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Smyrna times., 1886-08-25
RenewR Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay Co., low a
tells the following remarkable story, the truth o
which is vOuched for by the residents of ths
town: am 70 years old, have been troubled
years; could not dress myself without help
Now | am free from all pain and soreness anC
am able to do my own hOusewOrk. l owe my
thanks to Electric Bitters for having renewed mj
youth, and removed completely all disease and
pain. Try bottle, only SOC. at Jas. p. Hotfecker
Drug Store
Smyrna times., 1886-08-25

With Canada pulling his beak and
Mexico grabbing his tail feathers, the
American eagle is getting uncomfort-
able at both ends. After awhile, prob
ably, he will get up courage enough to
scream,
Smyrna times., 1886-08-25

Rome has fnall spoken upon the
question of the Knights of Labor.
The society is unequivocally condemned
by the Holy See, and the bishops of the
Church are directed to proceed against
it as against all secret societies under
the Papal ban.
Smyrna times., 1886-08-25

Never was unhappy Ireland more
truly and really unhappy than at this
time. Torn and discovered by relig-
ious strife and contention, when it
should have been as never before pa
tient and united, fenced in by English
coercion on one hand and starvation
on the other, its overburdened and out
rageously outraged people to-day pre-
sent spectacles of misrule and misery
that is without parallel on the face
Of the earth.
Smyrna times., 1886-08-25

Reports received at the National De-
partment of Agriculture state that the
shortage of wheat in Great Britain for
the present year is estimated at sixty
million bushels, and the area under
cultivation is 2,S6O,OOO acres.
Smyrna times., 1886-08-25

If the Philadelphia Press statement
is true the great American romance is
about to make its appearance. The
Press says that Colonel Dan Lamont is
to edit the Presidents fish stories.
Smyrna times., 1886-08-25
OLD FRIENDS ARE BEST.

like TO grasp the kindly hand
OF one whose friendship tried and long
Has made life seem a fairyland,
And with the years has grown more strong
'Tis better far than wealth OF fame.
To know that wheres0e'e ! roam
There linger loving hearts at home
Who through all time will be the same
If these were not then life would be
\ dreary waste with care o'erprest
Ofnll Gods kindly gifts to me
reckon dear old friends the best
Smyrna times., 1886-08-25
RunLIan,. Aruioa salvs.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises,
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
required. 1t Is guaranteed TO give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price Is cents per
box. For sale by JAMES p. H0FFEcKER.
Smyrna times., 1886-08-25

Prohibition is exciting so much at
tention in the Southern States that the
question of a liquid South is displacing
that of Solid South.-DetrOit Free
Press.
Smyrna times., 1886-08-25

Idleness has always envied true in
dustry.
Smyrna times., 1886-08-25

Ignorance is the mother of impu-
dence.
Smyrna times., 1886-08-25
BROWNS
IRON
B/TTERS
WILL CURE

WILL CURE
HEADACHE
INDIGESTION
BILIOUSNESS
DYSPEPSIA
NERVOUS PROSTRATION
MALARIA -'-~.-
CHILLS AND FEVERS
TIRED FEELING
GENERAL DEBILITY
PAIN IN THE BACK & SIDES
IMPURE BLOOD
CONSTIPATION
FEMALE INFIRMITIES
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA
KIDNEY AND LIVER
! TROUBLES
FOR SALE By HI DRUG GLSTS
The Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed Red
Lines wrapper.
TAKE NO OTHER.
Smyrna times., 1886-08-25
Furniture of all kinds.

ParlOr and Chamber Suits. Bureaus Bedsteads
Chairs, Lounges Tables Stands. Mattresses, Spring
anteed at or less than City prices for the same
quality of goods. jan Off
Smyrna times., 1886-08-25

ELIZA Jane Eliza Jane can you
come up to me few moments? ?"
Yes, I'll be there, ma'am."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
And,.e,U JohnsOn's Wife.

