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The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-01-03

from the shoulder to the elbow than the
natural arm; from the elbow to the wrist
they wee near the same length. l again
measured the child's arms when one year
old, and fourd the upper curve of this
singular one one inch longer than the
other, and the hair had grown to be fnll
one inch long. The hair looks like dog
hair and is thiclzly set on the outer sur
face OF inc arm, SO much SO that the skin
is completely hid from view. AS far as l
can discover the child is in every sother
respect natural. The child is large,
handsome and very intelligent; in the
enjoyment of good health, and has the
perfect use OF both arms.
| shall not now give my theory or
views upon the cause of this singular
freak of nature, as l have been, and shall
continue to watch the case closely, and
am studying and investigating the eau G
of this Uo all appearance combination
Of human and dog and after ! have fully
investigated the matter, and exhausted
all the resources Of information at my
command, expect then to more fully
express my views to my medical brethren
in regard to the cause and nature of this
wonderful being.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-01-03
THEsEND OF THE WORLD.
A French Scientist Predicts the End OF AL
Things

Camille Flammarin. tina French scien-
tist. thus expresses himself in La Cores
pondence Scient5fque regarding the ulti-
mate fate of our globe
The earth was born; she will de. She
will die either of old age, when her vital
elements shall have been used up, or
through the extinction of the sun, to
whose rays her lie is suspended. She
might also die by accident, through col
lission with some celestial body meeting
her on her route: but tins end of the
world is the most improbable Of all.
She may, we repeat, die a natural death
through the slow absorption of ier vital
elements. IN fact, it is probable that
the air aad water are diminishing. The
| ocean. like the atmosphere, appears to
have been formerly much more consider
able than it is in our day. The terres-
rial crust is penetrated by Wa,ers, which
! combine chemically with the rocks. 1t
i almost certain that the temperature OF
the interior Of the globe reaches that
OF boiling water at the depth OF
about six miles and prevents the
| water from descending any lower;
but the absorption will continue
with the cooling of the globe. The oxy-
gen, Nitrogen and ca,oonic acid which
compose our atmosphere, also appear to
undergo absorption, but slower. The
thinker may foresee through the mist OF
ages to come the epoch yet afar oft, in
which the earth, deprived of the atmos-
pherical glacial cold O. space by preserv-
ing the solar rays around her, will be-
come chilled in the sleep Of death.
All Henri Viyarz says: "From the sum
nit Of mountain winding shcet Of
snow vii descend upon the high plateaus
and tie valleys, driving before il life and
civilization, anG masking forever the cit
les and nations that it meets on his pas
sage. Life and human activity will
press insensibly toward the intertropical
zone. st. Petersbugh, Berlin, London
Paris, Vienna, Constantinople and Rome
will fall asleep in succession under then
eternal shroud. During very many age:
equa .orial humanity will undertake Arc
tic expeditions to find again under til,
ice Paris, Lyons, Bordeaux and Marseilles
The sea coasts Will hsve changed and thu
geographical map Of he earth will have
been transformed No one will live anc
breathe any more except in the equator
ial zone up to .hc day when the lat fam
lily, nearly dead " th cold and hunger
will sit on the shore of the last sea in thu
rays of the sun, which will hereafter shine
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-01-03

