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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23

1Brookdale, one blaze of light, shcne
like glittering star amid the giant
elms surrounding the mansion. II
lacked ten minutes of the hour APP
pointed for the ceremony. Mr.. Taulk-
lana, IN faultless attire, was leaning
against the carved balustrade in the
lower hall.
IF you please, sir, Miss Sherwood
wishes you to step up to her boudoir, u
a servant said in guarded tones.
without a word he sprang up the
wide staircase,
Il believe your daughter desires to
see me, he said to Mr.. Sherwood. who
was passing to and fro in the upper
passage.
As the old gentleman silently threw
open the door, Falkland halted upon
the threshold Of the dainty blue and
silver room, his eyes fixed rapturously
upon the graceful figure in sweeping
robes confronting him.
Il wish to say few words to you be-
fore the ceremony" Edna said in low
tones, throwing back the costly brida1
veil. ''
Heavens! how beautiful YOU are. ;
he exclaimed, passionately, attempting
to take one of her gloved hands.
Pardon me, she said, stepping back.
AS have said before, can permit nc
caresses until we've are married.
The heavily fringed eyelids lowered
shyly, one snowy arm encased in white
kid stole round her fathers neck. 81
desire to remind you of your promise
Mr.. Falkland. If you fail to give m,
that receipt the moment the ceremon,
is ended, l will never live with you a,
your wife,"
;, my beauty, you shall have the pape,
the moment we are pronounced maj
and wife"
'very WELL she broke in with a,
lmperious gesture, 'the hour for tn,
ceremony has arrived. If you viii
step into the hall for moment I vii
join you"
Falkland followeds Mr.. Sherwood
into the passage where the bridesmaid
and best man awaited. In second tn
I bride futtered out and placed her han,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23

arm. The bridal party swept into the
large salon parlor, lights shone down
from globes f.pearl, turning the dia.
mond tiara holding the brides veil in
place to one steady stream of fire; then
| bride and groom stood beneath the
snowy bridal bell. The groom's re.
sponses rang clear and triumphant, but
the BRIDES voice sounded low and
tremulous, back Of the heavy folds Of
the lowered veil. At last the words
Il pronounce you man and wife," were
spoken, and with low breath of re.
lief, Falkland turned to the trembling
form at his side.
"Now, my dear, give me q wifely
kiss, " he said, smilingly trying to draw
aside the veil.
",The receipt first" she murmured
keeping tight hold of the lace.
Laughing lightly, he took paper
from his pocket and handed it to her
C1utching the receipt she stepped &c
Mr.. Sherwood's side and thrust it into
his hand.
"Checkmated!" rang out girlish
voice, and Edna, followed by Rupert
stepped from their place Of conceal.
ment back of the heavy window cur
tains.
"What does this mean?" Falkland
demanded, gazing fercely at Edna,
who, attired in sweeping satin robes, q
bridal-veil resting upon her glorious
hair, seemed the exact counterpart OF
the yelled bride.
lit means that you have been beaten
with your own weapons" said Rupert,
sternly, "and have gone through the
marriage ceremony with your wronged,
deserted wife"
With the snarl of wild beast,
Falkland tore the lace from the
brides face. "Furies!" he said, bru-
tally; II thought and hoped you were
dead!"
"It isn't your fault that 1 am not, u
his wife exclaimed, bitterly, confront.
ing him with flashing eyes. "No doubt
YOU believed 1 did not recover from
that terrible attack of fever in Rome,
where you deserted me and left me
penniless upon my death-bed, as you
supposed. By the mercy of God I was
saved, and after weary search found
you in time to balk you in your ne
farious scheme. It was my plan that
Miss Sherwood and ] should dress
alike" she went on bravely, drawing a
step nearer Rupert as her cowardly
husband raised his hand to strike her
"She sent for you this evening that
you might see her unveiled and sus.
pect nothing. We planned that should
personate the real bride, Miss Sher.
woods height and mine favoring the
deception"
course you! I will have your life
for this!" Falkland blazed, leveling o
pistol at the trembling woman.
With bound, Rupert reached his
side and dashed the weapon to the
floor. Muttering curse between his
clenched teeth, the villain sprane
through the open window and was
swallowed up in the darkness with
out. ., :,
Tho following morning he. left
Falkland, and year afterward was
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23

