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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24
CHARLES N. FELTON,.
Tho Record of tho New Senator FIR
California.

Charles N. FELTON, was born in Nd
York tifty-eight years ago, and in 1874
at the age OF II. came to California
Following the fashion of the pioneer
he first turned his attention to mimi
He worked placers in Placer, Yub'
and other counties until 1858, al
then, realizing the possibilities of me
camille pursuits, threw down his pi,
and pan and opened IL country store
Downieville. This Sierra town VI
then the scene of marked mining d:
tivity, and young FELTON,, shrew1
pluclzy and pushing, managed to get
full share of the general prosperit
Two years later he found wild
sphere Of mercantile usefulness
Marysville, and until 1857 he was nun
bered among that lively city's leadi1
merchants. By this time Mr.. Feltt
realized that finance was his spelalt
Naturally enough he next blossom,
out as a Nevada City banker. He CO
Quoted successful banking busine
for six years.
In 1863 he had gained sufficient e
perience and accumulated enous
money to venture into the metropo]
of the Pacific
His first political office was that
Tax Collector Of Yuba County. I
was then Democrat, and during t
Know-Nothing fight he was the on
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

successful Democrat on his ticket. Hi
ticket ran behind the Know Nothings
from 200 to 1,5OO, but Felton's popH
larity won him the Office on majorit!
Of five votes.
His second political Office was his ap.
pointment as United States Sub Treas.
urer and Treasurer of the San Francis,
co Mint, which Office he held for years!
In 1880 he was sent by San Mated
County to the Assembly of his State
and two years afterward was returned
The next election he refused to be
again nominated.
Six years ago he was sent to Con,
gress from the Fifth district, and dur.
ing the last four years, although not
officially connected with national
legislation, has been prominent figure
at Washington. Having abundant
leisure and an interest in the State, he
has been Of much help to the Califor.
mia delegation in Congress, and his ad.
vice and influence have been sought
after in Congress nearly as much as
though he were a senator.
Mr.. FELTON, is widower. His estim.
able wife died fourteen years ago, leav.
ing him son and daughter. The
son is now Fl years old and the daugh.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

eff YOU begin right. Tom, you Will
have no trouble. Never let your wife
appear to know as much as you do.
What Won don't know you must assume
to know. Never take back anything
Won saw, no matter how closely you are
cornered."
"Perhaps Mr.. Bowser fell in with
this same man lust before we We're mar
ried, for he certainly has stuck to the
text ever since the wedding day. One
day friend brought us cat to help
make home happy. Mr.. Bowser ad-
mired her very much, and while strok-
ing her back he observed:
"She is indeed fine specimen Of the
feloine race.
You mean feline, my dear" I all
swered.
81 do, ELI? Not if I know myself! 1t
is we'll that you didn't use the word
feline in company"
Mr.. Bowser, there is no such word
as feloine. 1t is feline. You don't
mean puroine, do you?'
"What! DO you mean to tell me that
/ am blockhead? While my word
ought to lie amply sufficient to settle
any matter. ] shall, in this case, back
it up with the dictionary. Go fetch it,
and then see where you stand.
81 told you So" | said, as | found the
word aud pointed to it. ut is feline,
plain as day."
"Then it is misprint," he holly re-
piled. 1--WE known of lots of such
cases. The printer who set that up was
probably tight, OF half asleep"
"Well, ask Mr.. Smith"
"Not much! A lawyer doesn't know
any better than | do"
will you ask Mr.. Carter?"
"No! What know, l know, and tina
settles it!''
That evening our family physician
happened to run in. being in the neigh
borhood, and / asked him. in the pres
encence of Mr.. Bowser
Doctor, did you ever hear OF
feloine?"
"Lands! No." he replied
well, have!' doggedly observes
Mr.. Bowser.
"What is it?"
"a cat"
"Oh-oh-I see. You mean feline"
mo, I don't: mean feloine, and it
feloine, and I'll bet any man on thi
earth million dollars to cent that
is feloine!"
The doctor saw how it was and ha
no more to say. l proved Mr.. Bowse
wrong by Webster, Worcester, and a
other dead and living authorities, bl
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

