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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-05-07
Baltimore i Potomac Railroad.
NORTH. TIME TABLE. soU1

Alter Sunday, December goth, IS the
trans on this road will run as follows,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-05-07

Edinburgh has an electrct boy. He is not a
messenger boy.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-05-07

Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses
Of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-05-07
Word That Makes You Sick.

What word is that which deprived of letter
makes you sick? Musick and if from eating
stale fruit, which effects the bowels, take Dr.
Bigger's Huckleberry Cordial.
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Three hundred and sixty-fve times e,.,
year every mothers son Of us has s,rr 1ep
gle getting into his shirt. 'uuss
~ shirt IS worth getting into, ifitis sirorc
and well made, sure not to rim or r' 10y
perfect fitting, then there is some eomn rs"''
sation Tor spending so much of our ~,
ence IN such struggle. You NAV wres,lo
with the DIAMOND, but with its everlas,;r1
stay-attachment and reinforced bosom y1,,
Will come out head first every time. coys ycS
with glory and with the best shirt in ,5 ois.e1
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CONTAGIOUS!

am native OF England and while was in +ha,
country contracted terrible blood naisoT ti s
two years was under treatment as an OH door no
tient at nottingham Hospital England but was not
bones, and was covered with sores ali over NV hai
md limbs, Finally completely lost ali hone n
that country, ana sailed for America. and was
PROMINENT physician ID New York having M q n q
'ibh with the hospitals ''s HV cVii'
l saw the. advertisement Of swifts Specific and I
determined to give trial took six bnttlceN ~ /
can say with great Joy that they have cured ~
'ntirely. am as sound and well as | ever was IN
my life. L FRRp H,1FoRT, -
New York City, June 18th, 1885. - AIR Oi'D
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.. Drawer & Atlanta 40
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
Training Two Hummingbirds.

A young lady, an invalid, residing at
San Rafel, one of the health resorts Of
California, illustrated St. James asser-
ton that every kind Of birds has been
tanned, by tanning two free, wild hum
mingbirds.
Her doctor ordered her to recline
daily, during the summer, on rugs
spread on the garden lawn. While
taking this agreeable prescription one
day, she noticed that two humming-
birds were inspecting her from a safe
distance.
Their wise little heads, turned to one
side, showed their curiosity, and she,
taking advantage of it, planned more
intimate acquaintance. She plucked a
fuchsia, attached to branch over her
head, and filed it with sweetened water.
In few minutes the two little birds
thrust their slender bills down into the
flower, and took long draughts.
The next day she filled fresh fuchsia
with honey. The actions of the birds
showed that they preferred it to
sweetened water. In a few days the
birds became so tame and so impatient
that they scarcely waited for her to
leave the flowers before thrusting their
bills into the honey.
One day, while she held the flower
she was filling with drops from spoon,
the birds caught the drops as they fell,
and then, becoming impatient, darted
their thread-like tongues into the con-
tents of the spoon. The two birds
were both males, and therefore fought
for possession of the honey-flled flower.
But they united to keep other hum
mingbirds away I; and when wasp or q
bee came near, it was chased away.
When the beginning Of the rainy
season drove the young invalid into the
house, she tried to coax them into the
parlor window. At first they acted as
if they thought there was some mis-
take. They would hum about the win
dow, where she stood with the flower
and the spoonful Of honey, or watch her
from neighboring branch, but not a
sip would they take. But at last, one
bird, responding to her call, lowered
about her hand and took from it re-
peatedly drops of honey.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
He Found the Place.

