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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A machine has been invented for
picking cotton which in a recent field
trial "worked we'll"
Five million dollars will be invested
in erecting buildings on twenty acres
of ground at Beaver Falls, Pa, and the
establishment of a barbed wire works.
Mr.. Du Pont Lyle, the American
Consul at Funchal, Madeira, in a report
to the State Department, says that the
number of females engaged in the en-
broidery industry on the islands is esti-
mated at about 10000, and that the
value of the product exported in 1881
was So, 5 81.
More attention is being given to
draining low land in the Southern
States than ever before. The richest
tracts in the South have been entirely
unprotected OF only used for producing
rice. Much of this land is now being
drained for the purpose Of raising cot
ton, corn, sweet potatoes and small
grain.-CAtcago Times.
In England thin shavines of We
neers of different kinds of wood are COM
ing into use for book covers. The
woods now mostly in use are our Amer
lean black walnut, lime, oak, holly,
ETC., but all woods may be used. After
being placed upon the wood the veneers
can be either rubbed down with oil or
French polished.
An automatic electric mechanism.
that is destined to announce the ap-
proach OF railroad trains, has been tried
on what is called the Paris-Lyon-Med-
it%erranean Line. 1t consists of 81 box
hlled with mercury placed under the
rail at the required distance from q
belt. When a train passes over this
box the mercury is SO agitated as to form
contact with the bell, and thus makes il
ring.
"A French chemist claims to have
invented an odor that will hold n fort
and the land within half a mile of it for
q week. The smell is not deadly, but
no mortal can stand before it. Tie new
agent is expected to work a revolutionin
the art OF war, beside serving in obstinate
civil cases. 1t produces sensations of
nausea and disgust like the worst sea-
sickness.
Electricity is now entering the field
against the horse as 4 means OF traction.
Two eminent electricians claim to be
able to bottle up twelve-horse power in
q storage battery weighing three hun
dred weight, and they promise to pro-
duce in a few months a perfectly prac-
teal electric tricycle. capable of running
fifteen or twenty miles without re-
charging the accumulators, and able to
ascend all such hills as are now posi-
bic for the foot tricycle., and even Steep
er gradients, if auxiliary toot-gearing DO
used to help the elcctro-motor when
She incline is great. The weight of bait
ueries will not exceed the weight of a
second rider, and will run at tie rate Ct
seven milea an hour.--N. 7. HcyalA.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
Beware Of False Prophets"

Now that the big Virgins scare is
e and no one hurt would it not be
better for intelligent people to take a
more sensible view of matters that are
beyond human ken than listening to the
senseless vaporings of impudent adj
%venturers, who profess to unfold the
secrets possessed alone by the Om-
niscient One?:
During a period of nearly ten years
the daily press has teemed with the
vague coniectures of a set of vampires,
who have brazenly assumed to map out
the character of the season and locate
storm dates many months in advance of
the time predicted for their coming.
The worst feature in the case is a large
percentage of the people have, to a CON
siderable extent, taken these idle vapor-
ings upon trust, and are often guided
by them in their business affairs. This
has been particularly true with a large
portion OF the agricultural people, and
quotations from Tice. Vcnnor, Couch,
etc, have been nearly as current as the
daily fluctuations of wheat and corr in
metropolitan markets. One after an
other these fellows have come to grief,
until the more intelligent portion Of the
people have ceased to pay any attention
to their predictions, but treat them with
the contempt they deserve.
The sole object these adventures
have in view is to create a sensation,
and gain sufficient publicity to enable
them to sell the almanac, which nearly
or quite every of them publishes.
Some of them have in this way reapcd
a handsome reward in dollars and cents,
and this is the allurement which draws
others on. Each succeeding adventurer
OF this class is Il greater fraud than
those who have precededhim; it appear
ing a necessity to him, in order to ret
the public ear. to Guido in impudcnce
all others engaged in the same line.
We hope our agricultural friends will
90 to work this spring when the soil is
in fit condition fortillagc, paying not the
least regard to the sensclcss vaporinos
Of these charlatan ~adventurers, but
rather place their trust in Him who has
placed the "bow of promise'' in the
heavens, and who has no vice-regent on
this planet to whom he has impaired
the secret Of the :'times and ~seasons.'
Ii the press would cease to give cur
rency to the offerings of these weather
predictions, the occupation of the
authors OF them would soon come to an
untimely end. This alone gives respect
ability to either the men who make
them or the predictions themselves
BurIlngtOn HaWheue.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
Taxation in Austria,