life was when he found himself in the
antiquarian bookstore with plenty of
leasure, plenty of books. and nothing to
fear from friend or Zoe. 1t was wonder
full how he rcad-lnd read The parchcd
earth does not more greedily devour the
Summer ram.
When his intellectual thirst was par
italy satisfied he began to work. He
saw the ladder,he had to climb, and, seiz-
ing the lowest round, he made his way
steadily upward. We all know by what
steps an ambitious man makes progress
by patient toil--by self-dcnial--by
courteous department by the acquisi-
ton of knowledge.
Years passed by, during all Of which
Tom had looked in vain for his early
friend, the stranger. In his tlmid awk.
wardncss, he had not thought to ask the
name Of his bcnefactor, and the only op-
portunity to do 50 had been lost.
Well, years slid away, and Tom was
elected member of Congress from the very
county where he spent his struggling
boyhood. He went to Washington, not
in coWhlde shoes and butternut colored
homespun, but dressed something as i'm
aginauon had pictured, as hc looked af-
ter his benefactor on the eventful day OF
the sleigh-rldc. A nobler looking man,
the ladies i'll the galleries said, never had
appeared upon the floor than this Yam
koe member, who, if he spoke through
his nose, always drives his arrows home
to the mark.
One day there appeared 10 the House
the venerable form Of an eXmember,
whom all present delighted to fonor. Ii
needed but one glance at that genial face
for Tom to recognize in him the giver Of
the Latin grammar. "He had come," he
said 80 listen to the gentleman who had
so manlully defended the right, and to
wish him Godspeedr'
"H," said Ton, with his old modesty,
IF it had been my good fortune to dc
anything Tor our country in the hour 81
her peril, | owe my ability to do so, in q
great measure 10 yourself
ITO me- echoed the astonishcd gen
tleman: to me; do not recollect ever
having had the pleasure Of meeting YOU
before in my lie.
"Ah, sir, have you forgotten, then, the
little school-bey among the hills Of New
Hampshire. to whom you 50 kindly sole
q Latin grammar.
The gentleman l.lt.ssd -
sold sold a Latin grammar Now
that you recall the incident. | DO recol
lect little fellow that interested ME, ano
to whom | gaye some school books.
s'Well, sir, Pm that boy. You told M
| that I mirht pay for them when / oot tt
| Congress. II you will honor me by meet
| ing d few friends at dinner / will settle
| the bill
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-01-03
A Remarkable Child.

The child was q girl, large and natural,
except the left arm and small part of
one ankle. The let arm, from near the
shoulder joint, down 20 the wrist, and
almost eucroaching uoon the hand, pre-
sented all the appearance OF dogs leg.
This anomalous arm at birth was covered
with hair, one-hali to three quarters Of
an inch long, over the entire dorsal sur
face; yet the hair covered the entire arm,
and to all appearance was (and yet is)
dog hair. Its color is dark brown.
The skin is dark, blush color, like un-
to dogs, and IS furnished with blush,
ma eX 'cs@nces. scattered here and
there over the inner surface Of the arm.
There was also an unnatural growth Of
OF the same nature upon one
ankle, the size Of asilyer quarter.
ter. The whole unnotural condition Of
this arm appears 70 be an extra growth
or covering, over q natural arm.
The line Of demarkation, or the begin
ming and ending Of this strange covering,
is well defined At the shoulder and
wrist \ projects very perccptibly above
the natural skin; and on first seeing It,
one would suppose that It the
extra covering could be removed
(slipped Off as glove, natural arm,
skin and all would remain. | measured
both arms al birth, and fonnd the strange
one to be three-quarteIs OF an inch longer
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-01-03
BALLAD OF BLUE CHINA.

There's Joy without canker or cark,
There's pleasure eternally new
Wis to gaze on the glaze and the mark
OF china that's old. and that's blue
Who'd have thought they would come to us, who
That Ger loot of an empire would hang
veil of Morrsian hue,
In the reign of the Emperor Hwangi
These dragons-their tails, you remark,
Into punches of lotus flower grew
When Noah came out of the ark,
Did these lie III wait for his crew.
They snorted. they snapped, and they flew;
They were mighty of fin and of fang,
And their portraits Celestias drew
In the reign of the Emperor Hwang.
Here's pot with house in a park,
In g park where the peach blossoms blew.
Where the lovers eloped in the dark.
Lived died, and turned into two
Bright birds that eternally flew
Through the boughs of the May as they sang;
'lis tale was undoubtedly true
In the reign OF the Emperor Hwang.
ENVOY.
Come snarl at my ecstasies. do,
Kind critic, your tongue has tang,
But sage never needed shrew
III the reign Of the Emperor Hwang.
--iHdfeen Lang, IN ScFabfaer.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-01-03
USEFUL INFORMATION.