On Ocean street is a sign which sways
in the morning breeze, and the sign
reads: "Woman's Exchange" He was
Duval County farmer and as he left
the Burbridge grocery store he looked
up the street and saw the sign swinging
as it usually does. Long and earnestly
did he stare, and with grunt turned to
a passer-by and remarked:
"Well, sir, have diskiyered it at
last"
"What?" asked the stranger, in aston
ishment.
"Why, that ere place."
"What place." ..
"That Woman's Eechange."
"Well, what about it?"
"What about it? I'll be COLL darned
if don't bring the old woman right up
thar and swap her right away. l hev
been Jest lookin' for such o place. I
tell you, Stranger, this ere town is jess
whoopin' things, and don't you forget it
mel. her"
And then he started up for the Ex-
change, but the stranger stopped him,
Jacksonville (EtaJ Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

american estimate by q competent
inetallurgist. The steel tie is now pro-
duced in England-where the manu-
lact'lre has been so extended as to
make the production very much
cheaper than formerly-for 5 shillings
apiece, or $1.25 gold. By chartering
us own vessels the Vera Cruz Com
pany can land its steel ties at cost
winch permits their extensive use. It
may be set down that the outside cost
WI VIII not exceed 50 each, Mexican silver,
Ahe wooden ties which the steel ties
are replacing on the Vera Cruz line
range IN price, according to the quality
OF wood, from 80 cents to $1.62, silver.
Inc latter price is paid for the zapote
tie, very hard and durable wood. The
best white-oak ties last from FIVE to six
years, the red-oak about three years.
In India the steel tie, sent out from
England, is displacing even the teak
tie, one Of the best woods, and the
change is being made on the score Of
economy. In using the steel tie the
expense OF spikes is saved.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
The Woman Who Never ISLANDERS.

Here's to the woman who never SLAM
ders, who never retails ill-natured
gossip, and who does not feel it her
duty to straighten out the world around
her. These curios are not so scarce as
men would have us think. But tennis
grounds, winter bathrooms, and fash
ionable tea-tables are not their stamp
ing-ground. They have to be hunted;
they are not matrimonial Dianas aim
ing at pocket rather than heart; they
mind their own affairs strictly. That's
why the male creature seldom hears of
them and seldom sees them. They
haven't time to purr with the tommiea
and Tables of leisure.-San Fran
cisco Report.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
How Adventurous Females Attract the
Opposite Sex.

A great deal has been said and
written about street firtations, and this
irregular method of making acquaint-
ances has, of course, been condemned
on all sides. Nevertheless, the prac-
tice is constantly on the increase. The
fault lies principally with the females,
who, from carelessness, love of adj
venture, or for some worse motive, en-
courage the advances made by stairway
statues and corner loungers who infest
our streets. A lady when insulted by
the bold stares or the significant
coughs and winks of these nuisances
pays no attention to the annoyance and
escapes further insults by her judicious
conduct. The females who are willing
to be accosted by strangers, and to
form passing intimacies in that way,
not only respond to the advances made
by the "mashers," but they have in ad-
dition a code of signals which are
plainly understood by experts in this
line of business. Two or three years
ago it was the fashion to wear long rib
bons which were so arranged that they
hung over the wearer's shoulders. It
became we'll understood that if the
streamer depended from the left shout
der it meant, Fellows, come follow
me-" and many a young girl who did
not understand the code was subjected
to annoyance and insult. Lately new
plan has been adopted by the Hirtatious
females, and it is now all the rage in
certain circles. An umbrella or parasol
is the weapon Of offense, and in the
hands of an expert it is as dangerous
as the Spanish lady's fan. If closed
and used as cane it signifies that the
owner would not be averse to securing
a male companion for the promenade,
provided he is good-loolling and mice
If closed and carried horizontally in
front Of the owner with end sticking
out, the Specification is that the owner
can make her own way through the
streets and secure plenty of room, with
out additional assistance. If closed and
carried over the shoulder much as a
careless sportsman carries a gun, the
meaning is that the fair damsel is look
ing for an adventure. When this last
signal has attracted the attention of a
desirable" party OF the male per
suasion the experienced hirt raises the
weapon perpendicularly and then drops
it to the front. This means that the
man to whom she is signaling is to
overtake her and enter into converse.
ton, and the invitation is seldom disre.
garded by the fellows who are con-
stantly on the lookout for chance
acquaintance of the opposite sex.
Many women who claim to be, and
doubtless are, respectable" indulge in
this ement.-Rochester Post-Er.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

