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The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05
On Digestion.

It is incomplete digestion of the en- tire quantity of food crammed into the stomach during business h0ars, and when the mind and vital forces are completely swallowed up in the con temptation of money-getting, which forms favorable soil for the prOpaga- tion of disease You rob Peter to pay Paul.
 Not freedom from anxiety only, but absolute rest of both body and mind, for half an hour, should precede the midday meal.
 The Impalite if not barbarous habit, fostered by many Americans to the ln- tense disgust and subject to the rldicuie of travellers from abroad, Is the un- seemly haste in which some persons rush away from the dinner table with their mouths crammed with food, and with strangulation imminent complete the process of mastlcation, and deglnt- tion en route to the counting room or work shop. a Let us hasten slowly Life is sufficiently long tor all needfui purposes If not stunted by improper practices
 A genial, companionable, and even temper, enriched by good humor, and q lively anticipation of the feast, VIII be the most provocative of those con ditions on which digestion depends
 The most prolific source of disease now affecting my countrymen, may DC traced to full midday dinners.
 It is not so much the quality of the food you eat as the quantity which invites diseases. Nlne-tenshs of my fellow-men engorge themselves with with double the amount Of food most favorable to longevity. The hermit m1ser lives more fully in accord with natures laws than we.-Prets0R Ssossi. N. D.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05
Do the Dying Suffer Pain2

People do not like to think of death. It is an unpleasant subject; but 1t con- stantly obtrudes itself, and there has been much speculation as to whether mental or physical pain attends the final act. Observation teaches us that there is little pain of either kind in dy- ing. Experience will come to us all one of these days, but 1t will come too late to benefit those who remain. It seems to be kind provision of nature that, as we approach the dread event, our terrors diminish, and the coward and the hero die alike-fearless, in- different or resigned. As to physical pain, Dr. Edward H. Clark, in '' Wis ions," says:
 s'The rule is that unconsciousness, not pain, attends the final act. To the subject of 1t death is no more painful than birth. Painlessly we come |; whence we know not. Painlessly we go; whither we know not. Nature kindly provides an an@sthetic for the body when the spirit leaves 1t. Pre- vious to that moment and in prepara- tion for it, respiration becomes feeble, generally slow and short, often accom- plished by long inspirations and short, sudden aspirations, so that the blood is steadily less and less oxygenated. At the same time, the heart acts with cor debility, producing a slow, feeble and often irregular pulse. As this process goes on, the blood is not only driven to the head with dimin- ished force and in less quantity, but what flows there is loaded more and more with carbonic acid gas, power ful anaesthetic, the same as that de rived from charcoal. Subject to it's in fuence the nerve centers lose con- sciousness and sensibility, apparent sleep creeps over the system then comes stupor, and then the end.'
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05
NO. 24.
A Sermon to Girls-On Cooking.

Cooking classes have been popular
 among fashionable young ladies of
 late years. But there Is no cooking .class which quite equals in its op-
 portunity for excellent information,
 that which you may find at home Pre-
 suming that am talking to girl who
 has just left school, advise you to
 make use of your leisure in taking les
 sons of your mother. There is an ab-
 solutely splendid feeling of indepen-
 dence in knowing how to make per
 fectly light, sweet, substantial bread.
 Then try your hand at biscuits, muffins.
 corn bread, toast, and all the different
 forms into which breadstuffs may be
 blended. Toast seems a simple thing enough, but it is frequently so poorly
 made that it does not deserve the name. Toast, a necessity of the sick room, is often a hopeless mystery to women who have the vaguest idea of how it is evolved from the raw material. After you have mastered the bread question, try meats and vegetables. Any bright girl who can comprehend an equation, or formulate a syllogism, can overcome the difficulties which beset her when learning to cook Lycent syrups. golden cake, delicately Drowned bread, quivering jellies, melting creams, and the whole set of material things glori-
 fed, because made for loves sake, and for the good of ones dear ones. are lit expressions for any woman. The charm of this accomplishment lies in the fact, that 1t imparts to its owner 8 gratifying sense of power, 1t bestows on her, too. the power of blessing and resting those she loves best. Wherever the cook goes she takes her welcome along. One may tire of the sweetest singing. of the loveliest poetry, of the finest painting, and of the most witty conversation. but of good cooking, never But l would be sorry to have you contented to be only a cook, only domestic ma- chine. That is not my meaning nor in tention. Be artist, poet, inventor, and well-bred woman be the most and the best that you can and add. as mat ter of course, ability to keep house we'll and to do all that gooo house keeping includes.-H. E. SGRgStsT.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05
An Eccentric King.

