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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
BEN near us for a whole week. and. re-.
gardAeSs OF us, she flew down the stairs

garAAess of us, she flew down the stairs
to hin.< - :
IheardSs,im exclaim,
"Hurrah! us all right" 1
And her answer was:
"God bless you! hoy good you are"
IN another moment Or two she ran
upstairs again and 1 folloNei her; but
II she was aware Of my supervision she
did not care.
Gerald was reclining IN an easy char;
MS face was ashy pale and he looked s
shadow OF his own self; but still his
lace was beautiful in its classical fea-
lures, and its large, deep blue ewes, over
which a fond look always crept when
his wife came near.
She threw herself on her knees before
him, and, catching his thin, white hand.
she kissed it ~passionately.
AT last | can tell YOU" she gaspcdi
between tears and smiles; s.you will
doubt me no longer, Ger, and forgive
me for having had a secret from you; L
dared not tell, l was so fearful of a fail
ure. See, Ger, darling, there is no need
tor you to paint any more. I shall work
Tor you, for us all. Oh, Ger! won't is
De u labor OF lOve?"
And she held before him a letter from
one of the best firms of publishers in
London.
He looked at it, then at her, as if Just
awaking from a strange, wild dream.
Before he could speak, however, she
Owed into her pocket and drew out q
roll of bank notes and thrust them into
his hand.
This is yours, Ger, all yours; I am
all yours, am l not? And [ shall have
more, much more, 1 hope; oh, do speak
to rae. Ger, say one little word. pleasew
Geraid drew her to him with all the
strength left to him and kissed her
fondly; oh, the radiant joy THAT beamed
over his poor wan face as he muir
INJURED:
"Ihank God, thank God, you are all
my own, my Ste."
stole away then. I wanted to hide
myself from their sight. How dread
fully | had wronged her. Could she
ever forgive me?
Well, I did the most sensible thing I
could; I made a clean breast of every
thing, and Ste forgave ME fully land
freely, with her slender arms round my
neck, and in her great black eyes an
honest affection. and she laughed in her
selfish, merry fashion, as she said:
$50 you thought l could look at any
n else in the world, when I had Ger,
my own. own, Ger, to look at and love,
with all my might and mainp"
Gerald is quite resigned to the will of
Heaven now. True he can not put his
thoughts on canvas, but he tells them
to Ste, and she, in her charming man
ner, weaves them into romances that
win her fame and give us luxuries in
eur home that we never had before.
How much she gives us, does little
Ste, and the best gift of all is her love
it is so true, so nnselfish.
She has given us something else, too,
to brighten the old house. 1t is a tiny
boy, with golden curls and large, seri-
ous blue eyes, like Gerald's, and the
sweetest smile, like his mother. They
have christened him Raymond, after
ESte's father, but he is a snatch of sun.
shine to us all, so we call him Cray
My life is devoted to him. Hove de
void of seltishness-a love purified by
experience and suffering and remorse
-1tmsleV's magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
The Mustang.

The wllu horse of America, although
now native. to the soil, is descended
from, tho tribes of wild horses that still
rove the plains of Central ASIA. When
the discoveries of this continent first
landed, there were no horses anywhere
in either North Or South America. Cen
turies before; the horse had been intro
duced into European countries from
Asia, and had become common all aver
that continent. When Columbus az
rived here. on his; second voyage, in
1895, he was accompanied by one
Cabra de Vaca, who brought with him
a number Of horses, which we're landed
in Florida.
Cortez took horses with him to assist
in the conquest of Mexico, as did Pizarro
in his conquest of Peru. The natives
were greatly affrighted whom they be-
held these strange animals. At first
they supposed that the man and the
horse were one complete creature,
something like the centuar of which we
read in ancient fable. And when they
saw the rider dismount and disengage
himself from his steed, their amazement
knew no bounds.
In uEDe the Il learueO LnaC inc
horse was an animal that had been sub
dued by man, and that it was a separate
creature, but they long dreaded the
horse of the Spaniards rs a beast of
prey. And when the horses escaped
from their masters and made their way
into the freedom of the forest, as they
did after a space, the natives avoided
them as something to be stunned. The
quarreling Spaniards neglected their
steeds, which soon found homes on the
plains of Mexico, South America and
the unexplored interior of North Amer
lea. From these escaped animals have
sprung the wild horses of America.
The mustang, as the native horse of the
North American continent is usually
called, is generally of a bright chestnut
color. The horses marked with odd
colors and patches are called 'pinto."
or ''painted," by the Mexicans, and
"calico," by the Americans. The
mustang is smaller than the domesti-
Gated American horse; for we must re-
member that the larger horses now
found in our stables are the direct de-
scendants of later importations from
Europe.-Noah Bro0hs, IN ST. Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25

