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Evening journal., 1891-01-22
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$25. secured
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zzxn4 among
other goods ordered the
other day for our Spring
stock two pieces of
medium weight Clay Pat
tern, English Diagonal.
Just the goods to make
up and wear for best at
all seasons of the year.
They are good quality,
soft of finish, which
makes them wear a long
time without getting
shiny, Splendid color;
will be made up to
measure with Cutaway
Coats, bound either flat or
narrow, with silk braid
and good trimmings, for
$25 a suit. Any tailor
would consider it a cheap
suit at $50, but buying in
such quantities, and among
other styles, we think we
can offer you something
worth looking up. Prince
Albert Suits from same
at SIS. Our stock of
piece goods is going
splendidly at the reduced
prices. but there are
plenty of good styles still
among those left, and you
can look through and see
if there is anything to
please you even if you do
not buy without feeling
compelled to.
j. T. MuIlin & Son,
Tailors, eth & Market,
Clothiers, Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1891-01-22

Don't fail to see The Witch on Friday
evening. Benefit Of Wilmington Whee
Club. Admission, so cents.
Evening journal., 1891-01-22

II AIAt OfbI hitA ASK Jluh5 iOl buHb
lent him last night2' Office Boy
Yes, sir; he says he's very sorry, out
the umbrella is wet yet, and he wouldn't
like 70 return it in that condition be
says he will carry IL home to night and
dry it by the fire Good News.
WITH groans and ssghs and dizzled eyes,
He seeks the couch and down he lies;
Nausea and faintness in him rise,
Brow-rackns pains assail him.
Sick headachel But ere long comes ease,
II 3 stomach settles into peace
Within hts head the throbbings cease
Pierce's Pellets never failed him
Nor viii they fail anyone in such a
dire Yredicament. To the dyspeptic, the
bilious, and the constipated. they are alike
a friend in need and friend indeed
"EvRR had your life insured, old fel !
low2" mo. Companies won't take me
Heart action too feeble Nobody to
insure my life for, anyhow" ''Ain't you
married?" mo Heart action too feeble
for that, too. ."-Chicago Tribuns.
If your house is on FIRE, you put water
on the burning timbers, not on the
smoke. And if you have catarrh you
should attack the disease in the blood.
not in your nose. To do this, take Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifer,
which permanently cnros catarrh.
WANTED IT LOUD thought Ethel
was to be married quietly" "She
wanted to be, hut the plan was changed
to please her grandfather. He is very
deaf, you know. New York Star.
The following organs have been taken
in exchange and are now for sale:
George Wood organs, &55 to SO.
Mason & Hamlin organ, sos.
Sirmon organ. $50
] Hornbecker organ $40.
] Royal organ, 500.
Burdett organ. 500
Miller organ, $40
H. f. ROBELEN,
40 Market Street
WHEN you find a man who believes In
an old-fashioned FIRE and birthstone hell
you have one with a lot of enemies he
cant ge5 even with New York Herald
DIR. DEHARDT's PennyroyaI Pills, are tie
9Snly genuine per Dyroyal pills made 4
sth ST., PhilA Ladies bewa. Of limitations
SICK MAE-"Im afraid I can't have
you any longer, doctor; my money is all
gone. Family Physician (eheerfully)-
'Oh, that doesn't matter. I've insured
YOUR life in my avorT-New York
Weekly.
Some good Pianos by some of the best
makers, that have been taken in exchange,
must be sold
Knabe Piano. $3.50.
2 Shoemaker Pianos, SIS. $40.
l Decker Bros. Piano, $f25.
Behning Piano. $l75
Behning Piano, new, $3.50.
g. F. RoBELEN,
7l0 Market Street.
paw, what is a PARTISAN "It's
Evening journal., 1891-01-22
vIfKII

WIEIl,
MURRAN.-In this city. on January Is.
John, son q Bernard and nose Murray, agea
years and months.
SPARKS suddenly, on December is, Dodo
Sparks, aged a years.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
What Are the Dog Days?

