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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
MINNESOTA PROHIBITIONIsTs.
Delegates at-Largo and District Delegates
to the National Convention.

Delegates at-Largo and District Delegates
to the National Convention.
The Minnesota delegates-at-large to the Ma
tional Prohibition Convention have been Sc
lected by the State Committee. and are as fol-
lows:
James p Pankham of Hennspin County. w.
w Satterlee of Hennepin, James E. Child Of
Waseca. Mrs. H. A. Hobart Of Goodhue, Prof
T. s. Reinlstadt Of Hennepin. Hugh Harrison
of Hennepin, the Rev. Martin Mahony OF Ram
sey. Alternates: Miss A. NJ Henderson, Of
Hennepin, c. A. Bierce of Winona, the Rev. A.
Sjolander of lsanti, tho Rev F. .. Holman Of
Ramsey, L. W. Denton of Hennepn. G. -.
Holt Of Hennepin. f. L. Curial of Anoka, j. U.
Barnes Of Douglas.
The district delegates are:
/. A. r. Bowker Ct Winona, G. N. McLaushlin
of steele, C. S. kneeland of Dodge
3 George J. Dav of Mobiles, J. N. Wishart Of
Blue Earth, T. P. Grout Of Rock.
8. c: A. Fosness of Chippewa, e: y Lnngerson
of Mcleod, I. G. Stearns Of Goodhue.
4. G. F. Wells of Ramsey, w. J. Dean of Hen.
nepin, C. N. Woodward Of Rumsey.
S. F.. A. Richardson Of st. Louis. Louis knute
Johnson of Otter TAIL peter Abletoft Of Becker
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

From the Congressional Directory We repro
duce this brief sketch Of Col. Matson's lite
Courtland c. Matson. of Greencastle, was born
uate Of indiana Asbury University: at the be-
ginning Of the war enlisted as private in the
Sixteenth Indiana Volunteers, and after one
years service in that regiment entered the
teers), and served in that regiment until Octo-
Der. 1866. filling different intermediate grades
up to that of Colonel Of the latter regiment:
after tho war he studied law with his father,
Hon. John A. Matson entered the practice at
his present homo. and has so continued; was
three times elected as Prosecuting Attorney OF
different courts in Indiana; was elected to the
Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty ninth
Congresses and was reelected to the Fiftieth
Congress as q Democrat. receiving 1904 votes
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

4 the farm would permit in the occupation OF
lying brick as the assistant Of his father, who
MS brickmason by trade
In 1851 Young Fifer and his brother, George
T. enlisted in the Thirty third Illinois Infantry
lieutenant and was killed late in the war at the
lhttle Of Fort Esperanto, Texas. Joseph served
the ranks as private, until on July -.
.eb3, he was desperately wounded in an assault
a the rebel intrenchments ut Jackson. Miss.
Late in 1864 tho young soldier. having, by vir-
pc Of strong constitution, recovered from his
!ound, entered the Illinois Wesleyan Univer-
Atty at Bloomington. BY dint Of hard work in
nacstion times he kept himself in college, and
!rad4ated in 1865. In 1857. while still in col
ege, he began the study Of law. and in the year
800 was admitted to the bar and hung out his
single in the city Of Bloomington. Two years
.ei Of ana m 1870 Stetas attorna1
He hold the latter office until 1880, when he was
elected to tho State Senate, in which body he
served four years.
Mr.. Fiier Is six feet tall, spare Of flesh, of a
swarthy complexion. keen black eyes. with a
heavy head Of coarse black hair, now beginning
to be tinged with gray
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
Temperance Tidines.

