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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-12
The Revenue Gain.

Xl1C GISV0lluC Odln.
by Nairjean Audenrird.
Prond bird, so noble and free,
Perchcd mid the stripes and stars"
AS ye sit with brave, outspreading wings.
There's a stain your banncr mars.
Oh! have ye no eyes to weep?
See ye not the blood Of the slain?
The blood of Americas noblest sons
Poured out for revenue gain?
Proud eagle, fold your wings
And hang your head with shame,
That the Christian nation yc symbolic
Such murdetous laws should frame!
O'era dart and dreadful sea
The ensign OF freedom waves,
While the ship of state" is bearing down
Brave SONS to disllonOrcd graves.
Sixty thousand a year are hurled
Meath the terrible food,
While Government fosters the fearful crime
And pockets the price of blood.
| And wives and children may wall,
And "Rachels" may weep in vain:
For til" ship Of state" with Haunting sail
Must take her revenue gait!
Wrecked are bodies and souls of men;
But what are human lives,
! What are prayers and groans and signs and tears
What are ~broken-hearted wives,
Compared with revenue gain?
For the 'shipof state must sail
Though her noblcst sons sink meath the flood,
And widows and orphans wall!
Compassionate heavens, weep
For the blood of tile slain,
Till righteous laws shall sweep from the land
This most accused stain.
Ye rocks and stones, break forth,
Nor hold yoru peace, ye hills,
So long. as the nation for revenue gain
The blood Of her citizens spills.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-12

the war tolts bitter end. They propose
t crush the liquor traffic out of exist
ence, by fair means or foul, and they
have good reasons for being sanglline
OF success. Look at their sweeping
victories in Kansas and Iowa at their
progress in Missouri, Georgia, Tennes-
see, Kentucky, and Illinois, where local
option and high license prevail, and at
their steadily growing strength in a
dozen other states, such as Indiana,
Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan. Minnesota
and others. Are you blind? Are you
deaf? Are you the fools Of whom tn,
Latin poet said: "Quen Dens perdere
volaitprius dementat." Whom God
wants to punish, he first made crazy.
1t would seem so, indeed.
The prohibition flood is now sweep
ing owe every state in the Union.
threatening some OF them, running 9TH
ers. 1t undermines the very founda-
tions of every distillery and brewery.
and shakes like an earthquake every
liquor wareh ouse and every saloon in
the land. Do you not hear and feel the
prohibition waves beating against the
very walls of your stores. your business
places, yotir family dwellings. When
Ohio or Missouri rivers rise and over
flow their banks and cover the lands on
both sides with debris and ruins, do thu
riparian inhabitants stand stupidity by
to witness the falling down of tbeii
houses, barns and stables: the carrying
off by the flood of their hens, cattle and
grain? Do they smile; stick theil
hands in their breeches pocket and say
to one another: Well, if my leighbors
can stand it, ! can? Yet thisis exactly
the condition Of the lihuor dealers and
saloon keepers of almcst every state OF
the Union to-day-this is exactly how
they act, how they speak. They can't
help foreseeing the wa4eot prohibition
rolling Oh to them; they c,n't help see
ing the destruction and ruin which
will follow, and yet: They quietly look
on with their hands IN their pockets, a
cigar or pipe between their lips, placid
ly sayin: well, all we can do won't
help us any. What's the use throwing
our money AWAY for protective associ
ations? If others can stand it, l can"
And the like. Once More we call your
attention to your danger
There was mirth, rejoicing, carous-
ing and revelry in the dining hall of
Bahyloniah Monarch Belshazzar where
the mysterious hand traced on the wall
in fiery characters the ominous words.
Meme, Tekel, Upharsen. Neither tn
king nor the guests took notice Of the
warning, and before morning they WERE
slaughtered, the royal palaces plumber
ed and given q prey to the flames, and
the Babylonian or Assyrian empire Oh
liberated from the face of the earth.
Saloon keepers, liquor dealers, brewers,
distillers, beware! The muster of the
prohibition hosts at the late election is
your "Mene, Tekel, Upharsen." Rouse
yourselves FROM your lethargy; form
your protective phalanxes, fight for
your rights, for your business, for your
homes, but. remember while a child can
easily break a single twig or a small
the most powerful man cannot break q
bunch Of rods tied together. In union
there is strength. United we stand
divided we fall.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-12
The st. John Movement as the Brewers
See It..

