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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
he HAD HIS WAY.
The First Train Ever Run by Telegraph
Reaches Its Destination After ! Severe

h First Train Ever Run by Telegraph
Reaches Its Destination After ! Severe
Struggle.
In 1850 the Erie road was in opera
ton between Piermont and Elmira.
The track was asingle one, such thing
as a double-track being then unknown
in the country. Two years before, after
much discussion and opposition, a tele-
graph wire had been put up along the
line. Superintendent Minot, who was
a man q long way in advance of the
times, was a strong believer in the
practicability Of the telegraph as a fa-
cilitator of transportation on railroads.
In the umlner Of 1850 he was a passen-
ger n day on Il west-bound train
over his road. The train he was ON
according to the printed time table,
was to meet a through train from the
West at Turner'S Station, forty-seven
miles from New York. When MI. Mi
not's train reached Turner's he learned
that the %east-bound train was six hours
late, owing to some mishap. Under
the system of %railroading then govern
ing employees The wcst-bound train had
to remain at Turner's until the delayed
train passed the station. In fact, the
whole business of the road from there
west was at a standstill, owing
to the non-arriyal Of the train
ut the different stations where
other trains were awaiting it. Super
intendent Minot saw at once how ridic-
ulous such a system was. There was
a telegraph Office at Turner's, and it
was then the only one between that sta
ton and Jersey City. The Superin-
tendent went to the Office and made the
operators hair stand by sending a
message to the station agent at Port
Jarvis that he intended to run the train
he was on from Turner's to Port Jarvis
on the time of the belated eastbound
train. He ordered the agent not to let
any train leave that station going east
until the train he was on arrived there.
tie also ordered the agent to telegraph
to him how he understood the message.
The answer was satisfactory, and the
Superintendent went to the conductor
OF the train and told him him to start
on with the train. The conductor re
fused to do so, and the Superintendent
discharged him on the spot. Minot
then ordered the engineer to pull out.
The engineer said he would not take
the risk, and'in the argument that fol-
lowed the Superintendent dragged the
engineer froAl the cab, gave him an
elegant d%ressing-out, and mounted the
~foot-board himself. He ran the train
to Port Jarvis and sent it on west as
far as Narrowsburg before it met the
late train, thus saving the passengers
hive hours and settling forever the qucs.
ton OF the accuracy of the telegraph
in running railroad trains.-Utc o.
SeTIe7,.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
AN ORIENTAL MONSTER.

Description of the First
Hhinoceros Ever Brought to America.
A quadruped curiosity has arrived in
this country from Sumatra. 1t is n
of the two-horncd species of %rhinoceros,
a female, with a young calf, and from
the extremely vivacious demoanor OF
the interesting couple, the "donblc-
barrelled" strangers appear to have
taken kindly to our climate. Nvacity,
indeed, is characteristic Of these bulky
animals, and. both when hunting
sportsmen and being hunted by them,
they have displayed such address in
their tactics and such agility in
getting over the ground as surprised
their adversaries. To look ut they
would seem but poor hands at running,
but once set off. their pace ssaid to be
perfectly astonishing. Their massive
bodies covered with weighty skin, their
ponderous heads. and short legs all
denote a creature that is tardy in
movement and naturally sluggish; but
such is far from being the case, for as
soon as the rhinoceros is fairly con-
WINGED that it has a good and sufficient
reason for being active, it bestirs itself
to such purpose as to make ithard for a
swift horse either to escape its pursuit
or to overtake it when in flight. Of the
two contingencies the latter, so far as
the sportsman is concerned, is inn
measurably the safer, for the gigantic
beast has not only the speed and the
oo,,,oo o 80 ~jG hoo. ut hoe c,ch
irresistible strength that the elephant
itself can not stand the shock of its
onset. Its temper, moreover, is as
short as it's legs, and very little indeed
suftices in rhinocerontic philosophy to
constitute sufficient provocation." To
wake one out of its sleep is quite
enough, even though no malice pre-
pense can be proved against the tres
passer; to meet n face to face when
it is browsing its way along the river
side is more than sufficient. In either
case the spleenful brute charges the
stranger without hesitation and with
positively terrific impetuosity. There
is no reservation about its conduct, 10
opportunity given to the incautious
visitor for making any mistake as to
the animals intentions. If he wishes
to apologize to the provoked monster,
he had better do SO in writing later on;
in the meanwhile, it is best to get out
Of its way. There is no leisure given
for explanation of the intrusion. The
beast comes down head first, with a
snort that says, "Out you co. as
plainly as ever snort said anything.
This snort, by the way, sounds like the
sudden letting off of a fully-charged
s%teampipe, a kind of furious "whutf,"
which is s%ingularly expressive, and
means, as we have said, prompt ejec-
ton from the premises.-London News.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
The Centennial Congress.

