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Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1891-11-25
AI.LMlNNA NYHETER.

/
NJ. r.. JacObsO1si Center township
/ Allamakee county, Iowa, har ar till
yerkat 4, 900 gallons sorghum strap. vs..
OfverE0rd. O. B. Smith, anstald vid
Iowa centralbanan, blefi onsdags 5fver-
k6rd af ett jernvagstag och p8 stallet do
dad. 4,
lKOnlcWrSerDGs 0s1t0I var fora vec
kan F6renta Staterna ss5, mot 291 vec-
kan f6rut och 274 under motsvarande vec-
ka f5rlidet 8r.
FSaGsssdepGrtense1atet Washing
ton meddelar sin rapport, att under okt.
manad f6rdes ett tillskott af circa 81 mill.
dollars allmanna r3relsen. Den kontali-
ia kassan steg under samma It'd med Diver
SO, 900, 900.
ReDatbIiIfGssshcG sssajOTitetessi New
Yorks statssenat har genom EFT d5dsfall
brutits. F6rliden fredag afled nemligen
senator Gilbe.t A. Deane sitt hem Co
pake i en- alder af Al ar. Genom delta
d6dsfall utg6res nu senaten af 16 republi.
kaner, IA demokrater och en- oafhangig.
Gasf0rgiff0d. En- svensk tjensteflic.
ka, miss Amanda Svenson Sioux City,
Iowa, fanns harom dagen d0d slit rum,
som var uppfyldt med gas. Da gaskra.
nen stod 6ppen, var det latt att finns
d5dsorsaken. Observation-Disclosures for.
klarade att d0dsfallet tillkommet utan ma.
gons f6rvallande.
En- st01'E k6i1Udg drog b0rjan a,
f6rra veckan diver Northwestern, komman
| de termometern att falla fera grader un
der noll. En- sd lag temperatur har ick,
pa manga ar f6rekommit vid denna It'd Al
aret Fora aret intrafade SO stark k6le
f6rst den Is febr. Emellertid blef de
kalla vadret icke langvarigt: fredag!
blef det mildare, och pa natten till l0rda
gen foil en- mangd sn5, som kom sardeles
valkommen, da nederb6rden allmanhe
varit ganska ringa.
En- het f11'a5Y j0rgiftad af gas
F6rliden torsdags matt blef en- hel familj
Henderson, Ind, f6rgiftad genom gas. Fri
Hoffman och hennes tva s8ner gingo til
badd pa aftonen, men lat gasen brinna
/ ugnen under h8gt tryck. Under natter
slocknade elden och gasen str6mmade ut
rummet. Pa morgonen upptacktes de
att hela familjen blifvit f6rgiftad. Der
yngste sonen var d6d, men modern ocl
den aldste sonen lyckades man bringa til
lif, dock har man f0ga hopp ON att d
Ikunna raddas.
AlJiasssns0tett : Indianapolis fore
i tedde resultat, som icke bada godt f3
framtiden, utan sDarare tvertom. ID
stora organisationerna, al hyilkas fore
ming man yantade sig SO mycket, fa ick
kunnat MARINA sig hvarandra. utan stal.
let astadkommit en- splittring lagret
Hartill kommer att Allianspartiets finan.
scr aro sa d&liga, att det icke en- gang for
mar bestrida delegaternas tighter, hver
for ock mr.. McCune inbragte en- resolu
tion, att nedsatta representanternas antal
lhvilken antogs. Tlllfragad ON orsaker
hartill, syarade McCnne att Allianspartie
f6rlorat halften af sina medlemmari We
stern och Nordvestsrn. q
Skaffaren. (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1885-1895, 1891-11-25
Prof. Carlson genomreser for na

