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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06
PITH AND POINT.

Slang is always Objectionable. In
stead of saying ga dead give away"
you should say ga posthumous dona-
ton"
old Beeswax "No, sir never
contradict a lady. It's q waste Of effort.
just give her time and she'll do it her
self. boston Post.
The watering-place season of 1883
has not been a brilliant success finan-
cially, owing to the high price of coal.
Philadelphia NeWs.
1t seems only proper to suggest that
all those St. Louis stories of kidnapped
girls should be sent down the Niagara
Rapids. Are they not made of the
missed?-Rinsbmrgh Telegraph.
"A Beaufort bachelor so greatly ad-
mired the way in which his housekeeper
prepared his coffee that he proposed
and was accepted. This is q pointer
for a oma with ambition in that di-
rection.-Chicago Tribune.
Public sympathy: Dissatisfied wife
-"We cannot agree-we must part
forever" Husband: "All right, but
we must not ventilate our Sorrows
through the press" Wife: "Ugh !
what s the use of the separation them"
The Judge.
Irish attorney Ito his clerk who has
taken the blue ribbon, and has been
celebrating the event ~ "IH not
stand it SURF! Wild yer plidges! In
std O. takin plidges ye're always break
in ye'd better make no promises at-all-
at-all-and kape 'em !"-Punch.
Several brilliant intellects are now
engaged in inventing new names for
old colors in ladies' dress materials for
next season. One man, after working
sixteen hours a day for two weeks, has
succeeded in evolving new names for
two tints-viz: "toper's nose and
kicked dog" The latter is yeller, of
course.-Boston Post.
-" Oh, grannie! grannie!" ex-
claimed a Brooklyn boy, glancing up
from a paper which he had been read
ing, Java has been visited by a show
er of fire. "Dear me-" returned the
old lady, not exactly catching the full
import of the communications, "dear
me, you don't tell me SO! Well, I
thought the coffee this morning tasted a
little burnt. "-Brooklyn IN. ~ Eagle.
A Milwaukee belle attending a thea
tire in New York City recently COM
planned in one of the scenes that the
light was too dim to see the acting
properly. won't you try this glass? =
asked her. escort, handing her his lorg-
net: Hastily covering the suspicious
looking object with her handkerchief,
she placed it to her lips, took a long
pull, and then handed it back in great
disgust, saying: "Why, there amt a
drop in it !''-CMicago Herald.
Entirely trustworthy.-"T Thomas"
said a gentleman to . colored white
washer at the Central Market, "can I
put entire confidence in you ?" eyes.
sab" well, then, I've half an acre
of watermelons out at my farm on
Woodward avenue" "Yes, sab !: less
60, sab. Am dat all, sab ?" "All, ex-
cept that l wanted to say that [ depend
on you not to say a word to any of your
colored friends aboutit.' "No, sab
no, sab not a word. l hain't dat sort
O possum, sab. (Aside.) Dat acre
will be little enutf for dis nigssah.'--D De.
trost Posi-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06
Ecuador.

With regard to the climate the rainy
season generally runs from December
to June, the remaining months being
dry (; but on the Amazon slope it rains
all the year round. AS to the influence
of the climate on man there are vast
healthy districts in the river valleys of
the Amazon region, while those of the
Pacific shore are commonly full of dis
ease. Special disorders are chiefly due
to the lack of sanitary measures. In
the west and northwestern parts the
abuse OF sweets as food results in g.
curious and frightful intestinal com.
plant. The country is now, and will,
in all probability remain, almost wholly
agricultural. the Pacific coast and river
valleys of both east and west yielding
generous crops of cacao, cotton, sugar
cane, rice, tobacco and tropical fruits !;
while the inter-Andean plateau pro-
duces all the cereals and vegetables in
cident to a temperate and even cold eli
mate, though they are of inferior DUAL.
ity. No hope of the Republic ever being
an exporter of cereals is held out. and
cattle do not thrive in the Amazon sec
ton, chiefly from the immense number
VI jews. "AlSh UlCCu VI OtlcEWlSc 1fTl.
tate them. Cinchona bark, which first
came from the province of Lola, is
being so rapidly cut and sent out of the
country without new planting that the
supply must soon cease and Colonel
Church attributes this to the fact that
the highest official sanction is given to
this destructive measure for pri-
yatc emolument. In mineral wealth
Ecuador is poor. The population is esti-
mated at 1,0o0,0 900 exclusive of savage
tribes), and is distributed as follows ::
White, 100, 900; mixed, 300, 600; pure
Indian, 600, 900. The evil qualities of
the mixed races are condemned AZ the
source of the degradation of the coun-
try. Internal communications are
much needed in Ecuador, and although
Colonel Church is personally. interested
in the construction of future railroads.
he expresses his strong opinion that for
the next ten OF twenty years a thorough
system of tirst-class mule routes would
undoubtedly be the best for Ecuador
London Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06
On Taking Exercise.

