Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-17

could probably stand still so hard that
it would stop the earth's annual and di-
urnal revolutions.
Our modern Shakesreare-the one
in New Orleans-is not writer of tragg-
edie-. but his language to the Italian
dock rioters, and in reference to Consul
Cor,e, indicates that he has reached
frame of mind where he may create
tragedy any day.
A RESIDENT of Searsport, Me-, lately
discovered peculiar phenomenon on
the beach. Large quantities Of clans
had been forced out OF the sand and
We're lying in piles in the clefts Of the
rocks on Mosman's Ledge. He hauled
away more than seventy-fve bushels.
THE newest thing in tulips is the Van
der Neer dull, petaled flower, almost
magenta in color. Among the novel
ties recently shown at the London
flower show was this wonderful tulip
and blue primrose, probably the first
Of the color ever shown.
THE fellow who, just before the race,
knows exactly bow it is coming out
looks so much like the fellow who, just
after the race, borrows a quarter to pay
his bus fare to town that you would
think they We're twin brothers if YOU dld
not know better.
A New appliance weighing only q
fe pounds enables cloth dealers and
others to measure fabrics while rolling
or blocking them. The cloth passes
over and under set OF four rollers, the
last OF which actuates counter, which
tells the number of yards paid out.
IT has been shown by the researches
of Sir John Herculand Pouillit, that on
the average our earth receives each day
a supply Of heat sufficient to heat an
ocean 26O yards deep over the whole
surface of the earth, from the tempera-
ture Of melting ice to the boiling point.
ALBERT BARNEY and Jennie Harms,
deaf nlutes, were married at the Spen-
Ger House parlors at Marion, Ind, by
Rev. w. d. Weaver, who propounded
the important questions with type
writer, says the st. Louis Republic.
The novelty of the affair attracted
large attendance.
A YOUNG woman of West Union, Ohio,
filed up pan with cornmeal and play
fully ran her hand through the con-
tents. She felt something on her
finger. and on drawing her hand out
found fine gold ring, worth $40 en-
circling her third finger. It is an ele-
giant one, but how it came in the meal
is mystery.
A NEW till has been put on the mar
ket which gives an alarm when an at
tempt is made to open it by any I'M
authorized person. The till has five
stops on the center of its left-hand edge,
any one Of which can be set as an open
ing key. Failing a knowledge of the
correct setting, any one attempting to
draw out the till will cause a bell to be
rung, and tampering is thus provided
against.
ST. Louis occasionally has sporting
event that is rare and roseate. Such
promised to be the case last week when
one ostrich -stomached citizen wagered
$25 that he could eat sixteen feet OF
weiuerwurst in an hour. He choked
down dozen feet Of the sausage and
tainted Next day he appeared in court
and sued the stakeholder, claiming that
the weinerwurst had been "doctered.
The experiments with pendulum
to visibly demonstrate the motion O.
the earth, formerly made by Foucault
under the cupola of the Pantheon, are
about to be renewed on an even larger
scale; says Popular Science Neaus
The new gigantic pendulum has beer
suspended from the center Of the second
platform of the Eiffel Tower. It con
sists of a bronze wire $50 feet long
with steel globe weighing $50 pound
at the end.
Four ladies were discussing a pleas
ant theme as they sat around the stow.
in the sitting.room of Mrs. Pines H
Shelton, in Sedalia, Mo. A suddel
thunderstorm arose. and lightning de
scended the chimney, struck the stove
and drove it into the basement through
the floor. A young lady had her fee
on the stove at the time, but was un
hurt, but Mrs. Shelton, who was som
feet distant, was severely shocked.
AFRICA is slowly but surely passing
from the control of the native rulers
It comprises about 100000 squar
miles, of which only 100000 are gov
erned by the Africans. France ha
2,30O,247 square miles; England