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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-19


herself urged the Gar to make prompt and
honorable peace.
The Turks have evacuated kasaD, south OF
Osman Bazaar. The Russians hereby secure
the head of another Balkan pass. All the war
material ETC., has been removed from OjmaD
Bazaar TO Eski Dtuma.
A Constantiuople correspondent tclcgrapis :
81 am assured that the Council OF Monsters
to day decided to order the Turkish Aubassa-
doris ut Vienna and London to require an ex'
PLANTATION Of the protests against separate
peace recently lodged by Austria and England,
and to ask how far Turkey may count upon the
support of those countries:
A correspondent at vienna declares posi-
lively that Austria has made no communlca'
ton to the Porte concerning the terms OF peace
since her answer 10 the Porte's note OF Decem
Der IL asking mediation. The present report
seems to be founded upon reservations which
Austria then made.
A correspondent at Pera states that the
Turkish delegates met the Grand Duke Nlcho-
las at Tirnova Semonli, and preliminary notes
we're exchanged. The Grand Duke then ao-
nounced that be bad decided to treat only at
Adrisnople, which should be Immediately
evacuated. The delegates having assented,
orders we're telegraphed to Djemil Pasba to
eyacuate Adriauople. Upon this decision being
com muncated to the foreign consuls at Adrla-
nople they telegraphed to their Ambassadors
for Instructions and were ordered to remain
aud protect their countrymeD. DJemli Fasha
then prepared to retire upon the fortified lines
before Adranope, where reinlorcements are
now concentrating. The Russians will probably
arrive at AdrianopIe in two days, Tirnova Sem
emil being thirty.6ve kilometres distant there
from, Negotiations will then begin. 1t is gen.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-13
POETRY
MEMORY BELLS.

Oh, don't you remember the orchard, Maud,
And the gnarly old tree by the gate;
And the apples that came when the blooms
were gone,
Which the worms and the children ate?
Oh, l don't remember how it struck the
worms, dear Maud,
But mind just how awfully felt
When they carried me home in bowknot,
Maud,
With peck of apples under my belt.
Oh, don't you remember the meadowlo
Maud,
And the brooklet that rippled from the
spring,
Where the buttercups cleaned in the clover
Maud,
And we listened to the meadow lark sing9
., I've strolled down there in my manhood 8
days,
But got up and busted when found
That I'd sat right down where some humble
bees Maud,
Were just coming out of the ground.
Oh, don't you remember the hillside, Maud,
Where we hunted for the brown thrush s
eggst
And the little red ants by the million, Maud
Used to crawl up fellows trousers legs!
] could talk of the happy old times, dear
Maud,
From now till the middle of November,
But man of my age can forget you bet,
A blamed sight more than he'll remember.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-13
SCIENCE
FLOODING THE DESERT OF SAHARA.

FLOOUlNC THE DESERT OF SAHARA.
Mr.. Donald Mackenzie, at recent
meeting at Bradford, described his
scheme for forming canal across the
Great Desert. OF the vast plain or
hollow in the desert, known as Ell Juf,
the greatest length of the depression
is about 500 miles, the breath about
l2O, and the area about $4,000 square
miles. This vast area is depressed
about 200 feet below sea level. This
depression was formerly connected
with the Atlantic Ocean by the chan.
mel Sakiet Ell Hanna. or Red Channel,
which had in process Of time been
blocked up with sand. 1t was pro-
posed to reopen this channel and let
in the sea, which would cover the
great area above described and enable
commerce to be carried on with places
in the interior, rich in produce Of
various kinds. The submerging of
the basin Of ElJuf would open up a
navigable highway for the commerce
Of the world to the heart of Africa.
and present an extensive field Tor the
influence of civilization.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-13
RECENT AMERICAN EARTHQUAKES