There comes to our hearts convincing
proof that others feel the force of the
prohibition movement as it advances.
Notwithstanding the charges of "imbe-
cility," "fanaticism,' and similar oppro-
hrious names from the partisan press
and The unklnd censure of 81 told you
so,"' from our would-be friends were it
not for love of party, and being with
the majority we exult In the right.
Read the following from the Union
Signal of the 10th Nov.
The Champion is the representative
paper of the beer, wine and spirit trade
Of the United States. 1t is also the of
fetal organ of the Liquor Dealers and
Manufacturers State Protective Asso-
citation of Illinois" Its editor and
publisher is Paul Shuster, a noted Ger
man beer champion. This paper was
established in 1873 and goes weekly to
the brewers and wholesale and retail
liquor dealers OF nearly six hundred
cities and towns in twenty-five states
Upon it's title page are the following
notices: use a little wine for your
stomach's sake (the, Apostle Paul,
constitutional personal and civil lib.
erti." 1t gives as the chief plank in its
platform, Cat the head. of its column
this: "We demand for the manufac-
turer and dealer in beer, wine and alec:
holic spirits, the sa9ne protection and
privileges which are accorded to every
other branch ofindustry and commerce
in every state of our union" This pa
per is printed in German and English
and is widely read. Immediately after
election, when it was known that the
st. John and Daniel voters would prob
ably aggregate 100000, the following
remarkable editorial appeared in this
whisky paper. Let every white ribbon
woman read them carefully. If they
do not have a "tonic effect, l mistake
the temper OF the hour" X Il
Yours for the conflict,
FRANCIS WILLARD.
Editorial, No. ~
WARNING 10 THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
Although the complete returns of the
election are not yet at hand, this much
we know that in every state of the UNI
in the prohibition candidates have re-
ceived thousands Of votes, and with
one or'two exceptions-due allowance
being made-the vote for the cranky
St. John throws into the shade the self
styled working mems or peoples candi~
date, the irrepressible Benjamin f.
Butler. It reaches a total of owe 2OO,-
600 votes. a similar strength of the
prohibition element was developed by
the votes cast for congressional, state,
executive and Legislative candidates.
What Of it,. What is that to the liquor
trader 1t is exactly what the firing of
the first cannon Of Fort Sumpter on
the 18th Of April, 1861, was to the Uni
ted States government, a solemn, forc:-
bic, defiant declaration Of war.sb the
simultaneous opening of hestilities.
There is no backing out on either side.
The prohibitionists have shown at this
election that they now are enlisted for
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-12

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.-Land Office
~ at Mitchell: D, 7. Nov. Is, 1854.
Notice is hereby given that the following namn-
ed settler has filed notice of his Intention to
make final proof in support of his claim. and
that said proof will tic made before Clerk Dist.
court Jeratlld county at Washington Springs, ID.
T., on Jan. Sd 1885. viz:
FRANK T.. SIMPSON,
under his nd filing No 23a24' for the scls.iscc II
town LOG range Ga. He names the following wit
neSscs to prove his continuous residence upon.
and cultivation Of. said land, viz: Joseph Ford
Nathan Rhodes. Chas, Wagner. of Sullivan, Jer-
auld Co., Emanuel johnson, Of Plankinton. ID.
I. O11n2s GEO. Z. ENsKITT. Register.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-12

to the cause of division in Washington
this winter. DR.. Burleigh. who covers
two territories with the expansive
qualities of his citizenship, would be a
very effective worker; and the DIR. is
probably a democrat at this time. Glf-
ford will be IN Washington to help
RAYMOND, and other influential repub-
iicans Will no doubt go from Dakota to
help in the good work. There should
be early organization in the various
counties of the territory with a view to
sending good men to Washington this
winter to push forward the movement.
1t is difficult to see how there car be
this winter the chickering's among Da-
kotaians at the national capital that
have SO d~isgusted congress and retard-
ed division hitherto. AS the republi-
cans will not be expecting to remain in
office, and the democrats will not be
holding office at the time. the primary
cause Of former liscord will be wholly
wanting. All efforts should be, and
we believe will be. harmonicusly di-
rected for the achievement of the first
great step toward statehood. With di-
vision accomplished, the admission of
South Dakota must speedily follow.
--~~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-12
Remember the Place.
NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF.

