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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

button plate and nudged him lightly
with it as he held it out. Sage con-
f11sedly opened his eyes, saw big
round silver dollar lying on the plate,
and was at once reminded of the match
ing for dollars that is his daily sport
with fellow-fnanciers at his Office.
Sage is a fair successor of the late
actor John T. Raymond in this di-
version. Instinctively he drew dol
lar from his pocket and tossed it down
on the plate.
Both heads up! I'm winner!" And
he reached for the two coins.
But the alert deacon covered the
money with his disengaged hand and
whispered: whats the matter, Rus
sell?" That completed the awakening
of Sage, and it is actually asserted that
he blushed in his confusion, although
that point in the story is regarded by
his Wall street acquaintance as the
most improbable feature OF it.
CRoPp1ES LIE DOWN.
Although it is nearly century since
the tune of "Croppies, Lie Down" was
sung by Orangemen in Ireland while
they massacred the Catholics, it still
has the power to incite Irishmen to
overt acts. Paddy Ryan plays the
concertina. lie was born in this city.
He had somewhere heard the obnox-
ious tune, but knew nothing about its
historical bloody significance. Paddy
is member Of an East Side social
club. The annual ball of his society
occurred few evenings since. The
usual fiddle scrapers were on hand to
provide the dance music; but Paddy
had brought his concertina along, be-
ing little proud of his one accom-
plishment. During one of the lulls be-
tween the dances, the President of the
association went up to the boss must
clan and said:
CAV we PLACE, sor-r, I wouldn't be
wantin' to be interfarin' wild your mu-
sic. Sure, we're all highly PLACED wild
it, SO we are, an more power to yer ell
bow whin yer Vaughn yer fiddle-bow.
Faix, yell get yer pay whether or no,
so ye will, an it's not wan O. us I'D be
takin' wan clint off yer bill"
Here he stopped to take breath, and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23
Candor Fully Appreciated.

''Ah, good morning." said a we'll.
known Kentucky gentleman, address
ing man whom he met in the street.
Glow are you, Colonel?"
Look here" the first speaker, after
a short pause, continued, "every day
discover additional evidences of the
fact that you do not like me. Why
is it?"
"Do you mean why you discover the
evidences or why I do not like you?"
"Why you do not like me, of course. .
"Well, in the first place, you are such
an outrageous liar"
"Yes." ..
"And, in the second place, it has been
proved that you are thief"
Eyes, said the Colonel. II merely
wanted to know, and it strikes me that
your reasons are very good. I am 9
sensitive man. and it nettles me that
any one dislikes me without cause.
am glad you have explained youself &C
clearly. '-Tecos SJtimgs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23
me then, although they give me bare
crust now. You can hardly understand

me then, although they give me bare
crust now. You can hardly understand
me, Nellie, for you never have been
wealthy as l was, and waited upon as
though you were prince" Here he
plucked his clean cuffs further out
from his greasy sleeves, shrugged up
his irreproachable collar until it nearly
broke away from his battered shirt. Il
was born down in Georgia, and my
folks owned several thousands of acres
OF rich land along the Savannah River.
We had more than hundred slaves,
and were reckoned among the first
families. I was educated by private
tutors and was sent to England to fin
ish my education. My parents died
while 1 was away, and when I came to
this country ! was in possession of as
fine property as one would wish for.
[ lived like fool. I got in with o fast
set while abroad and I invited them
over here when came back. l drank
hard, gambled, and led riotous life
generally. In that way I got rid Of a
good share Of my property. Still i had
large fortune left when the war broke
out. Our slaves were freed, and that
meant $1,000 gone at one blow.
II went away, sold what was left for
a song, and drank it all up. Then I
sank lower and lower until I became
the abandoned wretch you see me now.
But am gentleman.
There was some fire in the watery
eyes now, and his bent back straight
ened with momentary energy. He
seemed to be looking far away, and did
not notice the sympathetic chamber
maid.
An hour afterward I saw him again.
He was with two tramps more ordinary
in their dilapidation than himself, and
the trio were enjoying some bits OF
food and can of stale beer, the re.
suits of his plea with the servant-girl.
Over this luncheon, which was being
enjoyed in the chill open air of park,
the decayed gentleman was saying to
his companions: "My collar and cuffs
were what did it. They we're the
marks Of gentleman and the girl
couldn't withstand their influence
Let me give you this advice, based or
my own experience. No matter how
badly off you may be for clothes, never
fail to wear clean collar and cuffs.
They are impressive, let me tell you.
Don't omit them from your toilet, nc
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23
the German professor looked down at
him from the platform in an inquiring