A boy of five or six years, according
to story in the Chicago Herald, was
made happy by the arrival OF baby
sister. He had been the only child in
the family, and being a good and
obedient boy, had been humored till
he was perhaps in some danger of be-
ing spoiled. Before the little new
sister was many weeks old. however.
Master Fred began to feel that his own
position was sadly altered.
The stranger had supplanted him.
Father, mother and servants were all
the time talking about the baby.
There was no mistake; Fred was no
longer king.
The boy began to be unhappy, and
just then he remembered a placard
which his father had put up at con-
spicuous point on the premises some
months before" Ashes to give away.
Inquire within" Fred had taken great
interest in this notice, and had in
quired infinitely into it's meaning. He
remembered now that very soon after
ward q man called and carted away the
ashes.
He had been to the kindergarten
and could spell and print after a
fashion. So, with such helps and hints
as he was able to get slyly from the
servants, he managed to concoct the
following sign, which his astonished
father one day found posted in slightly
position, as he came home to dinner:
"A Baby to give away.
inquire OF FED"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24
An Unsatisfactory Witness.

The witness had very much the APP
pearance of a man who drank. He was
believed to to have been present in the
saloon at the time the fight occurred and
was supposed to know something about
it. Justice Duffy fixed his glitterlng
eyes on the witness, and requested him
, to tell what he knew. He began:
81 had been histin' in few tonics my
self that afternoon"
| Never mind about that"
Il didn't mind bit. Lemme see-I
| had three scbooners of beer with AL.
please tell me what you know about
this case"
Il can't exactly remember whether it
was New York beer, or Milwaukee beer.
or Canada malt ale.
"We all know that you drink, so you
can go ahead and tell us about the dis
turbance."
AS l was saying, had two or may
be three schooners, and the prisoner
here comes up to me and says -"
II object to this witness telling what
the prisoner said. 1t is not part of
the res gestG, may it please your
Honor" exclaimed the lawyer for the
prisoner, pounding on the table.
After twenty minutes dispute Justice
Duffy decided that the statements of the
accused were relevant and the witness
should be allowed to answer the ques-
ton.
Lazy er-Now please tell the court
what the accused said.
Witness-He said: "Have gin izz
with me-, and says: "No. I never
mikes my lickers," so I took another
schooner Of beer, but whether it was
Milwaukee beer -.
Whew Won't you tell. US
what you know about this fight?
well, after 1 had downed that
schooner of beer, 1 said: Boys, its
my treat, and they all stepped up and
had something"
will you = tell - about - the
G.:gy3,t?'
About the fight?
Yes, about the fight"
l was in another saloon when the
sight came off, l knew the barleeper,
and he says: Come. have .one with
aaop So [ nominated beer, but I amt
sure whether it was Milwaukee beer"
Juallce-1 Ou-can - step = do~u
and-out. -TeT0s STtings.
Last Salute for an American admiral.
AS the funeral cortege wound slowly
on its way toward Arlington recently,
bearing with it the late Admiral OF
the Navy, far-off booming of cannon
was heard down the Potomac, says II
Washington correspondent of the lnal
annapolis Journal. Seventeen times III
solemn succession the sound reveroel.
ated. Then, as silence settled down Oh o.
the waters Of the Potomac, naval OH.
Ger in fnll-dress uniform, standing on
the bridge leading to Arlington, turneu
to companion and remarked:
THAT is in all human probability, tAs
last time we shall ever hear that salu1 ne.
That sequence of seventeen guns Tue ho
honors paid an admiral, will never W
heard until the rank of admiral IS ,t -?
vived, which will never be unless lnr.
country becomes engaged in actua a. S ere.
fare, when necessity may cause the GU
alton of the Office of admiral again. a.
The greater honor rested upon o .,
miral Porter in that only two men e srst
bore the title. Farragut was the 1o n,
admiral in the American Navy foi''
the second and last.
i AN affair of the heart-when II 10
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

A PECULIAR accident happened yes
terday on the local Omaha line, says
the st. Paul Pioneer Press. In going
to the junction, and before reaching
Hersey & Beams mill, the passenger
and smoking cars left the track, owing
to broken rail, ran some distance on
the ties, struck switch, and regained
the rails. The engine and tender had
not left the rails
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

ls7zs latest plan for beating the
nickel ia tfe-slot photograph is fortwo
aaeEs to drop one nickel into the aper-
sare and each hold tube to his ear.
Tasa ma,sic, speech or song ground out
by ahe machine then costs them only
q, neats each.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24
AN ELECTRIC AIRLINE.
DIR. Hachenberg's Telphcrage Boats
Air Ship.

