Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-02

nof alluded 10 IL, because his nigh
sense Of honor would not allow him to
make use Of o private letter, the pro-
duction of which would have crushed
his opponent. Hat he not taken this
view there would in all probability have
been no Lord Beaconsfield, no Primrose
League, no "P eace with honor" and no
many other equally Objectionable things.
London Truth.
A STORY TOLD TO JAPANESE Chill
DREN.
Poor old Chizoki was good man.
and for his goodness was blessed with
the best little dog in the world. One
day, while they were out walking to-
gether, this little dog began to scratch
at the foot of a tree, and called upon
his master to help him. In few min
utes their united efforts uncovered pot
Of gold coins. Now Chizoki had very
bad neighbor, named Kendon, who,
when he heard Of the others good luck,
borrowed the little dog, took him to
walk, and babe him scratch up some
more gold at the foot of the tree. But
the little dog only scratched up an old
bone. At this Kendon was so angry
that he killed the little dog, and buried
him at the foot of the tree. Chizoki,
having thus lost his wise little dog, be-
came poorer than ever, and finally, to
support himself, took the wood of this
same tree and made himself rice mill.
1t proved to be a magic mill, and, in
stead Of meal, ground out streams of
powdered gold.
When Kendon heard of this he was
terribly envious, and finally one night
he succeeded in stealing the mill, and,
taking it to his own house, attempted to
grind out some gold for himself. He
ground and ground for long time, but
no gold came, aud in his rage the
wicked Kendon broke the mill in pieces
and burned it. Now Chizoki was poor
indeed, and i'll casting about for some
thing to do, conceived the idea that the
virtues Of his little dog might still re-
main in the ashes of the rice mill. To
test this, he gathered handful of them
and scattered them about the roots of q
dead cherry-tree, which Immediately
began to put on leaves, blossoms, and
fruit. /
A great prince passing saw this mira
Gle, and knowing that it could only have
been accomplished by very good man,
loaded Chizoki with honors and riches,
and made him his principal adviser at
court. This, of course, aroused the bit.
ter jealousy Of Kendon, and gathering
large basketful Of the rice-mill ashes,
he climbed with it into dead tree that
he knew the prince would pass on a
certain day. Just as the brilliant ret
inue reached the tree, Kendon scat
tered his ashes among its branches.
They at once broke off and let him fall
to the ground, where he was soundly
beaten by the prince, whose eyes were
filed with the flying ashes, and who
was greatly enraged at the supposed in
suit just offered him. Thus in Japan,
as elsewhere, you see wickedness and
goodness both rewarded as they deserve.
-Haape1's Yoat1ag People.
CUL1IV-lTING THE UNDERSTAND
ING.
"Aristocratic feet may be cultivated"
remarked q fashionable shoe dealer as
he handled pair Of $15 French-heeled
shoes.
CHOW so? Well, take one of the
Vanderbilt children or George Gould's
baby for instance. The 'child's feet
from its birth are carefully attended,
bathed daily and only the best kind of
shoes and the finest of stockings put on
it.
"Then for children just walking we
make shoe with an instep improver-
that is, the outer sole and heel are made
trife higher than at the inside of the
foot. This tends to cultivate high and
curved instep."
But isn't such shoe uncomfort-
able?" was asked.
Not in the least. We have ladies
near middle age who come in here and
get fitted for such shoes. OF course
when the bones are hardened it is not
so easy to cultivate high instep, but
most children's feet may be trained SO
that even the fattest instep will become
improved.
The difficulty with many parents is
in selecting shoes that are just the
length of their children's feet" contin-
ued the shoe dealer. Now, there is
nothing more injurious to the shape of
the foot than short shoe. People Of
wealth soon learn this, and, while the
narrowest possible width is chosen, the
shoe is always an inch longer than the
foot.
"Children who are permitted to walk
or run about much need not have large
feet. The secret is to battle the feet
each night in warm water and each
morning in cold water and little salt.