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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
WOMEN AS NURSES.


What an Eminent and Wcll-IknOwn Physf-
clan Says on the Subject.
What is there in the hour of anguish
like the gentle presence, the quiet
voice, the thoroughly trained and skill
full hand OF the woman who was meant
by nature and has been taught by care
full discipline to render those services
which money tries to reward, but only
gratitude can repay? / have ALWAYS
felt that this was rather the vocation of
women than general medical. and es-
pecially surgical practice. Yet l my
self followed a course of lectures given
by tie younger Madame L%achapclle in
Paris, and if here and there an intrepid
woman insists on taking by storm the
fortress of medical education, l would
Nave the gate flung open to her as if it
were that of the Citadel of Orleans,
and she was Joan of Arc returning
from the field OF victory. l have often
wished that disease could be hunted by
its professional antagonist in couples,
a doctor and a doctors q~uick-witted
wife making a joint visit and attacking
the patient NEAR the patients
malady. Of course-with their united
capacities. For l am quite sure that
there is a natural clairvoyance in a
which would make her as
much the superior of man in some
particulars Of diagnosis as she GER
tainly is in distinguishing shades Of
color. Many a suicide would have
been prevented if the doctors wife had
visited the day before it happened. She
would have seen in the merchants face
his impending bankruptcy, while her
stupid husband was prescribing fo1
dyspepsia and %indorsing his note;
she would recognize the lovelorr
maiden by an ill-adjusted ribbon, a line
in the features, a droop in the attitude,
a tone in the voice, which mean moth
ing to him, and SO the brook must be
dragged tomorrow. The dual ar
rangement of which 1 have spoken is,
Isuppose, impracticable, but a woman's
advice, l suspect, often determines her
husbands prescriptions. Instead of a
certain lecture on his own feelings he
gets a clinical lecture on the puzzling
case. it may be of a neighbor suffering
from the complaint known to village
nosology as q complication of dis
cases." which her keen eye can see
into as much better than his as they
would through the eye Of a small-sized
needle. She will find the right end of
a case t. get hold of, and take the
snarl II as she would out of Il skein
of thread or a ball of worstcd which be
would speedily have reduced to a hope
less tangle.-Dr. o. ". Holmes, at
Harvard COlLeqe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
THE POOR OF NAPLES.
els Life to Them Worth the I.ivinee'
Even in Sunny Southern Italy.

els Life to Them Worth the Livinses
Even in Sunny Southern Italy.
In single rooms on the ground floors
or in the cellars whole families live to-
gcther with %donkeys, goats, chickens
aad pigs. They are so poor they can
not pay for better quarters. 1t is not
a %depraved taste which makes them
crowd in these dark and dirty holes,
and keep their little ones in the gutter,
it is only need. The Neapolitans are
not brutes. They like music, bright
colors and light.
How can they pay high rents when
the best wages are scarcely a franc a
day? There is no city in Italy where
wages are so low as in Naples. The
best skilled w~orkmcn-the t%ailors,
the shoemakers, type settlers, job print
ers, masons and carpentcrs-even in
the busiest seasons, scarcely get thirty
cents a day, while the s%econd-rate
Worklngmen must get along with ten
cents q day or less.
1t is, therefore, impossible for a Nea-
politan to pay more than one dollar q
month for his cent. The condition of
the women is simply dreadful. Apoor
mother is obliged to get work outside
OF her home for her bread and for that
0f her children. Hat-makers, dress
makers and flower girls make only three
or four dollars q month. The great
majority of the women are obliged to
go out to service as domestics. A SER
want girl gets ten francs month, with
out any dinner. Some of them have
two or three houses in which to do
housework for one dollar at each house
every month. They are constantly
running from one house to another,
and scolded and threatened in each
place they go. Many of these miser-
able creatures have children to nurse
when they go home at night, a baby.
perhaps, that has been left the whole
day in the arms of a little sister. The
poor mother, going home without suf-
ticient food and half-exhausted, has to
nurse the little one, and at thirty years
Of age looks as old as if she had suf-
fered the wear of sixty winters.
Children in Naples are considered q
sort of burden or hindrance. When
the boss takes a boy to work, merely to
pay him his daily bread, a mother is
happy. and when a girl makes five
cents Il week by hard daily work, the
work of a regular servant girl, the
mother is equally delighted Galig-
nanlS Messenger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
H ART OF WAR.
The Duke of Wellin stnn's Opinion Con
corning 1t.

