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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
Our Future Condition.

W. are quite certain that what va
are can not be the end of Gods design
When l see a block of marble ball
chiseled, with just, perhaps, a hand
pceping out from the rock, no man can
make me believe that that is what the
artist meanslt should be. AndI know
| am not what God would have me to
be, because | feel warnings and long.
ings within myself TO be infinitely bet.
ter, infinitely holier and purer, than
am now. And SO it is with you; yoa
are not what God means you to be; YOU
have only just begun to be what l'
wants you to be. He will go on with
His chisel of affection, using wisdom
and the graving-tool together, till b]
and by it shall appear what you shall
be; for you shall be like Him, and you|
shall see Him as He is. 0 what com
fort this is for our faith, that from ths|
fact that our vitality, and the fact thai
God is at work with us. it is clear audi
true and certain that our latter end shall
be increased. I do not think that an!
man yet has eve got an idea of whist
man is to be. We are only the chalk
crayon, rough drawings of men; y,eII
when we come to be filled up in eternity
we shall be marvellous pictures, and ouf1
latter end, indeed, shall be greatly irI
creased.-Spurgeon,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28

the absolute commencement Of orc.,,.
life on the globe, we must still 20 6soe
of all the traces of organic life. and y
quire whence matter, molecules, oreaa
lied or unorganized, derived the ca gaa'
ity to become organized, and how PA tSs
favoring conditions become estahlisb,aass
as auxiliary or subsidiary forces. T 1Tsa
difficulty has not been met by NJ
Spencer, Of by any n else; for wheth'
er we call the cause an unknown ~.
a known cause, the question is. eos
there a cause, or did the foundations ~
the world lay themselves? The reason W
ing powers Of mankind, exercised br
daily observation of cause and effect. y
creative product, seen, for example IN
the works of human power and ski,
are entirely equal to the conception .,
a First Cause, as a being who copla
have laid the foundations of the world.
but they are utterly unequal to the CON-
ception that they had no origin what
ever.-George Ncknor Curtis, in n,
Manhattan.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
Religious.
HER ANGEL.

Maroerv covered and crouched in the door OF
the beautiful porch.
There were beautiful people In there, and they
ali %"belongcd to the church"
Exccpt in the dear Lords bosom, who taketh
the children there,
And through the open doorway came floating
lovely sound;
She hut her eyes ana 1mag1heo no" 'he a"-
With 1 their harps like 81. Cecilia's in the pict-
ure on the wall.
All. Margery did not doubt tnat 80 looked inc
singers oil.
.suner tho little childrcni" Gang q Heavenly
voice somewhere. u.u
Or the soul of u voice that was wlnelng away
{" Let the Children come to mel" sang the
And 9 MaTacry W listening HSs i NJ stood with upturncd
eyes and face.
"Lct them come! let them come to Mel" And
up the aisle she sped,
With eyes that sought for the Voice, to follow
She did not ssy to herself: I'm comins' Wait
But it shone in herface. and it lcapcd in her
eyes, dear Margery!
the hem of her dress.
But the choir were bending their heads, the
preacher had risen to bless
The reverent throng, and-alas, bewildered
Margery,
The Voice has ceased, and the singers have
turned their eyes on thee.
They look with surprise at her feet, n again
at herragged gown,
And one by one they pass with Q careless
smile or q frown;
But the sweetest face bent near, nnd-"I
came said Margery.
"For I thought twas an angel sung: Let the
children. come to Me!'
With q endcr sigh the singer took the child
on herknee;
~ sang the words for the dear Lord Christ,
my Margery,
And SO, for the dear Lord Christ, I take thee
home with mel"
-"It Das an angel sang!"sobs little Margery.
-A7tlld +. BurThdm, in Wide Auakc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
DROWNED.

