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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
A Dogs Fad.

Mr.. Jaeger of Rochester, New York.
was frequently puzzled by the alb,
sence OF his dog. The animal was fire.
quently absent half a day at a time.
and recently was missing for two days.
MS owner advertised for him, and on
the following day he was returned by a
man Who had discovered his peculiar
mama. 1t was for riding on street
cars. he will get aboard Of any car he
sees and ride until he is put off. Mr.,
Jaeger proposes to get a season ticket
and attach it to the dogs collar. that
ne may indulge his street car propens;.
Ties IN a proper and legal wav
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

of white lilacs, a bunch of wolets,
heather, or mimosa, may be nestled in
the hair and a small bouquet of roses
be carried in the hand.
Such is, briefly stated, the Quadrille
Pose, an altogether lovely novelty for
parlor or ballroom, which, when grace
fully performed, cannot fail to call forth
the applause of the spectators.
A few rehearsals and the various f cures
would be executed with that case and GER
tainty SO necessary in all art.
Already instruction in the dance has
begun in the very fashionable academies
Of Terpsichore, and the earliest gatherings
at the several country clubs will witness
the first semi-public exhibition. 1t is
hardly worth while to go into elaborate
description Of the figures, since they will
be varied greatly on every occasion, the
leader and his lady setting the example
and the other couples foil o suit. The
illustrations show the general manner Of
the poses and action. Substantially, this
is a revival Of the old, old minuet, with
q tri1e of %enlivenment, and occasionally
a suggestion Of a M~ay-pole dance or s
Virginia reel. Of course. much depends
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
A DuEer Meets n co..-

You have seen the dutfar p,l'I
big fellow, with a bullet ba.aa h1
of wind and fat, but withon.a AID
Of sand in his crsw. He g aIr, az 1
his man, and he always mean AWAY
tain that he has got hold ~ 70 y
who can be bluffed and builds !, s9e4
There was q chap just Of tI;ss
dufer from Dufferville-in 'uls 9
of passengers obliged to us sae !
depot in Decatur, Alabama, e.. \ 1
hours on account of a raiIro.aiY ~ y
After half an hour everyhoS"a s0]
up for what he was, but h. sals]
mitted to go blowing around T I
no one wanted the e%xcitement y
He boosted of his fights and ~ \
ries, and he tried hard to n;a Us
with two or three farmers, a and 4
got his eye on something Nn w., 4
was a tall, slim, hollow-eyea S m.a
Ohio, who was evidently on bs 's !
Florida to die of consumption NY n \
a deathly look to his face. sna
wandered up and down the nla...
coughed in a hollow and d;sn.l;]
Dutfer arranged to meet b;m
walk, and at once loudly deman,]
Did you move my val;se y
seat?" y
No, SIR" was the reply.
We'll, 1 want to find the r,,
did; 1 can mop the earth with \
two minutes" !
We'll, 1 don't care who it v., ,
oh! You don't! Mighty insI
ent, you?" NS1
Go away from me, sir, /
know you and don't want to- |
Don't you? If you were op)r
man Id make you eat mud. II
don't give me too much sass Or In
you manners"
You are o loafer, sir-a s,y
loafer!" said the Buckeye as n
tinued to walk. /
Il never strike a sick man.
the other, "but 1 will tweak vor
once just to reduce your tempe
Now come" =
Hereached out with thumb and
but he didn't get the nose. Inst
it he got it biff! bang! in the fac
the right and left, and as he vepI
the consumptive kicked him toj
and knocked him over a baggage
He didn't get up again until tv
assisted him. He had two bungs
a bloody nose, and a bleeding
and he looked about in a helpla
and stammered:
"Gen-gentlemen, lead me d
where, where l can be alone"
When he had gone some one
the consumptive if he wasn't al,
exertion would give him hemu
and he replied:
"What do you take me for?:
aren't you a Northern coasI
on your way South?"
"Not for Joseph! I'm a prot
contortionist on my way to fill
gagement in Cincinnati. ID
duffer sizing me up, and so pl
catch him. If he should want
more send him around" Ned
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

The grounds on which the White
House now stands were once the orch
ard of David Burns, an old Scotch far
e whose cabin still stands in lonely
obscurity a few squares back from the
executive mansion. 1t is said that
Washington, when engaged in laying
out the city, had many long and bitter
quarrels with Burns before he could
persuade the old man to sell his land,
ever though it would be used in future
for the home of the Presidents.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

urbed by the presence Of one lady. in a
watered silk, brocade or pattern dress.
The slippers call for thoughtful consid-
Grafton. Much of the stockings should
be visible, and of course in harmony with
the color of the dress, then the display of
q shapely foot in every pose lends a charm
to the dance which must be seen to be
fully appreciated. In order to give the
dame an opportunity to display a pretty
foot daintily encased in slippers with
high heels, the dresses are short and SO
gathered at the waist as to yield grace
fully to every swing and turn Of the body.
No vulgar exhibition of jewels is per-
mitted to mar the exquisite simplicity Of
these dresses in the Quadrille Pose.
And the hair, too, must be quantity and
picturesquely dressed. raised from the
neck, and coiled a la Greque with a fine
old (t must be old tortoise comb set in
the coil a little to the side. Or the hair
may be msssed in puffs on the top of the
head after the Of the last century.
Something plain and sweet, like a sprig
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
denneanor.

