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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02
WhoOpins Cough.

Common thyme. which was recon-
mended in whooping cough three or
four years ago by Or. S. B. Johnson,
is regarded by DR.. Neovius, who
writes paper on the subject in a
Finnish medical journal, as almost
worthy the title OF a specific. Dur
ing an epidemic of whooping cough
he had ample opportunities of observ-
ing its effects, and he came to the
conclusion that if it is given early
and constantly it invariably cuts
short the disease in a fortnight, the
symptoms generally vanishing in two
or three days. They are, he finds,
liable to return if the thyme is not
regularly taken for at least two weeks.
Regarding the dose, he advises that a
larger quantity than DR.. johnson pre-
scribed be taken. He gives from one
ounce and a half to six ounces per
diem combined with a marshmallow
sirup. He never saw an undesirable
effect produced, except slight diar-
rhpa, 1t is important that the drug
should be quite fresh.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02
l,e Wasn't Deaf.

1t is never wise to presume up
the misfortunes Of Others, ana Ill a. !.
a person has come to grief by say Il
things which he did not wish os'
heard by the very ears when III, ~,
been most quick to catch them: - l:
only safe rule, says the Boston Cours
is not to say things which one "ou
not be willing that everyone pfes'
should understand. .,..
A gentleman who has been anu.
with deafness returned home lroln
visit to the city, and soon after "" W
to call on a lady OF his acquail ~, :,
He found her at home, and with !,
a cousin of hers who was paylhs =, i
visit. The hostess received ~
with politeness and introduced tlln
her cousin, but to the introduction !
added, in a perfectly audible ,olt', Il
''He's good man enough; ouo VA j
terribly stupid and as deaf as Il l w..
The gentleman changed COW"
little. .,,1
Il may he stupid" he SAID 9 I'D
am no longer as deaf as ii posi-
have been cured during my az
aud l can hear as well as any 'a",' /
It is needless to say ll!i'' -.
vas rutht.vaw kWard ast"r sSis o''
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02
A Shower Of M.nn.-

The keeper of a pharmacy in -,
city of Bagdad in Asiatic Turkey , t,.c
sent to the scientific journal Tn W. w
t,re, specimen of an edible Iva va
stance which fell recently during S"c .
copious shower of rain in the yicin;ta
of Mardin and Diarbekir. in the sams
country, in August, 1890 III me
sender of the substance stated th a.
on falling it had plentifully snr;nl.ln',
over considerable area of country
The inhabitants came out and
eagerly gathered up the substance a
and it made excellent bread. ,Ths
"manna" was floury, palatable nv NJ
tritious, and very digestible. L. M
tire states that the sample of thu
''manna" which it received was in the
form of small globules about the sizs
of millet seeds, and the mass. yellow
ish on the outside, was perfectIv
white within. The substance va,
given to skilled botanists to examine
and they pronounced it to be a vera.
table substance of the lichen
family, scientifically known as Le,un
ora essulenta. This lichcn.is frequently
found in the most arid mountains q,
the desert of Tartary, where the soil
is calcerous and gypseous, and grows
on the ground amidst the pebbles
from which it is to be distinguished
only with the closest scrutiny. Con.
siderable quantities of lichcn are
found also in the desert of Turkestan
and in other parts of Western Asia
Parrot, the traveller, brought quan.
tity of this substance as long ago AL
1923. 1t had fallen in shower in|
Persia, and was said to have covered
the ground to depth of several
inches. Cattle ate it eagerly, apd|
the inhabitants gathered it in quan.
titles. 1t is regarded as likely that
this lichen. abundant in the country
where it fell, had been drawn up BY
Il waterspout = not an infrequentI
! phenomenon thcre--and after being
carried by vaporous wind at high
altitude, had fallen TO the earth
again in rain shower. Showers OF
mamma OF the same sort have several
times been mentioned in that part d!
the world in the course of history
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02
Hintietat1 In PRAYER,

