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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-17
Ned's Crow.


Did you ever have a tame crow? It's
fun, l can tell you, but sometimes it IS
more mischief.
l had one. He would follow me every
where, almost. OF course I couldn'H
let him go to church nor to school, but
he would perch upon a tree just outside
and scold like a good fellow. If you
Judged by the sound and didn't try to
make out words, you would think some
body was scolding sure enough. 1t was
sport to watch him then. He would
stretch his neck, this side and that
side, and twist himself into all sorts of
shapes-as if he must talk and the
words had somehow got stuck in his
throat.
That was three years ago. In the
fall he went off, by spells, with the wild
crows, and at last he left me entirely.
But the next spring, and every spring
since, with the first "caw, cav" comes
a glossy black fellow with the same
comical strut that all crows have, with
aleer and twisting of its neck and an
attempt at initiating the human voice
that its mates never try. | feel sure
that it is my runaway, for when ! talk
W ~ anu call IL Dy name 1T answers me,
yet is very careful to keep just out OF
reach.
My aunt had a tame crow named Jim
that could talk some, or at least speak
some words. 1t was a great mimic, and
would call out grandpa, grandpa"
just like little Joe, till grandpa would
60 out to see what allied the boy. 1t
would steal, too, everything it could get
hold of, and hide the things in all sorts
OF places. Grandpa used to get great
y, vexed about his glasses, sometimes
while a thimble was Jim's especial de-
light. One day I was picking up chips;
Jim stood near watching me.
+, Jim, you lazy fellow, why don't you
help me?" said 1, and Jim flew down
close beside me and began to pick up
the chips with his bill and dropped them
into the basket, just as solemn and So
Der as a judge.-YouM's Companion
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-17
p1TH AND POINT.

A Frenchman is teaching a donkey
to talk. What we want in this countr,
is a man who will teach donkeys not tt
talk. Boston Post.
DIR. Mary Walker is going to reside
in England, and the Boston Cou71e,
thinks she ought to take up her resi-
dence in Middlesex. ~
1t is said there are &C, 1000 spurious
sovereigns in circulation in England,
France has had several, but most OF
them have died of.-LoweW Courier.
The New Orleans Picayune thinks
"Good common sense is better than q
college education" Of course it is,
and a good deal rarer and much harder
to get.-Boston Transcript.
There are some things about the
National game which are difficult to
understand. For instance, the outs al.
ways occur IL the innings, and when a
game is called IL is not a called game.
Detroit Post.
An official at the charity Office of a
small town one day had an application
Tor help submitted to him, part of which
read as follows: ''The unfortunate
woman is the only daughter of a father
who died childless, and tolls to support
her infant brothers. IN. Y. Times.
What to him was love or hope?
What to him was joy or care? He step.
ped on a plug of mottled soap the girl
left on the topmost stair, and his feet
flew out like wild, fierce wings, and he
struck each stair with a sound like a
drum, and the girl below with the scrub.
bing things laughed like a fiend to see
him Chicago Journal.
A suffering clerk, in a down town
store tackled the telephone yester-
day. He rung up ''Central'' and began
to talk as follows: misunderstanding
10, C-c~-c-c-central! Ker-ker-ker-can
~yer-yer-you ger-gger-ger-ger-give m-m-
m-m-m-" Here the voice Of the Cen
trail office mar interrupted the struggle
with: ''For goodness sake stop that
chattering and put on your o~vercoat, if
you're cold."-N. Y. Commercial Id
ve7tsser.
Mr.. Fleizzig wanted to leave the
city by the last train, and, not know
ing when it left, sent his servant to see,
saying, 'John, go down to the depot
and see when the last train goes, and
hurry back and tell me-" John went
off and did not return for more than
two hours, when he rushed back into
the room all out of breath. .'Where in
world have you been all this
demanded his master. 'sTrain
just left sir-this very minute" was
Johns broken reply.-German Joke.
His Turn Again! 81 heered on the
streets dat Sam johnson glib you a kick
las night9" "He did fur a fac. Ise
suffering from de effect oh it yit.n
why didn't yer kick back?' 'Hey?"
''Why didn't yer kick him back?:" .;Bc-
kase dar was nobody dar but us two.n
81 don't see no sense in dat ar" eyer
Well, l does. Oar being only
two of us present, eft I had kicked him
back. den hit would hab been nv turn
be kicked agin right of."-1eras Sih.
inga-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-17
Our Young Folks.
ALL TIE GOOD We CAN