The widowers of Martha's district
are taking the shine off the young men.
They do not stand back and curl their
mustaches and eye the girls from a dis
lance. They know when a peach is
ripe, and pick it off while the boys are
smacking their lips and admiring it.
And when they want to ask the oldlady
they do not sit up half the night kick
ing up the chunks, waiting for the chill
dren to go to bed and dreading the or
deal, but 90 in a business way. We
heard of one recently who went on such
an errand and stated that he came over
to borrow q tub, and while his future
mother-in-law was out showing him
where to get it, he proposed to take
her daughter along to take care of it.
They are sly, these old widoWers are>-
LaWYenceriWe (GQ.) Hvatd. ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
Our Young Foiss:
KING BENNY,

A wonder of wonders
Is this boy of mine; 81
How his chubby cheeks GLOW, ~
How his starry eyes shine!
His teeth are like seed-pearls.
Like rOse-buds his lips,
He's charged full of mischief
To his wee finger-tips.
His pertest of noses Go
Peers up in the air;
Tho grace of his poses
ls Natures own care. -
His ten naughty fingers
Work havoc and woe;
His ten toes in triumph
To market" Oft go. !.
Iwo feet. small and dimpled, g
The fat fodder bear -
On his venturesome journeys, ID
Round grandmamma's chair! =,
wise little mani
One would ne'er thfnh 1t true
What cunning and wonderful
Things he can do!
But our pet is no angel,
He'll rave, howl and roar,
And his curly head bump
On the nursery floor.
Our sOng-bfrd who carols
SO many a sweet 'ay
Pipes forth shrillest diseord
When he can't have his way,
Long live this King Benny!
Though puny and small,
With a scepter of iron,
He rules DER us all.
His realm is united,
His subjects are leal,
And knit to their tyrant
By letters of steel.
One kiss from King Baby
Much wrong will condone;
Far distant the day be 5H p.
When he .eaves his child-thro8e,
To go tramping, it may be,
The wide world alone.
Frances 4. adams, IN Chicago Advance.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25
EASTER MORNING.

t~ ~-z.A .s.. -.
The fasts are done; the Ayes said;
The moon has aled her horn;
And in the solemn night 1 watch
BEFORE the Easter morn.
So pure. 80 still the starry heaven,
So hushed the brooding air,
Icou.d hear the sweep Of an angels wings
II M should earthward fare;-
Great Miahael with his flaming sword.
sandalphon bearing to the Lord
Some heart cry of despair.
Now days are bright, and woods and fields
Thrill to the kiss of spring;
The plover calls across the marsh,
The mated robins sing;
And in all the summer gardens
No fairer flowers will Irvine
Than the shy arbutus yester eve
found beneath the pine
A censer every blushing cup
Whose breath of Eden floating. up
Made the lone dell shrine.
Alas for April song and blooml
My eyes are dim with tears
a. | think of the dead no spring will wake
Through all the circlins yearsi
With broken hearts we laid them down;
We FOLLOWED them with prayers;
And warm and true for aye we keen
Our love and trust with tears;
But silence shrouds them evermore,
Nor sun, nor star, nor sea. nor shore,
4 plying message bears.
oh for arift in the arching heaven!
A CLEAN of the jasper walls!
A single note of the holy hymn
That ceaselesS swells and falls!-
Their graves aie cold, and they never come
When the evening sun is low,
Nor sit with US one happy hour
In the frelight's fading glow
And i dream till my eyes are dim with tears,
And all my life empowered with fears,
AS the ~night-watches go.
Hark! tits the Yves. wine blowing free,
Swift herald of the dawn:
Faint murmurs answer from the wood;
The night will soon be gone.
Sad soul! shall day from arkness rise,
Ard ther rose unfold from the sod,
And the bare, brown hills grow beautiful
When May their slopes has trod-
While they for whom the sun shone fair.
And rose and bird reiolced the air,
Sleep on, forgot of God?
Depart, drear visions of the night!
We are the dead, not they!
Through nobler worlds, with larger life.
They hold their blissful way.
Look out! The sky is flushed with gold
In glad, celestial warming;
The purple clouds are backward rolled,
And, gloom and hadows scorning,,
Der grief and death victorious,
Above all glories glorious.
Comes up the Easter morning!
Edna Dean Proctor, an Youths Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-25

