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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
Iankton, Oak, July Is.

dHKLOn, OAK, July Is.
Dear Sir:-Your letter Of explanation
is reed and l have no doubt that Supt.
Beadle will regard your action as wise,
and strictly according to law. If so he
will probably write nothing further on
the subject. Yours, truly,
A. W. BARBER,
Clerk.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

IN Northern Illinois, WISCONSIN, Minnesota ~
Wa and Dakota; and as its main lines, branch
and connections reach all the great business coy,
tres OF the Northwest anu Far West. it naf,,r,;
y answers the description of short line, andbcaS
Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul and MINNEAPOLIS
Chicago, Milwaukee, Lacrosse and Winona.
Chicago, Milwaukee. Abcrdcen and Ellcndo,.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Eau Claire and Stillwa,e,
Chicago, Milwaukee, Wausau and Merrill.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Beaver Dam and Oshkos,
Chicago. Milwaukee, Wankesha & Oconomowoc
Chicago. Milwaukee. Madison & Prairie din CHI
Chicago, Milwaukee, Qwatonna and Faribau,t
Chicago. Bcloit. Janesvilie and Mineral Pojn,
Chicago, E!gln> Ioc.>lord and Dubuque.
Chicago. Clinton, Rock Island and Cedar Rapjds
Chicago. Council Bluffs and Omaha. =
Chicago. Sioux City. Sioux Falls and Yonk.on
Chicago. Milwaukee, Mitchell and Chamberlain
Rock Island, Dubuque, st. Paul 4 MINNEAPOLIS
Davenport, Calimar, st. Paul and Minueauo,is
Pullman slcepers and the Finest DINING c.rs
n the world are run on the main lines of ~
Chicago. Milwaukee and 81. Paul Railway .mc c
every attention is paid TO passengers by cIo,,rtd
Gus employees OF the. Company.
S. 5. MERRILL. A.. VII. CARPENTEp
Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. and Tiki. aa,
j. I. CLARK. GEO. II. HEAEEOrn':
ven ohpr. Asst. Gen. Pass. AIT
-" 7 4 No.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
APPEAL NOTICES.
4 PrEAL NOTICE.-United States Land Office
at Mitchell. ID. T. Aug. 81. 1851.

II at Mitchell. d. L. Aug. %. 1881.
To Hiram D. Newton. ID. T.. SIR: You are
hereby notified that your I'D entry, No. 23O6l
ship No. l0I. north of range No. G3. w 9Th p. NJ.
has been adjudged forfeited by this Office upon
the complaint OF Andrew flessdJlfcr, and you
come final us to all questions Of fact unless ap-
pealcd from within thirty days frnm this notice.
that being the period OF time allowed you III
Which to appeal from said decision to the Hon
orahle Commissioner of the general land office.
Upon your failure To appeal within the time spt-
cited. said entry will be reported 10 The ]iIonolt-
b!" 0NIHiSSi@uerf0 cancellation.
GRO. Is: lVEHlIr, Register.
1886 u. EAREEN JH. Receiver.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
elected in Crow Lake township

officers elected in Grow Lake township
qualified according to law, but entered
upon their duties without being quail
fed when the law clearly states that
they shall qualify as required before
entering upon any duty. Hence I de-
cided that they could not legally trans
act business for the township as they
were only officers by election and not
by qualification and that the Offices
were vacant by limitation.
Could say to the taxpayers CT Crow
Lake Twp. that they We're legal officers
when the law plainly declares that they
We're not officers, and never had been.
Yet for this ! am charged With using
my official authority to crafty person.
Al feelings. This | absolutely deny.
AS soon as notified of vacancy / filled
them according to law appointing Jos.
OBripn to the Office of director, but did
not appoint Mr.. Jones for reason above
stated. Mr., Jones appealed from my
decision to the Territorial supt. and l
produce the original letter of b. +.
Jones to Supt. Beadle. also The replies
OF The Supt. which wjll'speak for them
selves: also the affidavit Of the county
clerk. | bring this subject before the
people in vindication of myself, and to
disabuse the minds Of any Who have
been unduly influenced by the misrep-
resentation Of parties who have person.
al ill-feeling toward me and to crafty
their depraved natures, have tried to
place me in q wrong light before the
voters of Jerauld Co., in regard to my
official acts.
solicit an impartial investigation
OF my official acts as Superintendent Of
Schools and if any township within
the county is in doubt as to the truth
OF my statements, and will appoint an
investigating committee, ] wiz pay
time and expenses and show them ten
times the evidence l have given. here
to verify my statements.
Respectfully submitted to the public,
r. Y. HAZARD,
Supt. of Schools.
rs. 1T may be urged chat the officers
did not know their duty. They hadthe
school law in their possession furnish
ed by myself. R..U.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
Grow Lake, Jerauld Co., Oak.

