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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19

out n struggle. 1t has been said tA~tevers
strong believer has at one time or other
been a strong doubter. Small went home
and did what might have been expected, as
he himself confesses; he drank deeply to
drown his conviction, and remained intox-
,catcd until Tuesday afternoon, September
10. Then the change came; he believed on
Christ Jesus as his redemption, and arose
from his knees II converted man. The first
thing he did was that which every young
convert does when he gets to that point in
his experience. He began to considerit his
duty and privilege to tell Others what a
change had been wrought in his nature. He
had three thousand hand-bills printed and
circulated. announcing thatthat very night
he would preach at a prominent public
square in Atlanta, to all who desired to
listen. A great crowd assembled. Smalls
reputation as II humorist probably at
trncted many and scores "who came to
scott. remained to pray"
From that hour his life has been changed.
| Wherever the way has opened, he has been
preaching, telling Others what the Gospel
has don't for him. Rev. Sam Jones and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
AID FOR
Blair's BILL Appropriating S79, OOO.t
in Aid of Common chools Passes
Senate-Synopsis of the Measure.


WASHINGTON, March 6.-The Senate pasl
the Blair Education bill yesterday by Il "
OF B 10 ii, after adopting several amcl
ments. Among these were amendments
quiring the Secretary OF the Interior to|
veStigutc complaints of unjust discrjmij
TO be preserved and reported annually
Congress-: including the District Of Column
in the bill. and requiring States receivl
money under the bill to file in the Interior
partment samples of the school books used
the public schools.
Amendments requiring that physiology d
hygiene, with special reference to the eilj
of alcohol and narcotics on the human j
ad under the bill, and including i'll the bill
duStrial schools, were defeated.
The Educational bill. as it passed the y
ate. provides for eight years after its pas>d
treasury the following sums in comm,
school education i'll the States II Tcri1orj
and District OF Columbia Il Alaska;
first, S7.000,00J; the second. $50. OOO.0U0:
O0D.UOO; the fifth yea. Sll, QUO, 600; the 81
year. $4,000 900; the seventh, 81. OoO.0UO, 4
the eighth year. $4,000, 0O0; in all. S17.00lV
BESIDES this there is a special npprorriatioal
:22,NO.O0O to AID in the erection of schI
houscs in spnrselv settled d streets. max
the total 81 9,UOU.UC The money is givenN
the several States and Territories i'll that
portion which the whole number of per,4
~ G"SL VI Llc age VI lCu years ana ONcl Y
can not VT tie bears to the WI
number of su h persons in the Uni
States, according to the census OF 1850. u
the census figures of 1850 shall be Obtain
nnd then according to the latter figure. InstlI
having separate schools for white and
ored children the money is to be paid on
support OF such white and colored school,
spectively in the proportion that the vi
ana c0lored children between ten and twel
one years old bear to each other. No Stal
10 receive the benefit OF the act until its
ernor shall file with the Secretary OF the
terror a statement giving full statistics OF
school system, attendance of white anu
ored Children. amour of money eXDtN1
number OF schools in operation, number
compensation OF teachers, etc. No STATE
territory is to receive in any year from
ltlnd more money than it has paid olll
previous year from its own reves
Tor common schools. II any
or Territory declines to take its -
or the National fund such share +
pc distributed among the States accep}
me benefits of the fund. II ant State OF
rltory in%isIpplies the fund, OF fails TO con
win the cond ltions, it loses all subst4
appOrt!Onmcnt.
Any State or Territory accepting the
VISIONS or the act at the first session "
LEGISLATURE after the passage of the ac.
receive IT'S pro rata share of all prey oM
nual appropriations. The right to alterH
peal the act is reserved by the Senate DIE
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
An Old Swindlcr in the Tolls.

DETROIT, Mich, March 3.-John Fink, ar
rested. at Philadelphia for swindling the
machine screw works OF this city, has
swindled many people under vari-
Gus aliases in Michigan, Illinois,
Iowa, Colorado, New England, the
Middle and Southern States, and in Cana
da. He claimed to sell a recipe for Il cheap
and wonderful lubricator, pretending to
furnish a barrel already prepared. His
recipe was useless, and the barrel contained
ordinary oil slightly doctored to %changeits
appearance. 1t is estimated that he has
obtained $4,000 from his victims.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
A SAFE BUSINESS.
How One Citizen of Dakota Manages to
Grow Wealthy.

