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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

way. and at one time fell to his knees.
1t must have been twelve o'clock when
l saw another light. When J. yelled
a man opened the door.
who's that?"
Another lie might be successful. I
would take a desperate chance.
81 am a preacher" l answered,
cold, hungry, tired, and lost in this
! awful night of darkness. Can you take
mo in?"
what sort of a preachcr?"
"Methodist."
wall. 1 reckon he ken" a woman's
voice answered. Jest get right down
an come in, an Dick, you take the
brothers boss. Bless my life; the
idea of a preacher bein' lost SIGH a
night as this. Walk right in, brother"
They had been to bed. but a great
log-tire burned in the immense fire
place. The man took my horse and
the woman busted herself with putting
her house in order, and, during the
time, deplored the hardships to which
1 had been subjected. The man, a
comical old fellow with dead-grass
whiskers, soon returned and shook
hands with me time and again.
mighty glad ter see you, brother.
Han't been a preacher at my house fur
a powerful long time. Powerful glad
ter see you. Stranger come along in
the arly part Of the night an wanted
to stay with US, an although we've got
q first-rate bed upstairs / sent him on
down ter Sam Mason's, cause / lowed
suthin' mout happen. Powerful glad
ter see YOU"
He leaned over, and. placing his hand
on my knee, gaZed affectionately into
my face.
Dick" exclaimed his wife, "don't
eat the brother up, fur mussy sake"
"No, Puss," he reioined, IL love you
too we'll ter deprive you of that ain
pleasure. Brother, what is yo' name"
"Sanderson," / answered.
wall, I am powerful glad to see
you. Puss, slip out thar an snatch the
feathers often the Dominecker hen and
cook her fur Brother Sanderson. Wake
up Sim an tell him thar's er preache,
in the house. Wush you could a met
my daughter Polly, but she married
Nat Buckley last week. AS good q
WORKER ab IHe MOufEef S Dcncn as you
ever seed. Drawed the Pettygast boys
in when nobody else could teach 'em.
I'm powerful glad ter see you. What
sort of a boss air you ridin'?"
"a pretty fair animal"
"Wall, / reckon we ken strike up .
trade termorrow before church time
Before church time?"
"Yis; the meetin' house is right down
thar in the holler: so you didn't miss
it so mighty fur after all. Don't pay
no 'tentlon to that noise. It's only the
Dominecker hen a squawlin'. Better
%squawl, too, fur when that wife of mine
spreads the palms OF her hands out Oh
a hen, why the hens life ends prett,
Dol afterwards. if not right thar
Mighty good thing they sent you, flu
our regular preacher is sick an kahn
i'll the pulpit, an the folks don't know
it, but [ reckon you hearn of it an
come to take his place. Wall, I'll eli
up arly an build a fire in the meetin
house. an my boy ken ride all aroun
an tell the folks that have hearn o
Brother Rice's sickness that Brothe
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

yam ter Jim Mason's he'll keep you in
the finest sorter shape. Lives right
down thar at the foot Of the hill"
The traveller turns away disappoint-
cd, of course, but he has placed q
wreath Of faith upon Jim Mason who
lives right down thar" and onward
he goes through the darkness. His
horse stumbles, and sometimes he has
to stop and feel his way. Mile after
mile is passed, it seems, but no beam
of light comes trembling out to meet
him. He curses the man who has lied
to him, and in his anger he thinks Of
finding his way back and choking the
scoundrel, when suddenly light down
the valley warns his heart. He rides
up to a cabin. "Halloa!" Door is
opened: man pokes his head out.
Jim Mason live here?"
what do you want with him?"
81 want to stay all night"
cob, lowed mebbe yer wanted ter
snatch him up befo' the Gram Jury.
Yes. L live here
well, I was told away back yonder,
I don't know how far, that you would
accommodate me for the night"
".Red-headed Teller was it that told
yoa?" he asked. still standing with his
head poked out.
Il don't know: it was too dark to
see"
wall. if it vas q red-hcaded Teller
it was my s%on-in-law, an I reckon he's
the biggest liar in East Tennessy."
Il don't know who it was, but the
question is, can 1 stay"
Questions mighty easy answered.
You KANT"
"But, my dear sir, [ al not so any
further"
"Bleeged to you for calm me a dear
sar, but 1 reckon you'll halter go
furder. Sam Mayhem lives right down
thar, an L think he'd be glad to take
you, Jest tell Sam that you air from
Texas an know his folks that went out
thar three years ago. Tell him YOU
knowd ALT, and lobe, and the rest O.
'em. My brother Pete went out tina,
with them. Community lost q good
man when Pete left, L tell you. Tall
rawboned teller that could lift one side
OF a steer"
/ was the Traveller, and / saw m
chance. No casuistry could stand VI
against such inducements to tell a lii
yea, SO great a necessity OF it..
would deceive him.
MY dear sir. ]. am from Texas, SUI,
enough, and l do know his people
though, of course, not intimately"
Know Alf?"
YES"
AN Tobe?"
edo"
"Look here, you mout know m,
brother Pete, that lives out there il
Calhoon County,"
II am acquainted with him. Gu
there he is known as Long Pete"
Wall, l declar, stranger, you al
gettin' interestin'."
Shall 1 get down and COME in?"
"Yes, but wait a mint, Now you al
q truthful man, air you?'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

