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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

have been to that same place several times
since, and as soon as the pickerel finds cat
that | am there, l begin to get black bass,
and it is as plain to me as the nose on nsv
face, and that is plain enough, it is SO red,
that the pickerel understood what l said.
and showed more gratitude than sone hu-
man beings would. who had their lives
saved. Honestly, when another piekerel,
or a bull-head, would go smelling towards
my frog, my pickerel would drive them
away, and say as plain as actions could saw:
You leave that frog alone. That is a
private frog, and l will take>care OF it, 1t
was the most marvellous, thing / ever saw.
and l would like to have soma of you 90
out with me some time and see the pickessl
work. If it was nca Intelligence and graft
t;,de, how do you account for it?" said ihe
bald-headed mar, turning to a travelling
man who had a look of incredulity in his
face.
account for it?" said the travelling man,
lit is easy enough to account for it. You
are a conftpnded liar"
30" said the red-nosed man, ''somobody
must have told YOU" And the storytelling
] oeased.-PecH's Sun
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

a living for a'family. Others had stories
OF cats, COWS and goats, but finally a bald
headed man With a red nose, who had evil
Iently been out fishing, set lis jaw to wag-
,ging, and that settled it. Said lie:
Few people would believe that the fish
called a pickerel could show any affection
Or gratitude to man, but ! know better. /
was out fishing this.sumHner for black bass
1 was using frogs for bait and every little
while / would get a bite, and on pulling
up l would find that a fish lad scrapeL the
pants off my frog with his teeth, or that
he had taken a hind leg off. 1t was not a
characteristic of the black bass to bite That
way, and / was annoyed. / would put on
fresh frogs, ard the fish would bite them
in two, not touching the hook at all. Every
time, after a bite, a big picksrel woulG
swim along on top Of the wates, and look.
up at me with a eumical expression, as
much as to say: %, why don't you give us
a1iznows? l put on another hook, and
finally l had Mr.. Pickerel where the hair
was short. and hauled him in. He kicked
ard; acted sorry, and after l removed the
hoolS from his mouth l let him go, and he
dove into the water and wiggled his tail as
much AS to say: Il am c~onfoundedly
obliged to you.' Well, / tislled for an hour,
and finally caught the Same pickerel again,
and l talked to him like. a Dutch uncle,
telling him he was To- gentleman tn be
fooling' around a man's frogs who had rever
done him any harm, and calling his atncn-
ton to- Tive fact that l had spared hiss Mfe
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
A CHINESE RlCkS!iAW.
Pho Astonishing vshlcles Driven. BY A.
MOnd. Eyed Coolies.

Pho Astonishing vshlcles Driven. BY Al.
m"nd.Ewed Coolies.
Trot, trot, tros along tae. smooth.
sunny. but bambao-shaded. high road,
Il have d little laisure now to observe
these astonishing rickshaw. coolies.
They wear the enormous tradit ona.
mushroom Chinese hat, suitable in
case either of beating rain or fierce sun,
under which are tucked their hard
plated pigtails for even a cooie
would feel himself disgraced wore he
minus a pigtail. They are bare
footed. bare-leggcd. b~are-armed.
and wear just sufficient rags to
save themselves from the charge Of
indelicacy. Their skins are sallow,
their Monaghan faces arc pinched,
their stature is small, their limbs
seem attenuated and loosely put to-
gcther. And yet these dcmoniacal-
looking wretches, to call whom ..broth-
rem" is, indeed, a heavy demand on
Jul charity. throw themselves for
ward into the shafts and drag
their carriages with its passengers.
who may be ton or may be twenty
stone. not ut a walk. or a shuttle, or
an amblc, but at a good round trot of
about six miles an hour. They neither
flag. pant, nor perspire. but keep up
this pace for two or three miles at q
stretch. Would not the most renowned
European athlete or pedestrian be but
a feeble coney in comparison? More
over, these coolies have to content
themselves at the end of their journey
with five cents-a cent is a fraction
less than a half-penny. They exult if
they receive ten cents. and consider
the donor an utter fool ii he gives them
fifteen cents.
The first sensations at being con-
veyed in a rickshaw are those OF min
glcd amusement and shame. One
likens oneself to a drunken masquera.
der or to an unostentatious bul!oon.
Then habit begcts Indifference. Digni-
taries of the church. dignitaries of the
Government. dignitaries of the law,
soldiers. sailors, and even the well-to-
do Chinese. all have recourse to them;
and the sergeant in his rickshaw sa-
lutes the colonel in his lickshaw with
precisely the same gravity as though
both were on parade. Perhaps the full
absurdity can be best realized by con.
sideriug What would be the effect pre-.
duccd were the Dean of Westminster
to be trundled in a whcclbarrow down
%liccadilly by q dirtT. ragged little Lon,
don Arab cornhM Aagazins
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
WREJcHED sYcoPHAMcX.
A Critic Whose Opinion Depended on Cir
cumstances