TRENTON, Mo-, has closed its saloons
and gone dry.
LAND has been donated for the erection
of Temperance Temple in Atlanta, Ga.
The largest brewery in Kansas has been
closed by order of the United States Mar
shall.
A BILL prohibiting all sales of liquor on
Sunday passed both houses of the Ohio
Legislature.
The Central Union of Minneapolis has
opened coffee-house. It is we'll patron
lied and highly appreciated.
GEN. A. w. RILEY, of Rochester, N. Y,
is dead at the age of 50. He was the old
est Temperance lecturer in the world.
AS result of the prosecution under the
new liquor law of New Hampshire, the sa-
looms of Concord have all been closed.
PRINCETON, the seat of Princeton Col
lege. boasts of winning the first no-license
victory under the new law in New Jersey.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made for
holding an intercolonial w. c. L. U.
convention in Australia in the near future.
MRS. S. b. FORBES, President Of the
Connecticut w. G. T. u, has gone to
Europe, where she will spend the summer
in travel.
THE Massachusetts House recently dis
cussed and passed bill forbidding the sale
of liquor on Christmas and Thanksgiving
Days.
DR.. Mo1R, of the British Medical Assoc
citation. has found the mortality of small
pox reduced from Is to 10 per cent. with
out alcohol.
IT is significant and encouraging fact
that the managers of the Astor estate and
the Vanderbilts will not rent buildings for
the sale of liquors.
MEETINGS are being held by the natives
throughout Africa to protest against the
European and American liquor traffic with
that country.
The Franz Brewery, of Sioux City,
Iowa, managed by Arensdorf at the time
of the Rev. Mr.. Haddock's murder, has
become butter and egg depot.
MRS. MARY CLEMENT LEAvITT has
finished her work in India, where she or
ganized sixteen promising unions, and
gave abundant labors, and is now in
Ceylon.
Mrs. McCLERKIN has been appointed
by the West Virginia w. G. T. U. to 20
before all the political conventions in llli-
nois in behalf Of the prohibitory amend
ment.
MISS JESSIE FOWLER, Honorable
Secretary of the. British Women's Tenn
perance Association, who is now travel
ing in Australia, has been appointed
w. G. T. U. organizer for that continent
Total abstainers in Norway recently
held an important meeting at the capital,
Christiana, for the purpose of binding
more closely together the various temper
ance sections of the country.
HERE is temperance lecture that needs
no comment. Macy Warner, who was ex-
ecuted at Louisville, KY, not long since,
for murder, said while on the scaffold: II
have few remarks to make before die.
before you put it to your lips think Of
Macy Warner with this rope in his hand,
and then look into the bottom Of the glass
and see if you can see rope there. This
is all have to say"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
Ca1nDaixn Echoes.

IT will take 412 votes to nominate a candidate
at the Chicago convention. and the Omaha Bee
(Rep.) thinks that "a great many dark horses
are figuring where to get tho odd All"
THE Wyoming Territorial Republican Con-
yention held ut Laramie, elected ex-Gov. War
rem of Cheyenne and G. u. Clark as delegates
to the National Convention. They go unin-
structed, but with preferences for Blaine.
FoRTY-Two editors in New York. New Jersey,
and Connecticut express themselves Tor Depew
and Harrison as the best ticket. In New York
Mr.. Depew is the choice Of seventy nine papers
for President, and Gen. Harrison OF eighty
three papers for second place. Next to Gen.
Harrison. William Walter Phelps is the prefer
ence Of eighteen papers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

and urge high license as the practical meas
ure, and say that that is step in the road
chase of his tail? Well, that dogs mouth,
in chase of his tail is representation Of
the progress of high license ON the road to.
prohibition. We can't believe ~ these
men do, because we are Graphing with o.
great evil in these days, and it is,conscience
that is doing the graphing. You can't beat
conscientious conviction.-Rec. Herrick
johnson. ChicaOO.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
Conscience Doing the GRAPHING.

We aren't so lonesome as we used to De.
The cranks are growing, and the woods
are > e. full Of them. The voice Of the Pfohi;
bit bitionist is being heard in all the land, and
80 a narsuasiye voice. 1t has tremen-
dous CARRYING power, and have no more
d"ubt thai prohibition will be successful
;ssue than { have about the rising of to.
morrow's sun. I know some of the best
friends have in this city don't think so,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
Laundry Bag. {

Take white damask towel, fold il
lengthwise, sew it up one-third of the
side from each end, leaving one-third Of
the side open in the center; turn it on the
right side, feather stitch across the ends
with red silk, just above the fringe. On
one pocket have handkerchief corner
lars and 'Cuffs," outlined with red silk.
Tie a bow in the center. with loop to hang
it NO.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

PoLoNA1sEs of WOODEN cloth over silk
skirts are revived vita vim; the skirt has
a pinked flounce cut bias and gathered ali
around the edge, and three or four more
across the sides and fro or on one side
only. The poionaise laps over to the left
hip, being short and round on that side,
pointed and long on the right side, and
the back irregalarly draped without being
boutfant. -.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
MISSOURI LABOR MEN.

