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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-11-09
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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-11-09
NEW! REV.! NEW!
MUSIC Books.

Sgng harmony ION. FL sinsinss Glasses. Ini
secular music.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-29
Why They Didn't Marry.

We sent out q note of inquiry to a
number of bachelors in the city, asking
why they never married. Over one-half
of them answered, and we give some Of
the causes assigned:
Am only 45years old. Consider my
self too young"
Haven't been properly urged"
"Some other fellow married the girl.
T owe him debt of gratitude. She
made it lively for him."
Heard that my fancee snored, and 1
broke off the engagement"
"My best girl had fits"
"Came near being married once; 1
asked a girl and she said no."
"The happiest man lever saw was one
who had just been divorced"
81 had friend who was married. He
sent me book called Don't"
Il know man who put his resigna-
ton at the club the same day the invi-
tations to his wedding We're sent out.
In three months he was reelected in the
club, and now spends the evenings from
s until IL o'clock, with the boys. This
makes me wonder"
cam afraid to get married. know
two or three married men who congrat-
ulate each other when their wives go
out of town. Think they ought not to
do so, but there must be some cause. J"
"Find considerable difficulty in bring
ing my diverged rays Of affection to
focus owing to the beauty and charms
of so many Richmond girls. Rich
91,Oo7I SfHtP
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-29

ssponden.s" appeared the words: ITO
L. C.-Vhe lines commencing On Lin
uen when the sun was low are not up to
our standard. Poetry is not L. C.'s
forte
Oh, men of the pencil and the pen,
amid You unappreciated work you need
encouragement and you can have it.
PRINTERS of all Christendom. editors, re-
porters, compositors, pressmen. pub
llshers, and readers of that which is
printed, resolve that you will not write,
set up, edit, issue, or read anything that
debases body, mind, OF soul. In the
name of God, by the laying on of the
hands of faith and prayer, ordain the
printing press for righteousness and
liberty and salvation. All of us with
some influence that will help in the
right direction, let us put our hands to
the work, imploring God to hasten the
contamination. A ship with hundreds OF
American coast, the man on the lookout
neglected his work. and in few minutes
the ship would have dashed to ruin on
the rocks. But 6 cricket on board thieves
Sci, that had made no sound all the voy
age, set UP skrill call at the smell of
land. and the captain, knowing that
habit of the insect, the vessel was
stopped in time to prevent an awful
wreck. And so, insignificant means now
may do wonders and the scratch of q
pen may save the shipwreck of q soul.
Are You all ready FOR the signing Of
the contract, the league, the solemn
treaty proposed between journalism and
evangelism? Aye, let it be q Christian
marriage of the pulpit and the printing
press. The ordination Of the former on
my head, the pen of the latter in my
hand, it is appropriate that I publish the
bans of such q marriage. Let them from
this day be one in the magnificent work
of the worlds redemption.
Let thrones and powers and kingdoms be
| Obedient mighty God, to thee;
| And over land and stream and main
Now wave the scepter Of Thy reign.
O. let that glorious anthem swell,
Let host to host the triumph tell,
Till not one rebel heart remains
But over all the Saviour reigns
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-29
ssIfI Were a Bow Again.,

