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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
He Thought 1t Fragile.

An American, proud of the won,
ers Of the new world and of New
York City in particular, was busily
engaged last week in showing an
Englishman the sights of the city.
Among other places of interest, the
two visited the Brooklyn Bridge, and
started to walk across the structure.
They reached the center of the mighty
span and paused to gaze at the harbor
and adjacent islands.
"Isn't it a beautiful scene? Isn't it o
magnificent structure ?" said the Ameli-
can enthusiastically to the Briton.
"I've seen many far finer in Great
Britain" replied the other. "And as
for the structure" he continued after a
nause, 1T is quite frail. Ifeel it trem-
bling under my feet this very instant.
While you Americans were about it
why didn't you build it of solid mason.
ry?"-Ne,r York Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

sighted and erect for more than eighty
years are burning low But it is
kindly and most delightful twilight;
one that is more to be desired than the
bright glare Of many splendid noon.
There IS IN it no hint of despondency
or darkness If he who sits within the
purple circle glances backward it is to
a glorious day whose light of freedom
his own pen helped to kindle; if on
ward it is toward the eternal stars that
are rising over the changeless hills.
Not to many morta1s is vouchsafed
such happy, tender hour of restful-
ness and waiting: there are not many
mortals who have so deserved it's bene-
diction.
For it was not in peaceful repose or
easy contentment that the memories
that hallow and the homage that sur
rounds Whittier's declining years were
won. The young people OF to-day
think of the Quaker poet as gentle,
lovable old man who dreams the
hours away before the embers of his
open fire at Oak Knoll, and whose oc-
casional verses breathe an exquisite
serenity and peace But time was
when the hand of this kindly dreamer
struck hard and sharply tense chord
that helped wake the sleeping con-
science of q nation. Time was, and
that not so long ago, when the Quaker
enthusiast gathered up and fused into
burning intensity in his songs all the
longing and wrong and sorrow of q
race in bondage The nation heard !:
blood-drenched battlefelds and heaps
OF broken shackles were its answer.
Tt is for his dauntless services in be-
half of the weak and oppressed that
the mature men and women of the
English-speaking race to-day hold
Whittier in such veneration. It is be-
cause in the face of great national
crime he made himself the voice of the
justice that is divine and the love that
is diviner than justice: because his
unshrinking devotion to humanity took
no account of accidents of color; be-
cause when the pulpit was silent, the
press dumb, he battied fearlessly ani
unselfishly for his fellow-men, tina
Whittier has so rich reverence in thu
love of the worlds best men and WON
en-. He he's keen prophet and poet all
in one. There have not been many
like him, and there will not be. Not
only America but the world is better
and richer to-day for his life and labors,
One of the bravest and purest of hu.
manity's helpers, Whittier has amply
won his rest.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

guese Governments have recently organ-
lied acronautical establishments, and
are experimenting in secret. Should
some notable success follow, it will not
be the first time that Il great invention
has been advanced by the necessities of
war.
The Pennington air-ship, the model of
which has been successfully experiment.
cd with in Chicago. seems to be the most
practical machine yet produced. In re-
gard to it the inventor says: "We have
constructed our balloon part, or buoy
ancy chambers, as we call them, as
nearly as possible in the shape of an
arrow, and hung the car just below, so
that the whole machine presents the
least possible resistance surface to the
air: but had we done this and still placed
our propeller wheel behind, instead of
in front of the machine, we could not
have accomplished q speed of probably
more than fifty miles an hour.
s"But we have so placed our propeller
wheel in front of the ship that wo over
come SO per cent of the resistance of
the air. This is accomplished in the
following manner: The propeller wheel
is of larger diameter than the whole
body OF the ship, being some thirty feet
across. The blades of this wheel re-
ceive the air all along the forward edge,
but discharge it all over their outer
edge
1.-THE wheel revolves at a very high
rate Of speed, and it literally scoops out
the air which it encounters and throws it
out beyond the circumference of the
largest part of the ship; thus u vacuum
Is constantly forming, into which the
ship rushes without resistance.
added to this most important particu-
lar is the fact that VIC construct the
entire ship out OF aluminium. which has
% greater tensile strain than fooled steel
and is three times as light We there
fore require only one-third the buoyancy
that would be necessary if the ship were
of iron or Steel and thus we have only
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
nv Honesty and Energy.

