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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23

Falico wrapper, with sleeves rolled
(bove the elbows, fiourished q large
Eapling in one hand, while she hunted
Fxcltedly under the trees and behind
he stones, wildly gesticulating and
OCCASIONALLY delivering, in very loud
(nd h!gh-pitched voice, the following
ouchlng appeal:
Josiah Calvin Baxter Smith, you
Foung skeesics, come here to me this
minute, or if I don't warm you up
Food, Now, you young rascal! Calvin
BAXTER. You scalawag, dyou hear me 2"
He heard, but his tine lip curled as
he arose, took huge quid of tobacco
rom his jaws, and carefully plastered
over the mouth Of the craven figure
PA the monument, while he muttered
p scornful tones:
Yes, l hear, Marian Jane, and if you
Fan trail the Lightning Detective to
pls lair before he finishes this novel,
Eonre welcome to apply your bludgin,
p the pants of his breeches." And he
resumed his reading.
Suddenly, however, a howl, OF rather
Shrek, rent the air, so dismal and
lAeearthly that he sprang to his feet
md turned to fly, with vague idea
hat the spirits of the dead We're charg-
as down upon him for the purpose Of
irving him from out their territory
put; turning to look back, he discov-
frs ed the cause Of the strange noise.
The exploring party had made q
a'her sudden turn, to look behind a
aonument Of unusual size, when her
9e caught, and, with an awful shrek
ne TELL. And great was the fall there
The stick was twisted out OF her
lsad and lodged in the top of one OF
he evergreens.
oo-oo-oo-oo-kr-r-r-r ouch! Oh.
.ofdy" howled the heshy dame, and
ne llmped off to the house. The youth
fe,amed his reading.
Presently he heard footsteps APP
EIloachlng. 1t was two gentlemen, and
lucy We're engaged in animated con-
,eSSatlon. He listened, and the first
"V s, he heard set his blood on fire.
lou have heard of the great rob
se1!y. suppose?" one of the men was
SAYING.
No; when was it?"
soo Just this morning. I read a long
d ,e9'lnt Of it in the papers. One hun
w. W. thousand dollars worth of goods.
na e Will get later accounts in this even
Ass papers."
. here was it?"
AT Chi
es, lust at this instant the gentlemen
cr paeu the detective lying upon the
WI v;VuAa IN the attitude OF listening,
tb Asn old Electricity" at his feet and
tnr TN roll OF .profusely illustrated itera-
Es peeplng menacingly from under
noa men he saw that his lair had been
Ira "e.fated he sprang to his feet,
N"SA1ess with excitement. and con-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23

other Indians when they met the defense
less Mexican and his wife and killed them.
being the farthest west that white persons
had ever been killed by the Apache Indians
in this part of Chihuahua. So far the only
hostlities of the Tarahumaris have been
In favor of Mexico. which they seem to have
adopted as their mother country as much
as the Greeks. Seminoles, Choctaws, or
Cherokees have adopted the United States
rs theirs.
The only other tribe of Indians in the
Mexican State of Chihuahua are the Tepe-
huanes. in the extreme southwestern por-
ton OF the State around Guadalupeg Calico.
and even extending over into Durango.
They are about the equal of the civilized
Iarahumaris. having no savage ones
among them as in the latter tribe. The
Tepehuanes are also quite aggressive: in
fact, more than the Tarahumaris, if reports
are to be believed. The only Indian tribes
in chihuahua therefore. are the Apaches.
Tarahumaris, and the Tepehuanes. The
former are mostly under ground. but by far
the most heard Of in the United States on
account of their extending across our
boundary line and their warlike agrees
sions of tho past in both Mexico and our
own country. The Tarahumaris, SO seldom
heard Of, are the dominating native peo-
pie Of this rich but undevcloped State, while
the iepehuanes, probably the most civil
lied as u whole. but never heard Of in the
United States. hold the extreme south
western part Oh Inc o!ate. All OIL tlem are
peaceable, the Apaches by the General
Sheridan method. while the others have
naturally taken kindly to civilization like
most sedentary Indians, or at least they
never opposed 1t.
We got away from Camp America early
on the morning Of May 2. at once ascending
very high hill. probably 1,50O to LOGO feet
| from crest to valley. Our course was still
upward. however. even after that. but not
by such a steep grade that the mule trail
had to be made by Switch backs" of twenty
or thirty yards in length on the turns.
At II O'clock we crossed the little noun
tain stream called Soquahuagachic by the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23

