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

n. I. commercial. AuVertiser.l
An automatic horse has been constructed
which is designed to bring the salutary eff
fects of horseback motion to those who are
prevented from using the live animal. The
rider seats himself upon a saddle firmly
attached to a small wooden platform below
by means of metal connections. The OPP
orator can be swayed about in all direc-
tions. Beneath the platform are four pad
ded buffers corresponding to the horses
feet, and by the weight and motion of the
operators body these buffers strike or
bump, at each depression upon the founda-
ton below, so that an automatic imitation
of horse exercise can be produced. The
movement can be made either very easy or
very violent, and the imaginative rider
can fancy himself on a real steed or q boys
hobby horse at will. But there appears to
be no provision made to keep him from
looking supremely ridiculous. II.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
GRIZZLIES.
General Bidwell Tells How He Chased 0
Drove of Them In California In 1913

General Bidwell Tells How He Chased .
Drove of Them in California In 1913.
At the dinner given recently by Win
s. Green to the pioneers of Colusa
County, General Bidwell told this re-
markable bear story: II did not visit
this part of the valley, in the present
boundaries of Colusa County, until the
month of March, 1843, and it was by
coming across at French Crossing, on
Butte Creek. I remember the scene that
greeted me as, when we were within
about three miles of Butte Greek, we
saw a big grizzly Jump up and make
for the creek. The bear in early
spring used to frequent the little
patches of clover that grew in abund-
ance in spots here and there-gener-
ally in little depressions. MI. Grizzly
that we first saw was not long alone.
Pretty soon another and then another
jumped up, and when we came to
Butte Creek we had a drove of sixteen
big grizzlies. l was riding a very
high-lived sorrel horse. 1 singled out
the largest grizzly, and was determined
to kill him, but every time I attempted
to raise my gun my horse would COM
mence bucking and jumping %furiously,
so that l could not get a shot at him.
Finally l chased him until l thought he
was almost out of breath-got to going
very slow. He did not run very fast,
because he. was very large. He
was the largest and Oldest, 1 think, of
all of them, and I determined to have
a shot at him. I went up to almost
twenty feet of him and got off my
horse, and the horse tried to pull away
from me, and the bear stopped and
raised On his hind feet, and stood about
six or eight feet high; and then 1 have
a recollection that my hair stood up,
too. I finally got my horse subdued,
but the bear had gone ON toward Butte
Greek, so 1 was greatly disappointed,
as l did not get the bear. We
got into Colusa County and pretty
soon a grizzly sprang up, and I put
after him; and pretty soon he turned
and put after me, and for about o quar-
ter Of a mile, every jump he made he
just struck my horses tail; and Peter
Lassen, all he did was to tell me to run
He might have come up and diverted
the bears attention, but no, he let the
bear alone. But 1 had the advantage
of the bear, as l was on a good horse,
and pretty soon we came to a place
where there was a slough, and then l
made him go into the water; then I
knew what to do. When he got up on
the other side l was ready. He crawled
up slowly, all dripping wet; then he
raised up On his hind feet to look at
me. My gun went off, and, 10! l saw
a stream Of blood about as large as my
ARM, apparently, squirt into the air,
and then he gave two or three bounds
and fell dead. That is the way we
used to attend to grizzlies in those days.
1 did not see any grizzlies yesterday
coming along. Things have been
straightforward Bee.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
o SATISFACTION.
How a Young Californian Obliged q Quar-
relsome Parisian.

