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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
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IL. ~ may reasonably be asked. saws q
distinguished physician. in the ;nteras +
~ sne a community at large, What will be
Va oao e e.lecc on women, and through them
VI lu1ufe generations, of the prolonged
. nen.al strain to which they are now
party PATTY Voluntarily, partly owing to the
suggestion and the inducements held
onS to them by othcrs-submitt;np
themselves? Viii it hurt their cousti.
,utlons? Will it make them bac Of
bones, with body and mind alike hard
and angular? Will it render them loss
maternal, or make them the mothers Of
q feeble and degenerate race, prone to
epilepsy and insanity? Willit, bv en-
genderlng feeling of independence.
render them less lovable, less disposed
10 enter the married state, or. being
married n make them careless Of home
Ties, the nursing and teaching Of infants.
and the proper household duties which
aevolve on woman under the conditions
OF modern civilization? Or will it act
IN contrary way? Will the mathe-
NAUTICAL or the classical lady scholar, dec
Grated with medals and rich with prizes
and exhibitions and scholarships, still
be open to the assaults of love? Will
her wider knowledge foster domestic
happiness? Will the children. even if
fewer, be better developed, more in
tellectual. better fitted as they grow up
to cope with the other great nations in
the conflict for wealth and power, and
all that these command? Will she still
be as the sweet, gentle mother is now.
the very focus and center of the house
These and many similar questions
must have passed through the minds Of
most thoughtful persons in contemplate
ing the present tendencies of female ed
ncation, says the New York Ledger.
From q physiological point of view
something may be said on both sides.
Given robust and healthy woman OF
IN or Is years of age, there can be no
harm in continuing her education till
one or two-and-twenty; at the same
time the objects and methods of her ed
ucation might we'll be different from
those of men. Female Bentleys and
Persons, Newtons and Herschels will
certainly not be numerous, and if signs
VI sucn commanding genius display
themselves, by all means let the genius
be cultivated to the utmost.
But every girl might be SO taught
that her mind, instead of being devoted
to frivolous objects. should be educated
in the true sense of the term, and made
to recognize the Importance of early
training and the value of application to
useful objects, in order that she may be.
gin betimes to teach, without strain Of
effort, her offspring. Tho arts, atleast,
are freely open to her. The point when
harm is produced is when weak or dull
girls are made to work beyond their
strength, and whether weak or strong,
it must always be remembered that
suitable recreation is demanded. Fl
nally, it must not be forgotten that
sound, common sense is better in the
affairs of life than much knowledge
and that women are not fitted for pub
Lie appointments.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
Homes of sea-urchtns.

The sea-urchin gets its name from the
spines which cover its shell. The true
name, echiaaa1s, meaning hedgehog,
has been corrupted into urchin, with
plain injustice to small lads. These
curious shell-fish have acquired strange
habits on the coast of France. They
are found at home in cavities of the
rock on the shore. The diameter of
the cavity is often greater than that of
the entrance, and the creature is SO
large that he could not leave his cell
even if he very much wanted to do so.
It is said that thousands of these may be
seen domiciled on the granite rock.
It is not doubted that the creatures
make these holes for themselves, but
how they do this is question not yet
satisfactorily answered. It has been
suggested that the rock has been some
how acted upon chemically, but this
theory has to be given up when the
nature of the rock is considered, and
the fact that no acid has been proved to
exist in the animal.
The matter has been studied lately
by French naturalist. who refers the
excavation to mechanical means. His
explanation is that the creature sprob-
ably bites the rock, the sucker feet are
also attached, and rotatory motion is
impaired to the body, the prickly
points gradually wearing down the sur
face" This work would certainly oc-
cupy the animal good part of its life
time, and the wonder is that no observer
has yet seen the excavation going on.
An attempt is made to conceal these
holes by means Of mussel and other
shells. The rocks on which the cavi-
ties occur are in general thickly COW
cred with sea-weed. A number of other
animals are known to penetrate rocks,
and it is supposed that they do it by
mechanical means. In the hard lime
stone Of Algiers spotted snails were
fonnd in holes four to five inches deep.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
Flogg;ing at Eaton.

