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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
The ORIGIN Of Our Continent.

It is believed by some scientific men
that North America began it's formation
with islands of matter rising out of the
ocean, which grew until they touched
each other. Many of these islands
were volcanoes that threw up matter that
had formed below the surface of the
water, and were larger below the water
than above it. The Hawaiian Islands
have had many volcanoes, and were
much formed by them. The whole
arena above the sea is no more than
that Of the State OF Massachusetts, but
their combined bases must be equal to
the whole of New England and New
York. thus the original islands OF this
continent could easily have been made
to enlarge and Join each other, and the
granite rock so abundant was once
erupted from volcanoes, like flowing
lava. Among the first volcanic islands
must have been Greenland, Canada,
east of Winnipeg, the Atlantic district
the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra
Neyadas; but as the islands rose and
enlarged great depressions would
naturally commence to go on, and IN
this way the depressions of Hudson's
Bay, the Mississippi Valley, and the
Salt Lake and Nevada basins were
formed. These depressions will fill
With massive sediments, which would
eventually become rocks, and the de
pressions would have saucer OF platter
shape.
SPEAK little. s,esh truth; spend little
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
POPULAR SCIENCE.

DR. e. PARNII.Y BROWN declares that
the excessive use of salt is one of the
mann factors in the destruction OF hui
man teeth.
SIR HENRY THOMPSON holds that az
tificial teeth are an evil in those of adj
yanced years, because they enable such
persons to masticate flesh. When the
teeth fail naturally, it is natures design
that the individual should subsist on
vegetable diet.
The earthquakes recorded in 1885,
according to Monster c. Detaille num-
bered 246, Of which only six were felt
in North America. January, with forty
nine earthquakes, had the greatest
number for any month, and October,
with eleven, the smallest.
INSTANTANEOUS photographs of the
hearts and intestines of various animals
have enabled Dr. ". G. Thompson to
determine the action of the organs more
clearly and accurately than is possible
by other methods. Such photographs
may prove of great value in showing
changes effected by drugs, as we'll as in
their physiological teachings.
| THE glaciers of the Alps have been
found by Forel to change in size quite
regularly-a period of growth of fifteen
to thirty years being followed by cor
responding period of diminution The
increase seems to coincide with periods
OF cold and wet years. and the decrease
with periods OF warm and dry seasons.
Since 1875 the glaciers have been grow
ing.
PROF. DEwAR, of London, has sue
ceeded in solidifying oxygen by means
of the intense cold which results when
liquid oxygen is allowed to expand in
partial vacuum. The frozen oxygen re-
sembles snow, and has temperature
OF about $50 degrees below zero. These
experiments are expected to throw some
light on what is called the absolute zero
of temperature.
The active principle of cod liver oil,
Of which it forms from one and half
to six per cent. has been obtained br'
Mn. I4afarge, of Paris, and is said to
have given excellent results when used
in place of the crude oil. The sub
stance is called morrhuol, and contains
twelve times as much iodine, bromine,
and phosphorus as the original oil, with
none Of the fat.
THE deepest boring yet made is said
to be at Schladebach, near the line be-
tween Leipsic and Corbetha. 1t has
been made by the,Prussian Government
for the purpose of ascertaining the
presence OF coal, and was bored with
diamond drills. It's depths is 1890 me-
ters, OF 4, $50 feet, It's breadth at the
bottom two inches, and at the top eleven
inches. The temperature at the bottom
indicates lis degrees +.
CHRONIC tea-poisoning, according to
DR.. w. N. Billiard, is a frequent affec-
ton, the most common symptoms of
which are loss Of appetite, dyspepsia,
palpitation, headache, vomiting and
nausea, combined with nervousness and
hysterical and neuralgia affections, fire.
,, quently accompanied by constipation
and pain about the heart. Among
, adult women the average amount
needed to cause poisonous symptoms
: is little less than five cups daily, but
: the young and weak are more easily af-
feota1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
lie would smile nleasantly e lie nera

lie would smile pleasantly if he were
asked even to makes so simple thing as
a ten-cent tin dipper without previous
instruction in the art; but, all green
and ignorant. wordy, pompously assert
I'VE, ungrammatical, and with vague,
distorted knowledge of men and the
world, acquired in a back country vii
lage, he will serenely take up SO dan
gerous weapon as a pen and attack
the most formidable subject that
finance, commerce, war, or politics can
furnish him withal IT would be
langhable if it were not so bad and so
pitiable. The poor fellow would not
infrude upon the tin-shop without an
apprenticeship, but is willing to seize
and weld with Impractical hand an III
strnment which is able to overthrow
dynasties, change religion and decree
the veal or woe Of nations-MdrI
Tnruj1,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
Skinner Toms Snapners.

