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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
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.rrorthies are not sung in song
ATnr%at live their lives and do their deeds
WAN wounded nature writhes and bleodf
,a,nsth the savage blows OF wrong;
l:e n,n tender duties humbly grown
~ Ernest heroes are unknown.
rho heart that tolls where none may know
md. accompanying, conquers care,
10 save his loved mes or to spare
-;s comrades from the pangs of woe.
I, more the hero mar who shields
uis country on the bleeding fields.
He seeks no tributes for his worth,
R1t sows the desert hearts of earth
wifi, blossoms u in wales above;
,nI in their sunshine warm and bright
he holds such duties as his right.
Where lives are dark with dismal groans
Great men are often chained by fate,
And oft are slaves more truly great
1hnn Princes on their purple thrones;
rnt servant brOws are bound with shame -
Whi.e monarchs 1utter into fame.
Deeds pure and noble, gladly done,
fnscl1fsh work for sickly souls,
When sorrow in black surges rolls
And gloomy darknes hides the sun
1'lcsc in their truth make more the man
Than royal ain or princely plan.
Eut sometime man shall rule by thought.
And worth shall gain her just return,
Till all shall every singer spurn
Who in the ancient cycles taught
qlnt heroes rest in regal raves
Eut never in the tombs of slaves.
Freeman r. Miller, in Indiana State Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
READING FOB THE YOUNG.
THE CALF AT o

a dozen little boys and girls,
With s~un-browned cheeks and flaxen curls,
Stood in a row one day. at school,
And each obeyed the teachers rule.
Brigh eyes were on their open books:
Outside, tho sunny orchard hooks
Sent fragrant breeZes through the room
To whisper of the summers bloom.
A busy hum of voices rose,
The morning lesson neared its close.
When tap, tap, tap" upon the floor,
Made every eye turn to the door.
A little calf that wandered by
Had CHANGED the children there to SPY.
And trotted in to join the class,
Much to the joy Of lad and lass.
Their A B, Alb, and B A, Ba,
It heard. n solemnly did say:
Baal BAIL" then scampered to the green,
And never since in school has been.
Those girls and boys soon learned to spell
How great that little calf became2
1t may be, nov, a COW of fame! Z
Or was that "Baa!" all that it knew?
think it must have been. Don't you?
George Cooper, i Our Little Ones.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08

ing, SO that yvu can keep the horse AID
buggy, and I'll lay up what I earn, and
pay my w way when L go back to;
college next year. I'm young enough
to wait So you mustn't say a word,
I'd rather do it, and it won't hurt me q;
Bit" |
And it didn't hurt Tom. When his
sophomore year did begin, he was bet
ter able to appreciate the worth of his:
studies. He was happy, too, in knowe
ing that his pleasure and profit wer-,
gained without s%ubtracting from those
of others.-Charles StewaTt, IN Yoath's
Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
A LIVELY GAME. ,
An Exciting Pastime Engaged In By
Esquimau Boys.

An Exciting Pastime Engaged In By
Esquimau Boys. :
One sport that amuses the Esquimau
boys very much would probably be
called in u language reindeer hunt
ing" Having found s long and gentle
slope on a side-hill. they place along
the bottom of the hill a number of REIN
deer a%ntlers, or, as we sometimes in
correctly call them, deer-horns Cor you
boys must not forget that the antlers
of . deer r not horn at all, but bone).,
These antlers of the reindeer are stuck
upright in the snow, singly or in
groups, in such o manner that a sled,
when we'll guided, a be run between
them without knocking any of them
down, the number of open spaces be-
tween the groups being equal to at
least the number of sleds. The quantity
of reindeer antlers they can thus ar
range will, of course, depead upon their
fathers success the autumn before in
reindeer hunting; but there are nearly
always enough antlers to give two or
three, and sometimes five or six, to
each fearless young coaster.
The boys with their sleds, numbering
from four to six in a fair-sized village,
gather on the top of the hill, each boy
having with him two or three spears,
or a bow with as many arrows. They
start together, each boys object being
to knock down as many antlers as pos
sible and not be the first to reach the
bottom of the hill. You can see that,
in such a case. the slower they 90 when
fhnu ,o nj Sssp~ tho o~f1o~o %hn 1>1%k~w
They must knock over the antlers with
their spears or arrows only. as those
thrown down by the sledge or with the
bow OF spear in the hand do not count.
They begin to shoot their arrows and
throw their spears as 500 as they can
get within effective shooting distance;
and, even after they have passed be-
tween the rows of antlers, the more
active boys will turn around on their
flying sleds and hurl back a spear or
arrow with sufficient force to bring
down an antler.
When all have reached the bottom of
the hill they return to the rows of ant
lers, where each boy picks out those he
has rightfully captured, and places
them in a pile by themselves. Then
those accidentally knocked over by the
sledges are again put up and the boys
return for another dash down the hill.
until all the aptlers have been
'speared." Sometimes there is but one
antler left, and when there are five or
six contrasting sleds the race becomes
very exciting, for then speed counts in
reaching the antler first. When all are,
down, the boys count their VIM
nings, and the victor is, of course, the
one who has obtained the greatest num-
Der Of antlers.-Lseutesnnt Fredersck
SchWdtk0, in ST. Nicholas.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-21