Beyond the head masters desk in the
upper school is smaller room, still
called the library, although no longer
stored with books. Here, in extreme
cases, fogging is administered by the
head master, none Of the assistants be-
ing empowered to inflict corporal pun
ishment. The victim, kneeling on a
wooden step called the '.block," is "held
down by two junior collegers," and o
senior colleger hands the head mas
ter the necessary birch or birches. A
former block was destroyed dl ing o
rebellion in 1888, and fragments Of it
were distributed as trophies among the
boys concerned. It's successor was
,cleverly carried away by the late Lord
Waterford and two other old Etonians
in 1886, and it is now preserved at Cur
raghmore as historical relic.
Floggine was for many generations
the normal punishment for almost all
ofenses, great or small, for serious
breaches Of discipline and for mistakes
in Latin constituting. Many amusing
stories some of them true, more Of
them apocryphal-are told OF DR.. Keate
and the vigorous manner in which he
welded the birch, and it is remembered
that he suppressed an attempted re-
billion by successfully fogging more
than eighty boys in the middle Of q sum-
mer night in 1882. Since his time there
has been q gradual decrease in the num-
Der Of foggings administered by subse-
quent headmasters, and DIR. Ware sell
dom resorts to this form CT punishment.
English Illustrated Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
The Indian Problem.

A teacher in an Indian Resc ..ation
recently told story which has ,.yt been
included in the official reports.
A young Omaha man, the son of
chief, who had graduated at one of the
Eastern schools for Indian youth, spent
two years on the Reservation with bia
tribe, in vain efforts to use the training
which he had received for their benefit
or his own. Then he returned to the
East and married Sioux girl, q heredi-
tary enemy of his tribe, but also
graduate of the same school, and the
married pair disappeared from view for
several months.
When discovered they were found in
o snug little dwelling in q suburb Of
Philadelphia The husband was work.
ing as conductor on horse-car. and
the wife had opened little candy-shop.
They We're busy, happy, and gay; they
had their pew in a neighboring church,
they subscribed to a library, they went
to concert sometimes in winter, and
to the pork often in summer
"But this" said the philanthropist
who visited them, @this is all very well,
but it is not the way we proposed to set
tie The Indian problem!"
at is an odd way" said the young
son Of the savage Omaha chief. sBut
is it not as good way as any 2"
Youths Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
Unaxnectad.

A traveller found himself at nightfall
before the door of rude cabin of slabs
and logs. Over the door on piece Of
pine board were the words, "Lodgin
for Man and Best" It was chilly and
raining, and the traveller was still ten
miles from his destination. He dis
mounted, therefore, and entered the
cabin, while boy led his horse to an
old stable near by.
The hostelry had but two rooms, one
in the rear Of the other. This rear
room was the guest chamber, and into
it the traveller was ushered without q
light soon after he had eaten his supper
of "soddy biscuits" and salt pork.
He CROPPED his way to bed or bunk
in the corner. Then, after partially
disrobing, he closed the door, and tired
with his journey was soon fast asleep.
Early in the morning he awakened
with start, to find the hostess stand
ing in the middle of the room with a
big tin pan in her hands, while she
called out with peculiar, clucking
sound, "Chicky! chicky! chicky!"
She had thrown the outer door open,
and in rushed a great flock of chickens,
with dozen or more waddling, squawk-
ing ducks and geese.
She scattered the painful of corn all
around the foorless room, while the
fowls scrambled and fought for it. See
ing that her guest was looking on in
open-eyed amazement, she said:
Don't let us disturb ye, mister. ]
allus have to feed my chickens in mere
to keep the pegs from eating up the
corn. I'll shoe them out in few min
utes, ard you can lay as long as you
pleuse."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
A. Business Call.