July tle ISL 1904
Mr. Beadel Sir i feel it my dutey to
drop you few linesin regard to School
lntrest ! having Bin Elected as one of
the Board Of this town Ship & the
Board was all Sworn in to comenst to
arrange our Schools & there Being no
money we Built one Sod School house
" least one other Employed 9 teachers
y after having III Schools running for
3 weeks Of more: the county Superin-
tendath notifies the teachers to dismiss
theSchools as wee the Board was not
leagel officers & they would not receive
aney pay his Hc.se is that wee was
not recorded But forwarded my papers
to the clerk & hee claimes e come
to hand & know the superintendent re-
fuses to APPOINT the old Board as hee
has done in Simeler cases & Stops our
School know are wee topay those teach
ers for what they have Served US & Bee
deprived of school just Becaus II pa
pers was not recorded & for contrery-
ness OF Mr. r. Y. Hazerd you Will
wright NICE in regard to this mater as
i Shal keep the Schools going till ihear
from you i am yours most rspectfulev
b. T. JONES
formerly clerk Of custpr tnwnshir
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26

NOTICE FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Office
Notice is hereby given that the following nam
ed settler has fled notice of his Intention to
MAKE maj proof IN support his claim. and that
salu proof Will beinade before Clerk Dist. Court
at Washington Springs, d. Ton Oct. Ith, 1881.
viz: HENRY WALTER ' '"''
VINO made nj. entry No; 22Gl5 for tne mel: see
% town loG, range IS. He IlameS the following
witnesses to prove his continuous residence Il5,
on, and cultivation of. said land. viz: j. MOorrr.
>. a.; Swan. john Neal, +. Kellogg, Of Sullivan
". \. Assoc GEO. B ENNnIYr, Eer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-20

A pretty ear is great beauty, and
finds many enthusiastic admirers, says
the american Queenn. We could name
many a noted man first attached to the
girl he loved and married by her pretty
ear: and we have even heard some
men say, "The first thing l see when |
am in company of ladies is the ear"
We need not tell you that such men,
and all, indeed, who admire pretty ears,
Qbhor earrings. jewelers. need not
frown; for if fewer earrings were sold
more tinger-rings; lockets, brooches
ETC., would be sold, and they would not
be the losers if earrings disappeared
from fashion tomorrow. Besides our
aim is to preserve beauty when posi-
Die, and earrings destroy it by length
aning the ear and destroying its
symmetrical outline. We say nothing
Of the barbarity of the custom OF
wearing earrings. You might just as
well wear rings in your nose as in your
ears. We merely say that, setting the
barbarous custom aside, earrings
Iengthen the ear, and spoil its shape
and symmetry, Therefore, if you
would preserve your ear small and
pretty, as nature makes it, never wear
an earring
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-20

Speaking of hands, contributor to
the New York mirror says: 81 didn't
think my chapter on hands would be
complete without reference to some
female hands. Just now there -four
ishes on the stage to which all thes
other hands are directing their glasses
a rousing pair of she-hands. They be-
long to the stalk of the Jersey Lily. If
ever nature designed Il couple of hands
to wrestle with milking stool and the
daSher of churn, for that nature de-
signed those of Mrs. Langtry-large,
loose, coarse red hands. Her neck is
lovely, her face is handsome, her waist
is aristocratic - but, her hands are
awful
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-20

