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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07

for her crying, and the fact that CHI
covered her yelled face with her hands
no one would have supposed that she
possessed the least command of hel
limbs. She took no care to balance
herself or keep her seat; all that she
left to the attendants. Her part in the
performance was to cry, and cry she
did, in the same calf-like howl of yester'
day.
The horse was led a step or two in g
direction determined also by the year
of her birth, and then the starting was
an accomplished fact. She was taken
down from the saddle and slowed away
in a Peking cart, her mother got in be.
side her, the mounted driver called on
his two lively horses, and the whole
party fell into the line of march, while
the crying of the disconsolate girl be
came fainter and fainter in the distance.
As we turned to II own tent we saw
one truly sorry for the separation. The
elder sister of the bride stood weeping
at the door of her fathers tent, follow
ing with fearful eyes the cart and the
riders till they disappeared over the hill
Her grief was not mere afectation OF
compliance with custom, but the natural
expression of a sisterly affection.
The bridal procession, as we after.
wards heard, had a long ride over hill
and dale, and finally drew up late in
the day before some tents, within sight
of which were feeding focks Of sheep,
herds of oxen, and droves of horses, in.
dicating the wealth of the possession,
and all judiciously displayed for the
sake of effect. u
The door of the bridegroom's tent
was barricaded, and quite a wal of
words ensued, the strangers reproach-
fully asking, "What sort of people are
you, to live with doors inhospitably
barricaded?" The besieged reproach-
fully asked: "sWhat sort of people are
you; to come riding up to any mans
tent in that threatening manner?"
The corners replied: 1--WE have brought
So-and-so's daughter to be Scandals
bride" "Oh,.that alters the case!' an
swered the bridegroom's friends, and
after some more ado the door was
opened and the bride delivered over.
Feasting, drinking, singing, mirth
and qu~arreling followed, and late the
next day the friends of the bride arrived
home, reporting all we'll, with the cx-
ception of the slight indisposition Of the
bride. The wonder would have been
if she had not been indisposed after the
excitement, rough travelling and vigor-
u crying through which she had gone,
but the Mongols accounted for it by
saying that she started at six o'clock in
place of two, and to cure her set a lama
to read through the almanac-quite a
homeopathic remedy.
The wedding was now over, but
the interchange of friendly visits and
hospitalities lasted a long time. First
the father of the bride went to visit his
son-in-law, custom requiring that he
should not accompany his daughter
when first she goes to her new home.
Then the bridegroom escorted his
mother-in-law back to her home and
spent some days there, when, of course.
more feasting ensued. The uninter-
imittent feasting lasts about a week; but
there are feasts, %rejoicings, ceremonies.
or visits at intervals, for several months.
James GSlnour, IN Leisure Hour.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07
TOpnOOdy.

When Mr.. Topnoody had finished q
very good supper Tuesday evening, and
his wife had joined him out on the steps
in the balmy air of the cleaning, she
thought he was in good humor and
said:
"Topnoody, you are real nice some-
times, amt you?"
''I'm glad to hear you say that, my
DEAR" he answered, in Il softened tone,
sit brings back the memory of our youth
when love touches the world only
with the o tint of joyous anticipa-
ton and life was a happy dream"
"Well, you are nice, dear, and if
you'll be real sweet I'll tell you some
thing"
Cali right my dear, whati is itp"
"Why, | want a new bonnet"
"What kind of one, my dear?"
Something pretty and stylish. Isaw
a love of a little n to-day down town
for only twenty-five dollars"
"What?"
"No, not a what" but twenty-five
dollars"
Zone of them little scoop things for
twenty-five dollars? That's awful.
Where's your old one?"
"Up stairs in the rag-bag."
"Why don't you wear that?"
Because it is all out of style"
"Well; I can't afford to a twenty
five dollars for a handful of straw and
flowers"
"But I must have a bonnet, I tell
you"
"Wear the old one." '......-
81 won't do it."
"I'm wearing a hat l bought last fall
for only two dollars, and YOU ought to
wear a bonnet as long as 1 wear a
hat
"You may do as you please, Topnoo-
dy, and look like a last years birds
nest if you want to, but l won't"
"What do you want with one of them
scoops, anyhow? wouldn't wear one
if 1 had 4 million" ~
''You wouldn't wear one, wouldn't
you?"
"No 1 wouldn't"
"Well, | a tell you something I
wear in this house, Topnoody, that You
would wear if you had u chance"
"What's that?"
"The breeches, Topnoody. and Iwant
you to understand right here, for once
and all, that I'm to have anew bonnet,
and have it in time to wear to church
next Sunday. Do you hear?" and she
snapped her fingers in his face.
Topnoodv evidently heard, fo- bon
net wa sent up from the milliner's the
next day.-1He Drummer. ,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07
Religious.
SAVED.

