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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-10

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believes war has been DELAYED.
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-10
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-10

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In the senA.e the 25th the resolutions offered
by Senator Chandler some days ago, calling on
the navy department for information as to the
purchase Of plans and specifications in foreign
countries OF ships OF war, and .as to contracts
made for ships and ordnance since March, 1885,
were taken up, and the first one adopted and
the second referred 10 the committee Of foreign
AFFAIRS The third was amended 80 as to read
1850 instead Of 1885. Consideration Of the
deficiency bill was resumed. An amendment
was offered apprOpriating $26l,16 to complete
the construction and armament of the three
steel cruisers, Chicago, Boston and Atlanta A
lengthy and heated discussion followed result
Ing In the wtthdrawalof the resolution. Eena-
tor Evarts moved to strike out Of tho item Of
$500, 900 for repayment Of duties on imports coll
est thereon to per cent. Rejected. Senator
Evarts then moved 10 add to the proviso the
words "but this amendment shall not effect ex.
listing suits or demandSS Agreed to- Without
further amendment the bill was passed, and
after m executive session the senate adjourned.
In the house bill to amend the internal rev.
enne laws was placed on the cnlendar. The
bridge across the Mississippi river at Burlington
was passed. Mr.. Bacon, Of New York, asked
unanimous consent for the present considers
ton OF the resolution reported from the commits
tee on manufactures directing that COMMITTEES
% inquire into the names, number and extent
OF corporattons engaged in misunderstanding
OF mining, or dealing in any ri the neces.
sitles Of iite and known as trusts" and 'spools,
their method Of doing business and the effect Of
their combination upon prices Of necessaries.
number OF amendments tending to broaden
the scope OF the inquiry were agreed to- The
resolution, with accompanying preamble, was
adopted, and the house I'D journed.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-01-28
Consumption Cured,

An old physician, retired from prac- tice, having had placed in his hands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure ot Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and Lung Affec- tions, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after having tested it's wonderful curative powers in thou sands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and desire to relieve human suffering, will send, free of charge, to all who desire it, this recipe in German, French or Eng fish, with full directions for prepar- ing and using. Sent by mail by ad- dressing with stamp, naming this pa- per, W. A. NOTES, 149 Po,ce,'s Block, Rochester, ". T.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-01-28

And her mouth mo weak, rosebud lips, but large and strong and flexible, full of glittering teeth, and as red in- side as the mouth of bulldog. would not offend Miss Terry for the world by this simile, for what is more indicative of perfect health ard aris- tocratic lineage than the red mouth of bulldog!
 Poor young thing! As Marg0ret she had hard time of it last night, and my heart bled for her. But didn't blame her bit. would like to have been relative of hers for about ten minutes. During the last act l felt like kicking MT. Alexander clear over to Hannah & Hogg's. Poor Morgaret. She went the way of many another maid who blindly and trust fully passes under the rosy cloud whose inner circle is as black as night. Her case is exactly similar to Jane Fuckers. Poor Jane! She fell in love with a Cincinnati travelling man representing hardware house, and drowned herself last summer off the hCau oi Lug 1Ootl Iblduu III IOur Ieeu of water. Her father brained the trav- cling man on the next trip with his own sample case. Such is life. These phases of it come hard but we must have them.
 The last scene of ''Faust" is most beautiful, and is borrowed from "Un- cle Toms Cabin" It is great im- provement, however, over the old scene. Similar to the old scene, three angels, hitched tandem, hover over the dead form of poor Margaret. And as the curtain slowly descended over the beautiful sight 1 thought what daisy Ec0 Miss Terry would have made three or four years ago when she was small.
 Mephistopheles is dressed in red. It was noticeable in the audience last night that many of the ladies wore red dresses or red feathers in their bonnets. l sincerely hope that the spirit which Mephistopheles represents will not be as contagious among the Chicago ladies as the color he wears. -Cicago NeoS.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-01-28
A LIz-ToWN HUMORIsT.
BY JAMES wH1TooMB RILEY.

