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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12
Through Fire.
BY Able G. M'KEEvER.

TIRE, fret"
The cry rang out. sharp and
1 piercing, on the summer air, and
Joe Garrett turned lazily on his pill
low, and drowsily wondered where it
could be.
Fire, fire!"
Again that terrible cry. Surely it
was near. Yes; the smell of smoke
aroused him to the certainty that it
was quite near.
"Hello here! Wonder if I hadn't bet
ter get up and take look out! There
might be such thing as prudence in
that move"
And leisurely, as was his wont, he
arose and approached the window,
threw open the blinds, and started
back, with an exclamation of intense
terror, for the building in which he
slept was on fire, and the flames spread
ing rapidly. The engine had just ar
rived and began work, but it was
evident at glance that the house
must go.
Even as he gazed at distant win
dow in the sixth story white figure
appeared and leaned her golden head
far out appealingly.
Miss Nelson, the poor little dress
maker! Heavens, how can she escape?
And there are her little brother and
sister also!"
But. while his thoughts few rapidly.
he seized his clothes, dashed into a
portion of them, grabbed his watch
and rushed out into the hall.
Once when the little baby sister
had been lost, he had found her
and carried her up to their room.
Could he find the way now? He
meant to try, hazardous as seemed
the attempt.
Yes, he found the door at last, but
the sitting air in the narrow passage
rendered breathing very difficult.
In he dashed, without ceremony.
"Come!" he demanded. aCome this
way; do not wait at the window; the
ladders will not reach. Give me the
children!'
You can not carry them both, sir. "
eyes I can. Robin, get upon nv
back. Now cling there for dear life.
Here, Rosie, my pet-don't cry; let me
wrap you in this shawl. Now, Miss
Nelson, follow me or we will all be
lost"
Out into that narrow passage, now
full of smoke, they hurried. What q
fearful way it was. On, on they
pressed, sometimes almost sinking to
the floor with suffocation.
ooh, | can't hold on, I can't!" walled
Robin, dropping to the floor in dead
faint.
"Give me Rosie" gasped the elder
sister; Il can take her"
"You can not, but I can. I will
carry both" shutting his lips firmly
and snatching Robin up under his dis
engaged arm.
"lou take the lead, Miss Nelson.
You know the way to my room door :
once inside we are safe; but for
Heavens sake hasten!"
On they pressed once more. Out in
the lower nall they found it full of
halt-clad beings, and the walls of the
women and children, accompanied by
the roar of the fire, rendered the scene
appalling AMI heartrending.
Hiss Nelson! Oh for pitys sake.
Miss Nelson, help me! can't find my
crutch."
Janet Nelson turned aside at once
and threw her strong young arms
about the poor creature who had APP
pealed to her, and, lifting her almost
bodily. ran onward.
The door was reached at last-yes,
and the window, for it was only the
second story. A ladder soon was
placed for them and ready hands
pulled them out of that awful sea of
fire.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12

DURING the inaugural ceremonies
President Harrison sat in the same
chair in which George Washington sat
when he was inaugurated 100 years
ago. The chair is old, and Gen. Har-
rison lowered himself into it very
quietly, and did not put his feet up on
the railing of the portico of the
Capitol.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12
HOUSEHOLD TOPICS.
MANAGING THE BABY.

TNHE way to keep
the baby from BE-
. coming "spolt"
is to let it cry as lit
tie as possible. II I
will gain strength Of
mind to endure it's
necessary ILL, ell the
sooner if it is al
lowed to suffer as
little as posi- lie
from ills that can
be avoided. It's
wants should be an
tlclpated, Its sources
ofdiscomfort should
be removed az soon
as they arise, with
out waiting for it
to cry; it should
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12

In the story of the last days of Philip
Il. WEIGH, the New York newspaper
writer whose work has frightened the
pages of SO many American periodicals
for the last four or five years. the
strange intermingling of comedy and
tragedy SO often seen in this queer
world of ours was pathetically illus
trated. Lying on his death-bed, the
victim Of painful disease, knowing he
had but short time to live, and too
feeble to WELD the pen himself, he die
tated "Queer Wrinkles" for the New
York Sun, and bright and pungent
letters for other papers, his work show
ing scarcely any indication of failing
powers either in quantity or quality.
Such pluck is as rare as it is admir-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12

