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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

WHAT In the world is drcan-soup:
Miss Willard uses the term i'm one OF
her flights OF rhetoric. Is it an anti
dotc for dclirium tremens. or chaos
of mock-turtle and mulligatawny,
with noodles thrown in. Frances,
what are you giving us?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

KENTUCKY is a peculiar State. She
has just adopted constitution pro-
vidIng for voting 10y ballot after a
century of viva yoce voting. Now
the constitutional convention has
reasscmblcd, and is "revising' the
constitution that was adopted by the
people. 1t exhausted nearly an en-
tire days session discussing whether
a comma or a scmicolon should be
used in the exemption section of the
taxation article.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

CONCERNING the recent marriage
of an American poctcss to an Amcri-
can Indian, the Detroit Free Press
remarks that time alone will deter
mine whether she did wisely in lis
tening to his SiouXt-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

TAEE good care of that little thing
inside of you that makes everything
go wrong on the outside. We don't
know if it is in your head or heart,
but when it is wrong you become
blue, cross, wretched, disagreeable,
and join the llickers. Some people
call it ill-tempcr. But whatever it
is, il You want your friends to remain
friends, and your business to prosper,
watch it as closely as you watch
matches and gun-powder.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

A CINCINNATI girl lately started
to clope, and, after getting fairly out
of the house, finding she had for
gotten her toothbrush, went back
after it, and her plan was discovered
and frustrated. This is a fact, not,
as might be suspected, the beginning
Of a tooth powder advertisement.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

WHY does a hostess always wait
until her guests begin to talk of go
ing home before she brings out the
refreshments? That keeps them an
hour or two later, though it was
probably high time they We're going
when they first spoke Of il.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

ALL the young and beautiful heir
esses of Philadelphia, with the
amounts they will get when their
parents arc dead, are being published
in one Of the daily papers. This
shows that Philadelphia is not alto
gether the dead town it has been rep
resented
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

A TENNESSEE farmer undertook to
rid his premises OF ileas by pouring a
gallon OF kerosene down through Il
crack in his kitchen floor. Shortly
aftcrward he lit his pipe and dropped
the match through the same crack and
the 1lcas all disappeared. No insur-
ancp
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

WAR between England and Russia
would be hailed with JOY by Ameri-
cans, because, if for no other reason,
it would compel Gen. Wolseley to quit
disparaging other soldiers and show
what he can do himself
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

WITH the admission of the Ameri-
can hog to Germany the question, re-
Gently puZzling German courts, as to
whether horse meat may lcgitimatcly
be used in the construction of Frank
furCer sausage will become dead
iCSlla
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

A NEW street in Boston has been
named after the Marquis of Queens
berry. This is a most gratifying COM
pimcnt TO the man whose disciple
Boston's foremost citizen, John l..
Sullivan, is
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

We have noticed in a crowd Of
worlSmen that it is the little slim
men who do the most work, and the
large, strengthening ones who man
age to give the appearance that they
are working hard, who really accom-
plish nothing. A thin man will do a
thing while fat one is thinking
about it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

w. ID. HoWELLs congratulates
Rudyard Kipling upon being less
-cockahoop" than Of yorc The rich
and refulgent addition to the literary
vocabulary is no doubt due to Mr..
Howells' impending removal to New
York and consequent desire to speak
the language of the 400.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

All that "the Arizona deserts" need
to produce anything is water. When
"thc rain man" draws water from the
clouds at will, then Arizona will be-
come great garden.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

DON'T sitdown if you have had bad
luck, and howl that every one in the
world is down on you. The people
whom you call your enemies are prob
ably too much interested in their own
troubles and worries to think much
of you. If you have trouble, you are
responsible for ii yourself. Men as q
rule waste too much time in blaming
their misfortuncs on others, and not
enough i'm blaming themselves.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

SOME women can't pass a millinery
store without looking in. Some men
can't pass saloon without going it.
How things even up!
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

TIE man who is always waiting
for something to turn up" is likely to
have his expectations realized, at
least when his toes turn up to the
daisies,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

THERE are twenty-thrcc provinces
famine. Altogether, Russia is not
among tho most attractive resorts at
nrCScnt.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

