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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10
A BRITISH VIEW OF 1T.
WHY We Do Not Celebrate the Glorious
Fourth as of Yore.

Thirty or forty years ago the Fourth
Ct July could scarcely be called happy
day for any patriotic Britisher who
CHANGED to be temporarily located under
the shadow of the stars and stripes.
There were still a few aged men alive
who could dimly recall the war of indie
Eendence, while there were numerous
survivors of the struggle of 1912. The
conse >1ucnce was that at the multitudin-
Gus celebrations which were held all
over the country the British lion formed
the piece de resistance of the ora1orical
fca'ts, and he was hacked and hewed in
the most merciless fashion by speakers
OF the Jefferson Brick type.
Turning to present day celebrations, a
wonderful and it may be added, a well
come change is noticeable. The Ameri-
can boy, no doubt, still honors the glo-
rous day with profuse expenditure of
gunpowder, but he is as much an object
OF terror to his own countrymen as to
the foreign sojourner. The old spread
eagle school of rhetoricians, however,
has become well-nigh extinct. This is
partly due to lapse of time. Both 1775
and 1872 have now become ancient his
tory. The States, too. have become so
pop 'ious and powerful that they can get
on without "blowing." as the Austria ian
phrase has it, Besides, the Americans
have gradually discovered that the moth
rr country is not bad sort of old girl
after all when you get to know her
The most potent Of all the instruments
which have changed the sentiments pre-
vailing on Independence Day is the
great civil war. Tie memories OF that
tremendous convulsion has almost hid
den the revolution from view The
Northern Americans then learned that
rebellion is a painful shock to those
against whom the revolt is made and
they could even feel some sympathy for
| poor pig-headed George the Third ir a
similar predicament. The most pleas
ing feature, however, of recent celebra-
tions is that the animosties which ragged
between 1861 and 1865 have now sunk
into oblivion. Thousands of men who
fve-and- twenty years ago fought against
each other in Federal blue or Confeder-
ate gray met the other day on the field
of Gettysburg to fraternize and erect
monuments to their honored dead Why
should not Frenchmen and Germans be
equally sensible and hold similar
friendly greeting at Gravelotte?-Lo,.c
don, Graphic
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10
The Supply Of Anthracite.

There appears to be no need of fear
that the supply of anthracite coal, SO
extensively used in the generation of
heat in the industrial pursuits, will
become exhausted for few hundred
years at least. A recent dispatch to
the Philadelphia Ledger says:
Thirty years ago fears were enter.
tanned by men engaged in the mining
of anthracite coal that the supply
would be exhausted in this region be-
fore the close of the present century.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10
DISPUTE WITH cAMELs.
a Place Whore Neither Man Nor Beast
stands on Ceremony.


Stands on Ceremony.
Tunis, one of the Barbary States,
North Africa, has greatly fallen since
he time when with Sicily it formed
he granary of Rome. With the dis
,olution of the Roman Empire it be.
.ame province of the Greek Empire,
rom which it was wrested by the
yaliphs of Bagdad. From the thir-
zenith to the sixteenth century it was
independent, and became terror on
account of its piracy, which did not
cease until near the middle of the
present century. In 1874 the country
became dependent on Turkey, but
again became independent in 1871.
The Berlin Congress turned it over to
The tender mercies of the French, who
reduced the country to subsection in
1881, making the Beyor ruler of Tunis
mere vassal. Since then French rule
IS exercised over its 100000 people,
most of whom are wandering and in
tractable Bedouins. The capital of the
State, Tunis, which stands on the
shore of narrow lagoon which commu-
uicates with the Bay of Tunis through
narrow channel called Goletta, is
Medieval in its aspects.
European customs have gained little
recognition beyond the adoption of the
European military system, until the
French occupancy, and those then in
PRODUCED are confined to the foreign
section of the city. The streets are
narrow, unpaved and filthy, 10 sewer
age being known; the houses are gener-
ally low; the walls are without Win
dows and the doors are kept barred.
Occasionally people shuttle their way
through the streets, crowded with
came!s. Bedouins and itinerant mu-
sicians and dancers Of both sexes, to
The Mosques, of which there are 800 in
Tunis. The women are all heavily
yelled when they appear in public.
following out an old fashion rather than
religious duty. How the custom was
first adopted is thus related by a
Tunisian official: The Pasha's wife was
taken sick with smallpox. A Euro
pean physician was called; guarded by
two eunuchs, he was permitted TO enter
the chamber of the lady. Curtains
concealed the bed. The physi-
clan insisted upon seeing the face of the
suffering woman, but the eunuch re-
fused, giving to the doctor descrip-
ton of her face. When the doctor
asked to see her tongue, her face was
covered with cloth in which small
hole had been cut; through this open
ing the sick woman showed her tongue.
When the physician felt her pulse, her
hands and arms were covered, and the
doctor was asked to close his eyes while
counting the pulse. Subsequently the
custom of yelling became general. AL
though the homes of the common
people are poor IN the extreme the
residences of the officials are marvels OF
luxury and everywhere through tbs
city are royal palaces, deserted
ments of architectural beauty and super,
stition. Tunisian etiquette requires
that no Bey should reside in a palace
where predecessor had died, and thus
in the past the demise of the high
sovereign of Tunis was the occasion
of the erection of new palace Some
of the old palaces are now occupied 10y
English, American, German an6
French representatives.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