"The trouble | find in doing business
here said II man to IL stranger on a Da-
kota train, "is that expenses are SO heavy
paying out money all the time"
81 don't find it that way" replied the
other. Now in my business Inever pay out
any thing
"Well, that's pretty good, what is your
busincss?"
"Im running Il Territorial hailinsurance
company
81 should think it would take money to
meet ~losses.'
81 don't find it necessary"
"How do you arrange it?'
"Iia farmer reports n loss | ask him
what else he could expect with his crop
scattered all over the farm. Then I show
him II clause in the policy that he hadn't
seen before in which he is instructed to take
his crop in every night and put itunderthe
bed where it will be safe"
But you don't talk that way when you
arc insuring them?"
"Oh, no; my agents tell them that ifthey
see a cloud coming up they may go right
down town and draw on the company for
the full amount."-EstcHine Cd. ~ Bel.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
SMALL,

The following sketch is taken from a
pamphlet issued by the Chicago Inter
Ocean:
Mr.. Samuel Small, the brilliant Southern
journalist-evangelist, is a native OF Knox
vile, Tenn. He was born in the Big Bend
State, July 3, 1850. He is, therefore,
~thirty-tive years of age. He was in early
life the recipient OF an education and cult
ure which are strikingl,y apparent in all his
pulpit efforts. His parents were pious peo-
pie, and he was early indoctrinated in Bible
truth, which stands him splendidly in hand
now, and which is clearly shown in his
great familiarity with the Scriptures. His
careful home training was strongly supple
mented by Il course OF several years dura-
ton spent at Emory and Henry College, u
Methodist Institution in Virginia.
Soon after leaving college he began his
life as a newspaper a He wrote the
first "Old SIP papers in 1876, and these
speedily found their way into the leading
journals OF the United States. In 1878 he
went to Europe as al attache OF the Ameri.
can Commissioners to the Universal Expo
sition at Paris, and the breadth and obser.
walton which that transatlantic Journey
impaired were not lost upon the young
humorist.
Tn story OF his conversion is character.
istic OF the man. On Sunday, September
l3, 1855. he tool his wife and children
from Atlanta. Ga, down to Gainesville,
some fifty miles away, to hear Rev. Sam
Jones preach. That great rcvivalist was
then holding services at an immense camp
meeting at Cartersville. So Sam Small
went there from his nome at Atlanta to en-
10y the Sabbath in a kind Of picnic style
He heard Mr.. Jones preach, and straight
way was convicted of his own sinfulness
But his vas not a nature to give up with
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
BlOOdthirsty Redskins.

TOMBSTONE A. T.. March S.-News was
received last night that IL band of thirtv
Apaches ten days ago attacked Il party OF
travellers, fifteen miles southwest Of Noro.
s"ri. Sonora, Mex, killing ono Mcxicanaud
and an American named Zcss. The Indians
VINO are believed to belong to Gcrouimo's
band, then proceeded to William Brown,
NM where Mckerton was killed last Sen.
TENDER, and killed Brown and his rom.
pah'o',, James Moser. The band then
started south and campcd one mile south
OF San Pedro, where they stole eight y
aorses belonging to settlers. They then
vent u! the direction OF the Sierra Madre
mOuntuins. -""ulc
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19

The climate of Washington seems to
bc having a bancful effect on the health
of senators. Senator Paync,,s health is
failing; Senator Miller, California, is
slowly dying; Senator Don Cameron is
in the South for his health; Senator
Mitchell, Pennsylvania, is at home
sick; Senator Vest has neuralgia of the
brain and is on an indefinite leave;
Jones, ofFlorida, is away out in Mich
gan sick at heart, it is said, because he
a not capture a winsome widow,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
A Weak Explanation.

