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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29
Tie New York Bathers.

There Is IN indescripaDle a]ttractioa
about a i'oat:ng bath to those who
like aquatic diversion, which is re,;-
lzed from the time the foot steDs on
the gang-plank from the old Battery
flags until it returns to them. The
shout OF voices cch0in@ with a pecu1-
lar tone over the bath. the pla~b Of
ch'luren clng1ng to ropes or floating
on lie p~reservers. the grace OF the
over ana swimmer, have all an ex-
hllaIat!ng effect. "Women's day. at
the free floating baths gathers a
motley group OF ONE and Girls.
there are none of Interpretations scenes
that take pla &c when men and bnvs
crowd and push over the ganr-plank,
and keep the Superintendent threaten.
lngly waving his cane. Old and de-
crep.t women come regularly to battle
in the healing water. The at.icicd with
rheumAt SIN lind great relief from s,jt-
water bathing. Shop-girls battle early
mornings. and are refreshed Tor
the long day in ill-ven,ila,ed stores
SCHOOLGIRLS bathe in the afternoon
II all classes Of women and Girls who
i've III 1encments, where bathing faci]-
arc limited, have Il different an
pearance after the free baths p~rcyiie
the privileges Of hcalthfulness. The
majority OF the girls that battle REQ
ulari.y learn to SWIM before the season
is over, but the women are more tj,oid
n GO not attempt to strike out. Az
rule, all deplore the short time allow ed
ehem to be in the water, and there are
signs II 2roan> when the bell r,nua
n the twenty minutes have expired.
Oncel i'll Il While an accident hopnrns
as a little girl slipping into tho
water; but she is soon taken out by a
bather, or an attendant, who is ready
Jump into the bath at any moment.
II stros! 10 / on4 Tribune,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29
Insomnia.

The immortal Sancho PANE a V
"While | am asleep | have neither fear
nor hope; neither trouble o glory; and
blessings on him who invented sleep
the mantle that covers all human
thoughts; the food that appcases hun
ger; the drink that quenches thirst: the
fire that warns; the cold that moder-
ates heat, and, lastly, the general coin
that purchases ali things: the balance
and weight that makes the shepherd
equal to the king and the simple to the
wise" Cervantcs, like all great brain
workers. evidently understood the
value, the comforts, the delights
OF sleep, which are not fully ap-
pleciated by any II ustil he suffers
the pangs of waNeFulness. One of the
most exquisite forms of torture devised
by the tyrants OF Europe and mod
ern China was to inllict death by pre-
venting sleep. y case is somewhere
recorded of u Chinese criminal who
suffered for nineteen days before sue
cumbing. Food. drink and raiment are
more easily dispensed with for a con-
siderable period than is rest for the
brain. Insomnia OF inability to sleep
is a common enough symptom Of many
nervous and mental diseases, and de-
.privation of sleep, if kept up long
enough, invariablc results in loss Of
reason. The poet Southy laid the
foundation of that mental malady
which clouded his later years by watch
ing at night at the bedside OF his sick
wife after the continuous mental labors
OF the day. MANY 81 mental wreck
dates from such over-taNation OF the
brain.
%akefulness is generally owing to
something that irritates the brain
through the feelings. Prolonged or cx-
ccssive intellectual effort, so LONG as the
emotions are not stirred up, does not
naturally produce loss OF sleep, but
rather prediSposcs TO slumber. When
the emotions, especially those of 4 de-
pressing character, are aroused. the
brain is kept in q state OF irritation. and
sleep will not ONE no matter how
earnestly it may be sought. In fact,
anxiety to sleep, like any other form of
anxiety, hinders the obtaining of it.
Worry is, therefore, worse than work,
and wears out the instrument of the
mind more rapidly than anything else.
The hard-workcd soldier or sailor NAV
sleep soundly in spite OF noises or on
fusion, the roar of cannon or moestu-
ous winds, While the officer may re-
main sleeplesS, when the night is peace
full and everything would seem to ia
o rest of mind and body. Care and
No.. -" r''r'r- r,t-n1|. ",-ol Ia,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29
MAckerel and Parasites.

