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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

THE Je,celers' Weehly notes that The
war on watch clubs is rapidly spread
ing to every part of the country. Ii
says the lottery laws of the Unite
States have little bearing OIL the sub
ject except as they deprive The promot-
ers of the benefits they might other
wise derive from newspaper advertis-
ing. The prosecution thu, far conduct
ed have been based on the statutes OF
the States wherein they have occurred.
Missouri. Ohio and one or two other
States have already condemned it, ant!
New York, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey courts will soon he called on to
decide the question, the public prose-
cutors in each case saying that these
clubs are clearly within the ,royi sions
of the penal statutes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02
Fashions in Iseets,ea,,..

1t appears that there are fashions
even in beefsteahs, and that the present
ones are disadvantage to the pockets
and health Of people of moderate
means. Good Housekeeping quotes a
Chicago butcher as follows:
I'm thin, slight cattle the butchers
take out the tenderloin in one piece.
The bone is extracted from what should
be the surloin, and there remains what
are known as "boneless butts" The
meat is stripped and makes so.cnlIed
slrloins. Naturally this meat is any,
thing but prime meat, aud brings an
apparent low price. The cheap restau-
rants are the purchasers OF this meat
and through these restaurants the idea
has spread that only these Cuts are
good. Now prime cut OF porterhouse
from the finest cattle nave to ask from
rs to % cents for. The retail small
butcher sells the same cut, but from
this wretched kind Of cattle, for from
16 to 10 cents.
every bit Of meat in the prime car
cass from which l cut my porterhouse
and sirloin cuts is better than the very
best cuts from inferior grades of cattle.
People either don't know or won't be.
lieve this, but it is so. can sell shout
der or chuck steaks. for example, from
primest, choicest beef at 8 cents a
pound. 1t is as good and sweet aud
juicy as the sirloin, but, no, people
won't have it, and I have often to abso-
lutely throw it away. 1t stands to rea-
son that shoulder piece OF beef or NUT
ton, from prime beef or mutton, is Of
course far better than these so-called
tenderloins from poor, lean cattle. The
top steak off round is equally cheap"
Another butcher says that i'll England
they never cut steaks from the loiu. the
steaks known here as sir!oin and tea
derloih. The loin is roasting piece
and the steaks are cut further back
what are known as rump steaks. These
and chuck steaks are the true steaks.
A good chuck steak from urine car
cass is twice as healthy, twice as good
eating, and twice as cheap Us the pre-.
tentious tenderloin of poor, lean beeves,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02
Millions Cor Somebody.

Speaking roughly there is at the
present time over s5,G0O,O0O in hard
cash in the hands of the various Stale
Treasures in this country awaiting tie
claim of legal heirs. The large amount
has been deposited with the Treasures
from time to time by public admins
traitors. OF this s5,1Oo,0O the New
d dork State Treasurer has about $751;
600, and, although he pays out now and
then certified claims from the admins
trative funds, it keeps steadily increas-
ing in o ratio with the population of the
State.
One case is sufficient to show the
difficulty experienced in locating the
heirs Of those dying intestate.
Thomas Wilson sold newspapers in
Brooklyn's Twentieth Ward Tor gen-
GRAFTON. He had no friends, no CON
adeuts. no associations. aud be lodged
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02
The Supreme Court of Pennsvlva,

