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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28
THE CHILDREN.
Fun, Fact, and Fiction for
Our Little Girls and
Boys.
CRUELTY OF BOYS AND GIRLS.
Billy Became the AsSis' ant Lighthouse
Keeper, and Vas Very Useful to
His Uncle.
The cruelty Of Boys and GiyiS.

Some OF my boys had got into the
nabit of shooting birds With fippers,
and last Week. two or three of these
little teatheIed creatures, still warm,
were brought to me dead, by little
girl, who. with tears i'll her eyes. laid
them or my desk. The next day a boy
brought me handsome little rcl-
breast, apparently shot in the same
manner; after looking at it for a mo-
ment, and thinking how cruel it was to
destroy such poor, harmless creatures, L
gave it back to him, determined to make
Il strong appeal to the boys. had
hardly sent him away, when one of the
girls canlc. weeping and in great dis
tress. to say that she had lost a bird
from her hat, and that one of the boys
had got it. | was not little surprised,
and Immediately sent for the boy and
bird. He pulled it out of his trousers
pocket. into which it seemed tight fit,
and to the mingled JOY and fear of the
cNfcctant maiden, presented it to her.
But oh. horror! it was full of blood and
matted feathers: its head and wings
dropped dead-like aud it's whole appear
ancc soon convinced her that this robin
was not her Robin, and she went away
sorrowiul
Then thought, wherein is the diff
ference between the cruelty of boys and
that of girls? The boys destroy life for
fun and the girls for show! 0 girls!
you who are thought to be pitiful and
tender-hearted, have mercy upon these
poor little innocent creatures. who
adorn Gods creation much better where
they are. than on your hats Home
T11Jr1lnI
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28
EDUCATION OF TIN, BRAIN.

The brain can be trained just like the
hand. This is the great subject Of
education. An empty head is an evil
head; an unframed brain is u mischiev-
Gus brain. The brain must be used all
round, and perhaps the greatest danger
Of school education at present is that
the memory is cultivated principally or
almost alone. It is not walking en-
cyclop@dias that do good in the werld,
but skilled brains, able to think and not
merely to remember. No teaching is
likely to be of much permanent value
which does not exercise other faculties
of the mind. the reflection and judging
powers, the power of giving undivided
attention and the power of taking pains.
Interest in the work is essential to true
progress, and the most enduring knowl-
edge is that which we teach ourselves.
Imagination should be stimulated by
wholesome and stirring stories and all
the wealth of poetry; and the will
should be educated by forcing ourselves
to do our duties promptly, even when
disagreeable, as they so often are.
Habits are largely the result Of train
ing the same part of the brain is used
over and over again; the nervous energy
travels the same set of fibers from the
same center time after time, until ulti-
mately it passes without any control and
almost unconsciously. The painful eff
forts Of learning an art in the end give
an unnoticed mastery over it. Here is
the danger of self-indulgence in any
Vice. II. Polloch, N. d., IN the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28
A Revolution in Fencing.

The cheapness and convenience d
barb wire has rendered it's use almosl
universal in this and other Western
States. Yet every farmer who puti
up a fence of it does so with almost
certainty that more OF less of hisstoeI !
will be injured by it. All have beelI
wishing for. but scarcely expecting ID
secure, a fence that would combine thd
cheapness of the barbed wire and AZ
the same time be safe for stock. Va
believe the desired result has been acI
complished i'll a large measure by thu
steel stay guards manufactured by thu
Wire Fence Improvement Co., of CHI
cago. They are intended to be usela1I
plain wire, and when applied should
make a fence that will turn horses and
cattle and yet avoid any risk Of njuE1
ing them.
A representative of this paper onI|
the invitation of the manufactures
made a careful examination Of thy
guard and of the manner of applying
it to fence, and is fully satisfied q
it's feasibility for the purpose intended
1t consists Of thin, flat piece Of tent
pered steel, REINFORCED by a bit q
spring steel wire. The ends OF ths|
guard are bent closely over the fence|
wire, and firmly fastened by soft AMI
nealed wires attached for the purpose
The fence is strong and firm, and beIs
visible to stock, prevents them floa
running against it. The guaros l l1
very proftably be attached to baf 1ra
wire fences to make them visible. VIZ
regard it as very valuable invention
and expect to see its use become Sep
eral.-IO,r0 Homestead.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28
THE SNAIL BOZ GETS THERE.