The King of Bavaria, who, if he were
 not king, would be adjudged luna
 tic, and probably shut up in an asylum,
 is attracting the attention of the gossips for his eccentric, unique way of enjoy ing an opera. He has it performed exclusively for his own benefit and en- tirely in his own presence. He is es- pecially fond of the Maid of Orleans and, without regard to expense, has had magnificent scenes painted for 1t, and special decorations made. The whole is gone through with the same care and brilliancy as if the theater was crowded. and the scenes are even more magnificent than at any public repre- sentation. That of the Cathedral at Rheims, executed for the scene of the coronation, Is said to be @ masterpiece of decorative painting, of splendor and richness which defy description. But the King allows no spectators. Even the director of the theater is not allowed to be present. One day, al though hidden in an obscure corner of a distant box, the King noticed him, and was very angry and ordered him away. The director is obliged to sit in one of the wings of the stage in order to see the performance. For the most part the King is pleased with the ac- tors but he insists upon their being textually exact. One day one of them said '' or '" instead of '' ''and," and the King, stopping the performance, sent an indignant rebuke by 8 servant who stands always behind the royal box. On the other hand, after scenes which greatly charm him, he sends. costly presents. If the whole representation has pleased him, he has been known to rouse the actors from their lodgings at 2 o'clock in the morning, and give them bracelet, breast-pin, ring or cross. The most interesting feature of it all is that the poor, hard worked, al most brutalized Bavarian peasants have to pay for the indulgence of this crazy nonsense Detroit Free Press.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05

WHERE ?-Where shall we find our aristocrats? ? Twenty years ago this one made candles, that one sold candles and
 butter, another butchered. a fourth carried on distillery, another was a contractor on canals, others were mer- chants and mechanics. They are &C., q uainted with both ends of society, as their children will be after them. though 1t will not do to say so out loud. For often you find these toiling worms hatch butterflies they live about year. Death brings division of property, and it brings new fnanciers. The old gen. tieman is discharged, the young gentle man takes revenues and begins to travel toward poverty, which he reaches be- fore death, or his children do if he does not, so that, iI fact, there is sort of moneyed rank; it is not hereditary it is accessible to all. The father grubs and grows rich his children strut and use the money. The children in turn inherit pride and go shiftless to pover- ty. Next their children, re-invigorated by fresh p1ebeian blood and by the smell of the clod, come mp again. Thus so- ciety, like tree, draws its sap from the earth.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05
Origin of Two Popular Poems.

Hoods touching lyric, The Song of the Shirt, was the work of an evening. Its author was prompted to write 1t by the condition of thousands of working women in the city of London. The effect of its production was foreseen by two persons, the poets wife and Mark Lemon, the editor of Punch.
 Now mind, Tom-mind my words, " said his devoted wife, $ this will tell wonderfully. It is one of the best things you ever did,"
 MT. Lemon, looking over his letters one morning, opened an envelope in- closing a poem which the writer said had been rejected by three London journals. He begged the editor to con sign it to the waste basket if it was not thought suitable for Punch, as the author was sick of the sight of it. D The poem was signed Tom Hood, and was entitled "The Song of the Shirt. l"
 It was submitted to the weekly meet ing of the editors and principal con tributors, several of whom opposed it's publication as unsuitable to the pages ever, was so firmly impressed with its beauty, that he published 1t on Decem- Der 16, 1843.
 'The Song of the Shirt trebled the sale of the paper and created profound sensation throughout Great Britain. People of every class were moved by it. It was chanted by ballad singers in the streets of London, and drew tears from the eyes of princes. Some years after the authors death the English people erected monument over his grave. The rich gave guineas, the la borers and sewing women gave shillings and pence. Sculptured on 1t is the in scription devised by himself :t He sang The Song of the Shirt"
 The Old Oaken Bucket was writ ten fifty or more years ago by printer named Samuel Woodworth. He was in the habit of dropping into a noted saloon kept by one Mallory. One day, after drinking 8 glass of brandy and water, he smacked his lips and declared that Mallory's brandy was superior to any drink he had ever tasted.
 Mo-" said Mallory, you are mis- taken. There was a drink which in both our estimations far surpassed this. "
 What was that ? 7" increduously asked Woodwork.
 'The fresh spring water we used to drink from the old oaken bucket that hung in the well, after returning from the fields on sultry day"
 "Very true," replied Woodwork, glistening in his eyes.
 Returning to his printing office, he seated himself at his desk and began to write. In half an hour
 ' The old oaken bucket. the iron bound bucket, The mOss-covered bucket which hung in the
 well'' Was embalmed in an inspiring song that has become as familiar as house. hold word
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05

