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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
HE WAS DEPRESSED.

A Hebrew Clothier Tells How a Designing
Father Took Advantage of Him.
One of the Hebrew clothing dealers
in the city was looking rather de-
pressed the other day, and a friend,
noticing it, asked what the matter
was. II vhas all proke up" he said,
in explanation, "und I chest vhas
considering veddcr id vhas besser to
make an assignment und bay fife cends
on der tollar or to mark up dem bants
on der counter a queevarter a bair.
Der odder day a man comes into my
sthore und says to me: You make
dem clothes for leetle boys, ain'd it?'
of course l do, mein frent,' says I.
Anything you wand, mein frent?'
Und den he says: How much you
sharge for a suit, eh?' Und l says:
How old is der poy?' Only twelluf
years old, says he. Und l told him if
he would pring der poy arount, I
would make Ism an elegand suit for
eight tollars und a halluf. viii you
pud dot on baper,' says he, so dere
Won't be any mistaken Certainly,
mein trent, if you vish,' says I. Und
he dakes dot baper in his hant and
says, pefore he goes: 'I'll pring der
poy arount to be measured ven he goes
to dinner. Dots der only dime he a
leafe der museum Der museum?'
says l. 'Vot is it he does in dot
museum? He is der fad poy,' says
he, 'und l am his fader.' Ply chiminy,
| field me dot l would faind ven I heard
dot. Und, ven he comes around at
twelluf, mein Colt, you should have
seen him. Fad? Veil, l should shmole!
He Weighed choost four hoondert und
eighty-tife bounds, his fader said, und
der fad shtuck ovid all ofer him. Ven
| saw him, l held me my hands up and
vept to think l vhas sold so pad. He
took as much as dwo men und I losd
fife tollers und a %queevarter on der
chob. Und l bed you I didn't waste
any cloth, cider. If shkin-tighd bants
und a coat und vesd vot fids him like
der baper on der vail will make him
one, dot fad poy is going to be y dude,
und don'd you forged it. Excuse me a
moment, blease, while I dake in der
SHOWCASE. Der Sixth ward pummers
vhas coming along"-Sans, the Scara.
NlO2Eck.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
Skilled VS.. Ignorant Labor.

In 1881 the Massachusetts, spinner
took care of only twenty-five spindles,
andhis yearly product was 1866 pounds
OF CLOTH while in 1880 the spinner at
tended to seventy-three spindles and
turned out 1874 pounds. The wages OF
the operator in 1880 were II per cent.
higher, and he had increased his pro-
duct l29 per cent. 1t takes no argu-
ment to show that the manufacturer
got more for his money in 1880 than in
1881, and the operator received more
for his work in 1881 than in 1880. The
same difference exists now between
u skilled labor and less intelligent
and Ignorant labor abroad. The more
skilful the labor employed in the man
ufacture of goods with which our goods
nave to compete the sharper the COM
petition. --Journal of Fabrics.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15

1t might be supposed that these old ideas
would have vanished with the advent Of
Baconian philosophy andhave gone to make
Up the %cenetery of exploded notions, filling
a grave ny the side of alchemy, elixir
vitae AND other ancient notions, but they
did not On the contrary, they have been
more comrlon and more diversified of late
years thtt, eve before. One of the most
complex and intricate machines was that
invented ny Ratef dc la Bretonne several
hundred Years ago. This was a complex
arrangement of wings and pulleys and
lines, mt;e to operate like the wings of
birds wls,l flying, OF, more nearly. like the
apparatus which old poets and artists used
to attach 70 their first class dragons. In
addition ~ the wings, which were made in
q way that would awaken pride in the
heart OF s.ny dragon, he was provided with
an umbrella or parachute over his head and
a lunch basket under his feet. For some
reason at present ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS it was
because lie carried too many rations in his
basket, or perhaps the bread he carried was
Of ''soggy" nature. and refused to rise
When bidden-the continuance did not sue.
coed, and Retlf, after breaking both legs,
and showing a willingness to break
more if he had them, concluded his
aerial career by breaking his head. and
SA"oo nS i'Ao ao ~ peaIluI- peuQler or IN
some other vocation that did not require
such risks. His failure did not discourage
others, however, but for every one that
failed there were twenty waiting to take
his place: Soon after America was discoy-
ered' and the gold Of the New World came
pouring into Spain, it is said that every
village had its resident who was preparirg
to go up when his machine WIS completed.
Dut who never went higher than the ton of
q two'story building. In those DAYS there
were men leaping off from every house and
mountain side in the country. Few tried it
q second time. Some devoted their remain
ing days to clutches and SPAWN cure, while
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
"THE MONK"
An Ocean Cliff Which Has Talicl a Prey t,
The Wash of the Sea.

