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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
Humors Of a Music Store.

1t would be astonishing to many to
know how few purchasers approach the
music clerk with any but the vaguest
notion Of what they want. If they 90
to a dry-goods store (provided they be
not merely shopping" they are able
to discern quickly the article they seek,
or at least to know emphatically if it is
n what they want. But in the music
store the case is widely different. They
look uponthe sagacious clerk as a sort
of mind-reader, to whom no description
is necessary. They are sure if they ask
for "the song that Nilsson sang last
night" chat the gentleman has attended
the concert for the express purpose of
identification for their benefit. Ifthev
inquire for ''that pretty tune from
'Irovatore, -" the clerk is expected to
chime in with their taste, and produce
"Di quella pira'' instead of .Ah che la
morte." This may seem overdrawn to
some but we assure our readers that it
is no fancy sketch; and we are by no
means attacking a windmill when we
devote an article to enlightening the
mind Of the music purchaser of the in
definite type. The following anecdotes,
for example, are strictly true:
A lady inquired for an alto song, and
was given a favorite ballad in the kew
of d major. ''You have made a mis-
take" said she to the clerk. 81 wanted
an alto piece and this is in sharps.n
And she then and there unfolded a
theory that all alto works were composed
in flat keys.
Another lady stepped into one of the
largest music stores Of Boston recently,
and desired the clerk to give her a
piano piece for her daughter. She had
forgotten the full name, but the clerk
could not fail to know it,, as it was
something about a "bird." She was
astonished to find that this was not 8
sufficient meal of Identification, as
more than n or two thousand COM
posers had written about '.birds."
"Bell' pieces are equally disastrous
to the longg-suffering music clerk. It
drives him to despair when the fair pur-
chaser does not remember whether it is
"Silver Bells" Golden Bells" s'Crys-
tai Bells" '.Chiming Bells" s:Monas-
terry Bells" or "Convent Bells'' that she
is in search of. The musical thoughts
which emanate from these hangers-on
of the musical army are sufficient to
make all the great masters waltz in
their graves. Speaking of the conduc-
tors Of Boston, a young gentleman of
the vague stamp recently said to a music
clerk: ''Why don't they get a really
great man for the Boston orchestra?
Why not get Berlios, for example?"
Another, seeing a bust Of Mendelssohn
prominently displayed, asked the at
tendant what composer it represented.
On being told, he burst forth: ooh,
yes. Certainly. Does he travel round
much now?" The amazed clerk. as
sured him hat he did not, when the
musical historian in embryo went on
with: "Well, that's 81 pity. He had one
of the best quintet clubs I ever heard"
Boston Musical Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
Fishing With Offers.

There is probably no known way of
fish catching with which the Chinese are
not familiar, and there are still some
novelties to Westerners in this ancient
civilization. A very peculiar method
is practiced by the natives on the
Yungtsze River, opposite Tchang, viz:
that of employing the common otter to
drag the tinny denizens Of the muddy
deep from their otherwise impregnable
retreats under the high, o%verhanging
cliffs.
From a cleft in the rock strong but
slender bamboo rods project out over
the water, to the extremity OF each of
which is attached an otter by an iron
chain fastened to crossed leather thongs
round the animals chest and immedi-
ately behind the shoulders. When rest
ing on the bamboos, curled or doubled
up, they look inanimate, and would be
taken for dried skins hanging in the
sun, but when required for use they are
aroused to great state of activity.
A large net is prepared with leadeD
weights and so sunk as to cover a con
siderable space of the bottom, the otter
being placed under it before lowering.
When once down the slaughter begins,
and all unfortunate idlers are nabbed
and rendered helpless by the sharp teeth
OF the savage animal. After a few min
utes have passed the whole c%ontrivance
is hoisted up, the otter is chained to the
rod, and the fish put into baskets.
Some Of the offers are not in use, and
it is a curious sight to watch them gam
boiling about as far as the iron chain
will allow, splashing and diving and
fighting each her.-Americom Amgter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
Snakes or Cows.

Two young women, college graduates,
and trained to quiet manners. may be
walking in y country wood. Both know
from their reading OF natural history
that there exist no yenomous serpents
in ali that region, yet when a harmless
reptile glides away from before their
path only one Of the young women will
retain any self-possession. The other
will stand still and scream in horror,
and go home forthwith and be unnerved
for the rest of the day, and very likely
the one who is not afraid of the snake
will frantically climb over a fence when
she meets q placid GOV in a country
lane.-Boston Courier.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
The Smells of Cologne.