the German professor looked down at
him from the platform in an inquiring
way.
"vot you will hat, mine trent? Beer,
hap"
Go smother yerself, ye cheese
headed Dutchman. 1 can buy me own
beer, SO I can, and small fear to me. 1
want ye to stop squeakin the fiddles
and rattlin' the brass till Paddy Ryan
plays an Irish chune on his concertina.
Now, dye understand that, ye ould
beer barrel?"
"Yah, yah, das is all recht. Stop de
moosic"
The music was stopped and the Pres
,ident shouted: "Will Paddy Ryan come
up forninst the platform and play an
Irish chune fer the b'ys and gur-rels ?"
Paddy came bashfully forth. his face
suffused with bushes, and his beloved
concertina under his arm.
"Play the 'Rakes O. Mallow,'" shout
ed voice.
The rollicking air set everybodys
feet to itching. This was followed by
@The Wind that Shakes the Barley"
"The Cat in the Corner" and 1.-The
Limerick Races" All of these were
rapturously received. Paddy was en-.
couraged. He glowed with pride.
Pulling his forelock apologetically he
stood up, and said:
CAV the ladies and gintlemen place,
I'll play new chune I'm afther learn.
in the other day."
OF course the audience were pleased,
and every ear was open to catch the air.
Paddy pulled the lively measures Out
of his instrument with eagerness. He
had hardly played two bars, however,
when the listeners turned and looked
at each other with surprise and indig-
nation. Then twenty roysterers arose
as one man and made rush for the
luckless player. They seized him from
behind and before. They kicked hi
concertina into the middle of the floor
where the girls made a. football of it
They tore his store clothes from hi
back and bruised his cheeks with thei,
hard fists. Those who could not ge
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23
What Science Owes to Industry.

Far be it from me to deprecate the
value Of the gifts of science to practical
life, or to cast doubt upon the pro-
priety of the course of action of those
who follow science in the hope of find
ing wealth alongside truth, or even
wealth alone. Such profession is as
respectable as any other. And quite
as little do I desire to ignore the fact
that, if industry owes q heavy debt to
science, it has largely repaid the loan
by the important aid which it has, in
its turn, rendered to the advancement
of science. In considering the causes
which hindered the progress of physi-
cal knowledge in the schools of Athens
and Alexandria, it has often struck me
that where the Greeks did wonders
was just in those branches of science,
such as geometry, astronomy, and
anatomy, which are susceptible OF very
considerable development without any,
or but the simplest, appliances. It
is a curious speculation to think of
what would have become Of physical
science if glass and alcohol had not
been easily obtainable; and if the
gradual perfection of mechanical skill
for industrial ends had not enabled in
vestigators to obtain, at comparatively
little cost, microscopes, telescopes, and
all the exquisitely delicate apparatus
for determining weight and measure.
and for estimating the lapse of time
with exactness, which they now COM
mand. If science has rendered the
colossal development Of modern indus
try possible, beyond doubt industry
has done no less for modern physics and
chemistry. and tor great deal of
modern biology, And as the captains
of industry have, at last, begun to be
aware that the condition of success in
that warfare, under the forms of peace.
which is known as industrial competi.
ton, lies in the discipline Of the troops
and the use OF arms of precision, just
as much as it does in the warfare which
is called war, the demand for that dis
cipline, which is technical education.
is reacting upon science in manner
which will, assuredly, stimulate its
future growth to an incalculable ok.
tent. 1t has become obvious that the
interests of science and of industry are
identical; that science can not make 9
step forward without, sooner or latter,
opening up new channels for industry
and, on the other hand, that every ad.
vance of industry facilitates those ex.
detrimental Investigations upon which
the growth OF science depends. PoD7l
lar Science Monthly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

