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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-21

NO. she whispered; cit is not the
flesh of mortal! It is but q fearful coun-
terfeit of death. 1t was modelled from
the dead wife and child. and was to have
been reproduced in marble for Gertrude's
tomb. But Gideon West would not
have it removed. Gall it a morbid
fancy or q passionate love, which you
will; but for years he has spent the
hours of his solitude beside this poor
image of his wife! Now, tell me, was
yonder dead man a thief, or was he the
victim to unconquerable maniac"
For Gideon West was dead, and his
secret died with him.
We laid him on his own bed; and
when the coroner's jury said next day
that he died '.by the visitation of Gcd,"
they spoke the truth.
The lost jewels were restored to their
owners with the simple explanation that
he who had taken them .ias beyond the
reach of human justice.
For my part in the restitution, I was
generously rewarded; but it was the last
investigation l ever undertook. Many
years have passed. and the world soon
forgets; but | thought it would interest
some to learn what l knew concerning
the Great Jewel Robbery. - Chambers
| Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-21
Pt1A. AND POINT.

" D. LS - 2 81 n
Few men have more than they
want, but all men want more than they
have.
-Walface's .sBen Hur" has sold to
the extent of eighty thousand copies.
Many authors would like to have .sBen
Him. "-DetroU Free Press.
When you see but little glass in a
mans window you can make up your
mind that too many glasses go into his
Stomach Chicago Telegraph. ~.
A Texas gentleman has observed
thai when he goes out hunting, and has
his gun with him, and wants to ride on
the street car, he has never yet had oc-
casion to signal q street car driver
twice.-Ieras siif1ings.
"a Southern journal offers a prize
for the best essay on poker" Here is
the best essay on poker: Don't ''poke."
I. S.-We don't want the prize. Give
It to any orphan asylum.-Norristown
Herald.
"A good old Quaker lady, after lis
tening to the %extravagant yarn ola
s%hop-keeper as long as her patience
would allow, said to him: 'Friend,
what a pity it is Il sin to lie, when it
seems so necessary to thy happiness"
"A Philadelphia housekeeper wants
to know what becomes of all the clothes
pins. We supposed that everybody
knew:that they dress themselves up in
pantaloons and pass themselves off as
dudes. 1t takes a sharp eye to detect
the difference between them and the real
article. Boston Transcript. /.
The story is told of a famous Bos-
ton lawyer, that one day, after havinga
slight discussion with the Judge, he de-
liberately turned his back upon that
parsonage and started to walk off. care
you trying, sir, to show contempt for
the conrt9" asked the Judge, sternly.
'tNo, sir" wa the reply. 81 am trying
to conceal tn. Y. Lndependene
Modern reading OIL an old rhyme,
Sing a>song o. sixpence,
A pocket full Of gold;
All the little boys ave gone
A.shOOtiny. 1 am told; -
When the spring is opened
Nc birds begin to sing,
But every lady's hat is trimmedj
With many Il little wing.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-21
CONTENT.

.udoy I've been n workin' hard
hnnn"wwnn in the blue grass medder
pptnn"win' II the mealy loan,
. M musin' sortcr whether
~ bctter put in oats this year.
or plant the field barley,
,n, cogitatin' like, hetwixt,
YIN having quite a pRrley.
,no \pril sun is mighty warm,
An, Town behind the holler,
zoo a crocus pushin' up
rs creamy buds of yallcr;.
,,hr fros', / hope, has left the ground,
IN spring seems really here.
The smilin' baby year.
1bc sleepy %silence's broken by
me shccp-bellS on the hill,
An all the world seems lazy like,
'y kinder soft and still;
Is heard n robin singin' shrill,
An see n jay sail by
=, sncms like Natures wonderous kind
no sech poor trash as l.
Fer I'm homes jest as happy
IL cat-bird on u tree.
AMI can't help a sipEin'
Far the very life onme;
,u' the titful. fnnnin' breeZe3
T,om the southland seems to play,
|An' make me feel like lnuyhin'
In a most amazfn' way.
FL the sun to. night was settin',
In a pnrrlish bank of gold,
An the cattle was a lowin',
IN the sheep was in the fold,
7 looked across the lowlands,
Where the silver river lies,
AMI thought of oil our bounties
TIL a mist came DER my eyes.
For tho Lord is free with mercies,
and with blessings generous, too;
An in HIS kind b~enevolence
Hes brought me safely through;
Ahappy home, n humble roof
M plenty's been my lot
outs.ie OF Eden never was
Amorc contented spot. .
Indianapolis Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-21

Kitchen tablea may be made as
white us snow ii washed with soap and
wood ashes. Floors look best scrubbed
with cold water, soap and wood ashes
Cincinnati Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-21

Before I left that strangely haunted
house at Chelsea on that Christmas
morning, the twice-strickcn mother led
me to tho dread bedside and placed my
hands on the cold face. | looked ut the
mother, and then I felt the white hands
that lay clasped before me. The woman
read my thoughts.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22
Death OF Miss Bayard.

