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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
Compiled by Miss Julia Amos, of tho w. G. 4.
u. Chicnpoj

Compiled by Miss Julia Amos, of tho w. G. I.
T., Chicagoi
TIE Grand Lodge of Good Templars
will NEST ut Madison, Wis, next year.
Bishop MERRILn has. SO it is said.
written book against the Prohibition
party.
FiFTY-Two of the leading lawyers OF
New York have declared that women IN
have the legal right to vote in that State,
without change of constitution.
The population of Nebraska in five
years Increased So per cent. In the same
five wears, under high license in that State,
the drink traffic increased 14S per cent
The birth of Father Mathew is TO be
celebrated in New York City by meeting
ut the Cooper Institute. In Newport, r. l..
by total abstinence procession with l,ooo
men in line.
One year ago North Yakima, Wash. Ter;
had n neteen saloons; now it has none; az
due to the white-ribbon women OF the
town. who have labored necessarily to up
root the saloons.
EVERY soldier in the Salvation Army IS
total abstainer. AS there are thousands
OF men and women in these ranks they
form large temperance band and do mucn
good for that cause.
A BOOK for girls, entitled "How to VIM
has just appeared. It is from the pen o.
Miss Fran 'es L. Willard. and - written IN
hey most happy style. The introduction ID
by Miss Rose Cleveland.
OVER million and haLf pa es of tenn
peran"' literature was publ sized and aus
tributed by the Illinois W. G. I. U. durln ~
the past wear. There are o unions IN %
OF The 1o2 counti.s Of tho great prair's
Stata
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
DRUG STORES AND SALOONS.

"A Druggist, Il Retail Liquor Dealer = FIJI,
Occupation Makes His Business Rcspec
tib!e-Thc Drug Store Patrons.
There goes sample of what the DRUG
stores turn out" said u gentleman to ,
Btgds reporter. directing the latter's alten.
ton to young man who had searcel,
reached his majority, and who, Will. MOI
actually drunk, was finding locomotion diff.
ticult "He is one of the most respectabl,
Young men in the city, has good reputa-
ton, and was never known 10 get drunk
He would be ashamed to go into saloon,
and yet he is regular visitor at the drno
s ore." nc
From which I am TO infer, suppose.
that he is addicted to the morp in, or
OPIUM habit, or, perhaps worse, to the use
OF cocaine"
From which you are TO infer nothing of
the klnd,' was the reply. He is simply
addicted to the use Of whisky and ein,
WINE or rum. or any otner liquor that sulis
MS fame. 1t matters not SO much what
me Shccl'lc name of the liquor is, but it is
sufficient to say that it is sp,ritus tiuu,euii.
a generic term. which may cover a mult;-
tude Of drinks known 10 tile profession.
"ilo you mean to say that he taxes his
drinks IN the drug store the same as the
ola. dont-care d-n toner takes his
drMEs in a saloon or gin shop?"
That exactly the point There are
nearly fifty drug stores in Toledo. and.
with very few exceptions. they do a retail
liquor business. There is scarcely n drn,
store III the city that does not have from
half dozen to two dozen regular custom
e:s who take their daily drinks behind ihe
prescription case. These customers ore
ior The most part. good hearted, respecta
Die men, who would blush to make fire.
4uent visits to a saloon, and who mr. do
themselves on their ability to drink with
out getting caught at it. But you eau tell
them after awhile. The red flush will come
to their cheeks, and tho poisonous stuff
Will AFFECT their walk in spite of their great
est PRECAUTIONS. They may l.old ont for n
Will, Ut tie time will com, Wien the
scaie WI fail. from the yes Of their
i II ds, IL Il the man W. / stand ont be ore
tiiem What lie rally is-a dru -s,ora
dnnkald."
;. rs there any law against the sale of
hl';ors yiru siets:"
Not II tAey III out their license. tbo
same az is qnired OF tie saloon ,e,n,r
You WILL tln b: II fcrring to the n,.n, ,r
zee 'rus that nearly all toledo dr., eis;s
h''e t.k~n out such IL License, ;nl dis
penSe lluncrs without lot or Ii u,lr u,cp
Way don they construct a re ;..lur bar
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
DOWN THE STREAM.
by ELLEN w. CAREY.