rigIsS-li1 their prophecy Of the early ap-
proach Of the final day. This assertion
made all present very nervous, and a
lady who left the room a few moments
before had just returned in an excited
state from the neighbors informed those
present that everybody was excited and
had their lamps lighted, and the com
pany- especially Mrs. Danser-grew
more nervous. A Bible was handed Mr.
Danser. He turned to Revelation, where
it speaks of the coming of the Lord, and
he read, ardently and devotedly, only
stopping to cast an occasional look at the
window.
The report of toy cannon or fire
cracker on the street showed that young
America was bound to celebrate in spite
of the unusual phenomenon. Mr.. Dam
ser read of the glory that would attend
the righteous, and of the everlasting
condemnation of the wicked, and of
Him that maketh a lie" Here Mr.
Danser said, in trembling voice. that,
Delng newspaper man, he had lieu 10
some extent-to quite a great extent
but he knew, he felt, that he would be
forgiven. He said that he had been a
most assiduous student of history and
the Scriptures, and he now became fully
impressed with the conviction that the
fifth monarch predicted by Daniel in the
seventh chapter of that prophecy was
about to be consummated. Yes, he be
licved that the day of the Lord was near
even at the door.
One of the better sex now took pity on
the nervous man and exposed the affair
and told Mr.. Danser that it was Friday
evening, and not Saturday morning and
that he had been the victim Of Joke.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-21

mind to investigate, and the next day
I drove over there. The old shed looked
quite decent. knocked at the door, and
a little girl let me in. I asked for her
mother She said she didn't have any.
s.. Where IS she ? said /.
we don't know sir. She went away
after my father died, we've never seen
her since
Just then a little girl about 8 years
old came in, and learned that these
three children had been keeping house
together for a year and a half, the boy
supporting his two little sisters by black
ing boots and selling newspapers and the
elder girl managing the house and tax
ing care of the baby. Well, l just had
my daughter call on them now.
thought l wonld not disturb them while
they are getting along. The next time
the boy came with the rent talked
with him little, and then said
MY boy, you're brick. You keep
right on as YOU have begun, and you
will never be sorry. Keep your little
sisters together and never leave them.
Now, took at this
i showed lrim a ledger, IN which l
hal entered up the money that he had
paid me for rent, and told him that it
was all his, with interest.
"You keep right on, says ], and I'll be
your banker, and when this amounts to
a little more III see that you geta house
Of vOur own
That's the kind Of a tenant to have ~
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-21
STATE PRESS.

Among the many improvements which
a look into the near future reveals is a
lew hotel at st. Gertrude.
p;oo laval - ATorotoo co,n+,, bos
NOT nIaco of worsbin live oak has
so,.oroI oh,rcboo Inf no sohool house
Tho Oronoo county cIarl, has boan Is
.u;,, r,arrio,o Iiconsos o+ tho ,oto of
ohan4 ono = J@r fa,. tbo ,ost ty,o ,,onths
Il" oni'o' "l II q i'',,'''o oo''',sy '''''
''''' o' sun =, Wv N''',
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-21
Daring Rescue of a Babe.

Washington Post
Now wait here till l return, said
Mrs. Atzell to her little baby as she left
it in buggy at the corner of Twelfth
and f streets, and ran back into the
house for something she had forgotten.
Before she returned the horse took fright
and ran away. A gentleman named
Moore, seeing the perilous position of
the little child, seized the rear of the
buggy as it dashed by and clambered
into the vehicle. Unable to stop the
horse he took the child in his arms, jun
ped out and landed on his feet without
injury. \ moment later the horse turn
ed a corner. The buggy struck a tree,
and was completely wrecked. The child
would have inevitably been killed but
for its daring and timely rescue by Mr..
Moore, who returned it uninjured to its
mothers arms.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-21

UeCTeg TCNCTS0T.
J. d. Thompson, for Appellant; W. \.
Blount, for Appellee.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-21
\ GEORGIAN WILD MAN.
Tho Outlaw or the Haunted Hill
His Dress and Life.

