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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
THE CATTLE-GRoWERs.

"A Partial Programme of the Business to
BE Transacted at Their Coming Con-
ventiOn in Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nov. THE third National
Convention of the cattle-growers of
America will be held in the Sherman House
November II and IS. The convention will
be composed of delegates appointed by the
cattle-g:owers', breeders and dairy
mems associations and societies, State
boards of agriculture, agricultural
colleges, and Ess agricultural press
of the United States, Canada and
Great Britain, and delegates-at-large, to be
appointed by the Governors Of States and
Territories, to represent the general cattle
interests. Every Important question bear
ing upon the cattle interests Of the country
will be given attention during the COLI
vention. Addresses will be delivered
on the Importance of the cattle interest
by Hon. N. j.. Colman, United States
Commissioners of Agriculture; Oh grazing
Interests, by Judge j. NJ. Carey, of Wyom-
ing; on shipping of cattle, by United States
Senator John r. Mcpherson, of New Jer-
sey; on transportation, by Senator Cullom,
OF Illinois; on canned meats, by A. A.
Libby, of Chicago; OH American dairy in
t%erests, by Major II. E. Alvord, of New
York: on creameries, by G. w.
Simpson, of Massachusetts; on contagious
disease Of cattle, by Prot. ID. ID. Salmon, Of
Washington, ID. c.; foreign restrictions
upon the cattle trade, by Hon. Abram S.
Hewitt, of New York; on National and
State legislation, by Hon. James Wilson, of
Iowa, n on the art of breeding, by
Colonel w. A. Harris, of Kansas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
PlrH N POINT.

"A fellow who goes out with a,;.,.
coat often has no difficulty IN com;nsS;aNs
with a heavy cold.--Bostox Trans,.r IN
"A man named Cannon, employed; -
a Pittsburgh foundry, went otfthe othar
day loaded to the muzzle, and on h;s
return was promptly discharged.-p1Mls
adelphia Cali. 1"'-
Archery has been almost ignored
this season. for what reason Fashionable
young ladies' know best. We WON'T ar
row their feelings by suggesting a scar.
city OF beaas. -Lhicago Tribune.
did YOU ever think, when a person
tells you that you look younger every
time he sees you, that you must have
appeared to him like a veritable Methn.
selah a year or two aeo?-Bostom Tran.
script.
"A b%iographer of Paganini saws tbo
great violinist played 'now like an
angel, now like a demon-ncver like =
mortal man." There are thousands of
%violinists in this country who possess
n of Pag's gifts. They don't play
like a mortal man-nor an angel either,
-NorylStoWn Herald.
WIZ you ~ Iou WcIC ~
she sang vigorously at the piano. and
turning to him, said, what would YOU
do?' "Well, love-" he answered.
'.judging from your disposition and the
color of your hair, I'd say you would
take a club and knock me off that piano
stool if [ didn't stop S nging."-Mer-
chant Traveler.
.-Wife-"Mufins all right, my dar-
lingp" Observation-Disclosures nv
pet" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
trcmb.es] how is the cotfee:9' Hus-
band-"Exce lent" Wife (greatly ae-
itated)-'Not SO good as your mother
used to make, my da~ling?" Husband
(calmly)-''My mother never knew
how to make coffee at all. precious"
Wife falls into a deadly swoon. Tab,
leau.-Ch,cago JournGs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
Collision of Steamers.

CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 1.-THE steamer
Mountain Girl, carrying Holland & Nc
Mahon's Circus from L~awrencebnrg, Ind,
to Vevay, or Rising Sun, collided at about
one O'Clock yesterday morning about a mile
below Laughery Island, a dozen miles
below L%awrenceburg, with the steamer
James w. Calf, and was sunk with
ten valuable horses, a number of
snakes, and all the circus tents
and paraphernalia. John King, Of Cincin-
natl, and Richard Harrell, of Lawrence
burg, are missing, and it is believed that
they were drowned. Some OF the circus
men say they saw King in the water. The
remainder of the people on the Mountain
Girl, numbering between thirty and forty,
were rescued ana brought here to-day by
the Calf. Many of them arrived hatless
and shoeless, and some nearly naked.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

