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woMEN's VOICES NOT THE BEST.
At Least the Photograph People Prefer Q
Good Baritone.

At Least the Photograph People Prefer .
Good Baritone.
From the New York Star.
A gentleman connected with the phonograph
company related to me some peculiar things
about people who sing or wish to sing into the
little machines which are placed in public re-
sorts about the city and operate for nickel
dropped in the slot. "All sorts Of people come
to our Office" he said, "snd want 10 be allowed
to sing into phone. A good many Of them
can't sing a little bit and some who are good
singers cannot do effective work in the ma
chine. We are really overrun with applicants
and one man is employed to do nothing but
play the piano for the vocalists. The manager
listens to them sing . few bars, and IL he
thinks the voice suitable he spends some time
instructing the visitor Just how he must SPEAK
into the phonograph. IL In very dificult TO do
that well.
"Many Of the applicants want to throw Q
CARLOAD Of pathos into their voices or they sing
with a stacy tone and throw themselves about
fundamentally as IL they were before an
audience. That will not 20. The tone must
be natural and the words cistinctly spoken
The singer must stand still at . certain distance
from the receiver. OF persons who can sing
fairly well in public not over one In ten pos
sesses q voice suitable for the phonogrsph
One rarely finds q suitable female voice There
is something wrong IN the quality. A baritone
10 the best voice. Although most Of the appli-
cants are willing 10 sing for nothing lust 70
have their names repeated by the machine,
when good voice h secured its possessor il we'd
paid Popular songs take best Hixh-cls0 on
cratic airs are not wanted"
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a few generations ago. hut now the general
comment is frieaSly. even from the strictly
orthodox. Personally Dr. Briggs Is immensely
popular. Two DAYS before The installsti0n en-
ercises he celebrated his fiftieth birthday bv
reception 10 ths junior class at the SEMINARY.
sixty in number. The students reciprocats.d
by bringing up with them one Of the finest
mantel clocks in nhany's stock. The occasion
brought out one Of the most brilliant and cor
dlal gatherings Of the week.
HENRY r. ELLIOT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-24

ought to be abolished But she is here now and
we must make the best of her. She must get
sleepy sitting up all night long. but she eats a
good supper generally and that supports her
She says abe enjoys il, but one may be pardoned
for doubling her. Night watchmen may enjoy
their occupation too, but it In a species of en-
toyment that most people would prefer to shun.
At german chaperons are considered by the
young folks particularly useless, unless they
are dancing chaperons, and in that case they
aren't really chaperons at all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-24
One Thing Always Handy.

One Thing Always Handy.
From Harper's Bazaar.
Hicks-"I am mover able to and anything in
this house."
Mrs.. Hicks--"Oh, yes, you ere. you and
FAULT about I'll the time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-24

THE TRANSFER OF GOV. HILL FROM krRASy TO
THE UNITED STATES SENATE MOVEMENT IL
ESTABLISH An AMERICAN ssIox-wAoSEErTEs
AND ANT1-vAoSERTrEs AT THE OPERA KoUsE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-24
THE MUSICIANS.


That q german is not pleasure to tho coach
men outside has already been pointed out 1t is
equally business and not a pleasure to the
musicians inside. What curious trade theirs
is! What do they think about all night long
as they scrape and blow away on their fiddles
and horns, while the giddy people dance and
fiirt with one another? What cynics they must
be! Do they ever, did they ever, 60 to parties
themselves? One OF the greatest wags that
Washington ever had as b citizen once cracked
a Joke in the hearing Of musician at ball and
the musician laughed. The wag was SO much
pleased that he declared it to be his belief that
no other humorist had ever had 90 high q COM
pliment paid to him. The gravity Of the party
musician is remarkable. Sometimes q couple
will sit right under his very nose and make
love furiously, but he never seems to hear q
word or, II he DOES hear, TO care anything about
it. To move him to o smile q indeed an
achievement. But . musician at . dancing
party after playing ono dance takes rest be-
fore the next, whereas, the musicians at q GER
man only have one or two rests during the
whole evening. There they sit playing the
old familiar airs over and over again until ono
would suppose that they would sink from ex-
haustion or go to sleep and play mechanically
which, by the way, II not unlikely that they
sometimes do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-24
THE sENEY AUCTION

