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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
pITH AND POINT.

Water colors are not used in paint
Ing towns red, because water colors are
not fast colors.
Never put a hot iron directly upon
silk. Send the silk to the washerwpm-
an. She will do it for you.
To scour knives easily, mix a small
quantity of baking soda with your brick
dust and then hire somebody to do the
securing. =.
mo woman is educated" says s.
w. Burnap, s'who is not equal TO the
When you see a man leave his club at 8
can make up your mind that his wife is
highly educated.
-Housekeepers who have white mar
bic stoops to keep clean, can save time
and labor by washing them with q mop
which has been dipped in boiling hot
water and soda. A good deal Of soda
should be put into the water and al
lowed to dissolve. The plan has tho
advantage of being inexpensive, as
medicine for colds, consumption and
pneumonia are now quite cheap.-Ar-
kamsaW 1'racelcr.
These crazy spelling reformers are
trying to persuade people to spell kiss
with n s. The attempt will be a
failure. The man who lifts a finger, so
to speak, to shorten a kiss, will bring
upon himself the hatred of the rising
generation. The tendency is rather to
add more SIS. That is, to make the
kiss a yard, a yard and a half or two
yards long, or as long as a strong
young man can hold his breath.-Bur-
dete.
Now that paper shirts have been
introduced, according to the Dry Goods
Bulletin, it will be in order to print q
sensational novel on the back OF a set
of shirts. Then when a man reads the
first instalment he will GO right off and
buy the whole set and sit up with his
shirts at night until he has finished the
story.
-''Madame," said a husband to his
young wife, in a little alteration which
will spring up in the best regulated
families, 'when a man ard his wife
have quarreled, and each other consid-
ers the other at fault, which of the
two ought to advance toward a recon-
oiliation?" 1.-The better natured and
the wiser of the two," said the wife,,
putting up her mouth for Il kiss, which
was given with an JUNCTION. She was
the conquerer.-M. Y. Ledger.
-..Poor john" said a trustful wife,
''has so much to do at the office that he
is often compelled to work nights"
''Are you sure that he spends the even
ings at his Officer" asked another mar
ried lady who was makinga an afternoon
call ''my husband said that he thought
he saw him at the French opera the
other night" ooh, your husband
must have been mistaken, I am sure"
responded the trustful wife, ''John
doesn't understand a word OF French"
Detroit Post. =
"A remnant of lace lay upon what
is known as the marked-down counter
of a large shopping establishment in
this city, and during a wait of fifteen
minutes the following remarks concern
ing it were made by lady customers.
each one drawing attention to it by the,
use of the word ':sweet:" isn't it too
sweet for anything?" ''What a sweet
lovely piece of lace!" 'sWhat did O
call it? 1t is a sweet pattern"
"Wouldn't it look too sweet and lovely
on my lawn?' ''Oh, mother, do buy
this for me; it would be so sweet on my
blue dress" eyes, and I guess it's a
sweet price, too.''-Harpe1's Bazar.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
A. d. 1884.

orr great eat.grandpapas "a schooles
Nyour fancics, Lita, We're you born
7, DAYS when Cotton Mather ruled
,ui dnmask petticoats were worn!
y01r pretty ways, your mocking air,
ssInI passed, mayhap, for Satan's wiles-
r. fra,ight with danger then and there,
To YOU, as to us your smiles.
Vnv not, We're inquest to begin,
Tie tokens are not far to seek:
ts,g-the dilnDlc of you chin;
Vcp-thnt trnckle ON your check.
Grace shields his simple soul from harm
Who enters your Irritation niche,
Or trusts in whispered counter charm,
Alone with such a parlous WITCH!
Your fan a wand is, in Disguise;
II centuries, and we straight are drawD
Within Il witches Paradise
OF music, germans roses, lawn.
So through the season, where o go, "
All else than Lita men forget:
One needs no sccond-sight to know
That sorccry is rampant yet.
Now, since the hars no more await
Fair maids that practice sable arts,
Take heed, while I pronounce the fate
OF her who thus ~enSnareS our hearts:
In time you shall n wizard meet
With spells more potent than your own,
And YOU shall know YOU master, Sweet,
And for these WitcherieS tone. s..
For you at his behest shall wear
Veil, and seek with him the church,
And at the altar rail forswear
The craft that left you in the lurch;
But oft thereafter, mnsing long,
With smile, and sigh, and conscience
twitch,
You shall too late confess the wrong
captive and repentant witch.
Z. c. Stcdmaa, in Harper's Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09