 Settin' round the stove last night, Down at Wess' store, was me, And Mart Strimples, Funk and White, And Doc Bills and two or three Fellers of the Mudsock tribe No use tryin' to describe. And says Doc he says, says he, "Talkin' bout good things to eat, Ripe mushmillion's hard to beatn' l chawe ed on. And Mart he lowed WOrtermillion beat the mush "Red," he says, "and juicy-hushi I'll jes leave it to the crowdi" Then Mudsock chap, says he "Punkin's good enough fer me Punkin pies, mean," be says, "Them beats 'millions What say, Wess?' 1 chawed on. And Wess says, "Well, You jes' fetch that wife of mine All yer wortermillion rine, And she'll boil it down a spell In with sOrgum, 1 suppose
 And what else, Lord only knows But Pm here to tell all hands, Them p'serves meets my demands" I chawed on. And White, he says, "Well, I'll jes' stand in with Wess- I'm no hogl" And Funk says "I Guess Ill pastur' out on pie With the Mudsock boys," sayH he; "Now what's yourn?" he says to me. I chawed on-fer-quite spell.
 Then speaks up slow and dry, "Jes tobacker," says, I, And you'd orto' heerd 'em yell
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-01-28
How l Felt in My First Battle.
Tid-Bits.

Various generals have lately been asked by an enterprising newspaper to say how they felt in their first battle. One of the generals on the staff of TidBits being thus inter- rogated has sent the following (hith- erto unpublished) reply:
 "Well, was not the least bit daunted. l was stubbornly pale, and my pulse was much too high for a we'll man, though the surgeon wouldn't believe it. l was perfectly undis- mayed, and didn't know whether to disperse myself or retire in body. Not shiver of cowardice passed over my military system, though I trem- bled for my country with heroic firm ness and resolution. Though I felt certain that the enemy would direct their fire upon me and wished the crawfish hole were larger, I was not scared in the least, and only wanted to get behind tree to steady my aim. If 1 wished myself at home it was only for the purpose of settling few debts 1 owed before should be killed and fill brave soldiers grave. I thought of my chances of never being presi- dent, and reflected with Spartan in- trepidity that our country would need strong men at the helm, and with no chance of getting through the rear lines, I nerved myself for the fray. When the enemy fired the first volley I didn't feel at all, for I was knocked senseless by an eighteen-pound can- non's roar, and was carried brilliantly from the field, Such valor was scarce, and commanded a high price during the war. BRIGADIER GENERAL,
 Commanding 1,0O0th Ohio Volunteers.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-01-28
Washington Society.
F. G. Dunnell in the Epoch.


 The executive circle of which the president and his wife are the centre, regulates the revolution of all the others. When the great circle be- gins to revolve on New Years day, with the White House reception, the little wheels adjust their cogs to move with the great one while the season lasts. And so there are cabinet days, justices days, days for senators and representatives, for army and navy people, and for subordinate off, cers in the civil service.
 The circle that has the justices of supreme court for centre is not lack ing in the dignity of the court. Hold ing their places for lite, the justices are serene, with a tendency to exclu- siveness, indifferent to the concern elective officers feel about the impress sions they make. Questions of preced- ence distress them not. Their place is undisputed. Even the junior clerks in the department of state concede that.
 The army and navy people speak of themselves as circle. But there are wheels whithin wheels even here. If there is anything like an aristocratic feeling in Washington society, the stranger will fancy that he detects it first when he comes in contact with the uniformed employes of the govern ment-those who serve it in the army and in the navy. But the land soldier has better opinion of himself than he has of the sea soldier. The mili- tary academy looks askance at the ambitious man who has fought his way to official and social distinction. The naval officer of the line, like his brother line officer of the army, re- gards the staff with distrust. These causes of rivalry sometimes add pi- quancy to the small talk of the army and navy circle.
 One hears of a diplomatic circle, but there is scarcely social circle of diplomatic representatives. The diplo- matic people are not gregarious. Most of the representatives of foreign cohn- tries cultivate society in all the circles and some ot them more successfully than others. The Chinese minister. who cannot speak English, but who has long purse and gives superb en- tertainments, is very popular. The British minister's ''list" is smaller than that of the Chinese minister, but his receptions are apt to be freer from disorder.
 Some of the attaches of the legation in "society" betray fondness for the lunch table, and zeal in reaching it, that sometimes awakens surprise in the untutored western breast. If it were not European it would be voted rude. As it is, it is only strange. Senators and representatives in congress, have each their circle, but they are found in all the other circles. They are the controllers of the purse. The district people cultivate them, for upon the generosity of the senate and the house depends the development of the beau- ty that attracts more strangers to the city year by year.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-01-28
AMERICAN AND BRITISH PI-
 RATES.
BY MARK TWAIN.

