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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

glass from those residences. Last year
Sig. Blondn gave an exhibition at these
grounds on the tight rope or wire. Those
who did not care to see him were almost
compelled to pull down the blinds.
went down to witness the opening game
OF ball at st. George this season. but was
panied to notice that the magnanmous elm
from which had heretofore witnessed the
outdoor spectacles on these grounds had
been filled full of sharp spikes. This course
will not only hurt the management. but
others who would be glad to foster and en-
courage. by voice and pen. all manly athletic
sports of an outdoor nature. [ spoke to
the doortender. about it. and said was a
great hand for sport. and would like to see
the noble American game this summer from
time to time on those grounds. He said
not on those grounds. Possibly on some
other grounds, but not on these grounds.
I then pulled a cork out of a knot-hole in
the fence by means Of Il corkscrew which I
had brought with me. not knowing what
might happen, and through the aperture L
saw the game, though. of course, imper
fectly. When | left the hole there was a
ring worm around its circumference quite
distinctly. where I mad chafed the board
with my nose while trying to follow the
course Of the lofty fly.
Early in the afternoon De Cappa's justly
celebrated band played some overtures, in
terspersed with interludes. The disadvan-
tage of a knot-hole as an organette is that
one has to look through it with his ear
while the band plays. or miss the melody.
do not know much about baseball. and.
for that reason, I have been repeatedly
called upon to umpire the game. People
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
A New Substitute for Glass,

The new translucent substance in
tended as q substitute for glass has
been satisfactorily adopted in some of
the public buildings Of London, and
various advantages are claimed for it,
among these being such a degree of
pliancy that it may be bent backward
and forward like leather and be sub
jected to very considerable tensile
strain with impunity; it is also almost
as transparent as glass and of pleas
ant amber color, varying in shade from
very light golden to pale brown. The
basis of the material is web of fine
iron wire, with warp and welt threads
about one-twelfth inch apart, this
being inclosed, like fly in amber, in
q sheet of translucent varnish, of
which the base is linseed oil. There
is no resin or gum in the varnish, and
once having become dry it is capable
of standing heat and damp without
undergoing any change, neither hard
ening nor becoming sticky. Briefly,
the manufacture is accomplished by
dipping the sheets edgewise into deep
tanks of varnish, and then allowing
the coating which they thus receive to
dry in warm atmosphere. 1t requires
somewhat more than a dozen of these
dips to bring these sheets to the re-
qllired degree Of thickness, and, when
this has been accomplished, the ma
terial is stored for several weeks to
thoroughly set.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
extract the ball if possible, task i,

extract the ball if possible, task in
which he was successful.
The missile was identical in size and
make with the four remaining in the
fve-shooter SAMSON had found on the
floor of Paul Rogers room, and which
the young man had acknowledged as
his own!
"Mr. Rogers" said SAMSON, "you
may now consider yourself under ar.
rest. The case against you seems al
most complete, and assure you it is o
most dangerous one.'
Then you think 1 killed my uncle ?"
~ don't say that; but am afraid az
average jury would so decide"
81 am innocent"
/ That was Paul Rogers plea on the
day his trial began. That was what
he said when, three days later, he was
asked to state why sentence of deatt
should not be pronounced upon him,
That was what he said on the morning
of the day appointed for his execution
He made no explanation-attemp
none-seemed dazed and sometimes
almost needless of what was passing
around him, and of the exciting scenes
in which he was the central figure, bu
always said, calmly:
II am innocent
The CHASTITY preparations for his exc
cution were completed and the selec
few who We're permitted to witness hi
death at the hands of the hangmal
were gathered in that part of tn
combs prison setapart for that event
awaiting his appearance. Suddenly ,
startling announcement was made:
"The condemned man has been re
prieved.'
"Reprieved!"
With what start Paul Rogers, the1
just about to set out on the march t.
death, heard this word.
He was aged perceptibly. His once
round face was thin and haggard, hi
eyes We're sunken and full Of a wild
luster. and his brown hair was streaket
with gray. He trembled violently
then calmed himself with an eviden
effort.
"Why have they prolonged my ago
ny?" he asked of the man of God wht
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

