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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

According to an English newspa.
per, an officer returning from a davis
shooting lett his game in the custcdv
OF his dogs, whom he locked up with i
while he went upon some urgent bns;'
ness away from home. and soon forgot
both animals and game. He was do.
tanned lor days, and when he returned
both dogs had died of hunger. hav;no
refraintd from touching tn, uama
They had neither barked nor wb;nnJ
during their confinement, eyidcntlu
fearing to betray the trust Of. the;,
master. 'AoAi
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The Rothschilds never employ q
nAAn who has the reputation for ill.
luck.
During the reign Of King James I.
not one Englishman in thousand wore
stockings.
An English clergyman recently
performed 10S baptisms and nine mar
riages on n Sunday.
After = riot which arose out Of re.
ligious disputes at Winnebah, on the
west coast of Africa, it was found that
tire. natives had been killed and cut
to pieces, their remains being prepared
for cooking in a gigantic pie.
"A Belgian editor recently insultcd
q rival editor in the morning, fought a
duel and killed him in the afternoon,
and came out at even p. M. with a
special edition describing the encoun-
ter.
An order has been issued to the d.
rectors of the theatres in Germany
from the Court forbidding them to pro-
duce any plays in which ancestors or
collateral relatives of the Prussian roy
al family are represented, without spe-
cial permission.
The Bank of France is said to pos
sess an ingeniously arranged photo
| graphic studio concealed in a gallery
behind its cashier, so that at q signal
! the portrait of q suspected customer
may be instantly taken without his
knowledge. ,
Miniature sedan chairs. filled with
real flowers, are the favorite decora.
tons for Paris dinner-tables this
spring. They arc strictly copied from
the antique chdise-d-porteuys. and the
most chic are covered with dark blue
velvet, ornamented in n corner by
three gold feurs-de-lys.
M. Pasteur recently recommended
q member of the Academic des Sciences
to experiment with young animals in
order to ascertain if they can be nOur-
ished upon the absolutely pure food
which many people regard as an ideal
diet-that is, a food wholly free from
microbes. He believed that such a diet
would not sustain life. and that the
presence of common microbes in the
digestive organs was necessary to the
proper functional action of those or
gans.
The London Times prints a letter
from Sir Edmund Beckett on the sub
ject of t%wenty-four o'clock. The horal
nomenclature adopted by astronomers
is, no doubt, he says. suitable for their
purposes; but it would be most incon-
venient for use in ordinary life, and no
notice ought to be taken of it bv Ordi-
nary people. The fatal objection is
that the human eye, which a tell
twelve marks made round q circular
space one from the other at a glance,
without reading or. counting them, can
not do so with twenty-four marks, and
that in looking at a clock of which the
! short hand went round only once in the
twenty-four hours, it would be neces
sary to find out at what figures tho
hands stood either by reading the
figures or by counting from the nearest
multiple of six.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
A RARA AVIS.
How . Detroit Newspaper Correspond
Paralyzcd the President.