Tie tax of 80 which Wyoming puts
GU the head of each Of her bachelors
doesn't wear away the hair like mat
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

THE prospective wedding of Il
father and son in New York society
to two sisters gives promise Of a re-
lationship tanglc which will compete
for time very disastrously with the
puzzle columns. The fact that the
son gets the elder of the two girls
and the father the youngest, does not
complicate the matter, but it does
to it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

A CLUSTER of dates weighing
eighteen pounds and comprising 1000
dates is on exhibition at Phoenix, A.
r., near which place they were grown.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

A GOOD many self-made men evil
IDENTIFY got tired before the job was
finished.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

AN earthquake might shake ST.
Paul and Minneapolis closer together
but nothing short of that.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-23

rilnony.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-13
Help The Living First.

Upon reading the account Of the I'M
yelling OF monument to the confeder-
ate dead at jackson, Miss, at an ex-
pense of 5000, the following dispatch
was sent to the mayor of Jackson by the
chairman OF the confederate relief COM
mittee OF Quincy, Ills, which committee
is composed Of union and confederate
soldiers:
Illinois has no monument to the fed
eral dead. Illinois has home for the
disabled defenders of the Union resi-
dents in the state. regardless OF
whence they came. A few weeks ago an
appeal was made to the citizens
OF Quincy for aid in caring for
disabled cOnfederates in Fayette county.
Mo. Four hundred and fifty dollars.
the cost of q cottage and its equipment
were promptly raised and RENTED to
Capt. Barlow, the secretary OF the Mis-
souri, Confederate association, at st.
Louis. We are now building up fund
for the erection of a hospital at that
Confederate home. If you all will
cease building monuments to the dead,
who, If they were right in what they
did, need nothing of the sort, and win
90 to work and establish a home for the
disabled and needy Confederate soldiers
in Mississippi, you may draw upon our
committee for the amount contributed
to the Missouri Confederate home"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-13
he cabin bevoud the thiclretp',

the cabin beyond the thicketYp
asked, still holding the little corpse.
HE was 30 happy!" she said as she
patted the little bare head with moth
erly hand. Sand ] was so happy, too!
He won't never laugh and crow again,
will he? I've got to find that beautiful
place and bury him, haven't L? And
you'll hel p me; yes, know you will,
for you don't swear and curse at me-"
She had lost her mind. Think OF it
an insane mother wandering over q
bloody battlefield with her dead child
in her arms! She had but one idea-to
bury 1t in dell which she had once
visited and remarked its beauty-a dell
in which federal or confederate were
doubtless then burying their own dead.
knew not what to do. / could not
leave my post and did not want her to
go wandering further. I was trying to
soothe and quiet the woman when she
suddenly cried out:
"Ah! 1t Is not so dark now and !
can find the place. I'll go on ahead and
dig the grave and do you follow on with
baby. Poor baby! He won't know that
he Is buried, will he? / can find the
place and you"-
''Come back! Come backm I called
to her as she fled away in the darkness,
but she was two hundred feet away as
she answered me:
"Ill find the place! Poor, poor
babv!"
And when the relief came told the
story and pointed to the bundle resting
on the ground beside me.
God pity herm whispered the SER
geant as he lifted his cap.
God pity herm echoed all the Others,
as they stood uncovered around the
poor little corpse.
Time meant human lives that night.
Grant was moving by the flank, Lee
wss moving by the flank to match him.
The morrow was to witness more slaugh-
ter-make thousands of other widows
and orphans.
dig here!" said the sergeant, and
with our bayonets we scooped out a
shallow grave in scarcely more than a
minutes time.
Carefully, now! Poor little thing!
Now fill in! That will do. God knows
where it lies. Fall in-forward
march"
And yet men write OF the glory OF
war.-New York World.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-13
Dun,s weelIly review Of Trade.