The dog, days last from the h. begin
ming of July to August II. The popu-
lar theory is that they are so called be-
cause dogs then 60 mad; but the notion
is etymologically false, besides being
untrue in fact. Dogs, strange to say,
are rather less liable to rabies then
than at other times. "Dog days. is
really translation of the Latin "dies
caniculares"-the twenty days before
and the twenty days after the beliacal
rising (that is, appearance in the morn
ing just before the SUM of the star
Sirius, whom the Romans called @Cani-
cula," or "little dog" The ancients
attributed most marvellous influence
to this star-our "dog star"-and sac
rifced brown dog to it to appease its
rage. If this were not done they
thought that the sea would boil, the
wine turn sour and the dogs begin to
grow mad, the bile increase and all
animals grow languid. It is unneces-
sary to say that, in the course of some
ages, Sirius will rise ut midwinter in
stead of at midsummer. Perhaps some
wiseacres, like those who are ready to
believe in dog days and new moons
changing the weather and similar i'm
possibilities, will then give him credit
for the frost and snow.-Bro0kly7a
Eagle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

ing. Perhaps the most popular of col
lars just at present is the familiar
"bent-edge" style. This is the one
that suffers most at the hands of the
laundress. The points are turned over,
and the hot iron presses down on the
seam, stretching the fiber at that point
SO that the collar rarely is present.
able after two or three washings. Here
is shown q little device that will effect
q great saving if put into practice,
while being simple in operation,
First, instructions should Be given
that your collars are to be returned
"ironed fat" the ends not bent in any
wise. Then take the collar in hand,
IS shown in Fig. l.
Run the tongue along the under
side of the seam for folding, moisten-
ing it, not so that it will penetrate to
the upper surface of the collar, but
yet sufficiently so to loosen the fibers
of the linen around the seam. Then
reverse the collar and hold it against
some fiat, clean surface, as shown in
Fig. 2.
With a lead pencil or the thumb
nail in play it is readily and neatly
pressed down to the proper angle.
Treated thus good collar will last
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
What Was Wanted.

The ability to state case so clearly
as to render misunderstanding impos-
sible is a valuable gift, but, unfortu-
nately. all persons do not possess it.
A political convention was being held
for the purpose Of nominating candi-
date for an important Office.
The district was close one, and the
necessity of selecting a popular man
was thoroughly recognized. A speaker
had just nominated q personal friend
for the position, and in an elaborate
eulogy had presented in glowing terms
his manifold merits, especially empha-
sizing his great service upon the field
of battle, as we'll as in the pursuits Of
peace.
After he had finished, voice was
heard in the rear of the room. swell,
what we want is man that will run
the best"
In an instant the orator was again
upon his feet. IF you think this con-
vention can find any body who can run
better than the gentleman have nom
mated, I point you once more to his
well known war record.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
This Road Was Up ON stills.

Probably the most unique railroad
ever built in this country was the old
Bradford & Foster Brook. It con-
nected Bradford with Derrick City and
was only four miles long, but did an
immense business during the boom
days IN the oil regions. 1t was built il
1877 and two years later went down il
a smash that killed number of peo-
pie. The road was appropriately nick
named the peg Leg" from its pecu-
liza. construction. for it was built on
stills, and passengers entered the cars
f.om the second stories of the stations.
Frank Campbell, the Travelling Au-
di;or OF he Pittsburg & Western, was
one of the officials Of the old "Psg
Leg" and gives the following interest
ing account of it's construction and
no it wa' operated:
here was but one main rail, which
was OF iron. but there were two auxili-
airy wooden rails. The main rail rested
on strong wooden beams supported by
massive stanchions strongly braced.
About two eet below the top beam
were two wooden rails about eight
inches i'll width. which were securely
nailed 10 the supporting stanchions.
The wooden rails were mainly for bal
ancing purposes. The height of the
odd little road varied from twelve tc
twenty-five feet, according to the lay
of the land in the valley through
which it was built. Without this ele.
walton the scheme of the inventor
would have been impossible. The cars
fitted on the rail like saddle-bags
hanging down on each side, and were
really two-story cars, the upper portion
being used for passenger and the lowel
story for freight. The grotesque-look
ing train was headed by two engines
connected with each other other, one
on each side of the man rail, the two
balancing like the cars. When the
fireman put on more coal he wa!
obliged to descend to the furnace by {
ladder. The engines and cars ran or
set of central wheels which pro
truded through the floors into woode,
hoods put on to prevent their damaging
passengers. The cars were narrow
and the main rails we're broad. When
ever the car tilted side wheels caugh
the wooden rails and aided to preserve
the equilibrium of the train.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
QUEEN OF FRESH WATER SEAS.
The Virginia Is the Best Equipped vessel
| that Ever Sailed Into ChicaeO.