The comparatively robust health of
the Emperor Of Germany, i'll spite OF
family trouble and official care. has
given rise to legend which, it is
stated, is obtaining credence among
the superstitious peasantry Of certain
Bayarian villages. According to this
legend the long life of Kaiser Wilhelm
is due to mysterious philter, Of which
his Imperial Majesty alone possesses
the secret. How the Emperor OBJ
tanned the magic beverage is not
known. 1t is described as a kind of
spirit which, if it does not give him
Immortality, will enable him to live
many years more, and to supply him
with sufficient bodily and mental pow
er to retain the government OF his vast
empire in his own hands. The legend
furthermore states that the German
sovereign has condescended to make a
present Of a few drops Of the charmed
liquid to Marshal Moltke and Prince
Bismarck; hence, also, their respective
ages; but, strange to say, he declines
to give any Of it to the Grown Prince,
because he fears his heir would make
use of his health, restored by the phil
ter, to force him to abdicate. Several
crowned heads have, it appears, APP
piled to the Emperor for his wonderful
secret, but in vain. The Gear, in par
ticular. prayed for some of the spirit,
and it was the refusal Of the Kaiser to
oblige him which was the real cause of
the present conflict between Russia
and Germany.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

matter if the rest of your persons are
covered only with rags. Clean linen
at your neck and wrists will have a
magic, unexplainable influence, and
any sacrifice which you may have TO
make in maintaining them will be far
more than compensated by the favors
they will bring YOU"
No doubt there was practical as we'll
as theoretical truth in this broken
down gentleman's philosophy.
sBoTH HEADS UP! I'M wINNER!"
A sudden surprise sometimes upsets
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23
He Wanted to Use 1t HIMSELF.

Mrs. McBride-Look a. thot, now!
Amt thot tn foinc christenin' cup to
be givin' a gossoon wild only foor wakes
birth av loife in it? Pfwhat's this
prented on tn soide p" Tomy-father.
Otis me that usty be tn divil's own wan
to read; but Olive rusted a Bit
Pfwhat's this shift that do be runnin'
achrost tn top. Michael?
Mr.. McBride-Th' foine little lad av
clerk at tn shtore gev it to me, No
rah; an he says they calls it mash
tyash cup, an it's tn nob's own shtyle
now for childer. Mushtyash is Frinch
for MAY yez hev long life!" So it
is.-PucE.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

PRINCE PH1LtppE OF BOURBON, son
Of the Duke of Aquila and nephew Of
&Sass Emperor of Brazil, has been SEN
fenced at Paris by default to thirteen
months imprisonment and to pay 5000
francs damages for swindling a priest
Sa a, iewelry transaction.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

The Lancet tells of physician in
Poland, DR.. Neklewitsch. who died
lately at the age of 100 years, hayine
seen and prescribed for a patient .
quarter of an hour before his death.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

WILLIAM MAKEpEAeE Howe, a
descendant of the British General
Howe who fought in our Revolutionary
wars is herding cattle on ranch in
Dakota. His distinguished ancestry is
NO assistance to him in his business, and
he Mas difficulty in making ends meets.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23
81 ANX & BL ANk.

PRINCE BISMARCK is the possessor of
forty-nine decorations of distinction
assde from the distinction he bears Of be-
ING able to drink more brandy during
the delivery of speech without show
asg Che effects thereof than any other
statesman in Europe
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

FORGET. Can you not forget? You
live too much in yourself and refer.
everything to yourself. -George Sand.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

GENIUS beckons man up. and if hf
attempts to climb. will help him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

