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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
She Wasn't Surprised.

"Your husband is not looking we'll
tonight, Mrs. Rhymer."
Gle isn't, and I'm not SURPRISED
at it,"
"No? Has he been overworkinl
himself?"
1T isn't that SO much; it's his orig
inality. Why, that man is struck b!
SO many original ideas that his mine
must be one mass of bruises.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

The signatures of the worthless who
affixed their names to the Declaration
Of independence have just been sold
in England for $4,25O. If any one
could have delivered their bodies into
the hands of the English about six
months after the instrument was
signed he would have made larger
gum than this-if he had convinced the
authorities that he held the original
set.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
ABOUT THE MOSQUITO.
FACTS ABOUT THE MIDSUMMER
NIGHTS PEST.

Mosquitoes. as Seen Under the Micro
scope, witt, an Account of tho Manner in
Which They Are Rrei-Savage Females
and Their Intlolent Spouses.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

THIS is world of compensations-
snow comes down in the winter and ice
goes up in the summer. >@ 'o'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

Mr.. JOHN w. BooKwA1TER, of
Springfield, Ohio, owns about 10000
acres of land in Iowa and Nebraska,
and he proposes to inaugurate re-
form which will keep young people on
the farm. Mr.. Bookwalter spent his
early life on farm and believes that
the principal cause of discomfort
among farmers, young and old, is iso-
lation and loneliness. He suggests
that farm-houses be built in small vii.
lagos or settlements, not more than a
third of mile apart, with lands sur.
rounding them and conveniently near
for practical farming. The idea is not
q new one. The farmers of Russia
live in villages, but the plan has not
obtained to any extent in this country
where the farmer owns his land. Mr..
Bookwalter has started such plan in
Nebraska and he hopes to make the
farmers life agreeable as we'll as profit
able. His village in Nebraska will have
q circulating library, a town hall, a
school and a church or two. Mr..
Bookwalter's plan could be followed
profitably by other farming commune
ties,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
PrepOstcrOuS,

CAY feel like new man ad,I
Briget-Do you? Glad to heaV
Perhaps you can see your way clean
pay that little bill?
Gay-Pm a new man, I told 20
You can't expect me to assume the Ii
bilities of the old concern. -Bostl
TRANSCRIPT.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

A ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE.
TON gun is planned at the Watervliet
Arsenal, which has just turned out q
pinch 52-ton gun. If there is one
thing more certain than another in
modern ordnance it is that the 1OO-ton
guns are all failures, dangerous. short
lived and useless. A60-ton gun is big
enough to smash in any iron-clad now
afoat. To build 125-ton gun-ffteen
tons heavier than any now founded-is
ridiculous waste of money, and it is
unwise for the Ordnance Office to be-
gin one with scant appropriations GER
tain next winter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

ELECTRICITY, by which such horrible
sufferings were inflicted upon Kemm-
der, the murderer who was executed
some time ago at Auburn. appears to
have been employed with complete
success in the execution of the four
murderers at Sing Sing. None of the
frightful scenes which rendered the
taking of the formers life so horrible
were repested, and their deaths were
painless and instantaneous. It was only
pecessary to demonstrate that death
osn be produced instantly and without
pain with electricity to do away with
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

cousins. moucherons, and other names.
The gnat belongs to the genus euler. 1t
10 found in most of the temperate and
tropical portions of the globe where man
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

marriage OF MIR. Parnell and Mrs,
O'Shea, nee Wood, it was an honor
able and courageous. act, though the
relations of the two were such that no
other course remained open to high
minded man. She had sacrificed her.
self for him, and he has sacrificed
much for her. As they were partners
in distress, it is well for them to face
the world together, and if there be any
marital comfort left for them to share
it together. Mrs. O'Shea stands in
finitely higher than her late husband,
and comes of better family, as social
standing is measured in that country.
At the time of their divorce it was said
that he had not lived with her on the
average month in the year. The
rest of his time he spent among the
designations of the clubs and pursuing
pleasure on the continent. Under such
circumstances it was but natural that
they should cease to have any respect
for each other. They pulled apart, and
when the divorce was obtained both
were satisfied. The legal time has
elapsed since the divorce, and both
Mr.. Parnell and herself being free,
they married. Their previous rela-
tions have weakened Mr.. Parnells
position as leader to such an extent
that it is doubtful if he can recover it,
for offenses such as were charged
against him are not easily condoned.
But 80 far ss his domestic relations
are concerned gossip must now be
closed and the whole matter dropped.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

