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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30
Two Doctors

Almost every one has made his Jest
about the proneness OF doctors to disa-
gree, the one prescribing exactly All OPP
posite course from that ordered by an
other. but not every one has had an op-
portunity to conduct such an expert
ment as was made by the late Baron
Lutz, formerly Prime Minister of Ba-
varia.
The baron was once severely wounded
in battle in both legs. The wound in
one leg was much like that in the other.
1t struck him that here WIS chance to
study the ways of the surgical profess
sion and beguile the long hours of his
convalescence. He accordingly called
in one doctor, and gave him charge of
his right leg, but told him nothing
about the wound in the other, and then
called in another surgeon for his left
leg, keeping him similarly in ignorance
about the wounded right leg.
The doctors adopted very different
mode of treatment, but both wounds
healed at about the same time. When
the baron's legs were quite we'll, he de.
rived great deal Of amusement from
getting the doctors together and mysti-
flying them with questions about the
way each had treated shis leg"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30
Knew a Cheaper Way.

Opposite Nashville, on the Arkansa,
shore, and about ten miles inland, ]
asked the owner of cabin for drink
of water and went to the we'll with him
to get it. He didn't have to 90 down
over fifteen feet, and there was water
to the depth of five feet in the hole. II
was neither stoned up nor was there q
curb around it, and as there was sever.
al children around and the we'll was
near the door 1 said.
II should think you would have a
curb around this well.s
What for?" he said.
Don't the children run risk of fall
ing in?" '''''
Il reckon"
"And wouldn't curb lessen the
chances 2"
1T mought, but it would take heap
of lumber and time. I've got cheap
er way. Look at that"
He pointed to pole stuck on end in
the well, and while I was irving to
make out what it was for he said:
THAT'S fur 'em to climb out on when
they tumble in, and it beats curb all
houes. "-ESchange.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30
The Car saloon.

A gentleman writing to the Inter
Ocean, makes the same charge against
the Pullman-car saloon" the w. C. 7.
u. has so often made: sAmong the many
annoyances of travelling in Pullman car
none is worse TO bear than the saloon
Last year took a trip to California and
back by way of Tacoma and st. Paul.
The through trains carry liquor and ii is
sold and drank to intoxication. anu
what, with the noise, profanity. and gam
ing, ! determined never to spend any
more money to secure sleeping-ber,n
when the porter is. unable to secure
quiet. 1t was my misfortune to BE-
located near to the 'state-roou, which
was occupied by quartette of drinking
and card-olaying. swearing fellows tone
all editor Of Minneapolis daily. ana
twice did call for the porter, asking him
to stop their noisy, boistcrous conduct.
but he said he could not"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30
suffice to awaken hitherto unkpow. ,
sires, and ultimately to ruin MS y De
boys as fifty filthy, disgusting ' "i
drink-shops. Temperance Adonca,,s ma
He Tasted the VIM

] was visiting at ono time, s,e.
writer, a very dear friend, whose III
son had not yet lost his lisping acras
The pastor, who was frequent yisi,u
was dining with us, and tho little ba' "
remarkably wcll-behaved child, was
lowed to sit at the same. The f,o,,
conversation passed without inter-
ton, and not word was spoken Nv u
child until the desert was served. wiz hs
very delicious sauce, prepared after ~
most approved recipe, with tho reop. .as
proportion of wine Incorporated. nv NV
he asked: mamma, what ith ,t u,a
thauth made of? 1t tathes yerv. yn.
good" The mother replied: SHUTTER s'!,
sugar." thinking that would satisfy ,h
young inquiring mind. He tasted apa i'
then asked: "What eth it'll it made ' ",,
/ lathe thomething elth." 4 plan,
across the table from the minister Seer
ed to say to the mother: eYOu are in '.
corner now: ] wonder how you will NV
out Of il. She then mentioned w.
spices and other ingredients, still on i,
ting wine. The child said again; Vi
it'll very good" and continued eatinp
Presently he looked up, as if from
brown study. and said: mamma. az n,
you glad we are not this kind OF fo'b1l
that cath whjthky?"
All prescn: yielded to unrestraha
merriment, except the mother, to WHOM
the artlcss question came like an acc,,,a
tion. and made an impression wMri
lasted through her lifetime. The reso
luton was formed, there and then, tia
her boy should never become famili
with the taste of wine or other liquor
at her table. and thus fall an easy pre-
to temptation in after years. From thu
time she never allowed one drop of IN
toNicating liquor to enter into any par
OF the food OF the family.
The little qnestioner is now slron
temperance man, and doing good, fait
full work as a missionary of the Amer
can Board in China, -UnSo1. Signal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

