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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16

should have wiser teacher; you are
too far advanced for me. Go to the
head of your class.
Anarchist-The capitalist who has
accumulated his millions by robbing
his employees, by Withholding from
them the actual amount in wages OF
what they produce, is the curse of the
poor man who must work for his bread.
Shrewd Mechanic-You are wrong.
my deluded friend. Low wages are
bad enough, but liquor and thieves,
spendthrifts, and parasites who draw
upon the surplus accumulated by the
millionaire, constitute the real curse
of the wage-worker. Think little,
and see if you can't make it out. It is
easy when you know how.
Those who cheat us by exorbitant
prices are thieves, but they are inno-
cent in comparison with those who sell
us adulterated food.
Too much law is apt to defeat Justice.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16

rear rank, all were alike logged out in
broad-brimmed hats, high feathers,
yellow stripes down the legs of their
pants, brass shoulder pieces, etc., and
to the Western boys, who were in
camp across the river from Washing
ton when the "darlings" made their
appearance, they were sight to be-
hold. BY general consent everybody
gave them the name of Butterfly
Regiment"
They were assigned to camp duty at
Fredericksburg, Va, with just enough
Johnnies in the neighborhood to re-
quire sharp lookout for chance shots.
There was one spot near the edge Of q
small ravine where six butterflies" had
been missing when the relief came
around, and it was almost impossible
to find any more men who would
stand guard there.
just ut this time the Third Indiana
Cavalry was returned to camp to re-
cruit up little, and the Butterfly
Regiment" was relieved and sent to the
front. In making the rounds with q
relief guard of the Third Cavalry, the
officer Of the guard of the Butterfly
troops went around also to give the new
hands" some pointers, and when. they
reached The dangerous place referred
TO uroed extreme caution, for they had
"lost six good men at this spot.
The new officer called one OF the
relief guards and said:
"Charlie, this is bad post, they say,
and know if anybody can hold 1t you
can, and 1 want you to try it. J"
An hour Later gun was fired IN the
neighborhood of Charles beat, and the
officer made haste to see what was the
matter. There was Charlie, Facing his
beat as unconcerned as you please, and
by the side of small sapling near the
edge of the ravine, about four rods of,
was dead rebel. ;. -,
.What's the matter, Charlie?"
"Nothin', now"
"Who killed the reb?"
"I guess I did" .,
.How did it happen?"
WHY. Iheard little noise, and when
T looked there he stood pointin' his gun.
and said, Surrender you = Yank;'
and I said, Go to hell. I'm no -
butterfly an that's all"-Ame'ica''
Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16
The Mileage Of the Blood Currrent.

In the Asclepidtl we find the follow
ing on the mileage of the blood current
of q healthy adult man; in whom the
current shall be traversing the condnits
of the circulation under the direction
Of sixty-nine strokes of the heart, at the
assumed propulsion OF nine feet at each
left ventricular pressure. The distance
traversed would, we estimate, be at the
rate of 2O7 yards per minute, or seven
miles per hour, or 168 miles per day, or
81 800 miles per year. Surprising,
therefore, that man who has lived
eighty-four years could have one blood
corpuscle floating all that time round
his circulating channels-as q planet
circulates round sun-that corpuscle
would have performed at the close of
the time named the grand tour of s.
LOO, 808 miles. The heat generated by
friction in this motion of the blood we
may take as included in the normal
constant of SO 4-5 degrees Fahrenheit.
What the excess would be when, as in
fever, the rate of passage may extend to
over double the normal, or fourteen
miles an hour, at full tension, can only
at present be estimated on data which
nave W O0 AOIMUAdO0O, tt4u 6T0, tu0Ie.
fore, inexact. But here most inn
portant field is open for inquiry, and
includes the questions: 1. Is the ex.
cess of febrile heat in pyrexia due to
increased pulsation at full tension? Q.
Is the increased motion due to the high
temperature? g.. Are both dependent
on one common cause? We really
know nothing about pyrexia until these
questions are determined. A pigeon
lives always at what in the human sub
ject would be the highest pyrexia. It's
temperature is 108 degrees Fahrenheit !;
its arterial pulsations are 40 beats per
minute; and it has surface of body
presenting the fullest resistance to con.
duction. Does this truly pyrexial ami
NAL owe it's normal high temperature
to it's rapid circulation? Does its high
Temperature give rise to it's rapid circu-
lation? Or are the heat and motion
dependent on one common undiscov.
cred cause?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16