One of the chief glories of New York,
says letter to the New Orleans Times
Democrat, is its justly famed Central
Park. A description Of it in type
would fail utterly to depict it so that
the reader could thoroughly realize the
picture. Its principal beauty to me is
its happy, though artificial, adaptation
to natures simplest, yet most pleasing
laws of landscape gardening, and
thereby its delightful contrast to the
artificiality of the great city that
surges up all around it, but whose de-
vouring wave is stayed by the slight
wave of verduro which enriches the
wide domain. 1t is truly peoples
park, The rich ride in it and drive in
it. The poor walk in it, and stroll in
it, and sit in it, and play in it, and lie
in it. BY tens of thousands they are
there on bright days. Their little ones
fairly revel in it. 1t is new life, re-
newed weekly, to the myriad of hewers
of wood and drawers of water. The
squirrels, the sparrows, the ducks, the
swans delight in it. Even those cynics,
the newspaper men, take pleasure in
it. Yea, verify, And when you stand
on the lofty, rocky elevation in the
center of the park, whence the vision
sweeps the horizon, with the great
city's roofs and towers stretching
miles on miles in all directions, and the
sun going down to his rest, casts
golden CLEANS over the wide sea Of
dells and hillocks, and trees and grass
and rivulets and lakes at your feet, q
glow Of generous feeling fills the breast
a feeling of admiration and respect fol
the philanthropic men who presented
this noble gift to their fellow-men fol
all time and for all men.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-20

The causes Of earthquakes have long
been the subject of many conjecturcs,
The numerous Investigations of later
years have contributed much to define
their character; and several data re-
Gently acquired tend further TO make
Their mechanism clear 1t is known
that the shocks are by do means dis
tributed at hap-hazard over the sur
face OF the globe. The countries where
the strata have preserved their original
horizontal position, like the north of
France, a part Of Belgium, and the
most of Russia, are privileged with
tranquility. Violent connections are
manifested particularly in regions that
have suffered considerable mechanical
accidents, and have acquired their last
relief at recent epoch, like the region
OF the Alps, Italy and Sicily.
The tracts that are simultaneously
disturbed by the same shock most fire.
quently comprise arcs of from 50 to
l5', or from 800 to 1900 kilometres.
They rarely include a much more con
siderable fraction of the globe; al
though the celebrated catastrophe at
Lisbon on the lst Of November, 1855,
extended over some l7e or lS9, into
Africa and the two Americas, or ovel
a surface equal to about four times
that of Europe.
The detailed examination of many
earthquakes has enabled us to deter
mine the center of the shocks rs well
as the contours of the disturbed areas
From the manner in which the latter
surfaces agree with the lines of pre-
existing dislocations, several Of the
most distinguished biologists, including
Mr.. Dana, NJ. Suess, and Albert Helm
have considered the shocks in question
as connected with the formation Of
chains of mountains, of which they
may be kind Of continuation.
In fact, the crust of the earth every
where shows the enormous effects eX-
ercised by the lateral pressures thai
have been in operation at all epochs
Iio oIldlu, bcllI anu Ueuu ONcI uSdll
many times through thousands OF
metres of thickness, as well as the grea
fractures that traverse them, are the
eloquent witnesses of these mechanical
actions. Notwithstanding the appar-
ent tranquility now reigning ON TIT
surface Of the globe, equilibrium does
not exist in the earth, and connections
have not been arrested in its depths
The proof of this is found, not only il
earthquakes, but also in the slow
movements of the soil, of elevation ant
depression---a kind of warping which
has continued to manifest itself with
in historical times in all parts of tn
globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-20
The Introduction of Quinine.

lis not generally known that to
woman the European world is indebt
ed for the greatest febrifuge eXtant
The Countess of Cinchon, noble
Spanish lady, daughter of the Marquis
Of Astorga, and wife of the Niceroy of
Peru, lay i'll of fever. The Indians
of Peru had long known of the febri-
fugal qualities of the bark, which they
called quinquina, bark of barks. They
communicated their knowledge to a
Spaniard in high authority, who con-
sented to use it,and was cured of a fe-
yer. This gentleman, Don Juan Lo-
PEI de Canizares, impaired the inior-
nation of his cure to a physician who
was in attendance on the Countess OF
Cinchon, at the sametime sending the
lady parcel of the valuable bark. Con-
senting TO use it, her fever was allayed,
and when she returned to Spain she
carried some of the Peruvian bark
with her, and made its qualities known.
LinnHus named the genus which
yielded it cinchona, in honor of the
lady. In consequence of her introduc-
ing it into Europe it was called "coun-
tess bark The Jesuits promoted
greatly its introduction into Europe.
Hence it was sometimes called Jcsuits'
bark; and many attributed its intro
duction to than, when, in reality, they
only diffused its knowledge and en-
Outraged its use. Louis XIV. purchas
ed the secret of preparing the quin-
auina from the bark from Dr. Tabor
an English physician, paying him
1000 louis dollars and granting him q
pension and title
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-20

