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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19
Sherman a Reader.

until General Sherman. came to
New York to live," said friend of the
General the other day, "and was
wrapped up in business and social
life, he spent much of his time reading
military history. As an army officer he
was compelled to travel a good deal
about the country, and in his trunk he
always took several volumes when
about to start from st. Louis to Wash.
ington or New York. One book was
taken in his hand. I remember in the
summer of 1875 coming with him from
St. Louis to Utica, where he was TO
preside at big gathering of war vet
Grams. He wore long linen ulster,
and in pocket was heavy book that
pulled it down on one side. We were
the only passengers in the palace car.
After few minutes conversation the
General pulled the book out of his
pocket, settled himself in q corner OF
the seat, and didn't speak for hours.
The book was O'Meara's Letters from
st. Helena How many times he had
read the book the General said he
didn't know. He had read everything
he could find to read about Napoleon,
for whose genius he expressed the most
enthusiastic admiration. AS I remem-
Der our desultory conversation he held
the opinion that Bonaparte was the
greatest military commander the world
ever saw. His admiration of the STRAIT
egy the Emperor showed in the later
years of his career, when he was fight
ing on the Rhine, before his first abdi-
cation, and in the struggles in front OF
Paris, as we'll as his arrangements for
Waterloo, was unbounded. Napoleon
ought to have won at Waterloo he
said. If there was any faith to be placed
| in human forosioht 30
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19
Killing Whales with Bac,l,,.

DR.. Nilsson, of Norway, says that for
at least i've centuries the Bergen fish
ermen have killed whales by the aid of
the now familiar bacilli The whales
are surprised in narrow inlets. where
they are tanned by shooting poisonous
arrows into the skin. At last tile brute
becomes so enfeebled that it can be at.
taeked with harpoons and lances, and is
soon dispatched. The poison used to in.
1ect the arrow is the fostering matter
around the wounds. An examination Of
this deadly material shows that It owes
lts vlruience to bacillus closely allied
10 That OF sympathetic anthrax.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19

When Old jack died we stayed from school they
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19

Lumpkin County who is veteran and
will do almost anything to turn penny.
His trial for illicit distilling came up IN
the Circuit Court recently and High
tower, although 70 years old, halt, and
lame and nearly blind, walked the ep-
tire distance from his home to Altar To,
ninety-eight miles, over the mountains,
to save his mileage, five cents per mile.
or $3.50. And he was convicted aud
given the usual science, 800 and four
months Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19
Rich Men Of the future.

A leather merchant not generally
known to be wealthy man, died some
months ago in New York. A lawsuit
arose from his will, which distributed
great legacies among score of colleges.
The suit was compromised, and the
legacies will be paid. Out of
the estate of this unknown mill
lionaire nearly four million dollars will
be given to thirty-five colleges; half
million more will be divided between
several hospitals.
1t is impossible to estimate the good
to students and the sick that these be-
quests ensure for years and years to
come. There is no doubt, however,
that in general rich mans money had
better be given away before his death
than after it.
Many years may pass between the
making of fortune and the carrying
out of the makers will. Besides this
useless delay there is the danger that
requests will be diverted from their in
tended purpose. While man is alive,
he can see that his money is spent as he
wishes. After his death there is no
telling what legal contentious and un-
forseen difficulties may bring about.
Money in itself is worth nothing. It's
only value lies in what me can do with
it. Many young people are going to
make fortunes within the next genera
ton or two. If they will devote share
of their wealth, while they can still con-
troll it, to the wise, generous service of
their fellow-men, the value of money
will be realized as never before.
The Superintendent Of an electric
light station gives a strange instance of
the stopping of meter and the explain
alton of the trouble.
On examining the meter, which was
of twenty. eight capacity, after lapse
of month, in order to determine the
quantity of current to be charged for,
he found that the consumer, in the pres
sure of business, had placed number
| of small boxes around the meter, con-
cealing it from view. BIZ, Va, -.
As it was desirable not to disturb
them, it was suggested and agreed to
that the meter be allowed to run an
other month. At the end of the second
month, the coast being clear, the meter
was examined, and it was found that it
recorded only five hours since the time
of last examination.
This looked suspicious, but there was
no ground to believe that the4meter had
been tempered with.
A very close inspection revealed the
fact that spider had spun its web
around the fans SO that they could not
rotate under the action of the current.
1t appears that the screws which held
| the cover to the top of the instrument
had not been put in, and that the
spider had taken advantage of the open
ing and established himself in the cosy
quarters. Chicago Times.
"A SAGE remark-"A little more STUFF
| fling, please"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19

