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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-11-24
FANCY'S CHANCES.


Come brothers, let us sing dirge-
dirge for myried chances dead;
In grief your mournful accents merge
Sing, sing the girls we might have wed.
Sweet lips were those we never pressed
In love that never lost the dew
In sunlight of a love confessed
Kind were the girls we never knew
Sing low, sing low, while in the glow
OF fancy's hour those forms we trace,
lowering around the years that 60
Those years our lives can ne'er replace.
Sweet lips are those that never turn
A cruel word dear eyes that lead
The heart on in blithe concern;
White hand of her we did not we'd
Fair hair or dark, that falls along
form that never shrinks with time
Bright image of q realm of song
Standing beside our years of prime.
When you shall go, then may we know
The heart is dead. the man is old:
Life can no other charm bestOw
When girls we might have loved turn cold
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-11-24
The Possibilities of Youth.

feel profounder reverence for boy than for a
man: never met ragged boy in the street without
feeling that may owe him a salute. for know not
james H. Garfield.
The possibilities Of hoyhood afford a
| glowing theme for thought. They reach in
two directions; possibility Of great good
| and possibility of great evil. Which
road, o boys and young men. are you travel.
| ing? Your destinies are measurably within
your own grasp. And at no period of YOUR
life will it be within your power to do more
in determining what shall be the fruit of
you: life than in boyhood and youth.
We wish we could impress this thought
with riveting force upon the minds and
heart of the boys and youth. We see SO
many boys upon the streets in the evening,
when the charms Of the home circle ought
to have their presence; and upon Sunday
when more sacred duties make demands
upon their better nature. The street is
terrible school of vice. Better no educa.
ton at all than that kind. 1t is adjunct of
the penitentiary, contributor to the re.
form school, the insane asylums, the
hospitals for the nebriate, the poor farms
and the drunkard's grave.
Our statement of the case is either true
or it is untrue. 1t must be one or the
other. If it is an unfaithful picture of life
that fact can easily be demonstrated. fit
is a true picture, then it is one to which
every boy and young man ought to give
heed. We do not think that even the
most casual observer will deny the correct
ness of the statements, They are borne
out by the statistics of all penal and CHART
able institutions, and by every process of
observation and reason. They are hard,
indisputable facts, illustrated.day life. We
had an illustration in this city only last
week, in the sudden and sad ending Of a
young mans life because he had laid hold
upon the ways of sin. 1t was not an ex.
ceptional case. 1t is the sad duty of the
press to chronicle many cases of equally
painful nature. Our exchanges seldom, if
ever, fail to bring us advices of young lives
wrecked by dissipation and violence. 1t is
a lamentable picture Of life. The world is
beautiful and full of real happiness where
sin is Stunned. 1t is repulsive, and full of
woe where sin is. There is no escape from
this fact, and for that reason we wish we
could have the ear and thoughtful atten.
ton of every young reader and the power
to impress upon his mind the Importance of
stunning a street education, which does so
much to forever wreck the character and
career of all who obtain it.-HaWkeye.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-11-24
OAK HALL, PHILADELPHIA.
W0rtb
Kn0zvi;ng.

There is a place in Phila-
delphia where a stranger
may buy his clothes, and
fare as well as if he knew
the whole city by heart; and
It ne knows nothing about
the value of cloths, or of
clothes, he is as well off, as
it he were a good judge of
both.
The reason is that every
thing to be found there is
made there-made and sold
under a system which rarely
allows mistakes to occur, and
which corrects them, if they
do occur.
OAK HALL is the place;
and its practice may be
summed up in a few words.
If you get there what you
don't want to keep at the
price, you return it, and get
your money back.
This means a great deal
more than appears on the
surface. 1t means that you
are not going to get what
you will not want to keep at
the price, if the merchant can
help it. 1t means that the
clothes you get there will be
of honest cloths, honestly
made; and that they will
cost you less than as good
clothes can be got for else
where. 1t means that they
will be every way better
worth your money than you
can get elsewhere for the
same money.
If it means anything less
than these things-ifit means
poor cloths, trimmings, cut
ting, sewing, or in any way
dishonest or illiberal dealing;
the return of his goods will
plague the merchant, injure
his credit, and dissipate his
trade.
If it means these things
if it means liberal and honor
able dealing, valuable and
trustty clothing, ease and
safe.tyin getting it, OAK HALL
is The place for you to go to,
or to send to; and it is worth
your while to know how you
can send, if is inconvenient
to go.
Write; say what your
occupation is say what
sort of use you intend to
make of the clothes you
want, whether for everyday
wear or otherwise; what
color you prefer, or what
color to avoid; say about
what you want to pay; say
everything that you think
may aid a stranger in
choosing for you. You
will get in reply samples
of cloths and prices of what
ever you want made from
those cloths. You will get
also the means of having
your measure taken by an
unskilful person.
There is only one diff
Guilty left. Somebody has
got to take the risks of the
dealing; for there are risks.
Send your money along
with your order. That
covers the risk as to your
good faith. We risk every
thing else /; the fit, and
your satisfaction every way.
Our trade by mail
amounts to half a million
dollars a year; there's no
reason why it shouldn't
amount to five millions.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-11-24

