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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01
Religious.
THE Fd7HER'S HIND.

I'm only an old wife, now, sir, and I've time
to sit on the strand.
A-watching the boats come in, and the chill
dren at play on the sand No.,
Seventy years, sir-Ali my days. nave lived
And it has been meat and money and JOY and
sorrow to me.
Father and husband and boys, sir-thcre was
not a man of them all
Could have lain still in the house, sir, when
the winds and the waters call;
My father and husband sleep in the graves of
our folk by the shore,
But both of the boys VINO left me-they never
came back any more!
Oft I've been ready to sink, sir, but one
thought would keep me atioat-
I LEARNED 1t, sir. as little lass at play in my
do you know, sir. it's often struck me, the
lesson Of life is writ
Plain out in the world around US, If we'd but
give our minds to itO
My father hadn't a lad, sir, so he paid the
more heed to me:
He would take me with him in summer, far
out on the open sea,
And he'd let me handle the oars, sir. and pull
with my might and main,
But If I'd been left to myself, sir, I'd meier
have seen home again!
"Pull, little maid!" ne would cheer me, but
Still keep his hand on the oar;
Though sometimes I'd try to turn us to some
pretty nook on the shore,
Still straight went the boat to the harbor, and
as ] grew stronger each Gay,
l found that the only wisdom was in rowing
my fathers way!
And l think, sir, hat God, our Father, keeps
hold of the world just so,
We may strive and struggle our utmost, that
we may stronger grow
Stronger, and wiser, and humber, till at last
we can understand
The beauty and peace of His keeping the oar
OF all life in His hand!
For the Father knows what we really want is
labor and rest with Him.,
SO He bears us straight through JOY and 10 So,
over discomfort and within;
Though oft it's not till we sit like me, a-watch-
ing life's sinking sun,
We feel our best is our latest prayer, that is
'"Thy will be DONE"
-Lsabeuu r. Mayo, IN Sunday at Home.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01
The Language Of the Eyes,

There are not many of our bellies who
need to be told how to use their ewes,
when to look up coquettishly into the
eyes of their attendant cavalier, or when
to droop the lids effectively. They
know it all only too well for the peace of
mind of their admirers. They will at
times lookup into a mans eyes with an
expression almost infantile in its inno-
cence. This is generally at a time when
the fair charmer is particularly aggra-
waiting, perhaps when he has been try
ing to make her understand how de-
votedly he loves her. Then her ewes
will, it may be, fill with glistening tears,
and he feels that he has been a perfect
brute to annoy her by speaking Of love,
and perhaps half an hour later she will
b. laughing heartily with her conGden-
tiAl friend e the whole affair.
But with all these b%ewildering ex-
pressions, they may not have any def
mite signs, such as the French have
established. Among the more important
are these: To close the eyes signifies II
think Of you;' to close the right eve
means ''be discreet" while shutting the
eye urges him to be patient. To open
the eyes very wide means II am jeal-
ous.' Raising the eyes to the ceiling
signifies II am waiting" ''Take careh
is conveyed by winking the right, while
a wink of the left eye can Ego to the
appointed rendezvous" 81 love you so
well that | would die for you," is told
by covering the eyes with the hand. To
point to the right eye means '.you will
receive q letter. and to the left eve sio-
mites ''there is nothing to be done just
now"
The chaperoas of pretty but tlirtatious
girls will doubtless be glad to learn this,
and will be very watchful when their love-
ly charge winks the left eye at an eligible
party, while there are doubtless some of
our fair young readers who will make
use Of it. Certainly the French are an
ingenious people.-St. Louis Morning
Cal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01

