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Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-13
Filthy Food.

A New York Herald correspondent
writing in regard to the sufYerings OF
the crew Of the burned exploring ship
Rodgers has this to say about their food:
A piece of walrus hide, dog or putrid
walrus meat would then he considered a
luxury. Five days without food. Dogs
dying 0 natural death were eaten; one
mad dog killed for food. II is true that
they were sometimes compelled to eat
meat so rotten that they had to shut
their eyes aud hold their noses while
dining, aud it would rasp their throats
while swallowing it. Their stomachs
would frequently revolt at this; but it
was eat or starve. The natives relish
their meat, more especially walrus meat,
after it has been killed long time and
has arrived at a certain state Of putrefac-
tion; they say it is then more tender
(which il undoubtedly must be) and
sweeter (which is contrary to the belief
of their guests) Another favorite dish
is what the sailors called "slum gull
lion," mixture of grass and oil, more
than half oil. At meal times q long
wooden trough Of food In set on the
floor; all gather around the trough and
begin operations, the quickest man get
ting the lions share. As soon as he
could bring himself down to eat what
the natives do Jack became very nimble.
1 heard one sailor say that at first he
was slow, and got very little to eat, but
in short time he could compete favor
ably with any two of the natives. This
eating trough is kept In the filthy oondi-
tion that characterizes all the surround
ipss. The natives are very particular
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-13
MOrtuary.

Captain II. F. Towle, of Detroit, well known
along the lakes. died suddenly Friday night.
Gen. Skobeleff died suddenly at Moscow, on
the 7th inst, Of heart disease. Although still
young man, he was regarded as the ablest OF
Russian generals. He greatly distinguished
himself in the late war with Turkey. A few
months ago he made q Psn-Slavistic speech,
which caused great sensation in Europe, and
especially in Germany.
The death ia announced Of the Hon. 1chabod
Goodwin, who was governor Of New Hampsh ire
during the first year Of the war of the rebel
lion. He was SO years Of age, and was one of
the most public-spirited and venerated citizens
Of New Hampshire.
The telegraph announced the death few
days since, at Athens, in Greece, OF the Rev.
John Henry Hill. For over fifty years he had
been missionary OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church, in Greece, and war in his 915t year at
the time Of his death. For many years he,
with the aid Of his wife, kept schooltor girls,
which was attended Ly the daughters OF the
most prominent families in Greece. native
CT New York, he was for long time chaplain
Of the British legation at Athens.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-13
Games lost.
Work Of the Flames.

The malt house Of the Berquer Il Engle
Brewing Company. at Philadelphia was burned
on the Sth lust, the loss being $4,000.
The round house Of the 1T. Louis and San
Francisco Road, at Wnita, Indian Territory,
containing two engines, was destroyed by fire,
the loss being $4,000.
The confectionery store Of George d. Moffet,
in New Orleans. valued at $4,000, was swept
away by flames on the 7th inst
The Lick Mills. San jose, Cal, were destroy
cd by fire on the 9Th inst. Loss over 800, 900.
Dysart, Ia. a small town on the Bur lington
and Cedar Rapids Railroad, was destroyed by
fire on the 9th inst. Over q dozen business
houses were burned out. Loss about 80, 1000.
Five locomotives and the railway roundhouse
at Sherwood, Quebec, burned on the 5tb inst
Loss sl0O,000.
A fire at South Abingdon, Mass, on the 9Th
inst destroyed Everson's shoe factory and an
adjoining dwelling. Loss $4,000.
Hinkle 4 Moore's tobacco and pork warehouse
at Cairo, ILL.,, was reduced to ruins on the 5th
inst. Loss S25,000.
A five story brick structure on Federal Street.
Boston, occupied by several mercantile firms,
was partly destroyed by fire on the 9Th. Dam
age $4,000.
Johnson 4 Arneson's furniture factory at
Chicago, vanished in smoke on the 5th inst.
Loss $4,000.
Mitchell's parafine candle mandatory, New
York City, was entirely destroyed by fire on the
4th. Loss S2O0,000.
Cuttings cannery at Oak Point, Oregon, val
ued at s45, 900, was burned on the 4th.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-13
Arctic Mosquitoes.

