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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-15

Living in u plain cottage. situated
between two farms on the main settle
ment, near Portyille. about seven miles
from Olean. says the Times Of that place,
is a. young woman named Mary Lang
don. Her mother las been almost a
helpless invalid for a many years. She
heiself has long suffered with terrible
cancer on the upper part of her left arm.
To cure this or to alleviate the tornents
of mind and body which it has caused
has been her constant thought. her ever
present care. The aid OF competent
physicians has been called in and every
kind Of treatment resorted To, but with
no hopeful result. Expert medical
men pronounced the case u hopeless
one. and the poar girl was regarded by
all aud herself, as the doomed victim Of
the dreadful disease. A lady doctor Of
reputed skill in the treatment Of can
Ger recently visited the sufferer. but
gave no word OF encouragement. After
sho had gone, Mary shed no tears. but
resolved upon . desperate and danger
Gus expedicnt. and when she had re-
solved. speedily carried her design into
execution. She ran C stout needle
through the cancer. drawing q thread
through it. With this thread she tied
the artery. usihg her teeth to, aid her.
She then took . sharp table knife and
cut the cancer, which WAS of unusual
size. out Of her arm. This done. she
took the mass of quivering flesh which
she had removed from her arm, and
without word to anyone buried it in
the rear Of the cottage. So quietly had
the girl gone through with the terrible
operation thst no one in the house was
aware OF it until some time after. H,v-
ing bound up and covered the terrible
wound in her arm. she went about her
household work as usual. CT course
the result Of this fearful piece of sur
gerry 10 difficult to predict. The girl is
not at present suffering any ill effects.
and it is sincerely to be hoped that so
much courage aud endurance will be
rewarded BY . complete cure.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-15
BEDROOM.

The London Lancet has some COM
ments on this topic which may be read
with as much profit in this section as in
London. II says: II man were 10
deliberately shu. himself up for some six
or eight hours daily in stuffy room.
with closei doors and windows (the
doors not being open even to exchange
the air during the period Of incarcera
tioo) aud were then 10 complain of
heaiche and debility. he would be
Justly told that his own want Of intel
Egent foresight Was the cause of his
suffering. Nevertheless, that is what
the great mass of the people do every
night Of their lives with no thought OF
their imprudeuce There are few bed
rooms in which it is perfectly safe TO
pass tho night without something IN ore
than ordinary precaution to secure an
inflow of fresh air. Every sleeping
apartment should. of course. have fire.
place with an open chimney, aud in
cold weather il 10 well it the crate con-
taips . small fire, at least small enough
TO create al upcast current, and carry
off the vitiated air Of the room. IN all
such cases. however, when fire is used +,
it is necessary to see that the air drawn
int the room comes from the Outsids of
the house. BY an easy mistake it is
possible to place the occupant of bed
room with fire in closed house iu q
direct current of foul air drawn from
all parts OF the establishment. Summer
and winter. with or without the use of
fires, it is we'll to have free ingress Of
pure air. This should be the ventils-
tors first concern. Foul air will find
an exit If pure air 10 admitted i'll suf-
ficient quantity. but it is not certain
pure air will be drawn in il the impure
air is drawn away. SO fur IS sleeping
rooms are concerned. it is wise to let In
air from without. The aim must be 10
accomplish the object without causing q
fall of temperature or draft. The
windows may be drawn down sn inch
or two at the top with advantage. and
fold of ,nu.lin|w will form a "vcntilstor'
to take of the feeling of draft. This.
with an open fire place, will generally
suffice, and produce no unpleasant con-
sequences even when the. weather Is
cold. II is. however, essential that the
air ontside should be pure. Little is
likely to b, gained by letting in fog
or even town mist.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-15

BEWARE OF KERosESE IN DIPHruE-
RIA. Those sanguine people who i'm
sgino they have found an effective rem
ciy in kerosene oil for diphtheria are
respectfully invited to pause. An Ill
inois ph hysician says that kerosene is an
exceedingly harsh prescription. and
when taken internally in cases Of genu-
inc diphther,a, destroys what little
chance the patient has Of recovery. His
theory 10 that diphtheria can only be
overcome by vitality. and that kerosene
40 deranges the stomach - to further
impair its already overtAxed energies
to supply necessary nourishment and
strength to the enfsebled system. An
other physician At the East maintains
that the disease wAs never known until
after the oil wells in Pennsylvania were
discovered; that tho cases are more o.
we're in houses where kerosene 10 used,
and, in short, that kerosene may be the
cause of the disease Caieaoo Ledger.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-15