Gent.
The day of his trial came at last, The
court was crowded. Pierre Blanc was
ready to swear to his story. The police
man and neighbors were witnesses to
the fact that Theodore had been found
lying insensible at the foot Of the miser's
staircase on the night of the robbery.
The prisoner himself had only his DO
sition and good character in his favor.
Not word would he utter in his own
behalf save simple assertion of his in.
nocence. Old NJ. Thibault was weep
ing like child. NJ. Michaud, who had
always liked the young fellow, and
whose heart even softened to his old
friend in his affection, was very much
moved The prisoner only was calm.
All was over. Nothing more could be
said. The final proceedings'were about
to be taken, and none believed that the
prisoner could possibly escape the sen.
tence of the law, when suddenly there
was stir near the door and the crowd
parted to admit two persons who forced
their way toward the bench on which
the justice sat.
One was lady closely yelled. The
other a peasant girl, evidently her
maid.
At the sight of the pair, old AIichaud
started to his feet. Before she threw
her veil back he recognized his daugh.
ter Rosine.
The prisoner also uttered low cry;
disregarding them both. the girl adj.
vanced toward the justice. whom she
knew by sight. Ignorant of all forms
of law, she only thought of saving
Theodore. whose motive for silence she
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19

QeeQ MS paflShOnerS thought nothing
of it, so what mattered it?
Strange to say, one of the most clever
ofthese people is woman-Aunt Fanny
Smithishe was called. She runs a famous
refreshment house adjacent to Sink
ing Mountain, one of the eccen-
tricities of nature to be seen
near Tallulah Falls, noted summer re-
sort situated ninety miles northeast of
Atlanta. The place is greatly frequen-
ted during the hot summer months by
white people of all classes, and Aunt
Fanny's place comes in for a liberal
share of patronage. The lady and
children visitors are RECALLED with soft
drinks-tea, coffee, buttermilk and
sweet milk-while the gentlemen are
taken into separate rooms and treated
to very choice article of corn whisky
of Aunt Fanny's own brew. and on
which no money is ever wasted in taxes.
About once in two months the reve-
nue. officers visit the dear old soul and
rummage through her houses and
grounds in the vain hope of discovering
something. as they know full we'll she
is not scrupulous when it comes to
dealing with the internal revenue de-
partment. But Aunt Fanny has hosts
of friends among the surrounding
farmer gentry, and they keep her fully
posted on the movements of the officers.
She always heeds their advice and the
officer who can get ahead of her possess
ses shrewdness beyond the human
ken.
They are thrifty, too, these people,
and they have to be, as the wasting Of
time in jail and the paying of fines eat
up all, or nearly all, Of their profits.
There lives an old moonshiner up in
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19
ONE ENJOYS|
catarrh.

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results 4
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is plea
and refreshing to the taste, and
gently yet promptly on the Kidd
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the
tenn efectually, dispels colds, \
aches and fevers and cures hab1
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is
only remedy of its kind ever
duced, pleasing to the taste and
ceptable to the stomach, promp
it's action and truly beneficial il
effects, prepared only from the !
healthy and agreeable substance
many excellent qualities CONNER
to all and have made it the
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in
and 81 bottles by all leading d
gists. Any reliable druggist
may not have it on hand will
cure it promptly for any one
wishes to try it. Do not accept
substitutes
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP 4
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, NEW YORK. "
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19
How to Be Hungry at Breakfast.