Taxation in Austria is something alb
aalutely awful. 1t is difficult to under
stand how the people live at all, carry
Eng sach frightful burdens. Everything
lis taxed The Emperor and his Cabinet
hay awake nights to find new things to
AJAX. One-half OF their time is spent in
finding new things to levy taxes upon,
and the other half in raising the taxes
upon articles already on the list.
You build a house in Vienna and rent
it. say for 1000 ilorins. The Govern
l,nent steps in and takes exactly 49, per
cent. of the rental-almost half. You
are compelled to send to an officer ap-
pointed for that purpose your lease, and
the tenant is compelled to swear that it
IS correct and nosham. And suppose you
have a house with q good tenant. one
who mas occupied it for years, renting
the place ten years ago he has a rather
dow rent, and you are satisfied to let
him remain. In the meantime property
has gone up in value in the neighbor-
hood, but nevertheless it is to your inter-
est to keep your good tenant. Some
line morning you are waited upon by an
otilclal who says to you:
THAT house in Joscph-strassc you are
ggetting 1000 tlorins for.n
Yes"
"'11e rent istoo low. That house can
be rented for 1900 FORMS"
''True; but Mr.. Strauss is a worthy
MAN. who takes excellent care-pf the
property, and his business is bad, and
a,GNU is all he can afford. Iwould rath-
ak' h3yn hin, in IL nt | n00 tI,n, 10 I. H..
1lae chance Of bad tenants at u higher
rate
'Possibly; but the house can be
rented for 1000 t%lorins, and from the
5irst Of next month your tax will be $50
:torins. Good morning"
And so, much against your will and
much against poor Strauss will, the
rent is raised to 1900 ~tlorins.
Every business has to pay a tax for
the privilege OF doing business, as we'll
as = tax upon the articles dealt in, and
another on the amount of business
done, and still another on the net prof
its.
The farmer pays a tax upon his
standing crops, and when he brings tito
Vienna to sell he has to pay so many
,krcutzers for the privilege of coming
into the city. After this is paid, he IS
compelled to pay another for the priv
.ssrge OF standing in the market and
selling it, and when he gets home he
Ends a blank statement, which he must
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
Well Done

Here is a true story which may have
| interest and meaning for some young
| people with large ambition and small
means
James M belonged to n of the
Oldest and proudest families in Balti-
more. The family mansion was historic.
Its walls were hung with the portraits
of his ancestors BY Lely, Copley and
Stuart. He was brought up-being an
orphan-in his uncle's family, in all the
idleness, refinement and total ignorance
of labor, Or of the coarse, hard, disa-
| greeable sides of life in which his race
had lived for generations. Not being
clever. James failed ut college, and ut
twenty-one sat down calmly to consider
| his future.
He was too dull in brain to enter o
profession with any hope of success
He had neither the capital nor expert
ence for large business operations; and
for this tall, faultlessly-dressed young
Hercules to go to measuring calico, or
pouring out pints of molasses, or any
other work honorable in itself, but
wholly at variance with his habits and
ideas, meant inevitable failure.
81 have been brought up as if I were
to inherit n Million" he said to his
uncle. II have neither trade, profess
sion nor art. l am engaged to agirl as
poor and as delicately reared rs myself,
and / will no longer remain dependent
on you. There's the debit side of the
account. AS to the credit, I have ex-
actly two thousand dollars. What am
1 to do?"
His uncle was silent. He began to
question whether, when he gave to his
penniless nephew and sons the habits
and tastes of young noblemen, he had
been altogether wise.
"Ihe woman you mean to marry is
the n you should consult" he said, ut
last. eco and talk it ovcr with Mary"
In a day or two James had a plan.
He went with it to Mary. She gasped
with establishment, laughed, fell to
thinking, and at last, being heslthy,
highspirited girl, approved of it.
The next week he started for the
West with letters to influential ranch
men. He left his dress suits, intaglios,
his assortment of fine canes, pipes and
engravings, with all the life of which
they were the signs, behind him. For
two years he worked for his friends
herding, buying and selling. He had q
keen eye, q good memory for the. prac-
teal details and shrewd hard sense.
At the end of that time he took up
land, built a cabin, invested his money
in more land and q few sheep.
Then he went for Mary. For a year
they lived alone in their cabin, making
ready their own meals with the help Of
a cookery-book. Middle-aged people
used to luxury often break down in this
life, but this couple had the capital of
youth, strength and light hearts. They
turned the whole affair into prolonged
joke.
James is now known as a prosperous
ranchman in Texas. The cabin has
grown into a large and hospitable man
sion. These young people who, in an
Eastern city, would have sunk down
into dull, frivolous, fashionable idlers,
useless burdens upon their friends,
have led strong, wide, full lives, and
will leave an enduring mark upon their
place and time.-Youth's Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