the Wash of the Sea.
An official notification from the
Danish Ministry of Marine announces
that Denmark is poorer by the loss of
an island and Of ar interesting natural
object. South of the island of Sudaroe,
one Of the Farce group, a mighty cliff
rose sheer out of the sea to a height OF
from eighty to one hundred feet.
Looked at sidewise from a distance at
sea, it resembled Il great ship in full
sail; but seen from Suderoe it pre-
scnted the appearance of a monk,
whence it received from the Faroese
the name of Munken. The Monk was
not merely a picturesque object; it was
also a valuable land mark for sailors,
warning them against a dangerous
whirlpool which swept around its base
but it is now only a thing of the past.
Last year a portion of the cliff fell
down, and this year all that remained
was broken off just below the water
line, leaving in its place a dangerous
reef, which is covered even at low
water. Fortunately it was uninhab-
tied, so no lives were lost. The occur
renee is noteworthy as proving that
the continuous wash of the sea, aided
probably in the winter by the action OF
driving ice blocks, is able to saw
through immense masses of rock con-
sisting of hard basalt, cutting them
clean across at the waters edge.-N. y.
Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
FLYING MACHINES.

Some of the More Important Inventions
Which Have Been Tried In Attempting
to Reach the Heavens-High Hopes aud
Prospects Have Come to Naught.
To an average boy or young man who
looks at all things in a practical light and
sizes them up in ranks proportional to their
usefulness the great chorus of angels,
seraphim and other celestial citizens con-
sist not in their graceful forms and sweet
loving faces, beautiful as these may be, but
in something of a far more earthly nature.
Take twenty Boston boys and show them
a picture of n Of Raphaeps Or Michael
Angeles most beautiful angels. and ask
them if they like it, md all will say they
do, very enthusiastically. Then ask them
why they like it, and nineteen out Of the
twenty will say because it has wings.
The desire to fly, to go soaring through
the air like birds and butterflies in defiance
of %turnpikes and railroads and ships and
steamboats,. is and always has been fore
most among mortal wishes; and this ambi-
dreaming youths, but has been the aus of
deep study and close investigation by
learned men well-versed in the laws
of physics and the principles of philos-
ophy. 1t is probable that more time has
been spent in trying to invent flying
machines than Oh any III of the
many other mechanical c%ontrivances, and it
would not be far out of the way to say more
than on any dozen inventions, including the
steam-engine, the reaper, the pr%inting-press,
the telephone and electric telegraph. The
idea of flying was running in the heads of
people five thousand or six thousand years
ago, and pretty little stories about Daeda-
lus. Icanus and others were told to the
children as nursery tales before the Egyp-
tian pyramids were q~uarried or Cinnamon
knew how to drink tea. Ever since that
tin people have been thinking and dream
ing and specializing on the anne subject.
The monks of the middle ages are said to
have invented a machine by which they
flew over prison walls, and thus escaped
certain physical indignities that were un-
pleasant to contemplate. Albertus Magnus
and Friar Bacon are both credited with
knowing how to fly; and the latter has left
a description OF a machine which shows he
must have been acquainted with the prop
critics of hydrogen.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15