"Mr. Featherly," inquired Bobby, "what
is meant by a bee line?!'"
"a bee line Bobby, "explained Feather
ly, with an air OF erudition, ''means the
manner in which a bee flies to it's hive after
it has loaded itself with honey"
Bobby's face assumed an expression OF
perpleNcd amazement.
Then what did pa mean," he asked, 'by
saying that he never met you III the street
that you weren't making a bee line for
some aloon!'-N. Y. Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19

Tie girls of Esopus. Ulster County,
N. T., are having fun with their bcaux.
Recently n of them kept tally while
two of her lovers played a game of
dominoes to see which one should have
her to wife. Another girl in the same
town had seven s%uitors, and made them
Il q foot race, under agreement that
she weuld marry the winner. The race
came off. and the wedding is to take
place oon In this ease the defeated
half dozen were each given q farewell
kiss by the beauty.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19

The young people of an Episcopal
church in Media, Pa, gave an enter
tainmcnt a few days ago. the feature of
which was a mock japanese wedding.
The hall was decorated to represent the
anterior of q daimaio's residence; the
bride Miss Julia Schclling, toddled
with the true Japanese gait; her twenty
attendants were robed in silkcn kimono
and hakama, and the groom and his
best men were equipped brayely with
two swords each. 1t vas an intensely
oriental affair and drew a paying
audience.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19

In an American cheese cut at a
grocery in England, was found a small
glass bottle containing the following
message: "Ashford, New York, August
Is, 1885. Whoever receives this letter
will please be kind enough to send the
snan,es Of some respectable young la
dies to correspond with some young
gentlemen of this place. Yours, Eu-
gene Hughcy, Ashford, Gait. Co., New
York;
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
1,.c TWO SANS.
Sketches of the Lives of sam Jones and
sam Small, the Two Noted Kevivalfsts,
Now Holding Services in Chicago.
JONES.

In a recent interview with a Chicago re-
porter Sam Small gave thefollowing sketch
of the career OF Rev. sam Jones, under
whose ministration he (Small) was con-
verified:
Sam Jones was born at Oak Bowery,
Chambers County, Ga, October 16, 1S47.
dis grandfather was an old preacher and
is still living. He is named Sam Jones. He
is living near the home of his grandson.
Mr.. Jones father was a distinguished law
Yer at Alabama, and a very devout man.
sam Jones was given a thorough English
and Il partially classic education prepara-
tory to entering college. but the coming OF
OF the war prevented it,, He studied law
and was admitted to the bar and practiced
for a while. Hewas married about sixteen
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
The House of Lords Doomed.

LONDON, March 6.-Mr. Henry La
cherc. Radical, moved in the lloi'
Commons last evening that the llo"s,
slders the hereditary chamber OF
lation Inconsistent with the
elpies OF representative goverH',
me motion was rejected by ii 'V 10
y to 16G. Mr.. Labouchere atH
f~arnellites voted with the minority !
o1 the Liberals ahstained from ro'lhs.1
majority consisted mainly Of ConoerEr1
ana prominent members Of the WI
hlent. The Parnellites received w
nouncement OF the result with LOUD Il
and Mr.. O'Connell exclaimed: "The"
on the WALL"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19

THE latest gold field of magnetic in
tcrcst is that of Honduras. The New
Orleans Times Democrat says it is in
constant receipt of letters from all parts
of che West and Northwest asking in
formation regarding thatcountry. One
letter states that mining camps in Col
orado. New Maxico and Arizona are
being deserted by their occupants, who
will soon be en- route for Honduras.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19

Anew days ago the theatrical mama
gers Of Chicago decided to abandon the
use of Autographs for window adver-
Using, and it is thought the movement
will spread throughout the country. 1t
is found that, after all. legitimate news
paper advertising is the simplest, cheap
est and most effective.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
TOPICS OF HI DAY.

CHINA seems suddenly to have become
imbucd with the spirit of progress.
The question of railroad building is be-
ing earnestly discussed, and it is said
that the Emperor is now greatly in
favor of it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19

The total funded debt of the several
States is S243,S1S, $50. The only States
out of debt are Colorado, Illinois, Ver-
mont and West Virginia. In the last
s the State Constitution forbids any
debt. and in the other cases the people
have voluntarily done it. Illinois wiped
out the last of a debt of SIS, 172,50S in
1880.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
She Made 1t Warm for Him.