Prof. Carlson genomreser for ma
de S6dra Minnesota Valley distis
Resultaten lara yara ganska lofyak
Det Dir bra, gifven h0nom pengar oG1
skicken hem honom; ty l plagens af han'
narvaro och vi Ida af hans franvaro. F6l
att tillfredsstalla oss 6mse sidor SO stall
len ON att han smart kommer hem.
Insamlingen har pa platsen ar ej full
fardig annu, men den kommer att uppgs
till omkiDg $1,000. Det ar ju int ills
eller hur? Var profet ar bestamdt athaller
-i slit fadernesland. Dock kunnen latt
bevisa att delta ej haller stand genom at
gifva bra mycket mera. Gifven inte upr
utan stan pa er, vi Ida gerna nederlag
delta afseende. Babe t6rsamlingsmed-
lemmar och utomstaende hafva varit vt
terst villiga att gifva, knappt en- enda hal
nekat bist8nd. Rektorn har f6restatt in.
samlingen har pa platsen, och har varit
borta under hela den tillandalupna vec-
kan. Han ar dock nu ater pa sin plats'
glad och mold med utgangen af insam-
lingen har.
Skoldamernas syf6rening kommer att
gifva en- aftonunderhallning Tacksagelse.
dagen, / stallet for den tillamnade festen
pa operahuset, hvilken ej kommer att gs
af stapeln. Sasom lokal anvandes sko-
lans auditorium.
Var nya tidning ar nu utkommen. Der
bar namnet Heimdall, men pa grund al
att delta gam maInordska mann vackt an.
st6t bland en del af vart folk n0dgas vi
d3pa ON densamma. Att Heimdall val
Odens son af nio NOR skulle mena, att
han egde ALA de MOS CODA gafvor. En-
degraderande betydelse hade nordens adle
man, vara arade i6rfader, aldrig tankt
sig, ej heller vi. Sannerligen sknlle dc
lika val som vi blifya b5gst ledsna 5fvel
en- sadan f6rklaring. Att det Sd skulle
uppfattas slog oss med f6rvaning, men
med aposteln Paulus villa vi gerna lats
bli att alta k6tt ON det vore nagon till for
argelse. vi hoppas att vart folk hafvs
6fverseende med oss da de Sc att vi inte
ems tankt oss nagot opassande namnet.
F6reningarna hade sina reguliara ND
ten f6rliden fredag. Philomatiska sail
skapet diskuterade amnet: s'Beslutadt att
Amerikas natursk5nhet 6fvertraffar Euro
pas" The Circle hade sasom anne
.'Skulle pafvens fyttning till Ameriks
vara nyttigt for landet sasom EFT helt.
Ah5rarne voro ganska talrika q bads
stallena och programen utf6rdes till all
man belatenhet
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
Traits of Turkeys.

Turkeys are restless creatures, but
free-spirited and cheerful in their way.
The young ones run most Of the time,
bending their heads towards the ground,
piping plaintively and monotonously
with q rising infection, and "nailing''
flies with astonishing swiftness and pre-
clsion. All their habits tell the story Of
their comparatively recent domestication.
Although they may become very tame.
as lions cub may, they have a great
deal OF the savage in them still. They
hunt as long as they can see at night, and
then are fain to roost in the trees rather
than in the hen-house. The farmer al
ways says that turkey is the biggest
fool that the Lord ever made, and declares
that the goose is wisdom itself in com
parison. The turkey is no doubt foolish.
speaking in terms Of civilization, but she
understands the turkey business very
we'll for all that. She has not yet SO CON-
pletely adapted herself to the ways Of
human beings Us the hen and the goose
have, and that is the whole story Of her
foo)ishness. Perhaps she has her own
idea OF the wisdom Of these other highly
domesticated fowls.-[ Boston Transcript
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
Salt Islands.

Avery's celebrated salt island in
Louisiana has rival. Carmen island
lies in the Gulf Of California, some five
miles from the peninsula. It is only
nineteen mileslong by six broad, but it is
one Of the most valuable small islands
in the world, as it contains immense de-
posits Of pure, white, natural salt. 1t is
owned by James Viosca, Spanish
American, who went to lower California
thirty years ago. He resides at La
Paz, but spends much Of his time ON the
island experimenting the salt mines.
The salt deposits cover a surface Of
1000 acres. About one-third Of this
acreage is mass Of pure, clean, white
salt; the remainder is covered simply
with layer Of soil, brought there by
rains from the adjacent mountains, and
also in places with thin coating Of
coral, oil of which, when removed, show
the pure, white salt beneath. The salt
deposits in this basin have proved by
actual investigation to be fourteen feet
in thickness, but it is hard to work at
any depth below the surface as the briny
water seeping through, creates new
layer Of salt Of from five to eight inches
in thickness in fifteen days. The most
remarkable thing about this deposit is
the fact that although the salt has been
taken from this basin for ages, the sur
face Of the lake has never been lowered,
but always retains the same level.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
We Get the Cheap Tea.

