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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-10-09

Los tietes y pasales con pagadeios en- ORC
americana, 8 ST. equiv alente ca moneda oorrien-
te con el 5p.S de aumento
CQNCEsI0NEs.
Esta Agencia expide pasajes de ;da ) yuelta
en- los viajes intercoloniales, Waldo per dos
meses con m Is p9 de rebaia, en- ioe tras-
atl4nticos yGlidos por IN aLo y COZ. IN rs pS
De rebaje.
A toda famiiia cuyo pasajo compute oi mon
tsnte de cuatTo pas@les de c&Ina a se 10 oon-
ceder& uaa rebsja de II p1
Les njfcs ue2c.us lie tres ~82a SF&tis: de
8 Ia aEos, Ia l. :; de 8 IL Ia Ini;ad, de
IL cumplidos en- adtlante pa6ar&n pssaje en-
tsro. Cusndo una fanilia tengs vsrios nj
nos memories de : sAos solo uno de clos se
llevsrE gratis los dolnaa pagarin 1. " ps-te
Dc rassie.
PASAJEs De CRIADOs.
Los varonss 81 precio fiado para los De en-
trepuente, y las mnjeres pagArAn 2I3 dol pa
safe tornado por sus amos.
FLETEs.
Los conocimientos de cargs deoen ser pre-
sentados en- Ia Agencia con la debids antela-
ci6n, no admitiendose los que traigan sellos en-
lugar de frmas.
Para toda clase de informes, dirigirse al
Agente,
Jose r. Silva.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-10-09
LINEA De COLON Y ANFILLAS

oov.Jisada con la Trasasdntica de Ia ns'sn'a
Obmpassa y sambidn con las del FeTr0earr'l
De Paaam6 y vapores de Ia Costa De. S'r
Norss sEsl Pacifco.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-10-09
A Los PROFES0REs

Papel para plauas 4 81 30 res
ma. En- la Imprents del BotETia
MERCANTIL.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-10-09

las casas de la calle de Ia Luna ntm
90 Y San Sebastian ntm. ".
Para informes San Jose Z bejos.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-10-09
IMPRENTA DEL BOLETIN.
YAPORES- -CORREOS Esp.
pH LA CoMPANIA TRAsATLANTlcA
ANTEs
A. LOPEZ T. Co.
nara Puerto Rico y 10 Habana

sAIIDAS.-De Barcelona los dss s6 de cada
uuea.-De Valencia el 6.-De Malaga el J IL
De CAdir el 10 y so.-De san;ander Ell so.-De la
Coruna el II. ,,o-
81 sxpenden billstes directos para MayagueA
Ponce. Santiago de Cuba. Qibars. Nnevitas SABA
aiIla Colon, COZ tasbordo en- Pnerto-Hleo ia
bana.
yIAJE DIREcro DEsDE PUERTO RICo
A sAETATDER.
salida de Puerto-Ric oel da 10 de cadA mes
- CAmara T. 9 Camars Sc c. pref:e So Can
lsb 100 IS 50
Tambi&n puede hacerse el viaie, saheado &c
Puerto-Rico los dias 4, 10 20 de cada mes
,rasbcrdando en- Ia Habsna.
Los precios para estos yiaies, son los sigu'entee
Ia ia "a
De Puerto-Rico In Habana-$ 30 "a 10
De iden Santander, C&dis o - -
Barcelona (via Habsna)...-. 200 loo ~
So sxpideu pasaies de ida y vuslsa con 10 Pc de
sehaia
ninos.
PRIMERA Y sEGUNDA CAMA2A.
Tn rilo hasta de dos amos en- cadA familiA, grA-
Tia. Los demas hAsta amos IN cuarto Pasa3e. Los
de7 17 amos medic passie. Los denas pssale en-
aero.
TERCERA CAMARA.
On uiio, hasta dos amos gratis. Los ninos has
"A amos medic pasajs. Los dssnAs pasaie ertero'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-10-09
PlN0 lNGLES.