Breakfast is rather failure as meal
with town men. That ought not to be;
there is something wrong when man
is not vigorously hungry in the morn
ing. Where is the fault? Is it in the
late dinner? Not in the dinner, proba-
bly,, SO much as in what is drunk at
dinner; in that, and in the nervous
strain of the times. It does not matter
whether we dine in the middle Of the
day or in the evening, SO long as we
dine judiciously. But the man who has
much work to do and particularly brain
work, cannot dine in the middle of the
day. If he does, he must make up his
mind to lose at least an hour of his
most valuable time. A light luncheon
at midday, with no stimulant stronger
than a cup of coffee or o bottle of GIN
ger ale, is the suitable thing. But this
must on no account be used as a substi-
tute for dinner. He who lunches in
this way at midday must dine in the
evening, and dine we'll. The business
man should dine at $3.50. or at latest
Z. The lazy man may dine when he
likes. The man who has earned his
dinner should have q good one-not
heavy, but nutritious; not elaborate, but
we'll selected and we'll cooked. He
should drink, if possible, only one kind
of wine, and that a light one, sparkling
or still. Spirits and beer he should
avoid. Dinner should be the last meal
of the day, except for those who cannot
sleep without little food in their stom-
achs. These may take cup of cocoa.
x,s<1
at the moment of going to bed. If Ut
tention be paid to these suggestions,
very few people will fail to be hungry
at breakfast.-The Hospital.
Settled Upon the Tree.
On farm near Dwight, ILL.,, there is
an elm tree that was set out by the
Prince of Wales more than thirty years
ago. Some of the older citizens of the
town remember the day when the tree
was planted, but as an entire grove
was set out on that day, no
one can point out the exact tree
which Her Myjestys son honored with
touch of the hand and shovelful of
soil.
Several days ago number of men
were in the grove, looking at the trees,
when an old man, with an air of ex-
cusable vanity, said:
Eyes, the Prince Of Wales set out one
of these trees"
~But which one?" was asked.
well, now, bless me if I know, but
would take my oath that is in here
somewhere. I was here at the time and
ought to know, but I DON'T
lis there no way of determining ?"
some one asked.
"No, Ireckon not. There are only a
few ofthe old-timers left, and not one
| OF us is certain as to the exact spot
where the tree was placed"
Il think I can settle it," said an
Englishman who happened to be pres
emit Let's 60 up to the barn and
bring out those two race horses"
| The horses were brought out, two
jocky looking boys were called and told
that they must mount the horses and
run race. The day was perfectly
still, but when the horses started. the
branches of scrub elm began to wave
excitedly.
"That's the tree" said the English.
man.
~You are right" agreed the old
timer, FOR now I can remember stand.
ing right here when it was planted.
l ATEn12Sn7D Erno,oJor
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19

Pretty std
Catarrh Remedy. In the 4
place, it cures your catarrl
no matter how bad your d
or of how long standing.
doesn't simply palliatee ]
cures. If you believe i'll
much the better. Thel
nothing more to be :
You get it for 50 cents, ii
all druggists.
But perhaps you won't
lieve it. Then there's anot|
reason for trying it. SI
that you can't be cured, ]
you'll get $500. It's a pl
business offer. The maxi
of DR.: sage's Remedy |
pay you that amount if d
can't cure you. They KID
that they can you til
that they can't. If the
wrong, you get the cash.
you're wrong, you're rid
catarrh.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19

"A SAGE remark-sA little more stuff
fling, please"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19

SAY FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. new YORK. n
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-09
The County Exposition.

The room set apart in the court
house for the exposition Of county
products, minerals, timber, manu-
featured articles, etc, collection
for the Worlds Fair is in good con-
dition, with shelves, ETC., for the re-
ception of such articles, but not a
single thing is to be seen ON exhibit
ton. The committee needs to get
move on it, and stir up the farmers
and all concerned about this matter.
That room should be at once filled
with specimens. Let those farmers
who raised fine wheat send in sam
pies, with their names, postoffice, the
name or variety of the grain,
amount per acre, etc. Presently the
corn and tobacco will be ready. We
should also have samples of oats, rye,
barley, hay, ETC., and then people
who own mineral lands should send
in samples OF iron ore also those
having bodies of fine manufacturing
timber should send specimens, and
samples of limestone, marble, fire
clay, pottery clay will be in order.
We want the Bending Works and
planning mills to contribute samples
of manufactured goods, such as will
show up the native timber to the
best advantage. This is the starting
point for advertising the resources
and advantages of GAINESVILLE as a
manufacturing and commercial cen
ter. Let the committee meet and
inaugurate an active campaign.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-09