tation as a parliamentary speaker, the
intense gravity and earnestness OF his
utterances carrying conviction to the
minds Of his hearers. In over flfty
years of public life he has either lnstl,
gated or participated in a series OF
measures which have caused a most
admirable change in the English laws
and government, the most notable be-
ING the extension of the franchise to
every man WHO has an established
home.
He was born at Liverpool-an En-
glishman by birth, but of Scotch de
scent. His father was a wealthy mer-
chant, who acquired a large fortune IN
the West India trade.
He was educated at Elton and the
University of Oxford, and graduated
before attaining the age OF twenty-five
years. He entered Parliament IN 1882
as a member for Newark, Nottingham
shire, which borough he continued to
represent until 1916. During these
years honors fell p~rofusely OF the head
of the youthful commoner, Handsome
Gladstone" as he was called. At this
time he was a constant contributor to
the "Quarterly Review" chiefly on
literary and ecclesiastical subjects.
In 1884, he was made junior lord OF
the treasury, and three months later,
under secretary for colonial affairs. In
lS41. Mr.. Gladstone was made vice
president of the council and master OF
the mint. In 1S43 he relinquished the
first named of these offices in order to
assume that of president of the board
of trade. In 1916 he entered the cabi-
net as secretary for the colonies, under
the premiership of Sir Robert Peel:
but soon resigned this Office and also
his seat in Parliament. In 1851 MI.
Gladstone broke away from the con
sentative party. The following veal
he became c~hancellorof the e%Xchequer.
a position for which he showed a mar
velous aptitude. handling the nationa:
accounts with an easy mastery, ano
presenting them before the House O
Commons and the country with degree
of eloquence which perhaps had neve,
before adorned so ~unsttractive a mat
ter as national finance.
In 1858 MI. Gladstone declined 6
position in the cabinet, but accepted 6
special mission to the Ionian Islands
In June, 1859, he again became chan
cellor Of the e%xcheauer, under LORD
Palmerston, at whose death, in 1865
Mr.. Gladstone became the leader O
his party in the House of Commons
In 1868 he became premier for the frs
time, which office he held until 1874
when the conservative reaction displac
ed him. While in power he disestab
lished the Irish Church, passed TIN
Irish land bill of 1870, and also an edu
cational reform bill; he abolished TIN
purchase of commissions in the army
and established the system of voting b.
ballot in elections.
In 1880 the country welcomed tn,
liberals back intopower, and Mr.. Glad
stone again became premier, which
Office he held until 1886, with the ex
ception OF brief intervals. Under thi
great statesman's leadership, the pei
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
He Got Away with but One Armful.

