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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-13
SEMINARY NOTICES

Young Peoples service next Sabbatl,
November 1880 p. M. Subject
"How may we become better christi
an. ITO be led by Miss Il. A. Free.
land. -Four Bible classes at $50 p. NJ.
Preaching at $50 P. M. by ]. X. Free
land subject-Rivers. Prayer service
at 7:4o P. M. Wednesdays.
An evening class in German will be
organized at the Seminary as soon as
sufficient number who wish to enter
it hand in their names. The tuition
will be very noderate-depending up
ON the number who compose the class.
Miss r. A. Freeland has taught Ger
man for seventh years, and has take1,
special courses i'll order to be fully pre-
pared for such work. Those who
would like to enter the class please
hand in their names to Prof Frceland
The following rules for self boarders
have been adopted.
Deening it necessary to have few
rules as basis of a proper understand
ing between ourselves and our friends,
since i'll times past we have found the
absence Of such al, understanding to be
detrimental, we naturally adopt the
following:
l. We wish no callers during our
evening hours from Monday to Friday
evenings inclusive.
2. Our study hours shall be from
200 p. IL. to 900 p. III.
3. Callers and visitors will be re.
ceived from 400 to 600. p. III. during
school days.
S. We think it necessary i'll order to
promote health to have regular hours
for rising, retiring and dining.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-13
Teachers Examination,

The next regular teachers exan,ina
ton will be held at the court house il,
washington Springs, on Saturday
Dec' 4th. All persons desiring certiti
Gates should be present.. Candidates
should be on hand promptly at s Il. M
The superintendent will take pleasure
III admitting to the examination; free
OF charge, any who wish simply to see
how we'll they can do.
G. O. WILLIAMS,
County Superintendent
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-13
Two provinces OF Brazil declare their
independence.
Behring Sea treaty with Great Bri.
tian is to be held.

The Trustees of the State Uniyers
ity at Vermill,on have issued a circu.
lar which bears the names of the
twelve members of the facalty' and
states that the University, opening
Sept. 10th as sdvertised, has been in
satisfactory operation for two months
with faculty aud students in accord
and in earnest. Having many appll-
cants, from those in both American
and European institutions, for the va.
cancies arising last June, the Trustees
were able TO act deliberately in their
selections. They cite the visible re-
suits to Justify the wisdom of their
choice, and claim that the University
never merited a hartier supp ort than
at present. Special mention is made
, OF the fully equipped Music Depart
ment. The circular reflects the senti-
ments expressed by State officials and
educators who have recently visited
the University. The State is 70 be
congratulated upon the early solution
of the chief problems presented by the
dikicultles Of afew months ago. Par
ticulars as to courses, admission, ex-
penses, etc, may lac obtained by writ
ing to president j. w, Mauk, Vermill.
ION, S. ID.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-13

Washington Springs Up. not sent in.
Grow Lake s '' 90 Z"
On motion Civil township organiza-
ton was granted Crow Lake Tp. by
petition Of S. H. Milc',er and others,
and election called for Crow Lake, Sat
urday, Nov. 25th, 1891.
On motion refund of $S3.S2 was al
lowed Vansin Dusek on real property,
n1s sH sec. %, 100, 66.
Following bills were allowed:
w Brodkorb, hauling to court
house. c................ 1.oD
r L Smith, deputy sheriff, etc. 13 40
w B Mcdonald, hauling coal to
court house and Mary Smith. 40
Ed Smith, book case, rejected. ? so
Geo Mills, plaster;ng court house
claimed Sl.OO. ................. 90
Will Burger, hauling and tending.
mason, claimed $500. ......... 90
D A Ellis, county printing and
stationery. 20 80
Manwaring Bros, coal to county
and county poor 40 81
] r Francis, deputy sheriff. 80. 6 80
Pat Mcdonald. .... IS 40
Nugent g. Brown, CO. supplies. Is OC
Geo D Barnard, co. supplies. -. I &C
Ray Barber, county priting. -. % &c
II Eastman, services * mileage 72S
! + S Cogeshall s. 8 6 &C
| M A Schaefer g (" 6 &C
Resolved that all county printing be
let to the lowest responsible bidder
sealed bids to be received at January
meeting 1892.
Adjourned sine die.
r. ]. EASTMAN
O. J. MARsnALL, Chairman
Co, Auditor.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-13
THE SILVER QUESTION.
Facts In regard to it as gleanet
by Woman.