first sermon he had insulted ~.
community by an attack on '"e whos
ed and deserving woman, The a 1scat.
did not know of the ladv's ar; pastor
when he attacked her charactass' ene
cry pastor has experiences of tb;si II.
but far more numerous are tho Kind,
which he gives the otfense by sons ,ase> in
intentional slight inlmatters Of 'nie un.
Importance. His most innocon ~ real
are construed into stumblinc's ;. acts
and down go the weak brethre,n, oAes.
he imaginary otlense. Over
1t is just as much our duty to =,
ourselves of the suspicious tempcrs nd
the hasty judgments through which aad
take oflense, as it is to avoid the so1eSSe
ness and carelcssness through who's
give of1ense. A good Christian Nv We
not go about with a chip on his sbon,IdI'sss
and brush against his brethren m.,
some n has inadvertently showed , .1
chip Oft, and then take embrace ~ Tue
are men who are not misrepresentoH1v r.
that figure. They are on the looIa!
tor chances to take %otlense, and thew
have taken it so many times that t tIey
do it easily, if not gracefully. Tho.
are the people whom a new pastor %.,
to find out and visit first and diploma,;'
cally deal with, lest he give them W
Tense. They battle his diplomacy, Tbor
"see through him." They know bo.
little che means by visiting then"
They care not to be blinded BY a lttIa
dust" In short, they Wv il an ..
mosphere of suspicion.
The man who takes oIiiense is as nucs
at fault as the other man who gives NJ
Tense. Both are wrong. AS a rus
common-sense and charitable feelino srs
as much needed here as anywhere in oms
life. Many things allowable to ona',
own conscience must be forborne for
the sake of weak brethren. On the 9TH.
er hand, as large a number of thinss
must be tolerated for the sake of weslI
brethren. We must even tolerate ths
manufacturer of stumbline-blocks
Many things over which stumblers fsn
are dependent for their character upcn
motive. The charitable spirit choose,
the best possible motive; the easi]t.
offended feeling selects the worst posi-
BILE motive. Let pastors clear them.
selves of all habits o methods that sre
within region of doubt. Let church
members cure all weak brethren of the
habit of taking ot1ense where none is in.
tended. If q doubtful region remains,
let there be frank conferences about the
facts and the motives; but let no minis.
ter dare to take on himself the resno,.
sibility for all stumbling at his ministry.
N. w. Christian Adv0cate.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01
Care Of Newly st Treea.

While it is very important that on9J'
really good trees should be selected "a
transplant, and equally important to SO
them in the best manner, Il is even
more important that the best of cars
should be given the trees after being
set, o only until 1t shews that it is
alive, but during the entire season it
should be carefully looked after; in fact.:
as a rule, q tree is not fully established
until the third year, therefore should
not be neglected until it has been trans
planted several years.
Soon after q tree is set it should be
literally mulched with partially decayed
leaves, covering the ground a little be-
yond where the roots extend. To keep
the leaves from blowing away they
should be covered with stones, sticks Of
wood or short pieces of boards. Never
heap up any material about the trunk.
of q tree except fresh earth. The mulch
should be spread evenly on the ground,
and care should be taken not to let it
dry through during a drouth, but it
should be watered as often as It shows
any indication of being dry. In a very,
dry time not only should the mulcling
around q favorite tree be kept wet, but
the ground a few feet beyond should be
watered. On cultivated land the mulch
ing may be omitted, if the land be light
and loose on the surface. It is impor-
tant to keep the whole land moist if the
best results are expected, because if
only a small space where the roots of
the tree are to be watered, the water is
veryrapidly absorbed by the surrounding
dry soil, and thus prevent a vigorous
growth, if it does not dry the tree up
entirely before the owner is aware of it.
Having properly cared for the roots
of the newly set tree, the top should be
the next care, especially if it be . tree
with a long trunk before coming to the
branches. The practice of cutting of
ali of the lateral branches is so universal
that almost every tree that is set has
nothing to protect it from the direct
rays of the sun for the first four to six
feet, unless artificial protection be re-
sorted to, which always should be to ali
trees that have had the lateral branches
removed. This protection may be very
simple; a single thickness of coarse mat
ting tied around the tree is sufficient, or
even a limb of a cedar tree set in the
ground on the south side of the tree, or
a board set up so as to shade the trunk
OF the tree during the hottest part of
the day, will do much to keep the trunk
from being scorched by the sun. Many
trees arc lost during hot weather for
the want OF some protection for the
trunk. This is wrong, because the ex-
pense is so slight every one vino sets a
tree can find the time or G to do it.
Massachusetts P]zouqhman.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01
Choice Extracts.
Riches have wings, and grandeu