How the reeds and rushes culver
By the low banks of the river,
Where the leaning willows shiver
In a strange and deep alright;
How the water means III murmurS
As iteddies round the lilies,
Like q human soul in sorrow,
Or the lonesome wind at night.
How the shadows hunt the edges
OF the river, where the sedges
To the listening lilies whisper
Of some strange and awful deed,
How the sunshine, timid, frightened,
Dares not touch the spot it frightened
Yesterday among the shadows
OF the lily and the reed.
What is that which floats and shimmers
Where the water CLEANS and glimmers
In and out among the rushes
Growing thick and tall and green?-
Something like a strand of sunshine,
Something long, and fair, n silken,
Like q woman's loosened tresses
With o faded flower between.
What is that SO white and slender,
Hidden almost by the Splendor
OF the great white water-lily
Floating on the river there?
TITS q hand, stretched up toward Heaven,
As, when we would be forgiven.
Stretch we out our hands, appealing
In agony of prayer.
Tremble, reeds, and moan and ehiveri
At your feet, in the Still river,
Lies q woman, done forever
With life's mockery and o
God alone can know the SORROW,
All the bitterness and heartaohe,
End in the silent river
Where the water lilies grow.
Judge her not. Beneath the river,
In the sleep that Seems forever,
Let her dream, the past forgetting;
God will pity her, / know.
Who a tell? Perhaps the river
May wash out her sin and error,
Till her soul is like the iliesl
Let us hope it may be so.
-Ebeoa e. Rorford IN Current.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
The Power Of Love.

St. Paul says: "The love of Chr,
constraineth u.s." Others may use var;
Gus expressions, but they all ultimatel,
mean the same thing; "the love y
Christ constraineth'' them. He dos.
not mean his love for Christ, bn,
Christ's love for him. This was thu
grace and power that impelled him and
sustained him. 1t was strange, we ma,
say, that the love of One whom we havs
never seen, except in a vision, should
have had this power. We may wonder
but the ~factremains. There was powerin
His case, and the power remains still
1t is the greatest power on earth. There
is no such motive power among men
Men are SO made that they can not ST
down and passively accept the pure love
of another; they may refuse to listen, bm
if they listen it evokes q response; they
become restless under it; it melts hearts
of stone. This is true of what is, thanS
God, the common love of men and WON.
en-. The love of parents for their chill.
dren wakens the love of children for
parents, and at last will control and
soften the stubborn will, which no com.
pulsion could bend or break. The
mothers intending love for ever
protligate son or a fallen daughter will
prevail at last, penetrating through
every barrier of sin and selfishneS
The devoted love of brothers and sisters
of mercy who in any form give theii
lives for others will at last win the
hearts of the hardest and most abap.
doned. 1t is as irresistible as summer
warmth on snow. Yet all this human
love is but the image and shadow Of
Divine love; 1--WE are but broken lights
of Thee" If the power of human love
is SO great, if a man who has the rare
and godlike gift of pouring out OF his
little human heart my tiny streamlet
Of genuine human love can so attract
and sway and impel the human hearts
and wills around him, what wonder if
the Divine stream of love that poured
in full torrent on the world in the Lie
and death of Christ has moved the
world eve since. When you once open
your ears and your heart to the story Of
Christ's love, when you listen to it, MOI,
with ]anguid, half-awakened inteli.
gence, but listen to it as you would
listen to the one fact that most of all
concerns you to know and understand,
then at last its power is felt.-Rsu.I
M. Wilson.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
Wise Sayings.

+, HE never was so good as he shonh
De that doth not strive to be better tbs1
he is; he never will be- better than hei
nat doth not fear to be worse than b
was.
"A character is fatally defective thu
is SO grand that it can not stoop to tn
ordinary courteses and duties of daily
lie without any sense of degradation
etfort.-Baptist Weekly.
Mans works, even in their MOI
perfect form, always have more or lei
OF excitement in them. Gods word
are calm and peaceful, both in NatuN|
and in His Word.--Hare.
History is a voice forever %soundilI
across the centuries the laws Of rls'
and wrong. Opinions alter, manns1
change, creeds rise and fall. but u
moral law is written on the tablets
eternity. -Froude.
Fifty years ago" SAYS Earl Cairr
at a meeting of the Church Missions
Society, "if a man had been shH
wrecked on some of the islands OF y
faclilc, he would have been kille
cooked and eaten; whereas if a ny
were shlpwrecked there now, he Won
receive Christian hospitality"
The President of Madison Univen
y says: "lf we have to encounter,
lous forms of unbeiief, do not let u.s.
alarmed. Where and when the Wat
100 issue shall be made between tbees
Ter u doubt, and the center OF faith
ere assured of the victory. For !,
1alth is a possession grounded net me-
~ on logic, but on the permanent ~
universal wants and convictions Of y
tnan nature, and on the great cen,
tact OF human history. When the
tack is on the outworks, we can ahI
10 De patient and brave, and to ~,
.ne verdict OF the Christian conscyS
aess' Whatever that verdict may ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
.Poor little M.m'selle Pspal,