a rns;dsn stood upon shore,
Afd Ii ard II lightly dipping orr.
Tic lpnrnng light was flushing clear.
Il aihasa wnS loudly wn,hing near.
J. h. NJ :ama Gliding down the stream,
With i-iaplo soft and p!as!l, md Eican.
She s,a'er Ind seen the youth before,
He ne 'c7 had touched upon the shore;
Blt when she saw him up tho stream.
IpcEh from the nic1ntains early eiean,.
7 he old. old, wonder working sTell
Around them both like magic fell.
.hnd ere his beet llGi driftcd by.
a ol!nara came over WOOD and sky:
Tie Old. familiar Stream aud shore
Tool, ott q hue unh known before.
H lightly drew his boat to land,
He lightly reached to her his hand
hEi, leaving oil that they had known,
The ..o went down the stream aionc.
I he bnnt:nhn's arm was good and strong.
The boGtman's oar wos tough ard long,
The maiden inco was sweet ard fair,
She foItsao faintes. fear or cure.
She smiled upon her boatmon true.
And said. II trust :Gy iiio to you
TINS thrush sang on the bank alone;
Tho maiden dow, Che etrcam had gone.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
.; and hang &, out their signs like o,,o.

Keepers. o'nef salno,
:" hey are too respectable >,
s'en. They consider thems.n,sske such n
a IL. me sa!soankeeper, and would oet,er
rs hornets If they were but in ~. be mad
esory. And yet their business. ' IL same ca.
Better. Many of their cust,mo., :, ont liHlel
private bottles, from which rha,. cave t4eir !
Will and pay for as they dri,s i orln& ad
hauor Is sold, all the Same. ma ~. ~ hnt thel
90 into the drusgist's pocket ne 1s Profits j
that he does not deal in beer. a,a !. :. Is tine
store IS not filed with the fumes - mat lat Iii
but this is only Disguise, sani;,, " hGDor,
is out of place. Then the ~; WHICH
racket is played to great extent 0a Water
&'sts ilx up any number of fancy rug
with the aid of their soda We, drinks,
copious supply of liquor, for wh;et and a
charge exorbitant prices. Their , o,a. 'Aey|
ers, who are up to snuff. have gu Sus'om-
names which they use when cali, Il;.'!tlousI
soda water, and which mean a vorl /; tori
soda with plentiful sprinklinp of httel
VINE or whisky. As rule .Noieel
keep nothing but the very best ,n ,usgsts|
stock, and are therefore patron;gio a'ss I'M
by the Weather classes. Their hm,; ohy|
is therefore an exclusive one and va,, u'laesa
table" '0tS prof
Nv ny Is 1t worse for druggist to .ou
whisky than for saloon keeper9n W sell
1t is not worse. in the abstract In. ,
effect is worse. The man who visits 1u' !, me
drug store would not patronize the sa,o ue
Ihero is fascination about drug ', sto1s
drinking which does not attach to IL ''oteI
tcon with its bar fixtures. A man entoI sa
drug store and nothing is thought ' ~ = a
He walks behind the prescription cns III ,a II;
talks with the drug clerk; NOTHING s'' u
thought of that. He carelessly ponrs ol ~
stiff drink of whisky, drinks it and w, y''
out, and no one is the wiser. Quite differ s
ent is it to enter saloon in the elars If
day Tor there can be but one object An
the romance of the thing is gone. INV s1.'
visi.or is Mt once stamped as drjnia ae
while the drug store patron with twice ~,
amount of whisky in his outlet, walks , fl,
streets and parades himself before the ne s.e
pie as an abstainer. The drug store is IN tbo
Mecca for tie hypocritical drunkarl VIM sIo
is too weak to let the stuff alone. and to O
cowardly to confess his weakness. --T 1ysJo
RIu,io -"'e""
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

