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THE OLD HOME.

Return, return, the voices cried,
"TO your old valley far away
For softly on the river tide
The tender lights and shadows play;
And all the banks are gay with flowers,
And all the hills are sweet with thyme
He cannot find such bloom as ours
In you bright foreign cline I"
For me, 1 thought. the olives grow,
The sun lies warm upon the vines;
And yet will arise and 90
To that dear valley rich with pines I
Old loves are living there, 1 said,
Untouched b. years of change and pain
Old faiths, that had counted dead,
Shall rise, and live again.
And stu "Return. return, E" they sung,
'With us abides eternal claim,
In these old fields where you were young,
We Gull the heartease and the balm
For us the iocks and herbs increase,
And children play around our feet
At eve the sun goes down In peace
Return, for rest Is sweet"
Then arose. and crossed the sea,
And sought that home of younger days;
No love Of Old was left to me
QOT love has wings and seldom stays);
But there were graves upon the hill,
And sunbeams shining on the sod,
And low winds breathing Peace, be still
Lost things are found in Cod"
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GBe Smgrra Tmes.
SnaY2'n0, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Nov. Is, 1885.
CHURCH SERVICES.

AsBURY METHODIST TEPIsCoPAL.-Sunday-P
ing at lO18 A. NJ. and N P. N. Sunday School
7%P. Rev. J. B. Quigg, Pastor.
ST. PETERS PROTESTANT EPIsCoPAL-Sunday-
Preaching atl0H AN. and IA P. NJ Holy Days
~ A. N. Sunday SchOOl-2 P. N. Prayer
B. Gordon, Rector.
.-Sunday-Preaching at 1917 A. NJ.
and ~ P. NJ. Sunday School, P. N. Prayer
Meeting-Fridays at ~ P. NJ Rev. J. I.
Umsted, Pastor.
ST. PoLYcARP CATHOLIC CHURCH.-Mass on First
and Third Sundays, at 7.30 A. NJ, and on the
Second and Fourth Sundays, at 1870 A. NJ.
Catechism Glasses taught every Sunday after
Mass. Rev. Dennis J. Flynn, Pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL (ColOredl.-
Sunday-Preaching at l0% A. M. and ~ P NJ
Sunday School, P. N. Rev. D. A. Ridout
Pastor.
A. NJ. E. -Sunday-Preaching at 1917
A. NJ. and ~ P. N. Sunday SchOol-21& P NJ.
Rev. Seth d W. Smith, Pastor.
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is 1T NOT A GOOD CUSTONIP

Throughout Wales, MS well as in Scot
land and the north of England, in those
districts possessed of great humidity of
climate, the custom OF placing the grain
as soon as cut into small wind-mows is
seldom if over deviated from even in the
brightest, most settled weather. These
puny ricks, containing only about cart.
load of sheaves in each, when we'll built,
will throw off the hardest rain without
sustaining injury; and grain seldom
receives damage III the wettest harvest
in those districts where the custom is
universally pursu ed.
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THE REMEDIES IN VEGETABLES.

AT this particular season of the year,
nature bountifully supplies us with
much that is cooling in the way of fruit
and Summer vegetables, which are not
only delicious articles of food, but are
really healtA-pFeserying, for often
slight indispositiQn Of children, or older
persons, can be readily cured by the free
use Of these culinary remedies Spinach
has direct effect upon complaints of
the kidneys; the common dandelion,
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

MORNING STAR LODGE No g. l. o. o. F.-Neets
every Friday evening, at 7I2OclOck.
Mcdonnell ENCAMPMENT, No. 2,LOO F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
MONTH at 7%Oclock.
HARMONY LODGE, No. 13. A. F. A. M.-Meety First
and Third Thursday evenings of each month
at ~ o'clock.
SMYRNA CONCLAvE. No. As. ORDER OF liEPTAsnPHS
-MeetSevery Wednesday evening al l5u'clool
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UyHE NEW BONNET.
BY THE BARD OF TOWER HALL