The unseemly wrangles that have
marked the preliminary efforts to organ
ize the Columbian Exposition-an-
nounced to be held in 1898 instead OF
1892, as should have been the case
will certainly work against the inter
ests of the fair and may result in some,
thing very near national disgrace.
We, on this side of the water, under
stand how largely the rival interests of
Chicago people are responsible for the
squabble, but it will not be easy to con.
vey to the mind Of the foreigner an ap-
probation of this fact Unless he has
made study of the political system in
this country, he will hold the United
States at large responsible for the acts
of the State of Illinois and the CITY of
Chicago. In fact. he will be to a degree
justified in doing this, for the reason
that the Congress of the United States
designated Chicago as the place for
the holding of the fair.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30
Vhat Flowers do for FOLK.

The talk about the overwork and I'M.
derpay of many sorts of iaborers tempts
thoughtful person to take rather
critical attitude with regard to his lux
uries. As enjoyment is easily spoiled
by the twinge Of reminding conscience,
which insists that the pleasure has been
secured through the unduly painful toll
of another. Bet at last one delightful
extravaganza is entirely free from this
faint of the primal curse, says an ex-
change. Flowers have no clinging as
sociations Of unhappy workers in
squalid surroundings, but call instead
to the minds Of those who know them
the most contented class of manual L.
borers to be found in the world.
Among q good many florists aud gard
eners whom I have known. l cannot re-
member single dissatisfied or pessim-
istic one. They are always little
pathetic to look at, because constant
stopping makes round shoulders one of
the marks of the trade, and their gen.
eral effect or unprosperousness is height
ened by their prevailing indifferences
to personal neatness. Indeed. their
fondness for the soil is almost always SO
great that they are not at all troubled
when an astonishing amount of it adj
heres to them; and merely to say that q
gardener is better fellow thar he looks
expresses very feebly tie virtues of the
calling.
Aud the interest theae men show in
their work! My gardeners have an al
most maternal fondness Cor their plants.
Would you like to see my houseful of
sick roses?' one asked me once.
"Of course should" l replied, ex-
pecting to see some depressing spectacle
OF languishiug vegetation. Indeed. l
was shown roomful Of sturdy bushes
of all ages, but alike in the lustiness of
their growth.
You see, in every lot which comes
from the nursery there are some which
haven't stoed the journey, and which
would never do to SELL, said my florist
friend. "Tbeir value is not much, bat
I cannot bear to throw them away, and
a little extra care makes them what you
see here"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

MAJ. GEN. MOLINA Gu1RoLA, the re-
Gently appointed Minister of Salvador tc
the United States. is man of distin-
guished appearance. was educated
in the Salvadorian military academy,
and has fought in the battles of the re-
public for twenty years. His present
appointment was conferred by Presi-
dent Ezeta in recognition of his serv-
ices during the recent war with Guate-
mala, when he acted as general minister,
holding for time all the cabinet port
folios. In 1867, while fighting against
Guatemala, he lost leg Gen. Gui-
rola intends to bring his family to this
country soon and have his family edu-
Gated here.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30
BE Careful in Speech.

Carefulness and exactitude in speech
are sometimes characterized as at.
fectation and mere pedantry, but
say what some people may, it is
unquestionably the unfailing mark of
culture. No one thoroughly and Low.
lngly acquainted with the literature of
nus language can regard propriety in
Its use with contempt. The purity
and harmony and rhythm of his native
tongue are as precious to him as the
perfect rendering and Interpretation of
music are to the musician; and to the
preservation of the English language
IN its integrity, it should be the dutv
and pleasure of every individual lover
OF 1t to contribute and Fire
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30
BillbOartls.

