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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-30
WlNTERiNG
A Simple Plan to Preserve the Vegetable in
Healthy Condition.

"a = 1hh w AcScESc III tcSclHole In
Healthy Condition.
A Dakota farmer writes to ask how a
man who has no cellar can keep cab
bages through the winter. We are
happy to assure him that nothing can
be simpler. Plow three or four fur
rows along the ground at a point con-
venicnt to the farm buildings, making
a bed say about four feet in width and
as long as you please. In these fur
rows lay your cabbage heads, with the
root stalk up, as close together as you
can place them, a double row in each
furrow if necessary. Put a light cover
ing of hay oyer them and them cover
with earth eight or ten inches deep.
About Christmas put a good load of
straw or hay over the whole. AS the
cabbages are wanted for use take them
out, beginning at n end of a furrow
and going through to its other end. 1t
is only necessary to dig away part of
the dirt above till the root stalks of a
cabbage is reached, then pull it out
without disturbing the others. Cab
bages stored this way will keep fresh
and crisp during the entire winter, and
will seldom freeze. 1t does not hurt
them, however, TO freeze, nor will a
single thawing affect them particularly,
but repeated freezing and thawing will
soon cause them to decay. It NAV DO
said, also, that it is far better to keep
cabbages in this way than in the cellar,
it this in under the house. Indeed, the
odor of cabbages when their outer
leaves begin to decay is SO foul and so
prone to generate such diseases as
diphtheria and typhoid fever that we
should counsel farmers never to store
them in the cellars beneath their dwell
llngs while a rod of outside dirt can be
made available for the purposc.-Iuter
Inou,,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-30

amid the grimy smoke of the chimney"
There is no probability" Of the race be-
coming extinct. More than fifty years
ago old Thomas Lucy. the eminent corn
merchant and miller at Stratford,'
prosecuted one boatce William Shak-5
spere, not for stealing a deer, but for
stealing dear wheat. That Thomas
Lucy. unlike his ancestor, caught his
''Will," anN sent him to Warwick Jail.
The unfortunate incident, or accident,
to William Shakspere caused several
ocular paragraphs to be inserted in,
the local press. Alas! it vas no joke
for poor Shakespeare Whitehall Re-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-30
AN lNDlGEsTIBLE norr
How a Joker Was Compelled tn ~,
Feritable Choke, lake

How q Joker Was Compelled tn
Veritable Choke, lake a
A Prussian army officer, st.+;,.
at Berlin, frequently had occasioo
borrow money from an accommoda4. 10
lsraelitish friend, who only cbaraoss
three or four per cent. a month scu
general thing, the officer, Baron d
Pump, was able to meet his oblisatioaap
but on the occasion to which we a1ns'
he was not able to do so.
! Moses Levy was promptly on b,ns
to collect the money. He called At I tpl
Baron Won Pumps room, and presentos
the note.
"Moses, 1 have heretofore a,uou-
been able to meet my note, but I bsss
no money to pay this one. You will
have to wait" VIII
II don't Wait at all, Ven you dom,
bay dot note right away, l goes 'o ny
prings dot note a shustus of der nea"a
pefore. and sues you on de spot. nf".0
Baron von Pump quietly locked III.
door and put the key in his pocket
whereupon Moses legs began to woh.
BILE about, for he was afraid of pers "u",
violence at the hands of his creditns'
The Baron produced a pistol, and f.
cussed the unhappy Israelite with #
Now, Mr.. Judas Iscariot, VOC taLo
that note of mine and eat it.n
"Schencral, | vas schoost iokin' NIT
you. 1 can Wait so long as you wants"
II a take a joke as well as anv.
body, and now it is your turn to taxi
a choke. Chew up that note and swol
low it, or you are adead man." and fin
officer pressed lightly on the TRIGGER
In vain did Moses protest that bo
didn't feel like eating; that ne was in
no hurry for the money.
"Down with it, Numbered the off.
Ger.
Although Moses was in no danger Of
perishing for lack of food, he clearlv
perceived that he might prolono hs
life by the collation. to which he was
cordially invited. He chewed I'M tho
note, principal and interest, and Gran.
ing out his neck he managed to oct If
down.
Now, you can go and bring suit on
that note, if you feel like it. Perhans
the clerk of the court will put YOU on
file when you tell him where the note
u.s." said Baron o Pump.
A few days afterwards the Baron re.
ceived some money from home. with
which he promptly paid Moses what
was coming to him.
"Schcneral, de next times ven Won
wants some monies, schoost come TO
your old friend, Moses Levy, who will
never go pack on you"
"All right, Moses. Next time | need
money I'll let you know"
Not long afterwards Baron Won
Pump needed some money, and mott,
fled Moses to bring the amount desired
to. his room. Having counted over
the amount, the officer took a sheet of
paper and began to write out his note
at ninety days for the amount.
eff you please, Scheneral, schoos
tstop dot right away. l would not have
dot" and from under his coat he drew
forth a large cake of gingerbread.
Nov, you schoost write dot note
out on dot gingerbread, SO venI has to
eat him again, | will not suffer so
mooch as / did ven l schwallowed dot
oder note."-From the German, III
TEXAS Sittings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-30
TYPE AND
Interesting Statistics of the Composing
Rooms of the Country.

