Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ODDLY enough, it is the man of
loose habits who is the most likely to
get tight.
A YOUTH will never have his WAYS
mended by patronizing the sherry cob
bier too aften.
Mr.. PHUNNYMAN-N word is a We
hicle of thought what would be a vehi-
Gle of love? Mrs. Phunnyman-I give
it up. Mr.. PA bus.
A sTRoLL1NG italian musician in
Philadelphia has an improvement on
the monkey. It's a parrot which sings
operate music In soprano voice that
is heard for squares and then collects
coins from high windows. The bird
can fly where the monkey would fail to
reach.
The people of San Francisco expect
to find themselves ere long at the end
of an ocean cable, the other end of
which will be fastened at Hawaii. To
lay the wire, which must be 1850 miles
long, will cost, as estimated, 81 800, 1000,
and of this sum the Hawaiian govern
ment and people will furnish third.
ONLY one city in the world has ever
undertaken by legal supervision to put
every house under positive and also
Lutte sanitary control, and that is Bue-
nos Ayres. which is said to be growing
in population, if not in territorial area,
nearly as rapidly as Chicago. The
purpose is to have the sanitary arrange
ments completed within three years.
The consumption of paper is enor-
nous in this country. There are 1000
paper and pulp mills at work the year
round. The newspapers and maya
zines consume vast quantities of it.
The Century company takes nearly
200 tons month for its publications,
and its paper bill amounts to 100000
yearly. Harper & Bros. take $4,000
reams, Robert Bonner 10000
reams at time. Two cheap literature
firms buy $50o,000 worth of paper a
year. One patent medicine firm buys
100000 worth of paper every year.
THE Scientific America7o tells us
that sugar, for centuries after its intro.
duction, was ased only incidentally
Even in the tenth century it seems tc
have been unknown as an article oil
diet. But the same was true of ardent
spirits. Alcohol in no form was used
as a drink in the middle ages. Ou1
foods and drinks of to-day are almost
altogether recent inventions and dis
coveries. Our fruits are new, or sc
greatly improved as to be unrecogniz
able; and the same is true of ou1
vegetables. Potatoes and tomatoe.
came into general use at very recen,
date. The probabilities are that an
other century will place on our table.
a great deal of food produced directl,
in the laboratory, as sugar is, and no
q product of natural growth.
CONNECTICUT has evolved schem,
for the taxation of securities. It is es
timated that of about 4OO.OOO,OOO O
mortgages, bonds, notes and the like
in that state, only about 81, OOO,O O(
are listed for taxation. The tax col
lectors have been wrestling with til,
question how to coax or drive thes,
evidences Of wealth to light. A new
idea has been hit upon. The stat
proposes that any person bringing
note or bond to the treasury and pay
ing mills per year or more shall have
it stamped free from taxation for the
time paid for. The tax on such prop.
erty in the regular way is from - tc
90 mills, state and municipal. It is
thought this scheme will unearth many
millions, as the risks Of evading taxa
ton are great. 1t is believed, also, that
many wealthy persons will move into
Connecticut to enjoy this comparative
ly small rate of taxation.