We learn of country boy who
worked in an evaporator during the
autumns of his thirteenth, fourteenth,
and fifteenth years, attending dis
trict school during the intervening
winters. His total earnings were
about $3.50. The winter of his fifteenth
year he attended a business college
from which he graduated with honors-
The autumn of his sixteenth year he
became principal of the business de-
partment of fourishiug school, and
is now filling the position with honor
to himself and satisfaction to all con.
cerned. This gratifying result was pos
sible to this young man only because
he made the most Of his opportunities.
There are thousands of men, young
and old, who spend their time and
strength in proclaiming what they
might do if they had this ones chance,
or that ones money. Are you acuuaint-
ed with any such? Did they make the
most OF the opportunities theyhav had :?
In srite of all that may be said about
the advantages of those possessed of
wealth and influence, the fact remains
that no country on earth offers such
opportunities to the young manor
woman-of brains and pluck as our
America. The "grasping monopolists. {"
about whom we hear so much, Gould,
Rockefeller. Armour, and many others,
began in poverty and rose by hard work
and shrewd foresight. You, young
reader, have the benefit of the past ex-
perience of thousands of successful men
without cost. Will you use it? Any
young man who has q sound mind in q
healthy body ought to be ashamed of
spending his time in lamenting over
the things he might do if ne only had
some other mans money. There's a
weak spot somewhere about the indi-
vidual who permits such fancies to
blind him to present possibilities
Rural Ne,C- Yorher.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

THE ship is raised or lowered, as may
De desired, by the four vertical propeller
wheels, located two in each one of the
lateral wings. We will suppose that we
are about to start on trip: the ship is
anchored to starting platform which
IS h&ed on pivot, so that the whole
thing can be turned so as to stand with
the wind. This being done, the cargo
is loaded in and the ship properly bal
lasted, so as to weigh practically moth
ing. The moorings are loosed and the
engine starts the four vertical propcllers
which lift the ship up into the air to the
distance OF $50 feet, as shown by the
barometers. The vertical propellers are
! then stopped, and the great thirty foot
fan-wheel. which is operated by the gas
engine, is started in motion, slowly at
first, and the ship is kept with the wind
until she gets some Roadway. She can
then be turned directly against the
her full momentum
"Of course she goes too fast to be able
to navigate very we'll by landmarks, and
so the route proposed has been laid out
on chart which the ship follows, being
guided automatically by the chart itself.
Ii the wind, for instance, should blow
twenty-five miles an hour on her right
side. the pressure there will operate the
ruddcr automatically just enough to COM
pcnsate against the wind, and in this
manner the whole ship is automatically
governed against all possible resistance.
When you are ready to alight. the great
wheel is stopped and the vertical pro.
pellers are reversed, which causes the
ship to sink to the ground to the station
prepared for her and there is moored
just as steamer is led up to her dock. II
] This is Pennington's idea, aud it ap-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

Their ncxt balloon contained
We cubic feet. and made an ascent
an. and gave the first public en-
1 June ), l1S;.
next balloon was 20 feet high and
IN diameter. with Il capacity for
|'l'0Ic feet They travelled 30. 900
y We're UP twenty-five minutes
aaooh experiments caused the
excitement. and th" news spread
over Europe. The conquest OF
cF cement had been achieved. A
Sol'lme, Wonderful Balloon AS
punished i'll 1890, thus con-
me balloon is not master OF
'OSp'cre: Oh the contrary it is its
e@ save. In the second case the
r. OF Montsollier is useless: and
Suoli IS to find out a new ma
ap1oie oil lying in the air and at
,r 'lme heavier than the air.
" ",thont doubt the best models
;, ", hot with what force Shall we
,He: Letlls find motive power
ns'' and powerful and we have
:, conquered the empire of the
,'ie light Of the experiments
iehlilnStDn air-ship model, this
looNea upon as q prophecy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

