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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03
Flowing in Hope.

Toll is rendered sweet and endurable
by the promise of reward. The farmer
blowing in hope OF q harvest is encour-
aged by the same incentives that sus-
tain those who labor in all the varied
industries and service of life. Hopes
may be born of dreams, but they be
come substantial realities through the
ministry of toiling hearts and hands.
The seed that can not take root in the
unbroken sod finds lodgment in the up
turned furrow and bears 'tsome sixty,
some an hundred fold"
We can not escape toll in connection
with Christian service. Duty calls us
to engage in tasks that are often irk-
some and trying, but the radiance Of
hope is the privilege of every faithful
heart, for, sin due season we shall
reap, if we faint not" Parents and
teachers have reason. especially, to
pillow in hope. The child life is every
way immature, and needs IN its culture
and training an ahounding spirit Of
patience. The good children, who are
easily controlled, and quickly drop in-
to the grooves Of right habits, are in the
minority. With most, there is way
wardness Of disposition and conflict Of
inclination, that re lures cline upon
tine, and precept upon p%recept."
The child that gives little promise,
and whose early years put a constant
strain upon the hearts of parents and
teachers, often becomes the brightest
jewel in their crown of service. 1t j!
not al uncommon thing for the dull
boy to grow into the bri ght, strong MAJ
of his day and generation, and the hoy
denish girl sometimes develops into tht
noble and thoughtful matron. Do MOI
be discouraged by present wayward,
ness. Plow in hope; for it may be thai
those in your home or class who now
cause you the most anxiety, will, in days
to come, be the source of your sweetest
joy.
This truth has an application to our
personal experience. 1t is a great NM
take to imagine that having once or
tered upon the Christian life, there Is
little more required. If we are true N
our high calling, the days of mere sur
face scratching of the soil is past. SUP,
soil blowing is demanded. We SHAH
still come in contact with the snags anu
roots of evil tempers and tendencies o.
u nature. And it will not help mat
tiers to give a lift to the plow-handles ID
trying TO escape from easily besettlhs
sins. But whether engaged in serves
for ourselves Of others, we may plo"
in hope. The more severe the task,
the sweeter the reward. God never
disappoints the faithful servant.-heo
E. B. Sanford, tn S. S. Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03
The Music Of the Naters

Vet any one, even though he preteads
10 no science of harmony, listen very
attentively to the music of a sounding
| stream, and he will find that its dreamy,
| soothing power arises, not from its SIM
| plicity but from Its richness. Its
blessed influence is always most SUI
premely felt where the rushing current
dashes over boulders, and spurts in
fountains, and drives through petty
saverns, and tumbles in little cascades.
If any one lies down on the grassy
| bank at such a place, and with his ear
| to the ground concentrates all attention
on this one sense, he will find that he is
| not listening to one sound, but to q
dozen or a score. Nay, if his ga was
fine enough he might, perhaps. come to
the conclusion that no Handel festival
ever counted more separate parts in its
mass of sound. In the water concert
there is not the same range of diver
gence between the parts, either in pitch
or in character of note; and there is
about them all an indefiniteness which
makes their union more of a harmoni-
GUS blur of sound than q distinct chord.
But the separate notes are there, never
thelcss, and the chief parts may easily
be distinguished. The masses of water
hurled into deep pools, or rumbling
through cavernous channels, sound 8
kind of droning bass. The thinner
sheets that spread over the faces of
boulders, OF cross each other in Earring
cataracts, sing q tenor and an alto thas
may BE- distinguished clearly enough;
and the squirting fountains that weave
rainbows in the sun make a liquid
treble as they fall.
But, of course, these parts are not
marshalled and defined as in an orches-
ira. There are endless intermediate
notes; and these main parts themselves
vary in tone and richness from moment
to moment, rising and falling as it were
with the pulsations of the rivers heart.
For though the quantity of water pass
ing a particular spot may be within an
infinitesimal fraction the same from
hour to hour, it is not the same from
one-tenth of a second to another. The
gusts of wind, the sway of branches
dipping in the stream, the imprisonment
and release of floating wood, all may
affect from moment to moment the vol
ume of water in n part or another of
the bubbling chaos. And so it happens
that in a very limited range the tone
may continually vary. Thus we have
endless tones and half tones too vague
to clash in sharp discord, whatever their
difference may be, and all melting to-
gether in everlasting song, too monoso-
nous to be exciting, and too rich IN con-
tent to be wearisome. Perhaps it il
this very richness, this infnity of con-
tent. that makes the voice of the river
SO dreamy and restful. 1t Is eloquent
of the endless possibilities of life, But II
commands nothing, forbids nothing,
asks nothing; it pervades US with a feel
ing of the sweetness and richness Of
iving.-Sunday Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03
Good men have tried the s-ole; il