The theory Of blmetalism aims to
keep i'll c REGULATION as currency, both
gold and silver, and to give both equal
power in the discharge OF all debts,
and this theory epends upon the poss-
ibility OF Keeping the ratio between
gold and silver the same The himet-
allie system WAS adopted in the United
States III l792.-Th- ,pli;lr was est;D-
lished as the unit vi measure in this
country April End, 1892 by a resolution
OF Congress. Silver was demonetizet.
by the coinage act OF 1878.
Gold was the only legal currency for
amounts of more than $500 from 1878
to 1878.
The cheaper metal drives out the
dearer" is what is known as the Ores
hams law"-or ii either meta! is over
valued as compared with the other,
then the more valuable 4nH is boarded
or exported, leaving the cheaper cur
rency in circulation, and this fact be-
ing noted by Il former governor OF the
Bank OF England give rise to the law
above mentioned. The trade dollar
was instituted to aid in the trade with
China, and Japan, and the far east.
Free coinage means the privilege
given to the mint to be coined ut the
legal rate. The "Bland silver bilr'
passed in 1878 is not Il free coinage bill
because it gives the privilege OF COM
ing TO the Treasury department and
compels the coinage of not less than
2,OOU,GUO or more than 4oOo,OOoa a llo''til.
no leading commercial NATHAN at pres
ent gives free coinage to silver.
The amount paid to government 1or
the coming OF silver bullion is caliea
seignorage-
The present statutory ratio OF golu 10
silver is | to lG. The present ratio DC
tween gold and silver in the worlds
market is | to %. On this b"sls-the
relation between the statutory ana the
market ratlo-to settle il debt OF l0Ot
in London a New York merchah'
would have co remit about 2l2 more
silver dollars than gold dollars
pound being equa! to s4,S6ss,
The first mint OF the Oh'teo Qua
tes was established In 1865 at Boston
The large class of silver COINS 1ss"e'
hy this mint were called Pine tret
Shillings"
At the present time coinage is exec't
ed at mints at Philadelphia, saufrah
cisco, and New Orleans, The assa'
Offices of the United States are AZ New
York, StLouis, Bois city ldaho) Den
YER, Helua, (Montana) and Charlot'
North Carolina.) Copper IS useo d
allav in silver coinage. There Ar
eight processes necessary in the con
version of silver bullion to coin-S'H
Rolling annealing. drawing, cut'lnl
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-13
adjusting, milling. cleaning and coin.


ing.
Inc mintand assay offices are all plac-
ed under the charge of a director of
the mint. A money basis which will
allow "fall Of SILVER" implies that
gold is the legal currency. The "sil-
yer question means the causes. the
consequences, and the reminders OF
the fall of silver. At intervals for
nearly foar thousand years this prob
Iem has ag,tated governments, and
mere is as much difference of opinions
today as when first agitated. 1t is a
very old problem that is involved in
this silver question,-the question
whether a currency should rest on
gold alone or silver alone or on both
metals: and if on both, then in what
ratio shall they he coined-that Is to
say, how much silver shall be put into
Il coin to be exchangable for a coin
containing a given quantity Of gold.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-13
Commissioners Proceedings.

Washington Springs, S. D., Nov. 9th,
1891, 1870 p. m.-Conlnissioners met us
per Adjournment, to canvass vote of
the county.
Present-East,nan, Scllaefer and
Cogcslall.
Proceeded to count the vote of the
LIST Commissioner District, which re-
suited as follows:
David Mcdowell, 80
Richard Vardervcen, ...............7S
For Congressman the vote stood in
the county as follows:
John L. Jolley .213
Henry w. Smith. 2O7
James w. Woods, Observation-Disclosures 80
Total, .45o
The following bills We're allowed to
Judges and Clerks of election and car
riers:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-13

Fast Mail Line, with Nc.tihmlrd Trains be
tween Chicago Milwaukee. ST. Paul and Min
neapols.
Trans-ContinentaI Route between
Chicago, Council Bluffs, Omaha and the facil,c
Coast
Great National Route between Chicat
go, Kansas City and ST. .J0stph Mo.
500 Miles ofRoad reaching all pri
cipal points in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Iowa, Missouri and Dakota.
For maps, time tables, rates of passage an
frcigMt, etc, apply to the nearest station ager.
stisss4,e Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. I at
, 'siailvay, or to any Railroad Agentanywl!e,t
| in the World.
&. Miller, A WI. Carpenter,
General Manager. Gen'l Pass and Tkt. Ae
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
EY5-For information in reference to lands and
GOWNS owned Dy tie CHICAGO, MlLWAUKEE& n
PAUL Railw US Company, write to H.G
HAUGAN Land Commissioner. Milwaukee. Wis
cOnsin
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-13
SUBSCRIBE FOR TIE HERALD
Chase & Slatsr Law and Claims Co.