The country, in remembering Andrew
johnson, will not forget the noble wife
who, in his evenings after his hard days
work on the tailor's board, taught him
how to write, instructed him further in
his hating reading, and, with loving
assiduity, aided him to acquire the
rudiments of an English education, and
in all things so absorbed his home that,
as venerable Senator beautifully said.
she impaired to her daughters such
delicate culture and gentle training that
even amid the splendors of the Capital
and the throngs of beauty, they could
disarm envy by their virtue and excite
admiration by their simplicity"
All honor to that wife! There was
little to crafty her frugal tastes in the
fashionable life of Washington when
she accompanied her husband to the
White House. SHer thoughts returned
to the simple i ensures and more quiet
ways of their humble home in the
mountains of Tennessee; and so one day
she begged her husband to buy COWS,
that she might set up dairy and make
their own butter, as had been their
custom all their married life. The
COWS, two splendid Durhams, were
bought, and they We're pastured on the
beautiful grounds about the White
House; and the frugal wife
with her own hands made the
golden butter which thenceforth graced
the table of the Executive Mansion
during her husbands Presidency
Mr.. Spencer, IN Ne1v York Star.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
The Female Cramt,.,,,.

The women who look we'll in short
hair are few in number and hard to find.
The average female skull is not, when
laid bare by the ruthless hand of the
destroying barber, thing of beauty
nor Joy forever. The average female
face divine, when shorn of its back
ground of silllen tresses, looks too often
like an unripe and undeveloped carrot
The average female ear will not bear
up under close inspection, although it
may be large enough and vigorous
enough to strike out Independently and
fearlessly from the head. The face of
woman loses it's charm and becomes q
mug of an under-done boy.-Chicago
Mail.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
THE EASIEST WAY.
BIZ RUTH HALL.

Your letter just came to mo, Willy,
And you find that you don't forget2
You've tried for these months (oh, you silly
And are cure that you love mo yet2
All those days were sweet. / acknowledge,
In that dear old town by tho sea,
When tho head of his class in college
Took q fancy to me.
Don't cay that haven't heart, Will;
l think of tho past with regret:
And though we've 30 long been apart, still
too fiiId it hard to forget.
What nonsense I'm writingi Ned Carey
Has broken with Lillian Lee.
And he ind Ralph Sands-you know Mary
Arc devoted to mo.
Jack Whitney has como into money;
And SO has Mol Page; by the way,
She married old Dae-ain't it funnyf
Hos seventy if hos day.
Her trousseau. of course. came from Paris;
Her bridemaids were Maggie Mckee.
Tho Weston girls. Beatrice Harris.
Celia Carter. and me.
Another they say. i'll September
Will be the event of the year.
The groom is young Boyd-you remember
Your trio: Boyd. Billiards, and Beer?
'Tis Grace wed to Gold. says Dame Grundy:
That hs gifts are sight to soc;
That she tries ON hor dross on Monday;
Thot it's ordered by me:
That rnines the opinion that's asked for
Tho dowers, the feast, and the vino:
That my poor little wits arc tasked for
Tho entire performance, in fine.
Tho happy girl isn't Grace Greeley.
Nor even my cousin Marie;
They say-you know tongues run SO freely
That the bride. too, as mo.
= H0fncaS NfnH1zinc
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
LORD BACON.

Bacon was born in 1860. He is said
to have given precocious evidence of
his genius from a very early age. From
his fathers positson he was naturally
much noticed by Queen Elizabeth, who
used to playfully call him her little
lord-keeper. His progress at Cam
bridge, where he was educated, is
stated to have been SO rapid and mar
Vicious that at 16 years Of age he had
exhausted the whole cycle of the studies
of the period, and had even penetrated
the fallacies of the reigning philosophy
"a philosophy of which he was to be-
come the exposer and eradicator. Be-
fore he was 10 years of age he wrote q
General Review of the State of
Europe" He was making a tour of
France at the time, when his fathers
sudden death recalling him to En-
gland, he entered Gray's Inn, and
rapidly rose to the highest honors of
his profession-attorney general, and,
finally, lord high chancellor. While
holding this high office, to which he
was promoted by James T., he was &C.
cused of bribery and corruption, tried
by the House Of Lords, found guilty,
and sentenced to pay fine of s4O, 900,
and to remain prisoner in the tower
during the Kings pleasure. The fine
and punishment were both soon after
ward RENTED, and he retired to private
life to pursue those Investigations and
write those words which have made his
name household word over the whole
civilized globe. He died in 1926. Hobbs.
the philosopher, who was one of his
favorite companions, said that the
"cause of his lordship's death was try
ing an experiment. AS he was taking
the air in coach with DR.. Witherborne.
snow lay on the ground, and it came
into my lords thoughts why flesh might
not be preserved in snow as in salt,
They were resolved to try the expert
ment, and staid SO long in doing it that
Lord Bacon got shivering At, He
went to Lord Arundelb house, where
he was put into damp bed. and died a
few days sfterward. "-Toled0 RLode
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
Social Positions of Wo,,,e,..