Hubby, dear want bonnet"
Said a lady to her lord,
lone adorned with ostrich feathers,
Gilded with a golden cord"
"YOu shall have" replied her husband
No such bonnet; that swear:
you can find, I'm very certain.
Something good enough to wear"
OF he went then said his lady:
"Times are hard. I'll prudent be
can find, no doubt. bonnet
He'll be very proud TO see,
Yesterday a suit he purchased,
One in which he'll cut dash
When on Chestnut street he sees me
Wearing Granny's old calash
Full of fun she sought the attic
Found the bonnet and in haste
Went to meet her prudent husband,
Known to be a man of taste,
Fast to Chestnut street she hurried,
Meeting with her husband there
She exclaimed: I've found bonnet,
Something good enough to wear"
Take it off," he muttered, gasping.
Don't be seen in that abroad.
You shall have the feathered bonnet
Girdled with golden cord g.
For her head he bought the bonnet,
For her shoulders bought a shawl
Both with money saved on clothing
Bought for self at TOWER HALL.
Everything netU, stylish, elegant and CHEAP in M
lCdy Of Clothing for Men, BOyS and ClilrItn's iUed
10 be found at GARITEE, MAsTEN & ALIENS. On
great sUccess-G suit TO order for Sl4. TOWER HALL
ol6 and go MARKET STREET.
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l047 KENT COUNTY 1854.
Mutual Insurance Go.
DOVER, DEL.
DOVER, DEL.

Insures against loss by lIe issuing mutual poll
eies only under which payments are made an
nually III advance during membership. and on
ceAslng to be members whatever remains uneX
pended after paying losses, expenses and divi
dends is returned, thereby furnishing Insurance.
at cost
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AGENTS:

Az ID.
ANDREW }. WILSON, General Agent Dover.
Geo. W HMtdmS. Ne'Cdrk. r. w. IPHlen, BridgCuilie
Geo. b. Money Del City Leinuel W W'apLes Te1pes
D. b. NdlOHey TOtCnselid John ". Wooden. LqirrCl
'. y JeTBadH Smyrna. Henry ". Baker, .Sedt0rd
A. JSetS9I'. Jr' Gdmden. II. Z. DOVning. George
J. B. anderson. EFeliericd tOign
Reynear Williams HljOydI James Ponder Milton.
w. ~ Stevenson, EeItoa. b. F. WGgGmOn, for lotCer
CJ Harrington Fdr1Ring-i SusseI.
ton.
J0hn p Adntire. Greens6Or6ilgh, Nd:
Jeremiah B. Fletcher, Preston Nd
James Cannon. Salisbury, Nd.
E. f. HduOiOdy Berlin, Nd
Wfa. G. Dickinson, POcOmOke City, Nd.
All bush communications should be addressed
to
VIM. DENNEY, See'y,
March 1. 1888 DOVER DEL,
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All Heavy Freight intended to be hauled to
Boat by our Teams should be reported al our
Office the night previous to departure Of Boat.
ANY Small Packages should be reported at the
Office at least two hours before Boat starts.
tatiOn Company.
J. K. TYGERT Pres't
w G. PIERCE, Sec'y and Trea'r.
OFFICES No. 81 ). Delaware Avenue. Phila.
and Smyrna bel
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Pure AIderny Milk.

maTs ne nun, Ihaep5Slgned can supply few more cus,o
with the driver or at tbe FEED g. orders left
promptly attended to. ''ote VIII be
ROBERT DENNEY
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Abstract of statement. 1858.

Receipts for the Year 1883 ...........s 46 34O 2;
Losses and Expenses for the Year 1ss3.. 1881 OF
Dividends Paid 1I qg4 "a
Paid Members on WithdrawHl............. 2469 93
AmOunttoC CreditO OfMembers Dec 81 ISS; lO5 $40. .8s
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FOR SALE.

stock and Fixtures OF an old and established
Tor selling Apply at this Oniee oct 2i-tf
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Wilmington { Baltimore Railroad.
DELAWARE DIVISION.

On and after October 99th. 1850 Sundays except
ed, trains will leave as follows
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DIRECTORS

DIRECTORS:
GEORGE w. CUMMINS, President.
VIM. W. TsChudy, Dr. Henry Ridgelv
John II. Hctiecker, John d. Burton
George b Money. John W. CAnseV
Jacob Williams, of seafOrd .Ex-Gov James Ponder
WIN. DENNEY, Secretary and Treasurer.
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Cure guaranteed by Dr.J b. Mayer Ease ut on ce
no operation or delay from business: tested by
hundreds of cures. Main Office 81 Arch street
Phlla. Send for Circular ana Branch Offices
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THE STEAMER
" JOHN E. TYGERT, !"
Notice 10 Nmyrna Shinners

Led'e Fle1ning's landing, l hour later.
Hack leaves Smyrna about q hour before
he Boat starts.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12
W.
OATS.
The Value of lOats as - Fodder Crop--How
They Should he Grown.

