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

! gebis," and for the same reason the
| bride, Princess Theresa, is debarred
| from being presented at the court of
| Vienna OF Berlin.
AN attractive looking man who has
been a conspicuous figure about the
Hoffman is George S. Everhard, the
bucket-shop king OF Chicago, says the
New York Telegram. He recently
went out of business. as the District
Attorney of Chicago is making war on
the bucket shops, He is interested in
other substantial enterprises in. Chi
cago, so that the bucket shop war will
make but little difference to him. He
| built his fortune on the town bell of
Chicago. At the time of the great
Chicago fire the City Hail was among
the buildings destroyed, and the only
| thing saved from the ruins was the
town bell. This l.verhard purchased
for small amount and had it melted
! tnu ultsue lHto u!uiatulG ocils,
suitable for paper weights. They
were to serve as souvenirs of the fire,
and they sold like the traditional hot
cake. The bell must have been q very
large one, for Eyerhara sold sufficient
OF them to give him money to invest i'll
real estate that made him a rich man.
A1jEitlG ,tNs are not pecuniarily inter-
esiad in the Panama Canal for con-
Meeting the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans, says All Eastern paper. Hut
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 i'll 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 i'll 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 by locks.
The greal advantage of this water route
through the tropics to Asia can hardly
be oyerestimated. The Panama canal
when completed will be 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
entity Of Chicago, says the Inter
ocean, bought a big turkey and took
it home. When it was being prepared
for dinner the gizzard was found to
contain tifty-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 es-
tracted. This is 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
gcStlble things. Chickens are also
given to swallowing many queer things,
and there haze been found in a chick
ems crop, gravel, buttons, hooks and
eyes. and bits OF sewelry, On one oc-
caslon lady lost a diamond riag, upon
which she set great store. She hunted
high and low for the jewel, and finally
gave it up rs lost forever. One DAY
when the Kitchen maid was dressing a
chicken, she found i'll the crop the
missing ring, rs clean and bright as il
it had come from a jewelers.. The
lady was delighted, and ever after
when any small thing was lost about
the place. she used to say that she be-
lievel the chickens had swallowed it.
but she could not tel which fowl 10
kill Turkeys nave lie same tendency
as chickens to pick up bright obie is,
and probably MI. Dreyos turkey never
stopped to consider the dangerous
nature of the Illuminating caps it swat
lowed. The risk it ran OF having
some farmers boy hit it across the oiz-
.ar0 with club is something fearful
to contemplate.
Easy les ons III f'ric. ieal ilnancr.