Simple vile smells are all well enough.
One can stand a good deal of such.
But when it comes to intiicting the un-
suspecting traveller with compounded
smells, carrying in themselves dozen
distinct and separable odors, each one
viler than the other eleven. one cannot
II he has a spark of natural, manly in
dependence about him, help but men
5ally resent the indignity, and he feels a
,l'tle charitable toward the people who
nave changed the name of the town so
often, hoping, no doubt, to get rid of
tAe smells along with the old name. My
own private opinion is that they did not
succeed in this last endeavor-if they
ever had any such IN idea. If they did
peter the condition of things every
.hne they made an alteration in the
sppellation, one cannot help but pity
rom the bottom of his soul the original
inhabitants who lived here whent the town
iaa Its undiminished stock of smells.
~ an other German towns [ have been
~ tliere were, of course, various n
suhdry smells to be encountered and
suouued. But, as a rule, these smells
were not very aggressive. They fell
upon the traveller singly and gave him
some little chance for his life, and, if
sl,ey met with a prompt and vigorous
tseslsstance, they would retire from the
neld discounted. But the Cologne
smells are different. They Turk i'll all
ale cutters, hide in all the sewer-traps,
conceal themselves in all the dark
corners and secrete themselves in every
uook and Granny. And here they lie in
malt1or the foot-passenger, ready at a
Notwithstanding to spring out OF their
anlIhlhg places and fall upon him tooth
an' nail. And though the stranger may
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18

The square pianoforte appears to
be doomed. In Germany and other.
European countries it is seldom seen,
and in America it's place is being rapidly;
taken by the upright, or ':pianino,' -
as the Germans more POLITICALLY call it.:
One of the leading piano firms in New
York recently announced that it had
eliminated all styles of squares from ito
catalogue, and would henceforth manu-.
facture only uprigbts and grsnds.-
CHICAGO Journal,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
=Sallie Palmer. of Kosse, T

-Sallie Palmer, Of Kosse, Tex,
about ten years old, while climbing in
the door of a crib. accidently struck a
needle which was sticking in the bosom
of her dress against the door, running
the needle about an inch and a quarter
into her breast, striking the base OF the
heart. Medical attention was procured
Immediately, but she died in about an
hour after the accident.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18
Miss Sallie Parsons. of Arnolds

Miss Sallie Parsons, of Arnolds-
burg, Calhoun County, Va, was killed
recently by lightning under very dis,
tressing circumstances. She was aged
fifteen and was to have been married in
three days. On the fatal day, as a storm
approached, she ran into the yard to
meet her brother. bringing her wedding
clothes, but before reaching him was
struck by lightning to the ground a
CORPSE.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-18

Q support and falling down again.
Kumphicus asserts that they are some
tunes fifteen hundred feet long. Tie
canes Of commerce are usually import
ed in bundles of one hundred canes.
each a cane twenty feet long.-Troy M
~ Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-05
President Greyy and the Press En-
dcavor 10 Make Amends.

PARIS, Sept. 3O.-King Alfonso was Kissed
and hooed ny "a large crowd on his arrival
here yesterday. The military and police
found 1t difficult 10 preserve order. No ar
rests were made for connection with the
demonstration. Il Is asserted that the King
was advised to remain quiet but refused, say
ing he was perfectly aware that The hostile
demonstration was not The work Of the Pari-
sian people, but of some misguided indivd-
uals. The King attended miss at the
church Of st. Cl0tde this morning He sent
a messenger to inquire the condition of a
cuirassier forming part OF the escort yestor-
day who was thrown from his horse. The
King promised to provide for the Injured
soldiers family if his hurts proved fatal. The
President visit d King Alfonso at the Span
ish embassy tbs afternoon. The interview
was most cordial. Alfonso dinod this even
ing with the President at the Eysee.
The Temps referring to the hostile rcccp-
ton of the king by the p0pulacc says ,"The
regret and humiliation Occasioned 10 rll good
citizens by the events of yesterday should
not cause us to eXapgcratc the Importance OF
this melancholy manifestation. The few
thousands who arc the authors OF this scan
dial are band of brawlers who are always
the same, who whistle aud stamp their rect
at public meetings and who treated Theirs
and Gambcta in manner similar to that in
which they treated Alfonso. They no more
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-05