The Value Of lOats as - Fodder Crop--How
They Should he tirown.
The most successful farmers feed
their stock on q variety of food. Ex-
perience has proved that a herd of cat
tie fed on but one kind of fodder,
though it may be the best that grows,
will not keep as healthy or Go as we'll
as if fed on several kinds. While the
principal food may be composed of
that fodder which cal be grown ON tho
farm to the best advantage, a change
to some other fodder not as easily
grown is often very desirable.
Among the fodder crops that can be
easily grown on most farms. may be
named oats. While this fodder may
not be quite rs good for mich COWS as
barley fodder, it makes y change that
is agreeable as well as beneficial 10 the
cows, providing the crop is properly
grown and cured. The great mistake
that many make in raising oat fodder
is in not sowing seed enough four
bushels to the acre is not too much.
The straw is then fine and can be easily
cured so that the hay will be perfectly
sweet, and will be eagerly sought for
by both horses and cattle; but if only
two bushels be sown to the acre the
straw will be so coarse that it is diff
cult if not impossible to properly dry
it so it will not be smoky when fed out;
when in this condition it is not a desir-
able food for any animal.
Farmers who have tried to grow oat
fodder in this way have become dis
couraged and abandoned It as Il fodder
crop; but those farmers who have
sown seed enough to make the straw
fine, cut it at the proper time, and
cured it well. have found it a valuable
fodder crop. On good land Il very
large crop can be grown, much more
than barley or rye, and quito as much
as of Hungarian. The only drawback
to the oat crop IS its liability to rust.
occasionally VIZ have a season like last
year. when the rust will strike it be-
fore it is fully grown; but it is not
much more liable to rust than timothy
grass, unless it is permitted to stand
until the grain is fully matured. When
it is found that it is beginning to rust
it is best to cut it, although it is but
just commencing to blossom; but when
there is no appearance of rust it should
be permitted to stand until the kernel
is nearly grown.
10 those who understand just how
TO grow it. and how to cure it, the oat
crop is one that will give us good re-
turns as almost any crop grown on the
farm; but it is not best for the farmer
to depend wholly on this for a fodder
crop, but to let it come in to make up a
variety. Corr, rye, barley and Hur-
garian are all good and should be con-
Observation-Disclosures Woughnan.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12
The village of skagen is situated I.

Ah0 V1ltSO vi ehoSSA II oiUu0UCu y
mile and a half from the extreme end
of the sand point which runs u
sharply into the Skager-Rack, separate
ing the waters of the North Sea from
those of the Cattegat. The village COW
ers nearly half the width of the point,
wcll-sheltered by high sand dunes
from the violent north and west winds,
but swept by every breeze that blows
from the east and south. just beyond
the village to the north is a high hum
mock, either built for the purpose for
which it is now used, or else a natural
isolated dune of large proportions.
Generations of tishermen's wives have
here built there signal fires to lighsN
their storm -belated husbands to the
shore. On its grassy slopes the an
tiquated fishermen exchange the gossip
of the place. and boast of the marvel
Gus hauls they have made out of the
waters below, which are now alive
with fleets of small boats. From this
hummock the village looks as irregular
and as e%arth-colored as a prairie-dog
settlement. The picturesque, disman-
tied tower of the old lighthouse rises
majestically from the heather close at
hand, while to the north, a mile away,
the new lighthouse, with bright brick
buildings attached. contrasts strangely
with the barren background of sand
hills half hiding the point beyond.
The Cattegat shimmers in the morning
sur, delicate in color, soft and inviting
the North Sea losses, blue and cold,
far away to the horizon, where it cuta
the sky with a sharp dark line. 1t is
forbidding, stern, even cruel, under tho
warm summer day. What must it be
when the great seas meeting the cur
rem from the Baltic make a turmoil in
which no ship could float. and when
the huge breakers thunder against tho
beach and dash the spray high over
the dunes! Now the lap, lap, of the
wavelets of the Cattegat, accompanied
by the muttled oar on the northern
beach, make a sweet and gentle music
restful in its monotony. When tn.
winter storms begin. and human nerv.
and energy are strained in the constant
fight with rude and boisterous nature,
life here is at the best but patient en-
durance.--F. d. MSllet, IN Harper's
Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12
SKAGEN.
Description of y Picturesque Village on the
North Sea.

