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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
every few minutes to assure herself that

every few minutes to assure herself thai
the hands were really moving towards
she hour of Roberts home coming
sSeating herself in the commodious
depths of great easy. chair she clasped
her hands above her head and unused
Ok the events of the morning. Suddenly
she hears the rumbling of a train of cars.
She sees Hadley's bridge in the distance.
The train moves aridly-it is the even
u'g express from N. The engine
dashes against an Observation-Disclosures
BIKE human being in distress. and the
next instant the whole train lies wrecked
npon the rocks forty feet below the
bridge that spans the ravine
1t is Roberts train and I have not
Iaken back those cruel words!" walled
Ethel, wringing her hands.
You do not care, you hate him"
whispers q hooking voice.
"Robert is dead and he will never
KNOW" cried the young wife, as she ran
towards the scene of the accident, She
asshes down an almost perpendicular
I'recipice. Sharp stones pierce through
her thin slippers and her hands are torn
and bleeding, She throws herself be-.
SIDE PROSTATE figure. Robert, Robert.
speak to me-" she cries, frantically en-
deayoring to stanch tie blood that flows
rom wound in he husbands temple
Robert, speak to ,e," she pleads. but
The pale lips are sent.
oh! how horrible!" cried Ethel.
bringing from the chair where she had
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
ONWARD.

Suward, roll onward. O billowy years!
luke from my heart those sad doubtless ant
fear;
Take from my life this dark shadow of pain,
Onward. roll onward-this life il so vain.
AIN SO tired of darkness and night
Tirctl, tired of waiting for light;
IirBCi Of flowers that bloom to decay,
Tired Of summer that passeth away
tcasNagd, roll onward q hnstcn along,
Bring TO my soul some sweet echo of song:
Bring on YOUR pillows some cure for this pain
Take mo where life will be glatlness again
Onward, roll onward, O erief-lnden yearsi
Rim so tired of anguish and tears,
}I.nd ~ waiting and longing for rest,
I1rSd Of trying to fool at is best"
Take aae away from earths feverish strife
Aessr me away over waves dashing high.
Onward TO where tho swce, still wators" lio
a,a so tired SO tired of pain.
gifad of waiting for loved ones in vain.
Itrnt OF longing for voices sweet,
Tired of listening for little feet.
GsnWard, roll onward. O swift rolling wears!
:lili III the distance tho haven appears;
Year after year rolls along to the ahoro,
where life is counted by years never moro
.sil5ne out, We stars, DOR this sorrowful night!
On. rolling yeais, to tho City of Light"
Hear ,lle away to the beautiful land
&.ssIe ane, o leave mo, with yonder bright
band.
aoae who is pitiful ruleth the years.
With His own hand He will wipe away tears;
light in the evening will CLEAN at last,
Altar the ocean Of lifo ia I'LL past
-NGsst! Gltd Hal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
Some Interesting Facts

While the celebration of Christmas
and the holidays are of Christian origin,
they really arc older than the Christian
era. Among the ancieuts the custom
obtained of celebrating those seasons of
the year with some festival suitable to
the period, but as astronomy began to
be fixed science, the religious or my
biological features disappeared and the
beginning OF the new year became a
universal day of celebration. While
there has always been much discussion
as to the number Of hours of the day
and days Of the month, there has always
been division of time into months,
which were calculated by the revolution
OF the moon, there being twelve full
revolutions of that orbit in the wear.
In ancient times tie astronomers insisted
that the year consisted Of 304 to 800
days, which wa, oMilg to the mannerin
which tl1e days were divided into hours.
Different nations have different systems
of Chronology, the day beginning with
some at sunrise, with others at midnight.
The manner OF computing time has been
done in various ways but until the in
vention OF the clock the sun dial was the
most primitive The period of tie in
vention of this usciul article is unknown,
bat the Dabylonians were the first TO
use the Ciepsylria or wafer clock, which
Was soon followed by mechanical inven-
lions for recording time, and singularly,
the first clocks were Sc, complete that not
only the divisions Of time as to the
day, but also the days of the week, the
month and lunar positions We're given
as we'll. The new year is now used TO
mark cycle or epoch OF time, and while
we speak of the coming Year as i. d.
1881, it does not give the actual OF sup
posed period of time sirce the creation
OF the world, which is characterized in
distinction as A. NJ. or Ammo AIundi
1851, which is supposed to conform with
the Mosaic account of the creation of
the world. The remarkable eras from
which time is computed are the Crea-
ton, the Greek Olyinpiads. the build
ing OF Rome, the era Of Nabanassar,
death of Alexander ard the birth of
Christ, the Arabian Hegira and the
Persian Jeadegird, all of which were
attended by festivities, historical OF re-
'iSioaS. ne early Cnf1StlanS ZealOualV
&c ebEated every event attending to the
birth and history Of Christ. Tic
Christmas fe,t iva! beginning at the day
Of ll< birth aad co'.tinuiug for rcli>l
OF twelve days. AS tie zeal OF these
celebrations has worn off the event has
become more nf q te tiyal than u holi-
day, AID now generally ends with the
beginning OF the new year. OF course
other nations grade or fix their period
ot celebration according to their own
historical events OF religious views.
Under the Julian system of Chronology,
however, and with the subsequent cor
fections made for errors in the loss of
time the first day Of january is the
recognized beginning of the new year.
1N00azi7le.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

