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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

There are eighteen members of the
territorial legislature from South Dako-
ia, who are members of the Dakota
state legislature. The enemies of d.
vision are using this as an argument
20 further their ends, and create ideas OF
revolution. Everyone should know
chat the constitutional convention
and the present state government are
creations OF this same Territorial gov
eminent. All this has been done in &C.
cordance with an act OF the Territorial
legislature. The legislature canno,
consistently unseaJ a member for par
ticipation in AN enterprise, created and
sanctioned by the laws Of the territory
\ certain man moved a frame build
lug on to lot within the fire limits, in
The city OF Yankton' and now the city
father are puZzling their brains over
The grave question, rs to whether they
should grant the privslege Of moving
said building to the lot within the fire
limits.
The situation in Ireland is becoming
critical. Even the heretofore loyal dis.
Jrict of Ulster has risen and demanded
a reduction of Is per cent Of the rents
levied. England is still prosecuting
Dillon and Healy, on new and trivial
charges.
DIR. David Scott formerly Of Pierre
but lately Of Deadwood, has been ad
judged insane, by the board of insani
ty Of Lawrence county and arrived
last week at Yankton. In his lucic
intervals he fully realizes his condition
a pension bill has been introduced
by senator Blair, to take, the fact ct en-
listment, as evidence of physical sound
ness at the date Of enlistment, and re
quiring no further evidence to estab
lish that fact.
Doodle cx-alderman McQuade O
New York was sentenced to sever
years in the penitentsary, and pay a fin
OF 100000, for bribery. He voted TO
the Broadway street railway, for whicl
he got 22,Oooo0s
! It is estimated that the sale CT tn
Century Magazine, containing tn
history of Lincoln will reach, befor
the history closes, 100000 copies pc
month.
The Indians on the Yankton agenc
are to receive government aid IN tn
shape OF horses and houses. They ar
rapidly gaining civilized independ
ence.
| Salt and wood ashes in equal parts
with enough water to make stiff past
will give a cement, that will stop crack
in your old stove.
Mr. Gsosge B. Thoebe, Che labor caE
didate against speaker Carlisle, VII
contest the election.
! During the last six weeks twelv
car loads OF hogs have been shippe
from piank:ason.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
Annlysls OF Cider.

The chemical analysis OF alder OBJ
tanned from Adam Close an'sAsent to
Victor NJ Law NJ. S. NJ. D., yt'lar Rap
ids, shows that it contains u Der cent
by volume OF aicohol, whichs one per
cent more than Is contaiass.Ns@ in beer.
The Doctor further says "as the solids
in beer retard and lessor its intoxica-
ting properties nearly one-aalf; and eli
der does not contain these aoljds-it
produces drunkenness with double the
readiness of BEER He further states
cider is the most treacherous beverage
to be found, because Of its supposed
harmless nature. Cedar Falls Gazette.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

DIR. David Scott formerly of Pierre
but lately of Deadwood, has been ad-
judged insane, by the board of insani
ty Of Lawrence county and arrived
last week at Yankton. In his lucid
intervals he fully realizes his condition
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

Doodle cx-alderman McQuade OF
New York was sentenced to seven
years in the penitentiary, and pay fine
OF 100000, for bribery. He voted for
the Broadway street railway, for which
he got 22,000.00.s
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

The situation in Ireland is becoming
critical. Even the heretofore loyal dis.
trict of Ulster has risen and demanded
a reduction of Is per cent Of the rents
levied. England is still prosecuting
Dillon and Healy, on new and trivial
charges.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
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j. O. r. A.
he Jera,ld County Farmers Alliapse holds
meetings at the court House in Washington
rings.
J Y. Miles =. go. :. ;. =. :. President
!. J. Marshall :. .. -. :. 80. Secretary.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

4 certain man moved a frame build
lug on to lot within the fire limits, in
The city OF Yankton' and now the city
father are puzzling their brains over
The grave question, rs to whether they
should grant the privslege Of moving
said building to the lot within the fire
limits.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

