Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-27
ODD. QUEER AND Crn1on~

MOST OF the butter made in y,
comes from goats milk. Mesic9
DUG-oUT canoes have hoo,
e~xcavating a canal from loand ii
Liverpool, England. eSses d
The oldest college dormitorr
United States is that know IN tia
Middle at Yale. 1t was ' s9ata
1852. erected IL
AFAN made of human hal,
played at a London store. f. dis
appears to be beautiful lace g.. What
the sticks is real hair. Niaslng
THERE are 10 different variet;..
strawberries growing in the 81
mental gardens at the Kansas sAget'
turai College. As'c1r
A PLEA was made to school c,;,,
to contribute one egg each fon "i'aa
rital at Harrisburg, Pa, and the d 40"
was a collection of 5000 eggs. Ic'a'
BURGLARS entered the posfoMo.
Jupiter, Fla, and temporarily cr; Se Al
Uncle SANS mail agency bv t%ealriphedI
pint of whisky anu a pound of naiiss
lHE art OF making red glass ~,
church windows, as practical i, ~
twelfth and thirteenth %centuries 'ls|
lost for a long time, and was on,r V'|
covered in 1896. The modern nre1. II
is still inferior to the ancient. 1
The King of Ashantee has 8 SO, 500 1v;r,.
They all live on II street in Coomasst;,s
and when they go out. for q walk -
body, preceded by the eunuchs. er W
body else has to walk in the gutter
A GERMAN photographer in o.,
stantinople recently came near losin,
his life by taking a negative Of NJ
Sultan in violation of the Koran, wb;a1
prohibits the reproduction Of the hums1
figure or countenance.
A FOSSIL frog was recently found
a scuttle Of coal at the house of ,Job1
n. La Due, in Fishkill Hook, N. y, II
is as black as the coal in which f NO
found, but almost as perfect as when
sung its vesper songs in its naty
marsh.
A REYNOLDS (Ga.) woman has a bb
six days old, perfectly formed, in goo
health, and in peace with all its SIN
rourdings, whose face can be cover
by a silver dollar, and which vii
barely turn the scales at one and oS1
half pounds.
A GOOD suggestion has been mad
by a coin collector. 1t is that the coin
issued during any year shall have d
them the head OF the president in ofo
at that time. They would thus serve
historical reminders, as do the coins
ancient days.
If the quantity Of soap used in
nation indicates its degree Of cleanA
ness, this country takes the cake. I'd
every 100 pounds of soap used in Il
United States, England uses So; Cd
many, 83; France, IS; Sweden, Il
Italy, 81; Bulgaria, IS, and Mexico, !
AN engineer on the Iron Mounta
road has perfected an automatic bel
ringer on his locomotive, and mo-
when running in corporation limits .
whenever the bell must he rung,
just jerks a spring, and the bell is Ike
going by steam power till he turns
the steam.
SOME moonshiners in Pearson Count
North Carolina, whose whisky b
been seized by evenue officers, We
masked to the Jail in Roxboro, aI
forced Sheriff Pully to permit them
remove the liquor. After the recs
tured whisky had been placed upon
cart, they all kindly shook hands wi
the Sheriff, and leisurely marched ar
after the wagon.
NEXT month q Congress of Beaut1
is to assemble in Rome. Only ROM
ladies will be permitted to compel
and they must be between the ages
sixteen and twenty-five, and represe
these four types of beauty-blonl
brunette, f~1axer, and auburn red. 7
lady who shall be considered the md
beautiful will receive a prize Of s., o.
the second prize will be $1,000.