Tie announcement was made about 4
Saturday afternoon that Miss Catharine
Ire BaYard, the eldest daughter Of the
Secretary Of State, had died of heart dis
ease some time during the morning. 1t
was about Il O'Clock when Miss Bayard
WAS found dead, though supposed nncon-
scious. by her sister, who went into her
room in her fathers house in Washington.
The young lady retired about o'clock
Saturday morning, saying that she did not
want 10 be disturbed till noon. She was
still in bed, not having been disturbed, as
She WAS much fatigned by the reception Of
the night before, at which she assisted her
parents TO entertain the large number Of
guests present. Knowing that she was to go
to the White House to assist Miss Cleveland,
Saturday afternoon, her sisters did not 90
into her room earlier, as had been their Gus
tom ordinarily. So the exact hour of her
death is not known, beyond the fact that
it was before ~ o'clock. They found her
in bed, apparently unconscious. Medical
aid was Immediately summoned, but the
physician said that the young lady had
died Of heart disease.
The news was first announced at the
| White House with startling and almost
tragic force at o'clock and just at the
moment when Miss Cleveland was await
ing the arrival Of Miss Bayard, whom she
had invited Ia receive with her at the draw.
| room. Her absence was commented on as
singular rs she was usually very prompt
| in such matters. While they were wonder
| ing at her delay the President and Colone
! Lamont came in together and announced
her death. The reception was immediatel,
| given tll,. rs were many dinner and the
atrleal parties that were to he given this
week The funeral was held Tuesday il
! Wilmington.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22
Rum Power.

THE old Slave Power, with all its
black barbarians into partial civilization
and species Of Christianity. 1t favored
the production of great statesmen and
leaders, as well as brutal Legrces. It pro-
tected the honor of white women. 1t was
consistent with society that was not with
ont its peculiar grace, high tone and chival-
roHs manners. But onr new Rum and
Beer Power, at last organic, well fed, ag
grcssiyc and vastly powerful with its gains
at the cost of hundreds of thousands of
wrctchcd human bodies and immortal
sonls-this Power has no rcdeeming feat
ure. 1t is without sentiment. conscience
or regard for humanity. It's poweris gain
cd ont OF human frailtics. 1t is the ally of
all the vices 1t is hostile to all the virtues
1t turns weak women into outcasts, trodden
down By their own sex. 1t enters as a
deadly foe into nearly every family in the
land; scarcely a large family connection
that has not been Snrely stricken and
Inundated by one or more victims 1t
dull, the scnsibilitics and conscicnces of
more or less moderate steady drinkers in
every congregation Of Christian worshipers
and bHhts for them the sword of God S
Truth. 1t makes itself useful to the pol
ticans, high and low. of both parties. 1t
strikes down the most brilliant and promis-
ing in the land. in the midst of their days.
1t brings into fccbleuess and folly men
whose great powers and noble ambitions
had made them born rulers, great lawyers
aud Judges, skilled physicians and mas
tiers Of great business corporations 1t
promotes socality too often al the cost of
the manly dclicacics of sentiment and
coarscns and depravcs the finest natures.
1t puts into the too nervous temperament
Of OR ambitions, cntcrprising and rapid
American people subtle fire that con
sumes life at fearful rate and prevents
| the mature development ont of which the
noblest and best contributions to human
welfare and progress have come. ~ y.
MaH and Express.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22