The one bitter drop IN our cup of Joy
was the monstrous but ipseparable curse
of Arctic summer life-the mosquito.
He abounded, fourished, luxuriated,
surpassed himself, outmosquitoed him
sell on the Kuloi River. We were at his
mercy; eur wells, gauntlets, handker.
chiefs, tapper, all were vanity and
vexation. To kill was wanton, for to de-
stroy sufficient was impossible. We had
foreseen all this, aud had even thought
OF taking, among other things, a wood
pecker from home with us to protect our
faces while we slept; but one wOodpecker
would have been solemn mockery; we
should have wanted a fresh woodpecker
every five minutes. l suppose these
were the historical flies sent to punish
tie disobedient, obstinate Egyptians;
they came forth in order, and after three
grievous pIagues-the corruption of the
waters, the multitude of frogs, and the
swarms of ice-had entirely failed.
We are becoming connoisseurs in mos
quitoes; we watch them traverse our
wells like figures on slides in a magic
lantern. There is the yellow striped
mosquito, with triple fang to his pro-
boscis; there lis the brown humpbacked
or camel mosquito, with legs of gossa.
mer, who appear to our vindlctive eyes
to be from two to three inches in length;
finally there is the scorpion mosquito,
very searching and businesshke. We
dislike him greatly, for he wastes no
time. We know now that leather is a
hollow delusion, and armor-plated
gauntlets are alone of avail.
Sometimes mosquito comes and kills
himself by squeezing between our finger
and thumb, sometimes by flying against
my tiapper. There are moments, but SO
rare and delicious that | almost tremble
to describe them, when We find mos
quito who has anchored himself by the
proboscis in our gloves-and We watch
the expression of baffied hatred in his
oountenance with which he watches the
approach of the avenging finger. o the
peaceful, blissful enjoyment of that mo.
ment! Sometimes we watch him i'll his
hurried efforts TO pierce the glOye-he
knows that time is all he needs-stand-
ing upon his fore legs with his hind legs
flourishing i'll the air, while he bores
away diligently through the thick leather
in his wicked thirst for blood. Some
times in our frenzy we ensnare mos
quito and get up and trample on his
head. We ask ourselves in hours past
endurance why the law of nature should
be reversed, and man, the lord of crea-
ton, become the prey of savage crea-
lures. We have formed a grave, if i'm
pious, resolution; We will take mos
quito by stratagem, pinion him, and,
with the help Of a burning glass, offer
him in sacrifice to the Midnight Sun.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-13
DRINK IN GREAT BRITAIN.

In commenting on the budget recently
issued by the English premier, the New
York Herald says if John Bull would
sign the ironclad pledge he might abol-
ish the national debt and close half his
prisons during the next FIVE years. In
temperance is an awful evil in this coun-
try, hut it does not reach such proper
tions here as in Great Britain. Every
friend of the British people must rejoice
to know that they are beginning to drink
less. Mr.. Gladstone showed that the
revenue from malt and spirituous bever-
ages was less than usual last year, be-
cause the British people drank less than
usual. There is need enough of their
drinking less. The cost of what they
drink is vastly more than the cost of
their government. In 1881 they paid
$685., ,372, 800 for drink, which is $685.
012, 300 more than the cost of the gov
ernment for the same time. Mr.. Glad
stone lamented that but $35, S45, 900 was
paid during last year on the national
debt of So, 766, ,671, 200, but during the
last decade the British people drank
liquor worth s7,1sO, 100000, or nearly
twice the amount of the national debt.
During 1881 they drank $40, 7SS, ,564 gal
ons of beer and $3.50, 741 gallons OF
wine and spirits, which is more than 27s
of the former and two gallons of the lat
terper capita of the 35, ,246, ,633 popula-
tion. In the United States 571, 1886, ,964
gallons of beer and 93,G07, ,OS1 gallons
of wine and spirits we're consumed dur
ing 1881, or little more than IL gal
Ions Of the former and p Of the latter
per capita Of the 80, 1855, 7S3 population.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-13
FARMING TO THE FRONT.