he whispered. II hope you are better
Mr.. Sherwood" he continued aloud,
grasping the hand of pale, dignifed
old gentleman.
Gas we'll as I ever expect to be, >
Ednas father said, with a smothered
sigh:
"Have courage. You may yet find
the receipt" Rupert murmured, draw.
ing the girls fingers within his arm.
"A1loW me to relieve you of my
promised wife," dropped in steely
voice.
Rupert flushed crimson.
"What do you mean, sir?" he de-
manded, angrily, turning his flashing
eyes upon the sneering face of his
uncle.
edna, "the cold tones went on, twill
you kindly inform my nephew that you
have used woman's privilege and
changed your mind in regard to the
choice of future husband?"
"Uncle Edward, you are greater
scoundrel than 1 thought" the young
man commenced, in white heat of anger.
"Child, YOU shall not sacrifice your
self" her father exclaimed, trying to
draw the trembling girl toward him.
ssBe true to the man you love, dear.
We will resign Brookdale to this
scamp; perhaps in the years to come we
may be able to buy the dear old place
back"
For one brief moment the girl waT.
cred, fixed her heavy eyes upon he,
lover, who seemed turned to stone
then, with one wild, agonized look al
her father, who still held his arms oui
to her, mutely shook her head.
"Quite melodramatic, Mr.. Faux
land said, smoothly, o cruel smile lurk
ing beneath his dropping iron-gray
nustache. "Come, dearest Edna,
wish to present the future mistress o.
Falkland to my guests.
With a smothered cry the girl re-
| coiled like beautiful stag at bay, he1
ewes full of dumb appeal, her exquisite
face as colorless as the pearls resting
above her heaving bosom, then clutch
ing the flowers at her waist until the
delicate petals We're crushed anc
bruised. she placed one gloved hanc
uDOO Guo COuU-olCONO ~ AASA ~Aoee ~
moved slowly toward the ballroom
leaving behind her upon the tessel
ated floor trail of dying rose petals
"Take nue. to the conservatory" she
murmured, family, as they threaded
their way amid the dancers. .,
"ShaliI procure you glass OF wine 2
he asked, startled at her deathiy pallor
"No-yes, get me glass of water,
she said, sinking weakly upon seat II
the dusky conservatory.
"Can 1 bear it?" she moaned, look
ing after the retreating form Of he'
escort csc aNo, I cannot; better death
than a life linked with his. In spite Of
nv better Judgment I have hoped; a,
that mysterious woman babe me, bu'
heaven help me, she has failed"
aNot So" broke in a cautious voice
from among the rare plants near her
aBend lower while l tell you some
thing: quick, before that miserable
v wrecker of woman's happiness returns.
IT, was the night of the wedding, and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23
JACK AND +

.,,;,ed OF Jnck, poor boy.
VS., 81 lack was tired Of me;
AnIl .,,,"red for sweets will soonest Glow.
Yet Vas Nnss been kind, and we,
FATE d lis spendthrift hearts, made wee+.
n. iybc best gifts with eager haste. ss
alise $ p'7' g
We were. Time seems 90 LONG
o'tlIee"" everything goes WE'LL
Wlpuai,s of home rose grim and strong.
fie CIV. N'1 nrisoners in @ cell
LEY our marriage chains. and p,naa
Ne f t.aaiom we left behind.
:, tired of love and pence were VA
1ile s very days calm blissl
!W'h ed no goal to win, since he
We t, ns mino, and was his;
N ,G, We We sighed in mute despair.
M snv,ished each other anywhere.
sorrow came one day-the pain
BIZ, s ioat his dark, awful fear:
u ,hsn our hearts beat warm again:
Q men Men, each to each was dear.
:. i.naen,ed that life could nothing lack.
IlI, sse lack had me and had Jackl
" i,'I orleans Times Democrat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23
killed in drunken brawl somewhere

killed in drunken brawl somewhere
in California.
Though Rupert, as his heir, Inherit
ed his vast estates, he preferred resid-
ing with his beautiful wife and her
father at Brookdale. For miles around,
the country people bless the sad, dark
eyed woman who lives at Falkland,
and IS known as the lady who saved
the golden-haired beauty of Brook
dale from villainous, nefarious
scheme.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23
WOmen's Belongings.