A SooIAsLE TINE OF IT.-A couple of
colored ladies met on the corner of Calves.
ton avenue.
:" What kind Of time did you hab at de
business meetin' of de culled ladies aid
society?"
" LorI we just had a splendid time, we
did. Half de ladies what was invited to be
dar staid away, so we could jest talk about
'em jest as much as we pleased. We had
de sociabilist time we has had dis season.
We Jest 'bused 'em for eberyting we could
think Of" -.
1 OF course, the darkey never apes the
superior race.-GaIvsston Nescs.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-11-24

That eccentric person George Francis
Train, occasionally turns up to public notice
in New York by some original act. The
Central park commissioners received q
petition from him the other day, asking
for permission to put his feet on seats in
the park. He stated that the policeman
had denied him that privilege, and he
wished 70 know what law prevented him
from enjoying the liberty if he choose.
The communication was placed on file.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-11-24

Girls have taken to carrying canes, but
then they have as good a right to make
fools OF themselves in that way as their
ablebodied male escorts.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-11-24

How cheap minister would feel if de.
tected in preaching one of the English
ready.made sermonsl They have never
found much demand in this country, but
in England they have ready sale. The
manufacturers are making active efforts to
introduce them, and to that end have sent
circulars to many of our clergymen. solicit
ting custom. One of the dealers offers
sermons photographed in a bold, round
hand" so that those who happened to see
them would suppose that they were manu-
script, for twenty-five cents each, or twenty
dollars hundred. He has line of cheaper
sermons in print, at ten cents apiece, war.
ranted orthodox, and others, little more
expensive, which have "a pleasantness vet
an awful solemnity about them" This
latter combination must have the effect Of
making the preacher an exceedingly popu.
lar man.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-11-24

POLlTENEss IN CHILDREN.-There is per-
haps no grace so becoming in youthful
humanity as true politeness. 1t is so
beautiful that we look upon it with the
same sort of delight that characterizes our
contemplation of the sublime. Youth is
the best season in which to learn polite
ness, for there is scarcely anything in social
life so difficult to assume IF care be
taken in the education of children they
grow into natural exercise Of this func.
ton, for it is a function more than an art.
Artistic politeness is what it becomes when
learned later, when it becomes more the
assumption of u part than the beautiful
outgrowth of proper state of natural
feeling. True politeness should be taught,
and in such manner, too, as to inculcate
principles that should have their outward
exhibition in courteous demeanor. Much
Of our success in life, whatever our scholas.
tic attanments. depends upon how we i'm
press people. There are men to-day, whose
minds are ripe in scholarly ability, whose
every action, word, or tone, even, repels
and they fail. They cannot see why, but
the secret reason is that they are impolite
-diseourteous. Their methods Of address
are uncutiVated and their usefulness in a
measure destroyed. all of which might
have been avoided in youth Burlington
HaWkeye.
, 1880-01-24
unsor Fritz and tho Jews.