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has rendered an opinion Oh an interest.
ing question never before raised in that
State. A brother and sister who had
lived together many years and were
advanced in age. joined in making q
will. Each had separate property, and
the will provided that it should go to
the survivor during his or her life, and
afterwards to be disposed of in speci-
fed way. The brother died first and
his property went to his sister. Before
her death she made new will and the
question was raised whether she could
revoke the double will. The court said
she could, Here is its reasoning: The
will SO made must be regarded there
fore as the separate will Of each tesla
tor as fully as though the will of each
had been separately drawn up and
signed. There was no joint property
or joint devise. It is not, therefore, a
joint will. It is not contract between
the makers in form or effect. No con-
sideration passed from one to the
other, and none is suggested accept the
affectionate interest which this aged
brother and sister felt for each other.
This moved them to provide for each
others comfort by life estate in the
survivor, but beyond that each gave
to the remainder what the other
owned. Such will is properly exc.
cuted as double will. 1t must be con-
strued and treated as the separate will
of each testator who signs it, in the
same manner as though separate copy
had been executed by each. Whether
joint will disposing of o joint estate
may be revoked by either party is a
question On which the courts have not
agreed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02
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Private Aliens Only Lie.

At one of the recent seances in the
cloak room Private" John Allen of Mis-
sissippi had the floor.
"You know I never told but one lie
in my lfe," said the Mississippiar.
THAT cured me- It was back in 1862,
day or two after the second battle of
Manassas. was small, bare-footed
soldier boy about Is years old, marching
with Lees army toward Maryland. My
feet became SO sore from marching over
the rocks that had to fall out of line
and became separated from my COM
maud, and, consequently, from all COM
missary stores on which could draw.
The country had been so often
raided by both armies that it was diff
ticult to get anything to eat. 1 was
very hungry and thought / should
starve when l suddenly spied house
away from the road which seemed to
have been missed by the soldiers. The
family were just sitting down to good
dinner, and at my sp .cial request they
invited mo in. / do not remember
ever to have enjoyed dinner so much,
and not knowing wien [ would get any,
thing more, 1 tried myself and ate a
very big dinner. In fact, I took on
about three days rations.
Il lett this house. and had gone
about half mile when cav some nice
looking ladies going towards hospital
with covered basket. Twas sure they
had something for the sick soldiers,
and, while l did not feel that 1 could
eat anything more then, thought 1
had better make some provision for the
future, and that 1 might get something
to take along in my haversack. was
small for my age, and rather hard
looking specimen. You would never
have supposed woald have developed
into the specimen of manly beauty you
now see before you. 1 approached
these kind-hearted ladies. and putting
on my hungriest and most pitiful look,
said:
Ladies can you feline where poor
soldier boy, who has not had mouth
ful to eat for three days, can get some.
thing to keep him from starviug?'
You should have seen the look of
sympathy on their faces as they said.
We must not let this poor boy starve,'
and opening their baskets, in which
they had two pitchers of Cruel, they
began to feed ME On cruel out of q
spoon. Now, when I was child they
used to feed me on cruel when 1 was
sick, and disike,i it above all things
eatab!e, but, having told the story
about my hunger, I had to eat it, Wolf,
l never was so punished for story a,
was by having to eat that Cruel on nv
dinner. Butt have often thought that
MAYBE it was fortunate thing for me.
1t broke me from telling stories. have
never tod ono since. "-Ipashi,4gton
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

of cutting a canal through the Isthmus
of Gabes and turning the Sahara nes-
ert into sea has been abandoned be-
cause rock was found where the diggers
expected to find sand NJ. DE Lcsseps
had looked the plan over and pronunced
it feasible. Recently one Of the dredge !
purchased by the Nicaragua Canal
Company from tho Panama Canal
Company sunk in the Gulf while on the
way tn its new owners. Its name was
the Ferdinand De Lesseps. The ambi-
tious Frenchman is getting down near
the under side of things, it would
seem
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

According to ho Natu lMerca,7'y
there Is traffic il. bridal parties to ant!
ITO across the romantic Orange River,
ana many boatmen are reap1ng riches.
a man in the colony on one side of the
Orange may not marry his deceased
WI e's sister. Ee may in the Orange
Free State. In the Free State man
may not marry his cousin. He may in
the colony. Hence, in the former case.
al the men have to do il to cross the
Orange Rive:, where they can get mar
!iea. In the latter case the cousins
just cross the Orange E;ver into the
ciony, where they can maj >thersslyes
happy or mise :ablc for lie
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02
A Straight Verdict.

