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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07
Stranger III Boston.

He had come from the West to see
Boston. One evening, moment or
two after leaving his lodgings, he was
seen to take knife from his pocket,
cut deep cash in tree, and walk on.
He repeated this at intervals along the
street.
Cautious as he seemed to think him
self, his mutilatlons had not ESCAPED
the notice of several citizens who felt o
sort of "woodman spare that tree"
veneration for the tall naples.
Say, mister" said burly citizen,
approaching the stranger, don't Won
think you had better let them trees
alone? Too early for sap, you know. !"
II don't care for sap," was the reply.
"Then what in the deuce are you
driving at with that toadsticker?'
well, what do yer suppose? Here
I've been in this ere town three DAYS
and haven't been able to find nv way
home once. walked around the Com
mon three times last night, and then I
had ter hire cab. Why don't you
straighten your streets? But don't
mean tofget left tonight; I'll know this
street when I strike it. I'll feel nv
way by those hicks in the trees
AN humble apology for the trees on
the part of the Bostonians followed.
Finally map of Boston was pre-
sented to the stranger on condition that
he would spare the trees.-PinsburgA
DiSnntcL
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07
A Zulu sha,n Irirl,t.

A sham fight among the Zulus is an
impressive spectacle. The dusky war
riors are fine, muscular fellows, active,
athletic aud highly trained. The rank
and file, untrammeled by ornaments
and dress. move about with grace and
freedom. The officers-chiefs' and
headmen-wear coroncts of rich ostrich
feathers, which rustic freely with every
movement of the body; circling their
brows are rolls of tiger-skin, from which
descend fringes of coarse hair; from the
necks and shoulders downward to the
knees their bodies are covered with the
tails Of monkeys and tigers and strips
CT various hides strung together in
girdies: their wastes are grit about with
tufts of lions name and cowhair. Form
ing into line, their yaricgated shields
are so close and regular that they ap.
bristle rows Of cleaning assegai heads.
The foe is imaginary, as even among
their own tribes they are reused to such
pitch of excitement that, had they
any opponents, though only in mimic
warfare, they would be so carried away
by their feelings that at close quarters
bloodshed would inevitably result.
At the word of command they ad-
vance in precise order, first slowly, then
quick march, then double. and with
shonts of "Chila!" they charge their
imaginary enemies, and the battle be-
comes fast and furious. Brandishing
their assegais, stabbing and lunging
with strength and dexterity, each stroke
accompanied by fierce grunt of salts
faction. stamping, gesticulating and
crashing their teeth, they work them
selves into mad frenzy. in which their
features are distorted and their eyes
glare with fierce lust of blood, quite
frightful to witness.
Suddenly the word of command is
given to retire, and, as victors shout
ing triumph they march from the field.
Then there appears upon the scene q
horde Of Withholding, black creatures,
running and leaping from place to place,
screaming Economically, and frantically
beating the earth with short, heavy
clubs. These are the women, and they
are engaged in the horrible atrocity Of
killing the wounded. After sham
fight the night is spent in feasting and
revelry.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07
"Error, anl ..aIistake, ,,

Those words by no means bear the
same definition. A civil engineer
claimed that there was difference be-
tween an error and q mistake, and he
illustrates it in this way: IF a sur
veyoss instrument is at fault and he re.
cords what it registers, as it is regis
tered by the instrument, that is an
error; but if he records. it differently
from what the instrument registers it,
that is mistake. This means if the
instrument makes mistake that is an
error, but if the man makes an error
that is mistake. Here is food for re-
Election for dictionary makers. The
subject is susceptible of many illus
trations. For instance if your watch is
stopped and you wish to set it at twelve
o'clock and set it five minutes after
twelve, it is an error. but if you set it
five minutes after one, that is mistake.
In the light OF this discovery there are
still people who declare there is nothing
new under the sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07
of Toms remains, and the carriage wa.
driven to the Hanley mansion.