SINCE we are in monument-building
era. and our Irish-American fellow
citizens have caught the fever, why
should they not signalize their admi-
ration for Christopher Colum bus by
putting up shaft in San Domingo to
the Irishman who accompanied Column
bus there and was left by him in the
colony that remained when he returned
TO Spain? His name was "Guillermo
Tres, natural de Galney, en- Irlanda; )"
that is, William the Irishmen, of Gal
way. A Celtic cross Of native Irish
marble would be picturesque Incl
dent on the shores Of the creole re-
public.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

THE MOSQUITOES sr1NG-(Highly magnifed)
AIN its sheath. B-Haf torn off to
show sheath. C-sucker developed to
show parts. D-Barbed point OF one
blade of sucker.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

ACCORDING to the St. Louis Globe
Democrat fiend in human guise has
invented an electrical alarm that will
run for two hours after getting started
unless its victim gets out of bed and
turns it off. The old-fashioned alarm
clock would run for five minutes or so
and then man could turn over and 60
to sleep again. 1t allowed its owner
to set it at night and then to change
his mind in the morning. But the
new device is memorable. The man
who sets it must get up ct the hou,
specified, unless he has previously
died in his sleep. A well-known prin.
ciple of ancient justice should be ap.
piled to its inventor. He should be
compelled to have one of his own
clocks setting at his bedside every
night, set for 4 o'clock in the morning.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
Looking Ahead.

"Young man," said the stern father,
"do you realize that my daughter is in
the habit of wearing dresses that cost
all the way from $50 to $100?"
Il do" replied the young man firm
~, "and sir, he continued. an exult,
ant ring in his voice, ut was only the
other night that we took an account Of
stock and found that she had enough
Of them to last three years ahead"
Cloak Revieac.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21
ALWAYS Ready.

did the plumber come down to in
spect the pipes this morning.
Eyes"
"What did he say?"
HE said there was nothing the mat
ter, but he could very soon remed!
that. "-Ne,U York Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-21

The Universal Postal Congress
which has closed its labors at Vienna,
Austria, agreed upon schedule of low
and uniform rates Of postage among
nearly all nations. There have been
three preceding congresses, the first
session being held at Berne, Switzer-
land, in 1874, where the original
was formed, and meetings have since
been held at Paris and Berlin. The
last congress at Vienna contained 100
members, every civilized and semi
civilized country with the exception of
China being new represented in the
postal union. The next congress will
meet in Washington, d. O., in 1897.
Under the operation Of this interna-
tional alliance the promptness and
cheapness with which mail is dis
patched to every country in the globe
ia one of the marvellous achievements
Of modern civilization. Previous to
the organization of the union, there
existed 1000 different postal taxes,
but these have been reduced to an in
significant number with uniform and
moderate tariff. The countries adopt
ing the postal union have population
of 9l5, 900, 900, or more than three
fifths of the total inhabitants Of the
globe. An idea of the increase of the
postal business of the world since the
adoption of the union schedule may be
| gathered from the fact that in 1871 the
total number of postal pieces carried
was 100000, while in 1883 it
| roo ohoI "A 7e0 nm mn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-26
CONGENlAL SPIRITS.