Professr {. &. lockwood. Jr.. co.,
tributes to the American Journal of
Science aud Arts q record Of the
earthquakes which have occurred ON
the American continents from MAY
To- 1876. 20 November Is. 1877. These
aggregate about 65 distinct shocks.
the distribution of which is approx
mately as follows: California. ID:
Territories. y: Canada and Eastern
states. q. Southern States. s: Western
states. I; Middle States. 4: Central
America. 3; South America. .: West
Indies. }. and Sandwich Islands. 2.
The severe5t earthquakes reported
are those which occurred on May IL
and November f. 1917. The first was
a series of severy shocks lasting four
or i've minutes and followed by des-
trnctive tidal wave along the coast Of
Peru aud Chill. On the Peruvian
coast the wave was from % to 80 feet
nigh, and caused immense destruction
In the harbors. 1t is supposed TO have
originated near Iquique. and its
average rate Of progress was to Callao
rs miles per hour. to San Francisco
34s miles. TO Honolulu 46S miles, and
to Australia 37S miles.
The earthquake which occurred on
November 4 was felt throughout .
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-13
The -Anti-Mon0p01iSt.

struck her on the head. 1 saw the naughty
face grow suddenly ghastly, and the red
blood pour like rain oyer her beautiful
features; tnen knew no more.
We were picked up afterwards by a
homeward- bound vessel; was conscious,
and the woman beside me quite dead.
The other passengers were also rescued,
and no life was lost save hers. A long
illness followed my escape, and when
came forth from the confines of the dark
valley it was to find my mother and
John Vandeleur bending over me. My
eyes sought the dark ones gazing anx-
iously into my white face, and then my
mothers voice fell solomnly upon the
silence of the room.
LET us thank God!" she said fer
vently.
And kneeling there. they sent up a
prayer to Heaven, earnest and thankful,
while John clasped my hand as though
no would never let it 60.
And so became his wife.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-13

''On every occasion at which the
writer's have been present no one has
been allowed to operate the machine
but Mr.. Keely himself, and none have
been permitted to make any tests of
any sort, or do more that look on.
ITO attempt to apply the known
laws of peysics or mechanics to this
machine without every facility
being afforded for investigation,
would be idle. An analysis Of the So
called vapor by DR.. C. NJ. Cresson.
revealed nothing more than common
air, as stated by Mr.. Keely himself.
We observed in one part of Mr..
Keely' s shop a hydraulic screw pump,
quite capable of producing pressures
greater than ten thousand pounds per
square inch, thus affording him the
means Of charging the tub so FIRE
quently mentioned above"
Our own opinion on the Keedy
motor is that it has been success,
not as machine for producing force,
but as machine for swindling people
out of their money.-American Man.
utdctWrer.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-13
HOW TO MAKE PEPSlN.

Obtain, from any hog butcher, one
half dozen dissected membranes of
the stomach of the hog, and cut or
mlnce them up finely; and macerate
IN menstrum of part muriatic acid
to 81 OF water, for ten or twelve
hours. Decant the liquid, and re-
macerate the membrane in fresh
portion of water and acid; throw the
whole on a strainer mix the tiltrates
together. and add to it quantity of
table salt, until a separation of pepsin
ceases to take place. The pepsin i'm
pregnated with sodium chloride will
float on the surface. This is collected
and placed on muslin, folded several
times, and submitted to pressure. to
free it from adhering moisture. The
strength of the moist pepsin can be
readily obtained by the power of dis
solving albumen; and its strength can
be apportioned accordingly, by simply
mixing it with sugar OF milk, so that
l grain can be made to dissolve 5. 10,
10, or 20 grains of coagulated albu-
men.
The price asked for standard pepsin
by wholesale druggists, varies from
oO TO 70 cents per ounce; at which
prices handsome margin is left for
the manufacturers. / see no reason
why pepsin, of the strength of those
now considered standard, cannot be
made for at least one half the price,
and afford the druggists apprentices
some means of recreation from their
otherwise monotOnOus duties.
The above remarks are general in
their character, and are written in the
hope that they will stimulate retail
apothecaries to rely more on their
own ability to make preparations of
this kind than has heretofore been
the case.-Phifadeipia Druggist and
Chemist.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-13
THE KELLY MOTOR.