tHe Paclllc side; the largest virgin forest in
me world, writes Lieut.. Schwatka in the
Chicago Inter Ocean.
= was just before or just after leaving
camp "America"-I do notrecall which now
and on top OF the high hill overlooking the
Gulyochic. that we came to two graves of
stone heaps. one on each side of the trail,
both of them being surmounted by rough
wooden crosses. was told that these al
ways signified that the persons buried had
euar nnce an nd s Ws at that a
who had been killed by the Apaches few
years ago. These same Apaches had pene-
trated too tar into the Tarahumari land.
and. after Il disastrous encounter with the
latter, were fleeing themselves from the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23
How Pcleg Chandler Downed Bes
Butler.

An anecdote illustrative of Mr..
Chambers character is told at the e4-
pense of Gen. Butler. When he was
quite young man. having but recent
ly entered practice, he was called to de-.
fend case at Lowell Butler or one
of his clients, had purchased piece of
real-estate, in which woman claimed
a right to a portion Of the rentals. A
tenant paid his rent to her and Butler
could not get possession. The case was
quite celebrated one Choate had
been in it and several of the distinguish
ed lawyers of the day. Yet still Butler
had the best of it, and the utmost that
the opposing lawyers had been able ta
do was to obtain postponements from
time to time upon various pretexts-
At length the case was to come up again.
The defendants lawyers had given it
young Chandler. He appeared in the
defense. Gen Buffers browbeating
methods in court are as well known az
the man himself He tried them OF
the young man. But for once he uleE
his match. Those who remember the
occasion still roar with laughter at the
remembrance of Chambers thirteen
"stories of the cock-eyed man." which
he poured, one after another, relens-
lessly upon Buffers devoted head, 2n&,
as the slang phrase Of the present day
is, fairly wiped the floor with Kim.
Judge, bar, jury, and spectators fell
into tumultuous uproar Of laughter,
which no officers even attempted tD
quell. At the close OF his anecdotea
Mr.. Chandler gravely, although his
talk had not SO much as touched tlhe
case, asked fol- a continuance and got it,
"tThe next day the tenant Of Az
Chambers client, an apothecary ay
profession, called upon the lawyer anG
asked what lie should do in case LIZ.
Butler came to eject him by force
"Kill him, said Mr. Chandler quietly
what" calculated the ast0niaheE
apothecary.
"Shoot him through the head" ms
sisted the lawyer.
Mr.. Chandler reached for pen snsl
wrote:
eff Benjamin T. Butler attempts tn
eject you from the premises occupied
by you, my advice is to shoot him
through the head"
The next day Mr.. Butler appeared
with posse, prepared to eject tic
apothecary. The latter showed him
his Instructions.
"Pooh!" said Mr. Butler, throwing
down the paper. "If you should Shoot
me yo1, would hang"
"Ihat is no affair Of mine," returned
the apothecary. "The advice of ElE
counsel is 10 shoot you if you modest
me. aud I shall do it" he continued.
with blood in his eye, as he produced ~
big sevenshooter.
I'D il [ don't believe You would ha
fool enough to shoot me, said Butler
as he turned and left the shop.
He at once called upon Mr.. Char
der and effected settlement of tha,
long contested case, granting to tbs,
woman share in the rents which sha
claimed. --Bosto7l AGuertiser.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23
Mr.. Henneck-I didn't hear him.
Mr.. H.-What does he want te
The Average Woman.

Hotel call-boy Madam, you must
hurry if you would save Your life.
The hotel is all on fire. This is the
third time have warned you.
Lady guest-Well, tell the tiremen
to keep the flames under control until
I take out my curl papers and friz my
hair. I just know there's crca.
crowd of men down tlelc ~ d some OF
them are newspaper reporters Oma.
hG World.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23
NNALs OF TANGLETON.
JUNIPER PLACE, July 8, ~