Dr. daCHcHbeTS HV''rIcTtS0 'eatS
Air Ship.
DIR. G. p. Hachenberg has a new
vention which. as a means of trs
and transportation Of the mails
other light packages, beats the airs
and the pneumatic tubes all holl
He asks the privilege of exhibiting
at the Worlds Fair. "Telp herage'
the term applied to this sort of TT,
portation. but glance at the
companying cut will show that
nothing more than riding a bic.
through the clouds on an electric W
Aside from the comfort OF being
overhead out OF the dust and dirt
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

I'lGE new Argentine Pacific Railroad
dlcm Buenos Ayres to the foot Of the
Andes has what is probably the longest
9aoseat in the world This is oil
miles without a curve In this dis
lance there is not single bridge and
M opening larger than an ordinary
culyert, no cut greater than one meter
in depth, and no I'LL Of height ex-
eeeta;Nr one meter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24
MIR. AND MRS. DOWsER.
roweER INSISTS THAT HE'S A
KNOWING cUSS.
;. So,.nbor Is s: Dunlerhead and
Don, Know Enough to lie DIS
c,arcs His wife Is an isn"rah"s'
NNCl. overheard
EY MRS. GoWsER.

ONCE overheard
mi d d | Gagged
man Civ in & a
young man a bit
of advice. The
latter was about
to be married,
and the former
said:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

a NEWARK, N. j., family is bothered
BY mysterious rappings on the walls
xsaa !snzz,Ss11re. Though the members
Cd asas hzoisy do not believe in spooks,
sssey think the rappings are intended as
u warning Of some approaching calam-
MY.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

Tanen IS nothing in the universe
&f,as / fear but that I shall not know
szl n1y llnty, Or shall fail to do it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

"A SYRACUSE, N. Y, man has q snake
I'm Azs stomach, and unless the reptile
gets what it wants to eat and drink it
gnaka s srouble. Port wine is it's favor
lac fiisple, but if it gets too much of
.stse VIA it acts as if it had, delirium
3s-.,,,r,ur
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

AN Illinois man left by will $4,000
30 lasray the expenses of removing a
nes.!aG, sree and placing it by the side
nj In, grave The tree was twelve
miles away. The tree has started on
Ifs jayrney A large amount of earth
is zns.yny el with the roots.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

charge Followed, after which the Mex
leans retired from the field. 1862,
Nashville taken by the Federal troops.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

I'VE resi- man is one who always
Gfnas excuses for others, but never eX-
!snses himself.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

P1cKPocKErs are now TRYING new
dodge in Paris. 1t takes two or three
to work it. One jostles against the
Intended victim and contrives to drop a
lighted cigar i'll his overcoat pocket. A
few minutes later couple OF strangers
hurry up to him, exclaiming: Mon
sie1lr, Your overcoat is on fire." and,
with the utmost politeness, they squeeze
and compress the burning cloth p oft
ing by the opportunity to relieve the
pocket of whatever of value it may
contain.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

ter 25. She is the wife Of William L..
Elkins, Jr., of Philadelphia, clever
and successful young man of excellent
| r
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

TaE Metropolitan Public Gardens
Association OF London, England, has
offered $500 each to twenty of the city
yest.ies, and distric5 boards to be eN-
gen2sd IN planting shade trees in suit
able public thoronghfares in each dis
ariet. on condition that the local au-
tlsorss5es agree to maintain the trees
sheE planted, replacing such as may
die
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

f3loz1-g years ago James Larkin j;
Doag;at an area Of land five miles
s.yu;lc of the Indians in Wisconsin for
AL o2l shot gun and gallon of whisky,
and sha chief who made the sale lit out
AS quick as possible for fear that
l4arkins would change his mind and
want IL, trade back In those old days
4le Yel man had no tricks about him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