HOW q Detroit COrresfonded
Paralyzcd h President.
I thought that I was well eneud
known in this town not to be misreprd
sented just because l called in a friend
~ manner on President Cleveland. II
getting tired of having my friends med
me on every street corner and say
well, did you get it?' Glow did yo|
come on with. the PRESIDENT" '.Thinl
You'll get the Walkerville Consulate:'1
and that sort of talk.
Now, the interview, or rather th|
two interviews, with the President
have looked on as entirely private anl
of no political significance whateved
and yet the reporters persist in thlnA
ing that because l am reticent therd
fore l was refused some Office. Thi|
being the case l feel it is due to myseq
and my friend Grover to state iustwha|
happened during my recent visit Il
Washington. When 1 got to the Whit
House l was ushered into the p~resencd
by the official usher. I found MD
Manning standing by the President
while Mr.: Lamont, the private secre|
tary, was fondling a club ON the othe,
side.
How dc do?" I said.
eve are all in very robust health, |
said Manning. although l had not ADJ
dressed myself specially to him.
that's the Private Secretary, \
it? It's rather funny; I saw it pIayej
in Detroit just before I left"
"Ihose that have seen Lamont play
with that club don't regard the dram1
as funny" said Manning. severely.
l will admit that l found my recepj
ton most freezing. The attitude Of th4
Executive was trlgid, and very mue1
below zero.
II never thought" I remarked, at
tempting once more to break the icaI
that Washington was so cold"
Some folks are finding it ho1
enough" pat in Lamont.
We'll, President" l continued
we've got 'em."
1T certainly looks as if you had
said Manning. l begin to think Mani
ming a most Objectionable person anl|
my patent joke about Manning the shiFI
OF State remains unsaid. j
Can we do anything for yon'
asked the President for the first tims1
Nothing. except say goodbye"
The President sank back in h1
chair. Manping dropped into anolhelj
and the CLUB fell gathering on the hoo1
from the ~nerveless hands Of Lamont
Thus I left them, but had not goa1
far when Lamont came running slR1
me bareheaded.
Didn't you want to. file an applc'1
tionp" be said. ]
II wanted to file nothing. haven
. file with me-" Il
"He wrung my hand and cordisl!l
Invited me back. The next interVlesl
with the President left nothing to v
desired and | found Manning = 2lM
rate fellow. That night the CacD;1
and myself had a great old time o,
around the city, and l may say tu,1
my present relations with the fles
dent aud his advisers are most core!s
Make SHARP, IN Detroit Free 'YS'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
Matrimonial Prospects.

Wilson Candless, one of the most
poverty stricken young men of Gal.
weston, applied to Colonel r chlcy for
the hama of his daughter.
"4n the first place I've sent in nv
application to President Cleveland for
a position in one of the Departmental
"Have you any other resources?n
asked the prospective fa~ther-in-law.
You bot l have. I'm seriously
thinking about giving up smoking"
"fa!' exclaimed the young LADY,.
that's enough for rs to begin with,
amt itP"-Teras Stttinqs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
HOMOGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS
Certain Callings Tending to Induce In.
sanity and Premature Death.

Certain Callings Tending to Induce In.
sanity and Premature Death.
A sorrowful story ome to us from
Virginia, showing how the routine
work Of certain occupations takes pos
session of . man. so to speak, until
even death itself appears an irrelevant
incident.
Cummins, o telegraph operator in nn
inland town, was receiving the usual
Associated Press dispatches from Rich
mond, when he wired: .'Slower. Have
been splitting blood. Take it easy"
The Richmond operator paused q
few moments. The tick began again,
but from a new hand.
'Eummins just dead. / take his
place. Go on from address,"
Another telegraph operator in En-
gland, named Monro, was struck with
death while at the wire. He signaled:
.Send substitute. I am going" When
| he was found, his hand was still ON the
key.
An Edinburgh medical journal calls
attention to. the large number Of tele-
graph operators who become insane,
anu dUCElUtlLCS b0C ulSCdSV III Uuc DRAIN
to the effort to read by sound for long
periods. Proof-reading, letter sorter5
in post-ofices. and the signalers Of
trains are oil frequent victims to the
insanity produced by the monotonous,
constant use of function of tho
brain. "
Actors of q single part come undsc
the same category. One low come
dian who had played the same part
over three hundred nights successfully
was struck while on the stage by SUD
den imbecility and was led off, an idiot.
The larger proportion of insane women
in our asylums are tho wives of poor
farmers, whose steady labor has no 70.
lief by amusement or reading.
There are many such monotonous
pursuits among American industries.
But all danger be averted by Civ.
ing to the brain relaxation and change
Of thought ToaM's Companion
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

VANDERBnT's income is reported to
be 81, 250 per hour. There are plenty
of iaborers in the employ of the railroads
nc controls, who would be glad to ex-
change Incomes with him for a few
hours.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

