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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
Amen.

Miss Larcom, in her New Englan d
Girlhood," says that when she used to
hear the minister read the text, Cut
it down; why cumbereth it the
ground?" she always supposed that he
had made a mistake. Heought to have
said, she thought, why cucumbereth
1t the ground?" Strange things go in
inside the heads of chilren.
Ernest, what does Amen mean 2"
said Philip to his older brother, who
had reached the wise age of six.
1T means mustn't touch it, Philip"
was the unhesitating reply.
"Ernest!!" exclaimed the boys mother.
who had overheard the question and
answer, why do you tell your little
brother that 2"
You told me so, mamma" answered
Ernest.
Why, no; think what you are say.
ing. l could not have told you that"
urged the astonished mother.
But you did, mamma. I asked you.
and you said, Amen means mustn't
touch it," returned the little boy very
positively.
His mother was greatly puzzled until
h remembered that she had said.
Amen means, so let it be-"
Little Ernest, in his raids on the
work-basket, the books, and the bric.a-
brac, had learned past doubt, that "let
1t be" meant, mustn't touch it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

up to the house. I thought bo
expressman, as. he had a Bio hea was %
his hat. He brought the valis nau 20 CD
m hour after / had arrived md up halt
charge was 50. 1 wrangled wit 1a'4 The
but paid the monesr The l aa hin,
fare for that distance would hay esal cab
a dollar and a half. OF coursa been
swindle, but there vas NOTHING ~ was
but to pay it or else 60 rousa u. C. Do
police station and go through AZ 10 the
less amount of trouble. Tha. ED,
would have been taken the sou. Vallse
lance in London by a respectabe. dis.
honest driver for 81 cents. II . and
cabman attempted to charge mas saaol
license would be taken from Hwy ls
Paris, or any of the other Fnrn. IN
capitals, the service would have Neaa
cents, at the outside, instead Of 20 soss v y
is not the money, Of course. ~ ~ IT
dollars is nothing to me. but Il infet
pleasant realization that one l. IN
swindled. When a man gets old b us, ing
preciates p%oliteness and courtesy ~ IA ah
is the a of the popularity - tast
public service abroad. W We
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

THls is the way Private John Allen,
the Congressional wit, got his title: He
ran for Congress in Mississippi against
Gen. Tucker, who opened the campaign
with a rhetorical allusion to his services
in the val, describing a battle in which
he had commanded the Confederates.
sleeping in a tent on a mountain side on
the night Of the battle. When he had
finished Allen got up and said
"Eriends and fellow-citizens, it is all
true what Gen. Tucker told you about
his sleeping in his tent that night be-
fore the battle. ] know all about it,
for l was guarding that tent all night
long in the cold and wet on picket.
And now I just want to say to all of
you who were generals in the war
and slept at nights in your guarded
tents like Gen. Tucker, you vote for
him. But all you fellows that guarded
the generals tents in the wet and cold
like me, you vote for Private Allen
OF course Private Allen was triumph
antly elected, and his title goes with his
hOnOrS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

twisted back against the body. Some
iewelry that had dropped from the wo-
mans neck and ears gave the clue to
the fact that the skeleton belonged to
the body of Buja's fourth wife. Buja
was arrested, and confessed that he had
throttled her. packed her in the cash,
and buried her on the night of her re-
turn from the ball. His only reason
for the murder was that he was weary
of her. Buja refused to say whether
or not he killed his other three dead
wives. The police are having the Buja
farm carefully examined with pick,
shovel and pillow, in the hope of find
ing the skeletons of the rest of the wo-
men Buja is suspected of having put
out of his way.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
The Story Of a Picture.