CAE <efnOOn d large COncOufSe OF
lzpert afors watched novel contest at
she Boston Athletic Club between a
man and rod Mr.. George AIixter
attempted to bring Swimming Pro-
2as,sna John Robinson out of the tank
=. fc+sp latter, who was fastened to
a fishing line, stoutly re-
t.s pursuasive argument Of q
~ in Mr Mixter's hands.
~ -BoRlC glass for microscopes
& sind OF optical glass, which
epntanas phosphoric acid and boracic
neia, and is designed especially for the
aoast1netion OF object glasses. The
photographic N61rs says it is asserted
that by means q this new glass, lately
produced in Germany, an object pos
sessinEE, no more than the 1-S2Oth part
I'd Il sallimeter can be distinctly recog-
mixed
CHINA supplied 81 per cent. OF the
sIae supply OF the world in 1864, and
lntlia 3 per cent, but in 1883 China
stood at 43 per cent, aud India at 81
per sent In 1921 the tea plant was
discovered growing Wild in Assam, and
nc 1884 The Indian Government caused
experiments to be made by bringing
plants from China and cul,iyatlng
then, and it was not until 1854 that
sea plantations were opened up.
The Mexicans were defeated at
Enema Vista by General Taylor on
:Eeb. %, 1S47. It was at this battle
siant General Taylor, when he saw the
Mexicaa line was avering under the
drst discharge of Bragg's artillery.
sallea sat, "A ittl, more grape, Capt.
Bragg A second and third dis
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

A NV JERSEY man who made fifty
sp.en weather predictions last summer
and hiis one of them, is now out with O
cara al aavice to farmers to got their
BAY Ky as soon as possible, for March
zna, hzing no less than three separate
earthquakes, with deluge of rain af-
ser each." Go ahead, old, boy! you
san's seare our fish away!
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

Ne read that freckles may be OBJ
;ite,atetl by carefully touching pure
va, 3,oEic acid to the spots. This eau
sesi5s,ion or burning produces a
s4:aie " 2sich falls off in about ten days.
ANY nnn wanting to make the expert
xieut lad better try one at time.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

PoTAToEs were not planted in New
England fields until IT'S.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

AN affair of the heart-when ~ -
trump.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

FOLLOWING is a scientific description
of what happens when you light a fire
The phosphorus on a match is raised
by friction to a temperature of $50 de-
grees Fahrenheit, at which it ignites.
1t raises the temperature of the sui
phur, if it be sulphur match, to 500
degrees. when the ulphur begins to
burn. The sulphur raises the heat to
500 degrees, when the wood takes up
the work and produces temperature
of 1000 degrees, at which the coal
ignites.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

Br !on own horse which, by letting
out every link, can make his mile in
2:3D, you had better sell him to a
Butcher for about 5000. There are
nearly 500 trotters i'll the United STATES
who ran do this clip and are at the
sslas me just fast enough to get beat
On NV thn 2 90 class
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

IN he celebrated French trial of the
.r2an z-yraud and his mistress Bonn
parEl sDt murder, the latter claimed to
aaVH l'esn hypnotized by the former and
dhei aiosf, not responsible, but the jury
decided against her She was not SEN
aenee2 To as severe punishment as The
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

In spite OF all life-saving appliances,
there is still death in the mine to
frightful extent. Civilization gets it's
supply of coal and iron at a costly ex-
pense OF human life. A parliamentary
paper which has just been published
shows that during the year 1885 the
total number of fatal accidents was
S66, and the total number of deaths
occasioned thereby 1.214, showing a
decrease compared with the totals for
the preceding year of 81 in the num-
Der of fatal accidents, and an increase
of ZIG in the number OF lives lost On
an average during the year there was
one fatal accident to every 64S per-
sons employed. The average for the
ten years, 1874 to 1888, is one fatal ac-
cident to every 591 persons employed,
and one death by accident to every 548
persons employed. The proportion of
fatal accidents to the number of per-
sons employed is therefore lower than
the average of the last ten years, and
the death rate is also lower, which, of
course, is gratifying, as fer as it goes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24

he has never given in. On another oc-
casion l asked him what sort OF tree
it was neighbor was setting out for
rL,lo o,J H.,
The morning news., 1891-12-19
MEDICAL.
for infants and Children.