Never before, says the American Agri.
culturist, have there been 80 many peo-
pie of all classes taking a strong direct
personal interest in the agricultural
situation and prospects. Business men,
bankers, capitalists, stock brokers, mer-
chants, mechanics, manufacturers, oper.
atives, and day laborers even, are watch.
ing the daily bulletins and reports of
the weather, with especial reference as
to how it is affecting the growing wheat
corn and oats, and the further planting
OF corn. Never before have they seen
so clearly that farming is the real basis
OF all other business, and that upon it
rests the prosperity of the country.
They now comprehend the fact that it
was the good crops of 1879, 1880 and
1881, from the export of which we re-
ceived 30 many hundreds of millions of
dollars from other lands, which changed
the financial depression of 1873, and the
years following, into prosperous actiy.
ity extending through all branches of
trade and manufacture. Every extra
bushel OF wheat or corn, or pound of
meat, cheese or butter that went TO mar
ket helped turn the scale. The hun.
dreds OF millions of bushels OF grain that
came from the interior to the seaboard.
gave profitable employment to the rail-
roads. These bought and used more
cars, more iron, more steel, and the
makers of these, from head director to
the lowest laborer, received more wages
and more constant employment, and they
purchased more freely those articles that
60 to supply the necessities and COM
forts OF everyday life. This stimulated
and increased the mercantile trade. and
made heavier demands upon all kinds Of
manufactured commodities. The farm
ers who received the proceeds were able
to reduce debts upon their farms; 10 buy
more and better Implements; to pay up
their store debts, and to buy more freely
from the merchants. The merchants
and shopkeepers were in turn able TO pay
up their debts to wholesale houses,
brokers in manufactures, and importers,
and to buy larger stocks of goods for
cash o. on short credits. The carving
oi these goods increased the transports-
ton business, and stimulated the build
ing Of from 5000 to 10. 900 miles Of now
railroad per year. tLj1G
This brief glance at some leading
points show the great and far-reaching
influence OF prosperity to farmers. On
the other hand, the unfavorsble winter
and spring and summer droughts NJ 1881
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-13

to eat in courses (when they have any
thing to eat). This: First, raw fish
(bones and alD, pronounced excellent;
second, "slum gullion;" third, walrus
skin, raw, and, fourth, walrus, said to be
the finest dish ever set before man. The
officers were as highly regarded in the
houses they live in as any Of the family.
The household would go without food to
keep their guests from suffering. They
would make clothes for them, and when
put on would stand off and admire them,
inspecting them in every different posi-
tion, and appear as pleased as mother
would over her child. When one of the
strangers would feel little downhearted
and could not eat what was set before
him the native would say, "Wby no
eat you no eat me no eat, and thus al
most compel him to eat whether the
meat was revolving or not. Sometimes
when one would be caught thinking and
apparently depressed, the kind hearted
native would say, "Me think you home
sick; never mind, ship by and by come;
no too long; one moon" They count
time entirely by moons. A certain
amount of exercise was necessary almost
daily to prevent the scurvy from taking
q firm hold on them. Exercise was Sc
cured by long walks, hunting or sledging
when team could be procured.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-13

A farmer named Donlonghty was mortally
wounded at Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, on
the 8th inst.
c. W. Murphy, watchman at the Burlington
warehouses;, State and Sixteenth Streets, Chi
cago, found four car-robbers at work. One of
the number, known rs Billy, alias Neny /"
Keefe, threatened to fire on the officer, where
upon the latter shot him dead in his tracks.
James Hawks, a drunken laborer, slashed his
wife fatally with q jsck-knife at Syracuse,
N. Y, on the 9th inst.
DIR. Joel Prescott, proprietor Of Chicago
bath house was found in the basement Of his
institution on the night Of the sth inst, by one
Of his sons. with his head beaten to a jelly.
Two negroes are In custody, charged with the
crime.
Forty Mexican soldiers, acting under orders
Of the customs officers, attacked camp Of
smugglers near Piedras Negras. Half the
troops we're mounted, the others firing from Q
ravino. Gonzelos, the customs officer. was
killed, and the smugglers lost two men. Nine
Of the contrabandistos were captured, as also
forty bales Of goods and forty horses.
In fight at Plymouth, Ind, on the Sth inst,
Michael Foley broke Josiah Reece's neck with
Q blow of his fist.
Assassins waylaid and killed Charles Penn
near Frankfort KY, on the 9th inst.
A ssloon-keeper named Kramer was fatally
stabbed by his step-son ON the 6th inst.
While resisting arrest for murder in SEWER
County, Ark, ON the 9Th inst, Geo. McCarver
was killed. Constable Hetherly also lost his
life by the accidental discharge Of his gun
The body Of John Welsh, Of Williamson
Mass. was found in HoOsac River ON the 8th
inst, with three bullet wounds in 1t. Welsh
had been missing some time.
A shocking case Of patricide occurred at
Kirkwood, suburb Of st. Louis, No., on the
7th inst. Guy Smith, wild lad Of IS, was
chastised by his father for abusing the family
and smashing the china. This so enraged him
that he procured Q gun and shot his father
dead.
The citizens of Fargo, Dakota, hunted thetown
over for q man Knudson, who was supposed to
have killed Policeman Alderman, and he would
have been lynched II caught. On the morning
Of the 9th inst, q Mrs. Bunkle stated to the
authorities that she was aroused about mid
night by some one demanding admission to her
house, and on his attempt TO break down the
door she fred at him. II appears that the
poliosman made . mistake as TO Knudson's resi-
dence. Mrs. Bunkle was discharged by the
coroner's jury.
The body Of Klgour, who murdered Gard
ner and shot Marshal Bryant ct Belmont, KY,
was found in the woods terribly mutilated by
hogs and buxxards.
Cowboys entered st. Johus, Arizona, on the
9th inst, and held high carnival, using their
revolvers with dangerous freedom. They we're
finally cornered IN an adobe hut where they
were forced to surrender. Two M0rmons,
named James Vaughan and Nathan O. Tenney,
the latter quite prominent, and ct one time Z
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-13
Tho Deacon's liahtnina Rod.