Constantes existencias de este
superior articulo, almacenado ba-
10 techo.
90 Daub0n Y Comp.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-10-09
Por el Este.
Por el Este.


e
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no Nc o
asento
dila
D. A } Aii Huna No Hernandez Naguabo, ho
Niewal. en Juan, los generates,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-10-09
C0nDslla gTal. TFaSstlaltica
VAPORES CORREOS FRANCHISES.
TINERAR

Llnea directa de San Na2aire Veracruz
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-10-09
Linea intercolonial de San Thomas
Pto.-hico Jamaica.

Los precios de pasaje para Santender
st. Nazaire son:
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27
A Greyhound's Long Leap.

Captain Ed Murphy has a beautiful
greyhound. Recently Captain Murphy
paid a visit to relatives at Urbana and
took his hound along for the purpose
of having a little sport. In company
with some of his friends he went out
hunting, and near a lane which was
thirty-three feet wide and bordered on
both sides by a stake-and-rider fence
got up a rabbit. The hound gave chase
and the rabbit ran under the fence.
The first jump the hound made it
cleared twenty five feet, going over one
of the fences and landing in the lane.
Without any preliminary motion it
made the second leap, and covered the
immense distance Of thirty-three feet,
clearing the fence on the other side of
the lane. There was a heavy fall Of
snow, and it was therefore an easy.
matter to determine the distances
covered by the prints of the dogs feet
in the snow. The distance was meas
ured by Captain Murphy and three
others who witnessed the remarkable
feat, and their report made i as men,
toned above.-Cincinnah Enquirer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27
Make a Beginning.

We sometimes dream Of certain
things we would like to do; we ever go
so far as to plan something out. But
we w begin the execution of them.
Once begun, we should be reasonably
sur Of carrying them on to comple-
ton. The real hindrance is the fact
that we never begin. OF course for
anything of Importance, there is need
that there be wise planning. Butplan-
ming may be so elaborate as to absorb
all the energies, and the execution
never be undertaken. The men who
achieve are those who go ahead, plan
or no plan and do something. Tho
great works of the world have been ac-
complished because those concerned
have started them, made a beginning,
and then carried them through. This,
is equally true in proportion on q
smaller scale in the private sphere.
Many of us can accomplish much
more than we do by simply going
ahead and doing the things hat pre-
sent themselves to be done. This ap-
plies, of course, more especially to
work aside from but collateral to our
ordinary ayocation .-EIhonge.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27
BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES..

The Difference in the System OF Redemp-
ton in England and This Country.
There is as great difference between
the systems of issuing and redeemlng
the notes of the Bank of England and
the banks of the United States, rs there
is in the appearance of the notes Them
selves,
The English notes much longer and
somewhat broader than ours, is Of
rough, white paper, with ragged edges,
and is printed on M side only, with a
few words and with no pictures or de-
signs; while ours are completely Gov
cred. on both sides with vignette, a copy
OF q painting, and lathe work.
Our notes are issued again and again,
until they become so worn and ragged
as to be no longer serviceable. A
Bank OF England note is never issued
more than once. Everynote that comes
in is at once Cancelled, and then it
is stored away with other can
celed notes to be preserved five years,
when it is destroyed by burning. It
takes one hundred and twenty clerks
to keep the record of notes issued and
paid; and so accurately is this work
done that the date when any note was
issued, the person receiving it, the time
when it was paid into the bank and by
whom, can be ascertained from the
books. Ii the time was within five
years, the note itself can be produced.
Many are the stories of attempts to
counterfeit these notes, which have
| always been failures. AS the average
time between the issue and payment of
notes is only five u six days, the fact
that a counterfeit is in circulation is
known almost at once; and the system
of English bankers and merchants of
keeping the numbers of notes received!
and paid gives the clew by which the
offender is quickly hunted down
Youths Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27
HONEST MEN.
Neighbo,s who Didn't wsnt % Quarrel
| Over n Txi1e.

