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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-24
pIr4 AND POINT.

Bundle paralysis is a new disease,
II generally attacks q man on his way
nome from the grocery store.
Doctors say drinking too much
coffee makes bald heads. Telling this
female OF the house that her coffee is
nothing but slops' will also do it
Boston Post.
IF a man could only catch fish as
easily as he can lie about it!' laments
a Texas editor. He could if he UNDER
stood fishing as we'll as he does lying.
-Puck.
The earth would be a compare
lively pleasant dwelling place if it were
not for the man who is always talking
about 1.-THE good old times."- Washimg-
ton Hatchet.
1t is claimed that if Odlum, the
Brooklyn Bridge lunatic, had kept
straight he would not have been in
jured. The same thing might be said
OF a good many young men.-M. Y.
Graphic.
Mr.. Burke, the famous orator. once
exclaimed: "Strip majesty If its ex-
tremes, and it at once becomes a Jest"
He meant that if the letters s'm'' and
''y' at the ends be removed, "a JEST
remains.-Golden Days. ,
"A few months ago a famous Prus-
sian General vas inspecting some mill
itary stables. s'What do you SEQ
there?:" he sad, in tones of thunder, to
a Sergeant. "Cobwebs!' eyes, SIR"
was the respectful reply. 'We keep
them there to catch the flies and pre-
vent their teasing the horses"
A uOmop u,r;fo. of n o~;1o o,,nr 1~
housekeeping saws: .Start with the
men of the house" WHY. bless YOUR
heart, just let the men know you ara
about to begin house-cleaning, and
they'll start Of their own accord, and
won't stop until they are out of sight
of the house. 1t is a way men have
-N0rrtstoWm Herald.
"A gentleman of this city has a small
boy who initiates George w. When q
gentleman called recently the father
said to him, politely: Il wish 1 had
another cigar to offer you" looking
with regret at the one he was smoking.
Now was the small boys opportunity;
81 know where they are, pa" he said.i
dragging open a drawer and bringing
out a box of a choice brand.-Detroit
Free Press.
He was a poet and he was talking
to Miss Ethel in the conservatory, and
as she toyed with the ice which he had
just brought her, she inquired: .'Mr.
Rimer, you write a good deal of poetry.
don'tyou9" 20, yes, Miss Ethel" he
answered, sand it so easily to
me. Why, do you know, I expect it is
more work for you to read my poems
than it is for me to write them?" Yes,
l expect it is" she answered, coyly;
land it must be so much pleasanter to
write them than to read them" And
then he looked up at the shrubs that
grew around them and said nothing.
while she continued to toy with the
chilly. orange-fiavored ice. - Boston
Past
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-24

worth rose from his STOPPING position and
seemed to hesitate. Finally he said, with
an air of reluctance: "Yes, my lord, I
fear ! have. Mr.. Parkman, did I UNDER
stand you to give it as your opinion that
whoever inserted that advertisement COM
mitted this murderY"
A strange pause, then. in an equally
strange, hoarse tome: "Yes."
Us that" holding up a Russian leather
nlotti Ing. case filled with green b%lotting pa
FIR, rsh at D Riahmon enss you use in your
1t sounded, apart from the sudden pro-
duction OF the case, a harmless question
enough. And yet how was it hat through
all that crowded court every one felt the
terrible nature of the silence which fol-
Gorgeous head, that at sight of it the per-
splration should spring in great beads to
the witness forehead, and his mouth
should writhe in vain attempt to speak?
He couldn't: He couldn't. 10 the end he
only nodded.
asked solemnly, show it happens that on
a page of this blotting paper there APP
pears in printed characters a reverse i'm.
preston Of the latter part of this adver-
tisement!"
The crisis had come, the worst had hap
Pened; and yet even now some cool,
plausible reason might avail him. Now
was the tim for ready brain and steady
pulse. Now-but now all these were
wanting! He glared around him for a
moment on the sea of faces, grasped
wildly at his throat, and fell to the floor
of the box in a fit.
Amid a thrill OF such sensation as few in
tn 1T court had ever experienced they bore
him out to an adjoining room. But lie was
dead before they could bring a doctor to
him. That moment-and Heaven knows
what of bitter anticipation-had been his
punishment in this world.
Peters, it appeared. had gone down to
see him at Richmond, and while waiting
in the library had, in the instructive pur-
suit Of his profession, turned over the
leaves of the blotting book. The cipher
caught his eye, but the merchant entering
ct that moment, it was not until he left
for town that Peters could get into the
house again, confirm his impression, and
with his strange piece of evidence follow
to London by q later train.
For a few hours after the merchants
death it seemed one of those motiveless
murders that upset all calculations. But
among his papers was found the key. He
had lost great sums by deep play at a
West End club. His father was then i'll,
his needs were most pressing. He had
upon the firm; to get more he deposited
forged acceptances. At his fathers death
the cashier discovered this, and though
the Junior partner was now able to refund
the money, Critchlow held the forgeries III
terrorem over him. Parkman, secretive
yet fierce, took his life.
OF him enou b. For Ernest Crisp, he
married Ethel three weeks later, and there
are already three small Crisps in the nur-
sery, with whom this strange story of the
Mansion House justice room will some day
be a household word, and be in their
mouths, asst is in those ofthe justica-roor,
officials, '.often remembered ."-LonLon
Society.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-24
IN II ORCHARD.

