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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05
A Boys Presence of Mind.

A number of boys were skating and
sliding in Yorkshire On sudden
the ice gave way almost in the middle
OF the lake and one poor little fellow
fell IN. There was no house near
where they could run for help; no
ropes which they could throw to their
struggling companion. The boys stood
on the bank with pale, sorrowful faces,
afraid to try to reach their friend, in
case the ice should give way and swal-
low them all up.
But one boy suddenly remembered
that although you cannot stand a
board upright on thin ice without its
going through, yet if you lay the same
board fiat on the ice it will be quite
safe. Not onl y that, but he knew he
could run along the board without fear
Of cracking the ice.
1t only took him moment to re-
member all that; the next he spoke to
his friends something after this fashion:
Il will lie down on the ice near the
edge; then one Of you must come to
my feet and push me along until you,
too, can lie down. If you all lie down
in that way, and push the boy in front
Of you, we shall make a line long
enough to reach Reuben"
Thus, taking the post of danger him
self, the brave boy was able by his liv-
ing rope to reach his friend. He pulled
him out, though he was not one mo-
ment too soon, for he was so exhausted
with his efforts to keep his head above
water that he would very soon have
Telegraph.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

hands, as sort Of balancing pole, a
metal rod bent in the form of an in
verified V, OF rather of hairpin with
the ends somewhat opened apart.
By reason OF the bringing of the
center of gravity below the figure by
this rod or balancing pole, the puppet
is kept in an upright position on any
support which is narrow enough to be
spanned 10y the two arms of the pole.
Placed on raised board OF strip, set
at slight inclination, this puppet,
called lie marcheur iufatigable, or
tireless walker, will march along. put
ting forward first one foot and then
the other, and initiating the move
ments of a somewhat stiff legged
walker.
There is no propelling mechanism
about the toy whatever, simply Joint
ing of the legs to the body upon
round horizontal pivot fastened at the
ends, with another rod underneath this
one and passing through two square
holes made in the legs, as shown in the
illustration. This second rod prevents
the walker from taking too long steps.
The key to this toys pedestrian tai
ent is simple mechanical principle.
The walker rests the weight of his
body upon one of his legs while he is
putting the other forward. The axis
of his body does not rest upon YER
teal plane, and in order to cause him
to move forward on the inclined sup
port it is necessary in starting him to
give him slight shake sideways. This
shake, increased by the oscillation of
the balancing pole, causes the walker
to lean first to the right and then to
the left.
Suppose that he is, at a given mo-
ment, inclined to the right. All the
weight of the body, that is to say, both
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

The dental vibrator is an apparatus
for rendering the abstraction of teeth
painless. 1t is simply an application
at the well-known electric shock used
in medicine and sometimes to be had
country fairs. An induction giving q
very rapidly intermitting current is
the source of the electricity, and the
patient receives the shock by grasping
metal handles connected to the poles
of tho secondary circuit of the coil.
The forceps of the operator are also
connected in the circuit of the current.
The consequence is that the patient
feels only the peculiar sensation of
"pins and needless" produced by the
current traversing his
nerves, and the actual pain of loosing
the teeth is said to be masked. The
has been introduced into the
Institute of Medical Electricity.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05
a G~,e-.u, Descent.


Dodeleig!i Dedbroke-I want some
stewed terrapin.
Waitress-W We havn't any.
Dndeleigh e,lbroke-Then I will
AXE two portions of canvas-lack duck.
Waitress-There amt none.
Dnbcleigh Dedbroke- Then you may
bring me . dozen scallored sea-urchins
and bottle of champagne.
Waitress We amt got none of them
things.
Dndeleigh-Well, what have you
got?
Waitress-Corn beef hash and baked
beans.
Dndeleigh-How much are your
beans.
Waitress-Ten cents plate.
Dudeleigh-Well bring me half o
plate
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