The keely motor deception seems
at least to be nearly exploded. and the
secret Of the means by which its in
yentor obtained his enormous pres
sure has been discovered. Mr.. j. i.
Knight. Secretary of the Franklin
Institute, Of Philadelphia, was
recently allowed an opportunity to
make partial investigation of the
machine, but when he asked the
privilege Of testing the gauge which
recorded the pressure. he was refused.
Professor WIN. ID. Marks and George
r. Barker, OF the University of
Pennsylvania. were afterwards invited
to make thorough study of the motor,
and the results of their study are
given TO the public in letter to the
Philadelphia Ledger of April 6. They
noticed heavy wrought iroE tube
connected with it. but just before the
experiments it was connected. They
at once suspected that in this tube lay
the secret OF tie wonderful force, and
that ii contained compressed air
secretly stored in it previous to their
arrival. We give the conclusion to
their report in their own words:
AT the close Of the experiments.
one Of the writer's said to Mr.. Col
lier that he must consider the ma
chine fraud. unless it could be
demonstrated beyond doubt that
compressed air was not stored in the
wrought iron tube, and requested
that the cocks in the end should be
unscrewed: this Mr.. Collier positively
refused To do. stating that the tube
Was .sensatized' I'VE do not know
what he meant by ssensa.ized'). and
would require three or four hours
work to .reinstate' it if the atmos-
phere was admitted. How pueriIe
such an excuse was the writer's leave
for others tojudge.
"On requesting Mr.. Keely to operate
the machine. without using the
wrought iron tube. he admitted that
he was unable to do 50.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-13
EXPERIMENTS WITH FLOATING MAC
NETS.

Professor a. NJ. Mayer describes,
in the American journal of Science
and Arts, some entertaining and easily
performed experiments in magnetism
Several sewing needles. of No. or 6
size, are maghet .Zed with the same
polarity, SO that all their points are
n. Each needle is passed into "a
small cork that will just float it up
right: the corks may be IA inch long
and SIG inch across. The eye of the
needle should barely be above the
surface of the cork. Three, four or
more of these needles are thus to be
tlOated in basin of water and the \.
pole of a large cylindrical magnet is
to be brought down over them. They
will Immediately take geometrical
positions, the figure formed being
smallest when the magnet above is
brought most closely to them.
Three needles thus take position at
the points of an equalized triangle;
four form asquare, Or a triangle with
one the centre: five form pentagon
with one in the centre; six form a
pentagon with one in the centre, or "a
triangle of two to Il side. Professor
Mayer had obtainad regular figures
up to combination of twenty
needles
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-13

had gone back to bed, to hear Mr.. WINS
ton shaking the doors and windows
That's dreadful brave" she said '.I'd
like to know who it was that run after
them robbers, man or woman! Mems
dreadful brave, amt they?'
The family used to laugh at Mrs.
Winston and say she was sorry the bur-
glars didn't get the money. Mr. Winston
said they would think her most con-
summate liar and hypocrite-and so l
suppose they debut I have no doubt
they thought she was a very brave shrewd
woman.
Mr.. Winston had bars put across the
basement doors. So I suppose the next
visit the burglars pay will be through a
window. Youths Companion.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-13
SEA WATER is 4 BETERIGE.

The distressing effect of sea water
when swallowed in quantity is known
to every one: the maddening effect of
continued use Of it as a beverage
by castaways at sea is familiar to all
readers of shipwreck narratives.
Perhaps no more terrible experience
ever falls to the lot of humanity than
to be atiOat on the oceau. with
W alter, water, everywhere,
And not drop To drink
1etis an experience which every one
is liable to who goes to sea. To sea
faring people it is Il constant menace;
yet 1t is not impossible to accus tom
the stomach to the use of sea water
habitually and without discomfort.
The capacity of the hnman organiza-
ton to adapt itself to new conditions.
even to the extent of becoming indiff-
erent to violent poisOns such as
arsenic, has been ab&ndantly proved;
and accordingly there seems nothing
incredible in the report that the in
habitants of Easter Island and isolated
coral islands such us the Poumoton
Islands, where rains are infrequent
huu y pI lilSS uUkHOWU. are accustomed
to use sea water habitually as a bev-
erage. 1t is scarcely more nauseous
than many saline spring waters that
people learn to relish: no unpleasant
or disturbing results will follow it's
habitual or occasional use. In many
parts of the world the natives drink
freely of Drackish waters which
strangers cannot tolerate; and we
have been told of sailors who have
trained their stoinachs 10 receive sea
water as kindly as fresh wafer.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-13