fallen asleep. "Thanl God, 1t was only
a dream" She shuddercd and turned
pale at the remembrance OF the hor-
rible dream. If there should be an ac-
cident," she murmurs, tremuonsly. Il
am nervous. 1t was only dream, and
yet'-she glances at the French clock
that stands upon the mantel. The eN-
press from N is due here in an hour
and half. Robert will be on the
train. Twill go to the station and tell
them my dr., ammo, cannot do that.
They will pronounce my fears the vag-
aries of an insane person"
/ Ethel clasped her hands nervously,
Tadley's bridge is only half a mile
| i.om the village she mused: cit will
lie relief to know that the bridge is all
,i::,hS and, in case there should be any,
thing wrong l can use one of my Chinese
lanterns for signal"
Twilight was rapidly merging into the
reached the bridge. Everything seems
to be all right, she whispered in a tone
of relief. As her eyes became more &C
customed to the gloom, she saw what
appeared to be huge body lying across
the track near the center OF the bridge.
Lighting match, she glanced at her
watch. No time to go back for help,
What shall dog
The precious moments wesc pas ing.
With a prayer upon her lips, Ethel
stepped upon the bridge. Slowly and
cautiously she felt her way. Once she
glanced downward through the cross
beams that connected the post OF the
bridge-she almost lost her footing;
with a frightened exclamation size
clutched the rough posi- frantically;
with mighty effort she controlled her
swaying body and continued Eer peril
Gus journey. Creeping on hands and
knees she finally reached the object
that lay upon the track. ALiscreants
had fastened two immense logs to the
rails with strong wire. Ethel almost
shrieked i'll her despair 81 must warn
them" she painted. 1t seemed an age
to Ethe! ere she reached the opposite
end of the bridge. "Ihank Heaven
that this is safe" said Ethel, taking the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
TRAINED POWERS or VISION.
Tho Wonderful Feat Schwatka saw Per-
formed by AlaHka Indians.

The injury suffered by Lieut..
Schwatka, which led to report of his
death recently. recalls to mind his
story of wonderful feat which he saw
performed by Alaska Indians during
his raft journey of 1900 miles down
the Yukon river in 1883. The water
Of the river at the point where the Incl
dents occur ed was so muddy that If a
tin cup were filled with it, its bottom
could not be seen, vet an old man, a
squaw, or child, standing on the
bank in front OF the Indian village,
would cry out that a salmon was COM
ing UP the river, perhaps from quar-
ter TO third of a mile away. There
upon some young man would rush out
of the log cabins and, from Lis elevated
position in front OF them, identify the
salmon's position. Running down the
beach, he would then paddle out i'll his
canoe, being directed in his course by
half a dozen Indians on the bank, oil
shouting advice to him at the same
time. He evidently was guided by
their directions rather than by his own
nower OF visions until the fish was near
him. When he had got his canoe near
the point desired, he would regulate Its
movements by using the paddle rs q
sculling oar with his left hand, grasp.
ing with his right scoop net, the han
ale ofwhich was nine or ten feet long.
The Indian would plunge this to the
bottom in front of the salmon, often
leaning over the canoe and thrusting
his arm far into the water CT seven
such attempts within thres hours
which Schwatka saw two were entirely
successful, while in two others the
salmon escaped before the net could be
raised to the surface. The fishes
weighed from fifteen to twenty pounds,
and the mouth OF the net was about
two square feet in dimensions. The IN
slians tried to point out the coming
fishes to the white and red companions
OF Schwatka, but they could see moth
ing. Schwatka's original theory was
that the salmon, swimming near the
surface, exposed their dorsa! tins until
they approached The canoe, when they
became frightened and went to the bot
tom, but his interpreters assured him
that this was not so, and that the fish
communicated motion to the water even
when swimming at the very bottom. They
were taken about 200 or $50 yards from
The shore, and success depended largely
on giving the net dextrous twist as
soon as the fish had entered ita mouth,
so as to prevent his escape.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
MANAGING A HUSBAND.
Mhel Carroll's Experience at Such Was
Not Pleasant.