Millions of Dollars Worth of Agricult-
ural Machinery Sent from America to
Other Countries Significance of This
Fact.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-sWe beat the
world Oh mowers and reapers," says an Off
cial OF the Bureau of Agriculture. "This
department has finished a compilation Of
figures on the exports of farm
ing machinery from this country. Be-
designation as such in our statistical
reports. They were simply included in
other classes Of manufactured articles, and
not until 1870 was there a division of these
implements so that we can know just what
was exported. But from 1870 to 1884, in
elusive. we sent to other countries over
$50, 500, 900 Of agricultural machinery, and
OF this nearly one-half consisted of mowers
and reapers. Great Britain has patronized our
manufacturers of these machines to the
amount of over 5000. 600 in the past tf-
teen years; Germany, over 1000, 900;
Australia, over 81, 1000, 900; France, nearly
81, 800, 900: Argentine Republic, over ST.
600, 600. and the British possessions in
North America over $500, 900. Our exports
of agricultural implements jumped up from
q little over $500, 600 in 1864 to over 81, OOO,-
600 i'll 1870, and to nearly SIS, 800, 600 in
1884.
''There is a significance in the figures,
aside from the general interest which will
be felt in this evidence of appreciation of
Yankee ingenuity. Wherever this labor
saving machinery goes, there will be in
crease in the crops and saving in the cost of
their production and harvest. All OF this
has a very important bearing on the future
of agricultural production. The greatest de
mand for our implements comes from the
new colonies, where the population is in
c%reasing most rapidly. Last year the 4OO,-
900, 900 people of China bought only
$79 worth OF agricultural Implements
from this country, while the g. $780,
600 Chilians took from us SS4, 1876.
The general use of this improved machin-
cry in new countries insures its use in their
development--when their agriculture will
constitute a large percentage OF the agri-
culture of the globe. This is a subject for
American farmers to think about"
UNCLE SAM TAKES TIE DOLPHIN.
WASHINGTON, Nov. {. Secretary Whit
ney and John Roach have come to terms in
the Dolphin matter, and that ship has been
formally transferred to the Government.
The agreement under which the transfer
was made is that the courts shall determine
the liability OF the parties to the contract
under which the ship was built. 1t is
stipulated that the transfer to the Govern
ment shall not work all acceptance under
contract unless it is judically determined
that Mr.. Roach is entitled to compel such
all acceptance by instituting a suit for the
balance OF the purchase money unpaid.
Upon a contrary decision she is to he taken |
i'll satisfaction OF the money already adj |
vanced by the Government to her builder.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
LEADvILLE is 10, 200 feet abov,a tbo

L%EADv1LLE is 10, 200 feet above the
sea level, and has many mining camps
surrounding a good deal higher. The
'soifacrfoot on first climbing the noun
'Hal'A to Leadville has the experience of
'see'4gs the blood run from his nose. and
sometimes from his eyes and ears. Thu
miners work there the year round with
out q stone mansion to live in. Silverton
is smother mining town 6, 1924 feet above
the'ievcl. There are many more min
ing camps in the State of Colorado that
far exceed nine thousand feet of abovo
she levelaf the sea.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
They Will Not Sell.

MUsKoGEE, l. r., Nov. 5.-The Creeks
have decided not to sell Oklahoma at any
price. last summer there wa a wish to
get the sentiment of all the tribes on the
subject, and i council was called at Eu-
faula, and /: was then decided it would
not be best to SELF On Tuesday this
action was brought Up for ratification
by the Creek council. The bill quietly
passed the House of Kings, but when il
came to the House of Warriors it hung fire.
A vote was finally taken. which stood AZ te
sell and ~ to hold, when the Speaker, Ton
Adams, cast the deciding ballot in favor o,
retaining. Consequently the boomers will
have to stay out
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH.

He even forgot to charge a client five
dollars, under the head Of advice, for ask
ing the time on the steps of the City Hall.
One day the title of an old book on an
old book-stand caught his eye-"The
Moon, by Bjornbog %Skijajoghog, the great
Norwegian astronomer"
He purchased the book, and fell to de-
vouring it like a mailman.
Suddenly a yellow paper fell to the
ground.
1t bore the following cipher:
"Noomcht OF yaw sih clddap dina ecaps nj
miws nae ell. ytivnrg LA sesol sthgin cvif dina
syad evif ROT shgual ohw emo ynA."
Jacques spent weeks over the riddle.
One day when IN the verge OF madness
he happened to look backwards at it. All
was clear in a second.
The riddle read:
Amy one who laughs for five days
aud Eve nights, loses all gravity. He can
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
RETURNING IN TRIUMPH.