II Who Didn't wasn't q Quarrel
Over . T1fHe.
Old Abraham Dillinger sued Bill
billiard for calling him a liar. He
thought that his character had been
damaged to the extent Of fifteen dol
lars, and, for that amount, brought
suit before p justice of the peace. just
before court met, billiard approached
Dillinger and said:
"Look here, Abe, you know your
character amt been hurt fifteen dollars
with"
"Yas. blamed eff it hain't."
"Now, Abe, / b'lieve that five dol
lars will kiver up all damages, fur,
Abe, you know well enough that you
air a liar"
eyes, l know all that, Bill, but it's
ono O. them sorter truths that I de-
spise."
81 don't want no lawyer er peckin'
at me, Abe. Tell you what III do. I'll
give you five dollars"
"Taint enough, Bill"
"Wall, now, | want to do whut's
right. We are both honest men an
good citizens. I'll give you the fifteen
dollars if you'll go before court, say
that you was a liar an withdraw the
suit"
"Give me twenty, Billie, an blamed
eff l don't do it"
I'm your man."
The money was paid, and after the
court had been called to order, Abra-
ham stated that as he 'smout'' have told
a lie, he would withdraw the suit.
"Well." said he, after making the ac-
acknowledgement, '.b'lieve I'll be goin',
as it's gettin' long toward the shank
O. the evenin'. Coin out nv way,
Bill?"
Mot right now, Abe. Say, hold on
a minute. Jedge, l want this man tuck
up for false arrest. He has acknowl-
edged that he is a liar.n
"l'et me see you a minute, Bili,''
called Abe.
Bill went out and Abe said:
"Look here, what's the matter with
youp"
"Nothin', onlyI'm going to have the
clamps put on you"
,"lH give you ten dollars to wipe this
thing out"
Now, Abe, 1 want to be far an
squar'. Gimme thirty dollars an out
she goes. l ken send you to the pen
for this, Abe, an I consider thirty dol
lars mighty cheap"
"Ill give you twenty-five"
Thirty, Abe.n
"You must be a fool!!"
"All right, Abe"
"Say!"
"Well."
Here's your money. I'm gettin'
tired o. this blamed law business, fu1
thar amt no honesty in it. Settle he1
up an let's be travelin'. I wouldn't
be a lawyer fur nuthin'."-Arhans0u
Traveller.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27
THE FEET.
Advice to h Aged Aboa Keeping Ths1

Advice to the Aged About Keeping ThsR
Warm.
AT this season of the year it is usual
especially for the aged, to suffer. in
bed, with cold feet. The usual remedy
is the use of hot bricks and the like,
carried to bed with more or less regu,
larity, for about five months of the
year. This, of necessity, a~ggravates
the difficulty, compelling n todepend
more or less on artificial heat, instead
of preventing the escape of the heat by
conduction.
Let it be remembered that the great
principle is that the human body gen
crates its own heat, the only object in
this respect of the use of clothing being
to prevent the too rapid escape Of such
heat generated by the lungs, etc. These
he~at-generating powers, like all others
| of the system, will do much if COM
PEELED to, or they will lie dormant just
to the extent that artificial heat is sup
| piled.
1t is very injudicious for the aged
and those whose powers are reduced
from any cause, to thrust the feet into
cold water, as a means of. increasing
UAC uCtits clHCC Cuc SuOCh Is IOO SEchtS,
and since the temporary gain, if any,
will be followed by a loss of power,
which this class can not afford.
Instead of this injudicious course, let
something be done to- increase the cir,
%culation of the blood, that the warm
fluid from the heart-warmed in the
lungs, by al actual combustion Of
the waste and worthless matterin them
may reach the extremities doing their
appropriate work. This may be
effected by friction of the whole sur
face, as by a tlesh-brush, a crash, etc.,
or by exercise. 1t is a good idea to
rub the bottoms of thefeet on a coarse
rug, or it's equivalent, just before re-
firing. If this is not sufficient, instead
Of the constant use of the hot brick,
it is well to be sure to have the feet
warm on retiring, and then put them
into a warm and thick rug, allowing
the two to come in contact. This will
ordinarily prove all that may be-
needed.-Justice.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27