In New York hangs a striking and
lovely canvas representing a figure of a
woman standing with her back to the
ing, her golden head turned gracefully
so az to reveal the clear beauty of a
pure Greek profile. The grace and
splendid tint;ngs. of the woman have
made this picture the object of great
admiration from visitors. and the hand
some young artist that is its author has
at once become famous by a master
piece that owes quite as mncht to its dar-
ing conception as to its effective r~ealiza-
ton. The most interesting part Of the
picture to the artist is that it was sold
a few days ago at the painters own
figure, which was very intimidating
one. The next day after it was sold an
agitated young woman dashed into the
studio of the artist and began pacing up
and down like a tigress.
do you know what you have done?"
she cried, %wringing her pretty hands.
The artist replied that he was not
aware of having done anything he was
ashamed of.
"You have sold that picture of me to
my own husband"
The artist staggered backward, knock
ing over his paint box and upsetting his
easel.
Your husband!!" exclaimed he. "Have
you got a husband?"
"Of course I have. Ny husband is
old Mr.. b, and he bought the pic
tule."
Why" demanded the artist, didn't
you tell me you had husband be-
fore?"
"Oh, eve mind Why" replied the
beauty. "There are a hundred why's.
My husband will give l 1000 for a pic.
ture or a cracked old vase, but he won't
give me $40 for a new hat when 1 want
it. Besides, Idesired to see myself on
canvas. But why did you sell him the
p%icture?" went on the girl.
There, don't be silly" replied the
artist. He offered me my price, and
took it. That is all there is to the mat.
ter. l should think you would prefer
to have the picture in your own house
any way. Your husband doesn't recog.
nize it, I suppose? There is really nc
likeness in the face"
NO" said the girl, "but he did say
that the turn of the head was just like
me. 1t embarrassed me, though, tc
stand and look at it with him. 1t seem.
almost as though he was bound to CUES.
the truth. "-Clncin7ati Inquirer,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
A Twenty.Four Ronr Sui,

By Australian mail we have for a..
first time full particulars of the Ora .4s|
disaster, and the narratives of tba e'el'a|
vivers. We subjoin the principal no ;as1
in the graphic statement of Miss TV aas
undoubtedly the most interesting tn m
in the events of that calamitous rs;sls
in Torres Straits, Miss Lacy saws s's gu
was sitting in the saloon writing = ~
ter, the other ladies being prac.;o iec|
for a concert, when, without a MONEY!
warning, they heard a loud, rra,ins
sound, the ship rocked violently snd :
chorus of confused noises broke ont Na4 ~ ".
deck, W
Miss Lacy rushed on deck, and d,
ready the ship was sinking. "Go; III
aft" she says, was like walking nm \
hill. The part to which 1 was MAXIM
my way was high above the water :
But hardly had she reached the NJ.
part of the vessel than it rapidly sank
and in q moment 200 human beings AMI
a large number of sheep were all Il
the water in a heap, the people strup'
Cling and shrieking terribly" Ms,
Lacy with great difficulty managed d
extricate herself from the confusel
mass, and, being a practiced swimmer
succeeded in getting clear of the wh:r]'
pool caused by tie sinking ship. Sba
then relieved herself of all super2um,
clothing, and swan about for two lours
in the hope of coming across some d
the survivors.
At midnight she heard a cry from ,
distance, and swimming toward \
found that it came from a raft radel,
and hastily constructed by the chjeJ
officer. She availed herself of tl1
temporary refuge and remained on the
raft until noon next day, when finding
that it was making no progress, and
fancying that she saw an island on thu
verge of the horizon Miss Lacy deter
mined to trust once more to her swim,
ming powers, and in spite of strong rel
m%onstrances of the chief officer sk.
dived into the ocean and struck out fol
herself. But she had grlevously mis
calculated the distance Of the island,
All that afternoon and far into th|
night she was in the water withou|
lifebelt or support of any description
relieving herself by swimming alterl
ately on her face, back, and sides. Sh|
said she felt no fear of the sharks thai
abound in these tropical waters, ba|
the fearfully hot sun scorched her terri
bly,, and every now and then she bad
to thrust her head under water to svd
herself from sunstroke. She is unleI
the impression that for a part Of lid
time she was asleep in the water.
At length. after being for twenty-fou
hours altogether alone in Torres Strait,
she was picked up in an almost ey
hausted condition by a boat b%elongiua
to the search steamer Albatross. F]
some hours after her timely rescue sha
was delirious and fancied herself living
in a submarine hotel. No more signal
proof of the value of swimming as 1
lady accomplishment has been Furnished
for many q day than this extraordinary
experience of Miss Lacy's.-PQN Mall
GOeette
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
Mrs. Austin's Resolution Not to Talk.