The late James Z. Fields in one Of
his interesting and instructive books
shows how important it is to train the
power to observe. Some one overheard
the elevator-boy in Washington hotel
during the session of the Women's Con-
gress, say: 1--WE have had 300 Of the
smartest women in the world here, and
though they have been in this hotel for
a week, there's not one of them who
knows what floor to get off on" They
had not been taught how to use their
eyes. The same writer we have men
toned tells some things he would do if
he had another chance to be young
again:
If I We're boy again would look on
the cheerful side of every thing, for al
most every thing has cheerful side.
Life is very much like mirror; if you
smile upon it, it smiles back again on
.~ou, but if you frown and look doubtful
upon it, you will be sure oget q similar
look in return. I once heard it said of
a grumbling, unthankful person, "He
would have madean uncommonly fine
sour apple if he had happened to be
born in that station of ife!" Inner
sunshine warns not only the heart Of the
owner, but all who come in contact with
it. "Who shuts love out, in turn shall
be shut out from love-"
If I were boy again I would school
myself to say "No" oftener. I might
write pages on the Importance of learn
ing very early in life to gain that point
where young man can stand erect and
decline doing an unworthy thing, be-
cause it is unworthy, but the whole
subject is so admirably treated by dear
old President James Walker, who was
once the head of Harvard College, that
I beg You to get his volume of discourses
and read what he has to tell you about
saving mo- on every proper occasion.
Dr.. Walker had that supreme art Of
quitting things" which is now rare
among instructors Of youth or age, and
what he has left for mankind to read is
written in permanent ink.
III were a boy again l would demand
of myself more courtesy toward my COM
panions and friends. Indeed, [ would
vigorously exact it of myself toward
strangers as we'll. The smallest courte-
sizes, interspersed along the rough roads
of life, are like the little English spar
rows now singing to us all winter long,
and making that season Of ice and snow
more endurable to everybody.
But I have talked long enough, and
this shall be my parting paragraph. In
stead of trying SO hard as some OF us do
to be happy, as if that were the sole
purpose of life, I would, if were q boy
again, try still harder to deserve happi-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-29

WHERE ARTISTS GET THEIR COLORS.
A well-known artist gave me some
curious information the other day re-
garding the sources from which the
colors one finds in a paint box are de-
rived. Every quarter of the globe is
ransacked for the materials animal,
vegetable, and mineral-employed in
their manufacture. From the cochin
cal insect are obtained the gorgeous
carmine, as we'll as the crimson, scar
let, and purple lakes. Sepia is the
inky fluid discharged by the cutie fish,
torender the water Opaque for it's own
ooncealment when attacked. Indian
yellow is from the urine of the camel.
Ivory black and bone black are made
out of ivory chips.
The exquisite Prussian blue is got
by fusing hcrses' hoofs and other re-
fuse animal matter with impure po-
tassium carbonate It was discovered
by an accident. In the vegetable king
dom are included the lakes, derived
from roots, barks, and gums Blue
black is from the charcoal of the vine
stalk. Lamp-black is SCOT from GER
tain resinous substances. From the
madden plant, which grows in Hindus-
tan, is manufactured Turkey red.
Gamboge comes from the yellow sap
of a tree, which the natives of Siam
catch in cocoanut shells. Raw sienna
is the natural earth from the neighbor-
hood of Sienna, Italy. When burned
it is burned sienna. Raw umber is an
earth from Umbria and is also burned.
To these vegetable pigments may
probably be added India ink, which is
said to be made from burnt camphor.
The Chinese, who alone can produce it,
will not reveal the secret of its compost
tion. ATastic-the base of the varnish
so called is from the gum of the
mastic tree, Indigenous to the Grecian
archipelago. Bistre is the SCOT Of
wood ashes. OF real ultramarine but
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-29

little is found in the market. It is OBJ
tanned from the precious lapis lazuli,
and commands fabulous price. Chi
nese white is zinc. Scarlet is iodide
of mercury, and cinnabar, or ver-
million, is from native quicksilver ore.
Luckily for the health Of small chill
dren, as my friend the artist remarked,
the water colors in the cheap boxes
usually bought for them have little or
no relation chemically to the real pig
ments they are intended to counter
feit.-NelD Orleans Picnu2Lfle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-29
WINTEK WOOD-LOHE.