actly that to do in such an emergency,
I will give them the benefit Of my ex-
perierte. s5
YoJwill perhaps be awakened in the
night generally about midnight) by
your title one coughing. And such
cough You can never mistake
"crotpy" cough. It will frighten any
one, }ven the mother who is expert
ence} and knows exactly what to do.
IKE the child out of bed and wrap
HMM flannel blanket, SO as to keep
him as warm as possible and guard
against his catching more cold. First
sefthat his feet and hands are warm.
Ten use either goose-oil or. vaseline
Wy freely, rubbing it on the nose, be-
Ind the ears, and on the chest and
tiroat, also on the soles of the feet
a}d in the palms of the little hands.
NSmothered" onions are very good to
bid on the chest and soles of the
fe&. Then make syrup of the
onAns by placing them in dish, put
tina water and sugar on them and let
TING them boil until they become q
thict syrup, and give a teaspoonful to
the Aild every once in while. AS o
genfal thing they will take it very
ready, for it is sweet, and they like it.
Hthe child is breathing very badly
and coughing great deal. the best
thing to do is to wiring a cloth out in
hot fater and put it on the chest and
high round the throat. Let it remain
on uitil you can wiring one out in cold
wate|; then change the hot cloth for
the @ld one, being very careful not to
expde the chest to the air. Repeat
this las rapidly as you can wiring out
the doths, say for fifteen minutes, or
unit 1.-THE child is relieved and breathes
freelt, and you will soon have your
littldone sleeping and find he is better.
At l4st this has been my experience
with by little boy.
Hite syrup is also excellent at such
q tinP, and you can give it according to
the directions on the bottle. !
C4up is very dangerous disease,
but + taken in time, and one under
stanfs what to do, mother can easily
carefor her child unless it be very
sevfe case of "membraneous Group,
in which case it is often necessary to
callh physician.-Chic0go Ledger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16


lank.
They were tired when they fell by tho roadside.
When their feet we're bleeding and sore;
And fell dead to behold them no moro:
They were tired when they charged on the earth.
works, .l q ..s...s7 =. ~
But they closed up their ranks like brave col
And drove the Johnnies out with yell.
They we're tired Of the din Of tho battle;
They were tired Of the lannon's loud roar:
They were tired whom they waded the rivers:
They were tired when they got to the shore:
They we're tired when the long troll was beating
And the rebels were charging their camp,
They were tired when out-numbered and cap
tured: - ~,
They we're tired on the prisonward tramp.
They were tired whom they entered tho prison
Where they rotted to death With the sourvv.
And shook In the rain without fire;
They were tired whom they could stand ne
longer,
When they lay themselves down there to die,
When they longed for their homes in the north
land,
But their spirits passed up to the sky.
They were tired when the war was all over,
Though the country with freedom was blest,
And though empty the sleeves that some car
ried,
They were glad at last they could rest;
Though tired in the ways I have told you,
Their lives and their blood and their treasure
Freely given, their country to save.
Are the people all tired Of the soldiersq
May God help them when Gabriel shall blow.
For the soldiers shall enter life's portals,
But such people, where will they 60?
PrrTsBoRo, Ind.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16