1t has not yet been generally re.
marked that the Congress which will
De elected this year, and which will as
semble March 4, 1887, will be the cen.
tennial one under the present Constitu-
ton. From May 10, 1775, to March /
1881, the first or, as it has been called.
the revolutionary Congress, sal. From
the latter date, when the articles of
conIeaerahon were finally ratified, up
OF the United States held power. Then
came the new Congress, which. how.
ever, was not fully organized till sew
eral weeks later, though the term Of
its official existence commenced M,yoh
q. The present is the forty-ninth in
succession, and the next vii! be tho
httieth, thus completing the century.
IN direct succession. = Ch,ccqo Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05

Colossal Structures with Immense Be
fries and Bells.

Colossal Structures with Immense Bel
fries and Bells.
There were no temples in Japan until
thirty years before Christ. Sacred cere-
monies and religious rites were cele-
brated in the open air. The sacred
symbols were kept in the Mikado's
palace, and their presence was believed
to invest that dignitary with godlike
powers. At this date, a rebellion hayjno
appeared among his subjects, the Mi.
kado feared that he had displeased the
gods by keeping the emblems too near
his person. SO he resolved to build and
dedicate a temple inviolate to their use.
He then appointed his daughter priest
ess OF the shrine and keeper of the
symbols. This custom has ever since
prevailed; that is, the shrines which
contain the relics of the "divine age"
are always in charge of a yir.
gin priestess Of imperial blood.
Before the advent of Buddhism.
which came with the conquest of Corea,
the temples were of great simplicity.
Now they are colossal in style, with
immense belfries and bells, surrounded
with courtyard adorned with stone
carvings, bronze portals, lofty palms
and floral magniticence. In the days
OF pure Sointoo worship no idols decked
the affairs, no gaudy vestments minis
tered its ritual. Now huge portals of
stone open the path to sacred in
closures, and peeping out from camphor-
groves Of tall ranks of frs are crimson
pIagodas, wayside images, and costly
shrines. These temples and shrines
dot the valleys and hillsides alike and
crow the mountain-top. On Mount
Hiyeyan alone overlooking Lake Biwa
and the most beautiful valley in the
world. are five hundred temples in
different stages of disuse and decay
CHICAGO Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
Feminine Credulity.

On the water side of Vera Cruz stands
a stone image whose bruised counte-
nance tells a queer tale of feminine
credulity. From time immemorial it
has peer believed that if amarriageable
woman shall hit this image squarely in
the taco with a stone she will immedi-
ately obtain a husband and an ad-
Vantageous settlement in life. The in
ventor OF the fable was evidently
acquainted with the fact that women
are not expert in throwing stones.
Were it notfor this lamentable inability.
the poor image would have been totally
demolished years ago. As it is, the
battered face has lost all semblance of
features, and heaps of small stones
lying all about attest the industry of
the Mexican maidens.-Letter from
Ae1ico.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
A FUTURE
The Sinking Of tho Atlantic Coast and ~
Recession of Niagara Falls,