of a amor. Owing to his inability to
keep the wings of this aerial sled OH a
plane with the horizon, it had an uncOm-
Portable propensity to come down in a
heap, creating a large amount of ridicule
among those who were ignorant and could
not understand the scientific principles in
volved. He never got more than ten feet
into the air at any one trial, and, after
giving two or three performances to an UNI
sympathetic, though appreciative, audi
ence, he concluded that he didn't care it
he never went any higher. He ended his
days as a clock maker, and was far more
successful in annihilating time than he had
been when at work on space.
While the civil war was going on in the
United States, a certain Mr.. Landell, hav-
ing some money to spend and not caring to
found a college or start a cemetery that
should bear his name, put it out in a Won
derfully-cOnstructed machine, that. failing
to fly itself, had the satisfaction of making
the money fly. A series of fans arranged on
shafts that revolved like a screw propeller
were attached to a tank filled with gas, and
under this was a beautiful little steam en-
CINE to set the thing agoing. When fitted
out and ready for sea it looked very much
like II of those old square rugged briggs
that are occasionally seen in our ports.
Like its predecessors this continuance was
very pretty OH terra tirma, and might have
made a pleasant picture sailing through the
air if it had consented to do 80, but as it
stubbornly refused Lindell worked the fans
over into a windmill TO hoist water, and
used the engine as q substitute when the
wind didn't blow.
After several thousands of years of work
and thought, the balloon is the only inven-
ton that has been able to carry a maj into
the air and return him in safety, and some
OF these are not wholly safe. All other
projects have failed, leaving the man who
tried to lift himself over the fence by his
boot straps in the same place he was when
the trial begun. boston Globe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
TRIANGULAR ,RROR
A Charming Device for Ladies Who Are
Anxious to See Their Back Hair.

A Charming Device for Ladies Who Are
Anxious to See Their Back Hair.
"Women, as everybody knows, are
the hardest people in the world to
please" said a wan, pale-faced clerk
in a large jewclry establishment the
other day, just after wrestling for an
hour and a half with a fat girl in a
red hood, who had bought onlya silver
bangle bracelet for a dollar. The pale
faced clerk sighed and then continued
in a dull and ~listless sort of a way:
''But I think we've got something
now that even the prettiest and mean
est female in the world can't complain
about. You know Cor mebbe you
don't know, you don't look as though
you were married-say, I've been mar
ried two years., every woman would
rather see the back of her head just
after she has put up her hair than any
thing else on earth. Well, they've
been straining their necks and using
hand glasses in front of their mirrors
for a long time, and the result has not
been particularly satisfactory. 1t has
at length occurred to somebody to in
vent something to remedy this. There
is a three-sided glass. It's rather ex-i
p%ensive, you see. French plate glass,
with ivory backs. The sides are
movable and adjustable. A woman
can arrange chat thing so that she can
sit in front of it and see her back hair
without turning her head. The adj
vantage is simply beyond calculation.
She can catch her dressing maid in
a lie regularly every morning .'-Phila-
delphia Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
rHE

- -.
Observe a.
these busy little .
=. bees a laying up their
honey, and try to be as
. wise as these by saving all
your money. You smoke, =
say five cigars away, and drink,
" say six times daily; cards, pool
/. y and billiards, too, you play, andx \
treat the fellows gayly. In TWEEN
xty years this fun will cost, &C.
= cording to good scholars, with in =
terest and time that's lost, just
$4,000. But if you count your loss Of
health and self-inflicted trouble, you'll
find this foolish waste Of wealth will
figure more than double. Then, when it's
time no more to slave, but pleasure take,
SO sick you will feel because you didn't
save, you'll want some n to kick you.
So initiate these busy bees, and oil youl
pennies treasure, and then when older take
your ease with forty years of pleasure
H. G. Dodge, IN GooddN's Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
Burmese Divorce Law.

The Burman marries early, and,
though polygamy is permitted, has
only II wife, whom, with the other
females OF the family, he compels to do
all the work, Divorces by either party
are easily arranged, and are very COM
mon occurrences. If two persons are
tired OF each others society they dis
solve partnership in the following sim
pie but conclusive manner They re-
spectively light two candles, and Shut
ting up their hut, sit down and wait
quietly until they are burned out. The
one whose candle burns out first leaves
the house at nee and forever, taking
nothing but the clothes he or she NAV
have on at the time, all else BECOMING
Inc property of the other party.-Lom-
don Queen.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
NEW WORK FOR WOMEN
The Sphere Of The drummer Invaded BY
the Fair Sex.