Ltf3n0h MptntHf l'O4f
A. The Walt OF thg % Grown pslnoe M u Germany to
celt CONCERT for charitable objects fur's one OF
tue most curious incidents Ut tho dt1pute which
has arisen between tho 0eriinn Jn,HH and N1l t,I,.
l,uslt section NJ tho Gurnttn nItou. Fur sO.ic
Tine past vigorously conducted discussion has
bacn cArrlcl OIL which hns for lts subject tho
alleged Rrievances Of tho Oer,nun peorle fron
tho multitude OF lAraolttcs who aro EVERY dny
t|nctton tM tho public and private lifo OF thu
country. 10 rtla tho nttueks which como lrunI
thu ao-cAlled Chrisilnn sldD foreign observer
might readily fancy himself IN Isonnlanta under
tho hyKune system 0f persecution Antt mlsrcpre.
st'ntatlo,l, whiuh haa lA:cn fortunately tcr1,ln-
ntetl by tho action ut tho European panlrotun.
ttar'es III ths Nos.Mnn Cap!sa! N1s tMe years
erntnrnt IA still using every Dffort to mako tho
concessions tu tht isrAelltcs ef itotiinMMlu
more humane aud ibotAl Il exutsM IN ntttlltfonal
feeling ot surprise to ind tho sentiments ut tho
blSated Christians Ut l4uchMtoat reproduced by
natives VI tho special land ut culture" aud
enltghlcnH,cnt, Thu fact, curious rs It ID, must
ho admitted, however. and thor. can bc no
Nebro~ blnod !ti oSery department of art, MoEst-
turc, science, and politics havo stirred up tho
envy or tho Hnito 0f cortain class Of lcrn,nllA,
who Wntilti nppArpntty tiesiro tn soc tho Jow5
eu,tnvA oiIco nlnro III their Uhettos And js1tton-
strassru. It was In answer To these gxtrnOn!f-
mary manifestations Of a peEYertct! patriotism.
to call Il W tho lnost lndnl8ont nane at our dls
attending the charity. oonoert At tho .synRsox
Probably The brilliant company aud tho vcn-
ernble elders " Isracl who werc pfpAeut
bad no expectation that the conrtesy OF
the Prince would hays Rone beyond tho
yeEy AKni1cant fact Of bis attendance.
, 1880-01-24

Death OF a Statesman or III. ~,
Elmr-l1mbnH*ador At yfcnrn r,r.,1e' ne'
Stormy rsrioA, nnd minIsirr "aretMte ~
eign Ahi.irs Whom tho War p.s psSr'
Out. nfoks
Msu 11ork Ihratd,
PARIS. jan. 1o.-Tho nuke Ani,,r. ;,
aramont, tho French tllp1ona,Ist. i',e /, %..s %
lslnce tic Franco-Gorman wa, thu 1,ule lsaa. =
Gra'nont Inns been almost foreottcn" "A1 ~. %
soldlcry hgurc, the slnrp, inctsiye MN ~
the cold and almost monotonous urstvs. Tst.ea.
TINT werc onco familiar In tho e.stSs; Fraa'ss;;
Parliament llaye passcd out a, tsaea ns.n
and tho Duke hns devoted the Iu.a, i.Gs.,
years Of hts life to comnilnv '"'at 10y
history and gencnlogy Of lis family. i. ~
Rpr'. IN August, 1870. Deslrous Of cmst.a rs
ins M tlq y military profession, he was edueattsS
tious Of diplomatic career, lie res'pn.aa aaae,. y:
appointmcut which hc held rs sos.f ffasa s@,tsase 70
nut, lie wns nccoftlfngly sent 10 rnssaaiten' rsaten'
Munster pienipotcntinry, md e,lis e,lccc,sssHs T.
llelti sim!lnr posts nt Stuttgartt nd3'TS md ~.
ri a Ro'n In ls s, 10 m is %SS ,Hdg Hppointea
where he remained It'll called 10 be- siipIG.tis siiteIGts'
OF Foreig', Affairs in 1870. 1iis nom,nasittstt m,ssitst
Enyo grcnt satisfaction to all ptiiHs.ga paftirs.: X
France, wlero no was excessively pnnn,,r @
th;%',S tr;onS Il ft9vnE ta n bis yoatl been tcnimas
sldercd by the Legitmtsts as d ticsertsss fro1s
their ranks. lie married, III 1918 Sisa Sratt9's ett9
non, Il Scotchw0nlan nnl n Protestant t,ha
nevertheless, was Il popular member n u
mnn society, ntld q fnvortt even viii H.
Sovereign l'ontiT himself, during Their ~ III
dcncc lii tho EternAl City. Ths DSka Du !sss. Ss,
a. accomplished llnguist, speaking Italian m
Spanish, German, and English in tho moa
iltiGnt nntl natural manner. IIo was decoratTs;
with the Grand Crosses OF tho Leeion Il
Honor, Frettcrlcot WMstesnb,,rg, S. MNunr,ess Mn ~
and l4nznrc, and St. Stephen. fllis [ast hnnHoe,
WIS bestowed Oil him by the Emperor FransIIss
Joseph NJ n parting souvenir. The Duks Il
said to hnve bcesl ono Of the strongest mpn y
n France. and IN hlS younger days 10 would
% breaking q flyer llve-t{rfanc tf pleSe With Ii
s,.oner succeeded to the direction Of iotejs1uS ~
spirit of hostility: to Prussia. Taking d.
| vantage Of 4 discussion concerning ia II
Gothartt Tunnel, lie said TINT "the patriotss
| sentiment of Frnnce had no need to Ia
| awakened" Ills speecl, In the Corps LeaSs s
! !1tif, announcing TINT Frnncn {that {s Lonl
Mf9pes" lc Y adnd GSs i PrqG6 12Gea1oinss tho placing
comnotIon at ali European courts. Il
WIS seen that tho Duke, evidently through
personal motives or lnstigated by others, VI
! nuxiolls fnr wnr. War was not slow in III
! lowing. The first disasters sustained BIZ tha
! French arlna produced feeling Of 6Ittef
| rago' throughout the country. II. Clement
Davcr1ols declared the Cabinet incapable Of
providing for tho defense Of the, milton; b
',;I Was snthnsasstie1l'y s s supported 81 BY ths a
power even more suddenly than be hsd
| ri5OlL1
, 1880-01-24