THERE is living near Sycamore,
Mass, family that occupies farm
that is said to have been handed down
from father to son for six generations.
When the father of this line, Thomas
Upper, settled on the land in 1924,
the place was an Indian village known
"A Shanm.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12

The Panama Canal Company, in
paying up some Of it's men, found that
owing to two men having been muir
dered, it became necessary to value the
loss sustained by their relatives. Ten
dollars apiece was the amount settled
upon. Life in Panama apparently does
not come very high.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12

AN advertisement in the agriculture,
paper commences with this crushina
1lt OF advice: Grind your own bones :
IT seems horrible at first sight, but Der.
maps 1t only referred to a conyenient
met OF dealing with family skele.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12

rs THERE going to be any !, ma y;
the church festival tonight! "a ~,
Shocks of the pastor. II do not hDlj
responded that dignitary, , WV le,s
been many times snubbed by the w.
1 do not know, but the chou
singh"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12
DURING the sessions of the Fiftieth
Congress -. $50 bills were introduced,
of which about one-ninth became laws.

An inhabitant of Portland, Oregon,
not long ago offered to sell twelve
acres of land for $3.50 per acre. His
wife refused to sign the deed, and
though he was angry at the time, he is
more than pacifed now, as the prop
erty will bring $4,000 readily.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12

The Jail in Morris County, New Jer-
sey, boasts of a dwarf less than four
feet high, who drinks more water than
any other man in the State. Formerly
he was the champion whisky drinker
of his district, and for habitual drunk
enness and disorderly conduct he was
committed to the jail some weeks ago.
At first the sudden cutting off of his
customary allowance of strong liquor
almost Frustrated him. Recently, how
ever, he has developed a passion for
water that is more pronounced than
his old craving for whisky. He drinks,
it is said, gallon every night, and
accosts the first keeper he sees in the
morning with demand for more.
During the hours of daylight he re-
quires from eight to ten quarts to
assuage his thirst, and still complains
Of dryness of the tonsils. He says
he never felt in better health in his life.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12

A NEW rendering of the old text: 1t
is easier for q camel to go through the
eye OF needle than for a poor man to
get into fashionable church.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12

Music is refner, says writer. We
have noticed that successful vocalists
are always heightened.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12
PARTY CALLS.
BY MARGARET LAKE.

HERE are certain small
things all girls ought to
know about the little
forms of etiquette, the OBJ
servance of which is ex-
pected among all we'll
bred people. Some un-
derstand by instinct or
inheritance, or by obser-
walton, but others appear
to need a hint.
A lady once told me
that she was much cha
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12

IAlE bearers are improvident. Thew
give everything away. Lucy
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Little Autocrats.
BY j. G. DANIEL.

UNNING little fellows sitting g. Q row:
Rosy, fat, and happy spite Of frost and
I snow;
know.
Never intermeddling with politics peoeeund,
Caring not a fig for Office, I'll be bound:
Yet they arc the chappies that make the world
go round.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12

A GEORGIA man has . hen which
lays double eggs, each one having an
egg within an egg, as it were.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12
An Ocean Masquerade.

GUY u e Up
that the
sea-slug
hasdressed
himself in
the sea-
" @ 9 d 8
clothes and
is playing
q sort of
asq q err
ade. But
the 8 9 a.
slug has
been dis
'guised as a
n1ant for q
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-12

TIRE, fire!"
II The cry rang out. sharp and
4 piercing, on the summer air, and
Joe Garrett turned lazily on his pill
low, and drowsily wondered where it
could be.
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MAD AT THEIR KAISER.
STUDENTS MAY MAKE HIS BIRTH
DAY UNPLEASANT.

