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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-05
Painful Accounts.

Paris, Feb. 5.-The French missionaries
In Morul give painful account Of the rava.
ges of the famine at Mesopotamia and Kun
destan. where the Christians, Jews and Ma.
homedans all suffer.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-05
Tho Weather.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The weather indi-
cation. for the upper Mississippi and lower
Missouri valleys are: Southwest to north.
west winds, nearly stationary, followed by
falling barometer; slight change in temper
ature and clear or partly clondy weather.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-05
FOREIGN TeLEcRAMs.


Berlin, Feb. 5.-Von Armin, formerly
Prus4ian ambassador to France, and c'nvict-
ed of treason in 1876, but who has since re-
sided at Florence, is serious)y i'll in that
city. His son has gone there in haste.
Paris, Feb. 5.-Isaac Adolphc Cremieux,
life senator. is seriously i'll.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-05

Having been in the service OF Pa
having had charge of al their repst
nifty to convince themselves by exp
faction in all the details Of the bvsi
patronage which has come to my b
I am now in business for myself
site the Press aud DAkotsian ohIcs
the wants Of customers. Orders b
arc respectfully invited - call ~
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-05
Pure hasing Rail.vays.

Berlin, Feb. 5.-The bill for the purchase
OF the Rhinish aud Berlin and Potsdam and
Mad geburg railway, by the government, was
read second time in the land.tag yester.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-05
A Private Telegram,

London. Feb. 5-Gen. Roberts, a, Cabul,
replying TO telegram sent BY relatives,
rays: Nobody was executed unless con.
v'c,ed o: participation in the attack on the
Bri.ish residency."
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-05
Obituary.

Philadelphia. Feb. 5.-Adolph E. Borie,
ex-secretary of the navy, died this morn
ing. Mr.. Borie had been in ill health for
q long time, and his demi.e is attributed to
the general breaking down Of his system.
His death occurred at half past three this
morning. Age IL.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-05
Marine News.

New York. Feb. 5-Arrived, steamer.
England from Liverpool, and Mikado and
Circassia from Glasgow.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-05
Obituary..

Hartford, Feb. 5.-Jndge Huntington,
formerly of the court Of claims, is dead.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-05
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
ACou,tHou,e Burned

Dallas. Feb. 5.-The Dallas county court
house burned Yesterday. Many valuable
papers were burn,d The building cost
100000. Loes about halt of that amoult
The fire Is regarded incendisry.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-05
Badly Damaged by Fire i.

Biddeford, Maine, Feb. 5.-s,aples mar.
BILE block gutted, and Jordan & Bryan,'s
brick block we're BADLY damaged BY FIRE.
Loss $35, 5000; insured $4,000.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-05

tier & w, ,od for three and one half years and
., the pc. ,plc Of Dakota have had an opportu
erience th se am fully competent to give eatis-
ness. I olicit . continuance OF the valuable
snds durir z my residence in Yaakton.
having a, icd up store on Third street, oppo-
where slai be ready at all times to attend to
mail or s4eesa given prompt attention. All
inspect m 7 stock.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-05

It the desire Of every merchant to have his stock
seasons trade It is especially the in
the choicest goods Of season do not look well
We %ant our for our new sRfng and
the store, Danforth Dufack's block Third street.
HARRY KATZ.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-12-08

seaports towards the interior, intended to
concentrate at the diamond fields, taking
in branches through the Free State. Natal
has line Of seventy miles, from the chief
seaport of Durham to Maritzburg, the cspi-
tai. an extension to be made either into the
Transvaal or to the diamond fields. There
are now in the Cape Colony l, 900 miles of
railroad in operation. and the extentions OF
the various lines, which should be CON-
pleted in the next five or ten years, will
add another ], 200.
In this branch of trade there is a good
opening for American enterprise ia the ex-
portation OF passenger cars. The only cars
in use on these lines are the English, but
the American cars are much better suited
to the country and would soon become pop
ular. The lines are long. the stations
considerable distance apart, and what,
with warm'weather and limited accommo-
dations at the stations, the American cars
would supply such conveniences as would
be highly appreciated and which are not to
be had on English cars.
The climate of South Africa proves TO
be one of the healthiest in the world, espe-
cially for pulmonary diseases, and English
and European consumptives and other in
vailds are now resortlng thither in increas-
ing numbers, owing to its having been So
highly recommended by some prominent
medical men sent out to report upon its
climatic conditions, Traders and travellers
have gradually extended their sphere of
operations in late years, until now there is
hardly tribe or clan from North Of the
Zanbezi TO the Cape who have not had
some acquaintance with the white man. A
trading expedition through Dawaraland is
row no novelty, and a hunt 10 the Fam
bezi is boys adventure from Kimberley
Or Pretoria.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-12-08
Fight Between q Dog and y Donkey.