wan = ok'AAo SoA-
corning 1t.
In coming to see me Gas he had done
the day but II before September 2d)
he (the Duke) had chosen to walk from
the station to our house, and without
ever a guide. He said he had found it
a rough walk, and the ground inter-
sected in a way he had not expected;
SO l said to him: at seems you forgot
to guess what was ut the other side of
the hill" This was in allusion to a
circumstance which had occurred be-
tween him and me some thirty
years before. When travelling on the
north road. we amused ourselves by
guessing what sort Of Il country we
should find at the other side of the hills
we drove up; and when l expressed
surprise at some extraordinary GOOD
guesses he had made, he said: "Why,
I have spent all my life in trying to
guess what was at the other side of the
hill"
l had remindedhim of this just as we
were driving across the ravine that had
impeded him, and he turned round to
Mrs. Crokcrt to explain it toher. adding:.
''All the business OF war, and indeed
all the business of life, is to endeavor to
find out what YOU don't know by what
YOU do; that's what called guessing
what was on the other side Of the.
hill.'"
He said the perfection of practical
war was ia troops as steadily and
coolly on a field of battle as on a parade.
''Soult's fault WAS that, though a great
strategist, ne never seemed to know
how to handle the troops after the bat
tie had begun"
l then told him what Guizot told me
of Lanncs having said that ''le plus
grand general etait cclui que la canon
made faisait mieux c%ntendre, ct que Ia
fumec faisait voir plus clair
Duke--Humph! "a pause: That's
only a ~c1everer phrase for what l have
been Just saying-sang froid-prescnce
of mind: but that is not enough; tho
mind, besides being cool, must have the
art of knowing what is to be done and
how to do it.-Croher's Conversations
wiM the Duke Of WeA!ngto'A
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
a Celestial Joke.

The love of fun is not unknown
among the serious-looking Celestials
who during the last few Yeas have
been collecting in some parts of our
Australian colonies. A storekeeper,
wishing to advertise his articles in the
Chinese language, engaged a celestial
to paint him a sign, expecting of course,
that it would be a very enticing one.
1t did rot answer his expectations,
however, for the only perceptible effect
it had on ''the relations of the sun and
moon,"as the Chinese term themselves,
was to excite q grin of the broadcast di-
mansions. At length the storekecper,
by a considerable bride, obtained a
translation in English of the advertise
ment. and found it to be as follows:
Don't buy anything here; stocekeeper
q rogue. '-MoncAester Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
SACRED BREAD STONES,

now the ZuEiS Prepare the Waters Which
Enter Into Their Religious Obsery-
;Iccs.
FOR no art or industry within the
range of the domestic duties of Zuni.
Is so much care and instruction be-
slowed by the old women on the Young.
as 1or every process in the making of
the ie-wc. or wafer breads. Year in
and year out, too. while these lessons
are being piled, it is told how the famed
and beloved Goddess of the White
onells taught not Il few OF her graces
and some secrcts-in connection with
inc daily occupation which forms their
meme. VI the secrets. Il chosen few
Hiu women of the tribe are keepers.
WIN many a mysterious rite and severe
P'ehance, they quarry and manufacture
inc enormous baking-stoncs on which
Ihe 1laAy toothsome hc-wc is made.
Eafrulous enough. mercy knows! are
,'ie>c old cronc on most other subjects;
oo' they guard with a sphinx-likc jcal-
'u>E such OF their methods and OBJ
;sfEances as add prestige to experience
III lheir occasional calling. The usual
number OF old women making up a
parry OF 'stone finisEcrs' is four or
elSht, rarely more. Four days previ-
vu>ly to the tcmpcring of the stones
.!'eH retire to an estufa or lone room,
ulere TO fast and engage in certain
ceremonials, in which croning tradi-
uonal chants and repeating rituals
iIas an important part. During these
lo"r days they never come forth unless
a. rare intervals and for a very short
. .l'le (and then under the protecting in
+"ehce OF warning head-plumes) that
; ne, may not be touched by the unin-
~ ut"'eo. Yet, during the intcrmissions
u Their religious ~observances, they
naepare great cakes of pinion gum,
callelu,ly wrapping them in strips of
v"uar Dark. and in other ways make
rs'uy 1or the work at hand. On the
a"!nihg OF the day succeeding the last
',Ls ~ OF thei vigil, they repair in sim
3H HE, headed by Il particular clan
paies'-usual1y a '.Bauger,' who on no
account touches one of them-to the
t fu.'rs. Before lifting the stones, be-
r ot even q%uarrying any of them, they
iru long. propitiatory prayers. cast
IA ABUNDANT medicine-meal to the
shd is'n OF the rock With other but
tho ot 1t prayers the fire is kindled by
stoiu priest, who uses as his match Il
vNo1 hard wood with which he drills
ro %tfously into a piece of dry. soft,
Of 'htll the friction ignitcs the dust
tive w making, and to the flames
"' generated, offerings Of dry food
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
A TUSSLE TO THE DEATH,
The Way IL Wounded Coyote Fought
Tooth and Toe-NaiI for Its Life.