Certain spots in large cities that are
occupied with billboards for theater
posters and other advertising contriv-
ances are becoming as valuable as
though they held the finest buildings.
"A London corner OF land that has re-
NAMED waste for something like twenty
years, Adults on one of the lofty palaces
that flank Victoria street, and it seems
an easy and natural thing to build a
new wing to it. The owner was asked
whether it was not a sad thing for him
to have this land, one of the most yalu-
sble sites in London, unoccupied. He
smiled NIL satisfied smile. pointed to the
blllboards and mentioned the income
derived from the advertisements. When
asked if he should build, DECIDEDLY
not, " was the reply.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30
Pre!SentS.

Once more the holidays are gone
and the delights and the worry of the
season have partially ended. Nearly
everybody has received a CARLOAD Of
things he didn't need nor desire. and
mas paid dearly for them with an equal
lot OF things he couldn't afford. We
are heartily weary of such superlatiye
nonsense or the part of fnll-g,own
pt,ple. Toys and pretty books 10.
which add to their ha,,-
plness, We believe in, and we know
we are in the minority in our
views /, upon this gift-making by adults;
but III this reputed land OF the free
there IS no constitutional provision
against anyone's making himself ride
,1lous II he chooses. 1t may be well
that all have not the same eyes or the
same think tank" for this gives yarie
" to life. Our idea of suitable Christ
mas present is ton of coal. barrel
OF hour. OR crate of cabbages, though
we know. to our sorrow, that these are
views.-Er"hongH
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

THE modern ocean steamer is an en-
ornaous craft. Those of the larger
size have as many as tifty-four
furnaces, which create steam in nine
enormous steam boilers. There are six
furnaces to each boiler, and ten fire.
men to each furnace-or sixty tiremen
in all. Only half of them are ON duty
at once-thirty at time-the shifts
changing every four hours. They feed
the furnaces with fifteen tons of coal an
hour-two tons for each fireman dur
ing his four-hours' shift, or $40 tons day
for the steamer. The work of fire
man is hard. and not relieved by sight
of sea, sky or land. He is a sort OF
prisoner in heated dungeon. The
pay Of fireman is 500 month. His
life-between heat, exposure and riot.
GUS dissipation when ashore short.
The maximum age of the class is AZ
years.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30
Dir. Koch ON CONSUMPTION.

Voltaire's definition of medical men
is: "A class of men pouring medicines.
of which they know little, into bodies,
Of which they know less"
Our position is that of scout in the
territory infested by scientific Sioux.
We see plainly what they are doing !;
We readily distinguish the braggarts
from the genuine actors, and if we are
sometimes amused it is because Of
amusing situations and pretensions,
though We are not sprepared to adopt
the sentiment Of the hymn which con
tains the couplet-
This world 10 all tieeting show
For mans illusion given.
We propose a few comments upon
the general bacillus hunt in which
many physicians are now engaged. not
that either they or we know much about
the theme, but some of the logic of the
situation clearly leads to absurdities a,
which no harm can come from side
glances. Let us premise. to begin with.
that the popular term, consumption.
deslgnates not one but group of dis
eases. Not few eminent specialists
maintain that consumption is a disease
of intlammatory origin, and it is
stated by authority that the ba-
cillus cannot be found in the
early stages of the trouble, though this
fact, if it be a fact, is fatal to DR.
koch's hypothesis. One experimental
found the consumption bacillus in per-
fectly healthy bronchial glands. 1t
has long been known how unsafe it is
to infer that what will affect guinea.
pig or rabbit will affect the human
body in a similar manner. It now
seems to be understood that even Pas
tours prophylactic against hydro
phophobia has turned out unfayorably.
two hundred of his protected" patients
having died of hydrophobia, and not
any that he had operated upon, other
than the above, were known positively
to have been bitten by rabid animals.
But Pastenr not being a physician,
and only a chemist, had 10 medical
reputation to lose, but gained goodly
sum Tor treatment of the cases. DR..
Koch, it seems to us, has come before
the world prematurely with his hoped
for discovery. He does not give a.
much evidence of the efficacy of his
lymph" as would be needed to con
Wet a Southern negro of chicken steal
ing, and that certainly does not REQUIRE
much. DR.. Koch maybe on the eve OF
{, great medical discovery, but he pro-
duces no satisfactory evidence that he
already has it, and no one who exam
ines the evldenta can reach anv other
conclusion than the one here given
Putl'n0n tN!.) Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30
She Didn't Want the Mai.