snanged to Sharpsburg. on tho o+hor
sue sue OF the Antietam, near wh;cb ' ~
lever everest fighting had been. 7 h sd
peen on duty ali through The h.t 4aa
signaling to headquarters from n"' tSs
h burnside ,s.e 2 Bridge and beyond; once I
,sn my morse shot, and was so spotted
MIN Ma1n blood from him that / # first
~ thhougnt was wounded myself: and on
ene Jay after the battle 1 was ont in
llont, observing and signaling bacL -
Shepherdstown, where tho ano,,,r
crossed, is only eight milas oI frnE,
onarpsburg. saw their regiments 1
OF parts of regiments. art;llerv
wagons wa NJ everything, getting over. I
Top Of church steeple; but there ere
could be no dispute about the fact +
saw also that it was q very slow ;ob.
indeed, what soldier who has eyor
tired it does not know that the fordino
OF river is always slow, and that
suc1 Q crossing: by as few as ten thou
sand men is always a tedious opera
tion? And I suppose that NOT less
than thrice that number crossed -e 81
Shepherdstown after Antietam. "
l saw so much of this kind of thing
mat thought the situation ought to
De reported personally and urgently at
headquarters. It seemed to me then
that the larger part of the Confederate
army was safe in Virginia. And I saw
plainly that our artillery and infantry
were In such positions and SO near that
1t only needed the word of authority to
capture what was left on the Maryland
side. ->- 1''->'
Should that word be spoken? wht
not? l was young and enthusiastic
and had an idea that the war ought to
be prosecuted in earnest. So I mounted
my horse and rode back to Sharpsburp
L found McClellan's Headquarters at
another brick house in the Village. I
did not see the General, but I saw
General r. B. Marcy, his father-in-law
and chief-of-staff. The latter was an
elderly man, sedate and rather severe
in appearance; but he listened atten-
lively to all I had to say. I did not
think that the intelligence gave him
much surprise.
While we were talking young and
dashing officer in cavalry dress came in.
He exchanged few words with Gen
eral Marcy and heard the latter say
to him:
Colonel Fitzpatrick, here is the sig
nal-officer, from the front. You had
better talk with him yourself"
That was SO early in the war that
there was no General" Fitzpatrick.
[ explained to the Colonel what I
had seen.
It'll go out there with my cavalry, /"
he eagerly said, "and capture them"
Excuse me, Colonel, " put in, "but
1 don't believe you'll be quick enough to
capture man"
Don't repeat that remark, young
man" General Marcy said, with a Sc
we're frown. got the idea at once that
my opinions were not wanted. Kilpat-
rick laughed.
However, the General sent me back
to my church-steeple to report further,
and gave me half company of order
lies to bring in my dispatches. I do
not think that Colonel Fitzpatrick was
permitted to charge the retreating en-
envy. L got to my steeple again,
watched the crossing, penciled notes of
it and dropped them down to the order
lies, and Lees army vanished.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16

pine shingles. One day we had some
bareback issued on which was discov-
cred the letters "B. c." which might
have stood for the makers name, but
one of our soldiers didn't interpret
them that way. AS soon as he saw the
letters he exclaimed: "Now, that's
right. We always want to know when
our crackers were made, and it is plain
to be seen that these were made be.
fore Christ, and they are so marked. I"
When our regiment went to the front
in Kentucky, late in the fall of 1862,
we had not yet learned the art of war
as we were taught later on, and among
our primitive customs or habits was
one we had brought with us of build
ing our beds or hunks above the
ground. As the weather grew cold, one
by one, or pair by pair, began to build
their beds upon the ground. At length
the officers began to throw aside their
nice little cots which looked so soft
and comfortable to those who had
built their hunks of hard
boards. Among the first to
throw away his cot was Major
Broaddus, which Private Underhill,
of Company K, Immediately seized
upon as an old-time luxury, remark
ing, "Now I'll enjoy o comfortable
nights rest once more" Major Broad
dus told him he thought he wouldn't
find it so comfortable as he imagined,
unless the weather changed. The next
morning Broaddus asked Underhill
how he had slept. Underhill, with
some enthusiasm, replied: "Major,
keep shady; my fortunes made. Il
ever I live to get home again, I an,
going into the dairy business, and ]
am going to provide myself with a, Not
of these darn cots to set pans of milk
on, for if there is anything in the
world that will keep them cool it will
be these cots"
CHICAGO Ill.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16