A Critic Whose Opinion Depended on Cir
cumstances.
Gilhooly is one of those fellows who
makes it 4 point to tally everybody with
| whom he ONE in contact, even if he
has to do it at the expense OF SOMEBODY
else. Gus De Smith,. who has a re-
markable talent for music; recently
composed the sad.lest kind Of a dlrss
and called it '.-"he Beggar's Dream"
The piece was played in public for tie
first time by Miss Birdie MeGinnis. the
sister Of Hostettcr McGinniss at a m'si
Gale, or some such shindig, at the na'n'
sion OF Colonel Percy Yergsr. Ate:
Miss MeGinnis bad finished play!ns'
she. asked Gilhooly how he liked it
"Yonr playing was, superb. sou!
touch is wonderful. but tell me- Mrs
Birdie, why do you play a,ch a wresrhea
thing as Gus dc Smiths 'l'esSal : !,
Drealn.' which really should be caI'e y
! the 'lseggar's Nightmase.' Yca'c can |
do Yourself justice when you play suI u.
q wretchcd piece as THAT. If il mad ~,
been for Your exquisite playing lay
piece would haue been Kissed" -,
Of course, Miss. BEnlie felt very mu ~
lastered, and was, Subsequently, nea as
to speak of the Intelligence and ss'0a
looks OF GAhooly. .;4
/ Later in the evening. GusD nimr
Ole brilliant composer. asked oi'nov wv
TO step outside. At first. GilhooA, sr M
posed that Gus had head abc'' ~
adverse criticism of the musical md
ductioM. and he wishe1 he EAU u,h m1
spokca so disparagingly OF Gus "a1
they got outside Gus said in an e'i'S
voice: r.,ne
%..Gilhooly. let's 60 to jules 6oF'']
fela's and latter our digesters' =. ed
They went into Jules Bocnefe1" , 'rst
loon. After the ceremony was ~"
Gus said: NO J
Now, Gilhooly. l know you s'p u,a]
Judge OF fine music. Iwant your
did opinion about that little 90"
Gus" replied G;ilbooly. selzlns son NJ
friend by the hand, you are the cv vM3
ing Texas Mozart. but whv ao n a
get u musician to play it lns''RIi rli|
that dreadful piano-poHn 'eL' at all
McGinnis. She has no touc4 ri thl
Ii it hadn't been for the mell.Ih bavl
piece itself the people wo"io
Kissed her OF the stage nor,
Then Gas lie Smith OIL u cri.id
pressed the hand of the cano .u.t 'ea
and told j, lsss Bornefeld to 's'
up again" Texas Sy!s"g*
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
CREATURES.
The Intelligence Which Distinguishes
Animate Things.

Some gentlemen were riding Oh a train
one hot day, and sending clouds of smoke
out of the windows of the s%moking-car, and
telling stories to while away the time. The
conversation turned on the intelligence Of
animals, and several related incidents that
had come under their observation, which
demonstrated that animals had sense. One
told of a horse he had that would wait
around saloons half the night, waiting for
him, going from one saloon to another, with
the buggy, and when he was drunk enough,
and his friends had loaded him into the
buggy, the horse would go home on q slow
walk, and rap or the window with his nose,
and wake the mans wife up to let him in,
and the next day the horse would look
ashamed of his master. Another told of a
retriever dog he had that would retrieve
nothing but canvasscd hams. He would
steal a ham in front of a grocery, or in a
storeroom of 2 neighbours house, and al
ways bring the ham home in good shape.
The man said one such dog could earn half
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