Mrs. Austin read the other day about
a woman who, topunish her husband for
his meanness, resolved not to speak q
word SO long as she lived, and actually
kept her resolution for over forty years.
Now Mrs. Austin had no idea Of keep
ing a forty years fast tongue fast-but
her husband had picked her up so often
when she did speak that she thought
she would try the virtue OF silence a
little while, anyhow, and she proceeded
to put her resolution into immediate
execution. And she determined to use
a slate to write out her sentiments.
c%huckling to herself as she thought how
astonished Mr.. Austin would be when
he found that she had foresworn talking
as a punishment to him for Worrying
her so.
To her chagrin Mr.. Austin didn't
come home to dinner, So she was de-
MED the opportunity Of posing as a
mute before him that evening. nor did
he show-up until the small hours of the
morning, and then he was carving a
hefty Jag.
"Who'm-I-who are you?" hic-
coughed Mr.. Austin, as he staggered
into the sitting-room.
Then Mrs. Austin wrote on the slate
which she had ready for his coming, Il
am your W dear wife, John, but / can
never speak a word to you more"
Nh. Austin gazed at it in a dazed sort
of a way and said, who tole yer to-er
put it on er slate? I pays for what l
orders. No slate for me"
Then he seized the slate and en-
deavored to break it on the stair rail
ing, when Mrs. Austin seized her be-
wildered husband by the coat collar
and snaked him off to bed, exclaiming,
You miserable, pernicious, abominable,
pestife<ous. d~eteriorating, spasmodic,
monumental, drunken idiot, / resolved
to have no more words with you, but
you torture me beyond endurance. I
must talk"
And the neighbors say that a woman's
voice, pitched'at a very high key, was
heard in the Austin mansion until
nearly daylight.-Teras Siftinos.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
The Best Kind Of Fool.

Briggs-Tell me confidentially' INV ~,
DO you kiss your wife every morning r j,
fore you leave, as you did in your e"'
married life?
Braggs-Certainly not. Do yoa'
Yep" IN
my wife would think I was a 'o0' :
l were to do such a think. .b;,k
well, a mans wife is bound 10 ID a
him some kind of a fool anyway a LINK
long as he is that kind of a fool ! " hs
she will overlook a great many W r.
other fool qualities. "-Te,re Haul"
press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

AN Elephants a rather huge and I'M
wieldly animal to go walking about in
his sleep. A circus elephant on board
a train going from Pittsburg to Johns
town the other night developed into a
successful somnambulist. While in a
deep slumber, and dreaming, perhaps,
that he was in old Africa taking a
walk through a favorite Jungle, he
maae q couple OF laps around his car.
and then walked out of the side door
Sleep. sleep even of the balmiest de.
scription, is likely to be interrupted by
such an incident, and the elephant had
no sooner struck the ground than he
was wide awake. Like Patti, in "Son-
nambula," he asked with a bewildered
look, where am l." and then finding
himself but little hurt, he began to pa.
troll back and forth on the track. where
a few hours later he was found by hi
keepers. The next time he travels al
night he will probably take a sleeper
and tip the porter to look out for him i
he walks in his sleep.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
Australian Ahorigin,s.

