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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Phenomenal Children.

1t is a we'll accepted principle that
that is true Of one individual of a spe-
les may be true Of any other individual
the same species. The fact that from
me to time phenomenal children have
cen born who seemed to know by in
tition the things that mankind gener-
Ny take years to learn, points to mar
elous developments in the future of the
pce The fact that phenomenal must
ans and 1nathematicians are born who
rs years of age have all the powers
bit mature professionals in mathemat-
s and music possess, may foreshadow a
imam development in which all chill
rem will finally be born with these ex-
sordinary abilities. Little Elsa Breidt,
Syear-old child Of German parentage
Chicago, is the latest musical wonder.
ka, when only 2 years old, used to
limb upon the piano stool land strike
hekeys as if she had been taught how
do it long ago." Now she improvises
ng and difficult music for herself, and
an play any composition, however in
icate, without making a mistake, after
nee hearing it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

Inc decision of Judge Thayer in the
case OF the men arrested for peddl;np
the "Kreutzer Sonata" through the
streets of Philadelphia does not agree
with the verdict Of Postmaster General
Wanamaker. Judge Thayer discharged
the arrested men, deciding that the So
nata" was not an immoral book, though
ne pronounced it a silly one. He declares
Iolstois conclusion that celibacy is bet
ter than marriage an ..insane fanati.
clsm," but says. 1.-THE insane fanaticism
which has brought the authors mind to
the absurd conclusion he has reached ia
fanaticism not of vice, but of virtue. /"
Therefore the "Kreutzer Sonata" NAV
be hawked through the streets of Phila-
delphia by the million copies under the
very nose Of Mr.. Wanamaker when he
happens to be at home.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Reservation Notes.

A Howard Press correspondent speaks
OF the country he crossed in the following
language:
We left here the first week in June tray
cling from here to Huron, from there to
Pierre, and from Pierre to Rapid City,
and thence through the Hills to Dead
wood and west to the Wyoming line.
Until we reached Pierre we we're some
what troubled in finding fuel for our fire.
as we took u tent and camped on the
way. While in Pierre we met a stage
driver who surprised us not q little by
telling us we would find plenty of wood
and water on the reservation, and SO we
did; every ten or fifteen miles we would
cross creek which would supply us with
plenty OF water, and along these streams
there was always more or less timber
which would supply US with fuel.
Now, to compare this country with this
how would one travel across-right
through this sectioll-without carrying
fuel and water, if there were no settle
ments? We would have to travel from
tlandreau to Madison lake, from there
to the jim river, and from The Jim to the
Missouri without either.
Raius We're quite frequent and we no
ticed one very heavy storm while we were
in what was called the worst of the gum
DO, but it only prevented our travelling O.
very few hours. We carried no grain in
crossing the reservation and we're able to
make long drives us the grass was so
plentiful and SO rich that our horses
could soon ill themselves and kept fat in
spite of the long drives.
We were very much pleased with the
country thus far-the poorest we had
seen was through Beadle county. After
reaching the Hills we were more than
pleased as well as surprised at the vast
forests of pine, the rich deposits of coal
and other minerals, and the amount of
business carried on in those towns; we
could hardly realize we werestiil in South
Dakota. Game we found quite plenty
and those streams ice cold water were
luxury in the summer months.
What we now need is a railroad through
to this wealth which is still undeveloped
in the western part of our state, to bring
US cheap coal and lumber and transit
through this section instead of being car
ried south through Nebraska. As this il
the most direct route from the east to
the Black Hills, it is only question of
time when the Southern Minnesota will
be extended from Pierre to Deadwood or
Rapid City.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby says that if
he had his way he would extinguish pub
tic high schools and colleges and dilnin-
ish the course of public instruction to
three years. If the expensive high
schools and colleges were abolished there
could be plenty Of school house room
made for children in the primary grades.
without turning any away, as is done
by the hundred every September in the
older cities at present. This is proper
enough in some respects. That is the
poorest possible system Of education
which stints the primary grades for
teachers and house room and maintains
costly high schools. But still it would
be precious poor sort Of an education
that q child starting to school at 9 could
get in three years.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
The Pres. clawed Over the Goals.