Last summer I was up at Port Sar-
MIA, Ontario, and there met q sad
looking but affable gentleman from
the States who had lost an arm. He
intercepted my glance toward his
empty coat sleeve, and explained: II
lost it at Gettysburg" and then added
with some bitterness, "and vet I am
an exile"
was unfeignedly sorry for him and
told him so, but, though decidedly Gu
rious to know what misfortune had
compelled him to leave the beloved
country he had laid down so large a
fraction Of his life to save, an innate
delicacv restrained me from question
ing him.
He was disposed to be communica.
tive, however, and proceeded: Il could
bear my sad lot with greater resigna.
ton but that now, upon the Threshold
Of old age, my means are nearly ex.
hausted, a %pecuniary strait that is di-
rectly due to the loss Of my arm. You
see, I had filled two valises with mon.
ey, negotiable bonds, ETC., in prerara.
ton for my departure. But in the
hurry attendant upon that I was com
PEELED to leave one of them behind
and by some fatal mischance I picked
up the less valuable one. All, sirn!
and the tears trickled down his wal
cheeks. "am I not the most unfortunate
OF nnfortunates? Could I but hay,
had my other arm at that supreme no
ment you would not have found me j,
this dismal place with starvation star
ING me in the face. Wearily Waitinp IN,
end, for | would now be living at TIL
top of the pot with the rest of TIL
boys at Montreal"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

so dense that they seem the very bot
tomless pits Of blacl1ness. A ray of
ycllowish light, trembling it's way
through the gloom, down from a
hill where dogs are barking. The
traveller is g%laddened and, riding up to
a log cabin, shouts: "Halloa" Some
one opens the door.
81 would like to stay owe night with
you. 1 am cold, hungry, and tired,
and don't believe [ can go another
step"
Wall, we KANT take il no pusson,
Gaze we ant got no place for a pusson
ter sleep; but eff you'll go right down
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
He Couldn't Be.

"Please buy a paper-I'm stuck, +"
whined a nawsboy as he approached an
old woman in front of the Soldiers
Monument Saturday afternoon.
Good lands! but you can't be-" she
replied.
eyes, I am"
"But you can't be. The mud is all
froze up, and nobody o nothing car
be stuck. Boy, you are starting Out
right to land OH the gallus!n -Detroi,
Free Presa.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
Ct have always been regarded as

81 have always been regarded as
such"
"Ah, bah, en- ! don't like ter doubt
YOU, but thar's just II thing, an
only one, that looks a little sus-
picious."
TELL me what 1t is, and / will en-
deavor to explain"
"Wush you would explain. You sec,
1 ant got no brother Pete an never
did have none. Tn Pete myself.
Knowd YOU was a rascal soon as J.
heard YOU speak. Goodnight
He shut the door and | turned away.
My horse stumbled. 50 rough was the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

manent good that has been accomplish.
ed in English domestic reform is most
remarkable.
In 1889 MI. Gladstone was married
to Miss Catherine Glynne. Two Of
his sons are members of Parliament
a third son is clergyman of the Church
Of England; and one of his daughters
is married to a minister Of that de.
nomination. p
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

ladies wash
their heads with
preparations of al
kalies, ammonia,
borax, and even
baking soda, and
sometimes washing
but these are
and all hurt
full both to hair and
scalp, for the life
vigor Of hair
comes from the lit
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
THE LOST CHILD.
BY MRS. NAPOLEON b. MoRANeE.

Lost. Lost. in the bewildcring throng,
Baked by the human curront, surslnS strong
Amid the savage roar it's voice is drowned,
No ear has caught the feeble. plaintive sound
"Maminai mamma y it calls, then giances shy,
Eetraving dread of every passer-bY.
Its ewes are tear-blind, nnd it's feet
Are. .. so weary, wandering the street
mamma! Wa1nmn!" IL calls, and calls again,
Adding each time q keener note OF pam;
it runs. then pnuses, overwhelmed with iears,
Tho traces of n mothers cure
Still l!lger in the cu.led and sunny hair;
The playing children tempt it not to stop,
Though in its hand is clutcbcd II striped top,
And tbs it hurries through the alien town,
One little stocking slips unleeded down.
AT last the faint appeal is hoard,
And sleeping hearts OF sympathy arc stirred
Some bend to ask its name - its mothers
nunle-
On all the world it seems to have no claim.
Il stares nj every one ill blank amaze,
While DER its face u tangled ringlet strays.
Arrested on its Grant course,
The yerv tears are scared back to their source;
One chubby hand is lifted to it's brow,
Its head ,lroops like Il broken flower now;
To ask, suggest. or coax, alike are vain.
No hint OF home or mother can they gain.
Blu suddenly from out the crowd
a presence dawIS. like sunshine from a cloud
A 500 OF g~lnlness heaVes the little breast!
Evstcnders need no more. they know The rest
'Aia4na. mamma !" ii shouts with ringing 10Y
And TO hor heart the mother clasps her boy.
NV 1oNK CIuN.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

