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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
Then ana Now.

Editors who harp upon the presehta5
era of hard times, when compared
VITA the .good old times before the
war. d0n't know what they are talking
about. What the average family now
considers n~ecess&ries of life We're then
Iuxuries. There were fh"n eompara-
lively more failures, laare ups and
downs, moresteingencYin business and
more actual suffering. Manufactures
were few in number, prices Of labor
and produce low, currency poor and IN
stable, and the wheels OF trade con-
,lantl cioaged by the operation Of III
considered and unHise laws. Roliti-
clans We're just as unmindGal vi pub
Ii. interests then AS now, end there
was more corruption and tess intellt-
gence ia high public places. Drunken
ness ard Gebaucherg ~ NATIONAL aodt
state capitals We're so common that
ther were looked upon as necessary
evils. Congressman weIe walking ar
sepalS and the duel a common ending
Of heated discussion. Tie burdens Of
taxation were universally felt, and
sheriff sales almost of daily occurrence.
This was TIE state Of affairs before the
war, il ~the"to0d old tilues." Does AM
one desire its return? Does any sensi~
bic person wish to live under the laws,
;l}a custom and the condition which
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22
.AppaEE NOggGEs,


A PFEAL N0TTEF.-united States Land Office
IA at Mitchell, ID E..]an. 50, 1881,
TO Ole a. Moore, .Jerauld county D.
I. sfR: you are hereby aotitiea Chat
your HID. entry 40. 25a42 made May
81, 1883. upon sly CT sec No3i township
No 10a, North OF range No GG ". 9TH z.
NJ, has been adjudged forfeited by this
Office upon complaint of lda NJ. Law
ton, and you are further notified that
our decision viii become final as to all
questions OF fact, unless appealed from
within thirty days from this Notice,
that being the period OF time allowed
you in which to appeal from said decis-
ion to the Honorable Commissioner OF
the general land office. Upon your fail
ure to appeal within the time specifi-
ed. SAID entry viii be reported to the
Honorable Commissioner for cancelll-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22

The dispatches from Washington
state that Senator Cameron will short
" introduce a bin in the senate, and
bfr. Raymond viii introduce the same
in The house, to enable the people Of
| Dakota to form a constitution. The
| delegates are 10 be, one for each organ
lied county and one additional delegate
for every 500 votes cast az The last gen
eral election. The delegates 50 elected
to meet at the capitol on the first day
Of December, 1884, and afterorganlzing
shah proceed TO frame a constitution
for the proposed state, which shall en-
brace the whole, or such portion 81
said territory as the territory yn,t@# ne
eide. The said convention g. t}qE1B'3ue
in session not to exceed thirty. days,
$4,000 is sprrorlatec for the expense
of such conventioT the balance to be
returned to the l.. 5. Treasury. This
is nothing more or less than q scheme
on the part OF some parties 70 ring in
the ~aafthern pert Of the territory,
againsttthe wishes of the yotersin that
section. for the purpose pf defeating
the wishes of the people south CT the
46th parallel, and win meet with but
little favor in this part Of tile territory.
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Tbe Sy1&>u.

NEy YORK, 1884 Z.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22

orFluM PAPER or lERAuLD COUNTY
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22

Leave orders for work at tie llERAia.ofirc
or at the Hotel. ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-02-22

PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-05
How to Keep Cut Flowers

Cut flowers in vases should get
a fresh supply Of water every
morning; the dead buds and de-
cayed leaves should be taken away
and the ends of the stalks cut off.
All the leaves should be removed
from that part of the stalk that is
in the vase. When the flowers be-
gin to hang. their heads and show
a general aspect OF languor, cut
off the ends of the stalks with a
sharp knife and ssput them about
two inches deep in warm water
for a few minutes;the water should
not be actually scalding, but as
warm as you can hold your hand
in it without pain; the moisture
will makes its way through the
cells of which the stem is COM
posed, and if they be taken from
the warm and Immediately replac-
ed in fresh. cold water, the flow
ers will revive and yet live for
some days OF hours longer, accor-
ding to their kind. They should
not be exposed to a hot sun.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-05
NOTICE TO LIEN HOLDERS