A coroner's jury returned verdict to
the effect that certain prominent man
had died of alcoholism.
Your verdict is absurd" some one
said to the coroner.
"Why 500"
Because he was never known to
drink"
"That's fact"
He never went into saloon.s
You are right"
"Then why do you say he died from
the effects of alcoholism, when we all
know that he was shot?"
That's all very true" the coroner
replied, but the man who shot him
was drunk. Don't talk to me, if YOU
please. l understand my business.
Deceased was killed by whisky."-
-17EdRSa1U I'raUeler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02
GluttOns,

Among the accounts of onormous(
eaters there are perhaps none more ex-
traordinary than that related in :Ful.
lers Worthless, concerning Nicholas
Wood, OF Harrison, Kent, Eng. The
account says: He ale ut one meal
whole sheep, and at another time thirty
dozen OF pigeons. At the residence Of
Sir William Sidney lie ate as much q
would have sufticed for thirty men \
At Lord Watten's, in Kent, he dsl
voured eighty-tour rabbits at one sit
ting, which. at the rate of half q rabbit
for each man, would have served 1853
men. At breakfast he ate eighteen
yards of black pudding and during the
day ate whole hog. When accommo.
dated with fruit he ate three pecks OF
damsons.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

in the attic OF miserable teneme.;
house. One day IN the spring, lat
year, his legs refused to carry him along
his route and he went for succor and
shelter to the. Brooklyn hospital. Here
be was warned that lie had but short
time to live and was told to communl.
cate with his friends, il he had any.
Old Tom shook his head negatively and
died that night, without making a sign.
Five bank books were found under his
pillow, showing three or four thousand
dollars to his credit i'll different institu-
tions. The ad 1inistor could learn
nothing about him in the banks, where
he had told different stories about him
self. 1t is thought he was OF Swedish
origin and that his rcul name was
Nelson, not Wilson.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02
SANDER,

Alas! how many hearts have been
sndaened, how many young lives filled
; with blooming prospects have been
hlightcd, how much pain, remorse and
agony have been caused by just one lit
word of SANDER, in envy or in malice
spoken.
Some coated tongue, backed by an
impure heart, first whispers the base
accents. Oh, that it could rest here!
But no! An eager ear catches the vile
words and ready lips repeat it. Would
that there wcro fewer eager ears to
listen to SANDER, and fewer ready lips
to repeat it,
There are also persons who will give
credence o any scandal. and from the
various motives of envy, malice and
love of gossip, wilt spread the report.
No matter how heavily it may be barhed
with shame. woe, sorrow and agony
when received, there will be added, by
repetition. u little more diabolism to
tie already diabolical report.
Many young men, who have started
ont to live honest sober. virtuous lives,
have been turned away from the paths
ct light and started on the high road to
ruin by vile scandal. The young man.
in some dark hour, submitting, per-
haps, to his friends, yields to the temp
tations around his path. Ills then that
the scandal does the most effective
work. The young man feeling sorry for
his actions would fain return to the
right path, but scandal denies him the
right. Tho result generally is, the
young man, thinking himself deserted
by nil his former friends, naturally
seeks refuge in the lower ranks where
dissipation and riot rule the hour; he
tries TO drown his remorse and disgrace
in the cup.
SANDER, however false, will cause all
friendship for the one assailed to perish.
There is story told OF beautiful. deli
cate humming.bird that in lily lay
dreaming the bright spring morning
away, that was killed only by the report
of q gun, fired in sport by On idle boy.
Thus it is with slar der; though it be
report, merely sound, itkills friendship.
How much less anguish, sorrow aud sin
there would be in this world if every
one, instead of rolling every piece Of
scandal beneath his or her tongue as q
precious morsel," would let it rest with
the originator,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02
Tribes In the Desert.