The visitor had cloth bound volume
under one arm and map rolled up
under the other.
Not one of the three lawyers at their
desks. not even the Office boy reading
novel, deigned more than . glance at
him. -
aAheml" he began. @Fine morning.
Will you be kind enough to
Were very busy, don't you see!" ex-
claimed one attorney, We have no
time for missionary work !"
Il am not missionary, book agent,
a canvasser, Q solicitor, hawker or
peddier; I want to see lawyer on busi-
ness.
Immediately the three lawyers srrang
for the stranger, seized and held him,
while the Office boy grabbed q chair and
pushed it under him.
Give me some air, won't yell" he
gasped. Is there q lawyer named
Stuyvesant in this building? I've got
map for him.
"Three doors below" screamed the
Office boy, rs the lawyers dropped back
into their desks. Philadelphia Prose-.
IT is by dunning his brains that
writer collects his thoughts.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

conductor or the Kindness of ;na,e
traveller for her equilibrium. Another
.esule OF this tight dressing is tha in.
q! Tense redness of the nose and hands
Wv .Ne Imprisonment of the vital orrans
lofclng the blood to the extremitiaa. =
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
Fatality of Lacinc.

"a NSssOA.sRs
Although the subject Of tight lacing
is worn threadbare, the evil has not
been overcome. The sudden death re-
Gently of one of the actresses in q Ber-
lin theater was attributed to extreme
and habitual tight lacing. At the be-
ginning of the evening performance the
lady seemed perfectly we'll, and made
her appearance on the stage with her
usual vivacity. Before the third act
was finished she was obliged to retire
to her dressing-room, and died before
morning of cystole, contraction of the
arteries Of the heart, caused by the IN
tense pressure of whalebone.
just why women of this age will en-
danger life and ruin health by tight
clothes is mystery. Previously fash
ion justified in measure this foolish
habit, but now that it is no longer the
style to be wasp-waisted it is impossible
to find an excuse. Every 15-year-old
girl learns at school that the lnboring
capacity of the heart is reduced and the
circulation of the blood impeded by
tight bandage, whether in the form of q
corset, bodice or waist. And still the
iacluR goes on cOm1oIG 10 lu"Ae0 az"
health injured, not only by the corset,
but by the dressmaker as well, who, to
fit basque, will make wise OF it. We
have reached point in the history OF
fashion where it is not possible to have
nice fit without suffering for it. At
the savarian cafe in this city there are
from ten to fifty ladies who go into the
retiring-room after lunch ostensibly to
powder, but in reality to open their
dress waists to assist digestion and re-
lieve the strain of the system. These
are all women of wealth, taste, culture
and superior education. demonstrate
with any of them and she will dismiss
the subject with some such remark as
Have to stand it or wear misht, ana
SO they stand it rs long as they are on
parade. 81
The stout woman who tightens her
corsets or wears tight dress makes 9
fatal mistake, for aside from giving her
the appearance Of xn apple dumping
she is rendered not only awkward put
helpless. She could not jump two iee1
tosave her life, and in q moving car OF
ajolting stage she has to depend on the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
She Didn't Want the shawl.