and sees the headlight as it rounds the
curve.
+! What shall she do to save them? She
has no lantern and but few matches
which it would be next TO impossible te
light with the rain falling in such torrents.
But with glad cry she sees the clouds are
beginning to break, and in IL moment the
moon peeps from behind a bank of clouds
and then suddenly comes into full view.
/ Hastily tearing her apron from
around her she ties it to stick and
applies a match. But sudden
it again, but this time the match breaks
OFT! She now has but one match left, and
the train is speeding toward her, and an
| other minute and it will be too late! But
with steady hand she shades the match
until ii is blazing brightly and then applies
| the blaze to the torch. As the small flame
leaps up she swings the flaming torch high
above her head. She grows faint and sick
from exposure, but with mighty effort she
rallies. She can now feel the hot steam
from tho engine upon her cheek, and then
two short, sh,ill whistles and she knows
her warning has been seen. But can they
stop in time? Staggering from the track
Just as the engine reaches her, she sinks into
n swoon, from which she was aroused
several hours asterward TO find her
self in her own room with The
the doctor bending over her, and is told tie
train was saved. For six weeks she tossed
III delirium, and when she was again able
to be around, Harry was always to be seen
by her side.
But her services anG Harry's were not
forgotten. The company sent her a check
for $4,000. and our hero Was given posi-
ton as clerk in the general offices some
three months later. and rapidly advanced
until lie is now head clerk.
The lightning which stunned Harry
struck and instantly killed his enemy, jam
ison.
Over two years have passed since that
eventful night, and the autumn brings
visitor 10 F.. 1t is none other than our
hero, who has como to claim his bride.
A few days later and quiet wedding
takes place, and the lives of Harry and
Mary Strand are linked together in those
holy bonds which nothing but death can
part.
With bright future before them we
leave them to battle with lifes duties as
they did on that stormy night when
Handsome Harry" proved himself the
King of Operators. by his daring.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
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THE Mf,DEI.S (LEr:GY.

A more humiliating position can
hardly be imagined than that to which
so many superior men are reduced of
being trotted around like a spawned
horse at a fair, to have their teeth,
knees, and hoofs inspected, to see
whether there is still go enough in
them for this or that old brollen-down
gig, and that, too, generally at time
OF life when in any other profession
they would be just entering on the high
est functions and heaviest responsible
ties of their career. just at present the
glories of liberties of Tom, Dick, Harry,
and every one else to pass his Judgment
on every man and everything, are tho
theme of general eulogy. 1t is in the
church that this liberty gets its fullest
and most varied play. The small boy
OF six, who votes the minister an old
fogy; the simpering girl, who feels they
ought to have something younger, moro
emotional, and, probably, marriage
able; the young man who is scandal
lied that his pastor does not ride bi-
cycle; the chaste spinster that saw him
smoking; the dollar-and-cen material.
list that is outraged at not Being wrought
up by him to spiritual fervor; the wo.
man the minister's wife passed on the
street without seeing her--here is a
small fraction Of the elements of pub
lie opinion that is to be conciliated and
won over, or something has got to give
way Is it to be wondered at, there
fore, that the ministerial broker breaks
and dies early, while those who deal
merely III puts and straddles wax fat
an! kick? Or is it further to be won
dered at that more and more young
men OF parts and spirit renowned the
idea Of attempting profession that de-
mands OF them the gifts of being at
once infant school teachers, grammar
and high-school teachers, college pro-
fessora, postgraduate lecturers, private
theatrical conductors. May-pole dane
ers, and equally at their ease with
drooling babies of two months and
blind and deaf grandparents of eighty,
and all this grace at the imminent risk
Of being cut Off from starvation salary
at single angry meetings. notice. -
Rovf0D Hawaii
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
GE!: IiNCESIDfsS.

The statistical sharp has taken the
trouble to compute that in the first
generation man reckons only two an
cestors, his father and mother. In the
second generation the two are changed
into four, since man has two grand
fathers and two grandmothers. Each
OF these four had two parents, and thus
in the third generation there are found
to be eight ancestors--that is, eight
great-grandparents. In the fourth gen,
Grafton the number of ancestors is 49,
in the fifth 80. in the sixth GA, in the
seventh lbs. i'll the tenth 1924, in the
twentieth 1,O4S,57G, in the thirtietl
l,O73, 741, 1874.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
THE .lNTl-sL4NG MOVE.nEyT

The anti-slang movement in our
State is winning many adherents. The
scheme involves a forfeiture of 5
cents for every slang word indulged in,
the proceeds going toward some mis-
sionary fund. There is nothing that
will knock slang silly SO quick as hav-
ing. to chip nickel every time one toots
his horn. We hope this movement will
spread until the whole slang business
is paralyzed. That's the kind of a
boiled dinner We are.-Rocklana Ca
zette.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

OPsnAToI:--Hoid No s at E unit,
special train East has arrived there. Have the
switches blocked and crossings guarded as
special is running fifty miles per hour Be
sure that Swa:.'s Crock bridge is all right.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-28