Rooms of the Country.
The tables prepared for the last
United States census respecting print
ing, although both curious and valu-
able, have received only little attention
from the newspapers of the day. Part
of this, no doubt, arose from the fact
that the volume was published during
the heat of the last political campaign,
when all other subjects were dwarfed,
but a part comes from the fact that the
results were not clear to many writers,
who had not been bred to the art and
were not in the habit of Analysing sta
tistics. One Of the tables which have
been least noticed is that showing the
number of pounds of type used upon
the newspapers of the United States
and the quantity of type regularly set;
New York has 1912, 649 pounds OF
type, or enough to fill cases for 62,Vp
compositors, her proportion being one,
fifth of the Union, which has 6.6S9,o'o
pounds. Five States, New York, Penn
sylyania, Illinois, Ohio and Iowa, have
nearly one-half of all the type, and SCI
one-half of the number of ems. 4
pound of type sets eighty-three ems,
and assuming that the average size Is
brewer, there are for each thousand
set about 1900 ems left in the cases
The largest average set on dailles Was Vas
in Louisiana. 14O, 900 ems, and the
smallest in New Mexico, $4,000 ems
the average being 74,147. The averass
on weeklies was 81, 1877, the largest DE-
ing in the District of Columbia, 92,oVv'
while n Wyoming it was the smalles'
$4,000. Of the long-settled sta 1Hs
Alabama had the smallest, $4,000. lhe
total amount of type set for one lssu'
would make 2,795 duodecimo volumes,
and that done on the dailies in a year
would fill 10000 volumes to ma1cn
Appleton's Cyclopedia. Measured ny
as proofs are measured, the slip con-,
tanning the years work would e1 T;nh1
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. EIsu'
thousand presses did the press wofA'
american BOOhnnuker,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-30

The estate of fifteen thousand acre,
OF William Walter Phelps, located on
Ieaneck Ridge, is the most celebrated in
New Jersey for extent and fine arbori-
culture. The lands reach from the Hack
ensack River to the shore of the Hud-
son, comprising several farms and
about eight hundred acres surrounding
the homestead, which are laid out as .
pleasure park. The center part of the
homestead, as it now stands. vas tho
nigh-peaked roof house: this Mr.,
Phelps has added to until it is now a
Iamollng cottage of quaint design
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-30
The Resources of Our Country

"Well, the fruit crop might DO ss'
down as a total failure said the ~
perintendent of the largest canh'ns
factory in the State; ga total la''''"
you might call it." ostab,
"That will almost close your
lishment, then" said the visitor. ter-
"Oh, no, no. replied the supeTII have
dent. ION the contrary, we WIZ yoors
to employ an additional force, o, lat at,
when there is no fruit we turn Gm I'D
tention almost entirely to pu..'n ~, #
jellies, and then, a little la.ei oxnect,
the potato crop turns out as we nuoppnds
we will a about three million
of pears" with the
And as the visitor, silent ~1a
great awe that falls upon oresence)
people when they stand in the ! Office,
of genius, went softly out OF tnJ borus|
Unloading saM = at att the doors Of the yl,5 js'Ezy rq Ts
patment.-BurdeAe, IN Br0os'y'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-30
EnE oLD-FAsHloNED GIRL.