AN ancient burial ground vas lately
unearthed in Paris while digging 8
trench in the Rue Salande. The collins
of stone and plaster found there have
been traced to the seventh, eighth and
ninth centuries. They we're pointed te
the east, and had crosses inscribed on 8
circle symbolical of eternity, and Other
>emblems OF Christianity. The cofius
were found filled with dirt, their covers
having given way.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

The war clouds are not SO dark as
they were a,few days ago. A peaceful
end of the troubles in Manitoba is
possible; the Central American war has
collapsed with the death of Barrios;
France and China are negotiating for
peace, and the war in Egypt seems to
be subsiding. England and Russia alone
arc assuming warlike attitudes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

IN The United States Navy besides the
Admiral, Vice-Admiral and Rear Adj
rniral, there are sixteen commodores,
sixtJy-niue captains, cighty-five comman-
tlers, s~eventy-four lieutenant-comman-
,ders and about five hundred others in
the different grades of officers. includ-
ing fifty paymasters.. We've got every
thing to make a tirst-class navy, every
lthing-but the ships.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

New YoRK's State Capital is just
about as bad as the Hoosaic Tunnel. 1t
has cost SIG, 000, 900, and the bill ap-
propriating another million to again
@'complete'' it is just going through tho
Legislature.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

A Notable Gathering at the State Capital
in Honor of the Martyrcd President.
Rain Seriously Interferes with the Ex-
ercises.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 16.--The TWEEN.
tieth anniversary of the death of Abraham
Lincoln was commemorated here yesterday
under the auspices of the Lincoln Monu-
ment Association, assisted by the
German Turner Bund Of North America
and the citizens of Springfield.
Extensive and elaborate preparations
had been made, but the weather was too
bad to carry out the programme. From
morning until night a warm, DRILLING rain
march to the tomb with flowers and
music had to be abandoned. Not
w%ithstanding the inauspicious weather,
there were at least ten thousand people
from abroad who came to honor the mem
ory of our beloved Lincoln; and they
marched over the streets in column to the
Capitol unmindful of the falling rain.
1t was two O'Clock in the afternoon be-
fore the final programme was deter
mined upon, and General A. Smith,
Chief Marshal of the day, held a hur-
ried consultation with Generals Sherman
and McClernand, and it was determined to
hold the services of the occasion i'll the
basement of the Capitol. Word was sent
to all the organizations present, and a move
was made by several..large bodies of men,
headed by bands of music, toward the
Capitol, by different routes.
Rev. Francis Springer, of Stevenson Post
No. 20, G. A. r., opened the exercises with
prayer. This was followed by a memorial
song by a chorus of one hundred voices.
The welcome address was delivered by
Governor Oglesby, who arose fully to the
occasion, and spoke at considerable length.
This was followed by the grand German
chorus singing the "Lincoln Hymn" writ
ten for the occasion by E. A. Zundt. Hon.
j. c. Conkling, of Springfield, then deliv-
( cred al Grafton of rare eioquence and with
much feeling. His address was lengthy,
but was listened to with rapt attention.
General John A. Logan, General Sher.
man, of st. Louis, DR.. Starkloff, OF st.
Louis, and others followed with short ad'
| dresses. Letters were read from President
Cleveland, ex-President Arthur, Robert
Lincoln and ex-President Hayes, who all
expressed regrets at being unable to attend
the ceremonies. The Committee on Decora,
tions, accompanied by band of music,
went out to the cemetery and deposited
floral tablet upon the grave of the honOred
martyr. This was all that was done ct the
cemetery.
The floral decorations at the monument
were profuse and magnificent. The finest
were from Chicago and st. Louis. There
were floral contributions from a great
many cities Of tile West. The great
corridors and rotunda Of the Capito
presented the appearance of a vast con
servatory. The memorial hall, where
the regimental colors. are preserved, was
beautifully decorated. The windows were
darkened and the hall was lighted up will
gas. Had it not been for the bad weather
the obseryati on OF this memorial day would
have been one OF the most remarkable pub
lie demonstrations ever witnessed in this
country.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

