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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-22
THE FAIR,

Frankie & Co., Proprietors-See Page 90.
This popular and extensive house-funishing
establishment, one of the few combining COM
plete stocks of crockery and tinware under one
roof, was established nearly quarter of a CEN
tury ago. About five years ago Frankie q Co.
purchased the business and enlarged it, The
new firm came from New York and infused new
life and enterprise into the concern extending
its scope and introducing new features, which
was so well received by the public that imme-
,diate success, far exceeding their expectations
rewarded them.
So great was the success of 'sTHE FAIR' that
new building, of which we publish cut, was
constructed for their accommodation at the cor
ner of Seventh and II streets, and they occupied
it in March, 1890. 1t is one of the most con-
veniently arranged in the city for the transac-
tion of the character of business for which it
was intended.
The stock carried embraces the most complete
assortment of crockery and glassware in the
city, from the lower grade to the finest article
produced. The variety of tinware and other
incidentals of housekeeping is not less eabor-
ate. All goods are run at low prices. One ex-
planation of the difference between "FAIR''
prices and those charged on ''the Avenue'' is
that while centrally located, yet the rent is COM
paratively low, and rent cuts an important
figure in the expenses of other establishments
Theincrease in the business in the new quar-
ters has continued with the promise of a yet
more prosperous future.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-22

the resident partner of this concern, is young
man full of energy and go-a-head, as is his
partner, who conducts the business at Wheeling.
The success of House & Hermann as credit
dealers in household goods has been attained
strictly upon true business principles, low
prices, and easy terms of payment. These
dealers claim to sell goods on the credit system
at the same prices as charged by dealers doing
cash business. These gentlemen could not
exist without large capital, which they have
at their command, and which their customers
obtain the full benefit Of Two buildings on
Massachusetts avenue are used as store-rooms
for this live furniture house, and the above cut
is good representation of the outside of the
establishment House & Hermann have at
tanned high reputation in this city, and their
success is well merited
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-22
CHARLES BAUM,

Fancy Dry Goods, Cloaks, ETC., Seventh
Street.
Although the appended illustration of the
front of the building known as Baum's Popular
Shopping Place is good representation of the
outside of the building, it is no criterion of the
interior An almost endless floor space is found
upon entering, every foot of which is utilized
to the best advantage and the convenience of
both customers and clerks. The front building
contains four stories and the rear building three
stories. From the entrance the first floor ex-
tends back block, as it touches Eighth street,
while half way down the store, forming a COM
plete right angle, an additional floor extends
to d street, and measures about one hundred
and seventy-five feet in depth
This dry goods store on Seventh street is much
appreciated by the feminine portion of Wash
ington and surrounding territory, as it is con-
sidered headquarters for ladies and their shop
ping lists. Baum's, by which name it is known,
was the first really large dry goods establish
ment which was founded in Washington The
history of this house, in fact, has been bril-
liant one. 1t is over quarter of century ago
that Mr.. Charles Baum inaugurated what has
since grown to be such thriving business.
About one hundred and fifty clerks are required
to fill the wants of the many customers who in
wade this leading store. Ladies' and mems fur
nishing goods, cloaks, wraps, and ready-made
ladies' and children's garments, together with
fancy articles, have made for this dry goods
store a reputation second to none while it's
proprietor has for years been well in the front
of the ranks of business men in this city.
Washington Loan and Trust Company
The original charter of the Washington Loan
and Trust Company was issued August Is, 1889,
tha a1ayuc IF thaS tafo of
and was reorganized under the act of Congress
approved October l, 1890. Like national banks,
1t is subject to examinations by the Comptroller
of the Currency. The business transacted, how
ever, is much larger in scope than that of
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-22
st. Johns College.