Some say that kissing's . sin.
But ] say it's name ava;
For kissing has wonned in this warld
Ever since there were twa.
Oh, II Il wasna Lawful,
Lawyers vadna allow il;
II il wasna holy.
Ministers wadna do it
II il wasna modcet.
Naidens wadna tax il;
II il vasna plenty,
Puir folks wadna get II.
Old Pea.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-15

THE latest slang: "Oh. you're too
new; the dust stioks 10 yea" Give
hin the vss4 Il it In Q booket."
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-15

Heaven lies about ~ 10 our infAn.
cy." Our nsighbors lie atoat Us in
after life.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-15
DENTISTRY

A DR. J. q. aRAssE. DENTlsfl OF
Hcs over L. r. Smith 0cu 3 Jewel
NIu0 y ssors, salltvsn's Block. sseasis.
W.T.. AL work geasAnteee.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-15
ABOUT DOORS.

TT Is BECOMING WE'LL UNDERSTOOD
/ that no pine door 10 ~ good In this climate q
dooss made II Puget 6oand seasonsd cedar.
For the Best Cedar DoorA,
~ VEIL ~ eoa
Sash, Blinds, Brackets and Xoldings
A. IL lowest psicss. saaA ycsr esdsss b shs
ruuWAIEA SASH AnD boon FACTORY.
spl-lN H.k Coop1a, pssSssstoe.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28
A Romantic Diner.

de rambled into the restaurant with q
smile on his face, which seemed to indi-
cate to the crowd that his soul was made
OF the perfume of roses, and that his na-
ture was soft and sweet as June sunshine
The waiter walked up to him after he
was seated, and said:
'What'l ye have, sah?"
Give me sea-loin rare, and plenty of
gravy"
"We don't keep dem, sah.''
"Then I'll take some nightingale SOUP,
but be sure there are no feathers IN it,
"Did you say clam soup?" inquired
the waiter awkwardly.
mo, sir, didn't, responded the other
with some warmth: II ordered nightin-
gale soup sansailes."
"Don't keep it."
"Have you any reindeer ,jelly9"
mo. sah."
81 should very much like some giraffe
Stew
"We amt cot none."
"Well you may bring me some lizard
fritters."
''Dey amt down on de bill.''
"What kind of place is this, ANYWAY.
You don't keep any Of the delicacies to
the season. I'm an operate composer, 7
am, and can't eat any of your ordinary
stuff"
The waiter then pushed the bill before
him, and he said
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28
"You haven't even goldfish omelettes,

"You haven't even goldfish Omelettes,
eh?"
mo. sah.' ...-
well, then, bring me a plate OF pork
and beans for satisfaction"
The beans were brought to him, and a
moment after he commenced to devour
them, he called the waiter and inquired ::
''Will you bring me an extra napkin?"
The napkin was brought, and he had
not eaten two mouthfu!s, before he called
the attendant back and carolled:
II am really sorry to disturb you, but
won't you go over to the window, and
see if it looks like rain?'
The waiter did as requested, and he no
more than got back before the guest in
CURED
"Won't you please hang table-cloth
around my neck, and allow it to mean
der down the back of the chair, it always
makes beans taste better to me.''
II can't do it, sah."
"Then I must request you to stop that
bird singing. I can never enjoy meal
while bird is singing his stereotyped
melody around
II can't stop the bird"
"Then I'll stop eating. I'll take these
beans along with me, and eat them down
in the City Hall Park where there are no
birds to bother me-
He then bagged the beans and went
solemnly on his way.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28
Vegetation on the Earth.