The Way IL Wounded Coyote Fought
Tooth and Toe-Saii for Its Life.
Travcr, who drives the Bullion stage,
had quite ar adventure with a wounded
coyote on his trip out last Saturday.
Just on the other side of the Hot
Springs he saw ] coyote standing in the
road, some distance ahead of his team.
Having his rifle with him, Traver fired
at the beast and wounded it in the
breast, also breaking one Of its fore
legs. He then drove up to where the
coyoto was kicking around in the dust
of the road and got down from his
wagon to finish the job by knocking
Mr.. Coyote on the head. AS he started
around the head Of his team the coyote
made a dash at the nearest horses leg,
which he was about to seize when met
by the hcnvy boot on Travcr's right
foot. This seemed only to increase the
savageness OF the beast, which now
turned upon the driver, attempting to
get at his throat. Traver succeeded in
keeping it at bay until he got back into
the wagon. He then commenced to
put a cartridge in his rifle, but had
hardly got started when, happening to
look around, he say the coyote upon
the wagon and not two feet from where
he stood, making toward him with snap
ping jaws and %bloodshot eyes. Not
having time to finish loading Traver
dubbed his rifle and by a lucky blow
knocked the beast off the wagon. The
coyote again made the attempt to reach
him, but the gun was soon loaded and
its contents sent into the body of the
now thoroughly maddened beast. Ira
yer says he doesn't want any more
wounded coyote.-EIko Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
BEASTS, BIRDS AND FISHES.
Vow a Hunter by the Dying Embers OF
His Campfire Fought for His Life.

His Campfire Fought for His Life.
Cade Maynard, recently from Ar
KANSAS, accompanied by his son, who
S nearly a man grown, crossed over
,he Trinity River near Porter's Bluff to
spend a week hunting deer and turkey
in the Trinity bottoms. They killed
an unusually large number of turkeys
and four deer, Mr.. Maynard dis
patched his son to bring the mules,
some eight miles distant, with a view
of packing his deer and turkey, and
MIR. Maynard was left alone to guard
the camp. Being tired and worn out
by the excitement of the day, he laid
down early and did not awake until
aroused by being pounced upon by
some huge animal and severely stunned
by a terrible blow. With the quickness
of desperation he drew his revolver, a
45-calibre Colt and commenced
shooting. The campfire was nearly
out, but there was sufficient light for
him to see that his foe was Il large
Mexican lion. Four shots were fired
in rapid succession, the last taking
effect, but the Lion still crouched in a
threatening attitude. Just at that mo-
ment he discovered another lion APP
preaching. Stepping to one side he
grasped his rifle and with a well di-
rected shot put a quietus on lion No. l.
AS the second lion approached he dis
charged the remaining loads in his re-
volver, retreating backwards as he
fired. Strange to say the second lion,
either from being wounded or some 9TH
er unknown cause, did not follow him.
Mr.. Maynard made his retreat as best
he could through the woods. His
clothes were nearly all torn off and he
was frightfully bruised and lacerated
from his encounter with the lion.-
C0rsacano (Ier.) Courier.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30

are are made. The stones arethen brought
the t %a warm enough, placed over
with pitch and cactus Juice. which thew
greedily absorb, so that tbav ~ ,aa:
seem solid masses of carbon;zeT smb.
stance rather than gritty rock. From
inc beginning to the end of this tenn
Perlng process never a word is snoken
aloud 0 the least excitemnht or
sprlghtly action INDUCED in. Sounds
uttered would penetrate the Grain Of
ene rock and, expelled by heat or con
n'ctlhg with the new ..being" (func-
!lon) OF the stone. split. scale or SILVER
~ Win a loud noise. so also. the evil
influence OF undue passion or hasty ac-
''on would alike be communicated to it
WIN bilghting future etlect.-Frank
CnSh1ng, IN the Milestone.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30
A Mystery of the Laundry.

