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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16
A Remarkable Malady.

Professor Bollinger of Munich calls
the attention of the medical world to
remarkable case which came under bis
observation. A girl, sixteen years old
complained of pains in the neighborhood
of her stomach, but the physicians could
not relieve her, and could not even state
the cause Of her sickness. All they knew
was that tumor of some kind prevented
the girl from digestlng the food. Be.
fore they could agree on an operation OF
another kind of treatment the patient,
who had grown thinner every day, died
An autopsy showed that mass of hu-
man hair, eight to twenty-eight cent?.
meters long, had not only filled up the
stomach, but also some adjoining parts
of the body. Professor Bollinger says
that only nine cases of this kind are
known to the medical profession. Some
girls, he states, usually those who are
sick or not right in their minds, or hys-
terical, have the bad habit of swallowing
hair which they comb or tear from their
head, and when great quantity has &C.
cumulated in the body sickness like
that of the girl mentioned causes death
- New York Recorder.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16
A. Glimpse of Modern Damascus

Amen Rasi, a handsome Christian AS
syrian who is now lecturing in this coun-
try, says that men in his country live on
six cents a day. Women are sold as
slaves to work with oxen at the pillow. In
Damascus, he says, there are 10000
Christians, 10000 Mahometans and
5000 Hebrews. There is in it build
ing haunted by John the Baptist's ghost.
The door of the room in which he is said
to have been beheaded is never opened.
The Mahometans say that once long ago
some one opened it and the Baptist's
blood flowed out over the city to the
depth of five inches.-lNew Orleans
Times Democrat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

ties in The State have hs.,
the claims for bount, sa heard from
July II 4lo,S90. A aggregated o.
l aalass county. which has ue s n M. in
pot.eo, mas notified the State Co r YET re
tnat n holds claims for g. nm 'p'1oller
oil these claims based On ~ Wes.
coyotes killed in Califs,,;s0 soaps 81
woald not be SO scandaleaa nm me case
been learned that ente,rr;s;n nas 1t has
mans are importing scalps f.nm ue Cslifor-
New Mexico, and Lover c.s; I Arizona,
e ~ Inspector on tho iookoa a A
Cn'nese on the Mexican frontier reosa io'
seized package of fifty COYOTE s' sa
that the owner was trying to os ssn, skin'
into the State. It is earnad s.muggie
more, that the bounty has cai, sSreher-
existence new and profitable ;rd, INTO
that Of breeding coyotes A. 'aaast'y
e"yo'e can produce three filters OF se ,a'e
pups each year, she is worth some ,eteo
like 800 to her owner. But tb, thu y
al' the evil Of this ridiculous n;eoo no ..
legislation. One of tho most sas; o.
peste the California fruit-erower I haa
contend against is the rabbit. wh;o LUIS TO
particularly fine tid-bit for a huns IL
coyote. Consequently the exterm;s i'
ton OF the coyote for the benefit ~ ' ~
sheep. owners of half q dozen conn.,, ;ae
will be followed by such On increase s'e q.
rabbits that the fruit interests will snt. ~
seriously. This, with Thousands I ans
thousands Of dollars that will be- na;a " ',
for bounties during the two years , ha
the law has to run, has aroused the nr as.
OF the State, and there is universal ' d.
mand that an end shall be put to t ~,
evil at the earliest possible moment INV
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16
To Keep Insects From Trees.

The tying Of piece of wool round q
tree stem to keep down the bugs and
vermin is a poor idea, because it is
based on the supposition that all these
nuisances ascend from the ground where
as, in most instances, the eggs are laid
in the foliage above the supposed guard.
The only actual preventive involves a
delicate operation, which, however, can
be successfully performed by man
with steady hand. 1t consists in
boring Il small hole in the tree near
the ground and filling it with sulphur.
The sap carries this over the tree and
there will be few insects settle or
crawl on any part of it. The spring is
the best time to do this, but with a
strong healthy tree it can be done now
with perfect safety.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16
Drifting Bottles on the Ocean.