There always have been worms IN
mackerel, and there ALWAYS have been
persons whose digestive organs have
been unable to asslmi!ate without dis
comfort this rather oily but very nutri-
tious fish. IT is rarely, indeed, that a
mackerel is opc4ed without these
thread-llke worms being found (gener-
ally partly coiled round) in the alb
domlnal cavity. among the intestines,
or surrounding the o when there is
one. But they are NOT OF the character
OF those parasitic guests which find a
''host" III man, and therefore | repeat
and adopt the words OF Prof. Huxley.
that sit is not true that thcr. is n rea-
son to believe that this threadworm
w uld be in urious to a man even If he
swallowed it alive" and that ..to
speak OF it as a pc sible cause of chol-
era IS sheer nonsense" These worms
are found also i'll other fishes; they are
common, for instance, in the whiting,
and l have never seen u Gods
liver in which they have
no1 pech FlslDlc. admit
that though these worms are harmless.
the thought OF eating them is not an
pcllZlnS. BUT There is no ne eSsity to
eat them. The Parasites Of oxen, sheep,
PICS. and poultry are not sent to table,
neither should be those OF the mackerel
The belly Of the fish should b. com.
pletelv opened, the intesrjnes removed.
and the cavity wei washed and sponrcd:
the roe should be cleansed separately
and replaced. If this be done. no IA
rasites will offend the sight. In %cloos-
ing mackerel very small mes and lon~
lcan-]ooking fish should be avoided
Some OF the very largest are also fire.
oucntly found to be out of condjtio,,
from old age. From my experience AZ
the Brighton Aquarium | believe that
the natural duration of Il mackereI's
life is five years. At the end of that
period fatty degeneration OF the m,scu.
lar iibcrs takes place, and the flesh be-
comes unctuous and tlabby. tut a
plump, tull-grown, and treshly-caugh1
mackerel IS Il prime and nourishinp ttSsh
1t may 'disag. ee' with some persons, AZ
do oysters, mussels, Holsters, crabs. etc
but those who have been in the habit nj
eating it may continue to do SO without
fear, and need ray no attention to the
incompreh nsible manifesto
against ii. '-L1cnry lee III London
Stand rh
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29

In childhood's DAYS when it wa
was harvest time the whole world over.
and | a remember looking upon the
harvest noon and thinking of the maay
lands it shone over where the SAINT
scenes were visible contemporaneousiN
The readers Of the Househoid are t@
wise to have to be told that the earth i
bringing forth its harvest constantly,
and while resting in one section is
maturing its fruit in another; but per.
haps they 90 not all know at just wha;
season of the year harvest time occurs
IN the various countries OF the world
The following table gives in outline the
time OF the harvest festival Throughout
the world according to the months, and
is believed to be accurate.
In July harvesting begins in New
England, the Northern Middle States.
Upper Canada and the northern line Of
States from Ohio to Oregon, the mid
land and southern English countie',
France, Germany, Austria, Northern
Italy, Hungary, Poland and SwltzeE'
land.
August sees the ingathering in tho
rest Of England, the Netherlands, Den,
mark, Central Russia, Manitoba anu
Lower Canada.
September is the harvest month IL
i! Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern
Russia; in France b@uckwheatis harvest
ed, and corn in New England and li'
midland Fpriicb n,u,tioc
In October wheat, oats and barley
are gathered in Scotland and Sweden
and apples and pumpkins in tie AoF'a'
ern States.
November rules Peru and Brazil
South Africa and North Australia.
December calls forth the husbandllsa
TO harvest in Chilli, the Argentine NV
pubic and Souts Australia.
January is a busy time in Nc" NV
land. the South Sea Islands, lragu!i
.nd sees harvest ended in iustralla SAN
Central South America. .
February sees harvest time BEGIN .
upper Egypt and India and con'''I'
till April.
March is the time of harvest i'll lo"s W.
Eg,pt, the Barbary States, Ara'"'
Cala.l ant. Indo China.
In April the sickle is cleaning II I'
harvest fields of SYRIA, Cyprus, ftis"
Asia Minor, the Ionian Isles and NV
leo. =,
alay cnlargcs the number n ~,
oil, Wins and corn harvested IN ON in
Minor, Greece, Sicily and Morocco, .n
Florida, Texas, China and Japan l"
vesting begins. .m
June concludes the year and sees al
harvest gathered III Spain, fo G',;iior.
Italy, the Danubiah provinces. .a and
mia, kentucky, Kansas, Virgin"
the Carolinas.--IHc Household.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29
Hope as a Remedy Against Disease.