His Dress and Lille.
Waynesboro Citizen.
4 friend of mine asked me yesterday
if | would like to see the Burke county
outlaw-the Bill Redmond, of Burke. l.,
ofcourse, was very anxious to see the
man had heard so much Of; the man
who had been pictured the terror of
Briar Creek; who is as silent as a moving
shadow and as desperate as Frank James
I accepted the invitation Of my friend
and in an hour or two we were at a place
known rs the old bluff-or the haunted
hill OF Briar Creek. As we walk through
the dismal swamp we heard no sound
save the dreary chirp of the katydid and
now and then tine hoot Of an owl.
In a moment we looked upon the mad
waters Of the creek as they lay boiling
and surging beneath the suItry sun of a
June day. when all at once my friend
said Look there :" I looked-and
there, standing on top of the hill about
200 feet above us, I saw a man about
six feet tall dressed in coonskins from
head to foot, leaning his chin upon a
long rifle, as if contemplating what to do
with MS. Thus appeard our hero. l
wanted to go, but my friend said:
All. no, he only hurts terrapins and
catfish. Don't be disturbed: he won't
trouble us"
who is he :" said /.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-21

The City of Pensacola, Appellant, VS..
VIM. T. Bell, AppelIee-Escambia
gDrntv
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-21
UEAD-NOTEs TO DECISIONS OF
THE SUPREME COURT OF
FLORIDA.
LIMO Term. -A.D. 1888.

FLORIDA.
june Term, A. ID. 1885.
The City of Pensacola, Appellant, vs..
VIM. T. Bell, AppelIee-Escambia
county.
RANEY, j.;
A petition filed under Section 4, Of
Chapter 15t, Laws Of Florida, to have
taxasses5mentdecIared Illegal, must show
that the illegality exists at the tjme it is
filed. Where it shows that an alleged
inegality has been corrected, it is de-
muTabC.
Decree reversed.
J. d. Thompson, for Appellant; w. \.
Blount, for Appellee.
J. n. Richardson, Appellant, VS.. J, II.
Gilbert, ct al, AppelIces-Jackson
county.
RANEY. j.:
A bill to reach assets of a judgment
debtor which are not subject to levy un-
der an execution at law, brought by one
not party to the Judgment, must show
the complainant's title to or ownership of
the execution issued thereon which has
been returned unsatiffed is not sufficient.
Decree reversed.
Francis B. Carter, for Appellant; J. F.
Mcclellan, for Appellees.
Mary S. Benner, ct al, Appellant, vs.. D.
r. Kendall, ct al, ApPcIccs -Brevard
county.
McWHoeTER, c. j.:
1. To entitle a party toreief on bin
in equity filed by HIM to enioin q sale Of
property claimed by him which if the
sale occurred would be a cIond on his ii
tie he must show title in himself. If he
fails to DO so he cannot be injured by
surh = sale.
>. When the coIud proposed to be re
moved by the bill. would not if an ac
ton of eiectrnent was brought upou it
against the true owner. be sufficient
to cause sand owner to be put
to proof of its ineffciency. and was not
apparentlv a good title, no cloud exists
and the interference of a court of equity
cannot be invoked.
IRaney, j., dissenting as to rule an
nounced in the 2d bcad-nOte. under
Chapter 33I2, Laws of Florida. Van
Valkenburg, j.. ABSENT
Bill dismissed.
G.. w, Deans and r. B. Archibald for
Appellants; c. p. and }. c. Cooper for
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-24
Fun at a High Price.

Nothing good is ever heard of girl
that elopes. Now and then she figures
in the divorce courts, either as plaintiff
or defendant, but ordinarily the world
moves on and leaves her to her fate.
Occasionally the police records give 3
fragment of her life when the hey-dey Of
her youth and life has fed and the man
with whom she eloped has taken to beat
ing her in order to get up an appetite
for breakfast Here and there the work
house or charitable home opens its doors
to receive her, when she wesries of the
life she so gladly assumed and is too
proud to beg for forgiveness at home.
Sometimes the morgue officials find her
grave among the suicides of the town,
but her experience has no effect. She
lives and dies and another takes her
place. The girl who elopes is no worse
than the man who elopes with her. of
course, but she usually pays more for
the fun she enjoys, and is the only party
to the escapade who either deserves or
gets any sympathy.-Phils. Times,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-24
What TO Write for the Press.