The densely-luxuriant tropical plants,
with their lofty palms and wilderness of
creepers; the more open woods of oak,
elm or pine, and the plains of grass or
heather of temperate chimes; the MOSES
and ichens of the far north, and the
millions of minute algm on fields of
snow; the enormous masses of marine
plants, and the multitudinous green
threads of every pond or rivulet, are
one and all continually engaged during
the hours of daylight in tearing from
the atmosphere it's carbon, and in suck
ing from the earth or sea it's water
with the mineral substances dissolved
in it,, in order to build up new masses
of organic substance from these purely
inorganic materials. The quantity of
living matter thus daily formed may be
truly termed enormous. The dry land
OF the earth's surface is estimated at
22,392,4 30 square miles. Letus assume
that of this 100000 square miles (or
little over two-thirds) are clothed with
Notwithstanding altogether the
vegetation OF the ocean-and let
but the 365th part of an inch
be the growth of this sur
face daily, and every year will be
formed a mass one inch thick and 15,-
100000 square miles in extent, which
would make solid cube of veg etable
matter about fifteen miles in extent in
each dimension. It is thus no wonder
that we should have accommodations of
vegetable debris in the form of coal in
some parts of the world Gas in Pennsyl-
vania), which may be in alternating
beds seventy feet in thickness, and ex-
tending over an area larger than that OF
Yorkshire. The wonder, at first sight,
is rather that the size of the solid earth
does not, in succeeding ages, notably
increase at the expense of it's fluid and
aeriform matter. But fast as organic
matter is thus accumulated by so enor-
nous and necessarily acting manu-
factory, its fabric is nevertheless much
like the web of Penelope; for close up
on Life follows death, and with the death
OF all organisms, their substance (by
decomposition) returns again for the
most part Gas water, carbonic acid, am
MONA and various gases, etc. y to that
organic world whence it was originally
derived.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28

the nose-bag and blub in that, and when
she came back sudden I tried to look as
i'll hadn't done it, but was blowing nv
nose.
To think of that dear lady-God bless
her-a-goin' visitin' SIGH places as that a.
prayin' and givin' out tracts to them
poor creatures as nobody else cared rap
about! Bless my soul I feel queer again
when I think of it.
''When I gets to the corner of the swell
street IN tile West End where I always
left her, she 'olds out that little land of
'ers with a bright five shilling piece in it
which was more than lawfully too
and she says, pleasant and soclable, as
she always was to me Goodnight Will
liam take your fare.'
" 4 WON'T says I.
"'What do you say?' she cries.
(which I mean for to say;'I 'ollers
like idiot, as I'll be bowed if I take
any fare from hangill like you; which
l mean for to say as how; I containers.
bangln' my at violent on the ground,
God bless you! Then grabs odd of nv
at again, jumps on the box, its my 'orse
such oner over the ed as woke him up
sharp and drove off like mad"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28
Population of Africa.

we cannot hope Tor many years yet
to have anything like accurate statistics
on the population of Africa. Several
regions, the population of which is Ger
tainly great, will probably long escape
anything like thorough examination.
There are, for example, in the regions
OF the great lakes, countries quite as
thickly populated as many of the states
OF Europe. Stanley tells us of coun-
tries OF relatively small extent, and
which yet possess millions of inhabi-
tants. When we shall have succeeded
IN making an approximate census of all
the populations, we shall probably reach
figure considerably higher than the
present estimate. Some authorities &C.
cord to Africa not more than 100000
600 Of inhabitants; others still less.
German geographers suppose that
Africa contains somewhat more than
2OO,OOO,0O0 of inhabitants; the latest
English publications estimate the pop
ulatlon at 186, OOO, 900, which, for an area
OF 100000 square miles, gives an aver
age of sixteen inhabitants per square
mile, or specific population eleven and
one-haf times less than that of France.
Africa, which has ffty-seven times the
area Of France, has probably scarcely
more than eight time the population.
The suppression of the slave trade, and
the influence Of European civilization.
may lead to an increase of population
very rapid and very great. It should
be observed that the approsimati7e fig
ure of the specific population, applied
to the whole of the African continent.
will not give a just idea of the compact
character of the populations of the in
terror. According to Behna, the negro
regions are by far the most populous
parts of the continent. If the popula-
lions are sparse in the desert parts.
they are very dense in other regions.
Thus, in the Soudan the population is
estimated at 80;000,00O, or about So per
square mile; the town of Bida, on the
Niger, has population of $4,000 in
habitants. The population of East
Africa is estimated at about 100000,
and that of Equatorial Africa at 100000
600. One of the latest authorities di-
vides the population of Africa as fol-
lows among the great families into
which ethnologists have divided the
people; Negroes, 130,00o,O0O; Hamites,
10000, 900; Bantos, $4,000, 900; Fulahs,
100000; Nubians, 100000; Hotten.
tots, $4,000. This would give a total
population of 172,55O0O0. These fg-
ures are, of course, only approximate,
and may be much modified by new and
more precise information. The Ban
tus, for example, who, according to F.
M. Muller, form at least one quarter of
the population of Africa, might be found
to number 100000. These data we
take from a paper by NJ. A. Rabatd, in
the Bulletin of the Marseilles Geo.
graphical Society.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28
Mixed Relationship.