men who could wore them than left
them of. n
A sentinel down toward the river
near some storehouses shivered as he
strobe to and fro on his post, his gun
lock under his arm to keep off the wet.
He was raw recruit from "down
East" sent out to help fill the ranks of
regiment which had lost one-half its
men since the campaign began.
He saw man in regulation over
coat and with SLOUGH hat, but with the
steady carriage of a veteran, passing
along few rods away, and he called
out to him: "Say. friend, have yer any
terbacker in yer clothes?" The passer-
by was smoking cigar.
"No," he replied. IL can give you
cigar, but don't chew"
"And don't smoke, but I'm starv-
ing for chaw, replied the sentinel, as
he looked over to the other wistlu.ly.
AN chaw, and dasnt smoke on post.
Say, couldn't you stand post a minute
till run over to the suffers yonder?"
IT could" said the other, with grim
smile on his face, and then he ADDED,
Il will. Give ne your gun and orders"
"There isn't no orders, only to hail
anybody going ,-nigh them stores, and
to stop 'em as |. 5 no business there"
So the sentin,l, relieved of his post,
hurried to the Suffers for the desired
tobacco. Returning promptly, he took
his gun and quietly said:
eff I git chance I'll do as much for
you, friend What regiment be you
imp"
"Not any. lifelong to headquarters.
"What, to the Generals guard?
What's your name?"
The quiet looking man puffed out a
cloud of smoke and said. "My name is
Grant"
"Great Jerusalem!" gasped the SEN
tinel; GIVE been relieved by General
Grant himself, and didn't know him"
How could he when not q mark OF
the Generals rank was in sight, and
the poor fellow was yet too green in
service to know what a fault he had
committed in yielding post and gun to
any but his regular relief?
The veterans of the Thirteenth New
York Volunteers propose to form a col
| 1ootion of WAY rn1ics
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16

ners; wipe dry with soft piece of cot
ton cloth; do not use linen, as it. makes
the glass linty when dry. Polish with
tissue paper or old newspaper. You
will find this can be done in half the
time taken where soap is used, and the
result will be brighter windows.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16
Washing Windows.

There is right and wrong way to
wash windows, and as thisSopt ration is
usually dreaded, the following method
will doubtless be appreciated, as it
saves both time and labor: Choose o
dull day, OF at least time when the
sun is not shining on the window, for
when the sun shines on the window it
causes it to be dry streaked, 10 matter
how much it is rubbed. Take paint
er's brush and dust them inside and
out, washing all the woodwork inside
before touching the glass. The latter
must be washed simply in warm water
diluted with ammonia; do not use
soap. Use small cloth with pointed
stick to get the dust out of the cor
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16
A Stroke Of Luck.

Mr.. Bornlucky-Ah, congratulate
me, GOGGLES, I've won a prize in the
Louisiana State Lottery.
Googles-By doggy, old man, you
don't say so; how much?
Mr.. Bornlucky-Twelve dollars.
Googles-What did it cost you?
Mr.. Bornlucly Thirty dollars
Time.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16

QutLL toothpicks come largely from
France, which possesses the largest
factory in the world. This factory,
which is located near Paris, was orig
inally started to make quill pens, but
when those went out of use the pro-
prietor turned it into a toothpick-mill,
the present annual output OF which is
&c, OOO, 600 quilts.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16
Campfire Anecdotes.
By J. K. NJ, sEvENry-E1eHrH ILLINOIS.

HAVE seen hard
tack sell in times Of
famine for twenty
five and fifty cents
each, but when it was
first issued to us we
had to get very
hungry before W e
would eat it. 1t up
peared to us about
like so1e-leather or
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16

AN Indiana farmer got up in his sleep
and stole his own mule and hid him in
the woods, where the Sheriff, who
came next day, couldn't find him to
serve an execution.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16
The First Blood.

W. S. Wheeler, Company Fl, Tenth
wast Virginia, Hutchinson, Kansas,
a;v ives in the National Tribune q brief
s saoonnt Of the first blood drawn in the
late war by the soldiers OF the oppos-
ing armies: ,.4;,,,s ora others
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16
Roses In Bulgaria.