Tommy, who has been often men
toned in this column before, says the
"Topical Talker" of the Pittsburgh
Dispatch, has again distinguished HIM
self. This 5-year-old terror went into
the country, near town, to visit favor
tie young aunt a few days ago. On
Saturday afternoon he was left almost
alone in the garden, and his aunt, be-
fore leaving him opay some calls, gave
him a handful Of salt and directed him
to apply it to the birds tails, and thus
effect their capture after the familiar
nursery recipe. To further enthuse the
boy, his aunt said that he could put all
the birds he caught in the cage where
her highly priced canary lived in
golden idleness.
Tommy was delighted, and started in
to catch all the birds in sight in tn
orchard and garden. Of course he
didn't catch much, but got very tired,
so tired that at last he set out for the
house. On his way he had to pass
through the stableyard, where the
poultry was kept. Tommy opened the
gate rather suddenly, and several young
Brahma Pootra chickens of this Years
Matching, gawky, long-legged birds Of
every unfinished appearance, flew into
the air and skurried away.
Tommy saw his opportunity. Here was
game which surely could be caught
He went to work with singular caution
and drove about half dozen Brahmas
into corner, threw what he had left of
the salt over them, and then cast him
self upon them. All escaped but one.
Tommy fell upon the luckless chicken,
and being stout boy for his years, al
most squashed it flat.
He took the bird by the legs and CON
veyed it into the house. Once in the
parlor he climbed upon chair and
opened the canary's cage. The canary
flew out, and by main force Tommy
squeezed the chicken into the cage.
At the same minute his aunt entered
TaDleau
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28
coRl1ss AND THE Rog1yx
4 Pleasant Story of tho yr..,,
denco Manurac,,, Frt

Mr.. corliss, not very long boto..
death, SAYS the Boston Tras,sc rc;ote ,
occasion to build an addition to Il ~, A'
ufactory--a big H." for add; IL HIS ma
chinery. To prepare tho souns N
for this y it was necessary to remo''l
ledge of rock by blasting. Tho .en nov
do the work on the addition had 1'ea
employed and put on the nov .lsa Dee
materials had been purchase s1A;t
brought to the building, and "f tba az
OF blasting HAD begun. The next e n wy
ing MIR. Corliss passed by the ', ua
where the work was proceeding p pad
the foreman in charge, KNOWING o. IL; Wig
terest in pretty things, called him MY
See here, Mr.. Corliss,' sa;s
here is bird's-nest that we've i fa,l
! and that's got to 60" '0laq
He showed the manufacturer . ~,
sitting upon nest that had been b L"o1
fast and snug, in a crevice Of tho v VI
among some bushes that grew wv ~ {vs
The bird flew off her nest as tba '',sf1
came near, and showed five blna s ae
that looked as if they had just rs bss|
laid. '' oee]
Can we move that nest somavh.]
! else?" asked Corliss. "t'e1
"I'm afraid not, sir. We'd toar :. |
pieces getting it out, and it isn't .. \
likely that you could get the bird "a ]
to setting again anywhere else. WA
got to go on, so we may as we'll rim
out and throw the eggs away"
No." said Corliss. Eve won't al
turb her. Let her bring out her Inv, ~
right there" '''1
"But we'll have to stop work On al
building!" Y
"Let it us stop it then.
And so orders were given that oDe,,
| tions on the addition should he p ~
| pended. They were suspended: al
the hands stood still, drawing their ",
for doing nothing, or next to notbna
while the robin sat on her nest with n
air of great consequence and jealous \
tention to business, and had her al
brought,to her by her mate, and at h,
Matched her brood. And then Then
were three weeks more to go BY, ]
least, before the young ones could N
Corliss visited the nest frequently, NJ
with any uneasiness or impatience /
have the robins and the young ones on
of the way, but with genuine intere,
in their growth. The old birds had al
the time they wanted; and when at las
they had sternly helped the clumsy, re
luctant youngsters over the edge Of iii
nest, and they showed themselves abb
to get about on their own hook, orle,
were given to resume the building o.
erations; and the dull boom OF the gun
powder, tearing the rocks apart, wa
heard where the birds had peeped.
It was an idle freak, practical ma
would say, of a man who may have ha
more money than he knew what to d
with. Perhaps it was a freak, butt
was one of the sort of freaks that max
the world better.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28

