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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08
Gratifying to All.

The high position attained and the uni
versal acceptance and approval ofthe pleas
ant liquid fruit remedy, Syrup Of Figs, as
the most excellent laxative known. illus
trate tho value OF tho qualities on which its
success is based. and are abundantly graft
flying to the California Fig Syrup Company.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

The nizam of Hyderabad recently pur-
chased IN Madras magnificent diamond
for 5000 rupees, known as the Gordon
Orr diamond. 1t is said to be the best.
purest and most brilliant stone known to
connoisseurs,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

PEOPLE in the heated sections of this
country are consolipg themselves with the
satisfaction that they do not live in Mus
cat, Arabia, where 70O persons are re-
ported to have recently succumbed to a
simeon.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08
FOLKS.
,-,,.io,ie's Reason.

MARION IL
..,.a aqg 4, z,i in ,s" . rSwn obey grow
fHs. t,9.,, :; 5 garden gay!
IN ,,,. md sweet peas IAN
,hsp1tet. ~, rance on the air
s'i 45a IT, I, Ing summer day
.,...,sr softly in my car
len, s" harm the flowers. dear
a. W ,i gi5 re my children, don't'you
.i,o.,, MS Mamma loves me-
/ i9'G NV. ave with dimpling smile.
...o,ornl their roots don't you2)
i az s' III hey like, as babies do,
Bee 5sret Il tilsir little toes;
~, 10 f s, pull III weeds away,
AM, lnt theyd choke the flowers some
4. Everybody knows.
,ro thirsty little things, | think,
.Ihe s !, Give them ill drink
AM l,.,oneyer they are dry
WIZ '.hav're my children-don't you see?
Eor ,it mem as Mamma loves me,
l i ,nd that's the reason why
~, CnnipuNtOn.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

The agricultural college professors have
figured it out that two little sparrows in
ten years will produce an ancestry of 49,
7l6, 9e3,69S birds. Well, that isn't more
than bird or two out Of the way at most.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08
IN THE CLEANING.

Two women leaned over the backward fence
W, yIne Same old fencel as the sun went down,
While eac;' told the other, in confidence,
Thes dds she'd gathered around town:
FOR Or, WON Glust gossip, or they can sic: p;
!, Iher ',le,l is secrets weren't ma lie to keep;
so they lean or! the fence in the cleaning
Two women SIT OH tho front-door stoop,
~, In the evening glow, as the sun W. Mt down.
ms told how thair children skipped the Group,
And sneered at the min stcr's wife's new gow1,
FOR women delight in u friendly chat.
. Without it their lives would BIO st tie and fiat
30 they sit on ihe s oop i'll the cleaning
Two husbands came home from ball game
Nrom the Office they said, as the sun went
down;
Both ready and eager to hear the same
Sweet scandals their wives had hunted down
For men, though they work love gossip. too
And that's why wives seek something new,
AS they meet and talk in the cleaning
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

A PARROT owned by Kansas City bar
Der hangs in cage in front Of the estab-
lishment and occasionally advises pass
ersby to get their hair cut.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

When Baby was sick. we gave her Castoris,
When she was Child. she cried for Castoris,
When she became Miss. she chung to Castoria,
Vhen She had Children. she gave them Castoria
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

OXFORD university has decided by a
vote of IS against So that women may be
admitted to the examination of the degree
| of bachelor of medicine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

THERE has nerer been anything discovered
that will equal Dobbns' Electric Soap for all
household uses. 1t makes paint look like
new, and clothes as qrlite as snou, Ii is a
pleasure to use it. Ask your grocer for it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

CONDUCTOR E. D. LOOMS. Detroit, Mich.
says: 1.-THE effect of Halls Catnrrh Cnre !,
wonderful, Write him about it. Sold by
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

TO SAVE time is to lengthen life" Do you
value life? Then use SAPOLIO. 1t is a
solid cako OF Securing Soap. Try a cake
OF 1t in your next house cleaning.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

GEN. w. w. LoR1NG, Florida's favor
tie warrior, lies buried in St. Augustine
with no stone to mark his last resting
place.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

