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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13
One of Gotham's -Four Hundred.

The Police Justice Well, I thougl
| rid society of you for six months IL
last time you were here
Seedy Party--Yesh, yer ronner: b'
| had to come out for the New Year
ball.
The Police Justice (jocosely)-I',
glad society did not miss that treat.
Seedy Party (standing up and sta
ing around wildly)-Who said treat
The Police Justice-Tell me til
truth! How many New Years bal
did you have?
Seedy Party--Drunk with all N
friends.
The Police Justice-How many di
that make?
Seedy Party-Well, you see, Judg'
l don't like to reveal my identity-br
just three hundred and ninety-nine.
-Ne1v York World.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

A New ENGLAND correspondent of q
New York paper says: "Twice within
q month have seen the engineer of q
passenger train SO drunk that he could
hardly sit in his seat. and with eyes so
bleary that he could not have seen a
cow on the track twenty feet away" AS
rule, however, locomotive engineers
are noted for their clear heads and
steady nerves.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

It's. He says the process of producing
this -four is simple, and the product
nourishing, and suggests that it might
easily become popular and excellent
food for invalids and children.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

A CLEVELAND paper says the raising
OF $3.50, more or less, in the Michigan
State Prison to buy silver tea set for
the warden isan original idea for which
the State may expect credit. IF We
only had the gallows here we should
expect to see mnrderers presenting the
hangman with gold watches or diamond
pins.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

A BALTIMORE reporter found that
four street laborers could dig hole
one foot square in three hours if left to
themselves. As soon as the announce
ment was made ali other street labor
ers began to kick ut the four for work
ing so hard and pretending Il have so
much ambition. Thcy ought to be dis
charged. Of course.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

HE Russian weather observing s!ys'
TEN is the most extensive on the globe
and embraces most remarkable climatic
contrasts. 1t has two principal OBJ
servatories and 255 subordinate sta
lions, and it's latest report gives rain
fall observations for $50 localities
Many of the stations have lately been
added, and one Of these, Werchojansk,'
IN Siberia, is now recorded as the cold
.est point known on earth. The mean
temperature for the year 1885 is 20 de-
grees below zero f., and for January
and December it was 62.9 degrees be-
low and for July it rose to 60. 6 degrees
above zero. The lowest temperature II
July was 1872 degrees above; while IL
January fall to 1876 degrees below
zero was experienced. Werchojansk
IN latitude 81 degrees "a minutes
longitude 1913 degrees 81 minutes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

Busy as he is now said to lie. Edison
always contrives to steal little time
for his luncheon. After lunch he FREE
quently spends an hour at billiards
with Mrs. Edison and takes nap. He
does no work in the evening.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

The stomach OF the shark has for inanv
years been supposed to be capable of
digesting anything he could swallow,
no matter what the substance thereof
but he must now take back seat. The
juice of one jolly pineapple will dis
solve ten pounds of tough beef, and
d,yspeptics and pineapples will now be
boon companions.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

ana iatlguing, es-
pecially w hen tn G
snow is deep and there
is no crust firm
enough to bear the
weight. An improve
lnent on the old neck
yoke is the OK or horse
sled with the "gathcr-
ing tub" a large cask
or hogshead firmly
chained on between
four stakes. 1t is
y,<,n Das,. - 49,, - T.. ~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

COLLECTOR PHELfs stated before
the Congressional committee on imnli-
grafton SanF'rancisco that from July.
lseS. 10 November, 1890, there was
imported in round numbers 176, 900
pounds OF prepared smoking opium,
the duties on which approximated ST.
100000 During the same period Ill.,
900 pounds OF crude opium was i'm
ported
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

ENGLISH thieves are using eontriv-
ance looking like al ordinary walking
stick, but which is so arranged that by
pressing spring at the handle the fer'
ule will spread apart and form sort OF
spring clip that will take hold of any
thing that is within reach. The thing
is called the continental lifting
stick, and is used to take goods from
behind counters when the shopman's
back is turned.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

II is thought that the oldest timber
in the world that has been subjected to
the use of man is that found in an old
temple III Egypt, in connection with
stone-worh known to he at least 4, 600
years old. II was the only wood used
IN the construction Of the temple and is
in the form of ties, holding the stones
together.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

inches down, a tapping gouge is driven
into the tree 80 as to cut nearly or quite
through the bark, and into the incision
thus made a concave spout, six to twelve
inches long, is driven, one end of the spout
being sharpcncd so as to fit the incision.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

A KANSAS man was injured i'll rail-
road wreck at Breckinridge the other
day, and he wouldn't believe lie WASH t
killed until the other passengers
dragged him to the mirror and made
him look at a small wound on his head
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