Carthagenian.
Inc Press says: 1.-The position that
all South Dakota is good may be adj
United, and still it does not settle the
capital question. Nobody will claim
that 1t is all equally good-that is the
polnf. The average of the half east of
the river is much superior for farming
purposes-that must be admitted. 1t
Is the farming regions that maintain
population. The eastern half will
therefore always have a larger popula-
zion than the WESTERN etc.
The above is the kind of logic the
Press gives the Huron real estate
boomers for much hard money. Theas-
sertlon of the Press that 1.-THE average
OF the. half east of the river is much
superior for farming purposes is
neither made from observation nor
based upon facts, Farming upon the
reservation has never yet been tested.
1t is only one season since it was OPEN
ed for settlement, and the publication
OF just such articles as the above quot
ed has done more to retard the settle
ment and development of the country
west of the river than can be over
come by years of hard work. Its next
assertion is that 1T is farming regions
that support population" Has the
editor of the Press ever been outside
of his editorial sanctum in Sioux
Falls? Has he ever been in the min
ing and oil regions of Pennsylvania?
Has he ever been in the manufacture
ing districts of New England? Has
he ever been in the mining districts
even of his own state? Does he take
the readers of the Press to be a parcel
of idiots who have seen nothing but
Dakota's prairies? us well known
fact that mining and manufacturing
districts are more densely populated
than any agricultural district under
the sun. Based on the above falla-
cious. assertions as premises, the edi-
tor of the Press draws his first conclu-
sion which is: "The eastern half will
therefore always have a larger popu-
lation than the western, . which must
necessarily be fallacious, because the
premises are not substantiated by
facts,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Grievances Of "Tommy Atkins. {"


In the English vernacular "Tommy
Atkins is the familiar name for the
British soldier. It was Tommy Atkins.
of the Second battalion of grenadiers,
who showed up mutinous last summer,
and was sent to Bermuda in conse-
quence. Why he did SO is shown in the
English Nineteenth Century by Arthur
w. Palmer, who was himself private
soldier and took the ''queen's shilling"
which means shilling day-twenty-
five cents-the pay of British soldier.
Arthur w. Palmer draws picture
which makes an American wonder why
the whole British army did not mutiny
long ago. He avows himself a strict
disciplinarian, and believes a soldier
may be guilty Of offences for which
death itself would not be too severe a
punishment.
But Tommy Atkins grievances. These
are, first, that he is enlisted under false
pretenses Seductive pasted bills inform
that if he enlists everything will be
found him, and he has only to draw his
shilling day. Once in, he finds that
nothing is furnished him for food except
three-quarters Of a pound Of meat and
one pound Of bread day. II he wants
fruits, vegetables, tea, coffee or milk he
must buy them all out of the queens
shilling. He has even to pay for the
SOAP with which he cleans the floors Of
his barrack room. Even the meat that
is dealt out to him is not always weighed
with strict accuracy. 1t is the joke OF
every drill sergeant to tell new recruits
that soldier should always have full
chest and an empty stomach. To which
witty Irishman once said: "Begorrs,
there's no use in remindin' me O. that,
for since l listed me chest has always
been fuller than me stomach, glory be to
God; an If thought the queen was 20
hard up I'd have never taken her shll-
ln'-Td have given one."
Many Of the recruits enlist from hun
ger and poverty, and to stint their food
Is disgrace and cruelty.
Clothing? The infantry soldier gets
ON Joining the army two shirts ana
three pairs Of socks. These must Last
him seven years, or he must buy new
ones out Of his twenty-five cents Gay.
n Lord Wolsely's pocket manual tor
soldiers instruction he tells Tommy Az
Inns that a shirt turned inside out,
hrnshed with q stiff brush and hung up
in the sun to dry shall be considered
"cleaned."
But the worst disgrace Of all is on
hoard troop sMps. Here the private
.oldier is treated ''more like pig than
human being"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Iiuron's Great Effort.