Som" inventive genius about two
xaouths ago set aaoat yarn to the Of
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

feet that the White House was infested
with rats. There are to-day letters
coming to the President founded on
that basis. All of them come from
Frenchmen, curiously enough, and all
of them propose some means OF getting
rid of the pest. One was, oddly, from
cheese manufacturer in the Province
of Eure, and, unlike all the rest of the
rat doctors, he did not ask for any re-
ward for his recipe. He advised catch
ing one of the rodents alive, cutting a
slit in the skin of his back, putting a
good dose of salt and pepper UNDER
meath, and letting the animal go again.
The Frenchman veraciously predicts
that the rat will run through the house
uttering piercing cries, and that these
cries Of warning will warn his compan-
ion rats to escape.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

How FEW are those who really under
stand what the mind is good for.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

Dakota. His distinguished ancestry is
NO assistance to him in his business, and
sse has difficulty in making ends meets.
NESS RoYcE and Miss Woebbecke,
two Of the teachers made famous by
sfieu heroism in the late blizzard, have
sseen presented with life scholarships
En- the North Nebraska Normal Col
lese. The certificates state that they
have paid in heroism for tuition from
February 10 to the end of their lives,
and are entitled to full college instruc-
items art, music, commercial studies,
and stenegraphy.
EHE late Mrs. Oliver Wendell
Halmes was not what is known as
literary woman" but she was highly
accomplished and great assistance to
her husband in his work. She was the
authors model of the schoolmistress in
aaa "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table"
Her maiden name was Amelia Lee
jackson, the daughter of Judge Charles
jackson OF the Massachusetts, Supreme
Court. She was married in 1910, and
was Che mother of three children.
THB time of thinking has been esti-
mated with some interesting results:
IL takes about one-tenth of second to
see q color, one-seventh second to see
IL word. 1t takes longer to see some
letters than Others. A word can be
named In one-tenth second, whereas
one-fiaird second is needed to name
saalor. It takes about two-tifths sec
end to call to mind the county in which
s. well-known town is situated; one-hal1
second to say which of two eminent
snen is thought to be the greater.
One might an apparent trampin Bent
County, California, gave brakeman
Nh a coal train so cents to let him ride
to Che next station. The brakeman
isolz his place on the caboose and the
tramp got on coal car, and as soon as
size train started began throwing off
fssaL He had thrown Off two tons or
nasse by the time he reached the next
station, when he got off and went back
40 meet q wagon that was following
after and picking up the coal. The
tramp was shrewd and dishonest Bent
County farmer.
I'm Florida and Georgia are vast shell
mounds, which are the refuse of the
feasts of prehistoric races. In them are
found numerous implements, bones,
aud skulls. A microscopical examina-
hcn Of the teeth in the skulls has re-
Gently been made, and Mr.. Charters
White has reported to the English
Chronological Society the finding Of
traces Of vegetables, fruit, feathers,
scraps of wool, and bits of cartilage.
Evidently food was largely partaken of
III the raw state and torn in pieces with
fingers and teeth DIR. Brinton insists
that we have no right to call these fell
COWS men, but anthropoids that is.
men like animals
A TRAVELLER in making change at the
railroad station at Concord, n. H.,
gave the ticket agent s. gold piece
ior a, penny. The agent saw it and
handed the coin back. The man thank
81 MIN, showed it into his pocket, pull
ed cut several coins and gave the agent
one, and the agent brushed it into the
drawer with the pennies. After the
train started the traveller jumped off
and rushed back. IT gave you SIS
gold piece for penny," he said. eyes, {"
said the agent, and gave it back to
sou~ @But l gave it to you again
IrncaE- end sea." The aCant 1ooko1 ona
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

4 French traveller states that great
preparations are in progress in Salon
5ess TO make it commercial port and
connect it by railroad with the main
European lines. The French and Aus
tsia&,s are particularly busy in perfect
Iag arrangements for their steamship
Fines to Egypt and the East Indies, the
AzEstrians evidently being of opinion
that they will soon have possession OF
flksar long -ooveted outlet by water, the
way to which was conceded to them by
the Berlin treaty. Russia, meanwhile,
shut out by Bulgaria, must stand by
and witness these operations. though
she had to bear the burden of the war
which resulted in such valuable con-
<session to her rival.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

GOLD can buy nearly everything il
this world except that which a ma
wants most-happiness.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23
Let Erin Boycott Potatoes.