Bulgaria, the little country in Europe
whfh we hear so much about of late, is
vritable rose garden in itself. In no
pan of the world has the cultivation of
tharose come so near perfection as in
thil small state, and although the soil
and atmosphere of the county have
much to do with the success of the
work, the native inhabitants have made
such q long and careful study of the
plant and its needs that they have Gre
sted wonders out of their fields of
blooming roses. As is well-known, the
flowers are grown there for the purpose
Of extracting the precious aroma known
as "otto of rose," but this circumstance
does not detract in the least from the
appearance of the roses. The bushes
require considerable care and attention,
and they are seldom allowed to attain
height of over six feet.
In the great rose gardens, where the
flowers are raised for manufacturing the
lotto of rose," the bushes are seldom
grated or budded. The roots forming
the bushes of young rose garden are
taken from the old bushes and carefully
buried with plenty of manure, where
they send up young shoots. These
reach their full growth in about five
years, and for fifteen years will yield
large crops of roses. When an old bed
begins to fail the bushes are cut away
and new shoots allowed to spring up,
or the whole field plowed up and roots
from another bed set out in their place.
A successful rose grower keeps several
rose gardens at times in different stages
Of development, SO that when one gar
den begins to be unproductive another
one is about ready to come in. The
roses blossom in the latter part of May,
when all the neighborhood is employed
in picking them and getting them to
the distillery.
In addition to the great industry Of
extracting the precious aroma from the
roses, the inhabitants of Bulgaria make
quite business of exporting rose slips
and roots to different countries. The
facility with which the roses grow in the
fertile valleys of that county make it a
profitable business to raise the bushes
1or market. The cuttings for buds are
sent hundreds of miles, packed in long
grass and surrounded with straw, dis
posed longitudinally. But the ]" Gu
lar rose, from which the otto OF uses is
made, the rose moschata, ca yAot be
grown with much success in my other
part of Europe. Attempts have been
made frequently to cultivate it in the
south of France. but all such expert
ments have proved failure. The slips
and roots of the bushes are sent to
different parts Of Europe, where the
rose is grown in some of the prin-
cipal public gardens. The aroma is
so sweet that it will scent up the
whole room if kept indoors, and will
even impregnate the outside atmos-
phere OF garden with it's penetrating
odor.-Tick's Magazine.
Washing Wind0,xs
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16
ADvIc1 TO YOUNG MOTHERS.
BY JE}F1E roRBusH HANAFoRD.
EARLY eyery moth

EARLY every moth
Ter has q dread of the
Group, and the little
ones are so liable to
have it, and have it
often, that it is quite
important to under
stand how to take
care of them during
an attack Of it. And
for the benefit of
young mothers, who
are inexperienced,
an1 do NOT knnxu oy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16

A GENERAL inundation by the failure
of the bikes in Holland occasioned a
loss of life, it is said, amounting to AGO.
600 persons in 1880.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16
Small Talk,
EACHER What

lis an atheist. IT.
Bright Pupil
An atheist is an
animal that does
not believe in the
existence of q God.
Teacher Name
q few.
Bright Pupil
Cattle and sheep,
horses and often
human beings are
atheists.
Teacher-You
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16
A LOVE RACE.

A LOVE RACE.
We ran race up Duncan's hill,
The wager was q kiss;
She ran her best, did the same,
For fear that should miss!
reached the top wi soople stride
Afore Meg got half way,
But what think ye O. woman's wiles-
The jade she wadna pay.
Ae NIGHT just three weeks after that,
tauld her o. the debt;
Quo I, My lass, ye'd better pay,
For fenr ye should forget.
At was ae kiss ut first, ye ken;
Interest makes it twa."
Quo she, "Gin that's the way ye coont,
Ye'd better take them a."
taen her at her word, of course,
Sac tue the kirk we gaed.
1t was ma long, or hard tue dae,
iva hearts in one were made.
Ain syne, I aft hae cad tae mind
That day the race was run,
An, lash We mamma tell her OF
wish hadna won!
-T3n1pp .Tnurr,U1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16
Both Correct.

Quickleigh and Deepley meet q
mutual acquaintance.
@. (who doesn't admire the M. Al
Why is Dabbster like lead quarter?
d. always trying to discover some
occult reason for everything)--Oh. be-
cause-because he doesn't ring we'll, I
guess. At least, his late fancee has re-
turned his solitaire.
Q.-I'n go you one better. Because
when he passes at all it's for blamed
sight more than he's worth. Detroit
Free Press.
EDITOR CH1LDs, of Philadelphia, has
a nerfect cOny of the rare Saur Rihle-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16
Grant on Guard.

T was o drizzly day,
only o short time De-
fore General Grant
|drove the enemy
from Petersburg and
moved toward Five
Forks and Appomat-
itox. A chill north
east gale made over
Goa is comfortable
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-16
TIM No Butterfly.

REVEREND COM
rade of the Third
Indiana Cavalry,
we'll beloved by the
boys, tells the fol-
lowing story on o
New York regiment:
It was one of the
city swell regiments,
and to the dumpiest
little nrivata in tho