Good men have tried the gc5le; ~
youth and in old age; in sickness anu
in health; in business and at home, ~
life and in death. Lawyers have trleu
it; statesmen nave tried it.; society na,
tried it in its charities. its educatlGu
and its laws; but it is not worn ou1' y
rs not affected; it is ever young ava ava
never old; it is the Lords BOOK; m ad
need no others; the longer it IS 1i ths
the more satisfactorily it is proved . sm.
Word of the Lord. which abideth "l
eveE-Dr, Hall.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03
Religious.
1HE sHADY CORNERS.

The shady hooks and n
where springs the crystal streamlet
Where glooms the dusky pool.
leave the path to seek them;
No dearer haunts j know
Than just the lonely places
Where patient moses grow.
The shady hooks and corners
BY forest brook and burn,
They hide in deep recesses
The waving teathery fern:
And through Their sheltered silence
Shy win IS fit TO and fro.
And bits of song are breaking
Where humble flowers blow.
The shady hooks and corners,
Apart from stir and strife,
An / distant from the tumult
Of busy whiriing life.
Where some of Gods dear children
Alone are left and low,
There star-like, strong and steadfast,
The lights OF promise glow.
The shady hooks and n
Wherein we dwell with God,
And conquer pain and weakness
Sustained BY staff and rod;
Perhaps in all earth's journey
Noupht swceter snail we know
Than just the sanctuaries
Where hidden graces grow.
The shady hooks and corners
Screened from the glarlng day;-
Songs in the night He give,h
To those who watch and pray;
And blessing comes when leaving
The trodden road we go
To rest amid the shadows
Where living waters flow.
-Mdrgarct E. .Sa,0ster, IN s. s. TSfnel
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03
Weed, in Harpey's Bozo

BY Russian imperial order the de-
livery of the works of one hundred and
twenty-five different authors, native and
foreign, to libraries and public reading
rooms is strictly prohibited, as well al
of eight Russian newspapers and 70
views
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03
Saturday Night in London Pawnsheps.

should mention, by the by, that on
Saturday nights, to accommodate the
rush of customers that invariably throng
the shops, business is not suspended I'M
til ten o'clock. While five assistants
were busy taking in and handing out
pledges, writing out tickets and giving
out money, maintaining all the while an
interchange of badinage with those Gus
toners who we're old ac~quaintances,
the proprietor of the place stood with
me in the background commenting upon
the pawners and every now and then
giving his opinion on an article of
dubious value, that the assistant was at
aloss exactly how much TO advance upon.
A series of closets faced the coun-
ter, all densely packed with customers,
mostly women. These places would
have been utterly dark save for the
brilliant gas-light of the shop. A pale
faced man, with a shifty eye, tousled
hair and shabby-genteel appearance,
had the front place in one of the boxes.
He laid down a handsome brown Mel
ton o%vercoat, almost new. "How much
on this?" said the assistant, laying it
down and opening it out on the counter.
"a sovereign" said the man. The
coat was worth five pounds, if it was
worth a penny, and mechanically the
assistant drew a ticket from the little
stock in front of him and was about to
grant the man the loan he asked
for. The pawnbroker called him
over to where he stood. ''Tell that
man," said he in a low voice
'you cannot let him have more than
two shillings on the coat" The assist
ant did as he was ordered, and the man,
muttering something, gathered up the
coat and pushed his way through the
swing door at the back of the sitting
box. "Why wouldn't you lend that
man than two shillings, on such a
valuable coat as that" I asked. .Be-
cause he was a thief" replied the pawn
broker. "You don't suppose that .
man of that appearance would wear q
coat of that description, doyou? There
is a good deal mor in u business
continued the knight of the three balls,
ethan ascertaining the value of goods
and lending a fair amount on them.
We have to study our customers or we
should be in trouble all the time" In
the adjacent box apoor-looking woman,
with a worn. weary face, handed over q
bundle Of things wrapped up in q dirty
white handkerchief. The assistant had
the rag united in a moment and tossed
half a score of articles of u~nderclothiag
in q confused heap before him. .sThree
shillings, please" said the poor woman.
''You have made a mistake, ma'am,
haven't youP' said the young man. II
can only take such things as these in by
weight. You had better 20 round to
the rag shop and put them on the scale. -
"Well, make it two shillings," said the
poor woman, with a sigh. "Ill make
it a shilling" retorted the youth, ..be
cause ! know you, or, upon my word,
| would o tgiye such rags house ROOM"
Intellectually the poor creature pleaded
for eighteen pence, but the knight of
the house of Lombard was inexorable,
aud she went away with a shilling,
mutteringg, What is that to get a Sun
day dinner for a family of five with?"-
CnT- (L2lcInnnta Eo1rayoo.ar
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03
Mars Hill,