wDr. j. Mortimer Granville has been
lately rather severity handled by the
medical press of London, because he
wrote Il letter on this subject to one OF
the daily papers. He is criticized as
! having performed an uncthical act in
thus advertising himself in an unpro-
fessional manner in lay Journal. This
question we will leave to II trans
atlantic brethren, while we say a few
words upon the matter of his letter.
But little touched, hope as a remedy
against disease is, if wisely and Judi
ciously employed, one of the most val
liable and useful means that the ply
stefan can employ. Call it what we
/ may, and reason about it as we please,
no man of eXpcrience,,will for an instant
question that Imagination, the Dreiu-
dices, the mental condition, the convic-
ton of the patient, in many cases, eN-
crts a most powerful and most real in
iluence upon the progress and termina-
ton of diseased conditions. Has it not
happened to every II Of II readers
Git repeatedly has TO us) to discover ac-
cidcntallv, so to speak, a condition of
chronic disease, winch has evidently
been present for years, and yet the pa
tent has maintained fairly good health,
and is, at the time of the discovery, in
no immediate apparent danger: vet
when told that he is afflicted with an in
durable disease that may carry him OFF
in a few days, or that he may live for
months. Immediately wits, like the SEN
sitive plants when touched, and dies in
a day or two?
t,,i, ,i> ,yo NO. oil r,,,- ~ ,,.,, ~f
chronic disease, in persons with q hap
Ply, hopeful, contcnted disposition, dis
ease that we felt sure would soon prove
fatal: And Yet WE see them 90 on day
after day and year after year enjoying
apparently good health. OF course we
are familiar with and thoroughly rccor-
nize the fact that worry, that mental
anxiety, is diametrically opposed to
good health and long life; and in this
fact W. recognize the explanation OF
the influence OF depressing opinions and
advice; for if we tell aman with a ncrv-
Gus temperament that he mag die in a
few days, from that moment all peace
and contentment vanishcs from his life,
while anxiety, worry and unrest take
possession Of his whole being.
lne practical ,u,int TO BE deduccd
from these reflections is that it will re-
dound not on y to your patients ad-
vantage. but a so to your W profess
iona reputation. t o make 1t 4 rule al
ways to take the most hopeful yiewthat
is possible of the patients condition,
especially when the MAJ or woman is
II OF the nervous. worrying kind"
and always to remember that ''hope
kept alive is the great secret Of sue
cess among quacks. Let us steal their
thunder lille Mel. md Sury. lie
p07t,T.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29

