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Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-02-01
Rat. Cat and Puppy Pie.

China Letter to the Troy Times.
In Canton We visited restaurant
where cats, rats aud dogs were served
for food Dog steak, rat or cat stew
were 10 be hal Ht any hour. 1t has been
OftcL denied and many affirm that it is
only one OF the old Peter P,lriey's stories
that the Chinese eat these things. But
it is true. We saw whole puppy stewed
in large kettle. We saw table full Of
men satisfying their hunger with dog
meat, and they ate with hearty relish.
We saw cats and pups in cages for sale.
and rats hung up waiting for purchasers.
The dishes looked savory and the price
Of meal was "dog cheap" but We did
not indulge in aIy "bow-wow soup or
feline steak or rodent potpie. We weren't
hungry just then. The lCelestials will
tell you rat number one good eatee,"
and s6 Nv You rats skinned, rats salted,
rats dried, rats hung up by the tails and
rats strung on strings. II you doubt
the genuineuess of the article the pro-
prietor will show you the meat with
the hair aud tail attached for identified
ton.
Rat meat is said to be foe tonic and
rat is good tor bald headed men. Pup.
pies and kittens are generally preferred;
old dogs and Tom cats are apt to be
rather tough. Black cats are supposed
to he more nutritious than white ones,
hence the following advertisement seen
in shop window: BLACK cats served
hot at all hours: also snakes, rats and
dogs"
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-02-01
A Marvel Of Palestine.
/ Noun. Carmel Cores. New York SUI

mount carmel CORES. New York suu.
One of the fellabin now told us of
marvel in the neighborhood. 1t was a
hole In the rock, at which, by applying
ones ear, one could hear the roar of
mighty rlyer. Attracted by the prospect
of 80 singular a phenomenon, We scram-
bled through the prickly underwood with
which the hillsides are thIckly covered,
and finally emerged upon a small valley,
at the head of which was an open grassy
space, and near it a table Of fiat lime
stone rock. In the center Of 1t was
an oblong hole, about two oinches by three,
the sides Of which had been worn smooth
by the curious and superstitlous, who
had probably visited the spot from the
most extreme antiquity. First the Arab
stretched himself at full length and laid
his ear upon the aperture. / followed
suit, and became conscious not only
OF a strong draught rushing upward from
subterranean depths, but OF distant
roaring sound, as Of remote Niagara.
For moment was puzzled, and the Arab
was triumphant, for | had treated his
rushing subterI anean rlyer with a con-
temptuous skepticism; yet here were nm
deniably the sounds of roaring water.
Had it been distant gurglc or trickle
1t would have been explicable, but it was
maDifestly impossible that any river OF
such dimensions as 10 produce the sounds
1 heard could exist. Though the day
was perfectly still, the draught upward
was strong enough TO blow away the
corner of handkerchief held over the
mouth of the hole. At last solved the
problem to my own satisfaction. By as
ceudIng the hiil on the right the sound
of "the loud.volced neighbonng ocean"
distant between two and three miles, was
distinctly audible. IT had been blowing
the aay before, and the rollers were
breaking upon the long line of coast. l
now cuniectured that the crack in the
rock must extend from some cavern on
the seashore, and form a sort of whisper
ing gallery, conducting the souud Of the
breakers with great dlstipctness to the
top of the hills, but blending them so
much that it seemed at first II continuous
rushing noise. This was au explanation
contrar to all traditions, and it was
received y, he Arab with iucredulItv.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-02-01
DAKOTA,