BRILLIANT light makes even scant-
lily furnished room look cheerful. But
there are some people who know not
how to mako their lamps burn we'll.
A lamp shos ID be thoroughly cleaned
every fortnight. The oil should he
poured out of the fonnt. leaving no
dregs on the bottom. The fount should
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

TIE hypodermic blush is obtained
by inserting coloring matter beneath
the skin with the point Of d syringe.
The effect is described as marvellous,
The blush lasts two hours. The owner
is indescribably beautiful for that
period. Afterward she becomes
greepish-yellow complexion. and can
not wear her blush too often because
the syringe marks the skin with On
ugly little scar.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05
Sure Sipn

Plunkett-Dr. Seelye. the college
president, isn't married, I guess.
Mrs. P.-Why, John?
Plunkett-Because he says that bv
the end Of the century the women will
know more than the men. If he were
married he'd know that they know It
all now. -
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

falling on her, and she was drawn from
underth wagon box uninjured.
One of the bystanders, as he stopped
to brush her dress, asked if she was
hurt.
sOh, no." said the little girl, "my
papa wouldn't let me get hurt.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

then be washed in strong soapsuds,
rinsed in warm water. and dried. 1t
should then be filled with fresh oil.
The burner should be boiled in soda
and water until the network that cross
es it is freed from dirt and dust If
the wick becomes clogged with the
sediment, replace it with new one.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

STALE pies in railroad restaurants
have long been disseminators Of dys-
pepsia. Recognizing this fact, a mem
Der of the Missouri Legislature has in
PRODUCED measure compelling bakers
to date their pics
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

MENTION is made of child born at
Hartford, Conn, which weighed only
two pounds and three ounces when it
was three days old.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05
Explaining the Item.

Client-You have an item in you
Advice, Jan. 1885, That was a
before I retained you.
lawyer know it. But don't
remember, on the 8th I told you
better let me take the case for you;
Client-Yes.
Lawyer-Well, that's the advi
Neav York Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

TEMPTATION for desperadoes exists
in the secret boards of wealth in India.
An Allahabad paper estimates that
coin and gems 10 the value of 81, $780,
100000 are locked up in that country.
In Amritsar City alone there are hid
den jewels wo,th 100000 600.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

GIRLS in Japan join art, cookery and
gymnastic classes The aim of teach
ing is not to make girls Independent,
but more Intelligent. and, therefore,
more useful as daughters, sisters and
wives,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

II is often charged that the Indians
are lazy, and it may be so, but they
manage to keep the United States
troops pretty busy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

The use of bitter almonds as a
favoring is to be reprobatea. The
essential oil, made by distilling the
pulp Of the pounded nut with water, is
an irritant poison, from ten to thirty
drops of which is capable of poisoning
an adult. Recently quite a sensation
was caused by the serious illness of q
prominent society woman from the eat
ing of the sailed almonds, which are
such favorite relish. Throughout an
afternoon and evening, at luncheon,
high tea, and dinner, the nuts were
nlbbled in default of appetite. The
poison received was small portion of
anhydrous prussic acid, or hydrocyanic
acid. This is the base of the cyanide
OF potassium, used by photographers,
electrotypers, ETC., from three to five
grains of which will kill, like prussic
acid.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

THIS discreet resolution was adopted
recently by the trustees of school
house in Monticello, Ga. Whereas,
the big hickory near the left-hand of
Bea Hill Academy being dead, and that
if it should fall on any of the children
between their seventh and seventeenth
year and near the small of the back,
they would surely die; therefore re-
solved that we hire an unbleached
American to raze the aforesaid hickory
tree to the ground"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

In several Fastern cities barber
shops keep open all night and where
there is no Sunday law they keep open
the year round.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

STATISTICAL returns from Venezuela
show great prosperity during the past
fiscal year. Tho total exports reached
ST, 100000 more than any year in the
history of the country, and the imports
were SIS, 100000, of which $4,000, 600
come from England and 100000
from the United States.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