They try. Horrors!!! They can not de-
scend.
Who can describe their horrible situation,
hunting for days on the moons surface for
rocks to put i'll their pockets, to give them
weight.
At last their powers fail, and they fall
f~alnting in the sand.
Suddenly a cry rings on the air:
"Saved! Savcd!! Saved!!!" exclaims
jacques, in a paroNysm of JOY. 81 have
found it,
WHAT" gasped his friend.
"a copy of all English comic paper i'll my
vest pocket; we have nothing to do but
read the jokes"
In a few minutes more the adventurers
are falling through the air at Il frightful rate
of speed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
Scarcity of Deposits.

ToLoNo, ILL.,, Nov. 5.-There has no,
been for years such a dearth of deposits
among country banks in this part of the
State as there is at the present time. Banks
which at this season usually carry deposits
ranging from Ss25, 900 to 500. OO9 in many
cases now have less than one-fourth these
amounts, and some have next to none al
all. Country banks as a rule are also refus.
ing ever the most tempting offers for loans,
many of them finding collections very diff.
cult to make.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
The burners Triumnh.

Did you get n diplomas at the fail"
asked Deacon Dogwood of Farmer Fur
row.
"N-n-no, not yet" he replied, with a
faint effort to look cheerful; "rm in a
sort of a bad Ak -.
Why. what's the matter?' ~e~
wall, L had some fine oats OH exiibi-
tion.t and the jockeys took 'em for horse
feed; my ola woman had a crazy quilt
there, and the burned rascals used it for a
horse blanket. Sal had some of her best
1rult there, but the judges ate it all up. OF
course !! Kicked up a row. and they said
they,d give me a diploma to hush the mat
ter up."-Indianupolis Sentinel.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

GENERAL MCCLELLAN had the mis-
fortune to lose by fire the manuscript of
q work that cost him years of arduous
labor. When urged to reproduce the
manuscript, after the burning of Nor
rells storage warehouse where the pro
duction had been left, the General said
ne had not the heart to perform the task
over again; and thus, perhaps to the Sc
rlous disadvantage of our historical
annals, no part of McClellan's records
OF the war was ever reproduced.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

OFeighty-four female c%onvicts shipped
from Odessa a few days ago to Sagha-
lien, thirty-six were transported for kill
ing or attempting to kill their husbands,
twenty-five of the t~hirty-six being yet in
their teens. One bride of seventeen
sweet summers murdered her husband
SIX months after marriage; another, of
sixteen, killed hers within a week, while
q third, of eighteen, made herself a
widow on her bridal night with the as
sistancc Of a sledee-hammer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
Apples for New l,prk's Poor.

SALISBURY, Cenu., Nov I:-Apples i'll
this vicinity are so plentiful that they are
rotting on the ground. Recently a sugges-
ton was made that the waste be sent td the
poor in New York City. The suggestion
has been acted upon, and the benevolent
will soOT ship the fruit there by the ear
load. The New York Tribune says: "a
large number Of institutions have applied
for a portion Of the apples for distribution,
and any surplus after these are supplied
will be distributed among charitable organ
i%zations. 1t is hoped that other towns will
follow the good example OF Salisbury and
send on their surplus fruht or vegetables for
the Door OF the CITY,"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

AMONG the veteran commanders who
have lived to be over eighty years arc
Wellington, Scott and Won Moltke.
Hannibal. Frederick the Great, Lafay-
ette' General Gates and Napier lived to
oc over seventy. Themistocles, Wash
1ngton, Grant and Lee were between
sixty and seventy and Mcclellan was in
his slxtieth year. MCPHERSON, A. s.
J%ohnson, stonewau Jackson, Kcarney
and Custer are among our distinguished
generals who met death on the battle
field.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
CHAPTER III,

