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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
Healthy Men and Healthy women

Life is one constant battle against
that dread monster, "DaeG<~
Many succumb prematurely to this
vicious assailant. whose eternal
object is to tear down, wear out and
destroy A want Of energy. a want
of stamina, a want of repellant act
ivety on the part of thoughtless IN
dividuals causes many to become
easy and apparently willing prey
to this ruin and devastation Of
mankind. A remedy composed Of
proper herbs and roots that Will
build up, repair and strengthen the
weak portions of the human system,
should assidiously be taken at tho
approach of disease. Don't wait for
him to obtain a foot-hold, don't visit
until he becomes your master. Meef
his attack at one and promptly
p Do you desire to know a remedy q
which you al place safe reliance m
such times Of emergency: Then
DOCK AND SARSAPARlLLA will prove
the true friend in need. It =
the safest assistant of nature n
repelling disease, always acting in bar
mony with the entire human organize
[ ton and bodily functions. 1t strength
ems the weak portions, it regulates tie
,bowels and Kidneys, it oils up, n &
were, the machinery of life, and cures
when all other remedies have failed,
such diseases as IMPURE BLOOD, PoOH
DIGESTION, WEAK KIDNEYS, SORES,
ACHES, RHEUMATISM, ETC. 1t quickly
checks decay of the bowels and kidneys.
and gives the sufferer from debility aad
wasting diseases q new lease of life.
~ Don't let YOU druggist persuade
you to use a remedy of some other name
Insist on having Dr.. cuysott's Yel-
low Dock and Sarsapartlia. ana
IN ko M o,,hStit1to
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
ONE MEAL A DAY..
he Problem u Massachusetts Yankee il
Solving.

he Problem q Massachusetts Yankee il
Solving.
just now, when perhaps the cheap
ming OF living, expenses is of more inn
P%ortance, temporarily at least, than the
lost finished craftsmanship, the exam
lie OF the man up in Massachusetts
no has been subsisting and perform-
y the average work that farmers in
ne rocky soil of the Bay State usually
erfor1n, on one meal per diem, may
g regarded as an interesting exhibit,
not example, of what may be accom-
llShed in dlcto-economics. The quail
y and quantity of food is unfortu-
a'ely lacking in the tclegraphic re-
or'' though. probably not lacking in
Fc{' 1nsomuch as the dietist occupies
lie Is still alive and in robust health,
ponSh his peculiar fast dates back to
sso4-irom one-half to three-quarters
an hour in the degmtition of his
AS ne is said to bear himself with
ayankee-like slowness in this opera
On the probability is that the weight
Iooa consumed does not amount to
ore than that furnished to and car
.uaway IN a dyspeptic shape by the
|eiage individual at the thirty
ACKNOWLEDGMENT way-stations
western railroads. Yet it is
n'iln the possibilities that a man who
!. ; evidently devoted so considerable
'enVloh to dietary affairs may have
tsS'ematizcd the habit and necessity
~ nave built out of them science and
IN which case it is not beyond be-
mat he has demonstrated that in
M W. as IN many other things, the
u.n Oh the adage "the more haste the
speed" holds prominently true.
""ort 1t may be concluded that this
mllach'!setts farmer for his
"nolhafion meal that description
tvMh to the world by the geometrical
,a square," Dr. perhaps by his un.
,'I: strict devotion to the trencher,
a''e would convey a more adequate
d. However, as to the quantity it il
hi pei1eve that it is not SO large by
-ha!l as what he would have eaten
NJ continued Il thrice-meal-a-day
Ills theory was at the outstart
Alah consumed more food than
c;aly' and really more than is con-
~. 20 health, and he seems to have
an 1n th's' for evidently there has
h. material economy, and by the re-
.i'' dlctarian after a score of wears
~etasc labor as a farmer is in
itxs health and robust as to corpo-
IN PITTSBURGH Groniclc- Icls-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
A New way to Paw Old Debts.