THE brownish discolorat1on of cell
ing where gas is used is caused by
dust carried against by the heated air
currents produced by the gas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

So MANY glassworlzs are being erect
ed in this country, moro especially for
plate-gl manufacture, that it is be-
coming a question as to where the
skilled workers arc 10 be obtained to
fill them. Tho number of furnaces
and pots at present operating and in
course of construction is 1880, of
which 30 have been put into opera
ton since 1883. and 800 will all be
ready for operation soon. The manu-
facturers say that atheist 1, 500 skilled
men will be necessary to fully equip
these new works.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

DARWIN asad to GO into the Zoologi-
cal Gardens in Iopdon, and. standing
by the glass case containing the cobra
d. capello, put his forehead against the
glass while the cobra struck out OF
him. The glass Was between them:
DarWin's mind wes perfectly convinced
as to the inability of the snake to harm
him; yet he would always doge. Time
after time he tried it, his will and rea
son keeping him there, his instinct
making him dodge The instinct was
stronger than both will and reason,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

A YOUNG lady says she has been SO
carefully taught to reverence the aged
that she doesn't even dare to laugh at
an old Joke.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

EXPERIMENTS at the Agricultural
School in France show that mules
have more digestive power than horses.
and to this is attributed their greater
working capacity. In other words,
mechanically speaking, you can burn
more fuel and with less loss, and get
more work out of it. 10y feeding it to
mule than to horse.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

A GAME of marbles was played by
several prominent citizens of Washing
ton the other morning on Pennsylvania
avenue.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

TIE girls who attend the college at
Columbia, Mo-. think fine should be
imposed when they accept the escort
of gentlemen to whom they are not en-
gagged, and have agreed to pay fine
of rs cents every time they do SO.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

Mr.. Coonby Hoofs Why. sab, dat
pahson's eloquence would lif' Teller
right off his feet!
Mr.. Shiny (glancing at the pedals
confronting him)-Waal, eff he kin lif'
you off'n your'n, Coonby, Use goin' to
de msetin' wifi weights in my pockets.
-Jud0e.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05
WASHINGTON SPRINGS, SD.

TIE inventor of process for the
manufacture of artificial fur is an
nounced.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

ALTHOUGH some printers may not
work steadily, whenever they go to
work they go to stick.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05
LAUGH AND GROW FAT.
A HEALTHY TONIC FOR IN
VALlDS OF ALL KINDS

Humorous Anecdotes Cleaned from vari-
Will Make Anybody Sleep Wcll--Bctter
Than Medicine When Taken Before kto-
firing.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05
Getting Desper,..

Customer-No go, Mr.. Isaacs
you, for the tenth time, Won ha..
coat in your store to suit mo I'D y :
want a plum-colored coat. 7 u,
brown coat! va
Isaacs-Mine friendt, I ASSN,
on the wordt of shentlemoY Wv
| hold in my hand will fade bro N
Puck. "a w
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05
ELECTRICAL DlsH-wAsHER.
Dirty Plates and Pla.ters Cleansed with a
Swirl of Scaldinc Suds

The electric dish-washing apparatus
that is in use in one of the Brooklyn
hotels has been brought to the atten-
ton OF many newspaper readers, but
few OF them have seen picture of it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

there at the beautiful white caps.
Friend (from Indiana, in grl
alarm)-Where? Where do be
White Caps?
The Kind Of Ache lie dad Had.
Little people have peculiar no d
and original ways of expressing Tug
One of the clergy at the Christian \
deavor Convention in Portland
this to relate in illustration about !
small boy at his home aged abo1ta
and half-who had been out snO|
ling snow.
did it make your back ache !
son?"
No." responded the small boy
the most approved baseball tone l.,
did you ever have the back acn'
continued the fond parent. y
No, but I've had the front acne
The GreaI and only. .!
Eyes, sah," said the colored va' s'
I'm go'n ter leave the hotel Duslu'1
I'm goin with q show" d
you won't get any tips there !
you?" q
Il never took a tip in my me- r. r
OATS how I come to get de Joo' !
goin' with q dime museum, sab.
Both Brought Up Well .,
Popinjay-There goes man WIZ \
brought up with silver spoon IL
mouth.
Ponsonby-l know a mar WIN aYoo]
brought up with dozen silver y
in his pocket-JeWelers' C7f'''"'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