WAR AT THE OPERA.
As every one knew would be the case. a gen.
uine opera war has already broken out be-
tween the Wagnerites and the devotees Of the
tune. We have already been promised an oppo-
sition opera company, with Lilli Lehman as
the bright particular star, which shall be ga
cred to the traditions of the strict Wagner
school. PROFESSIONALLY the German opera
meets the desires of the musical audience at
the performances, but, as l said last week.
tickle fashion, which holds the purse and the
votes at the Metropolitan. is very tired of the
six-years run of one style and bankers for nov
city, be it for better or for worse. One can help
broken outburst Of the New York wagnerites.
but, like little wanton boys that swim on blad-
ders, they now find themselves given ducking
Just when they supposed their happiness was Sc.
cure. They take il out just now in the most
vociferous applause for Herr Seidl, whenever
that popular leader makes his appearance in
the conductors box. A singular and signifi-
cant notice has been posted up during the
week in the boxes at the Metropolitan warning
the occupants that they talk and giggle too
much and had better keep quiet; if they don't
we may expect some lively Kissing, for the
Wagnerites are aching to give vent to their
wrath in q way that the box holders will ind
specially disagreeable.
RAPID TRANSIT COMING AT LAST.
After 10, these many years, real rapid transit
looms mp as almost . certainty. The legisla-
ture is showing q tractable and harmonious dis
position and the local interests give evidence
Of working together. The project which has
the call for the moment contemplates an nm
derground system with two tunnels connecting
Manhattan Island with Brooklyn and jersey
City. The cost is only 81, 000, 900, . mere
bagatelle nowadays, when he IL humdrum
promoter" who is daunted BY mere hundred
millions.
THE cHAHPIoN or "rHn HIoHrl cnrr1cmx."
The bold note struck BY DR.. Briggs at his
installation ~ professor Of biblical theology at
Union Seminary ID reverbersting through the
press and among theological and religious
circles Il would have meant heretic-on-soast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-24
HOME MATTERS.

HENRY r. ELilo1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
Destroys the Body.

Medical testimony concerning alcoholic
indulgence as a prolific cause of serious
disease of the kidneys is cumulative
Among the six hundred papers present.
ed to the late international Medical
Medical Congress at Berlin, was one by
Prof. L. Granger Stewart, of Edin-
burgh, Scotland, in which he said:
among the causes of Bright's disease
few are more important than excessive
indulgence in alcohol, and few tend
more to keep up renal irritation when it
has been established He does not
wholly discard alcohol, but the stronger
distilled liquors "must always be we'll
diluted" with water or milk; heavy
wines should be avoided, and he adds:
with regard to malt liquors, 1 find it
best to avoid them altogether, and very
rarely to allo" a light and pure German
beer, but only when specially indicated,
and never for habitual use. There is
an abundance OF other medical testi-
mony of high character to show that it
is better to omit even the minimum of
alcohol which Prof. Stewart is disposed
to recommend. Experience has DEM
onstrated that abstinence is wiser and
safer than moderation
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
swap outlawry of the rum traffic for
legal sanction"
The Treatin. Habit.

One would not expect to find saloon
Keeper strongly inveighing against tho
practice that so largely prevails in this
country among the bibulously inclined
and known as "trea.ing." Yet that was
tho course followed by the proprietor of
q Well-known wn-town resort in a talk
with the Saunterer. He takes the view
that treating is tho curse of the liquor
traffic as well as of the individual con-
sumner; and he maintains his position
with such Skill that one is forced to the
conclusion that he knows whereof he
speaks. His chief objection to the habit
is that 1T ministers to the hoggish pro-
pensltles OF man and drainshis pocket.
AS an illustration: A few friends, from
thfee 10 halt dozen, meet on the street
corner. Some moments are spent in
talking upon current subject, and then
one or the number suggests that all
hands adjourn to convenient sample
room for purposes of rcfreshment. This
is done. They stand up before the bar
and member of the party orders a
round of drinks Not to be outdone,
some one else orders another round.
And so it goes until every man has paid
out for single round. They pour the
liquor down their Threats instead of
drinking it in a reasonable manner.
In the majority of cases, these success
slve rounds are merely starters The
hearts OF the treaters become warm and
sympathetic, and then generosity is
4ulckened to that degree where they be-
come reckless Over-indulgence is gem
orally the result, and likewise a reckless
waste of money, that in the majority of
cases ought to be applied to the relief of
the necessities of others. This saloon
keeper admitted that it would be vastly
better for the drinkers themselves and
also for their families if they would
abandon this senseless habit Why is it
not done? Why do men, when they
gather together, indulge in habit that
they would not follow when alone? For
instance, no man, unless confirmed
drnnkard, would ever think of going in
to a saloon alone and drinking in RAPID
succession five or six WHISTLES or cock
tails. There is something in every mans
nature that makes the idea repugnant
to him. This is the result of treating
America is the only country where this
custom is countcnanced. The habit I'M
doubtedly wrecks many good mans
health as we'll as his pocket-book. 1t
ought to be stopped. Chicago Ere,.ing
Post
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
"Tl,e, Rum Curse"

