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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
Character, bx tl,s cta.r

II q man smokes his cigar, says b,
i Povenaa, only to keep it lighted, and rel
lshes taking it out of his mouth to watch
the curl OF the smoke in the air. set him
down as an easy-going man. Beware of
the man who never releases his grip on
the cigar and is Indifferent whether #
Durns or not; he is cool, calculating and
exacting. The man that smokes a bit.
rests a DIT and fumbles the cigar more or
less IS easily affected by circumstances.
Ii the cigar goes out frequently the
smoker has whole-souled disposition.
is "hall fellow well met with a lively
brain, glib tongue and generally a fund
OF capital anecdotes. A nervous man
who fumoles his cigar great deal is a
sort OF popinjay among men. Holding
the cigar constantly between his teeth,
chewing {. it occasionally and not caring if
1t be lighted at all, are the characteris-
tics OF men who have the tenacity of
bulldogs. The fop stands his cigar on
end, and an experienced smoker points it
straight ahead or almost at right angles
with his course.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
Tho American Race Horse.

While the public is still marvcling over
Salvatore wonderful performance in
running mile in 1851, there are few
who have, through comparison and
analysis, sought to realize what terrific
burst of speed this is, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer. 1t is nearly forty miles an
hour-a rate averaged by very few of
our fastest trains. There are $3.50 feet
in mile, so that for every one of these
ninety-tive scconds-for every beat of a
mans pulse-this wonderful horse COW
cred fifty-nine and thrcc-tenths feet of
ground. The shortest space of time
noted by the turfman's watch is quar-
ter of a second-an interval so brief
that the eye can hardly observe. the
mind can hardly appreciate it. Yet in
every one of those 3s2 quarters of sec
ond that magnificent creature leaped sin
teen and threc-tenths feet. Such are
the amazing results of careful breeding
as exhibited in the American race horse.
Is the human race improving in the same
ratio? Scarcely.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
Nothing Equals Coffan.

1t is asserted by men of high profess
lonal ability that when the system needs
a stlmulant nothing equals cup of fresh
coffee. Those who desire to rescue the
dlpsomaniac from his cups will find no
better substitute for spirits than strong,
newly made coffee without milk or sugar.
Two ounces of coffee, or one-eighth of a
pound, to one pint of boiling water,
makes a first-class beverage, but the
water must be boiling, not merely hot.
1t is asserted that malaria and epidemics
are avoided by those who drink cup of
hot coffee before venturing into the
morning air. Burned OIL hot Goals coffee
is disinfectant for sick room, and by
some OF the best physicians it is consid-
cred a specific in typhoid fever.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
Leather Very High.

Since the beginning Of this wear there
mas been on unprecedented rise in the
pflce OF leather-a rise which has its re-
mote cause in the large bodies Of men
under arms across the Atlantic. Ten
years ago the price of leather, which be.
lore that time had been comparatively
low, suddenly advanced to very high
ngnfe: Since that time the price has
been falling, with an occasional tempor-
airy advance. Last fail leather had
dropped to the lowest price it had ever
touched in this country. A great MANY
fortunes We're lost, and leather was re-.
garded as an unsafe commodity.
Early in the present year number
OF causes which had been in operation
! for some time began toaffecttll leather
market visibly. The chief of these
causes was the change in the foreign
market. Three years ago the United
States annually imported from Europe
from !, 100000 to 100000 calf skins
and many hundreds of thousands Of
hides. For the last two years this
country not only has not imported
hides, but has exported them in great
quantities. Armies in time of war are
the greatest consumers of leather, and
they consume almost as much in time
OF peace. These millions of men in the
standing armies across the water, who
are consumers but not producers, have
begun to use up all the home supplies
OF leather, and also much that has to be
imported from abroad. As result all
our surplus leather and hides have gone
abroad instead of remaining at home to
keep down prices. A number of rich
leather dealers have seized this oppor-
tunity to restore confidence to the
leather market and to raise the price.
Their efforts begun last January, were
soon felt, and leather took startling
boom. In January rough leather could
be bought for 16a cents pound. To-
day it is worth 35 cents pound.
This surprising increase in cost eX-
tends to all light feathers, of which
shoes, harness bindings, and furniture
fittings are made. Patent leather has
advanced in the same way.
The cheaper grades of shoes will be
the more naturally affected. The
shoes are manufactured on extremely
close margins. Sometimes the manu-
facturer makes profit of but two or
three cents on each pair. If it costs
him four or five cents more to make the
shoes the advance in price by the time
they are sold by the retailer will GER
tainly be noticeable.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
A Reprieve for the Condemnea.