YOU cannot have a college, or even a
high school, in every village, or at
every cross-road; but it would not be
impossible to multiply centers of illu-
mination such as were typiied by the
district-school libraries Of forty OR fifty
years ago. 1t is just here that such an
institution as Nudes circulating Ii
brary, which sends books in parcels all
over England and collects them weekly
or monthly, has considerable suggestive
value. The smaller centers, country
towns and railway stations from which
the ordinary commodities of living are
distributed, might well be centers Of
distribution for food for the mind as
well as the body.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
HERE are two rare tales. A Colorado

HERE are two rare tales. A Colorado
rancher for weeks suffered from what
seemed a huge carbuncle on his heel.
When it broke a rifle bullet passed out.
The bullet vas received between the
hip and knee at the battle of Antietam.
Out Of the back OF Hiram Darnell, of
Jasper, Ga, a rusty pistol bullet was
cut the other day. 1t was a war relic
twenty-six years old. The bullet first
went through Mr.. Darnell's hand, then
struck him on the cheek, cutting the
flesh and coursing its way to the back
Of the neck, then tore down the back
bone to a point nearly even with the
lower part Of the shoulder-blade, WI re
it lodged and remained.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
What the Matter Wac

What is the matter with that
BABY growled an irascible husband
rs the little n persisted in howl;no
might. aus l'ct1e
Inc matter is, sir" calmly replied
me VIE as she strobe up and down
inc floor, "the matter is that this hahl
nherlts your temper" As
ana the husband returned to his
?! pap With a gloomier look than be.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
THE largest and most remarkable Of

The largest and most remarkable Of
the ancient bronze images Of Japan is at
Nara, a little to the east of Kioto. This
is about 800 years old, is SO! feet high
and more than % feet across the shoul-
ders. 1t has 966 curls on its head, and
is surrounded by a halo 70 feet in d.
ameter, bearing ten images each eight
feet long. The figure is said to con
sist Of 500 pounds Of gold, l6.2s7
pounds Of tin, 1854 pounds Of mercury
and 9S6,O80 pounds of copper. Two
smaller images, each 25 feet high, stand
before the larger one.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

Any one who has attended a German
schutzenfest will remember how stolidly
and silently the walters circle around
the tent, hour in and hour out. The
new dance will not be quite SO silently
performed as that. but its figures
which are Indicated in the illustrations
of this artic!e-require close attention,
and should be attended by plenty of ami
nation i'll physical grace and facial ex-
preston. but rot by much chatter. The
different movements are not fixedly ar.
ranged beforehand, bu. are guided some
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

LIVING on a claim eight miles north
of Rocky Ford, Col. is Emma Aiken,
and her two daughters. All three
ladies are widows. The mother is 80
years of age, the eldest daughter 68
and the youngest Ga. Not a man has
ever been employed about the place,
and during their two years residence
they have done all of their own work
and truck gardening.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

no doubt OF the wisdom Of the selec-
ton, her qualifications for the position
being conceded by all who know her.
She is the wife of Mr.. G. d. Haines.
senior member of the well-known
Haines Brothers, brokers and owners
OF the street and short-line railroads in
several States. They own a number
o. railroads, steam and street. in the
Lone Star State, the Medina Valley
being one. Mrs. Haines, the fair
President Of this line, is said to be a
most ethc1ent officer as we'll as a most
beautiful woman.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

In Matabele-land, South Africa, a
wife costs five COWS; this is paid to the
girls father by the happy man. The
price varies with the rank of the dusky
damsel, sometimes as much as fifty
COWS being demanded; but in such
cases part of the COWS are returned with
the girl as dowry. Then an OK is killed
before the girls "kraal," she is
anointed with the blood, and a dance
enSues.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

A Man at Tiiis, Russia, paid an as
sassin $75 to kill an enemy, and 500
more when the assassin brought an ear
in proof of his crime. The assassin
went to the enemy and obtained 500
for revealing the plot and produced a
bogus a ]. The man who paid to have
his enemy assassinated is now suing
the "swindler" to recover the money he
paid.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
THERE is one infallible test either 70