1t is related of Maryland deacon
whose peaches are first in the New York
market, that, having company at his
farm house one evening recently, q ter
rife thunder storm came on and shook
things worse than an explosion in q
crockery store. Everybody was thor
oughly frightened, and directly after q
binding flash one of the visitors anx-
iously asked:
Friends, don't you think We had
better kneel and ask for protection?"
"No, Brother Jones, no." protested
the deacon. 81 have just had light
ming rod on the house at an expense OF
S86, and I propose We hold of and give
her Q fair show to do business.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-13
The Coffee Planter.

This passage occurs in Mr.. f. L. Ar.
nold's recently published "On the H.
dian Hills"
"When 1 entered the great circle Of
nearly two hundred men, women and
children, looking as solemn as they
might be, with the fateful day book in
one hand and huge bag of copper and
silver coins in the other, having the
half-caste clerk at my elbow to interpret,
| was conscious that all eyes were upon
me, aud my smallest motion was being
watched in deep silence by the assem-
bled coolies. Determined to get into
practice as soon as possible, instead Of
letting the half.caste call over the names,
l determined to do 1t myself, and, shoot
ing out the bag of money into glitter
ing heap on the rough wooden tables in
front of me, plunged at once into the
long columns of outlandish names,
which filled ten or twelve folio pages of
the day book. When be-
gan calling the fearful and wonder
full Tamil and Canarese names, there
was general litter round the
circle, and three or four men an
swered at once, my pronunciation being
so shaky that they could not distinguish
whose name it was. However, l sup
pressed the giggling and, having OBJ
tanned silence in the court, forged slowly
ahead, every now and then making some
mistake which set the natives smiling,
but getting slowly into the way Of the
pronunciation and running up the sums
and counting out the change like book
n
clude he had not got the right amount
and open a discussion which l had to
cut short; and so per cent. of them
thought their rupees were bad, so that
from all sides rose the sound Of money
being clinked upon the rock to test its
ring. Each native rs he came up
salaamed and held out both his hands,
edge to edge, to receive the overflowing
bounty of the sahib. Poor people! the
strongest man among them who had
worked in the rain and sun all the week
only took six times five annas-about
equal to 3s. 4d.-snd on this, of course,
many had to support wife and children
too i'll or weak to toll. Then again, the
women-mauy Of them mothers, with
small brown fragments OF humanity
slung upon their backs-got three annas
day, and the most they could earn was lit
tie more than 2s n week. Even the lit
tie children came up, ducked their small
shaved heads in comical homage to the
great white sahib, and held out very
small brown hands for the price which
those hands were supposed to have
earned, at the rate Of a penny day.
Last of all, the maistries receive pay a'
the rates of six or eight annas per diem,
and then the horse-boys, cooks, sweep
ers, and hangers-on OF all sorts. Wher
these were satisfied, there was still
small crowd of non-contents who came
mp and complained that their money wal
bad-would I change it I? which l always
did when possible, as, il q poor fellow
earned one rupee and chanced to ge
paid with bad, unchangeable coin
there was nothing but starvation for hin
during the next week. Others thought
there was mistake somewhere-alway'
to their disadvantage-and their name
had to be hunted for, and the amoun
Of money given compared with that en-
tered in the book"
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-13
TOLEDO.
The Youngest Pensioner.
from the Philadelphia Record. J