To all persons holding liens by judg.
ment or otherwise, on the real estate or
any part thereof of George w. Albaugh.
In pursuance of decree of the Circuit
Court OF Berkeley county, made in a cause
therein pending to subject the real estate
of the said George w. Albaugh to the sat-
isfaction of the liens thereon. You are
hereby required t, present all claims held
by You and each OF you, against the said
George W. Altaueh, which are leans on
his real estate or any part of l., for adju-
dicaton to m at my Office in the city Of
Martinsburg, county aforesaid, on or be-
fore the Isl day of August. 8s4.
Given under my nand this the 26th day
of June 1874 J.. 7 PICKING,
June 28-4t Commissioner.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-05
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CON MISSlONER'S NOTICE.
CoMMIssIoNER's OFFICE,
MARTINsBuRG, w. VA, June 26, 1884 {
To Fletcher Felter, Plaintiff,

10 rIetcner reiter, fIalntln,
G. W. Aloaugh, j. NJ. Stone, l.. H.
Small, James W Campbell, decd and
John Fitz, Executor Of Samuel Fitz, dec d,
defendants
You are hereby notified that have
fixed upon Friday, August LIST, 1894, to
take an count Of the liens against the
property Of George w Albaugh, in the
Bill mentioned with their respective
amounts and pricri,ies, and also ascertain
the Tee simple and rental value OF said
proper required by the decree of Per-
kelley Circuit Court, rendered on the 9th
day of May, 1884, 10 suit in chancery
pending 10 said o,rt in which You are
parties. plaintiffs and defendants, at
which time and place you ara required to
attend.
Given under my hand as Commissioners
in Chancery OF said Court the day and
year first Aforesaid
JOHN T PICKING.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-05
Information Wanted.

OXFORD, o., June l6, 1884.
IF there are any descendants Of George
i Bizeler, who married Susannah Rite,
in Berkeley county in 1915, now living,
they VIII hear something 10 their advan-
tage by communicating with
EDWARD RIGGS, Oxford,
Butler Co., Ohio.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-07-05
To the Ladies-Rare Bar
gains.

A nice line of G. G. Burts' and Couins
IA celebrated dress shoes, which we
will sell for next thir ty days at a reduc-
ton of 20 to 25 per cent on regular prices
at GETTINGER & HOKE'S.
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Baltimore Market.

Corrected weekly by BLANDFoRD
FOWLER s. Co., log S. Charles st.
BALTIMORE, July 4th, 1884.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-19

more. II from the glance OF the little
girls dark eyes he turned in thought,
sometimes to other dark eyes like them,s
which in his early manhood had been
lode-stars Of destiny it the fond name,
father, brought to his remembrance
other children who had lisped the
same dear word, none knew. He
mentioned his old life to no one. He
spoke of his wife and children but once
during the years Of his stay on the
mountain. :.
Silent Jack was not an unlettered OF
vicious man. He taught and cared for
the child of his love with morose and
pathetic devotion. He taught the lit
tic one of God-strange teacher
of the word The Bible was her spell
ing book, her geography and story
book for tho rest she had the grand
solitude, the stars near by, and the
blossoms in the snow bank of her home,
The miners and trappers Of the slope
called her, with instructive homage OF
man to the identifying and pure, the
Snow Flower of the Sierras. She was
to them the object of alteration, as the
namesako flower, to the early devotees.
Whispers of the divinity shrined in the
mountain SHOWS, hoated downward
along the paths Of standardization.
Stories of maiden somewhere, either
in cloud, or snow, 1.-the, brilliant and
innocent; strong IS the mountain pine,
blooming as tho mountain flowers, pure
as the mountain air, with eyes clear as
dew drops, and voice like the rich gurg-
ling mountain brook.
Before the swarming tourists began
pilgrimages Yosemiteward the Snow
Flower Of the Sierras had brimmed he1
soul with it's beauty. She.had seen her
pretty eyes looking up at her from
Mirror Lake South Dome had answered
her, when she questioned; the MERGED
River had sung its story of mercy to her
while yet she was child.
At length the trail crossed the range
! near the cabin, and during the brief
summit, going down toward the valley.
From her hidden post she saw the
worlds people pause, with full hearts
! and Drumming eyes, on Inspiration
Point, whence is taken the first look in
to Yosemite. She saw pilgrims stand
dumb before Ell Capitan-that mile
! wide tablet Of smooth, white marble, set
in the walls Of natures temple. She
| saw heads barred before the thunderous
| three thousand-foot falls Of the Yose-
! mite. She saw, and understood.
But none who see the valley in sum-
! mer time gain its full magnificence.
One must live with it to grow into the
| vastness and solitude of it's grandest
graudure. The mountain maiden, with
the oxygen of the air flaming in her
cheeks and lighting her eyes, SKINNED
! on her snow shoes over pillows treach-
erous as the waves OF the sea. and was
! given IDEAL pictures.
For the solitary blooms the desert
rose; for the solitary are upreared the
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-19
known it all the while, though she had
tried to. make herself believe it was