The arena has strong article on the
"The Rum Curse" in which it sets forth
in striking light the havoc wrought by
the drink traffic and the drinking usages;
deplores the popular indifference to the
general subject, including churches and
ministers, "with few honorable excep-
tions," criticism quite too sweeping,
though unfortunately applicable in some
eases; urges positive and energetic agi-
tation," and concludes by saying:
cit is idle to make laws and leave the
public impulse dormant. Arouse the
people and the evil will disappear.
Make men see and feel that the rum
seller is greater curse to. the communi-
ty than a professional thief; that a
saloon is a more positive evil to a neigh
borhood than a shanty filled with small.
pox patients, and fire will be llindled
which will purge the country of its
greatest crime and misery breeder who's,
colossal shadow envelopes Christendom
and carries a thrill of misery, Il pulsa
tion of vice. a throb Of degradation
wherever it falls.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
The Troubles of License.

The Lewiston (Me) Journal, COM
menting upon "The Troubles of License, I"
says:
"Many are the troubles of licensing
the grog-shop; many are the difficulties
in the way of enforcing license laws, and
now Boston is unhappy because of the
anti-bar law, which, it is said, has in
creased drinking. The present law for
bids hasty swallowing tippe at bar,
standing, and forces the customer to sit
down and take it easy. The hurried
crowd don't like the bother, and the
bars are to resume business in the old
way. A popularity of license liquor
laws is that whatever the people get,
they want something else. Licensing
nuisances naturally doesn't at all devil
talize them. There is no people of SINH
lar climatic and race conditions who are
so abstinent in the matter of drink as
the people of Maine, and prohibition
expresses the conscience and the intelli-
genee of Maine on the drink question.
The more other States fool with license
and it's patented anneXes, the less in
elinsd are sagacous Maine observers 70
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
'rwere Better Not to Marry.

A recent Pittsburg, Pa, telegram men
tions that on single evening". in that
city, four expectant brides, who were in
readiness for the marriage ceremony,
were disappointed through the non-ap-
pearance of the men whom they were to-
marry, on account of drunkenness. In
one case many invited guests and the
minister were in attendance and waiting
from 7:3O till 8 o'clock, when word came,
that "John" was drunk, and the party
dispersed. In three cases the disap-.
pointed girls reconsidered and decided
that they would not marry the men who
had thus disgraced themselves. In this
decision they were wise, and it is to be.
hoped they will adhere to it. Drunken
ness and marriage, in the best sense, are.
incompatible.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
TEMPERANCE TOPICS.
HOMES ARE RUINED BY STRONG
DRINK.