of Toms remains, and the carriage wa.
driven to the Hanley mansion.
Mabel soon reached home and NJ
once dispatched servants to bring in
her cousins body. She knew that
there would be a terrible time when
her father learned what had occurred.
but she determined to seek him at once.
tell him all and have it over with as
soon as possible. She believed that
he would drive her from the house, but
no wise daunted, she went in search of
him. He was nowhere to lie found. and
a servant told her that he had gone OUT
for wa k some time before.
An hour passed, and she saw the
servants returning at dis
lance with her Cousins remains.
Before they reached the house she saw
her father join them. One of the men
evidently told him in few words what
had happened, for he came rushing
wildly toward the house. A moment
more he was in her presence, fiercelv
demanding an explanation of it ali.
She gave it as calmly Us she could.
The old inap went mad with rage.
11o stormed, raved, cursed, and swore.
and ended it ali bv fling to the floor
in heap, stricken by aporiexy. IIe
was carried to his chamber and laid on
bed, and doctor was summoned.
But all in vain. He never rallied.
That night he died and there were
two funerals from the Rogers mansion
three days later.
But what of John, meantime? His
wound was q severe one and it required
the best Of care to keep it from proving
fatal, and this he received. His father
had raved too. when he heard all, but
his rage was not SO terrible as that of
Mabel's father had been.
John was very near the grave and as
he kept constantly asking for Mabel,
the doctor advised the old man to send
for her if he wished his son to recover.
There was fierce struggle in the old
mans mind. He loved his son, but he
hated the very name of Rogers. All
night the battle ragged in his mind, but
whom morning came reason had won
the victory, and he dispatcheda servant
with carriage for Mabel.
She gladly came and thereafter was
almost constantly at her lovers side till
he was brought back to health.
A year later there was quiet we'd
ding ut the Highmore church thut made
these two loving hearts one.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07
Better than Wealth.

A born coquette, even when plain of
face, is more dangerous than beauty.
She inherits better legacy than
wealth. for while money gives life its
cushion beauty gives its color and
coquetry makes it sparkle. The
coquette will go on with her conque ,ts
while there is man left in the world
with y heart in his bosom. In the
school from which she graduates there
are no graded courses Of study, no ex-
haustive examinations, no tedious
memory lessons and no incessant
eternal and intolerable smashing of
piano keys. Aspirants for degrees can
go to the Harvard annex. Would be
grenadiers are directed to Holyoke and
Columbia, and blue stockings are ad-
vised to enter local high schools and
universities for intellectual force. Here
coquetry is fostered, and no secret is
made about it, either. Square shout
ders ere rounded into De Milo grace
fiat soles are raised by iudicious foot
coverings; high foreheads sheltered by
kiss curls; harsh voices lowered q whole
tone; angular elbows turned in; stiff
joints ]oosened and every symptom of a
strong mind rigidly suppressed. The
pupil is sweetened, softened, and
curved. She is carefully instructed to
know nothing and to do nothing that
will rob grace or mar smile. And
does she pay? Doesn't she! Drop her
in the village lane or quiet promenade
of her native city, and see if she is not
speedily captured by the most promis-
ing lawyer or physician in the vicinity!
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07

was dispatched to the Chief Clerk or
the Dead Letter Office, requesting that
the clerk whose initials correspondent to
the entry in the book should be sent TO
the Chief Inspectors office at once.
The silence for the next few minutes
was unbroken except by the scratching
of the Chiefs pen. Then gentle rap
was heard and in response to his Come
in. the door was opened by slender,
blue-eved, fair haired girl OF about
! twenty.
you wished to see me, sir" she fall
tered.
| A glance at our faces showed her that
| concealment was useless, aud falling
/ upon her knees before chair and bury
ing her face in her hands, shc sobbed
pitcouslv.
40 sir" she said, shave pity upon me,
and I will confess all. )"
Hastily locking the door, the Chief
told her to compose herself and to con-
ceal nothing.
Her story was the old one of weak
ness and envy of her richer friends. OF
good family in reduced circumstances,
she moved in circ:e composed OF girls
who were able to dress in q manner lar
beyond her salary, and out OF q de.ire
to stand we'll with her set" she had be.
come thief.
She made restitution of all the money
she had stolen, among the bills being
the marked one sent in the decoy letter.
Then the question arose what further
steps should be taken. SO far ali
knowledge of the case was confined to
tue Chief Inspector and myself.
She pleaded piteous!y that for the
safe of her widowed mother she should
be allowed to resign without prosecu-
ton, and after much thought the Chief,
who had daughters of his own, con-
cluded that it was not necessary to
blight her life for one misste!,, and so
the only public result OF the matter was
on item in the evening paper:
"Miss -, clerk of the 5000 class
IN the Dead Letter Office, has resigned"
Let us hope that mercy in this case
was we'll bestowed. l have never seen
the young woman since, but heard
casually some years after that she had
married, and was happy vile and
mother
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07
SOME SANITY sAv,,,-
(From tho RAM.