Dun's Weekly Review OF Trade.
NEW YORK, June 8.-R G. Dun q
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
=, While the hesitation in business has
not ceased and decided activity hard
ly expected now until after the close d
the fiscal year, 1t continues to be mat
ter Of surprise and congratulation that
the money markets and trade have been
so well sustained in spite OF the heavy
export OF gold.
New York market has been rather
easy on call, dropping from 81 too 30
with heavy receipts from the interior.
Reports from other cities show thaA
money is tighter. At st. Louis tiget;
at Nashville firm; at New Orleans ana
Pittsburg in hardly adequate supply;
at Cleveland not stringent but affected
by the distrust on account OF the city
finances: at Philadelphia it is firm; as
Boston in good demand; in Chicago ard
Milwaukee supply for all Legitimate
needs, and easy at all other points.
Trade is not very active, but almost
ONOAJ WhCCO hOpClul' 1uO ld1luCOo -
Boston made shoe manufacturers cau-
tious. Hides are easy, dry goods quiet
wool sales moderate.
Exposures Of official and banking
misconduct at Philadelphia tend to
make business inactive.
Throughout the east and south, fine
crop prospects give Encouragement,
almost the only complaint now coming
from New Orleans from the drouth In
adjoining regions.
In the northwest continuous rains
have made prospects unsurpassed.
In the west trade is fair but dull at
some points on account Of wet
weather.
In the great industries there Is bet
ter demand for iron without change in
prices.
Especial caution appears in the boot
and shoe trade and the abuses OF credit
is being corrected.
In the dry goods business in light
weights, trade is not what was ex-
pected, but orders for dress goods are
far In excess Of the previous season.
Sales of some cotton goods are recorded
at the lowest prices ever made.
Wool moves slowly, but the yield in
the west gives a better prospect.
In breadstuffs the decline continues
and wheat is p lower; corn 2, oats IL,
cotton 3-16.
Pork products are lower and coffee
about !, while tin. copper and lead are
stronger.
In general the approach Of hrrvest,
which is expected to be most bountiful,
has natural effect on prices, and the
trade Is but little embarrassed by spec
ulative movements.
Business failures last week were 224,
compared with 254 week before and 205
same last year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-13
Chilian News.

WASHINGTON, June 4.-South Amer
lean mails received by the bureau OF
American republics are full OF interest
ing details OF the Gillian war. The
Gillian congress convened by Balmace-
da placed absolute power in his hands.
1t has authorized him pending pacifi-
cation OF the country" to arrest and
transport all persons at will, to aug
ment land and sea forces, 10 expend
public revenues without regard to es-
Inmates, procure money by pledging
credit, and to suspend the right Of
meeting and liberty OF the press.
In pursuance OF these powers Balma-
ceda has released four prominent citi.
zens, suspected OF sympathy with the
revolutionists, from prison, on payment
OF $3.50, 600 each, conditioned on their
exile in Europe. Ten or twelve others
have been released on similar terms,
their bonds ranging from $1,000 to $780,.
600.
The United States minister, Hon.
Patrick Egan, and all members OF
the diplomatic corps, attended the
opening of Balmaceda's congress ex-
cept the German and Italian ministers.
The British, French, German and Ital-
ian governments have protested against
closing to commerce the ports now held
by the insurgents. Famine prices were
said to be prevailing at Iquique. Meat
was selling at 20 cents per pound, pota-
toes $40 per bag, and Hour $50 per bag.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-13
living nfRtnrrnfion.

LONDON, June 4-The TelegTaph's
st. Petersburg correspondent gives q
pitiable account Of restitution prevail
ing in the districts Of Kazan, Simbirsk,
Samara, Nizhni-Novgorod and Penza
The correspondent says that hundreds
of persons have died Of hunger in the
mast five weeks. Tax collectors are
seizing goods by the wholesale. The
peasants Of the Simbirsk and Samara
districts have revolted and attacked the
corn magazines.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-13

American gold is merely fashionable.
It Is taking q summer trip abroad and It
win return with interest by next winter.
In the meantime silver Is ready and
willing to supply its place, and win do
it well.--Kansas City Times.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-06-13
TALMAGV'S SERMON.

A DISCOURSE ON THE BURDENS OF
LIFE ENFORCING THE TEXT, "cAsT
THY BURDENS UPON THE LORD AND
HE SHALL SUSTAIN THEE"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-12-10

Good Recommendations.