ipsurperable obstacle in the way of their
being so utilized. But in many OF the
South Sea Islands, where the flying fox
"a species of bat, fifteen inches or so
across the Wings-is common, it is used
rs food by the natives, and its flesh is
by no means to be despised ever BY cpl
cures. This animal usually confines
himself to fruit-ripe bananas OF The
best quality and plenty of them being
about his mark. 1t would seem absurd
to q stranger to the country to be in
formed that such an insignificant ami
NAL asa bat could seriously threaten
the fruit harvest in countries where it
is so abundant; but he would change
his opinion when informed that the tiy-
INC foxes often sett'cin hundreds in any
likely plantation. and as they always
q ,stroy Very much more than they CON
sumo the loss and Inconvenience thew
cause TO thcnatives may he properly eS-
timated.
The bat in question is not so strictly
nocturnal in his habits as his English
brother. and, although he usually sal
lies out at sunset, Yet [ have noticed
mem sailing about in broad daylight,
providing the weather was dull and
overcast; the fight is even and regular,
Yer, like that Of q rock. and not in the
least resembling the extremely crralio
mode OF progression affected by our
native species. The natives prepare
them for food by first cutting off the
wings and then passing the body
through the fire to remove the fur, ard
with 1t the strong. foxy smell with
which it is imprcynaicd. 1t is then
carefully scraped, split open, and sitter
ward grilled on the GOALS spitchcock
fashion. when it is ready for consump-
ton, and capital eating, having a rich.
2amy flavor, something between q hare
and i woodcuck.- Chambers: Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29

- 90 in the corner your
There. now! oh, nv dwa";oo1 own ~
that'' she added, as she c,r wss,
glimpse of the funniest l;ttIiss 'gnt
white creature with a curly .' ,plAss.
was running about, pokino ' a., u.
nose into the ground and grim, JUS !N,
Daisy had never been on , sanEs,
it was. a"' WIZ
"Might be a dog, but I fink T.:
she mcditated. Its too littla Nas
calf and l know its not a shictns. 1'
| wish my cousin-boy was here y
me about it, less it might be a no, y
pine putty
When she tried to catch #
ran with q squeeze, underna,s
board fence!
"Whcre's it gone to? Where !
live" DAISY gasped, scramblina n NV
fence. The boards We're so lar '?N.|
that there was plenty OF room ior sPs|
little feet between them. As|
'O-o-h::' she cried. peepinc
There We're "One-two-three-ele22s v''
dozen of the funny little animals 1'
great bio fat creature that S n
thought must be the mother. ''E
sis is your house. little 1unn;r.,,,
she asked. "Weil, it is a welI~ =.
one, and L fink you better swes M, !
OUT s'
Aud she shook her head at thar,
hard. that over she went right into ~
muddy, dirty place" ''
IS ,uce. Squce,," cried the little n~
and of they scuddcd to the ~ y
furthcst corner. frightened half ont "" y
their wits, while Daisy lay perfoos =
still, hurt and bewildered and 50 di,:
oh, Sc dirty! "'
After awhile the mother pig pluc;s
up courage, and came gruntine OVER :.
see what this could he. Was it , nav
kind OF pumpkin somebody had throw,
into the pen?
Then Daisy thought she was sojrr :,
be eaten up, and gave a wild, viii
scream!
Somebody heard her, and that som,
body was Archie!
All this time he had been blacsi,,
his boots until you could see YOUR iaI
in them, scrubbing his hands, and pa,
tering his hair all over with soap.
AT first he did not know where IN
scream came from; then he rushed /,
the pig-pen. and pceping in saw ii
dainty maiden who had turned I'D h
csc 4 few minutes ago lying fiat o.
her back, right in the mud, with ii
old pig, snorting and granting aroua
her.
''Ncver mind, Daisy, I'm here,
cried her gallant little cousin, IS b
flew to unlatch the gate. Come OF
Run out as fast as you can! Shoe. Ct
out: Go away, you great biz ur!
thing" This last was meant for d
SOW, Of course, not for Daisy.
And what do you think that rider
lous child sobbed out, the moment sh
was safe, and the gate shut between hs
and the pigs?
ooh. #in't1 q dweful fwight"
Her little white dress was black nov
water was dropping from her yello
ours aud her tears made dirty it'll
burrows down her cheeks.
"No YOU amt" cried Archie, Stout,
''Iou LOOK Just Splendid" and lie pl
his arms around her neck and gave he
4 hearty kiss.
"But perhaps you would feel MOI
comfortable ii you was washcA,N b
added. '-BerlAu Watson, in lvxN'
Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29
The Bai1icd Baggage Smasher.

