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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19
WAS 1T NOT RiGHT7
The Example Set by an Honest and Con-
scientious Woman of Humble Life.

The Example Set by an Honest and Con-
scientious Woman of Humble Life.
A passenger entered the a at a
small village on the road. She seemed
a little German NJ She was very
short of stature, indeed, and a little de-
formed. Her face was not attractive,
for it was not only brown from X
posture, but was also very care-worn
and deeply-lined. She vas very plain
ly dressed, and might have been called
by some outlandish, and in her hand
she had a cotton umbrella SO large as
to seem out of all proportion with the
size Of the owner. She seemed like a
child almost, as she quickly took the
~unoccupied part of a seat; and l 10
ticed that the lady already occupying
the other part gathered up the folds Of
her dress in a manner and with an air
not in the least reassuring to the new
However, she seemed to pay little at
tention to anything about her until
reaching her destination, q mile or two
beyond. The conduetor had not yet
made his appearance, and II little old
German lady was embarrassed, not
knowing what to do with her fare, and
quite unwilling to leave the car with
out paying for her ride.
Who will take my money!" she
said.
"You had better not wait; the train
will start" replied several passengers.
But l ought to pay. l must not
leave; | will 90 on to the next station"
.'Quick! and never mind the money!"
was the reply OF some who seemed much
amused.
"Oh dear me! I will leave the money
here, then," said the woman; and she
placed the fare upon q window sill and
hurried Out.
just too late the conductor came, and
seemed quite incredulous when the
money was pointed out. For a moment
there was a tendency among the pas
sengers to exchange amused glances and
humorous remarks, as though some
droll mistake had been made. But this
was quickly followed by serious thought
fulness and a sort of q half-exprcssed
appreciation, which led me to suppose
that if the occasion had required, there
were many i'll that car who would have
entrusted the good woman with what
ever valuablcs they might have about
them.
Sometimes the image of that face
once, perhaps, as fair as any,, but
wrinkled and much faded since-seems
to rcappear at the car window or door.
The face seems always full of confusion
and embarrassment, as it was on that
day in July, but the moral beauty of the
soul of that little German immigrant
never seems faded, and in contrast with
her conscientious purpose, rather to go
to the next Station and walk back a
dusty mile or two char to retain what
justly belonged to another, the s'sharp-
ness OF worldly minds seems ugliness
and deformity.- IS. S. ClaSsmate.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19
A Natural Mistake.

A child's mistake in the words of q
Bible text will sometimes give us 3
CLEAN of a child's liability to misunder-
stand the tenor of such a text; and it
will suggest afresh the Importance Of
carefully explaining both the separate
words and the connected sense of every
Bible verse memoriZed by the little
ones. A bright little fellow of three
years old had been hearing at family
prayers and in primary class the story
OF Pauls shipwreck, and he seemed full
OF sympathy with Paul when he was
fairly on the Italian shores. bound by
land toward Rome. The golden text
for the third Sunday in April-as he
understood it-seemcd, to the little fel-
low, a peculiarly appropriate one, as
Paul was greeted by his fellow-Chr!s-
t!ans from the metropolis. "He
thanked God and took carriage" was
his idea of that text: and it seemed u
reasonable idea, under the circum-
stances.-S. S. Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19
A WASHINGTON EPISODE.
Had n Pointer in it for Those Whu
Ape Foreign Manners.