A singular encounter between a dog and
a donkey was that which occurred in
Blackpool. England. A retired gentleman,
named Weddington, owned fine young
donkey and a splendid mastiff. One sunny
day the donkey was grazing in field,
when the dog rushed at 1t in ferocious
manner and fastened on to its nose. The
donkey did not decline the challenge, for
it at once shook the dog OF, bit it about
the head and shoulders, trampled on it,
and tossed it about. The dog again seized
the donkey, and a crowd soon gather
but all efforts to separate the combatants
were of no avail. The dog repeatedly fas-
tened on the donkey's nose. Bloed flowed
profusely from both animals, and at the
end of half an hour the owner appeared
upon the scene and fresh attempts were
made to part them, but without success
After the fight had lasted half an hour, the
owner decided to have the dog shot, as il
had by that time fastened with firm hold
on the donkey's nose. A gun was produced
and the services Of good shot obtained.
But 80 savage was the fight that it was
difficult to shoot one animal without kid
ing the other also. At last aim was taken,
and bullet put into the dorg's head, and
it dropped to the ground When the
smoke cleared away the dog was dead, but
the infuriated donkey had returned to the
charge kicking, biting and tramping on the
dead dog. 1t was with great difficulty the
donkey was at last driven o6.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-12-08
A Female Monk.

Matrena Ivanovna, a Russian peasant
girl of two-and-twenty, has recently ac-
quired considerable notoriety in her native
land through the fact that, under the mo-
nastic designation of ''Father Michael,
she succeeded in passing several months in
the cloister of Staraja Latoga without in
curing the least suspicion on the part of
her fellow-.aonks than she was other than
she seemed to be. Forced by her father
to marry a person whom she detested, she
disappeared from her home on the day sue
ceeding the wedding; her clothes aud two
long plaits of her ''black hair were found
near the Wolchoff river, as well as a letter
in her handwriting, stating that rather Than
live with her husband she had resolved to
drown herself. Her relatives forbore any
further inquiry, and mourned for her as
one dead. She, however, dressed IN man
clothing, applied last March for admission
to the aforementioned monastry, and was
duly received into the fraternity on proba-
tion, taking the minor VOWS, and ott:cist-
ing as coachman TO the prior. There is no
knowing to what ecclesiastical dignities
she might not In time have arisen had not
unkInd fortune decreed that a native of
her own village should have been sent to
Staraja Ladoga by his master for coTrec-
ton at the hands of the brethren, his
offence being inveterate drunkenness.
Promptly recognized and denounced by
this indiscreet topper as Matrena lvanovna,
a friend of his youth, ''Father Michael
was handed over to the police authorities
by the indignant monks, and is now await
ing trial for imposture upon a religious
community-a crime likely to be visited
with severe punishment in Russia.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-12-08
The origin of the Piov.