He smiled and said, Eff you fellers
wants ter know whut hit is at keeps
me fom er dom NV hit. / don min
tellin' NV yer bout hit. I wuz ez cuts
ez yether boys twell 1 wuz er
bout nine year OF. 1 got cyored
Nv hit too. Thar wuz er OF lanyard
bout er mile f'om whar I lived in the
country. Mer nanny she nuver
lowed none er us child'en ter go nigh
hit, case she wuz erfeared we'd fall
in Their watts an git drownded. 1 wuz
powerful cuts ter see whut wuz at
ther lanyard, so onst when nanny
an pappy'd went ter town I lit out 18th
mer dawg ter see whit wuz thar. L
walked aroun' an chnnked Their frawgs
an tadpoles in ther watts tell I
got tired NV hit. Mer dawg he
ruined onder ther shed an up
ter Their bark-house an coined
back err whinin' an err whimperin' like
thar wuz sumpin' thar. So went up
thar ter see whut he'd found. Hit
wuz kinder dark in ther bark house.
an I jist jumped right inter hit TO I
looked ter see whut wuz thar, bein' ez
I WIZ kinder blinded f'om list er COM
in outen ther sunshine. Fust thing I
knowed [ seed sumpin' er hangin' f'om
er fist by or rope. Hit wuz er man.
His fees wuz tied up ter is hans, bein'
ez ther fist wuz powerful low. In
ther dim light I seed iist err
nough Nv is face ter skeer
me outen er years growth. I nuver
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

+ ..' and electricity are most as
J., at once light ana powerful"
ns, we many flying machines re-
,l'el'tcl one by j. p. Holmes. of
t ''ci :, Kan. is illustrated. The
'1 a.. frame of the machine is sus-
,, y hanger bars from an aero
I N.Y. IS a rod frame covered on
],a ~ SIX. Toward its rear there
Wv oa 70 The side bars q horizontal
H. IAaVas forming a support on
h IL; aeronaut will lie, face down
i, ",s breast, SO that his hands
kins 20 transverse crank shafts,
in" in" : one of which he can alter
Ie rs VI the acro-plane, while with
ou. ne can rotate the propeller
s0'Aaied at the front of the
Sa,, Riech :, of New York City,
kts s', .3 designed in three COM
orl 'ne lower one stiffened by q
N l. l. ana supporting the second,
on Of secure. Ecu the third exposed to
kr aahn,ewofk. The motive power
'"0's IN bicycle form, for oper-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

the strange pack on his back is moth
ing more than a big skin of wine
which he is carrying from place to
place. One can learn lesson in car
rying heavy weights by noticing the
way in which he uses the stout cord,
making loop in one end and passing
the other through it over the breast.
By this means one hand is left free.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

SLEEPING, or taking tobacco on the
Lords Day in the time of the public
exercises" in 1862, was punished by
the authorities of Portsmouth, n. H.,
with imprisonment in q cage.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
An unexpected Questlon.

Clara, how did you stand in
your class to-day?
Clara7Seventh from head, mamma.
Mother-Well, I am glad you are
doing better. BY the way, how many
were there in the class?
Clara (hesitating)-About SEVEN
.I1L<lHe
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

off any foes that may Turk along the
shores The accompanying picture is
from sketch made by an officer of the
recent Chin-Lushai expedition in Cen.
trail India.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

pears to incorporate the latest scientific
data. Whether his ship will be mod
ern wonder is another question. He is
apparently without any precedents OF
authorities for such high rates of speed
as he promises. But the practical air.
ship seems to be an accomplishment Of
the near future.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

ExHonrER- Brother, do you want
TO be saved?" Young Broker (absent-
mindedly)--"Anything in it,"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
She Took Him at His Word

He AS p. m. )-Why, I'd do any
thing in the world for you!
She (yawning)-You will? Then for
heavens sake sneak home. I'm sleepy.
-Ter0s Sifli11gs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

MANY men who pray loud and long
in church have wives who are afraid to
look up, and who are never known to
talk above whisper.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

HE squatter's dis
like to investigat-
ing empty cabins
or houses of any
kind that W er 9
found on the hunt
ing expedition had
attracted attention.
Comment was made
on it in his hearing.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

feet in length and 10 in diameter (66
pounds> charged with hydrogen gas.
During the siege of Paris in 1870 sixty
hve balloons left the beleaguered city.
but Notwithstanding many efforts none
succeeded in getting back. 1t is stated
that the German, Russian, and Portu-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

SPEAKING. Of hydropathic cures, it
strikes us that we'll water ought to be
good for sick people.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

Il also has horizontal side wings, and
when the machine is propelled through snsa
the air at q high rate of speed these
keels and wings will keep 1t as s1eaoy
and unshaken in its course as ss''sosu
train
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
WINE BENDS HIS BACK.
The Persian Carries His Grape Juice Like
Bundle of Old Clothes.