.souoo. gn'. com an on,..
duct unbecominl an ot,niarged viii
New \ Policeman-1n wSs.
Sergeant-You have WAT lat resps
habit of taking nuts and s psea j
less women. e men anil
always. pay to,|
= s s. that's the s.,
OF the complaint. Free p, DUE snb'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05
Spelling u Hors,

sp"1i'nS Horse
Buyer-Lookee here. YOU! V,
this horse was sound and kind a1S
from tricks. The first dav | dr 1na
he baked a dozen times. AMI H.
bad to-day.
Dealer-Um-you've been word
if ! cheated you. may be?
"1es, L have"
And the first time you druy tho
you sort o wandered if he hadn't
tricks ad didn't you?
"Of course.
"And you kept saying to youre
wonder if that there horse will
maybe?"
Probably?
And you had your mind on it a
deal, most like?
"That's true"
"That's wot's the matter. y
hypnotized him. See%-Ne,v
Weekly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05
A Great Financier,

Mabel-Well, I've concluded TOT
Mr.. Tightfst.
Mildred-Why, I thought you }
Mabel-oh I do, but he is bou
be very rich some day. He has i
grasp of finance.
Mildred-What gives you til,
preston?
Mable-Why he invited me to]
church last night, and coming hord
took car, though he wanted to
beth ways. Well, when the cond
came around he said, @How unfortul
l find I have nothing smaller Il
dollar bill. Have you any char
So [ paid the fares.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05
The Way 1t Goes.

Lie way IL Goes.
She-Oh, don't you think Miss
Browne is the incest girl in the world?
He-why, yes, of course, if you
think so.
"And her eyes; oh, don't you think
they are splendid?"
"Very."
And hasn't she the cutest little mouth
and the kindest, dearest facet"
"Yes, indeed"
@And such beautiful complexion; and
what hair!"
sVery beautiful"
"And then, isn't she graceful, and
doesn't she waltz divinely?"
my, yes"
and isn't she the sweetest. sweetest
girl?"
yes, indeed"
And don't you think she knows an
awful lot; and don't you-oo-ooo-ooo
think
why, what's the matter, Mabel?"
Ooh! Thought you lowed
me, Tom"
why, so do"
"W-e-l-l, then how can you bear to
talk SO about THAT h-o.r-r-i-b.l-e
old ugly Browne girl ?"-Harvard
LNUlDOOn
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05
A Dreadful Threat,

Dreaulul Threat.
A German poet having loaned small
amount to friend found it verv diff
cult to collect the same. as his friend
failed to recollect the incident. Meet
ing his friend in need this poet said:
II you don't pay me that seventeen
pfennigs which you owe me 1 shall
nave to resort to extreme measures"
And what may they be-"
III dedicate my next poem in your
Tho friend turned zoe and shelled
out abruptly. -Teras Siftinns
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

hands, as q sort Of balancing POLE, a
metal rod bent in the form of an in
verified V, OF rather of a hairpin with
the ends somewhat opened apart.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-05

avenue.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-30
Remedies of Chinese Trades Unions.

lcennculeS OF ShlneSe 1FaueS UNIONS.
The trades unions Of China resort to
terrible remedies in order to carry out
their ends. | heard of a case in Shang-
hal where an employer did something
contrary to the rules Of the guild Of his
worklnen. His men objected, but he re-
fused to accede to their demands, and
they concluded to make an example Of
him. He had more than 100 men work
ing for him. These at a concerted sig
nal sprang upon him and commenced
biting him. They had a leader, and this
leader would not let one of the men go
away from the place without showing
his teeth, and if the teeth and gums We're
bloody he was allowed to so out.
The plot was gotten up on the basis
that there was do capital punishment in
China for biting. They bit the man to
death and the matter cane to the ears Of
the government. There was Il little
fuss about it, but the gull was u strOug
one, and only the man who took the first
bite was punished. The punishment Of
members within the guild for acting
contrary 10 its rules are equally terrible.
Frank O.. Carpenter in National Trib-
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-30
ReaIY Quite MCrCifui.