relsome Parisian.
The experience of a young man, we'll
known in social circles, during a visit
in Paris is about as funny as they make
them. 1t seems a party of young
Americans, including the adventurous
Californian and a notable joker from
New York, found themselves late one
night at a ball in Paris. The wine had
been flowing freely, and the town was
rather on the riot. The Americans
were having lots of fun, when in pass
ing a group of Frenchmen the New
Yorker stepped accidentally on a Pa
risian toe. The Partisan tapped him
gently on the shoulder.
ssYou trod on my toe, sir"
"Did Ip l didn't see any toe"
"You I insulting, sir. Here is my
card"
The American took the card, looked
at it, then very solemnly put his hand
in his pocket and handed over another.
1t vas the C~alifornian's card, which he
happened to have. Next day principal
and second called at the rooms of the
Californian. He received them blandly.
"You are not the nan who trod on
my toe," said the Frenchman.
ooh, yes, I am. You are mistaken"
mo, no. 1t was some other gen.
tleman."
"Do you mean to tell me l lie p''
asked the Californian. II tell you l
stepped on your toe"
1--WE have called to demand s~aisfac-
ton"
"And you shall have it..
The other American, anticipating
fun, had dropped in.
every we'll, sir. When and where !"
s.Here and now," said the Galifor-
MAN.
"This is against all rules"
II believe I am the challenged
party"
''You are, but"
"And l can choose any weapons"
s.Certainly, but -"
"All right. Here you are"
And he brought out a pair of boxing
gloves.
..Put 'em on and we'll have it out
here.
The Frenchman could not but ac-
cept. The door was locked and their
honor was satisfied by both principal
and second being knocked about SO
fearfully that they kept their beds for
a week. But they had their revenge,
for they put the police on the Ameri-
cans track and worried them SO that
thew cot out of Paris.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
WAR MEMORIES.
Thoughts Recalled by the Government
Sales of Lint.

Sales of Lint.
The Government is selling the last of
the lint left from the war. The
methods of treating gunshot wounds
is very different from that in vogue
twenty years ago. Medicated gauze
takes the place of lint. During the
war scraping lint was one of the on
slant services women rendered the
Government, and the calls for it were
frequent and generally hurried. Some
how the news of battle and the sur
geons' call for lint generally came on
Sunday. Halls were given up to lint
scraping. Many will recall occasions
when fremont Temple was filled with
women so employed. In hundreds of
homes women would be working all
day long, haunted by the fear that the
lint they were scraping was destined
for those dear to them, or the worse
apprehension that the soldier member
of the household was beyond the use
of lint. The groups of women, work.
ing OF lint, grave, silent and bravely
keeping back their tears, is n which
comes up whenever one thinks of home
life during the war time. The veteran
remembers the battle and the march,
the fight and the triumph, the camp
fire and winter quarters; but the home
staying people recall the anxious
ming Of the papers; the sudden appear
ances of whole families in mourning;
the slow funeral procession making its
way through the streets, with arms re-
versed; the coffin borne on the gun
carriage, the mournful music and the
awed crowd, and before all the women
scraping lint.-Bostom Transcript.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
Tho Captains Prccaution.
[san Francisco Argonaut.l

A very popular retired United States
naval Captain, not far frem New York
City, used to walk down to the Post-ofice
every morning in a fine old blue coat, high
white collar, and carefully ironed trousers,
with a natty cane in his hand, and the end
of a fresh white pocket-handkerchief
sticking conspicuously out of the back
pocket of his coat. The sight used to be
impressive, until one morning the usual
small boy ran up to him and said: "Cap.
tain, you'll lose your handkerchief" "No,
my boy" replied the veteran, kindly; 'it's
ninned.u
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
A True Woman.
Boston Herald. |

Miss Anna Ripley, of Buxton, Me-, has,
unaided, secured the necessary papers and
a pension for George W. Edgerly, an
old broken-down soldier of her town.
While engaged in this work she took the
affidavit of every man in his company,
from Maine to California, every physician
supplied his wants as long as she was
able rather than allow him to &c to the
poor farm. When the pension was Gtanted
81 1910 was allowed as arrearagM She
asked and received no compensation foy
her efforts. :.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
The Roarer of Rifle Creek.