Come now, what your cause needs is that some apparent sufferer shall say fair word for the other side. That complaint which cannot hunt up a dissenting voice anywhere is out of luck. A thing which is all good or all bad is properly an object of fsus- picion in this world; we get sort of impression that it is off it's beat; that it belongs in the next world, above or below-climate not suited to it here.
 English pirates have hurt me some- what how much do not know. But, on the other hand, English law has helped me vastly. Can any foreign author of books say that about Amer ican law? You know he can't.
 Look at the matter calmly, reasona- ply. As l infer from what you say about your article, your complaint is that American authors are pirated in England. Well, whose fault is that? It is nobody's but the authors. Eng land furnishes him a perfect remedy {; if he does not choose to take advantage of it, let him have self-respect enough to retire to the privacy of his cradle, not sit out on the public curbstone and cry. To-day the American author can go to Canada, spend three days there and come home with an English and Canadian copyright, which is as strong as if it had been built out of railroad iron. If he does not make this trip and do this thing, it is con- fession that he does not think his for eign market valuable enough to justify the expense of securing it by the above process. Now, it may turn out that the book is presently pirated in Lon don. What then? Why, simply this the pirate has paid that man com pliment he has thought more of the hook than the man thought of it him. self. And doubtless the man is not pecuniarily injured, since the pirate would probably not have offered any, thing for the book if it had been copy righted, but would merely have left it in oblivion and unpublished.
 l believe, and it stands to reason, that all the American books that are pirated in these latter days in England are of the complimentary sort, and that the piracies work no computable injury to the authors pocket; and I also believe that if this class of books should be copyrighted henceforth, their publication over there would cease, and then all the loss would fall upon the author, since they would not be any better off, as regards money, than they were before, and would lose their compliment besides.
 l think we are not in a good posi- tion to throw bricks at the English pirate. We haven't any to spare. We need them to throw at the American congress, and at the American author who neglects his great privileges, and then tries to hunt up some way to throw the blame upon the only nation in the world that is magnanimous enough to say to him: "While you are the guest of our laws and our flag, you shall not be robbed"
 All the books which I have pub- lished in the last fifteen years are pro- tected by English copyright. In that time have suffered pretty heavily in temper and pocket from imperfect copyright laws; but they were Amer ican, not English. I have no quarrel over there.-Nec Princeton Re,,je,c.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-01-28
Ponds Extract is never sold 6y mea.

Ponds Extract is nerer sold 6y meas are nor bulk in dny druggist bottles. Any one who tells you he buys it by the gallon or barrel, or in any way ex- cept in our bottles, is falsifying and deceiving you. Prepared and bottled only by PoND's EXTRACT Co, New York and London. See our name on every wrapper and label. PoNp's Ex- TRACT has been used by physicians and the people over forty years for Sore Throat, Wosaads, Cuts, Piles, Hcmor- rhages, etc.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-01-28
He Ate a Sow's Ear.
Atlanta COnstitution.