Wretched men and women long condemned to
suner the tortures of dyspepsia, are filed with
new hope after q few doses of Hostetters stom-
ach Bitters. This budding hope blossoms into
the fruition OF certainty if the Bitters is per-
sisted in. 1t brings reprieve to all dyspeptics
who seekits aid. Flatulence, heartburn, sink
ing at the pit of the stomach between meals.
the nervous tremors and insomnia of which
chronic indigestion is the parent, disappear
with their hateful progenitor Most beneacent
OF stomachics! who can wonder that in SO
in those who, benefited by it, speak Voluntarily
IN IT'S behalf. 1t requires a graphic pen to de-
scribe the torments of dyspepsia, but in many
OF the Testimonials received by the propri etors
OF the Bitters these are portrayed with vivid
truthfulness Constipation, biiiousness mus.
cular debility, malarial fevers and rheumatism
are relieved by it,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

We've heard of a woman
who said she'd walk five miles.
to get a bottle of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription if she
couldn't get it without. That
woman had tried it. And it's
a medicine which makes itself
felt in toning up the system
and correcting irregularities as
soon as its use is begun.
Go to your drug store, pay
a dollar, get a bottle and try
it-try a second, a third if
necessary. Before the third
ones been taken you'll know
that there's remedy to help
you. Then you'll keep on
and a cure II come.
But if you shouldn't feel the
help, should be disappointed
IN the results-you1l ind a
guarantee printed on the bot
tle-wrapper that'll get your
money back for you.
How many women are there
who'd rather have the money
than health? And {" Favorite
Prescription produces health
Wonder is that there's a
woman willing to suffer when
there's a guaranteed remedy
in the nearest drug store
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
Thought Transference.

A gentleman was sitting in his library
in the evening. His wife had gone up
stairs. Presently he, too, rose and pre-
pared to go up stairs. Passing through
the parlor, which, by the way, was not
his ordinary way of going up stairs, he
went out of his course little and
paused to look at q small table which
stood in the corner, and upon this table
lay tack hammer.
Now, it was very unobtrusive little
tack hammer, and this gentleman, who
is not at oil orderly in his habits, would
be the last person in the world to go
out of his way to notice tack hammer.
If it had been large lump of coal, or
q quarter section Of cheese, OF a
strange cat on the parlor table, the
chances would have been quite against
his taking any notice of tue object.
But he not only paused and observed
this tack hammer in a somewhat dazed
and perplexed way; he took it and start
ed up stairs with it, which was perfect
ly extraordinary thing for him to do, be-
cause even if the hammer did not be-
long on this table, it did not belong up
stairs. He had not more than half as
cended the stairs when his wife called
from above:
"My dear!'
"Yes?" 49,.
"On, you are coming. Twas going to
ask you, when you came, to step into
the parlor and get tack hammer on the
little table there. I wanted to tack up
picture.
The husba.. stood aghast, half way
"Why," said he, II have got the ham
mer already! And why on earth l
should have gone and got it l haven't
the least idea. Boston transcript.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
Bnowr & WAIT make the finest nhoto-

BRowN & WAIT make the finest photo
graphs in Sioux City. They are the official
PaDog apr Of tie Corn PALACE Of 1892
ing inside the Palace, and they being
awarded the contract for furnishing ali
views sold inside the Palace, on account of
the superior quality of their work. They
have the finest gallery in the city and the
largest display of samples to select from.
Mr.. Brown does all the operating in the gal
lery himself and is one of the finest opera
tors west of Chicago. If you are going to
have any pictures taken, be sure and call
on Brown Il Wait. They give u guarantee
receipt for all money paid them, and if your
pictures don't suit you they will give you
your money back. They make all sizes and
styles of work. Their gallery is ut Ala
Fourth street, by the American Express Of
fee, Sioux CITY, la.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
Wanted 1t Produced.