Upon the whole, lie among inc
Northern Australians could hardly be
desirable on any terms, and on their
own it seems not accepta-
BILE. Their religion is q fear, their ex-
istence q series of escapes from starva-
ton and homicide, their morality a
mere tribal obligation to the most ele-
mentary fealty, their polity and ultima
tum Of the principle that might makes
right within the tribe as we'll as with
out; a despotism of the strong hand
tempered by cunning. In the society
of these children Of nature certain per-
sons skilled in devil-devil, as they
call the invocation of their supreme de.
mon, and certain old ladies accomplished
in catering to their simple appetite for
human flesh are the ruling inf1u-
ences.
They are all cannibals, as opportu-
nifty offers; and in default of enemies
to eat they will sometimes eat their
friends: they will even eat their chill
dren, though this is exceptional. 9th
erwise they live mostly on poisonous
roots. which have to be carefully pre-
pared; upon worms and grubs; upon
snakes and lizards, and upon such birds
and beasts as they can kill, though
they are not good hunters, and are
poorly weaponed for the chase. They
go naked and almost houseless; a shell
ter of boughs is their conception Of a
house.
After four years among them, and
the bestowing of inestimable benefits in
tobacco, Mr.. Lumholtz could not flat
ter himself that he had ever succeed
ed in q. pealing to any sentiment but
fear in them; they did not kill him be-
cause they imagined him an adept in
devil-devil and because they were afraid
of the baby of the gun, as they called
his revolver; but they would not have
eaten him, because they had found that
upon the whole, white men did not
agree with them.
In spite of their fears they had &C.
cesses of %treachery in which they longed
SO much to kill him that it was never
safe to let them get behind him; and
apparently no kindness could win them
to affection. On such conditions life
began to be for him at moments the
poor possession it seemed to them, and
ne experienced a deep dependency.
mixed with indifference, from which he
had to pull himself together with a
strong effort of the will at last, in order
to escape from the physical miasm Of
their most miserable existence. They
were children and bad children, with no
lovable traits that he could discover,
and CRUEL and filthy in their ignor-
ance.
In spite of their abominable customs
and their squalid conditions, the life of
the open air and of the woods and hills
is so wholesome that fine physical types
are not rare, and in this fact there
might be some hope for the race if it
met the least justice in contact with
the whites. But on the frontiers, says
Mr. Lumholtz, "any savage discovered
by the white man runs the risk Of be-
ing shot. Poison was laid in the way
of the blacks once when I was in
| Queensland. X y "A squatter * y
shot all the men on his run because
they were cattle killers, the women be-
cause they gave birth to cattle killers.
and the children because they would
in time become cattle killers"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

A ROMANTIC young woman named
Barbara, who gets her mail at Oketo,
Kan, wrote her address on an egg, and
in due course of time a postal card ar
rived at the Oketo Office from James
Miller, Of 52l Flushing avenue, Brook
Ign, N. Y, saying that in a lot of eggs
received at his store this one was found,
and if the young lady was so inclined
he would be pleased to hear further
from her; also that he was single and
alone, but that it was by no means GER
tain that he would always remain SO.
Further developments are awaited.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

TRE Lewiston, Me-, Journal tells of
a Maine mar who is a selectman, As
SCISSOR and Overseer of the poor in his
town. He is also school agent and
highway surveyor in his school and
highway district. 1t is said that the
town pays him ST rer day for the board
OF bis mother-in-law, ind that he has
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

A GREENv1LLE, S. c., woman dug a
hole in a cotton field, and pitching her
babe in covered it over with dirt.
Another woman working near by, sus-
pecting the crime, forced the inhuman
mother to reveal the spot where she had
buried the babe. The dirt was pulled
away and the child rescued alive.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

hired his own daughter for the school,
teacher. An ex-soldier, he draws a
nice sum each month as a pensloner.
He carries on a farm and s%peculates
some in farm produce and stock. He
also owns a building that is the head
quarters of a poker club, and he is a
leading as we'll as successful member
thereof. It should be added that he
does not teach a class in Sunday
school.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

SIR WILLIAM McGREGoR has been in
Guinea searching for evidence of can
nibal feasts. Finally, despairing, he
read to the natives a translation of the
vivid description of a former explor-
er. Some of the natives roared with
laughter, while others, more sensitive,
authorized him to deny the story as a
base fabrication.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

In a prehistoric cemetery, lately IN
ooverd near Montpelier, France,
among other things found and reported
to the Paris Academy, we're two skulls
evidently belonging to the Aryan race,
and some bones that must have be-
longed to a man at least ten feet in
height.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

The Salt Lake Herald says n
marked result of Mormon rule is that
that city of $1,000 had no debt and the
smallest tax rate of any city in the
United States-fve mills a year.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