THERE is one infallible test either for
the approach or the presenceo Of lunacy.
If the person whose case is being ex-
amined is seer to make no use of his
thumb, if he lets it stand out at right
angles from the hand and employs it
neither in %salutation, writing, nor any
other manual exercise, you may set it
down as fact that the PERSONS mental
balance is gone. He or she may con-
verse intelligently, may in every re-
spect be guarding the secret Of a mind
diseased with the utmost care and
cunning, but the ~telltale thumb will in
fallibly betray the lurking madness
which is concealed behind a plausible
demeanor,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

on the Caprice, temper n resources Of
the leader, as in a german.
Carelessly done, amid a buzz of idle
chit-chat and by performers thinking of
every imaginable thing save the business
in hand, the Spanish Jig would speedily be
voted a bore; but danced by danes and
cavaliers 1ull of grace and refinement. il
would be an education in itself and teach
the noisy, hustling crowd that the charm
of Hogarth's line of beauty is lost when
merely flashed upon the field of vision.
L II
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

MRS. HIT, of Ashland, Neb., missed
her baby, while travelling on the Bur
lington express, and jumped off while
the train was running forty miles an
hour. Though terribly injured, she
will recover The baby was found
peacefully sleeping in a seat of the cal
from which she jumped.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

WHEN Prince Bismarck left Berlin
for his home at Friedrichsruhe he took
with him the little table on which he
and M. Theirs signed the preliminaries
of peace between Prussia and France
in 1871. He paid the Frenchwoman
who owned the Versailles cottage where
he then had his headquarters a little
over 81 for it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

A GROCER in Racine began advertis-
ing twenty years ago: Going out OF
business; stock and fixtures for sale;
store for rent"-and.has kept it up daily
ever since. He says it hits the public
right between the eyes and makes
everybody think his prices are the
lowest in town.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

Mrs. TALMAGE. wife of the cele-
brated preacher, is said to be the finaD-
cier of the family. 1t is she who makes
ali the Doctors engagements and does
his banking business.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

MARSHALL Pass, on the Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad, 1851 feet above
the sea level, is the highest point
crossed by a railroad inside the limits
of the United States.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

dhishts, who, in order to avoid Destroy
ing life, carry a broom with which to
sweep away insects, when they, the
Buddhists, of course. desire to sit on
the ground, and who wear a sieve owe
their mouth when drinking water lest
they might swallow and so destroy
some living creature?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

MR. GLADSTONE has always been
more scrupulous in his attentions to
the humber classes than to the nobil-
ity and wealthy. Once, when Prime
Minister, he called personally on a
tradesman on Sunday morning to de-
liver q ticket of admission to the House
Of Commons, which had been re-
nreStei.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

ORLANDO, Fla, phosphate hunters
found a piece Of petrifed red cedar in
a creek. The grain of the wood is SO
naturally preserved that it looks as if
it could be cut with a knife, but it is
solid stone and the red color of the
wood has been precipitated in bright
carmine spots.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

A New YORK doctor says that You
can make a man believe that his liver is
out of order when you can't make him
believe that there is a hereafter for his
soul. The human liver is dosed ninety
nine times where it needs it but once.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

A HuMPBAcKED man at Chicago gets
q living by selling the time of day. He
has a chronometer, and it is warranted
time. He has a certain territory which
he goes over, and furnishes the house.
wives in that territory with the time o.
day once a week. He gets ten cents q
week from each patron.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

The costliest horse barn in the world
belongs to d. E. Grouse and is located
at Syracuse, N. Y. It has now cost the
owner, a millionaire horseman, some
thing like $500, 900. Incidental ex-
penses will make the stable cost little
short of a round million.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

ADEvoTED couple, husband and wife,
committed suicide recently at st. Ell
enne, in France, because the husband
was attacked with a fatal malady. They
took the usual suicidal precautions to
stop up all the chinks and crevices be-
fore starting up the carbonic gas, but
only the husband got a sufficient dose
to take him off, and his wife was resusci-
tated. On recovering herself fully she
remarked that she felt as though she
had walked up from aNdeep and long
sleep.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

A MAN named Oscar Harden, of Pike
County, Georgia, some time ago killed
his bride of a few months by a pistol
shot. He has made a confession that
he shot at her three times because che
didn't think he could hit her"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
More Attractive Than u