Uufay (CoI.J SOIu
"Tone" Thompson, of Rifle Creek, had
an exciting hand -to-hand contest with a
black bear on the Grand River side of
Meeker the other day. Tone shot the bear
twice and then went up to see if he was
dead. The bear wasn't dead, but fell on
Tone and knocked him down, and in that
position a desperate struggle ensued, Tone
stabbing the bear three or fou times, after
which he succeeded in freeing himself
from the BEARS embrace and beat a retreat.
He found bruin mex morning about two
hundred yards from the scene of encounter
dead. Mr.. Thompson was. badly bitten
in the hand and leg, but not seriously.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
General George H. Sheridan. no,

General George H. Sheridan, now
of New York, was once Adjutant-Gen-
eral of Louisiana. AS such officer he
was called on to report the strength of
the State militia, which he did, as fol-
lows: l have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your favor of recent date
requesting nae to give you a statement
of the number of militia in this State
available for immediate service. I
have the honor to report that the avail
able militia of the State of Louisiana
consists of one Adjutant-G General, fully
armed, equipped, and ready for in
slant service. I have the honor to
subscribe myself, very respectfully,
your obedient servant, George H. Sher-
idan, Adjutant-Genera Of louisiana
Louisville Courter-JoWrn0l.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
few days the ne

Every few DAYS the neWsPapers
contain reports Of persons found
smothered in hotel bedrooms because
they ''blew out the gas" If the
smothered man looks like a drummer
or other enlightened individual, the
Coroner's verdict is apt to hint darkly
at suicide. The municipal authorities
of Atlanta take another view of the
matter. They have been advised that
one-half the deaths from asphyxia are
caused by hotel proprietors, and have
made a law that economical landlords
shall not turn off the gas from the
meter at night. A large number Of
travellers leave the gas burning dimly
when they retire; then the hotel man
cuts off the gas. He turns it IN again
for early-rising travellers, and the
others, if they sleep late, run a risk Of
death from %suffocation. Travellers
should turn the gas completely out be.
fore going to bed.-Csncsnme.i Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15

a lady who received through the
p%ost-ofice a postal card containing
one thousand and thirty words, writ
ten by q gentleman, replied on a card
containing one thousand and forty
Chicago Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15


fact that there are vast emoluments, great
gains, a crown .of glory that fadeth not
away, before US, ought not these consid-
erations to inspirit us by the way? o,
blessed land. If you were offered in the
gospel merely a bunch of withered How
ers-if you were offered merely the dregs
of a wine cup, I would not be surprised
if you felt uninterested in the result;
but when 1 tell you of the joys that are
offered to you through the gospel do not
see how you can stop a moment in the
race. I do not understand why you do
not put forth %redoubled strength that you
may gain the prize.
.sThey shall hunger no more, neither thlrst
onv more. neither shall the sun light on
them, nor any heat for the Lamb which
is in the midst of the throne shall lead
them to living fountains OF water, ana
God shall wipe away all tears from the'r
eyes"
washed are their robes in Jesus blood;
brighter than angels, lo!they shine,
Their glories splendid and sublime.
There is another arousing consideration
in this subject, and that is that SO many
have made shipwreck of their opportunity
who had as good chances as we la "A
man takes a good deal OF responsibility
when he says in regard to any n VINO
goes ont of this world: ''That man is lost"
There is a way of calculating the extlnc-
ton of physical life. The physician m
in. examines the eye, puts his hand under
the arm, feels the pulse, and says: Life is
extinct: the man is gone" But there is no
s,ch accurate way of deciding in this
world in regard to the death OF a SOUL BUT
I'LL ..v this: .sThat Il you know a man
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-09-09
80 --H -=H-r--a-HsH-------'
Questionable Patriotism.

1t is a fact and one anything but
creditable, that the Texas fillibusters
who have been clamoring for war
with Mexico, have been a source Of
great embarrassment to the present
Democratic administration. Gov.
Irolands arraignlnent Of Secretary
Bayard gave the cue to lot of roughs
and ignoramuses to assume to sit in
judgment on that veteran democratic
statesman, us If he was an imbecile or
an enemy to his country.
The same unwise line Of policy has
prevailed with respect to the alleged
disgrace Of Mr.. Bayard's agent, MIR.
Sedgewick. The worst rumors have
been paraded and rolled as Il sweet
morsel under the tongues of these
flliGusters, whereas if they had been
proven, rs they were not, true ma
tional American sentiment would
have inspired shame instead of the
oxultation manifested by the parties
referred to. We confess our inabil :
ity to recognize either patriotism or
loyalty to the Democratic party in
the line of policy of which we have
spoken.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-09-09
TruulbuII on Tilden.