Tic annual meeting II the State Tenn
ucranee Alliance was held ia Trenton on
wednesday with about sixty ladies and
eoatIen,en IL attendance. Rev u. :.
Everett presided and addresses were made
by DR.. Carroll. If the New York Init
ptn,ilbf. Mrs. : J. &. Downs. sf tie State
Woman Christian Temperance Union,
and Mrs. Buell.. secretary of the National
Woman Christian Temperance Union.
Tic ALLIANCE Il elarc.l Itself ia favoF Of the
local option bill ror counties pending in the
Legislature. bat added that III ultimate
ambition vas constitutional prohibition.
The Committee on Resolutions reported in
favor If temperance education in the
schools. and also heartily Endorsed the W..
10. r. T.. the Reform Club and other tenn
perance agencies. y. :. Everett, was elect
al president for this year. 4. Z. Ballard,
Vice President, J. ". Moore Secretary
and II. u. Howell Treasurer.
Ia yicw Of the recent complaints Of
drunkenness among jurors in the BnFling-
ton County Courts. it IS said that an in
yestigaiion viii soon he made for the pur-
pose of determining who i to blame. In a
Iate panel where jury was discharged
after having been our for tao days, being
unable 10 agree upon verdict. il vas
learned that they had been supplied With
liquor in considerable quantities aud be-
came yery much intoxicated so much ~,
in fact. that they broke up some Of the
furniture and had 4 general row. One Of
the Jurors who refuse 10 take part in the
debanch was subjected 10 a regular course
Of hazing. being first tossed mp aud down
in blanket until lie was almost helpless,
and then compelled 10 90 through num-
Der Of performances Of 4 ludicrons nature,
prominent among which was having his
face smearcd with shoe backing and
then shaved with wooden razor. II
is said that The Temperance Alliance
will take the matter in hand and urge
upon the Sheriff tlc necessity of summon
ing none but known temperance men to
gcrge rs iuForg
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22
The Liquor License.

IS hat the price Of the lieense2 How much
j. 10 pays
The pric.. Of mems soul, in the market today
The right to MAKE DRINK. def.tme and destroy
The gray hairs OF manhood and innocent
hoy
How mach is 10 pay
now inueh i to pay: Compare viii your
The crime God fori,id-; shen make it ten fold,
Ana cali it high iieen-e-pnt the price OF -in
4 license through which =ouI- and bodies
must die
What price i to pay
How much Is 10 pay low COMMITTED yoH
Men are stock in the market you bid on to-day.
Would you rnI, them OF reason and criminals
make
AID for that which Fou've licensed men incsr-
with their gold 10 pay
How much l. TO pay cnunt the price Of yoar
ofshe tear Thai are shed ia lis pitifni sloam:
of the happiness lost on the ballot you gave.
" hen you voted license thai made man a
slave.
W hat price did you pay
now much j. 10 pay What i the price Of her
Iif.
Whom your children call mother. and whom
Won called wife,
That died al her grief, heart-broken AWAY.
That her home must l.e taxed for ii- bread day
by day
The license 10 pays
.,-,- ,+,+. ,,..t-.= st,.-,7 T., ,4t,y,,, fa,1,er
and think
WAS il your vote iliat licensed your own sons
to drink
Count the measure you melted your neighbor
thai dav.
To be melted yon back in Gods own time and
way.
III debt you must pay.
How much is to pay Count The price OF one
soul,
Multiplied by The names on eternity scroll,
OF those who'ye gone down in their strength
and iheirpride-
Then add those who through them have suf-
ferea and died
How much did you say9
How much is 10 pay You can eount your
Iiui the price 10 be paid time never has told
license did win
Though yoHr name men call white, as scarlet
your sin,
The atonement must pay.
Mrs. &. Anna Gordon
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22
The Editorial Association.

Tic New Jersey Editorial Association
lad an unusually large attendance at is
annual meeting III Trenton Oh Monday.
Tlierc 8cre forty newspapers represented,
and the gathering ~as altogether one Of
the largest. most interesting ana profitable
ever held by the association. Tic ass''ei-
alton took new departure, and did a
Handsome and graceful act in eleciine
Mrs.. Yogt, of the Monmouth BaHaer; Mrs.
Folwem. Of thc Mount Holly Uirror. and
Mrs. +. ~. Foote. Of tie View Jersey
J3afaai. honorary mcinbers Of the aSsocia-
tion. The following gentlemen we're pro
proposed and elected members: Mr.. Pen
field. II the .Shore Pcea5 Augustus e.
5tn.Icr. Of tie NIontclair TtDaes; +. :.
Faeg. Of the Wofdstnwn MoNIroR; Tleo-
dore \ Patterson. 81 tie Camden Couriert
J. ]. Stanton Of the Deckcrtown Ladepeo-
dent. J. l.. Banmell. Of the Sussex Hfr0d;
Charles Hood. 81 the Palmyra Reeord.
several papers were read and discnssed a
prosperous financial condition reported and
tic follow ing officers elected: President,
Charles :. Robinson. Of the Princeton
Press; vice presidents, First District, Alex
auder 5ehlcsinger Second, \. NJ. lIeston,
Atlantic City Rertcr; Third, f. :. Ham
neil. Janiesburg Reeord; Fourth. 4. +.
Goodman, SUSSEX Rygisterj FIFTH. l.. o.
stiles. Morris Jrseyu.an; Sixth. VI. II. G.
Va N,,.,.+, IL fyeo;xley. Gaprttft, f. Gard
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22
Don't Step There.