known it all the while, though she had
tried to make herself believe it was
Jessie.
"This is very bad. I am extremely
sorry it should have happened, = said
Mrs. Selden, gazing sadly at her dear,
wretched, hayward little daughter.
/" And to have it happen just; as the
beautiful Christmas is coming, when
everybody ought to be glad and happy!
What kind of q Christmas day is it
going to be for my poor. little Zaidee q
30 mamma, I, wish I hadn't been
naughty I wish / could take it all back.
haven't acted SO since was q little,
little girl said the child, throwing her
self weeping into her mothers arms.
Giant I ever, ever take it back 2"
+ Yes; you can ask Jessie to forgive
you" e..
20 mamma, mamma, mamma! Jessie
was bad herself If ask her to forgive
me she will think she was good! And,
oh, she wasn't good! She was almost
half as bad rs I p 81 H.. a..- -,
Mrs. Selden said no more, but wisely
left her little daughter by herself to
think. sgs -. l~ =. r :.
AT supper time Zaidee's eyes were
still pink from weeping; but her face
looked serene, and the smiles were
playing about her mouth. The truth is
she had written letter to Jessie. It
was very neatly done in violet ink, and
she had put in the left-hand corner of
the envelope, kindness of Zaidee,"
thinking that was the latest style,
though the person who took the letter
was Nancy, the cook. And she laughed
to think zaidee called herself kind!
The letter was short
My AFFECTIoNATE FRIEND:
! am very sorry l nocktyou down first I
will forgive you if you will forgive me. Yours
respectively, rs
This was all Jessie needed to make
her happy, for she had the tenderest
little heart in oil the world.
She wrote in reply. II forgive you"
And in the left hand corner of her en-
velope were the words, kindness of
JESSIE" for she supposed that must be
the proper thing, and she never allow
ed Zaidee to be more fashionable than
herself if she could possibly help it.
And, indeed, there was kindness"
now in the hearts of both little girls,
and sincere repentance, too, for their
foolish bad behavior. "The angel with
pearly wings" had come back again the
unhappy little "breeze" had blown over !;
and in three nights and two days"
Zaidee aud Jessie were enjoying the
merriest Christmas that ever dawned
in Boston Town. Wide Awake.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-19
THE PLIGHT OF SOULS.

Like the rise and set Of the starry host 4
Earth's myriads come and go;
But whence wo speed through the intinte
Speed as the light and leave no traces
And what the calm Oh the pale cold faces, -
And whittier we pass to our shining places
By far celestial isle and coast,
o Lord, we may not know
In the hush of the holy Christmas tide
think of the flight of souls;
And over the doubts our faith denying,
The prayers and tears that bewall the dying,
The hearts wild sorrow, tho fruitless signing.
For forms beloved in the lone grave lying
Sweet as it rang by Bethlehem's side
The song of the angels rolls.
And the peace Of God-thy peace-descends
AS the strain floats high and free:
And, all my fears to the darkness throwing,
I know that the stars the azure strewing,
And the souls, like river ceaseless flowing,
Forever and ever to The, are going
To tho love that life and death attends,
And the glory that's to be!
EDNA DEAN PROCTOR,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-19
TEE BABY OF RET1LEHEl6.

