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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
THE LATEST FOLLY.
Bleeding to Secure a ColosAess Conn

Bleeding to Secure - Col0s%ess CoM-
"Bleeding is becoming fashionable
among young society swells of both
sexes, but it is mostly practiced by
Young men," said a society physician
yesterday.
by bleeding persons naturally be-
come a little pale, and this gives them
a kind of a%ristocratic appearance. For
instance, if a young man has been re-
jected by the young lady who has up
set his reason he can play upon her
sympathics by having himself bled.
The loss of blood would make him
pale and interesting, and he could
lounge around home for a few days
and send out a report that he was
dying of q broken heart. His paleness
would show that something was the
matter with him, and it might excite
the lady's sympathy, if she had that
clement in her fashionable compost
ton. The face could not be powdered
or painted SO as to represent illness.
The ladies understand this a~rtitice too
well, and a great many are adopting
the bleeding process. 1t is not that
they wish to convey the impress
sion they are dying by inches
from grief. They don't do that now.
but occasional bleeding makes them
naturally pale, and their pretty faces
are more easily colored in consequence.
With a white background, OF rather
face, the face is colored without the
preliminary trouble of washing it with
a white compound before coloring is
put on. The colors stick better, the
paint does not show so plainly, does
not close the pores of the skin so her
m~etically; a smoother appearance gen
orally. Then, again, it is not the cor
rect thing in fashionable society to
appear too rosy and healthful. II
would look as if they followed some
occupation for a living. School girls.
you know, eat pickles and slate-pencils
under the impression that it will make
them thin by drying up the blood.
Bleaching is the latest device infashion-
able society, and is resorted to by both
sexes for opposite purposes. during
the summer ladies are b%leached, or bled,
under the impression that the reduc-
ton of blood prevents an excess OF
perspiration-and nothing is consid-
cred more questionable than to per-
spire. That is why so many ladies look
so cool and icy chilling in the red-hot
months of summer. / do not know
that the young men drink salt water
after being bled like the other calves
that are bleached for the market by
cruel butchers, but no doubt salt water
will soon become a fashionable craze
in connection with the bleeding pro-
cess.n-N. Y. Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
a Good Heart.

There is a grave popular error in the
prevalent habit Of confounding the
heart with the feelings A man 4aay
have the best feelings IN the world,
and vet be very far from havingthe best
heart in the world; OF, again, he may be
very deficient in his emotional nature
without being at all deficient in the
better endowment of heart. A good
heart is not necessarily q heart whichis
continually beating with the livelier
emotions; it is rather a heart from which
habitually proceed good promptings
which lead to good actions, feeling or
no'fceling. Good feelings are a valua-
Bile endowment for a good heart; but a
good heart always includes a great deal
more than good feelings. This is for
you to think about, the next time that
you feel that your benevolent emotions
prove that you havea good heart; if
YOU really have u good heart, your good
feelings will be accompanied by good
purposes, and these again will be fol-
lowed by good deeds, Dr. by wise re-
straints. This is the true meaning of a
good heart; the other and more popular
is an errors. S. Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
ORCHARD WORK FOR WINTER.
Dig Out the Dead and Dying Trees and
Trim and Dress Uu tie Others.