We extract the following from an
address of Hon. Lyman Trumbull at
Chicago:
My personal acquaintance with Mr..
Tilden was limited and not sufficient
to Justify me in attempting to ana
lyze his character. His fame rests
rather on what he wrote and said
than on any of his official acts. He
was q writer of remarkable power.
No man has lived in our generation
who more forcibly pointed out the
true principles of Democracy. The
most remarkable man with the pen
in this country was Thomas Jeffer-
son. His announcement of the
principles of government and arraign-
ment of George III. was the most
remarkable in any language. Mr..
Tiiden greatly resembled him, I
speak what do know when say he
was fairly and triumphantly elected
President of the United States. l
was one of the persons who went to
New Orleans to watch the canvass
of the vote of Louisiana. He was in
famously, iniquitously, and fraudu-
lently counted out. Some persons
have blamed MIR. Tilden for not as
sorting himself and claiming the Of
flee to which he was elected. 1t was
q trying time in tho country's histo-
ry. 1 was one of those who did not
believe that we ought to submit to
the outrage. believed that it was
destructive of republican institutions
to allow a fraudulent minority to
overthrow the votes of the majority.
Some members of his party thought
it was better to bring on another
contest. The party was divided on
the course to pursue. Subsequent
events have shown it was best to
submit to arbitration. You all know
a commission of Judges of the Su-
preme Court was chosen to decide
the matter. A political result was
Eight Republicans did not
the votes as they were cast,
and counted ballots that had never
been voted. If ever the same thing
should occur again, / hope there will
be strong arms and stout hearts in
the Democratic party which will re-
fuse to submit, and wiz act on Jack
sons motto: ASK nothing but what
is right and submit to nothing wrong.
While the country will suffer great
loss 1 do not despair. Other Tildsns
will arise. Lovers of the rights Of
man and individual liberty viii not
let republican institutions perish.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-09-09

There is said to be honor even
among thieves but there is clearly
none among tho biggest class of
thieves, viz: kings. This was dem
onstrated q good while ago in the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Poland by the
so-called "Huly Alliance of crowned
robbers. We had another evidence
but the other day in the case of Alex
ander, king, by the grace of other
kings, of Bulgaria. The Emperor
of Russia did not like him on trial,
and 80 employed lot Of conspirators
to capture him in his palace, which
was done. His army and people raj
lied in his behalf and recalled him,
but Mt the demand of the Gar, he
has since abdicated, all the other
"great powers" of Europe tacitly
consenting. Another "Holy ALI
ance" with a vengeance!
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-09-09
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-09-09

We believe that Judge Moore owes
his nomination largely to the effort
to rosurrect old charges Of disloyalty
to the democratic party against him,
which the men who did so had pre-
viously condoned. Besides the good
sense Of the people demands that
there be reasonable statute Of limi-
tation as to political antecedents.
The Judges opponents overdid the
thing in this regard.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-09-09

The Press and the Nominations.

As will be seen, the State ticket
and the names of the nominees for
Congress and the Legislature appear
at our masthead, and of course will
receive our support. The state ticket
and platform are doubtless in some
respects open to criticism; but they
were the legitimate and logical result
of the antecedent and surrounding
circumstances; so we hold it to be
just as well to acquiesce in the inevi-
table.
We might say the same as to the
nominations for Congress and Legis-
lature. Judge Moore, the Congress
sional nominee, is an able lawyer,
personally popular, and will probably
satisfactorily represent his constitu-
ency. Col. Burgess is gentleman of
ability and large Legislative expert
ence, and ought to be able to do good
service as n Senator. Messrs. Nc
Gehee and Ellison, the nominees for
Representative, are safe men, at
whose hands the interests Of the
classes with which they are identified
farmers and stockmen-will not be
apt to suffer. In short, We doubt il,
under the state of facts prevailing,
better nominations could have been
made.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-09-09
Harihquakes on the Atlantic Coast.