b. ~.
There cana four folks to Bethlehem
On Christmas day in the morning.
A child, a youth, and woman fair, :,
And an old, old man with silver hair
With gifts for the Babe's adjoining.
Then knelt they down ct Bethlehem
On Christmas day in the morning; "~s
And spring had brought crocus wild,
And summer rose for the Holy Child,
Gifts for tho Babes adjoining.
And there they knelt at Bethlehem,
On Carietr,as day in the morning;
And autumn gave Him har fruits Of gold
And holly bough brought winter old; =.
Gifts for the Babes adorning.
So come 20 all to Bethlehem
On Christmas day in the morning,
And to the Holy jesus sing, x"
And bring tho best that 20 can bring; Z
Gifts for the Babes adorn1ng.
+. T. WEATHERLy.
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their songs. The Carols" are sung
now all over the European continent.
and in England usually by a portion q
the church choir on Christmas ewes, and I'd
often on Christmas mornings, BY GER
tam of the children Of the parish. IN
the early ages the bishops sang them Il
among their clergy.
In all these things children have their
share, being the principal ones to enjoy
them; while with the "Mummers" lit
tie girl goes, having no other part than
that Of carrying branch Of Christmas
green. The Christmas tree, which .
the most positive feature of ehildrens
Christmas nowadays, was not much
known, if at all, among the English
speaking children till after the good
Prince Albert came to England.
The very fact that Christmas means
rite celebrating the day of Christ's birth
gives children an especial claim upon
the day which belongs to the Holy Child,
and one of the appellations of whose
patron saint is Kriss Kringle, which
means the Christ Child. b.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-19

The father talked wildly to the way
| farers who came now and then to lift
his latch string for a nights shelter by
the cabin fire. He repeated. IN wretch
ness, that retribution had oycrtaken
him. AS cruelty as be had fled from
the wife of his youth, his girl had gone
from him. Not all his love or care
could prevent her from giving the blow
which fate had reserved for him. Mutt
tering, or silent and glowering, the
weeks and months found him, until at
last he disappeared from his home and
was lost forever to human view.
This is the story the guide told me rs
We stood by the fireless hearth OF that
deserted home.
She died, poor girl-died of broken
heart. -.
For those who dwell in lowlands, the
roses bloom; for creeping things there
are the MOSES and the violets. Each
plane in life has it's own corresponding,
recompensing loneliness. Let him who
lives in rose-thickets be content, nor
seek to pluck the blossoms of the crags;
nor he who roams the SHOWS think to
keep in it's freshness the rose that nature
left in warmer climes.
She died. so the story runs, on Christ
mas Eve Many years ago at Christmas
time, in the dazzling radiance of a
moonlight night, wanderers on the
snow slopes saw y phantom gliding on
pearly snowshoes over the glittering
peaks. She was shroudcd in white,
and out of her pale face her eyes glenn
ed like midnight stars. From noun
tain to mountain she wandered, and her
hands were full of blood red blossoms,
that she kissed with lips as cold as they.
Every wear since hor earth life ended
the dead girl revisits her early home.
On those fields of snow, fit for an an
gels feet, before the Christmas morn
breaks in the East, this unforgetting
spirit walks on high. Sometimes she is
seen muffled in clouds; sometimes the
blossoms in her hands make ruddy
patches in the wintry sky. Her voice is
heard in the wailing songs Of the rest
less winds, and the fall Of her snow
shoes echoes like silver sleet down the
mountain side.
That the Divine Jesus, whose birth
day we celebrate, brings holy thoughts
to men by devious means is not unlike.
Whatever makes men lift their eyes
raises the soul; whether the sweep Of
wings that startled the shepherds, or
the dying color on the distant cloud,
turns the face upward to the gaze of
God.
10, not unmeet is it that at the time
when, of old, the angel-heralded Christ
child rame all along the sides of the
solen.,' Sierras, the lowly, the lonely,
the W '''*ched, the wicked, gaze upward,
for ill., form OF the pure maiden, who
loves AID haunts the snow-range of the
! air.
Children are told to be good that they
may SEQ the beautiful lady who was
taken from her home on high, treated
so cruelty, and killed by wicked men.
And at midnight, along the western
| peaks, eyes dim, patient or bleared look
upward into the lonely night for the
sweet spirit form of the "Snow Flower
Of the Sierras."
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.Anecdote Of General Scott.