They Select q Complete State IIcKot anu
Appoint Delegates.
The Missouri State Convention OF the Union
Labor party met at sednla and nominated the
following State ticket: For Governor. A. r.
Mannering lieutenant Governor. J. G. Sea-
born Secretary of State. Boswell Fox; Auditor.
William Noerr; Treasurer, Warren Eertreez !;
Attorney General, L: L. Bridger; Railroad
q, b. De Bernad Jude Of the St Louis Court
of Appeals, Frauk L. Ritchie; Judge Of the
Kansas City Court OF Appeals Paul J; Dixon;
These delegates at-large to the National Con-
vention were chosen: David Cowan. Charles
Nolan, G. W. Pike, G..B. DeBernard; alter
mates, G. w. Snow, Frank Smith, E. E. Bridges.
and J. NJ. Harrington.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
CoURTLAND c. MATsoN.
Brief Sketch Of the Gubernatorial
Nominee of the Indiana Dem.
f Gratis.

Courtland G. Matson. whom the Democrats
Of Indiana have named as their candidate for
Governor, 10 now serving his eighth consecu-
tive year o. q member Of the House OF Repre-
Hoosier State. which is composed Of the coun-
ties Of Bartholomew, Brown, Hendricks, John
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

The Grafton Meas says that there is a
little boy in Grafton, not yet years old,
who is able to talk quite tiuently in Eng
lish, Norwegian, German and Icelandic.
He got Norwegian and English from his
mother and friends, German from the
family of neighbor, and Icelandic in the
same way.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

A CONNECTICUT dairyman tried warm-
ing the water for his COWS to drink in
winter, and the increase Of butter in ten
days paid the expenses Of piping the,
trough,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

Totals. .1oo,s2o 94,4s5 5,s25 Yes.
Forty-nine of the eighty-two counties
voted dry" and thirteen Of the counties
voting "wet" have no saloons, while two
others will have none after july i, and in
one other the result of the election was set
aside. making the county "dry." This
makes sixty five "dry" counties in total
of eighty-two that have so far voted. Thir-
teen cities voted s'diy," and one Of the
seven "wet" cities has become dry, max
ing fourteen "dry' cities in total Of
twenty that have voted.
The strongholds Of the liquor traffic in
Missouri-St. Louis, Kansas City, st. Jo-
seph, Sedalia and Hannibal cities and the
river counties-have not yet voted, but it is
claimed that il st. Louis casts 10, 900 votes
for Prohibition the State as o whole will
show majority against the saloon.
The Local Option voting SO far has
closed $50 saloons and stopped an annual
liquor revenue of $251, 200.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
Joseph W.. FIFER.
Portrait and Biography Of the Republi.
can Nominee for Governor of
Illinois,. .-

Joseph ": Fiaer. who has been nominated BY
the Republican, for Governor Of Illinois, was
born as Stauntot, Va In 1857, while vet q lad
his fat6er settlefl in the western part Of Nc
Lean county, Illinois, and began farming in q
small way. Thd elder Fifer was very poor and
q rude log cabin sheltered him and his famiIv
During the four kesra from 1857 "a 1851 vomn9
Fifer was employed in the rough work of clear
Ing his fathera,4e farm and, when the state
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18
S. "DRY" COUNTIES IN MISSOURI