may be found. st. George is not really
town. 1t is not even postotlice; it is only
Il name. 1t has a fine base ball ground,
however, a bank. q bright and handsome
paper called the Staten Islander, and Il tele-
phone, by means OF which one can converse
with parties in New York. but it has no
inhabitants. I desired one evening to con-
verse with Chauncey Depew upon personal
matter, SO asked for the New York Cen
trail office. got it promptly, and after re-
vealing a large quantity OF secrets of the
order. including grips, passwords and
signs OF distress, a voice at the other end Of
the line made the statement "Rats!"
then learned that l had laid bare my
most precious thoughts to the New York
Central Office of the telephone-not to the
New York Central and Hudson River Rail
road shops-I contributed to the laughing
stock of the telephone company. instead Of
utilizing the rolling stock OF the road.
Back of st. George landing the ground
| rises rapidly by means OF a series of beau
tiful terraces. along which may be found
| the abode of wealth and beauty. From
these terraces the game of ball may be seen
| readily II any one will step to the window
| overlooking the harbor. The rent of houses
goes up every summer along the terraces
| because spectacular shows and baseball
games may be seen freely by means of a
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

and ne was sleeping in the next ono
II he did not himself commit the mur.
der, or is not trying to shield the guilty
parties, Abe Booker ards mot ki71ed i,
thas ro0m!' Wv
he studied Paul Rogers face CLOSELY
as he asked:
Was no weapon found?"
Not yet"
How did the assassin gain entrance
10 the house, and how did he 90 ont
again?" o.
4 cannot even guess"
SAMSON quickly made an examina-
clue. % ~N
must look your room over. too"
he said, as he pushed past Paul Rogers
and walked into the latter's apart
ments. AS he crossed the threshold, he
uttered cry of surprise.
Before him, on the floor, lay re-
volver.
1t was small five-shooter, and one
OF It's chambers had been recently emp
tied.
AS the young man saw the weapon in
the detectives hand, he cried out:
Where did you get that?'
Right here on the floor. of your
room, !" said SAMSON, sternly. 81 see
your initials are carved on the handle.
lis this weapon yours
ut is; but 1 will swear it was not on
the floor where you found it when I
was last in this room"
when was that?''
about two hours ago. say at seven
o'clock. 1t was at that time that
heard the alarm of murder. I had lust
finished dressing, and was about to GO
down stairs for an early breakfast"
where was this revolver at that
time?"
Locked up in that small box in the
corner"
when did you last see it?"
Late last night when 1 put it in the
box"
WAS this chamber then empty?'
"No; 1 loaded it only yesterday
Every chamber was full when 1 put it
in the box; [ am sure of that. l had
been carrying the revolver for some
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

are APT, Ill clOOSllls. tuclE uulpllcS DIS III
choosing their ]utleS. to confuse ignorance
anu impartiality.
The game was played between our own
New York club and that OF Cleveland. Ohio.
First our club would swat the ball and run
around the goals for awhile and then the
other would 10 SO. This was kept up until
Cleveland had five and the New Works had
just what they started with.
But we were speaking OF Staten Island.
Probably Staten Island is. to the majority
of the residents even OF New York. terra
incognita. 1t is also terra to the police
sometimes. for being thirteen miles and IL
half long by seven and three-quarters miles
in width nine policemen have great dill
Guilty in being ON the ground when trouble
occurs. especially when the roads are bad.
SO the Staten Island policeman's life is not
one of luxurious ease as one might SUPPOSE.
NV heart has not been SO touched for years.
as last autumn. while strolling through the
beautiful woods which are engaged in
clothing the hillsides of the island. The
air was crisp and exhilarating: the blue sea
glimmered through the red and gold of the
au,umnal foliage Suddenly l thought
heard a sob. Ever ready to comfort the
distressed, provided it does not cost any
thing, always on hand to ask the suffering
if it still hurts. and if so. where it hurts,
sation, I climbed the fence and penetrated
still further into the woods, whero found
a policeman. Tears were in his eyes. l
can bear anything better than the sight OF
q policeman bathed in tears:
inquired the cause of his anguish. he
said it was So quiet and lonely on ms peat
that lie h au strulIeu Off into Ire woods. and
in an unpuarded moment he Lad thrown his
clut into !. chestnut tree to Knock down a
few nuts. not having had Il chance TO Knock
down ANYTHING else for a long time. ant. IL
club had remained up there. He dared not
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
A Chem Girl to Woo.

