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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
Bert and tho Bees.

Bert had three buckets to bring from
the spring. They were pretty big
buckets. and the spring was at the
foot OF the hill The weather was get
ting warm, too. He tugged away at
one bucket and got it up; then he lay
down on the back porch to rest.
Hello, Bert! Suns not down yet.
said his father, coming into dinner from
complaining.
Il wish i we're big man." said law
Bert, "and didn't have to carry water f"
But you would have to plant corn
and SOW wheat, and cut, and reap. and
thresh and grind, laughed his father.
II don't mean to work when l am
big" grumbled Bert.
"Ihen you will be drone," said his
father.
@What is drone?" asked the little
boy.
"A bee that won't work; and don't
YOU know that the bees always sting
their drones to death and push their
bodies out of the hives?"
The farmer Went off to wash for din
ner, and Bert dropped asleep en- the
steps and dreamed that the bees were
stinging his hands and face. He
started up, and found that the sun was
shining down holly on him, singing
his face and hands, sure enough. He
hurried down to the spring, and fin
i>hed his job by the time the horr
bl4 for dinner.
Father" he asked, while he cooled
his soup, "what makes the bees Kill
their drones?"
"God taught them" answered hi
father; "and one way or another Coz
makes all lazy people uncomfortable
Doing with our might what our hands
find to do is the best rule for it'll
boys and big men, and I wouldn't b.
surprised if the angels lived by it, too
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
Catarri,.

Catarrh is On Inflammation of the mu-
cous membrane. AS the membrane
lines every cavity of the body that has
an outlet, there may be as many diff
such cavities.
The closed cavities are lined, not with
mucous membrane, but with one that
secretes thinner fuid-serum-for
lubricating purposes, which is readily
absorbed after doing it's normal work.
Still, the Serious membrane also NAV
be inflamed, and its secretion ali.
normally increased. ~
Thus we ma, have pericarditis. with
its water" around the heart, from in
tiammation OF ae membrane that lines
the hea,rt-bag, or pericardium; pleuri-
s 1;y,o WIN It's fl'.d crowding against the
complete col apse, from Inflammation
OF the memb ane that lines the chest !:
perltonitis, 20 painful and dangerous
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
Wide as the Poles.

Mrs. Highup-What is the science
of your treatment, DIR. Newschool?
DIR. Newschool (homeopathist)-It is
very simple. We take the poison
which produces disease, weaken it by
successive reductions, and administer
it in small doses. Like cures like,
you know.
Mrs. Highup (some days later)-
What is this new lymph treatment you
are using, DR.. Oldschool2
DR.. Oldschool-It is very simple.
We take the poison which produces
q disease, weaken it by successive re-
ductions, and administer it in small
doses-a mild form of incubation. you
know.
Mrs. Highup Gan hour later)-What
is all that rumpus out in the street?
Servant-It's DR.. Oldschool and
DR.. Newsohool fighting.-Ne0 York
Weekly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
THE MOORISH sToRv-rELLER,

How He Entertains His People with Fam
ciful Tales of tho East
Hall Game, the author of @The
Deemster" and other novels, has dis
covered in his travels Moorish story
teller. The Moorish story-teller is not
usually Moor. properly so-called, but
of negro blood, and comes from beyond
the Atlas. He is familiar figure on
the Mohammedan holiday, Friday, in
the sok, or market place, of Moorish
towns. Surrounded by two, three or
four lines of listeners, in a semi circle,
he strums on a sort of guitar, and
tells his stories in gasps and spasms
and with great fervor. His stories are
not always of kind that bear repeti-
ton, but some are harmless; and of
that sort Mr.. Game gives, as on exam
pie, story which he himself heard in
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
A Plea for the Ugly Girls.