He looks like an old clo' dealer, this
fellow with the long bundle on his
back, but he isn't. though. You will
surmise as much if you look down at
his feet, which are covered with q
sandal-like shoe, very Oriental in ap-
pearance. Yes, he is Oriental through
and through. He is Persian, and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
NAVIGATION
or TIE BALLOON
W v MO A,R-sHlP.

:,r Men-Tle Various At
|"s navigate tho Air--Experi-
T. 10 ,,rorrcss-Frcnch Aeronauts
\ al" o,,.s proposed Air-ship.
(n'''' - or until latc years
mi has there been any
k@ I'M noteworthy progress
fs.llSeaA ! V toward aerial naviga-
~ - '@T'I II ,ion. Until recently
-; the possible solution
E.-..+g7 of the last transport
kN'FW + tation problem re-
i .iiol Y maining for man to
f'.' n, cvolve-that of sail
Ih'lai p )ing safely through
EN ) ! the air-has been
WI VI. considered so nearly
N|Nf impracticable tina t
49, the mere study of the
" IS subject was consid-
IN Indication Of lnnacy. And
rrrasliablc success has recent,
f'' .nhicyed as to warrant good
p a., exc future. and it is believed
o' w. If twenty-five to thirty miles
M. N enough to stem a wlnd Tess
'n', Ill.,, Il. Gale. are even now in sight.
p s, ssnturics past have INDUCED
~, to ily from the attractions
F' u and gravity. Mythology tells
; q, " D;edalus. who made for
i@nG his son lcarus waxen wings
u, -. ,hr anger of Minos i'll the Isle
md how the rash youth. soar
~ nar fine sun, melted the fasten-
~ i.. wincs and fell into the Icarian
r "" the ancient writers sug-
mm,rs OF dying through the air,
, '' buck at the present day upon
honrps all of them seemed to have
,ns tine scientific acumcn Of the
~ trird to lift himself by pulling
hoot-StrapS,
him. approached a practical solu-
the problem until a canny Scot
|le world the hydrogen treatment
sttigs into the air. Professor
oi Edinburgh. IN 1867 announced
cla.s that vessel filled with hy-
wnali rise naturally in the air.
in 1,,sa communicated to the
yocjctg liz London the results of
Dcriments in filling soap-bubbles
yd.o-,, and sending them aloft.
this year that the brothers Mont
in France, by a number of mi
pcrjmcntS. determined that a heat
degrees rarcticd air, and made
bpy twice lis original bulk, or that
csrcp of heat diminished the
d the air by one half. Joseph
offers first balloon was a paral-
ed in very thin tatfcta containing
an yeycnty-eight cubic inches OF
il made it rise to the ceiling of
rtnent in Avignon in November,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

was taken by permission from the
gentleman" whose stole features ay-
pear herewith.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
A sEQuOIA, KAwEAH, CAL

that on two branches, one and a half
and two inches in diameter, respec-
lively, 48O cones, clustered together
like grapes, have been counted.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
WHITTIER. WRITES NO MORE.

Tho Aged Poet Resigns All Mental Effort
and Awaits the End.
Whittier tells MS that his work is
done. The white-haired poet has laid
down the pen, he says, forever. The
twilight is closing softly round him /;
the vital fires that have kept him clear.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
A TRIBE OF big EARS.
What Some American Indians Consider
Ornamental.