The Sphere Of the Drummer" Invaded BY
the Fair Sex.
There is a new field opened by one
of the most prominent firms in the city
for the employment of female labor.
The scheme is certainly unique. To a
reporter the manager of the firm un-
folded the plan.
s.The idea," he said, "that l have
been following slice the first of last
July is the employment of young
ladies as saleswomen, to introduce our
goods on the market by creating a de-
mand on the dealers from the CONSUME
ers. When they first enter my employ
| have them solicit trade from house to
house in the city. find out from what
grocer their customers are in the habit
Of purchasing a similar article, and,
when they have secured a sufficient
number of orders, they turn them over
to the different grocers, who, for the
sake of getting them, will give an order
for double the amount of goods re-
quired, at the wholesale price, thus re-
ceiving an insured profit on half the
order without any work. -aa, -''sS-
GAS soon as any n shows herself
proficient 1 put her on the road. No,
not alone. Eight young ladies 60 to-
gether under the charge of an elderly
| lady in whom we have confidence who
has authority over all of them. This
party of nine go to 9 town, put up. at a
hotel, and canvas every house in town
and turn the orders over to one of our
statesmen, who keeps track of several
parties, arranges for hotel accommoda-
ton, transportation, etc. In short,
each company isrun just like a theatric-
al troupe, and the young ladies have
no bother at all outside of the canvass
ing
Chow do you find them as compared
! with men?"
"They compare favorably. They are
steadier, as q rule, and more depend
ence can be placed in them. They
don't fool away their time in saloons
playing billiards. 1t is not their ma
ture, and, even if it we're, the fact OF
some one being over them and who
travels with them always, would put a
stop to any foolishness Of that kind.
Thus far l have been quite successful
with them, and next year the firm in
tends to cover every State in the Union
in this way; so, you see, we will have
employment for a good many. l have
now Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illi-
nois covered, and part of Iowa. This
takes about three hundred young la
dies, and you can figure yourself how
many it will require to owe the whole
country"
"Do you have many %applicants?"
eyes, a good number. Probably we
only employ fifty per cent. of those
who apply. Some we don't want, and
some don't want the situation. Their
salary on the road is from seven to
eighteen dollars per week and expenses
paid Chat is, hotel and travelling ex-
peases), which is, indeed, much more
than the majority of girls in this city
make. Besides, they have the advan.
tages of travel, which is of benefit to
any one, especially as they are going
over new ground all the while."-Chi
cuOO NezUs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
An Absent Minded Citizen.

A couple of San Antonio gentlemen
were talking about a prominent citizen, a
member of the Board of Aldermen.
as he a good man?"
"Yes, but it's a pity that he drinks"
"Does he drink to excess?"
Some people might call it SO. He plays
cards, and drinks toddies at the club-room
until one O'clock"
SIS he drunk when he goes home"
IL don't know for certain, but from the
fact that he usually stops at a drug store to
find out the address of his own house, 1
should suppose that he was rather absent
m inded. --''Terds Siftings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15

The NUTS in the newest French
fashion-plates are eccentricity itself.
Some are gathered at the ends so that
they look like musk-melons; some ap-
pear to be drawn together in the center
and flare open SO as to seem like two
fans fastened together under a ribbon;
some are hoped like a barrel, and
one, otherwise simple, is ornamented
by a bow of ribbon from which depends
a shield with armorial bearings.-1roy
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
Not to BE Persuaded.

