Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-22
The Brain and the Teeth,

Mr.. Spence Bate, f. Il. S., in Q recent
address OH dental science. broached a
Theory which is, to say The least, start
Ling. The brain Of NAN, ne said, or his
Uranium, was developing at the expense
Gf.his teeth. In theteeth of the Esuui-
mauX, the Red Indians, and indeed, all
barbarous people. TIE i%nter-lobular spa
ces, common to ali modern teeth, appear
not to exist, not or.y is the dentine get
ting deteriorated, but the enamel is I'M
dergoing a modification, becoming in
fact too Opaque, In the course Of YER
tebrate evolution there is amarked ten.
dency to disappear. The lower vertes
brates have four molars OF each side
in each jaw. the higher have three,
while in man the number is reduced to
two. 1t follows that the future man
will have {. large brain, but no natural
teeth. He win have to depend on the
mechanical dentist or else subsist on
food that does not require mastication.
-Demo.est's Monthly.
Sincethe Patent Office was establish
ed IN 1895, nearly 100000 patents have
been issued. Many ingenion S and in
structive models Will be selected and
sent to New Orleans. These will serve
to Illustrate all the industrial and sci
entitic pursuits OF theiAmerican people.
BESIDES the patent models most Of the
machines of full size may be scea ia
practical operation il the main build
ing. One shoe factory in Massachu-
sets turns out By patent machinery, in
twelve months, IS many pairs OF boots
and shoes as 10000 shoemakers in Paris
make by hand in q year.
The Land Office exhibit will contain
maps OF the public domain. charts
showing the growth Of the States, the
disposition Of land since the govern-
ment was begun and much other va!u-
able information.
horticultural Hall is as good as com
pleteu and will remain the permanent
property Of New Orleans after the cx-
position closes next May. The roof
covered with metal and glass presents
a substantial appearance. The green
house, $50 feet long, is ready to receive
plants. The main hall, 600 feetlong, is
free Of pillars except the four uprlghts
that support the high glass tower. IN
der this tower there is to be a fountain
throwing a stream Of water fifty feet
high. There is a reservoir al least a
dozen feet deep and forty feet in diam
eter built Of solid masonry and set in
the ground reaty to receive the grand
fountain. Choice plants and trees are
now being brought from foreign coun-
tries to be place in horticultural Hall.
The exhibition Of forestry and arbori-
culture will be the finest ever seen in
America. az
Vermillion Plain talk:-While Prof.
&. L. Culver was prospecting for speci-
mems along the Sioux river a few weeks |
ago he discovered along the banks Of
the river bed a strata of coal about two
feet in thickness. The coal is Of the |
same nature as the camel coal of Ohio,
but is not quite sc heavy and bright.
1t is d very good quality however, and
would answer the purpose. While it
would hardly pay to work q two foot
vein, the discovery Of this will probably
lead to the finding Of better veins lower
down. The location is about twenty
miles east OF Fermillion. Since the
discovery of the Yankton coal beds
and the accidental finding Of the coal
by Prof. Culver, there can be no doubt
that Dakota has plenty Of coal. 1t may
deep digging to reach it but it is
Pioneer:-A lot of dude Lnglishmen
who wore slouched helmets, lone eve
glasses, kid gloves, skin tight ranta-
barred coats with broad waist
Snowy buckles and tooth pick
shoes, went through Mandan yesterday
On their way to the National park,
LIZ PJoNS vi IAC DldlOlCu llut Ullllc
have had n"Ameywaca," but said
were "gwately taken aback in not
hiding immense herds Of buffalo look
.ng into the car windows as the passed
Dakota, you know
Dakota Sun:-We are told a farmer
;ook a load Of wheat to mill the other
lay to have it ground; in a few hours
was seen to start for home on the
lead run with his team. He was stop
BED and asked what was the matter,
when he remarked that he had taken
some wheat to mill and there was not
enough to pay the toll and he was go
ng after another sack.
The Texas Siftings:" published in
heart Of traitordom, is a strong
Blaine paper and gives it to Cleveland
n trne republican style.
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