The origin of the plow and wheeled car
rlages was subject of paper lately read
by Mr. Taylor before the London Anthro-
biological Institute. He believed that the
first agricultural implement was a pointed
stick, which at later stage Of development
was bent at the end into the form OF hoe
and had the point hardened in the fire.
After the lapse of ages large implement
of the same shape came into use. 1t was
not employed like the hoe or ''hack" but
drawn by men or oxen. Among cur own
Indians, III the traditional lore of Sweden,
II Egypt's picture of a remote past, there
are more or less district traces of the above
transition. Greek, Egyptian, Chinese sew
orally possessed the germ, so to speak, of
the modern plow. The spur was next shod
with iron, the more efficiently 10 fulfil the
purpose of the UO1ner or share. Virgil
lived at time when the plow had reached
very high stage of perfection 1t was
then constructed with wheel and an up
ward projecting handle like the best form
of plow in use in Europe in the eighteenth
century, and, it might well be added, like
the plows still employed near Mantua and
Venice at the present day. DR.. Taylor is
unwilling TO concede that the plow was the
progenItor of the vehicle of to-day; he as
signs that honor to the sled, as is more
probably Just. 1t would soon be found
that the introduction of rollers beneath the
sled would facilitate its traction. But as
it was not necessary that every part of the
roller should rest on the ground, the diane
ter of the middle was reduced with obvl-
GUS advantage. Slowly in this way the
wheel. solid throughout and rigidly attach
ed to the axle, came into existence. The
wheel and axle of Scythians revolved to-
gether. Even new some OF the picturesque
carts of Italy and Portugal have drum
wheels fixed on sxles which revolve IN
bearings like forks open below. From the
rude harnessing of the yoke attached TO the
horns or withers Of oxen at first, the ad'
vance to the present method was also grad
ual. But 1t is easy to follow this and the
other improvements in the plow and wheel
ed vehicles up to their existing condition
through the aid of recorded history.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-12-08
Only a Cape and a Sword

When Bonaparte first paid court to Mad
anne de Beauharnais, neither vas rich
enough to keep carriage, and the young
hero, who was deeply in love, often gave
the charming widow his arm when she
went TO visit her man Of business, no.
tsry named RagldsaE..
Madame, who had great confidence in
this legal adviser, who was friend as we'll,
went to see him Immediately after her en-
gagement 20 Bonaparte, who, as usual, ac-
companled her but, from motives of deli
cacy did not enter tie Iotary's cabinet, but
remained in an adjoining room, where sew
eral clerks were writing.
The door being impertectly closed he
here heard nearly all that was said during
the interview, and especially the arguments
used by Raguideau to deter Madame dc
Beauharnais from the marriage she &C.
knowledged herself about to contract.
"Mark my words, madame, said the
notary, earnestly, ''you are ABOUT to commit
great folly of which you will bitterly re-
pent. Why, this man you are about to es-
pouse has nothing in the world trt a cape
and a sword"
Said Josephine: ''Bonapartenever spoke
to me of this, and had not the faintes:
suspicion that he had overheard Ragi
deau's contemptous words. Can you,
Bourrinne, figure to yourself my astonish-
ment when, eight years after, ,on the day OF
his coronation, as soon as he was invested
with his imperial robes, he said:
Let them 60 and seek Raguideau
have him come instantly. l have some
thing TO say to him."
The notary was promptly brought, and
stood much astonished before the Empe-
ror, who, with his peculiar sardonic smile,
said to him: 'Eh, bien, monsieur! have
nothing in the world but a cape and @
sword?'"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-12-08

The discovery of diamonds in 1860, the
adoption of ostrich farming on an increased
scale at about the same period, and the
have been special providences to South
Africa and have given great impetus to
trade and settlement. Since about 1870
the recorded export Of diamonds has been
at the rate of upward Of s12, 500, 600 a
year, while it is estimated that twenty-five
per cent, of that amount finds Its way
through the colonies and out of the csun-
try in private hands There is still no de-
crease in the amount of stones discovered
and several new fields have been lately
opened up, among them being a valuable
field of which the Free State rejoices in
the possession
Ostnch farming has developed into a
large industry since it was first adopted,
about fifteen years ago Ten years ago
the annual export of feathers amounted TO
only about $500, 600, while tbs years ex-
port will amount 10 about IS, 900, 600.
Angora goat farming is no doubt destined
/ to eclipse even these; as the finest and
rarest breeds from Asia Minor have been
| found to thrive as well on the Karoo lands
of the Cape as IN their own native plains
and hills. The hair produced is Of the
most excellent quality and the Cape An
CORA is rapidly establishing high reputa-
ton in the London markets. The wine
farms of the Cape, once 80 celebrated for
the delicacy of their produce, are again re-
ceiving attention and efforts are now made
to obtain from the English Government
such q revision of the wine duties as will
enable the colony to enter the home mar
ket in competition with France and SPAIN
The principal exports Of the Free State are
wool and skins. The Transvaal exports
but little as yet except ivory and the skins
of wild ANIMALS. The flourishing colony
OF Natal now sends out increased quanti-
ties of sugar, which it produces in excel
lent quality.
With the increase of productive wealth
public works and railroads have kept good
pace. The first experiment in South Afri-
can railways having been started about
1860, much progress has Of late years been
made In this direction. There are now
three systems of railroads in the Caps
! Colony, leading from the three principa
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-12-08
smelling or kissing.