SUo ObUu want Iue WAT
He rang the bell of Laurel Avenue
residence and, on the appearance of the
servant, begged to be presented to the
lady of the house, says the Pioneer
Press.
But she has no use for peddlers, :"
replied the girl.
Il was recommended to call here by
a prominent society lady few blocks
below, and-oh, yes" as the matron of
the house appeared to REINFORCE the
servant, "allow me to call your atten-
ton to one of the most ingenious inven-
tions Of the age"
What is it?" inquired the lady.
1T is patent reversible door-mat.
You will observe, madam, that it con-
tains two slides, the one reading well
come, and the other Not at home.
Now then, these slides are worked by
two cords extending into the front room.
"'Tke trap can be set, or, in other
words, the mat can be arranged to dis
play the word Welcome on such DAYS
as you are prepared toreceive company,
and at such times rs you are indisposed
or otherwise engaged the words Not at
home can be made to stare the would
be caller in the face at your own con-
venienee. have already sold quite a
number of them on the avenue"
wouldn't have such thing around
the house"
"You wouldn't?"
mo, sir. It's a gross innovation. and
1 should consider it also gross impro-
priety. Take it away
"But, madam, quite number of your
neighbors have already secured them,
and they are bound to become quite q
fad, l assure YOU
"Take it away"
"Remonstrance is useless?"
Quite so"
BE careful, madam, or yon will COM
pei me to make confession"
THAT is entirely unnecessary. just
take yourself and your mats away, and
it will be all right"
Madam. you defy me. All right.
then. Your neighbor right across the
street just purchased one and said that
she had but one reason for doing So"
And what was that?"
She said, mentioning your name,
that she wanted just such mat on the
front steps that she could use to keep
you from running in every hour or two
to CAD and gossip about your betters.
Good-day, madam. really think YOU
should have just such mat as this in
self-defense.'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

HIDDEN away in the New England
conservatory, according to story told
in Boston. is rising star from the
South-Miss Will Allen Dromgoole, a
feminine little Tennessean, who never
meant to mystify Boston and New York
editors by masquerading as a man.
After she had written about sixty sto-
ries. including serial for the Yoat1ls
Companion. Mr.. Hezekiah Butter
worth invited her to come East and
make him visit, thinking her mature
bachelor like himself. She knew this
editor of the Youths Companion was
man, but inferring that he was domi-
ciled with wife, accepted the invi-
tation. After sending up her card al
the Office of the Youths Companion
mutual enlightment ensued, which has
caused considerable diversion in liter
airy circles.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

GIRLS do have some advantages.
anyway! OF 100000 girl babies born
in Massachusetts, 1854. 222 reach the
budding age of fifteen. OF the same
number of boys only $50. 430 reach that
age. In the happy land of New Jersey,
where there are fewer factories and
more peaches and sweet potatoes, both
babies have better chance and the
figures stand 1858, 81 and 37S, 293.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30
PROFIT IN PAPER MONEY.
How urcle Sam Mannree to Mako . Few
Millions.