THAI Had n Pointer in it for Those Who
Ape Foreign Manners.
Baron de Strive, the Russian Minis
ter, and his wife are among the most
popular people of the diplomatic circle
in Washington. They are utterly sim
pie and sincere, and are completely
captivated by all things Americana
Madame de Strive is a very intelligent
woman, but utterly without ostenta-
ton, and thoroughly a lady in all the
best meaning of the term. The Baror
is as plain a man as a Maryland farmes
and both pay America the delicate con-
pliment of seeking to appear American
/ n all things.
The Baroness, one day recently,
showed her quick knowledge and .p-
probation of the fine points of etiquette,
and at the same time tittingly rebu;ed
a pert young American miss in a MN
nerthat will not be forgotten, and hat
should be told for the benefit of oher
similar young women who ape foreign
airs, cultivate foreigntongucs, and think
it the proper thing toshrug ones sbul-
ders, elevate ones eyebrows, and urn
the palms of ones hands outward in
all the essence of depreciation a the
mention of their own country.
There is a class of those female dudes
in Washington whoesteem it the proper
performance to chatter in bad French
at all times and upon all occasions.
A bevy of these young women ap-
preached Madame de Struve at a recep-
ton in the White House, and began
chattering in more or less broken
French, and she replied, in her rather
lame English:
why" said one of the party, edo
you not speak French, madame? l am
sure you must be able to speak it,"
TheBaroness gave them a keen glance
and replied, Eyes, l speak French, but
not in The house of the American Pres
ident. Though Ispeak English poorly,
[ speak it here as well as 1 can"
The party We're not dull enough to
miss the rebuke in the calm and LADY,
like remark, and the Baroness contin-
ued: 81 do not like to speak French
anywhere. 1t is afoolish and frivolous
language and 1 dislike it. Why should
n use it when N al express herself
in the English, which is the noblest
and best language in the world, as
America is the greatest and grandest
Nation in the world. 1 am proud to
speak in the language of the Ameri-
cans"
The giddy young misses began to
converse in English, at least while in
Madame de St:uve's presence. Some
of them told the story, and it's circula-
ton caused the young lady who Won
dered that the Baroness did not speak
French, some Notwithstanding
ton Cor. Cincinnati Commercials Ga
| zette.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19

many of us 60 about II meditat;o,.l
upon the common lot by q road wh;nI'
can only lead to more misery, for in ~
end of the account all hard, bitter. ON
vious, malevolent thoughts make those
who think them ~unspeakably miserable,
The truth so many ruin is that tn.
common sorrows shed a halo of dignity
over humanity, suggest and enforca
more powerfully than any logic thu
brotherhood of us all, and teach the i'm
Partially of God. If the pale and
pinched woman could have uttered her
sentence with a sense of compassion i
would have brought her comfort. The
compassion would have meant: "G
have envied such as they are; but / wac
foolish and wicked. l see that they ar.
like me and suffer as l do. l will open
my heart and take them in" Some.
thing like that doctrine has been
preached a good deal to the rich. Thew
have been told that for them, also, six
feet of earth for each man is what thew
are coming to, and hat therefore thew
ought to admit to their compassion the
poor about them, who are travelling to
death with them. Ought" is not the
best word for this case. A blessing is con
cerned; the blessing of q common SYM
pathy as wide as the race; and this bless
ing is most needed by the poor. Good
fortune has given the few rich the solace
of special blessings: the poor need the
full value of the general blessing. Pow
erty is bad, but to add to it Spiritual
d%estitution is to make it almost ~intoler-
able. The of common sorrows
has in it a consoling power which may
balance all defects of fortune if one has
this sense cultivated and effectively &C
tive. One sneers: ''There is nothing in
life. See! the good and great die"
But the sense of common sorrow says:
The good and great die; then it is no
shame to die" 1t was a real nobility
which passed into silence yesterday;
therefore, death can not degrade hu-
mainly to the level Of the brute; but we
need not define. Compassion for men
in common sorrow is soul-healing. 1t
refines the spirit and widens the heart.
We say: '.It is common" with a new
sense of peace when our pity goes QUITO
the afflicted. THE common LOTT is
not merely a rebuke to pride; it is an
education in the gracious humanities, a
rich blessing shed on individual sorrows
to redeem them; and it is one of our
c~learest lessons in the impartiallty of
God. Here, if not elsewhere, we see
the equal scales of eternal justice.
death hath passed upon all men, for
that all have sinned."-M w. Christian
AI~9.Ocufe-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19
The Lords Service.