Riches have wings, and grandeur
is a dream. -Cowper.
God is to be seen and heard and
felt in His works. The universe is
therefore the language by which the
Deity expresses his thoughts and feel
lngs' and earth, with all it's %phenomens
OF things animate and inanimate, Is the
speaking Of God to man as friend to
friend.-Prof. SaUing.
The beautiful worship of God as
our Father is distinguished by this very
thing: that its chief exercise of love Is
m putting trust in the very perfections
if God, which, to an unloving mind,
would produce fear. 1t is a great ACT
OF love to God to trust, like a son, Gods
tremendous power. There can be no
confidence without the 6lial feeling;
we always get back to the point, Gou
Is u father.-F. ". Faber.
You are to stand behind your WORK,
whatever it may be. You are to labor
diligently and faithfully at the wrong
and knotty side of it; but rest fully Ger
III that, if you r doing what Hs tells
you the result may be safely left Wlth
him. He will bring out all the nal.
moniy and beauty and glory of His "
designs; and when they are perfecteMus,
ana you are allowed to look upon ln -
right side OF Gods ''marvelous WORK
you WIZ wonder, not only at its splenaoa
as q whole, but at the brillance OF tno
stitches which were woven in BY you
with SCI many signs and tears, and you
VIII never cease to sing to the praise "
Him who ''doeth al things WE'LL
Haptist Weekl2L
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01
Taking Ofense.

Some years ago a minister preached
sermon IN winch he rebuked a sin of
wnlch a member Of the church had been
ialsely accused. The minister did not
Know Inc personal fact, but the mann
Der DID, and was offended for two
whoie years. Then at last it occurred
10 him that perhaps bis pastor did not
mean TO rebuke him. He then ]carnoS
That d" had for two years stumbled oror
an imaginary stone. In another c.so -
whole community for months desTisoJ
anu rejected a minister who did not
kno" what was wrong until he wss
EfaSely informed by one whom he ch.i'
'snsed FOR an explanation, that in his
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01
MY GUEST

There is Q guest thatI detest, forever 1t ~
side,
Who ciings to me as fondly as a bridegroom te
his bride.
who leers at me, and jeers at me, and when
cross his will,
Who only smiles sardonically, and hugs one
i hate him, and berate him, yet he trudges q
my heels,
And reaches in my. and revcls at my
meals;
u defy him, and would fly him, but he only
presses closer,
And whispers to each wish of mine an ever
lasting NOS sir"
I've chided. and derided, till En- almost out OF
heart,
Eve abused him, and misused him, but he
never will depart;
IF I snlite him, seek to spite him, why, he sim
ply turns, and plants
The symbols of his tyranny upon my coat and
pants;
He squeczes me and freezes me, and well nigh
drives me mad;
He %tortures and he leases me, and growls
when ! am glad.
he glares at me,and stares at me, as ghoul
might do:
He has shattered every promise that my soul
was anchored to-;
He has wrecked me and bedccked me with the
battered CARDS of woe;
HI has crossed my happy threshold and has
laid my loved ones low!
He's as wary as a beagle, and he grins in such
q style
h the cunning of a serpent is apparent il
ul6 SlullCs
tHe is lank, be Is lean, and his fingers are un
clean:
He is ragged, he is haggard, he is spiteful and
he's mean;
Than Adam he is older, than Satan he is holder;
Hess as CHASTITY us a skeleton, aud uglier and
colder;
When the winter winds are dire he sits crouch.
Ing at my fire,
And glowing at my bcggary with eyes that
never tire;
He's the parent of oil crime, in each country
and each cline,
And has trampled the wild world over, hand
in hand with Father Time,
His record all ma read in the hearts that
break and bleed,
On the lips of little children that forever pine
and plead;
And his deeds are further written, over sleep.
less eyes red bitten,
Over cold aud empty cradles, over roofs by
sorrow slnitten;
Over scattered hopes once cherished, over
pleasures that have persisted,
Over broken dreams of glory, that q better
manhood nourished;
In the byways, and the highways, he goes on
ward unmoleeted,
And makes the world to labor ere its weary
hands are rested;
He's q beggar and q ranger, and was present
not q stranger,
At the birth OF the Messiah. in the cold Judear
manger;
He has trailed along the path of the tempes,
in its wrath,
And has gloated DER the ruins of the nodded
aftermath;
He's the Prince of Empty Pockets. out q
elbow and at knee,
Hes a knight without q nickel whom we nick
name-POyERTY.
&C. N. Matthews,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01

-''Do you eve purchase articlose:''
he asked tin1idly, as he entered the edi.
torial room. occasionally" said the
editor kindly. "when they suit our col
umns. What have you got, q poem?"
mo, sir, parlor matches, a cent Il box,
or six boxes for a njckle. IN. Y. Sun
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-30
Yesterdays District Court Criminal
Record.