[Kcnnebec (Me,) Journal


A newly-married couple who started
from Portland on a wedding trip the other
day were having a hard time at last ac-
counts 1t seems that while the BRIDE
groom was looking after the baggage at
the depot his best man, who was trihe
nervous, hurried tho bride into the wrong
car and started hor to Boston ono train too
soon. The disconsolate husband took tn
next train, but got to Berwick only to find
that his bride had returned to Portland.
She, against the advice Of friends, did not
stop there. but started West again and
got to Boston at the same timo he again
reached the starting place. At last ac-
counts the two were hurrying backward
and forward as fast as steam could take
them. each frantically trying to overtake
the other.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-28
scHooLMAsTER'S PLUCK.
How He Pushed His House Before al"
Through Northern Europe .srs..
IN Y. Sun.1


Through Northern Europe sr.-.
IN. Y. SUM-
James Ricalton, a school-teacher OF
Maplewood, New Jersey, returned recent
ly from a remarkable Journey through the
frozen north of Europe. He took his ho-
tel with him. He had portable lodging
house built, which contained sleeping
apartment and a box for blankets ana
necessaries. IL was on three wheels ana
was pushed along. IL had a rubber avn
ing. which sheltered him In wet weather.
In his baggage was q photograph ap-
paratus. Mr.. Ricalton Travelled through
the section living between ArchangeI ana
St. Petersburg to obtain material Tor
magazine articles.
A reporter found Mr.. Ricalton at his
homo in Maplewood. He is Scotch
American. and told the reporter that he
sod Travelled through France, Germany,
Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, sweden
and Iceland on salary of eight hundreu
dollars a year. Mr.. Ricalton Iett maple.
wood on June 70 for Liverpool. ne went
70 Archangel on sailing vessel ana was
two weeks I'm the Arctic Ocean.
The American Consul and the Governor
of the Custom House ht Archangel warned
him against the wolves and escaped con-
victs from Siberia, but he travelled with
his peculiar vehicle through eight hum
dred miles of wild and desolate region,
armed only with a spear and revolver.
Hc found the wilderness full OF large
and savage wolves, but was fortunate
enough to keep clear Of them. Frequent
w. when he awoke in tho morning, ne
would find his cart surrounded by ma
tives. f5tc stared at him OPEN mouthed.
The peasants he foErd simple and willing
to assist him. They obeyed his orders as
though he were a superior being. III the
city the people were different and treated
Rim with suspicion.
Mr.. Relation was frequently compelled
to hire horses to carry his wagon across
the marshes. At one time he vas attacked
by arobber armed with club. II was in
the center of a dense wilderness, and the
robber laughed when the school master
nut up his spear to defend himself. Mr..
Relation dropped the spear and brought
his revolver into play. He fired once, and,
although the bullet did not hit the robber,
it frightened him and he disappeared.
Mr.. Ricalton reached st. Petersburg on
August II, a month after leaving Arch
angel. He also visited Norway and Swe'
den. He got back on the day his school,
reopened. He says the trip cost hin only
two hundred dollars.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-28
IN. Y, Sun

A young lawyer of Ellaville, Ca, ban
tered young woman at social gather
ing to marry him. TO his evident sur
prise she told him to get the license. He
wouldn't be bluffed, and got the license at
once, while others OF the party sent for a
clergyman. He knew nothing of the joke,
and when the pair entered the parlor arm
in arm he thought it strange that the
SPECTATORS laughed. But he began SOL
emily, while the party wondered which
of the two would weuken first, and the
contracting parties each wished that the
other would ask the minister to stop.
When the first question was asked the
Young man concluded that the affair had
gone far enough, and he broke ranks and
fed, much to the young woman's relief.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-28
POVERTY IN CITIES.
story of an Intelligent Man Who Is Too
Poor to Buya Paper
TChicago Herald