MIR. ENGLISH, an Aurora County
farmer. has 900 sheep.
BLOCKS of mica by feet have been
found in the Black Hills.
GRAND FORKS is to have a galvanized
iron cornice manufactory.
BOUNDARIES are to be located in Sioux
Falls, and the city will be divided into
wards.
MASDAS and jamestown are starting a
little rivalry over the location OF terri
torial university.
A LARGE elk. weighing seven hundred
pounds, was run down and killed near
De Smet last week.
SALOONS III Bismarck now close at II
o'clock Saturday night, and remain
closed during Sunday.
Mrs. Mcbride has sued Sioux Falls
for sl2, 80 damages, sustained by an ac-
cident from a defective highway.
An old man and woman lost their way
near Little Missouri last week and were
three lays without food, sheltered only
by quantity of brush. The man died.
Miss NANCY PITTS was fatally injured
by the upsetting Of a sleigh load Of
young people who were riding out from
Speartfsh.
SHERIDAN, one Of the oldest mining
camps III the Hills, which has been dead
for the past ~" wears, has been revived
10y recent hHg strike in tn" mines near
there.
FREIGurER named Beuvay got full
of benziue a: Pierre on Monday night,
started for Fort Pierre, fell from his
wagon and was found frozen solid the
next morning.
The lew Masonic Hall at Bismarck
will be ready in a short time, the main
hall being 2ix65 feet, and is said to be
the finest hail III the northwest. The
public dedication OF the hall and con-
secrstiUu Of the lodge viii take place at
an early day.
A TRANSPORTATION company has been
organized at Grand Rapids, with the OBJ
iect oi running daily line OF steamers
Columbia, Brown County, there TO con-
meet with the Chicago and North West
eru Railroad.
A LARGE force of men are now at work
GU the railroad bridge over the Red
River at Grand Forks, strergth' ming the
structure apd raising 1t on one side, where
it has # late slightly settled. The
bridge will be put in such a shape as to
do away with any apprehensiops VI rc.
gard 10 its safety on the breaking mp Of
the ic.' IN til" river the coming spring.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-02-01

top Joint is longer than the others il de-
notes a character with too much imagin-
alton, great ideality, and of leaning to.
ward the theoretical rather than the prac-
tical. When the middle joint OF the
finger is long, it promises logical cal
culatlng mind--a very common sense
kind Of persoD--snd when the lowest
JOINT is the longest indicates a nature
that clings more TO the luxuries than to
the refnements of life, and mind that
looks for the utility before beauty. II
they are nearly alike, and especially if
the length of the fingers equals the
length Of the palm, il indicates a we'll
balanced mind.
The principal lines on the hand are
lines of life, which runs around the base
OF the thumb, the Inc of the head
which begins alongside the line Of life,
crossing the middle of the palm, and the
line OF the heart, which goes from one
side OF the hand to the other, at the base
of the fingers. A long and well defined
line of the head promises intellectual
power, and pole line means indecisiop.
A good looking line of the heart augnrs
well for the owners happiness. IL il
sends short lines toward the line of the
head it is taken to mean that the love of
that person will not only be given to
those who have earned his respect. Such
area few of the points of the science which
this winter nearly every one in intelIi-
gent social circles will he practicing and
talking about.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-02-01
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
MINNESOTA.

OF 100 deaths in Morrison County
last year, SO we're from diphtheria.
MYRoN SMITH, Of Ashley, was so bad.
ly frozen while drunk that he will be q
cripple for life.
The New York Childrens Aid Society
distributed twenty.two children al
Albert Lea last week.
The total value Of the products of Du.
luth's manufacturing Establishments the
past year was s2, 102, III. ..
Nor less than 10000 skins, mostly
mink and muskrnt, have been shipped
from Window the past year.
BLACK TOOTH is making its appearance
among the hogs in the vicinity Of
Rochester, and many have died.
EIGHT HUNDRED saddles of venison
we're shipped from Little Falls during
this season, sggregating 200 pounds.
An engineer named McEiroy was
killed at Tracy Tuesday evening, as a
gust Of wind blew him in front of an en-.
gine, which ran over him.
WHILE at work unloading logs at the
Clearwater logging camp one day last
week, VIM. Hovey was caught between
the logs and suffered compound frac-
ture of leg below the knee. On his
way to camp he had his face badly
frozen. There being no doctor in camp,
team WAS dispatched to Detroit, and
the journey OF 90 miles made in IA hours.
A subscription of $500 WAS raised among
the loggers for Hovey.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-02-01