"Papa,' said IL Philadelphia lad whose
father is an officer in the militia, papa.
did you ever see a battle?!"
"No, my SON"
But didn't you ever see any real fight
ing??"
Hush, lad! don't you know your moth.
er's red-headed? You'll know more When
you grow dclphia Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19

The Massachusetts, Legislaturc-or
General Court, as they still call it
contcmplatcs a measure to prevent the
selling or giving of any cigarette. snuff
OR tobacco,in any form to minors under
sixteen years Of age, ' The bill, which
has already passed :the Lower House,
imposes. a fine of $50 for any violation.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19

A BILL providing for a revenue tax
on all manufactured substitutes of but
ter and cheese is now before the Com
mittec on Ways and Means, which pro-
vides for Che payment of an internal
revenue tax of from. five to fen. cents per
pound on any substitute for butter or
cheese. or other than that manufactured
out Of pure milk or cream.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19

The Nashville american, in an article
on the editorial ''we," says the fol
lowing: ''No grammar-made language
can meet the wants of daily life. There
MS no such thing as human omniscicncc.
Language, the vehicle through which
Thought is conveyed. must partake of all
the ihtricacics Of thought itself. Gram
marians can no O prescribe invari
able rules for language than John Locke
conld provide an amateur system OF
laws TO suitthc wants of the goodpeople
OF North Carolina"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19

The Paris comet, first discovered last
December. is growing brighter nightly,
and it is predicted by Prof. Boss that by
the middle Of April it will become visi-
BILE to the naked eye. BY May it will
be as brilliant a spectacle as the great
comet of 1881. The position Of the
comet will be in the western sky early
in the evening, and will be visible all
night. The heavenly visitor will be
only twelve million miles from the
Garth, nearer than any comet of recent
years.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-19
TO.

AN communications for this paper should nc, accom-.
' panied by the name of the author; not necessarily for
Ncart Of the writer. Write only on one side of the pa
,pcI. Be r particularly ly careful ,fudI In li g,yin ngd nam Ist1n and dates dates
tr namcs are often difficult to dcciphcr, because of tag
careless manner In which III yArc written.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-03-31
Cholera in Rafsins.
c.. n. HARRIS.
Secretary.

The news comes from Michigan
that there is we'll authenticated
case Of Aslatic cholera there which
came from raisins imported from
Valencia, Spain.
California is producing just as
good raisins as were ever raised in
Spain, yet the class of people who
never purchase anything in this
country which can be imported
from some other, insist on Spain s
raisins. If they catch the cholera
they will only pay the penalty of
their own foolishness. The only
bad feature of the matter is that
they will give it to some one else.
Congress should take such matters
in hand and keep Spanish raisins
out of this country. But Congress
is always too busy in the big wrestle
between the two parties for politi-
cal advantages to do anything that
is Of special interest to the people.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-03-31

Hixon ] P
Healey T w
Hallock ] F
Harris d ]
| Herluison Leon
| Haggerty James
| Hope James
Hoover ] A
Harrison Daniel
Heidenrich ] S
Harris Ernest
Hanford w T
Hearty James
Hickey Eugene I
Hackett Thomas
Hannifan Daniel
Heidenrich w M
Hawthorne w A
James Edmund
Jenkins Charles
Johnson Geo F
Jacob c
Jones Paul
Johns II d
Jones S E
Jacobvich S
Joy " II
Judge J R
Kersey John D
Kelly Daniel
Knapp E C
Kasper Joseph
Kelley S
Kelly Thomas
Kaiser d
keeler A 7
kitzneyer d G
kaH George
Kelly Ally
Krall Philip
Kelly Chas E
Kramer A T
Leonard O R
Lind ] +
Lopez Ferdinand
Leete J y
Lachapelle d
Longtin Ed
Link NJ
Latla Chauncy
Livingston \
Laws Jabez
Lynch Thomas
Lynch F
Lee Theodore A
Lamb r E
Lynch VIM
;pJSa,- 7
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-03-31
The Fourth of July.

Pursuant to the action taken by
the mass meeting held at the Dis
trict Court Room last Monday
evening, March 22nd, Ex-Governor
kinkead, as Chairman, has com
pleted, and hands to the several
Carson papers for publication the
following list Of fifteen persons,
who, inclusive of Ex-Governor
Kinkead, Chairman; c. n. Harris,
Secretary; and Jacob Tobriner,
Treasurer, will constitute the gen
eral Executive Committee to make
preparations for the celebration Of
the Fourth of Jul in this city in
proper manner. The Committee as
thus constituted was authorized to
make such additions to its body as
from time to time shall be found
necessary in the progress Of the
preparations. The list of lanes
reads thus:
Gov. j. W. Adams, II. NJ. Yer
ington, A. Livingston, H. S. Ma
son, D. Avery, D. Gree, John P.
Sweeny, S. L. Swift, VIM, H. Cor
bett, Sam C. Wright, Jacob Klein,
John Trap, NJ. Cohn, Philip
Doyle, John D. Kersey.
By order of
JOHN H. KINKEAD,
Chairman.
c. N. HARRIS,
Secretary
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-03-31
ALL SORTS.