The Postmaster General recommends
this year the adoption Of the telephone a.
well AS the telegraph TO the postal sys
tenn, showing that ii is not only the con
stitutional privilege, but the duty of Con
gre>s to utilize all the means of moderl
science for quickening the transmission Of
Intelligence. lie says upon these two
points;
One-cent letter poslale, Scent tele
phobe M ssagcs, and l0.cent telegraph
messages, are all mar possibilities undcl
an enlightened and compact post Il system
using the newest Geographic inventions
The advantage of tying the rural pot
office by telephone wire requiring NJ
operator to the railroad station must be
obvious The benefits arising from tele
phonic connections with the posjollie
will easily suggest themselves in hun
dred ways to those who want the entire
people to share in common privileges.
The rural population would he tn,
greatest gamer. A telephone message
from the post Office to the railroad station
miles away TO ascertain if expected freight
Ind come would save the farmer many
needless wagon trip over had roads; news
of approaching froSts could be promptly
spread over the country districts and
fruit growing regions, and many a valu
able CrOD saved y
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-12-10
STArE.

The Grand jury mt Augusta on Saturday
Ia It reported IL indictments 80 of them FOL
violation of liquor laws.
A special from Washington giving al
interv ew with Cha'rmsn Clark son of tn
Republican n alto n Committee. in whici
he say; The denomination of Harrison
is inevitable. | do not care to explain
why think this, but such is the fact -
Miss Kate Furbush. the distinguished
botanist native of Brunswick, has spen
profitable summer in discovering thirty
five new Maine wild flowers to add to hel
valuable collection of more than one thou
sand varieties of Maine plants. Miss Fur
bush is in correspondence with botanist'
of the old world and the new who sh ~
deep inter. st in her work; the late Prof
Gray of Harvard college being one wht
WAS valued aid and inspiration to her Ii
the Sc years of her uutiring effor's.
The annual meeting of the Maine Wo
mans Suffrage Association WAS held II
Portland, Thursday Rev. DR.. Blanchard
made the opening address and spoke hope
fully Of the progress of the campaign fol
woman suffrage. Mrs. II. j. Bailey OF
Wihthr WAS elect, d president of the
association; Mrs. Ethel H. Osgood of Port
land. corresponding secretary. The vice
presidents sre Rev. DR.. Blanchard, Mrs
G. Hunt, Mrs S. E Spring, Hon T
b. Reed, Gen. Francis Fessendeu, DIR. F
H. Gerrish, Portland; ex Governor Fred
.rick Robe. Gorham; ex-Gov. Nelson
DingIey. jr Lewiston; Mrs. A +. Gree
ley, Ellsworth; Mrs. 4. A Quimby, Au
gu .,a; Mrs L. l.. O'Brion, Cornish; Mrs
L W. Weston. skowhegsn; Mrs. L J
Spauldipg, Caribou.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-12-10
A DETECTIVES STORY.
How the Finding of Visiting Card Led
to AN Important Arrest