larger part of Canada, New York. and
New England. In some places it
lasted for 20 seconds; reports from
others fix its duration at four or five
minutes. In the valley of the St.
Larence river the vibration was suf-
hclent to overturn crockery, crack
ceilings, and in few cases to throw
down chimneys.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-06-13
DRIVING PILES IN SAND.

The contractors who had charge of
preparing the sheet piling which Was
To protect the hospital at Berck-sur-
Mer. in France. were much troubled
in driving the piles by the compact
ness of the wet sand, and finally made
use of tubes which were driven at
the same time with the pile, their
lower ends being few inches below
the points of the piles; through these
tubes water was forced by small hand
engines. and so loosened the sand that
the advance of the pile was easy and
rapid. In the case Of the panels of
sheeting piling, the benefit was even
more marked. Careful observations
showed that by the ordinary process
it took, on an average, ls5 strokes TO
drive the panels. The hammer
weighed $40 pounds. and had a fall
of six and one half feet. The average
time required to drive pile and
panel was eight hours and a half.
After the device Of loosening the
sand by the pressure of water was
adopted it was found that the average
time required to accomplish this was
one hour and nine minutes. while to
drive a pile and panel more than
fifty blows were never required, and
often the mere weight of the hammer
mer was enough to sink the pile.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-18
VARIOUS CAUSES.

Advancing years, care, sickness, disap-
pointment, and hereditary predisposition
all operate to turn the hair gray, and either
of them %inclines it to shed prematurely.
AYERS HAIR V1GoR will restore faded or
gray, light and red hair to a rich brown or
deep black, as may be desired. 1t softens
and %cleanses the scalp, giving it a healthy
action, andremoves and cures dandruff
and humors. By its use falling ha r is
checked, and a new growth will be pro-
duced in all cases where the follicler are
not destroyed or the glands decayed.
Its effects are beautifully shown in brashy,
weak, or sickly hair, to which a few ap-
plications will produce the gloss and
freshness of youth. Harmless and sure
in its operation, it is incompatible as a
dressing, and is especially valued for the
soft lustre and richness of tone 1t imparts.
It contains neither oil nor dye, and will
not soil or color white cambria; yet it
lasts long on the hair, and keeps it fresh
and vigorous.
FoR SALE BY ALL DEALERS.
Sold by Mills & Purdy, Yankton.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-18
Old papers for sale at this Office.
PROMPT REFORM OF BODILY EVILS.

The prompt reform of those bodily evils, ell
feebled digestion, incomplete assimilation, inac-
tivity of the liver, kidneys and bladder, as well
as of the nervous symptoms which these all
ments are especially prone to beget. is always &C.
complished by the use of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, a medicine accredited by physicians,
pronounced pure by analysts, and eminently
wholesome and agreeable. Surely such a resto-
rative is preferable to unpalatable and indigest-
ible mineral drugs and unsanctioned nostrums.
The nation at large assuredly thinks SO, judging
by the unprecedented demand for the article
from Maine to the Pacific, a demand now sup
plemented by immense orders for it received
from tropical America, Mexico, the British and
Spanish Colonial possessions. and elsewhere
Both at home and abroad it is recognized as a
standard remedy and preventive, the decisive
ness of its effects recommending it everywhere.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-18
AN UNnENIABLE TRCrH.