Some interesting facts in relation to
the drift of sealed bottles, thrown in tho
Atlantic, are printed on the pilot chart
for July. The story of the involuntar!
trip of 1874 bottles is told, the record OF
their start beginning November ~
1887, and coming down to October a.
1890. The bottle thrown into the SEES
on the first of these dates was found
again after it had been floating lo9V
days over course of $3.50 miles a
longer distance was that sailed over by
a bottle which was started on June o.
1883, making in 1882 days 5545 miles
The photographic Office purposes 10
continue the publication of bottle papers
as often as possible, not only tor the AZ.
lantic but for other oceans, and masters
Of vessels and others interested are urseu
to cooperate with this Office in collec,'
ing as complete data as possible reSa it,s
ing this subject. Reports of long ar'.s
of bottle papers or other floating oo]er,s
will be of interest, and the accumuat1o,n
of such data may add largely to .n'
knowledge OF the drift of ocean c"'
rents
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16
Naturalization in Mexico.

In spite of the great progress that is
being made in Mexico in many direc-
tons, there are probably fewer foreigners
naturalized in that republic than in al
most anywhere else in the civilized world.
According to q report just issued by the
Mexican State Department only 2,O44
foreigners have become citizens in sixty
three years. More than half Of these
were Spaniards, and Of the remainder 146
were Americans. 1t is worthy of note,
however, that the majority Of the letters
Of naturalization have been taken out
since General Diaz became President,
which affords convincing proof of the
increasing stability Of Mexico under mis-
efficient Observation-Disclosures
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16
Importation of Sheep and Swine.

Sheep and swine may now be imported
from Canada into the United States
without quarantine; provided, on in
spection Of said sheep or swine at the
ports Of entry they are found to be free
Of disease, and provided further that
sheep or swine imported into the United
States from Great Britain or the CONT
nent of Europe through Canada shall
have been held in quarantine by the
Canadian Government for fifteen days,
and the importer shall produce at the
port Of entry into the United States
certificate from the proper quarantine
officer Of said Government showing the
fact Of said quarantine.-[N New York
World.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

clean" to either Hebrew or Mohamme-
dan. though prawns, to which they are
similar in Taste, as We know by expert
ence, are not eaten. Taken into the
town in camel-load, in heaving sacks OF
ruddy brown or grecnish-yellow insects
tthe first color in autumn, the latter in
spring), they are first boiled in salt and
water, then fried or parched. The writer
has eaten fried grasshoppers in butter
and found them to be rather tastoless
viands, not unlike shrimps.-New York
Independent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

Mrs. ANNIE BEsANT is going to
India to propagate theosophy. Plain,
ordinary people-the common herd,
so to speak-do not know anything
about the occult mysteries Of theoso-
ply, and do not want to. 1t keeps
them hustling to hold their own with
the tangible things of life. TO all
such it seems pity that woman
of Mrs. Besant's capabilities should
devote her life to this meaningless
crankism. She has been a power in
the charitable and reform work of
England for many years, but all is
now abandoned for this apparently
useless craze.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

Col. ELLIOT r. SHEPARD publicly
declares that if the Worlds Fair is
kept open Sundays the Lord will send
a curse upon the whole nation. 1t is
not always possible to tell what the
Lord will do in certain cases. He
sent Elliot II. Shepard to us when. as
a nation, we were behaving remark
ably we'll, and, to outward appear
ances, were not deserving Of anything
worse than one of the plaques Of
Egypt in a mitigated form.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

WHERE are the mothers? Every
paper you pick up has a column OF
inquiries from young women asking
for advice in their love affairs, how
to make theil dresses, what is good
for their compilations, what atten-
tions to accept from young men, etc.
The mothers know more about such
affairs than editors. Why do not the
girls go to them for advice? A
mother is the only person on earth
who will advise girl regardless of
self-interest. Something is wrong
when she asks such advice from a
stranger and man.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

GOOD singers are called upon every
day to choose between offending their
friends and being worked to death.
At every amateur entertainment q
committee calls on them and flatters,
and coaxes, and cajoles them to sing.
If they refuse, the committee goes
away abusing them, and if they ac-
cept they become concert chestnuts,
and are worked to death. Almost
every one else in a town who has Il
special talent has his rights respected
except the owner of good voice. If
you are anything of singer, for the
sake Of your peace of mind, to avoid
becoming concert chestnut, and to
keep your friends, don't let it be
known that you know one note from
another.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