No man in the community was
more respected than Elder Goodman.
Hlc was foremost in every good word
and work. and exceedingly eloquent
in exhortation. No devotional exer-
cises were infused with so much life as
those he led. So well was this recog-
nized that he was always called upon
for that duty. He was once attend
ing conference, and had passed the
night at the house of a worthy
brother. At family worship the next
morning the Elder was naturally
called upon to offer prayer. This he
was doing with his usual fervor, when
the door sprang slightly ajar, and in
walked ''Tabby," the family cat.
Tabby was at once very large cat,
and a badly spoiled and self-willed
cat; She ruled the household with q
rod of iron. Among her prerogatives
was a certain comfortable and ca
pacious rocker, which she had long
since pre-empted. She would never
occupy any other chair, nor permit
any one else in her presence to occuny
this one.
Unfortunately. Elder Goodman had
this chair. Tabby eyed the kneeling
figure for a moment, and then with
an easy bound landed firmly in the
middle Of his back. The Elder, taken
wholly by surprise, and not knowing
the nature Of this sudden assault,
hesltated and stammered for a mo-
ment, and then. deeply ashamed that
anything should interfere with his
duties at such time, he went on
with steady and determined accents,
Taoby, finding herself disappointed
in the hope of immediate evacuation,
began to reconnoiter, walking slowly
and impressively up and down the
good mans back, poking her whisk-
cred nose into his neck, and shifting
with great elaboration Just behind
his ears
The two boys Of the family, out Of
the corners Of their. eyes, were watch
ing the whole ta6leau and bitin,
their tongues hard to save the family
reputation. But their father, with
eyes properly and tightly closed. saw
nothing. - v
Elder lioodman's prayers were al.
ways full and comprehensive: to burrg
2f aooEey!ate them would have seemed
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02
He was Only a Chinese BABY,

Here is a little incident which NAV
happen in San Francisco almost any
time under the operation OF the
Chinese exclusion law:
Oi1icer-I hear a new Chinaman has
arrived at your house without ac-
counting for himself to the emigra1 ion
officers.
All Whang-There has.
sis he a returned merchant? Ha.
he ever been in the country before
':He has not
''Then l suppose you know ii i:
against the law for him to sta,
here"
II did not know it,
.:Well it is SO. Produce him.
"But he is only a baby He wa;
born this morning"
':That makes no difference Unles:
he can prove previous residence i,
the United States he will have to b,
sent back tc the country where h,
came from. The law is explicit. y
Buffalo Express.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02
l:ru,n at a Bali.

A net bear belonging to Dewitt Nc
Doweil. of this city. which had been
taught to open doors, shake hands
dance. etc, escaped from his caga
and for a time created consternatOd
among large number of people.
A fashionable ball was in progress
at the time, and bruin was ATTRACTED
by the music. There was a funn]
scene in the ball room when he ell
tered, and raising himself on his hind
legs. volunteered to shake hands witt
a number of persons, and then begal
to dance. There was a grand rusl
for the doors, and several lade
attempted to jump out of the win
dOws
After he had finished his waltz tn
bear was coaxed from the room am
then began to paint the town am
succeeded in frightening half the in
habitants almost out OF their senses
Entering the St. Charles hotel h
climbed the stairs and wabbled int
one room after another, routing gu
the guests in their night clothes AM
incidentally damaging the furniture
Having had all the fun he wante
with the guests. he returned into tn
street and proceeded to amuse him
self by trying to enter the residence
of the solid citizens. Being closed 7
unlimited guests he was unable to Ell
feet an entrance into any OF them
but he convinced the inhabitant
that burglars were at York, and on
alarm after another was sent in .
the police station, until every office
on the force was on the trail OF tn
marauder.
Meeting one Henry Foster on tn
street he struck him playful blow Q
the side OF the head, knocking MY
down and making some ugly wouha'
Finally he entered the National ban
building through a side hallwa]
/; climbed the stairs to the third no9
and walked into the room Of Jul'Y
Behrend. That gentleman jump9
from bed prepared to shoot burglJ]
but when he saw what it was
rushed into the hall and shut "
| bear in, where he was soon after"a|
: captured.-PhIladelphia Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

sacrilege in his eyes, no matter n,..
what ''various hindrancesn WI, WIN
meet, and he was determined NY nlleht
resort to such a course now nog to
when Tabby finally settled a out
across his shoulders, and began Vow uown
ously purring down the most snsoa sot-
BILE part of his neck, even tho pol,
Elder realized that crisis had sooa
reached; and coming to an a. oeen
stop, he exclaimed to his sfar ,Ip,
host: "i 'led
'.Brother G., if I'm going to ~
main any longer at the thro ~ IT, Z.
grace, [ must have that cat ramn AM VI
from my back" o'ed
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02
THE details of a horrible railroad
accident near Paris indicate that the