A PAIR of white robins with pink eyes
were caught at West Goshen, Pa, last
week.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

DON'T let worms eat the very life out Of
your little children. Restore them TO health
by giving DIR. Bulls Worm Destroyer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

A pocket pin cushion free to smokers Of
"Tansills Punch" sc. Cigars.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

PARIS shopkeepers complain of very
dull season.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

The employees of the British admiralty,
war Office and postotfice have begun the
formation of a union of government work
men, for strike or other purposes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

No Opium In Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

BEEcHAMs PILLS cure Bilious and
Nervous Ills.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

IT won't be long before the national air
will be yankee Beside"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

THE art of making matches has ten so
perfected that 1O,Oo0,OuO of the tiny sticks
can be cut into shape, all ready for dipp.
ing, by one machine In a single day.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08

IT cost 1885, to defend the Irish
members before the ParneIl commission.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-08
A Popular Society.

Remember my rhymes when you ride again
On the rafting rail by the broomstick train
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-08
TO sQuELCH RUBBISH.
what Able Critiri.m Has Done for En
gilsh Literature.


giIsh Literature.
Even in its seyerest form sharp crit
cism does good. and IL saves society fron
what would otherwise be the infiietioi
of seeond-rate or third-rate workman
ship. II Is amazing to think OF th,
amount OF bad work-literary rubbisl
Of all sorts-that would have been al
lowed to live for time IL the stron.
hand OF criticism had not swept 1T int
oblivion. Our literary treasure house
the British Museum. certainly contain
some useless books, stored away in It.
ever-accumulating archives; but whai
would II no. have contained but for th,
work of the critics in exposing prcten
tious books and booming the majority
OF those that appear To extinc
tion? ON the other hand, orig.
nal works, the appreciation OF
which IL beyond the capacity of the
merely-smart reviewer. certainly suffei
from the obtmse as we'll as from the rasl
verdict OF the critics; and immediate
popularity Is the most deceptive test
merit. simply because the average min
and the average critic Is q product :"
the average mind not apprcciai,
an original creation. II may be strucl
By IL. but IL can not correctly apprsis'
it. II does not see that. however strang,
and Just because II Is new-a work %
genius may be the natural development
OF preceding literary art. Some very in
telligent persons make . point of no
reading the books of the hour, the book
OF which every one Is talking and som,
are raving. They wait till the en-
thusiasm has subSided, that they
may SEQ whssher the favorite viii
pass out of sight, like . fashion il
dress. went the other day into IN,
shop Of a well-known London dealer II
old books. and asked II he had --, :
book just published. With a really ma
iestic air and the most deliberate star
cato voice, he replied: mo, sir. only
deal in books that have stood the test %
time. For new ones go 10 Mr.. - ol
10 Mr.. $500, in -- square" IL was i'm
possible not 10 sympathize with = mar
who felt that his function as dealer IL
old books was infinitely higher than tina
OF one who merely rctailed the puhlica
tions of the day. because his transac
tions were with permanent literary work
IL Is. perhaps, similar feeling tina
leads some persons not 10 read the hook
OF the hour Nineteenth Century.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-08
STUDY OF PiE-EArERs.
Views of Laneh-Coanter Philosopher ol
Human Nature.