1 knew u young fellow who was very
sweet on Scotch spinster. She was a
wealthy Scotch spinster, but if there
is kind of woman who must be loved
economically and for herself alone it is
Scotch spinster. Scotch spinsters are
warranted to make good wives all the
time. It is awfully hard to be untrue
to Scotch woman. She makes YOU
so very comfortable, and holds you to
her not SO much by her heart as by
your bank account. She doesn't always
want new bonnets; she is rather liable
to object even to your having a new
hat until the old one is quite worn out.
A Scotch wife can keep her husband
neat and trim and herself and her chill
dren as we'll at smaller expense than
any others She doesn't want diamond
earrings for her birthday.
All you have to do is to show her
your bank book and kiss her, and tell
her you owe the big balance to her. and
she is quite satisfied. This young fell
low did not understand the Scotch
spinster, and when he thought to
please her he sent her lovely and ex-
pensive basket of flowers. He went up
to receive her thanks and smiles, and
he was quite knocked over when she
told him he hadn't big enough salary
to waste it buying flowers for her OF
anybody else, and she was sorry to see
he was SO eNtravagant, because other
wise he was "a very pleasin' young
man." He lied himself back into he
good graces by saying he had got tn
flowers for nothing, and he thought h
could not make better use of them
She smiled graciously, and said:
"Seein' they did na cost you any
thing, it's a great compliment"
She was woman after all.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

stood at his side. II had thought it
| was almost over"
At that moment his attorney en-,
tered, accompanied by SAMSON.
With two OF three deft movements
the detective severed the cords with
which Paul Rogers had been bound 70,
the gallows, saying eagerly:
at was 1 who put these bonds upon
you, take to myself much joy in re-
moving them. l wish 1 could as read
lily clear away all memory OF the I'M
merited affection you have endured.
You will soon be Free
"Yet passed what I believed was
my last night on earth. Am 1 indeed
to be proven innocent?'
your innocence is already estab-
lished," said his attorney. "Read
this"
AS he spoke he placed letter in the
young mans hand. It was a hasty
scrawl, which ran as follows:
"To whom it may concern:
Il. Simon H. Booker. brother Of the late
| Abel Booker, induced Abel Booker to meet
me in a retired spot very early. on the
morning OF his death. made a false rep
resentation. What it was it matters not.
Failing to induce him to make a will in my
favor, suparseding that in favor of Paul
Rogers which he had on his person, shot
him with a revolver exactly like Paul Rog-
ers', and then conveyed his body to his
room. gaining admission to the house by
means of Il latch which found in my
dead brothers pocket. After Paul Rogers
| lett his room that morning l managed to
unlock the box and put the will in it. AS
did SO found tho young man revolver I'M
expectedly and withdrew one of the car
tridges, alterward dropping the revolver on
the floor to strengthen the chain of circum-
| stantia! evidence which has now brought
young Rogers to the eve of the day appoint
ed for his legal murder. By means of a
for. ed will I hoped to get possession of my
| brothers estate alter the execution ot'Pa
living hell of fear, anxiety, remorse and
despair. When have finished writing this
l shall take my life. and may God have
mercy on my soul trust this may be the
means of averting the awful doom my
crime has brought on Paul Rogers. who
never injured me by word Or decd. This is
"s1MoN H. Booker"
"And is Simon Booker dead ?" asked
Paul
Eyes; he died horrible death from
poison. This letter was found clutched
in his hand"
In an hour Paul Rogers was free to
go where he listed. He was also. by
virtue of his late uncle's will, very
rich man. Life was full of brightness
to him as it is to all such favored ones,
but he was a gray, prematurely old
young man, who seldom smiled even
when his companions laughed loudest.
Looking at Paul Rogers one day as
he dashed past him on his blooded
steed en- route for Central Park for an
hours ride, John SAMSON the de-
tective muttered:
"The sight of that man always makes
me ashamed of myself. The thought
of the awful fate to which 1 was in
strumental in booming him makes me
shudder. But it makes me careful.
A detective is just as apt to be fool
as any other man, and I believe half
the fools want to be detectives!"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