A LITTLE outside the town Of Con-
cord, Me, lies an ancient burial ground,
known as Sleepy Hollow" The fame
of this place is but slightly known
though in it are inferred the remains
of famous writers, Ralph Waldo Emer-
son, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa NJ.
Alcott and Henry ID. Thoreau. Over
Emerson's grave is enected a large tri-
angular block ,of quartz, but no name
rs inscribed to tell the passer-by Of the
great man buried there. The tall
grass and weeds growing about the
grave plainly show that it has long
been neglected. Hawthorne's grave is
unmarked by any stone, and until re-
Gently the resting place OF Henry d.
'Thoreau was similarly neglected.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

The remains of Ann Rutledge, the
early love of Abraham Lincoln, were
removed the other day from the obscure
country graveyard at Concord, where
they had lain for nearly ffty-fve years,
and reinterred in Oakland Cemetery,
at Portland, III.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

GEN. BEN BUFFERS book will at
tempt to show that Andy johnson
knew in advance that Lincoln would
be assassinated.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

AS THE result Of weighing 203 newly
born children to determine the weight
of the brain, the male infants brain
weighed ll.9 ounces and female lie
ounces, the weight of the brain being
to the body as one to eight OF there
about,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

GENERAL LEE at one time was very
much bored by a Georgia mar who had
made frequent personal applications for
d furlough. One morning the General
asked his tormentor if he understood
the position Of a soldier. The latter said
he did. He was ordered to assume it.
General Lee then gave the command
flight about face; forward, march"
As he eve gave the command etc
halt" the Georgian kept on marching
until he got tired. He did not get his
furlough.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

A WESTERN lawyer who often adj
dresses himself to individual members
of the juries he confronts, once APP
peared for the plaintiff in a suit for
damages brought against a street rail
road company. He made a most elo-
quent appeal, but was unable to hold
the attention Of one of the jurors, who
appeared to be an old sailor. At last
he stopped directly in front of the
sailor, and addressing him alone said
Now. mate. Twill tell you how the ac-
cident happened. The plaintiff was in
command of an outward bound car,
and stood in her starboard channels.
An inward bound car came along,
and just as their bows met she jumped
the track, keeled, sheered to port,
knocked my client overheard, and ran
over him" The sailor listened atten-
lively, and promptly joined in a verdict
of five thousand dollars for tho plain.
tiff.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
honors.

Elderly Party-see here, man,
you've been %bothering me for some
time, and I've missed two trains. Don't
you know that time is money?
Husky Doogan (the trampj-Yep;
I'd like ye ter change me two hours
TEXAS &i1ilngs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

IMAM, his wife and ten children are
living in Athens, Ca, on $25 a month.
Out Of this they have to pay house
rent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04
AN Indian of the Cheyenne Agency

AN Indian of the Cheyenne Agency
had one of his legs injured, making
a%mputation necessary to ave his Life.
DR.. Daniel of the agency urged him to
have an operation performed, but the
noble red man thought he would cut a
sorry figure with n leg, and said he
would rather die. Arguments We're I'M
availing. The doctor then thought of
a good scheme to gain his consent. He
hied himself to Pierre, where he Sc
cured the service of a friend who jour
neys through life on n leg of flesh
and another manufactured from the
bark of the cork tree. Together they
started to the reservation. and, after
the doctors friend had given the brave
an exhibition of how he could fly around
on his cork member, the Indian was
satisfied, and even anxious to submit to
the operation and told the doctor that
he might cut Off both legs, as he was
habitually troubled with cold feet every
winter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

PEOPLE who fret and fume ov or
every petty grievance, who take harm
less jokes for insults, and are continu-
allygroaning and worrying over fan
cied wrongs or trifing d;sappointments,
are great nuisances. There is but one
ure for them, and that is real calam-
1ty. 1t is possible, on the other hand,
to be too good-natured. Your very
a%cquieseent "Oh, yes-certainly! ]" sort
Of people often agree to much that it
is their duty to oppose. A temper that
is neither touchy enough to be dis
turbea by trivial causes nor SO yielding
as to he incapable of negation, is an
nnspeakable blessing.