In the expression Of affection the sense
of smell, there is reason to believe, is older
in use and dignity than that oftaste or touch.
OF Mongol father a travellers writes: 'He
smelled from time to time the head of his
youngest son, mark of paternal tender
ness usual among the Mongols instead Of
embracing" Inthe Philippine islands, We
are told, s.the sense Of smell is developed to
so great a degree that they are able, by
smelling of the pecket-handkerchiefs, TO tell
to which persons they belong; and lovers
at parting exchange pieces of the linen they
may be wearing, and, during their separa
ton, inhale the odor of the beloved being. ="
Among the Cittsgong Hill people again 1t
is said ''the manner of kissing Is peculiar.
Instead of pressing lip to lip they place the
nose and mouth upon the cheek and inhale
the breath strongly. Their form OF speech
is not sGive me kiss but ''Smeil me. :"
In the same way, according to another
traveller, "The Burmese do not kiss each
other In the Western fashion, but apply the
Lip and nose TO the cheek aud make a strong
inhalation" Moreover, the Samoans sa-
lute by 'juxtsposition of noses, accompa-
MED not BY Q rnb, but by hearty smell "
There Is scriptural precedent for such GUS
toms When blind Isaac was In doubt
whether the son who came to him was Ja-
cob or not, che smelt the smell Of his raj
nenk, and blessed him-"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-12-08
Farming In Russia,

The report comes from St. Petersburg
that native cereals are 50 scarce in Russia
that large quantities of American corn and
Chilian wheat are selling at the capital. Al
though eminently agricultural, only 27l,
0OO, 900 acres-a small area comparatively
are under cultivation. In the central
belt of the empire the soil, mostly black
mold, Is extremely fertile, seldom requiring
manure. The system Of tillage is mainly
the three field system, rs it is called, in
which one-third of the land is allowed to
lie fallow. In the south and south east the
fsliow system peculiar to that country is
practiced. 1t consists of raising .hree or
four consecutive crops from the same land,
and then permitting it 10 stand idle for five
or six years. After that time the soil begins
to grow feather grass, regarded as sign
Of returning fertility. Husbandry has un-
dergone great general changes since the
emancipation of the serfs, to whom con-
siderable portion of the land has been trans
ferred in freehold. The landowners hay-
ing lost their former right to the labor of
their serfs, find it advantageous to decrease
their TILED lands, or lease parts OF it TO the
peasants, often in return for half the crop.
Agriculture suffers materially from want
of proper means OF communication, causing
the grain TO be very low in the locality
where it is raised The chief cereals are
wheat, grown as far north as latitude six
ty-two deg, rye, barley and oats Buck
wheat and millet are produced in the south,
and from these and rye comes the staple
food of the inhabitants Hemp and tiax
aye also widely raised, and fisxseed is used
for food by the lower orders during the
continually recurring fasts, embracing
more than six months out of the twelve.
During the last forty years potatoes have
been extensively grown, the government
ment their growth after the famine of 1889.
An area of 4S6, ,0J0, 900 acres Is covered
with woods, but timber is so literally used
by the Russians in building houses, heating,
lighting, making carts and household uten-
slls and in other ways, that the supply is
steadily diminishing. In the north Of the
cars domini0Ils from ninety to ninety-fve
per cent. of the territory C covered with
forests, which are very scarce in the sOIiithh.
Wood, the principal article of interior COM
merce, is floated down the rivers from the
treeful to the treeless districts. The wheat
product of Russia is generally so large that
it annually exports large quantities. of
the wheat exported into Britain in 1875
eighteen per cent. of it came from Russia
and forty-five per cent. from the United
States
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-12-08
Ancient Rome.