i! !: !! ]: !: :: !: 9:
.N 40 the Dere Edisau:
81 believe must talk
X 4(E6 this time about the,
NSG3 doins of the Ribbon
6X<EYA Club.
NSA4 Evry Sunday
afternoon tina he'd a
meetin, an sashs~-
bel evry fortnite. The folks tlas was--
ent too bashful, wood reed or speak 8.
peace, an as tina he'd good pysnnsr,
thare wus no lack of music. Besrs
ten o'clock good mennv of the pez1s
pull went home, but the rest wood stag
an dance fer spell.
Well, the very furst dance tina he'd
Dame Rudgers took lively part H.
altho she was member of the church.
She danced good deel with Ted Mag
tiers, prominent old timer in Tansls-
ton, an almost maid "old Rudge" naad
If Ted's wife he'd bin thare she wueG
hev bin mad too, most likely. Mrs.
Masters used to say: "Ted is sech 4
fresh-lookin man," an declared the
wimmen all envied her.
Masters was fine, forid-faced raaM.
an smart, too. He writ fer the Orxt-
way Democrat rite along.
Sum felloe must hev watched Dana
Rudgers fyin around with SO naneh
energy. She was tall an slim, an her
black hair hung in curls an then keep
bobbin evry which way.
Who ever he was, he got up pritts
good letter an sent it to the Democrat.
My pashence! but it maid q STIR En-
town. Evry boldly wer a tryia tn
find out who "The Squire" tho
naim he sined-was. CESS Hhz
haven't found out yet.
i Dame Rudgers wus bilin' mad. No
buddy Good reed that letter withaufs
fixin on her as the woman that rep-
resented the M. e. Church" She wae
spoken of as bein "the embodyment of
gracefulness, agility, etc." but it wae
plain to see the ritter was pokin fan at
her.
MUncle Jimmy wus mad, too, fer he
sed that man-"The Sq11ire"-was 4
tryin to bring disgrace on the church.
But seams to me it wus the dancer
that Uncle Jimmy aut to hev bin
mad at.
The Squire" writ sevrul letters sE.
ter that, an folks was most afrade he'd
find out things about EN- an put in
print. He he'd way of prasin eyry
thing an evry boldly, but tina didens
banker after that kind of prase.
Them was "pammy days in Tsn-
gleton, but tina coodent last fer eyxy
boldly
Dan Shiloh begun to think he he'd
branched out too much; so he moyeG
out of his big house into a small one
next to his store. His wife never maid
emmy grone over it. like sum wimnlis
wood, but tixt up rite cosey On maid
folks welcome as usual.
Shiloh he'd allus bin a pleasant man.
but he begun to get sour, an crusty
like.
Then all to once cum the muse that
Dan had failed an maid an assinement.
But wurse was to cum, fer the fire
but that will keap till next weak
JUMPER BERRY.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23
When He Left OFF.

They were walking in front of tall
building that was undergoing repairs.
The sun shone vertically upon the
crowded thoroughfare and seemed to
drink up eagerly the moisture from the
soaked pavement.
"Grindstone, said Kiljordan, els
But the question was not completed.
A fragment OF brick from the top Of the
building fell upon his head, and with
out groan he fell to the ground in
sensible. He was taken to his home
and for weeks he lay bereft of sense and
motion. His friend watched faithfully
by his bedside. A consultation Of sur
geons was held, and it was decided that
an operation must be performed to re-
lieve the brain from the pressure of a
fractured portion Of the skull. This
was done, and the eager watchers were
gladdened by the announcement that
the delicate task had been successfully
accomplished. Grindstone leaned over
the PROSTATE man and waited breath
lessly for the first CLEAN of returning
consciousness. It came. With a long,
quivering breath Kiljordan opened
his eyes, and the first words that
had passed his lips for many day
broke the painful silence Of the room
In quick, distinct voice he said:
"-hot enough for you?"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23
One Druggists Idea.

An Indianapolis druggist, according
to the Ne1cs, Of that city, believes that
a heavier dose of medicine is required
by colored people to produce results
than is required for whites, and he
cites two instances. A colored man
brought him prescription calling for
Fowler's solution of arsenic, five drops
to DOSE The druggist warned his
custome Of the dangerous character
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23

Y last article left
m Q at G u m p
America" 70 u +
first camp in the
Sierra Madres) ,on
tn Q picturesque
b u t. unpoetically
named Guiyochic,
twenty three miles
from Carichic, and
in the midst of a
beautiful timber
country that we
found continued
for days after to
tho low clnpoc rs,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23
definitions.