A "new sensation" ola verify, in
the Atlantic States, happened ON the
night OF the 31st ult We mean an
earthquake, striking mildly in the
moro Northern States, bnt culminat'
ing most disastrously in the South.
We say a new sensation, not that
there have not been othors in this
section before, but mono, We believe,
so severe. In 1911 or 1912 there
was quite q severe shock throughout
the Mississippi Valley, especially about
the town OF New Madrid.
Tho greatest scene OF devastation
in represent instance WAS at Charles
ton, s. @. We copy some OF the dis
patches at tho time:
The city il wrecked. The streets are en-
numbered with masses Of fallen bricks ana
tangled telegraph and telol hone wiros, and
up TO an carly hour il was impossible to
pass from one part Of the city to another.
The first shock was by far the most severe.
People with their families passed the night
in tho streets, which even this morning are
crowded with people afraid to ro.enter thor
homes. More than sixty persons were
killed and wounded-chiefy colored. Fire
broke out in different parts of the city inn
mediately after the earthquake and some
are still burning, but there is no danger OF
u spreading lhere is no why VI ie"'inB
the city at present
LATEh-6:lo p m'-Iwo shght SHOCKS
OF earthquake nave doom ioit SINCE 'ae nls'
NJ o:Zo TINS morning, ana one a1ou. 10Y p
m, neither doing any TURNER deS'Iu'tlon'
MOI even during uenora, ouincey a. VII,
moroS ooihoardineh' Oh tne eiy nns suolo
ever been such depioraDle s'ate vi aIa'rs'
!. ne city IN htera'iy III runs anu PvoPio arc
nvinR IN the open squares anu puo,o PaiAs.
mere ~ n great rush 10 tue I"iifoau uop1's
70 get away, OUT owing 10 tno eurtnquh.
no trans nave been apio 10 DO uespe.cneu
rom the city ieiegrapnic coHih,uht e
IL also cut Oh, save ono "ie Vi lne oou.n
ern Telegraph company, WHICH ID cro"oo"
with anxious private ihoss'ses ~ ~ I'M
possibie 10 depict the rum anu hesoia''oa
,nsiness in tho city is open, save drug
stores which are busy preparing PrescriP:-
,le to ' Give any correct estimate Of the
number of killed and wounded, as bodies
,rI Jo ns mros,,ed Gousas One undartakar
Who was interviewed stated that he had
nrnlsnea ~, e,eh. G1ilrns up ~ n IU ,%aso
icing of tho poorer classes Of colored peo-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-09-09

At q local option election at
Dailyvillc, KArnes county, on tho 9th
a riot occurred between two Mexi
cans md two white men in which
Sheriff Tate, his brother, ono OF his
deputies and another man were
killed and two others dangerously
wounded. On request Gov. Ireland
dispatched some rangers there. The
cause OF tho riot is not stated.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-09-09
On the Free Soil Side.
noston Honldl

There was an earlier bond of sym
pathy between John G.. Whittier and
S. ]. Tilden which, perhaps, is not in
the minds Of all those who read Mr..
Whttiers tribute 10 the deceased
Statesman. Mr.. Tilien wss one Of
the New YORK politicians who stood
in the free-soil section Of the demo
cratic party in the controversy over
the annexation Of Texls. ami he sup
ported Martin Van Blren against the
regular democratic candidate for the
urs ade1cv M ISIS
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-09-09

Since ireland for U. 5. Senator,
was the main question in the Sena-
torial Convention, il may excite some
surprise that the place was so holly
contested by Hutchins and Pfeuff,r.
both Of whOiu are strong Ireland men
But since they saw Ct to -lOck horns
the stubborn contest was not sur
Prising. both parties being men Of
phyacl and mental fOrce an strong
ell po~er