"Castoriaiss well adapted to children that
Trecommend itas superior to any prescription
Known to me-" Fl. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
Iii So. Oxford St., Brooklyn. NY.
The morning news., 1891-12-19
MEDICAL.
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Remove the Cause.
EDICAL,.

1t is no doubt the correct thing to treat the
symptoms of disease. but this is not defective
unless the cause of the complaint is removed
The sores and eruptions Of Scrofula may be
healed by mercury and potash treatment, but
unless the cause of these symptoms is cleansed
from the system, they will return or attack
some Of the delicate internal organs. Swift
SPECIFIC strikes at the cause of the trouble, and
forces out the germs OF disease, and the poison
through the pores of the skin, and at the same
time builds up the general health of the SUIT
ferer.
We will mail valuable book to all who will
send for it.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta. Ga.
The morning news., 1891-12-19

dose Of the drug Immediately before his
trouble with the negro, and when be walked
into the house after being struck. he took
another large dose. Soon afUerward he
died. The blow inflicted by the negro did
not break the scalp, but it was thought it
had caused conclusion Of the brain. DAN
is in a Alabama
The morning news., 1891-12-19
Portland Cement.

''vectis" Brand English Portland Cement, a
superior article and suitable for making side.
walks. For sale by
c. NJ. GILBERT & CO., Importers
The morning news., 1891-12-19

M ERCHAhTS, manufacturers, meranMltcx
4E1 corporations and all Others In need a
printing, nthoaraphing, and blank books can
have their orders promptly filed at nacxaeeaa
EEiocG, ~ the morning. NEW6 RREHxsISA
Ep%xA WkaAansr alHsa8
The morning news., 1891-12-19

NEERCHANT5. manufacturers, mercnst N
N corporations. and AL Others II nee' ss 20
printing, lithoRraphing, and blank poonss nss.,sta
have their orders promptly hlled. as m9gSHsTs1SG
prices at the MORNING NEWS khAA 49,
EQEx16 IhAsahzsx sareae.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-10-10

got back Of the scenes in Detroit
family not long ago. and have ever
since been CO., .tatin. !: ~ to whether it il
not better to he self respectful than to
have undue pride This family was
keeping up Appearances 1T tie cost OF
real comfort. 1t Occupies an excellent
social position. whicI il has held for
years. but Tie family ilcu nc IL not such
as To mae it easy tn be both presrntable
and well fed
As "a conseque nee. while dinner is
now aud tn n g!yen to friends the fam.
lily fare is vy scanty. and while thrre
is good cloth.n.s t. wear for si4te occ.t
siuns. this is carefully preserved. and
when no one IL aboar siiabbiness il the
rule II syr.as to me thatIt IL wiser ilud
more disnlhrd far one to accept his cir.
cunlstanees Gs they come 10 him, and nor
attempt to le.l II s;lp.0jJ life Oh II - 600
income. Dt.ruit Eree Press.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-10-10

A prominent physician OF Louisville
claims to have a case which is unique in
the history of medicine. and is that Of Il
child of SIX wears old which has devel-
oped an appetite for her own blood. The
child is that of respectable parents. who
are exceedingly seEsiti tive on the su6l-c,
of the little ones unneard nf character
isties, and their relaria.ice to have the
matter made public nus prevented .
doctor reporting the case for the benr.i,
of the profession He has. however
taken into consultation famous En-;
lish physician. who agrees with him ii
pronouncing the case unparalleled.
The child is an intelligent little girl
Of a gentle disposition and apparently
quite healthy When asked why she
wants to suck her blood she declarts
she is thirsty for it and cannot help do
ing it. Her singular appetite is of only
about six weeks duration, and was first
noticed by her mother finding her one
morning bathed in blood. with wound
torn in her forearm
Surprising rat had bitten her the
doctor was summoned. who, queStionia !,
the child, was Mortified to he3r her
frankly state shr had inflicted the wound
herself. Size has repeated the act some
half dozen times since at irregular in
tervals, and narrowly escaped bleeding IL
death ON une or two occasions. She. has
been severely punished for the act, but
to no avail. Her parents declare that
there is nothing in the family history to
explain the thing. 1t is thought the
caild will outSrow the morbid appetite
-Philadelphia Times.