Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03
CURIOUS FACTS.
A WOMAN in Havana, ILL.,, is now liy-
Ing with her ninth husband.

A WOMAN in Havana, ILL.,, is now liy-
Ing with her ninth husband.
A MASS of lead in an elevated fur
mace in Paris was completely disspated
by stroke of lightning, no trace Of
the metal being found afterward.
CoLD baths a-e dangerous to the old
and feeble. Warm baths are relaxing.
and should not be taken in the morn
ing. The morning is the best time for
cold bath, the evening for q WARM
one.
The average London inhabitant eats
thirty-two times as much fish as the
Berlin person. and Paris, with q popu-
lation of 1900, 200, uses more fish than
81 Germany, with o population of A.
100000.
| AN acc dent in o Melbourne foundry
leetsto the discovery that plunging iron
castings into mixture of treacle and
water sOftens the metal to such de-
gree that it can be worked as readily az
wrought iron.
SEVERAL specimens Of English flora
are said to have been exterminated by
modern tourists, plant-dealers, and
botanists, the lady's slipper, orchid,
and the holly fern having disappeared
among others.
! BETWEEN New York and the Gulf of
Mexico there are only four natural en-
frances to harbors where the depth at
mean low water is over sixteen feet.
while the largest ships draw from IS
to 28R feet.
The first printing done in America
was in the City Of Mexico, in 1889
There were then 200 printing offices in
Europe. The second press was set up
in Lima, Peru, and the third in Cam
bridge, Mass, in 1859.
AN ordinary beetle can draw twenty
times the weight of the body, and q,
large horned beetle, which was care
fully weighed and allowed to work un-
molested beneath bell glass, drew
AZ 2-lO times its own weight.
AN association Of pharmacists in Paris
has been discussing the old question Of
the influence of plants In bedrooms,
upon the health. The conclusion
reached is that plants are beneficial,
especially to consumptives.
A WORKSHOP of the stone age has.
been discovered near the gates of I aris.
and has yielded early 500 hand-wo. ked
hlnts, including pieces of polished
hatchets, scrapers, blades, points, and
two or three little polishers.
A FRENCH microscopic has studied
the action of the various condiments ON
the tissues of the oyster, add recon-
mends lemon juice as the most valu-
able, as it destroys the animalcule in
Testing the stomach of the mollusk.
SELECT several cards of different,
colors, and in the center of each fasten
\ by a little mucilage small round piece
of black paper. Place over the card
thus prepared a piece of thin white
tissue paper. The variety of hues
which the black assumes is very strik-
ing.
THE housewives of Norway make
their common fiat bread largely of the.
powdered branches Of the young pine.
not 80 much to save -four as to secure
light loaf The bark proves to be
not only innutritious but actually in
furious, and is now being denounced
by medical men.
ANsoN1A hens were not satisfied With
the Matching out of twin chicks from
double-yelked egg, but recently Frank
w. French had hen hatch out q
chicken with four fully developed feet
and legs, the extra pair being attached
to the body at each side of the tail. On
Monday evening the chick was as bright
and lively as any one of the brood, but
on Tuesday morning it was dead. the,
hen during the night having trodden
upon and killed it.
A MAMMOTH gum tree in the woods:
near Cambridge, Nd, has for years
been used by an eagle for the rearing
of her young. The tree has been cut
down after great labor. The nest at.
the top was found as large as cart,
body, and contained two young eagles
nearly full fedgel. The birds sur
vived the shock, and have been cared
for as pets. The old bird was out on
foraging excursion at the time.
PHoToGRApHs taken by Tissandier
and Ducom from balloon at height.
of six hundred and five meters above.
Paris show conclusively the Importance.
of the method of instantaneous produc-
ton of maps of any portion OF the
earth's surface, particularly Of cities.
fortresses, and regions difficult OF ac-
CCSSs 4NCSdVlfOS A&iSO OCOA OOtoAAOA as
sharp and clear as those made upon
terra frma. Instantaneous methods
and extra-sensitive p ates are reQu red.
! ACCORDING to the Reva1e lasdatstvi-
ellie, the quality of leather used for
betting may be determined by tue fol-
lowing simple method: A small piece
is cut out of the belt and placed in
vinegar; if the leather has been per-
fectly tanned, and is, therefore. of
good quail y, it will remain immersed
in the vinegar, even for several months.
without any other change than becom--
ing of q little darker color. If, ON the
contrary, it is Lot we'll impregnated
with tannin, the fibers will promptly
swell, and, after short time. become
converted into g,!atinous mass.
THE Chinese have the TO glowing leg,
end about the invention of the fan
"The beautiful Kau ST. daughter of a
powerful mandarin, was assisting at the
feast of lanterns, when she became
overpowered by the heat. She was
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