Mr.. Sturgeon has a sermon to young
men, in which, commencing the service
of God as the most desirable, he says:
81 have great delight in seeing my chill
dren in the same service. When a man
finds that a business is a bad one, you
will not find him bringing up his boya
to it. Now, the greatest desire of my
heart for my sons was that they might
become the servants of God. 1 never
wished for them that they might be
great or rich, but, oh, il they would but
give their young hearts to Jesus! This
l prayed for most heartily. 1t was one
of the happiest nights of my life whenI
baptized them into the meme of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost, upon profession of their faith;
and now, while l am speaking to you,
one is preaching in New Zealand, and
another in Greenwich, and my heart is
glad that the Gospel which the father
breaches the sons are preaching too.
Ii my Lords service had been q hard
one, ] should have said to these lads:
Don't you take to it. God is a hard
Master, reaping where He has not
strewed; | went into the service blind
ly, but l warn you to avoid it. My
conduct has been the reverse of this,
and thus l have given you hostages in
the persons Of my sons, for my honest
love to my Master and Lord; l do, with
out reserve, commend oyou the service
OF the Lord Jesus Christ; for if you en-
ter it, you will wish your sons and
daughters to enter it; and it will be
your ambition that to the latest genera
ton all your house may fear and serve
God"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19
COMMON

Two Ways of Rejecting Upon the Fact
That "Death Hath Passed Upon All
Men"-The blessing of ~ Common
Esympathy.
$ A well-worn adage af1irms that mis-
cry loves company. This is presumed
to mean that if our misery is shared by
Others we are at once less miserable. If
there were some fraction OF truth in it,
the common lot of mankind ought to
convert misery into delight. In death
we have abundance OF company, and it
Is as good company as humanity can
afford: Thou shalt lie down with
hlngs.' We are apt to overlook the
royal presence, and to forget how illus
1rIous some of III Woc-stricken ASSOC
clatcs are, and yet there is no doubt
II a the commences OF death helps TO
make it endurablc. There is a satisfac-
tion Which is hard to define in singing:
"Princcs, this clay must be your bed,
In spite OF all your towers;
Inc tan, the wise. The reverend head
MHst lie as low as ours"
II there We're exemptions and dis
charges in this war, our hearts would
burn hotly with the indignant sense of
injustice. We bear the common lot
with q measure OF coMpos,re because
1t has "passed upon all men," But do
we get the full advantage of havinr
company in all the misery of life? Is
there not even a way of rellectiug unon
IL which tends to more misery9
pale and pinched woman looked
up at the Grape on a palatial home. and
a'd with a bitter tone which had no
mn OF compassion in it: .'Thcy have
to come to it, just like wen.1 This
Thought did not relieve her of any mis-.
cry, or discharge her soul of any occo-
sion tor grief. 1t merely added another
evil thought to a full tale OF them. If is
a painful sight to see an overburdencJ
heart take voluntarily another and
needless burden, and this is lust what a
miserable man does when he tries TO
equSijze things by thinking that tho
prosperous are also doomed 10 death A
cynlc at our side says: THE Door have
always envied and hated the rich and
always will: and the sense OF the al.mo
chat Misery loves company. is 49,
men IN general rejoice ut the downf,ii
OF hen fellows" He said nearlv ,ha
same thing yesterday. A man tcu NV
an icy street, and men all about him
smiled. That smile" said one nv,,na1
ti1end, sis the class-mark of ,,antina
"A man IS a creature who delights in the
mlsfortunes OF his fellows" We do mt rnt
oelleVe ~thc-cynic; but it is true Tint ,oo
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19
~SABBATH-DAY READING
WHY7

Why fear the failing power and fading eye!
God hath in store for thee lmmorta YOUTH
He comforts tho, in every sorrow passing by,
Protects thy boat of life, though storms are
Each wear reveals some broader, %loftier,
swecter truth.
WHY dread the dark'ning way toward the
grave. ~
room,
The greater effort for less worth? why mourn,
and save
Thy strength? Eternity's great tide cen now
doth lave
Thy feet, and still is coming in. 1t is not
loom
1t yet shall kiss thy lips where thou dost
stand.
Baptize with mighty power thy low-bowed
head,
And sweep thee onward, upward, to a higher
land
Safe 'mong the Heavenly hills! Thou canst
not lose Gods hand;
And these. BELOVED, we call our dead-our
lost and dead!
-Isddo1e g.. Je1eru, IN Christian Onion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19
The Lords Prayer.