Key West, Florida is burning.
Evan Williams is back from Cal
ifornia.
This is nice weather for the Chi
nese to go in.
H. NJ. Yerington is back from the
terminus Of the c. & c.
Geo. Weiffenbach is once more
able to attend to business.
Nothing definite has yet been
arrived at in the conference be
tween Gould und Powderly.
H. C. Davis, Passenger con-
ductor on the c. ?. r. R., an
nounces himself as candidate for
Governor
A. G. Cowan of Gold Hill is can
wasting the city for "reminiscences of
Abe Lincoln. A more extended
notice wi. appear tomorrow.
Ayers Sarsaparilla, the first blood
medicine to prove real success,
still holds its place at first 10 pub
lie estimation, both at home and
abroad, as shown by its mlraeu-
lous cures. and immensely increased
sales.
what would you do, said San
Francisco clergyman the other day,
IF you saw an angel coming down
street with cigar in it's MOUTH
We would stop the angel at once
and inquire if the cigar had white
labor stamp on.
When a cold or other cause
cheeks the operation of the secret
i've organs, their mutual healthy ac-
ton should be restored by the use
of Ayers Pills, and infiammatory
material thereby removed from the
system. Much serious sickness
and suffering might be prevented
by thus promptly correcting those
slight arrangements that, other
wise, often develop into settled dis
ease.
Henry A. Mott, Jr, Phi. D., F.
C. S., Prof. Chemistry, New York
Medical College, and late Govern
ment Chemist, says: "My investi-
CATION of Allcock' Porous Plaster
shows it to contain valuable ana
essential ingredients not present In
any other plaster. These ingredi
ents are so perfectly prOportiohed
that the Allcock's Porous Plaster
will not cause blisters or excessive
irritation; and | find it superior
10 and more efficient than any
other plaster" limitations and
Of this valuable remedy |
ire being offered for sale, so when
Allcock's Porous Plas-
;ers do not fail to see that the regis
;ered trademark stamp is on each |
plaster, as none are genuine without
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-03-31
THE STATE LINE MINE.

Col Ellis Strikes his Bonanza
For some years past Col. Ellis
mania for mining has been a stand
ing joke in this community. Peopl
used to say that Ellis made a vas
amount of money in mines but los
it all practicing law, meaning O
course directly the reverse. One
day when the Col. was addressing
jury in big murder case he was
speaking as follows:
Gentlemen of the jury it is ter
rlble responsibility when we extin-
guish human life. When the
vital spark placed in the earthly
tenement by the power omnipote n t
Is biotted out, nothing but the Res
surectien trump CAN Here his
eve fell on piece Of quartz on the
| table used as a paper weight and
pausing he lifted it to his face for a
moment and continued Gentle
men of the jury if any of you can
tell me where that piece of float
came from you can hang this man
and ii you want to save him I'll
give him 1000 shares of the unas-
sessable stock, and will make him
Foreman of the night shift"
Of course we do not now voucE
for the absolute certainty Of these
variations but we DO know that the
Col. is great on mines.
Yesterday the writer was in
Wells Farso's just as some bars
from the State Line Mine came in
for Col. Kills. They were the
result of the first run of ten DAYS
and netted $1,000, nearly all gold.
The Col. smiled as he lifted the
tangible evidence of his eligibility
to the Z. S. Senate and remarked
that as now the blasted thing had
got under way there would be some
money in it.
There is about 100000 tons of ore
in sight and a 40 stamp mill is
hammering the wealth out of it. It
begins to look as if the Col. had a
high mining forehead after all and
by Fall his sack ought to be con-
sidered factor in politics.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-03-31
Death of Charles Gruber

On Monday Charles Gruber was
brought up from Dayton to be
treated for rheumatism by DR..
Herrick, and died about 10 clock
the disease reaching his heart.
Dir, Gruber has been the land
lord Of the hotel in Dayton for a
number of years, and was favor
ably and we'll known in this part Of
the State. He leaves a wife and
family.