PLANS for the irrigation, both in up
per and lower Egypt, during the peri
DDS of low water in the Nile include the
building of a high barrage across the
river at the first cataract. Great oppo-
sition has been excited against this
proposition, as it involves the submer-
sion of the beautiful island of PhilG
and its beautiful monuments for several
months each year.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

A PHILANTHROPY st. Albans man is
about to publish book for private cir
culation among the farmers of New
England, telling how summer boarders
should be taken care of. The philoso-
ply Of the volume seems to be eminent
ly sound, since the author recommends
leaving the boarder alone to do as he
pleases. condemns the feather bed
and lays much stress upon the attrac-
tiveness of good plain food, with abun-
dant fresh milk and eggs. The author
OF such manual as this does more good
for his kind than all the Ibsens and
Tolstois that were ever spawned.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

DWARF trees, only two feet high,
exact reproductions in miniature Of
sycamore, oak, cedar, and apple trees.
have for two OF three hundred years
been raised by the japanese. The
mode of producing them is a we'll
guarded secret. Some French garden
ers have within the past five years al
most equaled the japanese in the pro-
duction of these dwarf trees.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

SAM JONES proposed in q sermon the
other day that the people arise in re-
bellion against the liquor traffic and
spill blood if necessary, adding: Il
am willing to get at the head of the
procession with my rife" As the evan
gelist made this remark he rolled his
quid to the other side of his mouth and
looked SO fierce and bloodthirsty that
his satanic majesty in the back row
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

SOLID bodies can transmit sounds to
q great length of space, the scratch of
n pin at one end of beam is quickly
and distinctly heard at the other end
and it is believed by scientists that a
bar Of iron ten miles long would trans
init sounds with speed second only to
electricity. If this is fact short dist
ance telephoning as complex question
is easy of solution.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10
sTolcAL AND RETlcENT.

Plenty Horses, tho Sioux Warrior who
Slew Lieut.. Casey.
Great interest was taken in the trial
of Plenty Horses, the young Sioux
who killed Lieut.. Casey of the regular
army. while the latter was on n spying
expedition during the recent Indian
troubles.
Plenty Horses is the son of Living
Bear, who is cousin of Chief Two
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10
gathered his few remaining tail feathers
under him and shrieked with fear.

ARTHUR l.. PERRY, the widely known
professor of political economy IL Will
Jams College, has resigned. He is 81
years Of age, and has been an instruc-
tor in the college for thirty eight years.
Yet he had sufficient vitality to kick an
impudent student out Of his house.
and this was the cause of the PROBES.
sor's resignation.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

A SECONDHAND mattress, which for
two months had been in the possession
of its purchaser, aresident of Mebanes,
n. c., caused him some uneasiness the
other night, because Of hard lump
which had worked toward the surface.
He investigated, and found that the
lump was wad of greenbacks amount
ing to $1,011.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

WALTER HAYNES has lived upon
Haynes Hill, Brimfeld, Mass, since
he was Is months old. He is 101
years now, has wife of 90 and q sister
of SO, and the horse he yet drives about
confesses to 26 years.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

A NUMBER of Partisan ladies recently
applied hair bleach to their locks with
the intention OF turning them red, but
only succeeded in producing beauti-
full shade of green.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

MAJOR TURNER GOLDSMITH, of At
lanta, enjoys the distinction OF having
lived under twenty-one Presidents. He
is eighty nine years old and has host
of descendants.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

Two HUNTERS near Reading, Pa,
stole bears cub the other day and were
pursued by the mother. After running
until they were almost exhausted they
stopped, and the man with the cub,
taking it by the hind legs, attacked the
mother. He beat her acoss the nose
With her offspring SO hard that she
finally fed, leaving the hunters with
the cub, which was dead.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

The A1ta California died affirming
with it's latest breath, as the result OF
forty years of experience, that decent
paper couldn't make a living i'll San
Francisco.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

AFTER many years OF rather ignoble
neglect the town of Ayr, in Scotland,
is at last on the point of setting up a
bronze statue of Robert Burns in an
open space in the town, and that, too,
paid for by local subscriptions. 1t has
just been successfully cast at found
ny near London, but it is the work of
the Scotch sculptor, Lawson.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