Berlin's Police Warned to be Pre-
pared for IA Hostile Demonstration
Structures as to Their Habits the
Cause of the Feeling-Other News
OF Berlin and the Empire.
Copwt9lted( 1880 By Ne,o York associated Press
BERLIN, Jan. 2G-The celebration Of tho
enlperor's birthday tomorrow will be very
elaborate Some Of the students of tho
university proposed 10 arrange torch
light procession, but the emperor intimated
that he did not desire any public manifes-
tation. A sectio Of tho students, irritated
by the remarks which the Emperor recent
ly addressed to Rector Gebhardt, propose
to hold hostile demonstration in
front Of the palace. Prof. Geb-
hardt says the emperor severely
commented upon tho immoral life of the
students, and their tendency toward ire
ligion. He said that a majority Of tho
students professed progresSist doctrines,
and were encouraged therein by tho demo
cratic professors. He further complained
that the growth of tho Jewish element in
the university was among the principal
He finished by deuouucing the
practice of dueling, saying: "Your
students should frequent churches
rather than beer shops and fencing saloons. "
This admontion staggered Prof. Gebhardt,
who does not appear b. have been capable Of
making reply The police have been
warned of the discontent among the students
and are taking precautions to prevent thotr
assembling near the palace.
BAvARIA's UNHAPPY KING.
A surprising change has taken place ia
the condition of King Otto Of Bavaria.
His stupor and melancholy are amelorint-
ing, and he has rational intervals He has
no paroxysms, and is allowed to take daily
drives through the environs of his retreat
The shares Of Industrial concerns, espo-
cially iron and steel works, have expert
enced boom on the strength Of
report that tho English and Ger
man steel makers have renewed their
convention. The price of steel rails has
risen to 1872 marks per ton, the producing
cost in Germany being only 90 marks. The
fact that the convention is not signed, and
that the negotiations are in suspense, has
not Affected the engorneSs Of spectators
Large orders are expected from the railway
department, and this assists in sustaining
the buying.
France continues to take largo amounts
Of Russian securities while Germany is uu-
loading and constantly selling to Paris,
LyOus and Marselles.
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lock on Jan. 5, by way Of Auckland, but
presents the occurrences ia much clearer
and more comprehensive manner than was
possible at that time. The mail was brought
by the Pacific Mail steamer, which arrived
at San Francisco last saturday 1t will
probably be given to the press Monday
WHAT CHAIRMAN HERBERT SAYS
Chairman Herbert of the House naval
committee received Secretary Whituey's
letter touching Samoa this evening. He
says that the suggestions made by the
secretary were undoubtedly considered
carefully by the state department. aud
probably by the cabinet, as was shown by
the transmission Of the paper to tho
Senate by President Cleveland. Tho secre-
tary was undoubtedly right and represented
the position of tho administration
when he said that in this
matter the policy of the govern.
ment should be shaped by congress
and that the department was no. aware
that we had any national policy On this sub
jeot, mother the Monroe doctrine nor any
other expression of national policy applying
to the islands OF the Pacific. Chairman
Herbert said that he had not yet had an
opportunity to acquaiut himself with the
correspondence on the subject, but he und0r-
stood that while there was really no treaty
in existence between Germany, Great
Britain and the United States,
bndingEthe treaty powers 10 preserve the
autonomy Of the Samoan government,
there was an understanding to that effect
which had not taken the form Of a treaty.
he also understood that we had naval
station at Samoa which seemed desirable,
and perhaps was more essential to the
United STATES than to Germany. Certainly
we had as much right to acquire and mann
tain a fOothold there as had Germany.
MALIEToA's DETECTION.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 2G-rhe Ameri
can schooner II. l.. fireman, has arrived
here from Marshall island, the place Of
abandonment of Malietoa, tle deposed king
Of samoa. Mnhetoa arrived at Jol cut, on
B1nhan island, about Nov. 25, on
tho German war ship Olga. He
was accorded the liberty Of the
island. bat was guarded by German soldiers
and prevented from holding any intercourse
with tho white people Of Jolieut p. NJ.
Morgan, the United States consul at J0liout,
endeavored to get into conversation with
the deposed king, but was prevented from
doing so. Malistoa has aged considerably
since being placed in captivity, and he
wanders aimlessly about JIlieut as If he
had given up all hopes Of escape.
HUNGARY SIDES WITH AMERICA.
VIENNA, Jan. 26.-PeSthcr Lloyd and
other hungarian papers in discussing the
Samoan question favor American opposl-
ton to Germany's encrOachme It's. The
PestheY Lloyd says America cannot allow
German supremacy in a place which is
acquiring enormous commercial and strate-
gic importance.
After the Isthmus Of Panama shall have
been pierced, the military prestige Of Cor
many win not impose upon Americans who
have no occasion to accede to German
nlains-
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BOOMERS LAYING Low.