The following hints and suggestions
from an exchange are commended to the
careful consideration of local correspon.
dents:
Accidents-when, where, to whom, and
extent of injury.
Burglary where, by whom,
what amount stolen, arrests made, dis
position of prisoners.
Change in business frms-when, name
the parties, where out going members
are going, etc.
Churches-Change of pastors; revi-
walls, election of church and Sabbath
school officers, etc.
Deaths-Who, where, when, age.
Discoveries of curiosities, antiquities
or valuables.
Distinguished arrivals-At the hotels,
or elsewhere. or former residents visits
ing in the neighborheod.
Fires-Whose property, when, where,
cause, amount of insurance, name the
companies insured in.
Facts and fgures-Concerning any
product raised in the vicinity; amount
seld, profit, etc.
Improvement-By whom, where, and
costs. if ascertained.
Marriages Where, name of parties,
who by, etc.
Murders-Whe, where, when, and by
whom, cause and circumstances.
School-Facts and figures concerning
them, exchange Of teachers; improve
ment needed, etc.
Secret Standardization of officers ;
condition of the society.
Siek-Who sick; cause, health of COM
munity.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-24
FOR ALL WHO DIE.

The following poem was regarded By
Edgar A. Poe as the most beautiful anC
touching of its kind in our language. A
correspondent of an exchange says thu
author was Mrs. Lewis:
1t hath been said for all who die
There is a tear,
Some pining, bleeding heart to sigh
Ger every bier;
But in that hour of pain and dread
Who will draw near
Around my humble couch and shed
One farewell tear?
Who'll watch the fast departing ray
In deep despair,
And soOthe the spirit on its way
With holy prayer?
What mOGrner round my couch viii
come
In words of woe,
And sollow me to my long home
Solemn and slow?
When lying on my earthly bed
In icy sleep,
Who then by pure affection led
Will come and weep?
By the pale moon implant the rose
Upon my breast,
And bid it cheer my dark repose,
My lonely rest?
Could 1 but know when 1 was sleeping
Low in the ground
One faithful heart would then be keep
ing
Watch all around,
AS if some gem lay shriued beneath
That cold sod's gloon,
IT would mitigate the pangs of death
And light the tomb.
Yes, in that hour if could feel
From halls of glee
And besuty's presence one would steal
In secrecy,
And come and sit or stand by me
In nights deep noOn,
Oh, 1 would ask of memory
No other boon.
But ah, lonelier fate is mine,
A deeper woe;
From all I've loved in youths sweet
time
/ soon mDst 90.
Draw round me my pale robes of white
In dark spot
To sleep thro' deaths long, dreamles'
night,
Lone and forgot.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-24
The Puritan Wins.

The Yankee yacht Puritan, manned by
what the Britishers would call a crew
of ''blarsted Yankees" yesterday won
thefrst of the series of races for the
American cup. Both yachts started at
10 :35 a. m, the Puritan securing an ed-
vantage o4 half length and widening
the distance between her and the Ge-
nests during nearly the entire course.
In faclt rs our English friends will put
it, there was time when ''the blsrsted
Yankee chap" was nearly mile in the
lead and she sailed up to the finish about
half mile ahead of the Genesta, Win>
ming an easy victory. The race was
over what is called the inside course Of
the New York Yacht Club. 1t was wit
sessed by an immense number Of per-
sons, the bay being so crowded with
craft of various descriptions containing
spectators. that the progress of all in
coming and outgoing ships were arrested.
The second and third races for the cup
will take place to-day and to- morrow if
not postponed by unfavorsble weather.
Should the Puritan win either of the
next two trials the cup will remain in
this country. 1t was won in 1851 by the
America. in the international race aS
Cowes, Isle of Wight. Several attempts
have been made by English and Csnsdi-
an yachts to capture the cup. but they
have all been unsuccessful. Every
American will of coarse. hope that the
Puritan will win as a matter of national
pride, and then there is great deal OF
quiet pleasure in thinking how the John
Bulls will curse at the eleverness of the
"blarsted Yankees" Leader.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-24