Charles G. Smith who had plead not guilty
ofrobbery of John Noonty of S25 in bank
notes was brought before Judge Brill in the
district court yesterday morning, plead
guilty to assault and was fined $500 and or
dered committed to the workhouse until
paid and three months If not
Matthew Convoy indicted for burglary was
also brought into court, and altered his plea
of not guilty of indictment for burglary to
guilty of petit larceny, and was fined S25
which he paid and was set at liberty.
The most of the afternoon was occupied
in the trial of Chas McLain and Henry Nc
Donough for larceny of silver coin from A.
Gotzian, the prisoners being Wig orously de-
Tended by w. H. Mead, Esq, md County
Attorney Egan being put to his be st to meet
the peculiar evidence introduced in the de-
Tense. The jury retired in this ease about
$3.50 p. m, verdict of guilty was rendered
at 9 80 O'Clock last night and the prisoner
was remanded.
Sheriff O'Gorman accompanied BY Turn
key j. Davis, lodged Chas. Lucas, sentencd
for forgery for two years and p. Fernh oltz for
attempted larceny, for one year in thu, Still
water penitentiary yesterday afternoon.
The rate at which the present criminal
docket is getting leave of absence from edge
Brill for saltwater and the vigorous following
up of the indicted and standing trial by
County Attorney Egan aught TO have the eff
feet at least OF a warning 10 the criminal ode
ment of the city to keep on the safe side OF
the legal fence in future.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-30
Special Reports from the GLOBE Mankato Office
October 90.
Ma,,kato Dots.

Matte Vickers at the Opera house this
evening,
Jos. Fisher was taken before Judge Porter
on the charge of drunkenness yesterday, and
was reprimanded by the court and dis
charged.
The racket at Meihoffer's saloon Monday
evening added nicely to the city treasury.
G. Bienapfl, ]. Bienapfl, j. and ?. Hittle
paying S23 each for hindering an officer and
John Bauer, and Wenzel Lang, SIS and 81
respectively for drunk and disorjerly.
Twenty-three thousand six hundred and
fifty pounds of creamery butter was offered
on the cali board of the Mankato Dairy and
Produce exchange yesterday, but no bidders
offered at the price wanted and no sales
made. Irregular sales of 5000 pounds were
reported, at an average price of $50 cents.
The teachers institute held at Lake Crystal
last week, under the direction of Supt.
Rodgers, was success, there being good
attendance and the interest was unfagging
throughout. Professors McCleary and Sharp
did good work, and the pupils will go into
their school work with new interest and pre-
pared to do better work.
Miss Ida L. Garvin, member of the
graduating class of the Normal school, died
last Monday at the residence of her parents
in Sterling. Miss Garvin had attended the
normal since 1881, and was one of the most
promising of students. During her attend
ance at the school her pleasant ways made
her many friends who will mourn her loss.
On Monday night between z and O'Clock
A.
house of Mr.. johnson living near Eagle
Lake and asked for something to eat for
himself and wife, who was out in the road
waiting for him. He was given some eat
ables, but whether McCarty was
waiting for him in the road, or his story was
one to get good supply of provisions fo1
himself is not known. Either Etinger OF
McCarty managed to get = coat in that
neighborhood.
John D. Bowe, one of the best known and
largest farmers in this county died at his
home in Decoria township yesterday morn
ing. Mr.. Bowe was native of Ireland, and
came from Wisconsin to Minnesota and
made his home on the old Wiinnebago re-
servation, where he since resided. He has
always been respected as an industrious
citizen, and has made his mark as a man OF
great energy. He leaves wife and large
family, well provided for, as he was the
largest land owner of the town. He will be
buried from the Catholic church at Winnie
bago Agency on Friday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-30
A Renly to n Den,ocrot