ToR tho psotection If iren exposed
to the weather from rust varnish
composed as follows is recommended:
One hundred part mercury, 10 parts
tin, 90 parts green vitriol, 100 parts
water, and Is parts hydrochloric acid
Of 1.2 specific gravity.
TEA is as often adllterated as wine,
and the detection of the spurious kind
of tea is as difficult as in the case of
wine. Good tea should contain 30 per
cent. of extractive matter soluble in
water, Upper cent. of tannin, not more
than Ga per cent. of ash, and not less
than per cent. of ash soluble in water.
In Diagler's Joatr11alV. L. Dagusan
gives his method of forming artificial
| asphalt. Coal or wood tar is heated in
boiler until oil the water it may con-
tain is evaporated. He then adds fine-
" powdered marble of limestone that
had previously burned, stirs in per
cent. of iron oxide, silicate of potash
and gypsum, and mixes the whole thor
oughly.
A SIMPLE device, says the Plumber,
is within the reach Of every one having
an ordinary window in his room, by
which fresh outer air can be admitted
in small quantity with such an upward
current as will prevent it's being felt as
an injurious draught by the inmates. It
is particularly adapted to sleeping
rooms when the weather is too cold to
admit Of an open window. Thus, start
both top and bottom sashes of the win
dow half an inch, which is not quite
enough to clear the rebate or stop
beads at top and bottom, but which
leaves an opening of an inch between
the meeting rails through which cur
rent enters, but diverted upward by the
glass as it should be, SO as not to fall
directly to the floor, as it's GOODNESS
might otherwise induce it to do. It
thus becomes well mixed with the air
of the room without being felt as
draught.
NApHTHA.-The vexatious night-foes
never met more deadly enemy than
naphtha, the lighter part of petroleum,
sold under various names for from
25 to 80 cents per gallon. Pro-
cure q machine oiler; one that holds
pint is convenient. With this filed
| with naphtha go over in the same way
| as in oiling sewing machine, visiting
every joint and crack and flaw and
spring, and even corners Of mattresses.
| 1t does not spoil carpet OF bedding or
| wall paper. Sofas and cribs may be
drenched in that way, and, if daily ap-
Piled, the cause soon ceases. Only one
precaution should be observed: It
must not be used at night, for the gas
arising from the naphtha, if mixed with
the atmosphere, becomes explosive il &
light be applied. Hence it might be
unsafe in room with cook-stove,
unless the fire be extinguished. The
gas passes away in an hour. The same
fluid is used to wash kid gloves. Wash
like any cloth, and rinse till clean,
changing the fluid.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-01-03
AND FUTURE JUDO
MENT.


2! ooASf ~ alone with my conscience
Oils mS n p1ace where time had ceased,
h..s 4n1 ~ talked of my former living
,oau n - land where the years Increased:
lOoh hknA 4 tslt should have to answer
|th. NJ ~ question it put to rue,
~ Vuskn4 % ince the answer and question
E&lEna 4 IAxOu9hout al eternity.
Pr - ghosts Of forgotten actions
oAnoo doAting before my sight,
kf1d th1ngs ! thought were dead things
Inv d. Woeo slive with terrible might;
Ii, ~ tha vision of all my past life
r., 49, O. Awful thing to face
n hsHAi l61o with my conscience sitting
II 1hat sOlemnly silent place.
- ~ fhought of a far away warning,
kLR0lM sOf SORROW that was to be mine,
-n > land that then was the future,
IKE An&uDW Is the present time.
I, nh thought of my former thinking
Anil IM 1udgmen day to be,
|llI'i NNA&t pitting alone with my conscience
.lJl lllHl mSGned Judgment enough for me.
MGd wondered If there was future
~ this land beyond the grave;
Il.'ssu1 l... w. ttat none gave me an answer,
- naA AnA no ono came to save
Obe 40 fslt that the future was present mt
.rs W. .k0f tNnD but the thought Of my past life
|.h ~ = drown into eternity.
|icA prssf6sn IMoke from my timely dreaming,
.c,uirssss N AAdI th0vision passed away,
|raG / and knew the far away warning
II, WAsl warning Of yesterday.
linz VfAnd pray that may not forgeti it,
IN Mt0aeIAnd before the grave,
11at may not cry in tie future,
folaMRr And 10 one come to save
LIS / CSaAnd - have learnt a lesson
5 YMhc winch ought 10 have known before,
| |buqIs ~ And which, though learnt it dreaming.
DubamI Ih0p0 70 forget no more.
|Winni lloo "a elone with my conscience,
nnnNNl n he place where the years increase
3 Lake j And try to remember the future,
B Isks ss n he land where time will cease;
L Inns 4 Ax6 know of the future Judgment,
! goinss 1eW dxoadful soccer it be,
|thasNL M ~ ~ 1t alone with my conscience
+nnnyis VIII ~ Judgment enough for me.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-01-03

here below on an ambulent tomb revolv-
ing aimlessly around a useless light and
q barren heat
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-02-20
Notice to Miners.
US. LAND oPFICE, HELENA. NJ. T..
"a

