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Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-04-01
TO TRIBUNE.
MORE TROUBLE IN THE STORM
CEETER.
An Accident on, the Manitoba Road
---Anarohy in New Mexico---
Royal Disputes In Russia
...RailrOad War.

A WAR ON THE RAILROADS.
CHICAGO, April 1.-The Inter-O:euts's:
Rockford special says the Sheriff is un-
able to properly guard railroad property
at that point, and has telegraphed to Gov
Cullon, asking him to allow him (,he'
sherif) to call out the Rockford rifles,
and that verbal order be, given to Capt.
Lawler to be prepared to turn out in a
very short time, if necessary. The Chica~
go and Iowa men have burned bridges
and two large culverts hrve been des,
troyed, and greatly damaged two other
bridges by cutting the spans. Fifty men
accompanied Receiver Holcombe from
New Milford, at which place Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul construction train.
with several hundred men, are engaged
in repairing the burned and damaged
bridges. The St. Paul men arrived in
this city this afternoon. and are engaged
in repairing bridges on Rock River and
the track on the east side. 1t is stated
that $4,000 worth of property has been
destroyed by Chicago and Iowa men.
This morn1ngJ. d. Halvey, president Of
the Chicago, Rockford and Northern
road, swore out a complaint for the arrest
of A. A. Moore and fireman and others,
charged with malicious mischief and des.
troying and injuring the bridge and track
across Rock River
STORM LAND.
ST.. PAUL, April IA special to the,
Pioneer Press says no train from west on
the Breckenridge division of the Manito-
ba line. A heavy train coming from the.
west and one from the east stuck in a.
snow drift three miles east of Benson
FIERY COLLISION.
ST.. PAUL, April IA special to the
Pioneer Press says that the passenge:
train going north ran into Il delayed
freight six miles north of Rothsay on the
Manitoba road. The caboosc took fire
one man burned to death and ssvvess
wounded. A. .
EXCITED.
DENVER, Col, April 1.-The whole sec
tion of country around Rioaradeal, New
Mexico, is in state of great excitement
Ike Stockton and gang have been m;,r-
dering, stealing ana committing shock"
ing outrages. A vigilance committee Or
ganized and Governor Wallace has or
dered out the militia. The country will
he secuted until the desperadoes are ,ui2
down.
THE MAD POPULACE.
ST.. PErERsBURaH, March 31.-Th@
house occupied by RoussaXof's family is
guarded by police to prevent the popu~
lace from destroying it. Roussakoti'>
father has several times attempted su'-.
eide. Es
A DIVIDED FAMILY.
New YORK, April IA dispatch froN.
st. Petersburgh says a violent quarrel
broke out in the Imperial family. Grand
Duke Constantine is strongly suspected "i
Nihilism. When Constantine applied for
permission to visit the remains OF the la''''
Gar he was answered by an opsn tc'-
gram addressed to 'hlm, who is unworthy!
the name Of Grand Duke" and refused
permission.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-04-01
EvHAUsT1ON OF PROVISIONS
DO you Ever Danccq

There will bc dance given at the
Sheridan House next Friday evening,
April 9th. This is not u calico hop, as
has been reported Arrangements have
been made for good time. The Bis
march string band will furnish tho mu,
sic, and cordial in itation Is extended
to all. Tue dance given by Mr. Bruins
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-04-01
Indian Supplies.

In another column will be found the
advertisement of the Interior Department
inviting proposals for Indian supplies
and Transportation. Bidders can obtain
the necessary blanks ut The TRIBUNE Of
fee.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-04-01
THE MAD POPULACE,

ST.. PETERsBURGH, March 31.-Tha
house occupied by RoussaHof's family is
guarded by police to prevent the popu
lace from destroying it. Roussakof'>
father has several times attempted su'-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
Novel Egg Farm.

The Farallone Islands are about 80
miles from the mouth Of San Francisco
Bay, and they are the home OF innum-
cradle sea fowls. When San Francisco
first began to be city, its constant cry
was for eggs. To supply the lack
of eggs, the project Of stealing
those Of the gulls and the muhrs Of
the Farrallone Islands was undertaken,
and It proved successful and has ever
since been maintained. The birds are too
plenty to count or to estimate, as may
be inferred from the fact that the egg
gatherers bring often, or used to gather,
500 dozen in day and great many
of the nests are inaccessible, Q great
many others devastated by the rivalry
of the birds themselves, ana of course,
large part Of the birds at any one time
are not laying. The egg season is from
May to August, and, il even 400 dozen
is the rule. the harvest would be pretty
near SOC, 900 eggs. The quarreling D Q
tween the gulls and the muhrs leads Of
the loss OF a good many muhrs' eggs,
which the gulls at every chance destroy,
The egg business is conducted by q
company, which has the right It pays
egg gatherers Eve cents . dozen, and
sells them in San Francisco 1t q CON
siderable advance.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
Noses.