Two partners in Scotland who had
made a verbal agreement with each
other quarreled over the same, and
sought to have the case decided by the
baltic. His honor, when presiding over
the case, asked the complainant to pro-
duce the agreement.
sit was a verbal agreement, your
honor,' replied the complainant.
''Weel, weel, man, verbal or no. can
ye no produce it, an We'll settle the
case in mee'nit?' said the bailie.-.
Spare Moments.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

A ToccoA, Ca, man is totally blind,
and has been so from babe a few weeks
old. Although he received no education
he possesses unusual intelligence and
can solve difficult mathematical prob
lens, giving the month and year in
which person was born, tell the day
of the week, can tell day from night
by the atmosphere, and when travelling
can tell when he Is passing objects some
distance from the roadside, such as a
house or tree.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
Bread and Cheese and Kisses.

quite certain, despite the storm
E,approbation that such an edict
call forth from the parties inter
that were it possible to prohibit
le from marrying unless they had
sared income sufficient to support
ne in comfort, great benefit would
le from the restraint imposed. It
act that must never be lost sight of
IA the married state young man
alSed income must give up some OF
l9rmer expensive habits, for al
gu young folks are apt to think
TWO can live as cheaply as one
begin to find out before many
are past that this impression is a
one. For a young couple pos
y OF an average amount of common
and having some knowledge OF
rue value of money, a thousand
year is perhaps sufficient to
with, but unless they have these
sl,es, twice that sum will hardly
!hem through. Before the mar
i 5 decided upon, each party to it
~ carefully consider the position,
sort Of living he or she has been
s1med to, and whether the income
/ ~. bread winner is sufficient to pro-
vi them the same comforts. We
10 sympathy whatever with those
N'a1ry without first counting the
VI course thousands of people
!, every year on IN income of much
'aan a thousand dollars, but in
H. vases the husband has not good
rs Wi 70 keep up in business, and is
NJ d!lred to dress so we'll as those
VIII. N view. Hosts of books have
a rl55ten, and articles contributed
s'aau ~, showing how to keep
,5o vi ten or twelve dollars week,
|l oush good many of these con-
! MI sas look feasible on paper, the
! h AIRS 4, OF them would look very blue
'ney, as punishment for their
eeondemned to live according to
h. "'ltten statement for three
! biz, The very essence of the mat
ma, estate is the mutual comfort of
S9'and &nd wife in their home,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
FOR ITSELF.

Poets should not reason:
Let them sing;
argument is treason
Bells should ring,
Gnomic words,
oplrlt cries, suggestions,
Like the birds.
He may use deduction
VINO must preach:
he may praise instruction
VINO must teach.
But the poet duly
Fills his part
When the song bursts truly
From his heart.
Fol no purpose springing.
For no pelf;
He must do the singing
For itself.
Not in lines austerely
Let him build;
Not the surface merely
Let him guild.
Fearless, unlimited,
Like q spring,
Opal-words, inlighted,
Let him sing.
AS the leaf grows sunward
Song must grow;
AS the stream flows ownward
Song must flow.
Unlesss aye-tor measure;
Roses die,
But their breath gives pleasure
God knows why!
ne cfJohn Boyle O'heilly's last poems.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
Jogging His Memory.

A little girl who was with her mother
on a shopping campaign was promised
some picture cards by the clerk. After
q while she whispered to her mother:
"Mamma, what will we DO If ne for
gets?" nm, tho
reply. oo,,,,1o+od
both the clerk and the mother had
forgotten, and as the latter turned to 80
she was surprised to see the little girl
s s the clerk on the head with her
little, red parasol. ...t
aWhy, Minnie, what did you do that
for?" she exclaimed. -
81 was only ioggin' his remember "
was the reply.--West Shore.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26
In the Dark Continent.

DR.. Junller, who learned in Central
Africa to relish fried ants and lived for
years on negro bill of fare, expresses
decided views In his new book on the
way to get along in the dark continent.
He goes so far as to say that in his opin-
ion the white man who accustoms him
self to native food will keep in better
health than if he enjoyed the best of
European cookery.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

A FRUIT farm in Palatka, Fla, sells
for nickel all the cocoanuts that per-
son can take away in his pockets. Sew
eral, who thought they saw good thing
in this, tried it and lost their nickel. The
nuts had the shells on and would not 20
in any pocket
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

"'Tw1L1 PROVE that wisdom is worth
more than strength" Are you weak? Save
your strength by using SAPOLIO. Try a
cake of it and judge for yourself
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

A SOAP that is soft is full of avater. two
thirds its weight probably; you pay seven
or eight cents per pound for water. Dob
bins Electric Soap is all soap, and therefore
the cheapest and best. Try Dobbins'.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

DR.. JOHN BULL of Louisville. KY. show
ed his love for little children when he in
vented those dainty little candies he named
DR.. Bulls Worm Destroyer's. It's fun for
the children but it's death to the worms.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