Bill Ridgeway, OF Dallas, who is
something Of a dude, has accepted the
resignation of the colored lady who
has hitherto done his washing. The
last time she brought him his garments
he put her through a little civil service
examination.
81 would like to know" said Bill,
"why you bring me all my clothes, ex-
cept the shirts, on Thursday, and do
not bring the. shirts until Saturday."
There was an apparent hesitance ON
the part of the wash lady" to be COM
municative. At last she explained.
mister, when You GIBBS me yer
shirts dey am too clean to be washed,
so l gets my ole man to war 'em about
for a day or SO till dey am fitting to
put in de wash tub."-7erus Sitta7gs.
Indians of San Carlos, Cal, cult
vate upward OF four thousand acres Of
lnpH
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30

Sitting Bull has been photographed
in forty styles.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30

One is tempted to wonder if flower
missions wouldn't do more good if they
spelled it -four missions. PHILADELPHIA
Times
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-30

Delaney Sayou, a native of Zulu
land and a student at the Hampton
(Va.) Normal School, is dead. He was
twenty-four years old, and was brought
to this country by Barnum, the show
man, with whom he travelled for a
while. He had been at the school more
than two years, and was making ex.
cellent progress. He died Of conSump-
ton.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-20
Ano,her roo,,ar,,r Lcnner.

A Cohoes On. " special Of the 18th
says: This morning it was reported
that in the afternoon Lewis Potter, Of
this city, who has attained some nOto-
riety as steeple-climber, would Jump
from the top span Of the iron bridge
crossing the Hudson. At . O'Clock a
large crowd collected on the bridge. The
police, hearing Of the reported attempt.
notified the Lsnsiugburg police to be
on hand, and an officer was also dis
patched from this city. Potter appeared
little ahead Of time, and before the
police arrived, and was slightly intoxi-
Gated. He was dressed in dark
breeches. flannel shirt, and . straw
bat. When the Cohoes officer was
seen approaching Potter, as if fearing
arrest, climbed to the uppcrmost span
of the bridge. For a moment he gazed
at the people below and then sprang for
ward. 4 still murmur was heard from
the crowd, who expected that he would be
killed. Feet first. Potter disappeared
beneath the water and in few seconds
appeared on the surface pretty well ex-
hausted. He swan ashore and was ar
rested by Officer Reardon and escorted
to the police station, large crowd fol-
lowing. Potter was asked if he wanted
to kill himself and replied: mo, | only
wanted to see if | could jump from that
height"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-20
A Miners TrightFnI Leap.

a Scranton special says A miner
named Michael Coggins met with a
thrilling death at the Sloan shaft Of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Company Saturday night. The shaft is
$50 feet deep. At about 100 feet from
the surface there is a narrow landing
leading to a short tunnel that is used for
storing rails, props. and other mine sup
plies. A number of men were being
hoiSted from the bottom of the shaft,
and when they approached the
tunnel Cocgins, seeing some men
standing there with lights. thought
that the mouth Of the shaft
had been reached, and sprang from the
carriage. which continued its ascent
while he went rushing down the shaft
with a wild CRY depth Of 400 feet.
As soon as Coggins's Mortified COM
pauions reached the mouth Of the mine
they reported his frightful fate and the
carriage was lowered slowly and care
fully to bring him to the surface. The
workmen found him Quiyering in his
death agony. They placed him on the
carriage and gave the signal to hoist.
The bruised and mangled miner
breathed his last on the upward Jour
ney. Coggins had been in the country
only a few months. His parents live
in Ireland,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-20
mAKINE HNrELLssgsCx.
PORT OK RICHMOND. AUeUsr


PORT Oh RICHMOND. August 10, 1855.
ARRIVED.
schooner Maggie J. Chadwick, Orr. Port.
land, nsh, Davenport q Morris.
SAILED.
steamer Ariel, Clifford Norfolk United
states mall. merchandise, and passengers.
l.. h. Tatum. agent.
Schooner Leona. Lippincott, New York
ttd Chickahominy, wood.
hchCOnfr Hattie NJ CrowelI, Chase New
YORK, coal. Geryas stOrrs, agent: vessel,
Curfle & Co.
SCHOONER Wilhclmine. Olsen, Boston, coal.
Chesapeake and ohio Railway Company.
CLEARED.
Schooner A. y. Crosby, Isaaes Rio
Grance DO sui, or Pelotss or FOrt Allexro
D0Ur, 0allegO- Mils Manufacturing com.
IaDy.
PORT OF VIEWPOINTS NEWS, Aucrsr IL.
Iby telegrspn.l
AkRIyKD.
Bark Alabama. Oiscn. Trinidad
big Woodbury.. Brown, Trinidad
Schooner Lulu Kelly. Fort Monrs..
rchoo' er Z. sieelmsn New York.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-20
LORD COLERIDGES BRIDE.
Her Mcther SAYS That 'he Husband ~ an
Uli irifBd OF she Iamilb.
Now York World