Crouching In the twilight gray,
Like a hunted thing at bay,
In his brain one thought is rife:
Why not n the bOOtless strife?
Who in Gods wide world would weep,
Should he brave deaths dreamless sleep
Harkl q child'e voice, soft and clear,
Pulsing through the cleaning drear;
And the word the singer brings
Like a new evangel rings;
Is Jesus loves me! this I know"
Swift his thoughts to childhood go.
Memories of a mothers face
Bending to her boys embrace,
And the boy at eventidc,
kneeling by the mothers side,
Like "sweet visions'of the night"
Fill the lonesome place with light,
While the singers tender trill-
"Jesus loves me! loves me still -
Hovers in the dreamlit air
Like an answer to the prayer
offered in those happy days
When he walked in sinless ways.
"Jesus loves mel" Can it be
His, this benedtcNef
Is there One who knows and carcs7
One who all his sorrows shares2
I" Jesus loves me! "pwhile the song
Guileless lips with joy prolong,
Lo! a soul has ceased its strife,
Reconciled to God and life.
-Afary B. Sletght. in Chicago Adudnos.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07
Wise Sayings.

The way to preserve the peace Of
the church is preserve the purity of it.
God is pleased with no music be-
low so much as the thanksgiving songs
of relieved widows and supported or
phans; of rejoicing, comforted and
thankful persons.-Jerenay Taylor.
Il was once in a large company
where very severe things were spoken Of
an absent gentleman, when a person
seasonably observed that though the
Lord was pleased to effect conversion
and %editication by a variety of means,
he had never known anybody convinced
of error by what was said behind his
back.-John Newton.
Many people substitute loyalty to
creeds, to churches and to outward re-
llglous ob%servances, for that personal
following of Christ and likeness to Him
in spirit and life which the Gospel re-
quires. 1t is possible for a man to
stand high in the church, to obtain pre-
ferment and honor in it, on account Of
OF his zeal and success as an ecclesias-
teal propagandist, and vet not be a
follower Of Christ. It is time men
Ac"AAou " ulsceIu etWecn Gle CuIls'
tian spirit and the ecclesiastical spirit.
Inferior.
The hope of immortality pervades
our entire human life. Next 10 the
idea Of God it is the greatest, the most
elevating, the most inspiring idea Of
which we are capable. Only think Of
the conscious darkness, and loss, and
degradation that would befall human
life We're the great hope Of Immortality
lost to it! Is it any wonder that in
s~tinctiyely, as we recoil from a traitor,
an assassin, a desecrator of a mothert
grave, VIC shrink from the man who not
only gratuitously, but eagerly, vaunt
lnglyy, scoffingly, thrusts at you his
shocking demonstration that mar is No
more than the brute that %perishes7-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07
SUCCESS.
% MAXI A

A YOUNG COLl.EGIAN SETS o TO MAKE 4
~COMMOTION.
He had just escaped from college;
He possessed of cash q bit;
He'd a head chock-full of knowledge,
And a spirit full of grit.
And he had the usual notion,
Which all graduates possess,
That he'd make a big commotion 81
AS q writer for the press.
30 he bought n country journal,
Which was dry, the readers said,
And he made q vow eternal
That it should be mOistened.
And the first one that he printed
'Twould be mighty hard to beat,
For the things he said and limited
Set the town in a fever heat.
He remarked no doubt twas proper
For Squire jerks and Deacon brown
Each to call on Widow Hopper
While their wives were out of town.
To the gin mill, Colonel Gleason,
Late at night was seen to Sink,
But perhaps there was no reason
To suppose he went to drink.
With his pen-that dainty sticker-
Fifty citizens he stuck;
And his papers sold than lightning quicker,
And he reveled in his luck;
And he gathered in his TREASURED;
But ~astoundingly short-lived y.,v~
Was his pride, his Joy, his pleasure ~.
For the men assaulted arrived,
All with ropes and whips encumbered
One old fellow had n gun
Nearly fifty men they numbered,
Bent on mischief, every one.
The offender saw them coming,
And his course determined straight;
Towards the swamps he soon was humming,
At a very rapid gait.
As they failed to ovcrtake him,
The Infatuated gang,
Quite determined they would break him,
Went and wrecked his old shebang;
And a warning fierce they pasted
On the remnants OF his door;
But the latter act was wasted,
For he venturedt there no more.
For he's not 80 fond of fighting
AS again to risk his hide,
INC his views on spicy writing
Are immensely modified.
That in theory it's splendid
He maintains there is ne doubt,
But declares 'twas not intended
1t should e'er be carried out.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07
School If tho Nob1os;n u,o,.;