The Virginia Is the Best Equipped vessel
that Ever Sailed Into Chicago.
Perhaps tho handsomest, costliest
and best equipped steamship that ever
sailed into Chicago is the Goodrich
Transportation Company's Virginia,
which arrived recently direct from the
hands of her Cleveland builders.
Massive in outline and construction,
and yet nodded on lines as graceful as
yachts, and combining speed and
weatherly qualities, she was the
pride Of every fresh water sailor
who boarded her for inspection.
Such o sweep of deck room, such
display of novelty and ingenuity
that was everywhere apparent, and
such thoroughness in the minor de-
tails OF outfitting were never seen be-
fore on the lakes. The Virginia Is
essentially perfected edition, though
on smaller scale, of the ocean grey
hounds, whose running is one of the
marvels of the times. Equipped with
twin screws that are turned by power
full triple expansion engines, she will
doubtless be able to show her heels to
anything that floats on the lakes. Her
interior fittings and arrangements are
rich and artistic, and include q
number of novelties, among which
folding berths will probably prove the
most popular. The dining saloon is
located in the forward hold space, and
is reached by solid mahogany stair
case leading from the forward end Of
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
NINA MARRlEs AN ITALIAN.

Nina Van Zandt-spies' Second Romantic
Alliance-A Feature of the Past.
Nina Van Zandt-Spies was recently
married in Chicago to Stefano s.
Malato, and thereby hangs q romantic
story.
It will be remembered that Nina,
then girl in her teens, married by
proxy August Spies, the anarchist,
after he had been sentenced to death
for his share in melting the anarchist
riot. After Spies death, his widow,
almost distracted with the excitement
attending her lovers trial and subse-
quent execution, turned her attention
to the study of languages in the hope
that it would keep her from dwelling
on the terrible ordeal she had passed
through. She became an accom-
pished linguist. About six months
ago she became acquainted with Ste
fano Malato, an italian journal
ist. Malato could not speak word OF
English, and was naturally attracted
by the beautiful young woman who
talked his own language so we'll. Mrs.
Spies became interested in Malato, and
undertook to help him learn English
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
pnEper DEEPENING uAnBoR-EMprY1Na OVER BnEAKwArER

ing the excavated material over the
breakwater. Soon after we had four
teen feet of water on the bar. Dec. %,
1890, a large three-masted schooner
sailed into the harbor that for quarter
of a century had been closed. Jan. 6 a
large sea-going steamer entered the har.
Dor. In three or four months we shall
have twenty feet Of water over the bar.
In order to successfully carry out the
work it was imperative that railroad
should be built along the line of the
canal to carry forward machinery and
supplies In eight months it was done.
It was wonderful piece of work. It
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

Wedge of geography proved that no
lral passage existed, men and ma
stunned their attention to the solu-
Of the problem of an artificial strait.
decade Just passed saw the gigantic
hpt of De Lesseps to saw asunder
Continent at Panama, and saw as
his gigantic failure.
this moment new attempt is un-
nay, this time at Nicaragua, and the
Warner Miller, of New York,
dent of the Nicaragua Canal Con-
lion Company, gives the following
sting account of the enterprise:
fifty years it has been contem-
that an interoceanic canal should
hstructed. Repeated surveys have
made by both the War and Navy
srtmcnts from Tchuantepec to the
mus of Panama. The result has
always in favor of the Nicaragua
e. Several treaties have been made
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
Premature.