There are eight typical noses; the
angular, or aquiline or Roman, the par
rot's beak, the straight or Grecian, the
dubious or bottled, the turned-up or
snub, and the mixed or broken. or
the latter, by the way, the noses OF at
least two illustrious men may be taken
as illustrstion-Tycho Brahe and Mi
chael Angelo, the latter Of whom owed
his ungracsful appendix to blow from
q companion with whom he was at
variance, who thus disfgured the great
artist for life and then fed. To these
NAV be added the orator Cicero, upon
whom nature seems to have bestowed a
nasal organ of q type decidedly "miIed," "
il not broken. The short nose, with q
little turn up at the end. is generally
supposed to be the mark Of person
giving to jeering. Martial calls it the
rhinoceros nose, and says it Was highly
in fashion in his day, everybody affect
iDg,this kind of proboscis as an indica-
ton of q satirical humor. The ''angu-
lar" as Gross calls it, is the long, clear
" cut, pointed organ, and was, no
doubt, the type to which Horace alludes
when he says that it is indicative OF
satirical wit. The eight types given
embrace every description of the fea-
lures.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
%. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

4
Gold ID nineteen, mercury thirteen,
and lead eleven times heavier thar
Mter.io. aw1g s. p's Eaa8 q.
Plaster made with river water seti
sooner than that made With spring
water. ads sia, asaei g3a
Gypsum, called by chemists sulphate
of lime, ID composed Of sulphuric acid,
lime and water. 1c7 as
The strength ofl2O poundsis required
to tear asunder an iron wire one-twenty'
fifth OF an inch in diameter.
Grape sugar, used for giving more
"body" to wines, etc., is made OF pc.
tato starch. sulphuric acid, chalk and
water.
Burnt bones are employed by potters
Is an ingredient Of soft porcelain. to an
amount sometimes of nearly half the
entire mass.
From an elevation OF 20, OOO feet, the
greatest height yet reached by man, the
semi diameter OF the circle OF vision
amounts to 1893 miles.
Pure silver weighs 2 237 ounces 10
each cubic inch. Should its density be
less, the silver may be supposed to
contain copper; il greater, lead may be
present.
The quantity OF water in wheat and
-four is greater in cold countries than
in warm. In England it is from four
teen to seventeen per cent, in the United
States from twelve TO fourteen, in Africa
from nine TO eleven.
Electricity is now employed In the
rectiication OF inferior alcohol The
electricity generated by a voltaic bat
terry and dynamo electric machine is
passed through the alcohol so as to dis
engage the superAuous hydrogen. BY
this means beer root alcohol, which is
usually very poor. can be made to yield
eighty per cent. OF spirits, equal &c
that obtained from the best malt.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
lnnLina.elas, super,titions.

Most readers are no doubt acquainted
with Bonaparte's superstitions regard
ing the breaking of looking-glass.
During one OF his campaigns in Italy he
broke the glass over Josephine's por-
trait. SO disturbed was be n. this, as
he thought, ominous occurrence, that
he never rested until the return OF the
courier whom b, had forthwith dis
patched TO convince himself OF her
safety, so strong was the impression Of
her death upon his mind.
In Cornwall, breaking looking. glass
is believed to insure seven years OF sor-
row and Yorkshire proverS informs
us that such an unfortunate occurrence
entails Seven years trouble but no
want In Scotland, TO smash look
ing-glass hanging against wall is re-
sardcd as an infsllible sign that MEM
Der OF the family will shortly die.
Grose. abiding to this superstition,
says it foretells the speedy decease o!
the master Of the house. II has been
suggested that this popular fancy dates
very many years back, aud probably
originated in the destruction OF the re-
| elected human imlge-an interesting il.
lustration OF how tho association Of
ideas in the formation Of superstition is
often determined by mere analogy.
In the south OF England it is regarded
as highly unlucky for bride on her
wedding day to look in the glass, when
,ho is completely dressed, before start
ing for the church. Hence very great
care is usually taken to put on glove
or some slight article OF adornmeDt
after The last lingering and reluctan,
look has bcea taken in the mirror.
The idea, we are informed, is that
any young lady who is too fond Of the
looking. glass will be unfortunate when
married. This is not, however, the
only way in which superstition inter
ere3 with the grown-up maiden's peep
in the looking glass. Thus, Swedish
damsels are afraid OF looking in the
glass after dark, or by candlelight lest
by so doing they foriei. the good vii
OF the other sex. On the other hand,
in England the looking glass occasion
ally holds prominent position in love
divinations.
Belgian girls who desire to see their
husbands in dream lay their garters
crosswise at the foot Of the bed and q
looking glass under their pillow in
the glass they believe the desired image
will appear. The practice of covering
or removing the looking. glass from the
chamber of death still prevails in som
| places.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
A Xmas Trip Around the World.