1T is quite probable that women
will be granted the franchise in Cam
ada in the neal future. every town coun-
Gil in the Dominion having already ap-
proved OF it in some way.--G Chicago
Herald.
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The Democratic Presidential ticket
has been received with great favor
throughout the Union. We think a
wiser choice could scarcely have been
made. Mr.. Cleveland backed as he is
by an unimpeachable reform record, by
the support of the independent voters
who hold the balance Of power in his
own State, and having the prestige OF
having been elected by the largest ma
jority ever received by any Governor,
will surely carry New York, and rs to
Indiana, it has never failed 20 go dem
ocratic when Mr.. Hendricks was a can
didate. He carried the State in 1876 by
al majority Of eight thousand. with
New York and Indiana assured to the
Democracy, not taking into account
New Jersey, Connecticut or Massaci,u
sets in which there are excellent chan
ces for the success of the ticket, the
present Indications point strongly to
the Inauguration of a democratic ad
ministration.-St. Landry Democrat.
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70
AN

~ AN All
Regulating the execution Of criminals
IN the State Of Louisiana.
Be it enacted by the General Assam
bly, OF the State Of Louisiana. That in
all cases when sentence Of death shall
have been pronounced upon anv Der.
son. in this State. it shall be exscnted
by hanging the person by the neck nm
til he be dead, within the enclosure of
the prison Or Jail. Of the parish. or in
an enclosure about or near said prison
IN the presence of the sheriff. and Mt
least four and not exceeding fif,eer
witnesses. Zone or more of whom .hali
De q practicing physician residents
OF such parish, who shall duly attest
the same, under oath, which atta.ta
ton shall be returned by the sheriif to
the court which pronounced the
tence. ~
4. w. OGDEN
Speaker of the H.Df Representative.
CLAYKNOBLOCH.It."
L'eut-Gov. and P~re,identof the Senate
Approved, 10th July, 1854.
S. ,. McENERY.
Governor of the State of I1on isi.co
A true copy from tle original: -
OSCAR ARROYO; KgS -
Secretary Of state.
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THE We CAM
PdIGN.

T Haa e
When bloster aud hailabaloo had xii
led the Republican party and nomina-
ted Jim Blaine We were promised by
his free lances an ''"ggressive CAM
paign."
The pledge is redeemed. We are
having an aggressive campaign. Blaine
is attacking himself.
Blaine accuses Blaine Of having abus
ed his power as Speaker of the House
of Repres. natives by writing out q
point Of order to save ~ big II d-grab
to IL railroad corporation, sending it by
/ a page to Logan to present as if it came
from himself, and then recognizing l."
gan and declaring the point Of order
we'll taken.
Blaine accuses Blaine Of having sub
seqnently drawn thu attention of the
wealthy railroad kings he had benefit
| ted and enriched by his trick to the ser
| vice he had rendered them aud asking
his reward.
Blaine accuses Blaine of being so anX
ious to secure the favOrs lie believed
he had earned, aud SO afraid that one
of the interested parties. josiah Cald-
we'll. would cheat him out Of his por-
tion of the "divvy,' that he wrote II
letter to"My Dear Fisher" acknowled
ging the liberal and generous treatment
he had received from Mr.. Fisher, and
urging that gentleman to bring Josiah
to a "definite arrangement" or, in 9th
err words to make J"sia': ''p"ny up"
Blaine accuses Blaine of having re-
ceive3 S64, 900 from the Union Pacific
Railroad, nominally for some almost
worthless Fort Smith bonds. Int practi
cally as u gift. at time when the
Union Pacific needed Congressional
help, but he says the money was not
'for his benefit but for parties
WHOM, lie ''tried to protect from loss
by every meansi his power.
Blaine cannot accuse Blaine of de-
string to protect anybody else from
loss in prtte, ence to himself.
Yes f; it is an aggressive campaign.
and Blaine is the agyressor on Blaine.
N. Y. World.
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The Democratic National COnven
ton which convened at Chicago on the
9Th inst. was the largest, most digui
fed, and harmonious body that ever
met in the United States. There were
eight hundred aud twenty delegates
present, and il aun,ber of prominent
names presented to the Convention
from which to choose a nominee for
President. Outside IF the contest bv
Tammany Hall, led ~ John Kelly Of
New York. to break the unit rule.
everything moved smoothly towards the
ticket nominated. Cleveland and
Hendricks We're nominated on the sec
ond ballot, by al Unprecedented MA
Jority. without any wraugling, swap
ping, or corruption. Such nnanimity
aud concentrated vigorous action, with
the men chosen, presages certain. victo
ry in November next. Cleveland and
Hendricks present a public and private
record before the country, which is in
vulnerable to the bitterest attacks Of
the Republican party. While comman
ding the solid democratic o thew
will also receive the support of a large,
Independent Republican element who
will not vote forRiaine and Logan.
-Opelousas Courier.
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AN ACT.
No. 76.