NOTICE FOR rUn1.ICATION.-Land Office
~ at Mitchell, d. T..Nov /, 1854.
Notice is hereby given that the following nam.
ed settler has filed notice Of his Intention to
make final proof in support OF his claim, and
that said, proof will be made before Reg. and Rec
5 Land Office at Mitchell u. T., on December
l6, 1884, viz: " -.
THOMAS J.. NORRIS,
under his d. S. No :.s293l for. the stIa nwiA sec .;
town l0s range c.. He names the following wit,
and cultivation Of, said land, viz: James Grieve
William Titus, Henry l.. England, Chas. ". Eng
land of Jerauld Co.. ID. T.
n7dl2 GEO. Il. EvEKlTr, Register
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-12

EDITED by Mrs. 4. V. MILES.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-12
TEMPERANCE
w. q T. U.

(This colnmn is devoted tothe interests of and
is edited by the Ladies of the Womcn's Chris
tian Temperance Union.)
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-10
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Miss Nellie Miles has been super
intendent of Rev. Phoebe Hanaford's
Sunday-school at Jersey City for fifteen
years.
Only five of the congregations of the
Free Church of Scotland have thus far
introduced instrumental music in their
church services.
Stanley, the explorer, is working
tremendously with the missionaries.
His headquarters on the Congo he has
named Leopoldville, after the King of
the Belgians. 1t is at the same center
where the Livingstone Inland Mission
and the Baptist Mission have established
their headquart
AT the last meeting of the Board
of the American Bible Society, reports
for the year 1888 were presented from
the agencies in China, Brazil, Uruguay,
Turkey and Persia, showing a consid-
cradle increase over the preceding year
in the aggregate number of volumes of
Scripture put in circulation y. Er-
dnli,lcr.
The Christian at Work publishes tho
following summary of the religious de-
nominations in the United States Sem
ate, gained from their attendance at the
churches in Washington: Presbyteri-
ans, q; Episcopalians, 16; Methodists,
y; Congregationaliss z; Unitariens,
5; Baptists, A; Roman Catholics, 4;
jew, L; total, 76.
The Montreal CAM Witness says:
among other worthy deeds, the late
Joseph Mackay left $4,000 for a Pro-
fessorsEip in Montreal Presbyterian
| 4 - a
ward, supplemented this by a gift of
$4,000, and called the professorship
after his brother. AT his death the late
Edward Mackay left $4,000 to found
a chair in the college. Now his three
nephews have added $4,000, and call
the professorship after their uncle
Slate Hill, Orange County, n. Y,
has curiosity in the old Brockfield
Church. which was erected nearly enc
! hundred years ago. So substantial was
| the work of carpenters and masons in
those days, the church stands to-day
just as it did the day it was completed,
When it was built it was the largest and
handsomest church edifice IN this part
of the State. The Bible and Psalm
Book used by the first pastor of the
church are still in use in the pulpit. N.
Y. Times.
The Rugby School Company, linn
tied, of Rugby, Tenn, is about to en-
gage in an important educational vent
ure. This is the establishment of a
school for boys at Rugby, Tenn, in con-
nection with the University of the South,
at Scwanee, for the Southern and Cen
trail States of the Union. 1t is intended
that the schools will offer an opportuni-
ty to Americans, aud to the numerous
English families who are settling in
these States, of obtaining for their sons
an education snch as is offered by the
public schools of England. Chicago
Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-10
UNDER THE russell LEAVES.

One happy day, man and maid
Together walked within a glade
The summertime was past
The russell leaves, and nuts as brown,
Had on the ground been showered down
By autumn's chilling blast.
The south wind sang among the trees,
The dead leaves fluttered in its breeze;
The bhe-bird, warbing low,
Prepared to take his yearly Hight
TO lands where summer still was bright,
Beyond the fall of snow.
And joyfully this man and maid,
While through the rustling leaves they
strayed,
Talked OF the coming years
Building castle IN the air,
And peopling it with fancies fair,
Leaving no room for fears.
And playfuily to her he said:
''When next the leaves shall fall and
fade
When Just one year has flown
Well walk again here, as to-day;
And then, my darling, come what may,
You'll he my wife-my own!"
The seasons pass-the year has flown.
Alasi man goes forth alone
Along pathway thickly strown
With leaves, withered and dead.
He brushes them beneath his feet,
And thinks. like them, his hopes so sweet
Have faded all, and fed.
The blue-birds sing above him STILL
And through the leatiess trees at will
The south wind signs and grieves,
While he alone wanders to weep
Where evermore she lies asleep,
Under the russell leaves.
Anna l.. Lear. in DemOrests Monthly.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-10
John g. Saxe's Joke.