ONE New York man went to Chica-
go and told Worlds Fair Managers
that they must shut their gates on
Sunday. The day following the
Texas State Fair Association sent to
Chicago the following dispatch: zone
hundred thousand Texans protest
against the Sunday closing of the
Worlds Fair" and added, "rhe day
of fanaticism is passed" Those Tex
ans always would insist upon giving
some reason for their protests.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

A PATENT has been asked for de-
vice to take passengers on the cable
cars while the train is in full motion.
So far as the device can be UNDER
stood from the description, it is a
sort of platform on wheels. The
passenger stands on it, the cable car
comes along and automatic hooks
catch hold of the platform and whirl
it along to the next corner. BY that
time the passenger has taken his
seat, and the platform is released and
dropped for the use of the next man.
1t may be a great scheme, but most
men would about as soon be fired out
of cannon as to be jerked up bod
lily by a car going at twelve-mile
gait. But it shows that inventors
are equal to any emergency that may
arise.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

In the last Congress a bill was in
troduced to do away with railroad
ticket brokers, and the travelling
public promptly and generally petit
toned in behalf of the scalpers. Now
the public is repaid by a brokers' COM
bine which seeks to keep railroad
fares at the highest figures. The
brokers should remember that every
time has hereafter
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16
Are We Physically Advancing

"A.
Edward Atkinson has examined NV
record of hundreds of ready maze
clothing establishments to dlscc. ID
whether the white man OF the M Az,
States is deterioratingtn size ana we' sh",
As the general resultit was founo r sna'
the average height of the New ~ MI
lander is five feet, eight and one-n .an
inches, and of Southerners i've teet' . t
inches. The average weight % nd
American of to-day is between 100 a I'D
100 pounds. Mr.. Atkinson dlscose'I ~,
that the average height and .we e!S3n IN "
meni in this country has perceptlpis and
creased since the war of 1S6l,', . san
that we are slowly increasing rather , Ina
decreasing in size and strength W.
cago News.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

IT is not surprising that the British
Government has awakened to the inn
portance of the Sultan's action in
opening the Dardanelles to the war
ships of the Gar 1t looks good
deal, however, as if Salisbury were
locking the door after the disappear
ance of the horse in the custody of
the thief.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

THERE is nothing of so much i'm
portance to a woman as her good
name. This is as old as the world,
but it is as true as it ever was. 1t is
suggested to-day by seeing a foolish
girl engaged in foolish filtration,
and hearing the comments of the kind
of people who are always ready to see
evil where nothing but folly exists.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

THERE is one time in the life of a
hum-drum fellow when he feels proud
and happy, and that is when he re-
turns to his old home after long
absence and is cordially greeted by
his old acquaintance.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

PEOPLE too often discourage brave
men by patting fool-hardy ones on
the back: the fellow who risks his
life to prove that he can jump higher
than any other man, receives more
applause than the man who risks his
life to save another's.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

Your fellow that flourishes hand
ful of bank notes in your face is Show
ing you all the property he owns in
the world. 1t is the man who car
ries only few lonesome nickels in
his pants pocket who is most likely to
be the capitalist.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

A LOT of New York capitalists are
planning the structure of the finest
hotel in the world. About the time
the foundations are being laid, Chi
cago capitalists will be arranging for
a better one.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

A MAN in a San Francisco hotel
who committed suicide by exploding
a dynamite bomb in his room left
word that he wished to create a SEN
sation. He did, as the explosion
shook the entire neighborhood.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

A MAN is now on trial in a New
York court for having jabbed an ice
pick into the lung Of a notable public
character, 1.-THE" Allen. Allen is not
on trial Tor having first jabbed a
lighted cigar into the prisoners eye,
that being merely one of his we'll
known manifestations of playfulness.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

WE have noticed that no matter
where a man has pain, he is always
satisfied that he would be very brave
and patient If it was only somewhere
o1Sa
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

LOVE may make the earth go round,
but at the rate it is being gobblcd up
by English syndicates and men Of the
Astor sort there will soon be too lit
tie of it to go round, love or no love.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

If France comes in out of the wet"
on the pork question it will profit the
American hog even more largely than
the German concession. Prior to the
exclusion acts France used to take
$4,000, 900 pounds of our pork annual
ly against 29,500,000 taken by Ger
MANY,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