It's estimated that the sale CT the
Century Magazine, containing the
history of Lincoln will reach, before
the history closes, 100000 copies per
month.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

Miss Mary S Brennan is matron Of
the Mount auburn Young Ladies' lnl
stitute, Cincinnati.O She is Is collegA
graduate well read and highly cul-
tured young lady, of retiring DISPOSE
ticn, butfull of that American ambi.
tion whMh characterlzes ito LEADING
women.
AS nation Of the institute, the duties
of heating the building devolved upon
her: and, owing to some difficulty, she
resolved to have the machinery ovea
hauled. She had made practical ,s L
chanics one Of herfayorite studies, All ~
was we'll Vessetlin tsls, ecsls 10. a.
boilers and machinery. Sac drew plans
for furnace. and took the boiler from,
under the building and placed it under
one Of the porches. She personally SUI
pervised the removal and construction
of the furnace, and then asked for per-
mission to take full charge, which was
given; and she went before the board
of inspectors, and was examined. and
granted E. frst-class license as steam
engineer.
Miss Brennan has taken full charge
OF the engine. She has fireman who
is under her orders, and all the machi-
merry is daily inspected by her, and all
repairs are made according to her plans
and directions.
The board OF inspectors speak very
highly Of Miss Brennan's examination
and say q better qualified applicant
was never before them. The license
the first granted TO a woman, was is
sued October 16, 1856, and reads as fol-
lows:
STATIONARY ENGINEERs LICENSE.
ISSUE NO. S37.
by authority OF the city Of Cincinnati
the undersigned. inspectors OF Station
AIRY Engineers for the city Of Cincinna-
ii, certify that Miss Mary Brennan
having been duly examined touching
her qualifications rs IN engineer Of sta
tionary steam engines, is q suitable
and safe person to take charge OF and
operate stationary engine, boilers, or
steam generating apparatus, Tor the CT.
tv aforesaid, and do license her to aci
as such for one yearfrom this date, no
less the license be sooner revoked OF
suspended.
The above named il hereby licensed
to perform the duties OF engineer ri
the Young Ladies' Institute, Mount
Auburn. Given under our hands and
seal this 18th day of October. 1885.
E D Bate,nan, J W Ross, Inspectors
Scientific american.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

The Indians on the Yankton agency
are to receive government aid IN the
shape OF horses and houses. They are
rapidly gaining civilized independ-
ence.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

During. the last six weeks twelve
car loads OF hogs have been shipped
from plank:ason.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

John Wsigls OF .aurcr's county Was
t:,,5ar 10 the ii1saas as,LAA ;ast T'f:eIE
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

Salt and wood ashes in equal parts,
with enough water to make q stiff paste
will give a cement, that will stop cracks
in your old stove.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

Mr. Gsozge B. Thoebe, Che labor can.
didate, against speaker Carlisle, will
contest the election.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30
NOW IS THE TINE.
Boys and Girls May, and Ought tn, Grow
Straight, and Not Crooked.

Boys and Girls Nay, and Ought tn, Grow
Straight, and Not Crooked.
You are boys now, but you will soo~
be men. Then you will have your Own
way to make in the world. Do yon
mean to be idle and fretful, and de-
ceive people, and give them a bad
opinion of you? Or do YOU intend tc
90 to work, and act bravely ana nobly,
and do your duty. and leave a name
behind you when you die which the
world will love and respect? Take
care-now is the time! Did you ever
notice a large tree that grew crooked,
and was an ugly eyesore on that ac-
counta Perhaps it stood on the lawn,
right in front OF the porch, and your
father would have liked very much in
deed to straighten it. 1t was impossi
BILE to do so. A hundred horses could
not have dragged it erect. And yet
think of the time when the large tree
was small sapling; Il child might
have Strengthened it then. and it would
have grown properly, and every one
would have admired it. BY this l mean
that boys and girls ought to grow
straight, not crooked. You arc young
now, as the tree was once: begin in
time. and you will be as straight as an
arrow when you are man. If you
wait, it will be too late. The way to
make men erect and noble is to take
them when they are boys and show them
that there is nothing in this world so
noble as doing their duty. Once more
Lsay, remember that though you are
boys now, you will be men soon.
You may do good or evil. If you
are false and worthless, you and every
body, else will have hard time of it.
You may be soldiers, judges. states
men and Presidents. What YOU say or
do may decide the fate OF millions of
other people. These will look to you;
and more than all, God will watch you,
and hold you to a strict account. If
YOU are brave, and true, and unsellish.
Heaven will bless you, and every one
who knows you Will love and respect
you. If sou arr mean and cowardly,
and think of nothing but your own
pleasure, God and man will be dis
pleased with you. Which will you be?
The best of all things is to be pure and
to do your duty.-Baptist Weekly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30