CONSTANT rains are very hard On wo-
men who are out good deal. Since
the hustle went out of style they have
had no way of carrying their gossamers
in readiness for storm.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

THERE is paper in Harlan " nty,
KY, which may fairly claim to be en-
tirely free from sensationalism. The
other day it contained the following
laconic paragraph: "Aleck Smith was
killed yesterday by man by the name
of Holbrook. We did not learn the
particulars"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

PORTUGUESE immigrants have begun
to arrive in considerable numbers,
many of them bound for the wine
growing districts of California.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

IT was long thought that the water
from melted snow was the'purest Of all
water. This idea has been proved in
correct, as the reverse is true. Snow is
really purifier Of the atmosphere. at
tracing to it as it falls, various impuri-
ties: and these are found in the snow
wafer
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

One advantage enjoyed by those who
live in Madagascar, where the Queen
distinguishes herself from the common
run Of people by taking g. bath once a
year, is that they are not likely to be-
come deeply interested in charming
story and have it end in soap adver-
tisement,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

"Women's ways are past finding
out" This was the comment of a be-
reaved husband on reading his wife's
will, which was recently admitted to
probate in Kansas City. She gener-
ously bequeaths to her beloved hus-
band the sum of five dollars, with an
emphatic request that he refrain from
spending it recklessly. The rest Of
her fortune, amounting to over 500, 600,
she leaves to distant relatives.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

BRIGHAM YouNG's grave is covered
by plain and inconspicuous slab OF
granite. 1t lies in an inclosed city los
in Salt Lake City, surrouned by low
iron fence. A few of the prophets
wives are buried near.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

The Ceylon pearl fishery last seasor
was the second largest on record dur
ing the present century.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

: The cheapest car fare known is said
to be the cents fare on the Pittsburg
Traction Road for a distance of six
miles.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

A VERY large acreage is devoted to
grape growing in New Jersey, and the
area is extending yearly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

The right Of telling trees over no
fewer than 665, 600 square miles of the
Kerassond forests, and 497, 900 square
miles of the Fireboli forests. near
Trebizond, has been granted by the
Turkish Government to private specu-
lators.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

y The model husband was seen on 6
Detroit car recently. He had letter
written by his wife stuck in his hat band
so as to have sure thing on mailing
it. There was not lady in the cas
who did not catch on and smile approx.
iOr1v
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

A LONDON letter filled with advic
relative to female beauty, gives as a re
cioe for fattening the neck a nightly
application of olive oil, we'll rubbed in
to the skin and bones" This treatment,
'.if persevered in for two or three
months, will be found most gratifying
in its results" This idea of rubbing
into the bone may be a necessity with
the English maiden, but it is uncalled
for in America.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

EVERY heart knoweth its own bitter.
ness. Many man who looks happy is
wearing shirt his wife made.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

The diamond cutters of New York
earn an averages salary of $50 a week,
and are considered the best workmen
in their line in the world. Twenty
years ago nearly all the diamonds sold
in this country were cut and polished
in Amsterdam.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10
HUMoR.
Dancing IN u

Yesterday forenoon ''a'''''
man stopped the wheels hand
music was mounted in On VIII
near {. the Pavonia Ferrvs oath
off !, with tn, the lively air r'e ~ an and
Left Behind Me-" He u /. The
out over half a dozen Iha an
small man with a new e at bars
head and his dungareee 't tro1l hat
ed into his bootlegs. sto ,rousers
the crowd, flung his hat sutep da, ou
gan to shuttle. 'own a
Here, you quit that 4
policeman, as the crowd ca
laugh. NioSo led
No > law agin dancing in fl. J
New York, and 1 know i - y 'ne y
man. First two counle 9 lepll
back! Forward again s sorSa1
Next two couple forward 14 ~,
Forward again and-ID' and
officer. 'eifapt(
"All balance to partners D..
swing. Swing With the o;r "a !,
you! =, Hi Whoop! Hoe s1 er
boys CT
stop, I saw called the o,,..
"Two head couple lead G nn
right! Ladies change! H al /,
pade, Balance all to partnall
swing with the gal behind ' Ton
Hi. Let 'er flicker" '0u
Il shall have to arrest von,
the officer, as he seized the n
the arm. " L
Arrest and be hanged Side
lead up! Ladies chanaa
promenade! Balance to corna
swing with the GAL
Come along!" said the Office,
pulled him away.
cam l arrested?"
you are!"
For Hopping my hoofs arc,
that glorious old tune?"
Eyes"
We'll, all right-shoot ava
I'll bust the law if it takes ne
and costs me $37."
And the crowd cheered Nj
declared the officer had no soul
| York World.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

A BEDTIME luncheon OF lettuce in
duces sleep.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10
A New Milton.