Dig Out the Dead and Dying Trees and
Trim and Dress Up the Others.
Dig out dead and dying apple trees
and all others which, this season. have
proved worthless, and cast them into
the stove for tire-wood. They will
make pretty good stove-wood, for they
are already, many of them, quite well
seasoned, and the brushy tops, cut into
proper lengths, will be excellent for
starting a quick fire next summer. I
have a cord Of this now, and enough
brush remaining to make a cord more.
Out with them. Now is the time to do
this work; and it is the most necessary
work to be done on the farm, after
corn gathering is over and the stock
well sheltered. Besides, it pays as it
goes; as the wood to keep the fires
going has to be procured at any rate.
Take them up by the roots; large trees
can thus be got out at q cost of about
a dime each for labor. But let the
hole remain open till spring-then fill
up. If other trees are to be planted,
it will be best to select a separate piece
Of ground-and a young orchard of q
more or less variety Of trees ought
always to be in progress. However, if
other ground is not to be had, it may
answer to plant young trees in the old
orchard, using intermediate spaces for
the purpose. But the old orchard can
be better utilized by being set to straw
berries and raspberries or blackberrieS.
In no case ought a young tree to be Set
where an old one has been grubbed up
And while we are about it, it will be
we'll to %renovate the old orchard. Trim
and dress up the remaining trees.
This winter weather, when It is not
too cold, is as good a time as any to do
it in. Cut off all water-sprouts, and
all dead and decaying branches, and
all knotty and gnarly ones, that are in
the way of each other, using any COM
mon paint. put on with 4 brush, for
covering the wounds. This paint is
handy, easily put On. and is thought
by many to be better than gum shellac,
or other impervious compound. A
good dressing for the soil beneath.
which almost all farms produce. would
be a wheelbarrow load OF bay manure
| to each tree, spread. wei. over the sur
face. Barnyard 1nanur. is also good.
| And it should be remembered that all
old orchards need a dressing Of ashes
or lime, OF both. Farmers wives
should not waste their ashes in soap
making; the raw material is worth
more for the orchard. Coal ashes are
Of less value. but are useful. and should
be applied when attainable. Now, il
the. winter months--the earlier the bet
ter-is the time for the orchard work!
Spring is too late. Besides, the weather.
rains, or the hurry of work will pre-
vent setting about it, and another sea-
son of poor or scabbyfruit, sickly trees.
and sickening owners, will be the re-
suit. Vigilance! vigilance! work!
work! are the prices to be paid for
good fruit henceforward. = Prairie
| Talnler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
The Best Defense.

There are many where error
has to be combated, but the best defense
the truth has is itself. If the simplicity
of the Gospel is preached and taught
without an endless and weak-backedi
apologize, the truth will be better ad-
vanced. All along the line of philo-
sophie thinking there must be war be,
tween the schools. But the pulpit will
do we'll to leave these discussions as
much alone as possible, and the Sunday
school teacher to avoid them altogether.
Popular defense OF the truth is too apt
to, be superficial and exact defense
"dry." 1t is not with theological trea-
tises that men are to be influenced,
though theological treatises may be a
safe foundation for the building above'
ground. Parents and Sabbatii-school
teachers;will find their influence more in
practical example and earnest dogma
tlsm than in theory and elaborate apol.
ogetic.-Ch CHRISTIAN Hour.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
o.LING SHOES.
A Bootblack Grows Confidential Ind Tells
the Secret to q RepOrtcr.

A Bootblack Grows Confidential md Tells
the Secret to Il Reporter.
A one-armed bootblack having taken
the contract to oil the shoes of q re-
porter. after the preliminary brushing
began by rubbing the leather with a
wet cloth. When asked what it was
for he explained: ''When l began this
business" said the operator, pausing a
moment to cast al admirins glance at
the high. aristocratic arch of the news
gatherer's instep, 81 used to keep on
rubbing the oil into the leather until a
man told me to stop. l thought they'd
know when they had enough and l
wanted to give satisfaction. Some of
my customers complained that the oil
soaked through their boots and satur-
ated their socks. 1 thought perhaps l
had been putting on too much oil, but
the same fault was found in several
cases where I had been more careful.
Finally an old shoemaker whom !
what | ought to do to save my trade.
He told me to oil a shoe until l
had wet it first. The reason was that
the water would penetrate the leather
and, remaining there, keep the oil from
soaking through. Besides the water
would soften the leather and open it so
that the oil would do the leather more
good. My trade has prospered ever
since.
81 was oiling a man up one day and
he asked the same question you did.
When 1 explained the reason he said
that vas on the same principle as that
of painting kerosene %oil-barrels. |
told him I thought they were painted
blue just to look nice. He said it was
to prevent the barrels from leaking.
During 4 longvoyage or along journey
by rail sometimes half a barrel would
leak through the pores Of the wood and
evaporate. SO some sharp fellow be-
gan to study some way Of preventing
such loss. He first painted the barrel
blue On the outside and then filled it
with water and allowed it to stand un-
til it had soaked up all itwould. Then
the oil was put in. The water kept the
oil from soaking into the wood, and
the paint on the outside kept the water
from coming out. He got a patent on
ibis discovery and 10Y he sits in his
office and draws his royalty Of one
cent on every barrel made to hold ker-
osene oil for shipment. He's got a
mighty soft thing on oil barrels"
BY this time the master of the art Of
oiling shoes, having rubbed q quar-,
bottle OF neat's-foot oil into the re.
porter's fifteen dollar CATERS, rested
from his labors, and gracefully &C.
cepted the half-dollar which was
dropped into his Chicago News
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
CALLING ON THE OLD FoLKs.
Enjoying the Poetry of the Occasion Re-
fore Arriving ut the Old Home.