North Sea.
Skagen by daylight is less pictur"
esque than Skagen by starlight. We
found in our first walk around the
town that the houses, which gave the
impression of some individuality as we
saw them dimiy at night, were of the
single story. w~hitcwashcd order, with
little variation except in the color of
the wcather-bcaten thatch, and in the
number Of boats which were trans
formed into store-houses and memories
in the yard. The Skagea streets APP
peared to lead wherever the sand was
scftest and deepest, without regard to
the situation Of the houses. Possibly
the plan of the streets changes with
every heavy wind-storln. for the wind
is a great enemy to cultivation there,
and drifting sand will completely bury
s. garden and obliteratc highway
boundaries i'll Il single night. The
most prominent objects in the village
are the great racks for drying fish.
Tail stakes are planted in the ground
at intervals of = rod or so apart, and
lines or slender poles are stretched
horizontally between them. On
these lines they hang gut the flat
fish to dry in the sum-. to
serve bo.ll For the winter provision of
the families and for the purposes
of barter. This irregular row of poles.
with fcstoors of %shr;vclicd, warped
mental fence by the roadside, around
tho n ~ ~, mr. 1yn,.I- owl .1D,,. H., la,.l.
in all directions. 1t is said on good
authority shat the inhabitants of SEagcn
have gotten accustomed. after the en-
pericnce Of generations, to every im-
aginable smell connected with the cur
ing of fish. We were at first disposed
to doubt the truth of this statement,
but having watched in vain for Il
muscular movement which betrayed
annoyance ut any odor, we accepted
this report as Il fact
The landlord, or calling US to break
fast, asked what we would like to have.
1t was u scorchiNg day, and visions Of
iced c%antalcup and other seasonable
luxurics fitted befor. lis. But we
thought we world contine ourselves
strictly within the bounds Of II reason
able bill of fare. While we were con-
sult!rg, the gcn;ai Dane suggested:
perhaps some nice fresh 1lounders?''
We fecbly hintcd that there must be y
good many chicken, in SNagen, bat he
eyaded a reply. and ;old how the fish
had that moment been caught. We re-
signed ourselves on the anne principle
that a traveller in some parts Of the
Continent cats garlic to dull his sense
al smell. and make conversation with
She natives endurabie. We thought
perhaps, if We ate plenty Of iiat-i;:l
We would smell theu, less,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

now Qaying his hand upon his fair
er's shoulder5 "'here he SITS"
"Papa!" cried the amazed children.
"were you the poor little boyp"
"But what became of the poor Can.
tain, who was so cruel?" asked littIa
Helen, wistfully.
"Why, here he sits,' said her father.
grasping the story-teller's hand, sand
he's the best friend l have in the world
-Harper's Young People. ,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

The success that has attended the
government carriage Of letters and
papers, as well as the %cheapness Of its
tclegraphic service, has led some social
and political reformers to think that the
same agency might be utilized for other
beneficent purposes, sach as postal
banks, life and fire insurance. In Great
Britain there are in successful operation
government postal banks in which the
poor are guaranteed the absolute safety
of their surplus earnings and low rate,
but SUR rate, of interest.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

1r is the last third of a century that
mas seen the greatest developments the
railway systems of the world. In 1850
the focal length of railways in this
country was only about 5000 miles. At
the close of last year we had 1875, 600
miles of rail. The total mileage of the
world at the end of 1883 was 269, 234
miles. of which over forty-five per cent.
was laid in the United States.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

IT is estimated that there arc over one
hundred and twenty-five thousand trees
on the streets and in the public parks of
Washington, and that if the sixty-five
thousand trees in the streets were
planted in a straight line, would form a
row one hundred and fifty miles long.
There is not a city in the world that has
as many shade trees in proportion to its
population as Washington.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12
A terrible story comes from Tiaa

pan, Tex. Two years ago two meo.
agreed to exchange wives. The swap
was favorably received by one of the
women, but the other resisted the vile
contract with all her power. She
threatened to expose the two wrctches,
ard they to punish and at the same
time silence her, took her TO a lonels
pace, not far from town, and there
buried her alive. The act would
ncycr have come to light had not
one Of the wrctcEcs tried 10 commit
the I'M act ON a young girl whom
he had failed to ruin, and who. man.
aging to escape. brought the whole If.
fair to The knowledge Of the authori,
:jes.--Caicago Herald !
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