A lady with heightened color and
angry eyes swept into the private Office
of the proprietor of a big retail store
on Fourteenth street, with the COM
plant that one of the statesmen had
treated her rudely. The merchant
smiled YEARLY, and, promising to in
quire intoSthe matter, bowed the lady
out.
"Now, there's case in point" said
the merchant to an inquiring visitor.
ut may throw some light upon the
subject of your errand-the insolence
of clerks. Here, John"-to porter
"ask Miss Black to come up"
Presently well-appearing, but tired
looking sales-girl came into the private
Office. The merchants face was like q
stone.
"Well, Miss Black" and his voice
was like the cold, gray day out of
doors, what is this complaint + hear
about you?"
"Mrs. Brown? A lady in sealskin
auburn hair ?" asked the girl in a slow,
oven voice.
The merchant nodded.
@She was insolent to me-" continued
the girl. Insulting. should soy. She
has an idea that shop-girls are slaves.
She and I are old friends. We worked
ct the same ed ter for two years, be-
fore she marri Brown, the builder"
"That will "a Mics Black, am salts
fed. Thus, Esp ste," he continued
when the girl d gone. "the fault is on
both sides. Hhe sAleswoman cannot
bring herself to believe that she is q
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
Grcc,, TASTED His Time.

Il want to see one of your clerks
named Green" said demure little
woman as she was stopped in dry
goods store by the foor-walker.
"Mr Green is very busy, ma'am."
eyes, but won't detain him more
than minute"
you'd better leave the message with
me, ma'am."
ooh, we'll, then, You may tell him he
needn't mind about coming up as usual
tonight. shall be married at least an
hour before he can get there!"
"Ah!exactly! Anything else I can
show you to-day, ma'am?" he asked, as
he bowed her out. - Detroit Free
PROSE-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
SOCIAL GRADES.

Fortunately, perhaps, the cempre-
hension of difference of social grades
comes very slowly in this country. The
difficulty of grasping the English idea
of the difference between ladies" and
tradeswomen was illustrated the othefs
day in a case where the daughter OF a.
wealthy Nahant house had gone to-
Lynn to make a purchase, and had left
at a store there an order to be filled.
When the goods reached the Nahant
residence, the order had not been cor
rectly filled, and the head of the house
called, when he drove to Lynn that
day, to see about it.
ooh" said the merchant in reply to
his remonstrance, "the lady that took
the order didn't quite understand what
the girl said!"
This story recalls another told OF q
somewhat famous Yankee coachman,
who drove" the family of Lothrop
Motley during the historians last resi-
dence near Boston. Mr.. Motley had
just removed to his summer residence,
where his two brothers, Mr.. Thomas
Motley and Mr.. Edward Motley, were
then stopping. A night OF two after
the house had been occupied Mr.. Mot
ley arrived at the station early in the
evening, and the coachman was there to
meet him.
Have you driven any one to the
house to-day, Silas?" he asked.
WELL" said Silas, "there was too
ladies that come this morning, and
Tom and Ned come this afternoon.
The "two ladies'" were the cook and
the laundress, and atom and Ned. OF
course, were the historians brothers.
Boston Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