Under the end of
t h G spout is
placed a cedar
bucket, to catch
the sap. This
process is vari-
ously modified. A
nail or iron spike
is driven into the
tree below the
spout, the bucket
being hung on
this spike instead
of standing on the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

Young woman was entering the
Methodist Church ut Dover. n. f.. on
Sunday. about 1000 pounds of SNOW
fell from the roof upon her. She Was
taken home in dazed condition.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

MEs. BILLIE WOOSTER HiGGlNs. of
Sullivan, Me, has had 10 years of sea
life and has sailed to every part of the
globe. She is an expert in navigation,
and could take a ship to any port, for
eign or domestic, should it ever become
necessary
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

ground: and, instead OF the slanting
notch, a hole is often bored with three
quarters or onc-inch augur, and into this
hole round, hollow wooden tube. sharp
encd a little at one end. is driven. The
notch made. with an ak is supposed to
yield more sap. as in this way more of
the woody fiber is cut through, and. in a
large, healthy tree. the sap flows not
only from the outer layer of wood but as
we'll from the deepest part of the cut
BY the usual mode of tapping. the
trees are not materially injured, even
when the tapping is annually repeated
for many years. At St Regis. on the
st. Lawrence, at the mouth of the ST.
Regis River, are NAPLES that have been
tapped by the Indians for over one hum
drcd years. and these trees, though much
swollen around the base from the Oft
repeated wounds, arc still vigorous, and
are believed to yield more sap than trees
that have never been tapped. The flow
of sap depends. of course. on the vigor
of the tree, and of two trees. equally
sound and vigorous, one standing in the
open ground yields more sap Thu an one
standing in the woods. The more limbs
respond in size and extent to tic top.
and it is the little rootlets that furnish
the sap. If root is cut off at some dis
tance from the tree. moro sap flows from
the severed root than would be yielded
by cutting off an equal amount of woody
fiber in the trunk above or by sevcring
a branch. After the trees are tapped.
the next step is to "gather" the sap. In
the most primitive mode this is done by
man going to each tree, with two
wooden-balcd buckets, and in these
bringing the sap to the "boiing place. /"
These buckets are often hung on hooks
at each end of the ncckyol1e This way
Of gathering the SAD Is very lahorinn,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

A SURGEON says he can take any hui
man face and with four cuts of the
knife and q few stitches so alter its
original expression thai.a mans moth
CT won't know him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

towing the balloon through the air. a
staff officer will keep lookout from
the basket, and report by means Of
telephone to another staff officer on terra
frma.
Thus the General could trace on his
chart the march Of his opponent, and dis
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13
MAPLE SUGAR MAKING.
INSCRIPTION OF THE oLDEN-
TIME PROCESS.

Trees that Are Most Productive rap
pjur-Dif,erent Modes of Carrying t"e
sap-The Boiling-Down Pr"cess-h""
to Prevent Boiling Over-The Presence
Of Niter Becoming More Common.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

forty pailfuls, is filled, the sled is driven
t. little terrace, either natural or
u Iidcial, at the boiling place, where the
+! ltents of the tub may be drawn of
j 20 the vat without the trouble of
! pping it out.
Now comes the boiling down. In the
HIore primitive methods this is done in a
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

At test of steel manufactured at
Reading. Pa. the other day one-inch
bar broke at a strain of 233, 1913 pounds,
being about 10000 pounds in excess
of the highest record authoritatively
known" The test was made under the
supervision of Government officers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

HE highest-priced autograph III en-
istence is said to be the signature Of
Christopher Columbus, which is valued
at $500. Next to that is the only letter
by Correillo that was ever for sale.
This is worth about the same as Column
bus signature.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

Iris stated ON good authority that the
net profit OF the New Norll World for
1890 was $500. 600 New York Her
aid s60o,0o1 and the Boston GFobe
$3.50. 600
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

STANLEY found thai some African
tribes make an excellent -four from
bananas, a ..our which was the only
thing, except milk. that his stomach
could tole, late during attacks Of gastri-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

pcriments made by the French have beer
so far successful as to leave little doub,
that the captive balloon will play par,
in the next naval war on the staff OF
every commander.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

Il is a curious fact. revealed by the
figures of the recent census, that. while
there are in the United States three
cities Of more than 1,OO0,0OO inhabi-
tants each. one of between SOC. 900 and
100000. three of between 100000 and
500, 900 each, and nine of between 200.-
600 and 300. 900 each, there is not a
single one having between 100000 and
4OO. OOOinhabitants. In 1860 we had but
nine cities with a population of over n
100000 each.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