SLAVERY IN AFRICA.-The idea that
 slavery in Africa disappeared with the abolition of the foreign ave-trade, an
 idea which seems to be prevalent both in Europe and in America, is neverthe- less a mistaken one. Slavery not only exists, but its evils are very much az
 gravated by the fact that for want of foreign market the supply is in excess of the demand. The value of the slave has depreciated until the preser- vation of his life and health has be- come matter of no consequence tohis owner. The increased and growing export trade of Africa is the product of slave labor. The slave, not so well fed or cared for, is raising groundnuts in some distant part of his own country, as far away from his home and his kin as though he were cultivating sugar on a Cuban plantation. It is safe to say that money and sympathy expended upon the negro slave has in no wise ameliorated his condition. On the contrary, the trade which was made and abolished at sea has added to its cruelties the thousand times greater evils of transportation overland through the jungles and where hundreds perish by the wayside from famine and exposure Ne1o Fork Herald Vest Coast Letter.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05

CREAM CAKEs.-Iw0 cups sugar. one half cup butter, well beaten togetaers three eggs, one cup milk, one teaspoon full cream tartar, one-half teaspoon1u1 soda, flour to make as stiff as cup cake three or three and one-half cups This receipt makes two loaves- For the cream, two loaves, one pint ml4As one cup of sugar, two eggs, thrSS dessert-spoonfuls corn-starcn flavor
 with lemon or vanilla, or the grated rind of two oranges and the lulee or two oranges; str all together; and put into tn kettle, set into a kettle or boiling water, ana stir until It thlekenss bake the cake in layers (the receipt makes six, and spread the cream De- tween. Very nice.
 RoULADEs OF VEAL OR BEEF.-Cot a tillet of veal or rump of beet m slices half an inch thick and four or nve inches round; salt and pepper tnsse we'll on both sides; cut some bacon ID slips, two by three inches; chop some parsley, salt and pepper; ada some lemon peel; roll the bacon In tn1s AniA- ture: put a slice of the bacon on piece of meat, roll it together, and ue with string; flour them, have sauce pan. with some melted butter and some bacon; when very hot put Tn the rolled pieces, and brown all over; cover them with bouillon or waters add hall A sliced onion and some celery, and cook slowly for an hour and half- Serve 1t with boiled rice.
 DROPPED EGGs.-Have a saucepan or boiling water, and drop fresh eggs care fully into the water. Let them stand where they will be hot but not boil, until the whites set. Toast some thin slices of bread nicely, lay them in q dish. and pour over a gill of rich, hot cream, salted to taste. Take up the eggs with ! skinner and put an egg on each plate of toast. Sprinkle q little salt md pepper ever, and garnish with pars- ey If you please.
 Remember that much of the skill of casting poultry in the best manner de- bends upon basting faithfully.
 Poultry and game are less nutritious. ut more digestible than other meats
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05

The bridesmaids of the Princess Louise Margaret had to pay some what dearly for the honor of appearing in this capacity. These young ladies were informed that, in order to insure uniformity, their dresses must be made for them by a modiste who charged them fifty guineas each, and that they were to be coiffed by one artist. In addition to this they were each required to give check of fifty guineas to buy a present for her royal highness.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05

Human happiness has no perfect se- curity but freedom freedom none but virtue; virtue none but knowledge; and neither freedom nor virtue has any vigor or immortal hope except in the principles of the Christian faith, and in the sanctions of the Christian religion.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05
Last Days.
BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.