The School of the Mobiles in Toxic,
Japan, has, in the court behind the
school building, a physical map of that
country between 800 and 400 feet long.
1t ismade of turf and rock, and is Dor
dered with pebbles, which look at a little
distance much like water. Every inlet,
river. and mountain is%reproduced in this
model with a fidelity to detail which is
simply wonderful. Latitude and longi-
tude are indicated by telegraph wires,
and tablets show the position of the
cities.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07
The Lawn.

Now that the lawn mower is so plen-
tifully made, and at fairly reasonable
prices, it is much more common to see
a nice, velvety lawn than was the case
before it's advent, a quarter of a cen
Jury or SO ago. We remember how
fearful some men used to be that cut
ting grass so often would kill it, and
hence a lawn was anything but a pleas.
ant feature.
To keep in first-class condition, the
mower should go over as often as every
ten days, and early in the season, if the
weather is showery, with a strong soil,
every week will be better.
It was N time considered that the
clippings could be left on the ground as
q mulch, thus. returning to the soil what
was extracted. This, however, quickly
proved a mistake, the dried grass, be-
sides looking unsightly, prevented roots
from tillering out, and instead of it's
improving, would soon ruin any lawn if
left on.
The best way is, as soon as the now
ing is done, to carefully rake up all
with a rake, made on purpose, and de-
pend upon manuring in the winter to
keep up the growth sufficient to form a
thick mass of vcrdure.
There is q small mower, ladies' size,
that answers every purpose for small
city lots, and it is so easily run, that if
there is no man around the place, the
young folks themselves can easily do
the moving, and thus have an attractive
grass plat in front of the house,
To those who prefer it, there are job
bling gardeners, who take these places
to do for the summer, and one man, if
Of the right kind, can keep a good many
places in shape, and the cost will be lit
tie for each one.-Cor. Prairic Farmer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07

luctant, she was dragged into the tent,
and there set aside in state.
Next morning all were astir early.
The proper hour for a bride to start de-
ponds on the year in which she was
born, and men skilled in such lore said
that this girl should have left her home
at two o'clock in the morning. When
the proper time falls at. such an incon-
venient hour, the difficulty is got over
by starting her, going a few yards, and
alighting in another tent, the Journey
being commenced in earnest-resumed,
they would say-at a more suitable time
of day. In this case the ceremony of
starting was not performed at the
proper hour, but deferred till daylight.
When all were mustered and ready, the
old mandarin stumped about impatient
ly, saying, repeatedly: 'Why don't YOU
start?" The truth was, that to have
everything proper, all the women of the
place had to assemble in the tent and
weep over the poor girl, who was now
CRYING away most energetically.
The proper amount of weeping hay
ing been at length accomplished by the
fearful danes, a young man obeyed the
command OF the father, pushed aside the
women, drew back the curtain, took up
the bride and carried her along under
his arm as q man would carry a bundle
OF grass, taking care not to bump her
head ornaments on the Intel of the low
door, and, by the help of two others,
hoisted her into the saddle of a remark
ably quiet horse, which stood ready to
receive her. In the hands of the men
the girl seemed a ~lifeless form, and, but
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07

"A physician says that smoking
makes men bald-Leaded. Smoking in
the parlor after the lace curtains have
been freshly put up is apt to have that
effect when the smokers wife finds it
sut.-PhilQdel,hia News
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07

In Scotland are nearly 10, 600, 600
acres ofland: one-fourth Of this is owned
by twelve noblemen.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-07
international sunday.school Lessons.
THIRD QUARTER,