AS one wanders out Vermont avenue, Just
above Thomas Circle, a building, massive in
appearance, with rugged facade of white mar
BILE, is seen on the right. Inquiry develops the
fact that the beautiful structure is the famous
ST. Johns College, an institution of learning
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-22
HOUSE & HERMANN,

Furniture, Carpets, and Stoves. Seventh
Street.
Z One OF the best known furniture houses doing
a credit business in the city is the establish
ment so successfully carried on by the enter
prsing dealers, House & Hermann, at or,
9Sl, and 9S3 Seventh street. Besides conduct
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-22

national banks. In fact, it is not the intention
of the company to do general banking bus-
ness at all. Interest is allowed on deposits,
but no commercial or active accounts are
solicited or taken. 1t is intended that the bank
ing department will be confined to savings and
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-22

ing this well-patronized furnishing goods store,
which contains large and most complete
stock of furniture, carpets, and stoves these
gentlemen also have a similar place in Wheel
ing, where their goods are sought after in an
interesting manner, Mr.. j. Philip Hermann,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

chosen companions, on Nov. II. 1907, and
bound themselves together to save their
country from their cruel rulers.
1t was previous to this however, that
Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden formally
reconfirmed in writing bond to protect
and defend their liberties in common.
Before 1921 any such agreement if it eX-
listed at ALL existed only verbally. This
interesting document writing virtually
constitutes the first authenticated evil
dence of the founding of the Swiss Re-
public. To this instrument were affixed
the seals of the three countries as a
guarantee of its genuineness.
Schwyz was probably the most enter
prisng of the three, and the best organ
lied politically, and when they swore to
rise and free themselves from the Aus
trian yoke SchwyZ became the theater
of war. Outsiders first heard of the
confederates as SwitzerS, and after the
glorious success of Morgarten the other
cantons were willing enough to take her
name for their young league.
The latter part of the reign of Rudolf
III. of Hapsburg, Austria, over the
rough Alpine cantons was anything but
a peaceful one. There were numerous
petty instructions, and when Rudolf
died in 1921, and the good news reached
the forest cantons, the hopes there en-
tertained of liberty and a recovery Of
ancient rights broke forth. The people
were wary, however They may not
have been familiar with the old fable Of
the bundle Of sticks, but they realized
that in union there was strength. AT
any rate within a few weeks after Ru-
dolf's death, the districts of Uri.
Schwyz, and Unterwalden entered into
their perpetual covenant for mutual pro-
lection.
The acts Of agreement were all drawn
up in Latin, and the document itself is
safely preserved to this day in the ar
chives Of the canton of Schwyz. Natur-
ally it is looked upon with feelings of
the deepest regard and veneration by the
entire Swiss people, With it are pre-.
served Il number of other papers, sup
Elementary and of similar character.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

latlon which can muster al army almost
two hundred thousand strong, and which
would give the best trailed troops in
Europe terrible strugglS before they
could violate the neutrality OF the Oldest
of republics.
In these days, when thd tendency in
Europe is toward consolidation, Switzer-
land is regarded as little less than mir
acle. Her independence, and her evil
dent resolve to parpetuate It, are the ad-
miration even Of those who would like to
have her territory. Germhny is popu-
larry supposed to contemplate the annex
alton of all German Switzerland Some
day when the fortunes of War permit it,
there will be those who say that Switzer-
pand is included in the German domains
Pn that official map of I4reater Ger
many" which hangs in jome Closely
guarded room in the Berlin War Office.
1t is certain that Che Swiss watch the
mountain climbings of the specialized
German professors and their freckled-
faced wives with much Suspicion, con-
WINGED that they are making topograph-
lcal maps for use in some future cam
paign.
In the dreams of the TriAle Alliance it
is said there are visions Of divided
oWltZerIaE0, IN winch Germany ana
Italy are to be the chief sllrers. AS it
would be rather dangerous to try the
restoration of Austrian gov rnment over
the mountaineers who rese1ted it so bit
terly in the past, that will lot be talked
of; but it is all open secet that Italy
has been led to hope for lhe beautiful
Swiss cantons which lie along her bor-
ders as a return for her political partc1-
nation in tho al tn o1,o,, CO I'll
that an italian army, in case of a war
in which the Triple Alliance were pitted
against France and other powers, would
not hesitate to traverse Switzerland for
tho purpose of falling upon SFrance. In
this case Switzerland woula become an
Involuntary ally of the French, for she
will certainly defend her neutrality to
the utmost.
The league of Swiss cations is not,
like our own union of States, the result
of single act Or series of acts 1t is a
growth OF time, but it msy be said to
have taken its start on Aug. 1. 1891,
when the districts of Uri, Schwyz, and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