THE details of a horrible railroad
accident near Paris indicate that the
boosted superiority OF European meth
DDS of railway construction and man
agemcnt over the system in vogue in
this country exists,only in the imagin-
alton. There is the same heartrending
story of telescoped and burning cars
and danger signals that failed just
when the need for them was greatest.
1t is unlikely that absolute safety in
railroad travel can ever be attained.
There is always the element of human
fallibility to encounter. Signal-men
may blunder, trainmen may mistake
their orders, some criminal idiot on
board may tamper with brake mech
anism ''for joke" as was done on an
American railroad only the other day.
But the crime of building cars of in
hammable material can and must be
stopped. Iron and steel are now en-
ployed in every sort of architectural
construction. and should be used for
the building of passenger-cars. AS
sured of safety, the public can dis
pcnse with tlimsy ornament.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

SOMEBODY who has taken the
trouble to look into the matter says
that American cities have only about
one-flfth as much free playground as
the cities of Europe have. But the
people of America don't need much
playground; all they want is plenty Of
room in the grand stand and they can
make enough out of the pools to hire
men to do their playing for them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

A JERSEY CRY man wants to
build a model American home on the
Worlds Fair grounds. 1t should be
especially stipulated that he must not
exhibit Jersey mosquitoes in connec-
ton with it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

WITHIN the last four weeks no less
Fiian dozen people in the United
States who have passed the century
mark have been discovered and writ
ten about. And yet people-some
r"oplc-w whine and lament about tho
;is'ycneracy Of the human race.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

JHn French Senate, before adjourn
Ing. passed a bill prescribing one day
OF rest in seven. Plagiarism but
let that pass. 1t will be a good thing
fof The French 10 observe the Sab
BATH, even if they do ii under the i'm
preston that it is Il device of their
own lawmakers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

HALLooSIsTs are dropping i'm all
parts Of the country. We trust these
gentlemen will not get into this habit
to an extent which will make it dam
gerous for persons to stir abroad ex-
crpt in tunnel or under an elevated
Ia irOHd
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

I'RAMps make as much as $40 by
Begging in Chilli. OF you give tramp
any cold yictuals please wrap them
up in this paper and mark the above
item \
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

SOME one has applied the electric
force to counting election returns.
By the use Of the device the judges
can count 240 ballots per minute.
This is one of the needs of this coun-
try. 1t is terribly demoralizing to
the average citizen to wait for jockey
judges to count after an exciting
election.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

\ TALLADEoA justice has decided
that the issuing OF store checks in
payment of wages is a criminal Of
fcuse against the laws OF the State of
Alabama and has bound man over
to the grand jury for doing it. 1t
promises to be a ''cause celebre," as
it will be tested iii the higher courts.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

A 5-YEAR-oLD New Yorker named
Ma, la Observation-Disclosures crawled
ou1 on a tirc-escapc and fell five
stories to the ground. AS he was
picked up sound in mind and
limh its is assumed that he fell on
MS name. which acted like an air.
cushion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

PEOPLE who steal only once in a
while are said to have sporadic at
tacks of klcptomania." The best
cures for such attacks are sparodic in
stances of judicial severity.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

CHICAGO is the most progressive
city on the American continent, but
she will never do justice to her posi-
bilities until she begins to issue mar
yiage licenses with divorce coupons
attached.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

A MAN in Elizabeth, n. j., has
been driven insane by mosquitoes.
The Jersey mosquito, it must be re-
membcred, is almost as bloodthirsty
a creature as Jack the Ripper.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

BANK cashiers will do we'll to pro-
vide themselves with revolvers and
keep them ready for action. Only
recently a single desperate in
Ohio robbed a bank in broad daylight
and shot dead farmer who opposed
him. A similar though unsuccessful
attempt was made in New Castle,
Pa, and a bank cashier was forced to
give check at the pistols mouth, in
| Memphis, on the same day. A handy
revolver would appear to be the
cashiers best friend.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

The Philadelphia Inquirer says of
Bardsley, the late City Treasurer who
is expiating his offenses in prison,
that his face still retains the features
that were SO familiar to Philadel-
phians for nearly a quarter of a CEN
tury. This sounds like an intima-
tion that is the custom In the Penn
sylvania penitcntiary to deprive con-
victs of their features. Can this be
true?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

Two New ORLEANS editors fought
duel with rapfers and nobody was
hurt seriously and 'honah'' was salts
fed. In the temporary absence of
the editors the papers improved a
little.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

PATTI is coming to the United
States in a few months. Meantime
it is to be hoped there will be tidal
wave of gold from Europe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

THERE are 92O women who are
officiating as pastors of churches, and
yet not one-millionth of women who
preach have ever stood in a pulpit.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

A ST.. LOUIS man is spoken of as
having been caught short in the
wheat bulge. When man goes
against the grain he may be sure that
something will get the bulge on him
in the course of time.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