The Romans were keen, business-like
men. who never pretended to be above
trade, even though they were of superior
rank or wealth 1t did not cost much to
keep man in the early centuries, the year
ly allowance for slave being thirty-seven
dollars and half, while free laborer liv-
ed for forty-four dollars a year. Corn was
the main stay, fifteen million bushels being
consumed annually, and oil and honey
were used in large quantities. Among the
rich, epicures were more common and more
extravagant than in the modern world. For
tunes were spent on single banqaets. Men
were absurdly lavish. And yet everything
was very cheap even in this extravagant
city. The market reports show that lamb
and fish were only six cents per pound, beef
four cents, fish two cents, pair of quail
thirty cents, eggs six cents per dozen,
wheat sixteen cents per peck, four pounds
of large grapes two cents; chickens, per
pair, thirty cents; five to ten heads of let
tuce two cents. The Romans were not
very fond Of any meat save pork, and this
they consumed sparingly Beef was not
popular, being used mostly for sacrifices.
Game and fish were favorlte articles, and
many choice imported fish brought large
prices The common people could not
afford many luxuries, as wages were low.
The yearly pay OF a journeyman mechanic
was from ninety-five dollars To one hundred
and twenty-five dollars and board. Food
cost forty dollars and clothing fifteen dol
lars per year. From the account of Forbl-
ger it seemed that goods were very low. A
pair of shoes cost thirty cents; one pair of
woman's CATERS, thirty cents; one felt hat,
one dollar; one tunic, sixteen dollars TO
thirty-sIx dollars; one togs, twenty dol !
lars to twenty eight dollars. A man could
get a share for two cents. The Romans
spent large amounts on other luxuries be- |
side those of the table. The imports of
flowers, perfumes, ointments and dresses
from India in one year amounted to two
million two hundred thousand dollars. In |
furniture they had their decorative art
crazes, the citrus wood tables being favor !
ite articles for squandering money upon |
In Cicero's time it was not unusual to spend |
fifty thousand dollars for one of these tab
les, and Seneca, the stole, who prated of
the virtues of abstinence and the vice of
luxury, owned five hundred of them
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-12-08
Brazil AIiigatorr.

Enormous numbers of alligators have, it
appears, been observed frisking along the
lower courses and in the marginal swamps
and lakes of the Amazon, and even as cork
trees, in the beneficent economy of nature,
grow up. and expand and develop bulky
epiderm!s bark, f0r for the preordained
purpose OF stopping bottles, 50, no doubt,
are amiable reptiles accredited with mis-
sion of utility to the manufacturers of
porte-monnaies, card cases. shooting boots,
and other articles fabricated of the now
fashionable alligator skin. A Brazilian
paper shrewdly draws the attention of
wealthy and unoccupied Englishmen of
this remarkable increase in the ground
game of a charmingly salubrious, though
somewhat sultry district. An industrial
enterprise uf great profit might, it is sug
gested, be combined with excellent sport,
and, as the idea Is fast spreading England
that the land cannot much longer support
both the farmers and the rabbits, what
could be better than migration of sports
men TO the equatorial home of the noble
alligator, whose hide is natural target for
rifle practice, and, if not too much riddled
w DulltlS, III uiich
and rules high in the quotations Of the
leather marketi There the alligator frisks
and frolics, there the stealthy turtle prowls,
and, despite his furtive habits, falls an
easy prey TO the wilier and more intelligent
hunter. A daring agile Alderman, with
brace of rifles, good legs and lungs, sal
amandarine constitution and no objection
to mosquitoes, might stalk down six or eight
alligators before breakfast, and saunter
homewards with middlIng-sized turtle
under each arm. Winter is coming, the
Nile is getting overdone by tourists, and
the midsummer of an infinitesimal latitude
never from the teeming mud and fragrant,
notwithstanding slime of the stately ANA
zon. Let enterprising Englishmen, then,
accept this inviting hint of the Brazilian
journal, and join the next excursion TO the
AmaZOnlan swamps.