Capt. Tom Kelly, now dead, was one
Of the pioneers in the Rio trade and
man full of Irish wit, says the Balti-
more Herald. The last boat he COM
manded was the brig Lapwing. The
captains of other vessels used to call
her Tom Kelley's wooden shoe. Capt.
Kelly got into little difficulty with
the custom-house officials in Rio at one
time. He was hauled up for trial and
accused as Frenchman for violating
the customs rules ofBrazil GA French
man, did ye soy?" said Capt. Kelley.
"Be iabers, did ye liver see French
man with as big u foot as that?" and he
held up his big feet. The court Of in
uuiry laughed and let Capt. Tom go.
Capt. Tom was annoyed, as the other
old pioneers were, by the Rio custom
house officers, who in the old days per-
sisted in even searching mans pocket
when he landed there.
While the Captain was loading in
Baltimore for Rio one day colored
man with two swapping turtles about a
third grown boarded his brig and Of
fered the turtles for sale. "Phat we
want for 'em!' asked the captain.
"Quarter-dollar apiece" "How long
will they live?" olive till dey die,
( boss, ZEN sometimes longer. Doan want
ter feed em, nuther." "I''ll take EN-"
saws the captain. He put the snappers
in box and placed them in the cabin.
He nursed them carefully and watched
them closely until he got back to Rio.
When he got there he put on his over
coat, although it was warm, and put
snapper in each pocket. He landed at
the Palais steps and started up to the
custom house. An officer got on each
side of him, bowling and saying Bono
capito,ao, bono americana" and each
pne thrust hand in Capt. Kelley's
Dvercoat pocket.
The snappers grabbeda finger of each
of the hands and the air was blue with
Brazilian oaths, but the turtles wouldn't
let go. The officials begged the cap
tain to stop and release them, but he
pretended not to know what was the
matter, and, telling them that he was
in hurry, dragged them along to the
custom house. When he got there the
mems hands were taken from his pockets
with q snapper clinging to each, and
the turtles heads had to be cut off be-
fore they would release their hold.
The chief of the custom house was angry,
and was about to reprimand Capt.
Kelly when he told him that he had
, brought the turtles as present to him,
md he had no idea that his subordinates
, would attempt to rob him on the way.
Capt. Kelley's pockets were never
, ,oornbod aftar that
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTS.

TO LIVE long it is necessary to live
slowly.
IT is much easier to be critical than
correct.
In this world man must either be
anvil OF hammer.
CoScErr may puff man up, but
never prop him up.
TAKE rest; field that has rested
gives bountiful crop.
CONFINEMENT is better than money,
and Just about as scarce.
The selfish man has most presence
of mind. He never forgets himself.
METHOD is the very hinge to business,
and there is no method without punctu-
ality.
VANITY rules the fools, and often
makes simpletons of those who know
better.
WHAT we believe is right is more
often SO because it grinds our ak than
otherwise.
MONEY is handy commodity, and it
takes enterprise and self-denial to get
much Of it.
A MAN protesting against error is in IN
the highway toward uniting himself
With all the men who believe in truth.
AS REASONABLY expect oaks from &
mush-room bed as great and durable
profits from small and hasty efforts.
TRUE bravery is shown by perform
inc without witness what one might
be capable OF doing before all the
world.
Ir YOU would take to yourself little
If the GOOD advice you are so willing tt
olive to others it would do no harm.
FAILURE, after long perseverance, i
mich erander than never having
striving good enough to be called
failure.
COPS laws were never designed to D.
like cobwebs, which catch the llttl.
flies, but suffer the large ones to breal
through.
As WE grow in years and experience
we become more tolerant, for it is rar
TO see a fault we have not ourselve
committed.
ALL brave men love; for he only
brave who has affections to tight fol
whether in the daily battle OF life OF L
physical contests
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