"Where are those parodies I h 1
you the other day." he inquired
editor.
There" responded the editor
ing to the waste-basket.
"Ah," he smiled, Il didn't knot
fore that l was the author of Par
Lost" and the editor embraced
to his throbbing bosom with a
hysteric laugh Washington SD
How He Wanted His Steak.
The waiter came back to the
for the third time.
will you have your steak
sir? he asked.
"That's what I said ten Nil
ago."
Eyes, sir. Have it we'll done%:
"That's what I told you"
"Yes, sir. All right, sir. Ha
extra thick"
chat was my order"
"All right, sir"
Then as the waiter started to S
customer Strengthened up and
him back. =,
you forgot one thing" he SAID
"Yes, sir"
"I'll also have it served"
what, sir?"
80, that's all right, ] know
place. You have good meats
You have them rare, medium, anu
done; you have them tender; you
them plain and with trimmings
it's only about once in three noats
you have them served, and I'm :
ular to have mine that way. NJ
ahead"
He got his order in three mlna'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10
An Important Meeting.

Mr.. De Cash-Very sorry my,
but I cannot accompany You to Qua
must attend meeting OF the DG 10
Directors of the Happy Co Lucy
tional Bank. -,
Mrs. De Cash-What have you
with that institution? nd
IT am one of the Board OF "
ors." .;rl
sYou never attended meetn|
the board before, and I don't sss
you should break up my p'oe
for that to-day" ,:nr IS
"But, my dear, this meeting a3,r 4
portant. It is to find out now Noo ou m;t]
Ter managed to steal $50o,og7o l Ha]
our knowing it. "-New fo'" .
A Child Of Fortune
"You remember little p 1.,I1 Ri
ran away from the field AZ Dun
eyes, very we'll. .hot he'd
Il understood yesterday, tn"'
into about $4,000 a year sovo,s
"Well, you know fortune H,n ln
brave. "-Rochester Post-f tp'
stin His Own =. .,
Il proposed to Marie las' D'0
Mawson. =. ,,ossesse
well, were you self'p0
:, asked Davidson A.,
"Yes," replied Mason, =, s'0'''
still. "-Neav York HeTa'o'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

IMAGINATION caused short but
alarming illness to resident of Wicas-
set, Maine. He discovered big cash
in his boot where he had cut his foot
while in the woods. and just managed
to get home, feeling himself growing
fainter from the loss OF blood all the
way. At his home it was soon learned
that the cash only went through his
boot, and the red color was not blood
but only red wooden stocking.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

WHEN the earth was young, says the
astronomer royal for Ireland, it went
round so fast that the day was only
three hours long. The earth was
liquid then, and as it spun around and
around at that fearful speed, and as
the sun caused ever increasing tides
upon it's surface, it at last burst in two.
The smaller part became the moon,
which has been going around the earth
ever since at an increasing distance.
The influence of the moon now raises
tides on the earth, and while there was
any liquid to operate on in the moon
the earth returned the compliment.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10
They Are DifYerent

"They are an awfully patient
in this town." he was saying to
qunintance in q Park Row car.
"In what respect?" queriej
other.
why, I've been on these hos
fifty times when a team got in II
and bothered 'em half to death.
pected to see the driver heave a
bat, but he always took it as e.
grease"
"Yes; I've seen the same thin!
"Do you suppose we'd stand
our town? Not much. Why.
on the bus going over to the del
other day when we met Hank
ston leadin' his red COW to tn. ri
Git off the face Of the
hollered Bill Haynes, the drive
1 won'tr says Hank.
with that, Bill put the hcs|
wagon right at him. The
knocked into Joe Turner'S hedg
with her neck broke, and Han!
mixed up with the off fore-wh
he had to have four doctors
him together. IN. Quad.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

An investigation Of the result of eat
ing fish preserved on ice for use in
London markets has led to the dis
covery that those fish are most danger
Gus which had been kept in immediate
contact with the ice. Poisoning by fish
which had not been in contact with ice
was not observed at all. This is at
tributed to the influence OF the water
derived from the ice and bearing
whatever impurities it had had before
being frozen.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

\ FEW wears ago there was nice old
lady living around spontaneously in
several parts Of this glorioas country
whose particular nilsson was to pull
needles out of heels and elbows and
other knobby portions of her anatomT
needles which she had unintention-
ally and unconsciously lost in the thick
Of her thumb many years before. We
speak Of her now because she has been
out of print so long we begin to fear she
has either been foully dealt with or
been bought up by the needle trust.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10

Mr.. MANN is said to have practically
perfected an engine of war that will fly
out of the range Of the enemy's guns
and snugly drop a ton or so of dyna
mite upon the enemy's devoted head,
Plainly. at the rate destructive inven-
tons are going on now. if the great
European war doesn't come pretty soon
the whole eastern hemisphere will be
wiped Off the face of the earth when it
does arrive. That would be & great
b ow to tourists, bat it would simplify
American politics immensely.