tHiom inc Ru;us Hor
NEVER step over o,,aa.
another. Take the nearest ty 49, TO Perform
HE biggest coward in al, y,
IS w, w,n mau who is AFRAID to do 1 risht earth
wv WHEN a farmer expects to ra;s sns
crop he puts heart into his p la,ye q big
LIZ you want to have a oo Ewing
Heaven, pray for hard ,; sooo time in
c WHENEVER Ne, you are tempted IT. - earth e.
Gods will toward You. look 1 to 70 %. doubt
If the devil can only get wa oalVary.
he don't care what be"n your eye,
feet. mes of your
Do ALL the little things 70, ~,
can, and He will look after t hoa You
The brightest pictures o,,t-,
Heaven are those which Inside aae Of
painted. nope has
To HATE the commandment, ;.
Is one way of finding out that yo VI TOD
the devil. you love
LIE first words from the orou
risen, CHRIST were: $50 tell S"' 10 o. the
doing it? are You
WE IRE most in communion w;tt =
when we are most anxious f. 49, w. G l.S
his Son. W De like
YOU can't SOW shoe pegs and h..
wheat .s.a crop. To get wheat you I nest
KEEP your face toward God NJ 49,.
ter how much mud the devil no,, ~, mas-
at your back. 10y 'nfox
To BE meek in spirit is not owl,
inherit the earth, but to own real ass.. "
in Heaven. 80 estate
NEVER let the sun go down vitho,.
doing some kind act that will mako nous
pillow softer.
The quickest way to become M,
WINGED that there is devil is to trv w. ~
live Christian. Wy 70
WHENEVER you look upon a s;nn..
remember that ii he is lost you NAV 1l :,
to blame Tor it. W
If people could only buy their sa,v..
ton, the road to rerdition would SOON
be grown. N''A
IF you want to do good, open Won,
eyes, and you will behold world fnI
OF opportunity.
WE cannot become perfect in on,
conduct, but we can become perfect in
our love to God.
IL is thousand times better to have
our paradise at the end of, life than. at
the beginning of it.
MEN never find Gcd with the head
until they have first come in sight Of
Elm with the heart.
BE mindful of God in the small
things Of lie, and you will not FORGET
Him in the great ones.
KEEP your windows open toward
Jerusalem, have faith in God, and the
blues won't trouble you.
SOME people are all preach and no
practice. 1t is much better to be all
practice and no preach.
The greatest of all duties is the pres.
ent one. You can't do business for
on credit basis.
The reason some people have so little
to say about God is because they arc
such great strangers to Him.
If you are not willing to take all the
religion God can give you, there must
be something wrong with you.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07
1HE PATHWAY THROUGH THE
WOODS,
BY WILLIAM LYLE.