OF all the feats common to hunting
life and woodcraft, none seems to me
half so wonderful as tracking or trail
ing. As practioed by man, tracking is
wonderful enough; but far more mar
velous is the power by which dog or
fox can follow its prey at full speed,
guided only by scent, without erring or
being led astray.
To us, the word scent has but little
meaning; it is the name of a power with
which man is, comparatively, almost
unendowed. We go into the woods
and see nothing but leaf-strewn
ground, thinly scattered over with
herbs and thickly planted with
trees; we see no quadruped, and,
find no sign of any, perhaps,
save the far-away chatter of a squirrel.
But our dog, merrily careering about,
is possessed of superior power. At
every moment of his course he is gath
ering facts, and reading wonderful
record of the past, the present, and
even of the future. "Here," says his
unseen guide, "is where adeer passed a
minute ago." or IAN hour ago." "this.
was the course of fox q week ago;"
"that was the direction in which a
rabbit flew by few minutes ago, and,
Ohio! there was weasel after him!"
Such is the curious record of SCENT.
revealed to the dog but hidden from
the man, and even inexplicable to him;
for though we have a theoretical
knowledge of the subject, it is too i'm
perfect to make us fully understand
that not only has every kind of animal,
but each individual animal, its own pc
culiar scent Thus, the dog can dis
tinguish not only the bucks, does,
and fawns of the deer tribe, but can,
pick out of dozen the track of the
particular buck that he is following,
and never leavei it or lose it. Moreover,
he can tell by the scent which way the,
animal is going, and he is never known
to run backward on q trail. Now,
when we compare this wonderful power
with our own feeble sense Of smell,
we will be ready to admit that it is a.
faculty of which man, comparatively.
has little.
Let us suppose that you were to-
awake some fine morning and find that,
as in the old fairy tales, mighty
genius had conferred on you new and
wonderful faculty, that enabled you to
go forth and read the running records
with even greater accuracy and ease
than can the hound-what marvel it
would be, and how intensely interesting
its exercise TO lover of nature And
yet this very miracle is what actually
takes place every year in our northern
country. The great genius is old
Boreas, and the means by which he
confers the new power is the first fall
of snow.-Ernest E. Thompson, IN st.
| Nicholas
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-29
An Infantile Reasoner.

Little Mabel was sitting next to a
very small, thin man in horse car.
She leaned ever to her mother and
whispered:
mamma, I guess God must have
made that man on rainy day.
"What makes you think so, dear?'
"'Cause he doesn't look as if there
was much dust handy" - Merchant
Tjaveler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-29
mAx1MILLI4N and CARLor4.

The Emperor gave early attention to-
the condition of the 6,000,0 Oo Indians
included in the population of his En-
pire, and took measures to better their
condition. He issued decree eman-
cipating the peons-the victims of a.
curious system of slavery peculiar to
Mexico-which, however, proved inef-
fectual in the end, though it showed
the excellence of his motives and that
he was not the despot he il so often &C
oused of being. His government was
absolute monarchy,it is true, but it was
scarcely more autocratic than the re-
public which preceded it or that which
now erists in Mexico. In the extent Of
their charities the young soyereigns
were not to be outdone. The amount
of money expended in public and pri
vate benevolence, could it be esti-
mated, would astonish the reader.
Among the lasting monuments to the
goodnessof Carlota's heart, is the Casa
lie Maternidad Qying-in hospitaD, in.
the City of Mexico, built and equipped
at her expense. This excellent charity
alone would justify the love displayed
and still existing for the beautiful but
unfortunate Empress. Ho1c-
ard Noll, IN The american Magazine.
Il DEMAND FOE BACKBONE.
Nov, want the graduates of the,
colleges to understand that they have
high mission, higher and greater,
one than Peter the Hermit thought he,
had when he led the crusaders to pro-
tect the holy sepulcher; that we have,
something more important to protect
than that-the right of men to govern
themselves, and not to DO the slaves of
men sitting in power and usurping the
functions of government. Every man
of you has to straighten up his back
bone. 1 don't know whether any of,
you want to be an alderman, but if he
speaks the truth on these matters he
must give up all hope of being elected.
But I have not lost faith in q people
who, for 100 years, have maintained
good government in this country. Men
who were willing quarter ola century
ago to spend $500, 100000 to preserve
intact the government of this country
ought to preserve the essence and spirit;
Of a free government. "--MQyor Hc,u--
it's College ADDRESS,.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-29

I ENTRENcH myself in my books;
equally against SORROW ant. the weather.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-29