Little Mildred, sweet, golden haired
"tot" of six, had been taught to say,
"Thank God for a good breakfast" or din
ner or supper. as the case might be, after a
meal.
The other morning her parents, for good
and sufficient reasons, restricted her to oat-
meal for breakfast. When she had finished
she clasped her little hands and began,
"Thank God for"-
Then the raspberries and the ham and
eggs and various other appetizing things
that she had not been allowed to partake
of attracted her attention. She paused for
a moment, and then letting her hands fall
to her side, while look of deep detection
overshadowed her pretty face, she said:
"Oh, God, Pse only had oatmeal for
breakfast this morning Amen"
Her mother, like most good and devout
mothers, has taught her that if she wants
anything and is good girl and prays for
1t she will be sure to get 1t. The other
night she overheard little Mildred praying
earnestly in her childish way for a veloci-
pede.
cause you know, Cod" added the
child, in conclusion, "I'se been good girl
and mamma told me that If was good
girl and asked you for anything you would
let me have it, Amen"
Now the mother is much perplexed be
cause she doesn't want Mildred to have a
velocipede and at the same time she doesn't
want to shake her childish faith in the
efficacy of prayer.
think that 1t will end in Mildred's get
ting the velocipede. York Herald.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-09
Phosphorus Produced by ELECTRICITY.

"osPhOAuo ny
The large and increasing demand for
phosphorus, not only for the manufacture
Of matches, but for its subsidiary applica
tions in the organic syntheses which form
one branch of modern chemical industry,
and in the production Of many of the phos
phor alloys that have recently come into
vogue, has made the question of its eco
nomical production of much commercial
Importance, as we'll us of technical interest.
In the method of manufacture at present
generally employed, the chief cost lies less
in the raw materials than In that of the
plant and labor necessary for the produc.
ton Of phosphorus from them. Electricity
has been introduced into this process with
increased yield and decreased cost.
The new process Is quite simple, con
sisting merely In feeding In the raw ma.
terials, passing the current between suit
able electrodes, and collecting and condens-
ing the volatized phosphorus In the usual
way. When 1t Is remembered that for
merly mineral phosphates had to be treated
with sulphuric acid, the liberated phos
phoric acid separated from the calcium
sulphate produced at the same time by I'll
tration, the solution of the former concen
trated by evaporation, mixed with charcoal
and heated strongly in small retorts, before
reaching the stage in which the mere ap
plication of current now brings the raw
material, the immense advantage of the
new treatment will be seen.
The most important feature involved is
the application of heat in the very spot
where its usefulness is greatest, doing
away at one stroke with the clumsy prac
tice Of external firing at present employed
in this and many kindred industries
New York Telegram
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-09
A Strike Threatened.

This mornings American says that
trouble is brewing between the
Louisville & Nashville and the en-
ployes of the Nashville and Decatur
Division. Since 10 o'clock yesterday
morning no freight trains have left
Nashville on that division. The
trouble as far as can be learned is that
a few days ago II. B. Ridley, con-
ductor, was ordered out on run and
refused to go. For this insubordina
ton he was Immediately discharged.
A committee of conductors waited
on the officials and demanded that
Ridley BE- reinstated. This the off
Gals refused to do and hence the re-
fusal of the men to go to work.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-09
Free Scholarships.

The State Board of Education
met at Nashville yesterday for the
purpose of awarding free scholar
ships in the Peabody Normal school.
Among the many recipients Of these
favors appear the names of Miss
Ruth Pugh, of this city, and Miss
Belle Link, OF Townsville, Cheat
ham county. These scholarships are
good for two years and are worth
500 per annum and railroad fare to
Nashville and return.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-09
A Newspaper Man Sells Langtry a Mine.

