Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-19


number of passengers carried each da,
on all the railroads in the world aver
ages six and half million.
SARA BERNHARDR has dresses enough
to fill forty eight large trunks. II Sar,
should get lost i'll them it would be LIKE
looking for needle in haystack tt
find her.
A MICHIGAN man to cure himself of
the opium habit smoked cloves until he
is a confirmed clove-smoker. There is
but one downward step left for him tc
take and that is to contract the ciga,
rette habit.
INParis the simplest form of embalm.
ing costs usually 800 francs, but should
an autopsy have been performed OF
death occurring through other than
natural causes, much heavier sum
would be incurred. rising in some cases
to as much as 5000 francs.
A GIGANTIC pendulum has been sus-
pended from the center of the second
platform of the Eiffel Tower. 1t con-
sists of bronze wire $50 feet long,
with steel globe weighing about 1913
pounds at the end. Its object is to ex-
hibit the rotation of the earth by the
Foucault method.
A MONUMENT is to be erected by the
State of Minnesota to commemorate
the battles and incidents of the Sioux
Indian war of 1862, and especially as
they relate to the town of New Ulm.
The burning of the town and the mas
sacre of the whites are to be shown in
two elaborate bas reliefs.
COPIES of the ''poems" of the Sweet
Singer of Michigan are so scarce that
one of them is worth its weight in
gold. Why doesn't Ella Wheeler Will
cox buy up all her editions, publish
her verses in one book, and sit down like
q real-estate buyer to await the fortune
that would be certain to come?
THERE is a growing tendency among
chemists to regard the elements as
varying arrangements produced at
successive stages in the process of cool
ing--of one original form of atom. Evil
dence in favor of the hypothesis is
claimed in the fact that some elements
seem not to have formed in the sun,
while yet more are absent from still
hotter stars.
A FRENCHMAN has taken advantage
of the big neckties which men are wear
ing and has constructed camera which
fits perfectly into them. The pin forms
the nozzle of the machine, and tube
runs down under the waistcoat and is
hNttoned inst unaer the lower pocket
The camera can be exposed by this APP
plication and by pressing the tube an
instantaneous photograph can be taken
A COMPANY has been formed under
the supervision and control of the gov
eminent for the irrigation of the step
pes in South Russia. It proposes to
dig canals and to lead water to lands
belonging to the government, to various
rural constituencies, and to private per-
sons. Several government engineers
have been detailed for the services of
the company, which will begin work in
the Climea.
The national flag will be saved from
ignoble uses hereafter. According to
the new law passed by Congress. any
person who shall use the national flag.
either by printing, painting, or afixing
on it any advertisement for public dis
play or private gain, will be held to be
guilty of a misdemeanor, for which the
the United States courts may mulct
him $50 or send him to Jail for a period
of thirty days.
The number of immigrants arriving
in the United States during the nine
months ending September 80, 1890, ex-
elusive of those from the British North
American Possessions and Mexico. and
comprising about 80 per cent. of the
total immigration, as compared with the
arrivals of the corresponding period of
1889, was 1889) 339,OSO and $500
3S1, 399-a gain of 40, 319 in 1890. And
still there is room for few more good
immigrants.
The authorities of the Government
of Taurida, Russia, have issued an Or
der that women bathing in free waters
shall wear bathing suits. The women
of Yalteen protest against this order
with an energy and unanimity worthy
of better cause; they are preparing a
petition to the general government urg-
ing the repeal of the order and declar-
ing that the curative powers of the
water have no effect upon those that
battle in clothes.
The official report that the new State
of Washington has in six counties