TIE man who goes to bed at 8
o'clock and trusts the morning paper
to tell him what has been going on
while he was asleep enjoys life great
deal better than the man who stays
up all night to see what is going on.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

A WANDERING American has been
arrested in Germany for photograph
ing the Notifications. He pressed the
button, and the soldiers did the arrest.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

BAR1LLAs has forgotten the fate
of his predecessor of like name, Bar
rios, and is playing dictator in Guate-
mala. If the history of his own
country affords him no admonitions,
he might observe current events in
Chill. This is bad season for
tVrantS
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

JERsEYMEN may take heart. News
from Alaska states that swarm of
mosquitoes there recently attacked
and killed IL bear.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

PROF. HARRINGToN's idea of dis
tributing weather prognostications
broadcast by locomotive whistling
will never prove satisfactory. The
chief objection to the weather now is
the fact that it gets on toot too
often.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

The gravcly important question
which is now beginning to absorb the
public mind is whether our kickatious
fellow-cOuntryman, Col. Elliott f.
Shepard wears galluses; and if he
does wear galluses, whether he wears
them to hold his trousers up or to
hold himself down.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

REBECCA RUBENsrE1N has arrived
interesting family OF twenty-four
children. II they Odessa visit we'd
take to the woods.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

WHICH is worse: the fellow who
talks so loud people turn around to
look at him. or the man who takes
you to one side to whisper contiden-
italy in your ear that we are having
fine weather
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

They now say it is wicked to drown
kittens Putting chlorofor1ned cloth
in the end Of a stocking, and poking
the kittens head down in it, is the
latest way.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

II is hard TO make romantic young
people believe it, but it is true that
the older a man grows the more his
affinity seems to be some one who
knows how to scratch his back just
in the right place and at the right
time.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

THE advance of public sentiment
in California IN regard to the coward
~ practice of carrying concealed
weapons is shown by the action Of
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16
THE HERALD
n uup1x. 4 euNDznsoz.
wssss,soTon srn,noe. e.

SMoKELEss powder is a great in-
vention, if you can only induce the
ether fellow to use it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

the San Francisco courts. A man
was recently fined $3.50 for this Of
Tense, and the Supreme Court Of the
State has affirmed the decision.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

The house where Jesse james, the bandit
died will be exhibited ct the Worlds Fair at
Chicago.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

THE principal business of the arc
tic explorer consists of waiting for
somebody to come and get him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

Queen Victoria rules . popu'a'''"
367 100000.
The Portland daily press., 1891-10-12
MERcHANrs' WEEK.
How the Visitors to the City WIN Be
Entertained.

Today. Tuesday. Wednesday and Tnurs-
dav of this week will be Trade Days and
they will be devoted to maKlns p'0"'"n'
for all who wish to come 70 Io,'ianu'
Our merchants invite all tneir customers
from every part of Maine to visit the city on
these days, and will use every endeavor
to make their stay pleasant and profitable.
Arrangements have been made with all the
railroads to sell tickets fer half fare through
the first part of the week. Tickets will be
good to return and reduced rates have b cen
secured for visitors at the hotels.
Tomorrow evening there will be a grand
concert by Chandler's Band at City Hail.
On the same evening, as well as the preced-
ing evening. at Portland Theatre. the fine
melo drama "a Mile Minute" with elabo.
rate special scenery. will be produced.
On Wednesday afternoon there will be
ball game on the Portland grounds between
the Portlands and the. Boston Reds. champi-
ons this year of the American Association.
Wednesday evening Nine. Lillian Nordica.
the Maine prima donna. Sig. Galassi, bari
tone. Miss Gertrude Edmands, contralto.
Mr.. Jules Jordan, tenor. Mr.. Alvin Schroe-
der, yiolincellists and Max zack, pianist,
will give grand concert at City Hall.
Thursday evening the Haydn Quartette
and Chandler's Orchestra will give fine
concert at City Hall. The Rentz-Santley
burlesque troupe will be at Portland Thea
tire.
On Friday afternoon at the Portland
grounds the Portlands will play with the
Boston League team. this years champions
Of the National League.