Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-10

Of them to give him money to invest in
real estate that made him rich man.
# AMERICANS are not pecuniarily inter
ested in the Panama Canal for con-
Meeting the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans, says an Eastern paper. But
we cannot fail to wish success to the
French people, who have invested their
money in that enterprise. This is now
really. more hopeful than has lately
been supposed. That great French
man, De Lesseps, who successfully
made the Suez Canal, is equally conf
dent Of success here. He has changed
the original plans, and will now put
the canal in operation in three years
from the first of next July, with four
locks. BY this plan more than half
the work has already been done.
When thus set in operation, work will
be continued to complete the canal ac-.
cording to the original design. The
Chagres river furnishes abundance Of
water for the high middle division,
where the canal is controlled bylocks.
The greal advantage of this water route
through the tropics to Asia can hardly
be overestimated. The Panama canal,
when completed will be a strong check
upon the exactions of our Pacific rail-
roads, which have never been the check
upon each other that it was at first
supposed they would be.
HENRY DREYo, who lives in the vi
cinity Of Chicago, says the Inter
Ocean. bought q big turkey and took
it home. When it was being prepared
for dinner the gizzard was found to
contain ifty-four percussion caps and
two small bits Of china. among the
other things therein contained which
the fowl had eaten. The caps were
crushed and all the illuminate ex-
tracted. This is a singular freak on
the part of the fowl, but probably
some farmer had the box Of caps on
the ground uncovered. The turkey
seeing something bright, swallowed
the box Of caps and the bits of china.
The gizzard is tough and serves the
purpose Of teeth; it grinds the food
and in time foreign substances are ex-
PEELED. The ostrich possesses the
most powerful gizzard, and swallows
stones with its food, and has been
known to swallow all sorts Of indi-
gestible things. Chickens are also
given to swallowing many queer things,
and there have been found in chick
ems crop, gravel, buttons. hooks and
eyes, and bits Of jewelry. Onlone oc-
casion q lady lost diamond ring, upon
which she set great store. She hunted
high and low for the jewel, and finally
gave it up as lost forever. One day
when the kitchen-lnaid was dressing o
chicken, she found in the crop the
missing ring, as clean and bright as if
it had come from jewelers.. The
lady was delighted, and ever after
when any small thing was lost about
the place, she used to say that she be-
lieyed the chickens had swallowed it.
but she could not tel which fowl to
kill. Turkeys have the same tendency
as chickens to pick up bright objects,
and probably Mr.. Dreyo's turkey never
stopped to consider the dangerous
nature of the Illuminating caps it swal-
lowed. The risk it ran of having
some farmers boy hit it across the gig
gard with CLUB is something fearful
to contemplate. n
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Easy Lessons in Practical Finance.
II see the papers say that Jsy Gould
lost $4,000 on the street tie other
day. Doesn't he know where he lost
i? r 20, yes sWhy doesn't he 60
there and look for 1t, then?. 80, no !;
when that kind of q man loses anything
he always goes somewhere else and
looks for il. !" and does he find il
there?' "H'ml Well, he usually finds
some Just like it, @And as much Of
it e More. - BaL7.dette. s.
DAUGHTER-Pa pa, don't you know it is
bad manners to put your hands in yonr
pockets? Papa No, my dear; I'm only.
Dracticinp Dauohfar- Practi c;no, xrho12