The Sinking Of tho Atlantic Coast and ~.
Recession of Niagara Falls.
The scientists have again unfolded -
the public their views to the effect tina, |
the Atlantic coast line of the United
States is settling away, and will be a,
length submerged by the ocean. Tho
rate at which it is sinking is not such a, |
to create immediate alarm. The most
that is claimed is that the crust of tho
earth is falling in at the rate of a quar-.
ter of an inch u year, or about a foot in
fifty years. At this rate the Atlantis
Ocean will submerge New York Civ
about the time when by the recession Of
Niagara Falls to the outlet of Lake Ere
at Buffalo, the chain of great lakes will
be drained of a large portion of their
contents. This generation will hardly
take an interest in either event. which
will occur at Il period in the future 50
very remote as to lose much of its in
terest as a study.
The sinking of the Atlantic coast
has long been a theme of scientific con-
lecture and calculation. BY what sys,
tenn of measurement the fact has been
ascertained we are not informed. In.
struments of a very delicate character
which measure with considerable &C.
curacy almost infinitesimal distances
have been invented for scientific cal
culation, and the results which they
produce are sometimes very striking.
1t is not impossible that, as the earth's
internal fires are still cooling, the
process of shrinkage also continues
and that the shell falls in as a u is
created by the decrease in the size Of
the central fiery core. But there are
grave reasons why it may be doao.n!
whether any uniform rate of sinking il
perceptible by any means OF meaUs~r
ment either along the Atlantic ~.
coast or elsewhere.
But that the Falls are reccding there
can be no doubt. That they were fox.
merry located heal the outlet Of Mag.
ara River is an established fac, aud
that they have recaded within a recent
era seven miles from Lewiston to thcir
present locality is equally certain.
When they shall back up so far t. ut
the dam cross the outlet of Lake Erie
shall give way, the outpour from the
basin of the lakes will sweep down
through the valley of the Ontario and
out through the channel of the st.
Lawrence in a flood that will de-
vastate the entire East. Lake Michi-
gan, owing to its great depth, will not,
however. be drained dry. but will re-
cede to some distance from it's present
shore. This. while apparently leaving
Chicago an inland city, will merely
provide it more ground over which to
spread to the eastward, and will sup
ply a long-felt want. AS it is not pos
sible, however, that this event can &C.
cur within the next two hundred and
fifty thousand years. there will be am
pie time for future generations to make
such preparations to meet it as may
appear advisable under the circum-
Chicago Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
POETRY OF ADVERTISING.

There is a land of bitter fears and wailing,
A land most like that drear one Dante
knew,
Where wan-faced Mole, with dark robes trail
ing,
In sad procession moves, brows bound with
1t is q land peopled with witless mortals,
Compared with whom the virgins five were
wise
And there is writ above its gloomy portals:
" We did not think it paid to advertise"
There is a land that flows with milk and
honey,
Not the condensed, nor yet the sorghum
strains,
Each dweller bears q gripsack fat with
money,
Bonds, coupons, stocks and various other
gainS:
Happy arc these as, at high tide, the fishes.
No tear doth drown the laughter in their
eyes;
For better luck they have no sort of wishes;
The cake is theirs; they learned to adver.
tise.
Printers Circular,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05

that it was for that, but when l took the
two handles in my hand like II nut-cracker
and tried to scoop up q lump of sugar with
it l felt embarrassed. Several people who
were total strangers to me smiled.
CATER dinner the waiter brought me q
little pink glass bottle of lemonade. and a
clean wipe to dry my mouth with, l
reckon, after l drank the lemonade. ] do
not pine for lemonade much, anyhow, but
this was specially poor. 1t was just plain
water, with a lemon rind and no sugar
into it.
Zone rural rooster from Pittsburgh
showed his contempt for the blamed stuff
rough and uncouth in my style, but I hope
l viii never lower myself like that in COM
pany."-Boston Globe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
THE WAY or 1T.

How q Great Many Fraudulent Assign
ments Are Cau~od.
Grocer Chase lived in a little house at the
rear OF his store, and was interrupted one
morning at breakfast by the clerk who
usually opened the store.
1--WE were robbed last night, Mr.. Chase!
We were robbed"
"Robbed! robbed! youdon't mean it?"
Eyes, do. Somebody entered the store
last night by the front door, and took
every cent there was in the till"
Great heavens, Pm ruined! But stop!
John, how much money was there in the
till last night"
Fourteen dollars and thirty cents"
John, go to the police office at once,
and enter the report on the records that
I've been robbed OF twelve hundred dollars,
and that my family narrowly ESCAPED be.
ing butchered. Meantime, I'll drop down
to Lawyer Huckford's, and have him draw
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
BOY, CAT AND PAINT.
A Living Marine Telescope.