General Stone related an anecdote of
Gen. Scott which has not appeared in
print. when was with him in Wash
ington in the early days of 1861" he
said, ''the old general has charged with
the work of dozen men. Every Wis
1tor who came to the capitol, however,
felt it necessary to see him. This both
cred and worried him so that no was
nigh distracted. One day my friend,
Lieut.. Governor Arnold, of Rhode Is
land, came to me and said he wanted
to call on the general. tried to dis
suade him, but he persisted. So T told
HIM all right, but added: Arnold,
when you do see him, for heavens sake
say something; don't let him do all the
talking. He promised ME he would, and
he did. After his presentation, and
before the greeting had more than
passed, he said: General Scott, I
want to tell you story. The general
looked wearied, but said nothing.
When I was in London, during the
war'-the generals attention was at
once fixed-1 dined frequently at the
Army and Navy and United Service
clubs with my friend Colonel Byrne,
one of the staff of the Duke of Yelling
ton The general was now thoroughly
excited. 'One day we were dining
and the papers brought tho news chat
you had shut yourself up in Puebla,
and had withdrawn all you outposts
between the city and the seacoast.
This aroused the contempt of the Off
GERS present, who declared the Ameri-
can officers set of ignoramuses, and
all prophesied your capture. was
mad enough to throw bottle at some
ones head, but I should have had to
throw it everywhere, as the opinion
was universal. Noticing my wrath,
Colonel Byrne said to me; Now
don't lose you temper, and list
tel to what the Duke of Yelling
ton said. You. know he got this
news before the papers, and was con-
versing with me about it, I anxiously
waited, and Byrne continued: Scott,
said the duke, has withdrawn his out
posts, cut off his communications with
the coast, and has shut himself up in
Puebla,- 70 miles from Mexico. Very
we'll. The country is rich, and he can
gather the crops and sustain himself
until reinforcements reach him from
the United States. Ifhe is good gen
eral he will do this and it will be all
right; but he added, with twinkle
in his eye, if he is great general, the
next you will lear of linn he will be in
Mexico, and the war will be. over AS
this was really what happened con-
tipued Cen. Stone, you can imagine
the delight Of Gen. Scott. All weari-
ness for that day was gone, and the
visit inspired him as nothing else could
have done.'" ~. ,: A.. .S..3. +
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lea by its Western way, and marked his
march along the Pacific slope not by
forts, but churches, with which their
shrines and alters yet stand in decaying
grandeur amid gardens of olive and palm.
From these outposts, guarded by ths
sacred cross, missionary fathers in the
robes and sandals of the Franciscans,
penetrated inland, carrying good will to
the savages of tho New World. It is
said that one OF those devoted brothers,
seeing on the white summit of noun
tain the red snow-fower of the Sierras.
shrinking the snowy field like drops of
blood, fell on his knees in wondering
alteration, and called the mountain
"Sangre de Cristo," the Mount of the
Blood of Christ. This brother died in
the wilderness, and it is told that the
crucifx which dropped from his lifeless
hand was transformed into a marvel
among the clouds. For, far lifted above
mortal, or wing of bird, towers great
cross of snow against a mountain side
known as the Mount Of the Holy Gross"
The most careless tourist feels
thrill of awe, when, from mid-air, ap-
pears the isolated "Mount of the Holy
Cross" Long ago the splendors Of
Mount Sinai faded into the gray of the
past; long ago the priceless drops Of the
Savior's blood were shed on Mount
Calvary; yet on the wondrous stretches
Of our mountain ranges, red drops GRIM
son the pale wastes, and, in splendor of
diamonds and pearls, CLEANS the eternal
SHOWS in form OF the blessed Cross,
lifted up, that all, on height or low
land, can see the symbol of Divine and
universal love.
In a cabin that had long been roof
less and freless, q mockery Of comfort
upon the windy summit of the range,
there lived, once Cd time, my guide
told me, . maiden, dazzling and pure as
the stars. y
- It was July when we stood there, but
the SHOWS that had drifted over the
hearth were unmelted, and the wind
roared through the crevices with an
angry grief. What the place must have
been when winter buried itcould scarce
II be imagined. ..,,.-
The father Of the beautiful girl whose
home this had been, had perched his
habitation on this crag, not altogether
BY chance, for in summer he acted as
guide to tourists IN the Yosemite, and
in winter, on his snow shoes, carried
mail and messages TO scattered cabins
and settlements. Silent Jack-so he
was known was mystery, even
among those hidden and mysterious
men who find arefuge in the mountain
gulches. He was . misanthrope, who
had taken the youngest of his four chill
dren and fed, leaving their mother and
her complainings and struck out, in
vindictiYe sulleness, for the wilderness
and peace. The child, he swore,
should grow up IN quiet, if nothing