ONE police court in New York in three
hours disposed of 100 cascs-an average
of a minute and half to each case.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

The explanation of the peculiar
density of thunder clouds is said to lie in
the fact that the vapor is partially con-
densed into drops by the electrical
action.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

THE man who thourht he could live on the
''milk of human kindness" died in the poor
house, CT dyspepsia.-CLticago Eye.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

LOCKS were used by the Egyptians,
Greeks, Romans and Chinese. Du Gauge
mentioned locks and padlocks as early
as 1881
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

M. L. THOMPSON & CO., Druggists, Cou-
lersport Pa, say Halls Cattarrh Cure is the
best and only sure cure for catarrh they ever
sold. Druggists sell it, TIC.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

MARRIAGES of convenience, which
have been a social bane in France, are
said to be on the decline there.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

TRUTH is hardly so plentiful as fiction
x4Jhui!stllc YrGuctcr.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

A wrong npression-Kissing your wife on
the back stairs in the dark, supposing her to
be the hired girl.-JFdtcrloo Observer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

A GOOD ft-a fit of laughter.-NcW York
Commercial .Adrcrtiser.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

BEST easiest 60 Use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. BY druggists. soc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

LIZ afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it ESQ.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

THE ship of state is dressed in sails made
from political canvas, and guided by the
tiler Of public patronage.-Wdterloo Observer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

A MAN of fine abiity-a Justice Of the
Peace.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

SOME people will work harder than
Going fishing simply for the purpose
Of having their own way about s'me
thing.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

Tor A D1soRDEIED LIVER try BEEcHAM's
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

The man who lives too fast is bound to die
too auick.-NeW Orleans Picauuns.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

TALMAGE is said to be growing stout
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-26

LOUISVILLE * H. ."""''''o as III yoax. n.y.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-01-17
A Smart Dog.
nent.

T. T. Devore, Parkers burg CIV. Va.)
merchant, owns dog of superior in
telligencc. The dog goes to the store
with the mail every morning, and from
it takes the mail addressed 10 the pri-
vate residence to Mr.. Devore's home.
Nothing can divert him while attending
to his duties as mail carrier, and he
never makes mistake in taking the
letters to their proper direction. Every
evening he sees to it that the evening
papers are taken to the house, and if by
chance the papers should be missing.
either by beng blown away by the wind
or carried off by the boys, the dog
makes a raid into some neighbor' yard
and hypothecates paper, which he
carries off home.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-01-17
Fire Dogs.

A contribution to n recent number OF
Nature suggests the practicabillty o.
training dogs to be used as compani ons
tonight watchmen. Their keenness OF
scent would enable them to detect fire
sooner than any human being could.
The writer says:
81 have recently heard of fox-terrier,
two or three years old, who goes for fire
with as much zeal as most of his race
display in pursuit of rats. When n a
newspaper thoroughly ablaze is thrown
down, he stamps upon it with frequent
short rushes till it is extinguished, and
then worries the scorched remains be-
fore asking for fresh opportunity. He
gets excited on being shown a crumpled
newspaper or a match boz"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-01-17
The Egyptian Pyramids.

The following are figures giving d.
mensions of the principal pyramids of
Egypt: Pyramid of Khufu, height
450. rs feet, breadth of base 746 feet;
Pyramid of Khara, 447. 5 feet high,
600. rs feet breadth at base; Pyramid
of Menkara, 203 feet high and 352. S7S
feet breadth at base. As soon as
Pharaoh mounted the throne he gave
orders to a nobleman, the master of all
the buildings of the land, to plan the
work and cut the stone. The ker-
mel of the future edifice was raised on
the limestone soil of the desert, in the
form of small pyramid, built in steps
of which the we'll CONSTRUCTED and fin
ished interior formed the kings eternal
dwelling, with his stone sarcophagus
lying on the stone floor. Let us sup
pose that this first building was finished
while the Pharaoh still lived A sec
ond covering was added, stone by stone,
on the outside of the kernel a third to
the second, and to this even a fourth,
and the mass of the giant building q
grew greater the ongor the king en-
joyed existence. And then at last,
when it became almost impossible 10
extend the area of the pyramid farther,
glass, and fitted accurately. into the
ang.es of the steps, covered the vast
mass of the kings sepui chre, present.
ing a gigantic triangle on each of it's
four faces. More than 70 such pyra.
mids once rose on the margin of the
desert, each telling of king of whom
it was at onco the tomb and the monu-
ment.