Mrs. Henpeck Ito Mr.. H., who is
reading)-Your little son just asked you
a question, and you didn't notice him.
You ought to be ashamed of yourself,
and I shall
Mr.. Henpecll-I didn't hear him.
Mrs. H.-Oh, no, you never hear
when member Of your own family
speaks to you. You are deaf to the
very ones you should love and cherish,
deaf to
Mr.. H.-What does he want to
know?
Mrs. H.-He asked you what a her
NIT was.
Mr.. IA hermit, my son, is man
who loves peace and quiet--Nelo Yorf
WeeE[u.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23

of the medicine, and advised him to be
particularly cautious. The patient
snorted out his contempt for little
doses and withdrew. The next day he
complained that the medicine was "no
count" and he told the druggist he
"done took much as spoonful at a
time, and it only made him little sick
at the stomach"
One day the druggist prepared
bottle of corrosive sublimate as bed
bug poison for boarding house keep
er. This keeper had in her employ a
colored domestic. who was continually
tasting things" and who had an over
towering passion for spirits Of all
kinds. The bottle was plainly marked
poison" but it fell into the hands Of
this domestic, it smelt spirituous, and
she swallowed a mouthful, but didn't
like the taste. Her mistress discovered
the fact few minutes after she had
taken it, but the domestic was not
alarmed, and she fairly had to be driven
to the drug store to get an antidote.
The druggist was appalled,; the idea Of
the girl walking around and taking
things SO coolly paralyzed him, and he
gave her a mixture of mustard and
sent her back home, with orders to call
a physician at once.
She never did call doctor; the mus
tard must have done its perfect work,
for the girl was running around the
next day the same as ever, although
complaining of sore throat and an in
famed stomach.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23
SCHW ATKA IN MEXICO.
PENETRATING INTO THE MOUNTAINS
WILDS.

Peaceful Indian Tribes That Inhabit tho
Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico
Tropical Tribes That Endure the Cold of
the Mountains Like LaDlanters.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23
WITH CRIES OF DIsMAY.
BY I. w.

IL nero as ne SAT
there under the
7evergreens. behind
la large monument
in the cemetery.
His 1.-the form was
clothed in a pair OF
overalls reaching
below the knees
and a WORKOUT coat
of the Prince AL
bert variety, evil
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23

The poker-room in o royal palace u
the ante chamber.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23

NJ. LOMBARD supports the theory
advanced by Signor Sparta that veget-
able forms which now cover our CONT
nents have spread slowly and continu-
ally from north to south, recent species
forcing back or obliterating those OF
ancient origin.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-23

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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
The Great Industrial Battle.

Warner Miller declares that the bat
tie for protectlonism is not yet ended.
Warner Miller is correct The strik-
ing cotton-mi1l operatives of New
England, the dismissed iron-workers
OF Reading, the helf-starved coal-min-
ers and half-paid foundrymen of Penn
sylvania, the disappointed and dis
gusted wage-workers of all industries.
in all parts of the country, who have
been told SO often by the demagogues
of protectionism that high tariff means
high wages. are almost unanimously
in acord with the opinion of Warner
Miller. And the agricultors of the
West. who. failing to discover the
promised home markets for their
products. but discovering. in its stead,
that in almost every legislature the
spirit of monopoly is striving to cut
of and restrict access to the markets
OF our own country for our own pro.
ducers, are coming to the same opin.
ION Warner Miller is correct--ChS-
cago Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
DRIFT OF OPINION.

The rush of f1oaters to Okla,
homa in big. big blocks must com
mand the admiration of that estlmable
individual, Colonel w. W. Dudley
Utica On. y Observer
The office-seekers have forced
Matthew Stanley Quay to hide In
other words, it is necessary to be
saved from his friends in order to save
his Misunderstanding pa Patriot
"A neglected politician in Wash.
ington says he has secured, without
appointment. the position of Survey
or-general." He looks over the crowd
every morning. o. Picayune.
Have the wrongs of American
fishermen in Canadian waters. over
which we shed so many tears prior to
the recent election, been rightedP Eli!
Mr.. Blaine? Shall our tears be driedf
IN. Y. Herald.
First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Clarkson has purchased a span oil
hearse horses to draw his carriage.
AS the head executioner of the AID
ministration, funeral trappings are
decidedly appropriate for him:-Chi-
cago News.
General Alger, of Michigan, is
out early with the announcement that
he will be a candidate for the Repub-
Hcan nomination for President in 1892.
The General has taken time not by the
forelock, but by the whole scalp
Philadelphia Press Rep.) }.
The League Island Navy Yard
appears to have been "reorganized''
until there is scarcely anybody but a
Republican in it, and the ward bosses
continue to read with complacent
smile Secretary Tracy's recent dec
laration that he is ''unalterably op-
posed to mixing the navy yards uu
with politics. Journal.
The operations of the trust af.
feet the price or the supply of sugar in
all parts of the country. The greed
of the organization will not permit
the people to forget that the trust was
formed by an unlawful use of
corporate franchises, that the whole
scheme is illegal and that the COM
bination is enabled to control almost
the entire business In the United
States and to suppress competition in
prices by the high duties on imported
refined sugar.-N. Y. Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
GOING OUT AND COMING in.