Enjoying the Poetry of the Occasion Be-
fore Arriving ut the Old Home.
A prominent contractor and builder
of this city tellsa good story at his own
expense, but he doesn't tell II often.
When he was but a lad, his parents ar
rived at the conclusion that it was adj
visable to have M tiller Of the soil in
the family, so a home was obtained for
him with a childless couple and he was
banished to Oakland County to learn
how to tickle the soil with a hoe, and
do other farm work.
1t only required q single a to
convince him that Smelling corn. hoe
ing potatoes and milking long-tailed
cows possessed no undying attractions
for him, especially as he and the
farmer and his wife differed radically
upon various matters of household
economy, and particularly upon the
amount Of pie necessary to satisfy the
stomachic cravings of a healthy and
growing boy, SO one night he returned
to Detroit without even soliciting the
approval of his foster parents. Nor
did they mourn and refuse to be COM
fortcd.
Years rolled on and the boy became
a nan and master of q trade. He en-
barked in business for himself and
fortune favored him. Beingin Pontiac
one day on business. and having a few
hours at his disposal, he decided 10 TO-
visit the old farm and note the changes
finn hol xuo,.1.oJ o,J 20 4l,, ~1J tc.1l-
surprise. He argued that the stall
wart form and bearded face that had
come with manhood, and, above all. his
smart clothes, would be a sufficient
disguise; and he laughed in anticipa-
ton of the CONSERVATION they would
feel when they came to realize that
here was the boy who wanted more
pie.
Procuring a spanking pair of horses
and a glittering top-buggy he drove
along the well-remembered country
highway. An hour later a turn in the
road brought the old farm into view.
There was the old house. looking some
what older and mor dilapidated, but
the old barn had disappeared and a
new, red m stood upon its site. The
old w%ell-sweep was there, and beside
the path leading from the road to the
porch, a woodpile that looked exactly
like the one he had formed an intimate
acquaintance with nearly a score of
years before. SO far as his eyesight
could detect the self-same geese and
turkeys saluted him as he dismounted
ard hitched his horses to the fence
post, and there upon the porch sitting
bolt upright knitting away at the same
gray WOODEN stocking was Mrs. Nc
Glory, dressed in the same stutfy old
garments and looking scarcely a day
older.
Quickly he decided to assume the
character of a real estate agent desir-
ing to purchase a farm, and started up
the path, being fully aware that The
old woman was cycling him closely
vel the top of her spectacles. As he
reached the wood-pile she exclaimed:
"Patsy, me bye, av yez comm to
the house iist bring me an arrum of
wud!'-DetroI Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
CHOICE

The worst of Christ, even His chat,
IS better than the worlds corn,-S.
Rutherford.
line heart must be beaten and
bruised, and then the sweet scent will
come out.-Bunuan.
Your "few things NAV be yey
few and very small things. but He ex.
poets You to be very faithful over them.
Why search SO eagerly for the
missing link" that relates us to the
Beasts that perish? Is it not better to
hnd here the missing link that relates
Us to the Heavenly Father?-1Ac Liz
ing CNurcA.
When n has learned to seek the
honor that cometh from God onlv. he
VIII take the Withholding of the honor
that comes from man very quietly, in
deed.-Georae Macdonald.
God requires no such faith. nay,
ne accepts. nay, He excuses nc such
Ialth as believes without reason; be-
ileves, he Knows not why. AS faith
without fruit, without works. is no
ial'h' sc 1alth without a root, without
leason' Is no faith, but IN opiniou.-Dr,
Your honest opinion as to what is
tle proper standard OF conduct for your
SELL IS better shown in what O think
would DC right and proper for your
pastor, than in what YOU are wiling
yourself, to do. It may, indeed, BE-
.hat your standard for him is lower
nan II should be; but any lower stand.
atu 'han thar which you think 10
sloulu conform to is lower than yo,' AZ
neart Mtnh to be right, whatever yAm'
pr"ctce may be.-S. S, Ia3ues.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
The Landlord Sized Him up,