By his recent return to San Francisco,
King Kalakaua, Of the Sandwich Islands,
completed his tour around the world.
having spent about eight months on
the journey. He set ont from San
Francisco on February 8, for Japan and
China. Thence he went TO Siam,
through the Straits settlements. across
to Calcutta, overland to Bombay, and
then, via the Suez canal, to Cairo and
the pyramids. Crossing to Europe he
spent some time at Naples, Pompeii
and Rome After an audience with the
Pope he sailed for London, end from
there proceeded to Brussels, Cologne,
Berlin, Vienna, Paris. Madrid, Lisbon,
and returning to England, Glasgow,
Edinburgh and Queenstown, where he
took passage TO New York. In this
country he visited many places of inter
est, including Washington, Fortress
Monroe and Lexington, Ky. Colonel
Judd, who had charge Of the tour, says
|. that favorable weather was enjoyed
throughout, and not the slightest acci-
dent or inconvenience was suffered.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
Flatteriug Queen.

Queen Elizabeth love a fattery, and
on ore occasion her passion was fully
gratidei, as the following anecdote tes-
titles:
When the Duke lie Villa Medina was
a; the English court he was present and
took part at a tournament given by
Elizabeth, where his gallantry and
manly beauty made him the observed of
all Observers. At the close Of the
sports, as the duke came near to the
queen, she said 70 him, pleasantly, that
size would like to kL0w who was the
chosen lady Of so gallant knight;
whereupon he shook his head and
would not further answer.
But" persisted Elizabeth, "there
mus. be. somewhere, a lady whose
beauty and perfection of character gives
70 her deeper place in your heart
than is yielded to another"
"Ah yes, gracious madam; there is
one such"
"And may 1 not know who she is p
The duke reflected a moment, and
then answered that he would inform
her on tie morrow.
And on the morrow he sent to the
queen, inclosed in box of sandal-wood
and mother of-pearl, q small mirror.
Those who know Elizabeth's char
acter can imagine how deeply this bi
Of fattery must have touched her.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

Phosphorus wss discovered in 1889
Sawmills were hrst used in Europein
the fifteenth century.
It is said that white cats with blue
eyes are always deaf.
The Chinese written language con-
sists Of 100, 900 characters.
Libraries existed in Egypt oontem-
poraneously with the Trojan war.
Stamps for taxation were invented in
Holland in the seventeenth century.
At Pompeii combs have been found
exactly like the modern fine-tooth kind.
CHANGER received a pitcher Of wine
every day from the cellar Of Edward
III.
The first altar mentioned in Scrip
ture was erected by Noah, after the
flood.
In the seventeenth century, on the
continent, boots were never worn with
out spurs.
Queen Elizabeth wore her prayer
book hanging from her girdle by q
golden chain.
One man gathered 100000 pounds Of
dried clover blossoms ont West for
some famous remedy"
pulling is expensive in Persia.
Tie Shah recently paid 100 ducats for
the extraction Of one OF his teeth.
Dew is more abundant on cloudy
nights, since the heat which is radiated
by the earth does not return to it.
The emblems Of supreme authority
among British kings. used to be brace
lets OF gold about the neck, arms and
knees.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
How 10 take Care OF Harness.