Shakespeare tells how this can be accom-.
plished i'll one of his immortal plays; but
unless days Of grace be obtained through
the use Of DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical
Discovery" It is not a 80 cure-all," but in
valuable for sore throat, bronchitis, asthma,
.catarrh, consumption, and all diseases of
The pulmonary and other organs, caused by
scrofula or "bad BLOOD" Scrofulous ulcers,
dwellings and tumors are cured by its won.
derful Alternative action. By druggists.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

The inhaling of smoke which was
blown bv the wind from a bonfire OF
noisonous sumac into his face is as.
signed by his physician as the %
the death of Peter Tommy, which 90
Cured at Greenwich, Conn. q lew
days ago.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
A Losing Joke.

"A prominent physician of Pittsburgh said
to a lady patient who was complaining of her
continued ll-health, and of his inability to
cure her, jokingly said: TRY Hop Bitters!''
The lady took it in earnest and used the Bit
tiers, from which she obtained permanent
health. She now laughed at the doctor for
his joke, but he is not so well pleased with it,
as it cost him q good patient.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
Thousands fastened to Their
Graves.

By relying on testimonials written in vivid
glowing language of some miraculous cures
made by some largely pulled up doctor or
patent medicine has fastened thousands to
their graves; the readers having almost in
sane faith that the same miracle will be per-
formed on them, that these testimonials
mention, while the so-called medicine is all
the time Fastening them to their graves.
Although we have
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

MISS FLORENCE ABBOTT, 9ss Massachu-
.setts Ave, Washington, D. c., writes: II
have suiferedlong from an asthmatic cough
and painful paroxysms. The Red Star
Cough Cure gave me wonderful relief. I
since.0
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
Fees of Doctors.

The fees of doctors at So. 90 visit would
tax a man for a year, and in need of a daily
visit, over $1,000 a year for medical attend
ance alone! And one single bottle of Hop
Bitters taken in time would save the $1,000
and all theryear's sickness.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
Thousands Upon Thousand!

of testimonials of the most wonderful cures,
voluntarily sent us, we do not publish them,
as they do not make the cures. 1t is our
medicine, Hop Bftters, that make the cures.
1t has never failed and never car. We will
give reference to any one for any disease
similar to their own if desired. or will refer
to any neighber, as there is not a neighbour
hood in the known world but can show its
cures by Hop Bftters.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

DIR. P1ERcE's Compound Extract Of
Smart-W Weed combines French Brandy, ia.
maica Ginger, Smart Weed and Camphor
Water, the best possible agents for the cure
of diarrhoea, cholera morbus, dysentery or
bloody flux and collie, OF to break up colds,
fevers and inflammatory attacks.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

WHEN q young woman marries a man.
FOR his money, would it be proper to say
That the man has married his "hired girl?"
Boston Transcrint.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

SUDDEN CHANGES OF WEATHER are pro.
ductiye of Throat Diseases, Coughs, Colds,
etc. Efectual relief is found in the use Of
Browns BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

A BOY in a rural spelling school sat down
on a word Of one..synable. It was proba.
bly, patch.-N. 7. Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

No NATTER how careful the Chicago girl
has to DO in the choice of a subject Of con
small shoe with impunity, because she will
"put her foot in it."-Boston Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

A WOMAN in Ohio gave 81 900 to a faith.
euro doctor, who at once disappeared. She
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

"SLzEP on a pillow sham is not apt to
be real," observes a philosopher. No, not
II your wife catches you at it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

"HANNAH MORE" says a writer, twas a
good woman; but she had corns." That's
no excuse for writing poetry.-Boston
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

Don't Wear Cumbersome Trusses
when our new method without use of knife
Is guaranteed to permanently cure the worst
case of rupture. Send two letter stamps
for references and pamphlet. Worlds
Dispensary Medical Assn, Buffalo, N. Y.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

WHEN clothes-pins are only a cent q
dozen there is no excuse for snoring in
church.-N. Y. Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