It used to be, among the women of
a past generation, custom to leave
their clothes by will in the same man
ner that they did their second best bed
stead" and SILVER gilt teapot" They
divided their furs, laces, brocades, and
body linen" among their nearest kin
and generally left the palmer and more
worn things to the old family servants
or poor relations. But these personal.
possessions, with the exception Of laces.
are rarely bequeathed nowadays. Mrs.
John Jacob Aston kept to the old GUS
toms, and 1 saw a poor, pretty girl
wearing one of her sealskin coats last
week, it having been specially be-
queathed to her in the will. The usual
course is that taken by the heirs of
Mrs. A. 7. Stewart, who sold all her
enormous wardrobe to dealers in.
secondhand clothes. Though, little
was said about it at the time,
good many society women took oc-
casion to purchase certain things through.
the dealers, but generally handker-
chiefs, stockings, silk underwear, and
gloves which would not be recognized
and which they gotvery cheaply. There
is a woman on Fifth avenue who makes
business of buying the war1robes Of.
dead women, and who is fast making a.
fortune out of the bargains she gets.
Most of her customers who purchase
goods from her have no idea of the real
secrets Of her trade. She is ostensiblx-
dealer in imported goods, and has GER
tain French and English boxes and cases
into which she packs many of her goods
and sells them as new. She will take
the whole wardrobe of the deceased.
new and old, good and bad, and them
this goes through careful process of.
selection. The new things, or nearly so,
which are really imported or have that
appearance, she packs into foreign cases
and ties them up daintily and disposes
of them to rich customers. Many time
o woman has come to her and said: IT
want to find something
gloves, or what not-like some 1 once
saw Mrs. Quelquechose have. See If,
you can find them for me-. And the.
dealer has in course of time sent her a
note saying that she has found some
thing very near what she has asked for.
In reality they are Mrs. Quelquechose's
own and the dealer had them all the
while. The gowns that are new or very
nearly new she sells to the dressmakers
who freshen them ups bit and sell them
to out-of-town customers. Then the
dealer has list of customers who are
perfectly familiar with the real name of
her trade. They are mostly women
who are struggling to keep their places
in society, with lean purses and great
desire to keep up appearances.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23
Childish Wit,

Little Alice was telling how good her
papa was:
"Why, he never said word when I
broke both covers of his watch off, she,
said to her playmates.
sWell, he's terrier at the Shops"
said her brother Lew, che blows EN- up
sky-high for nothing there" q
Then he's a sky-terrier, isn't he.?"
asked Alice, gravely.--Detroit Free.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23

The vanilla bean grows wild in Mex
leo, and, fresh from the forest, sells at
ton OF twelve dollars Per 1000.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23
THE cAsrAwAY CHICKS.

roo little chicks, ut close Of day. -
F =, mother hen, and roamed away;
n .,t l,,s nestled inside Of shoe,
~ one on the outside to scan the view,
,sa tide came in and carried the shoe
e. tba waves like o small canoe,
NJ ,hickcns oh. the poor little things.
Y heI themselves back under mothers wings
|. the waves were high, and all were drowned
NAV AZ their fate be q lesson, pray,
I al other chickens who run away,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23
The Vail OF al, Epicure.

When I see how walters wait on each
other, I sometimes regret that I am
not waiter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23
POPULAR SCIENCE.