An Essential to Happiness in the EIar-
riase Relation.
A certain sort of talent, Robert Louis
Stevenson writes, is almost indispensa-
BILE for people who would spend years
together and not bore themselves to
death. Bnt the talent, like the agree
ment, must be for and about life. To
dwell happily together they should be
versed in the niceties of the heart and
born with a faculty for willing COM
promise. The woman must be talented
as a woman, and 1t will not much mat
ter although she is talented in nothing
else. She must know her meter dc
femme, and have a fine touch for the
affections. And 1t is more important
that person should be good gossip
and talk pleasantly and smartly of COM
mon friends and the thousand and one
Things Of the day and hour, than that
she should speak with the tongues of
men and angels; for awhile together
with the fire happens more frequently
in marriage than the presence of a dis
tinguished foreigner to dinner. That
people should laugh over the same sort
Of 1ests, and have many story of
'+grouse in the gun-room," many an old
Joke between them which time can not
wither nor custom stale, is q better
preparation for life, by your leave, than
many other things higher and better
sounding in the worlds ears. You could
read Kant by yourself, if you wanted;
but you must share a joke with some
one else. You can forgive people who
do not follow you through a philoso-
phical disquisition; but to find your wife
laughing when you had tears in your
eyes, or staring when you were in fit
Of laughter would go some way toward
| q dissolution of marriage.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-26
A PEANUT cENfER.
One 1xinon Bushels of the Nuts Handled
F.. Year.


One Arinlon Bushels of the Nuts Handled
F.. Year.
"How many peanuts will you handle
this year?" asked a Times-Star reporter
Of the largest peanut vender in Cincin-
natl.
"About 10000 Sacks" came the
prompt response. each sack contains
Ave bushels and each bushel weighs
twenty-five pounds, SO you see this
house will distribute, at least, 7,700, 900
pounds Of these nuts. Cincinnati is q
great distributing point for peanuts.
There is probably no city in the United
States that excels it In this respect.
"Now," continued the dealer, s'if you
will come with me I will show you how
these nuts are prepared for the market.
We buy them direct from the farmers,
who sell them as goober-nuts, pindars,
or ground-nuts. 1t is only away from
home that they are known as peanuts.
have travelled quite good deal in the
South, and the word peanuts is one I
seldom heard" By this time the top
floor Of q great building had been
reached and the reporter was ushered
into large store-room filled to the cell
ing with sacks.
''These Sacks" continued the mer-
chant, 'tan contain peanuts as we buy
them from the farmer. We call them
stock They are very dirty and still
have roots clinging to them. The first
process they undergo is to be cleaned of
| this refuse. 1t is done by putting
the peanuts into large cylinders
which revolve very slowly and thus
rub off the dirt and at the same
time give the shell polish. Currents OF
wind are driven through the nuts as
they descend to the floor beneath by
means of q shoot and thus effectually
separate the good nuts from the refuse.
Now the nuts are run upon tables,
around which sit girls who are busily
engaged in sorting out the poor or
blasted nuts as they are carried by on a
broad strip of cloth. The good nuts
| thus left are sold to the markets as first
class goods, while the poorer ones
thrown out are classed as 'puffs' or cir
Gus peanuts. These circus peanuts are
shelled by us in great quantities and
then sold to candy manufacturers and
confectioners, who use them in certain
mixtures in their line of business. The
best peanuts are produced in Virginia
and Tennessee, and are shipped here by
both rail and water. There are three
firms in this city which handle an i'm
mense quantity of peanuts, and in SC
doing give employment to nearly two
hundred girls. Very few men are en-
p1oyed by us, as the work is so light.
''The crop this year is very good-ir
fact, better than it has been for the last
four years. For this season prices arc
low and good nuts can be bought from
40 per cent. to so per cent. cheaper thar
last year. The new crop began to come
in November 1, and it will take to the
end Of this month to wind it up"
The reporter found by inquiry at one
Of the firms mentioned above that i
will handle 100000 pounds of peanut:
this year, thus making a total of Is, 200,
000pounds, or 600, 900 bushels, for the two
firms alone. At this rate 1000, 900 bush
els per year will about represent Cincin
MATHS trade in peanuts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-26
Resources of Civilization.