BY WILLIAM LYLE.
Twas only a little pathway,
Bordered with marigold sweet.
With the green leaves oeferarching
The marks of unfrequent feet
The golden tints of the autumn
brought one OF my saddest moods,
As took that lonely pathway
Through the solemn, silent woods.
Ghirp, chirp. said the wee brown sonGsters
As he hoped from limb to limb.
Stealing ono look at the stranger
Then seeking the shadows dim.
Anon, sound that was sweeter u aQiDs'
With fuirS3iike interludess ~ i.iat ,-..
Same over my soul like ether
And charmed that path through the Wooos
Thereafter there came vision
AS bright Gs n tabled fay,
a maiden of wondrous beauty
Stood right in my narrow way.
She blushed, and twilight grew rosy
Down through the soft solitudes.
i had mot my fate. and knew it,
IN the pathway through tho woods.
Many happy ycnrs have blessed me
Since that quiet eloaming hour,
And to-day, beside my homo hearth,
doto on that woodland flower.
There is sunshine in her presence
mntter what care intrudes,
And dear for lldr sake. forever,
liz that pa'nway through tho woods.
: Detroit Free EyYss.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07
A SGD Case.

well, here's another, Mr.. j."
said the chief inspector to me, as |
entered his office in response to sum-
mons, writes a contributor to The
Youths Companion. He held out an
open letter, and motioned me to a seat.
I was at that time Postofice Inspector,
with station at Washington, and had a
few days before been detailed to "work
up" one of the most unpleasant cases it
had ever been my duty to investigate.
The Chief Inspector had received
several complaints that misdirected let
tiers, returned to the writers from the
Dead Letter Office, had been robbed of
part of their contents. The missive to
which my attention was now called was
one of this kind; the writer declared
that in letter which had just been re-
turned to him he had enclosed two bills.
twenty and ten, while upon it's re-
turn it contained the ten dollar note
only.
1t was noticed that the letters which
had been tempered with had one COM
mon feature: none of them mentioning
the amount of the enclos ure. The cum.
ming thief had taken money only from
those worded thus: Il enclose the
amount OF my BILL Il send you oil the
money I can spare" or Il enclose the
amount you request" etc. Further
more, he had Invariably taken only q
portion of the amount enclosed.
The clerks whose duty it was to handle
the money letters were numerous;
many OF them were young ladies', and
all bore good reputation. The fasten-
ing Of suspicion upon any one of them
was u serious matter.
After much thought, I prepared a
letter purporting to be- from an absent
husband to his wife, in which he in
formed her that he had at last been
successful in OBJ: aiming work. and sent
her "all the money he could raise" In
the letter l enclosed five and ten
dollar bill, each with small tx" on the
brow Of the vignette on the left-hand
side.
This letter arranged to have posted
in Baltimore by railway postal clerk,
1T being SO addressed aud signed as to
insure its being sent to the Dead Letter
Office. In the meantime the record
books were carefully watched for its
appearance, bel 6 examined by me
very evening after the departure of the
clerks.
{ For several days the letter did not
!tppear, but at last my search was re-
yarded by the discovery of the entry
moving its receipt and disposal. The
contents were stated as So, aud the co.
ry was initia ed in q delicate feminine
land.
This discovery SO unnerved me that I
Gould not sleep. and ,,assed the night
IN wondering who could be the unfortu-
late upon whom the blow was to fall in
,Ghe morning. sss
i At 9 o'clock my report was made to
The Chief Inspector, aud messenger
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07

AGAINST the purely stupid we are
powerless. It is not that stupid people
do not think: on the contrary, they
think too much. Il thought" is ever
on their tongue, and pretaces the ex-
PLANTATION of every dreadful misdeed.
Only they always think wrong-that il
tho mischief.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07
A Popular Pastilne.

Miss Stayatome-Haye a nice sum.
mer? .
Miss Firtseasonne-oh yes. awfully
jolly.
Engaged, I suppose?"
"Oh. my, yes, fourteen times"
Liked the last one best, of course 81
Indeed 1 didn't; the first one was
best of all-but, dear me! he meant & y
Detroit Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07

The man who bowls loudest ahont
the equality of man" is invariably tho
man who Is most firmly convinced that
the world contains no one equal to him.
self. ~ ''AAAA
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07
Going Home in tho Horse Car.

