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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29
TEMPERANCE pnuo.s,
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SOM. .harlkAScE rnrlosep1
T ~" of
George Francis Tra s;aanlsara..
one ne OF the luxurious '' y, Vas SCI
On one evening. He le mouse
his forehead, said. gray lce'
ua5 There i is q an iron ring ), -
custom when laa,' tn the England r;gl It L
the . floor for every 'l nav Was pla
fiagon when called NAN man,. to Oh
to to the =. floor by means Of Se w. was Il
the IL. liquor was poured u dot the IN
This fact; for I have s eesn HI his
suggested by the drin kim ne NE,
recollection !, Of hard drinkers a '}
many years" continued MIS- Mr. : goe
In 1856 Tom Sewn MI. Irai
Minister from the Un;ta G"t Z,
Petersburg, Franklin P;e,asst atss
self were crossing the ocaan az aa'
gland to this country. pao;n.i r 70
one evening in COMPANY 'c u;48 ta
the latter told me of the co m,'n
sire OF a friend of his for eo mlss!'5
said that if this friend but tastaj
once and saw another glass , oftsa
liant on the other side Of a'a a m o. The
OF lava, so strong was his nass;ss
that he would plunge in thu Lesson stasl
try to swim throug6t the t fire t ta ca
I have always had the not;o u W
train, that Pierce was dess,;ls'!a Say
own feelings. e''s's'l
I recall, also, that when a.,
torial excursion went to t lns
Mountains at the complct; ;ne
Union Pacific Railroad, Dick G,t
one of the company. He had t "a.
tation at that time of being 1 tba .i Is
drinker in the country, e5ce nr ie]
George d. Prentice and Seps4a a
Dougal. At that time, however, rS,Vl /
had been temperate for a lons,
The day was excessively hot and ]
and in an unguarded moment !
drank q spoonful of brandy Wv q,
afterward he was missing. We "
him next morning in a cattle Nan
nothing on but o shirt. f'4
while coming down the Nj,
River from Omaha to st. 10 with
tor McDougal," continued Nv i
"the bartender had been warned
give the Senator a drop of liono
was one of the most touching So.
ever saw when the Senator tried i
suade the bartender to give him a,
The winning personality Of tbe
was so great and his appeals 50 n
as he stood with his arms aron,
bartender's neck begging for !
that, as far as myself and the bari
We're concerned, there was not
eye in the house"
Mr.. Train was in reminiscent
and he recalled another incident
varied career.
cat the time I was making MY
speeches in England I met man,
glish debaters. 1 succeeded i
gushing every one Of my opp
until [ ran across o gentleman
Gilchrist. He was drunk at TIN
but his marvellous eloquence, pro-
memory, and consummate skilla
batter overwhelmed me. Ibecamt
Interested, and tried to save him.
I spoke to him of my desire
reformation, he held up the la
ereign in his possession, which
received for an article in the
Times. Trying in vain to stani
he said:
Sir, I would not forego the
Of this drunk for :e1; OOO,OO0nH
At this point Mr.. Train 10
stretched himself. He closed
marks with the following quotati'
Oliver Wendell Holmes:
Ills but the fool that loves excess {.
Hast thou drunken soul?
The bane is in thy shallow skull,
Not in my silver bowl.
-Nelv York Sam.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

TIE names of the men who have
been killed in New York by electric
light wires would make dreadful list
for the contemplation of the companies
whose wires have done the killing.
Those victims are martyrs to corporate
greed and neglect.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

MIR. GEORGE w. CH1LDs, in his rem-
iniscences of Grant, in Lippiaacotfs,
says: sThere is nothing ever heard
him say that could not be repeated in
the presence of women. He never
used profane language. He was very
temperate in eating and drinking"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

The Oldest son OF the Gar of Russia
has already succeeded in making him
self decidedly unpopular with his Ger
man cousins. While in Berlin recent
ly attending the army maneuvers he
persisted in addressing the German
officers in French, although he speaks
their own language very we'll. EN-
peror William was palpably Disguised
by the manifold gaucheries Of his boor-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

COLONEL NJ, a prominent merchant
and banker of Galveston, Texas, tells
a story of haunted bedstead he owned
in the seventies. It gave "the horrors"
to everybody-men, women and chill
dren-who slept Oh it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

Mrs. GILLETTE, of Buncombe, Wis,
whose mare continually switched her
tail over the driving lines, has patent
ed an iron hook for the lower edge of
the dashboard, by means Of which the
lines can be released.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

The sealing seizures result in much
indignation and great deal of war
buster on the part OF the Canadians.
In reality war is the very last thing
the Canadians want. It has often
been noticed that the man who shouts
loudest betting at an election usually
has the least money to bet with.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