You deserve to suffer, and if you lead
a miser able, unsatisfactory life in this
beautiful world it is entirely your own
fault and there is only one excuse for
you,-your unreasonable prejudice and
skepticism, which has killed thousands.
Personal knowledge and common sense
reasoning will soon show you that
Green's August Flower will cure you of
Liver complaint. or Dyspepsia, with all
its miserable effects, such as sick head
ache, palpitation of the heart, sour stom-
ach, habitual costiveness, dizziness of
the head, nervous prostration, low spirits,
sc. Its sales now reach every town on
the Western Continent and not a Druggist
but will tell you of its wonderful cures,
You Can buy a Sample Bottle for 10 cents.
Three doses will relieve you.
Sold by Mills s. Purdv.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-18
FURNISHING GOODS

Never before have we presented to the
gaze of our patrons such a complete stock
of gents furnishing goods as we erhba tbs
fau. There are many ley things in the fur
nishing goods line of recent introduction,
and We will take pleasure in showing them.
We can show a larger and better selected
stock of furnishing goods, as we'll as cloth
ing, than was ever before shown in Yank-
ton. Call aud see for yourself.
HARRY KATE.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-18
PROPOSALS FOR BUILDING

EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Yankton, D. T., Sept. II, l87S.)
Proposals will be received At this Office up
to 2 o'clock p. m, Sept. 10th 1873, for the
erection Of a temporary asylum for the in
sane of Dakota.
Plans and specifications may be seen at
the counting room of J. r. Sanborn inssthis
city until Sept. 18th, 1873.
w. A. HOWARD.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-18
the RIVER

The accident to the steamer Nellie Peck,
which occurred on Saturday last = short
distance this side Of Sioux City, does not
appear to have been IS serious at at first re-
ported. From tho Sioux City Journa! Of
the l7th We CLEAN the following:
The Nellie Peck left the levce Saturday
afternoon at 4 o'clock and was making as
good time as she ever Travelled, when at ten
minutes to seven Ia the evening, at a point
lust below Snyder's wood yard, seventeen
mtles above town, in eight feet of water,
she pumped onto some hidden obstruction.
Just above the wood yard q clearing has
been made along shore, and the river has
been digging into the bank and carrying off
the stumps. many of which are very large
They have been seen floating down stream.
and 1t is supposed to have been one of these
upon which the boat struck, as no snag or
other obstruction can be found there at all.
She rode up onto it, bearing 1t down to the
river bed, and pumped along over it for q
distance Of twenty feet or so, before it slid
of, punching holes through the plank of her
bottom and breaking some of her timbers.
As soon as the water was discovered run
ming into the hold, bedding was crowded
into the holes and battened down, the 81
phOn pumps, with which she was we'll sup
piled, set at work, and she was run onto a
bar In about three feet of water, so that In
case she sank she would not have far to 60.
The pilot, James Smith, and clerk, Mr..
Dennis at once started for town in the yawl
and arrived here about half after ten O'Clock.
The extent of the damage being then over
estimated it was proposed to take the ferry
boat, Undine, to assist In saving the cargo,
but it was finally decided to fire up the Pen.
inah and have her take the load on up ri.
yer. 1t was 8 o'clock Sunday morning
before the Peninah was ready to leave,
Col. Peck and Col. Akin going up with
her. The Nellie was found all right with
not q pound of her cargo damaged or even
wet, the pumps having kept the water un-
der complete subsection. The Pcninah
reached her at 10 80 and the work of shift
ing the load commenced at once. At II ..
N. yesterday the work was done and the
Peninah started up river and the Nellie
Peck back here. The crew of the Nellie
was shifted to the former, with the excep-
ton of Capt. Msriner, who retained COM
mand. Capt. johnson Of the G. X. Peck,
who is a practical ship carpenter, took
charge of the Nellie, and Capt. Sims pro.
ceeded up river with the former. The boat
had on a $4,000 cargo of Indian supplies,
duu IL was Tue OeSt OI kOOu lOTtuue duu
good management that il was not damaged
q dollars worth. The company has sent to
Yankton for its dock and the boat will be
entirely repaired this week. 1t will take q
great many stumps to send the Peck line to
the bottom.
Capt. VIM. Sims has taken command of
the G. X, Peck. Capt. johnson, of the G.
K, has been assigned to the superinteH.
dency of repairs on the Nellie Peck.
The steamer q. K. Peck, VIM. Sims mas
ter, and jimmy Keenan, clerk, left for VI
river to-day.