At the very moment when The remains OF
Tourguenen were about to be honored by
Russia with SO genuine sentiment that the
students of st. Petersburg University have
been prohibited from raising fund for a
deputation which they intended should repre-
sent them at the funeral ceremony in the
capital, the succession of the great novelist
has given rise to litigation in the Paris lribu-
mails. Yesterday application was made be-
fore Judge sitting in chambers. 1t seems
tha, Tourguencif had left will by
which he instituted Mime. Pauline Viardol
his sole legatee lie had resided with
her for many years, both IN
Paris and ut her country house at Bougiv-
al, where he occupied pavilion that had
been built for him in corner Of her garden
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and in which he died After his d, ath seals
were placed on his drawers by aid Of tn,
Russian consul, pending settlement of his
affairs. M. Toureuenef left natural
daughter, born in France and recognized by
the French law, under which she would be
apt to succeed to his estate. The daughter
is married to Nj. Brucrc, but is separated
iudicially from her husband, and has disap-
ptared for some years past. Nine. Viardot
applied to the judge in chambers for author
ity to remove the seals, but was opposed by
NJ. Bruere, who appeared on behalf of
his wife, whose legal representative
he claimed to be. Counsel for Nine Niardot
argued that the Russian law does not admit
the legitimization of natural children other
wise than by ukase or adoption. Tho Judge
ordered the seals to DC removed under the di-
rection of the Russian consul in the presence
of all parties. but as the succession is con-
tested, and Russian claimants might come
forward, the rights OF all parties are re-
NJ Tourguenef leaves property amounting
10 400, 0O0f in Russia, but as it consists of
lands it will revert in any case to his family.
All that he possessed in France was bis fur
nture, of little value, and the copyright of
his works.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-05
A Triple Execution.

CHATHAM, Va, Sept 2S.-Sawney Young
or. Reuben King and Isaac Evans, youn.
negroes, were hanged to-day for the murd.
OF VIM. +. Sheppard, last month.
During their incarceration the cordemn,
were visited by several colored minister
but they went to the gallows unattended b,
any ccrgymen. In the cell this morning
newspaper man read a chapter OF Revela
lions, about the New Jerusalem, TO whicl
they listened with earnest attention anc
thanked the reader warmly. King ant
Evans were asked il it was true they ha,
sold their bodies. They answered yes. The,
had spent portion of the money and semi
the balance to their mothers, except dollal
each. which they sent to their sweethearts
On the scaffold they prayed and uttered ejac
ulations, indicating willingness to die and
they were going TO God.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-05
Casualties ON tne Tam m any Train,

ROCHESTER,, Sept 2s.-As the Tammany
train was returning from Buffalo at full
speed this noon. on the Central railroad, be-
tween Byron and Batavia, John Mehan, ,
Iammany delegate, lost his hat. Rushing t,
the door he jumped. 1t was thought hi
Was certainly Killed, as the train was runrin,
down grade SO miles an hour. Mehan was
picked up insensble and brought to Bava,ia
where hn wounds were dressed. His lee
was gashed 10 tie bone from thigh 10 ankle
bic head badly gashed, his face acera,ed, an,
he Was bruised all over. He was placed OF
the first train for New York. There is n,
doubt he will recover.
The Tammany train struck and kill CT
Frank Rancier while he was walking on the
track at Port Byron.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-05
BAD" BAD. BAD BLOOD.>

Some blood bad because poor and weak Some bad because
Some have such bad blood that the
does poison the mosquitoes who TO bite them.
The rich red color of good boods owing the iron which present
Blood which has not enough iron it always unsatisfactory The
in whose cuae be said to enjoy good health
efforts expert chemists produce preparation which
be asaed with the blood have resulted that perfect preparation
which is important part of Browns Iron Be 1t is the
which freely enters into the blood 1t the only which accomes
the desired good FIN .;~...
Weak poor thin blood may be made rich strong int ure
blood purified by the use of that Great Iron Medicine Bo
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ELECTIONS.
Republican victoric. In connecticut,