SOME years ago several New York
capitalists tried the experiment of erect.
ing model tenement houses. The apart.
ments are uniform in size-four rooms
well lighted and ventilated. The
prices of the apartments range from
seven to fourteen dollars a month. The
houses are not only kept filled with
good tenants, but the capitalists realize
five per cent. on their investment.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

a FEW days ago an ocean steamer
took out for New Zealand freight of a
rather novel kinda consignment of
<'bumble bees" Glover does not s'seed'
in that country, though it grows readi-
Iy, because there are no humble bees to
tertilize the blossoms. The importer
hopes that the bees will save him f5,
900 in clover seed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
More Room Needed for the Veteran

WASHINGTON, April 16.-The report of
the House Military Affairs Committee OH
the management of the National Home
for Disabled Soldiers was published
yesterday. 1t commends the work
ings OF tho institution. The commit
tee says the homes are crowded beyond
their capacity, and according to the policy
of the existing law additional branches
must be provided. The maximum number
of beneficiaries OF the homes will not be
reached earlier than 1895. The committee
observes that the complaints Of inmates,
particularly Of those at Dayton, o., are
largely due to a rigid application of the arti.
clcs Of war in the ordinary discipline.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

The last census taken in 1882, give
the population in Russia in Europe as
numbering "a, 1879, 521. of whom 38,651,-
977 were males and 80, 227, 544 were fe-
males, making with the grand duchy
of Finland and other parts of tho en-
aoire, q total of over 1902, 900, 600.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

A COUPLE in Poughkcepsie, N. Y.
named Walt~mire, who have been mar
ried and lived together for fifty years,
%quarreled some time ago, separated,
and have just been divorced. They
have a family, some of whom are forty
wears old.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

YOUNG men casting about for life
work may find a valuable hint in the
current report of the Labor Bureau OF
Castle Garden, New York, in which it
is stated that 'sthe demand for farm
hands exceeds the supply, but we have
more teachers, professors indicators on
hand than we know what to do with
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

The eyes of the civilized world are
now turned toward Central Asia and
Herat- 70 England Herat is one of the
most important places on the map Of
the world. That city is now the gate
way through which pours the commerce
of Great Britain into Central Asia.
amounting to millions of dollars worth
annually. Should Herat fall into the
hands of Russia, that event would be
the beginning of the end of British rule
in Hindostan.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

1PH1LADELpHIA heralds a new inven.
ton IN telegraphy, which its enthusias.
tic promoters say will prove more ad.
~yantageous to business than the MORSE
system or the telephone. 1t is an in.
strument very like the typewriter.
which transmits messages and repro
.duces them in print at a rate limited
only by the ability Of the opera,
tor to manipulate the keys. The secre,
of the new invention. known as the
Hathaway system. has been carefully
guarded till it should be patented every.
uVhere.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

There were forty-live different kind.
Of pie at a dinner given recently :.
Nrecly. Col. ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

AFTER much patient research q French
statistician has discovered that up to thu
present time 2,540 empcrors and kings
have governed sixty-four nations. Ou1
,uf this number 800 have been driver
from their thrones, sixty-four have abdi'
Gated, t%wenty-four have committed
suicide, twelve have become insane, 10{
fell in battle, 1913 were captured.
twenty-five died martyrs, ISL have beer
assassinated, and 1O8 have been con.
stienncd to death and executed &C
according to law.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
To

All communications for tina paper should he accom-
c.tild ly the nanle Of thy agthoF no. neSessaF.Iy Iol
TART Of the wpiI.F. Write only onlOne side Of the pW
per- Be particularly careful In giving amcs6epd date
err names are often tiflcIrttO dcoipfcr, because OF the
caretess manner In " hiol they are written.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
TOPICS OF II DAY

THE trouble down at the Isthmus will
probably awaken public sentiment to
the necessity of an addition to u navy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
LINCOLN.

A Notable Gathering at the State Capita,
in Honor of the Martyrcd President
Rain Seriously Interferes with the Ex-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-05
ENTIRELY GRATUTTOUs.