Mr.. SAKE had long been contributor
to the hntckerbocker, and CORE
spondent of its editor before he and
that editor met. One day Lewis Gay
lord Clark was seated in his library,i
hard at work, when stranger opened
the door and entered unannounced. He
was large man, whose thick boots
and modest raiment were covered with
country dust. ''Hellow. Clark, he
said, chow air youP Hows the folksg
Wot's newP" Clark, who was the
pink of courtesy, arose, bowed stiffly,
and begged the stranger to be seated.
oval, old teller, hover yer binP" re-
sumed the visitor, after he had taken
seat. Look rather yaller bout
the dewlaps. Not bin h'istin' too
much gin and peppermint, l hope
ehP" e" STRIP answered Clark, with
dignity, "may inquire whom l have
-" "How's Clara and the young
folksP" "Sirr'
All the time the stranger was pro-
pounding these kindly inquiries he was
edging his chair bit by bit closer and
closer to Mr.. Clark, who, beginning to
get quite nervous, was vainly trying to-
keep his distance by the same system
of tactics. "Well, Old Hoss, I'm
mighty glad to see yer. Give us a grip
of yer potato rake extending his own
hand cordially, and then bringing it
down with thump on the writing ia
BILE, which made the pens and ink and
all the little articles of virtu jump
again. "Say, Lewis, l feel dry. You
hain't got no rum round the shanty,,
hev yer? No; L bet you've bin and
soaked it all up yourself, you old sim
ner," and here he poked Clark in the
ribs with the end of q piece of shrub
berry which stood to him in case of q
cane, at the same time advancing his
chair two bitches on Clark's left flank.
''But, say, Clark, I'll tell yer wot; you
lend me quarter and I'll run up to-
that gin-mill on the corner and get yer
bottle filed, then we'll hev quiet, So
ciable time together. What dyer say?
Is it deal?"
Here the stranger threw himself back
in his chair, and, raising one of his
huge dusty boots, laid it confidingly on
Clark knee. Sir" said Clark, jump
ing to his feet, 81 have not the pleasures
of your acquaintance, and must there
fore beg you to leave my house, as both
my privacy and my time are of value
to me-" Again the stranger threw him.
self back in his chair, and, laughing
heartily, exclaimed: Excuse my joke,
Mr.. Clark, but l am John G. SAKE. L
thought we had known each other long
enough by correspondence and ought TO
make each others acquaintance person.
ally, so have just taken a run down
the river to see you" When Clark had
recovered from his first astonishment
he shook his old contributor cordially
by the hand, and tradition says they
''made night OF ii. '-Hartord Coa'T-
Glt.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-10
MADE OR MARRIED.
BY JESSIE FOTHERGILL,
author Of zone of Three" Probation" "Ths
Weufelds," Etc,
CHAPTER XXI.-CoNT1NuEp.

CHAPTER XXI.-CONTINUED.
cit seems to me, ;" said Mabelle, ''that
all the master mariners who ever lived
have been shipwrecked, and died, and
got buried here"
Then into the church, where the light
streamed softly in on the eastern side,
and the homely service was carried on,
and the homely sermon preached after
ward. The two girls sat on bench in
the background, near the door, with
Hermann between them; and Mabelle,
who was next the porch, could see the
sea, in shining silver eXpanse, spread
beneath and before her, as far as the
eve could reach.
There is something in the quiet beauty
of a church service on summer Sun
day evening in country place which
is touching and pathetic, one hardly
knows why. The three young hearts
were perhaps overladen with happiness
with the JOY of living and breathing
amid so much beauty, and with great,
bright hopes for the future, as young
hearts will be. Be that as it may, a
silence and gravity settled over them
all, and Mabelle found her eyes dim
with tears once or twice during the
course of the simple, noble liturgy.
The sermon over, they all rose, and
the last hymn was given out. Mabelle
felt a strange little SILVER as she opened
the book, and read: For those at sea"
What had made the clergyman choose
that hymn, for such an evening, with
the sea outside, like great, heaving
sheet of glass? was it simply as re-
minder that "in the midst of life we
are in death?" or to recall the storms
which had ragged in days gone by-to
prepare for those which must rage in
days to come, despite the exquisite
calmness of tonight For, thought
Mabelle, as the solemn notes began,
was not the churchyard full of the
graves of those who had persisted at sea
master Mariners" simple seamen,
mothers and children who had drowned
together, and been found and picked up,
clasped fast in each others arms?
The first verse had been sung; the
last lines of it were sounding solemnly:
"Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For thosein peril on the scar
Suddenly there flashed subtly upon
hsr mind the remembrance of Philip.
Surprising ne were in any peril by sea
or land!
If it had not been for us" she
thought; ''if he had never met us he
would have been safe at home in En-
gland now, at this very moment. " And
still the chant went on, and still she
sang, with an eagerness and fervor
which lent strength to her voice:
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-10
QUEER.