AMY - .H .
We'll, sir, he was certainly n Of
ne very best men I have ever known
a good man with a good heart. On
one OF his trips to ireland he brought
PACK nome with him a woman and her
omJ uaughters, whom he had known in
cary boyhood days. Coming up from
the landing he rode on the Outside of
n carriage with the driver, tho women
occupying the inside of the carriage.
IL was very disagreeable weather, and
ne was an old man, but he rode all the
are still stopping at his house,
What was his religious belief"
lie was never a church-going man.
! know that while sick. aud just before
his death, he expressed a desire to die
a Cathollc, but whether OF not.a minis
ter OF that religion was able to get to
him l am unable to say. know that
his funeral did take place from a Cath
Ole Church.-Cincinnatt Enquirer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27
WANTED BOTH.
The Yankee Not the Only Person Desiring
to Make q Bargain.

The Yankee Not the Only Person Dcsirin,
to Make a Bargain.
An oyer-eagerness to make bargains
has been attributed to the Yankee, and
no doubt he has earned his reputation
thoroughly. But he is not the only sharp
bargainer in the world. The French
Emperor, the first Napoleon, called
the English a nation of shopkeepers;
and they do say that even the French
are not all lavish and open-handed.
But as a race the Jews are beyond
question the most forehanded people in
the world. The following story illus
trates their propensity for money
making almost as well as did the APP
plication of the afflicted mother for the
return of her son Moses admission
fee to the theater gallery, Moses hav-
ing fallen ver the rail and broken his
neck. He had not seer the show,
pleaded the broken-hearted mother.
There are a great number Of anec-
dotes about General Skobelof, which
have become legendary in the Russian
army, and there are a much greater
number about the Russian Jews which
circulate through all classes of Russian
society. The following story, which is
of interest both for the admirers of
the ''White General" and the haters
of the Russian Jew, was revived when
Prince Bismark, as a sign of special
distinction, received the cross Pour lie
Merite. Skobeleff, so goes the story,
was working one evening in his tent
near the Danube, OF near pond, when
a Turkish bomb dropped at the TIRES
hold of the tent.
The General had just time to see the
sentinel outside stoop down and phleg-
matically throw the shell into the
water. skobeleff approached the
soldier and said: "Do you know that
you have saved my life!"
81 have done my best, General"
Every well, which would you rather
have, the ST. George cross or one
hundred roubles"
The sentinel was a Jew, with a fine
Semitic profile. He hesitated a mo-
ment, and then said:
"What is the value of the St. Georges
cross, my General?"
"What do you mean? The cross it.
self is of no value; it may be worth five
roubles, perhaps, but it is an honor to
possess it,"
"Well, my General" calmly said the
soldier, "if it is like that, give me nine
ty-tive. roubles and the Cross of St
George!"
Whether the prayer of that child Of
Israel was granted or not, history does
not say.-PuU Mall Gazette.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27
THE LIME KILN CLUB.
Brother Gardeners Observation On thu
Misuse of Language.