DON'T sprinkle your milk punch with
meg. The common nutmegs are
isanous in large doses. In case
rich came under medical treatment a
ly had eaten a whole nutmeg and q
If, which caused extreme drowsiness.
aa great nervous excitement, followed
. subsequent depression and pain in
e region of The heart.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

AT the last meeting of the China
Asiatic Society at Shanghai an instru-
ment, which was {, species of primitive
telephone, was presented for inspection
by DR., Macgowan of Wenchow. 1t
consisted OF two bamboo cylinders, from
one and half to two inches in diameter,
and four inches in length; one end Of
each was closed by q tympanum Of pig
bladder, which was perforated for the
transmitting string, tie latter being
kept in place by being lnotted This
rude instrument is called the listening
tubes, and is employed for amusement
as toy, conveying whispers forty to
fifty feet. 1t is unknown in many parts
OF China, the Provinces of Che-kiang
and Kiangsu being the only ones, so far
as can be ascertained, where the listen
ing tubes are employed. Besides this
toy Chinese ingenuity produced, about
century and half ago, the thousand
mile speaker" This instrument is
described as "roll Of copper, likened
to pipe, containing an artificial device;
whispered into, and Immediately closed,
the confined message, however long,
may be conveyed to any distance, and
thus in battle recent instructions may
be conveniently communicated. 1t is a
continuance OF extraordinary merit.
The inventor Of "the thousand-1nile
speaker" one Chang Shun-hsin Of Hui
chou, fourished during the reign of
Kang-hsi, during parts of the seven
teenth and eighteenth centuries. He
wrote on occult science, astronomy, and
foreign physics, and the above descrip-
ton of his invention was copied from
his works into q provincial encyclopedia.
At the same time the latter work was
published-in the reign of Kien Lung
there was no longer an instrument OF
this kind in the province, as the III
genious invention appears to have per-
ished with the student who contrived
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

y CITIZEN of Olneyville, r. l.,
Dragged that he could get drink on
Sunday, and to prove it confdentially
asked q doctor for something to brace
him up. The doctor knew the man,
and wrote a prescription calling fol
aqua pura; the druggist saw the joke
and put up the water in a fiat bottle,
md charged 4 round price for it. The
myers remarks when he tasted the
dose are not reportable.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

\ LITTLE Skye terrier in Pittsburgh
ollowed q big New Foundland dog,
arlsiug and swapping at his heels.
HE big dog stopped. looked at the lit
lc fellow for a moment, and, as this
lid not stop his barking, he grabbed
im, shook him, and walking to the
after dropped him there. The little
.og's back was broken IN two or three
Il0ces.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

A GEORGIA farmer has a goat that
,ias gleefully with hound in hunting
,,lits. When on the trail he initiates
b. dogs and runs with his nose to the
ryund, but when the quarry is in view,
ri 90 head and tail, and he dashes after
he unfortunate bunny regardless of his
7lnpanions.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

J Nova SCOTIA farmer, hunting for
COWS at dusk, came upon a big
lck bear that at once showed fight,
a farmer was about to seek safety in
.ht, when his three COWS, believing
oily, with tails erect and fire in their
Tally placid eyes, charged the bear so
rcaly that he turned tail and fed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

\ CITIZEN of Portland, who la. lived
there forty years, and has kept stats
tirs, as far as practicable, of the moral
ity OF Oregon, has come to the conclu-
-ion that the average longevity is greater
tj,.nl that of any State in the Union.
he ascribes the fact to the climate and
in the mode of living. Dur
inS the year ending last June nine
OrsGoniins died, aged 100.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

, ~ been; you can easily ascertain.
But L do know that the deacon and the
elder weren't there. None of Sam
zones converts We're there. This evan
sehst may have some odd, rough, funny
ways OF teaching; but he doesn't teach
evil {.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

