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Show . ,nors nl Wlrr.na Inlto tinvo noticed not-iced that upward of fifty mineral sprldgs there ten m ilrlnklrg fountains on Hie ttioic thtiti z.HtiO acres or the assembly rrout d.i. At each fountain Is pmvltltd a tin cup. A year or nioro nuo It was dlsimcie,! Ihttt thn fro-ilitent fro-ilitent dlsnppt ariitii e of Iho cups from the springs cam id runt h cure end trouble. People would enrry off tlio cups, filled with wotnr. and would forgot for-got lo return thi'in. ICvety rip-dlonl was tried to put a stop to this practice. prac-tice. Tho cups were chained to tho rocks, but they were iletiu lied and curried cur-ried off, much to Hie nninnunce of thirsty Individuals who afterward looked alsiut In vain for the vessel. Tho trouble found Its wny to Dr. Dickey, the genius who runs the place. He got a i hlsel and a bit a quarter of j an Inch wide, ret a cup on a block and rut a slit In tho bottom of H. Then ho took tho cup lo a spring, left II there anil cat down on a neighboring bench to watch developments. Presently a cotitiger enmo alnnn. stopped at the spring to tuko a drink, filled tho cup and started lo walk off wllh It. In less time than It takes to tell It he discovered that the wnter was eiraplng and hnd coursed down his trousers legs and dimmed the luster lus-ter ff his shoos. Then ho threw the cup hack to Its place and tried another spring wllh a llko result. t Itiildo nf half an hour all the rupt ! at the different springs had holeo In i their hotoins. Now no ono has any ' further iio for a cup than to drink ' from It and then to place the teasel ' . where It belongs. f Tho education of Winona people In- g lo tho use of thu Iciil.y cups caused j', ns much err.trt as do some of tho many r ; other things that are lutigbt on the t grotinil'i. If sumo drinkers did not sny j Ihlnps Hint would not look woll In j print their countenances betokened what (hey thought. Tho posture thst , somo of them assume to prevent the water from dripping on their raiment would furnish rnro similes In attl- i Hides. They Incline forward to awful ( anslo and they look aa If they wished they possessed necks as long as a giraffe's. gi-raffe's. Tito women aro obliged to hitch hark their skirts and the men ret their polished shoos as far to the rear that they must huld on to some friendly object to keep Irom pitching forward Into thn spring. These, howovor, are Iho experiences of drinker only during the first few days they spend at Winona lake. Soon they learn how lo take the "Winona drink" wnthout allowlug tho wnter to trickle over them. "Its Just a easy as falling off a log," sayj Dr. Dickey. Ho places hi forefinger over the hole In the bottom and, standing erect, quaff the coollug draught at hi case. |