Its authenticity is well attcsted and is
practically unquestioned.
On the 18th of November, 1907. the
popular well-known "oath of the Gruetl"
or declaration OF Swiss independence
was solemnly enacted in the little glen
of that name on the borders of the Vier-
waldstatter Lake. and but little over
month later, on the morning of the LIST
of January, 1908, by common accord the
castles of all of the foreign bailiffs
claiming to rule in that section of Swift
Zerland were stormed or taken by STRAIT
egg, their occupants banished, and the
structures forever dismantled. Not even
as much as one stone upon another has
been left standing to tell the story of
the attempted foreign rule over the
sturdy farmers in these Alpine valleys.
Attempts to recover possession of the
country were made by the adherents of
Austria, resulting in the first battle of
Swiss independence, that of Morgarten,
fought Nov. Is. 1915, when 1900 Swiss.
posted in a favoroblc position, routed
90 600 men under Leopold of Austria.
Later on, July 9, 1856. in the same
region, at Sempach, l, 400 Swiss. through
the ever memorable sell. sacrifice of
Arnold Won Winkelried completely
routed the flower of Austrian nobility
and hiyalry
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

Aiming themselves, they carefully ad-
vanced on either side of the engine,
and as the pythons slowly raised their
heads in awakened curiosity two stimuli
famous discharges of rifles disturbed
the night solitude, and the serpents
wrlggled in death. 1t was then i'm
practicable to carry the reptiles along,
owing to their size and weight, one Of
them measuring 125 feet in length and
the other 1913. They were subsequently,
however, taken to Madras, where their
skins are preserved. But a remark
able part of the story follows. The
pythons, to insure the success of their
tiendish attempt at wrecking, had par
TALLY gorged themselves with sand
and small stones, that the train might
smoothly glide on their bodies to the
deep gorge in which they had intended
to bury it.
In examining this story we found
nothing difficult of belief except the
extreme length to which the pythons
had attained, and, unwilling to reject It
on this account, we studied up the his
tory OF pythons, and found that our
Ignorance only stood in the way Of our
accepting this remarkable Indian oo.
currence. Livy, the celebrated Roman
historian, who chronicled all the events
OF the seven-hilled city, and described
the battles of gods and men. narrates
mat IN Africa an immense python de-
Voured several soldiers, and measured
when Killed 100 feet! Captain Spoke.
who travelled the "dark continent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11
millionaire Scientists.

Fortune has smiled on the explorers
in the field of electrical science, saws
an exchange. No scientific body in
the United States has so many million
aires as the American Institute OF
Electrical Engineers. At the top OF
the list is Alexander Graham Bell.
whose profits on the telephone are
represented by eight figures. Next
comes Edison with seven-tigure fort
une. Brush, Of electric light fame,
and Elihu Thomson, whose financial
future is now perhaps brighter than
that OF any of the others, are more
than millionaires. Frank J. Sprague
was a junior officer in the Uuited States
navy six years ago. He is now living
in the mansion which was built for the
Grants. His company sold out to the
Edison Company for 81, 900, 900, and
half of it went to the inventor. Frank
lin l.. Pope, of New York, and score
OF others have independent fortunes.
Most of these men were telegraph OBJ
orators, and most of them began their
experimenting and study without a
dollar.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

Unterwalden entered into ! perpetual
league or defensive alliance. Sixty
days after the swearing of ihis oath of
friendship Canton Zurich entered into
2 defensive league with Sdwyz and
Uri, and these acts OF the union cleared
the way for what was sooA an actual
league. These early events, and those
that followed, are closelyl identified
with those most interesting creators of
history, or creatures of romance or ira.
dltlon, as the case may be. WI liam Tell,
Vernon, and Gessler. They are all
figures in the epoch which oiened with
the acquisition of charter ii liberties
for Cri in 1921, and closed with the
great victory of Morgarten in h3l5
1t was no desire for startling reform
that led those people of three small
forest cantons to band themselves into a
"Leagne of Perpetual Allianca" in 1891.
The confederation was simply for the
purpose of checking the inroads of Haps-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11
SWISS INDEPENDENCE.
REPUBLIC SIX HUNDRED
YEARS OLD.