DIR. M. w. TAYLOR. an English ply
stefan, has convinced himself that diph--
liberia has it's origin in common mold
fungi, which he thinks must acquire
virulent properties under special condi-
tions.
SIGNALS flashed from an arc lamp
upon the clouds, at the Cape of Good
Hope, have been seen at distance Of
fifty miles. This method of signaling
may prove useful at sea, especially for
vessels in danger.
FROM an estimate by w. kohlrausen,
it appears that if the energy of light
ming were stored up and distributed for
electric lighting, from seven to thirty
five flashes would be required to keep,
one incandescent lamp aglow an hour.
Two German experimenters find that
the Illuminating power of naphtha gas
is reduced one-half by twenty per cent.
of air. The mixture becomes explosive
when it contains from about five to.
eighteen volumes of air to one of gas.
PROF. WAGNER publishes analysis in,
support of his conclusion that steamed
potatoes are far more nutritious than
boiled ones. In the process of boiling,
the vegetable give up considerable por-
tions of nutritious salts, while they also
take up more water than when steamed.
and become proportionately weaker.
IT is said on good authority that just
before the outbreak of cholera in Tou-
lon, the swallows suddenly disappeared
from the locality. An officer in the
Bengal cavalry said,, in reference to
this, that during a cholera epidemic In
India he had noticed that though many
of the dead remained unburied, all of
the carbon eating birds had disappeared.
Mr.. DENMAN Ross has published
book on land holding in Germany. He
believed that the communistic system,
did not prevail in the time of Caesar and
Tacitus. He takes the singular posi-
ton that isolated households developed
into clan villages, and these into COM
munity Of ownership, which worked out
again into property in severality. Free
villages and surf villages existed as .
late outgrowth Of primitive organize
ton.
PROF. CRAG1N of Washburn College
has discovered at Downs, Osborne
County, Kansas, the petrifed remains of
huge fossil. The animal when alive
was little over sixteen feet in length.
The jaws measure three feet eight
inches, the neck between four and five
feet long, and the body about nine feet
in length and three or four feet in
thickness. It has fippers quite similar
to those of seal, and two short feet.
NJ. PAsrEuR thinks bisrllphate of car
bon will become the most etficacious Of
ali y, II H.
costing but fraction of penny per
pound in large quantity. It is likewise
the best insecticide known, and for this
purpose may, it is thought, be useful
for preserving woodwork in tropical
countries. Some idea Of the use it is
already put to may be gathered from
the fact, as stated, that more than eight
million pounds of the substance are used
annually to check the ravages of phyl-
loxera. Carbon bisulphide, as produced,
though an extremely offensive compound
in respect to cdor, is capable Of complete
publication.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23
HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
BY SHIRLEY DARE.

is the causes of
poorhair, the first
and great reason
is that women do
not keep their
heads clean. Of
ten they are too
busy with house
keeping and chill
dren to give the
hair the weekly
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-23

The annual consumption of feathers
in this country is 5000, 600 pounds.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-04-21
CONTINENTAL MONEY.
qhe Currency Which Enabled the Colonies

The Currency Which Enabled the Colonies
to Carry on the Revolution.
The issue Of bills of credit. not only
by the colonies, but by the Continental
Congress became necessity when the
war began in 1875. The second Con-
gress met in Philadelphia, May 10 OF
that year, and on the first day the
measure was agreed upon in secret ses-
sion, but was not adopted until June
90, the day on which Congress received
the news of the battle of Bunker Hill.
Then it was agreed that sum not ex-
ceeding 100000 be issued i'll bills OF
credit, for whose redemption the
twelve Confederate colonies-Georgia
not then being represented-were
pledged. The bill specified the form
and the number and denomination Of
the bills to be issued. The plates of
the bills were engraved by Paul Re-
we're, of Boston. The size of the bills
average 81 by q inches, and they were
printed on thick paper. New issues OF
this currency were made from time to
time until the close of 1879, when the
aggregate amount was $242, ,0G0, 900,
and the bills had SO much deprecated
then that 500 in specie would pur-
chase 600 in paper money; in 1871
the same amount in specie would buy
$500 in paper. Strenuous efforts
were made by Congress to keep up the
credit of this currency, bat as the one
essential to save it, pledge from the
States to redeem it in specie, could not
be secured, the money was bound to go
down. Early in 1777 convention of
representatives of New England States
agreed upon a scale of prices for all
goods. This was strongly opposed by
merchants, but the New England States
soon after enacted it into law, and n
similar law was adopted soon after by
the middle States, including Maryland
and Virginia. Congress approved of
the scheme, and further passed a reso-
luton declaring that the bills of credit
ought to pass current in all payments,
trade and dealings, and be deemed
equal in value to the same nominal
sum in Spanish dollars. 1t further re-
solved that all persons refusing to take
them "should be considered enemies
of the United States" on whom ''for-
FIXTURES and other penalties ought to
be inflicted by the local authorities.
These resolutions, however, could not
check the inevitable, but as the depre-
citation of the money was gradual. it
operated as tax, and thus prevented
undue suffering. Moreover the money
had served a good purpose, for it had
enabled the colonies to carry on three
years of war with powerful foe almost
without taxation. This currency has
no value now except to the collectors
of curious coins and relics.-Ioledo
R1nde
Huntsville gazette., 1888-04-21
STAGE JEWELRY.
The Mock Diamonds Worn by Nearly AL
Theatrical Queens.