To amend and re-enact Sections l2ll
and 277S of the Revised Statutes, re
lative TO the granting or withholding
licenses tor the sale Ut Intoxicating
liquors.
Section l.. Be it enacted by the Gen
| eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana
That Sections 1911 and 277S Of the Re
| vised Statutes Of 1870 BE- amended and
re-enacted so as to read 'That the
police juries OF the several parishes Of
this State, the municipal authorities Of
the several towns aud cities. and the
City Council of the City Of New Or
leans. shall have the exclusive power
to make such rules and regulations for
the sale or prohibition OF the sale OF in
toxicating liquors, as they may deem
advisable, and to grant or withhold Ii
ceuses from drinking houses and shops
within the limits vi any city, parish,
ward of II parish or town, as II msjo:ity
of the legal voters of any city. ward Of
a parish or town may determine by
ballot, and the said ballot shall be tax
en- whenever deemed necessary by the
police juries of the several parishes,
the municipal authorities of tho several
cities and towns. and City Council Of
the City of New Orleans prorided: that
said election shall! not be held more
than once a year and prouided further
that whenever, at AN election heid an
der this sector, the majority Of the
votes cast in a ward, if only a ward
election has been held or 1.-THE majority
of the votes cast in a parish, if ian cleo
ton has been held for q whole parish,
shall be against granting licenses for
the sale Of Intoxicating liquors, said
vote or decision shall govern and con-
troll the :action Of any ward. incorpora-
ted town or city within the limits Of
said ward, or parish, as the case may
be, as fully and completely as if said
election had been held by authority Of
said town or city,
H. w. OGDEN,
Speaker of the II. Of Representatives.
CLAY KNOBLOCH,
Lieat-G Gov land President of the Senate.
Approved 10th July, 1884.
S. d. MCENERY,
Governor of the State OfLouisiana.
A true copy from the original.
OSCAR ARROYO,
Secretary Of State.
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The Crushed Serenader.-Wil Hav-
en- serenaded his girl last night. and
when he had got through the first song
a female Irish voice was heard at a
front upper story window, as to wit :
'Is that yoa, Bill
Yes. Where's Mamie p
Faith an she hain't got home from
the iee~cream saloon yit wild Mr.. Arch
er. Give US another song, Bill the
oald folks are out too. Give US sSwate
vioiets.'-Kentucky State Journal.
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Qbe. Gbibnoaux 5cntinel
SATURDAY, JULY %, 1884.
THE YNIDE NPKING.