and control. confess that there were
times when it seemed hard because
was not permitted TO go and come just
as some boys were doing whom knew.
But now. when think of the after-re-
suits in the different cases, l feel that l
can not be too grateful for the home
influences which l had, and to which l
Welded in youth. OF the boys whom l
knew, those who lived nd attained
and bonorably filled positions OF trust
were without exception those who were
known as the ..home boys the moth
err boys" the "babies;" and all because
they did not think it manly to swear,
and smoke or chew tobacco, and fight,
and play truaDt from school, and be a
nuisance in general. They were by no
means goody-goody boys, they We're
not angels; they loved, and had, their
fun; they had games, hut they were
loving and kind to their parents, and
truthful and honest and welI-behaved
everywhcre; and although thus nick
named, many of them were strong
enough to withstand the temptations
of the camp and 10 endure severe hard.
ships, and brave enough to fall on the
field of battle with the face to the foe.
Others of them have been able to keep
themselves pure, and to make for
themselves a good record in the midst
of the tests and struggles of life. In
the meantime, as | have had oppor-
tunity to learn. the sad news comes to
ne of the moral wreck of one after
another of those who preferred a street
education. or who hated and rebeiled
against every thing like wholesome
restraint, and who considered them
selves manly.-RcU. W. ". I0thcr0h.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30
The DAIRY.

LET the milking be done quickly
and quietly, regularly and thoroughly.
Farm. Field and Stockman.
"A small cheap centrifugal separator
is wanted. 1t is a wonder that no in
ventor has yet made one for the use Of
individual farmers. Nesc Yorker.
DO not attempt to dry off COW
that is in good flesh while she is giving
any considerable amount of milk. Il
is much safer and less injurious to milk
them till they calve.-Farm. Field and
StockmGn.
1t is said that you can make butter
az salt as possible with washing it
while in the granular state in strong
brine, working and packing it inn
mediately. and vet it will never be
streaked. nor will it have the objec-
tionable mottlcd appearance if addi-
tional dry salt is added after it is washed
in brine. We take this statement on
trust because it looks reasonable
american Dairyman.
Never tolerate slow mixer, and
if cow holds up so that she can not
be MIXED rapidly turn her off to the
UUtCucI. III tllt HIN HOWS idPlOiN -
good mixer should be able to strip
cow in between four and five minutes
The quantity given has not much to do
with the time required. as cows which
are nearly dry. or give only a small
quantity, need a good deal of stripping.
Boston Globe.
Some easy mixers will suddenly
become hard mixers. Probably MOTH
ing will produce this effect quicker
than dragging the udder through mud
or muddy water. The cow may wade
through mud to drink or in crossing q
spring run, and the same application
her milk would be far better than
alum water or oak-bark tea. 1t will
make the skin as rough as toad's
back in short time.-Tr0y IN. ~
Times.
Let drop of fresh milk fall into a
glass of pure water. IT the milk
promptly disseminates itself through
The water, the cow that yielded that
milk is not with calf, but if it sinks to
the bottom of the glass as it falls upon
the water, and does not produce but
little of milky cloud, the cow is preg-
nant. The specific gravity and viscid-
ity of the albuminous milk being
heavier than water, thus retains the
1rop of milk and causes it to sink
Field and Farm.
Much of the poor butter we get in
the market is poor from the fact that
the cream had been kept too long before
it was churned. Some portions OF it
probably began to decompose. Cream
is but animal matter at best and when
decomposition commences must neces-
sarily be bad and unwholesOme as
would be putrid meat. Cream kept too
warm will not make gilt-cdged butter
If kept warm it needs to be churned at
The first approach of milk acidity. but
# left too long it then floats on thin.
vatery whey, which is sign that de-
composition of some of its parts has set
Western Rural.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30