A WICKED milk-dealer shudders whenev-
er his wife asks him if he would like to
have some pumpkin pie.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

! THERE are seventeen different theories
a. to the cause of earthquakes. Mean
while the quakes keep on without q theory.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
Given Up by the Doctors,

rs itpossible that Mr.. Godfrey is up and
at work, and cured by S osimple a 1emedy?"
Z" l assure you it is true that he Is entire
ly cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters,
and only ten days ago his doctors gave him
up and said he must die. from Kidney and
Liver trOuble!"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

TIE greatest mpsh on record-Truth
crushed to earth.-N. Y. Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

In England it takes pounds to purchase
hammered silver.-N. I. Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

P1kE's TooTHACHE DROPS cure in 1 minute,25c.
Clients Sulphur Soap heals and beautifes. 25c.
GERMAN Corr REMOVER kills Corns & Bunions.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

~ None genuine without a bunch of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, pois.
OrOus stun with s.Hop'Or"Hops',in their name.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

j1r was a tender-hearted young lady who
refused to strike an octave.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
FOR
Man and Beast

Mustang Liniment is older than
most men, and used more and
more every year.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
What is catarrh3

What Is Catarrh7
It is q disease Of the
Imucus membrane, c
originating in
nasal passages and
maintaining its strong
hold in the head. From
this point 1t sends forth
q poisonous virus along
the melmbranous lin.
and through the
digestive organs, cor.
rupting III blood and
producing other troub-
lesOme and dangerous
symptoms.
Cream Baln is q
remedy based upon .
correct diagnosis Of
this disease and can be
depended upon. so cts.
ut, druggists; GO cts by
c by mail 10 cts. ELY
!.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13

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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-02-11
THE FLORIDA AGR1CULTUR1sT,


her by the tail and pulled her backward.
She did not do it roughly, but somehow
that gold basket got in the way-perhaps
kitty's paw touched it, perhaps it was
Wis arm; but, at any rate, the basket
was overturned, and down it fell, broken
in pieces upon the floor.
vi started i'll surprise at the dreadful
ruin, and then she stared at the oranges
rolling, helter-skelter under the stove.
"Who did that? How did it fall %
thought she.
But next moment it came over her that
she herself was to blame.
'Why | didn't mean to! That pretty
pretty basket What will mamma say! !"
Little WIS forehead was full of wrinkles,
her eyes We're full of tears. She stood so
still that you could almost have heard the
fly on the roller-towel scrape his wings.
''I'll go tell mamma | did it, and I'm
so sorry. No, I'll tell her kitty did it;
guess kitty did do it. Naughty kitty"
The little girl moved one foot and then
she stood still again. The clock licked
very loud-you Know how loud clock
does tick sometimes-and the fly on the
towel gaZed at vi, and she gazed at the
fly.
ANO, nOu OCll
won't go into the parlor at all; I'll go out
in the yard, and then mamma will think
kitty broke the basket, for kitty will be
in here all alonen
Vi took three steps towards the outside
door, and then she stood still again, and
the clock licked worse than ever. 1t
seemed as if that clock was watching to
see vi make up her mind, and as if that
old fly was watching too.
"1Sck, tock-if YOU go and leave kitty
in here alone it will be the same. as
he-tick, tock-same as a lie," Itwasn't
the clock that said that, but it sounded
just like the clock.
Val it be the same as lie, truly
lie?" and then she looked at the fly, who
nodded his head and kept nodding it.
vi knew he didn't mean &C YES" but it
seemed just as if he meant yes. 81 will
not tell a lie, said vi, turning her back
to the outside door, and putting her
foot down hard 81 will not tell lie."
And with that she ran into the parlor,
for if she walked she was afraid she
might not go at all. She ran every step
of the way as fast as she could run, and
sobbed out:
so mamma, it wasn't the kitty, it was
me, But didn't mean to at ALL !"
And her mamma kissed her, and said
she 'Fknew it was an accident, and she
never had loved her little daughter so
well in her life as when she came and
told the whole truth, like dear, brave,
good little girl for the truth is better
than all the gold baskets in the world
Sophie Nay, IN our Little ones.
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trary, he has clasped himself tighter-he
has uncurled his upper fold. dare not
look down, but am sure he is about to
draw back, and give the bite of death
with more fatal precision. Receive me,
. Lord, and pardon me; my last hour is
come ~ Again he pauses. 81 die firm,
but this is past endurance. All no, he
has undone another fold, and loosens
himself. Can he be going to some one
else ?" We involuntarily started. "For
the love of Heaven, stir not Pm dead
man but bear with me. He still loos-
ems he is about to dart Move not, but
beware Oh this agony is too hard to
bear Another pressure, and l am dead.
No, he relaxes he relaxes"
At that moment poor Maxey ventured
to look down. The snake had unwound
himself the last coil had fallen, and the
reptile was making for the milk.
81 am saved savedr' and Maxey
bounded from his chair, and fell sense
less into the arms of one of his servants.
In another instant, need it be added,
we were all dispersed, the snake was
killed, and our friend carried more
dead than alive to his room.
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THE DEAR LONG AGO.