Story of the Foundation OF the League of
the SWISS Cantons-The Original Com
pact signed in August, 1891 Progress
Toward Republicanism-Six Hundredth
Anniversary.
Switzerland recently celebrated with
simple yet picturesque ceremonies the
six hundredth anniversary of the immor-
tai compact of the brave men of the
Three Valley cantons against the Aus
trian despotsm. The shepherd warri-
ors OF Schwyz. Uri, and the Interval
den are accounted the real founders OF
that republican form of government
which seems as fresh and vital at the
end of the sixth century of its opera
tion as it was when first tried. Every
Swiss believes as firmly in the story of
William Tell as if no intrusive skeptics
had ever questioned the fact of his
existence. The story of Arnold Wink
elrcid and his heroic self-sacrlice when
he made a path for Liberty by gathering
the Austrian spears to his manly breast
is still taught and told in every hamlet
among the Alps.
Italian, German and French Swiss
rally with equal readiness around the
national legends, and we have to-day be-
fore us the phenomenon Of. little coun-
try with barely three millions of popu-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11
WILL SEE THE IN,
A Host of American Pilgrim.
Treyes

Srims
~, Treves.
The pilgrimage of Amo,
r rope to look upon tb, tho lea
Treves has begun. That is 'o .
an extraordinary relic-tbe m ID
in +, the keeping Of the ca rle no|
To be sure certain aoa1on!
discredited its authent;o oIlssla|
mass Of people in the Cotf.
believe it is the garment t'o M
wore. M
When the annoupcemo,.
that the coat would be- on v v
this year it aroused mn M e'
among good Catholics in Ama..
most directly plans for -1s III
were arranged. pu
Very old and famous is ~.
Treves, in Rhenish Prussia '''s !
the rlgnt bank of the Mosella
former magnificence. In r,
found the finest specimens ~ ~
esque architecture. Very s VI
the cathedral. A HUNDRED 'p p
the city library contained 16o
umes. But the city is 90
above all other things becans.
treasured the holy coat, which
celved the most devout "
from all good Catholics, y"
It was st. Helena who cave
to the city. 1t is said she VA.
Colchester. England, late in /
century. She did not acce,
tianity until she was eightee1
her zeal was extraordinarv
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

LONDON is becoming alarmed over
an estimated influx of aliens of up
ward of 900 per week, 80 per cent. Of
whom are destitute. Parliament is to
be memorialized to pass some law to
regulate and restrict undesirable i'm
migration. But what would London
do if it had the cue for alarm that we
have? Aliens with the like percent
age Of restitution are pouring into the
United States at the rate of 1,4OO a
day, and Congress passes laws no more
eficacious to keep them out than sieve
is to hold water.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11
True Courtesy.