Arabs are, as all know, divided into
tribes, which, like the Scotch clans,
take their names from their earliest
head. As there are in North Britain
MacGregors and Macdonalds-tba,i is,
sons OF Gregor or OF Donald-there
are, in the desert, Benz Shammar, the
sons OF Shammar, and many other tribes
similarly called after their first unces-
tor. The aristocratic families of q
tribe, says the author of 1.-The Holy
Land and tho Bibie," marry only ina
very limited circle, to keep their wealth
and INFLUENCE in as few hands as pos.
sible. But the blue-blooded husbands
make up for this by marrying several
wives, leaving tho supreme rank to tho
one OF purest descent. who has tho
honor CT giving out the provisions of
the household and of preparing the
meals for her husband and his guests.
prerogative which was ceded as q
matter of course to Sarah when Abra-
ham entertained the angels, and was
proudly accepted Ivy her.
1t the husband, as is sometimes done.
accepts from childless wife tho gift OF
one OF her female slaves as u wife Of m
ferior rank, in the hopo that the latter
may have child whom her mistress
may adopt, the child, until adopted
and formally declared free, is, like it's
mother, slave, and the property of
the wife, and can be sold or driven out.
as she pleases, the husband, according
to Arab custom, being helpless. Ha:
gar and Ishmael We're in this way the
slaves OF Sarah, and she was within
her right when she demanded the ex-
pulsipn Of both from the encampment.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

The real test of the genuineness of
an inward affection rs it appears in our
consciousness, is the course of action
to which it leads. If it does not lead
one to act rightly. it is not Of much
value. What men practically do is a
very sure index to the character of their
feelings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

The form ofoath binding the Moham-
medan conscience is to make the Koran
rest on the head while the oath is adj
ministered. But if the Koran is skill
fully held just above the head the form
is not valid and the oath not binding.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

A New JERSEY woman named Bless
ing, who was given charity and cared
for in Pittsburg, suddenly disappeared
without even thanking her benefactors.
Blessings brighten as they take their
fight" but the New Jersey Blessing
may not have but one OF that kind.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

Or course nobody is justified in COM
Knitting suicide, especially asst is not at
all likely that he betters matters any.
But if anybody could be excused for
thinking seriously Of the matter it
would be J. L. Cody, of Florida, who
put himself out of the world short
time since. At the coroner's inquest it
was shown that Cody had for some
years been staggering along under a
combined load of Incorporate habits,
domestic troubles and q fear of prose.
cution by the courts.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

The fact that certain red stars have
disappeared from the heavens has re-
Gently been noted by Mr.. Birmingham,
of Tuam, Ireland, who also mentions
that other stars of the same color have
undergone extraordinary changes in
brilliancy. The cause of this varia-
bility in colored stars is unknown. It
is supposed, however, that red stars ore
ordinarily in an ember-like condition,
and are occasionally heated to white
ness in some manner not yet under
stood.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

Ep1soN's Photographic doll has now
got up to 1876 words in speech. The
year-old flesh and blood baby can say
q great many more woodworking
to its fond mother-but the words all
sound alike.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

Mrs. EVA HAMILTON has announced
the intention of going on the stage to
make her living. Shades of Shakes
peare! To what extremity has the
stage at last arrived Dramatic mau-
ayers seem to have their eyes upon
the court calendars, and the pot-boiler
playwrights appear to be ready to pro-
duce plays for everybody who may
achieve prominence in divorce and
criminal trials.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

De LEssEps' stock is so far below
par that it is almost out of sight. His
mama failure is followed by the an
acement that the proposed scheme
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

UNDERGROUND LONDON is far more
wonderful than underground Paris.
Take for example, its 1900 miles of
sewers, its $4,000 miles of telegraph
wires, its $500 miles of water mains, its
5000 miles of gas pipes, all definitely
fixed. Yet not even these compare with
the vast cellarage area beneath the feet
of the pedestrian. In Oxford aud Re-
gent streets alone the capacity is said
to exceed 40 acres.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