february 18th, $50.
The following named settlers have this day filed
their several applications to enter as agricultural land
the fol owing described tracts claimed by them sever
ally under the Homestead and Desert Land Acts all
Oh which land has been suspended from entry:
John w. Jones, whose pOstUiiice address is Race
Track, Deer Lodge County, NJ. r., and who claims
under the Homestead Act the 3. u s. &. u and s. n
:. w. \ of section: In township g. north of range
w. and who also CLAIMS under the Desert Land Act
the N. II N. K d OF section 30 in township north
Of range west
Spring, Deer Lodge county NJ. T., and who clama
under the Desert Land Act the n w. of section 80
In township north Of range west.
John H. Duncan, whose postofiee address is Race
Track, Deer Lodge county, M. t., and who claims
under the Desert Land Act the \. k n W. 4 and n
e =. w. u Of section % in township north of
Renben G. Terril, whose postofice address is Race
Track, Deer Lodge County, NJ T., aud who claims
under the Desert Land Act the T. u N. W. \ and N
Il. 4 w. Of section 30 in township north Of
Thomas Clark. whose postofice address is Race
Track, Deer Locge county, NJ. r., and who claims
under the Desert Land Act. the ). 4 N. f. Y and N
5. E. OF section 30 In township north Of range
west:
Race Track. Deer Lodge county, NJ. r., and who
claims under the Desert Land Act the 5. u s. L.
= OF section 20 In township north of range west.
u Henry Quinlan, whose postOiice address IL Race
Track, Deer Lodge county. NJ r.. and who claims I'M
der the Homestead Act the $ L. 4 of section ! in
township north Of range 10 west.
Martin Carr whose pos toice address IL Race Track
Deer Lodge county, NJ. T., and who claims under the
Homestead Act the T. L. \ 5 w. h and W. 4 :.
W. L of section and n. e. 4 $. Z. 4 Of section 6
in townshipG north Of range 8 west
Notice is hereby given that bearing
will he had AT this Office at 10 o'clock Il. m March 49,
AID 1850 to determine to the mineral on-miner-
n character OF the above described tracts of land and
that the testimony to be used said hearing viii be
taken before Orrrn Emers0n, Probate Judge Of Deer
Lodge county, MT, Mt his Office in the town of Deer
Lodge, on Monday, March Is, 1885, "a to the tracts
claimed by the said 10 mes, Hartley, Clark and Terri
and on Tuesday, March 16 ID. 1880 n 10 the tracts
claimed by the aforesaid Duncan, Whitcraft Qninian
and Carr j, Ii. MOE, Register.
.. B. o'BASHoE. Attorney for Claimants.
b5i-5t
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Proposals for military Supplies.