thousands of Lives, Characters, ant For
tunes Are Annually Wrecked Along the
G'ldcd Pathway Having Its Beginning
IN the Beer Glass.
English Ear Maids.
EDGAR Wakeman, in his tour of Brit
ain. mas made special study of the bar
mald, having inquired the history of
ABOUT 100. She is found in the United
Kngdom to the number of 2Oo,o
.lhese are as q class the prettest and
Ildlest women in the three kingdoms y
Inc barmaid appears in black gown.
wmte apron, and "the glory of the rose
on check and lip" She is, in fact. lust
as most men love to SEQ woman
suggestive Of domosticity in her raimenr,
charming in figure and face Such is
her appearance What is her real lifeo
sShe lives with the publican's family.
oile goes to a room not fit for dogs
keeping, snatehes few hours sleep. and
IS again at her post behind the bar to
cheer and whredle the trembling drunk
afas OF the early morning hours. Her
meals arc snatched between ferocious
rushcs OF customers at the bar. She
must Know everybody, be cognizant of
sometiing about everything. have q
soothing word for rum beGevicd tenn
pers, pacidly listen to discussions of
herself like those upon an animal: ac-
cept direct and infamous insult with in
Vltatlon in her eyes and honeyed words
upon her lips Sympathetica!ly receive
condolences of the most sacred and
damnablc kind.
"ior all this she receives from six to
twenty shillings per week aud keep.
The inconceivable degradation Of her
calling can only be limited at in the
statement of fact that there is, but one
place in Great Britain-at the refresh
ment-bars of leading railway stations
where refusal to serve one who insults
her would not lead to her immediate dis
charge without "a character
Many die at an early age from lung
diseases, caused by their foul surround
ings.
mo honest man can speak of them un-
kindly as a class. The power behind
them is responsible for the evil they ac-
complish. That is incalculable. Be-
cause of their presence, countless
British women find it easy to become
drunllards. Because of their agree
ability, sympathetic kindness and out
right Establishments. all grades and con-
ditions of men arc more and more en-
riching the British dramshop with all
that should preserve and sanctify the
British homc."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
Wanted Golden Shoes.

Ex-Congressman William Scott, the
millionaire of Erie, Pa, has great
number of fine horses, and anything
that pertains to the equine race be APP
preciates, even when it is more or less of
a facetious nature. He occasionally tells
the following:
"a gentleman wanted to borrow some
money from Mr.. lsaacs. The latter said,
rather Indignantly, that he did not lend
money unless he had good security.
Finally the gentleman said he thought
he could give security.
"'What@ asked Isaacs.
"sA horse
"'Bosh! the horse is worth nothing,
eyes, it is. Why, my horse io17 hands
high. has diamond eyes, ruby ears, and
silver name
"a horse of this great valhe, the gen
teman Thought, woald be taken as Sc
cArity, when Isaacs put an end to the
aicker by asking:
"'Vell, mine frient, has dot horse got
golden shoes, teo?'s"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
In South Dakota.

IA PIERRE man has fig. tree loaded
with fruit.
A CIRCULATING library of 600 volumes
has been opened at Mitchell.
WHEAT is reported up and looking
nicely in all parts of South Dakota.
c. Z. OsMAN, of Estelline, moved tc
Oregon, stayed month, and returned tc
South Dakota, having had enough OF
Oregon.
SOME time ago the popular cry in
South Dakota was s'irrigate or emf.
CRATE" and the people decided to take
she former course.
ALoNzo. WARDALL has gone to- Waco,
Tex, where he will represent the South
Dakota Farmers alliance in meeting
of the Texas state alliance.
ARTICLES of incorporation for the
SPHINX County Abstract company, Red
field, tho Brookings, County Fair asso.
citation and for the Great Northern Sheel
company, at Milbank, Grant county.
have been filed with the secretary Of
state. This latter company purposes
doing general business in buying and
selling sheep, wool and pelts, the capita,
stock Of which is,SaOO,OoO.
FAST HORSE has written aletter to DR.,
McGillycuddy, OF Rapid City, stating
that the man who killed Teamstel
Miller is a Rosebaad Indian named Shoots
the Enemy. The murderer has Miller's
belt and pistol; in his possession.
FIVE out of SIX families, that left Car:
lys!e township. Beadle county, last fall,
for Kansas and other states, have re.
burned and again settled upon their
farms, and the sixth writes that he will
be there with his flock as soon as he car
get the sswherewith' to. make the trip
Rev. L.. BRADFORD presiding elder
for the Huron dissrict, states that
arrangements have been made for
camp meeting at Pierre, beginning June
rs. Miss Mary DENNIS, of Indiana, one
of the most successful evangelists that
has ever visited this state, will lead the
meeting.
IT is locally Charmed that the Northern
Pacific contemplates making Aberdeen a
division headquarters on it's route from
Cakes to Pierre and thence on west.
Stock yards, a roundhouse and other
buildings, incaading repair shops, will
30 constructed on good sized scale.
The remains of little Clara Hyde, the
victim of the frenzy of her insane mother
Ut olouA E'aIlS, Weie thheu 10 DdVen'
! port, Ia, and cremated in the crematory
! at that place. The remains were accom-
panied by an uncle, who witnessed the
incineration and returned with the ashes
of the little one whose death was so in.
descrihably sad. The baby, which was
poisoned by its mother at the same time,
is now out of danger.
The railroad depot at Seneca. Frank
! county, has been closed.
The proprietor of che Hotel Locke, at
Pierre, Is said to have made $4,000 the
past winter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
Temperance Notes.

