Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01
MISSING LINKS.

Mrs. A. II. Stewards wealth is esti-
mated at $50. 600. 600.
Nine counties in the United States
bear the name Of Lake.
In finishing Cologne Cathedral
$4,000, 900 has been spent.
Uncertainty. wonder. and the exer-
else of skill are said by Sir James
Paget to be the essential elements OF
healthy recreation.
Nine million acres OF land in Germany
| are devoted to the cultivation of the
potato. The product last year amount
ed TO 9 $1,000, 900 tons.
Should English society punish Stead
for his technical oilense it will make
linn q martyr. whose wrongs will rouse
the entire nation, and call down such a
storm as may possibly wreck the polit-
zeal fabric.-S0crGnlentO Record Union.
The two meanast mel we have heard
of Were the two Maryland husbands who
conspired to cvade the law that pun
ishes wife-beatars with whipping. They
snapped wives for the time, each whip
ping the others better half Wvlmsng-
ton (N. C.} Morning Star.
Andrew Harper, who died recently in
Mississippi, was the author of the fam
u piece of American humor known
as the Hard-Shcll Baptist Sermon, the
text of which declared, can he play
ed on a harp of a thousand strings;
sperets of JUS men made perfect"
The New York Evening Post discuss
es with a good deal Of intelligence the
question why age and experience tells
against the usefulness and acceptability
of a minister, while they only add to
the value Of the services of other pro-
tessional men. About the fact there
car be no doubt.-Aew Haven (Conn.)
NeWs.
How it must gall the noble spirits of
old Philip of Macedon and of Alexan-
der-"Philip's warlike son''-if they
are still cognizihnt Of what goes on on
earth, to see all this talk in the papers
about Macedonia being annexed by
Servia! In their days, Macedon used
to annex the world.-NinWeGpQlis l1v-
6une.
An old lady recently told Margery
Deane that she was once invited to
lunch at Windsor castle by Queen Vic
toria. She. with the other guests, was
on arrival placed at q sumptuous table,
but there was no queen in the room.
When the meal was half over the queen
entered, walked the length of the table,
spoke to each, and passed out.
French bankers resort to photography
to retain the features of such Of their
customers as they have reason to sus-
pect. While dealing with the cashier
the camera, conveniently near but in
visible, is brought to bear upon the
customer, who, on leaving the bank,
leaves a proof of his identity after him,
without in any degree being conscious
thereof.
The Nashville Union sees in the def
erence men pay to the wishes of their
wives a sure indication Of a higher civ
ilization, and thinks that Il truly cult
man is a gentleman in his rela-
tions with his wife and daughters. A
who is a gentleman among stran-
gers, but is selfish. u%ncivil, and unkind
at home, is not Il gentleman.-llobio
Register.
Mrs. Sarah Althea Hill-Sharon is soon
to appear upon the stage as Portia in
Lhe ''Merchant of Venice" The new
star. when first approached by Il theat-
rical manager, seemed to have little
confidence in her histrionic ability, and
refused to entertain his proposals, but
when assured that there was money in
the scheme she entered upon his plans
with enthusiasm.
The following is a specimen of the
way in which letters are addressed in
"ln the name of the merciful
Sod, the bencliccnt. This writing is
one who serves his Lord. from X,
the son of X; and, if God wills, it will
get into the hands of our friend Sidi
Musa, the son OF Ellmdalla, the Prus-
sian, the Christian, in the City of Thar
abolns, Iripoli, the illustrious, the fam
The dictionary of the French Acaa-
envy, upon which that august body ex-
Ponds its most serious energies, has
been OF slow growth matter of two
centuries, Ill fact. Thirst appeared in
IN two volumes, folio. Frequent
'evlslons have taken place, the earliest
Of which was begun in 1900 and pub
Llslled il lIlS; the seventh and latest is
III progress, the first number hay
ing seen the light in 1858.
A Philadelphia gentleman who has
'ust returned from Europe, after a con-
siderable s%ojourn there. was dining
the late Lord Houghton just before
he latter's death. Lord Houshton
talking OF Benjamin Disraeli and
his father. :'My son Ben is a
queer fellow" Lord Houghton said
isaac remarked to him one day. He
going to publish q novel that he calls
Young Duke and, We gods, he
las never seen a Duke in his life"
One of the superintendent of the
mandatory at Sevrcs, M.
.auth, is said to have discovered a new
ana OF porcelain, which he represents
1ar superior to the celebrated old
'evres-In fact, after SOM ten years of
investigation and experiment, lie thinks
'e has produced q porcelain identical
u quahty with that of China. Not
MY does the new article lend itself to
rustic decoration in variety, but it
axe all kinds Of glazes, and surpasses
q beauty The coiOrs Of China.