HEApoUARTERs DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA,
OFFICE CHIEF QUAgTaAsTER,
ST. PAUL, MIMI, January u, 1851
SEALED PROPOSALS, in tripIicate, subject to the
- usual conditions, will he received ut this Office or
ut the Offices OF the Quartermaters of the following
named posts, and at ankton and Bismarck ID l."
and at Helena. M. T., until IL O'Clock noon, on the
2bth day OF February, $780, at which time and places
theY VIII be opened in the presence OF bidders, Tor
furnishing and delivering o. military supplies, during
Tue hscal year commencing July !, 1880, and ending
June 3O, 1881, as follows
Wool, Coal Hay, Straw, Corn. Oats and Bran
Or such of said supplies as may be required. at ST.
Paul and Fort Smelling, Nina; Ynnkt0n and toEs
Pembina sisseton. Totten, Butord, Stevenson, ABA
ham Lincoln, Meade, Yates. Bennett, Hale, Randall
Sully and Bismarck d T., Tor. Mr.. Depot Forts
Keogh, Custer, Ellis, Shaw, Logan Missoula, Benton
and AssinaboHe, NJ. II.
Delivery of such of the Supplies Grain aGd Bran
as the government may need. before June 30 lSSO
Ito DO paid for from current approprialionsl WI DC
required ind the acceptance OF or execution Wei
tract for tiny remainder, depends upon apprOprahs'
applicable 1nss 19r the purpose BY Congress .,o,d
or for quantities less than the whole required. wi
received. Sealed proposals lin tripcatel are requr
ed fcr each post, and should be accompanied 81
copy OF this advertisement.
The government reserves the right TO reject any Or
all proposals.
preference viii be given to articles OF domestic
production.
In bidding for grain bidders are requested to state
she rate per 100 pounds and not per husheE and In M
cases where grain Is to be delivered in sacks such
grain s0iA not be reeeiUed il he sacks contain greater
quantity than 100 pounds.
Blank proposals. and printed circulars stating tue
KIND aud estimated quantities required at each pos"
and giving tul instructions to the manner Ut bid
ding conditions to be observed by bidders and terms
OF contract and payment, win be furnished ON app,l-
cation 10 this Office, or to the Qnartennastes III t
various posts named
:. Proposals for a, ' :" AID
addressed to the UNDERSIGNED or 10 the respective
post or depot quartermasters.
CHAS. ii. I 0MPKINs.
Deputy Quartermaster General, U. ), Army,
aos-5t Chief Quarter master
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among the Southern people aud use his in
iiuenco TO have all men under arms surren.
der on the same terms given To the army
of Northern Virginia. lie replied that he
could not do so without consultation with
President Davis. | was sorry. | saw thai
the Confederacy bad gone beyond the
+, reach Of President Davis. and that there
was nothing that could be done except
what Lee could do to benefit the Southern
people. | was anxious TO get them home
and have our armies 20 TO their homes anC
fields. But Lee would not move without
Davis, and, as q matter OF fact, at tina,
time, or soon after. Davis was a fugitive
in the woods
GRANTS OPINION OF LEE.
Lee was of slow, conservative, eau.
tious nature, without imagination or hu.
NOR, always the same, with grave dignity
] never could see in his achievements what
justifies his reputation. The illusion that
nothing but heavy odds beat him will NO,
stand the ultimate light Of history.
know 1t is not true. Zee was good deaI
of headquarters geneial-a desk general,
from what can hear, and from what his
officers say. He was almost too Old for
active service-the best service in the field.
At the time Of the surrender he was 81 or
SO and was 43.
His officers used to say that be posed
himself, that he was retiring and exclusive,
and that his headquarters were difficult OF
access. | remember when the commits
Sioners came through our lines to treat, just
before the surrender, that one of them re-
marked on the great difference between
our headquarters and Lees. always kept
open house at headquarters, SO far as the
army was concerned.
my anxiety" said the General, "for
some time before Richmond fell was lest
Lee should abandon 1T. My pursuit OF
Lee was hazardous. was in q position
of extreme difficulty. You see | was
marching away from my supplies, while
Lee was falling back on his supplies. II
Lee had continued his flight another day l
should have had to abandon the pursuit,
fall back to Danville, build the railroad
and feed my army. So far as supplies
were concerned, / was almost at my last
gasp when the surrender took place."
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FRANK LESLIE.
THE STORY OF LONG AND BUSY CAREER

THE STORY OF A LONG AND BUSY CAREER,
Frank Leslie, Sr., whose name is so well
known from the numerous pictorial papers
that he has In the course Of time published
in New York, died on Saturday in the house
formerly Tweed's residence. now altered
into an apartment house. He was born In
Ipswich, Eng, in 1921. His fath RS name
was Joseph Carte, and be was himself
named Henry Carter. During his youth
he became fascinated with the arts of de.
signing, drawing and engraving, and con-
Meeting himself with the engraving depart-
ment of the London illustrated Mems.
signed bis work " Frank Lsslie.n He ar,
rived in Boston In 184S, and was employed
on pictorial weekly started by Gleason
d Ballou. Learning that Barnum iuteud-
cd starting an illustrated paper, he went
To Iranistan, and the interview resulted ia
Frank Leslie becoming the foreman Of the
Illustrated Nesos OF New York. The paper
was started In 1853, and though its circu-
lation was 20, 900, it lived but one wear. Tn
1854 he started the Gazette Of Fdshton.
since converted into Frank Lsslie's Ladu
Magazine. In 1855 he commenced Frank
Loslie's illustrated Newspaper. now in it's
25th year. In rapid succession Mr.. Leslie
published the Chimney Corner, Boys and
GiriS Weekly, Pleasant Hours, The Ladv's
Journal, Frank Leslie's Popular Monfhiv.
The Sunday Magazine, The Budget Of VII
and Chattert0z. and the Hlustrlte Zeituno.
In German. Mr.. Leslie was commission
or TO the Paris Exposition In 1857, and re.
ceived prize gold medal at the hands OF
Emperor Napoleon. He was At the bead
Of the New York State Commission 10 the
Philadelphia Centennial In 1870. and pub-
lished an illustrated catalogue OF the exbi-
bition. Mr.. Leslie failed In 1851, and araiu
10 1877, but satisfactory arrangements were
made with his crsditors, and his publica.
tioDs have extricatcd themselves from his
difficulties He was twice married-onoe