The youngest pensionero on the pension
books throughout the United States,
who draws monthly money for services
rendered by himself, is James w. Gran
dell. aged 15 years, who resides at No.
1901 Christian Street. Crandell had
love for the briny deep, and his mother,
on March 81, 1851, secured his enlist
ment in the United States navy, on
board the United States steamer Con-
stitution. When off Cape Hatteras,
Crandell was taken i'll, aud for six weeks
he lay between life and death, from an
attack of typhoid fever, and when he re-
covered he was AZ deaf as q post. The
physicians thought it dodge Of the lad
to be discharged, and to test him placed
two Of their largest guns ON deck with
Crandell between them. Both were dis
charged at once, and everyone who wit
messed the scene expected TO find the lad
dead from fright, but he simply wrote on
. piece Of paper "I think the deck
Jared little, but / heard nothing" He
was discharged on April IL, and through
his attorney and Pension Claim Agent
William II. Druen, he succeeded in OBJ.
tanning pension of $13 per month for
his lifetime.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-13
Minor MishaDS.

A party Of four persons were drowned in the
st. Lawrence River on the Sth inst, by the mp
setting Of boat.
On the sth inst, the steambarge Hilton ran
ashore near Whitehall, Mich. The crew were
carrying the anchor into deep water with their
boat when the boat capsized, drowning the
wheelman and fireman of the steamer.
Professor Worth, the snake-charmer, during
a p rformance in New York on the evening
Of the 7th inst, received fatal bite.
On the night of the 9th inst, the dwelling OF
Douglas Ceripinski at Long Lake. Minn.,
caught fire during his absence and was con-
sumed. A hired man through his noble efforts
saved the family, three in all, but Mrs. Ceripin-
ski returned to save some Of her effects and was
burned to death.
C. L. O'Brien, the celebrated detective of
Northern Texas, was killed at Adair Mills on
the 9TH inst, by the accidental disch arge OF
his pistol.
At Dover, N. H., on the 9Th, while two lads
were shooting at target on the premises Of
Rev. J. X. Richmond. Annie. the minister's
daughter approached the scene without giving
warning, and received a mortal wound.
Ben Macmillan, a wealthy bachelor was
burned TO death by a fire which destroyed the
Grand Ledge House and Campbell House at
Grand Ledge, Mich, on the 9Th inst. Mac
MILAN was in drunken stupor at the time.
A cyclone killed one herder, badly injur sd
another and killed twenty head Of cattle on
Browns Ranch, near Fort smith, Texas, on
the Sd inst.
At Lincoln, Neb., on the 4th inst, Emma
and Sslle Lee were fatally burned, their
clothes being fired by lamp, over which they
were beating a curllng-tongs The dress Of
Iiss wakemap, Of Port Huron, Mich, was
ignited by tirecracker, and the ire was burned
70 death. BY premature explosion Of fire.
works at Evansville, Ind, three women were
seriously injured.
Nathan Riscoe, Ernestown, Pa, was stung in
the forehead by bee on the 4th. and died in
fifteen minutes.
Mrs. Kate Cotter's toy and fancy goods store
at Chicago, ILL.,. caught fire on the 4th inst. and
was consumed. Mrs. Cotter's daughter Katie,
aged IL years, who was sleeping mp stairs at the
time Of the tire, was burned to death. The fire
was caused by someone carelessly throwing a
firecracker into the store.
A cannon exploded at Ripon, Wis. on the
Fourth, killing Geo. Page and severely injuring
Jack Kingsbury.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-07-13

whereupon Admiral Seymour notified the au-
thorities that unless the work was stopped with
in twelve hours he would open fire on the city.
Foreigners have deserted the city and war
seems inevitable.
The Egyptians have been constructing forti-
fications at Alexandria, and the British govern
ment notified the sultan Of Turkey that IL this
work shall not be suspended at once, the war
steamers In the harbor will open Q lombard
ment. The sultan threw the responsibility
upon the Egyptian suthorites, and the work
on the fortifcations vas continued. The Eng
lish residents in the city were removed on board
the vessels, in anticipation of the lombard
ment. Admiral Seymour then sent word TO the
Egyptians that he would open his guns upon
the city II the work should not cease instantly.
The work ceased instantly.
Sir Garnet Wolseley and others met at the
British war Office on the Sd inst, to arrange for
pay, clothing, and subsistence for the army Of
reserve soon to be called out for Egypt. Har-
ness equipments for the batteries are being
prepared at Woolwich. and the men-of war
Ajax and Agamemnon are making ready for
immediate service.
The French Mediterranean squadron Of nine
ron-clads is kept in readiness 10 sail for Egypt.
aud transports to carry 1880 men lie on
Toulon.
The base Hall Chan mpiOnship.
The following table indicates the position Of
the various clubs in the contest for the cham