Aberdeen Republican
The Huron boomers and the bankers
syndicate interested i'll town lots at that
place made desperate effort Thursday
to have grand parade in the interest of
Huron, at the statefa They chartered
special train and gave free ride to
Aberdeen to all persons at Huron and
along the line, that would wear Huron
badges and march in line from the North
western depot to their headquarters on
main street in this city. The great pre-
ponderance of Pierre badges and senti-
ment at the state fair Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday made the Huron crowd
sick. III On Wednesday the Huron boom
ers and the bankers syndicate held a
meeting, raised a purse and decided to
make a grand demonstration i'll behalf
of Huron, Thursday, at the state fair.
kilograms were sent to Huron and other
villages along the line between thatplace
and Aberdeen, chat all men, women and
children along the line favorable to
Huron for the capital could have free
ride to the state fair, Thursday" They
also hired all the bands in the state that
desired to attend the fair, and paid their
expenses to Aberdeen and return
Thursday came and SO did the last grand
parade of the Huron boomers. By actual
count there was two hundred and seventy
three voters in line including the bands
and men driving teams, and fourhundred
and eighty women and children. About
three hundred of this number consisted
ofladies and children from this city, the
Huron and Mitchell bands, teamsters
and hack drivers, (who are paid for SER
vices) and the Huron people who re-
manned in the city over night Wednesday.
This ostentatious parade was planed
and executed by the combined wisdom OF
the Huron Capital Committee and bank
ers syndicate.
Whata grand demonstration; "what
u wonderful change of sentiment in favor
ofHuron." Oh! You poor dupes, there
are more votes in the fourth ward i'll the
city of Aberdeen than there was in line in
your Huron for capital parade. What
roasting Huron's Capital Committee will
get from the few people who remain in
that deluded village after the first Tues
day in November.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

The car of Russia is q hopeless con-
ervative, but in sending his son and
cir to travel around the world, visiting
III countries Ito gain vigor of constitu-
ion and breadth Of intellect" he does a
pore liberal and radical thing than any
i his predecessors ever did. The czare.
Eitch will even visit and study the
United States If the knowledge he
aims will cause him, when he comes to
be throne, to give the Russian people a
arlament, and treat Siberian prisoners
Ike human beings, then his travels will
to some purpose.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Huron and Pierre seesaw.

Huron cries: Center of present popu
lation."
Pierre cries. "Center of the state and
future population
Huron cries: 81 didn't mean to injure
any part of the state"
Pierre cries: "You have done it and
you shall be justly punished therefor"
Huron cries: ''Irrigate the eastern part
of the state that has had plenty of mois-
ture."
Pierre cries: "Irrigate the whole state
and promote uniform prosperity
Huron cries: present railroads and
present accessibility; a halt in growth. .
Pierre cries: "New railroads, through
railroads; river transportation, future
accessibility and progress"
Huron cries: 'Disfranchise the voters
of the reservation because they will not
vote for Huron"
Pierre cries: Freedom of the ballot to
all actual citizens of the state and of the
United States. So does the supreme
court"
Huron cries: t"rhe reservation country
is fit for nothing but cowboys, half:
breeds, Indians and coyotes"
Pierre cries: 1.-THE reservation will pro.
duce anything that can be found in the
east half of the state and is we'll watered
and better timbered.
Huron cries: eve have a few town lots
here we must sell or get in the hole, and
to sell them we must have the capital
Pierre cries: "Our town lots are as
good as gold because we are building
new railroads and will have roundhouses,
and the capital is an assured fact"
The Huron papers are printing
articles marked "Ex.," endeavoring to
lead people to believe that they were
clipped from some other paper. Why
is it not just as easy to give the proper
credit as it is to give it to Sex"
The fine Italian hand of the Huron
board of trade is too plainly MAPPED
out in these articles to make any sane
person believe they were ever printed
before. Give proper credit where
credit is due, is good motto.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