Mars Hill is a large natural rock
with neither buildings upon it nor
around it near at hand. Raphaers
famous cartoon representing Paul
speaking on Mars Bill, is misleading,
IN thai it shows fine buildings and
WORKS OF art browning it--whereas the
mn IS simply neutrality-suspicious. rocks
lifted up for a pulpit. 1t is reached by
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03
DOG

"Oniy a dog" You wonder why
! grieve so much to see him die.
Alb, if you knew
How true a friend . dog can DO,
And what a friend he was to me-,
When friends were feW3
..Qnly q dog-a beast" o snees.
sNot worthy of n sigh or tear"
Such fa,s sBesad o pp1 m to p %s dumb tr,eaA
While / have language to defend
His memory.
Through ups and downs; through tasek and
thin,
Ny boon companion he has been
For years and years.
He journeyed with me many miles
Igave him frowns, 1 gave him smileA
And now,s sad tears.
Soft head was pillowed every night
60 let him n Re 3u %y o Srea aime NOR.
UpOn my bosom as before,
And take his rest.
And when a tenderer love awoke.
The first W sweet s.M M9ra my p baby M spek"
Ny mother heart would love you we'll.
For only that.
Together boy and dog have laid
Upon my lap; together played
Around my feet,
Till laugh and bark together grew
So much alike, ] scarcely knew
Which was most sweet.
All, so away and let me cry,
For now you know the reason why
flowed him SO.
Leave me alone to close his eyes.
That looked so wistful and SO wise.
Trying to knOD.
Atgarden gate, or open door,
You'll run to welcome me no moro,
Dear little friend.
You were so good, SO kind, 90 true,
1question, looking down at ~,
Is this the end2
Is there for you no "other side?"
No home beyond deaths chilly tide
And heavy fog.
Where meekness and fidelity
Will meet reward, although you be
Only a dog?
My dog had love, and faith and joy
As much as has my baby boy
Intelligence
Could smell, see, hear and sufer pain.
What makes a soul, if these are vaia1
When l go hence
'Tis my belief my dog will b.
Among the first to welcome me.
Believing that
keep his collar and his bell,
And do not say to him, farewell,
But good-by, Mat,
Dear, faithful Mat.
Pearl Rivers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03

Seaside BARRIERS charge thirty-fve
cents a shave, and complain that the
men are wearing full boards in order to
q the expense of shaving.-Boston
Past.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03

The pay roll of the Government
amounts to twenty million six hundred
nndefve thousand eight hundred and
Hirty-siX dollars and n%inoty-Gve cents.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-03