A telegram was received in Colorado
a few days since directing the proper
authorities to arrest young man who,
it was alleged, had run away with his
aunt. Il have an order for your ar
rest," remarked the officer, addressing
the supposed criminal. "For what?"
You have been running away with
your aunt" IN aunt? Why, she's
my wife!" "But wasn't she your aunt
before she became your wife? You see,
we don't tolerate those kinds of goings
on out in Colorado" II suppose you
were never in Utah?" remarked the
young man, after he had completed his
survey of the detective. emo" well,
as you don't understand the relations of
an aunt and nephew in that Territory,
I suppose I ought to explain them to you,
and then, perhaps, you may see your
duty palmer. Ny father married my
mother" Il suppose So" "Then he
stranger, without needing the Interrupt
ton. @Then he married the sister of
his brother-in-law; then the daughter
of his uncle, who was a cousin to his
first two wives; then he married her
daughter; and son of this wife mar
ried my sister, who was also widow of
one of the other wives sons. I sup
pose you are following me?" interject-
ed the narrator. marry your aunt or
your grandmother either, or both of
them" "And you won't arrest me?"
mo; you might be your own father"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28
Finding "Girl" in the Bible.

An English town missionary, short
time ago, related a remarkable incident
There was lodging house in his district
which he had long desired to enter, but
he was deferred from so doing by his
friend, who feared that his life would be
thereby endangered. He became at length
so uneasy that he determined to
risk all consequences and try to gain aa
mission SO one day he gave somewhat
timid knock at the door, in response to
which coarse voice roared out: Who's
there?' and at the same moment vic1.
GUS looking woman opened the door and
ordered the man Of God away.
''Let him come in and see who. he is
and what he wants." growled out the
same voice. The missionary walked in,
and, bowling politely to the rough-look.
ing man whom he had just heard speak
said:
~ have been visiting most of the hous.
es in the ne1ghborhood to read with and
talk to the people about good things.
have passed your door as long as I feel
ought, for I wish also to talk with you
and your lodgers.'
care you what is called q town mis-
sionary?"
II am sir" was the reply.
"Well, then," said the ferce-looklne
man, "sit down and hear what am going
to say. will ask you question out OF
the Bible. IF you answer me right you
may call at this house anal read with us
and pray with US and our dodgers
as often as YOU like; but if You
do rot answer me right we will tear your
clothes off your back and tumble you
into the street, neck and heels. Now,
what do you say to that, for I'm a man OF
my word?"
The missionary was perplexed, but at
length quietly said:
II will take you.''
"Well, then,'' said the man, 'shere
goes. Is the word girl in any part of the
Bible? If so, where can it be found and
how often? Than is my question:"
"Well, sir, the word girl is in the BIZ
BILE, but only once, and may be found in
the words OF the Prophet Joel, ill.,, g.
The words are: 'And sold girl for
wine, that they might drink"
SWELL" replied the man, II am dead
beat; burst to have bet five pounds
you could not have told" ssAnd could
not have told yesterday" said the visitor
"For several days I have been praying
that the Lord would open me way In!
to this house, and this very morning,
when reading the Scriptures in my
family, I was surprised to find the word
girl, and got the concordance to see if il
occurred again, and found it did not. And
now, sir, believe that God did know
and does know what will come to pass,
and surely His hand is in this for my
protection and your good"
The whole of the inmates were greatly
surprised, and the incident has been over.
ruled to the conversion Of the man, his
wife and two of the dodgers.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28
INTERPRETATIONS.
BY ELI oMAL.