~ s"s.~- ~
cattle wander home from the purple
Wv clover fields,
where the bees are drunk with honey n
nd my love trips on behind them, nv
Nv meadow sweet that yields
swecter honey than the clover's purple
bloom.
II was here l wooed my love rs the Winter
woos the Spring,
In the orchard, when the trees are green
J" and white;
vnile the birds built nests above us and the
daisies b~lOsSominy
rIlcd the air with sweetest fragrance and
delight.
L was here ] won my love as the glowing sun
y slid down.
And the red light stole my kisscs;f from her
cheek;
the apple blossoms quivercd with ar
angry glance and frown,
And the jealous robins vowed T ahould
not speak.
m the ripe october days, when the apples
!" change to red.
Aud the mellow fragrance floats upon the
air,
N the swaying, laughing orchard my love
With the yellow sunset shining through
hor hair.
me cattle wander home from the purple
clover fields,
Where the bees are drunk with honey and
perfume;
my owe trips on behind them. NV
meadow sweet that yields
Swcetcr money than the clover's purple
bloom. ~
-. VI. Alien, IN N. Y. Independent
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-24
verbal vritteny

vSrDal @ WrItteny
.Meleher. l can not receive letters hero.
~ %nen Earnest could take M out on Sat.
uraay-hisa and my half holiday-he would
pug an advertisement in Fridays Stands
91I; It was foolish, perhaps, but Earnest
naua fancy to put it in cipher, and I.
Vel" with a bright blush-"I liked il
sage" '"0 VIC "''-
Just sol You'll forgive me saving that
now ! know you are telling me the truth.
go WI Il; you please explain what that ugly
niue DIT meansy" He handed to her The
SIP ne shown to Mr.. Parkman, and
Ponted out the words: II will have rid
hyseiI OF our worst enemy"
ess We had a silly quarrel. I told
nNm-oh, how could Iy-that his temper
was.hls worst enemy and mine. He meant
mat as al mean he wished TO apologize
and make it up.O
"One more question, young lady. What
snould you say if l told you that Mr..
Grs denied on his way to the Mansion
thlt2" e - "u'no1 VI
say She cried, fiercely. 81 should
say believed himl But still it surprises
ma This message begins and ends as hi,
always did. Yet 1 remember that 1
enot.ht it odd that he made no reference
s s1 ,n' So message asn $ on Saturday. And it was
after the appointed time he did not seem
awMe OF tor say. he was sorry."'
Psters sat thinking deeply. cts a
cipher a child could read" he murmured
to himself. "And any one rea ding pre-
viots advertisements could nave identified
the ernest very likely. Is it possible that
some one having learned, no matter how.
hlshabit of corresponding with this girl,
hal done this to divert suspicion from him
sef? Unlikely; but still possible. Do you
Know, Miss" he continued aloud-"of any
one being acquainted with these cipher
messages?"
, Mot through me-" she answered quick
~. but remember Ernest saying that
young Mr.: Parkman knew all about me,
ana had been very kind. But he can not
havS anything to do with it."
10" the detective answered, briskly,
''buth he may have told some one else. i
must go to r chmond tomorrow, or as
soon as | can, and ask him. We will lose
no tine," he added cheerily. "Your young
gentlsman shall be free in a day or two,
And ] hope that then he will teach YOU a
better cipher, Miss-or get rid of any ne.
cessitY for using one."
On the tram car Peters said to himself:
"Wanked, some one with two things.
Firstly, q motive for numbering Critch-
low, and secondly, a knowledge, however
gained, of the relations between Crisp and
this very nice girl. By CAD, that is a new
idea! Gould it be that Critchlow fancied
the girl and tried to decoy her there with
this boEus message. and was found out
and killed by the Jealous lover before the
girl came! must consider that. That is
a newidea!"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-24