Public telephone service has been
established throughout Belgium, and
converse five minutes5witll a friend or
business correspondent in Antwerp or
Liegc. An extra two cents entities him
to an extra five minutes: It is thong
that this system will largely superse
The sending OF written kilograms.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09

soe. Mistress Anne, faire neighbour myne
HIIow rides n witche when nighte wind:
blowe?
ro,r save that you are none too oode
M ;;ovnc the crewe in Salem wood,
W., ~ one YOU wot of gives the signe:
"Eightc well, methinks, the pathe yor
knowe.
y, Nectingc-time l watched you well,
WINES godly Master Paris prayed;
,nnr folded hands laye on you booke;
rYt Richard answered to a locke
d 49, fam would tempt him unto hell,
Where, Mistress Anne, your place is made
,ro,, locke into my Richards eyes d.
WIN evil chances shamelesse growne;
, ,n,,rd about his wristc a hair, =
I.n1 runsse what fingers tycd 1t there: -
liz ~ sS,Il not lightly be your prize %.
your Naster1irSte shall take his Owne. -
Wis not in nature lie shoulde be
who loved me soc when Syringe
%greene)
,cbildc, to hange upon your gowne!
H. loved me we'll in Salem Towne >
Tntill this wantOn witeherie
Iis hcarte and myne crept dark betweene
last sabbath nighte, the gossips saye,
Ynrr goodman missed You from his sid
H.. Mad no strength to move, until
ntnn as if in slumber still,
E1s..iIe him ut the dawne you laye.
ITrll. move. what meantime did betide.
name Anne, my hate goe with o fleete
"" rs drftes the Bay fogg overhead
Grover yonder hill .topp, where
Therc is n tree ripe fruite shall bear
when, neighbour myne, our wicked feet
me stones OF GaAowes Hill Ii tread.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09

"A residence Of sheet-iron.. is beng
erected in Sherman. Tex.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-09
WITChCRAFT
A. d. 1892.

Mistress Anne, faire neighbour myne,
sI now rides a witche when nighte- winds
~ rIpu,o2
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04
The Telephone Girl.

There had been an unusual clectri
cal disturbance, and the telephone girl
had received several discouraging
shocks while answering calls. As might
have been expected, this soured her
temper more or less, ana when 5S5
called she uttered her customary "hel
10" so snappishly that the manager who
sat by, knew somebody was about to
suffer.
"Give me Mr.. Bullwinkle's store,
please" said Mrs Bullwinkle, who had
called.
"All right Here it is.'
"Hello Is Mr.. Bullwinkle there ?"
"No,ma'am, replied one of the clerks.
"Do you know where he is ?"
AT this instant the healtless girl
switched on Warpman, who was de-
scribing the gentleness of horse he
was about to purchase TO one OF his
friends, and the reply Mrs. Bullwinkle
got was
81 was down to Farman's this after
noon, and when l went to the barn !
found Farman's wife with her arms
around his neck, and when l Ispoke
about taking him away, she l,egan cry
ing aud said she would not be able to
live without him."
''She did, eh?' said Mrs. Bu,lwinkle,
sputtering into the transmitter. "The
hussy Wen see y And when the
same number called for surgeon just
before bedtime, the telephone CIR
knew that Mrs. Bullwinklc "had seen.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04
Overwhelmingly defeated.