Soon the sun burned on the crest of I
hill far inland, like a bonfire kindlet
there, the flames playing zap through
the clouds and igniting them.
All rcady!" exclaimed Billy, stand
ing by the lamp, match in hand. The
assistant keeper is ready
The moment the sun sank under thai
crest Of the hill, up flashed the light ii
the lantern, kindled by the faithful
Billy.
mo Uncle Nahum" he murmured
going down stairs to the kitchen. well
occupation is remedy for dull hours.
Now | will get supper for Uncle Nahum.
| can't do much as a cook. but | can set
the tca-kettle on the stove and let the
water bile as Uncle Nahum says.
That will do for his tea. Then / can
toast some bread and cut some cold
be donc.'
In the midst of these preparations he
heard noise outside the lighthouse.
"'Ilooit t-t!' was its cheerful sum-
mons.
Uncle Nahum!" said Billy, spring
ing to the door of the kitchen. Then
he went down to the storeroom and
next to the door of the lighthouse. He
looked into the shadows. "Cncle Ma
hum-m-m!' he shouted.
"Ay, av!' was the response "Here
am"
Uncle Nahum moored his boat, and
climbed the ladder fastened to the wall
Of the lighthouse.
"Why, why, is it fogggy?" asked Billy.
Twas clear at sunset"
Il know it, and it bothered me.
Dreadfully sorry to be late, Billy, but /
struck the fog that came in from the
sea, and l must say it bothered me: but
your light brought me all right at last.
Came near running on Wrecker'a
Ledge, but just then saw your light.
Why, l feel proud of my assistant" de-
clared Uncle Nahum.
Oh. now cozv seemed the kitchen of
the lighthouse, snug and warm and
cheerful! Uncle Nahum helped the as
sistant cook, and the table was spread
with an abundant feast, Aunt Sally
having sent from the shore several of
her famous pies and jar Of her very
toothsome preserves. The next morn
ing Uncle Nahum, having at sunrise ex-
tinguished the lamp in the lantern, was
coming down through the watch-room.
He saw the slate on which Billy had
written the day before.
Ha! ha. hal" laughed Uncle Nahum,
reading Billy's penmanship. "Then
Billy thought what / said was worth
putting down: Occupation is remedy
for dull hours Let me add this
Uncle Nahum was now writing and
occupation is great help to other FOLKS,
for it helped me get back to the light
house,"
The light-keeper laid down the slate,
and resumed his journey to the kitchen.
When Billy read this testimony from
Uncle Nahum, what grin crossed his
face!
Its good to be an assistant light
keeper" he mllrmured.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28
Is THIS FINANCIAL WISDOM

The greatest achievement in the his
tory OF life insurance has been made by
Mr.. John Wanamaker, who is now pay
ing premiums on $1,000, 900 to twenty
nine different companies.
There are number of men in this
city who have been trying for years to
achieve the point just gained by Mr.
Wanamaker, but they have SO far failed,
although John B. Stetson, the hat
manufacturer, has succeeded in getting
policies on his life amounting to $780,
900. He is DESTROYS OF putting the
amount up to round million.
The risks on Mr.. Wanamakers life
are divided equally into life and fifteen
year endowments and he pays over $780,
600 annually in premiums to the differ
ent companies in which his risks are
placed. In the matter of paying
premiums he is outdone by Mr.. Stetson,
who pays $4,000 in the same length of
time, but the difference is accounted
for by the fact that besides paying the
premiums on the risks Of his own life.
he also pays those on the lives of his
business manager and his son-in-law,
both Of whom he has insured for $780,
900 each, besides holding policies for
large amounts on other peoples lives.
Should Mr.. Wanamaker allow the
annual dividends to go uncollected
until the risks on his life expire he will
be entitled to about 81, 100000. There
are three companies which carry
premiums of $780, 900 each on his life
But Mr.. Wanamaker is not the only
man in this city upon whose life big
risks are issued. George w. Childs is
insured for 100000, and so is Wharton
Barker. Hamilton Disston is insured
for about $15O,OOO. J. G.. Darlington is
insured for one-tenth of a million, and
his partner, William M. Bunk, for
twice that amount. = PhiladelDhia
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28

mined Wills frequently get into the bad
habit of drawing their lips together in a
way they think expresses determination !;
the lips acceptable and naturally assume
the position which is oftenest given
them, so she who feels on pleasant
terms with the world at large, who
makes it point only to say pleasant
things, will have about her mouth that
something that the French call a'ia1ate-
the look that tells OF a laugh without the
sound and smile that is not a smirk.
With all his gallantrv it took French
man to say this: "To be beautiful a
woman must not talk much or she will
contract her mouth in an unbecoming
manner.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28
CARL DENIDER.
Some Genera, Observations.