Tie particulars Of an interview with
Mrs. Lawford. mother Of Lord.Chief-
Justice Coleridge's bride, were cabled
from London yesterday. The cor
respondent reports her as hay-
ing said that Lord Coleridge is
a family friend Of lca,w Stand.
ing. having been a obstinate At Eton
81 C"l,ari Melville Lawford, a relative
Of he bride, Mrs. Lawford further
stated through The same medium that
her daughter, Amy Augusta Jackson
Lawiord, on account Of the old family
intimacy. returned to England under
the charge Of Lord Coleridge on the
Britannia two years ago. after her visit
TO friends in this city.
Notwithstanding these assertions. the
passenger list Of the Britannia October
-, 1853, does not show the name Of
Amy Augusta Jackson Lawford, nor
any name at all like ii. nor is any such
person registered IN the list Of the Gel
tie, upon which Logl Coleridse arrived
here August %, 1888.
Nothugis known at the Office Of the
White Star Line Of any youuglady hay-
ing been placed under the charge Of the
Chief Justice, nor could such lady
have taken passage on the vessel with
out having her name embodied in thes
passenger list.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-20
xississippi Democratic Convention.

By telegraph 10 the Dlspaich.l
JACKSON, Miss, August l9.-The
State Democratic Convention met to-
day, observation-disclosures Sims
chairman. Governor Lowery was re-
nominated on tie first ballot over Oar
den by a vote Of 100 to -. Feather
stone and Walker, prominent candi-
dates, refused to let their names 20
before the Convention. Lieutenant
Governor Stands was renominated over
lrGe by vote Of $50 to 90.
The following resolutions were
adopted by a rising vote:
Resolred, That the Democratic party
Of Mississippi, in convention assembled,
hereby express their appreciation of the
honor conferred by President Cleveland
upon the party and upon the State by
the appointment to a Cabinet position
Of that illustrious patriot-honored and
beloved by Mississippi-Hon. L. q. c.
Lamar.
ResoIred, That in the policy of Pre-
sidcnt Cleveland. so far as disclosed,
We see not only nothing TO condemn,
but everything to inspire confidence in
his wisdom, integrity, and statesman
ship, and we hereby express our IN
qualified endorsement Of the same.
George NJ. Goyan, Of Pike county,
was nominated on the eleventh ballot
for Secretary Of State.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-20
Family AImo., Differentiated.

\ New Orleans La special says:
\ terrible accident is reported from
Little Gallon. Ierre Bonue parish. A
few days ago, while Emile Lirette was
engaged in moulding bullets for his
gun. preparatory to joining a number
Of his friends in target-shooting, he
asked his wife to i'll his powder-horn
for him. She was some ten or twelve
feet from the fireplace, where a few
Goals were smoulderiDg. The task was
but half completed when a gust Of
wind suddenly blowing through the
open door sent spark straight at the
powder, which isnited and a terrific
explosion followed.
MOTHER AND CHILDREN KILLED,
The roof Of the dwelling was torn
of; three children were instantly
killed; the mother received such in
Juries that before many hours she. too,
was dead, while the husband and father
and two children were badly wounded.
The noise of the explosion brought
number Of neighbOrs to the scene, where
the bruised and blackened bodies Of a
whole family told the sad story Of the
fearful havoc wrought by a spark.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-20
a Case of YelIou.Fe,er I'm New York.

ny ttitEldiu ~ tllt DlHldiCu.l
NEW YORK, August l9.-Henry
Rynero, a sailor, left the schooner John
Gibson at Brooklyn docks and crossed
over 10 New York, where he was found
in Battery Park with a well-defned
case Of yollow-ieyer. He was taken to
quarantine, and the vessel is being
looAedsaher.
An Investigation shows that the cap
tain Of the vessel died of yellow-ieyer
at sea; the cook was put ashore at
Delaware Breakwater suffering from
the same disease and the vessel then
sailed for New York, where she was
qusrantined seven days, and it was
supposed the germs Of the disease were
1aqfwctr.l