One of the famous woman's rights
women of the West is the Rev. Miss
Annie Shaw, and good stories are told
of her pluck and smartness. Once
when she was riding through the
lumber region of Michigan the driver
began to talk insultingly. Miss Shaw
stood it for hall an hour, and then sud-
denly drew Derringer from the folds
of her garments, and said very quietly:
"You low, contemplate brute; utter
another word of that sort, and I'll shoot
you like dog" The threat was scfii-
Gent. The man did not utter a sylla-
BILE the rest of the trip. He helped to
get large congregation for her at the
settlement, because" he said, "he
liked her grit" Once at public meet
ing speaker who had been discourslng
on the traits of strong-minded women,
among others that OF wearing short
hair, suddenly turned to Miss Shaw and
asked: "By the way, how did you ac-
quire that habit, Miss Shawl? Sir, l
was born So" was the answer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
Tired of City Life.

A young man who is now sojourning
in the Arkansaw penitentiary, writes as
follows to his father:
MY DEAR PAP:-As everybody has
gone to bed thought would write to
you, thankful to say that I am enjoyin'
the same blessin'. I a,er think that 1
would like to live in t4sn, but now I've
got enough of it. TdJRther pillow with
jumpin' coulter thar 70 stay in this
place. Amt had aAink of Ticker
sense I left home. If 81 can manage
to slip me bottle by the next man
that comes down you'd be dom q big
thing fur me. Has Bob Caney sold the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

4 FEDERAL soldier once said to me,
says the author of "In the Wake of the
Battles" II was always sorry for your
wounded; they never seemed to get any
care" The remark was extreme, but
there was too much justice in it. There
was little mitigation of hardship to our
unfortunate armies. We were fond of
calling them Spartans, and they were
but too truly called upon to endure a
Spartan system of neglect and priva-
ton. They were Away ill-fed and i'll
cared for. 1t would have been possible,
at this time, one would think, to send a
courier back to inform the town and
bespeak what comforts it could for the
approaching wounded. But here they
were, unannounced, on the brick pave
ments, and the first thing was to find
roofs to cover them. Men ran for keys
and opened the long, empty shops and
unused rooms; other people got brooms
and stirred up the dust of ages; then
armies of children began to appear
with bundles of hay and straw, taken
from anybodys stable. These wers
hastily disposed of in heaps, and COW
cred with blankets-the soldiers own,
or else one begged or borrowed from
anywhere. On these improvised beds
the sufferers We're placed, and the next
question was of the proper dressing of
their wounds. No surgeons were to be
seen. A few men detailed as nurses,
had come, but they were incompetent
of course Our women set bravely to
work and washed away the blood, or
stanched it as we'll as they could, where
the jolting of the long, rough ride had
disarranged the hasty binding done
upon the battlefield But what did
they know of wounds beyond cut
finger, or boil? Yet they bandanged
and bathed with devotion that went
far to make up for their in experience.
Then there was the hunt for bandages.
Every housekeeper ransacked her stores
and brought things new and old. l
saw one girl, in despair for strip of
CLOTH look about helplessly, and then
rip off the hem Of her white petticoat.
| The doctors came up by and by, or 1
suppose they did, for some amputating
was done. Rough surgery you may be
sure. The women helped, holding the
instruments and the basins, and trying
to soothe or strengthen. They stood
to their work very nobly; the emergency
brought out all their strength to meetit. F"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

A VERY cleverly arranged continuance
has been discovered in the woods near
ST. George, New Brunswick, by means
of which an old and eccentric resident
named Tucker intended ending his ex-
istence. It had been noticed for sew
eral weeks that the old man spent the
greater part OF his time in the woods,
and party followed him. He soon
stopped beside an open grave. which
was found to have been constructed for
some special purpose. Investigation
showed that box had been placed in
it, and springs arranged so that a man
could lie down in the box and pull down
board, when the grave would fill with
earth, and brushwood arranged for the
purpose would cover the mound. The
discovery was only made just in time to
save the mans life. for every detail had
been completed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
Insomnia.

