral branches. The other Sunday
one of the family noticed puff Of
smoke proceed from one of the limbs,
and by watching it closely, puffs
identical in appearance to cigarette
smoke We're seen starting every now
and then from all over tl.e tree; some
times from the leaves, sometimes from
the bloom, sometimes from the bark
of the limbs or trunk of the tree.
The puffs are at irregular intervals F;
sometimes two or three at once from
various parts Of the tree, and some
times they are several seconds or q
half minute apart. They just seem to
come at haphazard from any part of
the tree, and as they ascend in the air
look exactly like the smoke from a
cigarette.
Since the curiosity first became gen
orally known, large crowds, both of
town and country people, can be seen
there at any time in the day. All
doubling Thomases are soon convinced
on the first visit that the tree edo
smoke" Among the white people it
is only looked upon as curiosity, and
many, of course, make explanations of
the phenomenon, which, perhaps, are
plausible enough to their authors, but
which carry very little in conviction to
the minds of all.
But the negroes don't like the thing
at all. One negro woman, after in
tently watching the puffs few min
utes, started off on run, saving 81
wouldn't lib dar fur nuthin': people
better go to doin' better bout dis
town" A negro man said: "I'm
gwine stay way from dat thing. lean
smell de birthstone clear down to de
libery STABLE"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
,,.,,.. ,,ail.cars arc Manncd.

Nearly every railroad in the United
states carries. at least once day, one
or more men whose business IS TO re-
ceiye. sort and deliver the mail gain
cred at the towns along or near that
road.
man does it alone, in q small room
built in part of the baggage-car or
smoking car. AS the business increases,
two or more men work together, having
q whole car for their accommodation.
The car is drawn directly behind tho
engine. so that there shall be no occa~
sion for any passing through it. With
still more business, between the large
cities. two or more cars are run, until
between New York and Chicago we
have whole train run exclusively for
the mail service, made up of five cars
and worked BY twenty men. A line
of railroad between two cities, used in
this way, for sorting the mail, is called
an "R. P. o." i. e., Railway Post
Office" and there is an immense num-
Der of such in the country, taking
their names from the chief Offices on
the line.
Such are the Boston and Albany"
Boston, Springfield and New York,
portland and Island Pond" "Chi-
cago and Cedar Rapids" and many
hundred others. The runs vary greatly
in length, ranging from twenty miles
to as high as thousand miles. The
extremely long runs, with the excep-
ton of the "New York and Chicago"
are found only in the West, where
there are great distances between the
cities. On surh a run there will be
two or more men, one crew sleeping
while the other works. The New
York and Chicago is divided into three
sections Or this run the twenty men
who start out from New York are re-
lieved by as many more at Syracuse,
and thesa in turn are relieved at Cleve-
land by another company who take
the train into Chicago. AS general
thing, however, run is planned to be
about the distance which can be COW
cred in day.
On all the more important lines
there are two sets of men, one for day
and for night service. If the run is a
short one with but little mail, one man
does the work alone, running every
day, and usually having several hours
! to rest at one end of the road or the
other. Where the run is long enough,
so that the trip takes all day, there
will be four sets of men. One man, or
set of men, starts at one end Of the run,
and covers the entire line, meeting the
other somewhere on the route, and re-
turning the next day. When these men
have worked week they 60 home to
rest week, and the others take their
places. Such is the arduous nature OF
the work, the strain to mind and body,
and particularly to eyesight, from
working all day long in the constant
jar and rattle, that few men would be
able to retain place were it not fol
these periods Of rest.-St. Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

ingenious and somewhat fantastic
changes suggested in them go to show
the extent to which brain power
has been used in the effort to invent
some contrivance that will render
wheeling lighter and easier and more
convenient exercise than it is at pres
ent.
The improvement suggested i'll the
"Zimer" consists Of a movable handle
bar provided with lever. This lever
is attached to rods running to con-
cealed mechanism in box near the
axle. The uses Of this continuance are
to render hill-climbing easy, and to re-
lieve the otherwise necessary upward
pressure on the handles. When the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

Ir is easy enough to ship oil in tank
ships, but not so practicable to do the
same with molasses. Atleast the thing
has been tried in iron tanks, and chem
ical action has spoiled the business.
But now come some Boston people who
have contracted to carry molasses from
Cuba, in wooden tanks, for a New
York sugar house. The schooner to be
employed has been fitted with twenty
tanks, with an average capacity of 10,-
600 gallons. To keep the ship sea-
worthy these tanks are to be divided
into compartments of 5000 gallons
each.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
Which Is Your Style.