In tne gray OF the cleaning DER lowIand
The storm wind is sounding its bueles
afar ~ Dusies
In vain shall the mariner seek for a star
keeper, look well to thy beacon forth
cleaning;
fisher, steer boldly, with eve to the liobt
ing - cam
Thy portion shall be in this turhulent
night.
Yet quiet sit, not thinking of the sobbino
80 eere and dreary of tempest and snow
For tones IN my heart with strange sweet
ness are throbbing
The runes and the tunes of the dear I'm q,
ago.
am borne to the days that We're swift in
All pulsing with music. and sparkling with
mirth,
The days when my childhood no space had
for signing,
No place for the phantoms of darkness and
dearth.
On the hearth pales the fires red glow to
dull ashen;
Without the trees moan in the deeneninp
chill;
But fancy recalls to my spirit the fashion
OF Spring on the meadow, the plain and
Lne r1ll.
l remember the lilacs that budded and
lowered,
The willows that dipped in the full-fooded
stream
The orchards with blossoms so lavishly dow
cred,
In times when JOY held me unchecked and
supreme.
All. wild is the winter on lowland and high
land,
And black break the waves on the storm
battered coast
And sound the loud bugles on peak and on
island,
And gathers the tempest with haste and
with host.
sit by myself in the gray of the cleaning.
| muse on the days that were tender and
true.
And my heart, like child fain to rest after
roaming,
Is back in the bright days, my mother,
with you.
-Margaret Sangster, in Hdrper's Magazine.
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The Broken Basket.
HOW LITTLE VI WAS TEMPTED TO TELL \
LIE AND DIDN'T.

1t was only fruit dish of white china,
with gilt bands around it; but little vi
admired it very much, and called it
mammals gold basket"
One afternoon Aunt Emily came to
make a call, and mamma brought i'll the
basket filed with nice large Florida or
anges. After everybody had eaten an
orange, and Aunt Emily had gone, sister
Anna set the basket on the kitchen table
and that was the way the trouble began.
Little vi went out there all alone to
play with the cat.
She chased her around and around the
room, till by and by kitty, growing tired
of the sport, jumped into chair and got
upon the table.
Come down down" said little vi.
" You must not smell those oranges with
your nose. Come down ~
But kitty did not come; she was trying
to decide whether the beautiful golden
balls were good to eat. Then Vi caught
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A Fearful Partner at Cards.