1t does not matter much to boy
whether he is good looking or the re-
verse. He is not obliged to wait for
somebody to ask him to dance, and his
matrimonial prospects, don't appear to
suffer any serious discount from per-
sonal shortages that would send q
girls stock away down below par, or
even put her out of the market alto
gether. One never sees a man so
hideous OF repulsive but that some
woman is ready to marry him, if he
will only ask her; but men are less
philanthropic, and so the ugly girls are
generally left to run to waste as unap-
propriated blessings Che Handsome
is as handsome does" theory won't hold
at all after we get out of the nursery,
and little experience soon convinces
us that it is fraud and delusion, like
that other domestic fiction, about the
drumstick being the choicest part of
the fowl, with which our elders used
to impose upon the unsuspecting sim
plicity of our childhood.
We ugly girls never get any drives
in the park, nor free seats at the thea
ter: and as for ice cream and French
candy, no matter how handsomely we
deport ourselves, We shouldn't know
the taste Of either if we waited to have
it bestowed upon us as a reward of
merit. Indeed, the expensiveness Of
being an ugly girl is one of the worst
things about it; there are no perquis-
ties. We get none of the plums out
of life'a pudding, for under present
conditions men do all the carving, and,
as one of them says, Call the fine
things we think and say about women
apply to those only who are tolerablv
good-looling OF graceful"
Now, suppose the same rule applied
to men, and that only the good looking
ones could hope to attain t. wealth and
distinctions: suppose, for instance that
that famous wart on Oliver Cromwell's
nose had been sufficient to condemn
him to obscuritv, as it inevitably
would have done had he been woman !:
suppo.e Grover Cleveland's too ample
girth OF waist had kept him out OF the
White House, as it certainly would
have kept Mrs. Cleveland out had he
been the unluclzy possessor of that in
convenient supertiuity; or suppose
David 3. Hills bald pate lad rendered
NM lhellglDle TO the Office OF Governor
of New York, as have not the shadow
OF doubt that bald head would rem
der any woman in America ineligible
to the Office Of Governors wife; sup
pose, in fact, that bald head was
sufficient to blast any mans prospects
IN life as effectually as it would any
woman's, 1 think most of the middle
aged men, at least, into whose hands
this paper may fall, will admit that
that would be little hard. And, in
fact, isn't it just little hard that any
body's destiny in life should be made
to depend irretrieyably upon all acct
dent over which they have no control.
such as having been born with red
head or pug nose? But this is the
law under which women have lived
since the beginning of time, and it
doesn't give the ugly girl fair chance,
-Lipp5,acotts.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

A NOVEL experiment has been de-
vlsed for the entertainment Of dinner
guests, the serving of salad grown
under the eyes of the guests who par
take of it. The secret of perfornAag
this magic feat is in soaking good
terminating lettuce seed in alcohol ipI
about six hours, and sowing it IN an
equal mixture of unslacked lime asa
rich soil. After the soup has been
served sprinkle the seeds with luxe
warm water and they will sprous I'M
mediately, the lettuce growing 10
about the size of hazel nuts before tho
time for serving the salad arrives.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
My Baby.

My BABY.
One girl | know who can bestow
On me the greatest rapture.
And yet whose heart required no art
Or skill of mine to capture.
She welcomes me with joyous glee,
Or, II I should away be,
Will always yearn for my return.
She is-my darling baby.
Lips cannot tell the potent spell
Night, noon, and morn there fingers
Within the clutch--the velvet touch
OF baby's tiny fingers.
loving wife can brighten life
If in the home loves sway be,
But brighter still, our hearts to fill,
The sunshine of baby.
Whcne'er a thought with sorrow fraugh
O'erspreads my face with sadness,
Or business cares come unawares
To rob my heart of gladness;
IL in my grief, seek relief
In Joys that absent may be,
find balnl--: soothing calm
In thinking of my baby.
Let cynics laugh and idly chaf
About the love paternal;
But | am sure il makes men pure
More fit for life eternal.
There's no delight can reach in height
What mine can ev'ry day be,
When ] can see upon my knee
My pretty, blesse baby.
-NcW York Recorder.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

contract for tho erection, on his beauti-;
full estate ct Oakdale, of a poultry house
to cost $4,000. It will be 1856 feet
long, and it will contain, in conjunction
with original ideas of Mr.. Vanderbilt's,
every improvement known to profess
sional breeders.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

The story that Mr.. McHale, the MN:
nesota legislator who made himse.a
famous by introducing the "anti t'sn155 o
bill, was only joking is absurd: :, Id Id
was in dead earnest. He is that HIM ~.
of man. Why. he won't even sui,e7a
leg of mutton to come to his tao'0
until it is dressed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
just Before the Battle.

Johnny-Will it hurt much, Doctor
Dentist-You don't want me to tell
you story, do you, Johnny? The good
book says we mustn't do that.
]ohnny-Well, the good book SAYS
you must do to others as you'd have
'em do to you, and if was big naa
a-going to pull tooth for little boy
that wanted me to say it wouldn't hurt
much, I think I'd sayit, Doctor. That's
what [ think.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
For the Protection OF Railways in Wa

France has in her army a unique
body of troops for the protection of her
railways in war. Most of them are
men living near the eastern boundary
among them 1000 foresters and Gus
toms oificials-able to get in the field
at few hours notice. Recently this
railway contingent was modified. so
that its efficiency might be tested. The
mobilization was not very successful.
Half of the men could get no overcoats
because there were none for them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

DAFFoD1Ls numbering 1000, goo are
exhibited at famous gardens near Lon
don. Among the daffodils the most
historic specimen is the quaint double
Queen Anne's daffodil, which has
puzzled botanists these three hundred
years, because it destroyed their theory
that of every double flower there is a
single one.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