ABRAHAM PERRY, a colored man. WAC
died at Harrisburg, Pa, the other day,
at the age of lightweight, was famous
as the insured of a great many graveyar,s
insurance policies. At one time there
was $4,000 of speculative insurance
'on his life. He vas expected to. die at
any time, but Notwithstanding bad
whisky, he survived all the graveyard
companies.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

SENERAL cases of accidental poison
ing through the mistakes OF careless
.ness Of druggists have occurred through
out the country in the past couple of
weeks. Perhaps a law requiring the
druggist to take a prescribed dose of
the medicine before leaving his hands
might work a wholesome reform. 1t
would at least kill off stupid OF careless
druggists, and save the lives Of innocent
customers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

JACKSON, Mich, is all torn up over
a raid made by its Police Commission
-ers on a prominent gambling house, in
which they arrested the Mayor,a number
of city officials and other prominent
citizens. This strange conduct on the
part OF the police naturally arouses the
Indignation Of the aforesaid gentlemen.
The question now is, What shall be done
with the Mayor, and before whom shall
he be tried?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

The Emperor of Germany has: de-
<clded that owing to the SPANISH ships
having arrived three days before the
German gr1nboat, the Island of zap,
one Of the Caroline group, shall be
given up to Spain. 1t would be advis-
able for Spain, when she takes possess
; sion of an island hereafter, to hgng out
a red lantern after the Spanish flag is
hauled down at night.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

IT is a remarkable instance of lon
gevity that t%hirty-one Of the port Whit
tiers schoolmates should still bsA living
a reunion of these old classmates is is
be held in a few days, the poet being in
such health as to warrant the indul.
gence. AS Whittier is considerably past
the age of three-score and ten it would
be interesting to know the aggregate
ages Of his thirty-one schooanfates.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

SOME sixteen years ago the Legisla-
ture of Minnesota abolished capital
punishment, and murders steadily in
creased. Last winter the death penalty
was restored, and the first hanging
took place in that State a few days ago.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
JAPAN ENGLISH.
Tie vernacular as She Ia Written by the
Japs.

D~ietionarie, are not generally anus.
ing reading. But then most diction-
aries do not partly consist OF lowe
letters, as does a Japanese and En-
glish Dictionary, with an Appendix OF
an English Grammar. Composition and
Conversation" lately published at
TOXIC. Here is a specimen, which
shows ono of two things. either that
yoang Japan is "ah there in the
matter of chivalrous, devotion to the
far sex, or that it knows how to make
a discreet Use of scissors:
EyoM A GENTLEMAN TO HIS COUSIN.
TO WHOM He Is, MUCH ATTACHED.
(Address...-..,)
(Bnte in tull........)
MY DEaE........ l wonder viii i hear
1rom yon to-day by this evenings post, Tor
sresh and beautiful. Dhave been expecting
aline ailthe week aMd.have felt loreiy at lis
non-aRpearancc. IT. do not hear l will, ut
curb my hn Datiencs tor the momcrt.
! You have my letter by this and the poetry,
on shoald no rather say verse; No, be-
OF my pieces. HOW little l Thought twelve
months ago, when on my way home; l wcall
ever write you verses OF That Kind. l left
SOu = WIZ AiSSlc, ttSSHSCC pet, DCE 100 EOunU
TO thank OF anght else than girlish rompinys,
and the lessons you said were so, hard, and
when returneh-ah, me! what changes are
wroaght in y few years!-you ware the same
sweet pet, but instead OF the.wee Isssie I
Jaw y blushlns girs budding into woman.
hood.
Mt aines. but II, Is really positively nrue II
k1ow-happMy for me happily for you. tool
my dear, YOU. have often told me, ana as
6m only too willing to believe; to Law the
Hatterins m,ation to my: soul is to me no
h;.rda matter. L need not tell YOU, 1t 10. 8
very grateful. JUNCTION. ant. wondeaiully re.
l wish could have haCs YOU wa3,. mo los,
night walking home. So lovely it was. So
balmy aiter the rain; butt we will have:inunS
such walEs together in days to come wieS
there snail be none 70 say no. ~
Now, goad-by, darling, and forget me not
Evsh ti"s {sis}.
Ever, time'' is not bad, but the sc,s.
sors x rather too palpable. There is
more. originality in the following:
Address. .
(Date III full.
n.s"stiy consrlulat shat youv n.arriag,
Pcaous manner. with which you are nirnsaI
atat nope yon Will accept the omnnn
ssan AS a Sigh. token ., my goou wisfes-
eau upon yoA~ ~
Here is something in the commercial
Line:
MY dear sr. rDntt in').
having unexpected bill to take rS
being AZ present rather short of cash. ~
.he 'lacrty of troubling you for thn s !"
, pat".aes n 9: I II T. .hsr !MIisa Is at present be-
let Me have the whole, A mart VIII syn nsn :
ihs.y ob!irr Yam y W. exceed
"iour very troubly'' is a stroke o
better paint the feelings of one VIZ" !;
! "galhsi short Of cash''!-yapan liail
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