Il sometimes think that you hate
re"
Well--I-I-do hate you"
AS tine words passed Ethel CAROLS
sips she caught her breath ard fright,
sned expression replaced the angry
geam that flashed from her dark eyes.
Il am glad that you are honest enough
10 confess your aversion to me-" replied
Robert Carroll. fligidly, without glanc-
ing toward the woman whom he had
vowed to love and cherish. He rushed
from the house, and. hurrying to the
depot, jumped upon the train and was
aoon speeding toward the neighboring
sity ri N.
Thus ends my dream of happiness, !"
he, muttered bitterly. "Ethel is ev;-
identity trying to excel Mrs. Edwards in
the AT OF managing husband, but, I"
salling his blonde mustache fiercely, Il
40 not choose to be managed-in that
say The words, Il do hate YOU"
Kept ringing in his ears. "she ahall
never say such words to me again." he
nnttered determinedly.
II am glad you have made up your
mind to take that European trip, Car
rpil, said Mr.. johnson, the senior mem
her of the firm. "You are better fitted
10 attend tc business of that sort than a
man OF my age. When do you start? 9"
he asked, as he turned to leave the
Giiice.
i have engaged passage on steamer
zhat leaves 2 street wharf early to-mor-
snw morning"
Nothing like promptness in matters
relating to business" said Mr.. johnson,
appzoylngly.
During the hour that followed Mr..
aohnson's departure Robert wrote q
number OF business letters, then pennea
the following missive to his wife:
ETHEL: shall leave for England early
tn-morrow morning. You will receive !,
4heTi'l allowance during my absence An
interview under the circumstances would
prove painful to both of us. Goodnight and
goodbye,
AThose dreadful words!" she MUIR
INJURED brokenly. She felt half tempted
TO fellow Robert to his office and ask
aim to forgive her. She hesitated, and
the next moment her evil genius wills
PeFed that Robot had been every ag-
gravating," and also limited that her
n"l dignity would be compromised if
size Welded one inch OF the advantage
gaited.
Mrs. Edwards would call me weak
little fool" declared Ethel, emphati-
caHy. She says that Mr.. Edwards
M,rld not think of opposing her now"
ilshel's brown eyes twinkled and sill
very laugh echoed through the room.
Ihe afternoon seemed very long to
Eihel. She roamed restlessly from
room to room and glanced at the clock
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

IL is not generally known that Henry
VIII. hanged no fewer than ", 900 rob.
bers, thieves, and vagabonds; and that
Good Queen Bess," doubtless affected
by her royal fathers ferocious example,
was in the latter part of her reign re:
sponsible for the slaughter OF 300 or 400
criminals yearly. Turning to the year
1896, for example, we find that in the
county OF Somerset alone forty per-
sons were executed. thirty.fve burned
In the hand, and thirty-seven severely
whipped.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

Ethel raised her hand, all bruised and
Scared and gently stroked her beauti-
full brown tresses now so thiclily streaked
with silver.
Before the expiration of another week
Robert Carroll and his wife were on
their way to Europe, and Ethel never
knew that Robert had planned to go
alone. IN Il. Thatrston IN The Home.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
Chained to tn. ~