II never intend to read a line again
IRON na''no the pen T o. any woman: It's sal all
forth, who has married Miss Colby
she calls herself Daisy Earle on paper,
I believe. Fancy a man deliberately
selecting a literary wife! Oh no; any
thing but an educated and superior
female companion
Dolly looked conscious and embar-
raised, but was silent. Kate retorted:
"Oh, you goose! You are like all the
other men in the world, thoroughly in
consistent. [ notice that in real life
you v pursue sweet ignorance, as
one would expect from your converse
ton; indeed, the girls you like are in
variably those who are called brilliant
and"
"Nonsenser said Fred; "who ever
said l liked a fool? But, seriously, the
brightest and most charming wonaen''
Che hardly dared say wonon) II ever
met could neither read OF write"
No n answered for a moment. Then
Kate. swapping her embroidery silk
petulantly, folded her work, and rose,
saying, with some dignity:
"Since you are bent upon making
yourself SO agreeable, I'll 60 to my
painting awhile"
"Oh, come, now,'' SAID Fred spring
ing to his feet. "Ill walk to the house
with yon and make up"
The next day was he last of Dolly's
visit. II was to be celebrated by a
moonlight lawn party, with all the
charming accompaniment Of supper
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-03-26
Trustae's Sac.

DY virtue Of A certain Dead ~ T'rnNt
ID executed "a the rnSsrsignes TINS.
foes IL nj, 81 Griffin and Sisty I Z; r;iIin
Iis wife. Ia eecrfe "a 4 r Boyvsr i t6a
PAYMENT 81 ihe Dfincinal and infsrsss 4
cer,ain notes therei,, i,,eniinnsj ana ia
scrib,sl. which Decd of TTnsl INV l,ss Any, dsis
on the S7tf ,lay q Tannary tSsI and SI' Z
duly recorded IN the Glsrtis otfscs II
tho Connty Court a. Mnsnn coSStv
West Virgiria IN iTrnst Dsed Roob ~
j. papes 3Si-,5 and iefsnlt HAVING hesn
made In tlle payment thereof anibeinS
reouired In sail i n Bnwyay ~ n ia
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-03-26

lined BY tle Putnam Plan, 81
which the Republicans are 70 haye
the head nf the ticket and four out
Of the six State candidates, con.
gressmen and hall TIE electoral
ticket, carries seduction and fraud
on itsface,
The scheme Is 70 run The Green.
back Organization into the Republ
lican cafnpand disorganize It, and
perohance boost the Republicans
into power. That there are men
calling themselves Gteenbaekers
who are willing to be made the
tools Of political trickstsrs 10 etIecL
an arrangement Of this kind, il cv-
ident.
A member Of tile State executive
committee Of Republican antece.
dentsremarked on learning Of this
outlandish movement, @None but
renegade, Office hunting Green
hackers would be guilty Of engag.
ing in such d combination
Another member Of the same
committee said it looks as If the
leaders Of the Republican party
have organized a plan by which
they expect with the use Of money
TO control not only the Buckhanon
Convention, but the Congressional
Convention in their own interest,
and by such q course press the rank
and file Of the Nationals 10 boost
themselves into power at the sacri.
fee Of principal, and for the sake
of plumber.
/ II tho Republicans expect to rs.
complish the defeat Of Bourbc.4lsm
inthis State by such q rcapd'etat
they will be sadly disar pointed in
the END. Tho representatives. Of
the Bu,khann"a Convention will
not consent toany such arrange.
ments " which their principles
and aonor will be compromised to
benefit a few individuals who arc
suffering with Office itch,
The State Executive Committee
are cognizant Of undue Influences
being resorted to By Republican
leaders with persons belonging to
the National party supposed ia
have influence, the purposes and
objects Of which are apparent.
The National Executive Commit.
tee are considering a plainly which
the interests Of our party can be
advanced without compromising
our principles and sutlifying the
sentiments Of it's electors.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-03-26
Fusion.

The Greenback Standard, the or,
gan in this State of the Greenback
party, speaks its mind quite plain,
ly in the following article abou I The
putnam plan" Without the 10y.
al support Of this paper, we doubt
very much if the Republican
schcmcrs, bummers and trickstors
can succeed in forming "fusion
of all the elements opposed to bour.
bonism" that will stick. But at
any rate, the following is good
reading:
Fusion il tho brat Of discord, tho
child of policy that supplants prin,
ciple and destroys organization.
The so called PUTNAM Plan is a
cunningly devised gcls!ne enain.
oered by n willy and interruptions
Toe that knows the power Of mSuoy
aud the debauching ellect Of tGc
eppils tyetcm.
The proposed arrangement out.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-03-26