CHAPTER II.
""as half. past four VIXEN Crisp. aftts
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-06
Let Foreign Stock Alone.

The enormous falling off in the impor-
tation of live stock since 1883 is the cheer
ing result of the constant hammering
gwen by honest and judicious breeders
and the opposition of several leading ag-
ricultural journals against the indiscrimi-
nate importation of Clancy" stock to the
great detriment of legitimate breeders and
farmers. In May. '84, there were 4.126
cattle imported; in May, '85. only 982-
and in May. '86, it is to be hoped there
viii be O. The falling off in sheep was
from 757 to 43 in the same period. 1t is a
great saving of good American gold which
went to the fancy foreign breeders and a
large amount of greenbacks which passed
into the capacious pockets of hippodrome
spectators and boomers. 1t is happy
deliverance. We sheepkeepers are es-
pecially grateful. Our native sheep have
been neglected and derided in favor of
English breeds and there are no sicker
shepherds than those who have been trying
for years to make the pampered foreign
breeds TIT our uncongenial climate and
rougher surreundings.-La
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-06
Practical Recipes.

HAsrY CUP PUpDrNG.-Beat four spoon
ft,ls of -four with pint of milk and four
eggs to q good batter. nutmeg and sugar
to taste; butter teacups, fill three parts
full and send them to the oven. Will
bake in a quarter of an hour.
BEEF FRrTTERs-Beeff ritters are nice
for breakfast; chop pieces of steak or cold
roast beef verv fine. Make a batter of
milk. -four and an egg. and mix the meat
with it. Put lump of butter into a
saucepan. let it melt, then drop the batter
into it from a large spoon. Fry until
brown; season with pepper and salt and a
little parsley.
RECooKING Cold MEAT.-Take any
cold pieces and about one-eighth of the
quantity of cold boiled fat salt pork, and
mince together very fine. Season with
salt. pepper and squeeze of onion juice.
if liked, and form into fat cakes. with egg
and bread crumbs. and fry until light
brown. Have some potatoes nicely mash
ed and arranged on nice platter. and
serve the meat cakes on the potatoes.
Have q brown sauce to send to the table
with them.
Corn STARCH CAKE.-Two cups sugar,
one cup butter. rubbed to a cream cup
milk. two cups -four, three eggs, whites
and yolks beaten separately one-half cup
corn starch. two teaspoonfuls cream Of
tartar, sitted we'll through the 6our; one
teaspoonfal soda. dissolved in hot water.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-06
READ! THINK! AcTl
PALMA SOFA, FLORIDA,