HIRAM EpHRA1l BRooKsoN, of Gays
Crossing, Sullivan County, Pa, wears
No. IA boot. He bears the reputa
ton among his neighbors Of being
something of a kicker.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

The British War Office has ordered
the deputy adjutant generals of the
military districts of Canada to at once
report upon all facilities for the trans
portation Of troops from one part Of
the country to another. The order is
unexpected and causes some excite
ment. It is assumed that England
will strongly garrison new Notifications
On the Pacific coast.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

If there is man in this country who
make a better use of his wealth than
Mr.. George w. Childs, of Philadel-
phia, his name and residence escape us
for the moment.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

The eggs of Pacific island turtles
are laid in perpendicular cavity
about yard deep at the bottom of a
great circular excavation, which the
female scrapes by whirling around like
fly with its wings singed and vio-
lently plying it's fippers. There are
usually over hundred eggs in litter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

The Town Council of Morgantown,
Pa, has passed an ordinance prohibit
ing citizens from putting single roofs
on their residences.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

HIGH heels are supposed to be an
elegance derived from the French, who
are credited with taste superior to
ours. It is not, however, generally
recognized that the French idea of a
high heel is a thing to rest on, not to
walk on. The observant Max O'Rell,
who has contrasted the manners and
customs of the two countries, says that
an English lady walks with her arms
hanging down, supporting herself on
her heels, the French lady walks with
her arms bent, supporting herself on
the toes. have seen it stated in
print, and in all gravity, that French
ladies actually practice this manner of
walking with slipper fitted with a
rubber ball beneath the heel. This
ball squeaks when subjected to pres
sure, and the object in the practice is
to move freely and yet not sound this
squeak.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

ANDREW CARNEGIE has appointed q
committee of prominent Pittsburg
citizens to select suitable site in that
city that he may buy it and erect
thereon free library, which is to cost
s75O,OOO The building, it is said,
will eclipse anything Of the kind in
America
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

LAWYER GEORGE Bliss, of New
York, said in reference" lately given
to q former coachman: "I have fire.
puently seen him sober"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

The colony of Victoria, Australia,
with 100000 inhabitants, is said to
muster $50 religious sects.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

In 1866 James G.. Blaine and Mel
Vile w. Fuller, the present Chief JUS
tice, were reporters on papers i'll Au-
gusta, Me.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

THERE has been of late a marked rise
in the price of quinine. Men with ma
laria feel shaky.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

A LION in the Philadelphia Zoo sui
fering from the toothache, his keeper
administered laughing gas, put the
beast to sleep, and safely extracted the
offending molar.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

Ten CENTS was the reward given a
Pottstown, Pa, man who found stray
$4,000 team and spent an hour in find
ing the owner.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

PLANTS in liquor saloon windows
have to be frequently replaced. They
wither in the atmosphere of alcohol.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

A CALIFORNIA paper lately advertis-
ed for "a lady to do Homework in
small family"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

AN effective way of keeping the
ground floors of dwellings, and store!
houses dry is adopted in Java. In the
process of building, a layer of fine coal
dust is spread over the spot and
stamped compactly. A layer of fine
sand Of equal thickness is then laid
over it, and upon that is placed the
floor. By this method of construction
the floor will, it is said, always remain
dry from the coal-dust absorbing the
moisture of the soil. To keep away
white ants, the placing of a layer Of
C adjust under ground floors has
proved highly serviceable, owing to
the inability of these destructive in
sects to make their way through it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

The women in Denmark are showing
their patriotism in q most practical
manner by voluntary contributions to
fund for the defense Of their country
by means of Notifications, for which
the Danish Parliament will not vote
the necessary grants. The Danish
women have already collected more
than 100000 kreutzers, and eight
Krupp guns have already been bought
with this sum and presented to the
King of Denmark. Contributions con-
tinue to be forthcoming, and move
ment has now been started in Norway,
to follow the example given by the
patriotic Danish women.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

Too MANY editors think scandals by
vile people interest respectable readers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

EX-SENATOR JONES, of Florida, is
still in Detroit, where he wanders the
streets i'll the last stages Of shabbiness.
He is said to be penniless, and how and
where he lives are mystery. On or
binary subjects his mind is sound, and
on political and other public matters
he talks intelligently and we'll, but on
the subject of his unfortunate love
affair his mind is evidently impaired.
He refuses to believe that Miss Palms
is married, and talks pathetically about
her. Jones has many friends in Florida
who would like to care for him, and, as
he declines to leave Detroit, they would
seem to be justified in using any means
to rescue him from his unfortunate
plight and restore him to the familiar
scenes of his State, where he might be
cured of his delusions.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29