Daisy o, Daisy ~ almost shrieked
stylishly dressed lady at the Union
depot yesterday morning as she left
her two children and hurried through
the crowd. The cries and evident dis
tress of the lady touched the heart of
the bystanders, who followed her as
she looked under the trains and the
platform, crying all the while in a
piteous voice ''Daisy Daisy
where are you ~ Several unfeeling
men who got near enough to speak to
her were heard to mutter "--Daisy!"
ss they moved away with look of
disgust on their countenances. Others
were picturlng to themselves a pretty,
prattling babe wandering about in the
unfeeling crowd in a vain search for
its mother or, frightful thought
crushed beneath the WHEELS of car.
They followed her as she ran fran,ically
up the elevated waiting-room stairs
AT last, unable to find Daisy, the
woman returned to the depot, and TAX
ing seat burst into food of tears.
MADAME said Depot Master
Rogers as he led to her the two child.
rem whom he found wandering an ong
the crowd, Il found these two ont on
the platform and the other can't be
far away. Cheer up We will find
your other If not"
"Oh, it wasn't child" walled the
lady between her sobs, sit was my
ddog, Daisy"
The depot master waited to hear nc
more, and as he strobe furiously into
the gentlemens wailing-room he was
heard TO mutter between his teeth
several sentences not to be found in
the revised edition of the Old Testa
ment.-Ransas City Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04

A young postmaster of a village
postofiice was hard at work when a
gentle tap was heard upon the door,
and in stepped bashfu maiden of 6,
with money order, which she desired
cashed, She handed it to the official
with bashful smile; who after close
ly examining it, handed her the money
it called for. AT the same time he
asked her if she had read what was
written on the margin of the order.
mo, | have not she replied, "for ]
cannot make it out. Will you please
read it for me 2
The young postmaster read as tol
lows; 81 sent you three dollars and a
dozen kisses
Balancing at the bashful girl, he
said; "Now have paid you the money
and suppose you want the kisses"
"Yes," she said, "if he has sent me
any kisses ! want them, too"
1t is hardly necessary to say that the
balance of the order was promptly
paid, and in a scientific manner al
that, and eminently satisfactory to the
country maiden, for she went out Of
the office smacking her lips as if there
was taste upon them she never en-
countered before.
After she arrived home she remarked
to her mother; Sch, mother, but this
postoflice system of ours is great
thing, developing more and more ey
cry year, and each new feature added
seems to be the best. Jimmy sent M
dozen kisses with the money orde
and the postmaster gave me twenty
II beats the special delivery system al
hollow.-URited States Nail
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04

Employees Of French railroad compa.
MES have exceptional privileges Rat, s
OF freight on goods consigned to them
personally are ,ch lnyer thai the
usual rates. Tney rec live through
the special stores kept for them provis-
ions of all kinds at wholesale prices.
They can purchase fuel at the same
money as the company paid for it
They are attended by the company's
physician when they are sick, and the
medicine is supplied. gratuitously,
"Primes" are allowed TO all engineers
and firemen for economy in machinery
and fuel. If employees are killed while
on duty their orphans are placed in
the proper institution at the expense
of the company and kept there until
they are seventeen years old. These
facts are instructive as tangible efforts
to bridge over the chasm which too
frequently separates the interests ol
labor and capital.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04
DIR. McTaggart

This noted Specialist of Scranton, is the
only specialist this side of New York p hill
adelphia and Buffalo who makes an Xclu-
sive specially of treating chronic, long
standing and lingering diseases to which
man and womankind are subject, such as
Consumption, Bronchial affections, ScrOfu-
la, Salt Rheum, Loss of Manhood, Skin dis
eases, Rheumatism, Ulcers, Old Sores, Epi-
lepsy, Syphilis, Deafness, Loss of Voice,
Chronic DiarrhGa. Chills and Fever, Worms,
Liver complaint, Cancers, Tumors, Paraly-
sis, Tape worm, Heart disease, &c, &c,
EaFemale diseases a specially.
No matter how long you have been suf-
fering nor how many Doctors you haye EN-
ployed in vain, you should apply to DR.,
MoTAGGART at once, when he will tell di-
recty without holding out false hopes
whether your disease is strictly durable or
can only be relieved.
He owes his wide reputation for the sue
cessful treatment of all lingering or chronic
diseases TO experience and close appllca-
tion for over 20 years, and to no miraculous
polOer'
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY;
"IIe Is skillful honest, ericlent upright ana re-
liable and well worthy Of the peopl Is confidence
and esteem. lie always says exactly what ne
means and means exactly what he says."-scran'
' Vie ic Is 100 useful man TO lose, -Lackawanna
Democrat
Corner Lackawanna and Washington Avenues
SCRANTON, PA,
Sept lilly
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04
Politics Too Much for Him.