A storehouse at Winooski, Vt, filed with
wool and mill supplies, was burned on the 9th.
Loss Sl25, 900; insurance, $75, 900.
4 fire at Atlanta, Ga, on the 27th, consumed
building containing the Masonic hall. and
several stores. Loss s65,O00.
Martin, Clapp Freuchs shoe factory at
Tapleyyllle. Mass. burned on the 2sth. Loss
$1,000
Hastings. Ont. suffered the loss Of Peters
wooden factory and Fowler's cotton factory BY
fire on the 9th. Loss $50, 900.
Sweetzers shoe factory at Lynn, Mass. was
visited by fire on the 27th, which damaged
stock to the extent Of $ll0, 200.
At Winooski. VT, on the 9th, q collision oc-
CURED between two freight cars. One Of them,
laden with kerosene, exploded setting fire to =
large frame storehouse close TO the track. The
stOrehouse was consumed, toge. her with the
contents which consisted Of wool and mill sup
plies. Loss S200,OO0.
Three prominent firms were burned out at
Omaha, Neb., on the 26th, Mcmahon, Albert 4
Co., druggists, Meyer 4 Raapke, grocers, and
Hornberger, billiard 4 Werth's restaurant.
Total loss $60,0O0.
Toe Cincinnati Steam Forge Company .
building burned on the 26th. Loss $50, 900.
lreland's Mills at Buckhaven, Eng, were re-
duced to ashes on the Goth, throwing 400 peo-
pie out OF employment. Loss several thousand
pounds.
Richland Center. Wis, suffered severe loss
Dy nfe on the Zbth. hurousk0ps BLOCK, the
finest ia the city, together with several less
pretentious structures were destroyed. The
loss is estimated at fully eos, 900.
The Opera House at Defiance, Ohio, TOOK
fire and was consumed on the night Of the 25th.
Loss estimated at $4,000.
A fire at Buffalo, N. Y, on the 26th, wiped
out Hall 4 Sons hre brick works. Loss Sa0,-
200.
The Sandwich Mass Tack Factory, lately
fitted out with new machinery was consumed
by fire on the 25tb. Loss heavy.
University Hall, connected with Prof. Hol-
brooks normal school at Lebanon, o., was re-
duoed to ruins on the night Of the 25th. The
building cost $50, 900.
The Ekhill Coal Company's breaker in Dick
son CITY, Pa, burned on the 24th. Loss s25.-
OOO.
Smiths Organ Factory, corner of Clarendon
and Montgomery Streets, Boston, was reduced
to ruins on the Oath. Loss $4,000.
Csmbridgeport, Msa, suffered the loss Of
several fine business houses by fire on the Gath.
Loss 1900.
Fires on the 23d: Coshocton (O) Steel and
Axle works, 10000; John q. weaver's villa at
Newport, eS5, 400; Kelly's Cigar factory, Lon
don, Ont, e20, 900; several business houses in
Cochrane, Ga, &4O, 900; the business portion Of
Athens, Mich, e35, 600; Spauidingfs Block,
Nashua, n. e., $50, 900; teu hopses comprising
an entire block, at Raleigh, \, q.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-02-01
American Versus English Woods.


There is a certain wIldness in nature III
this country, known to hunters, fisher
men and campers out, that any eugges-
ton or relic OF man profanes. 1t is
found mainly II our woods. IL Eug-
land il is to be looked for rather IN the
solitude Of the moors. The pastoral
or field life Of Dature in that country
is so rank and full that no woods or
forests that WIS able 10 lind
could hold their own against it for a
moment. IL flooded them like tide.
The grass grows luxuriautly ID the thick
woods, and where the grass fails, the
coarse bracken takes its place. There
was no wood spirit, no wild wood AIR, as
with us. Oar forests shut their doors
against the fields, they shut ont the
strong light and the heat. Where the
land has been long cleared, the woods
put out a screen of low branch rs, or
else "A bushy growth starts mp along
their borders that guards and protects
their privacy. Lift or part away these
branches and step inside, ard you are
IN another world new plants, new
flowers, new birds, new animals, new in
sects, new sounds, new odors: in fact,
an entirely different atmosphere and pres
ence. Dry leaves cover the ground, deli.
cate ferns and moss drape the rocks, shy,
delicate flowers gleam ont here and
there. the slender brown wooi.frog
leaps nimbly away from your feet, the
little red newt fills its infantile pipe, or
hides under a leaf, the ruffied grouse
bursts up before you, the gray squirrel
leaps from tree TO tree, the wood-pepee
utters its plaintive cry, aud soouer or
later the mosquito demands his fee.
Our woods suggest new arts, new pleas
ures, a new mode OF life. English parks
and groves. when the sun shines, suggest
perpetual picnic, or Maying party; but
no one, imagine, thinks of camping
ont in English woods.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-02-01
Making Shot.