go home or back on the beat without his
club, for it would be disgrace, and besides
that, he might be attacked by some one on
his way home and have no means of de-
Tending himself. 1t was a sad case. Later
on, however, a bad boy. by turning states
evidence. and getting Il promise IRON the
policeman that he should be free from ar
rest for five years. went up the tree and re-
turned with the Billy do.
Staten Island in revolutionary times was
extremely tory in it's politics, but is now
friendly to the United States, with the ex-
ception. perhaps. of slight bitterness still
felt toward Constable's Hook. Constable
Hook is like Adams and Jefferson. Though
dead, it still speaks. A man who had lived
for q long time at Constable'S Hook might
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

time, and only last night decided to lay
it aside and buya different one when 1
went down town this morning."
"Mr. Rogers" went on SAMSON, cold
ly; "when were you first aware that
favor?"
81 am not aware of it,
do you not know that. and are you
not also aware Of the fact that strong
influence was being brought to bear
upon him to induce him to leave the
bulk of his property to Simon H. Book
er and Henry Booker, his brothers 2"
81 know nothing about it. I never
conversed with my uncle or any one
else OH the subject of his will
"You are strangely ignorant upon a
subject of so great Importance to you.
Now tell me how any one but you
could have opened that box and taken
the revolver out OF it,"
The young man grew slightly pale.
"Ah!' thought the detective. HE
is either beginning to be Influenced by
guilty fear, or he now for the first
time realizes what differences may be
drawn from the circumstances as he
states them"
",The box was locked" said the young
man slowly Il had and still have the
key in my pocket. [ am sure no one
was in nv room until after [ left this
morning"
LET me take the key" said SAMSON.
The young man did as directed, and
the detective opened the box and be-
gan to examine its contents.
SHOW me where You laid the revol-
ver?"
Fright here. in this little compart-
ment of the tray which forms the up
per portion OF the box"
"What is under the tray?"
"Some papers, jewelry and other ar
! ticles of value which [ have placed
here for safe-keeping. Look and see. .
SAMSON lifted the tray and emptied
the contents Of the box on the dressing
case.
"What paper is this?" asked the de-
tectiye, as he selected one OF peculiar
aprearance from among several others
and held it mp to the young mans view.
/ 81 don't know I never saw it be-
fore"
Did you not put it here?'
no"
at is your ,1ncle's will, bequeathing
to you all Of his property said the de-
tective, as he hastily examined the
naner. Il will take it and this revolt
yer along. This all has very bad
look for you, young man..
"You don't mean--
Il mean that there is enough cir
cnmstantial evidence against you to
hang you!" said SAMSON. "D ). leave
my sight without permission:
Am then under arrest!" :.
Not exactly, only under my eye,
said the detective. please send tor q
Paul Rogers obeyed. Upon his ar
rival the surgeon was directed to probe
the wound in the dead mans head and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
Married in Poetry.

Precisely at five o'clock on Wednes-
day afternoon, May %, 1889, in the
west parlor of the Central Hotel of
Wilmington, Ohio. We're married Mr..
Carlos E. Clark, of New Vienna, Ohio,
to Miss Lucy E. Nichols, of Norris
Vile, Ohio. The couple had decided
that Gay Waters should marry them
and had come some miles to carry out
their wish. License had been OBJ
tanned from Hon. A. N. Williams,
Probate Judge, and Gay Waters mar
ried the couple with the following cere-
mony:
1t is useless TO ask if you now both agree
TO iouru this ocenn OF life together;
AS cN er !he IF this rerilous STA
You to lie true III all sorts of weather.
This license you bring is proof that the State
Has sanctioned the fact that man still needs a
!nHie:
I simply cGn finish what the State has begun,
And by it's neutrality-suspicious. you both
one.
i Ci7tcihalutl Commercial.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26