In Texas may be found papers with
such name as the Cyclone, Gospel
Flame, Scren Mdnious, Criterion,
Dot, Red Man, Ratstle', Mauerich,
Trumpet, Rocket, Breeze, Simoom,
Jmplec2lte, Vide Aacake. Blach JVaIy,
Bal, Mesquiter, ,StaAe0 Plain, Pan
handle, Pine,y, Shd1pshoo'er, Free
Tongue, Balance Wheel, Success, Id
uocate of Holiness, Platonia1e Mes
sengeY, Ploav and Hammer, etc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

DOME revelations are made, says an
English paper, which throw o disagree
aole light on the habits Of the busy bee,
whose bright example has been the
meme OF so many moral discourses.
lhe bee is found to be neither more
nor less than a downright drunkard,
when he gets the chance, preferring
the easy delights Of cordials and spirits
to the toilsome flights DER sunny swards
and honey-laden flowers. There is &
swarm Of bees no further away than
Remington who persist in improving
the shining hour by gathering honey
IRON spirits and cordials. The bother
applied to the magistrate for protection,
but the magistrate remarked that they
evidently preferred those insidious
liquids to flowers. ct was impossible
to muz2le the bees, ferocious though
they We're, and Sir Charles Warren has
not yet issued any edict defining con-
troll; so said Mr.. Chance. He might
have added that If they We're intoxicated
or disorderly he would be willing te
grant warrant for their apprehension
However, this view did not strike him
Ii The awful example of the Kcnning
tonians spreads Sir Wilfrid Lawson
may find in bees q more powerful aSen
than ell the formidable and extcnsiv,
organizations OF the alliance. Ii bee
once begin to lay siege topnblic-houses
gin-p palaces, brewcries, and distillelies
why the landlords may as we'll shut N
shop.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

\ MEDICAL writer recommends sleep
ing with the feet higher than the head,
which he AYERS is the only rational and
proper position during sleep. He
knows, because he has tried it four
Years. He finds that he awalses earlier
in the morning, feels more refreshed
and is capable of much better work
during the day. The brain is better
nourished, he says, and the lungs are
benefited. After while another re-
former will turn up advising folks to
sleep standing on their heads.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10
A Good BoOk.keeper.

Smith-Say, didn't you tell me that
young Jones was good book-keeper?
Fogg-Why, yes, I believe l did.
Smith-Well, he aint; he can't tell
an inventory from a flexible roller.
Fogg-All 1 know is, that l loaned
him about half of my library and he has
never returned them, SO I supposed he
VIC good book-keeper.-Detroit Free
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

The palatial residence of Mrs. Mark
Hopkins, in process of erection at Great
Darlington, Mass, has state dining
room, forty by sixty feet, two stories in
height, with roof Of glass. The walls
of this room are finished in all varieties
of italian marble. There are two
breakfast-rooms, one capable Of accom-
modating a large number Of guests.
The residence has several beautiful
towers, and lawn of over 100 acres.
The place will cost nearly 100000.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

"WHERE do you find the funny-bone?"
asked a professor of anatomy. In the
humor wrist" answered student.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

"IN Honduras" says Col. Pat Donan,
you never hear Of man sitting down
so hard as to rip his pantaloons because
he has stepped on banana skin. Then
the oranges! Why, they're so large
and juicy that they burst open on the
branches like baked apples. In the
forest it is a common thing to find the
ground under an orange tree as damp
as though it had been moistened by a
lawn sprinkler, just from the juice that
drops from the bursted fruit. l tell
you that's great country. Honduras
grows more oranges wild than are cul-
tivated in the groves Of California and
Florida combined, and other fruits IN
proportion"
"NIY son" says Robert J. Burdette in
the Brooklyn Eagle, II observe that
you are pleased to be little bit sarcas-
tic on the subject Of the modern evan
gelist.' Now, do let the evangelist
have his way, as we'll as the reform
ers' Let him go where the crowd is.
He won't hurt the crowd. He doesn't
teach the multitude to do anything
wrong. Herr Most didn't get into jan
Tor listening to Sam Jones' The Chl
cago anarchists were not the out-growtl
of revival meeting. No Presbyterian
elder, no Methodist class leader, nc
Baptist deacon has been indicted 1o'
throwing bombs at the police. Ihere
may have been an infdel or two, 1ree
thinker, maybe, an atheist, perhaps
mixed up in that crowd Of anarchists;
do not positively know, but there MAJ
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-12-10

SPEAK little. speak truth; spend little
pay cash.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-09-18
Feeding Experimanfa.