Great papers, like small one. are liza
BILE TO error. The Globe Democrat Sun
day announced In glowing headlines
the election of James Z. Polk as sena-
tor from Arkansas We thought it was
James K Jones who "got there" Satur-
day. If the CD. wants our authority,
and will pay tor the dispatch. we will
wire it the news as it came here Satur-
day afternoon by Associated Press from
Little Rock.
The Kansas City Times of Sunday an
nounces in one heading: Senator In
gals Ill" and in another one. "Sena-
tor Ingalls, WORSE" while the fact of
the matter Is our senior senator is EEK
ceedingly we'll, ! thank you" and has
not been on the sick list at all If the
man who writes the heads on these met
ropOIitAn papers would not lose his own
while trying to make q better one
and would carefully read the kilograms
he 80 often prefaces by ingenious aIlit-
Grafton, these provoking mistakes might
not occur. The same proposition made
above to the CD. is open to the Times.
No charge Is made for this advice. A
provincial paper is only too glad to oc-
cAsionally return the compliment in lieu
of manV valuable suggestions received
from metropolitan Journals.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-05
OYER THE STATE.

Citizens OF Cloud county ars petition
ing for 9 grand jury.
The military reservation at Fort
Dodge. is to be sold
Kansas Shorthorn Breeders assocla-
uon meets IN Topeka February 10
Over twenty Solomon City merchants
have adopted the exclusively cash sys-
tenn.
It is thought the Kingman extension
OF the Wichita road will be built to Sara
toga in the spring.
Reno and Edwards counties haYe just
had grand juries that made It very lively
for those disregarding law.
The regular annual meeting of the
Kansas Cane Growers association will
convene at the Office of the state board
of agriculture in Topeka, at 8 O'Clock
p. IN on Wednesday, February 4, 1885,
and continue In session two days.
The fifth annual meeting of the Kan.
sas Wool Growers and Sheep Breeders
association convened at Topeka Tuesday,
January 20. It was determined to ad-
journ the meeting until Wednesday
evening of the next State Fair week.
LArned Chronoscope: The Cowboy
didn't stay corralled very long, but came
to the frone-in its usual dress this week,
although little aItenuAted. We are
glad to know that the usefulness OF the
Cowboy is not destroyed by the flames,
for IL 10 one Of the brightest aud lest pa.
pers published In the west, and its loss
would have been q sad disappointment
70 all its readers and patrons.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-05
OYSTER SUPPER.

The Pleasant Ridge Library Associa-
ton will give an oyster supper and So
ciable at their school house three miles
north of Americas, on Friday evening
Feb. Is, for the benefit Of the library
fund. The best oyster cook in AHesi-
Gus will prepare the oysters. and We viii
do everything in our power to make Ii
pleasant for cur friends. Come one and
all and have q good time.
From 9 very small beginning in April
last. We have now library Of first class
books worth $50 The people take 3
lively interest in it. and We ass steadily
increasing the number OF books Is fast
as the money comes into the treasury.
How is that for Q new district on the
Kaw Trust Lands? Why can not every
school district In the county do the
same? G. BAAKsBEReBR,
Feb. 2, 1885. Librarian.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-05
RANTED-BILL FILES.

Representative Smith of Mcpherson
county, introduced a bill In the house
Tuesday appropriating two "bill hles"
for each members. We have been VOL
derIng all along If there was not some
thing that our legislators needed very
badly, and had not yet provided for
themselves. BILL flles' is good. Now
let this measure pass and the solons
proceed to business. The mystery of
the matter is how are the members to
get all those bills on only two files.
But then we suppose Mr.. Smith
understands himself on this question,
and Is not mlsrepresenting his constitu-
ents on the 1nomentous position. Let US
have the bill files by all means. By the
way, it Is not stated. we OBJ
serve, what kind of a "bill file'
is to be used. II suggestions are not
out of order, how would it do to have
one of the two files made out of wicker
work. For the filing of a very large
number of bills. there is nothing that
can beat a waste basket. Il is verify the
"boss" file in the majority of cases.