PRIVATE letters from Honolulu indi-
cate increased discomfort with the
manner in which the affairs of the
kingdom are being conducted, and
a growing feeling in favor Of
the annexation of Hawaii to the
United States. Three treaty powers
England, Germany, and the United
States-are bound by compact not to
annex the islands, but the Hawaiians
argue that there is nothing to prevent
them from petitioning the United
States to place them under it's protec-
ton.
OF all the instances of mans inhl1-
manity this is the chief: A man in
Colchester, England, had horse which
he knew to be dying. He knew that
he could sell its carcass to some people
who ship such merchandise to Ant
werp, and he wanted to get the poor
animal to the dock without hauling it
there, so he started to drive it. He
didn't succeed, for the poor horse fell
and expired on the way, but he did
succeed in getting himself fined forty
shillings. If a more fragrant case of
cruelty is on record anywhere it is not
remembered.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-14
Eirst Stem TnMnrl Fame.

Mr. Younglove-Whati is this, my dear? Is
it possible that YOU have begun divorce pro
ceedings against me! What have you to COM
plain of: Have not ever been an indulgent
husband to you?
Mrs. Younglove tsobbing hysterically)-
Yes Charley, yes. You have been kindness
itself
Mr. Younglove-Can it be that you have
ceased to love me:
Mrs. TounSloye-2Iy own. you know that
love you better than lie itself.
Mr. Younglove-Then what does this letter
from lawyer mean by saying that you have
instituted proceedings against me for absolute
divorce, with sensational charges!
Mrs. Younglove-It means that my friends
tell me that have rare talent for the stage,
and this is my first step on the ladder of fame.
New York Truth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-14
HyDnotisrn in Dentistry,

y paper was read by DR.. Charles l. .ang,
Of New York, on "Mesmerism and is r.pra-
peutical Applications" Its closing para
graphs were as follows:
AS applied to dentistry, believe ~: the
chief use will be found in the suggestive cf
feet in quoting neuralgia and the excess of
pain due to fear of long operations. rather
than in its anRsthetic effect. In orir. 10
produce an -hesia profound enough to allow
the extraction of tooth, the subject must be
an unusually sensitive one, and the danger
and annoyance would be less from that ideal
anmsthetic for these short operations than nj
trOus oxide. Like many other valuable rem
odpS, as opium, alcohol, wine, quinine, etc,
hyp9otism must be handled by those trained
to study its phenomena, and to guard against
trouble each operator should never hypnotic
u subject without his formal consent or the
consent OF those in authority over him
Never give to the hypnotized subject any
other suggestion than those necessary for his
case, unless he has given his consent previous
ly. Never induce sleepexcept in the presence
Of a third party. Albany Argus.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-14
Carry Your Own Soap.

"Among travelling men," said physician,
Eat least one in fifty has skin disease of
more or less serious nature, and its cause may
almost invariably be traced to hotel soap.
Every person who has had occasion to be
hotel guest, no matter where, is familiar with
the much worn cake Of sap that lies in wait
for him on the wash stand, sometimes in
not over clean dish, and frequently glued to
the cover of the stand, according to the within
of the chambermaid. You haven't the slight
est idea in the world who used the soap last,
and very few persons ever give the matter
thought. 1t would be an easy going indvid-
ual, and one singularly Indifferent to consid-
erations of cleanliness. who would for a mo-
ment think of using u towel that might have
been used by the previous occupant of a room
at a hotel, but the instances are rare where
the same guest will hesitate TO use the soap he
finds III the room, although it may scarcely
be dry from the ablutcn of the last person
who used it, The travelling man does not
stop TO think that the hotel soap is unexcelled
as distributor of cutaneouS diseases, and
frequently those that are difficult OF eradica-
ton. The man who stops habitually at the
hotels here, there and everywhere about the
country, and does not carry and use his own
SOAP deliberately courts the contracting of
what may be most distressing and offensive
malady. kansas City Journal IS
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-14

The Rev. c. NJ. Irwin told us of the follow
ing a few days ago: When he was married it
was the custom for the ladies to wear gloves
that reached to the elbows, and it was some
trouble to put them ON and take them Off
Both he and the lady that he welded had on
gloves of this STYLE and were standing before
the preacher, Jesse Mercer, whose services
had been secured for the occasion. When
the time came to join hands, as there APP
peared to DR.. MERGERS eyes more gloves
than hands, he calmly said: Il don't marry
gloves" Then followed on the part of each
candidate an effort to displace the gloves as
soon as possible. -Abbeville (Ga.) Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-14

The Rev. G. r. Palmer, of Augusta, one of
the members of the conference, told while in
town story of brother whose eloquence
was of the soaring style. He was accustomed
to attempt the most ambitious rhetorical
flights; sometimes he completed them all
right and sometimes he didn't Not infre-
quently he lost command of his vocabulary
at a critical moment and the result was dis
astrous to his metaphor.
One Sunday he was pronouncing a glowing
eulogy on a departed saint. He raised him
in a stately and Respondent progress step by
step to the pearly gates. He almost had him
safe in heaven when he hesitated and seemed
at loss.
"And brethren" said he-"and brethren
he went in as slick as a mouse!"--Lewiston
Journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-14
How They Travelled Long Ago.

