Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

THE HERALD.
BY KRE1DLER & GUNDERsoN,
WASHINGTON SPRINGS. SD.
PAupER labor is not the worst thing
that can happen to q country. Their,
Is the pauper who won't labor. for in
stance
Our distinguished red brother, Tw'
Strikes, says he wants no more war
He is manifestly beginning to realiz
that one more strike would put hin
out
Rx1xp1ER flesh, which is said to b
tender. delicious, and nutritious, i
regularly exported from the Arcti
Zones to Hamburg, where it meet
eager demand, at about ID cents
pound.
AN old applewoman known q
sKitty" has just died in London at tn
age of 1O4. She kept little stant
near st. James Hall, where she Otter
sold candy to Lord Nelson and apple
to Pitt and Fox.
A DETROIT policeman has been &C
quilted upon trial for not entering the
church upon his beat in which mad
dog was creating terrible commo
ton. Ee swore that he thought they
were only electing deacon.
OBJECT glasses for microscopes are
now made in Germany of glass that
contains phosphoric and boracic acid
It is stated that with lenses made OF
this glass an object one-twenty thou
sandth of an inch can he distinctly
seen.
JUDGE THAyER of Philadelphia says
that no person can be legally compelled
to leave his house and be treated in a
hospital, even if he have smallpox or
other contagious disease. 1t is the
right OF the patient to stay in his house
if he chooses.
HE depth at which some Of the Bel
gian coal mines are worked is some
thing prodigious. In a pit at Flenn
the work is now done at 300 feet; in
a pit at Fremerin at $500 feet, and in
the st. Andre pit at Montigny sur
Sambre at 5000 feet.
A BEAUTIFUL piece of sculpture fro IN
ancient Ephesus has reached the Brit
ish Museum. The relic forms part OF
q marble bull, the head being exquis.
itely carved, while the figure of god
dess appears on the body. 1t is sup
posed to be 1000 years old.
WILLIAM WOODWARD, of Baltimore,
is 80 years old, which is not wonderful,
but the fact that for seventy-two years
he has been Sunday school teacher
is. A reception in his honor occurred
on the recent anniversary of the com
mencement of his labors in this field
The present freshman class o
Princeton College has very sensibly
decided to abandon hazing and greet
next years freshman class with ban.
quet instead of the old-time nightly
visitations. Having is barbarous
custom which ought to be dropped il
all colleges.
ANNIE LOUISE CAREY, at one time
considered among the greatest of con
traltos, is a large blonde woman il
whose handsome countenance beam
the benevolence in her heart. Domes
tic affairs and charity work now en-
gage the greater source OF her dali,
time and attention.
Four spinsters of O'Fallon, Mo.
have become famous by the new pain
on their joint residence. They couldn'
agree on the colors, SO they decided
that each should have her favorit
color on portion of the house, ant
tnen tney drew lOts Tor the portions
The house is an artistic revelation.
That surprisingly smart Washington
man who swore that he was worth be
tween Give and six thousand dollars,
and then explained that he meant "be
tween five dollars and six thousan
dollars" stands good chance to liv
in the penitentiary between five an
six thousand years for his little joke
DAFFoD1Ls numbering 2,000,0 600 az
exhibited at famous gardens near Lon
don. Among the daffodils the mos
historic specimen is the quaint doubl
Queen Anne's daffodil, which ha
puzzled botanists these three hundre
years, because it destroyed their theor