Here is story Mark Twain recently
told an English interviewer who
wanted to learn all about American
humor: "a clergyman in New York
was requested by man to come over
to Brooklyn to officiate at his wife's
funeral. The clergyman assented.
only STIMULATING that there must be no
delay, as he had an important engage
ment the same day. At the appointed
hour they all met in the parlor. The
room was crowded with sobbing peo-
pie. The clergyman stood up over the
coffin and began to read the service,
when he felt tug at his coattails. and,
bending down. he heard the widower
whisper in his ear: we amt ready
VET Rather awkwardly he sat down
in dead silence. Presently he arose
again, and the same thing took place.
A third time he arose, and the Same
thing occurred. But what is the de-
lay p he whispered back; why are you
not ready?' she amt all here yet,'
was the very CHASTITY and unexpecte
reply; her stomach's at the apothe.
oorv'a IN
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

and at the same time perfect herself in
Malato's native tongue. The sequel
has had its conclusion in the wedding.
Mrs. Spies gives version of her mar
riage to the anarchist that has not been
published before. At the time it was
generally supposed that she was
desperately in love with Spies.
She says now, however, that
the marriage was made under
pressure from her parents and by the
advice of Spies attorneys. They
thought that the wedding would throw
an atmosphere of romance about the
condemned man and secure executive
clemency for him and save his life.
The girl was then but II years old
As every one knows, the sacrifice was
made in vain.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
The City of Morocco.

The streets are narrow, without
names, and crooked. and the houses
without numbers, like all those of
Morocco towns. The population is
estimated at 10000. The city is di-
vided into two parts, each with its
walls and gates. One quarter is ex-
clusively for Jews and the other for
Mohammedans. The Jews are kept
strictly within their own division at
night, and none of them can walk by
their gates into the Mohammedan
quarter without taking off their slip
pers, and some of the more fanatical
of the people place hot Goals in their
path, so as to burn their feet as they
walk along. There is no regular po-
lice to keep order, yet we have never
seen brawls in the streets, nor have we
heard that the people do much serious
damage to one another.
The climate of Morocco is consid-
cred particularly salubrious. The
summer heatis tempered by the snow
capped Atlas, which raises its high
summit just behind, while the album
passes through the city, contributes
much to the health of the people. As
it rained nearly every day during our
sojourn in this country, we found
Morocco at this time of the year par
ticularly dirty, the rains having made
the streets so muddy that they all
seemed like running sewers.
However, during our stay we visited
the principal bazars and shops, which
we found well stocked with Manches-
ter and native products. Some of the
people were gathering up the mud
and storing it in their shops to mend
their houses with. We passed through
several markets full of people, and we
examined every kind of work which
they were pleased to show us. Here
there are markets for all sorts of in
dustry. There is the slave market,
which is held every Friday; also the
skin, oil, grain and other markets..
Here we have street where old shoes
are mended and new ones made and
exposed for sale, there street for old
clothes, and others for ssddlery, iron
mongery, grinding mills, gunsmiths,
daggers and swords. The pottery is
truly Moorish in character. Fruit,
charcoal, cooscosoo have market Of
their own. Bread and meat have
their peculiar quarters. Carriers &c
about with skins supplying the thirsty
with drink.-BlackaDood's Magazine
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
THE VIRGINIA.

the main cabin, The first stairway
extends from the cabin to hallway on
the main deck. This hallway is fin
ished in mahogany, and from it the
stairway continues to the saloon, which
is richly furnished. The ceiling is
divided into panels filed with Lin
crusta walton, and in the center of
each panel is an electric light pendant.
In addition to these lights three cleo
trotiers are hung from the central
beam running fore and aft through the
saloon. With the exception Of ma
hogany the entire saloon is fini he'd in
the tasteful and fashionable style of
decoration known as ivory and gold.
The dimensions of the hull are 278
feet over all, 26O feet keel, 80 feet
beam, and 25 feet deep. The water
bottom is divided into six sections.
three on either side, and contains q
tank that will hold $4,000 gallons of
fresh water. The hull has six water
tight bulkheads in addition to collision
and stufing box bulkheads, so that if
the boat should be cut squarely in two
both ends would float.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
SolC-SacriAco.