The long. brown beach lies sleeping in the sun, The hot, white noon leans idly to the bay, Cloud upon folded cloud, above my head, Opens the blossom of the perfect day. There is a color like living soul UponI the half-revealed but half-veiled sky 1; Glad to sad eyes, reclines the flushed, full tide, Celestial body that shall never die My prayers look out like orphans through their tears;
 My heart cries out. Oh life Oh life for
 thee. But One across the water draweth nigh, Too kind and so too dumb to answer me.
 Sunday Afternoon.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05
A Strange Flea.

Once upon time troop of ieas were exhibited at Berlin, before the king and queen. The professor was suddenly seen to exhibit signs of con sternation.
 $ What is the matter, Herr Profes- sor ?'' inquired His Majesty, on seeing that the performance had suddenly come to stand-still.
 Sire, I perceive that one of my very best performers, the Great Napoleon, has got loose and disappeared"
 Let search at once be made for the Great Napoleon" replied the king, spontaneously. Ladies and gentle men, let the Herr Professor have your best help in recapturing the Great Napoleon. In what direction, Herr Professor, do you imagine the runaway to have gone p
 eff I may venture, sire, to reply frankly" returned the parsonage, "I suspect the Great Napoleon to have secreted himself about the person of her serene Highness, the Princess F-."
 The " Highness thus named feeling anything but F' serene at the thought of affording quarters to such an in truder, made a nasty retreat to her own apartments, whence, after 8 brief re- tirement, she smilingly returned to the royal presence. bringing some ob- ject held delicately between her thumb and finger, which she cautiously made over to the professor.
 Alas, sire p exclaimed the latter, after moments glance at what he thought was his discovered treasure, '' this is wild flea, and not the Great I'
 And the exhibition was brought to an ignominious conclusion.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05

THE BRoNTE FAMILY.-Mr. Francis Grundy is an Englishman who at one time in his life was introduced by his friend Patrick Bronte into the domestic circle at Haworth Rectory. Thus he describes the members ''T The father upright, handsome, distantly court eous, white haired, tall knowing me as his sons friend. he would treat me in the Grandisonian fashion, coming him self down to the little inn to invite me, a boy, up to his house, where I would be coldly uncomfortable until I could escape with Patrick Bramwell to the moors. The daughters distant and distrait, large of nose, small of figure, red of hair, prominent of spectacles i; showing great intellectual development, but with eyes constantly cast down, very silent, painfully retiring. Bramwen was very much like them, al- most insignifcantly small-one of his life's trials. He had mass of red hair, which he wore brushed high of his forehead, to help his height, l fancy {; a great, bumpy, intellectual forehead, nearly half the size of the whole facial contour small ferrety eyes, deep sunk, and still further hidden by the never removed spectacIes prominent nose, but weak lower features. He had 8 downcast look, which never varied, save for a rapid momentary glance at long intervals. Small and thin of per son, he was the reverse of attractive at first sight"
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05

Subscribers coming in at the rate of fifty a day." said an editor; and the rival paper explained that they were coming in to order their paper stopped.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05

STRYcHNINE.-In Ceylon and several districts of India grows a moderate
 sized tree, with thick and shining leaves and a short, crooked stem. In the fruit season it is readily recognized
 by its rich, orange-colored berries, about as large as golden pippins-the favorite fruit of many birds-within which are the flat, round seeds, not an inch in diameter, ash-gray in color, and covered with very minute silky hairs. The Germans fancy that they can dis cover resemblance in them to crows eyes, but the likeness to them is purely imaginary. The tree is the strychnos nux vomica, and the seed is the deadly poison nut. The latter was used as a medicine by the Hindoos, and its na ture and properties were understood by Oriental doctors long before 1t was known to foreign nations. Dog killer and fish-scale are two of it's Arabic names. It is stated that at present the natives of Hindostan often take 1t for many months continuously, in much the same way as an opium eater eats opium. They commence with taking the eighth part of nut day, and gradually increase their allowance to an entire nut, which would be about twenty grains. If they eat it directly before or after food, no unpleasant eff fects are produced but if they neglect these precautions, spasms result.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05