A brilliant swell. in much elaborate
toggery and the other evidences of un-
paid bills. applied at Il fashionable hotel
for accommodations.
Observation-Disclosures ne drawled.
shave you an elevatah?:n
''Of course" replied the proprietor.
"Aw-ah-awnd do you have din.
nav at five o'clock"
IF it is SO desired SIR
saw ah = awnd breakfast at
eleven"
Eyes sir.'
"Aw-ah..awnd a bawth adjoining
my apartmentsW
Certainly"
Observation-Disclosures; now what will
you boawd me faw?"
'Well,n replied the proprietor, sizing
him up all around, ''I'll board YOU for
about fifteen minutes, and l want the
pay in advance"
The porter carried him out on q
t1,aek.--Merchant Traveller.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
Turn-About Heels.

When a New York uptown shoe
dealer was asked to repair a pair of
boots that needed new soles and new
heels, he said:
''Will you have patent heels:?"
What is the peculiarity?h
They are reversible. Both ends Of
the heel are trimmed alike. The heel is
secured with screws, and can be re-
moved by any one with a screw-driver.
BY turning the heel end for end after it
begins to wear ot1on one side, the wear
is thrown equally on both sides, and
the heel is kept square. Eventually the
wearer learns to stand up squarely on
his heels. They will cost you fifty
cents extra N. Y. Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
A PARADOX.

Irecollect how grieved I a
When Cousin Amy married.
thought her very cruel because
For me she had not tarried.
She gave to my affection green
Encouragement in plenty,
For / vas under seventeen
And she was Internationally.
Fair Amy is a widow now,,
Her sorrow fast outgrowing.
TITS very singular, L vow,
The way the years are going,
With me, at allegro rate;
With her, a graceful lente-
Now 7 am nearing thirty eight
And she is s.N-and-twenty.
Ishould be gratified to know
How others, like my cousin,
A twelvemonth only older grow,
One year in half a dozen.
Oh, ChronoS! tell the secret me,
The power superhuman
That causes time with man to flee,
But bids it wait with woman.
Life.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
sABBATH-DAY READING.
H N

There standeth Ono among 0 whom "
Know %not.-John 1: u.
One whom We d0not know
Is standing here:
His garments white as snow,
His tears like fountains flow,
While seasons come II go,
Year follows year:
4. man of sorrows He,
From mirtl debnrred,
He shall act prudently:
None majesty may sec,
Nor glorious can be
His visage marred.
Forgotten now His face,
His voice is still.
Yet we nay know His grace
Who initiate His ways,
WHO fill His holy place
And DOLLS will.
Brief was His work with men;
1t seemed in vain.
Yet will He come again.
Not all unknown as then,
But crowned with glory when
He comes to reign.
Then know Him while We may;
HIS path pursue.
His gracious call obey,
Yield to His gentle sway,
Lest haply on that day
He know not o
Rec. E. N. P0mcfoU, IN COng1CgdtioRdllst.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20

Jews own and work more than
100000 acres of land in Kussin and
rcnt from the Crown nearly 1,5tG, 600
eaveE saOre.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20

The diameter of trees varies not
only from summe to winter, but from
day to day. Theyare larger from noon
to twilight the next morning than from
twilight until noon: they are smaller in
the winter than in summer. Water and
the sap OF trees expand not only in pro-
portion as they rise above, but also as
they 90 below, the freezing point. Low
temperature as well as high promotes
evaporation. and the trees evaporatc
from their branches in winter, and so
the colder the weather the more they
shrink.-Prairic Farmer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
The superiority Of American

-Ihe superiority OF American
dredging machines, which has been
shown in the work on the Panama
Canal, has led to orders for them by
fourteen governments. The last OF
these is from Spain. A ag-hoat, with
a Grew propeller Of 10o-horse power,
five iron barges and two tow-boats
have been called for to be used at the
port OF San Juan, Porto Rico.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
HAWTHORNE'S COURTsHIP.