II can usually tell what city
comes FROM" said a travelling ny
ather day, "by the style Of his M
GLOW do you make out?" "a
ooh, easily enough" replle]
man. "Of course ] refer to mel
travel a good deal, who are y
road, if you please. "
"Yes."
"Yes, q man from Chi:ago, u
wears a silk hat, generally OF W.
fashion, we'll brushed and styl1
degree. A man of Cleveiana, u
affects a derby of a low broa4
perhaps a year out of date.
delphia man, if he has his cl0s1
nine times out of ten, plck . ~
crowned derby. A San Fra ssnt
wears q SLOUGH hat; a oo 1as
either a stylish silk hat or = pr lUs
white hat."-DetrOit Free ffsS'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
Snare Moments.

The finest composition of huma
ure, as we'll as the finest clind
have flaws in it, though the n
may be Of the highest value.
The chief ingredients in the d
sition of those qualities that ca
TEEN and praise are good nature.
good sense, and good breeding.
EXAGGERATIoN, rs to rhetoric,
ing a vast force to lift a feather;1
morals and character, it is using
hood to lift ones self out Of the
dence of his fellow-men.
HE who INDUCES his sense in a
cesses renders himself obnoxious
own reason; and to CRAFTY the br1
him, displeases the man, and s.
two natures at variance.
BE pattern to others, and tn
will go we'll; for al a whole city
fected by the licentious passion
vices of great men, so is st llkeV
formed by their moderation.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.

handles, which are set in ball bear
ings, are drawn up, the axle is drawn
round and the desired pressure Sc
cured. This improvement gives the
wheelman some little relief in the mat
ter of hill-climbing, but the facility
with which the complex machinery
will work in hard. actual service is a
matter of speculation.
In the way of new ideas in tricycles
was shown three-wheeler provided
with an electric motor. II is said that
the battery, which is placed amid
wheels, will, unassisted, propel the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
ONE of the latest novelties in astr,

ONE of the latest novelties in astro-
nomical phenomena, as brought to
light by studying the spectra of GER
tain stars, is the showing that two of
these, heretofore classed as single, are
in fact double, and belong to that class
known as binary stars, or pairs which
revolve about q common center. The
binaries thus discovered are the stars
known as Zeta, Ursa Majoris and Beta
Auriga, the former being that star
which, in popular phrase, would be de-
scribed as the middle star in the han.
die of the Clipper"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
In japan.

A alcepy village it was % !.
the sea that beautiful sunny ds - laS
saw some bronzed girls out Nay n,
beach looking for clans. Tb upon
few men spreading their net ls ..
A number of children, with 'S u. I'd
children fastened upon tba a Sna
quietly nestled upon the sand ~ ose
The dogs Icy with their noses 0 I. sAd
their paws looking sleepily ont on Jew =. v
half-opened eyes as we passed d' h ol
fowl, squaddling in the warn y T.
they had fashioned for themsa u. n0l
here and there were to be sean U.s.
at work picking cotton from tb a VIC
a languid way that suggested thu, zee e
was time enough and to snaro
sea caressed the sand as gently ..
touch of an infant. The e; ss
hushed, and the foliage Of tho n,' :,
rested. No bird gave forth
the cats slept in the sun. and
thought if there was comfort INV ~
world twas to be looked for inst
But appearances are not reality,
quiet village of that day must h,r
storms and connections, and ha
other human habitations, full y
the evil that flesh is heir to, thonal
that one day OF the new wear Il w.
peace and at rest. There was
and quiet about it that was like
hush of a shrew's tongue-somatI
to be wondered at as phenoms
After leaving Singeta ITO its slea]
the sun, we entered upon na5
road leading over the range Of !
hills. which boldly push themsl
down to the sea in seeming deSsl
for their bases show how many a |
and seam that tell of fierce On,
with the waves when they have nj
against their foundations in the
fury of the storm. The hills Of II
are very unlike any that l have
elsewhere. They are all narrow 81
with rapid ascent, cleaving into
dividing the valleys in all direct
The hand and industry of man third
the long centuries have doubtless
tracted the natural slopes, as bid
above plateau is terraced and util
by the husbandman. AS we vi
through the leafy maze of the
charming vistas were on either
and wherever there was a level
large enough to swing hoe on i
cultivated. There were many patI
detached and away from any hs|
ton, that were certainly not Of thd
OF 100 square feet, under the hi
state Of cultivation. Not wed
blade of grass was to be seen
passing upon the spots. Yet vi
not see a single man at work i
fields during our entire trip, coyI
the entire day.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