A lady on Fifth Avenue. New York,
quickly summoned doctor:
ooh, doctor, my husband is nearly
dead. lie attended caucus last night.
Hc made four speeches and promised
to be with his fellow citizens again to-
day. But oh, doctor, he looks nearly
dead"
"IIas he been in politics long 7"
"No, only last year. lie worked
hard for "James McCaulay's election :"
"He will get well, madam He has
a stomach for any disease, If he work
cd for him.
Political life, of short or long dura-
ton, is very exhaustiug, as ia evident
from the great mortality winch pre-.
walls among public men. Ex. u. S.
Senator b. X. Bruce, who has been
long in public life, says:
"The other day, when stepping into
a car at n crossing, found DR.. -
within. who eyed me up and down in
$ surprised way, remsrkin":
"'Why Senator, how we'll you lookl
"'Well, | feel pretty WELL | ans
wered." The doctor uttered an
incredulous reply, when the Senator
frankly told him, in answer to an
inquiry, that it was Warmers safe cure
which accomplished for him what the
profession had failed to do. Senator
Bruce says his friends are very much
astonished at this revelation of power.
The Globe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04

One hundred and five years ago
Nicholas Thomas and Lucy Somes
lived in Mt. Desert, Me-, and wanted
to be married. There was no minister
within thirty miles so they married
themselves. On the town records,
under date of 1880, is the contract
which they drew up and signed
agreeing, in "the presence of God, the
angels, and these witnesses, to love,
to cherish and nourish," and to Glove,
honor, and obey him." as husband and
wife, SO long as God should continue
heir lives.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04
1t Balanced.

"What are you doing down town
this time of night?" asked one pedes-
trian of another in front of the City
Hall, at ten o'clock the other night.
"Been working at my books down
at the office"
"What allied emf"
"My cash account wouldn't balance.
Old Smith was looking over the books
this afternoon, and he said he'd give
me till tomorrow noon to see that cash
balanced cash on hand account
"Can you find the error?'
ooh, I've found it and made every
thing balance. brought $50 G5 down
from the house, you know!"-Detroi
Free Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04
A Recent Law.

An act regulating the moving of ma
chinery propelled by steam was passed
at our late Legislature, we give it in
full as follows:
An Act to regulate the movement of
machinery propelled bv steam upon
the public roads and highways of this
Commonwealth.
Sec provides that it shall not be
lawful for anv person or persons own
ing or controlling for himself or 9th
ers, to move machinery propelled by
steam over any public road or highway
excepting under the provisions of the
act herein provided.
Sec. III. That in every case, when
such machinery propelled by steam is
being moved upon public road or
highway. it shall be the duty of the
owner or owners, or persons in charge
of such machinery upon the approach,
in either direction, of all persons trav-
elling in vehicles,or in charge of teams,
to move such machinery,as far as prac-
ticable, to the right or left of the road 20 a
position where the said approaching
vehicle or team may pass with the
greatest safety, and stop the same be-
fore such persons, travelling in vehicles
or in charge of teams, shall have ar
rived within three hundred feet of
such machinery, and the owner or own
ers, or persons in charge of the ma
chinery, shall signal such passing We
hicle or teams until they are safely by
the danger; and if there be any ob
struction to the view of the road it
shall be the duty of the owner or own
ers or persons in charge of such ma
chinery not to approach such obstruc.
tion nearer than three hundred fee,
without going to the place to see tha,
the road is clear or sending some com.
petent person fer the purpose.
Approved June 80, 1885.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04