Solng ont to buy US clothing,
Going out the bills to pay:
Coming In so very slowly.
Coming in each working day:
Going ont from us so easy,
Coming In, 30 hard to win,
Ceaseiess stream OF little pennies
Going out and coming in.
Through the many wants of home-life,
From beneath our humble cot,
TO the butcher and the baker
Where the meat and bread are bought.
From the old and much-worn wallet,
TO the cruel world of greed;
Going out with signs and sadness,
TO supply each family need.
Through the wants that crowd us daily.
Through the bills that must be met,
Through the many needs of children,
Where the family's growing yet,
TO the busy world about us,
With its heartless woe and sin.
Restless stream Of little pennies,
Rushing out into the din
Coming back 20 very slowly.
Though We try to toll and save;
Coming to the dear old homestead,
Coming in to keep us brave;
Weary, are we very often,
Weary, when we try to win
From the world the little pennies,
Which are slow in coming In.
Going out to pay the taxes.
Coming in our hearts TO cheer;
Geing out to pay for schooling.
Coming in to family dear;
Ceaseiess stream of little pennies,
Which we fnd so hard to win,
From the doorways OF the Homestead,
Going out and coming in.
Portland Transcript
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09

T. =
1Ao chasn xne and Weazehy Wfdow 0f thor
Soueh Anaer1caa Dictator.
Nine. do Barrios. widow Of the South
American Dictator. is thirty-three
years of age. the mother of seven
children. beauty. and worth $780,
600. She is one of the prettiest women
in New York, of rich dark South
American type. and despite the seven
children. has not lost the least hint OF
her freshness and charm Her story
is romantic one. At fourteen years
OF age she had reached that sudden
development to womanhood which
comes to South American girls almost
as soon as they turn into their teens;
the Dictator Barrios, who was then
nearly forty. caught a glimpse of her
one day, and being inspired with a sud-
den passion, demanded her hand. Very
naturally. the girl rebelled at being
turned over to a man old enough to be
her father. and her parents objected to
the match also. not only on account of
disparity in years but on the ground
that the position of q South American
Dictator is not one Of sufficient Sc
curity to insure the future happiness
of the woman who marries him. so the
young lady was whisked of to mount
ain convent and General Barrios' offer
was respectfully but firmly declined
The Dictator. however, was not OF the
stuff of which rejected suitors are
made; his only answer was to clap the
lovely senorita's father into jail and to
inform him that he would remain there
until his pretty daughter became Mime.
de Barrios- The old gentleman stood
it heroically for awhile. but prison life
and fare not agreeing with him, the
senorita reappeared as suddenly as she
had gone, and was welded with
great pomp and ceremony to her hardy
wooer. There is some quality in the
feminine heart which responds prompt
ly to these Lochinvar methods of
courtship, and in a very short while.
the pretty girl was more fond of her
rugged and imperious husband than of
all the young fellowship had been play
ing mandolins under her window ever
since she turned of twelve He on his
part was passionately enamored of the
little girl he had married, and at once
began investing large sums in the
United States and in France against the
coming of any damp days. that when
he was suddenly taken off in an upris-
ing, his widow found herself not only
the mother of seven children, most of
whom came in pairs. but also the sole
owner of $1,000, 900. invested in the
solidest fashion. She is a very prom
inent figure in society and usually
spends her summer at Newport. de-
voted mother to her little dark-eyed
brood, and SO far seems to have no in
tention of replacing her soldier hus-
band. though the fortune hunters spare
no pains to persuade her to do so. One
of her curious fancies was to have her
self painted by a famous miniature
painter in a picture which showed only
her beautiful Spanish eyes above the
edge of a crimson fam This grew
quite rage for a while. and all the
women with pretty eyes had them
selves painted in like manner 1t was
she. too, who started the fashion of
having her beautiful hand photo
graphed and giving it to her friends in
place of pictures of her face.-N- Y.
Cor. Chicago News.