oars. Out over the syaters they rowed to-
gether, the dreadful past rising SO strongly
before the woman that she had no thought
of the man so near to her.
"N1uriel," said he i'll low voice;
"Muriel, Muriel. love you, loveyou but
have no right 10 say these words to
you. Muriel, have you never thought that
1 might be Ralph Resseguie?"
"Can it be?" she said, slowly. II did not
see your face by daylight, you know"
dyes, it is /, q married man and a mur-
derer, but still love you, Muriel."
"And love you," she said, in tone Of
despair.
They were nearing the life-boats now,
and one of the crew shouted:
"Van Ness, we cannot go back just yet,
and here is man and n woman who
need immediate attention, if they are not
already dead. We will put them in your
boat, and you can take them ashore"
Ready hands laid the dripping bodies i'll
the bottom Of the boat, and with strong
strokes and averted head Ralph Resse-
guie pulled for the shore.
When they were nearing land he glanced
for the first time at his burden.
My Coo, my wife," he cried.
"And Fred Warner" said Muriel, with
thrill of relief and horror.
1t was true. Fred Warner had not died.
and the deed which had made these two
wanderers upon the face of the earth, had
been a farce, after all.
The days of the guilty pair on earth were
numbered. Mabel Resseguie never re-
covered consciousness. Fred Warner
lived few days, long enough to ask the
forgiveness of the two he had wronged,
and then expired.
Ralph Resseguie and Muriel Warner
were married, aud returned to Muriels old
home, where in the sunshine of happiness
the dark days Of their lives were forgotten.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
DIDN,i B..4ME THEN.

The new baby had proved itself the
possessor of extraordinary vocal powers,
and had exercised them much to
Johnny s annoyance.
One day he said TO his mother:
Ma, little brother came from Heaven,
didn't hep"
"Yes, DEAR"
Johnny was silent for some time, and
then he went on:
"Say, ma"
"What is it, Johnny?"
II don't blame the angels for bouncing
him, do you !"- ..Wercha7at Traveller.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
EYES DAUGHTERS.
We Sometimes Smile at What They
Say anfkpo, but Love Them Still,
and n snkly Tell Them So.
NUMERfts Sweet MoRSELs:
Matters Sober and Satirical, Nth Spice
of Humor lnterlarded, and AN Re-
lating to the Gentler Sex.


Madam" observed the dry goods
clerk, these goods are warranted all
wool"
II have heard that they are half cot
ton"
''You must not believe everything
you hear, madam, returned the clerk.
Il do not, sir" replied the lady. II
have been married twice" - Daily
Grnnhic.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

A cARR1AeE-Rua for the baby is Of a.
ternate strips Of red and white IN A.
CHAN stitch. bordered with red and m
ished with knotted red fringe. In eacn
of the white strips is trailing design
of lilies worked in red, in cross-s6tca'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

To DREAM gloriously, you must act
gloriously while you are awake; and to
bring angels down to converse with Won
In your sleep, You must labor in the
cause OF virtue during the day.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
FUN.
A GENTLEMAN Of ooIo


a GENTLEMAN OF color-a poiDt.-
agent. ' feal.esh
Morro Of the wrestleraL "a:
wrest. -ulve Us
Love is like coffee. It mo, J.,
or light, but it has to be I'VE oe das
warm. Men don't like it cola I1es' 40
AN experienced waiter saws w..
are most liberal. The man r .an me-
the beam at $50 rarely tips the 'n w,;t tip
AN old lady of 70, being left s:s
and a, destitute, on being asked S ms
she would do to make a living, said VIVA WI
sure I can't tell, unless I . h nau;Np
ballet-girl. "-Bosto,a Courier '''ne
BooK-B1NDER-Will you Inv.
bound in Turkey or Morocco, Ave
chaser-oh, mercy, mol What !, r ~
use of sending it way off there . - the
it bound in New York.-TM- Ritz nave
THH upper class lives the lonoo,. i,
says a writer on longevity. We Sb b,,.
no doubt of this. The private so,a: lave
who fought in the rebellion ara 's y,
dead, and only the captains. ms;o ~
and colonels remain. -Bosto,. cour jss
WIFE Ito husband IL hear That Nv W.
Riggs has failed. Husband W.
Il thought he was doing an exca,,o ss.
business. HE was" "why, Man r'
did he fail?" He spent two noau eu'
at a cheap summer resort, "-A,lna
sa1o Trauele7. ~
LET us have an all-night session .,
it" said one alderman to another uAn
right, was the reply. ut is coino -
be stormy one." II know it. and y = 7
can stand it better than you car, !" aHo.
500" "Oh, I am used to it. lam nav
ried. Carl Pretzeps Weekly.
Some old fishermen say that fish b;ts
oetter when 1t Is cloudy, others when Il
rains, and others when the sun is mar.
TALLY hidden. Our experience ba,
been that the best kind of day to %
fishing is any day when you can ast
away from the office. -,Someyyihe .7o,,r
nal.
WHAT do you mean by bringing me
this kind of esgs?" said the guest, hold.
ing his handkerchief to his face, "The
eggs are all right, Colonel. They don,
smell particle. Where, then. does
this horrible smell come FROM ooh
that's from the kitchen. "-Teras Sift
ings.
SWINGING IN THE LANE.
Lover like, they had quarrel,
Der some trifling thing,
And the maiden with pout
Gave him back his ring.
He in anger swore he'd leave her.
Never to return again,
And he left that heartless maiden
Swinging in the lane
He then went to fertile Texas.
Where the cowboys boss;
AS he had no nag to ride,
Stole from them horse.
But the vgi,ants they caught him,
Caught him with his gain,
And they left the reckless lover
Swinging in the lane
We find this in territorial exchange
There was something very peculiar
about the heavens Monday night
There were two distinct circles around
the moon, and for portion of tho time
several false moons were visible. There
was also vivid display of lightning
while constantly changing auror
borealis lit up the northern sky.
number of meteors fell during the nigh
with Kissing sound. It was certainl
the greatest night for heavenly ple
nomena that we ever witnessed. Scien
lists will be less anxious to rush to th
locality to investigate when they lear
from another item in the same pape
that license was granted on the Nor
day afternoon in question, after a yea
of rigid prohibition.-Estelliq1c Bell
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