Boys who take q great interest and
an active part in outdoor sports often
bring needless illness upon themselves
by over-excrtion and want of proper
care after violent exercise. Attacks Of
pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs
frequently occur from getting very
warm and then cooling off too sud
denly.
When about to engage in a game of
BALI or any sport that requires continued
activity, it is best to lay aside the outer
garment, and put it on again when the
game is finished; and instead of sitting
down to "cool off," it is safer to walk
around for awhile. 1t is also danger
Gus to drink large quantities of water
when very warm. as the system receives
a shock which may lead to sickness.
Violent exercise taken occasionally
will not develop the strength as well as
q regular amount continued every day.
If a boy wishes to develop his muscles.
let him play ball or row a certain time
every favorable day. Let him cease at
the moment a sense of WEAKNESS OF
dislnclination seizes him. The next
day he will be able to stand q little
~ Cio1, d1lu 81 ny uCSlOCo ~
will attain to a certain standard, and
have a reserve force of strength that
will be the foundation of continued
good health in the future. 1t is neces-
sary that the growing body should have
exercise. Air and sunlight are neces-
sary to growth, and active outdoor
sports are the means by which their
benefits a be obtained.
Let boys have all the outdoor exer-
else they can. Ball-playing. rowing,
horseback riding, swimming, all are
prime factors in muscular development.
and with care and Judgment in their
proper use will tend to stronger and
healthier growth.
The word needs strong men a. we'll
as wise ones, and indeed the mind will
develop more rapidly in a sound body
than in a sickly one. 1t is 8 grand
thing to be able to satnd hardship ana
privation in the search for truth ana
knowledge, and any man with gooa
physical strength is equal to the
task of combating the world if with "
he has the stimulus of q strong Will.
Let boys then seek to build up in their
growing days a sound constitution, anu
life will be nor than doubled in value
to them.-H. Q. Van Giesos, n. d."
Harper's Young People.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06
our Young Folks.
Our SEY.

know of a dainty blu sky,
And it IS the baby's blue eye:
And we watch it to see
What the weather will be;
But we never can tell if we try.
We catch a wee glimpse of the sun,
And think such u fine day is bcgunJ
And everything neat
And happy and sweet,
ALREADY for frOlic and fun.
The rainbows are here without doubt;
And the robins n roses come out;
And gay bobolinks
And peoples and pinks.
And butterflies Swimming about.
The blue-bells are ringing a chime,
And the fairies come marching in time,
Mother Goose and the rest,
In their fine Sunday best, =
And dance In o rOilicking rhyme.
But 10, there's q storm in the skyl
Then how the wee fairy folks by!
And Mother Goose rings
For umbrellas and things,
And tries hard 10 keep herself dry.
The birds and the blossoms look sad:
For they wore the best coats that they had
To think such Il shower
Should come up in an hour!
Ills really, yes really too bad!
But look! while they worry and fret
The clouds are all gone and the wet;
And the Sky is as blue
And as innocent, too,
AS ii it had never rained yet.
So we can not tell If we try
The signs OF this dainty blue sky:
But its smile or its frOwn
Turns the house upside down
Forit is the haby's blue eye.
carrie ". Bronson, IN n. Y. IAdcDcndcnt.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06
Magical Roots and Herbs.