You can always tell q new conduc.
tor, said passenger, as the bell -jerker
went outside and took his place on the
rear platform. There is freshness
about him that gives him away in spite
OF himself. He bushes all over when
he lifts lady from the car, and when
he goes to collect her fare he goes at i
as if he thought it cruel to make women
pay fare at all. J. want one of these
conductors to go North or to some big
city, no matter where, and see how ore
of the professional conductors work.
There's no monkey business with them.
They dart into car and sing out, Get
your fares ready!' and then they collect
fares from fifty people, while some Of
these fresh ones are taking up that OF
ten"
By this time the car was riding the
bridge over the railroad at JEFF Wars
store.
"1,hey call this Humming Hill," said
a passenger, as the car zuned over on
the bridge, "because the car huns in
passing it."
Il always go hum over this bridge
myself" sadly the sashy young man.
I've had fearful headache all
day. y said man in corner, land this
cool breeze feels mighty good"
"Lsd you ever try antipyrine' Tor
headscbes?" asked lady.
"Never did," replied the headache
man, "but I heard of remedy the
other day that struck me- rs odd"
There was o craning of necks at this
remark, and the young lady with the
Jockey cap was one of the most attentive
listeners. Evidently she knew what
headache was.
An old physician told me that when
you have headache seat yourself be.
fore mantel or on the front porch and
rest your heels on tho mantel or the
bannister."
The young lady in the jockey hat
drew back and the other ladies looked
out of the window, while the young
man in the sash stuck handful Of his
muslin shirt in his mouth to keep from
laughing.
"You SEQ that causes the blood to 60
to the head and smother the pain.
What causes the ache in the head is the
blood leaving it and going to other
parts OF the body. This physician told
me that he knew young lady in Ma
con who keeps herself cured of head
aches by adopting this remedy"
where does She" but the Young
man in the sash broke off his remark IN
a painful sort of way.-Macon 1ese-
graph.
General hancock's Mustache and tho
Stupid Counterfetters
A curious mistake was made by the
counterfeiters who have put seversl
two-dollar silver certificates on the
market when they curled Gen. han
cocks mustache in the wrong direction.
An employe in the Treasurer's Office o.
Washington discovered the counter
felt. but in consequence of their error
made in changing the Generals appear
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-07

She left John for moment. and Went
over to her cousin. A moments exami.
nation satisfied her that he was beyond
the need Of earthly aid and she returned
to her lover.
A lit e while longer and John opened
his eyes and looked up at her in blank
wonder.
"You must not speak," she COM
manded. II am going for help. You
must lie quite still now till I RETURN"
and, pressing kiss on his lips, she LETT
him and hurried to where the horses
were grazing. She was about to mount
her horse when she was startled by the
sound of carriage wheels. 1t contained
friend of her fanily's, and his black
coachman. Releasing her horse she
fastened toward the carriage, which
halted as she approached. Briefly she
made him acquainted with what had
happened. He at once drove to the
spot where John lay, and he and the
coachman lifted the wounded man
gently into the carriage. The dead one
was carried aud laid under the shade of
the same old oak where John had
waited the coming of his love.
The horses we're then caught. Johns
was fastened behind the carriage;
Mabel mounted hers, and, leading the
one Tom had ridden, set out for her
home. The coachman was left in charge
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-25
FOR THE CITY HOSPITAL.

Mr.. T. T. FishbIrne has issued call
to the subscribers to the Hospital Fund,
and others interested, to meet and dis
cuss the situation next Monday evening
at the Opera House. Mr.. Fishburnc
has been an energetic and faithful
worker in this good cause, and will con
tinue to be. There ought to be big
turnout at the meeting.
lis particularly desirable that The
Labor organizations be represented by
those qualified and authorized to speal.
for them, for nothing is moro certain
than that members of those organiza-
lions will be naturally the principal
beneticiaries of a hospital.
Until the city is ready to support such
q hospital as it ought TO, outside aid is
Indispensable. The most successful
plan for making sure the financial foot
ing of such an institution is that of benc-
fetal organizations. Let each labor or
gauizations in Roanoke assess its Nom
beers fifty cents month for hospital