Is THE MOON COVERED WITH ICE9
Capt. John Ericsson, the inventor of
the Monitor, publishes an article in Ma
t1trc setting forth his views of the char
acter of the moons surface. He con-
tends that the ring plains are annular
glaciers and that the mountains are
masses of ice. His article will be read
with the greatest interest. The pecu-
liar crater-like formations on the moon
have always been attributed to volcanic
action. Many people looking at the
moon for the first time through the tel
Escape say it looks like a ball of ice.
The resemblance is certainly striking.
There has always been difficulty in ex-
planning the intense brilliancy Of some
portions of the moon on any volcanic
theory. STILL, few will be ready to ac-
cept the view advanced by Capt. Erics-
son, although many will hereafter Oh
serve the moon to ascertain, if posi-
ble, the correctness of his reasoning.
In recent years there have been &C.
counts of the observations Of smoke or
steam issuing from craterlets. It is
possible that there is still some activity
in what is generally supposed to be a
dead world. Capt. Ericsson's paper
will provoke renewed discussion and
closer observation than ever.
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
NATURAL B.IR0MEYElss

Mention is made of curious stone
found in the northern part of England
which serves the inhabitants instead of
barometer. The stone, which they
call Ilmakiur, turns black, or blackish
gray, when it is going to rain, but on
the approach of fine weather is covered
with white spots. OF similar charac-
ter is the Araucarian shell, an account
of which has been going the rounds of
the papers for year or two. It is the
cast-off shell of a CHILEAN crab, which
remains white in dry weather, but on
the approach of moist weather shows
small red spots, which grow as the
moisture increases By the time rain
falls the shell has become entirely red.
This is simply case of the change of
color with the change in the amount of
moisture absorbed, which is not infre-
quent and is well known to chemists.
The barometric artificial flowers, which
were the rage, especially in Paris, some
years ago, are made on the same prin-
ciple. The substances with which they
are saturated change color with any
change in the amount of moisture they
contain. A curious natural barometer
is found in the geometrical nets of GER
tain spiders, and is also due to expan-
sion and contraction from varying mois-
ture. In this case, however, as in
ropes, the absorption of water shortens,
and its loss lengthens the spiders
cables. A century or SO ago, it was
studied by on entomologist named
D'Isjonval, who was so enthusiastic
over it that he thought it might serve to
regulate the march of armies and the
movements of fleets. He proposed that
the appearance of these spiders in
spring should be announced by the
sound Of trumpets. He announced
that if the weather is to be stormy Chat
is wet) the main thread OF the nets Of
these spiders will be too short, if fair
weather is approaching, too long.
Whenever either happens, the spider
has to go over his work again and cor
rect it. He is, therefore, more depend
ent on weather changes than are human
beings. He ought to be meteorolo-
gist and must certainly be Industrious.