machine along a smooth road at the
rate of from eight to twelve miles an
hour. The motor will be specially
welcome to ladies when rather steep
hill is encountered. The motor may
be of practical value on English roads,
which are, as rule, superb highways
for wheelmen. How it will operate on
some of the streaks of stubble and rut
that are called roads in this country is
another matter.
A new tangled tire, the maxim, :"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

For long time glass spinning and
glass-fower manufacture have consti-
tuted very extensive branch of Aus
trian glass industry. At present the
methods have become so developed
that a petroleum fame gives some
1850 yards Of glass thread every min
ute, this being woven not only into
glass cloth, ETC., but also employed
for watch chains, brushes, and other
useful articles,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

was exhibited. The tire consists of
series of rubber studs. 1t is doubtful
that it deserves the name its inventor
has bestowed upon it.
The lightest wheel displayed at the
Stanley show was a 24-pound cush-
ion tired safety. Nothing is new
about this wheel except its weight.
Perhaps the most complicated and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
Ought To But Couldn't.

do you make keys here?" ask,
woman as she entered a locks
shop,
"Yes'm,"
well, I want one."
"What sort Of q key, ma'am?'
Gone for a front door,"
Have you duplicated"
"No."
Bring the LOCKE"
no"
"What sort of key is it?"
I'll don't remember"
"But how am I to guess? TIL.
about 40, 600 different kinds of
Him. I didn't know thst."
els it a night-key?"
eyes, yes. That's sit. Its a
key"
"But that's also very indefnit,
well, my husband sometimes
home at midnight and unlocks til
with his pocket-knife OF buttonh
anything else that comes hand
you ought to know about what
a key would fit such a lock"
He studied over it awhile, but
~ had to admit that he was up q
Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

A SPARK from locomotive on the
South Pacific Railroad in California
caused the burning OF a wheat crop.
The company being sued for damage
showed that the fire was caused by a
locomotive of the Santa Fe Company,
lessee of the road, and the United
States Court sustained the position
that the lessor was not liable for the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

PRINCE NICHOLAS OF Montenegro has
ordained in his official gazette that
every one of his active warriors shall
plant during 1891 two hundred grape
vines; every brigadier must plant
twenty; every commander and under
commander of battalion, ten; every
drummer OF color-bearer, five. Every
guide, moreover, must plant two olive
trees, and every corporal one. The
gazette calculates that in consequence
of this order Montenegro will have
four million grapevines and twenty
thousand olive trees on next January l.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

AN Austrian count and a member of
the Imperial Corps got so hard up the
other day that he tapped butchers
till for $50, but was suspected and has
had to skip out like common thief.
It's wonder he didn't sell his title to
some idiotic American heiress.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

THERE is story about almost every
inland lake that it has no bottom
John Farmer, New York man, has
spent three months sounding the lakes
of that State, and in no case has he
found spot in any lake deeper than
ninety-one feet. That's water enough,
however, to drown all the surplus cats
and dogs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

The specific gravity of new-laid
egg varies from l.0S0 to 1000; an egg,
therefore, is heavier than sea water, the
specific gravity of which is 1.O30. When
kept, eggs rapidly lose weight and be-
come specifically lighter than water
this is owing to the diminution of bulk
in the contents of the egg, the conse-
quence of which is that portion of the
inside of the egg comes to be filled
with air.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
A Hairless Horse.

Now and then a very curious
men is found among the desg 1s,
of Australia, writes q tra'eM'
oldest of these that I ever ss ',t
huge, ungainly beast, wltn . lid
upon it. It was cut out OF . h sn
and roped in by q station ! n u u
sold it for q drink and q pug ton,s
to some man. The latter s' nos
hairless horse, taught it 3. f e,1 OIL o..
place tricks and showed It 81 lave
colonies. He was SAID " i H. no,
in 800, 1000. The horse nsu Ii
but q high neck and c5e shinr,
was perfectly smooth ana a,a sD'''
dark mottled-brown IN COW