A Newspaper Man Sells Langtry Mine.
There are incidents of Langtry's visits to
California which are of interest and which
have never been published. 1t has been
said, and with truth, no doubt, that she
did many shrewd things in the way of ad
vertising. At one time she rented house
somewhere out in the Mission and tried to
make everybody believe she intended to
remain there until gathered to her fathers,
when she would be laid away in an elabor
ate vault in Laurel Hill cemetery, or some
other city Of the dead. But it was all
myth.
Then she bought some ground over In
Nevada, had hole dug in it and called 1t
the Langtry mine. Sam Davis, well
known newspaper man, says he sold her
the ground for 800. She was in the statue
scene of Galatea in "Pygmalion and Gala.
tea" and during the scene Davis was in
the wings She dared not move a muscle.
He said in low voice; as it bargain for
S900i I'll consider that it is il you don't
shake your head" The statue remained
still, and when the Lily came out after
ward she was so taken with the originality
of the scheme that she paid the money over
at once.-Cor. st. Louis Republic.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-09
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The Governor-Mi Bill is
Promptly Tabled.
The Legislature Still. Working on the
Penitentiary Lease Question
Proceedings To-day.


Special to the Leaf-Chronlcle.
NASHVILLE, Sept. Gin the Sem
ate to-day Mr.. Early offered a bill to
prevent whipping as a mode of pun
ishment in any of the prisons OF Ten
nessee.
Mr.. PClk's bill to empower the
governor to vall out the militia was
tabled upon recommendation of the
committees having it in charge.
The house joint resolution direct
ing the State board of prison inspec-
tors to order the sub.leased convicts
to be returned to the main or branch
prison owned by the original lesses,
Was rejected.
Mr.. Curtis military bill passed
third reading.
IN THE HOUSE
the chairman of the penitentiary
committee presented the memoranda
of the proposition made by the lesses.
The paper was unanimously rejected
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-09
Banana Fiber.

Manila rope is made in the Philippine
islands of the stem of the banana This
stalk, which usually grows to be six inches
In diameter and from fifteen TO twenty feet
high, has a very valuable fiber from which
are woven beautiful textile fabrics. Many
Of the finest India snawls and wrappers
worn by the ladies Of fashion are manu-
featured from this fabric. So, too, an ex-
cellent article Of paper Is made from it,
Goldthwaites Geographical Magazine
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-09

superintendent Eth b. Wade, OF
State Prisons, reports to the board OF
prison inspectors that he has just re-
turned from Briceville; that the
mines have been repaired and placed
in legal condition and recommends
that the convicts be returned to
work at that J lace. This means, if
his advice is received favorably, that
the militia will be ordered out to
guard the convicts.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-09
The Confederate Reunion october /.

Let everybody keep it in mind
that we are going to have the greatest
gathering here at the Confederate
grand reunion October / ever wit
messed in Montgomery county.
Bridges will all be free, everything
free-no gate admittance-and we
want everybody to come and bring
the children. If the old people can't
come, why then send the children.
1t is the children who should witness
the occasion and learn the meaning
of it, and why we build monuments
to the soldiers of the Lost Cause,
Come one, come all, and let friends
bring plenty of good dinner. All
provisions subscribed for the occasion
will be turned over to Capt. Clay
Stacker and his aides. Members OF
the various committees will all meet
at the court house Saturday next to
complete arrangements.
Gen. John b. Gordon will be invi
ted, and it is expected that he will
attend and present his plans fully for
the organization of Confederate
camps, taking in the sons Of old sol
diers to perfect and perpetuate the
true history of the war, as expressed
in his late eloquent address.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-09

John A. Gum, speaking of the new
disease among cattle called black ton
que, says the rcmeiy used in Robert
son county is Il weak solution of car
bolic acid, used as mouth wash, APP
piled with mop. then mop the ami
MAILS mouth with castor oil. In bad
cases give the COW pint of castor
oil inwardly. This invariably gives
relief.