[Chicago Herald.l
There are men in the world whose cir
cumstanceS force upon them an economy
so relentless that the general run of man
kind, easy. going II not prosperous, are
rnable to form any definite conception
It. 1t Is foreign to their experience, and
beyond their consciousness. They can not
understand how man can be toe poor TO
buy an occasional cigar or drink, or reg
ular newspaper. But that there are such
men the little story told by resident Of
North State street well illustrates. 81 am
not on early riser" saj this gentleman,
"nor is any member of my household. j.
Is not often that either | or one Of
my servants gets out after the morn
ing paper earlier than seven O'Clock.
But one morning, about three
weeks ago, / happened to come down
about Gas, and going out after my paper
found Sorkingmaa sitting on the steps;
his dinner pail by his side, deeply en-
gagged with the news of the day. He was
not aware of my presence, and my first
impulse was to speak sharply to him and
give him reprimand for his impudence
But on second thought l did nothing of
7
him alone, watching him, however, from
behind the curtains Of the front window.
A few minutes befor, seven o'clock he
careful lily folded the paTcr, put it on the
door-sill, picked up his dinner bucket and
FASTENED away to his work. The next
morning ] got up early ON purpose to see
IL he would return, and, sure enough,
there he was, with She paper in his hand.
He was n sober, thoughtful appearing
man. and the incident 50 impressed me
that toll my servan never to go for
the paper until after seven O'Clock, or
until the man had finished with it. He
kent coming morning after morning, and
] finally went out and spoke to him. lie
apo}ogized like gentleman for the liberty
he had taken. and when told him that |
knew he was reading my paper before |
did, and liked 10 have him do so, the man
almost broke down. 1t was a little thing
a moro trifie-tut fancy we were both
the letter for our interview He seemed
to be well Informed man, aud said that
he could not be satisfied 70 remain in ig-
norance of current events, AMI yet was too
poor TO take a paper.
"I earn II 60 . day. he said; and pay
$40 a month for rent. ! have a wife and
four childrer-thgee of them in school. My
wife is sickly, and there are medicines to
buy, and occasionally the doctor comes.
neither smoke nor drink, but when our ex
prnses are pad--anl God knows they are
little enough--there ISM Il cent left in the
house. am actually too poor to take a
newspaper
IL WONDER" the state street gentleman
added, "if there are many men like him in
Chicagof"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-28
FARM HORTICULTURE.
Various Points for the Consideration OF
Large and small Fruit Growers.

Large and Small borrowers.
One of the greatest drawbacks to the
farmer is his desire to avoid as much
labor as possible In a certain sense
this is proper, but when TN" farmer
places his labor where it produces the
most instead Of growing some crop, be-
cauSe they are more easily attended to,
he will lind himself gradually becoming
richer. If a small area can be made to
yield as large profit 4. a largr space, the
farmer should avail himself of such OPP
portunit.es. We read of a gardener
near Baltimore. who sold a crop of
gooscberreS, in full bearing. ON thir-
teen acres, for live hundred dollars an
acre This was more than could have
been secured from ten crops of corn or
wheat, and ten times a much labor
could have also been bestowed, vet the
crop saved ninpycars time as compared
with one OF grain.
We know of a strawberry grower
whose crop cost him twenty-five cents
Il quart, vet he sold them at fifty cents a
quart when other growers were glad 10
get one-tfth that price. 1t was the
labor that made the crop valuable.
Had he sighted the vines in the least
his profit would have been changed to a
loss. We are not favored with an
abundance of plums in our market,
simply because it requires time and
labor to battle with the curculiO. vet
we can point to Il fruit grower who an
nually grows hundreds OF bushels of
plums, and makes large profits by be-
slowing the necessary labor upon the
trees, while his neighbOrs. who consider
him as undertaking too much risk,
really do more work, require several
years for 50 doing, and realize less.
The tendency at the present time is
to grow crops at the least expense,
but the question 10 consider is
whether the more economical modes
are being practiced There is no
labor, if rightly and intelligently be-
slowed that will not return itself four
fold. One may, however, do hard
days work, and find it Improbable.
There is something else to be considered
other than the simple matter of labor
ing The labor must be applied where
it will do the most good and produce
the greatest benefit. A crop of celery,
asparagus, pluns or small fruits may
be costly to produce, but the profits will
correspond with the original outlay. .
Our markets are sometimes ''glutted'
with those articles that are grown with
but little risk, labor or attention, while
scarcity exists in other directions What
is desirable is that the farmer have no
specialties. His object should be to en-
deavor to produce those things which
ne believes will be in demand, and not
to blindly SOW his seed every year and
trust to chances for a short supply of
the market. Farm, Field and Stock
man.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-28

A Boston paper comments on the
fact that people hate their protcges
when those they have helped grow be-
yond the need of their all. A much
more common fault of the average
weak human nature IS to store up II
grudee against the one who has con-
ferrcd an important favor. Few people
like to acknowledge that some one else
has conferred prosperity upon them.
An obligation OF this kind generally
weighs heavily and an independent
spirit will constantly seek opportunity
TO repay it, balance the account or deny
it outright. Real graf tude is noble. but
not common. -tIereiuRd Lcdder.