L NO3Nc General observations.
If vhas to live my life oafer again ]
Expect do no peter as pefore. Nopod,
Knows how to live until he vhas aboud,
eady to die.
I Nopody vhas sooch good fricndt tc
ne dot he can tell me we're should re.
'orm onless I get mad NIT him. Itvhas
human nature dot we all believe VIC
5has good enough.
In trying to get something for nothing
n dis world we ohecrfullv buy So worth
If cigars for der man who gifts us a
;eecket to 5O-cent show.
] doan' see some loafers around mid
,ut wonder dot Nature vhas so foolish.
She could shust ash we'll hat used oop
lot material to grow fcncc-rails and
nitching-posts.
II you find me sonic man who vhA
satisfied nit der weather und der peo-
pies und der world, ] show YOU some
body vhas ripe for either Fcafcn or der
IDIOT asylum.
When like to pound on my drum I
forget dot / hat some ncighbors who
may like to shleep. When I like to
sleep myself my neighbor should be put
in shall if he plays on der piano.
We likes man who shpeaks der
truth by us. und vet so soon ash he tells
us something unpleasant we vhas mad
at him.
When I hear boy whistle feel safe.
1 know dot so long as he whistles he
doan' put up some shop to shtcal my
apples OF carry off my front gate.
If YOU take mans bad luck and
trace it back you Will discover dot he
vhas to blame ten times where some
pody else vhas once, und yet he re-
members only dot once.
/ doan' like man to he liberal with
me, especially a doctor in prescribing
large doses.
1t Wasn't so much der darkness [
vhas afraid of When night comes, but
maybe / do something's mean OF wicked
by daylight.
Ii you keep your eyes open you Will
see dot charity works hard all summer,
while most of her benefciaries sleep in
der shade OF loafs nit der saloons.
We doan' know some mon until dcy
vhas gone to der bad. Den it vhas We
hear eafcrypody say how shmart und
talented dey vhas all der time.
Der best frendt / CATER had became
my enemy as soon as lent him S. nit
out security. Dot same man would
have mortgagel his house und lot to
somepody else und felt dot it vhas only
peesncss.
Sometimes it seems to me dot der
world vhas too wicked to stand much
longer, und dot it vhas hard to find one
honest, upright man. [ take some liver
medicine, und 10! der next day der
world vhas good enough und all men
vhas all right.
] hat seen funeral procession a mile
long, und two weeks later L hat asked
who vhas buried dot day, und nopody
could remember. When a man gets
through nit der world der world vhas
through nit him.
A hypocritc vhas bad man, und yet
sometimes / vhas glad to meet a tief
who doan' tell me who he vhas.
When 1 see a woman cry [ feel to
praise der wisdom of Nature. Ii she
couldn't shed tears she would pull some
pody's hair.-DetyoN Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28
PLENTY JUST LIKE HER

We must curtail expenses" said the
husband to his sweet wife.
Indeed, and ! don't see how ANYBODY
could be more saving than am. We've
got family Of four Of our own and two
servants, and yet I manage to get along.
my dress bills and all, with only little
over 5000 month"
And l get a salary of 500 a month {"
Well, you must get them to raise
your salary. You have the least man
agement about you Of any person I ever
saw. Oh, if only were a man.'-Ken.
lucky State Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28
EOH stout PEOPLE.
Tho Sel,rcningcr Treatment for O""s'.D"
Pronunciation of Liquids IT" -"oSe A"'-
.,o.,unf 1.c0ujreUlcNf.