Prometheus was chained N =,
vultures gnawed his entrails foek vi,
pie chained to the rock OF nr,, az shsay \.
thu u v,1, ,,n medicines iniet
; ;ns ''n Tn nn'ns OF the stomach AMY 'y Up
ines They are apparently immov. saa 'al.s
Deil"f that to experience benefit th.y VIZ IL Y
dosing with drastic medicines. UNA, ,aass k',|
t'on o. these is powerful and excessive =, u.
not satisfied. They would distru.t /, .ns1 y
gentle action, however effective :, ''iasay
such purblind extremists as these tn. - not !
knowledged merits OF Hostetter,. 6. sa.' Tbs I,
ters are recognized. That benign rsan, BIZ
the stomach tho bowels and tn. ,,s0sto,
peslH to tho rational-not only sn h,aneys 4,
somrsins Just Valuation
TO its action. So also do malaria s ane vi.
tism. ano rhean
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
Attention ami the Irad,ng Of ,ouss.

An active-minded boy or girl can fiud
out great deal about the world we
i've in by the habit of attention, bv
looking around; and he or she can get
much inspiration from the example
Of good men and women. But this
knowledge can be added to indefinitely
5y reading, and PEOPLE will read if they
have genuine desire to know things,
and are not. as we say, too lazy to
live. When I hear u boy say he does
not know what to read, I wonder ii he
has no curiosity. ii there is nothing that
ne cares to know about? Most children
ask questions. 1t often happens that
the person they ask cannot answer the
questions. Now, it is the purpose of
books to do just this thing which tho
particular person asked canaot do.
And that is about all there is in read.
ing. OF course it must be borne in
mind that curiosity is OF many kinds;
curiosity about facts. about emotions,
about what happened long ago, about
what is taking place row, about the
people who lived ages ago, and the peo-
pie who live now, about others, and
about ones self. SO it happens that
one wants to read science, and poetry,
and history, and biography, and 70.
mances, and the daily news.
II IS quite impossible to lay down
rules for reading that will suit all chill
dren, and generally difficult TO map out
course TO be inhexibly followed by
any one: But nearly every mind is or
can be interested in something, and q
very good plan is to encourage reading
concerning the subject the child shows
some curiosity about. One thing will
certainly lead to another, for nothing is
isolated i'll this world. Try to
find out all you can about one thing,
one fact in history, one person, the hab.
ITS OF one animal, the truth about one
historical character; pursue this, and
before you know it you will be scholar
IN many things.
DO not forget that reading is means
to ::n end. The indulgence of it is
good or bad according to the end in
view. The mind is benefited by pur-
suing some definite subject until it is
understood, but it is apt to lie impaired
by idly nibb}ing now and then, tasting
a thousand things, and swallowing
none, in short, by desultory reading
81, Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
Egyptian Rarps.

The Egyptians possessed variou
kinds of harps, some OF which were ele.
gantly shaped and tastefully orna.
mented. The largest were about 81,
and one-Ealf feet high, and the small
ones frequently had some sort of stand
which enabled the performer to play
upon the instrument while standing.
The name OF the harp was "bupi, "
says writer in SATURDAY Night Its
frame had no front pillar; the tension
OF the strings, therefore, cannot have
been anything like so strong as our
present harp.
The Egyptian harps most remarkable
for elegance OF form and elaborate dec
Grafton are the two which were first no.
tlced by Bruce, who found them painted
IN IN fresco on the wall of sepulcher at
Ihebes, supposed to be the tomb of
Ramases ILL.,, who reigned about 1850
B. G.
Bruce's discovery created a sensation
among the musicians. The fact that at
10 remote an age the Egyptians should
have possessed harps which vie with
our own in elegance and beauty of form
appeared to some so incredible that the
correctness of Bruce's representations a.
engraved in his book of Travels" wa.
greatly doubted.
Sketches of the same harps, taken
subsequently and at different times from
the frescoes: have since been published.
but they differ more or less from each
other I'm appearance and in the number
of strings.
A kind of triangular harp of the
Egyptians was discovered in well-nra.
served condition, and is now deposited
IN the Louvre. It has twenty-one
strings, greater number than is gem
orally repre-: lted on the monuments.
Al these ! truments, however much
they dittere ! from each other in form
naa one PEI iarity in common-namelv'
the absence If the fore pillar.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