up the match, but always the girl Is
the obedent slave. Her religion, her
people, her national instinct, the ira
ditions of her ancestors, all teach her
to be the slave of her husband, Tho
power of life and death is in his
hands, and she bows before his opin-
ions with the most implicit obedience.
They are as fine riders as the men, and
as fearless. They can 60 almost any
distance without fatigue. They are
fine shots, and don't know what per-
sonal fear is.
The women of these people are
modest and far more faithful than the
women of civilized life. The women
mature at II and 10, and are old at IS.
When young they are very beautiful.
They have soft, dark skins, black, flow
ing hair and soft, lanquishing eyes.
They are passionate in their loves, but
after their marriage all their affection
is centered in their husbands
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-20
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.


Hiss Theodosia Gray, aged 80 years
Of Darion, Conn, is amusing herself
by cutting her front teeth.
"Amt Milly"of Nashville, 100 years
old, was married recently to Il man AZ
years her junior.
Mrs. Betsey Moody of Cape Eliza
beth, Me-, nearly l02 Years old, say;
she told her husband when he died that
she would never marry again, and de
clares that if she keeps her senses she
never will.
Mrs, Rhoda Howard, who lives ir
Bath County, Ky, is 1l6 years old
having been born in Wilks County, n
G., December, 1867. Her maiden name
was Ward, and she was married il
1890. Mrs. Howard is still in excellent
health.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-20
Educoipl nv thn ScWSDanrrs,

A member of a manufacturing firm,
that employs 50Omen, told commit
tee Of the United States senate that
the knowledge he possessed he got by
reading the newspapers, and not from
books, and that by reading the papers
he kept himself informed on the liter
allure and current events of the day.
Thousands of other prominent busi-
ness men would make the same &C
acknowledgement if questioned on the
subject. The tendency Of all litera-
ture is toward expansion, 50 the most
industrious reader of books can scarce
ly in lifetime become well informed
newspapers, on the contrary, condenst
nearly everything into as few words
as possible. Were student to attempt
to give the political, social, religious
and literary history Of the world for
a day he might do it in far more Gle
CANT style than the newspapers, bu
his history would occupy the rcader''
time for at least week, The news
paper is the true American university
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-20
Coffee nisplaceS J,iHuDr.

According to the statement Of the
vice director Of the Rio Janeirc
Faculty of Medicine, of Brazil, where
all the inhabitants take coffee many
times a day. alcoholism is unknown;
it is further related that immigrants
contract little by little the fondness
of the Era2iIians for drinking coffee
and their aversion for liquors; and
as the children Of these immigrants
never contract the fatal habits
known to- their parents, it would
seem that the number of drunkards
in the country is in inverse ratio to
the amount Of coffee consumed. A
South American correspondent Of The
NedicGl Times confirms tho above
asserting that the number of cafe.
in the large cities of Brazil where
multitudes off tersoifs from the high
est down to tl'6 lowest Cos enor-
nous. while f+AlAHg efJlobus. art
very fQw,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-20
Putting ON q Kings Shirt.