Chase 4 SIat9r Law and Claims Co.
1881 y STREET.
WASHlNGMON. DC.
Practice IN the Supreme Court OF the
United States. The Court of Claims,
all the Executive Departments and be-
fore Congress.
Claims for Indian Depredations col
lected.
rH- Pension Cases Prosecuted.
70 Patents Promptly Secured
.zE Careful Attention Given
TO all classes OF Land Cases.
Liberal Arrangements Made With Local AT
torncys or for EranSfcr of Cases
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Growing Old.

When persons reach three score years
and five they may feel and admit that
their mortal powers, physical and intel
lectual, are beginning to decay; but
when their age extends considerably be-
yond this figure they are often slow to
allow that their bodily and mental
strength is in the least abated. What is
apparent to all others is denied by them
selves When the Rev. DR.. Perkins, of
West Hartford, was in the neighborhood
OF 90 he wanted colleague; but when
he was 70 he could dispense with one,
being, in his own judgment, fully COM
petent to do all the pastoral work HIM
self. And it is said of Robert Treat
Paine, who was on the bench of the SUI
preme court in Massachusetts, that when
he got to be aged, and the bar desired to
have him withdraw from the bench, they
appointed Harrison Gray Otis to 60 and
see him. Mr.. Otis suggested to tho
judge that it must be very great incon.
venience for him to leave his home SO
often and for so long.
YES, said he, ut is always right to
sacrifice personal preference for the good
of the country"
But, said Mr.. Otis, Judge, you arc
not in good health; you are infirm. Arc
you not afraid that this excessive work
will kill your"
"Yes, said the judge; "but man can
not die in better cause than admins
tering justice.
But, Judge Paine, do you see as well
as you used to?"
"Oh, yes; l can see in my glasses per-
fectly."
DO you hear as well as you used to?
for it was notorious that he could not
hear anything, unless it was bawled in
his ear.
"Oh, yes; hear perfectly, but they
don't speak as loud as they did before
the Revolution.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-17
Expell the Intruder.

That disease is propagated by the
innumetal microbes, germs, etc, which
fill the air we breath and the water
we drink, thtrec an he no question.
These micsobe attack the human
body and breed pois min many shapes.
Recent experiments read before the
c)ngr' So of surgeons at Berlin leaves
no doubt that the way to clear the
system of these gerl S is to force them
out through the peers Of the skin. S,
S. s does tQis in the most efficient
way. 1t cleans them out entirely, and
the poison as we'll.
Er, F, u, Nelson, prominent and
wea' ny citizen of Fremont, Nebraska,
suffered for ears with Scrofula, and
it continued to grow in spite of all
treatment. Finally, four bottles Of
Swiit's Specific cured him. He writes
"Words are inadequate to express my
gratitude and favorable opinion o
Swiit's specific" Treatise on BLOOD
and skin disease mailed free. The
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-17
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Kindness has resistless charms. All
things else but weakly move.
If any man think it is a small matter
to bride his tongue he is much mistaken.
Look round the habitable world; how
few know their own good, or, knowing it,
pursue.
The greatest evils are from within us;
and from ourselves also we must look for
our greatest good.
Man in his infancy of knowledge
thinks that all creation was formed for
him.-Bulwer Lytton.
Religious instruction is an important
part of the elementary schools of Prus-
STA. 1t is compulsory in both public and
private schools, and part of the qualifi-
cations of the teacher.
A Persian proverb says: "Do the little
things now; so shall big things come
to thee by and by asking TO be done.
Application is the currency in the
realm of learning; and memory is the
mint where this coinage receives its i'm
preston.
There is business in this world for all
the men who choose to create it. There
is noneed for petty jealousies with any
class of people.
When work is badly done, it is one
thing to find fault and another to show
how it should be done. The man who
can only censure is not in the hunt with
the man who can teach as we'll 1t is
two barrels to one barrel in the fight fol-
excellence.
| THE WHEEL OF TINE,
Not dreams! The shadowy hand of coming
death
With force prophetic gifts mine ear, mine
eye;
| hear the roaring of the wheel of time,
4 Enwrapt in storm 1t rolleth through the world
i And grinds to powder cities, states, and kings.
| The people bleed torn by its whrling spokes;
1 Der all the sons of men it grlnds its track.
Ernest Won Wildenbrueh.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-17
The Lady and the handkerchief.