1t was in our quarters atCalcutta. We
had been playing all the evening at whist.
Our stake had been gold mohur points,
and twenty on the rubber. MaXey, who
is always lucky, had won five consecu-
tive bumpers, which lent self-satisfed
smile to his countenance, and made us,
the losers, look anything but pleased,
when he suddenly changed countenance,
and hesitated to play. This the more
surprised us, since he was one who sell
dom pondered, being so perfectly master
of the game that he deemed long consid-
Grafton superfluous.
''Play away, Maxey; what are you
about ?" impatiently demanded Church
ill, one of the most impetuous youths
that ever wore the uniform of the body
guard.
''Hush!" responded Maxey, in tone
which thrilled through us, at the same
time turning deadly pale.
Are you unwell ~ said another about
to start up, for he believed our friend was
suddenly taken ill.
''For the love of God sit quiet" re-
joined the other, in tone that denoting
extreme fear or pain, and he laid down
his cards. eff you value my life, move
not"
w Hat Cdu TIC llGdu HAS lie tdk6l
leave of his senses ?" demanded Church
ill, appealing to myself.
Don't start-don't move, | tell you,"
uttered MaXey, in a sort of whisper
which | never can forget. s'Ifyou make
any sudden motion am dead man."
We exchanged looks. He continued:
Remain quiet, and all may yet be
well. have cobra capella around my
leg"
Our first impulse was to draw back our
chairs; but an appealing look from the
victim induced us to remain, although
we were aware that should the reptile
transfer but one fold, and attached itself
to any other of the party, that individual
might already be counted as dead man
so fatal is the bite of that dreaded mon
ster.
Poor Maxey was dressed as many old
residents still dress in India, namely, in
breeches and silk stockings; he, there
fore, the more plainly felt every move
ment of the snake. His countenance as
sumed livid hue; the words seemed to
leave his mouth without that feature
altering its position, so rigid was his
look, and so fearful was he lest the
slightest muscular movement should
alarm the serpent and hasten his fatal
bite.
We were in agony little less than his
own during the scene.
''He is coiling round!' murmered
MaXey; 81 feel him cold-cold to my
limb; and now he tightens For the
love of Heaven call for some milk / dare
not speak loud. Let it be placed on the
ground near me ; let some be split on the
floor"
Churchill cautiously gave the order
and servant slipped out of the room.
Don't stir, Northcote-you moved
your head; by everything sacred, con-
jure you not to do SO again! 1t cannot
be long ere my fate is decided. | have
wife and children in Europe; tell them
that l died blessing them-that my last
prayers were for them-the snake is
winding itself around my leg-I leave
them all possess-I can almost fancy
feel his breath.
The milk was brought and carefully
put down; few drops were sorinkled
ON the floor and the affrighted servant
drew back. Again Maxey spoke:
''No, no it has no effect. On the con-
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Onions for Snake Bites.

The Washington Star says that an old
woodsman of Australia, who used to
catch snakes for lpastime, claims that a
raw onion bruised and applied as soon as
possible to the wound, is certain cure
for the bite of all lvenomous serpents of
that country, except the death adder,
which he admits is so poisonous, and it's
poison so quick acting that there is no
remedy for it. That the onion is spec
itic for the sting of poisonous insects of
all kinds, has long been known to the
writer of this paragraph, who, when a
boy, invariably carried one in expedi-
tons with companions against hornets,
etc. 1t was found that the onion Juice
would instantly allay the pain caused by
singing of hornets, yellow jackets,
wasps, bees, ETC.
FREAKS OF Plant LIFE.-The strange
freaks of plant life are shown by florists
to be as oddly unexpected as the SINH
lar behavior of those of other growths
which luXuriate under the chemical gar
dening of NJ. Pasteur. The virus of
hydrophobia, passed from dogs through
monkeys, behaves in one way, and
through rabbits in quite another And
so with the Bermuda Fly, now so-called,
the Lilium Horisi. When it was
brought to this country directly from it's
native Japan it would not bear early
forcing, but being first conveyed from
Japan to Bermuda, and having under
gone some sort OF a sea change" in that
climate it is now brought here from
there, and successfully made to bloom
in good season for Christmas.-Philn-
delphid Ledger.
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