fruul the IncagN fleid.l
A shot tower is an immense brick
structure, $50 feet high, resembling a
lighthouse more than any thing else.
Visitors are conducted up spiral stair
case inside, to the top, where fine view
is obtained for miles about, but the view
down the inside is not so pleasant. The
opening where the shot descends becomes
narrower and narrower, until nothing is
seen at the bottom but darkness. At
the top of the tower art the furnaces for
smelling. From these lead is poured
into pans, set in the tower, with perfor-
ated sheet-iron bottoms. The melted
lead comes through these holes and en-
larges on the other side, formed into
globules before it falls down to the well
beneath holding several feet of water.
The large shot drop the whole hight of
the tower to the bottom, but the smaller
sizes only about half as far. One pecu-
liar thing is, that small shot generally
expand in falling, and the largest sizes
contract. Very great care is necessary
in mixing the metals, as it would run
through the holes and drop in strings if
not Of the proper proportions aud no
shot could be made at all.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-02-01
LOSSES BY FIRE.

"A S9n,OOO,O 900 Ash.heap." is the
striking heading of the Commercial Bull
letin's summary of the fires of 1882.
Even more striking are the figures for
the whole world as presented by cor
respondent in the columnsIof the London
Times for year not specified, but pre-.
sumably 1880. According to him, the
losses by fire III this country surpass
those anywhere else. He puts them at
sllO, 100000, some S5,00O,O00 more
than in Russia, which comes next.
The English losses are estimated a
forty-tive millions, the Germans at thir-
ty, the French at fifteen. The estimate
for the United States. at least, is grossly
excessive. 1t Is twenty millions above
the figures of the careful Bulletin,
which include the Canadian losses.
while Canada is down in the tables of
the correspondent for twenty millions
more. The total for the United States
according to the review of the year re.
Gently published in the New York Times
was S7O,000,000. In Europe the loss
per inhabitant was greatest in England,
but in proportion to wealth it was great
est in Russia. In the first particular
the United States far surpassed Eng.
land. More confidence may be felt in
the figures of premiums, which are lees
open to errors of estimates. Forty.
eight millions, it appears, were paid in
premiums in one year in the United
States. England ranks next by the pay
ment of $34, 100000, and Germany
comes third with total of S32 500, 900.
The total premium payments for the
world for this one year were $3.50, ,0O0,-
600, or, taking the world over, nearly
equal to the wages of m1l"n men for
AL equal lensth OF time.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-02-01
INTEMPERANCE IN EUROPE.

The Geneva correspondent of the
London Times draws fearful picture
OF the spread of intemperance in Switzer-
land. However temperate, frugal, and
industrious the Swltzers may once have
been they aCe now last degenerating into
a race of drunkards. The correspondent
declares that the growth OF intemper.
ance has been 80 rapid and universsl rs
TO excite tnc mos serious apprehensIons,
and u engages the attention of church
synod, the Society of Utility, and of the
public press. The subject is also being
considered by the federal government
with view to securing restrictive Iegis.
lation by the national assembly. 1t ap.
pears that this sudden and rapid in.
ereasc of intemperance among the Swiss
people only dates back to 1874. Prior
to that year the Cantous possessed power
to regulate the traffic in drink. Then
licenses were high, and minute restric-
tive regulations were placed upon the
traffic. No public house for the sale OF
liquor could he Onened in the nelghbor.
hood oi any church, school, or public
institution o. any kind. All such places
had to lie closed the greater part of
every Sunday, and at a certain hour
each evening, and penalties were pro.
vided aga nst fu nishing drink to minors.
or permitting them to frequent places
where liquor WIS exposed for SALE By
an amendment to the federal constitu.
tion ali this was changed and the right
to sell alcoholic beverages was made AS
free as their right to sell milk, or any
article Of provision. As a result, drink.
ing houses multiplied, aud the CORE.
spondcut shows that while the popula-
ton only increased six per cent. in
given time, the taverns increased TWEEN.
ty.two per ccnt. He says, taking the
whole country into account, there is one
tavern to eve,v one hundred and thirty
inhabitants, snd that, deducing the
women AID children, and the sick, the re
Is one drinking place to every thirty
persons. lu Geneva, and MANY other
towns grOcers and confectoners veud
wine aud spirits, and in this manner the
means cf spreading intemperance are
multiplied. A bottle of common brandy,
he says, costs about twents cents, and
judging from the effects produced the
liquor must be- of the vilest character.
The w1ges ot the working classes are
nearly ali spent for drink, and in Geneva
the sum expended for intoxicating bev-
erages is estimated at $50 per capita an
nually. More than one.half the crime
committed is traceable to excessive in
dulgenre III stroug drink. As a natural
conseq acnce, says the correspondent,
failures, bankruptcies, and forced sales
OF property are alarmingly on the in
crease. Lard is depreciating in value,
and II many cases of foreclosure
"mort cages can find neither buyers nor
tenant. There is no help for it Int
for tie Swiss to return to their old sys-
tenn at checks and rigid licensing. Pro-
hlbitiou cannot help them. for IT would
doubtless prove as great failure as it
has IN our own country. There is a
happy mean in this matter, and the mid
die course between extremes is always
the best. This will doubtless be the
view Which the Swiss National Assem-
bly, viii take of the matter.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-02-01
Liter y Work and Tobacco.
From the London Times.l