MI. Dusenberry, here is a funny state
ment."
"Read it, my dear"
IF a Piute Indian girl doesn't like her
lover she tells her grandmother, and the
next time he calls the old lady throws a
shovel full of hot ashes into his face. A
queer way of giving him the mitten, isn't
it?" ~ ""'
And probably effective, my love,
What a pity you weren't living with your
grandmother when I first came to see
YOU"
"oh, you think that's smart, don't you?
Inc hint wouldn't have been sufficient.
Even my fathers heavy boots exercised no
persuasive influence. "-Philadslphia eau.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15

Bishop Stevens presents some very
strong reasons why no persons should
be allowed to marry in South Carolina
without obtaining a license. The OBJ
ject is to prevent unlawful marriages
and to insure a record of every mar.
riage. In a State where there is no di.
vorce it is of supreme Importance that
marriages should not be lightly entered
into, and that every marriage should
be capable of Charleston Is. CO.
Meas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
FELis sANcToRuM.

Who, in the Office lone and still
Prowls round n round at his sTesf viii.
All, silent be; it is the cat.
Who is it, lank and lean and thin,
That oats the poems you send in2
Who loves an ode, but loathes q rat?
1t is the dreadful Office cat.
Who hath no fear of knight or clown?
Who sets the type in upside down?
Who makes your little joke SO fats
The misanthropic Office cat.
Whose fur is soft, whose purr is lightf
Who never yowleth in the night2
And yet she is for all of that,
The veriest fend? The Office cat.
II. J.. Burdette, in Brooklyn Eagle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
Wanted q Wider Rance.

"Mr. Dusenberry, you must stop this
complaining about my cooking. l try my
best to please you. You restrict me to such
few dishes. Now, if I had a wider range
-
ooh, it's the range, my dear, is it? Then
Ill have a new one put in as wide as the
side OF a house. "-PhilndeLptia CaM.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15

"A German professor finds that
conee is an absolute antidote to alcohol,
II 1t he aiken in sufficient quantity.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15

others, who dared greater falls, shufaed off
tnls mortal frame, preferring to take their
cnances at being angels and having wings
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15

"Mr. Dusenberry, here is a funny state
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-09-16
Cheney Happenings.

Mrs. s. HUT, of Cheney, has the
finest lot of Canaries, 80 in number,
that it has been our good fortune to
behold and listen to. These together
with her great variety of fine house
plants ought to satisfy the heart of the
most fastidious.
A singing school has been organized
in the Odell district, with Mr.. L. f..
Parker as conductor. 1t is TO be held
Tuesday and Saturday evenings. All
who wish to take part are cordially in
vited to attend.
Miss Mary Marsh, after spending a
two weeks vacation at her home re-
turned to her school in Beaver Creek.
Nearly all of the grain through this
section of the county, has been thresh-
ed. Most of the wheat was on the
first blowing and that together with
the dry weather, has kept the average
down to about ten bushels per acre.
Jack Frost Is paying US visits nearly
every night, and all u nripe vegetables
have put on mourning.
Miss Clara Breakey began school in
the Odell district, Monday, Sept.
18th,
w, q. N.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-09-16
South Branch lettings.

Mr.. and Mrs. II. Head are visiting
friends in Western New York. They
intend to be absent about five weeks.
Miss Sarah Hasler of Crawling was
the guest of the Misses Head, last Sat
urday and Sunday.
Miss Addie Richardson closed her
school in Roscommon county last Sat
urday.
Miss Jennie Richardson is teaching
in District No. 8.
Mrs. L. ]. Miller Is visiting her pa
rents in Juniatta, Tuscola county.
Miss Phoebe Head closed her term
of school, the 14th inst, with very
fine program of exercises.
Mr.. Geo. Robinson, of Allegheny
County, N. Y, is visiting friends here.
He intends to remain here during the
winter. More anon.
Sept. Is, $50. -
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-09-16
The Delineator.

The Delineator, published by the
Butterick Publishing Company, of
New York City, for the month of Oc-
tober hos been received. AS usual it
is replete with choice designs for Au-
tumnal and Winter garments for the
Ladies, Misses and Children. Several
pages of this very useful magazine are
devoted to the Children's corner;
Fashionable Trimmings; Autumnal
Millinery; Facts and Fancies; House
hold Cookery; Bric-a-brac and Ram
bles among Books. Price 81 90 per
year. Subscriptions received at this
office.