CHAPTER II.
Aglorious full moon throws her splendid
radiance DER the palace of Jondrette's papa
in Fifth avenue.
The family bulldog is pouring forth his
soul in the back yard.
A young man kneels at the feet of JON
drette's papa. His hand is clasped in the
lily-white t1ipper of Jondrette.
Jondrette is weeping.
Ina short space of time she had shed
four quarts OF tears.
To be more eXplicit-a gallon.
Nothing would soften the hard heart of
the old man.
In vain they threatened to commit sui
eide and other crimes.
Twill nothing move you, hard hearth"
gasped Jacques.
eyes, Monsieur, she is yours
A wild cry of joy broke from the lips of
the happy pair, and rang and re-ecfoed
through the awful silence Of the dark dun
geon-no we mean through the richly-fur-
nished apartment. CHE fact is we were
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
TOO MUCH EVEN FOR a CA

1t was . tiny little BIRD
That sat upon Il tree
And warbled from her %throbbing throat
Her trilling minstrelsy.
A %crouching, creeping Thomas cat
GaZed at her from below,
But she sang on and pad no heed
Unto her cruel foe.
And nearer crept the Thomas cat,
And then he made II spring.
The hapless bird was in his mouth!
But ceased not yet to sing.
o! then chaste. music's holy charm
Itself made felt ere long:
The cat released the singer, which
Still chantcd its clear song.
All, baficd cat! ah. happy bird! II
An, music's wondrous power!
The bird, though. was II pretty TOW,
Which, wound up, sang an hour!
Boston Gazette.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

THERE are engaged in the fishing in
dustry OF Europe and America upward
OF 100000 vessels and 600, 900 men. The
annual product of fish is not much short
OF l,50O,0 600 tons, but few people will
stop to realize the Importance of these
figures. AS a ton of fish is equal in
weight to about twenty-eight sheep, q
years supply of fish food for Europe
and America might be represented by
~, 600, 900 sheep.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

getting this story mixed with next weeks
romance, and beg the readers pardon for
the m~istake.)
"on one condition." continued the old
man, with a scornful laugh.
Shame it." said both, in a breath.
THAT you bring me a chunk of the green
cheese from which the moon is made, to
eat with my beer" said the old man, with
a hideous leer.
Jondrette gave a low moan and fell faint
ing over a King Anne rocking chair.
II will do it," said Jacques.
CHAPTER III.
For days Jacques tasted nothing.
He pored night and day over works on
astronomy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

eTHERE must be a dullness in the iron,
trade. Two highwaymen industriously
Swallowed, held up and robbed Mr.
Jewell, Adrian, Mich, hardware mer-,
chant, the other evening, but only real
lied even and a half cents a piece OF
the whole transaction.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

HENRY WARD BEECHER has eight
dogs on his Peekskill farm. Henry may
save a great deal in hay and pasturage
by stocking his farm with dogs, but
when he comes to sell his butter he'll
wish he'd invested q few dollars in
COWS, says q New York paper.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
In u Critical Condition.

Minister Gust before church service)-
How is our worthy brother, Deacon Smith.
getting 81, Doctor?
Physlcian-He is in a very critical condk
ton. l Was at his house three times yes
terday and once this morning.
Minister with concern)- I will
ask the prayers Of the congregation in his
behalf.-N. Y. Sun, 1s
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

EVER since Canada became known
to civilized man, smallpox has prevailed.
Many account for its prevalence by the
fact that the inhabitants are radically
opposed to vaccination. Many eminent
physicians arc of the opinion that vacci-
nation would soon remove the dreadful
epidemic.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

IT is not probable either Bulgaria or
Scrvia will consent to the proposition of
the Constantinople conference to disarm
while Turkey is straining every nerve to
strengthen her army and navy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
TO

All communications for this paper should BE- accom-.
2sn;,si by the name of the author; not necessarily for
publication, but as an evidence of good faith on the
TART of the writer. Write only on one side of the pn-
per. BE particularly careful in giving names and dates
er names arc often difficult to dccipher, because of III.
careless manner in which til, y are written.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
CHAPTER V.