sioa.of the Bridge, witholtthe pay.
mentof sheir claim Our people
look upon the whole preceding
asapiere ofusurpalion, pnEarrant.
edby law, but knowing the abb.
tray disposition ofJudge Jackson,
are not surprised 81 bis proceed
ings
We cannot foretoll the result! Of
thisarbitrary action upon the'part
Of Judge Jackson, and no one will
depreeate more than ourselves, tile
conflict that will, perhaps, ensne,
between The Slate and Che United
States authorities, but II II Is in.
evilable We say let it come, our
people are prepared for "
is very patent that The juris-
diction Of his. Court extends only
to the low writer bank on the Ohio
shore, which takes in the land
pier from that shore, and if the
Telegraph Company should by
some fortuitous Circumstance sue.
coed in stretching their wires to
that pier, they cannot 60 beyond
II, for Jackson's MarshaIs cannot
protect them, and the Keystone
Bridge Company will protect their
property even if they have TO do
so by force.
The Keystone Bridge Company
was made no party to this suit, or
proceedings Of Rcceiy.
or SHARP, but Notwithstanding this
fact, the Judge makes this arbitrd
ry decree against them, giving
them no chance to be hoard.
"Csar had bis Brutus, Charles
the | his Cromwell, " and from this
Judge Jackson may draw a lesson.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-03-26
W. h. Gum, Sol.
Notice Ia C,rc,iIlora.

To tho creditors Of Robert Lanier, de-
ceased:
In pursuance Of q decree Of the Cir.
cult Court Of the county OF Mason, made
in cause there pending; to subject tile
real estate Of tho said Robert Ianier to
the payment Of his debts, you arc re.
quircd to present your claims against
the estate Of the said Robert Lanier, for
adjudication, to John L. Timnls, Com.
missioner, at his office in the said coun.
~, on or before the ID day OF April, 1884.
Witness: Gins. b. Waggener, Clerk Of
s s Court, this 9Th day Of February,
1884. "
oHEs. B. WAGGENER, Clerk.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-03-26
Political Scraps


Mr.. Tilden is now tho most talk.
ed about nun in the country.
according to the Blaine organs
the Maine statesman is q "Yery
solid man."
Now that the domestic hog is on
the sick list tho public would do
well to keep Lent on pork.
Millions of statesmen are roam.
ing up and down the country beg.
ging to be interviewed on the Pres.
idency.
It is understood that the esteem.
ed President is TO have his next
pair of pantaloons made by u Nor.
mon tailor.
The Democratic party seems to
stand in need Of q head. We re.
specially but firmly call its aLten.
tion to Mr.. Tilden.
The Missouri Democratic papers
are generally for the old ticket.
They are divided between McDon.
aid and Morrison for second choice.
Tho indications are TINT n verv
large and representative conycn.
ton will be held nj Charleston
next month. The more Che MGR.
rier.
The Richmond, Va, State still
insists that "Bayard and MELON.
aid is the greatest, strongest com
binatiou Of names that can DO pre-.
sen'ed to the people,"
President Taylor, Of the Mormon
church, said tho other day: "Wheu
thoy come West TO wipe out polyg
amy they will find 100000 muskets
pointing eastward"
A better feeling seems to DO de-.
yeloping among Democrats in
Washington on the tariff question,
and Il general conference and re.
sulting compromise bill aro talked
Of.
Those Republicans disposed to
find fault with the Democratic
congress for seeking tn reduce The
Tariff ought to read President Ar.
thurs message to Congress Of last
December.
In commenting on the bill reviy.
ing tho lash for wife.hoaters, the
New York Morning Journal says
"The only way to curea wifc.boat.
or il to give him a dose Of his own
medicine"
thirty amendments TO the Con.
stitution have been proposed dur.
ing tho present session Of Congress.
II refOrmers could have their way,
the document would look like a
"craay" guilt.
The political not will soon berin
to bubble, and an inofIensiye pub.
lie be obliged to submit to the
qaadrOnnial calaclysum, which is
only useful in drowning out Prosi.
dental aspirants.
Life and property are unsafe in
the South according to Republican
information, yet foolish Northern
people have invested s2S,0O0,0OO
there in the last two months.
Seems strange, dosen't ii?
The general belief is that Mr..
Tildon will consent to become n
candidate when he discovers TINT
the best interests of the Democratic
party demand it, and that tho
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