EltFMAAustin. The conductor was
In Y]busy collecting fares, when
WnSXAA he came to rather shabby
NERN man who had got ON the
p..liE& train in some mysterious
F@N way. The conductor touched
~A the beautiful dreamer and
s7NN asked for tickets. The
dreamer began to snore. 1t was
wonderful exhibition of nasal pvro-
technics. It began very steadily, but
went crescendo from basso prof1ndo to
high alto. He snored lie snoared, he
snawred. The conductor believed it
to be a fictitious anore gotten up to
avoid paying fare, as he rudely shook
the gentle dreamer, who with one
mighty snort, gurgle, and wild gyra-
tions of the limbs awoke, and angrily
asked
what do you want? What are you
shaking me by the arm for? [ don't
need no ticket. Showed YOU my free
pass two hours ago and told you that I
was going to Austin" And the drowsy
man dozed off again.
The conductor shook the sleeper as
terrier does rat, and said gruffiy:
"Show me that pass"
GA gentleman can't get minutes
rest replied the passenger, hunting
for his pass, which he failed to find.
Finally he said:
"You never gave me back my pass. :"
Never saw your pass. What's
your name?" replied the conductor,
examining long, slim book containing
the names of legislative and other dead
heads.
"Bill Snort, editor of the Cyosby
County Clarion and Farmers Vi'adi-
"No pass ever issued to any such
person. One dollar and twenty cents"
Suppose give you $40 personal
puff in my paper instead?"
BLANK your blankety blank puff
Hand out that fare"
"Ill pay, but I feel sorter put out at
this sort of treatment"
you'll feel put out on the bald prai-
RE if you don't pay right off,"
Reluctantly did Colonel Snort pay
over the money, remarking: when
Jay Gould reads my next paper I reck-
on he will send me an annual, if he
don't feel too sick"
In the last issue of Colonel Shorts
paper appears the following:
"BLoATED MoNoPoLIEs.
"Look at the home of poverty with
it's shadows and cheerlessness. Ahl
there is sorrow within that home,
heart bitterness too deep for the pen
to measure.
"There is mother clasping the lit
tie babe to her bosom with oil the ten-
derness Of maternal love, and there is
a pale-faced girl upon whose brow the
wrinkles have already begun to gather.
There is father, too, but the crutch
at his side tells sad, pitiful story,
the old, old story of misfortune.
There are tears in the mothers eyes,
despair in the fathers breast and pain
in the little girls bosom.
"And who are the hell-hounds who
are to blame for this? Tive bloated
railroad monopolies, the most infamous
of which is the Texas Central. How
long shall the people groan under their
budens? Verify, Washington, Jeffer-
son and other revolutionary forefathers
have lived and died in vain. and the
glorious memories of Runnymede and
the Magma Charta become dismal
| mOckerv."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

SOMEBODY asks: why don't our
young men come to the front?" Be-
cause the bald-headed men get the
seats first:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

OLD lady-I hope, my boy, you don't
sell papers on Sunday? Small news
boy (sadly)-No, mum; l amt big
enough to carry a Sunday edition yet.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

If speech were really silver, as the
poets fancy pictures it, what an in
crease of millionaires there would be.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
WILLIAM NYE AT HOME,
HOW THINGS ARE GETTING ALONG
ON STATEN ISLAND.
Where the League Baseball Games Are
Played - Relations Between New York
and TOmpkinsville Big Job for a
Small Police Force.

is Wnere the New
- York L agu 9
games w i'll b e
played this sea-
son. 1t is an obl,lte
spheroid where the
Democrats. last fall,
w ere hattened at
the polls, writes
Bill Nye in the Chi
ago Herald. st.
George. which is
twenty-five minutes
from New York via
the statue of Liber-
ty, is the point
where the disem-
l,u-nlaJ ~,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

SOME men are Ike thirsty cattle
they are easily driven TO drink.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

bright and refreshed in the morning.
AsphyNia would be pleasant relaxation
for him
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
THE WAY HE GOT EVEN.
BY ALEX. e SWEET.

4 HE train was approaching
.Austin. The conductor was
y]busy collecting fares, when
he came to a rather shabby
man who had got ON the
train in some mysterious
way. The conductor touched
the beautiful dreamer and
asked for tickets. The
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

Il Ci?tciHnut5 Commercial.