WRITING poetry in this age must
be pretty healthy business. Lowell
was q years of age. Holmes and
Whittier are over 80. Tennyson Gel
ebrated his I'd birthday few weeks
ago. But it is to be noted that all
three poets have written good poetry
not the sort of stuff that the average
rhymster brings to the long-suffering
newspaper editor.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

MONTANA has a level-headed SUI
preme court, if it did get a little
tangled about the time the senatorial
deal was on. A newspaper man was
before it for contempt in publishing
his opinion that an impartial trial of
a certain case could not be had in a
certain court. No contempt was
found in that statement, or in any
criticism not designed to defeat the
ends of justice.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

THE looseness and tlexibility of our
penal statutes indicate that they
were drawn by criminal lawyers for
the benefit of their rascaly clients.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

WHAT the heather Chinese doesn't
know about evading our immigration
laws isn't worth finding out.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

The Importance of beginning the
training of children at an early age
cannot be overestimated. Little
Robert Reed could not have been
much older than Chicago's 2-year-old
smoker when he made that immortal
utterance concerning the fllthiness Of
tobacco and his personal determina-
ton never to use it that has en-
balmed his name forever i'm the liter
allure of his country.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX would
have all bachelors over forty taxed to
support the maiden ladies over thirty.
There might be trouble in finding
out when the thirty was reached.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

In cubic inch of soil there are
said to be from 10000 to $3.50. 900
living organisnisms. Even in the
dullest times there isalways something
going on in real estate.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

LIGHTNING struck a Methodist
church at Belpre, Pa, followed line
of gilt on the wallpaper, and burned
off all the wallpaper ornaments.
Good Method lists who still read Wes-
ley's exhortations upon the sinfulness
Of display will look upon this as a
judgment Of Heaven upon the gayel
brethren who have yielded to the Sc
duction of fancy wallpapers and
stained glass windows in churches.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

lr John Bull ever gets into Asia's
big China shop the breakage will be
heavy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

A ST. LOUIS wire-walker proposes
to make the trip IRON Chicago to St.
Louis with telegraph poles as his sup
port. He thinks he could make ten
miles d day. and give profitable ex-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02
Lat. st1arslers Always suffer

Biiffer-Whau's that? You don't
mean to attend our reception tonight?
I'd just like to know why?
Blitfers-Well, if you must know,
every time l have attended any sort
of a gathering at your house. I've
lost my hat.
"Well, why do you always stay SC
internally late?"- York Weekly
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF IN
TERESTlNG ITEMS.

Comments and Criticisms Based Upon
the Happenings of the Day-historical
and News Notes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

hibitions every night. When he gets
through with his trip st. Louis will
not be large enough to hold ''him
and fame"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-02

SHE-Papa, may I marry Jack?
could go further and fare worse. He
You couldn't fare worse. She-Thell
wna.'s the lse Of ny :ggiay furJha"'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-28
AN ALLIANCE DEMOCRAT.

Col. Livingston of Georgia, president
of the Alliance of that state and mem
Der of congress, said in speech de-
livered before the Young Mems Demo-
cratic league of Atlanta:
Now, said on that night that I was q
Democrat. said l stood on the Democratic
platform, and that | was in favor of every
plank in it. l said more than that; that
any Democrat who went into contest,
whether he agreed with the majority or
minority on any proposition that was
adopted by the Democratic convention, was
bound by the action of the majority, or he
could not be 4 good square Democrat. |
said that had ever been, and ever would
be, bound by the majority vote in thesDemo-
cratic party anywhere and everywhere.
That is good doctrine. and will suit
any Democrat. The rule of the ma
jority is the Democratic rule. What
ever the party DEGREES is binding upon
the party followers. IfCol. Livingston
agrees with that rule. and will show by
his acts that he lives up to it, he is
good-enough Democrat, whether he be
friendly to the Ocala platform or not,
for, by his own definition of a Democrat,
he must reject the Ocala platform if
the Democratic party pronounces
against it.
Very soon Col. Livingston will be
given chance to show whether he
meant what he said in his Atlanta
speech. Congress meets in December
The Democrats will nominate candi-
date for speaker. The action OF the
majority will effect the nomination.
Every congressman, then, who claims
TO be Democrat, as Col. Livingston
does, will be ''bound by the action of
the majority" as he asserts, and must
vote for the Democratic candidate. II
he does this, and the other Alliance
congressman who claim to be Demo-
Gratis do the same thing, the scheme
for them to combine with the Republi-
cans 10 elect an Alliance speaker will
fall to the ground. A little while and
we shall see how sincere the Georgia
Alliance president is in his protesta-
tions of Democratic fealty.