Place some matches in basin of water
in the shape Of a star, as in illustra-
ton No. 2. Take a piece of soap, cut
into a point, insert it into the water in
the middle of the matches, and 10!
they will fly from it in every direction
as if in horror. If you wish to bring
the matches together again you will
treat them as you would children, with
a lump Of sugar. Dip the sugar in the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

ANNE LOUISE CAREY, at one time
considered among the greatest of con-
traltos, is large blonde woman in
whose handsome countenance beams
the benevolence in her heart. Domes-
tic affairs and charity work now en-
gage the greater source OF her daily
time and attention.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

T did hit him first, and It didn't do any
good.-Lite.
"MAM1E," said papa, won't you have
a little piece of this chicken?' mo,
thank YOU" said Mamie. what! no
chick ?" "Oh, yes; I'll have chicken,
but l don't want any little piece. -
Horper's Young People.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
OF Course.

A little innocent misunderstanding
IS sometimes very useful in helping one
over hard place.
Mabel" said the teacher, "you may
spell kitten"
"K-double-i-t-e-n," said Mabel
Kitten has two is, then, has it?
Yes, maam, our kitten has. "-Ght-
cago Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

FouR spinsters of O'Fallon, Mo-,
have become famous by the new paint
on their joint residence. They couldn't
agree on the colors, SO they decided
that each should have her favorite
color on a portion of the house, and
then they drew lots for the portions.
The house is an artistic revelation.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
rwenty-s,x Years for Stealing s1.o..

In 1888 Fred Easton, of Wyomins
County, N. Y, made raid, in company
with negro, on a farm house and Sc
cured $1.O2. They were arrested and
each subsequently sentenced to twenty
six years in States prison. Easton was
drunk at the time of the commission Of
the crime. The nudge who sentenced
him recently died, leaving a letter re-
commencing Easton's pardon.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

That surprisingly smart Washington
man who swore that he was worth be-
tween five and six thousand dollars,
and then explained that he meant "be-
tween five dollars and six thousand
dollars" stands good chance to live
in the penitentiary between five and
six thousand years for his little Joke.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

A BEAUTIFUL piece of sculpture fro IN
ancient Ephesus has reached the Brit
ish Museum. The relic forms part of
q marble bull, the head being exquis-
itely carved, while the figure of god
dess appears on the body. 1t is sup
posed to be 1000 years old.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

AN old apple woman known as
aKitty" has just died in London at the
age of lO4. She kept little stand
near St. James Hall, where she often
sold candy to Lord Nelson and apples
to Pitt and Fox.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

The present freshman class of
Princeton College has very sensibly
decided to abandon hazing and greet
next years freshman class with ban
quet instead of the old-time nightly
visitations. Having is barbarous
custom which ought to be dropped in
all colleges.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

HE depth at which some Of the Bel
gian coal mines are worked is some
thing prodigious. In pit at Flenn
the work is now done at 300 feet; in
pit at Fremerin at $500 feet, and in
the St. Andre pit at Montignysur
Sambre at 5000 feet.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

RxINpEER flesh, which is said to be
tender, delicious, and nutritious, is
regularly exported from the Arctic
Zones to Hamburg, where it meets
eager demand, at about ID cents a
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
lively Basket Making.

The manufacture of grape baskets
has grown to be an industry in manyof
the towns along the shores of Lake
Erie. Two men, to determine which
was the faster workman, agreed 10
labor at their trade for ore month, each
to work as many hours as he wished
The score at the end OF that time stool
$1,000 for one and s., O45 for the other
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

THIRTY years ago Charles Pinkham,
now an Oakland Gal driver, at
the time 1 years old, Inhaled into the
right lung large pine nut. The doc
tors tried everything for the boy, but
did not extract the obstruction that
was surely killing him, until one of
them, through an external incision,
sucked the nut out.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

Mrs. LEASE, the Kansas Alliance
woman, recently received letter from
Ben Butterworth notifying her that
she had recently been elected to mem-
bership in the college of Thinkers"
Of the world. She has also received
an offer of $50 and all expenses to
make three speeches before the Chau-
tauqua meeting at Atlanta.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

JUDGE THAYER of Philadelphia says
that no person can be legally compelled
to leave his house and be treated in a
hospital, even if he have smallpox or
other contagious disease. 1t is the
right of the patient to stay in his house
if he chooses.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

A DETROIT policeman has been &C
quilted upon trial for not entering the
church upon his beat in which mad
dog was creating terrible commo-
ton. Ee swore that he thought they
we're only electing deacon.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

A TARpoN weighing 2O5 pounds is
said to have been caught at Fort
Meyers, Fla, with hook and reel, a
few days ago by Kentucky lady, af-
ter hard and gallant fight OF one
hour and twenty-five minutes. 1t is
said to have been the largest fish of
the kind ever caught in that manner.
It was feet 8 inches long.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