Sleep is positive function, and not
by any means negative fact, as has
been too often supposed. There is a
notable difference between genuine
sleep, properly so called, and the arti-
fetal torpor obtained by the use of mar
cotics. From a physiological stand
point, every one should be able to COM
mand sleep at will; and habit has a
great influence in this direction. Ma
poleon Bonaparte possessed this power
to remarkable degree, being able to
sleep peacefully at any moment and
under the most adverse conditions.
And William Gladstone had the same
faculty for many years; but of late he
has complained of insomnia, due
probably, in his case, to overwork and
anxieties, which have ended by weak
ening his will power, or at least there is
some physical cause, which renders the
working of cerebral nutrition less
docile than formerly to the orders of
the nervous center. Be this as it may,
it is matter of regret that physicians
as rule do not attach sufficient i'm
portance to the fact that want Of sleep"
is in reality an exaggerated wakeful-
ness, and it is necessary to investigate
the cause of this condition, and to ex-
anime infinitely the relative ezcitability
of all the organs, central and peripheric.
The sphygmograph, optometer, and
other instruments here have their uses,
and are indeed indispensable in order
to arrive at precise diagnosis. Then,
and then only, can insomnia be treated
by means appropriate to each case, and
in truly scientific manner, and sue
cess in these hitherto unsatisfactory
conditions would generally repay the
trouble involved in their more thorough
investigation. World.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

Il appears that the use of steel ties
is rapidly extending on the Vera Cruz
Railway in Mexico, and good lesson
may be learned by our American roads
The AIerica7, Financie'' gives the fol-
lowing as the experience OF the railway
quoted; The road began using steel
ties in 1854, and has now some
10000 of them on it's bed. So salts
factory has the experiment been that
10000 more have been ordered from
England for use this year, ana IL Is
proposed to put in from 40, 900 to o..
600 per year hereafter. The lie OF
q steel tie is considered as Indefinite
but it may safely be set at from thirty
to fifty years. tho former beng an
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
An impossible Case.

"Do YOU believe in dreams coming
true?" asked Hostetter McGlnns OF
Miss Esmeralda Longcotfin.
"Oh, yes, in some cases."
IT last night I dreamt that 1 woke up
hideously ugly"
"'rhat dream is sure to come true.
You can rely on that. Now if you had
dreanlt that you woke mp good-looking
7 would have had my doubts, replied
Esmeralda, with smile.-Iesas SJt
i7lgS
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

horse I stole from him? Wush I was
out OF here. We have preachin' of Sun
days, but we amt had no revival Wit.
How L would like to be at home an tap
the old jug. Unless am pardoned 1
don't reckon I'll ever sell another vote.
Its bad fur a man jest at the beginnin
Of his career of usefulness to lose his
citizenship. Votes air gettin' to be
worth more every year. A TELLER that
come in yistiday evenin' tells me that
down where he lives you can git putty
fair Ticker for 5 cents drink. He
seems to regret having come to this
place. He stabbed a Teller an will
have to sarve twenty-one years. It's g
long time to do without Ticker. How
I'd like to come home an make pass
at an old-fashioned billed dinner an
then, in the evenin' walk over to the
stlll-house. Oh, but it makes me sad to
think about it. "--4rka1asaaU T1aveler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
The Battle Of the Boyne.

This battle was fought near the River
Boyne in Ireland on July -, 1890, be,
tween the forces of William Ill, who
had been Prince of Orange, and his
father-in-law, the deposed James H.,
the last of the Stuart Kings. The last
mentioned King was an undoubted
coward. He looked at the battle from
a safe place on the top of hill, and
when he saw his cause was lost he
galloped to Dublin as fast as he could,
and took passage for France. William,
on the contrary, was wounded. almost
before the fight began, in the right
shoulder, but he had his wound plas-
tered up, he held his sword by his right
hand, managed his horse with the in
jured arm, and was always in the thick
est of the fight. One of the Irish is re-
ported to have said afterward to an
Englishman: "Change Kings with us,
and we will fight you again" The
order of Orangemen sprang from this
struggle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