\ house with four gables, each n OF
which seemed to lean for consolation
and support against the telegraph poles
that had sprung up beneath them. Win.
dows whose long service had appa-
rently deprived them of usefulness, fol
their dingy, implanted blinds were
tightly closed and bound with faded
green muslin. A sign, which bore the
legend, 'Herbs Sold Here,'' and a row
OF dingy window-panes. through which
could be discerned punches of parti-col-
ored leaves, that resembled nothing
more than the w~ar-trophies of some san.
culinary Indian who had fought and
bled, but who had conquered his enemy.
Within, in strange contrast with the &C
emulation of dust. stood a young man
whose hair cast Il lurid glow over the
piles of boxes that reached the ceiling,
filled, if the labels on them could be
trusted. with cures for every i'll that hui.
man flesh is heir to-, as well as a large
variety of others, and with powders and
potions whose presence in an active
stomach would make death a welcome
relief. Across the counter stood a col
ored woman, whose avoirdupois could
only be correctly determined by hay
scales. There was an eager look in her
eyes; and with one hand clutch;ng with
c%onvulsive energy a dollar bill, and the
other stretched like signal-service storm
map on the counter, she whispered in
She most accessible ear of the youth:
"Gimme some Adam and Eve"
1t was done. and the money changed
its owner. The colored woman van
ished amid the thundero of her tread, and
the clerk sank behind the counter with
a flash Of his lurid locks.
A Tribune reporter asked the clerk
what the woma meant. He was en-
lightened as follows:
eve have colored men and women
call here every day and ask for adam
and Eve It is a root found in New
Jersey swamps, and is supposed to
bring the best fortune to its owner. We
charge n dollar for a single root.
Here is n of them" The reporter was
shown a small, l~ight-colored root, re-
sembling in fiber the peanut-root. From
a slender stem bulgcd two protuber-
ances Of unequal size. 1.-The small
bulb continued the clerk, sis Adam;
the larger, Eve. Colored people put
the roots in Il bottle and then pour a
pint Of whisky over them; if they swell
there is luck in them, and they are
cherished for years us their most valua-
BILE possession. have known negroes
TO commit suicide because they had lost
their Adam and Eve A colored man
came in here a few days ago and told
me that he had been to Philadelphia
and that he made ove1 a hundred dol
lars at cards. On his way back on the
train he had got drunk by imbibing the
whisky in his Adam and Eve bottle,
and in a fit q frenzy had thrown his
charm awny. He said his money was
stolen from him before he arrived in
Jersey City, and he spent a week hunt
ing oyer the tracks of the Pennsylvania
Railway for his lost adam and Evo.'
/ sold him another
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Ten thousand men, mostly from
Jamaica, are at work upon the Panama
Canal.
1t has been decided by the Austrian
railway administration to employ WON
en- as guards on the same terms as
men.
With the exception of a few years,
Madagascar's rulers since 1928 have
been women. A niece OF the late Queen
has Just succeeded her to the throne,
and makes the fifth Queen since that
year. and the fourth in an unbroken
line.
The Shah of Persia has q way OF
managing horse-races that is peculiar.
at least. The competitors all deposit
the entrance money with his Majesty.
and when the race is finished the Shah
contiscates the winning horse and keeps
the entrance money. Pool-selling is
not practiced in that enlightened part
of creation.
Among the victims of Casamicciola
were a Signor and Signora Bonavita.
who left property worth 81, DOC, 900, to
which there is no direct heir. Their
relatives, in order TO determine the sue
ccssion. have pctitioned to have their
bodies disinterred, that by an eNamina-
ton of the external injuries it may
be asccrtained, if possible, who died
first.
A circus man in Europe has q new
way of raising money. II erafies off his
African lion at each town he visits. In
this style of rattle the victim is the un-
fortunate winner. ''Take your lion,f
says the honest circus man as he goes
10 open the cage. The crowd stampede.
The unlucky owner. who finds he can
not buy the cage, generally pays the
circus man to keep the brute.
The conversion to Christianity of
the Queen of Madagascar, who lately
died. is said to have been entirely acct
dental. She CHANGED to find an old
Bible around the palace and began to
read and study it, ending in adopting
the faith and making bold war upon
idolatry. Under her rule the country
took rapid strides forward in education
and all kinds of progress.
The youngest son of n of the first
families of Schleswig-Holstein made a
visit TO Monaco. He had q large sum
Of moneywith him at the time, but he
lost it at roulette. Telegraphing home
for more, he received it and played
again. but lost all he had. He then lost
his watch, his studs and his rings, and
tried to borrow 500 francs to pay his
hotel bill. Being Il stranger he could
not do this, and out of shame for his
failure. and out of reluctance to ask
for more money from his family and
explain the situation to it, he shot him.
self.
-Labouchere tells the following story
of his earliest visit to Aix-lcs-Bains: 81
remember arriving there when | was
about seventeen. 1 sat down at the
gaming-table, and in half an hour
won 9400 or $500. An official then told
mcthatth the Commissary of Police wished
to speak to me. On being introduced
into the den of this official he asked me
whether, as 1 evidently was a minor,
had the written permission of my par
cnts to gamble. l said that they had
not furnished me with such a document,
so he told me that l could not be al
lowed to play. This excellent man prob
ably saved me a good deal of money,
for l left with my booty instead of re.
turning to the tables"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06