A woman got into the car, the very
most repulsive and pitiful typeof woman
that probably ever met your gaze Nhc
was old, but it was not age alone that
had scared and scanned her face and
redeemed her dim eyes, and crippled
her lettering limbs. Vice. and hunger.
end cold, and suffering were all written
there, and for clothes-she wore al old
Waterproof for skirt, a mans hat crushed
down on her frowsy, i'll kept hair, mans
shots on her stockingIess feet, while n
shawl made: of a ragged blanket was
wrapped about her withcrcd form. The
one sign Of conformity to any social Gus
tom, any law of decency, was a queer
one. From her battered beaver hung q
limp, wet crepe veil. and she was weep
Ing bitterly. The passengers looked at
her askance and the conductor promptly
demanded her fare which to his evident
surprise she paid. Presently a young
lady got in, and although there were Il
number of persons standing, there was a
vacant place by the woman, which she
took. could not help noticing the girl,
She was so pretty, and fair, and dainty,
her blue gown fitted her like Redfern.
which is better than saying like a kid
glove; she carried smart umbrella and
bag and purse, and the violets at her
throat exhaled perfume whose odor like
key, as the poet says, opened green
faldS m I1c apd tho hrooth of fin oount,.,
air. l could not help thinking that the
language was inadequate that defined
this young girl and the wretched bundle
of rags and vice under the general term
Of woman. The old beggar wept on
piteously, her tears running down on her
old crepe veil At street the young
lady got up and signaled to the conduct
Or; but as she passed she opened her bag
and out of it took a purse, long aliga-
tor skin one, lined with silk, and looked
at old woman. Then her pretty features
showed perplexity, annoyance, and
grief. She fumbled and searched.
The car stopped the way, the
conductor, though not impervious to
beauty in distress, said Hurry, miss, "
though it was said in deprecatory way.
Alas, there was not one penny in all that
pretty portemonnaie, nor in the lining
of the bag In despair her blue eyes
lighted on her handkerchief, the dainti-
est, finest bit of cambria, edged with lace,
and her initials worked in one corner in
a twist of hieroglyphics that would have
puzzled a cipher expert to make out
This she took out, and, with "Don't cry,
please, put it in the old woman's hand.
AS if it would have been of any use if
she hadn't cried And the old woman
Well, she was too surprised, too over.
whelmed, one might have judged by her
looks, to have said anything. She did
not stop crying, and she looked at it in
stupefaction, as if she had got a white
elephant; but after little she smiled and
Strengthened up and shook it little. |
wish l could tell you that her reforma-
ton dated from that hour, but had come
to my own stopping place at that junct-
ure, so must leave the mystery as it
"a atanda
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-17
An Insurm ountable Objection.

Although the people in the northern part
of Georgia have the finest soil on earth for
raising vegetables, they stick year after
year to cotton and corn, and import veg
etables at heavy cost. The country is
developing rapidly, apd the manufacture
ing towns springing up give an increas-
ing market for all kinds of the stuff
called garden truck; but the farmers 70
placidly along in the footsteps of their
fathers and raise cotton and corn,
whether they make money or not.
why don't you plant potatoes1" said
q recent arrival from the North to a
farmer who was complaining about the
small profits of cotton growing
"oh, can't raise no pertatoes, =" said
the man despondently
why not2" persisted the Northerner.
you have lots of land just right for po-
tatoes, and you can get 81 bushel for
them right here in town. Why, man
alive, you can get S. barrel for all you
raise. f"
No use talking" says the farmer
"can't do it noways."
We'll, but why not?"
why, yo' see, boss, where'd get the
barrels ?"-New York Herald.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-17
Western Weakness for Distlnguished
Guests.