n1oeser G~ardner's Observation On thu
Misuse Of Language.
III Brudder Shindig Watkins am in
de hall tonight he will please step dis
way" said Brother Gardner. as every
body except Bedrock Taylor drew in
his feet and ceased coughing.
Brother Watkins had jammed HIM
sell into the northwest corner and was
rubbing down a bunion with a frag-
ment OF grindstone, but he slipped on
his shoes and made his way to the
PRESIDENTS desk with a look of keen
expectancy on his face.
"brudder Watkins" continued the
President, "about a var ago 1 had a
few words to say to Clarified Davis on
the subj eck OF langwidge. On seberal
different occashuns l has heard you wind
up an ~observashun wild cam dig SOILS.
Has you got any diggggin' to do?'
wellP"
mo, sah."
20 you know anybody named So
u reckon not, sab"
"Den why did you call on Soils to
cum an dig?"
81 Dunno"
"Um! On odder occashuns, Brud-
der Watkins, l has heard you speak of
0Quo pura. Has you much of a win
ter's stock on hand?"
"I-I-no, sah."
'Dat's too bad! Iwar' gwine to buy
a ton orso of you. All out. ehp Now,
Brudder Watkins, what did you mean
one day las week when you told Give
adam Jones dat you felt en- dashabiNc!?''
Il doan' remember, sab"
"Doan, eh! Doan' happen to hav
any en- dishabile in your pocket To-
night, do you?"
No, sah."
Oats sad-werry sad! AS the
oyster patty de odder ebenin' you told
de wilder Callforth dat you nebber
went out nights widout your siznilaa
simi1sbus cm0nter wild you. How
many times does it shoot, Brudder
Watkins?"
ell dunno, sah,"
(Which pocket do you cary it ine''
"None of 'em,"
'Brudder Watkins, loc1 zee in de
left eye! Deman who has looked in at
de back doah of a college am not
speshully called upon to give de faclS
away. An, too, de English laag.
widge am so plain an easy dat any.
body kin make hisself understood with.
out breakin' his back. When de Pres.
ident of a republic like dis sends fo'tf
an annual message in SIGH simple
English dat skule boys kin swallow
ebry word, dar hain't much call fur dc
likes of us to stand on de hind plat
form of a street kyar an call out: Id
interim aa7icWs hunsani gcncris ant,
6eHum CONNIE je Jms' We know i
widout his giyin' hisself away.
Take yer seat, Brudder Watkins
an let me hope dat you will hencefo'tl
use de langwidge of de kentry in i'm
partin', de infurmashun dat you wen
to be bed wild cold feet an got up vic
a backache. If you war publishin'
cheap AFTERNOON paper, for circulashul
among people who had spent year
at college, it might do to frow Greel
and Latin in your editorials, but il
yer present condishun you kin gi
trusted fur bacon in Gle English lang
widge, an pay when de bill am mad
out in de same."-DetroI Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27
TAXING LIMBS OF THE LAW.
How Young Lawyers in Baltimore are Tm-
posed Upon.

81 understand" said a well-knovn
court officer yesterday, 'sthat-but let
me tell you a story. Once upon a
time, say forty years ago, there was an
old lady christened Nell Gwynn by The
boys. She sold apples, cakes, ETC.,
about the courts. Younglawyers were
scarce in those days, but the young
lawyers then were rich. One day Old
Nell took it into her head to tax all the
young lawyers five dollars on their adj
mittance to the bar. / have said the
boys were rich; they were also gener-
Gus, and when Old Nell made the prop
osition they simply laughed and COM
piled with the old lads's fancy. The
practice continued during Old Nell's
lifetime, and many a five dollar note
crept into her purse. Then Pether-
bridge, the crier of the Supreme Bench,
thought it was a good field to cultivate,
and the young lawyers OF his time were
induced to follow the example of their
predecessors, the limbs of the law of
Old Nell's time. So the custom, not a
law, continued, with this difference,
however, that the fine is not exacted.
Now, the young lawyers are not scarce,
neither are they rich; but they possess
one attribute of those preceding them
they are proud. And while some OF
their claes cav still well afford to shell
out the five dollars which it has grown
up to be the custom to present to the
crier, the others generally follow suit
because their pride will not permit
them to refuse the contribution"
"But what did you start to say?"
asked the reporter to whom the story
was related.
.Oh," was the response, 81 was go
ing to remark that / had heard that as
reform judges were upon the bench, a
movement might be made toward lop-
ping off a few of the unnecessary and
some of the unlawful court fees"
DO understand you to say that
this fee is exacted of all the young men
admitted to the bar?" said the re-
porter.
Yes, I say so; AMI not only that; it
is looked after until it is paid, too"
is the crier dependent on these
fees, instead of q salary?" was asked.
''Of course not" was the answer:
che gets his on. thousand five hundred
dollars a year, like ali other bailitls."
baltimore american.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27
THEIR HUSBANDS MERITS.