The mind is liquid ether, filled with ideas of different gravity cares and troubles, though the heavier, are kept uppermost by the stir and current of waking life but when all is hushed in Der, the disturbing causes cease to operate, and lightly uprise the gentle thoughts, the bright imaginings, con- cealed by the troubling of the waters.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05

Ingenious is the American rogue. A poultry speculator in Warren county, Penn., buys chickens in the country and writes out receipt for the farmer to sign. The point of his pencil invari- ably breaks off just before the sigma ture is reached, and he produces fountain pen from his pocket. The body of the receipt is written in pencil and the farmers name in ink. When the speculator goes to town he erases all the pencil marks and writes out in ink a promissory note for $100 or $50, and has 1t discounted by bank.
The Phoenix herald., 1879-07-05

Edison has applied for second Eng fish patent for electric candles.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-04-02
Billy Marble.

Owing to the change of their dates the
Billy Marble Dramatic Company will not
play here this Wednesday evening as ad
vertised, hut they will be here OF April
7th, 9Th, 9th, q season If three lights.
when they will produce the great plays
of Driven fiom Home rip Van
Wrinkle" and other popular plays. MIR.
NJ arble is supported bv a frst-cIass COM
pany of dramatic artists, selected for this
company from the principal thea res of
New York and Chicago, expressly for
the parts they are playing. Read what
the Dubuque Herald says Of this great
comedian:
"3illy Marble the popular commedian
opened last night at the Opera House to
a house that was jammed full from the
floor to the dome of The building. The
company as it now stands Is the best that
has ever surrounded Marble. The ap
plause bestowed upon them made the
Opera House fairly ring. and when Mar
bic appeared the applause was almost
deafening. it being some minutes before
he could speak. The audience returned
to their homes with aching sides" g
Admission, so cts, Children % cts.
Reserved seats without extra charge.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-04-02

the tenor singer, which caused him to
cruelty a beautiful strain. While reach
Jag for a sixteenth note on the home
stretch the young MAJ missed 1t and lit
on a full note two bars farther on; he
held to it with full force for the the 9TH
ers to come up, but they stopped for
breath at a rest. He still held to the
note; his eyes bulged out and his voice
grew fainter, and he hung to the note.
Before the Others came up so that he
could change, his breath gave out, and
he fell into his seat, the worst usel up
man that ever tried to Sing bass. Toe
minister preached Il sermon on the weak
less of human endeavors.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-04-02

LAST Thursday Afternoon Sheriff Nc
Donald Of Clay coulty and Sheriff Bovee
of Union county, caught John Foley in
this city under a hay stack to which he
had fled when closely persued by the
officers. Foley stole a horse from Got
lob Schmitgall of Yankton, and had got
this far on his way when overtaken.
The officers persuaded him to tell where
lie had left the horse, which was found
and delivered to the owner last Saturday.
Foley says he isa native OF Illinois, and
saws he has a father in the ranch bust
ness in Dakota and brothers in business
in Dcadwood. At Yankton lie waived
an examination and is now in Jail await
log the action Of the grand jury. The
officers deserve much praise for his spec
dy capture; and the fate Of a few OF those
rascals who have come to grief IN THU
county within the last few months should
be . warning to others.
LATER.-Since the above was written
and set up. we have noticed in the Pres
s Drkotaian that, as usual, Sheriff Nc
Donald claims all the honor Of the capt
ure of the thief, when the facts are, b
vsc caught. the party, and had it not heeI
for him the young ,nan would b
Vt liberty. Just why the Sheriff Of Cha
county sbould tell falsehoods TO gaia
reputation, We cannot see.