Martin Chuzzlewit is forgotten and his
Eden (Which, according to accepted ac-
counts, was Carlo, Ill.) has become an
undistinguished city among a thousand
others; but the uncomfortably lavish
Western hospitality which insists upon
treating guest as very great person,
and upon his making "levee" Of him.
self, has not yet entirely been replaced
by Eastern GOODNESS and formality. Not
long since the wife of Boston editor
had occasion to make study of those
warmhearted Western ways. She was
visiting relatives in new and very bust
ling Kansas city, and her coming had
been announced in advance in a para
graph in the local papers, in which her
husbands name and journalistic honors
were stated at length.
The lady arrived. Next morning, on
coming out after breakfast, she was as
tonished to find the street in front of the
house apparently full of horses and car
riages; and, making Inquiries, she found
that five private carriages had been
put at her disposition for the entire
time of her stay. Nor had their
owners been content with sending her
word, politely, that the "outfts
were at her disposition; they had sent
the actual horses and carriages in good
season, and drivers with them. OF course
the lady could not accept them all, and,
in order not to be invidious, she had to
send them all back for the time being
However, she did not fail of an oppor
tunity to drive about and see the very
fine country about the town. Within As
hours she had received no fewer than sc
calls from people who came to pay
their compliments, and who paid then
with great generosity and enthusiasm
One gentleman, pointing her out to the
members of the family, exclaimed i'm
pressively, my dears, ! want you to Sc,
the wife of live Boston editor!" All O
which was distressing to the lady, be
cause she is of an extremely shy and re
firing nature, and always avoids, a
home, any sort of conspicuousness. Bos
ton Transcript
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-17
A NEW USE roR ALUMINIUM.
Tat GiImN ore Thinks II May Re Of Value
In Making Musical Instruments.

tut Gttm ore THINKS IL MAY Re OF NaluO
In Making Musical Instruments.
Perfection in musical instruments is
generally the result Of skilled workman
ship, and it is comparatively rare that q
! aw metal is discovered that will inn
lrove the tone of an instrument, says
?. $. Gilmore. Since, however, alumni
um has been found suitable for almost
every purpose and an improvement on
every known metal for each, experiments
have been made by more than one
thoughtful inventor with view to ascer-
tain whether it could not be used to adj
vantage in making music creating instru-
ments.
That these experiments have been
crowned with success is now reported in
inside circles, and in both pianos and
violins the new metal has been used to
alleged advantage. In the piano it GER
tainly does produce satisfactory results,
with every possibility of lasting qualities
and perhaps in the violin it may be the
same, though to man who looks upon
violin with something of a sacred glance
this appears doubtful Still the invent.
or's claim is such strong and evidently
genuine one that it can not be ignored by
even the most skeptlcal st. Louis
Globe Democrat,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-12-17
The World In 1891.

The famous publishing house of Justus
Perthes, widely known for its "Almanach
de Gotha" and its numerous geographi-
cal publications, has this year resumed
the publication of the "Bevoelkerung der
Erde." This notable work was first
issued in 1879 under the editorship Of DR.,
Ernst Benin, now deceased, and Dr. Her.
mann Wagner, now professor of geogra.
ply in the University of Goettingen. Tho
new eighth edition is a large octave of
e7O pages, very carefully arranged. Ac-
=ording to this work the area of Asia, the
largest Of the great divisions of the
earth's surface, is 17,53O,696 square
piles. and its population is 1926, 954, 900,
or AZ inhabitants to the square mile.
These figures do not include the Arctic
Stands. The second grand division in
rea is America, including both tho
Northern and Southern Continents, but
lot including the Arctic regions. Its
rea is 14,S0l 400, and its population 121,.
600, or only eight to the square mile.
bird in area is Africa, with 1877. 46t
auare miles, and 1853, 1858, 900 inhabitants,
! 1 IA to the square mile; none of these
CURES including Madagascar or other
lands. The area Of Europe is put at
726. $3.50 square miles, and its population
357, 379, 900, or o. to the square mile,
ese figures not including Iceland or
ova Zembla. Next comes Australia,
Guiding Tasmania, with 1881 ,442
,,are miles and 8, 230, 900 population, or
ly about one to the square mile. I'm
II the head of Polar Regions are in
ided 1, 730, $40 square miles, with 50, 400
habitants. Finally, the islands of the
ans are grouped together, with 1885,
square miles of area and Z, APO, 900 in-
bitants, or about 10 to the square mile.
us, according to this authority, the
sent population of the world is 1,479,-
. 400.