Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-09
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

tifn.S IL New York the other day. The
thrifty people mostly have through
tickets, and a dollar apiece is enough
tor pocket money for them while on
their land travels.
Governor j. N. Irwin, Of Arizona. af-
firms that the idea of aridity lurking
IN the name Of "Arzona'' has done the
territory more harm than any other
one thing He insists, too. that the
IerrltTy Is misnamed, since much of it
is blooming garden, rich i'll tropical
and se1ni-tropical vegetation.
Cheap gas for heat and light is q
blessing now enjoyed by South Fran.
ingham. Mass. 1t is known as water
gas, ana costs only SO cents a thousand
feet for heating purposes, and - cents
for lighting Its manufacture il a sim
pie process, and on this account labor
nSufes IN its cost to q much smaller ex-
tent than in the cost of ordinary illu-
minating gas.
Remorse seldom follows its victims
for SO long a period and with so great
IN effect as in the case of the Michigan
farmer Who has Just confessed that he
murdered two men sixteen years ago
He had apparently not been suspected
OF the crime, but he was unable longer
to bear the sufferings caused by his
own conscience, and the crime may at
last be adequately punished.
Two widows of Revolutionary SOL
dlers are living in Pennsylvania and
Drawing pensions for services rendered
IN the field by their husbands. One,
who was the third wife of q soldier of
seVentv-nve summers and bore him
Three children, is now ninety seven
years Old. hops up and down stairs
with the Kveliness of cricket. and
declares herswillingness to marry again,
pension Or no pension. if the right sort
or man presents himself.
In II letter from Prince George of
Greece to his father, George l.. of
Gfeece, the young man tells of his adj
venture in Japan. and refers to the
czarowitz as "Nicly," and to the Gar
ina as Aunt MINI" He says that
AFTER his rescue of the CzarOwitz the
RUSSIAN officers played ball" with him.
which he explains is their method Of
showing their joy. When the Crown
Prnce of Russia was in this country
shooting buffalo, he embraced General
Phil Sheridan. who had brought him to
the hunting grounds. and carried him
fifty yards in his arms. SO great was his
delight over killing such big game.
Diseases become fashionable Just like
styles of dress" says physician.
LOOK, for instance, ut the remarkable
run that malaria has had. About two
dozen distinct ailments. not one of which
is due to bad air (malaria). now go by
that name. Even the physicians hunor
many OF their patients by using the
word when they know that something
else is the matter Then take heart fail.
ure. A few years ago there was nc
such thing as heart failure. There is nc
such thing now outside the newspapers
Or rather. to speak more accurately
every death Is due to heart failure
that is, TO the inability OF the heart tt
work any longer"
The population Of France. of which
over 50 per cent. are engaged in agri.
culture. is practically stationary rs re-
CARDS numbers. an increase Of 2 per
cent, only having been noted in the last
ten years. while in some years there has
been an actual decrease. Possibly on
this account the French Government
exenpts families having seven or more
children from some special taxes. 1t is
noteworthy. probably not for this rea-
son, but for others, that the agricultural
population steadily increases, while
other classes are reduced in numbers.
The French farmers, on the average,
are the wealthiest farmers in the world,
nearly all possessing money invested in
the public funds or in savings banks,
but no others live so economically as
they do.
They have decided in Chicago to take
the Hoosic Tunnel out to the Worlds
Fair, says the New York Tribune"
also, ut is also thought the same as
decided to remove the Colosseum from
Rome, and make it one of the minor
attractions Of the Worlds Fair. Other
objects Of interest will be the ruins Of
Isabella with possibly the island OF
San Salvador in the lake,, birthplace
OF Nathaniel Hawthorne, General
Grants log cabin, Pyramid of Cheops,
Plymouth Rock, Shakespeare's tomb,
the great wall Of China, Washington
Mount Vernon, Faneuil Hall, Tower of
Babel restored, and If possible) the
North Pole and the Garden Of Eden.
And they are looking around to find
the man who succeeds in business with
out advertising. Should they happen to
find him they will have the greatest
curiosity of all.
The prospect of the dwellers on
Japan's sacred mountain, Fusiyama, is
not q pleasing one. Although it has
remained quiet for two centuries. the
volcanic fires are not dead. Ocel-
sionally smoke and ashes have risen
from the summit. but recently the curl
Gus phenomena has been witnessed Of
the gradual heating Of the earth ON one
| side Of the mountain. For q space Of
two acres the ground. according to lat
est reports has become SO hot that
eggs may he boiled or wine mulled on
the bare earth. AS this spot is in the
inhabited zone. great fear is expressed
that Il disastrous eruption will soon oc
eur. The terrible upheaval at the
fashionable hot springs Of Bandai-san
several years ago, furnished proof of
the vigor Of volcanic action in Japan
In that case more than fifty people
were overtaken and killed. while the
whole face Of picturesque country
was changed.
The census bulletin devoted to Vir-
ginia demonstrates that the growth of
the Old Dominion in the last ten years
has hokan 1oroalv ,1rf0n G),t 1f tho 1OO