Wife (picking up her open
Well, how do l look? ID,
misunderstanding N! oti,
W.-For some reason or e'D'
as if something were lack'l T.
notice anything unusual
tune?
HWY. no, dear, ezse 1n j, !,
are even more attractive 1nsD \
W.-Ah! 1 have it. hoS ha
have forgotten to put on my y = 4
BY Jove! That's s. WI !,
high time we were going
it will never be missed. I'd
w. Scarlet and furious ID
you! That is very unklno'
1 detest vulgar speeches. no. 81
H. (humbly)-Forgl'e AD'
W. (after moments retles nd
it will be all right. l cap sljI
flowers from this bouqaes
them in the dressing-rooiu
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

HE Q dances, or
old ones q,
which is the same
thing, call for new
dresses, new fash
ions, new styles, tor
both danes and cav
alters. OF late years
there have been sew
eral attemptst to pop.
ularize s uch ok
Spanish and French
dances as the Pa
vane and Minuet,
especially for sum
mer use, as their
slow and stately
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

EDISON literally works all the time
that he is awake. For him to see any
mechanical device fail or give annoy
ance, is enough to set his brain at work
devising an improvement upon it; it
makes no difference whether it is a
patent match that doesn't always light,
or a toboggan that lies idle waiting for
n OF ice. Coming over from Europe
last fall, he noticed that there was a
great deal Of guess-work and %inaccuracy
about taking the sun" in cloudy
weather. Before he left the ship he in
vented a means to take the sun, though
it should be obscured by the densest
fog imaginable.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

A CLERGYMAN declared the other day
that no people are SO humane in their
treatment of the lower animals as the
Americans. But what about the Bud
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16
THE MOLASsES REEL.
A NEW AND POPULAR DANCE FOR
SUMMER EVENINGS.

II Was in Vogue Among the French Peas
antry in the Sixteenth Century. and mas
just Been Revived by Dame Fashion
How 1t Is Danced-Sketches of the Fig
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

FASHIONABLE ladies are not fond of
hard work, yet they know what a toilet
is to dress for dinner.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

So MANY poets send their verses to
Oliver Wendell Holmes that he has
come to the conclusion that everybody
in the United States writes poetry.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

IT is better to be alone than in bad
company, but some people are in bad
company when they are alone.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-16

A CONSIGNMENT OF mi
mummies has been shipper s.,jot
to an English firm IN ,l:si
are to be pulverized anu
tilizers.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
Fall Planting Of Trees.

The planting of fruit and shade
trees in autumn instead of in spring
has to commend it, that the work
may be done more leisurely, and con-
sequently more carefully, than at the
season when every-description of
work about the place is pressing, as is
the case in spring. More delibera-
ton in laying out the orchard, or the
ornamental plantation, is almost GER
tain, and the other preparations are
gone through with often the exercise
of calmer judgment. Current opin-
ion, however, is adverse to the
practice of stripping your trees of
their leaves to allow of early lifting,
it being held that this interferes with
the hardening and ripening of the
roots and wood. Of course, such a
caution is too late to be practical for
this seasons work; but it is well to
be in mind, as sometimes nursery
men strip as early ofthe 1st of October,
depriving the trees of their leaves,
which at that time have not fulfilled
the functions which nature devoives
upon them.
In fall planting the ground ought
not to be wet, any more than in the
spring, and the holes ought to be
large and allow of the ample spread
ing out of the roots of the young
trees. A celebrated fruit grower
once said that the hole for tree
should be as large as the whole
orchard, meaning that all the ground
where the new orchard is to be loca-
ted should be well prepared and
finely pulverized. This, indeed, is
one of the first requisites to success in
tree-planting. To set tree like
fence post is planted, in small hole,
the balance of the soil being unpre-
pared, results in disappointment.
The whole surface soil should be
mellow and fine, and the trees
should be shallow, not deep planted
The first precaution is to have the
earth fine; the next, to see that it is
we'll and firmly compacted about the
roots.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
The Queen PAYS All Expenses.

The Queens last Free Trip TO Europe" hav-
ing excited such universal interest, the pub
fishers of that popular magazine offer anoth-
er and $500 for expenses 10 the person sending
them the largest list of English words con-
structed from letters contained in the three
words British North America" Addi-
tional prizes consisting OF Silver Tea Sets
China Dinner Sets, Gold Watches, French
Music Boxes, Portiere Curtains, SILK DIesses,
Mantel Clocks, and many other useful and
valuable articles will also be awarded In or
der OF merit. 4 special prize OF a Seal Skin
Jacket TO the lady, and a handsome Shetland
Pony to girl or boy delivered free in Canada
or United States) sending the largest lists
Every one sending list of not less than
twenty words will receive a present. Send
six L. 5. &c stamps for complete rules, Illus
trated catalogue OF prizes, and sample num-
Der of The Queen. Address The CANADIAN
QUEEN, Toronto, Canada.