Theatrical Queens.
"Yes, there's lots of colored glass
used in stage jewelry and regalias, and
a big show it makes, doesn't it? That
case there, for instance, blaze of light
and color, could be restocked for a few
hundred dollars, while its contents, if
the Jewels were real, would be worth
half hundred very respectable for
tunes.
There exists a very decided differ
ence between stage jewels and jewels
intended for regalias and secret So
cieties, but crowns are favorite articles
always,
..That handsome and regal looking
one there, sparkling everywhere with
diamonds and 'rubies.' can be pur-
chased for exactly $3.50. The crown
alongside, with crimson plush lining,
Is probably one which the theatrical
sovereign wears when he mounts his
Eery white horse-or, l should say,
charger. This belt clasp, with 'emer-
aids fully an inch in diameter, can be
purchased for ST. so, and single topaz,
'rubies, diamonds and 'sapphires' of
the same size and set round in pearls
can be had at the uniform price of 81
each.
Here's handsome get of pearls,
which if real would be worth every
cent of $4,000. Sixty-tive dollars will
buy them, but even that's a pretty good
price when you consider that you're
only getting an imitation anyway.
Brass is the metal almost invariably
used for both theatrical and society
jewels, because it can be brightly gilded
and is easy to work. They are more
substantial than their appearance would
indicate.
paris is q great headquarters for
the stuff, and we keep it simply be-
cause we have to; there isn't much
money in it and it takes lots of room.
The duty adds considerably to the cost. :"
--JeUelers' Weekly.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-04-21

Powell CRosLEf, Cincinnati, O., does not do
things by halves. He proposes to make this subdi-
vision one of the most successful about Findlay,
and to spare no expense to accomplish that end.
tindlay is having wonderful success-a larger
Rrow.n IN me same time than any other city in Ohio.
Factories are multiplyirN other interests
Increasing proportionatelyt population eOOO year
ago. now 1900, estimated Is 600 at the close of year:
2SO new houses built last year-50O0 more needed
this year; 10 miles of street lines constructed and
others projected; streets improved in every direc-
ton; water-works begun; 7steam railroads; schools
churches, fine residences and business blocks eoual
to any city OF It's size in the State. 1t is favorably
known the world over.
Natural Gas is the magic wand that has caused
and is causing this change. Eleven hundred feet
down the Grill taps the noiseless, ceanly invisible
agency which biesses mankind by giving free fuel
and light unsurpassed for thousands of glass fac
Huntsville gazette., 1888-04-21

tories, rollingmills furnaces and other factories
Findlay IS the housekeepers paradise. No smoke,
no soot, no ashes, no dust, wood no coal, moth
ing, in that line disagrecable
In the vicinity Of the above subdivision is now be-
ing constructed one Of the largest industrial estab-
ilsnments in the United States, the Kellogg Seam
less Tube and Manufacturing Co.upany,s factarv
to manufacture seamless gas, water and other pipe
intending to invest s00030 in cash and employ 1000
men. Other factories are not far away; and Mr.
Crosley IS arranging for two factories on the above
tract, which Will employ at least 200 msn. Other
factories will be erected this year in the Immediate
vicinity; street railroad Is projected sIong Main
street IN 'front.' OF this property. A station viii be
erected at Kellogg, on the H.. c. & g. r. R. eight
10 accommodate all comers. If ers lot in this tract
hd house on 5t they ac0uld Gl be occupied this peor
"A gas well OF large capacity has lust been drilled
upon ais subdivision, also water rell through the
Huntsville gazette., 1888-04-21
Exercise for the Tongue.

He who is anxious to tie his tongue in
knots will do well to attempt the follow
ing exercise in pronunciation: A day or
two ago, during lull in business, two
little bootblacks, one white and the other
black, were standing at the corner doing
nothing, when the white bootblack agreed
to black the black bootblack's boots. The
black bootblack was, Of course, w illng to
have his boots BACKED by his fell ow boot
black, and the bootblack who had agreed
to black the black bootblack's boots went
to work.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-04-21

"I want to thank you," writes a young
man to B. f. Johnson 4 Co., Richmond, Va,
g for placing me in position by which am
enabled to make money faster than I ever
did before" This is but a sample extract of
TIE many hundred of similar letters re-
eeived by the above firm. See their adver-
tisement in another column.
Huntsville gazette., 1888-04-21
acl,a.

The full significance of this atrociously ex-
pressive word is fully realized by the un-
fortunate who has been afflicted with in
fammatory rheumatism. That is ache with
a vengeance. Ere the disease is aggravated
to the inf1ammatory stage, the potent aid of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters should be
sought. This, used at the outset, will pre-
vent the further development OF the dis
ease and afford prompt relief.