The paradise Of invalidsi The home Of ,,o,,..,
fruits! Climate unsurpassed NO frostsi M ~
tremes Of heat or cold! No malariai Groura -
and dryi Plenty Of pines and the fines, bn,,, n.y.
and fishing in America.
PALMA sOLA has the name Of holm. A
largest, prettiest and youngest town In Florida
beautifully located on the Gulf Goa I, two mill. 81
the mouth Of the Manatee River. Already ,hs to-
horse is vending his way to Palma Sofa. and .o..
the tourist will arrive at its first class hotel ~.
he can get q meal 10 suit his epicurean tastes,
Palma Sofa possesses the largest store in sor,h.-
Florida. with sawmill, furniture manufacture naan
ing houses warehouses, churches, school hpra.
postofhce. stores, beautiful residences and is.,
wharf at which ocean steamers arrive daily f,oss
Tampa. run
Branch y fame, has secured a location AZ ply
Sofa for the erection of a winter resort Tho M ma
dction Is safe one. based il is upon the nsnpss
advantage Of the place. tina, he will make this bs
large hotels will be built. ''aef
With the completion of the railroad this will, \.
the terminus, and the direct route to Havana Cuhs
o.s WI, Goucie an1 a1sarup'e their present prices
LOTs I00.aCO =: s4s to ssoo Der Ia,
We want PALMA sofa to keep BOOMING. ana
inducement to the public. and TO ;borsn. sIo
advertise this beautiful J'lace, WE WILL s:IWy
AWAY 11MlTED number ONLY of our lo.
giving lots A ALTERNATELY as thew come t .os'
neIs eAcep.euj cnarslng appicants the expense OF
Applicants can send postal money order with ami,
cation to insure promptness. otherwise deeds
sent c. o. ID: Applicants must not BE- surprised a.
the return Of their money. as being LIMITEn ,hs
first come will be frat served. Title perfect eeIs
varrs mtg deed. 81"
Send for pamphlet. Address
PALMA SOFA LAND COMPANY
80 South William ST., New York NY
REFERENCES ' l.
b. .. Hennine, ESQ.,. Prest. Fla X. r. and Nav ca.
III LAM PT
Postmaster, Palma Soa, Florida.
John :; Beach: Esq, rrest Prairie City Bank.
Terre Haute. Ind. >'
Ohio. ""'
Henry s Hubbard, Esq, Cashier Columbia Bank.
MY, my. "AA'
William Drysdale. Esq, New York Times, n. Y,
and host OF others -"
Oct27t&w4w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-06
Helps to Somebody.

Press the finger against the upper lip.
close the nostrils. to prevent sneeze.
Strike clock, then put on the hands at
the hour struck, in order to have them
correspond.
For cramp in the feet. press the hollow
of the foot against something hard and
round; broom handle Is the best thing.
Add to the covered brick used as
weight for holding a door open, a strip of
covering sewed strongly to the sides, and
raised just enough to admit the foot, then
lift it by the toes and save STOPPING.
An aid in making button holes in
garment which trays badly is to take a
piece of glue, that has smooth, and rath-
err thick edge. dip it slightly in hot water.
and pass lightly over the goods before
cutting the button holes. The result will
be satisfactory.
In case of very sudden sickness. which
often proves to be pneumonia, apply
plaster of soft soap and Indian meal from
the throat down below the bowels the first
thing; at the same time send for the doc
tor. tor unless immediate help is secured,
it may prove fatal in short time.
In putting away summer or winter
clothing for the season. label all packages
on the outside. and keep handy a memo
randum book with the contents of each
trunk. drawer or closet, specified; it will
prove saver of time and vexation. One
often forgets just where bundle, or nit
tens. scarfs. etc.. were put, especially if
the accustomed place has been changed.
Keep ii you can. closet for the sole
use of medicines. and appliances tor sick
ness or accidents. A narrow, high Chin
neyside closet answers the purpose ad-
mirably, with shelves half way down and
deep drawers to fill the remaining space.
Bundles of old. soft cotton and linen
pieces. roll of cotton batting and flannel.
the rubber water bag. medicine dropper.
bed pan. and feeding cup, and everything
needed in an emergency and long sick.
ness. Have every vial plainly labeled,
those marked poison place always on the
upper shelf. Keep the whole under lock
and key. the key beyond the reach of
children. but easily accessible to older
members of the family.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-06
Wedding Presents.