Miners, plainsmen, and other pic.
neers of civilization seem to be possessed
by an unreasonable prejudice against
lawyers. The early miners Of the
Pixies Peak region enacted this law:
to practice law in any court in this district
under penalty of not more than fifty, nor les!
than twenty lashes. and be banishcd from the
district"
It is not known that any person
suffered the penalty of this absurd law,
but it shows the strong prejudice of the
new community against lawyers. This
prejudice sometimes extends to the
technicalities of the law, and even to
those whose observance is necessary to
the proper administration of justice.
An amusing illustration of this ten
dency occurred in the early history OF
California:
The jurisdiction Of justices of the
peace was then limited to cases where
the amount involved did not exceed two
hundred dollars. One Watson sued a
Mr.. Durham on a note for four hun
dred dollars.
AS the suit was brought in q JUSTICES
court, Dunham's lawyer proposed to
dispose of it by pleading, mo jurisdic-
ton" But, rs he was willing to see
how far the justice would go, he reserved
his plea until ''his honor had enter
ed judgment.
"Ah, yes; justso," replied the justice.
.'The court has thought of that, and
discovered a remedy. The court enters
Judgment against your client for four
hundred dollars, and issues tuo .exec,-
tons for two hundred dollars each!n
And he did it.
When Nevada allowed those who
quarrcled to settle their disputes in
Their own fashion, two men became an
cry over a wood-claim. and one of them
shot the others head off. The best
counsel III the State appeared for the
shooter, when his case came up for trial
before Judge A.
The Judge had his own views in the
case. and ut the proper time gave them
u~tterancc. When the evidence was all
in, he, waving aside the prisoners
counsel and prosecuting attorney,
said:
Young man, seeing as this is YOUR
first offence. Shall let you off this time.
But you must be very careful how Won
go shootin' round this way in future.
for they hung a man over in Carson the
other day just for doing the very same
thing"
Kentucky oncc boosted of a JUDGE
who sympathized with the Nevada JUS
tees method OF administering Justice.
A young gentleman, well-drcssed, was
brought into court to be tried for grand
larceny. The Judge, after looking at
him intently, turned to the throng of
spectators and said:
"Gentlemcn, I do not believe that
any man who dresses SO decently, and
LOOKS SO handsomely as this man does.
could even be guilty Of stealing. He
looks like an honest man, and, nnotwith-
standing the Indictment, l believe he is
one. All Of you who are in favor Of his
going quits. hold up your handsr'
Ths hands were lifted ND, and the
judge turning to the prisoner, said:
"lhera, go now; YOU are unas;mous.
" dlscharged."-YouM CompuYion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

Near Macon. Miss, is a remark.
able pigeon roost. 1t embraces an area
OF forty acres in a valley surrounded bv
prccipitous hills. A creek runs through
it OF rather spreads over it. covering
most OF the surface with water from
one to five feet deep. There is all over
it a thick growth of cane, vines, bushes
and saplings, which, with the quick
sands, muck and water, constitute it an
absolutely impcnetrablc morass. 1t is
a wonderful instinct that prompted the
birds to select this. the most secure and
safest place of all the places in the
Whole region, for their clearinghouse.
between unset and dark, pigeons come
in from all quarters in immense num-
bers, darkening the heavens, and pro-
ducing a roaring noise that can he
heard two or three miles.-Chicaqo
Times, -
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