When Deacon Jones had accumulated
a few hundred dollars by the sale O.
jgarden truck and the like. he concIuo.
led that he would like to see Il little city
life, and started for New York accord.
.ingl.y. The unhappy man had selected
the summer season for his visit, quite
'oblivious Of the fact that the town
would be empty however full he
night be and that every one who was
any II would be moving right in the
opposite direction. He also was TO-
rant of OF had forgotten the fact that
the tide OF summer travel was at its
height, and that the best trained and
most experienced baggage smashers in
the employ of the various railroad com
:panies would be at their respective
posts, ready and anxious to crush any
'ar,lcle in the way of luggage out of nil
semblance Of humanity at Il moments
notice.
Ignorant of all this. good Deacon
Jones packed his ancient box and raily
started for the depot. He reached the
depot; SO did his trunk. He took a
ticket for his destination and checked
his trunk to the same point. He reached
his destination, but his trunk-ah.
where was itp Was tn 5 little mass Of
interior kindling wood, this battered
eiligy of total wreck, the comparatively
neat and handsome trunk which the
old woman had packed 50 carefully for
hin at home. One by one, familiar
garme hts met his eye rs they protruded
from the wreck. and convinced him that
the pile Of kindling wood before men
toned was the mortal remains of the
cherished Saratoga.
Then lire flashed from j eacon Jones
eye; then, although he never cursed,
se brcathcd q lelt-handed prayer with
2nore fcrvor than usual, and then and
there he vowed that he would postpone
hls visit to the city--1hat he
would folcgo all pleasure and sacrifice
all business till he had wreakcd a
vengeance on the immolator of his
wardrobe.
Behold Deacon Jones once more up-
on his native heath. He has been
there q week, and in that time he has
..'rt been idle. He has been da ~ in the
forest. hcwing. hacking, painting ovcra
huge oak. The result OF his labors is
now before him. 1t is Il bic box
hcwn DAT of the solid wood. and many.
m"ny inches thick. "Ha. ha..n laughed
Deacon Jones, grimly, rs he looked at
il. '!:ct me see the bag gaYc smasher
chat can resist that
Once more the Deacon is on his way
70 the city. He carries his worldly pos.
sessions with him in a va,ise. The
trunk. covered with leather and stud
ded with bright new mails, seemed to
invite the regards Of the baggage
slaaSher. 1t is so beautiful thar the
Of the road essays it himself.
d las, Yo0r trunk!
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29
Rolled from end to end Of the depot,

Rolled from end to end Of the depot,
whacked, thumped, thrown from a
truck, and rolled on the rails, the trunk
i'll maintained its rigidity. The hard
wood of the forest proved harder than
the hard usage of the baggage smash
or. The mans pride was enlisted;
every means snort of dynamite was en-
ployed, but the solid oak resisted still.
1t preyed upon the baggage smash
er's mind. 1t weighed upon his spirits.
His appetite fell of and he could not
sleep nights. He was necessarily
incubating some plan for over
coming the obstinate trunk. AS
plan after plan was tried and failed, the
poor nan pinned more and more visibly.
His companions, alarmed at his condi-
ton, urged him to desist, but in vain.
he was a proud and high-spiritcd man,
and his pride was enlisted. He swore
to conquer that trunk, or die in the at
tempt. lie did.
One peaceful morning in the early
summer, the baggage smasher, now
worn to a shadow, resolved on one final
attempt. He conveyed the trunk to the
roof Of the depot building and let it fall
sixty feet upon the flags below. The
trunk never WINGED.
Then the baggage smasher smiled
fatntly and murmurcd "kismet," and
his proud spirit passed away With the
fragrant July morning. His surviving
friends buried him in the (hitherto UNI
tcnanted) baggage smashe.'s corner i'll
the cemetery. Deacon Jones Was
avenged.
The trunk, all u~nscathcd. breast of
oak as it was, was set up ut the head of
the grave in lieu of a tombstone. His
epitaph read:
His heart was i'm his work.
Gone to smash Celestial baggage"
Tile Judge.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29
Dainty Daisy.
-tWttEe.