eno S,h,rcn;uocr treatment for Oiesify--
| Pronunciation of Liquids Its -"oSA A"t-
| portrait Requirement.
The system of Prof Ernst Schwen-
niger for the treatment OF Obesity
which was introduced here about Two
wears AGO. saws the New York san, has
bv this time been sufficiently tested TO
demonstrate that anybody who Will de-
terminedly follow the regimen pre-
scrbcd by it can reduce his flesh to any
reasonable degree desired, it beng I'M
derstood. of course, that his physical
condition is not such by reason OF m
durable heart or kidney disease as to
make reduction perilous. And there IS
just one thing about it that is hard to
get used to. That is the absolute pro-
hibition Of all liquids during meals and
for an hour before and an hour after
each meal. 1t does not seem so difficult
to do without fluids to wash down ones
food until it is tried, and the iron press
rre of habit in clipping and even gulp'
ing water wine, milk, tea, OF coffee
while eating is realized. The very fact
of prohibition seems to make one more
intensely thirsty, and the iuciest food
takes on the astringent dlyness OF
chewed pomegranate rind. OF course,
one becomes accustomed to it after
awhile, eventually does not feel any de
sire for liquids at the prohibited times,
and even finds less disposition to drink
at any time than he had before. Then
his reward comes, not only in the re
duction of flesh, but in surprising
diminution of the nuisance Of perspira-
ton, which is the misery of all fat men.
1t must not be supposed that this
shutting off Of liquids is the whole of
the treatment, though it appears to be
the most important requirement. That
ranking next to it is that one most not
gorge with food in which sugar and
starch are largely component parts.
The iron. chancellor still lives by
Schweninger rules and in doing so
keeps down his tendency to growing fat
and remains wonder Of vitality and
vigor at his advanced age.
There is no royal road to relief from
corpulence that may be travelled with
ease and safety, and without self-sacri-
flee. Nostrums ale from time to time
advertised as affording it-such as one
now doomed in England, and finding
not a few dupes here-but they do not.
Starvation la Banting, and the nos
trum cures that profess to reduce glut-
tons while practicing their gluttony if
they will only take wineglassful at
each meal" are alike dangerous hum
bugs Renouncing liquids seems to be
demonstrated the safest and best thing
when accompanied by due moderation
in eating. But in no case is it absolutely
safe for a fat person to adopt any really
effective measures for reducing weight
without thorough preliminary knowl
edge Of the actual condition Of his vital
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-28
Hoo Billy Kcpt the Lighthouse.

81 think" said Uncle Nahum one
afternoon to his young nephew, Billy,
Il shall have to make you my assistant
and leave the lighthouse in your care. :"
What" thought Billy. BE left
alone in the lighthouse"
He thought it was splendid" to keep
the lights with Uncle Nahum Goodale
but to be left alone in that tower of
stone, planted on rock not much
bigger than the foot of the tower, was
an unwelcome seclusion. All around
this solitary rock swept the great. sea,
raging violently in a storm.
You see, Billy, have found out
that weneed some things at the light very
much, explained Uncle Nahum, "and
] must go to town after them. will be
back by hghting-up time. So don't you
worry"
Wish I could go with you.
And | wish you could, only-only-
J. am expecting our supply of water
may be brought to us this very day, and
it comes by vessel; and if we are both
gone, and the lighthouse shut up,
why"
oh, yes! ALI right. I'll stay and be
assistant keeper"
That helps me ever SO much, and
will give you something to do. Down
in the store-room there is some wood to
be piled up, and then you can sweep
up; and if that work gives out, why,
please look at the library, busting the
books and putting them back in their
places You know that occupation is a
remedy for dull hours. Don't forget
that
That is worth remembering. I will
write it down."
Uncle Nahum sailed away from the
lighthouse, feeling that Solomon was
not the only person in the world who
could make maxim; while Billy went
to q slate up in the watchroom and wrote
down the words, Occupation is re-
NEEDY for dull hours"
Then he hurried down the lighthouse
stairs to the storeroom Whistling
away, he patiently piled the scattered
wood Then he swept the Uttered floor.
Now" said Billy, "I'll go up to the
watchroom and put the library in
ORDER
He took the books out of their case,
thoroughly busted them and placed them
in order.
How the time does fly" exclaimed
Billy, Uncle Nahum was right"
He went to the slate, and, taking his
pencil, wrote this under the now famous
maxim; Il have piled up the wood,
swept out the storeroom, and at ended
to the library; and I find that Uncle
Nahum is right. Time has gone real
,quick!"
What next? He went up to the Ian
tern i'll which was the lamp, and then
stopped outside on the "parapet. This
was a rallied platform going about the
tower.
Wonder where Uncle Nahum is ?'
said Billy. II can't see his boat"
Between the lonely lighthouse and
the land no white sail could be seen
dotting the waters.
The sun will 60 down soon, and the
lamps ought to be lighted. Well, .
unused Billy, IF he shouldn't come, the
assistant keeper must lightup for Uncle
Nahum"