-Longfellow's two unmarried daugh'
tiers will be absent from their Gam
bridge home during the coming year.
having, in company with a sister OF MI.
Arthur Gilman, decided to live as SUI,
dents at Ncwnham College. England-
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-06-28

when, in the face of the most furious excorti-
cation, he took his wife back-as If it had
been his honor that was smrched, not she,
and he had ceansed it by the murder-no
stream Of denunciation more virulent OF pitt
less ever followed man than pursued him.
In the high places he aferward held there
was virtually no Mrs. Sickles While our
minister at foreign court he was hayed and
pilloried by many journals, especially by the
New York World, which displayed in invec-
tive the ability Of Junius, and in penlmning
of Macauley. The philosophy Of the thing is
that Sckles married alone for personal
charms, and he lived out bravely the measure
of the penalty.
Tevis seems to have designed following the
example of Sickles, but his has not beer the
same straight, defiant, manly way. Tevis,
after the shooting, had recourse to judicial
remedies, and was at the pains to pro-
vide in the archives OF Missouri court the
record of his wife's shame. A divorce, a
vinculo was decreed upon his suit. But the
old leaven has been working in the Tevis
mind, and has brought him to the anchorage
which Sickles, with wise knowledge Of him
self, and will that through long life has
always had its way, never broke from. Rush
II. Tevis and Kate E. Reese were again mar
red on the 10th instant in Philadelphia.
A most felicitous married life was that Of
Sickles before the homicide and, after it, m Jre
marked still as such by the slavish devotion OF
the beautiful woman for whom he had defied
opinion, and stamped out that self-reproach
which commonly falls to men who subordi-
nate the mental instincts to the passions. But
we see here wide dissimilartv in the case S.
The parties are wholly dissimilar and we fear
the ends Wilt so. Reese is not Sickles, nor
his wife beautiful Spanish woman. And he
will not have challenged her admiration by
defying bravely and unhesitatingly, for her
sake, the opinion of the world. But, on the
contrary, he submitted to be driven by the
opinion OF the world into dragging her to
and through public court, making there
public spectacle first, and finally an enduring
record Of her wrong. II Reese had been
Sickles. or like him, and had kept her
dehantly, she might, for the sake OF that
tribute to her woman's power, and solace to
her womans pride. have smothered the old
embers. But they are left live Goals, which
will in some indefinite but brief time, make
a bonfire Of the new conjugal outfit.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-06-28
CONJUGAL MISTAKES.