HARTFORD, Conn, Oct. Town cleo
.ons were held in Connecticut to-day. The
results 80 far as learned show that the Re-
publicans carried large majority of the
towns, making gains apparently over their
large success Of year ago. The following
towns elect Republican officers New Brit
ain, Norwich, Mcriden, Berlin, SufIleld, En-
field, Wethersheld, Soulhington, Newingtop,
Rocky Hill, West Hartford, Windsor, Farm
ngton, Glastonbury, Manchester, Andover,
Derby. Guiford, North Canaan, Prospect,
Hamden, Northaven, Kilingly, Putnam,
Pomfret, Easlford. East Iladdam, Wood
stock aud Mlddlebury. The following towns
are Democratic: Hartford, East Hartford
Panheld, Preston, Naugatuck, Milford,
East Haven and Southbnry.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-05

OF INTEUEST To FARMERS.
ACrop Report OF Much Value,

srRlNGFIRLD, Mass, Sept. 27-The New
Bingham Homestead will publish reports
from 300 correspondents relative 10 the grea,
potato crop of 1888 in New England, Cana
dian Provinces, and New York, where this
crop is the farmers leading source OF income.
While there is fully 10 per cent increase in
acreage compared with last year, the yield
in the great shipping sections OF the provinces
and Aroosook county will not be as large az
anticipated. The Homestead, however, car
see no glounds for anticipating q matera
advance in their value for a. least two
months
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-05

DR.. Robt Newton, late President OF the Eclectic
College OF the CITY OF New YORK. and formerly o
Cine nnati, ono, lsed Dk. WN HALLS BLsAs
very extensively In his practice, many N hi,
patients now living. and restored to health " the
use Of This InvauaD,e medicine, can amply tstify.
lie always said that 50 good remedy Oughtn / II
be considered merely as patent medicine, bit thai
II ought 10 be pr sscrlbed freely bv every physician
as a sovereign remedy In all cases OF Lung Dleascs
It Is - sure cure Tor Consumption, and has p equa
for pccoral complaints.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-05
ADVICE TO uOTirRs.

MRS. WlSsLow'5 SOOTHING SIUP, should al
ways he used when children arcuiIng teeth II
relieves the little sufferer at one 1t produces nat
ural quiet sleep by relieving q chlld from pain,
and the little cherub awakCs u "brigni as d but
ION" II lsvery pleasant 10 tasr II -uulhcs the
child, softcns the gums, allay.All pain, relieves
wind, regulates the bowels, ans the best known
remedy Tor d;arrhGa, wheihcrr.s,ng from teeth
ing or other causes. TwCniy-le ccufs a bottle.
MARI, Iuws-wly
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ony preparation OF beef containing Its eiire nutri.
hous. properties. 1t contains blood-malng, force.
generating and life sustaining properties inval-
liable for 1ndtgcs!iOn, dyspepsia nervous
prostration and all forms uf general d.f1ty; also,
IN all enieebled conditions, whether IT, result OF
exhaustion, nervous prosratiOn. Overwrk, or acute
disease. particularly II resulting from pulmonary
complaints CAswELI, HAzARD, Il q, Proprio-
tors, New York. Sold by Druggists.
Oct IS, :a,Se3w
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-05

NoRRIsrowN, Pa, Sept. %. - Robert
Jamisor, acivil engineer out Of employment,
began to cut his throat 10 his bedroom this
morning His wife, sister and hrother-in-
law rushed In and terrible struggle took
place, but the man continued hacking with d
razor and finished the work effectually. lie
leaves three children.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-05
s.ic Platform.

The following platform was iopted:
The p.a'fUrm of the Democracy of New
York rlIillcm3 the platform aipp'cd m ITS
last Stat COVE tim, which has ce.v4l the
approval of The &c pie rs shown By Il major
ity of nearly 200, 900 at the last election, and
they especially dcnolnce the proposition that
the people slolld lie taxed to raise surplus
fund for til fc!cral government to distri-
butte among tic States. We claim with
pride AMI satisfaction that every pledge
therein made has been in good faith redeem
ed. Valuable reforms have been wrought,
useless oies have been abolished, the civil
service has en- freed from the deblsing and
injurious iElL"ncCS OF partisan manipula-
tions, the i'ecIlni aud purity OF the pri-
mares have been secured, political assess
ments ia,c "lCa abolished, the principle of
local sgli-government las been adhered to,
the efficiency OF the national guards has
been increased, taxation for the support OF
government ha, been reduced the state bu
roau Of labor statistics has heen established,
the rights Of the worbingman have b zen furlh
er protected, the Injurious competition of
convict | 4 or has bs5n cGrlailc! Business
methods have been the rul' in the manage
ment OF 81 .tc affairs. Ga Tie record thus
made aud to which it will steadfistly adhere
the Democratic party asks u renewal Of the
awart OF the confidence of the people. We
invite with reason all the frields Of al
improved state administration. iirespecliv,
OF party, TO join the Democracy in preserving
and pcriectng the reforms in progress, cxten
ing 10 all branches o, the State service. W,
heartily indorsc Gov. Clevellud's adminstra
ton. 1t i'lotlics the great vote which electeC
him. lie has Geservedly won the affection
of the people hy his industry, tirmncss. intel
ligence and aggressive honesty The results
make his administration one Of the best tn,
State has ever lad.
The resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-05