"THE one chief reason for my becom-
ing an abstainer," says Archdeacon Far
rar, "was because I saw on all sides the
waste, the ruin, the misery, the degreda-
ton, the disease, the wretchedness OF
homes, the destruction of human bodies
the human faculties, and human souls;
the national disgrace and calamity, the
cruel determination or debasemento of the
weaker races of mankind in our colonies
and dependencies, which are caused by
drink"
TEMPERANCE effort in Benares, India,
is meeting with remarkable success. A
Brahman "Mahaut," or religious teach
er, named Keshuh Ram Roy, enjoying
the advantage of Western education as
we'll as Eastern culture, has devoted his
life to the advocacy Of temperance, and
is appealing strongly to the tribal and
caste instincts of the people of India.
The results hitherto have been signally
encouraging, councils representing 49,
900 or $4,000 people have adopted rules
binding total abstinence upon their
castles. All this has been done in less
than two years, and the enthusiastic
"Mahaut" is now bringing arguments
and eloquence TO bear upon other castles
to follow the influential example al
ready presented. The excise revenues
show great decrease in consequence,
and liquor dealers have been led to PEI
tition the magistrates for reduction in
the cost of their licenses.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
SOUTH DAKOTA HAPPY.
The Rains and the Warm Weather Make it
Blossom Like a Rose.

After the heavy rains the weather has
come off very warm, giving vegetation
tremendous start and affording tho finest
of weather for farming. In Stanley,
Buffalo, Hyde, Sully, Hughes and other
river counties, there will be larger
acreage cropped than ever before. The
abundant moisture of the season so far
nas given everybody renewed confidence,
and they are all eXclaiming that it is
opening up just the same as 1888, which
was very productive year. The crop
will be varied and considerable corn is
being planted. The season, for all that
It opened late, if the warm weather CON
5inues, will be early.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01

Mrs. James G. Blaine, ir.,. has taker
up her residence in Sioux Falls for the
purpose of gaining a residence in the
state and securing a divorce from hel
husband, the youngest son of the secre-
tary of state. The pair were married in
1856, a runaway match, when young
Blaine was barely of age, but without
occupation or means. Their married
life has been anything but happy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01


Avoid the place! it is no misnomer.
The experience OF thousands has proven
t to be:
A bar to responsibility,
bar to honor,
bar to happiness,
bar to domestic felicity.
Every day proves it to be:
The road to- degradation,
The road to vice.
The road to the gamblers hell,
The road to the brothel,
The road to poverty.
The road to Indebtedness,
The road to want,
The road to robbery,
The road to murder,
The road to prison,
The road to the galiows,
The road to the drunkard's grave,
The road to hell
Some, it is true, do not pass through
all these stages. but intemperance, per-
sisted in, always ends in the .drunkard' s
grave, and, we have too much reason to
fear, in hell.
The bar-room is truly:
The curse of the drunkards wife,
! The curse of the drunkards child,
The curse OF the drunkard's home.
Those only who have known the Bit
terness of being a drunkards wife or
child can know the misery and horror of
a drunkard's home.
Young man, before you enter the bar
room, stop! Ponder the path of your
feet ere it be too late!
Men of family, flee from the bar-room,
as you would in honor fulfill the pledge
of love you made to her who is the COM
panion Of your joys and your Sorrows
Baltimore american
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
Plenty Horses story

Tt is understood that the government,
in its prosecution of Plenty Horses for
the murder of Lieut.. Casey, will produce
witnesses to whom the murderer con-
fessed the crime, and said that he killed
the officer in order to win the regard of
his tribe, who had heretofore looked
upon him as of small account because he
had been at school, but had not done
any fighting.