Mr.. JAMES E. MURDOCH, the aged
etor, tells that once during the war he
ent to see President Lincoln. "I'm
DO busy to see you now, Murdoch, {"
|ail the President; "your business will
have to wait" "But, Mr.. Lincoln, !"
leplied the actor, Give not come on
business; I've come to tell you good
tory. Oh, II that's it," said Lin
,oln, OTIS all right Go ahead with the
tory;;" and he settled himself down as
hongh he hadn't thing in the world
o do but listen.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

Amos P. KENDALL, a prominent citi-
zen of Springfield, Mass, died recently
at the age of 70 years. OF his singular
disease the Republican of that city
says: "The disease is remarkable one.
and hereditary, it having caused the
death of his grandfather, father, and
two or three brothers, In effect it is
paralysis, yet it is attended by nothing
like shock. One muscle dies and
then another, until all power of motion
Is lost, and works with such terrible
certainty that, though the process of
itself is painless, yet it is torturing and
is attended with terrible restlessness,
as if the unaffected members were seek
ing to escape the paralyzing touch.
Less than year ago Mr.. Kendall first
noticed lameness in finger on his
left hand, and attended to it faithfully,
but the disorder developed gradually,
until about five months ago the left
hand became helpless and dangled from
the wrist. Next the calves of his legs
were attacked, and in couple of
months more he was forced to stop
walking, and soon after he was unable
to move the left leg at all. His mouth
and throat were then approached, the
muscles controlling the salivary glands
weakened, which caused a ceaseless
flood of saliva to be poured into his
mouth, making one of the most uncom-
Portable features of the whole case.
Since that time the progress Of the
disease has been rapid, and at the time
Of his death Mr.. Kendall had lost his
speech save few cultural sounds, was
unable to swallow or to move any
member save one arm slightly, and
turn his head somewhat. The para
lyzed portions retained the sense of
touch, and his mind was perfectly clear
to the last
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31
Pa. grocer has adonto,

LANCASTER. Pa, grocer has adopted
Their novel way Of collecting debts.
other morning he placed in his
c window a list giving the names
ersons who owe him money, with
r places of residence. The sums
Re from 81 to 800, and the names
written in large, plain hand so that
yho wish may read them. At the
Of the list there is q notice stating
the accounts will be sold very
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

The Guinness family, whose great
Dublin brewing establishment has been
successfully foated as a stock company,
have spent money lavishly, but always
within their own church and party.
Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, father of
Lord Ardilaun, spent more than $780,
600 in restoring St. Patrick's Cathe-
dral-"the largest insurance against
fire L ever heard Of" said the Bishop
Of Peterborough. It is said that Lord
Ardilaun, on retiring from the business,
got SO, 500 900 for his interest in it,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

A KENTUCKY editor says, "a loaded
pistol is not 80 very dangerous unless
the man who carries it himself Is
loaded with liquor OF wrath"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

A RECENT report of the chemist of
the Agricultural Department at Wash
ington shows that the highest weight
of wheat per bushel reached is in Col
orado, where it is CSC pounds. The
lowest belongs to the grains of Ala
bama, where it was As pounds. In oats
the average for the whole country per
BUSHELS 37.2 pounds, the lightest again
coming from Alabama, 24.7 pounds,
and the heaviest from Colorado, 4s.S
pounds. Dakota comes very Close the
weight being 1876 pounds. In rye the
lightest weight is in New York, 56.2
pounds per bushel, and the heaviest in
Vermont, GAL pounds, the average for
the country being G0.9 pounds.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-31

ROBERT STEWART, who recently died
in Pennsylvania, aged 106, was the
oldest man in the State. He was one
of the pioneers who did so much to
clear up the wilds of the Alleghanies
before the days of rapid transit. The
veteran never rode in the railroad cars
until he was 100 years old, in 1881. He
then went to Pbillipsburgh to have his
photograph taken. His remains were
buried st Beulah Church, at Ramey,
Clearfield County, in the presence of a
large number of relatives and friends.