Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1882 — Alkali Spots. [ARTICLE]

Alkali Spots.

A young friend in California writes: “My little -brother, having heard the barren spots in the fields called ‘alkali,* came to mother one day, while an old bald-headed man was visiting here, and said in a loud whisper: “Mamma, that man has an alkali spot on his head. ’ ”