"E0Of ItLlo mann '6eu0 f1PAI'
The little one kept searching. All al
once she was seen to grow psle, bewil-
dered, s~uffocated. "Down therel" she
cried. 'Down there! Papa!"
.What?-What is it down therep'
asked a miner.
"His blodser
"Bah! But where?"
.Down there"
In a second everybody was told, the
mine was in a tumult. The child
affirmed that she had discovered in a
crevice a bit of blue cloth, which she
could not remove, held as it vas by an
enormous block of coal.
"Wherep" they still asked her. She
retraced her steps, followed by all the
workmen, hesitated, stopped, wentback
again. She could not find the place.
All the blocks of coal we're alike, all the
cavities the same, all the galleries sim
liar. And yet she was very sure Of hav-
ing seen it, this bit of blue cloth. Where
the blouse was, the man must Belly
ing, doubtless-and this man, this was
her father! And yet she could discover
nothing!
One by one, weary Of the useless
search, persuaded that the poor little
girl was maddened by her sorrow, the
men withdrew and returned to their
work. But scarce had they resumed
pick-axe or mattock, when a frantic CRY
arrested them. The little girl painting,
her glance fixed, her mouth open, her
hand in a crevice of the wall, cried; ST
have it! 1 have it,"
They drew near, they gazed. Yes, it
was a shred of cloth-of blue cloth. It
was a blouse. There was a man there.
How? No matter, they set themselves
to the work, and what blows of the
pick-axe they gave! In the twinkling
of an eye, the wall was demolished, and
they Jaw a man lying prone within q
deep excavation. 1t was Michel Pier
ron. He had been there for three days
and four nights!
Cries arose on all sides, but more
shrill than any other was the cry that
escaped the lips of the little girl. She
rushed with one bound to the body, en-
bracing it with her two arms, half mad,
"Papa, papah
He was very low, poor Michel. Ex-
haused by the privation of air and nour-
ishment, he revived only to swoon back
into Inconsistencies; but he lived. She
had said true, Mademoiselle Papa. The
man could not die without giving his
child warning, and the remembrance Of
that he felt living above him, had lent
him tenfold strength. He had con-,
quered death!
A week later he was up again, enact
ated but still robust, and already to be-
gin life anew.
On the eve of the day when he was to,
resume work in the mine a great ban
quet was given by all the miners to
Mademoiselle Papa. The place of honor,
was reserved for her. Adeafening hur-
rah and a frantic clapping of hands
greeted her as she entered hand in
hand with Michel. Many were the
kisses given her; many were the loving
smiles and cheers in honor of the little
queen.
And do you know what she replied to
all this, smiling and clapping her hands,
the little queen?
She replied, simply, Papa"
10 describe the tone and manner in
which she uttered these two syllables
would be beyond the power of words.
But all these brave people, so little used
to tears, will tell you that on this day
they wept. -Framces q. ShaaO, IN CHI
c1Q0 Interior,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28

"A New York illustrated daily pa
per gives a sketch of Scenery Along
the Connecticut River from New York
to New Bedford" Perhaps it will next
favor its patrons with sketches of seem
cry along the Mississippi River from
Buffalo to Omaha. - Chicago Nuea
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28

The Worcester (Mass.) Spa says
that since the wreck of the City Of Co.
lumbus. New Bedford children have
been frequently noticed playing
''wreck," as they call it. Recently, as
several little ones were so engaged,
using a box to represent the wreck. q
little girl got into the box and held up
her hands to be saved, %whereupon =
little boy shouted, go back, 90 back;
not a woman or child was saved,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
Features Of the English Franchise Bill.

The aim of the proposed English elect
i've franchise law is to make such re-
forms that, first, every householder shall
have a vote, and, second, that the dis
tribution of political power shall be
equalized. The growth of the belief in
a wider franchise has been marked.
While it took from 1882 to 1867 for Eng
land to make up her mind to reduce the
property qualification. we now have Mr..
Bright and Gladstone-who fourteen
years ago fought against a six pound
rent qualification as too low a fig
ure, a. it would admit the working
men in the boroughs-supported
!by the dominant party, giving the
ballot to the workingmen not only
of the town but Of the county.
Even the Tory bill of 1867 lowered the
figure to five pounds in the coun-
ties for copy-holders and lease-hold-
ers and twelve pounds for ten
ants-at-will. The borough franchise
is a very much mixed up affair, since so
many of the towns enjoy special rights
and privileges under ancient grants and
according to sundry local usages. The
rule is a twelve pound qualifca-
Aou VCuouCo auu OuSEIS Lug
pending legislation, which will call
out the best and perhaps last eff
forts of the venerable Prime Min
lister, will probably add to the poll
ing-lists nearly one-half of the 5000, 900
men now DISTINGUISHED because they are
poor. Mr.. Gladstone, like the great
majority of the public men of England,
opposes "manhood suffrage" but, if
the sentiment on this subject grows dur
ing the e decade as it has in the last.
the English Nation will finally come to
that. The question of equal distribu-
ton is even more complicated and inter-
ests us mainly in the admission that the
time has come when the present unjust
system must be reformed. MIR. Cham
berlain in a recent speech selected two
groups of forty members Of Parliament,
one representing 225,0OO people and the
other representing over 5000, 900. In
S%taffordshire four boroughs, with one
ninth of the population and one-seventh
OF the assessment to the income tax,
send a majority of members to the
House of Commons. - Sprinqfeld
(Mass.) Republican.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-11
MINING.