LIE recent awkward and bungling
attempt to rob a train in Missouri shows
ahat since the James boys quit the bust
oess 1t has become one of the lost arts
IN that State. How the ex-outlaw,
Frank James, must have chuckled when
he read of the inglorious failure OF his
would-be imitators.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

THERE are now 2,712 National Banks
in operation, twenty-three having been
added to the list since July /, at which
date there were 1850 banks. Altogether
$3.50 banks have organized under the
National Banking Act, of which 677
have Withdrawn or failed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

The king of the Dudes" Mr.. f.
Barry Wall, Of New York City, is tinan-
cially busted. Three years ago he came
into possession of a fortune of $500, 900.
*Ihe other day his check for 1925 was
protested. He was a gorgeous swell
while his money lasted; was said to pos.
sess q suit of clothes for every day in
the year, and had no less than five hun
dred pairs of pants. His father and
grandfather were rope-twisters, and
made fortunes i'll the business.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

AT a recent meeting of specialists for
the discussion of the cholera question,
DR. Koch, the German investigator.
reiterated, as the general result of his
researches, that the comma bacillus
manifests itself nowhere but in cholera
cases, and is never absent from them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

The Indian population of Dakota is
52,5ll, and the total area of Indian res
erFalions, as they at present exist in the
Territory, is 41,94S square miles, Or &c.
S47,lo5 acres. This is an allowance of
go acres of land for every individual
Indian, counting in the old men, women
and children.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
TO

All communications for this paper should be accom-.
panied by the sname Of the author OF not e necessarily cf,S rG f 2
part Of the writer. Write only on one side OF the pa.
per BE particularly careful In giving names and oates
to have the letters and figures plain and distinct. Prop.
or names are often difficult to dccipher, because OF the
careless manner III %ttchth arc written.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

THE United States takes the lead in
maintaining weather stations above the
clouds. Pixies Peak is IA, l5l feet above
the level OF the sea. Great Britain's
pet and loftiest mountain, Ben Nevis, is
only 4.4o4 feet in height. Leh, in India,
is 1l,503 feet high, and Mount Sonnen-
biick, in Austria, 1911 feet. The Pic
du Midi Observatory, France, is $3.50
feet high; the Col di Valdobbia, Italy,
$500 feet, and the Stelvio 8,343 feet.
SAINTS and the Great St. Bernard,
The pride of Switzerland, are over 5000
feet nigh.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

BILLS will be introduced at the COM
ing session of Congress for the admis-
sion of Dakota, Washington and New
Mexico Territories as States.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02

DIR. E. PARMLY BROWN says the ex>
cessive use of common salt is one of the
main factors in the destruction of human
teeth.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

PITTSBURGH reports the outlook in the
iron trade has not been more favorable
for a number OF years than at present.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-17
LOCAL BREvIIIES.