In the reign of the Emperor Theodosius
who died \. D. SO. magistrate of high
rank had to go on important business from
Antioch to Constantinople He began his
journey one evening about sunset, and by
the time the sun went down the next day he
was in Cappadocia, lG5 miles from Antioch
On the sixth day, about noon, he was at his
journeys end. The whole distance Travelled
was 6G5 miles Houses were erected on the
great highways at intervals of about six
miles, and each was provided with forty
horses. Those only who had an imperial
mandate might use these horses, but with
their help it was easy to travel hundred
miles a day with comfort.
Surprising, now, great general stationed
at Newcastle had been obliged to repair to
Jerusalem, he would have found an excellent
road the whole way, except where it was in
terrupted by the English channel, the Alps
and the Adriatic. He would go thus: New
CASTLE York, London, Sandwich, BOllogne
Rheims, Lyons, Milan Rome, Brul>dusium
Dyrrachium, and 50 across the Adliatic to
Constantinople, thence to Ancyra, Tarsus,
Antioch, Tyre ana Jerusalem In all 1850
Roman, or $40 English miles. -Chatterbox
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-14

Under tree, near the porch, an old hen
had gathered her brood of interesting balls
of fluff and promissory feathers, some day to
be real spring chickens Between the porch
and the tree, under which the old hen was
delivering monday lecture to her thirteen
children, lay plump and religious looking
cat. She was not one of your scampish,
frisky, half hedged cats, but demure old
tabby, too well fed and perhaps too moral tc
even look with evil eye upon the sparrows in
the bushes near by. She certainly was at the
time | speak of-when the hooking bird,
whose cage hung on the adjoining piazza,
was making a strange ditty out of "Hark!
Hark My Soul" and "Dem Golden Slippers
combined-as quiet and benevolent as a cat
can be.
After awhile the hooking bird stopped
whistling, and apparently directed all his at.
tention to observing the scene before him.
All at once there came from the mocking
birds cage the .shrill pipe of young chicken
in pain. The old hen heard the cry, and in
an instant had left her flock and flown with
ruffied neck and wings outspread upon the
sleepy cat The cat was terror stricken by
the suddenness of the assault, and received
several sharp pecks and scratches before she
could get away. The old hen kept up the
pursuit until the cat fed into the house
The hooking bird, whose sliillful imitation
of chickens cry had caused the disturbance,
cheerily whistled:
There's land that is fairer than day.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-14
THE TRCUBAOOUR.
With jaunty cloak and swagGer.
And a Jewel hilted dagger

With jsunty cloak and swagGer.
And jewel hilted dagger,
/ guitar swung from his shoulders by ribbon.
blue at that:
And his breeches never bigger
Than would show his shapely figure,
And fascinating feather in bis funny tilted hat;
SO he wandered forth a-warring,
And a-rhyming and guitaring,
And in attitudes artistic tinkled many tricksy
air;
And the ladies all adored him,
And the balconies encored him,
And his tunes we're legal tender for his welcome
everywhere
Thus a-humming and a-strumming,
And a-wooing and a-cooing,
Droning ditties by the dozen,
Lisping sonnets by the score,
Went the hero of our story
Through its glamour and its glory;
Ali mellow and so merry was the gallant
Troubadour
Kate BrownlNe Sherwood in Belford's
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-06-14
On the Other Side.

The poor servant girl is not always to
blame. Sometimes it is the mistress A
girl who applied for place to do second
work" over on the West Side astonished the
lady by asking if she allowed her servants to
talk above a whisper. The lady said they
could make all the noise they cared TO if they
would only do their work well, and wanted
TO know why the girl asked that question.
"Well," she replied, II have been working
for North Side lady who does not permit
her servants to talk aloud. The first day
was with her had my frizzes on, ma'am,
and she asked me if they were false. When
told her they were false she said must re-
move them. The next day | wore a small
brooch at my throat. She called me into
her room when she noticed it and told me
| must remove it. She did not allow her
servants to wear false hair or jewelry Then
she wanted me to wear a white dress all the
time. | said | was afraid | might dirty a
white dress when | did my work, and she
said | must do my work SO that would not
get awhile dress dirty. left that lady,
ma'am, and want to understand you before
| come here"
She was hired Do you blame her for quit
ting her Nnrth Side place?-Chicago Herald
GOOD FORM OF TODAY.