: Tho Washington correspondent Of the St,
Louis Glnhc-Dcin1crat writes: "ThEs Is
prcemlne1ltly the winter city ofour lanl: St.
Augustine and those senal-tropfcAf cities won
the genuinely invalid, but MI astonishing lnt
Of people come here for their health, 50 they
and political .excltements: No other city has
So. much winter sunshine, no other city
city do 20 many ld1crs congregate. A rest
came here to SEQ the town lately{ After ono
days dnwdllng about marble buildings mud
SHINY streets, he characterized 1t rs o city Of
loafers, since every man carried. n cane and
walked lcisnrely along, MS # tn'no particular
hurry to get there. II isa life that ono easily
fills Into, and, after few, winters here, #
requires disciplinlng. % be content In. o
quleter town and n colder climate. In q let
fer recently received M bya tf!snd freu n, Char, r.
says: AND. what ,are, YOU oil doing down
There in Washington?,, having some gooI
myself at home in tho. winter: / keep think
Ing TINT It Is time to 60 hack.' This same
feeling every member experiences when lis
term is nut, and nnother, not q brother, Is
taking his place In tho marble halls Of the
Cap{tQl.n
, 1880-01-24


CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-The undersigned wns
unfortunate enough 10 employ "doctor"
who resides In the southwestern portion Of
thls city to attend II sick child. Tho doctor
With whom made contract was to receive
ei.a per visit, and tho grntioman called aro
times, tho distance from his house to mine
being just onc-half block. When tho N. d.
sent In his bill 1t was for si0.io. I Irefuscd to
pay tho same. Tho matter then WIS placed
in the llntds Of that sweet t-sccntcd Goodw1llie,
who attempted to bultinze 1ue, but cnugt,t
nm ugly cnetomer. 1le changed lls tactics.
Onn morning n man by tho name of Emory,
cnIl1nE =. himself Constable, served
me with q summons to appear be-
fore ono ). W. Small, ut Cicero,
asked Mr.. Emory wien the case was TO bo
CALLED. Uc refused to answer MO, and then
Nskctl tile fellow where Snnll's Office was,
lie said lie thought 1t wns In Austin, which Il
have asccrtnimctt to ho q fn'sehootl, the sunl-
mons was, | think. nlntle out III blank, and
given to this fellow Gnodwlllle by Snlai', ns
tho Ink upon his signature was different from
TINT In the body Of tho paper: Now, what. /
want to know Is this: Am to slt down like
n poltronn md, allow these fellows to lcyy
upon 4 fraudulent bill, or kill them when
twenty days to expire owing to the fact that
l wAs absolutely unable 10 ascertain tho
whereabouts Of Small. WEsr-S1DE1l
, 1880-01-24