"A Living V1Hrkne 1e1eSCOpes
"I can'tlet this girl travel over this road
on that half-fare ticket" said the new con-
ductor to the Widow Flapjack.
"Why not? what is the matter with my
little grip"
"she is no child. She is more than half
grown"
"Well, if that d%on'tbeat everything, then
I'll give it up. Here poor little Mamie has
been travelling over this road On a child's
ticket for the last ten years, and now all at
once you say she is no child. That's a new
way to worry the travelling public"
She paid full fare, and then the diminu.
tive girl in the corner pulled herself out, so
to speak, like q marine telescope.-Texas
Siftings.
.
A Short Cut.
The other night on III Arkansaw railroad
train a passenger called the conductor and
asked:
care we on timer"
eyes"
"Glad. Are we on the track?"
~ don't know, but I'll go forward and
ask"
He went away and, returning, said: II
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
TOlLING WOMEN.
Money Earned by Those Who Know How
to Use u Needle.

Money Earned by Those Who Know How
to Use u Needle.
The number of women in this city
who earn a living by the needle is diff
cult to ascertain. There are hundreds
OF establishments on all the business
streets where sewing is either done or
given out to be done. A reporter re-
Gently asked two sewing girls what sort
of living they made.
"How much are you paid for making
those garmentsp' asked the scribe.
awe get twenty-five cents apiece"
was the ready reply.
"And you do all the work necessary
On them for a quarter of a dollar?"
eyes"
.:How long does it take you to make
a garment"
II do very wellif make four a day."
said one.
"But if takes more than ten hours to
make four, work as hard as you WILL"
%rejoined the other.
The jackets they carried were thick
wooden goods. They were wadded,
lined with alpaca and had the finished
appearance of a garment made by IN
adept. The sewing-machine did most
of the straight work, but the button-
holes, putting in the lining and other
work had to be done by hand. The
seams had been pressed, the threads
picked off. and the garments were neatly
folded and already to be sold. Wages
for the making of underwear, and,
indeed, for gentlemen's entire apparel,
have dropped considerably during the
last few years. The pay of the girls
who make up all the smaller
articles, such as gloves and neckties,
does not average more thar five dollars
a week. Many have to lie content with
less, and six dollars is considered good
pay nowadays. Most of the work is
done by piece. Mems drawers are
made complete for fifty cents a dozen
pairs. For the hickory shirt that
laboring men wear, made out of stout
striped blue, tifty-tive cents a dozen is
paid. Overalls are made complete for
fifty cents a dozen. Striped calico and
white shirts are made for sixty-fve
cents a dozen. The forewoman fixes
the prices and sees that the work is
satisfactorily done. If it is not good it
is not paid for. Forewomen's wages
vary from fifteen to twenty dollars a
week. A button counter gets nine
dollars a week during the busy season,
and six dollars during slack time.
When the new shirts come from the
laundry she counts the buttons to see
that none are missing, folds the shirts
and puts them in the boxes. There is
a general rule in factories that those
who work there are fined for being
late-tive cents if they earn five dollars
a week and ten cents if they earn ten
dollars. IN Y. Mail and Express.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
Hitting the Barber.

There is a colored barber in Austin who
can talk as much as three ordinary BARRIERS.
"Just hold UP, will you, for u moment"
said Hostetter McGinnis, who was in the
operating chair.
eyes, sab, 1 take pleasure, sab, in"
"Well, now just keep quiet long enough
for me to ask you a question, only one lit
tie question"
ayes, sab, il will afford me pleasure, sab,
de greatest pleasure in de world, sah--"
II want you to shave me after am dead.
Will you do it?"
II will, boss"
"You see l don't want to be buried alive.
l want to be sure that l am dead before /
am buried Texas Siftings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
Meteorological Information.

Prof. Shore, of the University OF Texas,
and Kosciusko Murphy met not very long
since, and both of them being very intelli-
gent they talked about scientific subjects,
and among others about eclipses.
Did you see the total eclipse OF the sun
we had in Austin about four years ago?"
asked Murphy.
ono" replied Prof. Shore; II didn't get
to see it. 1 was out at my ranch five miles
from town, and when I got back it was all
over."-Texas Siftings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
Slightly Overdrawn.