The total quantity Of manganese ores
mined in the United States in 1882 was
1900 tons.
In 1882 no reports were made Of tin pro-
duced in the United States.
The production of zinc in the United
States Is about 81, 900 net tons per year.
A majority Of the people and of the ma
tions use silver in preference to gold.
The National bankers Association is vir.
tually a powerful anti-silver society.
The bullion shipment from Butte. Mon
tana, for the two weeks ending Oct. 3,
amounts to S275, 1888 in value.
The production of pure grain metallic
nickel in the United States during the past
seven years aggregate l 466 1855 pounds.
The consumption Of nickel in this
country during the first half OF 1888 is
estimated at not less than 100000 pounds.
Manganese is found in deposits Of vari-
GUS oxides extending through the Atlantic
States from Maryland to Georgia,
The value OF the products OF mining ex-
ported during the years 1888 and 1884,
amount to $50, S22, 500.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-11
A CRIMINAL LAWYER.

A Description of the Greatest of
England's Prosecuting Lawyers.
OF the professional aspect of Mr.. Poland,
the famous criminal lawyer, the London
World says: "He is no orator, and to do
him justice, never pretended to the gift.
You seldom see him retained for the de-
fence, unless there is some knotty points
of criminal law involved and there are
heavy interests at stake. Then all the
really hare work of the case devolves upon
Mr. Poland, although some leading Queens
counsel may be associated with him to do
the talking and generally to beat the big
drum. Mr.. Poland's demeanor on such
occasions is o study for those who enjoy re-
pressed humor. Mr.. Poland's genius ia
that of a prosecutor, and were our public
system properly organized, he would be at
the head of a public department, as, in eff
feet, be is. He takes the same interest in
q difficult and important criminal trial
as an operating surgeon does in an IN
usual case involving a critical operator.
He sets to work upon it as an intellectual
problem, with his mind absolutely free
from any sort OF human emotion. He has
no animosity toward the accused. He has
no knight-errant's sympathy for those who
| have suffered. He has no burning desire
| to see justice done. He goes to work as if
he were migrating q d%ifferentisl equation.
| He masters every fact. He pieces all the
| facts together. No detail, however trivial;
no date, however apparently unimportant,
| escapes his scrutiny. His opening speeches
| are terrible in their minuteness and in the
| way in which they bring conviction home.
Not a point is passed over. In cases OF
| great Importance he enters all the facts for
his own guidance in a blank diary, so that
he can trace all the movements and doings
| Of the accused absolutely from hour to
| hour, and is able to make use of them
| with the most telling effect. He
| works at q case, in short, as Trollope
| used to work at one Of his novels. It
| was Trollope's habit, by q strong effort Of
| mind, to live with the characters he was
creating, and to identity himself with them
| until he knew them. Mr.. Poland does the
| same with his criminals. His statement
! for the prosecution. II you will take the
| trouble to follow II step by step, reads al
| most as II 1t were Q confession on the part
| of the prisoner himself. And one OF the
| most singular features in this methodical
| manner Of doing this work ia, that 1t makes
| him absolutely Indifferent as to its result.
While the jury were celebrating over the
| fate OF O'Donnell, the murderer Of Carey,
| the informer. a friend who was much in
terested in the trial, and was excited as to
result, asked Mr.. Poland what he thought
the Jury would do. Heaven knows"
was the answer; ~ have lone all I can do.
It rests with them now. I IN only wait
ing TO take the verdict"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-11
EUREKA CON.
the Mines History for the Last
Year.