Although my early life on me conferred
Rich sense of sweet existence in q land
Where ofttines bloomed bright flowers, where
every bird
81 Sang some blithe songs, where waved the potent
wand
Of youths aspiring dream yet now stand
With thankful eyes appraised to heaven, for
Have left the vale. Round me repose the grand
Snow-crowned Sierras. while scarce could sigh,
Because seek to pierce the stormy, painless
sky. p.
g.ta.r II.
There is q certain narrow path which leads
Down to lane untrequented by teams.
Yon hopping robins chirp, chirp, quickly speeds
lily memory to that dear place which seems,
In moonlit summer nights fit home of dreams.
Oh! when in seasons of the long ago,
Eeviving in the suns returning beams,
Earth ransoned beauty from her tomb Of snow
Beside that orchard path bird-songs neer conjured
woe.
CHICAGO, III.
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A Lighted Weed.

A countryman on ferry-boa5 the
other night puta cigar into his mouth,
and gentleman who was sitting next
to him handed him lighted weed.
The countryman took it and contempt
uously threw it Oh the floor, whereupon
the gentleman screamed: - Il.
What did you do that for, sir?"
Cause I don't smoke butts" was the
reply. ..sa NJ ... y
But I gave it to you to take light
from" protested the gentleman.
Well" said the Hoosier, g amt no
Greek; I chaw my cigars"
And he chawed, and that ended the
conversation.
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away, and the children, worn out with
bind-man's buff and puss in the corner,
had been tucked snugly away in their
beds.
When the other grown-up people
were talking about "Auld Lang Syne,"
and Aunt Patience sat in front of the
fire alone, Patty drew up her stool, put
her head on her knee, and told her
Mrs. Brewers message.
Aunt Patty looked pleased, but she
couldn't help saying:
Cooked everything they had for one
meal, I s'pOse. Shiftlessl'' :
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His Only Chance.

Patient DO you mean to say that
ny complaint is dangerous one?"
Doctor-"A very dangerous one, nv
dear friend. Still, people have been
known to recover from it; so you must
not give up all hope. But recouect one
thing-your only chance is to keep
cheerful frame of mind, and avoid
anything like depression of spirits."-
London Punch. ~. 0...
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Lawyers Under Peter.

Peter the Great OF Russia was L mon
arch of large views but invincible preju-
dices. He loved his country, and longed
to see it take higher place in Euro
pean history. He saw clearly that
progress could be made only by the in
PRODUCTION of new industries and by
skillful training in mechanical labor.
To forward this end he visited in dis
guise the older nations Of Europe, made
himself thoroughly acquainted with
their forms of industry, and worked as
q common mechanic at various trades.
He sent, also, numerous young men
of promise to great cities in other
countries, to acquire skill in the me-
chanical arts, and to become teachers
of their countrymen.
But, while honoring all well-trained
mechanics, he had a rooted contempt
for lawyers. It puzzled him to under
stand how they occupied high positions
in England and France. They multi
Piled quarrels, he said, and fattened on
the life-blood of others. Vexed at the
high esteem in which they were held
elsewhere, he vented his wrath in the
memorable threat:
II am thankful I have only two law
yers in my empire. When I return I
mean to execute one of them.''
The elevation above the level of the
sea of some of the chief railways of the
world is as follows: The Apennine
line, at it's highest point, is GIT meters
above the sea level; the Black Forest
line, $50 meters; the Semmerins, $50;
and the railway over the Caucasus, 975
meters. The tunnel of the St. Gothard
line attains an elevation of 1,154 me-
tiers; the Bremner line, 1867, and the
Mount Gents line, 1898. In America
the highest lines are the North Pacific,
which at it's most elevated point is 1862
meters above the level of the ocean; the
Central Pacific, 2,14O; and the Union
Pacific, 2,513 meters. The highest point
Of the railway over the Andes is 4,769
meters above the sea level