The innocent residents of Alaska
have caught on to all the tricks of re-
fined civilization. In illustration OF
this fact the San Francisco Chronicle
relates that not many years ago they
used to take half dollars, hammer them
out very thin and manufacture them
into bracelets. These curios were sold
for dollar and half and two dollars
at the most. When steamer loads OF
tourists commenced going to Alaska in
the summer they bought up the brace
let's as fast as they were made. The
native Alaskan saw fortunes in store
for him. The bracelets could not be
made fast enough to supply the de
mand, and he formed sort of syndi
cate with his brothers. This syndicate
sent to San Francisco and had hundreds
of these bracelets manufactured and re
shipped to Alaska. There they are re
tailed to the guileless excursionists al
eight or nine dollars pair.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-26
A Charming Queen.

Queen Christina, of Spain, Is often
mentioned as possessing a charm of
manner which can overcome defects Of
figure and countenance. When she was
bride her manner was not only cold,
but forbidding. She had tall, thin
figure, mouth that ran from ear to
ear, bad complexion, and she was,
withal, wholly devoid Of graciousness.
She wore her mantilla without any co
quettish airiness. But through a con-
slant effort to think and say and dc
the right thing she has become inter
esting and agreeable. Her figure is
still mere skin and bone, and the face
plain, but the expression almost beauti.
f1es it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-26
WASHINGTON INDIANS.
They Keep Up Their Aboriginal Appear
ance, But Are Quite Harmless.


ance, But Are Quite Harmless.
Spokane Falls, Wash, has sprung up
so recently, says West Shore, that some
of the evidences of aboriginal glory
still linger in its vicinity. The canyon
of the Spokane river below the city is q
favorite haunt of the wandering red
skins who are stragglers from some of
the reservations, and during the salmon
season, which lasts nearly all summer
there, the clusters Of tepees are a
familiar sight along the banks Of tho
stream. The Coeur d'Alene reservation
is only twenty miles up the river from
Spokane. The Colville and Moses re-
serves are q considerable greater dis
lance to the northwest. These Indians,
of course, are entirely subdued and are
as harmless as cattle, as they move
quietly about from place to place and
pursue their fishing and hunting In q
modest way between the dates Of TO
ceiving their supplies from the kind
hearted Government
Harmless as these struggling Indians
are, they often indulge in the luxury OF
painting anddecorating their persons In
true savage style. Gaily declzed young
bucks often ride through the streets OF
Spokane Falls on their cayuses, two OF
three together, and arc objects OF much
curiosity on the part of newcomers,
but are not noticed by residents of the
city. The old sachems strutting through
the streets arrayed in holiday attire are
objects of no less interest and are q
great deal more ridiculous.
Among the most noted Indians of the
country are Chief Seltise, of the Ceu1
d'Alenes, and Chief Joseph, of the Nez
Perces. The former is wealthy ole
redslzin, devoted to prosecuting agricult
ural operations on the reservation an6
bringing his people to a knowledge Of
the arts Of peace. He is a genial anC
popular old fellow and shrewd bust.
ness man. Joseph came to fame
through his leadership of tho Me-
Perces in the war of 1877. He Is now
sojourning on the Moses reservation
in Northern Washington. He is IL
many ways one of the most remarka
BILE Indians that have come in contact
with the whites. He is now peacea
BILE and comparatively intelligent ole
man,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-26
TWO BEAR STORIES.