If the sunshine never crept
Into novels dark n sad,
If it's glorles never shone
Save where everything was glad,
If it scattered not its beams
Over hearts by sorrow chilled,
Would the sunshine do His will?
Would it's mission be fulfilled?
II the roses never bloomed
Save for gladstone eyes alone,
If their beauty and their grace
For the weary never shOne.
If they never brought a smile
To the wayside passer-by,
Would the roses do their task
While the hours of summer fly?
II the brides sang their songs
Far from every listening car
If they poured them not abroad
All the earth to glad and cheer,
Would the brides work be done
Ere the autumn breeZcs call?
Ere the gold and crimson leaves
Ger the grave OF summer fall?
If the sunshine of our smiles
We have scattered not afar,
If our roses-kindly deeds
Bloom not where the lowly are,
If our words of hope and joy
Never fall to bless and cheer,
Have we done our Makers will?
Have we wrought II mission here?
George Cooper, IN Golden Days
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-17
Another Railroad Enterprise.

DENVER COL, Oct. 31.-Articles of incor-
poration OF the United States Central Rail-
way, to run from San Francisco to this city,
were filed Tuesday. The capital stock is
S75, 00O, 900, and prominent men are among
the promoters of the scheme, among them
being ex-governor Beveridge, of illinois.
At the election OF officers at San Francisco.
w. Walker, of the st. Louis & Hannibal
Road, was elected President. Should the
line gain easy entrance to San Francisco il
is thought it willprove a formidable compel.
itor to the Central Pacific.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-17
Indicted.

CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-Frank L. Loring and
John Flemming, charged with pretending
to constitute a firm under the style of
Flemming & Merriam, which pretended to
do a brokerage business, but really bent on
apprnpriating to their own use the money Of
persons contributing to a fictitious fund
called by them mutual Cooperative Fund
W." also with using the mails contrary to
law, for sending and receiving letters for
these. fraudulent purposes, have been in.
dicted by the Grand Jury
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-17

further evidence of the productive
ness OF Dakota soil is found in the per-
son OF a Hamlin County man. who has
seven fingers on each hand, the three
additional digits growing out of each
thumb, and each being perfect and I'M
der control of the muscles .-C CHICAGO
Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-17

chapter-l went hunting throne, :.
once for a birthday verse,ana t0uggh 10
ever so much pleased to find th;o ! Was
Iooketh well to the ways Of her She
hold and: .She is not afra iSr house
snow for her household. for a ~ the
household are clothed with scar,s ai her
n. 7. Observer. -4et, y
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-17

The Minneapolis Tribune says:
''Iwenty-fve years ago two lovers dweit
in New York City. They %quarreled. A
letter of explanation miscarried. ne
came West, and settled in St. Paul.
She moved to Buffalo. This story
doesn't seem to come out just right; 1or
he is in St. Paul yet and she is in Buy.
falo. Both are married and hare largss
families"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-17

In a recent decision the Commits
sioner of Patents holds that matter pat
ented as a design can not be registered
as trade mark. The office, after hay-
ing adjudicated certain subject matter
patented as a design, and granted a
patent therefor, thereby giving the pat
entee the exclusive right to use the
same for the term of years mentioned
therein can not register as a trade mark
substantially the same design and give
to another and different party the right
to use it as a trade mark.-N. y Times
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-17

A curiosity was exhibitedin Austin,
Tex, recently in the shape of a num-
Der of very large fish inclosed in solid
cakes of ice. The ice was as clear as
water, and the fish looked as natural as
If they were swimming in their native
element. The ice was frozen by an ice
cOmDanv.-Erch0,zuo
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-17

A negro of Rome, Ca, while en-
gagged in a fight with another colored
man, some time ago, had one of his fin
gers severely bitten by his voracious
rival. The bite became so poisonous
that he was recently compelled to have
the injured member amputated in order
to avoid losing the whole arm.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-17

Captain Roach, of Austin, Tex, had
a game-cock training for a cooking
main, but an envious hawk swooped
down on the p%oultry-yard and made .
breakfast off the rooster.
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Climbing the Spiritual
stairs,
!artsib,c .Iyrh;fcrt1rc IN the NcU
England RnrxoHGge.