A harness that has been on a horses
back several hours, in hot or rainy
weather, becomes wet; il not properly
cleaned the damage to the leather Is
irreparable. II, after being taken from
the horse in this condition, it is hung
up in a careless manner, traces and
reins twisted into knots and the saddle
and bride hung askew, the leather
when dried retains the shape given
when wet, and when forced into its
original form damage is done to the
stitching and the leather. The first
point 70 be observed is to keep the
leather soft and pliable. This can be
done only by keeping it we'll charged
with oil and grease. Water is de-
stroyer OF these, but mud and the
saline moisture from the animal are
even more destructive. Mud, in dry
ing, absorbs The grease and opens
the pores OF the leather, making it a
prey to water. while the sally character
Of the perspiration from the animal IN
lures the leather stitchings and mount
ings. 1t therefore follows that to
preserve harness the straps should be
washed and oiled whenever it has been
moistened by sweat or soiled by mud.
II harness is thoroughly cleansed
twice year and when unduly exposed
treated as we have recommended the
leather will retain its softness and
strength for many years.--Boston Jour
nal of Chemistry.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

podtiious memory. Soorates, Solo
non and Eolon have one or two spiece.
There are six Hassafras streets and eight
Saraaosss and one Society. 6wees Air
village street Is the sentimental name
Of . Baltimore thoroughfAre. Abundant
street il IN New Orleans, and Manufac-
lures street in Lowell. There are four
Margin streets in New England--no
allusion to the Stock Exchange. No
street. /. $50 short, no alley 30 narrow
that il 10 not recorded In this directory
Such . mere symptom Of Q street, for
example, as verandab place,in Brooklyn,
10 here. Allegheny, Grand Rapids
New Haven and Providence have each a
Veto street. There is plenty OF femi-
nine sarah streets, Sarah alleys
and Sarah avenues; Maris, Jane, Lucy,
Susan, Bertha, and the like. Mary,
Ann and Elizabeth are well remem-
bered. There are no less than forty
Elizabeth streets in the one hundred
and ten cities. Even Malvina Is re-
membered. and Mary Ann has three
streets all to herself. Boston has q
Confirmed place and Philadelphia a
Compromise street. Perhaps there is
no better way to end the random list
than to say that Cincinnati and Phila-
delphia divide the honors Of having a
Lingo street.
History crystAllizes in street names as
in words. No one can glance at the
long list OF Clay streets, Webster streets,
Federal streets, and the like, without
being reminded Of some OF the stirring
days in our national life. The Kossuth,
Jenny Lind, Loyal and sherman streets,
the long list OF nearly eighty Union
streets, the list nearly AS long OF Liberty
streets, the Tippecanoe. Doubloon,
Dickens, Marion, Franklin, Chatham
and Harrison streets, and so on, suggest
volumes OF "reminiscences and local ard
popular tradition.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08
embalmina the Dead.

The first noted experience IN TINS
country in tho science OF embalming
we're made 10y DIR. Aenew several years
since. At that time, and being enga'
ged as professor OF anatomy in Phila'
delphis, he discovered the elements o!
q preserystiye fluid VI valuable quality,
and he is said to understand very thor
oughly the principles OF embalming.
He nevertheless assumed no direction
in the case OF the deceased president
except SO far as to object 10 al incision
being made in the neck, so pitifully
marked already, and to suggest instead
the femoral artery. The present pro-
cess, equally with its purpose, is alto
gether different from any known funeral
custom among the people by whom the
art was praciiced and perfected so
many ages since, and when. as senti-
mentally viewed in Egypt, the act OF
opening tho body and filing it With
odoriierous spices and drugs wss held
TO be such dissertation rs to render the
professional embalmer subject to being
pursued by the friends OF the deceased
with stones and curses. Embalming there
signified cleansings with palm wines or
with syrmna and like substances, with
subsequent steepings OF 10 days dura-
duration in citron or nstron, and with
other multiplied variations of medica-
ments. In some cases, We are told,
there were injections OF cedar tree
pitch, aud in costly modes Of embalning
much use was made OF asphalt wax
sometimes bodies were immersed 10
molten bitumen, and in some instances
aiming was pract;ced. \ variety OF
ievices again were resoited 10 for cor
poreal preservation among the Greeks,
Fhere, as every one has heard, the
corpse OF Alexander the Grea: Was on.
'3!alti III uOutl'
For all purposes considered requisite
si;h Us, few hours suffice for the en-
balming Of the dead.
When the work OF embslming the
President was about to regin the room
vas cleared OF undertaken, assistants
and all persons excluded from i. except
those who were rightly privileged to be
present at this sad scene. The fret
part OF the operation was previous to
the autopsy, which it was intended to
facilitate. This consisted OF injecting
an arsenic solution which causes no dis.
coloratiop, but fills and cleanses the
blood vessels, leaving all the tissue
structure clear. To further this object
the e1tremities Of the fingers and toes
are punctured, so that any shreds Of
blood remaining in the circulatory YES.
sells may be thence washed out by the
injected acid. The body remains thus
for several hours with the preliminary
absorption 10 progress, after which the
fluid designed for preservation is intro
duced, which consists of several ingre-
dents OF nature kept to some degree
secret in the art. Its injection is re
peated until the blood vessels are we'll
filed as by natural fluid in life.-Nef
York Mail.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