A DANISH archmologist has found ~ ~
Macedonia, near the modern town y.
Niansta, Greek painting on the W. -
OF tomb. It shows Greek horseln -
battling with Persian foot soldier
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

WILLIAM WOODWARD, of Baltimore,
is 80 years old, which is not wonderful,
but the fact that for seventy-two years
he has been Sunday-school teacher
is. A reception in his honor occurred
on the recent anniversary Of the COM
mencement of his labors in this field
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

OBJECT glasses for microscopes are
now made in Germany of glass that
contains phosphoric and boracic acid.
It is stated that with lenses made OF
this glass an object one-twenty thou
sandth of an inch can be distinctly
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

The fastest mile man has Travelled
by various methods of locomotion is,
to date, as follows: Swimming, 26:52;
walking, 6:23; snow shoes, $500; row.
ing, SOL; running, 4:12a; tricycle.,
2:49 2-5; bicycle, 2:29 4-5; skating,
2:12 3-5; trotting horse, 2:0S4; rum
ming horse, 1875; railroad, 0:4O1;
balloon, pneumatic tube, and electricity
records are yet to be made.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

PAupER labor is not the worst thing
that can happen to country. There
Is the pauper who won't labor. for in
atAnca
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

ONE of William, x. Vanderbilt's
greatest hobbies is the raising of choice
strains of poultry. He has given .
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS is THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.

Quaint saytnx. and DoInes of Little One.
Gathered and Printed Here for Othel
Little Folks to Read.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

Eccentric Matches.
A child detests soap. How it would
amuse child to behold a number of
matches rushing away from soap!
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

water and little bits of wood will come
swimming to it as though they yearned
for a sip OF its sweetness. Once a
Heck
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

Our distinguished red brother, Two
Strikes, says he wants no more war.
He is manifestly beginning to realize
that one more strike would put him
ont
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

The civilization of the kiowa Indians
is nearly complete. Mrs. Teva Keo-
tab, one of their number, in letter
from Idaho, declares that the women
of the tribe have formed sewing So
ciety and need sewing machine.
"These Indian women" she adds, "will
not and cannot be made to wear a
dress, but they like to see their chill
dren clothed like the whites"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

The American Consul at Victoria,
B. c., who refused to honor toast to
Queen Victoria. did neither himself
nor his country credit by his boorish-
ness. No good American is called
upon to wear his patriotism offensive
~. In the British dominions Consul
Ewing was only guest, and it GER
tainly did not become his position to
treat his host extensively. He might
take lesson from the urbanity of
Benjamin Franklin, when at the
French Court he drank first to the
toast proposed by the English diplo-
mate, who com pared England to the
sun, the most regal object in the
heavens. The French Minister pro-
posed a toast to France, which, like
the moon, had next to the sun the
most influence on terrestrial affairs, in
causing the tides and otherwise. Then
came Franklin's turn. Slowly rising
up he said: II propose the health of
George Washington, who, like Joshua,
commanded the sun and moon to stand
still and they obeyed him!" That was
the gentlemanly and diplomatic way
of asserting the dignity of this great
country, and it was done 90 neatly that
no offense could be taken. Our Con-
sui at Victoria should study Benjamin
Franklin's way
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

The sentence of twelve months inn
prisonment passed upon Captain Yer
ney, of the ROYAL Navy, is severer
than is generally imagined. His i'm
prisonment will be on what is known
as the "silent-system," and while it
carries no work with it. the system is
recognized by criminals to be worse
than confinement with hard labor. The
"hard labor man gets enough to eat,
but the "silent-system' man exists in a
state of semi starvation. For this
high-fed navy officer the outlook is de-
cidedly gloomy as it ought to be.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

GEORGE MAULDEN, who lived in
Reynoldstown, Ga, has been for SIX
teen or seventeen years afflicted with q
terrible cough and what was believed
to be catarlh. While bathing his face
the other morning he blew out Of his
left nostril piece of lznife-blade about
OH inch long. Ii looked like piece
of bone. When the outer covering was
removed, however, it proved to be q
piece of steel knife blade. When but
a boy OF ten years negro boy stabbed
him in the left cheek in a boyish scrim-
mage. He did not know thata portion
of the blade was left in his cheek.
THERE is said to be an old negro in
Talbot County, Georgia, who learned
to spell in curious way in slavery
times. His owner lived in sparely
settled neighborhood, and he being q
small boy was sent along to accompany
the children to school. The teacher
would not allow him to go into
the schoolroom when the pupils were
reciting. This aroused his curiosity,
and he would stealthily approach the
door and repeat after the spelling
class until he could spell every word
in Webster's blue-back spelling book
before he ever knew the alphabet. He
now reads and spells very we'll.