ycnrs for this work rs tho State Of 1lllnols
hns M rccelyel II, the Inst ,clnyen yenfs tor the
senc sam as peS III to Sepofs o o EnRaeer IN IL
chnrEn.
Capt. Lydccker states In his report that tho
Alack-wntcr system OF tho Illinois ltlVer cnn
oe 20 eompatsh n 'nch fSs as, @ a M a ,dG pcdsnE Mank
system: Comparing tho dredging systeIfl
with tho s!ack.water Byascni, It Is seen tint
the Inter l1ns tho advantage III ever ilnpor-
t41nt feature, twill cost less can DO accom-
suits would bo cortaln. and tho Improvement
It nnay be inquired how tho State Of Wis.
cons!n obtnInA sucfi large appropriations for
ton I II or delegation nfr In ( conFresy, III res w!o net
under tho Instruction OF her peuple a Con-
ycntlon llas been, or Is about 10 be, hell IN
tho state, under n snlf, bc1leyc, OF tho GOV.
crnor, which has tlis ycy oblsct i View:
I,lyera, Should II be said Tint the tleiegnllon
IN Congress from Illinois, with nearly twice
tl!e number. Of Wisconsin. cannot nccom-
pilsf ~ n1llc!i III obtaining appropriations to
gteto ts EFGat xra6p H.
no1,ance IN = State or National point s.! view
sin?
10 be, tiloy could accomplish tho object
during tbs present session Of Congress by
having inserted in The act Of appropriation
Ing 1oeks and dams Of, tho 1lltnais River, in
nccortanco with tho recommendations OF tho
Engineer Corps, which would fnreyer, settle
this question, ind warrant the completion OF
tic Improvement Of tic IllInnts River within
very fow yenr1. It Is not only the people
OF Tho State Of llltnoIs tint .nre Interested,
but It IS the people OF ali tho States bordering
OIL tho Mississippi River a,Nt Its tributaries.
In conclusion, would say tint, from my
long connection with tho Improvement nf the
Illlnois River, hnyQcver Ilecn of tho. opinion
that the only permanent and cfcctual system
Of Improvement Is BY tho construction Of
locks md dams, with dredging on some OF
10 overflow the river bottoms III M ordinary
stage OF water. DANIEL q. JENNIE.
, 1880-01-24
FORTY DAYS. FASTING.
A Remarkable Case in Clinton County.
Ohio,

n AtG"RfANpAC NuaG HI OliAAVu NOuASyf
Ohio.
Special 10 Cincinnati Commercial
W1IMESoToN, D., Jan. 2o.-'Tho publication.
In yesterdays Commercial of tho caso
Of Mrs. Tumy, Of Walnut Hills, who
died after four weeks abstinence from s,ts.
tcnailce, and the statement made In coltlcc-
tton therowlttt, that lier caso wns remarkable
from the fact of the great length Of time sl,c
was enabled 10 sltbsist without eating or
drinking, cNlls to mind more wonderful In
stanca OF tho kind, which occurred IN this
vicinity, and in which q man did Without
food for forty days. .
Webb Ferguson, plastercr, about 80 years
OF agc, In tho employ Of 2. j. Murphy, dc
velopcd signs Of Insanity rome years ago,
and becoming nj times dangerous In his tic
llrinm, It was tou,i necessary 10 confsne him
III tho Clinton County 1nilrnlRry: During his
TINT 10 wns ca1let! anl specially appotntetl to
excel our Snyinr In faslfng; On the 3lst day
Of May, 1874, he partook Of light breakfast
cnry IN tlio morning ntitl from That t!me Out
l,c rcfYsc 70 Ga Wicn hs st ms}s ,a fso were
Tic barn Of Its cell and beyond hls reach.
Frpm the carly. morning meal On tlle 31st day
Of Of S oS u1t ,irsdq tbs 10TH sy yrn 1f 'H ~, " a ,o2e e
wouId occasfonnijy SIP i iittiS water, but no
more tlinn WIS absorbed by his system,
neither Ills kidneys nor bowels having any
netion Until about .hc 20th Hay Of July, being
space Of Ilfiy days. At first his meals were
served regularly by tho Superintendent, md
1lo WIS closely watched to- src X lla wouldn't
eat OH the sly, but he would invariably pustl
every crll,1,b beyond his reach, a.tl remained
firm III his resolve. This continued for snine
time, nld then, seeing 1t was useless to do 70,
htsAttetlslnnts ceased to offer him fond urto set
1t within hts sight. Fcrg.lsGn's ldcn Hns to
fast forty-o,la aays, hetng QUO day louger
than the Scripturnl fast, hut on account Of n
very natural error III his calculations at tho
ond of tho fortfeth tay-that Is, nn tho lnorn-
ing Of July 10, he s.g,iflctl his willingness to
ngain receive food. 1t was given him S1nr-
llig1y and will, caution at first, and tho
amount Increased gra,lunlfy rs his stomach
was able to receive It, and lle soon recovered
hIs physical powers md strength. AT the
lime Of tllu beginning OF .hts fast lte WINS
flpEhy, niNi would probably have weighed so2
pounds; Int ut tho elnse lie WAS 50 cnAclatett
that his weight WIS reduced at least one-hnlf.
In 1873 Ferguson Ind taken notion that lie
would not converse with any nnr, anil for q
year previous to- hts long fast ho had not
spoken word, but when 'le began eating
nga!n lle RESUMED his speech. Throughout
tlp entire forty days Of his fast Ito was close:
| " watched, Wns fastened In an iron cVgc and
| tho door OF his room kept locked, 80 Tint no
| one could possibly have conveyed food ia
HIM. The aho!c facta are corrobotnted, hy
Dr. 4. T. Quinn, Mt that time attending
| physician of the 1nfirnary, and who stands
| high III Ills profession, and 4. i. Armstrong,
fkc SttneriltCH1Cnt,
, 1880-01-24