The Boston HeruId excuses the edit
or who puts his pen in the mucilaee
and the mucilage brush in the ink.
when he sits down to write a stickful
article.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

An English farmer at Shapwick
was surprised, lately, to find a healthy
crop OF green grass growing from the
back OF n OF his sheep. Hay seed
had fallen into the wool and the long
season OF damp weather had sprouted
it. The idea, carried fully out, so that
sheep could be made to raise their own
pastures, would give the sheep business
IN the sterile plains Of the West a boom.
Y. Gln4lhiic.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
Mr.. Isaac Smith Of Alh.rn N

Mr.. Isaac Smith, of Albany, N. Y,
aged sixty-three, has just got out of the
insane asylum, where he was placed by
ms two married children because lie had
bought some ley clothes and was pre-
pairing to marry Il handsome Young
woman. What very unhappy old men
tile old men Of this country would be il
all were locked up as %lunatics who pro.
pose to remarry.--indaa1apol;s Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

IA sufferer by the Ohio foods'' is
the new role in which the Western
tramp takes to the road tbs spring.
Late@yo Mus
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

-e=sh4n, GazIsSa
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
Law Without LAWYERS.

Miners, plainsmcn, and other pio-
neers of civilization seem to be possessed
by an unreasonable prejudice against
lawyers. The early miners of the
Pixies Peak region enacted this law:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-12

4 remarkable illustration of the fero-
CITY Of tbe little busy bee, under certain
Circumstances was lately afforded by the
annual exhibition OF the Topsham Horti-
cultural and Cottage Garden Society near
Exeter, Eng Among the exhibits was
class case containing several thousand
dead drores, the result Of 8anguinary
battle a few days before in a neighboring
apiary. The owner and his family, Of
course, coald not witness the fight, but
thew had the pleasure Of seeing the work
ing bees briag the lifeless bodies Of their
adve5saries 70 theezit and bundle them
out b. the hundred Examination Of the
slain showed that they had been roughly
handled. Many were headless, others
had lost legs or wings or both, and all
we're in = Shocking condition Of the
bees only about fifty had fallen ii the
frav. which lasted all day and ceased
with the utter annihilatian Of the drones.
The slaughter Of the drones takes place
yearly at the approach Of winter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-12

Judge Hoadley, the Democratic candi-
date for Governor of Ohio, has been com.
PEELED to abondon his canvass and go to
Philadelphia to be treated for serious
illness. His family physician at
Cincinnati advised him to this course,
and says that Hoadiey is suffering under
serious nervous prosration, growing out
OF his arduous Iabors in the campaign
and the anxiety incident to it." His
anxiety" no doubt, arises from the fact
he feels it in his bones that he is certain
to be defeated at the polls, and hence the
serious prostration that has seized upon
him Poor old Horace Greeley deserted
his party and became the candidate of
his old political oppanements, just as
Uoad}ev has, and he died of a broken
heart. The man who has been well
brought up in the grand old Republican
party, " and then deserts to the enemy, is
generally seized with 'prostration and
the two together usually finish him
Chicago Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-12

SPAnR0ws BUILD : RAET.-Dr. II.
Chatield. the coal dealer, has on his
coal shed for protection against fire two
buckets which at all times filed with
water. Thapigeonsip tbeneighborhood,
spaII0ws. and other birds flock there in
numbers to QUench their thirst, and
much fighting and chirping are the con
sequences. Ia many instances some of
the smaller birds while sitting on the
rim of the buckets fighting, are precipi-
tated headlong into the water, aud, not
being web footed, have q hard time of it
gaa.ing out. Recently a y0uug sparrow
(Which breed seems to be endowed from
birth with fighting qualities) fell into one
of the pals and could not get out lis
loud CHIPPING soon brought its parent,
which aHglced on the pail, and, seeing
the scrape ncr offspring had gotten itself
into, began, to all appearances, to scold
it. Presently it flew away and brought
back with it several more birds, and,
with their combined efforts, the little
haIfdrowned fighter was fished out. The
mode of rescue taken by the elder spar
rows was to pict, up sticks and other par
particles that would float When a suf-
fcfent quantity was in the bucket, the
drowning sparrow grasped the now COM
nleted life raft aud was saved. when it
hobbled on the shed, its plumage all be
aragoled. and the fight seemed to have
lett il enGireIy.-Eli9a5etb Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-12