"tes. She sail, ''our children are married
and .o,e. and nv husband and | SIT ly oi;r
winter fire much as VI. did ,ef"re the little
"lrs rnine tn widen the circle. Lit. is SOME
t!,in. IKE Il spiral stair c.,ss.: VI are all the
time Iii ~ ar"nnl the spot We Startr,, from.
0n.v IN. degree further M :h. stairs"
Thai is a l,r"itT illn~trtrinn.' remarked
her trir.i.i. tnaSins,y. gazing into tl. glowing
coas- which ~satlitct! :: pleasant heat from
the many %~Ind"w-.l stove. lyon know We
cannot stop '"iiin: ny the hill. thnu.iI.'
surely We ciniot. attt tor myself don't
find fault with lha, necessity provided the
advance in lac i not ATTENDED, wiih calamity
or suffering. t"r | have had nv share of that.
Not long sIIr" nav health utterly hr,k x WI.
My system WA. full OF maiar:a. My digestion
became Thoroughly disor,ier.,l AMI INV nerves
were in il wrrrchr! state. was lan.uid. ate
little amt that without enjoying K. and had
M strrngt!: or ambition t. rerior.n even my
light hua>c!inid duties. Medical treatment
filled I" reach the seat If The trouble. The
disease-wn!ri, seemed to b. weakness Of all
the vital ur.ihs-pingrc>>cd ,intii | had sew
era! attacks which my physicians pronounced
to I've acute conac>Iini If the stomach. The
last Of tirrs- was i desperate stru..i. and I
was give" mp t" die. As the. crisis had par
til.ss pst>Stsi. MY husband heard of the ,,er
it. oI PAnkEHS TONIC as an invi.mr,nt in
just >li-ii eases as mire. l took IL ANA felt its
good effect at once. 1t appeared to ~,crva,lc
my body. rs Though the hle-sin. of new life
iia come t" me. Taking no ntLrr mesiicine 1
continued to hr"ve. and am now in better
health than | brave been for :, !"ny time
t~+SIrArt ir"'n interview wi II the wife of
Rev. i, Penny. Pastor oil Baptist Church. Cold
brook. Mass.
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SORGHUM CANE.

The cultivation of Sorghum cane
in the Northern and Western States
has been the cause of considerable
interest ali over this country, and
some %uneasineSs in the sugar grow
ing districts Of Louisiana and
Texas.
Before us is a Government pamph
let in which are statistics and facts
relative to this product from which
the following are taken.
There were probably 5000. 600,
gallons sorghum syrup made in
1859. In 1870 there were 16.O0O.O 900
gallons made. In 1880 there wei e
2S.4O0 600 gallons.
The average yield Of sorghum
from 1862 to 1871 was per acre sos
gallons, the largest yield being 100
gallons in 1866. From 1872 to 1881
the average yield per acre was 70 9
gallons. These figures show that
while the yield increases in quaint
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THE O