HE sugar sea son
begins abont the
end of March in
n ort hern New
York and New En-
gland. says Il writer
in the american
-Aq,'icmltu'iSt. a n q
somewhat earlier
in Northern 1ndi-
ana and Southern
Michigan. Thirty
years ago our I'M
Iplcments as we'll as
Jour ways of max king
sugar from the sap
were more print
tive than those now
60 m III o IL ly j II
vogue. There are
various methods of
"tapping. " Il h G
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

THE circulate of the Salvation
Army journals is over 100000 weekly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

New YoEK boasts of the publication
OF twentyseven hundred and Sin DIS
tinct newspapers and periodicals.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

The Chinese are no more. welcome in
Java than in many other countries.
They introduce the consumption Of
opium, 60 the impoverishment Of the
poorer classes. Chinese money-lending
also works untold mischief among the
poor, who have to pay such high inter
est that ruin and misery befall most of
them when they once take to borrow :
ing, and this results in an increase of
crime.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13
True to Life.

A private dispatch from Paris state
that Sarah Bernhard is not only play
ing the part of Cleopatra, but Of he
needle as well. Puck.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

A DAKOTA farmer this season raised
by irrigation 400 bushels OF potatoes per
acre of the best quality.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

primitive mode is TO use an az. cutting
a notch in the side Of the tree. Slantng
upward little. and the lower side of
the notch also santing down Il little. so
as to form a channel to conduct the sap
TO the lower end of the notch Under
the lower end of this notch. two or three
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

AGAZINE rifles of
great accuracy and
penetrating power
an d rapid firing.
long range artillery,
with which modern
armies will be sup
piled, have nccessi-
TIA ted important
changes i'm tactics.
The probability
that smokclcss pow
der will soon come
into general use in
tfOuuccS a II OIL n G /
element of impor-
lance in land wars
fare. The position
and numbers of the
enemy will moi be
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

THERE are seven millionaire editors
in New York.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

HARRIET HosMER, the sculptor, is a
little woman who has not masculine
trait about Der. 1t is forty years since
she began the life-work which has made
her famous, but time has dealt kindly
with her. Her round face beams with
constant smile, and her bright black
eyes sparkle with good humor. Her
brown hair is brushed smoothly back
from her broad forehead and a black
silk net holds it in place. She is usu-
ally attired in a neat costume of black
silk and velvet, and wears q wide lace
scarf about her throat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13
BALLOONS IN BATTLE.
A NEW AND NOVEL USE FOR
AERONAUTICS.

Of War ships Outtit-Ar,ny Officers to
Be Able to Follow Every Move of an
Attacking Force
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

A NuMBEE of the night trains now
running on the railways leading out OF
Chicago are equipped with electric
headlights. and it is much lighter
at distance Of quarter OF a mile
ahead of these trains than it is on the
inside of the cars Truth is mighty,
but it takes it long time to prevail,
and at the close of the year 1890 the
odious, old-fashioned, sight-destroying,
cheap. foul-smelling, and deadly car
lamp Of prehistoric times is still in
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

THERE is some reason to believe that
the best thing that can happen to a
man is poverty. A poor man works
hard, and has an appetite; he eats
plain food, and plain food is very much
better for him than the indigestible
fare of the rich; he sleeps we'll at
night, being tired by his work, and the
Bible itself says that poor man is
more apt to get to heaven than
a rich man. OF course poor man is
not happy, but he is happier than the
rich man. He Is happier because he has
palmer food, sleeps better, and has
fewer cares. 1t is not so dreadful to be
poor, after all.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

Possibly the meanest man in tue
world is the devil.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

LORD ToLLEMACHE, who has lust
died in London at the age of 80, was
known as the best landlord in Great
Britain. Although the most uncompro-
missing of tories, he divided his vast es
tates into small holdings, allotted three
acres to each laborer for garden, graz
ing and, tillage; demanded that COW
and pig be kept had his tenants taught
butter and cheese making and allowed
them time to cultivate their holdings,
the results Of his liberal policy appear
ing in large increase of the value of
his property, and the most prosperous
and contented tenantry in the United
Kingdom.
In Paris in districts settled with Door
families there are to be found nickel
in-the-slot stands, into which a 5-cen-
time piece equal to our copper cent
can be dropped, which will allow but
ton to be pressed that will Immediately
cause stream of boiling hot water to
flow until nine quarts have been deliy-
cred, when it stops. This is found to
be great opportunity for economy
with poor families-the cost of hot
water so obtained being much less than
it would be if fire had to be made.to
heat it. Water is also thus used BY
hackmen in cans, to keep the feet Of
their customers warm in cold weather.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