An exchange says of San Francisco:
It is situated at the north end of pc
ninsula. thirty miles long and six miles
wide, which separates San Francisco bay
from the Pacific ocean. The city stands
on the east slope and at the base of high
bills. Forty years ago the sea came
nearly to the foot of the hills, and ships
rode at anchor in the bay, which is now
filed up and covered with costly build
ings. There is but one road leading from
the city over the bluffs to the mainland.
The city covers about twenty square
miles.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-24
JUDGE FORAKER AND THE
SOUTH"
What Editor Pledger says in the At
lanta Defiance about the Suppress
sion Of the COlOred Vote in Chatham
county, Georgia.

The Savannah News seems to feel the
effect of the truth and squirms under the
cutting strokes of Judge Foraker, as na-
turally do all Southern Democratic
new spapers. which have winked at and
condoned outrages upon the ballot in the
South for the last fifteen years.
There are sixty thousand inhabitants
in Chatham county. There are twelve
thousand males above the age of twenty
one, and seven thousand of them are
black men, and every one of them would
be glad to vote the Republican ticket
The average distance from the boundary
of the county to the city, where the place
of voting is. is eighteen miles, and the
authorities have pigeon-holed. and well
does the News know it, petitions signed
be thousands of black men asking the
the establishment of precincts outside
of the city, so that the rural voters can
cast their ballots without walking tWen-
ty miles
Why are there no more than six thou.
sand legal voters in Chatham county !?
Why are five Thousand black men dis
qualified, and only one Thousand whites
There was fear that negroes might
walk the twenty miles, and a law was
passed, for that county alone, that all
men should register to qualify them to
vote. Yet the Savannah News forgets
to state that according to the Comp.
troller Generals report only two thou
sand nine hundred and ifty>fve white
men are reported as having qualified
themselves to vote by payment of taxes.
But white Democrats are not challenged !
Judge Foraker might have referred to
Lincoln, Putnam and other counties
where there are black majorities, and
yet there, no Republican dares deposit a
vote for his choice. If Republican news
papers of the State should attempt to
write the truth of the matter, as we
have of late taken 10 doing, they would
be prosecuted for libel in the criminal
courts, as we are being now.
The fact about it is, Judge Foraker
has not said the half that could be said.
He has told nothing of the recent mur>
ders and Outrages. He has said nothing
of the outrage upon your rights in the
jury box. There are nearly million of
colored citizens in Georgia, scattered
over hundred and thirty-seven coun-
ties in the State that extend the right
of being juror to colored men. And in
the few counties that allow colored jus
rers there are never more than two or
three drawn at a term, and they are
struck when colored men are party to
the trial.-Atlanta Defiance.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-24

DEMOCRATIC orators tell us that elec>
tions in the South are perfectly fair. and
that the colored vote is not suppressed.
Yet the Republican State Executive
Committee of Mississippi, of which John
r. Lynch, one of the most prominent
colOIed men in the South, is chairman,
met few days ago, and adopted the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That in view of the fact
that organized opposition to tie Demo-
cratic party of this State this fall is USE
less. because of the well known inpossi-
bility of securing at the polls an honest
election, it is the sense of the committee
that no convention be called to nominate
State ticket.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-24

very pleasant, social way. Mrs. Hogue,
though having the care of quite family
of small children, does not neglect those
accomplishments that tend to make an
attractive home; she finds time to culti-
vate flowers and practice music occasion
ally. Mr.. Hegue has an extensive apple
orchard. from which he gathered last
year six hundred barrels of fruit He
estimates the present crop. at four hun-
dred barrels. Besides apples, he raises
more than enough of small fruits for
family use.
The October meeting Of the club will
be at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Atkin-
son. Whether it is good policy for far
mers to insure property or life," will be
the subject for discussion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-09-24
Never

Never be in hurry but always be in
haste.
Never make a shield for the living OF
the errors Of the dead.
Never mind putting up a tombstone
when you bury an old sninosity.
Never fail to keep your appointments
nor to be punctual to the Minute.
Never shoulder too much when there
is risk of being able to carry it.
Never excuse a wrong action by say.
ing some one else did the same thing.
Never give what you cannot afferd
simply because it is fashionable to give.
Never be idle, bat keep your hands or
mind usefully employed when not sleep
ing.
Never make haste to be rich. and re-
member that small and steady gains give
competency and tranquility Of mind,