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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-12-14
TAHLEQUAH.
The Cherokee Council ER Ses-
sion.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. "a dispatch
from Tahlequah, I, T., says: The
national council of the Cherokee ma
tion met in annual session yesterday
with full attendance. The principal
chief, the Hon. Up. May, delivered
bis message to the Senate chamber,
On Cherokee citizenship he says he
feels assured that persons decided
against by the commission will be
promptly elected from the Cherokee
country by order of the President of
the United States. The Cherokees
have in operation 100 common
schools, with an aggregate attendance
of 4,O49 pupils, and an average Of
2,4s6 high school for boys with ap
aggregate Of gil, aud an average of
l66 students; female seminary near
ing completion, with a capacity of
l75 students, and an orphan asylum
containing las children. "a
Besides these schools sustained by
the nation, the Baptist, Presbyterian,
Congregationalist and Cumberland
Presbyterian churches, have mission
schools which are doing great good.
Touching Cherokee grazing lands
known as the "Cherokee strip be
informs the national council that he
has vetoed Or will veto the bill passed
al The late called session IN favor Of
the Cherokee Strip Live Stock Assoc
clatiop for $4,000 a year, on the
ground that he is assured that $780,
900 year can be readily had If an
opportunity is afforded others to bid.
The message deals with many other
questions Of Importance, among them
the tt aching Of agricultural and me
chapical arts and industries ia sll the
national high schools and asylums;
The late action Of the Creek council
ID regard 10 the so.ealled 0klahoma
c0uutrV. etc
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-12-14

An interesting and valuable article
under the title "Pneumonia-It's in
creasing death rate. One of the
essentials in its treatment" by Gou-
verneur NJ. Smith, NJ. d., appears in
the Medical Record, of New York, for
October 90, We quote the closing
paragraphs:
1t is clear, from what has been said,
that IN the treatment Of pneumonia a
superabundance of pure air is spcci.
fcaIly indicated, The patients
breathing apparatus is only partially
performing its functions, as tho dis
eased parts of the lungs are substanti-
ally useless. The working portion
must perform the work of two lungs,
for week or ten days, in order to
maintain the blood in proper condition
to sustain life, The patient requires
purer air and vastly more air than one
in sound health. In estimating the
amount of genial, and possibly moist
ened, air which should gently and
freely pass through the sick,chamber,
allowance should be made, both for
the requirements of the patient aud
for the requirements of attendants.
The latter should be as few as possible,
in order to lessen the chances ofaerial
contamination.
Our atmosphere at times is harsh,
but it always contains a lifo-giVing
element. When exposed to ITS in
clemencies, care must protect from
its bitterness, while extracting its
sweetoning oxygen. When admitted
to homes, 1t can be artifCially tenn
pored as boon to the shorn and to
the unshorn. While remedies often
behave benignly IN tho human econ
omy, nevertheless, pure air, as a
remedial agent in the management of
pneumonia and of other disorders,
both acute and chronic, has ever been
a more important ally Of therapeutics
than any pauaGea offered by alchemy
or any hobbledehoy presented by
modern chemistry.
Physicians will constantly meet
with cases where, owing to the sur.
roundings of the patients, it is i'm
practicable TO carry out the best
methods of treatment. II physician,
however, through inadvertcnce on his
part, allows o patient to die from
want of fresh air, he deserves a stigma
as ignominious, if not as helRous, as
| that which four centuries ago attached
itself to Richard, Duke Of Gloaches-
ter, for the crime of smotheriug
princes in the Tower of London,
History Kisses through the ages.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-12-14
A Curious Piece Of History.

Harper's Monthly publishes the
following curious piece of history
from the MayersvilIe miss, J Spectator,
We have often heard Of the free state
of Jones county, but never before
knew where it got its name:
"The following ordinance Of seCes.
sion was passed in the court house at
Ellisville, Jones county, Mississippi
during the late war: l.. .
'Whereas, The State of Mississippi
has seen fit to withdraw from The
Federal Union for reasons which ap-
pear justifable, and H
Whereas, We, the citizens of Jones
county, claim the same right, thinking
our grievances are sufficient by rea-
son Of an unjust law passed by the
Congress of the Confederate States of
America forcing us to go to distant
parts, ETC., etc; therefore be it
'Resolved, That we sever the union
heretofore existing between Jones
county and the State of Mississippi,
and proclaim our independence of
said State and of the Confederate
States of America, and we solcmnly
call upon God Almighty to witness
and bless this act
Nathan Knight was elected preSi-
dent of the Jones County Confed.
eracy,' but he was never recognized
by foreign governments.
We happened across this piece of
history in Harper's Monthly, and
thinking that perhaps there were some
who had never heard of such confed-
eracy, we concluded to reproduce it
for their benefit"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-12-14