Slightly Overdrawn.
Mr.. Malapropos ito Miss Charmante.
who is smiling and animated)-Youre remind
me OF an old French teacher of mine (no.
tlclng a change in Miss C.'s expression at
the adjective)-oh, not that you re old, or
look like her; not that, but
Miss Charmante (again radiant)-No?
But how then?
MIR. Malapropos-Well, she used to saw,
you Know, that it was 80 absurd for people
TO augh IN conversation, for to laugh is
always to distort ones face.
MISS Charmante-And you consider that
Mr.. Maiapropos-Oh, but you don't, you
it.-Harper's Bazaar.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
A Good-HumOred Girl.

Miss Esmeralda L%ongcoffin is what
might be called q chronic giggler. A few
evenings ago at a concert she giggled in.
cessantly, SO much so that Gilhooly, who
was her escort, was scandalized.
Excuse me for laughing-te, he, he-but
tie, he, he have-te, tc, he, te-to laugh,
you know-te, he, he-every time I say
anything foolish-te, he, he"
N wonder you are always in a good
ii you laugh whenever you say any.
thing foolish" replied Gilhooly, getting up
and going out to get something to brace
him up.-Texas S%iftings,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
WO,nan's Discernmcnt.

Easy-go Husband-I think, mydear, that
Mr.. D'orsy is quite a good match for Mi
randa.
Keen-sighted Wife-No, he isn't. His
means are exceedingly limited.
"Why, how in the world did you discover
that?'
81 heard him say that diamonds are
vulgar. His criticism wasn't prompted
by a refined taste, but by his inability to
purchase any."-PhHadezphia Call.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
IT BOTHERED HIM.

How the Wyoming Humorist Amused
Himself at a Fashionable Hotel.
Bill Nye says OF his experience at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel: II found sometime
yesterday, at the table that bothered me.
1t was a new kind OF a silver dingus, with
two handles to it, for getting q lump OF
sugar into your tea. l saw right away
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05

an informed that we left the track about
five miles back. We are now running on
the county dirt road and if we don't meet
a wagon We'll be all right. You see that
there is a big bend in the road back here
and we save time by taking a short cut."-
Arkansaw Traveller.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05

Those whose eyes are nice to die
cover typographical errors have no con-
ceptlon OF the mistakes which the
palnstaklng proof-reader corrects before
eney reach the press. Among the ex-
ampies OF last week we noticed that on
the first proofs :'tnem asses' was cor
rected to "the Masses" and ..interces-
sorry Jlmjams" to "]intercessorv
praye1s."-M Y. Mdependent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05

an assignment. I've been waiting for this
can right, sir!" (Exit.)
maria, give me the fourteen dollars;
you may keep the rest."-7id- Bits.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
no

An Recommendations for this paper should be accom-.
au,irl Ar she name of the author; NOS necessarily for
qualification. lnlt rs an evidence of good faith on tho
saat If the writer. Write only on one side of the pu-
PEI. he particularly careful in giving names and dates
e nuss . are often difficult to d%rciphcr, becaGse of the
careless Nrar1acrin which tit y are written.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05

"A weary world-At the club: De
zones yawns and stretches himself.
brown-"Tired, dear boy?" De
Van B.-"Up
late, eh?' De J.-"Naw. Been think
ing N. ]. TODAY.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
THE BLIZZARD.

The blizzard came down like a thousand of
brick:
His breathings were cakes of ice four inches
thick.
And his hair streamed far out in a stiffness
that bent
With the swirl and the speed of the pathway
he went.
His beard that found roots to the lids of his
eyes
Hid his face in q hairy, unpierced disguise,
And spread out in jce.likc rigidity far
From his one eye that flashed like a pivotal
Unseen WAS the rest of the demon.like form
Of the sw%ift-lnoving blizzard the god of the
But the presence was felt of an %unconquered
For the ~fast-running rivers stood suddenly
Still.
And the poses of people who travelled tho
TUNED white with alright, and the hurrying
We're stung as with sting of a hundred bees.
While the blood crept away aud allowed them
to freeze.
Columbus Dispatch.
BOY, CAT AND PAINT.
4 Thrilling Story. without Words, In Six
Chapters.
[Harper's Bazar.1