They who pray "Lead us not into
trial' are Offering the very same prayer
that our Lord himself offered in Gethse-
name: If it be possible, let this cup
pass from me; nevertheless, not as | VIII
but as Thou wilt 1t Yves the natural
shrinking from extreme suffering
that found u%tterance in this petition
There was no hating Of the will before
this ordeal; the nevertheless modlfes
the natural desire, and brings it mo
subsection to the Judgment and the
Will. Once before, standing on tns
very shadow of the cross, our Lolu
lifted up the same cry: Now IS ~;
soul troubled and what shall ! say!
Father save Me from this hour. bu,
Tor this cause came l unto this houl'
Father glorify Thy name.' hs''
Washington GLADDEN..
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19
e COMES A M

There comes a time to every mortal being,
Whate'er his station OF his lot i'll life,
When his sad sou yearns for the final free
ing,
From all this EARRING and %unlovely strife.
savoT
The salt Of wealth is worthless When
the mind
Grows wcaried with the worlds capricious
And signs for something that it does not
find.
There comes a time when, Though kind
friends are t%lronging
About our pathway with sweet acts OF
grace,
We feel a vast and overwhelming longing
y For something that we can not name or
place.
There comes atime when, with earth's best
love by us
TO feed the hearts great hunger and de-
sire,
We find not even this can satisfy us;
The soul within us cries for something
higher.
What greater sproof need We, that men in
herit
A life immortal in another sphere:
1t is the homoslck longing of the spirit
That can not find its satisfaction here.
Ella Whec!er W1coG, in Chicago Adrance.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19
BOOKS.
No Greater Evil Exists, Particularly n
LARGE Communities.

No Greater Evil Exists, Particularly n
Large Communities.
1t is conceded that no greater evil
exists, particularly in large cities, than
immoral literature. Its demoralizing
influence reaches far and wide. 1t is
the fountain of much else that is
d~emoralizing and leads to q vast deal
of actual crime. 1t prevents much
good, because it's d~emoralizing infiu-
ence opposes that which is right and
proper. An association has been
formed in this city to oppose such liter
AZURE. 1t is of a kind with the Law
and Order, Sabbath and other societies.
1t is Observation-Disclosures this
feature is a little too prominent; but if
it shall be efficient, well. We welcome
all agencies which look to the promo
ton Of public morality, and SO favor
this. But really the laws relating to
such matters should be enforced by
the authorities. The real purpose for
which government is maintained is that
of protection. And in no direction is it
so im%peratively needed as in the moral.
And because crimes against morality
are not SO tangible as those against the
person, we allow them to 60 unchal-
lenged. This is wrong.
Perhaps there is no form of evil so
palpably bad as immoral literature. 1t
will be read with avidity because it
appeals to the lower passions and gross
instincts. Like forbidden fruit, it is
longed for. But it should be
mercilessly suppressed, because
the motive that issues it is
bad, being the desire for gain.
Greed is at the very foundation Of this
evil. Then as it goes forth it blasts and
ruins in all directions. And parents
are no called on to protect their
children from this evil than from that
of the saloon OF gambling hell. The
wrong is in permitting the evil at all.
And as there is enough law to suppress
this form Of wrong, we urge that the
authorities should enforce the law
PHILADELPHIA Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19
FEET IN DIFFERENT STATES.
Pedal Anatomy East, South and West, AS
Viewed BY the Shoennakers.

iCu1l anatomy East, south ana west, AS
Viewed by the Shoennakers.
"There is a decided difference in the
shape of peoples feet in different Sec
tons of the country" said a member
of one of the largest shoc-manufactur
ing firms in the city last week. elm
the Eastern States the feet are narrow
er and somewhat longer than in the
West, while in the South they are not
only narrow but they possess very
much higher insteps. So much is this
the case that we are obliged to keep
three sets Of lasts for these three sec
tons. That comes to be a large item,
| can assure you, when it is remem-
bered the number of sizes there are in
each set. For example, in one size
alone we have the initial number-say
sevens; then there are narrow
sevcns. broad sevens; seven and
a quarters (narrow and broad), seven
and a half (narrow and broad), seven
and three-quarters (narrowan broadly
that is, twelve pairs of lasts to one
size, and to each of these sizes
we must have three different
STYLES for the sections of the country to
which we are going to send our goods
that is, thirty-six pairs OF lasts to one
size pair of boots. Sounds rather ex-
travagant, doesn't it? OF course this is
only the case with firms who deal with
all these sections.
s'Some firms only send their goods to
one part Of the country. Now. you
would be surprised to be told that in
different sections of the country differ
emit shapes OF the toes of boots are re-
quired. Out in the West nothing will
suit but the square-toed shoe, whereas
in the Eastern States asquare toewould
be in stock a century and then never
sell. Different parts OF the country
require different kinds Of leather, also.
In the North and West Il tougher, hard
er leather can be worn than in the
South, where not only a soft upper
is necessary, but, owing to the sandy,
hot soil, quite thin soles are necessary.
For this kind of YEA it is not
unusual to use imported leather-tha,
is, for the 'uppers'-but for soles we
employ domestic productions almost
exclusively" -Phi1oaelEAio Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19