"
CnlcAao, Jna., ees.-"0ns Of Many" In
Sundays TRIBUNE, Is informed that heating
strectcars BY stcnm is entirely feasible. A
bnttery Of boilers located convenient 10 the
track at the startlng.point Of tho line; an
underground pipe leading from tho Same to
tho rails, With short plcco Of rubber hose
and coupling attachments to connect ~, t.s
NNder the sas seats, one on s!thor size, ~ ths
TINT Is required. I'lie hose is coupled 70 tia
bottom of tIle car) before tie M Gar starts,
capacity, which, secures a. comfortable
temperature inslde tile car for the rouna
years ,lp'i' ono Of the leading strcet-car iiass
81 colnnnbus, O., and gives satisfaction to al
chi, and elective. .rhe llne upon which It Is
used Ii over three miles IN length. !!
larger capacity for longer routes, II neces-
ff9Hfy |st, Metier there Is a"Y gs gHteat ppGn
not know, but think not. TRAVELLER.
, 1880-01-24
4 6trOuR Man.

~ ehs EIt%of of 1h& theeag0 1TpNHes
EVANSTON, ILL.,, Jan. 1s.--Can you tell me
what is meant by tho phrase "strong man,"
and wherein cousists Its proprlety when
used rs nil argument In favor of the retlec-
tion OF Gcn. Nrantp His friends say WI need
n strong man, md therefore choose him.
What IL this peculiar strength til him? 1sit
his grace and beauty, or Ills early ploty, or
his asecilc habts or his ability " resist the
opportunities OF biz friends, or ILLS vigorous
prosecution OF public peeulators, or. the pure
whom ho bus heretofore surrounded himself,
or his cloqNalue, or his enlightened states
nsans'lip, OF that he Is neglected pub
lis country have been. 50 long over
looked that tho Nation is aching to give
him something; or any other tIa!t, quality,
accomplishment, Of condition which rcnders
man @ in ths United Stafesf What do thess
people mean BY tho phrase "strong man"
, 1880-01-24
Rurid Extinction Of IBulalo in tho
NortllWeat.

Comparatively few buffalo inve ranged
the past summer north OF the international
boundary. Forts Waisl, and Macleod have
for the collection OF buffalo robes, tic market
value Of wlliGt to tho Indian hunter may be
robcs were gathered Mt Fort Macleod nntl d
largu number-at Fort Walsh. III 1878 the
the latter place, wIilo tits year enly 5.7Si
havo come In ut Fort Macleod, and 8,s77 to
Fort Walsh. This steady decrease In the
number Of buffalo slain by the Indians and
hnlf-brccds Of tho Northwest ntfortls n ready
explanation Of the suffering prevalent among
them.