Prof. Shelton, of the Kansas Agri-
cultural College, conducted series of
interesting experiments last winter.
The results are contained in the adj
vance sheets of his yearly report
Just issued. The main object has been
to present facts without much atten-
ton to underlying theories or to the
opinions that might reasonably have
been formed. Prof. Shelton rightly
states that these facts will prove use
full just so far as they receive intelli-
gent application. The unthinking
adoption OF experimental facts is as
bad as the thoughtless rejection of the
same. Theprofessional experiments
should suggest and work out the
groundwork that farmers may fill up
with facts and observations from
farm practice. This idea appears to
us sound. Farmers do not care for
opinions, but they desire simple facts
which they may test to their own sat-
isfaction.
Two years ago Prof. Shelton sought
to determine, by feeding trials, therela-
tive feeding values OF corn meal and
corn-and-cob meal. This question is
OF great Importance in Kansas, in view
OF the vast corn crops OF the state and
the narrowing margin OF profit IN feed
ing. Two years ago it was found that
cob meal gave the best results, taking
cost into consideration. Last year
there was q slight difference in favor
OF the clear Corn-meal. Two circum-
stances helped to bring about this re-
suit. The winter was particularly long
and severe, and the steers fed we're in
far better condition than those fed in
the previous test. Two years ago the
cattle were q lot of thin, half-groWnn ma
tives, while last year high grade short
horns were fed. In the first lot the
grain was largely in growth of bone and
the coarser parts, for which it would
appear that the cob-meal was
well-suited. The use OF cob.meal in
feeding large herd of cattle, not as an
experiment, but for practical results,
has satisfied Prof. Shelton that it
is a valuable food. 1t is more
completely digested than the clear
corn; it is eaten with as great relish.
and cases of diarrhna were practically
unknown; cattle were seldom "off
their feed" when fed upon the cob
meal. IN order to obtain the best re-
suits the cobs and grain must be
ground into powder. Too many
feeders break the cobs into coarse
pieces and then condemn the feed be-
cause it gives poor results. The great
objection to the cob-meal lies in the
fact that it is almost impossible to
obtain a mill to grind it properly. OF
five different mills tried at the Kansas
College, not one has given complete
satisfaction. The power that could
shell, fan and grind 200 pounds of
clear grain in twenty minutes could
grind only II pounds of cob and grain
in the same time, and the mill was
so greatly heated that q stop was nee
essary. II mill can be produced that
can economically reduce the whole ear
to meal there seems no douUJ but
that the use of cob-meal will be great.
ly increased.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-09-18
An English Decision in Favor of an
American Trade-Mark

From the New York Morning Journal.l
LONDON, ENGLAND, Aug. 26, 1856
ESPECIAL BY CABLE)-In the chancery
division of the high court of Justice,
London, Vice Chancellor Bacon has
given his decision in favor of THE
CHARLES A. VoGELER COMPANY, of
Baltimore, Maryland, in the action
brought by that house against n.
CHURCHILL g. Co., of Brisbane, Queens
land. The case, which has been in
progress hero since September, 1884,
grew out of an attempt of Churchill
& Company to register a trademark
containing the words st. Patricks OIL
in connection with medicinal prepa-
ration. This WAS promptly OPP
posed by the Vogeler Company,
who, while admitting that the term
and device which were sought
to be registered by the Australian firm
were in no respect Identical to the
well-known St. Jacobs Oil trademarks,
contended, however, that sufficient
similarity existed between the term
ST. Patricks applied by Churchill d
Co. and st. Jacobs as used by the
Vogeler Co. to cause confusion IN the
minds of the public and lead to pur-
chasers being deceived. In support OF
this position they submitted an over
whelming amount of evidence from
English, American and Australian
sources with the result stated. Under
the decision of the court Churchill 4
Co. cannot register their mark and
must pay costs of the case. This is
the second trademark suit won by
the Vogeler Company in England with
in three years.