Ba.c does not work, she does not paint
Kensington patterns odd and quaint;
"A crazy-quilt she ne'er hath made,
Tor stork or tidy yet essayed.
She can not boast n cultured ear;
~<eethoven's symphonies, i fear,
She'd all a bore, nor care II Bit
What Mrs. Gundy said of it.
She docs not poke her elbows out,
OR paint her lips in scarlet pout,
Or smoke her eyebrows to a curve
As fascinating lure to serve.
She does not c her sleeves so tight
nc has to set her hat Alright
BEFORE she gets inside her dress
CAS- fashionable danes confess).
She's fond of horses and of big
And noble dogs; no canine prig
Or bioated and conceited pug
70 lie upon aesthetic rug.
She never could be bought or sold;
Her love is worth n nations gold.
And who the favored one? All, WELL,
sTvould seem like Boosting should ! tell
&C. Fl. Thayer, IN Philadelphia Call.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-30

"A teaspoonful of glyaerine and a
lew drops OF nitric acid to a pint of
arlhklng water will generally cure a
owl that shows symptoms of bronchi.
U.s. when accompanied bv a ]gurolino
sound in the throat, as if chokino.S
albany journal. s'-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-30

There have been various W.
to the conundrum: WHY'S a ship called
shep We think uhe proper answer is:
Because she is handsomest when she
is well-rigged. Wives should cut this
out and show it to their Husbands
Boston Courier.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-30

Iomall Mediterranean oysters, con-
sldeved by Commands as the most del;-
cate OF all bivalves, are now canned
lor exploration from Italy.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-02-06
SHERIFFS SALE.

| By virtue of and in pursuance OF an
order OF sale issued out of the Second
Judicial District Court OF Nevada, in
and for the county of Ormsby, on the
| Goth day Of January, A. D. 1885, duly at
| tested uuder the seal OF said Court on
that day, and issued upon the final de-
cree rendered and entered in said Court
on the 10Th day OF January. A. D. 1885, in
| the suit for the foreclosure of mortgage
| in said Court wherein William Wilson
was plaintiff and sylvester H. Day and
| Mary B. Day, his wife, were defendants.
Commanding me among other things
to advertise and sell at public auction
| in Ormsby county Nevada, according to
| law, all Of the real estate hereinafter
described or SO much thereof as may be
necessary to realize the several amounts
herein mentioned and out Of the pro-
ceeds of said sale to retain my costs, fees
and disbursements and to pay to said
plaintiff the following amounts, to-wit:
The costs OF suit taxed at $50 90-lCO and
SlS7 63-l00 counsel fees for foreclosure al
lowed by said Court. also the sum OF
Sl,S71 35-l00, with interest on the sum o
81 800 thereof, at the rate OF one and one
half per cent per month, from the LIST
day OF December A. ID, 1854, until paid,
also the sum of SO, with interest on the
same at the rate of one and one-half per
cent per month from the 18th day OF No !
vember A. ID, 1891, until paid, also the |
further sum of Sl3, all in U. S. gold coin
the accruing costs upon said order of
sale now amounting to s. S5-l00. ! have
levied upon and hereby advertise for
sale the following described real estate
to wit:
The lots number three ,3), four ~, five
(5l eight (S), Eine Co, and West half 70
two CIV 1aof - of block thirty-three in
PrOctor&Green's Division Of Carson City
Ormsby county, State of Nevada, now
occupied by sylvester III. Day and Mary
B. Day, his wife, and will sell the same
at public auction to the highest bidder
or cash, in front of the Court House, in
Carson City, Ormsby county, Nevada, at
he hour of l O'Clock p, NJ. Wednesday,,
he 18th day OF February, 1885, or SO
much of the above described property
IS will be necessary to realize sufficient
o pay the sums and demands hereinbe-
ore mentioned. w. H. CRIsLER,
Sherif.ofi Ormsby. county. Nevada.
Carson City, January 26th, 1885.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
Cauniba1ism Of Fishes,

A few weeks ago I opened the sto
ach of Goldfish weighing nine and q
quarter pounds. I found in it two full
grown herrings, one large whiting, one
codling, seven founders, one small sole,
and one small skate, all newly swal-
lowed. From the mouth of the whiting
large live worm issued. Besides these
there were half-digested remains Of
other fish, chiefly founders, All the
large mouthed fishes are curiously vo-
racious and usually cannibals. I have
seen q small eel swallow still smaller
eel, head first, the tail half of the swal-
lowed firsh projecting from the mouth
of the swallower, and moving for some
hours. The swallowing thenceforth
proceeded very slowly, evidentally ac-
cording to the rate of digestion of the
part that had reached the stomach, as
some days elapsed before the tail of the
swallowed fish disappeared. To show
the mouth capacity of some fishes take
two John Dorys of equal size; open the
mouth of one to it's full capacity, and it
will be found large enough to take in
The whole of the second fish.-The
Gentleman's Magazine.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
The Dance Of Death.
Pixey Winter in New York Graphic:

Pixey Winter in New York Graphic:
And now let MS take the results Of
two or three years of this confused and
exacting struggle. "The Dance Of
Death, which we had given us few
weeks ago in Life, tells a long story
and sad one.
L ate hours-"How it is that our girls
lose their freshness" In the first little
picture the men seem to be bidding her
good night-as she stays on till o'clock
in the morning they say good night at
2 o'clock-they are men with business
and professions. The men or boys
who can dance it out with her till five
are probably social tramps, who carry
no responsibilities, not even the support
of themselves. In The Graphic Mir
anda gave US drawing of the bebutante
and her prospects, poor lookout,
Judging from the physiogomy of her
adorers. Papa and mamma look very
thoughtful as they introduce her to
leave her to their mercy.
From point of choice in q girls heart
history what is it all?
A blank.
Are there marriagess Yes. Many Of
them.
Are there divorces? Yes: Many
of them:
Now I must close with the 'dancing
GLASS;" to which some mothers think it
good act to let their daughters belong
the year before they enter the world.
To these dances, of course, they 60
alone. Almost school girls; they asso-
ciate with the grown men that they are
going to meet the following winter. I
do not hesitate to say that they do not
know how to behave themselves, and
there is no one to tell them. The
young men laugh and find it fun. These
things, one and all, come from the
neglect of those who are responsible.
The girls have so recently been chill
dren that much which they do and say
is hoydenish glrlhood. But before
friends alone should this be allowed to
manifest itself. It is surely misunder-
stood anywhere else. These little
creatures have so recently worn girls
dresses that they forget the present
privilege of wearing them long, SO that
with this neglected privilege and the
prevailing "busselle" Gas I heard for:
eigner call iD black stockings are best
to wear either in dancing or sitting:
In speaking of these girls, whether
they are ''out," or "1n," they arc not
put in the right light in regard to
themselves. If women are to represent
ideals to men the opportunity must not
be given to disenchant: They. must not
be ignorant of the ways to be femi:
ninely attractive. Young womanhood is
too important, their uplifting power is
too essential to men for them to be al
lowed to spoil it before they know
themselves about it. It is not through
vanity and indelicate pushing that they
are to know how valuable and precious
to the we'll being of the world they are
not as butterflies, to please, but often
through tears to hold up men who
would utterly go under but for their
belief in them. However, taking that
view of it, perhaps we had better let
them have as good a time as they can
now
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
Among tho Oranges.
Correspondence of the Troy Budget

correspondence OF tho Troy Budget
The orange tree is hardy and lives for
many years. One still healthy; some
where IN the Orient, is said to be over
1000 years old. Frost does not kill
the trees only the fruit. Trees COM
mence to bear much more plentifulIy
each year until 5000 or more oranges
are raised on q single tree IN single
year. When first picked the oranges
are put on racks to remain there until
the moisture is dried from the skin.
Each orange, before being boxed, is
wrapped in a piece of paper, the wrap
per acting as an absorbent of moisture
and keeping the moist skins of the Or
anges from coming in contact with each
other. Many people who go to Florida
see oranges on the trees that line many of
the streets in the largest places, as we'll
as unplcked trees in groves. Hence
they infer that oranges are so cheap as
not to be worth the picking and boxing
to sell. That's mistake. The oranges so
seen are bitter and sour oranges and not
such as are sold. They are left for use
when wanted for orangeade or punch,
as we'll as Tor ornament to the grounds
Boys don't ''go for" bitter or sour
oranges, hence they are allowed to re-
main on the trees. In it's original state
the orange Was probably bitter or sour,
and the delicious flavor of the sweet
orange came Id by cultivation. It is a
common sight to see the ripe orange,
the green orange and masses of orange
flowers all on the tree at the same time.
The ripe orange will remain on the
tree for year or more without picking,
and many leave a few oranges on the
trees to be picked as wanted. The or
ange, by remaining unpicked, becomes
more dry and stringy, but when the
next years fruit begins to be perfected
the old orange fills up again with new
juices and becomes nearly us good as
the new fruit.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
A Genuine Snow Storm.
Portland Oregonian;