to an Important Arrest.
Two men sat in n secluded corner of
the Ebbitt House lobby and enjoyed
Quiet chat over their after dinner cigars.
That was not remarkable fact, but one
of the men is one of the best known
members in his profession, and if he
were inclined 10 tel a history of his in
tercsting experience it would fill vol
umes. The smooth shaNen gentleman
with the quiet d"ineauor is one of the
iecnest Of criminal catchers, G. NJ.
Fletcher, of Chicago. Mr.. Fletcher re
| lated what he calls the strnngest and
luckiest piece of trailing in his life, and
the end Of the trail was in Washington,
"although," says Mr.. Fletcher, lit was
only luck ON my part that it did.
Fifteen years ago Il wealthy Old farmer
named Wilson WAS found murdered just
outside his house, near Evanston. Ill.
The old man had that day concluded the
sale of piece of property, and was re-
turning with nearly 81 900 in his pocket,
as it was growing dark, the cash having
been paid over after banking hours in
Evanston, and Wilson incautously al
lowed the remark to drop that he wished
he had not made the sale until next
day.
He did not like the idea of carrying so
much wealth 10 his home five miles dis
taut These facts, besides the murder
itself. and the knowledge that IA notOri-
ous gambler NAMED Edmouison had
~, ,,l,,..r1 +I, .,,....I ,,-lr. .,1l thu pI,,a
offered the detectives, who We're set to
work ON the case with reward of 81, 900,
held out as an indncelnent for running
down the murderer OF murderers.
Months passed, but no further trace of
the gambler who WAS suspected could be
fonud anywhere.
During the carly spriugof lS1l Fletcher
was sent east on mission by the agency
of which he is member. and in the
course of his trip concluded to spend 4
day or twoin Washington before return.
ing to the Lake City. While passing up
Pennsylvania avenue, near Sixth street,
with a friend. his attention was attracted
to a small visiting card, which, after the
manner of his profession, he picked up
and examined.
81 wasn't thinking Of business Just
then" said Mr.. Fletcher. "but | suppose
instinct led NE to do rs did. and what
do Won suppose that pastcboarl con-
tanned? The autograph Of the very man
I had been looking for for months. Of
course the signature was not familiar to
me, but the first thought to suggest il
self was, How did the card get there
and could answer it only one WAY
Edmondson had dropped it-but how did
he hannpn to retain the same name if he
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-12-10
The Maine Central,

The annual reports of the Maine Cent
raj Railroad show the directors report
for the year ending September 30, 1891.
The gross earnings for II months were
"a 1924, 905 G7; expenses for II months
were 81 1862 S93 "a; town, city and State
taxes, S97 4sl ~; total, - 9i2 ,377,96;
net earnings from business, 81 49,, 527 Il :;
interest accrued during the year, S92S-
1S9, i6 less rents received, s@ GA ~ !;
total. S7S9,115 IA. Rental paid European
4 North American hallway, Sl25 50O,O %;
rental raid Belfast ~ Moosehead Lake
Railroad Co., S3G 900 co; rental paid Dex-
ter & Newport Railroad Co SIS 000.o0;
ental p,id Eastern Maine Railway, 50
800 90; rental paid Portland Ogdensbnrg
Railway, S4S oS6S0; rentsl peld Dexter
& Piscataqus Ralr ad, SIP, $50 90; rental
paid Hereford Railway, S64 500 90; rental
pad Upper Coos Railroad, ) i5 116 q TO
tai. 81, l49, pos. -.
Earnngs after deducting interest and
rent-l-, S233 3l9,52; dividends ptid Feb
rusry 10 per cent, Sl07 ,o0S.00; dividends
paid August 10 3 per cent. SlO1 so 90 ,
surplus for the year, Sl7,G9l 81.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-12-10

The following receipt for making S
live town is just as applicable to Skowhe
gan as to any other part of the country
Crit, push. snap, vim, energy, churc hes
schools, academies, morality, enterprise
harmony, cordially, cheap property, ad
vertisiug, healthy location, talk about it,
help to improve it, patronize its mer
chants, faith exhibited by good works
honest competition in business help al
public enterprises, elect good men tt
flee, speak well of its public spirited
citizens, and be one OF them yourself
RENE nber that every dollar invested In
permanent local Improvements is thai
much on interest. Always cheer on The
men that go in for Improvements. By
following this receipt you are sure tt
have live town"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-12-10
Russell Sage Attacked

An insane crank entered the Office OF
the millionaire banker, Russell Sage il
New York, Friday last and demanded al
audience with him informed him that he
must have 5 200.0 and said If he die
net give it to him forthwith that ht
would blow up the establishment. Sage
ordered him to leave the office whereai
he took bomb from leather grip hi
carried aud threw it toward. Sage The
bomb exploded with fearful effect injuT.
ing Sage and his bruther-in-law Gen
Slocum who was in the Cllice at the time
killed the cashier and the bomb throweI
himself aud terribly shattered the Office,
blowing out the front and demoralizing
everything in 1t.
The besd of the man who threw the
bomb was blown completely of. Mr..
Sage identified the man by the head al.
though his name is not yet known beyond
question.
Mr.. Sage has recovered from his injur-
les and so has Gen. Slocum but II was an
exceedingly close call for them.