4 man started out for church one sun
day morning. and presently came TO
place where 4 little boy was standing who,
with a choking voice. said:
please don't step there
.sWhy not ,"
because stepped there and fell down,
sobled the little fellow. who had thus
taken upon himself 10 warn the unwary
Iassers-by Of danger into which he had
fallen.
There are many men in the world who
have good reasons for giving such warn
ing as this. The man who has trod the
dark and slippery paths of intemperancc,
as lac secs the young learning to take the
first glass. or slipping at wine or beer or
cider, has good reasons to say Don't step
there. stepped there and fell down"
The man Who has INDUCED in gambling
and lotteries till he is despised by others
and abhorred by himself, has good reason
to say Ia the young when they are enter
ing on the same course, whether in saloons,
church fairs, rafiies or similar devices of
Satan, Don't step there. stepped there
and fell down
How many are there to-day, in prisons
and iails. with regulations ruined, lives
blasted. who could say to the Young man,
tempted to enter the paths Of dishonesty
and wrong doing. Don't step there, for |
stepped there and fell down
1t is well for us to be warned by the sad
experience of others, and it is sometimes
duty for those who have fallen by these
temptations to lift warning voice. There
are slippery places all around us, and
thousands are passing heedlessly along.
Let Us entrcat them beware; and. as we
remember the bitter experiences of our
own sinful lives. let us say to those who
are just yielding to sueh temptations,
''Don't step there, FOR I stepped there and
fell down. Safeguard.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22
Mays Landing. Jan. 18Th. lssG.

The CLERK of the Assembly annually
sends ~ the yarioua railroad corporations
a list IL the officers u tne Assembly en-
titled By Las 10 pas4es On Monday he
received from the officers Of the Cage May
and Scwell's Point Railroad tic following:
DEAE SIR: Kcpiying 70 your favor Of
the 18th inst, world respectfully say that
the Cape May and @eweIl'. Point Railroad,
although digniGcd by the laws Of New
Jersey with the privilege Of paying the
same taxes and under ,he same restrictions
A. any of the great railroads Of the State,
and therefore which any outsider might
suppose was a great corporation, but which
in reality is only Il Little concern scarcely
longer than it, name, aud running from
one point in Cape May city to another
point III the city where the boys 20 for fun
and whisky and is ouly operated during
the Cape May season. Not being in the
railroad business, We lease the road to
some one who runs it for what they can
make ont OF It. DO not yet know who
will have it thc coming season, rs we don t
make our contracts before April or May
win keep your letter in mind and hand it
over to whoever RIMS the road. Think !
can say, however, in advance that the les
see will be glad TO have your patronage
and the landlord at Sewcll's Point gladder
to have you all come and sec him often
and stay good while. At the same time
would caution you that it is not safe
place for the innocent lambs of the New
Jersey Legislature to go, for ''thc woods is
full Of bears
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22
Attempt to XIII "a Judge.

LANCASTER. Pa, Jan. 13.-Iohn i. Liy-
ingston, President Judge Of the Courts of
Lancaster county, was this morning muir
derously assaulted by ]. J. Dasch, saloon
keeper, to whom he refused license 4 year
ago, when it came to his knowledge that
Daseh kept disorderly house and violated
the liquor laws in every possible way.
Dascl then swore that he would kill Liv-
ingston He closed up his saloon here and
moved to Reading, where he lost large
amount OF money a few days ago he re-
turned to this city, evidently suffering
from the effects of too much liquor. This
morning he called at the Judges residence
and was sent into the library, where
Nathaniel Ellmaker was ing to the
Judge.
Dasch waited until Ellmaker had de
parted and quietly approached Livingston,
who was waiting to learn his business. lie
fumblcd in his left breast pocket, and sud
denly pulling out a revolver, pointed it at
the Judges breast and pulled the trigger.
The weapon was not discharged, however,
and the next instant, before he could pull
| again, Livingston dashed the weapon aside
and seized him by the throat A severe
struggle followed, but Livingston is 4 very
large man, and, exerting his whole
strength, he pushed Dasch the entire
| length of the library headtirst into the
depths of large arm chair. He then
managed to seize the revolver and wrested
it from Dasch's grasp after which he
| elected him from the house. Dasch was
arrested and committed without bail for
| hearing on charges of felonions assault,
carrying concealed weapons and breach OF
| the peace.
After his arrest he declared that he
would yet kill Livingston, as he had
ruined him and his family by refusing HIM
license. II was afterwards discovered
that Livingston probably owes his life 10
| the prudent action of the merchant who
| this morning sold Dasch the revolver,
which is of the most improved pattern,
and carried 80 calibrc cartridge. The
merchant saw that Dasch appeared to be
under the influence of liquor, and fearing
that he would do damage with the weapon,
as he evidently was not accustomed TO
handling a revolver, he loaded it with rim
| fire cartridges, whereas centre-tirc cart
ridges were the kind. Therefore when
| Dasch pUlled the trigger, it fell on the
| cartridge without effect. Dasch is suffer
ing from delirium tremens.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22