Tho Reported Raid by Troops Proves
TO Have Been c Myth.
ST LOUIS, Jan 2G.-Advices from Okla.
homa are 70 the effer; that the dispatches
sent 10 iIereLt points In Texas few days
ng9g giving sn account Of tho" boomers7 being
driver cut Of the country by United States
troops we're true aud were circulated 20
create a sensation. There has b9en com
pauy ot soldiers az Okla oma City NJ the
crossing Of the Topeka and Santa 70 rail-.
road aud the uor,h fork cf tie Canadian
rlser for several months, but there has been
no occasion for any action or thgir part,
and there have been some thirty families Of
se,t'ers .G tho vicinity OF FARRELL for a
couple II months, who are evidently await
ue o. hear from Washington, but they have
a. no time made any effort % enter the
fr.m. eI .aad. IL fact Everything IS very
ouiat 10 that section Of the territory. and
the so.caicd boomer Is at a very low ebb.
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RECLAIMING ARID LANDS.
The House Votes to Increase the Ap-
priation to S25O,OOO.

The House Votes to Increase the Ap-
priation to S25O,OOO
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The House to-
day went into committee of the whole on
the sundry civil bill The greater part Of
the afternoon was consumed in considera-
tion Of the pending amendment coming
from the committee on appropriations
apprOpriating S15J,OO for an Investigation
of the best method Of lrrigating the arid
regions. On motion Of Mr. Symes, Of Col
orado, the amendment was amended by
increasing the appropriation to $2dO,O0J.
The question being upon the amendment
as amended, it received large
majority vote, but Mr.. Holman
Of Indiana, raj ed the point of mo quo
rum not in autagonism to he amendment,
but for the purpose Of compelling tue COM
mittes to allow vote to be taken on an
amendment which he desired TO offer re-
pealing the act providing for the sale Of the
desert lands in certain states aud territories.
The committee thereupon rose, and the
house then, at ! 30 O'clock, adjourned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-27

LIVERPOOL's STRIKE.
The Geamen and Firemen Inclined 10
Use Violence.

The Geamcn and Eiremen Inclined to
Use Violence.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 26-The striking soa-
men and lrsnon hero last night boarded
the steamer Kansas, loading for Boston, and
dragged ashore oight men who refused to
participate in tho strike. To-day 1000
strikers lined the quay and prevented men
from shipping who attempted to do so,
assaulting them and throwing their kito
into the water. Tho crew was shipped for
the steamer Africa, ana under
a strong police guard they were escorted TO
the vessel The crowd Of strikers and their
sympatbizers is increasing and tho police
have summoned relnforc.ments. It is ex-
pectei that more Of the non-strikers will
attempt 10 ship and that fracas will oc-
cur. Ship owners to-day sent deputation
to the mayor, who promised police protec-
tiOu.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-27
PALoR Aztec A PARTY.

One Girl Killed and ono Fatally II.
jured in a Runaway.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. %. "A special 90 the
EueniHg Wisconsin from Janesyille, Wis
says: "a party Of young people returning
from dance Mt Beloit, met with a terrible
accident in this city this morning. The
traces became unfsstened aud the young
men got out 10 refasten them. The horses
started, and four girls who were in the car
riage leaped to the ground. Maggie Halli.
gan was killed, and Ellen Roherty's skull
was crushed and sho received informal in
jurios that are likely 20 result in death
The others were injured, but loss ssri-
nnalY y
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-27
BAsE RAIL IN oEYLoN.

The Playing of the Americans Aston
ishes the Natives.
CoLoMBo, CEYLoN, Jan. 26.--The Chicago
and All America base ball teams arrived
here last evening and played game this
afternoon. a large crowd Of spectators was
present. The game was watched with In
tense interest and the beautiful playing Of
the teams was ent 4usinsticaliy applauded.
Owing 20 tho want n time the game was
called AZ the end Of the fifth inEiag. Each
team had made three runs. Tho players
leave or their homeward journey Tonight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-27
LEvEEs IN DANGER.