4 10 l0rg4
the old-fashioned pill. Tod
reckless in its way of doing
business, too. 1t cleans vol
out, but it uses you up, and
your outraged system rises up
against it. DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets have a better wav
They do just what is needed
no more. Nothing can be
more thorough-nothing is as
mild and gentle. They're the
smallest, cheapest, the easiest
to take. One tiny, sugar
coated granule's a gentle lax,
ative-three to four are ca.
thartic. Sick Headache,
Constipation, Indigestion, Bill.
ious Attacks, and all derange.
ments of the Liver, Stomach
and Bowels are promptly re,
lieved and permanently cured
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17
"A New Artificial Stone.

ferrold is new artificial stone de-
scrlbed by Alr. Herman Poole in the
Journal of the association of En-
gineeying Societies as a compound
partly chemical and partly mechanical
OF ,ron, sulphur, and silicon, with more
or less foreign matter. cit is mainly a
s'perSaturated solution of iron in the
sulphur with the silica acting as a
binder and hardener. Its normal color
Is dark slate, varying somewhat with
the manner in which it is dressed, but
tho color can be modified by the intro
ductlon OF pigments. Successful imita-
lions OF various colored brick and sand.
stone have been made. It is about the
hardness of ordinary bluestone. and can
oe worked by the usual stone-cuttinc
tools, turned in the lathe or planed.
The tensile strength is from $50 to L.
ooo pounds per square inch, and under
compression it endures from 5000 to
1000 pounds. Its specific gravity is
about 2.6. It melts at about 300 do.
grees Fahrenheit very slowly. It does
not deteriorate under exposure to che
weather. AS it can be melted and
moulded it is applicable to a great va
r1ety of uses to which stone cannot he
put, and particularly so for large cast.
lngs, such as pipes for sewers, ete Ar
cnltectural forms can be very conye.
nlently made from it in position if
needed. For culverts and bridge
the perfect smoothness 81
winch the surface is susceptible is ad.
in lessening water friction"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

little lantern from her pocket. 1t was
the work of moment to light the small
candle, and as the ruddy glare i!!umed
the space around Ethel, she became
aware of the fact that her slippers had
fallen from her feet, her hands were
bruised and bleeding. and, as she raised
the lantern above her head, a red stream
slowly trickled down the white arm
from which the sleeve had been rudely
torn during her perilous journey across
the bridge.
A rumbling noise is heard, thea a
sharp, quick whistle sounds upon the
air. Ethel reaiizes that there is not a
moment to lose. a hundred yards have
been traversed ;the train rounds a curve
III the distance; she swings her lantern
frantically; the engineer does not see
tho signal; the brave little woman will
be r1n down. She totters onward,
waves the lantern wildly ard shriei1s
aloud III her agony. The signal is seen.
A moment later train hands aid pas
seugers crowd around Ethel, who has
just sufficient strength left to tell about
the bridge ere she sinks into uncon-
sciousness.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17


danced before his eyes; with a MIGHTY
effort he read on, when his eyes rested
upon the words:
She thought her husband WAS on the
train and went through the terrible ordeal
to save him."
He jumped upon his feet and rushed
into the presence of the Captain. A few
words explained the situation and an
hour later Robert Carroll was trans
terred to the returning tug which now
carried him safely to the wharf from
which he had taken his departure ear
lier in the day.
The hours that followed seemed like
al eternity to Robert Carroll. As the
train approached Hadley's bridge, he
pictured in his Imagination the slender
form i. OF his young wife moving eau
tlously across the long stretch of trestle
work to save the life Of the man whom
she declared that she hated.
Poor little girl, he murmured ten.
derby.
With eager footsteps he traversed the
well-known pathway. His heart beat
unanimously as he crossed the thresh-
old OF the cozy little sitting-room. Ethel
met him with glad cry: "Oh, Robert!
knew that you would come back to
me-" she exclaimed joyously. For
give me, Robert, and forget if you can
The cruel words that have caused us so
tnnch suffering"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

AS child grows older he should
grow stronger. Just like boardinn.
house butter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

ONLY 2,O44 foreigners have hoo
uralized in Mexico since 1928 'n
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-17

The best cough medicine is piso,.
for Consumption. Sold everywhcro W