man OF average weight possc;cs about 2:
pounds OF blood. All Of this pisse through his
heart in about a minute and "a M. Obviously
therefore. any dlsease OF that organ usi iinlr its
functions and reard Its pulsatlns There Is d
sterling preparation, DR.. Grdver lnrl Regu'ator,
which cures all arrangements and duasc3 OF The
heart. sG ~, d-ylw
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Sued for tho Rutn ora Girl

BROOKLYN, N. u, Sept. 3S.-Catha rine
McGowan has sued August Plat, the alleged
proprietor OF New York dive, for s25, 900
damages for entlcing away her daughter. Ii
IS said that Plat Is wealthy and owns several
dives.
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A SECOND EMPHATIC ENDORSE
MENT.

Mr.. VIM. y. Mitchell, editor OF the Journal Press
st. Cloud Mnn., wrote to Mr.. VIM. Penn Nixon
Compound oxygen was genuine. Mr.. MlicheIl
writes: THE following letter from Mr.. VIM Penn
Nixon, the wellknown editor Of the Chicago Inter.
Ocean explains ITSELF and will be read with Interest
,'TaE IsrkR-ocEAs. Chicago, Jan. 10, 1885,
"Mr. ". r. Mitchell, 81. Cloud, MINI"
"DEAR RI am always happy TO bear TESTIMONY
70 the great value or Compound Oxygen, as manu-.
think II N, most important remedy for throat and
lung Troubles that eds eqer discovered feel that il
1, TO those thai are suffering from such troubles
The card ,ods not only genuine, but endorse the rs
NEEDY noe as fully as did in the card.
VERY truly yours, WV. PENN NIXos.r
Our "Trsatiss on Compound Origsn," containing
history OF the discovery and mode Of action OF thi
remarkable curative agent, and q large record O
surprising cures IN Consumption, Catarrh, Neural
chrsnic diseases, Will he sent free. Address DRs
srARKsY \ PALss, llo9a iii Girard ST., Phila.
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Constitutional COUGH Syrup.

CONSTITUTIONAL Couch SYRUP is sold on the "No
cure, no pay" principle 1t contains no oplun nor
anything Injurious. why suffer with cOughi and
colds when for rs nr 50 cents you can get "a bottle
at Beilrosc 4 Grants drug store.
nov1s,tth,siw
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my daughter has takepe medicine faithfully
according to directions, yher health aud spirits
are now perfect. The hrpr Is all gone from her
face. wish every anxiG mother might know
what blessing Ay RS saparilla is in such cases.
Aril nnLi-Ax
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kcllin.cr's ElniInent.

We desire TO call the attention of the lublc L
Eellinger's l.lniment, one Of the best PREPARATIONS
ever put up for all general purposes for rh,h
Linincnt is used. App led to the head 1t relieves
headache, and prorents The hair from faiiin out.
sept2keOl-w
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Foo Hay Fever recommend Elys Cream Balm.
II entirely relieved me from the flrst application;
nave been sufferer for ten years. Gong from
home and neglecting TO take tn" remedy, mad an
attack; after returning Immediately resorted to 1t
ami found instant relief. believe. had begun is
use earlier, I should not have been: troubled j.
CoLLYER, CLERK, lis Broad St., Elizabeth, n. j.
MY brother Myron and myself were both cured
to all appearance, of Catarrh aud Hay Fever last
July and August. Up 10 this date. Dec. =, nefhnr
hl any return Of these troubles. Ey's Cream Balm
was the mcd.clnc used. GABRIEL FERRIS, Npefcer.
NJ \. scpt25, eOi-w2w