President Soaring, of the normal school,
forwards us the following reply TO the anony-
nous communication signed GA Democrat, -
in the GLOBE of Monday, in relation to his
connection with the Window meeting Fri
day evening:
MANKATo Mimi, Oct 29.-To the editor
of the GLOBE: In Mondays issue your re-
porter criticises the action of some of our
young men in joining the procession at the
Window meeting last Friday evening, carry
ing a transparency with ''Normal School, -
etc. Allow me to say that the statement that
| told the students, 81 heartily approve their
joining the procession is untrue, and that
my partisanship in the matter is wholly and
ridiculously false.
AS the meeting was to be on Friday even
ing / advised the students who could con-
venientfy do so TO go and hear Mr.. Window
for their intellectual improvement, as l have
been in the habit of advising them to hear
every distinguished man or woman who
speaks in the city, if circumstances will al
low them to do so without detriment to their
school work.
OF the transparency knew nothing until
nextday. OF the lack of good judgment and
taste on the part of the young men in pro-
claiming their connection with the normal
school on the evening in question, hold
the common opinion. 1t was thoughtless
indiscretion, peculiar to youth, for which they
and the managers of the procession are alone
responsible, and which l think is now gen.
orally regretted. EDWARD Soaring, Pres.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-30
McCulloch's Commission.

WASHINGTON, Oct 29.-The commission
of McCulloch as secretary Of the treasury was
signed by the president yesterday afternoon
and mailed to Raritan, n. j., to be counter
signed by the secretary of state. Conse-
quentlv it can hardly be received by McCuI
loeb before the evening or tomorrow morn
ing, as he cannot qualify before he receives
his commission, he will not enter upon the
discharge of his duties as secretary before to-
morrow. He paid short visit to the treas
urer's department this morning and confer
red with Secretary Gresham. Gen. Gresham
will remain in Washington a few days 10
close up his private affairs and will take his
seat upon the bench in Chicago about the
middle Of nextweek.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-The following extract
from a letter written by Hugh McCuIloch re-
Gently in regard to the decision Of the SUI
preme court on legal tenders, viii be read
with special interest since that gentleman's
appointment as secretary of the treasury:
No one can read the debates in the con-
vention by which the constitution was
framed without perceiving how anxious the
statemen of that day were that congress
should not even by implication be clothed
with power to make anything but gold and
silver money, or the debates in the senate
and house when the legal tender acts of
1862 were under consideration, without
being struck by the manifest
reluctance with which their advocates sus-
tanned them, even as a war measure, IL that
great financial emergency. The book is
especially interesting and valuable in view
of the decision Of the supreme court, which
unsettled what up to that decision had been
regarded BY the best legal minds Of the
country as established laws, and opened wide
the door for the greatest calamities that can
befall the nation. With unlimited issues of
government notes, no matter how appre-
ciated they may be, with the legal attributes
OF coin the country is at sea Upon the
question of supreme importance to every
body in the United States, and in the discus
sions which this decision makes unavoidable,
this history Of United States notes viii be ex-
ceedingiy helpful am very truly yours,
HUGH McCULLnGH
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-30
Trees in Smith Park,

conference of the committee on parks.
and the city engineer was held at the office
of the latter yesterday morning for the pur-
pose of discussing the ordinance passed at a
recent meeting of the council, which pro-
vided for an appropriation for the pur-
chase of200 trees to be set out in Smith
park.
The discussion turned on what kind of
trees would be best calculated 10 thrive ana
give the best shade in the park, and it was
generally agreed that the varieties most suit
able for the purpose would be elm for the
large trees aud soft maple
aud box elder for the small ones.
il was decided that one-half the trees set out
should not be less than eight inches in cir
cumfereuce and to not exceed $40 each, the
other half to be smaller in size and not to
exceed 81 each. The engineer was instructed
to ascertain the cost OF the trees and report
IS eary as possible.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-30
ALEXANDRIA.

Especial Correspondence of the Globe
ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 20.-Dr. Ames' fine re-:
sidence in fast nearing completion
There has been great many improve
ments made in this place during the last
year.
Some Of the boys tell story of party OF
four boys who were out hunting two days
and succeeded in shooting two ducks. They
did well.
Our streets are unusually quiet, and have
taken on more deserted look than is pleas
ant to contemplate. This is owing princi-.
pally to the low price paid for wheat.
A paper mill, an oil mill; brick yard,
and several other factories are wanted at thia
place.
The present cold weather is suppo sed to
have come in answer to the prayers of men
who sell coal, and women who have seal
skin saques.
There are good many places in the side
walks which ought to be repaired. If not
soon, somebody will get injured, and theB
somebody will be asked to settle in dam
ages.
An entertainment will be given by the
Alexandria Dramatic club in about six
weeks