A tie tat glands which nourlsh the
- roots, and render it glossy, soft and
thick. These alkalies dissolve the fat,
and soon the lady is distressed to find
that her hair is breaking Off or falling
out. Alcohol, whether in form Of the
various hair tonics. or bay rum, is
equally injurious, and to its use in bar
Der shops are the most OF the bald
heads due.
When one feels that the head needs
a good shampoo" the yelks Of eggs
alone should be employed, with plenty
Of water. The yelk Of an egg is almost
all oil, and for that reason IN emollient,
but no alkali nor soap should be used
if it is desired to preserve the hair at
It's best.
Dandruff is a great injury to the
stood, though some have pretended to
have discovered its cause and cure.
But this We have noticed and proved,
those who wash their heads in cold
water daily never have it. Brushes
and combs should be kept very clean,
and no one should use those of another.
When there is dandruff, cleanliness,
washing i'll cold water, and sometimes
a little brandy will remove it.
The use Of fine combs, unless when
absolutely necessary, is greatly to be
condemned, and it is far better to dis
card them entirely. Many ladies find
it inconvenient to wash their heads
daily, on account of their bangs, and
such depend upon the fine comb for
cleansing the scalp, with an occasional
shampoo. There are more exudations
from the scalp than from the clear
skin, and the pores need a clearer field.
so to speak, than they have with the
accumulations which catch to the hairs
and mat down tightly until they form
little scales, which being Of refuse
matter turn SOU and acrid, and finally
contaminate and heat the little fat cells
which nourish the hair. These scales
accumulate until they keep up a sort
Of irritation and itching Of the scalp,
and finger nails poison it, and before
one knows it the head is one mass Of
scaly dandruff, and before long the
head is sore in spots and the hair be.
gins falling.
Ladies whose neatness in other re.
spects is proverbial, will not wash thei1
hair daily-because-b ecause-wel
they can give no reason, only that the,
We're taught that it was not at all nee
essary. And when the scalp is no
kept ccol and free OF dandruff, and tn
secretions which cause it. the hair oftc,
: loses It's coloring matter. The heat i,
the cells destroys it, and young per
! sons turn gray who oughtno wear tina
token of age for many Years yet.
The writer Of this is forty-three. an,
Q has not one gray hair yet. and thinks
+ with some reason, that the regula
II washing of her head il cold waite
every morning since she was a child
is the cause, and her hair is soft an
7 silky, and quite abundant for that age
Her brothers and relatives younge
than herself are bald and gray, b.
a cause they "don't think cold waite
q good for the scalp" EMMA Who.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
Caught III Burglar.

A French official returning to his home
in tho suburbs a few days ago, his wife and
family being absent, found a burglar asleep
on the sofa in the parlor, with his jimmy
and skeleton keys by his side and a lot Of
jewelry and other valuables packed up to
take away. He was unable to arouse The
man aver by shaking him, and when he
sent for the police they had to throw colo
water IN the mans face to bring him to
1t turned out that he had found a bottl,
which contained something that looked
like wine and had taken a drink. 1t wa,
really o powerful narcotic and put him t,
sleep.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

The Watsessing, N. j., Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union mas decided t
boycott all grocers and butchers who sell
cider. The question of making mince pie
without cider was also discussed. Man
Of the members said they could not max
good mince pies unless they used cider
Of Oft the union is u regarded with great ansietj
by all lovers of old fashioned mince pie1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
THEY TOOK IL Nj IN.

O he overtaken by
night in the lone
Hest part of East
Tennessee is to the
traveller q condition
to be lamented,
whites Opie p. Read,
in the Chicago
Times. The road
is rough and the
deep valleys have
ooiharod q 1orl,paSc
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

Glynne Arms Hotel, Hawarden, and
Just opposite the main entrance to
Hawarden Castle, the home Of William
Ewart Gladstone.
Armed with q letter of Introduction,
he soon found himself ushered into the
presence of the best-known man IN the
British Empire. His reception OF the
newspaper man was at the same
time digniied and affable, but as fal
removed from any appearance OF
patronage as from familiarity.
Respecting the probabilities OF his
accession again to power, MIR. CLAD,
stone remarked that though the result
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

SQUIRE MASSEY BEARLEY, who live
at Aberdeen. KY, has tied the marriag
knot for 4,O76 runaway couples in nine
teen years. His fees have ranged fro,
Thank We" to $50.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
OF HAWARDEN.
GREAT BRlTAIN's MOST EMINENT
STATESMAN.

a Busy and Useful Life Briefly sketched-
Home Life of the .Grand Old Man
Personal characteristics Mrs. Glad
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
PRESERVATION OF BEAUTY.