Not Results of the Local Option Voting
Fourteen Cities Won Also.
The local option campaigns have ended
for the season in Missouri, after having
been prosecuted with great zeal for ten
official sources. In all, 1O2 elections have
been held-eiRhty-two in counties and
twenty in cities of $500 or more popula-
ton. The aggregate votes are:
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quality of the alcohol taken had
ia!l or If the individual now ceas es
H. the subsequent stages of intoxi-
onot supervene and the equilibrium
restored without the occurrence of
normal condition. But if the
'molbed has been large, or if the
y are continued, the second stage,
perturbation, ensues.
are now vertigo, disturbances of
sA as result from paralysis of one
ol the muscles Of the eye-balls,
, n rise to double vision, contrac-
.ne pupils, noises in the ears, and
y redness Of the face. The sense
Ds nIcomes weakened; the voice loses
slul infections, and is rough and
.ous' and the articulation is indis-
m partial paralysis and defective
. az. a OF the muscles of speech.
H., H. nom like paralysis of the mus
n' lower limbs, becomes weak and
- ana hence if the individual at
=, walk he staggers. The move
me upper limbs are irregular, and
t h.ol. marked tremor like that which
Vs., 30 prominent feature of par
tnha a or shaking palsy, as it is
e, alterations from the normal
are shown in the mind. The most
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Id ed1ally assume an undue promi-
blt: aonlnate over other Of the men,
vi. ~ And it not infrequently
no,,s ae feeling which is mos
h MS na. IS the very opposite of that
N"'ural to tho person affected.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-18

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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12
What Women Have Done.

Woman in every land and age.
whenever the opportunity has been
given her. has shown her ability to be.
and has been. something more. as a
factor in politics, than an inspiration
merely - something more than the
great moral ,1uencc that has made
trump ant every social or political re-
form. The dusky queens of Egypt up
held the dynasties of the Pharaohs and
the Ptolemies with As steady hand as
Egyptians kings; and that civilization
in which woman was honored. endured
for five thousand years. while neigh
boring nations that degraded and en-
shaved her persisted in five centuries or
five decades. The youthful queen o.
Austro-Hungary met the encroacl
ments of the great Frederick upon the
hereditary possessions of her house
and throne with a display of energy
and courage that taxed to its utmost
the genius of her mighty foe. What
king who preceded her gave to English
arms and arts and letters, such glory
and renown as Elizabeth; and who of
all the princes in her line can stand for
moment in respect to character. in
tellect and executive wisdom beside
the venerable and illustriOus Victorian
Lon OIirer E. Branch.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12
The Princess Of Brazil.

The credit Of having struck the last
blow at the shackles of the slaves in
Brazil belongs to Il woman. The Prin.
cess Isabella has been at the head of
the government as the princess regent
for year past. during the illness of
her father, the Emperor Dom Pedro.
and she has devoted her energies to
fastening the rather slow work of
emancipation begun by the Emperor.
She summarily dismissed one ministry
that was not in sympathy with her
views on this question, and she called
to her aid council u month ago, all
of whom are pledged to the immediate
freeing of the slaves of the empire.
Through the influence thus obtained
she was able to get the necessary sane
ton from the Legislative branch. and
the great work mapped out by her
father is carried into execution by the
daughter, who will succeed the invalid
Emperor on the throne. All honor to
the Princess Boston Herald!
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
RAMABAi.

The little Hindu maiden heard a voice amid the
or singing streams and rustling leaves, N
groves in Gcnganaui:
1t swept along the mountain wind down to the
Western sea-
Heaven whispering 70 the listening earth
Truth, like the air, is free"'
That word had winged her fathers feet from
lettering caste away.
To give his fiedglings liberty for flight in anpler
day
Then mans close cage-like code allowed: and
SO the maiden grew,
To reach of thought and insight clear no dun
zenana knew.
Child Of the lone Ghaut Mountains. flower OF
midas wilderness.
She knows that God unSealed her lips her sis
tiers dumb to bless;
Gave her the clew TO bring them forth from
where they blndly g-ope;
Babe her unlock their dungeon doors, and light
the lamps OF hope.
Bravest OF Hindu widows, how dare We loo:, at
thee.
So fearless in loves liberty. and say that We are
free.
We, who haze heard the voice OF Christ, and
yet remain the slaves
OF incidence and selfshness, inmured in living
graves,
o, Ramaba:. may we not share thy task, AIN st
divine,
Thy cause IS womanhood's is Christ's own work
no less than TUNE.
The power that unseaIs sepulchres will move
thy little hand
The stone rolls back-they rse-ticy breathe
the women of the land,
Lucy Larcom, liz UoDs9Hs Magazine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12
NOTES OF PROGRESS.