Human Nature.
A lunch-counter offers many advan-
.tages to student of human nature.
Here you can see the cranky man,
avaricious man, who hunts all around
for the biggest piece Of pie, and the man
with the bad liver. THE last-named
usually affects such dainties AS lemon
meringue, said the man behind the pie
counter in well-known lunch cafe.
II think you can tell persons nature
after watching his actions here for
awhile" he continued. "Some men
look over the tempting array OF pastry
ysi see here. You can almost see them
smack their lips in anticipation Of the
treat that Is apparently in store for them.
Then they suddenly switch of and
tackle q sandwich instead, with the air
of one who has successfully withstood
temptation. You will notice that each
pie has a small card In front of 10
ON which the name Is cOnSpicuonsly
displayed. But. bless YOU. the indiyid-
uai known as the average man doesn't
mind "A little thing like that Tie must
get me 10 call of the name OF each pie,
and now and then have to furnish
bit OF biography. especially when mince
pie Is nnder consideration. You can
imagine the awful consequence II a man
should eat piece Of apple pie in mis-
take for peach. For downright good
heartedness the man that eats apple pie
is the man 10 tie to. lie is apt TO be a
plain. everyday sort OF chap, without
any frills. II fellow is in hard luck
he is the chap To strike. Customers who
whet their appetite on sweet potato pie
one day, cocoanut the next, custard the
next and so on through the whole list
are usually of vacillating disposition
and easily displeased. A man told me
one day that IL was his day for eating
custard pie. We happened 10 be out OF
1t and he glared at me when told him
the sad news, as II ! we're 70 blame.
/ Boston folks usually ask for squash
/ pumpkin won't do. a facctious fell
! low asked for 'h"=k 81 cranberry one
day. Sorry, but Il has just run ont /
, replied. Which way did 1t go?' said
a he, and out he went, too. We had q
. new boy behind the counter one day. A
gentleman pointed To whole pie and
4 asked him: How much .s that cut?'
Q The bright youngstcr quickly answered;
4 That's according To the way you cut IL.
q Mince pie finds favor in the eyes OF
/ those who like something with snap in
i 1t. What Is snap? Why, cider, be-
o lieye, One old man told me coniiden.
italy the other day that our mince
], wasn't juicy enough. Then he winked
n Now, I'm greatly puzzled TO know what
q hs meant. A person that works at q
i lunch counter sees so many cranks thai
o after several years experience he get,
II to be a confirmed cynic. The disagree
IS able features are too apparent. SO it Il
wi th waiter. Very few Of them are o
)" a sunny. cheerful disposition. Instead
II you are likely 10 find them irritable ans
Is disposed to talk back. Thus IL happen
T. that foreigners are more of success n
re walters II they are angry they ear
IA. swear in boulevard French or Plat
{, Dutch and not offend the scnsihllitie
nr Of their hearers. rs.--Philadelphia Inquirer
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-08
TOWARD THE MORNING.

The hours may drag their sluggish length along
Beneath leaa,li sky.
i hile dead and sodsen leaves drenched par.
terres throng
From the iorn naples nigh
Yet still the earth rcyolyes in It's own way
Unto the dawning OF fresh new day.
Fire, flood and cyclone may resirtless rage,
And wreck all else beside
rhe miehties; cnglnery that moved the age
on It's career OF pride
tiut through the direst shock since earth was
born.
It never failed TO bring the promised mernl
glorious sunset We may loaih let 50,
When noon was wet and dun,
Aud wlstful watch It's fading nftereiow
Till stars come ane by one,
f3ut OF these lights, from greatest TO the least.
We worship only one-sstar OF the EaSt
The vision Of life's radiant evcntldes-
Serene unto the close.
Hearts pulsinR warmly their dear hre-idcs-
Despite their mantling
such reap.ng after sowing Of e,led ssed,
such catering port, Is beautiful indeed
Now frnm yan weSterias sun. Q pilgrim turn,
Aud for the aay spring wait,
TIN IN The hills ~ ,sud a dawn shall burn
That lifbt- 10 Heavens gate
10. night l. spent and misis have cleared away
rls the rafr morning a, celestial day
Springfield MaNs Republican.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-08
ABORIGINAL MINING.
Great Antiquity of the Copper Mines On
Lake Superior.