To DEVOTE ones self to something
higher than ones self, this is the an
swer of the ages to all who would find
perpetual interests, and live in that
energy which is immortal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

A RUSSIAN who married girlwife
at the age of 81 has just died at the
age of 100, leaving his once girl
wife a widow past her prime. 1t can
not be said that the old man married
in haste to repent at leisure, but there
was leisure enough for the young
woman to repent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02

A SCIENTIST announces that the size
of the head is no indication of the ex-
tent of brain-power. Brain surface is
the measure of intelligence, and the
Surface is great OF small according to
the depth of the convolutions or creases.
A man with small head may have q
brain SO folding upon itself that it will
be of vast extent, while one with big
head by superficial measurement may
have the gray matter that enwraps his
mind Of such shallow convolutions that
the mind will be of narrow scope.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02
Just rs Well.

my DEAR" said Mrs. Gensing adj
dressing her husband at the breakfast
table, Il am going to discharge the
hired girl, for she does not do to please
me-"
well, I hope you won't discharge
her until we get another girl to take her
place."
"Yes, will and you'll see that we
get along just as we'll. Lam going to
do her work myself, see you immedi
ately on very important business"
Mr.. Gensing said nothing, for, to tell
the truth, the economical idea pleased
him, but the next morning he could not
see his wife get up and make fires so
he made them. Then he brought water
and MIXED the COW, in fact discharged
nearly all the duties Of the hired girl.
my Dear" Gensing's wife said "a,
few days later. II told you that we
could get along just as we'll without. a
hired girl. What's the use of wasting
money? Now We are getting along
just as we'll as can be without word
of complaint. You have never given
me credit for what I can do. Say,
George, before you go down town.
wish you would bring in some wood aud
couple of buckets of water, and il, you
are not in too much of hurry you may
wipe the dishes for me. "-1rkansdac
Y,.nrele7. Afali1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-02
Wa, willing to s.o-,,ic. n,,,.,,,

xNt1k4AIx
When the train drew upat Vincent!
Ind, we noticed among the passen9s,
who alighted Q plump, red-cheeksj
German girl, about twenty years old
She looked around expectantly and afts,
few moments sat down on her oal
chest, which was covered with labeL
and began to cry. Something wa
wrong and oil were ready to extern
sympathy. She could not speak wor
of English, but when an interpreter Va
called she explained that she had CON
ON from the old country to marry
young German living in or near Viz
cennes. She could not say that he had
the exact hour of her arrival, but Il.
fact of his not being on hand had filleS
her with doubt and misgivings. Noops
knew her Carl and as the interprete,
happened to be q worldly man hs
promptly informed her that the younp
man had 10 doubt given her the cold
shake. She was weeping and lament,
ing, when an old Hoosier who was bald.
headed and bowbackel and gaunt
stepped forward and said:
AS l understand ii, this gal cum
here to marry afe!ler?"
Yes"
"And he's broke for the woods?"
"Yes."
And she's left high and dry on a
sand-bar?"
"Yhat's about it."
We'll, sunthin' has got to be did.
It's case which goes right to the
heart. Somebody has evidently got 10
sacrifice hisself, and bein' as nobody
else don't seem to wanter offer myself
as victim. I'm old and have beea
married twice and I hain't purity, bu,
COL durn my buttons if I'm goin' to see
good lookin' gal break her heart.
just toll her, will you?"
The interpreter explained matters
aud the girl looked the old man over,
shook her head in vigorous, manner
aud replied:
Tell him I'll drown myself first!''
"She would, eh?" he said, as the in
terpreter gave him the news. "Ol,
we'll, I don't blame her any. I've got
cold feet, touch of the catarrh and
snore like steamboat. while there's
nine young 'uns at home ready to make
it red-hot for the coming stepmother.
was willing to sacrifice, but if it hain'
needed I've nothing more to say. I'll
get peck of meal and go over to the
dog fight" - Louisville Courier.
Journal.