THERE has been great activity in
cannon-making all over the world
recently. A monster cannon is being
made at the foundry of Gail at G%renelle.
1t is to be forty-two feet long, and will
send a bomb of LOO pounds a distance
OF some nine miles. Its price will be
500, 900, and it will be exhibited at the
Exhibition of Antwerp.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12
old saving that truth is stranger

-lhe old saying that truth is stranger
IMAM fiction was proven in a coasting
accident at Underhill, Vt. frankie
.oot' eighteen years old, being ca9<
sized III some unaccountable way, got
MS tongue under the next down-coming
sled' and quite a large slice was so
nearly taken off that It had to be sew
cred. The only explanation he could
give as to how his tongue could get J.
lar away was that he "was laughing"
TROY Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

AFTER all war, while it is an TN
doubted evil, is a great instructor in
geography. Who, for instance, among
even well-informed people, could have
told on April 1, with any degree of ex-
sactness, where Herat or Candahar was?
Some of them might have made a guess,
and said that the cities were some-
where near Persia, but anything Alike ex-
act knowledge not one man in a thou
sand would ever have protested.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

SENATOR MCPHERSON, of New JERSEY.
carries a life insurance of $11O, 900. Ex-
Congressman Frank Jones, of New
Hampshire, who was talked of for the
cabinet, carries $2O5, 600. Senator
Sabin has an insurance of $50, 900. Ex-
Postmaster General Hatton has $25, OIO.
Ben Butler is insured for probably
$500, 600. Generals Sherman and Sheri-
dan are insured for pretty good sums.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12
The dispute between Russia and Grea

The dispute between Russia and Great
britain respecting the Afghan boundary
Is helping to build railroads in Asia.
The line from the Caspian will now soon
be completed to Pandjeh, and then Eng
land will be forced to run several lines
north to Afghanistan to prepare for the
inevitable conflict that must take place
tome time in the latter country.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

AMONG the recent inventions is one
chat threatens to supersede the entire
telegraph system. 1t is an instrument
that can be worked like a typewriter.
1t dispenses with sound in transmitting
telegraphic communications, and multi
plies indefinitely the power of a wire to
seonvey messages between different
pupslts,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

A PROPOSITION will be introduced
into Congress next winter to establish a
penny letter postage. There will be the
same objections to it that have been
made to every proposed reduction in the
late of carrying letters. Every reduc-
ton thus far has resulted in an in
creased revenue to the department.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

THEREas an uneasy feeling in Europe
that the present Anglo-Russian peace is
only an armistice, and that the arbitra-
ton proceedings are the merest
mockery.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

THE mere prospect of war alters for
the better business interests. War is
waste; its work is destruction; it's object
lis to kill, MAIN and %impoverish, yet the
news that blood had been shed in Cen
trail Asia led to a revival of industry in
che United States. Stocks became
buoyant, the grain and provision mar
ket excited, and stimulus was given to
every department of trade.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

= RIEL, as a revolutionist, was not a
success. He made a great deal Of
trouble for the Canadian authorities,
but is now a badly-scared man.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

The New York Legislature passed a
bill restricting the height of buildings.
But there is nothing to regulate the
depth of cellars, and houses may be
built toward the center of the earth as
far as the owners may please to plant
them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

"A Bridgeton IN. J.) man has
painted over 10000 c%ocoanuts at Bis
cayne Bay, Fla, and will make tho
NUMBER 1000 600 before be stops opera>
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12
To

All communications for this paper should DC aec2na.
panied by the name of the author; not nsGessaF ~ t OF
tart 81 the writer. Write only on one s.de,o T.. tne 81.
per, Be particularly careful in giving names M ano t aa,es
er names arc often difficult to dccipher, because VI Inv
careless manner In whichthey are ~rltteh
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12
mockerY

THE Princess Beatrice by getting mar
ricd will get $4,000. 1t is not sur
prising in view of the dowry custom
that marriage in the royal family is the
most popular institution in England.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12
TOPICS OF H DAY.

THE British have about finished up
one war-that of the Rel Rebellion in
Northwest Territory.