THIRD QUARTER.
July 1-Joshua, Successor to
Moses Josh. !: II
July e-Passing over Jordan. Josh. 8: 517
July 1.-THE Plains of Jericho. Josh. 5:lO-l5
and 6:1-5
July 2-1srael defeated at Al. Josh. 7:10-es
July 2-The Reading Of the Law. Josh. 8:30.35
Aug. 5-The Cities of Refuge. Josh. 20: l-69
Aug. 12-The Last Days of Joshua. Josh 4:14-29
Aug. 19-Israel Forsaking God. ..Judg. 2: GIG
Aug. 26-Gideon's .Judg. Z: L 8
Sept. 2-The Death of Samson :. .Judg. 18 :2l-31
Sept. 9-Ruth and mi.........R Ruth 1:14-22
Sept. ga Praying Mother. ..... / Sam. l:2l-28
Sept. 23-The Child Samuel. .......1Sam. 8: 1lg
Sept. 3O-Review.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-27
Newspaper Row."

Newspaper Row" used to be faa-
ture IN Washington. The row of build
ngs on Fourteenth street opposite VIII
ard's hotel made it up. Now the. cor
respondents are scattered, and but a
fraction of the offices remain on the old
ground. They include the New York
Times, Chicago Inter ocean, Cincinnati
Gazette and Enquirer, st. Louis Repub-
Ecdn and G'Obc-Dem0crdt. Boston Id
rertiSer, Philadelphia Ledger, and St
Paul Pioneer Press. The Ebbitt House
drove out good number, and the rest
drifted to other quarters. Not long ago
[ noticed a paragraph in some news
paper saying that the crow" does not
hold the prominence it used to when
Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson used
70 sit in the New York Tribune office in
The evening. Even Roscoe Conkling
could be found occasionally talking
affairs at the correspondents. and Blaine
was frequent visitor until the investi-
cation of 1877, when he cooled toward
the crow" and has never been there
since. Yet, even in these days have seen
Secretary Folger calling on the CORES
pondents, with his young Secretary,
Frank Sperry; Attorney General Brews-
-er often rides down in his carriage to
run on pleasantly, for he is a compan-
.onable man when he cares to be; and
Judge Gresham is an especial favorite
IN the newspaper offices. Senator Haw-
ley can be found there almost any even
ing when Congress is in session. En-
Speaker Keller was frequent caller
last winter, but he will not be so anna
bic after the broadSide which has been
launched at him. The telegraph is de-
stroying good writing from Washington,
and the correspondents are becoming
too much ''leggers, but renaissance
Of letter writing promises to come about
soon. and when it does the papers will
find their readers much better pleased
to know something of the real workings
Of Washington than to be treated to
daily grist of department items. which
are forgotten as soon as read. and to the
ordinary mind are worthless in every
way Washington Cor. Troy IN. ~
T mes.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-27
Counts and Reasons.

A story of horse that counts and
reasons comes from the New Bruins
wick Home NeICS:
A knowing horse in Sayerville has
for twenty years been a cart horse in a
brick yard, and the habit of going
through a certain round of duties, day
after day, for eight months in the year,
has enabled him to do things which
seem to indicate the possession of men,
tai faculties similar to some of those
possessed by the human race. 1t is an
old saying among farmers that crows
cannot count more than three, but this
horse has the ability to count sixty-five.
His routine of labor Is TO cart SiXty-five
loads of clay from the pit to the spot
where the clay is mixed or ground, and
then To go for a load of coal dust; and
now, without anything being said or
done to indicate the fact to him. when
he has deposited his sixty-fifth load he
turns away from the clay pit and goes
to the dock for load of dust. This is
not his only peculiarly, for when he
goes to the pit he backs the cart up
himself to the right place, and will take
only what he conceives to be his proper
load If more is put on, he backs and
kicks and rattles the cart about until
the load is reduced to what he consid-
srs q proper quantity.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-27
What Country Roads Should Be.