In response to circular recently sent
out by Mr.. Arthur Reade, who has been
collecting information as to the habits Of
literary men in regard to stimulauts, the
Abbe Moigno gives an interesting record
Of his experiences. The letter appear
ing in his paper, Les Mondes, states that
he has published 130 volumes, small and
great; that he scarcely ever leaves his
work table, aud never takes walking ex-
ercise, yet he never has a trace of head
ache or brain weariness
Snuff taking he some times practiced,
but he vigorously condemns it. He has
learned twelve different languages by q
method of his own, and with regard to
his requirements in philology and chron-
oiogy he says: {" was one of the most
extraordinary pers Qualities of one time,
and Francois Arago sometimes laughing
ly threatened to have me burnt as sor-
cerer.' On one occasion, when in Mum
ich for q few weeks, and spending the
evenings with Bavarian servants, who
each smoked four or five cigars and drank
two or three pots of beer daily-Stein-
he'll, the mostillustrious, boasted of smok-
ing 5000 cigars a yeaI-the Able came
10 smoke three or four cigars day. lie
had also q new taking to snuff, so that
when preparing his calculus of varia-
tions, a very difficult mathematical work,
he would empty his snuff.box, which
held twenty-five grammes. in day. But
one day he was surprised to find himself
painfully unable to recall the meaning
of foreign words, or to remember dates
with which he hal been familiar.
Thereupon he formed heroic resolu-
tion, and since August /, 1863 when he
smoked three cigars and took twenty i've
centimes' worth of snuff, he has, up to
the 25th of June, 1882, touched neither.
This was, for him, complete .esurrec-
ton, not only of memory, but ofgeneral
health of well being; he has had indefinite
capacity OF work, unconscious digestion,
perfect assimilation of food. For the
rest, he mentions that he takes a small
cup Of black coffee III the morning, and
when all but two or three spoonfuls has
been drunk he adds small spoonful OF
brandy or other alcoholic liquor. This
is his ration Of stimulants. He goes to
bed about 8 and rises about 3, full of
vigor. The Able is over 80.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-02-01
Lost In n Mine.

Details Of disaster which occurred in an
Australian mine at Creswick, on the 18th Of
December, have been r. ceived. A drift broke
unexpectedly. flooding the workings. the water
measuring thirty feet III depth in the shaft
Twenty-seven men were imprisoned. The
pumps were started Immediately, and cycrs
effort made to Effect their release. On the
afternoon Of the 18th the wa.e, receded TO
breast high in the flooded drift where the
imprisoned men were supposed to be and au
attempt was made to reach them by the road
ines but the vtIated air was oveipowering
and the search party retreated. II was not
until P, N. on the lith that the poor fellows
were reached, when the horrible fact was dis
covered that only five survived. One BY one
during the sixty hours struggle they dropped
from the timbers to which they chung, the
strongest only holding out until relief came
The victims were buried December 10th.