The banner club in the whole history of
the UnioA !Stgnal has just been received
from that indeiatigable worker, Mrs. E. A..
Mickle, of Millville, New Jersey, one humid
red names W it'll 1921 ~ cash.
Who will beat that We know it is so
hard to excel Mrs Micklc---Mickle by
name but muckle by natnre-that we will
give u premium to amy one who will do so
by sending a larger club than she has done.
this offer to be open till March LIST. Union
Si1udI
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22

In a conversation with Gen. Gilehrist on
Tuesday last, he said that he had recently
listened To an argument between whisky
man and a prohibitionist in Iowa. which
was rather unique. The whisky man said
one reason why he was in favor of license
was because a license town IS a peasanter
and cheaper place for him 10 live than in a
prohibition town. Now" said he, Sin a
prohibition town you cannot get your
washing, ironing, Scrubbing. house clean
ing. etc. done unless You pay big prices
for the work and it is hard to get Il girl to
work in your family; but in license tow n
| women are plenty that are anxious to do
that kind of work cheap. and there are
lots of girls Who want to work at low
wages / have tried both kinds of towns
and | find it cheaper to live in license
towns. Now here is an knock down
argument, based on the degradation of the
facts are incontestblc and the conclusions,
from the standpoint of man who has
| eliminated conscience and a sense Of hui
mainly from his nature, is inevitable. a
man who lives only for himself and is
| willing to have women and young girls
degraded in order that he may save little
money thereby, should by all means live in
n license town. Cdfthdge GdzehG
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22

Double Winter Wooden Shawls, So. 80 up
10 $500, latter4 yards long by 9 wide.
Shoulder shawls for 80 cts. to 81 90
Double width Cashmercs, all shades, 10
cts.
Horse Blankets, G5 cts to 800.
10 doz silk scarfs for gents, all the new
patterns, % cts. each.
f b. HUMPHREYS & Co
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-01-22
GALLANT SPEAKER ARMSTRONG.
He Captures The Hearts of the ADti-To-
baceo society Ladies' of Newark.

TRENTON, Jan. 20.-Speakcr Armstrong
began last week the enforcement of the
rule forbidding smoking at any time in the
Assembly chambers or Hobbies. He has
received and will submit to the Assembly
on Monday evening an official letter from
the Newark Anti-Tobacco Society, signed
by Miss Jennie r. Bell, President; Miss
Gcrtie fenner, Secretary; Mrs. Annie Pot
ter, Miss Mamie Cullen, Miss Mary ].
Keighn. and Mrs Mollie Creighton Clarke,
s'ex-Prcsident and Adviser
The letter encloscs resolutions that,
whereas the ladies of the society have
learned Of the Speakers action, and that
the Hon. William II. Corbin has hon
estiy advocated that action: and whereas,
'sthc members OF the Assembly did cheer
fully put aside their cigars when requested
so to do. thereby showing their respect for
the wishes of the women Of New Jersey"
therefore, the society's members s'do here
by express our hearty appreciation of
Speaker Armstrong; praisewortby action
and the advocacy Of our cause by Assem-
blyman Corbn and Of the ready acquics-
cence of the members Of the Assembly in
the enforcement of the rule.
The resolutions add that ''if our legisla-
tors will deny themselves a smoke in the
Assembly chamber and Hobbies, we will
guarantee that they will return home in
improved health, to be greeted with the
smiles of a pleased mother, wife, sister, or
sweetheart and that we do hereby
pledge ourselves to use all our feminine in
fiuenee to return to the Assembly all mem
bers who have kept the faith unto the
end >
In narrative OF the history and aims of
the society, the ladies say it has branches
in several other New Jersey towns; that
all the unmarried members agree d to nit
ten any suitOr who chewed or smoked in
the presence Of ladies without permission;
that their meetings were private confer
ences, and that their work was done in the
home and social circle.
1--WE are not extremists, = they say. "On
the contrary We would not deny gentle
man the solace of smoke. The aroma
from a good cigar is pleasing to many
ladies. We are pleased with Speaker
Armstrong; action, and We love the men,
bers of the Assembly for their gentlemanly
conformation to the new order of things.