I'll venture the statement that there is
no fine tea in the United States. What
goes to our country is the cheap stuff used
here by the coolies and Jail inmates.
When an American housekeeper pays 81
per pound for her oolong or English
breakfast, she is buying what is sold
here for % cents. No really good tea is
sold here for less than 81 per pound by
the wholesale. If laid down in the mar
ket at home it could not be sold for less
than $1.75.
This 81 tea is the usual article for
clerks, poor tradcsmen and mechanics.
For the well-to-do, the official class and
nobility, are finer pickings that run from
81 to $50 per pound. The only Europ-
cans who purchase these higl,-priced
leaves are the Russians and Il few con-
noisseurs in France, Germany, Austria,
Spain and Turkey. The bold Briton
permits patriotism and his purse to guide
his palate, and uses the vicious vitriolic-
horrors Of Ceylon and India. Good
Uncle Sam patronizes Cheap John who
gives away to each purchaser a 81 cup
and sauces with every Is cent pound Of
tea.-[Chicago Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
Rough on Drauehts.

A common source Of cold and disco.A.
fort in winter. is the draught from the
bottom Of shrunken or badly fitting
door. A simple device has been brought
out by which these currents of air Gun be
so diverted us to be made desirable in
stead Of Objectionable. A slab of wood
works on two pivot hooks projecting from,
the bottom Of the door and fitted at one
end with curved piece Of wood which
comes against the jamb on closing the
door and presses felt facing close to the
floor. On opening the door an india
rubber spring draws the bottom Of the
slab toward the door, and so clears the
carpet. The bottom edge Of the slab,
being lined with felt, is absolutely
draught-tight. On the door being shut
the air which PUSHES in strikes against
the slab, is turned upward and goes to the
top Of the room. In this way the draught
under the door, which was before con-
slant menace to the health Of the occu-
pants Of the room, becomes positive
advantage in promoting the thorough
ventilation Of the apartment.-[Chicago
News.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
Mormons in Mexico.

The Mormons never fail to make "the
desert blossom as the rose," and theiI
efforts in this part Of the Mexican Re.
public will be no exception. The alti.
tude Of the valley ranges from three
thousand to six thousand feet above tho
sea level, with climate devoid Of en-
IRENE Of heat and cold, while the scope
Of agricultural products seems unlimited.
Vegetables do remarkably well and all
the fruits Of the temperate zone are pro-
duced in abundance, being unexcelled in
the perfection of size and flavor. These
products Of field and orchard find ready
sale ut remunerative prices in the neigh
boring mining camps, and with the COM
pletion Of the North Mexican Pacific
Railway from the United States into and
through northwestern Mexico, the ad-
vantagcs Of an unlimited market will be
brought to their very door.-[Mexican
Financier.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
End of a Strange Career.

One of the best-known men in Califor
MIA died in San Jose the other day in a
squalid hut ON Colfax street. He was
Professor Herman Kottinger, who at one
time was the leading yiolinist on the Pa
cifc coast and well known as writer Of
prose and poetry, Of q "World's History"
and also Of textbooks on free Thought.
He was worth hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars, acquired by lifetime of miserly
frugality. At the time Of his death
81 600 in gold coin was found secreted in
his bed. But one child William Kottin-
ger, q farmer, was present at the death.
When the old man in his death throes
raised himself up in bed, the son rushed
to his side. His father, installing the
act, with u frenzicd yell waved him back
and ciutching at the bedclothes, pulled
them back, disclosing to view the gold.
He made grab atitwith both hands and
with the bright pieces in his fingers, fell
back with IL gasp and expired.
Professor Kottinger was once a docto,
in Heidelberg University and was ninety
years old. He was SO wasted by hunger
that his body weighed less than forty
pounds, and was in q disgusting condi.
ton. Over the head Of the bed hung y
violin of great value, for which he re.
peatedly had refused $1,000. The de-
ceased has brother, John w. Kottinger
Il California mine owner, who is worth
$2,OOO,OOO. He has another wealthy
brother in Milwaukee. So misery was
the old professor that fifteen years ago
he drove his wife and all his children
from home, saying that it cost too much te
feed and clothe them. From that day
until the end was approaching, not one
Of his relatives had come near him.
Two big, fierce Danish mastitfs, half
starved, have for years been the old
mans only companions, and they guarded
the shanty SO we'll that not even the tax
collector couldapproach. They had to be
killed before the undertaken could gel
into the house. When it was learned
that kottinger was dead number of his
relatives FASTENED to his hut. There has
been q shameful neglect Of the dead
shown and indecent haste in ransackine
the place from cellar to garret in search
Of the gold and other treasures known to
be hidden. AS yet not even single
deed to the many houses and lots the old
man owned has been found, SO cunningly
were the hiding places selected.-[Bos-
ton Transcript.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
habitants Of Virginia, 16 per cent. are
jewellers in Is cities and towns