4 GENTLEMAN went to see Edison,
the great electrician, taking with him
his son, who had just begun work as
an Office boy in well-known business
house The father asked Edison for q
motto for the lad, which he might take
to heart IN his struggle for promotion
and success. After moments pause
Edison said, laconically: Never look
at the clock" He meant that the man
who is constantly afraid that he is 60
lug to work overtime does not stand a
chance OF competing with the man who
clears up his desk. no matter how long
II takes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

If yol advertise for good man" to
do any sort of work, and state positive
ly that none other need apply. all the
worthless men in town will apply for
the place. Every man seems to think
he is good man." If man does not
understand business. he believes he
can learn it in a few weeks. There is
nothing so general as conceit. 1t is a
disease, too, particularly common to
men. Men who have been failures all
their lives believe that it was caused
by the world combining against thcm
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
Knit Goods versus Pearl Buttons.

1t is, indeed, hard to please everybody.
1t now transpires that not few Of the
knit underwear manufacturers, who did
SO much to help along the cause of pro-
lection to American industries in 1885
and 1890, are sick of their bargain. A
prominent manufacturer of Cohoes, who
owns several shares of Mckinley tariff
stock, said solns time ago to a friend:
II don't want to hear any mcle about
tho Mckinley bill. It is costing me
5000 year on the single item Of
pearl buttons, and am not getting one
cent benefit from it," Many other manu-.
facturers think the same, and would be
glad to sell their Mckinley stock at par,
but find it drug on the market.
The knit goods men tried to substitute
vegetable ivory for pearl buttons, but the
trade vas too shrewd and would not ac-
cept them except at q discount Cheaper
trimmings are being used by many man
ufactnrers, but the increased cost Of
trimmings, due to Mckinley, makes it
impossible to save much in this way. 1t
is also difficult to use more shoddy and
not have it detected. The extra cost of
pearl buttons, due to increased duty,
amounts to about $1,000 il year to u
Eaapnfac turer for every l 900 employees.
Tins it is hat = high tariff on buttons
and trimmings, passed for the benefit ot
a few prospective manufacturers, IL
detrimental Il, an important industry
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
CUTICURA RESOLyENT.

The new Blood Purifier. internally ito cleans
the blood Of all impurities and poisonous Gle.
ments and thus remove the ca,ise), and CuTI-
CrRA soar, an exquisite Skin Bcautifier cx-
ternally ITO clear the skin and scalp and restore
the hair, cure every disease and humor OF the
skin and blood, from pimples to scrofula,
Sold everywhere. Price, Cuticura. soc; Soap
25c.: Resolvent. 81. Prepared by the POTTER
DRuG AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION. Boston.
.r-send for ''How to cure Skin Diseases" 81
pages 50 Illustrations and 100tcstimonials.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
SKIN DARK AS COAL.
Eczema AfflIcts a Well-Known Gen.
tleman. Pitlable Subject to Look
Upon. Suffered Terribly.
Whole Body Covered.
Given up by San Francisco Doctors.
Might Have Saved 5000, as He
Was Cured for $6 by
Cuticura Remedies.

| have many times studied over what GrTI-
cURs has done for me: Ii has restored me 10
good health and happiness, for before ] tried
tTTIcuRA REMEDIES was given up by all the
doctors In san Francisco; but ii | had only Ia
TIcuRA REMEDIES sooner, / should certainly
have saved from $500 to $500. | was a most
pitable subject TO look upon with eczema, and
suffered terribly. ] was almost as dark as coal
from my instef up to my knees on both legs,
and after that II broke out all over my body:
but after using half dozen sets OF CUTICURa
REMEDIES was perfectly restored to good
(which Is for over two years. A great number
OF people visit my establishment, and | have
told hundreds OF people what CUrACURA has
done for me. but have thought that ought TO
write and let you know. so that you can refer
anyone In this county to me.
LOUIS JOHNSON,
Proprietor Marine Boat House.
SansalitO, Marin Co, California
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
NUGGETS FROM BILL NYE
HE PAUSES AT PHILADELPHIA AND
THROWS OFF A FEW REMARKS.

This Leads to Some Religious Rumina-
tions-TaIo OF Man Teacher Who
Burning-He stin Lives.
copyright, 1901, by Edgar w. Syel
PHILADELPHIA, October. Philadelphia
is pre-emin-ntly city Of homes. The
domestic quality stands first Of all with
the true Philadelphia, and other mat
tiers are made secondary to it. Some
how this gives us faith in the Philadel-
phian and respect for him. Twenty
years ago Philadelphia had over 600
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
Nearing the End.

Nearing the End.
Turkeys will soon realize the meaning
Of full crops.-Union County IN. -
Standard.