Lake Superior.
Writing on Ancient Mining in North
America" " Prof. Newberry speaks, In the
American Antiquarian, Of the great an
tiquity of the aboriginal works Tho
ancient copper mines on Lake Superior
we're abandoned not less than four hun
dred years ago; for the heaps Of rubbish
around the pits made by the ancient
miners were covered with forest trees
that had reached their largest size. The
old mica mines of North Carolina and
the quarries OF serpentine In the Allie
ghanies showed liko evidences of an
tiquity. Some population in the Missis-
sippi Valley worked the oll-felds in
various places. The author. visiting
Titusvilie in 1860. when the first we'll
had been opened. noticed pits IN the
ground which proved TO be relics OF the
excavations OF primeval oil-gatherers. A
citizen. digging q well in one Of the pits,
had discovered and followed an old well,
which was cribbed up with timber and
contained primitive ladder, like those
which have been found in the old copper
mines of Lake Superior. The cribbing
had been rudely done with sticks from
six to eight inches in diameter, which
had been cut or split by very dull in
strument, undoubtedly stone hatchet =
The oil was probably gathered by being
skinned from the water that collected
in the bottom Of the pit. Traces of .
similar we'll were observed at Ennis
killen, Canada; and depressions in the
surface like those on Oil creek were no.
ticed at Mecca and Grafton. o. Ruins
of an ancient lead mine exist on the
Morgan farm, near Lexington, KY, in
the form. where they have not been dis
turbed, OF an open cat. from six to ten
feet wide, ''of unknown depth, and now
nearly Allied with rubbish. On either
side of this trench the material thrown
odt forms ridges several feet In height,
and these are everywhere overgrown by
trees. many of which are as large as any
found in the forests OF that region. I"
Galena has bcen found in many OF the
ancient works in Ohio, but has never
been smelted, and appears To have been
valued merely for its hrilliancy. DIR.
Newbcrry does not believe that the
mound builders we're Of the present In
dian stock.-Popular Science Monthly.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-08
CARE OF THE HAIR.
euEse .tiens which People Would Perhaps
Do Well 20 Follow.

bo wa W fotto&s
In con sidcring this important subject
OF caring for the hair We shall find the
matter simplificd II W. divide II into
two heads. Undel the frat. let us plars
few emphatic do nots, under the st,.
ond We will place u few dos. Ven
then, "a begin with the first.
do not wash the head in well-wat.r
because the lime usually found theron
renders the hair harsh and dry. ai-t
eventually killing oil the young rnnts.
reducing the finest head Of hair, in pru''-
ess of time. "a thin, wiry mass.
Do not MS" soap. tor the same results
follow. owing 10 the alkalies which The
very best makes contain. aud Impurities
which prcdominate In cheap soaps
Do not use fine-toothed comb In or
der that yen may ''clcan the dirt ont oi
your head; the sharp teeth scrape the
tender. young hair just as II Is fairly
stared. thus running IL. These same
teeth may indeed draw out the dust and
dandruH, hut they also quite as surety
irritate the scalp, destroy the hair
cells" and in the end produce fine
new crop Of daudruff.
DO not use oil, for however carefully
applied it will simply form more or
less sticky trap tc catch every particle
Of dust and dirt floating in the air
pomade il open TO the same objection,
but, you say, what shalt | do in
order TO make my harsh, dry hair soft
and smooth?' Why, read on. and you
will see Just what TO de. Once more do
not, and we will see what dos have in
store for MS.
DO not use a wire brush, II will tear
out and thin the thickest head of hair
This is no silly prejudice. but fact
proved true in many cases after im.
partial trial.
DO brush the head twice day with a
bristle-brush, not too stiff. but sufficient.
ly so 10 penetrate TO the scalp. Brush
every which way"-forward, backward.
up. down and sideways. This process,
will invigorate and soften the hair
| Fifteen minutes twice day devote 10 II
| II You have the time.
! DO clip the ends OF the hair as Otter
as once In six weeks II Is better Il
have some one do this for YOU. as yot
can not reach all the short hairs at thu
back Of your head. If you will examine
your hair before clipping you will see
numbers of split ends" Well. haii
stops growing when 10 commences Il
split 50 II you would insure thirl
head of hair you must also insure ever
healthy ends.
DO, IL you find IL necessary To wasl
your head, do so in cold. salt water, per
fcctly clear, and rub with crash towc
until dry. This is tedious process, bu
unless il is thoroughly dried dandrui
forms, and II the hair is very thick 1t |
apt TO mildew. A young lady one
dressed in haste after long bath in tn
ocean, her partially-dried hair was collie
up in hurry. and not combed agai
until late on the following day. whe
she was Obliged to cut away a doubl
handful of mildewed hair which lay be
meath the heavy 'Grecian COLI at tn
base of her exceedingly pretty hcat
The sacrifice was made amid series 4
groans and lamentations. Therefore "
would say:
DO wear an oilskin or waterproof ca
Y while bathing. no matter whether IL
becoming or not.-Good Housekeepin.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-08
CAUGHT A BALLooNER.
A Rural Justice who Knew How te Max
Hay while the sun shoRe.