The Mississippi River Unusually High
at Shreveport.
New ORLEANS, Jan ga special 10
tho Htcdyltne from Shreveport, La, says:
"The river is bank full and rising rapidly.
Advices from above indicate that all the
low lands arc submerged. II is feared that
tho river will riso higher than
IL has ever besu known Go do
since lS49 Planters on the river below
this city are getting ready 20 move their
stock 70 the hills. To-day the leyge between
Catrna aud Caldwell places was cut by TN
known parties This levee was berg com
plsted by W V. Robinson, who removed
l.s stock with great difficulty"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-27
PANIC IN A THEATER.

a Little Flame and a Cry OF Fire the
Cause Of the Scare.
ST. LOUIS, No. Jan. PA scenco Of wild
excitement occurred at the Olympic theater
this afternoon near the end Of the frst act
Of the opera " Erminio" A small fire was no
ticed, and all at once the great audience be-
came panic stricken. Then some
one cried "fro,n and for a
time It looked rs though there
must bo loss Of life, as tho audience was
composed principally Of ladies aud children.
Women tainted, others went into Mysteries,
and it was with difficulty that the fow men
present restored order. No casualties are
rcpOrtei
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-27

CHARLESTON, 8. G., Jzu. IT, f1ere =
trouble In military circlds hefa " i<sI<
nounced that Gen. HaQiania hes resixpea
the command of tho Fourth hF1sQde ilt
trouble, it is said, grows eaf n tte 4fsast
Vile encampmeat last sannef. Il stsFe
that the adiadant generals 6sH4It-peat b4z
refused 10 pay earfailI a<f@s|ss5 rl|meefet
with tho encamplnent oz be tfixn'i4tE}
Groenville after tito order f9r ssAy l'is ';1'
been countersignodaG biSeAdA heaQ4'si.' fA'<
Efforts arc being uialie to fatrn Nf -
matter, but without snceaSs ztliz 1nr - I
resignation is in the hatds Of ~ koferiaoz
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-27
o,Brien WIN surren d or.

DUBLIN, Jan. 26 o. Timothy Hesly, coun.
sci for William O'Brieu, who was sonteucei
at Carrick on SUR yesterday 10 four
months imprisonment, though he was not
present IN court when sentence was pro
bounced, says II Ia probable that Mr.
OBrien viii surrender himself. lie will
appesl from the sentence aud viii thus Sc
cnrs a few weeks OF undisturbed freedom
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-27
Augustn,s Federal oourt.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The TN which
passed the Senate yesterday creating fed
ergl court at Augusta, Ca, is q substitute
for the bill which passed the House. The
substitute establishes a federal court for the
northeastern division Of the southern dis
trct az Augusta and makes this division
part Of the southern district.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-27
a STIFF LIP AT PANAMA.
The House stiu Sizing Up the Rdmunds
Resolution.

Resolution.
WAsHINGroN, Jan. 26.--In the House 20.
day Mr. McCreary Of Kentucky, from the
committee on foreign affairs, reported back
the Edmunds resolution declaring the sense
Of the government in regard TO the counec-
tion Of European governments with inter
oceanic canals, and asked that 1t
be printed and recommitted with
privilege TO the committee 10 report IL
back at any time. There was much obiec-
directed not against the resolution bat to
the consumption Of time in its cousidorn-
ton. A demand for the regular ordern
from Mr. Browne, Of Indiana, acted as an
unconditional objection, but later Ia the
day the request was accsded TO-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-27

NEW YoRK, Jan. 20. The work Of try
inz TO obtain a jury IN the case Of ex-Al-
derman Thomas Cieary. indicted for re-
ceiviug a bribe Ia connection with the
granting OF tue franchise 10 the Broadway
Railroad Company In 1884. was resumed
this morning. The Jury box, after Eve days
hard work, 10 still empty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-27
JErrIsoNED LOCO BALES
Tho Albany Pulled OF by the Cutie
and rugs.

4HV NID"Hy I'IVV = y s"" = 07VN3
and rugs.
WILMIxGroN, X. O.. Jan % The
British steamer Albany, heretofore 70
ported ashore near Little river, after jstti
scning 1000 bales Of cotton was pulled OF
by the revenue cutter "C0lfax" ami t1e
tugs Aiexender Jones and Blanche, owned
by Capt. j. T. Harper of this city. The
cutter and iggs have returned 10 Southport
aud the Albany Is now steem!ug for that
port. Tue steamer suffered no material
Injury. Most Of the cotton will be reeoy
erei
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.--ln the House TO-
day, on motion Of Nj Randall OF Persyl.
vAniA after short d scusdOnl the Jli1t
resolution Was passed aPpropriating SJJD,-
900 for payment 70 the legal Representa-.
tives Of James Is EAds