How Uncle Sam Manages to Mako . Few
The parlor stove is 3 considerable
source of income to the United States
Treasury, though the contributors to
the fund are invariably most unwilling
ones, said Treasury official the other
day. OF oil WAYS of boarding paper
money none appears to be in such uni
versal favor as that Of hiding it away in
IN unused sitting-room stove during the
summer time. When the fire is lighted
in the autumn the cash goes up in
smoke. and then the owner makes APP
plication to have the ashes redeemed.
The chief of the redemption division
said that not less than 100 such cases
we're submitted to him every fall. Some
times the remains are not too far con-
sumed for identification, but Is q rule
this method Of destroying money is
found to be singularly effective and
hopeless.
It is most interesting fact that nearly
all the paper money destroyed by acci-
dent meets its fate on the rail. When.
ever railway disaster occurs fire usually
ensues. and the express car is burned.
Now, an express car almost invariably
carries safe with more or less money
in it, among other valuables. The safe,
unless it is one for transporting govern.
ment money, is apt to be ofthe portable
kind and not fire proof. Thus it is all
almost everyday occurrence for one of
these safes to arrive at the Treasury
here with its cash contents in the shape
of more or less hopeless ashes.
You would be astonished to see how
little in the way of remains is required,
when passed under the hands of Treas
ury experts, to procure the identification
and redemption of burned paper money.
A few bits so hopelessly charred as to
seem to the ordinary eye but q small
accumulation Of ashes, may be redeem
able for thousands of dollars in bright
new bills at the paying teller's desk.
All that is required is sufficient evil
dence that the originals Of the eotes
have been really destroyed. The law
says that the smallest portion is redeem
able at full face value, if it is only &C
companied by satisfactory atfidavits as
to the loss of the remainder. Some few
attempts have been made to swindle
the Treasury in this way by false aft
davits, but the department believes
that it has always discovered them.
Uncle Sam has made good deal of
money by his paper cash that has been
accidentally destroyed. OF course,
every penny of it that is not handed in
at the Treasury for redemption is so
much in his pocket In this way he has
found his issue OF fractional currency
most profitable.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

DIR. CARL E1eRNMASN has been col
lecting fish in San Diego for some
years. In making up a collection re-
Gently for the British Museum he found
new specimen of herring that has
pocket membranes for slipping in the
dorsal pectoral and ventral fins. The
scales are large, the eyes have CLASSY
covering and most of the head is trans-
parent,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

A RICH man in st. Petersburg died,
leaving an order that his sealed will
should be opened twelve months after
bis death. When opened it contained
another sealed packet, with instruc-
Lions that 1t must not be opened for q
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

MILK given warm in the morning is
an excellent invigorator for laying
hens. 1t may also be given at any time.
and the skim milk will answer as we'll.
All the soft food Of laying hens can be
mixed with milk in preference to
water, and with advantage, as milk is
heterogeneous substance. and assists in
providing the elements that compose
the white of eggs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

The English dinner hour has been
getting later during the whole of the
present century. When the Queen
married it was o'clock. She now dimes
at 9. The Prince of Wales effort to
turn it back to 1870 is supplemented
by an appeal for dancing to begin at ..
and finish at l.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

The Detroit Press says: eff boy
fifteen years of age should be left ten
acres of land in Michigan, and his
guardian should cover it with hickory
trees. the income of the boy when he
came to be thirty years old would be
from $4,000 to $11, 900 clean cash off
his little farm
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

SOME New Workers. in good standing
outside of the 400 believe that Ward
MeA]lister is a myth created by a
clever Bohemian. In this case fact is
stranger than fiction.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

DIR. HELEN l.. BELTS, of Boston. is
the first woman physician chosen to
visit the laboratory of Prof. Koch. OF
Berlin, for the purpose OF Investigating
his discovery. She has been delegated
by the Woman's Medical College OF
Pennsylvania, of which she is gradu-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

A DROVE of hogs in Hudson. Mich.
became intoxicated by drinking the
scum from sorghum factory, and in
The orgies which followed one hog was
drowned by the gay debaucles.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-30

EIGHT HUNDRED salesgirls in Berlin
belong to union which has had re-
markable success. For ten cents
month they receive medical care, medi-
cine. and help in getting work. The
organization was started by woman's
stub in that city.