No arrests were made last night. Police
business is very dull.
The |. B. h W. passenger train to Colum-
bus was over an hour late this morning.
Comparatively few of Sprngheld's young
people are going away to school this year.
The Plug Hat brigade will make a street
parade tomorrow, beginning at o'clock p. m.
Among the patents issued this week TO Ohio
men was one to Rodney F. Ludlow, for a
drive chain.
The new police will not 80 on duty until
next Wednesday. Their bonds will have to
be confirmed by council.
Quite number Of Springfield people went
to Cincinnati today, to attend the ball gwen
by the Order OF Ciucinnatus this evening.
John Smith, laborer working on the
Center street sewer, was cut about the head
yesterday, by the falling of a heavy stone oil
| the enbankment.
A car in the Ohio Southern yard, which
| had lust been transferred from the G. c. C.
4 l., was broken into yesterday and cadd!
, OF tobacco stolen.
Halt the proceeds of the tickets sold by th'
local reliet committee OF Columbus for thu
"wid West show will be donated to th'
Washington c. H. sufferers.
The prohibition central committee say
there is small chance of their accepting tn
greenback challenge for a joint debate be
tween Leonard and Northrop.
W. NJ. Rockell, of this city, was elected
delegate to the National Camp, Patriotic Oh
der Sons OF America, by the State CAM
which is now in session at Newark.
Joseph Bressman died this morning at b
late residence, No. III West High stree
aged twenty two years. The funeral will
held Friday afternoon at two o'clock.
Copies of the new rules of court, propose
for adoption by the committee on rules
the Clark county bar, were distributed anon
the attorneys this morning. They give gel
eral satisfaction.
Hon. Geo. c. Rawlins and others will a
|. dress tine Plug Hat brigade at the wigwam
1 | morrow night There will be a street para,
: beginning at I o'clock. Every republics
: | should be there.
/, Work is being rapidly pushed on Re
Mitchells new boulevard. A large force
men 10 now at work grading, and in fe
? weeks the road will assume some shape.
e will be the finest drive in or around the ci'
;. In Thursday mornings issue, the Commc
cial Gazette modi6es its challenge TO |
j. Leonard, so that the bishops can select thr
. laymeu to make the investig CATION. ltfurtht
;, more provides that they shall take all I
= time they require.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-17
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

The columns OF the GLOBE REPUBLIC are open
at all times to its readers. short communications
on timely topics will be inserted rdder the above
head the paper taking no res es,,ons,bility for the
opinions expressed.
Has DIR. Leonard Gone Crazy?
To the Editor of the Globe Republic.
SIR-A prominent republican is authority
for the statement that Dr. Leonard, at Lud-
low Falls, said that the memorials sent in
from the churches TO the Cincinnati and
North Ohio conferences emanated from the
saloon keepers of Cincinnati. The aforesaid
prohbiuonist. himself Methodist, protessed
to believe it, saying that DR.. Leonard had
authority for the statement. What authority,
please, DR.. Leonard Do you really believe
that laymen of the n. +. Church are so ig-
norant that they have to have their memorials
or protests prepared for them, or that they
are so degraded that they would vote, through
their official boards, papers prepared by the
saloon B-Keepers? That is pretty strong in
dictment for a Methodist preacher against his
brethren In Christ.
The writer Of this happens to know
that the memorial adopted by the High
street board was written by Judge Dial, q
member OF the board, and that the protest
from the Central church, signed by John p
Winter, j. d. OtstUt, John Sterritt, GeoTg,
| Horner, Peter Slack and Marcellus Johnston
all official members o. that church, was pre-
pared by one of the si9nsrs of it. What Dc
our Methodist friends OF Dayton think of DR.
| Leopard's charge, in effect that they are th'
| s,ool-pigeons of the C,ncinnati ssloon-keep.
| ers? Surely, DR.. Leonard, if You are
| Christian, you are a Christian gone Graz,
from hatred of whisky as a beverage.
| CHARITY.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-17

The mere announcement Of Jos. jefferson
10 Springfield will insure him big house. II
has been several years since Jefferson ap-
pesred before Springfield audience, having
made a worldwide reputation in the charac-
ter of Rip Van winkle, and 10 even more
successful in his new piece, which he will
produce here, supported by strong company
on Friday evening, Sept. 25th. This 10 bu,
one Of the many strong attractions that will
be presented to patrons OF the Grand the com
ing season, and the management assures us
that nothing but frst-clsss attractions will be
played at the above house during the season