Rev. DR.. Sprecher, in the course ~
an article in the Lutheran Qua1ee1sm
states that when about to enter uPyl
his first charge, the well-known h' "s
deus Stephens said to him: "1o.'ns Z,
man, if | We're going out to preacn, h H.,
you arc. / would not try to prove nv ~
Gospel, l would Just try to preach H.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19

The yan-yan of the Southern States
has been known to drop from the ape,
OF its leaf. between sunset and sunrise.
enough water to fill a tea saucer. Thu
''rain-tree,'' though growing in com.
paratively dry places, drops enough
moisture in q night to make the sur.
face of the ground actually wet.--P!N
uaclphiu Tin19s.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19

The pendulum of the clock in DIR.
Tyng's church in New York has not
topped since it was first started, nearly
swenty-six years ago.-M. Y. Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19
LIFE IN ALASKA.

"reminiscences of Six Years Resi-
dence There.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-13

1t will be q surprise to many to
learn that during the late heated term
at the North on no day did the ther-
mometer at New Orleans register so
high as in New York, Cincinnati, ct.
Louis or st. Paul. This prompts the
New Orleans Picayune to remark:
"New Orleans is cooler summer city
than many places situated far to the
northward, and while the people of St.
LOUIS and Cincinnati and other
Northern centres are sweltering with
excessive heat and fallingin the streets
from it's effects the people of New Or
leans are enjoying mild and salubri
Gus climate and are following their
usual avocations without discomfort
and with no risk of death from sun
stroke. Indeed, cases ofsunstroke are
SO exceptionally rare at the South as
to be almost unknown, and although
the continuous and longprotracted
warm weather is somewhat wearing "
there are no such excessively hot days
as are experienced in the north.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-13

The Chicago Journal has of late re-
ceived great mass of alleged poetry"
on General Grant, but it has too pro-
FOUND a respect for the dead General
to insult his memory by publishing
such mawkish nonsense in his honor.
And OF all the absurd caricatures
published in some of the newspapers
as pictures of General Grant, the Jour-
nal says: The most of them bear no
likeness whateverto the dead hero and
patriot. There is no resemblance be-
tween the features in these pictures
and those which they purport to rep
resent"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-13

Matthew Turnbull, Of Chicago, has
an article in the current number OF a
London magazine, called the Nine
teenth Century, bewailing the increas
ing power of American aristocracy.
He says it is idle TO deny the existence
of such a body, for it is ingrained the
very system OF American Government.
1t is not only legal but it is clearly as
tablished III the Constitution OF the
United States. A Senator in The
American Congress has twenty times
the political power of an English peer.
and the Senate is the main source of
American aristoeracy. The only way
to check the growth Of the system is
to stop the supplies of that fountain
head of aristocrats, the American Sen
ate.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-13

The absorption of the West Shore
Railroad of New York by the Central,
is regarded as great misfortune by
the people along these lines, as it re-
moves all hope of vigorous competi-
ton, and virtually annihiiates $685.
100000 of invested capital. Brad
streets journal says: The moral to be
drawn from this can be found i'm the
tendency towards the unlimited con-
solidation of corporate enterprise,
and, uarestrained by la" or some
other powerful influence, it is quite
possible for nine or ten or even less of
the powerful railroads corporations
of the country, controlled by few
men, to combine and by the same
methods as were applied to the West
Shore to absorb the entire railroad
system of the country.