Portland Oregonlan.
Never since the first settlement Of
Wasco County, writes tho oldest ill.,
habitant, has sc mitch snow been seen
IN the ground at one time as lay over
nearly every portion of the county on
The 1st day of January. Commencing
Saturday, December 13, snow fell al
most constantly for twenty days, and
when the storm cleared away 106 inches
had fallen, which had settled until the
actual depth was not far from sixty
inches. A week after the storm began
every town and settlement in The
county was as completely isolated as II
it were distant thousand miles from
any other place. Travelling for many
days the Dalles was the hub of the
universe for all who CHANGED to be
caught within it's limits, business was
almost completely suspended, and
people devoted themselves to shoveling
snow from their abodes and walks.
For several days snow shovelers were
paid 81 an hour, and were hard to find
at that price. The streets in the busi-
ness portion Of the town were barri-
caded with the accumulation of snow
from the roofs and sidewalks, the heaps
in many places towering nearly to the
awnings. At some business places
tunnels were dug from the sidewalks
to the middle of the street, where
there was less depth. Breaking
roads within the city limits became a
difficult task, and to open tho roads
into the country was not attempted
until the snow had settled. The absence
of wind. a. we'll as the low temperature,
was remarkable. The SNOW lay where it
fell, and no hilltop was left bare to
furnish feed for stock which was ct
distance from hay stacks. On Tuesday
morning, December 80, the mercury
reached twenty-five degrees below zero
at the Umati1la House, and only once or
twice during the storm dld il reach
twenty degrees above. 4: s. 4.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
A Wonderful Clock.

A correspondent of the Boston Her.
aid, who does not take the trouble to
go into details, contributes this sur
prising information: "Perhaps the
most wonderful timepiece ever heard of
is clock described by Hindoo Rajah
as belonging to native princess of
Upper India. In front Of the clock
disk was gong, swung on poles, and
near it was pile of artificial limbs.
The pile was made up of the full num-
ber Of parts of twelve perfect bodies,
but all lay heaped : together in
seeming confusion. Whenever the
hands of the clock indicated the hour /;
out from the pile crawled just the num-
ber of parts to form the frame of one
man, part joining itself to part with
quick metallic click; and, when CON-
pleted, the figure sprang up, seized a
small mallet, and, walking up to the
gong, struck 1, the first hour. When
2 o'clock came, two men rose up and
did likewise; and so through all the
hours of the day, the number of figures
being the same as the number Of the
hour, till at noon and midnight the en-
tire heap sprang up, and, marching to
the gong, struck one after another,
each blow, making twelve in all, and
then fell TO pieces again."
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
Elephants Tending Babies.

Weakness appeals powerfully to the
friendly protection of the strong, and
even among brutes-at least the nobler
kinds-the appeal is often not in vain.
In the curious relations between mon
ster and midget we not unfrequently see
the fable of the lion and the mouse re-
peated without words. There is nothing
by any means uncommon or incredible
in the stories which have been reported,
says Buckland, about the children of
mahout being cared for by the mahout's
elephant.
The whole family of the mahout be-
come, as it were, parasites to the ele.
phant by whom they earned their living.
I have seen baby placed by its mother
Systematically under the elephants care.
and within reach of his trunk, while the
mother went to fetch water, or to get
wood or materials to cook the family dia-
ner:
No jackal or wolf would be likely to
pick up and carry off a baby who was
thus contided to the care of an elephant;
but most people who have lived life in
the jungles know how very possible it is
for jackal OF wolf to carry off baby
when lying in hut, when the mothers
back is turned.
The children thus brought up in the
companionship of an elephant become
ridiculously familiar with him, and take
all kinds of liberties with him, which the
elephant seems to endure on the princi-
pie that 1t does not hurt him while it
amuses the child. You see little naked
black child, about two feet high, stand
ing on the elephants bare back, and TAX
ing it down to the water to bathe, vocif-
Grating all the time in the most unbe-
coming terms of native abusive language.
On arriving at the water the elephant ,os-
tensibly in obedience to the ,child's COM
mand, lies down and enjoys, himself, just
leaving part of his body, like smull
island, above water, on which the small
child stands and shouts, and shouts all
The more if he has several companions
of his own age, also in charge of their
elephants, all wallowing in the water
around him. If the child slips off his is
land, the elephants trunk promptly re-
places him in safety.
These little urchins as they grow up,
become first mates to mahouts, and
eventually arrive at the dignity Of being
mahouts.