Governor Gordon is and has been 6 free feeder-except, of course, whe1 on the retreat from Petersburg he picked grains of corn from the horses hoof-prints with the point of his sword. Temperate as to drink, he has sustained his enormous vitality with an abundance of food-fuel. His taste covers wide range, and he is as happy in turnip patch as in Delmonico's His preferences are as follows:
 was reared in the country on a farm, and have never ceased to prefer the living which was usual upon plantations before the war. am fond of corn bread and rich milk, and fresh butter, with all the usual products of the farm, especially spare ribs, back bones and souse. My favorite dessert for summer is blackberry pie, and for winter the old fashioned sweet potato pudding. l also keep up the habit of my early boyhood, not of hunting 'possums, but of buying one occa- sionally, and having it cooked in the most approved style and laid away to get cold. I always have it cooked with sweet potatoes around it. This is not only the mode established by immemorial custom, but it is the best. l have one at my house now, already cooked. I will not admit, as is cus- tomary now, that the southern habit of having hot breads and hot batter cakes for breakfast is unwholesome. My own experience is that the most severe attack of indigestion ever had was from eating cold luncheon. One of the cherished memories of my life was my experience with the little ne- groes and white boys around the fire hog-killing days, broiling on the coals hog melts and eating them with corn bread and salt. think it would make me ten years younger to have that sort of experience now.
 What do our senators eat?
 Senator Browns name is linked in history with "collards" (misspelled "colewerts" in Avery history), though it does not appear that he is especially fond of that humid herb. At the St. James, in New York, I once heard him order "Eggs-Georgia style" (which he explained meant "plain eggs'), followed with a call for "tripe," after deliberate study of the bill. The senator is sensible at table as elsewhere. He does not run much to sweets, but is very particular that his cooking shall be perfect.
 I once saw Senator Colquitt eat a sow's ear. It was after midnight, and he washed it down with spring water. That the mutilated SOW did not charge and countercharge through the dreams into which he dropped soon after is due alone to the excellence of his di- gestion, which never fails. Mrs. Col quits cooks have a patent on certain doughnut, of which the only fault is that you get full before you have enough. The senator's preferences are for plain food, though he, unlike our senior senator, has a sweet tooth. He likes sage in his sausage, and has never evoluted far beyond the savory memo ries of the old plantation-a very snug and happy chrysalisdom. The break fast served for the president and Mrs. Cleveland at his beautiful home was perfect from fruit to finish.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-01-28
"You are poor are YOU not. voung

"You are poor, are you not, young man?"
 "Yes, sir"
 "And if you marry my daughter you will take her from home of luxury and splendor to an humble sphere of life, where she may be very unhappy"
 "1 have thought of that, sir" re- sponded the young man with deep emotion, "and it occurred to me that if Clara should be unhappy we could live with you until should be able to carve out fame and fortune worthy of the beautiful girl whom adore" ."- Nesc York aStar.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-01-28
How Time Flies.
Boston Herald.

How "age steals on." Causeur was in an uptown street car 8 morning or two since, and next him sat man of perhaps thirty, of magnificent phy- sique and possessing a moustache which the most dashing cavalry colo nel might covet. At his side sat a bright little boy of about eight years, apparently on his way to school. They had evidently had some talk about the war, for the little fellow said:
 "Papa. when was the battle of An tietam?"
 "Why," said the father, 'I don't know exactly, it was some time in the early part of the war;"
 "But," persisted the boy, :'don't you remember it, papa?"
 "Remember it? No, my boy, I don't. 1 couldn't have been more than four or five years old when it was fought. Ask your grandfather, he remembers it."
 And then Causeur fell into train of very serious thought. Can it be that there are men grown, with chil- dren old enough to attend school and ask questions, who don't know and apparently don't care, when the battle of Antietam was fought; men to whom the details of the war are as much matter of history as are the details of the Mexican war to Causeur? He was alive when they were fighting at Cerro Gordo, at Chepultepec and at Moline del Key, but which of these fights was victory for our side he has not at the present moment the least idea, nor does he take enough in- terest in the matter to look it up. But can it be that we are getting so far away from the war, the memory of which war burned into us older fellows, that there are grown men who have not thought it worth while to inform themselves in detailed way about it? "Age steals on" indeed.