rbe Mines History for n Last
Year.
The following from the New York Min
ing and Engineering Journal Of Nov. l
will be interesting to the readers Of the
SENTINEL:
Al the annual meeting at San Francisco,
held Oct. 81, the report presented showed
that during the past year l4,l44.3 tons OF
ore have been worked at the company's
furnaces, yielding 1878 tons OF bullion,
gross value in gold and silver of S484,-
420 Oh, OF the ore reduced, 3,295 tons
we're custom ore. At the mine, 1910 feet
Of drifts have been run, and about 2,205
feet OF rises and wines. About 60 men
have been at work in the mine on the
tribute system. No important develop
ments have been made during the year,
but sufficient ore has been purchased to
keep one furnace running. About the LIST
Of September a good body OF ore was
opened from what is known as the Sentinel
cut, 50 feet below the surface. This now
shows a body OF high grade ore eight feet in
width, running into unprospected ground.
The other bodies now worked show no
partlculhT ciidube. lue yioiu VI tue uiiue
and the ore prospect are as good as
At any time during the past year. Ex-
ensive experiments were made during the
past year in working the speiss, OF which
there are on the furnsce-dumps about 50,-
600 tons Of an average value Of $40 a ton.
From the result Of these experiments,
there "a no question as to the profitable
working Of this spoiss. The erection Of a
plant for this work is recommended. The
report for September shows a bullion pro-
duction Of $685. $50. The mining expenses
amounted to Sc, 90S II, the smelling TO
s25.2ll 80, and the general expenses to
1876 50, making a total of $3s, 096 IS,
less ores on hand Sept. 80, and charcoal
and wood to the amount of So, 008 81,
leaving a product for the month, in excess
Of sxpenses, OF s 1912 IS.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-11
FACTS AND NEWS.

A single ranohman in Texas owns over
5000 horses.
The Bible was recently translated into
the Zulu language.
An elephant herd 10 always led by
female-never by Q male.
It costs 500, 900 q week to run New
York's city government.
Only Ave States now have annual ses.
sions Of the Legislatures.
Church bells are going out Of use 10
every large American city.
None of the restaurants Of the New York
clubs are self-supporting.
The oak tree lives to an average age OF
1900 years.
A disease prevailing in Southwest
Georgia IL called malicious fever"
One bushel OF ashes represents about
two and q half tons of dry wood.
Out OF 270 powder factories started In
Europe, 261 have been blown up.
The smallest county in Dakota 10 Clay,
which contains about $50, 900 acres.
When completed the Washington monu-
ment will have cost about 81 100000.
The sale of intoxicating liquors 10 pro-
hibited in 10 counties in Mississippi.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-11
THE NEXr LEGIsLATURE.
A List of Elected State Senators and
AssembIymen.

A List of Elected State Senators and
AssembIymen.
Following are the names of the members
of the Senate and Assembly which is to
convene at Carson next Winter, as far as
known:
Storey. NJ. Taylor, D. B. Lyman and
e. D. Boyle.
Washoe-P. N. Marker and H. L. Fish.
Ormsby-H. G. Parker and e. Williams.
Lyon-W. j. Westerield.
Douglas-H. +. Dangberg.
Churchill-Charles Kaiser.
Humboldt-S. b. p. Pierce.
Elko-J. II. Dennis and J.. W. Powell.
Eureka-M. D. Foley and DR.. G.. II.
Thoma.
Nye-A. Mantle.
Lsnder-John Smythe.
White Pine-Robert E.. Briggs,
Lincoln-J. Poujade.
ALI are Republicans except Dennis,
Smythe, Westerfield and Pierce.
Storey-Bernard Armburst, John Young,
Charles Harper, ]. P. birmingham, J..
ID. Reese, George l.. Hawkes., John L.
llhuud3 WiilIhm mCmlilhu, N. u. An
drews and James Langan.
Washoe-T. F. Lsycock, D. Allen and
L. Griswold.
Ormsby-G. N. Folsom, A. Helm and
George A. Tyrrell.
Lyon. o. Birmingham and j. F.
Angel.
Eureka-Jack Godfrey, j. L. Smith and
@ NJ. Fassett.
Esmeralda-A. G. McAfee and h. Mar
den.
Douglas-A. s. Williams.
LANDER. r. Williamson, E.. 7. George
and l.. W. Getchell.
Churchill. W. Ferguson.
Humboldt-E. S. Archer, Andrew West
fall and G.. F. Turrittin.
Elko---B yrne, W. j. Hanke and j.
A. Palmer.
White Pine-William Hayes and A, T.
Stearn.
Lincoln-C. f. Meyers and Henry Lee.
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