A pretty story is told Of the ?
Louise, which has the merit Of
true, and also OF showing TIL
daughter Of England's much
Queen has a kind heart, and n
that spirit of snobbishness whit
stroys the instincts Of courtesl
many people when they are bron|
contact with those whom they col
their interiors. Il
It was in a large store in C1
and an Eastern girl was shopplnl
an Irish lady whose home was \
city. Suddenly the lady's face 4
up. She touched her compd
arm and said, "There's the n
Louise at the very next counter
I wish I dared speak to her"
care you sure 2" asked the Am
girl, who had never had such a
sight of royalty before.
"Yes, indeed" replied the otn NJ
have seen her in London VIII VI,
Queen, and 1 could not possl0
mistaken" !.
"You wait here, then, SAL
friend; and with the fearlessne'
independence which are saia
characteristics Of this nation
walked straight up to the III
before the Irish lady had time
monstrate. -,
IT beg your pardon: said the
blushing a little as the pleasal.
looked somewhat inquiringly H. II.
own, "but are you the !
Louise?"
"Why do you ask?" said the e,
in a surprised, though gentle 'o ;,
Because" replied the gltl, ~
daunted, "that lady over tnetl
she is sure you are, and she !; Is
your mothers subjects, ana sue
dreadfully to speak to you' ou'
dare!", d.;
(which lady?" asked the RI
smiling kindly on the girl; , anI
the timid but adoring "suoje ~
pointed out to her, che le11 i. n oc
chasing, went over to the nes ,, " ~
and spoke for several mlnu s
great cordiality and sweetness 'sS;e
delighted pair, winning a su ,,er
herself forever after, in the p''
the young American.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

The massacre of family of six per-
sons in Kentucky by mob of Italians
bent upon robbery and revenge comes
little late to fgurein the controversy
with Rudini. It suggests, however,
the inquiry whether in demanding an
indemnity for violence done to italian
citizens resident in the United States
the government Of King Humbert does
not implicitly admit certain response
bility for violence done by such citi-
zens. 1t is unlikely, however, that the
matter will ever get into diplomatic
channels. Kentucky justice is apt to
be swift in cases of this sort.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

SAM SMALL. who went upon the re-
igious rostrum because he saw that
Sam Jones was making so much money
in that line, and who is now discred-
tied, has persuaded some foolish At
lanta people to establish newspaper
and make him it's editor. He is not
welcome to the ranks of journalism,
for the profession calls for clean and
sincere men.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11
The Game Of Gossin.

One Of the company leaves the
room. This person should be one who
is we'll known and who can take the
Jokes in good part. Slips Of paper are
distributed and each of the company
writes a bit of gossip about the exile.
The slips are then gathered and given
to the reader, and the exile is permit
ted to guess the author of each bit of
gossip. But one guess is permitted for
each slip, and the first one whose work
is correctly guessed becomes the next
exile. >.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

The Piute Indians of Nevada have a
custom of putting to death the medi-
cine man who loses three patients, and
the Seattle Times suggests that this
would be good plan to adopt in place
Of numerous and intricate laws for
regulation of medical practice. 1t
would no doubt reduce competition,
and in more ways than one prevent an
excess of doctors.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

1t is we'll to remember the utilities
of hot water. Much trouble in the
way of stomach and bowel derange-
ments is more OF less traceable to free
use of cold drinks, but in most cases
of cramps, COLES, and cholera troubles
the free use internally of hot water,
both by drinking it and by enema, af-
fords means Of relief when doctors
and druggists are far away.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

No WONDER St. Paul feels aggrieved.
When she undertook to make her CEN
sus, Minneapolis poked in her nose
and spoiled all the fun. When she
spent some $4,000 for little Scrap"
then the Sheriff and the Governor
jumped in and threatened to arrest the
town. st. Paul has about reached the
conclusion that "this is no free coun-
try"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

1T is reported that Edwin Booth is
dying from the effects of too much
smoking. The report may be exag
gerated to some extent, but it very
probably has considerable foundation.
His excessive smoking has for years
been the subject Of general comment,
and it would not be surprising that a
man of his delicate health should feel
its bad effects. And especially is this
true when it is remembered that he is
said to smoke only the very strongest
kind of cigars. But for the fact that
he has been very temperate in other
things his health would probably have
broken down long before this
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-09-11

while the other two have more OF
pastoral character with rolling meadows
and green fields. The people are now
and have always been a sturdy, bold,
perSevering. as we'll as self-reliant ana
conservative, set and it was from such
country and from such men there came
forth the three famous Eidgenossen-.-
Walter Furst Won Attinghausen, Arnold
Won Melchtal, and Werner Staufacher-
who met on the Gruetli, each with ten