Iknow a woman who hath bounteous share
OF this world wealth, and who is young and
gay,
With not a care save to bedeck herself
In finest silks and satns every day.
For her is spread the daintiest OF fare:
No sounds of childish rompings veX her ear
When, to receive her friends, she sits in
state.
Goes she abroad. a carriage satin-lined
Bears her where er she chooses that Ii
shOulh;
And yet to neither friend nor kin gives she
Aught to enhance their pleasure or their
good.
Moths may destroy and want of sunshine fade,
She parts with nothing from her boarded
store:
On poverty she looks with scornful gaze,
And neer to beggar is unbarred her door.
Queer,
Isn't it, dear?
1 know another: very poor is she,
And though not Odd, her brow is marked with
care:
Eight children cluster round her, and it's hard
To find them food to eat and clothes to wear.
Sometimes the meal she serves is scant indeed;
Always her hours of sleep and rest are Few;
She hath no help but little, willing hands,
That, though love guides them, can but little
do.
And yet if poorer friend seek her, that friend
With outstretched hand and brightsome
smile is met,
While with the best the cottage can afford
In kindly haste the humble board is set.
And from her door no beggar turns away
Without some help, if but bit of bread:
In simple trust that there they may be fed.
Queer
Isn't it, dear?
-Hdrpei's Weekly.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-17

After running the Lachance rink for
one week Mcmillan e. Lafond discoy.
cred that their venture Was not a very
paying business, and they were released
from their contract by Nj Lachance-
MI Mcmillan has now resigned his po-,
sl'i AS telegraph operator anl rented
the rink for & long period Oh much BET
tcY terms than were secured before and
has already commenced he work of
ceiling up the immense skating room.
New skates viii soon arrive, the floor
will be kept in good condition, band
music will be provided Frequently, and
Mr.. Mcmillan viii have personal churge.
Of the rink.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-17

VIM. Green of Swan River died at his
residence Of 'yphus fever on Monday
last, after brief Illness He has lived
in this county several years and was
known as an honorable and industrious
man. He leaves wife and 5 children in
comfortable circumstances. The funeral
took place at The Episcopal church on
Wednesday, morning, Or. Hawley Of
Brainerd officiating.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-17

Say, jim, where is the best place to.
buy eiethlng?" Why, mar, you must
nave been ont with Greely's expedition
not to know that Richard Bros is by far.
the best place in town; they certainly
will save you from 10 to 90 per cent if
you buy OF them"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-17

81. J. Johnson, the agrat at the North.
ern Pacific railroad station at East st.
Cloud accidentally shot himself in The
left eye last Friday morning and died
from the effects of the wound. 1t is sup
posed that the wound was accidental.
although no one was present when the
shooting was done
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-17

Z O. w. Sylvester, who has charge Of
Savyer's elevator at Westport, spent
Sunday in Little Falls with his family.
Wheat is beginning to come in lively
at that station now. .:~% .,.s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-17

Frank ElIenbecker, at present book
keeper in Maurin g. Medved's store, b as
entered the field for the Democratic
nomination for county auditor
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-17

ID. D Merrill, Of St. Paul, has bern in
town this week looking after his real
estate interests. He owns large amount
of wild land in the county.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-17

H. @. Stivers. of the Brainerd Journal
and N. II. lngersoll, of The Brainerd
Dispatch, came down to see the fun a,
the convention on Friday.