Along the various streams which are
tributary to the mighty Amazon in
South America lives peculiar tribe
Of Indians, the Oregones, or Big Ears. :"
They live near the Napo River. one of
the tributaries of the Amazon, and are
entirely naked if we except the won
8: s: !: !: i: :: !; +:
slit in the ear
and gradually in EARRING.
creasing the size of it until the lobe
hangs upon the shoulder.
The accompanying cut shows the
style of earring" worn by the Ore
cones. 1t is made of a very light
species of wood, followed out and filed
in with substance similar to and as
light as chalk. The rings in the center
probably denote the title or dignity of
the wearer. It is fully two inches in
diameter, and is worn with the fiat side
towards the head. The one illustrated
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
HE SAW A DEAD MAN.
HE suuatter's dis

A Curiously Inclined Youth Explores an
Old lanyard.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

Men-Tlle Various At
Us y,y;cate tho Air -Expcri-
Is 10 rrorrcss French Aeronauts
) al" n.s proposed Air-ship.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
A MUD-scow wAR-BoAr.

Tho Queer Looking Craft Used by Troop,
in Central India.
A Dhalishwar Gndia) war-boat is q
queer-looking affair and not at all for
midable looking. It is shaped like /.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

trail wings. 'e' '"4 ee''-
rrof. C. Il. Ntchell. of Hartford,
mac, mace a successful flying machine in
Lo's. The lifting power was afforded
ny cylinder of "gossamer clothn s5
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

FRENCH AERIAL wAn-sHtp, 1880.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06

~,,s% 80. T
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-03-06
sEouoIA FORESTS.

Tho Mighty AIonarchs that Beautify
Regions in California.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-17
StsE
'"> SHOE
SALE

commences this 18Th day OF January,
1891, Mt No. 20G Market street, east sidb,
above Second. and will continue 10 days.
A lot of Wool Lined Button and Laee
Shoes, Old Ladies' Comfort. A lot of
Mems Beaver Cloth Boots, Wool Lined,
Old Gents Comfort. Mems Buckle Are
tics aud Alaskas, Buckle Arctics. AlaB-
kas, Flannel Lined Buskln RubberR,
High Button Arctics for Ladies', Missds
and Children. Fine Glove Rubbers and
the Extra Fine Colchester Rubbers for
Ladies'. Extra Wide Glove Rubbers for
Men. Mems Fine Calf Button Snoe4,
worth s2.5c and So only Sl.bo. Mems Calf
Hook Lace, worth 81 and $3.50, now only
sl.hO. Boys Calf Hook Lace, 95 cent?.
Boys Good Working Shoes. 10 cent b.
Ladies' Fine Kid Par Tip Button Shoes,
only % cents. Ladies' Fine Kid and Peb-
bic Button, worth sl.75 and 81, now only
$l.25 and $3.50. Misses Fine Kid and
Pebble Button, Heel and Spring Heel,
worth sl.7s and 81, now only 81 and 81 %.
Child's Pebble Spring Heel Batton, 10
lO14, WORTH 9j, now only 90 cents All
these arc good, solid leather shoes
Don't walt, but como md get first choiGe
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-17

The art OF cultiyating the Oporto
vines and fermenting the Oporto Grape
into wine in this country, and of pre-
serving the Grape Juice fresh without
fermentation, hIs been brought to a
greater degree of perfection by Mr..
Alfred Speor of Passaic, N D., than by
any other person; In fact, he was the
pioneer introducing and advertising
Native Wines lie has purchased hun
dreds of tons of grapes besides his
own vintage. Mr.. Speers success has
arisen from the strict purity and yalu.
able properties OF his wines for invalids
and feeble persons, and his reputation
extends around the world.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-17

In the last century Chinook Indian
woman, known TO Father Hulk, a great
traveller and missionary Of that period,
while no was with the Indians on what
We now call the Pacific Coast, was
many years afterward met by him in
Asia, says the Louisville Couiler-Jour-
nal. Through many vicissitudes and
strange experiences she had passed
from tribe TO tribe and place to place,
always moving northward, until she
ing gone out in one of the large canoes
used by the scattering Indians of that
region, in a great storm they were
driven across the strait to wreck and
death to all save her and she wandered
on until she met Father Hulk IN the in.
interior OF Asia. She had not sought
TO return, but following the spirit OF
adventure bred in her by her strange
experiences, she went on to see new
lands.