Of the inside work of any bust
ness or profession the public is
more or less ignorant OF all 9th
ers 1t c%onfe>ses it's ignorance. but
of the reporters work it cOnceives
theories which are rather amusing.
but much more aggravating. The
theory that a number of young
men are flying about the town gath
erlng up notes. which some office
man clicks into shapes" is very
common.
Another common theory is that
the repo'tOrial staff of each paper
is turned loose at a certain hour
each day to find out what is going
on III the city, and that each iudivi
dual II exercises his own secret
will as to where he shall go or what
he Shall do. Several times Il day
the reporter hears some citizen say:
81 should think yoc fellows would
get all mixed mp, several Of you go
lug to the same place after the same
thlng,'' and occasionally, when the
reporter happens around several
hours after III important and unex
pected thing has happened, by dill
gent questioning finds out all about
It, and writes a particularly vivid
description, some citizen asks,
GLOW did you happen to have a
man there just in time 7"
The most exasperatlng idea of
the public is that time cuts no tis
ure in the reporters work.
"Come around in the morning;
Mr.. Smith will be here at 8 O'Clock,
and he'll be glad to tell you all
about it," says the courteous gen
tleman whom the reporter finds in
Mr.. Smiths Office, and then the re
porter wants 10 club the courteous
gentleman for not knowing that Mr..
Smiths story must be ready for
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the ~ intcrs before l o'clock the
mex, morning. Does the courteous
gentleman think, wrchancr, that
the rerOrtr, j. getting information
Tor some COOL, unirt quarterly
People ire sure that the reporter
goes everywhere ANA secs every
thing. They see him ~ duty at
the theatpr or convention, and tue
| IMPRESSION is made thai his Tim. is
filled only by those public "cc"rlen
ccs which appear I" Ire "oSi pleas
ant i. Il agreeable things to make
! note If. The fact that he works
tlom fnu: Il" eight hours longer ev
cry day than the longest worked
man in any other profession, and
that therefore h. has NOT vrn time
10 attend 70 his " private bust
ness. is not known. If it We're nOt
thar the wnik is fall of variety its
hours would Kill him 10 II year.
These prnlir. with the queer
questions and he fanny noriunS of
newspaper work. are h" OnrS who
only occasionally come in contact
with newspaper men. Il"l- are
>nne lrun!.r.i~o Of who ne er
mal'. Il trrn, for n-w>i'ar"r. Who
are nrr':in@ s'i;!'> rs 10 he value
al !;tW-. In"! atr ,nr :.i-:i ON
ilr 'rl'u:'r. meets every day, and
from W::uln IL CTS i..ioru alln:.-
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The Picayune of last Wednes
day dismounted from its very eleva
ted horse and acknowledged that
the delegates elected from Assump
ton were rot anti-administration
lists, claiming that they were in
structed to vote for Nichols which
is not true, and that a resolution
endorsing McEnery was voted
down because it could not be pass
ed,' which is again untrue,
because it could have been
passed easily had the McEnery
men wished to pass it. The Pic.
then intimates that in order to get
the nomination of Lieutenant Gov
ernor for Mr.. Knobloch the dele
gates would vote FOR McEnery,
which is not correct. They will
cast every vote for McEnery for
Governor, no matter who is put
second on the ticket.
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eCs ~ piOStuSt W. eN'N
The increased quantity is caused
by the increased area Of cultivation.
Some sugar has been made. From
1872 to 1881, there were manu!ac
t"red 197.OOS pounds of sugar. the
quantity declining from 3G.S46
pounds in 1873 to 1888 pounds in
1881.
III minnesota there we're in 1850,
1858 pounds, in 1881, 4.l76 pounds
and in 1888, GOO.OOO pounds.
The statistical agent in Kansas
for 1888 says that
''Snaar has been made this year
from sorghum for the first time III
the history Of the State, its manu-
tactu,e beiI:. confined tOtwO points,
Hutchinson and Sterling. The
works at these two places are now
in perfect working order, and are
running up to their tnil capacity.
OF sugar manufactured ut Hutchin
son and Sterling $4,000 pounds
have been disposed ut to retinerles
in Saint Louis, and the remainder
OF the 100000 pounds is, | under
stand, under contract to Eastern
houses. Great preparations are be
ing made tor next year, and it is
the universal belief that the pro
dnctlon of 1884 will be very large.
Both establishments are cOntempla
ting the erection of retinericS in
connection with their works. The
State Board Ofagricultnre estimates
that there are from 1000 to 900
manufactures, large aud small, in
the State where syrup is made from
sorghum. Many of these will Ut
tempt the manufacture Of sugar
next year,
The value of Sorghum products
Is nearly equal to that of Rye. The
syrup made is estimated to be
worth about 10000 900 dollars, the
seed at $1,000. 600.
Speaking Of the value of sugar
manufactured from Sorghum the
pamphlet finishes its reports as fol
lows:
The only contingent of success
i'll obtaining crystallized sugar Is
an economic One-a question Of tie
cost Of labor in growing and manu-
featuring. In twenty-five years
the people of the United States
will require 1900. DOC, 600 pounds
OF sugar annually, as much US is
now produced throughout the
world from the cane aud the beet ;
and the demand will increase the
price, SO that it is probable that in
the future, if not immediately, the
sugar Of the United States viii be
produced within the National boz
ders, OF cane, sorghum, or beet,
and probably OF all three combined.
1t anything shall prevent an ca.
~ con>ummltiun SO much desired
it will probably be the current ex
agselalion which makes sorghum
Il '~bonanza.' expectations extrava
santly raised that cannot possibly
be realized, aud losses incurred
through faith III visionary schemes.
Theorists must give place to practi
cal meu, backed by abundant dol
larS.''
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If any man had any doubts
about the insanity of the n. O. ri
cayune man his claim that Assnmp
ton has appointed McEnery
delegates is sufficient TO scatter
them to the four winds.
We rather admire cheek and
brass but the Pic. has a little too
much of it:
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RUIN WROUGHT IN II FOREST
How depressing it is to see acres of trees
cut down in the midst OF II noble foresr.
How saddening it is also to see that thin
spot in the midst of your otherwise abund-
ant hair. Stop it ut once by the use Of
Parker's Hair Bilsam. For actual %efficien-
cy this famons article stands ut the head
Of its class. Elegant for the toilet. delicious
in odor. and restores the original color to
gray or faded hair. Economical, rs u
slight. occasional application keeps tie
hair and scalp in perfect order.
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SUBSCHIPTlON:

One year lin advanced
Ore !"
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A NEW REVISED STATUTES.

Inc next Legislature VIII have
an important d"'y TO perform. \
number of new climes has lately
been discovered by the opponents
of the present Administration that
must have some adequate punish
ment specified il, ease Of their coil
mission in the future.
The papers opposing McEnery
are men of inventive faculties,
some ofthem possess brilliant ina.
inatiunS.
The Editor Of the Colfax Chroni-
Gle says tina, McEnery'S friends Of
Tered him TWO HUNDRED DOL
LARS for the use Of one of his col
nmn during the campaign.
What y terrible affair that is. All
the opposition %w,itcr>and cia4neurS
throw up then hands in amazement.
1t has Suddenly developed into IA
great crime, that of Offering IN Edi
tor of Il Louisiana paper $500 90 to
print Il co!umn OF advertisements.
If Charley Howard mad offered the
Chronicle ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for the use Of one column of
his paper, would the pious and hor
ror stricken editor have declined
the offer Not much, not very
much.
Il is Il crime, however. for /: friend
OF McEnery to have advertising
done ant pay for it.
Again, comes another who raises
his voice to proclaim that the Nc
Emery men have'sent some man in
to some Parish to organize and in
duce the McEntry men to turn ont
to the mass meetings aud the pri
marieS, thereby causing the opposi
ton 20 be beaten. This is a new
crime for which adequate penalty
must be foui.d.
Bat when the claqueurs send Mars
ton out to run over the State and
viIIify ana abuse Gov. McEuery it
is all right, and proper, but if a
McEnery MAI dares TO open his
mouth it becomes a great aud teri
ble crime for which punishment
must be found.
Another comes to the front. pro
claiming that McEnery has been
charged with great crimes and helm
ouS offences, which he does not
deny.
And then the whole band of growl
ers feel excrnc'a'ingly happy. Well,
Gov. S. D. McEnery would have
precious little to do to deny every
piece of nonsense that his enemies
hurl against him.
What he would deny to day, they
would reiteratc tomorrow.
And then another bounds tor
ward with the wonderful informa
tons that McEnery's friends Out
number all the other factions, hence
they should withdraw McEnery
and bring forward dark horse.
And here is another crime that
must be stopped, that a majority
rules.
The majority ruled in the State Cen
trail Committee, the majority ruled
in Madison Parish, aud in VIM
Parish and of course a terrible
crime was cOmEitted.
Let the Revised Statutes be oven
hauled and proper punishments be
meted out for these new crimes.