Dear boys and girls you can add
very much to home happiness, espe-
ciaIIy if you have mother who is
not very strong, or a grandpa or
grandma who are aged and feeble, by
being thoughtful and manperly. There
is a right way to open and shut the
door; right way to move from one
part of the room to the other O right
way to sit down, to rise, to hold a
book-a right way to do everything
that is worth doing at all. And yet
we have known children to give their
parents sad hearts by the neglect of
these little home duties. 1t is more
easy to do these things right than to
do them wrong. One very ugly habit
some young people have is that of
calling aloud the name of a brother or
sister, or even of a father or mother,
who may be in another room, or up
stairs, or in the yard. Apolite person
will always 60 to the one whose atten-
tion is required, and speak in q low
and modest tone of voice. The home
might be far more pleasant by q strict
observance of many of these little
matters.-SeieCted.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-12-14
LAKE CHARLES CALCASEU PARISH LOUISIANA FRIDAY
THE ENGLLSH LANG UAGE.
A pretty deer is dear to me,
A hare with dcWny hair

A pretty deer is dear to me,
A hare with dcwny hair &;
| love a hart with all my heart,
But barely bear a bear.
'Tis plain that no one takes plane
To have pair of pears
A rake, though, often takes a rake
To tear away the tares.
All rays raise thyme, time RACES all
And, thTc ugh the whole, hole wears.
A writ in writing fright" may write
1t wright" and still be wrong
For write" and "rite" are neither fright"
And don't to "write" belong.
Beer often brings a bier to man,
CoughIn' q coffin brings,
And too much ale will make us all,
As well as other things.
The person lies who says he lies
When he is but reclining,
And when cOnsumPtive folks DECLINE,
They all decline declining.
A quail don't quail before q storm
A bow will bow before It;
We cannot rein the rain at all
No earthly power Teigns DER 1t.
The dyer dyes awhile, then dies
To dye he's always trying,
Until upon his dying-bed
He thinks no more of dyeing.
A son OF Mars mars many sun
All Deys must have their days,
And every knight should pray each night
10 Him who weighs his ways
'Tls meet that men should wete out meat
To feed misfOrtune's son;
The fair should fare on love alone,
Else one cannot be won.
Alas, alas is something false
OF faults a maid Is made
Her waist is but barren waste
Though stayed, she is not staid
The springs spring forth in spring, aud shoots
Shoot forward, one and all
Though summer kills the flowers, 1t leaves
The leaYeb to fall In fall
| would story here commence,
But you might find 1t stale
So let's suppose that we have reached
The tail end Of our tale.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-12-14
Oar Boys.
Busy Bee.

busy bee.
Many people seem to forget that
character grows-that it is not some
thing to put on ready-made with wo-
manhood or manhood, but day by day,
here little and there a little, grows
with the growth and strengthens with
the strength, until good or bad i be-
comes almost a coat Of mail. Look
at man of business--prompt, relia7
BILE, conscientious, yet clear. headed
and energetic. When do you suppose
be developed all those admirable quail.
ities When he was q boy. Let rs
see how a boy ten years Of age gets MP
IN The morning, works, plays and
studies, and we will tell yoa what sort
of man he win make, The boy that
Is late al breakfast and late ~ school
stands q poor chance u be q prompt
man. The boy who neglects bis du-
tics, be they ever SO small, and then
excuses himself BY saying II fergoti
! didn't think, viii never he . relia,
BE man and the boy who finds pleas
ure ID the suffering Of weaker thlpgsl
will never be a noble, generous, kind
mana gentleman.