A party OF lynchers, after hanging
robber at Socorro, New Mexico, dis
covered that two Of their number we're
mounted on stolen horses. An imme-
diate trial resulted in conviction, and
two more todies were quickly sas-
pended.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

A case of bullying brow: "What q
fine protubennt forehead your baby
has, Mrs. Jones! Did he get it from
his father p "No," replied Mrs. Jones,
che got it from fall downstairs"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

Si3cm In tie history # Journalism
Ia, newspaper been issued unde,
greater difficulties and amid less con
Genial surroundings than the Mes ~
hs "r-H which was published during
the 100 DAYS siege Of Pretoria The
cii,0rtlu- describes the conditions I'M
der which the feat was accomplished:
a bungalow for a printing Office, with
canvas thrown over is unfinished roof
through which the rain freely penetra-
ted, a gentle water spout running down
tha compo-uor'> back as he stood with
q hario'i.r ~ Martini-Henry cartridges
.. DIS 'o1ller. his white aproa for
-lsora. composing stick in hand and
Ii, rie lying suggestively near his
~ ming frame; the editors quarters an
army bell ten. -nl a transport wagon,
'Ly space between ingeniously rooted in
with ta-,.rei sail stretched on tele-
crlul poles; their work, editing pa
per by day and on guard up 10 the knee
~ r.Vj a,Eight, or sleeping in a pair Of
leather breechcS, Tor boots and jack.
spu-.." The forty Numbers, of four
pages each. foolscap size, have recently
appeared in boun, form embellished
with f7ur. cen Photographic illustrations
Cf .Le Siege.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

All the knowledge we mortals can
acquire is not knowledge positive,
but knowledge comparative, and SUBJ
ject to the errors and passions Of hu-
manity.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

1t is noticed by the Utica Observer
that at some time or other the man who
does not ADVERTISERS brought into promi-
nence, and a red flag is always used.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

A Western detective kept for many
wears . scrap book, in which he pasted
account, Of crimes in which rewards
were offered for the arrest of the crimi-
nails. Turning over the leaves OF thu
volume a short time ago, he checked
oTaIItbe cases in which the fugitives
lad been caught, AMI found that a sur
p-,s.us number were still at large.
Then pc reasoned that Lsaiville was =
likely place ior s1ch wanderers to drif,
into. arl resolved 20 so there. He
;rrl-eu.sd ihe public resorts Of that
city Toy week looking for men answer
ing 20 the books numerous descrip-
t.ou,. Ore night he observed that a
r,is.,-er IL barroom had a peculiarly
as'.,r.l finger. That was a mark O.
J1a- O.t. WHO committed a murder il
Tsz,T,f, II, in ls69, and for who's,
arrest In oF.r cf II 600 still hel 4 COCO
.-silort.;v was fully established, an1
the detective was paid the money.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

No fewer than five "enterprising
showmen have visited Cleveland In
the hope Of purchasing the funeral car
which conveyed the remains OF Presi-
dent Garfield, and have Offered very
large prices for it-S50,00o, it is said,
in one case. The persons in authority
have refused even to listen to such Of
fers. The car is to be inclosed in a
handsome case constructed in large part
of plate glass and preserved in the
cemetery.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

Pigs are able to consume far more
food in proportion to their weight than
either sheep or oxen.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-11-08

The State Of New York has had only
three Presidents, General Arthur being
the third. Each of these tit is cum
Gus coincidence first served IS Vice
President. Martin Van Buren held
that office Just before he was elected
President. Willard Fillmore was Vice
President for more than a year before
General Taylor's death promoted him
TO the presidency. Like his three I'M
mediate predecessors in the presidency.
Geue1al Arthur has sn only daughter.