An Old World .ex-diplomat" writes
Ibst the chief danger to American beauty
4 that Of contamination by admixture
4 plebeian blood. Dear. dear! Has that
Lr.p perhaps never heard that the most
Lbolutely dazzling beauty on earth is
|ouna among the Irish girls who go bare
hot, live on potatoes and oatmeal and
larry baskets Of turf that would crush
n ordinary man-carry them, too, day
liter day and month after month?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
A Favored State.

Few dreamed on the first discovery of
old in California that it would ever
Pike rank as one Of the first states in the
Fnicn agriculturally. But the first flush
|fthe stream of gold from its mines had
(ardly subsidized when it was found that
Fsifornia seemed specially designed by
(rovidence for an agricultural and wheat
rowing state. Crops Of wheat SO i'm
fsnse were threshed by the great steam
fachines, which first came into general
|se in California, that in some cases
Felthy land owners put well nigh a
fhole county into one wheat field.
Then came another discovery. Cali
'fnia was admirably adapted to grape
pltrre. Sweet and luscious grapes,
uch as would ripen nowhere else in the
'untry, came to be a speciality of Cali
ffnla, and her wines are Of such flavor
aat, unknown to themselves, most gen
emen who at hotels and restaurants
ency they are drinking rare imported
aampagnes and other foreign wines,
mite and red, are merely paying tribute
the excellence of our native Califor-
"a product. What next? Well, next
was found that no part Of the country
'as SO we'll adapted to the raising of fast
ofses as this wonderful state. Califor.
Iatrotters and thoroughbreds have won
Equation in racing annals the world
ver.
only one thing more seemed left. and
Ut was the culture Of fruit. And for
season Of 1s90-91 California will
We shipped 10000 carloads Of fruit.
aese consist Of peaches, grapes, plums,
Feots, figs and pears chiefly. Cali
snla now promises to supply the raisin
tket Of the world. Her grape growers
We found q way Of curing raisins by
4ay drying them by natural pro-
- adding nothing to them. Raisins
pased by the California process are
superior that they have practically
wen the Malaga raisin out Of the
wet, only $4,000 boxes q year Of the
VT now being annually imported into
United States where the supply
TO be 100000. CALIFORNIA; own
toct Of raisins this year will be 49,
1000 pounds.
"a sutornia ships this year $500 car
~ or fruit moro than last season.
s'ult district is in thu southern part
we state, and the culture Of pears,
:, ,ues, plums, etc., for the eastern
sAee Is so profitable that farmers are
sNns to go into it more extensively
~ acor
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
4 Compressed Air Motor.


1t may be that the next general mo-
tive power Of the world will not be electri-
city, but merely common air, compressed
air. In France there is already railway
in operation whose trains are thus pro.
PEELED. In the French car storage tanks
Of compressed air are carried. When
they are exhausted they are taken out at
the stations along the way and replaced
by other filled tanks. Thus the car runs
by q method somewhat similar to that
employed by the storage electrical bat.
teries.
In New York, however, an inventor
believes he has perfected an air COM
pressor which fills itself as the car goes
on. The compressor is upon the car.
The inventor claims that by the motion
Of the car the air is carried into the tank
which automatically congresses it, and
that when once started it can go on for
ever without stopping. The car must
first be started by horses, but after it
has been pulled some thirty feet the COM
pressor becomes filed and is at work,
and will thereafter meet the acquisitions
Of this air motor unaided.
A steam injector takes steam from a
boiler, and uses it to again throw water
into the boiler. By a principle similar
to this the air motor is supposed to work.
Anything that promises to release horses
from the streets Of a city is worth care
full trial.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