A Rural JustIee who Knew How te Make
HAY while the sun shone.
II used to make balloon ascenstons IN
connection with Warmers circus, said
an old and retired eronaut the other
day, land one day went up from Pc
kin, Ill. The balloon was new and
light. and got much longer ride than
expected finally descended in
farmhouse yard about ten miles away,
my anchor having caught in cherry
tree. The farmer was an old fellow,
about sixty years Of age, and he sat
reading on his doorstep as came down.
He removed his glasses. put them in
their case. put the case In his pocket.
and then came forward and carelessly
observed:
THAT balloon?
"'Yes. Help me pull 1t down.
"'AIe you ballooner?
"sYrs. Pull hard.
.swe got the air ship down. and I
wanted him 10 take me TO town in his
wagon. lie had none. and had hired a
rig Of a neighhor. and was about to de-
part when the old fellow stepped for
ward with:
i have little Dill here, SIT.
"'Bill, What for?'
"'Damage to cherry tree. shillin's;
skeering my poultry, 80 cents; skeering
my old woman. the same; services OF
myself. 81. Total. s2.s5. which Is
mighty cheap considerin' the times
But | won't pay it, protested.
"Oh. YOU won't? Well, Tsn n Justice
of th,. Daat.e and I'li iSs.le a warrant
Ny naybur Is constable, and he kin serve
IT, The old woman is ont of her fit by
this time. and she'll be witness. and |
sort o reckon I'll fine you about sss for
disturbin' of the peace and contempt Of
this court.
And was made TO realize that the
best way out of it was to come down
with the amount OF his bill, and luckily
had IT, and quarter to spare.s-N. Y.
Sun
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-08
wRETCHED RICH MEN.
They have Immense Fortunes Hut TAX
No Interest In Life.

They have Immense Fortunes Hut Take
No Interest In Life.
One Of the saddest things In the world
next to real poverty OF distress Is the
sight Of a man who has acquired bound
less wealth and lost his happiness and
hiscapacity 10 enjoy what money secures.
Such cases are by no means rare. They
are very common. | saw man to-day
whose income is believed To be about
si, 100 a week, whose whole day was
spoiled because a cahman oycrrhargcd
him one dollar for a short ride. OF
course the millionaire knew he could
not possibly spend his income. but
nevertheless the idea of losing a dollar,
of being defrauded out of 1t, of getting
nothing in return for il, was almost
agony 10 him. Many q man in making
q great fortune completely loses the
power Of enjoying 1t. This is one OF the
worlds compensations. The happiness
of sound sleep and good digestion is
often enjoyed by man with an empty
purse, while the millionaire epicure has
neither painless digestion by day nor
healthy rest at night.
saw one afternoon one OF Phtladel-
phia's richest men. lie Is one of those
aretched old millionaires who have
spent the best years Of their life getting
control Of bank or n brewery. or y
boom of some sort. lie Is sitting back
in a corner of his swell landau now and
wondering what he did IL for. lie has a
fine old face, heavy gray mnstache.
bushy eyebrows and gold-rimmed eye
glasses lie is dressed carefully, and
his face is absolutely empty of interest
in any thing. He cant even work any
more. Because he has 10 much money
that all motive is gone. His wife. Oh,
we'll. he loved his wife long ago and he
bows TO her now when he meets her in
/ the hallway Of his house, and they never
had a quarrel. Children. Yes. several
Of them. They used 10 be pretty, and
were fond of him when they were
babies. Then boarding school. college,
balls. parties and--cheeks, checks. Now
he hardly knows any thing about them.
| All sympathy is lost between them,
| Living under the same root their hearts
are always wide apart. In fact he
doubts whether he has heart ~ ALL
Cor. Philadelphia Press.