1t was in the New York Central depot.
\ well dressed lady with her Little Lord
Fauntleroy son approached the door
leading to an outgoing train. Both We're
laden with bundles. \ railroad official
stood by the door.
Open the door or III punch your
head" exclaimed FauntlerOv in a very
swagger voice. ard the official, amused
by the six-year-old's audacity, consented
to become d~oorkoeper for the occasion
and complied.
The mother showed that she was angry
as she swept through the door, and as it
closed she seized Fauntleroy by the
shoulders and shook him severely.
'Aren't y0u ashamed of YOURSELF" she
asked; "to be SO inpolite to the gentle
man"
She. mamma" replied Fauntleroy,
i was only jest fooliu. | wouldn't "a
punched him.'-Syracuse Journal.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-30
Original Ideas and DresSmakers.

In my experience | have long since
come to the conclusion that If you are
not Il fashion plate, an actress or a so
cietv woman celebrated as a model on
which dressl2akerS show new exhibits,
YOU must do your own thinking when
you want something a little different
from one of a dozen turned out at the
manufactOry. But in case yOu find
yourself under the necessity OF doing
no need of going to d first class ma or
wOman who sends first class bills. You
must find a woman who fits well, who is
not so stubborn but that she viii take
and execute some one else'S ideas, who
will become interested in the work for
the works sake and who is intelligent
enough to do solne suggesting herself.
But | hear my readers exclailn, THAT
pearl is impossible to find
It is perhaps difficult, but not impOssi-
bic. | have never found it SO. When |
lived in America it was almost impossi-
BILE to convince my friends that l dad not
wear Imported dresses, That | had them
made right in town; and here ii Paris !
have been faithful to my little obscure
dressmaker for the last ten years for gar
ments-cloaks as we'll as dresses. Those
dressmakers, Ike good servants, can be
found. There are q few of them left,
and l don't see why l should not be rs
clever as my neighbOr, find them out and
have the benefit Of their seryices.-Paris
nf&nJ
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-12-30
TI,er Wash Once "A Year.

The facility with which washing is
done by the use of borax accounts for
lis popularity III the low countries and
in Germany, where to many families
washday comes but Onc a year. The
notion of cleanliness which prevails
among the better class of Germans for
bids the storing or accumulation of soiled
linen in the dwelling house. hence the
necessity Of the "'schwartZwascnkom-
mer," built near by, where the soiled or
unwashei clothes are hung up, exposed
TO the air, on poles or lines. We cannot
but commend them for this custom. and
it would be well for those housekeepers
to take a hint who store soilcd garments
in the closets of sleeping rooms and I'M
der the beds.
The humblest German hausfrau does
not feel her poverty if she has an album
dance of linen, and this she will have II
possible, 10 the exclusion Of other things
which we might regard almost as need
full. She is rich indeed if at the end of
six months or a year h a display
larr lines hung with immaculate linen
We can thus understand how even at
this dav a chest OF linen is regarded
among the peasantry IS a part of their
dover or marriage portion of the bride.
For these washings Il week is usually
taken and the event is regarded as no
ordinary one. 1t is something Of a jubi-
lee in which the entire family takes
part. An American lady travelling III
Germany witnessed Il of these 'frol-
les" where four or five women We're
washing from capacious tub. When
asked why they did not adopt the easier
plan of washing weekly, n Of them re-
piled that they feared the people might
think they had but we garments
apiece."-Pittsburg Dispatch.