It is useless to talk of sacrificing self
to Others unless there is something in
self that others need. It is the full and
rich life, not the poor and empty one,
that can fill and enrich others. True
benevolence, then, must obtain that
which it would give. To acquire hon
orably money or leisure or power, to
cultivate health and happiness, to gain
wisdom and knowledge, to develop in
terest in human affairs, to cherish just
principles and generous impulses
these things are essential if we would
pour out blessings and benefits upon
our fellow mon, while at the same time
they ennoble and gladden. our own
lives. We are all influencing others in
the direction in which we ourselves are
tending
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

soh from Nicaragua. OF this COM
\! l. became president one year ago.
h work has gone on very quietly for
y. years s in making preparations. Sew
Five engineers have been making
:, ,"S these two years most careful sur
y, ana studies. For every mile OF
nv ."' !, ~ least forty miles of lines have
Ill., thoroughly measured. surveyed and
HI" We have figured to the last
(r,l YARD that is to be eXcavated OF
nun aha of rock. Some figures may be
interest. The total route from ocean
|er rLsan will be 16915 miles. OF this
ktr S lo2 miles are natural waterways,
MN; niles of deepened channel, twenty
d 'I lhs OF canal proper through cuts,
bo .anniee-ouarters of mile OF locks.
sp s' "o of earth excavated will be
bin '' NJ cubic va de-, of rock IA, OPS, 1888
y YARDS. During these two years
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

was built through water from three
to four feet deep. Trees were felled ana
piled up across the line Of road. making ing
q sort of cribwork or corduroy road. on
this cribwork longitudinal logs were
laid. On these were the cross-tles OF
creosoted wood. brought from the United
States, carrying the rails. AS iass as
the road was built constructloh Tram
was run, bringing sand from III. Inc seq sea-
work until the whole was converted
t mttA . high. broad, solid and ballasted
r ,ns over which heavy trains can
, run at the rate of twenty miles or more
nun run h hour. This railroad will be con
tRi tin to the great rock cut; seventeen e.
s s.so from Greytown. and will be OF In
calculable value in this the most %s S Sa
ar. .Iready successfully solved tho two
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
plenty of water for lockage. The dam
makes 100 miles of slack water naviga-

For twenty-five years the harbor of
Greytown has been closed. An ugly bar
stretched across it's mouth high above
the water, so that you could drive over
nearly its whole length. Our first prob
lem was how to reopen the harbor.
The plan adopted was the construction
of breakwater at right angles to the
bar and 1000 feet long. Our success is
most complete. One thousand feet have
been completed, and at once the current
began to attack the bar, cut it down and
broke through, giving depth of nine
feet of water. We bought the entire
DREDGING plant Of the e., Panama mann Canal canal
and most powerful dredges in the world
They were towed up by steamers and set
J to work deepening the harbor, discharg-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

me ,a7e.s whole right Of way has been COM
pleseIy cleared of vegetation, a task Of
no small magnitude. ''sA u
me canal begins on the Atlantic side
=. oreytown, at the mouth of tho San
y = as RIVER. For the first twenty miles
u does not follow the river, which is
very tortuous and circuitous, but strikes
across in a straight line to Ochoa. where
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

ISAAC N. SEL1GMAN, the New York
banker, is regarded in financial circles
jas the ablest of what may be termed
the second generation of the family
whose name he bears, and it is an
open secret that he is one of the prime
factors in the immense banking bust
ness and railroad interests they con-
troll. As the young man has made a
thorough study of railroad engineering,
and supplemented it by practical ex-
perienee on Western railroad system,
he has an equipment which few tinan-
ciers possess.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

The number Of arrests for drunken
ness in Massachusetts for the year 1899
was 1884, of whom only $3.50 were
women. Forty-ive thousand nine
hundred and eighty-two arrests were
made in the twenty-five cities, and
only 6,591 in all the rest of the State.
The city population is 1927, 1854; the
town population 91l,779. The number
of arrests has increased since 1885 from
IS, 4SO to 1924 in 1890, whatever the
figures may mean.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

EDWARD BELLAMY has developed
into full-fedged practical" poll
tici, n. It won't be great while now
until Edward Bellamy will be looking
bacl ward to see his future.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
Tho colorlne Properties of Coal.

The amount of coloring matter stored
in coal is such that one pound OF the
mineral yields magenta sufficient to
color 500 yards of flannel, aurine for
100 yards, vermilion for 1850 yards.
and alizarine for 255 yards of turkey
red cloth.