Hints to Women Regarding the Care OF
the Hair-The fine-TOothed Comb Con-
dcMned-CleanIiness tile First Hcnuisite.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

"PusH" on one side and "pull" on
the other are labels on some doors
which lead to certain kinds of success
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

HE correspondent
of an A a IL
newspaper travel
ing in England re.
Gently stopped off
at Chester, and at
ter a short drive
found himselfat the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
My horse stumbled.

way, and at IL time fell to his knees.
1t must have been twelve o'clock when
I saw another light. When ] yelled
a man opened the door.
"Who's that?"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

At last the faint appeal is hoard,
And sleeping hearts of sympathy arc stirred;
Some bend to ask its name it's mother
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

On all the world it seems to have no claim.
Il stares nj every one i'll blank amaze,
While DER its facea tangled ringlet strays.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-27

;css being conducted by DR.. Mclean No
relatives came to Maj. Mansum during nus
illness, but many friends manifested inter
act and kind feeling. Among these was
%. ITiahart of Austin, who came 10 WISH
IN -, 5Inr;nc his illness aud who was also
present at his funeral. of sor-
The arrest on yesterday morning Vi 1en
al negrors accused of burglary mas
resulted in developing a nu' nS,,
Of burglaries perpetrated by the lllvl,
occnsei during the winter. A negro
res,onrant keener seems to have been t9e
c,iaf shirt in the enterprise. Mr.. NJ D.
forket.s store, according to the confession
~ Charles Vandiver the restaurant Keeper
has been their favorlte establishment
TIotbing amounting to $50 or SlOO worm,
and identified as coming from this store
was fnnnd in the trunk of Vandiver ana re-
claimed soon after the arrests were maue'
Fnrther Developments also prove that MT MI
Lockets grocery department has been r lHl-
nishipg the edibles for the restaurant Inc
entity party, as also several suspects Is
now lodged in Jail. 800, bo,.
Georgetown is happy to greet among neI
visitors this week the interesting anu
accomplished Mrs. Geo. England OF Lam.
rasas. Mrs. England was among us laSC
year as Miss Bracewell. and by her hopl9
character, bright winning manners ana
other fine social qualities won hosts OF
warm friends who Wi. always welcome her
back to Georgetown.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-27
THE CLEVELAND IDEA.

Whether or not Ex-President Cleve-
land is the nominee of the Democratic
party in 1892, it is beginning to be
apparent that the free raw material
principle advocated in his celebrated
tariff message will be part of the
platform of the party in 1892. Con-
sidering all the circumstances it is
the principle that is most likely to win.
Free wool, free coal, free pig iron, are
to the interest of the manufacturers
as well as the 60,000,000 of con-
sumers. To the former, because it
would enable them to manufacture
goods cheaper and make Il greater
profit; to the latter, because they
could buy goods cheaper, whose cost
OF manufacture has been reduced.
The manufacturers saw the point in
the election of 1888, and without
doubt would have supported the Demo
cratic ticket had they been assured no
serious cutting down of duties was
meant. Not only they, but the po-
litical power under their control.
These are doubtless the reasons Of
the recent Democratic gains in the
East and North. These people like the
rest of the world are governed by self
interest, and they will act with the
party that produces them more profit
on their capital or a saving of money
in their investments.
If the Democratic party should net
insist on any immediate, sudden or
violent reduction of import duties
but fling to the breeze the banner of
free raw material, the chances are
that the manufacturers would help us
carry enough OF the great Northern,
Eastern and Central States to restore
the Democracy to power in 1892. Nor
would it be necessary for this party to
abandon the tariff for revenue only
principle which now constitutes the
vital issue on whit h it must stand or
fall. A reduction of duties would
naturally follow free raw material
after some little time.