x--SSSesS
Duchess of Fife we read Of none ode.
clined with thanks" or without them,
says James Payn in the Independent.
This was not always the case with royal
brides. Living in the old protectionist
times, the Princess Charlotte felt it q
matter of duty to encourage native in
dustry, and especially to set her face
against the custom of smuggling 80
largely INDUCED in by the upper
classes. She not only wore dresses of
English manufacture only, but insisted
that no foreign material should be in
troduced into them, nor into those of
her household by her dressmakers.
On receiving on her marriage from q
high-placed official an Indian shawl of
the value of 5000 guineas, she returned
it with the observation that Warwick
shawl of the value of half crown, and
honestly procured, would have been
more welcome. Her popularity was as
extraordinary az it was we'll deserved,
notwithstanding certain strictness of
behavior, and opposition to improperly
of all kinds very foreign to the times she
lived in. The fox-hunting parson, COM
mon enough in those days, was very
offensive to her. In history of En-
gland, still extant, which belonged to
her when very young, there is this
marginal note in her own handwriting
opposite to the account of churchman
killed in q battle: @He had no business
to have been there"
"A New Work for Women.
In Paris, that great city where all
ones needs and caprices are catered to,
there are professions for women entire
~ unknown in this country. And one is
the professional packer. When you
think of going away, is not one of your
signs as to how you shall get all your
belongings in your trunks? When you
reach your destination don't you find
them creased, mussed and, If possible,
what tiny woman near me calls sin
smithereens?
well, the packer comes in, you tell
her what you want to take away. and
then let her do her work. Skirts are
skillfully folded, bodices have sheets Of
tissue paper laid between them, and the
sleeves are stuffed to shape with it,;
slippers have their toes filled with raw
cotton so they do not reach their desti-
nation fattened out; and hats and bon
nets have tapes attached to them SO
they may be pinned to the box or tray
and will not move until you are ready
to lift them out. This is work for
which a busy or rich woman will pay
we'll, and woman who becomes expert
at it, can in the going away time, make
that mysterious amount known as "a
tidy little sum" very easily. The packer
comes to the house, takes off her bodice
and assumes loose jacket, and then
she is ready for her work. Who,
among the many who are asking for
something for woman to do, will start
in this profession? It is work easily
learned, and offers variety that must
appeal to every woman. Neither is it
irksome; hence a profession which
offers more than the usual advantages
for woman's skill.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10

IT is by dunning his brains that
writer collects his thoughts.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-22
Jollnny's Progress in Physiology.

The following heretofore unheard of
information in regard to breath and
breathing was made in Kentucky
recently by school boy of II years who
wrote an essay on the subject: We
breathe with our lungs, our lights,
our kidneys and livers. If it wasn't
for our breath we could die when
we slept. Our breath keeps the life
a going through the nose when we are
asleep. Boys who stay in room all day
should not breath. They should wait
until they get out in the fresh air. Boys
in a room make bad air called carboni.
eide. Carbonicide is as poisonous as
mad dogs. a lot of soldiers were once
in black hole in Calcutta and carboni.
eide got in there and killed them. Girls
sometimes ruin their breath with corsets
that squeeze the diagram. A big dia-
gram is best for the right kind of breath.
ing."-ilGdical Classics.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-22
DR.. Sheldon's Enormous Fee.

What is believed to be the largest fec
ever paid 10 a physician in a single case
was paid by J. II. Flagler, one of the
Standard Oil kings, to G. G. Sheldon. a
dearly beloved daughter Of Mr.. Flsger,
who afterwards died while cruising ON a
yacht in Southern waters about year
ago, was lingering between life and
death. There were not more than two OF
three chances out of hundred that she
would ever be able to leave her bed alive.
The devoted father announced that, if
DR.. Sheldon could relieve the suffering
in his child and aid her in recoying, he
would give him the largest fee that was
ever paid physician. Miss Flaglcr raj.
lied and was finally able to leave her bed,
and in the course of time was sufficiently
strong to drive out. The young heiress
To several millions lived to enjoy her
great wealth for long time after this,
and DR.. Sheldon was presented with
$3.50, 900 worth of stock in the Standard
Oil Compauy.-kansQs Cifn journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-22
Deafness Can't be Cnred

by local applications, as they cannot reach
tho diseased portion Of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that
is by constitutional remedies. Deafness
is caused by an inflamed condition Of the
MUCOUS lining of the Euitachian Tube.
When this tube gets inflamed you have
rumbliag sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, aud unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be do.
stroyed forever; nine cases out Of ten are
caused by catarrh, Which is nothing but
an inllamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by Catarrh)
that ne cannot cure by taking Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
L. J. CHENEY g. CO.,
Toledo, @.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-22