iifty-five cents. we have to take instant
notice of the fact that it is an average
only. 1t Is an average of the earnings
OF all-rlch and poor, strong men and
children. Nevertheless. as the largest
part of the workers of the community
is made up of laborers, mechanics, en-
ployes in factories. small farmers and
farm-hands, it is probable that the
true average of these latter would not
vary much from one dollar and half
for each worker, two dollars for each
family. and fifty cents for each person.
Looking at the matter in this form,
we get striking illustration of the i'm
portance OF pennies. Suppose every
person in the country were to save one
cent day, that would mean an ag-
gregate saving to the whole country Of
one hundred and eighty-three million
dollars a year.
1t is also by this mode of observation
that We can see how the country recov-
ers from hard times. 1t is by an enor-
nous aggregate of petty savings. Let
us show how this is:
The gross income is made up of the
value of all productive labor That
value is practically the same in any
two years which may be compared.
That is to say, the earth yields as large
crops on the whole; or if the crop is
smaller, the labor of producing it is as
great, and the price is higher.
So it is with cotton goods, or with
boots and shoes, or with iron. We can
not argue it out at length, but ask our
readers to accept the statement that
while the aggregate value of all pro-
duction varies slightly from year to
year, it fluctnates within narrow limits.
But while production is reasonably
stationary, consumption varies. When
men look twice at cent before spend
ing it, the country is growing richer,
because more of what is produced is
saved. And from this fact comes an
other, which is not usually accepted.
but is nevertheless true, that we grow
rich more rapidly in ''hard times"
than when business is active and every
body seems to be making money
Youths Companion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30
THE VILLAGE STORE.
A Place Where the NeishborhOod Gossip
Is Collected and Disseminated.

| A Place Where the Ncighborhood Gossip
Is Collected and Disseminated.
The village store is TO some rural dis
tricts what the associated press and
daily newspapers are to great cities.
At this ''center of trade'' the news Of
the day is collected and disseminated
throughout the surrounding country by
the farmers and the men who gather
there. The information is almost
wholly of a trivial, gossiping character.
accompanied by comments of favor
able or unfavorable character, and is
talked about as ''news" by people liv-
ing in thinly settled rural districts. A
teacher writes:
1t always amused me to have Mr..
H-,in whose family boarded, 60 to
the store, four miles distant. He
usually went there once a week, and
his return was eagerly awaited by the
entire family. The first question asked
was:
'Well, pa, what's the news?"
''Pa" was Il slow moving and slow
speaking man, and his slowness of
speech on these occasions was frequent
ly very trying to the expectant family.
'.Oh, not much of any thing" he
would always say, his phlegmatic tenn
permanent forbidding the possibility of
excitement on his part.
"There must have been news OF
some sort or other" his wife would say,
sharply.
"Well, 1 heerd 'em sayin' that 81
Shinnick's mOther-in-law was down
with the ager.''
els that sop
''Old Daddy Sanders is dead"
"Was there much of a funeral?"
''Fo'teen wagons an buggies an
some on foot"
''Well, that was right smart of
funeral. Any more news?'
''They say the Presidents been git
tin married"
He has9 Well, he's a great one.
Who top
ooh. 1 do'no; some woman or 9TH
err
'Well, 1 reckon likely"
So the questioning and cross-ques-
tioning goes on until pa goes to the
store for fresh lot of news Touth's
CO9nf)nniOn
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30
A Playful Elephant.