How He and Sophia Peabody Fell
in Love With Each Other.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20
lnternatioal sunday-schoo Lessons

1SS5-F1RST QUARTER.
Feb. Paul at Jerusalem. Acts q: lr2f
Feb. SPaul Assailed .-..... -. Acts Il: 2740
Feb. 15-Paul's Defense. -....-..A Acts y: u!
Feb. 22-Paul Before the Council Acts %: Ill
Mar. Paul Sent to Felix.......A Acts %: 12-24
Mar. s-Paul Before FeliX.......Act "a: 1927
Mar. 15-Paul Before Agrippa. e. Acts IS: l-ls
Mar. S~9-Revicw: Serviceof Song, Missionary,
Temperance or other Lesson selected by
the school.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-20

1T Was n Fatal Attack at First Sight and
They Grew Tired of Waiting for For
tune, and Were Married Incl.
dents of Their Courtship.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-14
phaiias Beaten by Harry Wilkes,

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10 About 5000 people
visited Belmont Park to-day. to witness the
match tIotting race between J. l. Cases brown
stallion, Phallas, and w. G. Franciss bay geld
ing Harry Wilkes. for a special purse of 81, 900,
of which 81 900 to the second horse, best three in
FIVE heats. Phallas was driven, as usual. by
Edwin D. Bither while Frank Vanness held the
ribbons over Wilkes. The track was in perfect
order. The betting was brisk; Phallas ruling
big favorite before the start. at 500 to $29 and
the same odds on the stallion were forthcoming
in any amount even after the first heat had fall
en- TO Wilkes. The race was eventually won by
Wilkes, who took the first, second and fourth
heats, the details of which follow.
First Heat-After three false starts. in which
Wilkes broke inst before reaching the wire. a
fair start effected, Wilkes securing a half
length lead before the quarter reached. and
holding ii all the way round the head of the
stretch, winning by two open lengths
in 2l6
Second Heat-The word .go" was given at
the second trial, and Wilkes broke badly before
he was dozen yards past the wire. Phallas
having six lengths the best of it at the quarter.
and almost much at the half AS the pair
approached the three quarter post, Wilkes went
up with surprising ease, Phaas coming hack as
if anchored, and on the turn into the stretch the
gelding went Ly him like a streak. holding his
lead to the wire, when he was two lengths to the
lead in 2:20.
Third Heat-Wilkes having the preceding
heat with such apparent ease the betting was
completely changed, and after II few pools had
been sold at 800 to $50 in his favor, the odds on
him increased to as high as $3.50 to $50. They
were sent away at the second trial. Wilkes
breaking so badly in the first 100 yards that he
lost all chance, and was distance behind at the
half mile. At the three quarter. Phallas made
momcntary break and Wilkes shut up
fraction of the gap, but although he trotted very
strong and steady in the stretch Pha'las got the
verdict by dozen lengths, amid loud cheering.
Time, 2:2l3
Fourth Heat-The pools now averaged $50 to
SIG in favor of Wilkes, and the layers of the odds
were rewarded by seeing their choice win hand
lily by ten lengths. after being apparently beaten
at the half mile. Phaas broke badly just he
fore reaching the threequarter pole, and Wilkes
going up passed him on the turn into the stretch.
Bither. seeing that Phallas was beaten pulled
him up In the last hundred Yards Time, 2:lS2.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-14
Amusement Matters.

Miss Flora May Henry has been given an en-
gagement with j. NJ. Hill. and will be member
of his company playing "A Moral Crime" Miss
Henry is now in Chicago, where the company
opens the season on Sunday evening
James Y. Cooke. for several years connected
with the Grand Opera house management, has
been engaged as business representative of the
Emma Abbott Opera Company, and will leave
for New York on next Thursday to assume the
duties of his position
Manager Will E. English is expected home at
any day, and writes that he has secured the best
list of attractions for the season that the house
has ever had.
The first attraction to play here this season
will be the McNish Slaven and johnson min
streis at the Grand, one night. Sep. 2. The
regular season at this theater will be opened
Sept, 3. and .. by the Wilbur Opera Company
in The Mikado." This will be the first per
formance of this opera in Indianapolis.