On the 7th of June competitatiVe
examination will be held in this Office
for scholarship in the Converse College,
at Spartanburg, This scholarship is
open to any girl not under thirteen years
ofage. This is an opportunity for some
young lady of the County to 60 to Col
lege, which we hope will be embraced.
Any further information in reference to
the nature of the examination can
be had on application to this Office.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-22

Miss Julia D. Roberts has just closed a
very successful term at Hunters Spring,
where she has made a fine impression
upon both people and pupils. We hope
that this is not the last we shall see oi
her, but that she will again come among
us at the opening of the next term.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-22
The Last Word.

1t was i'll a sleeping car and they
thought that every one else was asleep.
Probably every one had been, but they
woke me.
When was enough awake to notice
what was going on I heard her:
"lNeli, l don't care. | think you're
real mean. All 1 want"
"Yes," broke in he, call you want now
is the last word, same as you always have,
amt it?"
cs, and III have it, too," spitefully.
"You won't"
"See i'll DON'T"
Gall right!w
''All right it is"
"Have to mock every word say,
don't youp
"Heayens, no. You never say any
thing worth repeating"
Why do you echo me, theu?"
81 don'Lw
"You do
"I don'tm
Shut npv'
II won't %
ugh" And there was noise like a
man tumbling into his berth. !.
Then we heard, rather softly, as if
talking to herself: II said I'd have the
last word, aud did. ugh don't count,
cause don't believe it is q word.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-22
A Step.MOther,

A letter from Mr.. Keene to his family
one morning threw them into great dis.
tress. He had been away from them all
winter attending the State Legislature, OF
which he was a member. The letter
announced that on the evening Of the
next day he would be home again and
present to his children a new mother.
This was the Grst intimation that they
had Of any such intention on bis part.
The long aud full letter he had written
them in relation to his impending mar.
riage, with an account and characterize.
ton of their new mother, had failed to
reach them. But the children, though
feeling keenly that their father had not
prepared for this new departure, made
every preparation for receiving him and
his new wife with respect and hospi.
tality.
There were two grown daughters, two
or three grown sons. and some younger
children. The eldest daughter had been
at the head of the household since her
mothers death, aud to her judgment all
the children deferred.
At the appointed time the father came
bringing with him a gracious kindly
woman with her little daughter. She
was evidently touched by the gentle and
respectful manner in which she was
received, and yet she could not fail te
detect the updertone Of sadness in the
children at seeing the place of their idol.
lied mother occupied by stranger.
After prayers were over and the young
people went up stairs for the night, the
elder sister called them all into her room
and thus addressed them: Father has
been very lonely since mothers death q:
We all know. He might have prepared
US for this, but perhaps he didn't feel a:
though he could; at all events the new
mother is here, and we must make 1t as
easy for her as we can, and as happy fol
our father. 1t will DO hard at first to cal
her mother, but the sooner we begin the
easier it will be. l think we had bes
begin at once, and make her feel that W.
are disposed to be 6lial. I shall call bel
mother to morrow, and ! am sure vol
will all follow n1y example"
The next day ~ the new wife wa
arranging her room the eldest daughte
found or made occasion to say: Mother
wouldn't you like such disposition o
The furniture better than this?" Th
"mother" let fall what was in her hand
and, turning looked upon her daughter
and the two from tberceforth understood
each other. There was no need 0
words, ana no words passed between
them. The other children followed thei
sisters example and the family concor'
was as complete as was possible.
Years after this elder sister in narrat
ing these incidents could not too earn
est Y rejoice that she had had the wis
dom to act as she did in these painful
| r,En
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-22
Gratifying to All.

The high position attained and the
universal acceptance and approval of the
pleasant liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of
Figs, as the most excellent laxative known
illustrates the value of the qualities on
which its success is based and are abun-
dainty gratifying to tho California Fig
Syrup Company.