The census shows that the supply Of
timber in private hands in the Mouth
western States will be exhausted within
five years. In anticipation of this car
lamity the persons who have been dew
astating the forests OF Michigan, Wis
consin and Minnesota have been acquir-
ing timber lands in all the remaining
wooded portions of the Union. They
have secured over million acres in
Montana and Idaho, over 100000 in
California, Oregon and Washington;
1.4OO.O0O in Virginia. North Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi.
louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri, and
13S.O0O in West Virginia, Kentucky.
Tennessee, Ohio and Illinois. But it
is estimated that the total amount of
timber standing on all those holdings
will not suffice for more than five years
consumption at the present rate. Thus.
by the end Of the century all the forest
resources Of the United States under
private control will be exhausted. 1t
is of the most urgent Importance, there,
fore, claims the San Francisco "Chron.
icle," that the Government should do
everything in its power to stay the de-
structiOn.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
UNCLE SANS FISH DISPLAY.
The Worlds Fair Will Have the
Greatest Aquarium Ever Known

The fish exhibit at the Worlds Colnm.
hian Exhibition is to be q wonderful ono
ana a. not the least interesting portion Of
H. II. naturally, will be the Aquarial or Live
flsh display. This will be contained in
d circular building, 1855 feet in diameter,
Standing near one extremity of the main
nsherles building, and in great curved
corridor connecting the two.
IN the centre Of the circular building
viii De rotunda sixty feet in diameter,
IN the middle Of which will be basin or
pooi about twenty-six feet wide, from
winch will arise towering mass Of rocks
covered with moss and lichens. From
eiefts and crevices in the rocks crystal
streams OF water will gush and drop to
the masses OF reeds, PUSHES and ornamen-
tai semi-aquatic plants in the basin be-
low; In this pool gorgeous gold fishes,
golden ides, golden tench and other fishes
Will disport. From the rotunda one side
OF the larger series of aquaria may be
viewed. These will be ten in number.
and will have capacity Of seven thou
sand to twenty-sevcn thousand gallons of
| water
Passing out Of the rotunda by the en-
frances great corridor or gallery is
reached where on one hand can be viewed
inc opposite side Of the series of great
tanks and on the other line Of tanks
somewhat smaller, ranging from $50 to
l.ooO gallons each in capacity. The
corridor or gallery is about fifteen feet
vide. The entire length Of the glass
fronts OF the aquaria will be about SIS
re- feet OF over 1900 square feet of surface.
They will make q panorama never before
seen in any exhibition, and will rival the
great permanent aquariums Of the world
not only in size but in all other respects.
The total water capacity of the aquaria,
exclusive Of reservoirs, will be 1925
cubic feet, or 100000 gallons. This
Will weigh 1882 ,425 pounds, or almost
60O tons. Of this amount about 40 900
gallons will be devoted to the marine en-
hibit. In the centre salt water circula-
ton, including reservoirs, there will be
about 10000 gallons. The pumping and
distributing plant for the marine aquaria
will be constructed Of vulcanite. The
pumps will be in duplicate, and will each
hove a capacity of 5000 gallons per
hour. The supply Of sea water will be
secured by evaporating the necessary
quantity at the Woods Hall station Of
the United States Fish Commission to
about one-fifth its bulk, thus reducing
both quantity and weight for transporta-
ton about 80 per cent. The fresh water
required to restore it to its proper density
will be supplied from Lake Michigan. In
transporting the marine fishes to Chicago
from the coast there will also be an adj
dition of probably 5000 gallons of pure
sea water to the supply on each trip.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
A Cheap Cement.

