Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-29
To Make a Home Happy.

/. Learn to govern yourselves, and
to lie gentle and patient,
2. Guard your tempers. especially in
season Of i'll health, irritation and trou-
bic, and soften them 10y prayers, and a
sense of your own shortcomings and
errors.
3. Never speak or act in anger until
YOU have prayed over your words or
acts, and conclude that Christ would
have done so in your place.
4. Remember that, valuable as is the
gift OF speech, silence is often much
more valuable.
5. DO not expect toomuch from 9th
crs, but remember that al have an evil
nature. whose development We must
expect. and which we should forbear
and forgive, as Wcotten desire forbear-
ance ourselves.
6. Never retort q sharp or angry
Word. 1t is the second word Chat makes
the quarrel.-ATessiah's Herald.
n wonderful discovery has just been
made on CT near the Missouri river in
Mercer county, Oak. KS q party of
gentlemen We're prospecting saturday
morning, July %, they accidentally
discovered d large cave, the mouth or
door Of which was completely hidden
from view by vines and u%nderbrush
that it would be passed without discoy-
cry. On exploiting the interior it was
found to contain, near the entrance, a
large Woodenldol such as are W~orshiped
by NindOo or Chinese, and also a num-
Der Of human skeletons. This seemed
to be q large room which passages led
into others, where also WAS found large
numbers OF human bones. implements
in copper, stone mills for grinding
such a were USED in ancient Egypt and
parts CT Asia. Fine specimens Of pot
terry We're also found. The gentlemen
are Of the opinion that there will be
r Unearthed appearances Ola prehistoric
race, as nc evidences We're found OF the
North American Indian mode of
worship. 1t is believed that lees, Gros
Ncntres and Mandan Indians had their
origin on this continent from Norweg-
ian and Welsh explorers Who first dis
covered Labrador in the year 1902, I'M
der charge Of Lief, son Of Eric the Red.
OF Iceland. Ancient records sustain
this t~heory.-Ex.
Mitchell Capital:-The ubiquitous
'Mack," Of the Sioux City Journal, than
whom there is none better Informed in
Dakota, has this to say in regard to the
political situation in South Dakota:
The CT Of a south Dakota man for
the next Delegate in Congress is assam
ing such shape that the boys are bigin-
ming to look around for that South Da-
kota man to Lead them to victory in the
convention. find not q few looking
toward Col. lollcv, of Nerlnillion, as
that nan. The colonel has frequently
said he is not a candidate, but if he
could lie persuaded to Let his friends
use his nalne he would have a large
following. Ueis aman OF clean record.
an CID citizen and soldier amember Of
no faction or clique, and in fact q Very
available man for south Dakota to
combine upon, in the event sufficient
} strength is gathered to nominate their
man. Gentlemen identified formerly
with both factionshaye them
selves for Col. JOlley in the event he
will be q candidate. OF course other
southern Dakota men may come up,
but the Only one ! hear talked Of gen
Grady is Col. Jolley. The impression
is that he can combine The two strong
factions. lie will at least make a
mighty spry dark horse at Pierre. Ray
nond is going to have a large south
Dakota following, far Larger many
suppose and il he is defeated at all it
Will have TO be some 7 upon whom
it will be easy to concentrate the south
ern delegates
The Homestead contains q great deal
Oh II When IL says: 1t IS generally
supposed that the lawyer needs special
tI2ining, that the physician should at
tend lectures at least one term, and the
preacher should spend some time in
college and seminary, but that the farm
er and stock raiser can piclzupthe trade
at once. y coed many professional
men wish their sons to lie farmers and
imagine all they need is such IN outfit
as money can buy. Instead they should
send their sons tC work as farm hands
with a practical farmer who really un
derstands his business. IN fact, if a
boy who intends TO farm would work Il
year or two at merely nominal wages
it would be a FIRST class investment.
And especially in the stock yard, the
only way the business can be learned
is by actually under COMPREHENSIVE
tiOn, doing the worl--.