One minutes Imprisonment in Jail
was the Punishment imposed on man
charged in Clarendon (Ark) court
with having sold the products of land
for which he had failed to pay rent.
The trial occupied several days, and
upon the verdict being pronounced the
condemned walked across the court
room and placed himself in charge of
the sheriff, who took him to the Jail,
where he served out one minute
time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04

A strip of Arabian paper dating
from the ninth century, and containing
woodcut with ornaments and initials,
has just been found among the papeis
of the Austrian Archduke Ralner.
This relic shows that the art of wood.
cutting was probably of Arabian origin,
or that il was, at all events, known TO
the Arabs in the ninth century.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04

The Chinese Government decided
finally few days ago to adopt a "for-
ward course in the construction of rail
roads. A contract has been signed for
the making of line from Taku to
Tong Chow, the contracting firm to
furnish the material and rolling stock
and the Government the capital and
labor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04

There are scores of persons who are
iffering from some form of blood dis
order or skin disease, such as Scrofula,
Bois, etc, etc. After practical test,
j. II, Mercer asserts that Acker's Blood
Elixir will certainly cure all such dis
eases, including Syphilis and Rheuma-
t'sm.' Ills net patent nostrum, but q
scientific preparation, he guarantees II.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04

Over one million boxes of Ackers
Dyspepsia Tablets scld in the past
twelve months, purely upon their
mni's. Why suffer with Chronic Con
slipalion, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach,
Sick Headache, Heartburn, and Female
Troublts, when j. ii. Mercer offers
you relief and positive cure in the
Dyspepsia Tablets. lie sells them on
q guarantee.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04

1t is remarkable circumstance in
connection with the recent taking of
the census in British Burmab, that
although the whole population is de-
voted to cock fighting, only one man
was returned as a cock fighter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04

After a thorough test j II. Mercer
most positively asserts that Acker's
English Remedy is the best medicine
for asthma, Group, coughs, whooping
cough and all lung troubles that can be
found. Ask him about it, for he fully
guarantees il.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04
LIKE HIS FATHER.
re was Amicted with stone In the
NIadder.


B1adder.
Mr.. s. W. Hicks, of Pleasant Valley, Duchess
county, N. v, the son of Mr.. f. $, Hicks whose
name may have appeared In this journal In con.
nectlon with an article similar to this, wss like
his father afllcted with stone In the bladder, only
that his case was more serious than his fathers
Tho father advised the son to write to Dr. David
Kennedy, OF Roundout, N v, who, he said, would
tell him what to do. Dr. Kennedy replied sug-
gestlng the use of KENNEDY'S FAvoRJTE REM
EDi, which had worked so successfully in the
fathers case. Mr.. Hicks, who had been assured
by the local physicians that they could do othing
more for him. tried FAVORITE REMEDY After
Two weeks use Of Il he passed a stone =. OF an
inch long and the thickness OF pipe stem. since
then he has had no symptoms OF IA return of the
trouble. Here Is sick man healed What better
results could have been expected? What Vreoter
Deneht could medical science confer9 Tie end
was gained; that Is surely enough Dr Kennedy
assures the public, by reputation which he can
not afiord 10 imper, that the FAvuRITE REM
EDl does lnvigorate the blood, cures liver kidney
ana bladder complaints, as well as all those dis
eases ana weaknesses peculiar to females.
Thousands of Grateful pccp,s, vol.
unfairly testify In letters TO Dr. Kennedy with a
warmi n and fullness OF words which mere htlsl
ness documents and certificates never possess
what "Favorite Remedy the great specific for
blood, liver and kidney disorders, has done for
them and their friends
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-12-04

IF YOU are threatened with or already have
Brghts disease or II you pass red or bloodyurtne,
or stringy-urine, or mtlkyurine = DR.. kilmer's
sWAMPROOF cOrreets all conditions and post
IF YOU expectorate or raise matter, froth or
phlegm-Dr. Kilmers INDIAN CONSUMPTION
OIL VIII remove the causes, and cure you, ASK
your druggist for 1t. 25c 5Oc., 81.
IF YOUR children have heart disease give them
Dr. Kilmers OCEAN-M EED HEART REMEDY.
ASK your druggist for It. u,