A Battle Between New York Amazons
Arising Out of a Discussion of the Good
Points of Their Respective spouses.
Having a tuft Of hair like an Indian
with a scalp, Mrs. Wolfenstein majes-
tically strobe into the Essex Market
Police Court. There was a bald spot
on the top Of her head, from which she
said the waving lock had been up
rooted. Mrs. Mulligan had lived on
the opposite side Of the hallway in
Mrs. Wolfenstein's tenement, and a
dispute had arisen over the compare
tive merits of their husbands. An Of
ficer had been attracted to the scene
of battle by.an unearthly CHATTER that
sounded like the wreck of a crockery
shop in an earthquake.
"What did Mrs. Mulligan do to
you?' asked Justice German of Mrs.
Wolfenstein.
"Shudge, I'm a goot Cherman VOC.
a and / meier do notings to nopody.
Dieser Irisher vas foreffer annoying me,
and shust as | vas going to kirchc
dieser morchen she called me names
und said my man vas no goot."
"What did she call youp" asked the
Court, holding the cross-bound Bible
in his hand.
~"Sheeny, ~sSeeny.'
"Faix an phwat did she call me fust,
Yer Anner?: 1t vas Mickey, Mickey"
shouted Mrs. Mulligan. ''Thin she
said me husband waz no good or he'd
be a dinnermiter."
The hair was compared to that
around the desert spot, but no COM
parison could be found. The officer
said he found the women's husbands
in their respective rooms tumbling cans
and dishes on the floor and screaming.
''Let me get oud to hcllup my frau!
Let me go!" and 'Hould on, Biddy;
I'll be ter yer aid if | can get away
from this spalpeen that's holdin' me-"
The officer could not find anybody who
had been holding the experienced hus-
bands.
"Onn Of you women must move,'
said the Justice. ''That's the penalty
of the Court."-M. y. Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27
A Migratory sandhilI.

In Churchill County, this State, there
is a queer sandhill which possesses tho
power of moving. 1t is nearly four
miles long. about a mile wide, fro1a
one hundred to four hundred feet high,
and must obviously contain millions OF
tons of sand. In it it is impossible tc
find a particle of sand larger than a
pins head. The hill is not stationary,
but rolls slowly eastward, the wind
gathering it up on the west end, bear
mo 4 along the ridge and then deposit
ing it again at the east end: This
wandering habit is SO decided that in
the course of several years the hill had
moved more than a mile TsrgsnM
(Nev.j Enterprise.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27
"A well-husbanded lady

A well-husbanded. lady is now re-
siding in the State of Arkansas. She
is now sixty-tive years of age, and is
living with a courageous man, who has
assumed the position OF her fourteenth
husband! 1t is said that in the hall OF
her house there are thirteen pegs, upon
which hangs a hat duly tabled as the
property Of n Of the defunct hus-
bands.-Austin (1cr.) Dispatch.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27

According to the official returns Of
the Health Department of New York
there were reported in the ten years
ended with 1888 34,697 cases of diph-
iberia, of which Is, 697 proved fatal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27

An old, broken-nosed pitcher,
which would have brought $500 two or
three years ngc, was sold in New York
the other day for thirty cents. The
cxaze has passed.-M. Y. Graphic
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27

The longest continuous fiber known
is that of silk. An ordinary cocoon OF
a well-fed silk worm will often reel one
thousand yards.