The foreman is yelling for copy. and we
shall have to condense this last chapter.
Jacques-glad cry-green cheese-beer-
Bless you, my children-Do you take this
woman?--l do-superb collation., elegant
S-S-S-newspaper reporters,
recherche. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., etc.
twenty-tlree corner Observation-Disclosures
silver-plated butter dishes.
II END
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

BROTHER A. e. SoLoDER, a distin-
gulshed and highly educated Cannibal,
was introduced to the startl d members
of the M. e. Conference, at Washington,
a few days ago. Brother Soloder en-
planned that he was a Fijian, and that in
his early days he had affected q diet of
boiled rice and missionary, but for
tllirty-five years past he had been amis-
sionary himself. Human flesh, he X
planned, was something like mule, only
SWeeter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
A WAR REALITY.

Meeting of Father and Son on the Blood,
Decks of the Harriet Lane.
A day or two since as the corre-
spondent was visiting the Episcopal
Cemetery, in the western part of the
city in company with a friend, his at
tention was attracted by Il modest tomb
stone under the shade of a vigorous
live oak, bearing the following ms Grip
ton:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

THE Utah Commission has reported.
showing considerable progress in prose-
cutting Polygamists, and encouraging
prospects for the future. D.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
A. TRIP TO THE MOON.
jacques Courbeaudocq's Wonder
full Achievement.
The LOvers-The One Conditlon-The NIys-
terious Riddle and Its Solution-The
Journey-"Saved! Saved! !"-The
demonstrating Bells.
AFTER JULES VERNE.
[3obert ID. Brain, in Texas Siftings.1

CHAPTER /.
jacques Courbcaudocq was a lawyer.
He was a criminal lawyer.
1t is sometimes difficult to disting uish
which is the criminal, and which is the
lawyer, but let that pass.
Lawyers are men who collect claims on a
five per cent. basis.
n You get the five per cent-the lawyer
gets the rest.
Lawyers get more rest than any other
class Of professional men.
JacquN had red hair.
1t was so frey that the building inspect
or ordered him to wear a fire escape down
his back.
The foregoing statement is poetic license
that is, it is Il lie.
Jacques loved a beautcous maid named
Jondrette.
Jondrette's papa was a retired sausage
manufacturer from Chicago.
lie had been knighted by the New York
Genealogical Bureau OH payment of forty
dollars. The trinity OF life to him was his
pipe, cheese and beer.
Love for Jondrette caused jacques heart
to beat wildly from morn to night.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

MAYOR HARDY, of Lincoln, Neb., has
made Il great many enemies by his
strong stand in favor of temperance.
One of them the other night left a coffin
at his door as a warning. The Mayor
promptly sold the coffin for S13 and
gave the money to a temperance society.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

IRON or steel sleepers for railroads are
urged by MI. Jeremiah Head, President
OF the Institute of Engineers, in Eng
land, on the ground that metal is better
thar wood for the purpose, and that the
use of wood is most wasteful, since tim
Der for ties will only last some nine
years while that in the roof or flooring
of a house would endure for a century.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
ToPlcS OF THE DAY.

TIE elections are over and the people
may now get down to the more peaceful
pursuits of Thanksgiving and Christ
mas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27

cheese knife and forty pounds of humor-
GUS papers.
When they reached the top of the eleva-
tor they looked straight up and commenced
to laugh. They read and laughed, and
laughed and read.
People said they are mad"
For five days and five nights they
laughed.
At the end of that time they had no
weight. Their gravity was completely
overcome.
They could float in space.
With a glad shout they sprang out into
the ether, and began to paddle like mad
men for the moon.
On and on they sped, paying their re-
spects to the Big and Little Bear. the Seal,
the Walrus, and other animals i'll the celes-
tial menagerie. They said to a huge star:
''Nho are you!"
Uranus" was the reply.
"You're another" said they.
At which the stars in their courses
grOaned in chorus.
The journey is at last over and with a
glad cry the T0ydgeurs strike chcesn tirmd.
In a trice Jacques cuts a huge fragment
from the surface of the moon, and wraps ii
in a silk handkerchief.
"Let us descend" said he.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
HIS HEART.

1t beat so loudly as to annoy the rest of
the boarders.
But by all means let us avoid turning this
original romance into a farce.
Il will ask for her hand" said Jacques.