A Cincinnati boy was found hanging
dead in his bedroom with copy Of q
blood curdling novel by his side. It Is
enough to make anybody hang himself
to read story paper novels. But il pa
rents provided good literature for chill
dren they would not care to read this
rotten trash. There are plenty Of good,
clean stories now written for boys and
girls.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

Dillon and O'Brien. the Irish Nat;ona,
league leaders, out on heavy bail for max.
ing seditious speeches in Ireland will SOON
% IN America making more speeches
onr'en says: "Balfour has simply closed
up all riffs among Irish supporters. and
united our cause again in way that we
could not have hoped for. The cause in
America will now be the cause Of all
ireland and Irishmen abroad
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

A leading politician of Canada who
,vors annexation says that Canadians
~ firing Of conducting their business
nd public affairs on sentimental princi-
as and are beginning to realize that
,e;r future prosperity depends on polit-
q, union with the United States.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
u,.,s life seems hard up for amusement
~ ps II resorts to negro "cake walk

o:nd;ns Irvine is one Of the items seri.
D l,a discussed in the tariff bill. Butall
o ~. chat will ever be imeorted will fail
\ Y hind together the varying opinions of
sssr;cans on the tariff question. They
M make too big bundle
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

Pierre is exactly in the center. 1t is on
the great highway of the world, the Mis-
souri, river. Perhaps this coming winter
it may inconvenience some of our men to
go to the capital at Pierre, but we must
remember that we are not locating the
capital for this year or next, but are To-
eating it for all time, and the coming
generation will decide as well as ourselves
and be benefited or injured by the selec-
ton that we make--Chamberlain Regis
ter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

., County fairs have been very numerous
t ths autumn ~ INN There were twenty-one Of
'nem IN Maine in one week. The larg-
est crops displayed at some Of ihe fa;sa
pockets. >' "'4' plcA-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

nennark has now law which she
,,ters herself will promote temperance.
- nrovides that all drunken persons
s,na in the streets shall be taken home
-. carriages at the expense Of the saloon
seper who sold them the last glass Of
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

We have already something that will
be new to Europe in connection with the
Worlds fair. That is board Of women
managers to take charge of the exhibits
of woman's work.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17

Another brilliant young man has be-
come violently insane from cigarette
smoking. But it has not been observed
that any fewer of them are being smoked.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Peerless Pierre.

Gettysburg Herald.
Did you know that Pierre got more
votes on the east side of the Missouri
river last year than Huron? Leaving
the Black Hills entirely out of the
question Pierre still hasa plurality of
6,288 votes. The claim that Pierre
will 20 to the Missouri river with a
majority is not SO wild after all, and
the men who are betting on the pro-
position may know what they are do
ing. Huron will have to get five
eighths of all the votes cast for other
candidates to prevent Pierre from
getting a majority on the east side of
the river, and two-thirds of all the
votes cast for other candidates in Or
der to win the election.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-17
Plerrs's Victory.
Warner Sun

Warner Sun
IT there is any one in this neck o,
woods who thinks that Pierre is not
already a victor in the capital contest
let that doubt be at once dispelled.
Brown county will give Pierre a two
thirds majority on November 4th
without any doubt, and by so doing
the voters show their loyalty to South
Dakota and her future greatness. The
band concert at the Dawes school
house last Saturday evening was a
substantial indication of Pierre's popu-
larity in this county. The large
school room was filed to the threshold
and many could not secure a seat.
The Warner cornet band discoursed
a dozen or more select pieces which
aroused enthusiasm for peerless Pierre
and caused everyone to feel happya and
contented. At a seasonable hour the
meeting was adjourned to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. f. Dawes, where a
bounteous supper was in waiting. On
the center of the table was large.
delicious cake, five stories high, upon
which was inscribed in beautiful gold
letters the following: peerless Pierre
the Permanent Capital of South Da-
kota-1S90." The cake was truly a
palatable one, and was greatly admir-
ed for the design it was intended to
convey. After supper the band rem
dered a few more choice selections.
and the meeting was adjourned.