A road should be as straight as posi-
Die, so that it may be short; it should be
nearly level, SO that it may not lessen
and waste the power of the horse in draw
ing loads up bills; it should be smoothe
and hard, because soft, rough road
offers, in effect, precisely the same OBJ
stacles to a loaded wagon as hill would.
and it should be made of durable ma
terials, that it may be cheap, service
able, and require the least amount of
repair to keep it in good condition.
1t is very certain that there is not one
road in a thousand in the country that
comes up to all these qualifications. In
America we labor under the disadvan-
tage of having no model roads from
which we could take pattern, such as
the English and Europeans have in the
ancient Roman roads, which still exist
and are yet in use after two thousand
years of service. The Romans were ex-
cellent road-builders. Good roads and
rapid and easy communication were
necessary to the existence of the Roman
Empire, and the Romans soon learned
how to meet the requirements of their
condition. In modern times railroads
have taken the place of the ordinary
highways to very large extent. and, in
consequence, the roads are simply means
of local communication, short Journeys
only being made when and where rail
roads cannot be used. This may, per-
haps, be considered as an excuse for
poor roads. But it is not and cannot be,
because the roads are the feeders of the
railroads, and every additional cost laid
upon the produce and materials hauled
to the railroads is a charge which ad-
heres to them to the end. But in the
absence of other models, we may very
usefully take our railroads as patterns
to follow in the construction and main
tenance of the common roads. To
great extent our roads are already made,
and as we have made them so we must
keep them. But railroads are improved
from time to time. Short cuts are made
to avoid great bends, and elevations are
lowered or low grades raised to get
better approach to level. So in ma
terial; steel rails replace iron and stone
ballast is used instead of sand and CLAW.
1t ought to be the same with our roads.
Stone should be used instead of mud,
and broken or crashed stone should dis
place the wretched cobble stones, which
in many districts serve to lame the
horses and wreck the wagons and the
peace of mind of the farmers and travel
ars. Moreover. the roads should be
made dry by a thorough system of
drainage, both superficial and under
ground, for wet road can never be
Kept in order, although it may be under
:epair every day in the year.-M. Y.
Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-12-27
Causes Of Felicity.

Cold and heat play different parts in
:he production and reduction of felicity.
dry and sharp cold wave exerts a
gentle pressure on the surface of the
BODY, which fills the nervous centers
with blood and helps to felicity of mind.
long and piercing, easterly, chilling
wind checks circulation, robs heat, and
produces even melancholic sadness.
dry, genial warmth acts like a bracing
cold. A long warmth, with moisture,
checks the vital action and produces a
degree of depression which may be as
intense as that which is induced by
long exposure to cold. The seasons of
the year which are attended with least
exhaustion of the body are those which
favor felicity. When tine exhaustion of
the winter and depressing spring months
has been removed by the warmth of a
genial summer and autumn, the time is
most favorable for serenity of mind.
On the other hand the exhaustion of
winter and spring induces depression,
and is no doubt the cause of that mel
ancholy width renders the months of
spring the maximum periods of deaths
by suicide. Purity of the atmosphere
IS an unquestionablea aid to felicity. The
comparison of children living under
differing circumstances is sufficient
proof of this fact. The children of an
open, well-ventilated school-room, how
different are they from those who are
mmured in some of the close,
overpacked dens which are called
'chool-rooms. Compare the felicity
Of the children of the parents
who live out of doors, and even
Of the children of the fields and
open streets, with that of the children
Of the small trader, whose back parlor
s living-room and playground, or the
felicity of the man or woman who
leads an outdoor life with that of those
who live in the close office or work
SOON. There are still other agencies
which bring, or which check, human
felicity, and which are as purely physic-
al in character as those above re-
corded. There are substances which,
taken into the body, produce strange
contrasts in respect to felicity and de-
preston. Foods well cooked, foods
carefully selected, foods supplied in
SuHIcleuG QuduIlll W SuSldlH IHe Douy
equally in all its parts, and so moderate
as never to Cypress the nervous digest
i've powers, all conduce to felicity in
the most telling manner. Many COM
mon foods and drinks affect the system
specially. As rule, all agents which
stimulate, that is to say, relax the arterial
tension, and so allow the blood freer
course through the organs, for time
promote felicity, but in the reaction
leave depression. The alkoloid in tea,
theme. has this effect 1t causes a short
and slight felicity. 1t causes, in large
number of persons, a long and severe,
and even painful sadness. There are
many who never know day of felicity
owing to this one destroying cause. In
our poorest districts, among the poor
women of our industrial populations,
our spinning, our stocking-weaving
women, the misery incident to their lot
is doubled by this one agent.-Dr. y.
". Richardson, IN the North AlnericGa
ReUieW.