Among civilized men, as well as among
the lower races, the practice OF making
wedding presents has been carried to
great extremes, because of their coercive
nature and particularly as they have been
made test of social standing. Notwith-
standing much popular disapprobation Of
these gifts. they still continue, though
commonly devoid OF the expression OF
much feeling; and though, besides. as ar.
ticles of assistance to newly married
pair, they are failures, for among the poor
they are too insufficient, and among the
rich they are not needed. No gift custom
is more coercive than this. and the SINGLE
ness of the coercion has been multiplied
many told by the creation of anniversary
observances. There are no less than IA
of these, cotton. paper, leathern, wooden.
wooden, tin, silk and fine linen, crystal.
china. silver, pearl, ruby, golden and dia-
mond.
Between the lines of a wedding invita-
ton one may always read, "Don't come
to the wedding unless you bring pres
ent." One exception to this, however.
came to light this year, tor New Haven
editor mentions the receipt of wedding
cards stamped with the unusual phrase,
mo presents" showing that there are at
least two persons who will not take ad-
vantage OF this gift custom abuse. The
gifts are not everywhere restricted to the
bride and groom. In India expensive
presents are bestowed, and the parents of
the bride are often impoverished for life
by the dowry which they give her. When
a great wedding takes place troops Of beg
gars and priest appear, and they must not
be sent away empty handed. At recent
10000 people were sumptuous-
ly fed and presented with clothing and
There are people among whom
the expected inequalities on the occasion
of daughters marriage are SO costly
as to excuse female infanticide. on the
ground that the ruinous expense which
rearing the daughter would eventually en-
tail is thus avoided.-Good Housekeeping.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-06
Hints About Horses.

The following suggestions as to driving
and care are credited to an exchange by
the Greeley Tribune. "Bad driving will
often fatally injure horse in few miles {;
while skillful driving would make the
journey in less time and leave the horse
as fresh as when he started. Drive slow
" when the animal is full of food and
water; but after the muscles are limbered
and the system emptied. increase the
speed. Then check up and let the horse
cool off before stopping. and there will be
less danger of taking cold and of stiff
muscles, and less necessity for rubbing
down. Drive slowly up hill and down !;
and make good time on level ground and
on moderate descents. Never keep the
same gait and speed tor long time, for a
change of gait is equivalent to rest.
"Never ride horse without first making
his acquaintance and securing his good
will. Go to his head, speak kindly. pat
him. look in his eyes. Whether you are
friend or foe he will judge by your voice,
your eye and your breath. Horses judge
a man as quickly as a man does horse.
Feed and water abundantly at night after
work, and the animal has had time to rest
and cool off. Feed moderately in the
or before work. 7arthians and
Arabs prepare their horses for hard work
by fasting rather than feasting. More
horses are injured by hard driving on q
full stomach than by any other process.
Never let horse eat or drink much when
he is hot from work. Study your horse.
treat him according to his nature, make
him your friend, and he will do better
and safer service''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-06
Two Giddy Girls.
Who Cor THEMSELVES INTO AN UNPLEASANT
DILEMMA.

On train in Ohio were two giddy young
girls. In the seat in front of them sat man.
The mans overcoat was on the seat beside
him. As the train stopped at a station the
man got up and walked out. The girls saw
him go into the station, Soon the train
started, but they did not see the man any
more.
"There. he's gone and left his overcoat, !"
said one of the girls.
It's too bad" said the other, "for it's
such nice one. And he may need it to
keep his little body warm"
Then the giddy girls giggled, and when the
conductor came throug informed him of the
mans loss. The officiab with the indiffer-
ence Of his class. said that would be all right.
"It's a shame" calculated one of the
girls. We'll take care of the mans coat
for him, won't we, Kit?& Well take it to the
station agent in our town, and maybe he can
restore II TO the mxn.
So the girls cared for the overcoat. They
pulled it over their seat, and in doing so
they happened to glance into the pockets of
the garment, and saw there a miscellaneous
assortment of letters and things.
The girls looked at each other as they laid
the coat over the seat between them. But
after that neither seemed to be happy. Their
giggles disappeared, and there was strange,
dissatisfied look in their eyes. They looked
at the scenery. They read fitfully at novels
They yawned. But every few minutes their
eyes wandered toward the coat pocket
Gentle women was never intended to with.
stand such temptations, and ere long a small
eager hand was reached into the depths OF
that overcoat pocket. As it came out . dozen
letters came out with it. Some of these let.
tiers contained photographs. one a lock OF
hair, and several expressions which made the
two eiddy girls laugh. just as they had
driven into the contents of the pocket, and
with eager eyes we're drinking in the feast
for their curiosity they heard behind them q
| whistle. At 6rst low and incredulous, then
louder and louder with amazement.
The giddy girls turned their heads, and
there stood the owner of the overcoat and
letters. He had been IN the rear car.-CRi
cago Hsrald.