ooh, 60 way from me, Archie, YOU,
bands is dirty said Miss Daisy, tossing
her golden clrls.
"NIhy, Daisy" stammcred 200,
Archie, II did not know YOU would y.
like that when you came to see me.
Aren't You GONG to play With me-"
~ don't play wis boys wis mud on
their Shoes Daisy poulcd.
"But | had to help papa die some
potatoes Tor you to at at dinner. Truly,
that's why" pleaded Archie. Come
Daisy, and I'll show YOU the njrs'
We've got 1--WE Of the cunningcst little
Pooh; pigs is greedy Daisy said,
Then III show You the chickens, or
the >alf, Or the turlles,' Archie begged.
ION. do comc.''
lie had looked forward so eapcr]v r.,
tins visit from his lovely little city cols-
IN that the tears came INTO his ewes as
nc ASKED: ''.Aren't YOU really going t.,
play with me at alp"
mot until you're all cleaned m ,
SAD Daisy, shutting her eyes and lean
ing back i'll her chair.
when She opened her eyes aoain
Archle had slipped away. She really
had meant to play with him after
a while, only she wanted him to know
she dld not like dirty lunds-aud now
fe mad TO run away from her.
'oh. dear, | want my cousin-bov
again. she sighed. pcepiny out of the
oIor. o
"Perhaps he's in the garden,n she
thought, getting bolder, and she ran
"on.h lhe steps, and 1ripped and fell.
IN: you DIRTY, dirty dirl.' she cried.
picking herself up and cnerrctica,ly
brushing her hands you est ought
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29
Some Points in Book. Making.

Some points about book-makinc.
from the veteran turfman, Colonel S.
d. Bruce, may enable outsiders to
understand how the careful man makes
his book:
'Ihe horse, which is conceded 10 be
the favorite for any particular stake is
maze the pivot upon which all calcula-
tions rest. Ii $4,000 be set apart for
a book upon any one event, it is the
policy Of the book-maker-the lavcr of
the odds -ncve to allow the amount
laid upon the favor'te to exceed the
sum invested on all the others. If
$1,000 be laid against the %favorite. the
odds on the others must be so ARRANGED
that the remaining $4,000 is laid upon
I'LL the others. The book is then full.
and the layer closes it.
''lhe following table will serve to il
~lustrate the making OF the book:
S1o,Oooto $500 aga. INST A-e ,ral t,3to1
Sin,WOtO 5000 aga / st equal loljoJ-
sH,e1O to si,SoO n a'lst &C .uul t. 5 to l..
$4,000 to Sl,5ne against D-cnual toGtoI
STOOD to ) !,MFl a:fi st E-e l,ial to : to j..
SS'o0, to :i,,oo9 ag inst F-c4nal TO to !.
SS,OOo to 500 against H-cGuul to |. to |.
$3.50 to- Sano Il a nst lie lla TO Is to /.
s3,ooo to $3.50 against J-equal to 20 10 l..
'Now although the above book foot,
up SSl, 800, the actual risk TO the max
er is only $4,000, as only one horse
can win out OF the tn. il the f~avorite
ca wins, against whom3 to l is laid.
the book maker pays out S10,O 900 and
receives $1,000, thus clearing $50 by
the operation. Ii b, the second favor
ste. wins, the layer pays out slo,O 900
and rece es SlO,SS3. Ii C wins. tbo
layer pays out $4,000 and receives
sll,3S3. As the scale descends, the
ratio Of profits increases, ending with
j, against whom 20 to l is laid. The
risk on the latter being 50, 1000, the
b~ook-maker, if j wins, pockets 3 net
profit OF IS, 1335.'-N. Y, Sun.