YEARS ago, when David Crockett was a
member Of Congress and had returned
home at the close ofthe first session. sew
eral Of his neigbors gathered around him
one day and asked questions about Wash
ington. "What time do they dine in the
city," asked one. Common people,
such as we have here,- dine at l. The
big ones dine at 8; we Representatives at
I; the aristocracy and Senators eatat .. .
"Well, when does the President fodder .
''Old Hickory" exclaimed the colonel;
'WelI, ne don't dine till next day"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-12

Mr. Law, Lord Chancellor of ireland,
is dead. re figured conspiciously in
Irish polia@- He framed the Irish
Land act and had charge of it while it
was under consideration in the House of
Commons. He was admired by all
classes in ireland where he was known
as Honest Hugh Law Before being
raised to the. bench he was Attorney
General for Ireland. He was offered a
pearaga but refused it,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-12
A HIPPOPOTAMUs ON e PICNIC

d IiEEGIO1 AAGC YIN - ElCNll,
Manager Holmes, of the 81 13ayd Mu-
asam on Fulton street, BIZ IN, was
baay Yesterday morning a. i biz
BOX containing a hippopotau ss. In the
pushing and showing several bars fell out
and the quiet and domestic-looking hip
popotamls lowered his head and moved
toward the museum door. Simultan-
eously a number Of men Disappeared
from the side Of the box and second
after "the only living hippopotamus
horned and terrible" rushed through the
museum door out onto the crowded street
Ladies and children made wild dash
across the sidewalk, car horses danced
and car drivers swore, while the only liv-
ing hipp0p0tamus stood or a second sur
veying the china pug dogs in the next
door windows. Then he Numbered heav-
lily into William j. Carlisle's grocey store
near the museum. 4 young woman Sc
Letting goods fed to the young man be
hind the counter, who beat ha5ty re-
treat into a convenient sugar barrel
The animal sprang nimbly across boxes
Of starch aud piles OF soap until he
reached the back Of the store with the
essence oftwo dozen eggs clinging to his
legs. China and glassware disappeared
before him, and just as the hippopotamus
was seeking to make meal Of the barrel
a strong force from ths mus num appeared
on the scene with a strong iron~barred
box and the monster was captured.
Crowds gathered or the streets to see his
return to his quarters.-Ne,c York
WoYI3.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-12

aRJoHE TEE1IER, the young oarsman who
recently achieved the distinction Of win
ming race in which Edward Hanlan
was his competitor, is native Of Penu>
sylvania, 10 years old, He is tail,
straight, square.sbouldered, with large,
dark eyes, and weighs 155 pounds when
he rows.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-12

PRESIDENT GREW, ike President Ar
thur, is taking his vacation. He is at
Misunderstanding, his countryseat
in the Jura, and will return 10 Paris for
a short time about the middle of Septem
Der, in order to receive the King Of Spain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-12

TEE Democrats are very unhappy in
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio,
where they are lighting after the fashion
Of Kilkenny cats, and it looks as if there
going 10 be war to the knife in Indiana
between the Hendricks and Mcdonald
factions
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-12

Hon. HENRY L. PIERCE seems to he
The coming candidate for Governor Of
Massachusetts on the Republican ticket
He has been three times elected Mayor
Of Boston, and left q clean record behind
him when in Congress. He IS a favorite
with the independents, and will easily
defeat Ben Butler if he is nominated.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-12
:. ALEXANDER CAEC

wluow of the eminent divine VINO round
ed the Church of the Disciples, or Camp
bellite church, is seriously i'll with little
chance of recovery. She resides
Wheeling, and is over so years old.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-09-12

SAM HING, Of New Mexico, is called
the richest Chinaman in America. He
is said to be interested chiefly in getting q
ntage out of the wag coun-
D who build SouthwG Dads.
rtune Is $4,00O,0 GOO,