Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-05


The principal sciectifc facts discov-
cred 10y The Greelev expedition are the
following
1. The North Pole lies due nortl, OF
New J cI&. 1t Was not discovered, but
its general direction vas pretty Well
establi hsd.
9. THAI the North Pole lies in the
Arctic regions.
3. That it is an almighty cold neigh
borhood.
4. That nearly all the animals there
wear sealskin jackets all the year
round.
5. The chief signal officers are some
what unreliable caterers.
6. That when men cannot get food
they starve to death;
Z. That extreme cold produces FROST
bite.
s. That the getting back is the chief
fun and difficulty OF the expedition
Life.
Yes said young IIardup. With an
air Of disgust, there are some mighty
mean men in the world, but old Money
bags is a little lower down than my
body l know Of"
"What has Moneybags done that is
so very mean?"
you know that worship his daugh-
,er?"
81 have heard you say So"
Yes, ! love the very ground she
walks on. Well, sir, L asked the old
fellow for her hand the other day and
he was mean enough to ask meif l had
a sufficient income to support her.
What do you think Of that for a mar
worth over 100000.
Boston Observation-Disclosures now has
rar more than enough inhabitants to
form a congressional district on the
present superintendent basis Of 154,325
On the basis of the vote just polled
Dakota seems to-day to be entitled TIC
as many representatives as Colorado
Delaware and Nevada combined, and
per population probably exceeds that
of any one Of eight minor states now
in the Union. Against such facts as
these il is almost impossible to see how
mere political reasons can stand in the
way of making Dakota a state.
Railroad men and telegraph operators
will understand the following. which
contains a very clever "take Off from
their standpoint. It has been furnished
The Argus by Operator L. w. NanPat
ten, il Master Mechanic Quinn's Office
Conductor Cleveland, Engineer Hen
bricks, engine 2l9:
Bun to Washington regardless O
Blaine, conductor, Logan, engineer, en-
CINE 1879. AS you pass salt River sta
ton keep q sharp lookout for Lock
wood, who is tagging against you. NJ
water at st. John. This order void af
ter fourth March.
There is nc reference to General But
Ter in the above, and the suppositioI
would be that he was twenty-four hour
! behind, and therefore abandoned.-Far
go Argus.
After kerosene, naptha, benzine. Goa
tar, and several other things arc ex
tracted from crude petroleum, the resi-
due is known as paratfine, clear, Whit
I ,,-o ,ritbp,f 1,c{n ~, .,,,,J1 rNl,, -.
{ atline is cut up and melted, ilavoret
g with vanilla, peppermint, etc, cut int,
! pieces Of various shapes, wrapped il
I, oiled tissue paper, and put on the mark
as 'chewing gum" 1t is estimate,
that over 100000 cakes Of chewing gun
:, are sold every week in this country.
, New York Sun:-What is the use O
abusing Gov. st. John andthe othe
n prohibitionists? They voted in tn
election as they thought best, and had
1 MT they a right to do it? This is a fire
country, and the man who does no
8 vote as he pleases is not worth much
The conduct Of the prohibitionists ma
not suit the rest OF the politicians yer,
! well. but that is their own affair
A terrible scourge is decimating tn
= population OF some Of the western
: counties of Virginia. Owing to a con
+ tinued drought, nearly all the wells
springs and small streams have drie,
t up. and the little water remaining i
i~mpregnated with mineral poison
+ Whole families are reported as dying
S with no one to care for or to bury them
washington Times:-The neighbor
hood of Spring Lake is very much agi
tated about the coal question. 1t is re
ported on very good authority that a
foot vein OF coal has been found on
claim three miles southwest Of Spring
Lake. If this statement should be sub
stantiated, it will prove Of great i'm
portance to our people.
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