As here is quaffed a sweet iorgc,fulness
Of the long journey yet to so,
So unto all who through life's pathways press
Lord. from thy rock let waters flow!
Let that sweet face rcfrcsllmcnt be!
On earth we wander YEARLY.
And in q thirst that win nor cease.
Oh ! let each dry anil dusty lip
From thy deep, hidden fountain sip
Sweet draughts Of love and peace.
All /! every soul drinks its own cup of bliss.
Some the delights Of glory bless
One finds it in a little daughters kiss,
Another in a wife's caress.
The secret friendships of the heart,
The rapture of creative art,
Each hive it's own sweet honey stores
To every lip let torrents burst
From life's great tount butI-I thirst
For the eternal shores.
Earth's dreams are but a bitterness to those
Whose ycarnings are for love divine.
No ~rivulet sparkies here. nc ruulet flows,
To satisfy this thirst of mine.
What shall assuage it ! The desire
That heavenwa1d ever doth aspire,
And sigheth ceaselessly;
The sweetness that in suffering lies,
And t%ear-drops showerins from my eyes,
Are hopes one draught for ue.
(From tic French Of ALphomse de Lamcrtinc.,
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ANSWER BOY

A lawyer and a hoy Of 10 or II years
of age travelled together in q stage.
They happened to pass by a Church.
The boy took 1T his cap aud mad" the
sign of the cto4..
You are, ~ d,u 1T, u choir boy re-
marked the lawyer.
Yes, SIR replied the boy, Il am a
choir-b"y, aud lam preparing tor my
first Holy C%"mni.nion.'
what does ytnr priest teach you I:
AT present he teaches US the mystic
rics.'
Tell me, please. what these mystic
ries are?I havt forgotten all about
them. This will be the case with yor,
too. after some years.
Oh, 10, sir : Ihave gool hopes that
| shall never forget the mysteries OF
the Blessed T'iai;y, Of the Incarua-
ton
well, my boy, what do y"a under
stand by 'Blrssed Trinity !.
'Tha. means one God in Three Per-
sons.
DO you comprehend this. little boy?
'In matters Of mysteries, there are
three things. sir, three grades, know
ing, believing, and c"mpreLending. l
know and believe ; but as to compre
hending, do not. Only in heaven
mysteries are comprehended.'
That is idle talk what You say !; a.
for myself. | do not believe what l can
not comprehend
very we'll Since you do not believe
what You d" not comprehend. tell me,
why your finger moves when you
wish:'
1T moves because my Wilt gives mo
ton to the nerve that corresponds to
the fi"ger.'
But how is it that your will has such
power over the netvef Such it has
such it has. But do you comprehend
why it has 2 t. rti
oh yes, I comprehend that very
well. \
We'll, now sirce you comprehend
why at will You can move your finger
tell NE, why YOU cannot move your
ear!
The lawyer, instead of giving argu-
ment resolved to wind up this discus
sion which became verynnpieasant and
said: 'Bs still. my little friend, you are
too young to give a lesson
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The ticket is approved on every
hand by the pronounced Democratic
as we'll as the Independent press, aud
the ''signs Of times' point that the
Democrats have the fairies: showing to
win than they have had with any tick
ct since the Wal. They have men for
candidates with unblemished reputa
tons and who command the confidence
of the independent voters throughout
the country. Cleveland is the popular
Governor of New York, who received
at the last election the biggest MAORI
ty ever given any candidate in any
State. He is comparatively young, he is
not brilliant, but he is honest, firm in
his convictions of right and safe. Can
the same be said Of Mr.. Blaine, the
choice Of the Republicans Z? His South
American "jingo'' policy and many 9th
er acts which his public record will evi
dence, will scarcely bear out a reply in
the Observation-Disclosures Advertiser.
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! am faithfully yours.
kcndalI's SPAWN Cure.

Cincinnati. Ohio. June g.. 1852
b.. Kendall Il Co., Gents: Being a spf.
fercr from the rheumatism. l have tried a
great many remedies for that complaint. ns-
ing everything that heard Of or my friends
knew 81, ana being treated by the best physi
come discouraged and had concluded there
was no help for this disease, when l fortunate
y met Your agent, Mr.. john Fish, Who told
me it was unnecessary to suffer any more. as
hendalfs Spavir Cure would do the business.
sentei me- with = bottle, wlich / use,l. AMI I
must say without any faith, in ono, week I
am able to walk with0atn cane or anv other
artificial help i don't know that the Spawn
Cure did It bat this I do know I will never be
Without hendaips Spain Cu.e again, as /
;snt has unqualified merit. i write this entire
~ unsolicited. Yours trmiv. .'o
- F4.ot SET Fl p SNrrvy M