A chemical explanation of Ireland's
distress is that it is due to too exclusive
subsistence upon potatoes. Though q
healthful luxury, this food used alone
supplies too little nutrition to support
people in other than half-starved and
dissatisfied condition. It is probable
therefore, that Ireland's woes would be
greatly reduced if the productive SOL
and climate were applied to the growth
OF nutritive cereals instead of the TIL
bers. -Ark01lsQlu Traveller.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

A BOYS life was saved in singular
manner near Gilroy Valley, Cal,
not long since. The lad, son of Mel
O'Brlen, while putting on all under
shirt one morning, was bitten four
times by large tarantula, which was
concealed in one of the sleeves Of the
garment, before he could divest him
self of it and kill the wrathsome thing.
His father, rushing to him on hear
ing his cutlery, took in the situation at
glance and hurriedly killed a turkey,
The bird was ripped open in the stom-
ach and laid, entrails and all, on the
child's arm, and plenteous doses OF
whisky administered at the time and
during the drive to town for medical
assistance. The doctor pronounced
the treatment as the very best, and thai
its promptness had probably saved the
boys life. When the turkey was taken
from the arm it's flesh had become
quite hard and black from the absorbed
poison. The boy quickly recovered and
is now attending school.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

Allowing 50,000,000 bushels as una
valuable reserve, not likely to leave the
hands of farmers unless on an occasion
of great scarcity, the preceding figures
give only 2Os,O 100000 bushels for do
nestle consumption and export during
the first six months of the present cal
endar year. The home wants may be
stated at nearly 15O,O0o,0OO, so that
what is left for export is much less
than the 100000 bushels sent out of
the country in the first half of the cur
rent crop year. About 100000 bush
els per month is apparently the limit
of exportable surplus of wheat and
flour between this and the beginning
of our next harvest, quantity not
large enough to excite the fears of the
bear element in the markets.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23

The Cincinnati Price Current gives
the following as the wheat sur
plus Of the United States at the be-
ginning of the years named, after
making deductions for seeding re-
Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-02
An UnfaithtuI Wife Suicides.

CHICAGO, March l.-[Special Telegram to
the BEE. Mrs. II. Manice, young woman
who has been guest at the Leland hotel since
Sunday, shot herself through the heart at l
o'clock this morning. She came here about
six months ago by an agreement with Mr..
Manice, who has been paying her an allow
ance of 500 per month. 1t appears Mrs.
Manice Is defendant is divorce proceedings,
which her husband instituted in New York.
The ground on which the demand for divorce
was made was adultery. The testimony ad-
duced was all of a damaging character
When the inquiry was adjourned yesterday
Manice's lawyer notified the commissioner
that he had other and still more damaging
testimony for the morrow, and il was this
announcement probably that led Mrs. Man
ice 10 shoot herself
Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-02
DIED FROM EXPOSURE.
Sad Fate OF an Old Man Near Rush.
Ville Mo.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 1.-[Special Tele-
gram to the BEE. E.l-Yesterday afternoon
about o'clock two men passing along the
public road two miles southwest of Rushville,
this county, discovered the body Of man
laying in the fence corner, on the farm of
Jasper G. Allison, in Rush township, and
upon examination ascertained that the body
had been lying there several days. Coroner
Stringfellow was notified and arrived at
Rushville last evening, and proceeded to en-
pannel q jury of six men, who,
to Rushville, where, upon examination
it was ascertained from letters upon his per-
son that his name was Henry Williams, aged
eighty-six years, Among his papers was a
printed slip saying: II am eighty-six years
old, have had one leg broken; please contrib
ute a small sum to enable me to support my
self and family" and s5.37 was found in his
pockets. 1t appears from one of the letters
that his family resided near Osborn, Kan.
The jury, after hearing the evidence, re-
turned a verdict that the deceased came to
his death on or about Friday night last, from
exposure to the cold during the night, The
postmaster at Osborn has been requested TO
notify the family Of the sad affair