LADIES control theaters in Albany.
Worcester and Richmond.
TWENTY EIGHT women are now
studying at Columbia College.
MAUsToN. Wis. has prohibition
brass band composed entirely of young
ladies.
THERE are 266 colleges for women
in this country. l39 for men and 2O7
which admit both sexes.
Miss MARY j. WATSON has been
elected principal Of the Sacramento
Grammar School. This is the first
time in the history OF that city that y
lady has been principal.
An effort is being made by the New
York Working Womcn's Society to
have the Factory Inspection law
amended so rs to give women the
power to act as deputy inspectors
IT is proposed to have lady con-
ductors for sleeping carson account of
the large number of ladies who use
those cars. It would be far more sem
sible to have ladies' car with q
chambermaid instead of porter
WHEN we see the transformation
undergone by every ferryboat aud
every railway station. so soon as it
comes to be frequcnted by women.
who can doubt that voting-places will
experience the same changer Colonel
r " Higginson. j
JAPAN is taking active steps to for
ward the education of women. A
woman's college has been founded in
Toxic. with English teachers and the
government has entrusted the full
management of the college for six
years to a committee of English NO.
men.
julius Iceberg. a. Boston music
teacher, and the composer of 1.-The
Doctor of Alcantara. one of the most
popular light operas ever written. says
he finds that girls make quite IS good
violinists rs young mon. II thsse were
not 20 many of the latter in tho field.
he believes that there would be large
demand for the former in opera aad
theater orchestra&
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12
Fitting Bones for Fertilizer.

Strong I've win rapidly disorganize
bones, especially if boiled in the I've.
the ossein or organic matter of bones
is rapidly dissolved and they become
brittle. II wood-ashes can not be got
in sufficient quantity, bones may be
fitted for use as fertilizers by breaking
into coarse fragments with hammer
and then boiling them with mixture
of salsoda, caustic lime and water. The
ordinary carbonate of soda or salsoda
ought not to cost more than three OF
four cents pound when purchased in
quantity. Three pounds of salsoda and
two pounds of caustic lime boiled up in
two gallons of water viii make . solu-
ton that will rapidly act on broken
bones when boiled with them. When
the bones are we'll softened and brittle.
the whole mass may be mixed with
eight or ten times it's volume Of dry
muck. or turfy mould and thoroughly
mixed, when valuable manure win
Be secured. Thepotash Of wood-ashes,
moreover, II moro valuable - manure
than soda--Dy. r C. kedsie, 4iekigos
Aoviesgssrsl College.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-12

women have 10 right to be excused
from taking full share with men ia
public affairs. And l have not the
smallest doubt that their taking part
in political action would tend to pu-
r;fy. elevate. and improve our public
life. Not because women are better
than men. but because they are differ
ent. They would introduce into gov
eminent a new element-the peculiar
element of womanhood. / do not UNI
dertake to say what it is or how it would
operate. only know that God
made it. and that when He made wo-
man and man, He made them to be
companions. only know that SO far
us society has improved. they have had
more and more companionship, and
that as they have had more companion
ship. society has improved. l only
know that the theory OF our institu-
tons. which has carried us safely
through the strain and shock of Il hum
dred crises. is that the whole people
shall take part as duty in public af-
fairs. And l therefore say. What
God has joined together, let no man
put asunder." We have right on
these grounds to ask. why shall wo-
men be allowed to escape the perform
ance of these dut;es?" The burden Of
proof rests with those who would con-
tinue to make this an exception to the
general principle. They must give
reasons for denying in this instance
the application of the great law of hu-
man progess.-Rer. James Freeman
Clarke, tn Christian Register.