Some Of our readers may remember the
shooting, on the 2Sth, November last, of
Frank Ingelhart by Rush Tevis, nephew-in-
law of General Sherman, on account of the
formers adulterous traffic with Mrs. Tevis,
daughter Of Colonel II. B. Reese, Of St.
Louis, and niece OF General William T. Sher-
man. The parties we're as good as dis
covered in hagrante delcto, and the shooting
was instantaneous. The lady's paramour was
not killed, but in couple Of months recov-
cred from the injury.
Some few Of our readers may also remem-
Der the shooting about 40 years ago, Of Frank
Key, by Daniel Z. Sickles, OF New York,
(afterward General Sckles), who had mar.
ried Spanish beauty for no other cause, and
upon no other pretext, than the sexual one
The cases are dissimilar in incident only from
the fact that Key was killed on the spot
was big sensation, as it was an affair in higl
life. Sickles was denounced for the homi
eide greatly on partizan account, by politi
clans and political journals, and much becaus
Key was an historical character, having wri,
ten the Star Spaugled Banner, we believei bu
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-06-28
Only a Common" Printer.

Often we hear the remark: "Oh, he's only
a printer" Yes, and often he of whom the
remark is made, is far richer than the one who
makes it. 1t is not all of life to live for the
paltry gold which fills up the Golfers of the
rich. Riches do not always bring a downy
couch Of sweet sleep and pleasant dreams.
He who possesses well stored mind with
contentment is far richer indeed. He is only
a printer, such was the remark OF leader OF
aristocracY. Who was the Earl oil Stanhope ?
He was only printer. Who is the Prince
Frederick. William, marriedSto the princess
royal Of England. He, too, was only prin-
ter. Who William Claxton, one Of The faith
ers Of literature? Who was J. P. Morris, J.
Giles, c. Richardson. Horace Greedy, Bayard,
Charles Dickens, Jerrold. George ID. Prentiss,
Bishop Kavanaugh and Senators Dix, Came
ron, Plumb and Nilesf These were all prin.
tiers. What was Beojamin Franklin? He was
only printer. Everybody cannot afford to
be printer-brains are necessary.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-06-28
DErAULTER POLK.
The Case Called in the Criminal Court
at Nashville.

NASHVILLE, June 26.-The case of Polk, the
defaulting State Treasurer was called in the
Criminal court this morning. Folks counsel
asked for a continuance of the affidavit on ac-
count of the absence OF his clerk and book
keeper while he was Treasurer, who is his main
witness. Folks counsel also made affidavit
that Polk had placed in the hands of the At
torney- General Of the state $4,000 and his as
surance is that $4,000 more would be paid BY
another party MS soon rs he returns from New
York; that he has also funds in the hands of
his attorney and he has sold farm in Florida
for 5000 and the deed delivered to his attor-
ney TO deliver when the purchase money is
paid to the State. He further states that his
attorney and the Attorney-G General for the
state have sold his interest in some North
Carolina property, from which $4,000 will be
realized 10 the State til At the estate of the late
Thomas O'COnnor owes him $4,000 or there
ahouts, and the manager thereof has promised
TO nay the same In a short time, which sum,
under an agreement between his attorney and
the Attorney General, is TO be paid promptly to
the State. applicant expects to pay the entire
amount of his liability, and has appointed j. Is.
killebrew to take charge of his mines i'm
Mexico, to work or sell the same to raise the
money. He Is confident the property will
realize the first sum claimed.
Judge Allen overruled the atiidavits, and the
empanelling of the jury began.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-06-28

Seven nice cottages near international depot,
Sl60O each.
Rock house and stable on Sixth street, near
Avenue ID, 5000,
Handsome rock house, nice furnished, on
San Pedro avenue.
New cottage near Sunset depot, $500.
Cottage on Oak street, near Sunset depot for
$1,000
Cottage house near centre of city, for $1,000.
Tw" rock houses back of MenRer hotel at low
figures.
Rock house on North Flores street and two
lots, $1,000.
Rock houses on South Flores street
Very desirable building lots in all parts of the
city. w. Il. HILTON, +.
200 West Houston Street.
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Taken up, and in the city pound on corner
Of East and West Houston street, on the 22d
day OF June, 1883, one brown COW branded
with Mexican brand; one red calf, no brand,
heifer, branded and no earmark.
which will, II not redeemed before sale, be
sold at public auction TO the highest bidder,
Tor cash az said pound at the hour of II O'Clock
N. B. Bids less than the amount fixed by Or
dinance will not be received for any animal
pun w W AUCTION. PHI SHARDEIN,
b-1-t Marshal.