Entertaining n Party-Unpleasant Ezpera-
ence Of y Lumbcrman.
Zone fall a bear carried of two Of my
pigs four nights apart" said an old
farmer to a writer in the New York
Tribune. 81, found where he had de-
voured them in a ravine less than TWEEN
ty rods from my house, and / set trap
for him. Then 1 fastened some wire to
the trap, and strung the wire over
bushes to the house, attaching the other
end to a little bell over the kitchen
door. That night we had an apple-bee,
and told all the young folks that if the
| bell jingled while they were there we
would all march to the ravine and take
look at the bear before shot him.
Watching for the bell TO tinlx1e made
lots of fun during the evening, and a
little before midnight it did tinkls right
lively, and it kept tinkling until we
had lighted dozen lanterns and started
out to see the bear. There were four
teen buxom and jolly girls in the party,
and as many strong young men, and
there wasn't one in the crowd that was a
bit afraid of a bear. When we got to
the ravine the bear was tearing sap
lings up by the roots and thrashing
around as though he were as big as an
elephant, but his right fore paw was
fast, and though he beloved and tore
he couldn't free himself. Then by the
light of the lanterns watched my
chance and fred bullet into his head
at the butt Of the ear, and the bear
keeled over and died. He weighed four
hundred and thirty-three pounds, and
was the biggest bear ever killed
made his skin into q robe, and used 1t
twenty-six winters before it wore out
"Some people make fun of you when
you tell them that black bears often
tackle men, but have known them to
do SO a number of times. One October
night James Rathbone came to my
house covered with blood, and said that
a bear had pitched on him in the middle
of the road between here and Poconc
summit. Rathbone was q lumberman
who lived near Canadensis. That after
noon he had finished contract for the
Tobyhanna lumber company, and the
company had paid him eighty dollars II
five and ten-dollar gold pieces. Rath
bone put the money in a squirrelski1
purse, and put the purse in his Goa
pocket. He hadn't been home in two
months, and as soon as he got his pay
he started through the woods. Thu
night was muggy, and he carried the
coat on his left arm. This side of POGO
no summit bear followed him, knocked
him down in the mud, tore the back o
his coat and shirt off and scratched hi
neck, face and arms 80 severely that h
lost a good deal of blood before h
reached my house. He also lost his Goa
and his money. That is the story h
told me, and found out that it was tn
truth in every particular. I and m,
son took the dog and two guns, and i'm
mediately went to the place in dug
way where Rathbone said that he ha'
been attacked. We found his coat tor
into strips, and after a good deal y
searching we dug his purse out of tn
mud. The same amount was in it tina
Rathbone said he had, and before mic
night the dog led us to where the bea
was hidden under big hemlock log.
was a large female bear, and we had
shoot four bullets into her before w
killed her. I gave her skin to Ratl
y
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-26
CHAPTER XVI.
ROSE STUART AND HER MOTHE

hOSE SIUAhE AND HEX MOTHEHs
Rose seemed far more vexed than
Helen at the loss of Warren's address.
Clarence still fumbled in his pockets,
and growled savagely as only great
awkward boy can.
Brother Warren gave it to me be-
fore he Left" said Clarence, thrusting
his thumb first in his vest-pocket then
the other, while his face was contorted
as only puzzled face can be. Il had
on these very clothes when he gave it
to me. was to give it to you, Helen,
and you were to write to him; but /
forgot it. He's written to you, know
said he would" All the time Clar-
ence was speaking in these short jerky
phrases, he was rumaging his pockets,
"but somebody's been getting your let
tiers, knowe'd you'd never get one O.
them, and told him So"
Clarence had to give it up; the adj
dress could not be found, but he would
take the letter home with him and try
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-26
HELEN LAKEMAN:
The Story OF a Young Girls Strug-
gle With Adversely.

"Get ready ii you are goin', mother
or no mother" cried Clarence, in
whose heart the spirit of rebellion WAS
powerful.
The resolution of Rose became as
strong us her brothers, though out of
a sense of duty she notified her mother.
"Do go, Rose" Mrs. Stuart said,
much to the girls establishment; "tell
Helen believe her guiltless, and
want her to forgive me-"
Fifteen minutes later Clarence and
his sister were in the farmers open
buggy rafting down the hill toward
Newton.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-26

Jail. and to her surprise, Helen saw
Clarence and Rosa Sturat jump out.
Rosa, tears streaming down her cheeks,
burst into the room where Helen was,
and clasped her in her arms.
"Oh, Helen, Helen, my dear sister
for you should be my sister-how you
have suffered"
Darling Rosa, the Lord has been
very good to me. He has always given
me strength beyond my trials"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-26
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