The New York Mail and Express
says that hundred years ago the
court of France was ruled by an Ell
quette so pompous and ceremonious as
to make the king a burden to himself
and a jest to a philosopher. He was
never alone except at rare intervals
The eyes Of 40 or so persons saw him
dress and rndress, and the operation of
putting on his shirt was something
fearful. The grand master of the
wardrobe drew off the kings night.
shirt by the right arm, and the first
valet of the wardrobe by the left arm
and both of them united in handing
the night-shirt to an officer of the
wardrobe. Another valet of ward
robe brought clean shirt, but he had
no right to hand it to the persons who
were to put it on the king. The honor
of handing the clean shirt to those
persons was reserved to the sons and
daughters of France, or, in their alb
sence, to the princes of the blood or
those legitimatized, Or, in default of
these, to the grand chamberlain or to
the first gentleman of the bed cham
Der. The shirt having been regularly
and formally delivered, the first valet
of the wardrobe and the first valet de
chambre held up the garment by the
right, and left sleeves respectively,
while two other Wallets extended a
dressing gown in front of the king to
serve as a screen. Behind this screen
his majesty at length got the shirt on
his back. Every day Immediately after
being dressed the king said his prayers.
And it is to be hoped that he never
failed to offer up devout thanksgiv-
ing for having passed safely through
the awful process of putting on his
shirt and that the coming man
i, would lie alde>to make for the com
ing kings shirts that could be put On
| with more case md less ceremony,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-20

Gray is extensively worn,

Gray is extensively worn.
White stockings are coming in
fashion again.
Many of the dresses for indoor wear
are made without any drapery.
Fashion at present points toward
the use of ornaments for spring MILL.
merry.
Cuffs are fashionable. Standing
collars are no longer fastened with
studs.
Plain and pleated camel's hair is the
favorite combination for school dresses
for young girls.
Girls in New York wear punches of
ribbon on their corsages when they
cannot get flowers.
japanese scarfs are worn for sashes,
being twisted about the waist so as to
make it look short.
Parisians are combining English
Grape with satin for effective dinner
and reception toilets.
Plain black satin boots are quite
stylish. These boots are buttoned and
have the Louis XIV heels.
A little pelerine cape, just covering
the shoulders, is pretty and fashiona.
bic with the toilets of children.
A little gathered capote of two
shades of blue, pink, or yellow, is the
proper bonnet for the three-year-olds
For the overcoats and dresses of lit
tie girls and boys taking their first
steps, ribbed velvet is quite popular.
Almost the only trimming employed
on the handsome silk and velvet dresses
of little children is the large, full sash.
The pattern muslins are embroidered
in al. the colors of the rainbow this
year, and initiate the tapestry" wool.
lens as much as possible.
Ottoman ribbons have been sold so
low as to put them out of the market
as a leading article, and satins and
gros grains are expected to supplant
them.
a new English model for a dinner
dress, secures the pulled appearance in
the back below the waist. by pleating
the train in reverse folds gathered into
a small space.
For receptions and parties, boots OF
embossed satin are exceedingly fash
ionable. The embossed material is
oftcntimes very expensive, costing as
much as Sl4 to SIS per yard.
Importers of millinery say that broad
ribbons are being made for spring
wear Bonnet shapes promise to be
small and narrow, with a tendency tC
full crowns and narrow brims.
Colored alligator-skin slippers are nc
longer worn. The newest are made Of
plain black satin with embroidered
toes. Forget-me-nots, roses, carna
tions and tulips are the favorite flow
ers used in the adOrnment Of the toe
of slippers.
A pretty and easy way of remodelihs
a worn basque is to lay strip of vel
vet from the center seam of the bacl
straight over the shoulder to a poin
about five inches below the shoulde
seam, finishing the end with a bit o
chinille fringe or row of b ads
Folds of the material, starting from
beneath the velvet, are SHRED togeth
er about three inches above the bel
and conceal the worn parts perfectly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-02-20

Some years ago the United States
government bought in Asia Minor
seventy-six camels, and sent them as
beasts of burden for army use in New
Mexico and Arizona. For some time
they were used between Fort TETON
and Albuquerque, each carrying some
times 100 gallons of water, and going
without a drink for themselves for
nine days at time. For some rea-
son, however, the government con-
demned and sold the camels at Benz
cia, Cal, to two Frenchmen, who used
them in carrying salt to Virginia City,
Nevada. Their next experience was
in packing" ore in Southern Arizona,
but at the end of it their owners
turned them loose upon the desert,
where they have been roaming wild
and multiplying, fattening upon bushes
of sage and greasewood and the thorny
heritage of the desert. With herds OF
wild camels in Arizona, ostriches in
Southern California, Moorish architec-
ture wherever Indians have settled
and pearl and sponge fishing in its adj
iacent seas, our remote Southwest can
offer the tourist pretty much all there
is in Northern Africa.