A man who is in the business saws:
lover q dozen kinds Of cement are made
which win unite the broken edges ii
glass and china, and one is about as good
as another. The easiest and cheapest t.
prepare is made by taking two ounces Of
pulverized white gum she1lack and half
an ounce of gum mastie. Soak them To-
gether in a couple of ounces of sulphuris
ether and add half o pint Of alcohol.
After the whole is dissolved, the prepara-
ton is ready for use. You heat the
edges OF the article to be mended, put ON
the cement with,a hsash,.hold firmly till
the cement has set, lay the article away
for o week, and it will break anywhere
else than in the n,endel place."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
The "china Tree. +"

The "China tree" so extensivel,
planted in the Southern States as u shade
tree, is not native Of North America
but its home is in tropical Asia. 1t is
sometimes called "bead tree" on accoun,
Of the use made Of the seeds in Catholic
countries, where the seeds are threaded
for beads to assist in the devotions Of de-
vout persons, and for which purpose they
are peculiarly suited, having q natural
.perforation through the centre. There
is, however, tree Of the same genus
found in the West Indies and another
in Japan.-IN New York Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
Evils Of Nail Biting.

Biting the nails is an exceedingly
dangerous practice, as the bitter never
knows when to stop and at any moment is
liable to bite into the "quick" and cause
blood poisoning. Even when the utmost
care is taken Of the teeth poisonous &C.
erection is apt to collect on them, and the
entrance of minute portion Of this into
the circulation may prove as certainly
fatal as the pus on surgeons scalpel.
II Boston Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
, Y NE DOWN TO slice p,

-. ,,.tl. Earle SAYS that this roem was lef
h. ", ~ ,,y N unN oNn man who ca ms 10 ~
,,e camp-tire's Pickering light
~ n, ny blaaket'el ! lie.
'a. through the shades of night,
g. y. .i,e twink,ing stars on high.
r.. mo spirit. in the air
,,,,t yisils seem to keep,
,breathe my childhood prayer
Nav lay me down to Sleep"
Al, sings the whip-poor-will
:, III, bongh % yonder tres;
,ncbinsly the dancing rill
sr.ls the midnight melody.
,,,,so may be- lurking near
/, ,p canyon dark aud deep;
breathe IN Jesus ear, ...
=, pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep"
vi the stars one face ! see.
IN, the saviour ca led away,
lathe. who i'll infancy
TAUGHT my baby lips to pray.
!, sweet spirit h"vers near
In tins lonely mountain brake,
,sc me to her, Saviour dear,
.Jfl should die before wake"
,ntcr grows the Pickering light,
4. each ember slowly dies; ..
,nhully the birds Of p,ght
fiji the air with sad ming cries;
,s, me they seem to cry,
elon may never more awake"
/. lisp, "lf | should die,
pray Thee, Lord, my soul to take"
Nov lay me down to sleep,
lway hce, Lord. my soul to keep;
lshoud die before wake,
lpay Thee, Lord, my soul to take"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09

una fro. lie went the length of his rope,
lllo then stopped short with {. sudden
s s,'as .n;tt was heard distinctly by all the
spectators, Then he came down in a
d aap alo helT-ass mass, quivering in q
leu. spasm. The battle was over. The
n aoh $ neck was broken.-- New York Re
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09

,..s, Enrlc SAYS that this r,oem was loft
-. ,,y N unh, IVA man who came to ass
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-10-20
FOREIGN NEWS.

The German officials say that The harvest
returns do not warrant feers Of q widespread
distress.
a panic and stampede occurred at msu.
agerie 10 Pesth, Hungary, yesterday, caused
by lion clawipg spectator through bis
cage. Many persons we're hurt In the crush.
The Gillian government will soon issue q
safe conduct to refugees In the American
and Spanish legations st Santiago Toe
government has recognized the right of ssy
lum In letter to Bnited Sia'es Minister
Eean.
1t is said that the Sultan has slgni6ed to
Russia his disspproval OF the proposed pas
cage OF 8 ship-of-war carrying the Russian
Grand Duke George through the Darda-
neilles, and that the Porte Is preparing to
sortiiy entrance to the Bospborus from the
Black sea.
Russian troops are invading Chinese ter
ritory near the Alai plateau. tits sem-ofi-
oially announced In London that an UNDER
standing Ia In state Of discussion between
representatives OF England and China which
will pledge the two countries 10 mutual as
sistanoe against Russian aggression in Gen.
trail Asia.
The garrison ct Tiemien In the vicinity
OF the frontier of Morocco. hoe suddenly re-
ceived orders to march upon and occupy
Toulst, the oasis In the Sahara concerning
which France and Morocco have been dis
putting for some time past, In order to pre-
vent Its being occupied by the forces of the
Sultan OF Morocco.