Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23
A Day of National Prayer.

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New York, May 6.-The National!
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
will soon send out a call for d day of
prayer in view of the presidential cam
paign, in the form Of an address to the
Christian people Of America, fixing
Tuesday, May p, as the time Each
hour has a special subject assigned, in
Guiding prayer for pastors and editors
from dead issues, and toward that of a
national constitutional amendment
prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating
liquors as a drink; party leaders, that
their platforms may recognize this is
sue and their candidate be one whose
habits shall be an example t. young
men; also emphatically pray fot Christ
ian voters that their spiritual precep-
tions may be quickened, their conscien-
es aroused and their home constituents
meaning ONE of their households
represented by them at the balot-box.
The day is to be observed throughout
the nation. Pastors are requested to
preach on the Sabbath following upon
|'God in Government"
If the invention of a PENNSYLVANIA
farmer living in the suburbs Oh Pitts
burg is all that claims it is, arevolution
will be wrought in the whiskeys trade.
He asserts that he has found a yay to
solidify old bourbon and rye s. that
they can be taken in solid chunksi nthe
vest pocket. If this be true, whiskey
in future will be sold by the pound in
stead Of by the glass; and the popular
invitation to take a drink will be
changed into 'let us have a bite" The
barrooms will be ruined when whiskey
comes to be sold at the wood-yards, and
the glass and bottle trade will be des-
troyed and the cork industry almost
swept out of %existance. Science is ac-
complishing wonders in these closing
| years of the century. One great advan-
tage of the new invention will be that
so many theatre-goers will not find it
necessary to leave their seats between
the acts in order to make a pilgrimage
to the cloves and lnmon-peel store.-Ex.
Jamestown Alert:-A Dakotaian I'M
der a slouched hat went into a Chicago
hotel the other day and handing the
clerk an old rusty looking carpet bag
asked for a check for it. The clerk
| with a wise squint Of the eye told the
pilgrim that he couldn't play that on
him and that he must pay up for his
dinner in advance, w%hereuron the Da-
kotaian quietly unlocked the satchel
and taking out a roll Of bills handed
the clerk a $1,000 bill requested him to
get the change and take his pay out of
it. The old satchel contained $4,000,
| the proceeds of a sale of cattle made by
| the man in the slouched hat.
An exchange says to cure the tooth
ache, take a small piece of zine and a
bit of silver (any silver coin will do,0
the zinc placed on one side of the atiict-
ed gum and the silver on the other, by
bringing the edges together the small
current of electricity generated imme-
diately, and painlessly, will stop its
aching almost Immediately. WeEhave
a piece of zinc, and the next time we
are troubled with %toothache, will try
the above remedy, provided we can
| borrow dime Of some of the boys
Dispatch.
! Lowell Courier:-A camel will work
for seven or eight days without drink
ing. In this he differs from some men
who will drink seven or eight days
without working.
Exchange:-A bald headed man, who
has heard that the hairs of a mans
head are numbered, wants to know if
there is not some place where he can
obtain the back numbers.
Fargo Augustine telegraph reports
ga distillery struck by lightning" down
in Illinois the other day, and gravely
adds: "The whisky was burned" The
fate of the lightning is not reported,
According to the May returns Of the
agricultural department., the crop pros
pect is ninety-four per cent. Of a full
standard condition, while last year at
this time 1t was only eighty-three and
one-half.
A minister suddenly stopped in his
| sermon and sang a hymn. of the
mem bers of the choir areto do the talk
ing,", he explained, "they will certainly
permit me to do the singing" And
then thing in the neighborhood of the
organ became more quiet.-Ex.
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