In India an elephant of small size is
by no means an unusual household pet.
Not long ago an English gentleman
living in the Punjaub wrote to an En-
glish journal most interesting ac-
count of a baby elephant which he had
introduced into the family as a play
mate for his children. Young Bo5bo
was about four months old, and about
four feet high. His education was Il
matter which demanded no small
amount of care and perseverance on the
part of his master.
TO begin with, Bobbo had no idea
of the wickedness of taking what does
not belong to one. He was fond of cake
and sweetmeatS, and no amount of
covering up and concealmcnt seemed
sufficient to prevent that flexible trunk
from poking into all kinds of holes and
corners, and apprnpriating just what
he found to his liking. Fruit he con-
sidered great luxury. and it was no
unusual circumstance to find him max
ing Off with a bunch of bananas that
would have supplied the family for
week.
w hen B0DDO was year Old, he was
put to the task of drawing small cart.
Usually he behaved well; but occa-
sionally. when something displeased
him. he would land cart. contents and
driver in ditch. and then look on
p!acidly while his unfortunate freight
WAS rescued from the pickle into which
he had got them. At the same time
he was always gentle and affectionate,
and when his owner was obliged to re-
turn to his native country. the parting
between Bobbo and the little folk was
a very sad one.-Harper's Young Peo-
nile
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30
THE OFFICE TOWEL.

Startling Revival of One OF tho Most
Aged Chesynuts Known to Mankind.
Often 1 think of the old printing
office towel. 1t was beautiful towel
to gaze upon when it was fresh and
clean on Monday morning, for then it
was yard wide. and as sweet as a
lily. But by Monday evening it had
the devils tinger-marks on it, and they
were more plainly impressed than any
footsteps that were ever made on the
sands of Time.
On Monday it was fit to wipe your
put up.
On Tuesday it was hand-towel-
that is, it would clean printers hands
and soil any one else's
On Wednesday it would put patent
leather shine on a pair of brown-leather
shoes. And then it got thin, too, and
it kept getting thinner, until it almost
looked like shoestring.
One day compOsitor with D. 7.
took it for a black-snake, and rushing
for the stairway, fell all the way down
over the devil who was coming up with
a. armful of pie wrapped in brown
paper, and a pail of milk hanging On
each finger.
BY Friday the towel was so black
that you could run it over a galley and
pull proof.
On Saturday it was wrung out into
the ink bottle, and then used in the
press-room for betting.
On Saturday afternoon compositor
had headache. and tied it around his
head. Oxalic acid would not take the
black of, and he had to dye his red
hair black to escape ridicule.
Then farmer bought it and took it
home. He said some time after that
he had used il as fertilizer, and had q
splendid crop of fax and hickory shirts
Puck.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30
CARE OF THE PENNIES.
Interes:in. Figures Showing How the
Country Receivers from Hard Times.

Interesting Figures Showing How the
Country Receivers from Hard Times.
The Importance of small sums has
Deen shown recently by some striking
calculations upon the probable income
of all the people in the United States.
Those who have studied the subject
are generally agreed that the entire
earnings of the whole American peo-
pie are not far from ten thousand
million dollars year. That is
not small sum, our readers will
remark, and we admit that the
amount is many times our whole
national debt. and 1t is ten times as
much as the indemnity which France
paid to Germany after the great war
between them. But let us take the
sum apart, and divide 1t among all the
people.
Our population. men, women and
children. is more than fifty millions.
If the vast sum which represents the
gross income were equally divided, it
would give for each person little less
than two hundred dollars a year. As
there are three hundred and sixty-iive
days in year. we find as result that
were the whole income divided up
evenly, it would allow to each person
less than fifty-five cents day.
Small as this amount seems. it is
more likely to be above than under the
true figure. For while nobody puts
the income at more than ten thousand
millions. there are some statisticians
who put it as low IS seven thousand
five hundred millions, aud that would
reduce the average daily income Of
each person to about forty-one cents.
Taking however. the larger figure.