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to assume it's burdens or to reward them
with the honor they deserve for having
done lIarery Magazine.
THE CUBAN NEGRO.-A negro in Cuba
will work very we'll when he must; he will
lazy mafinigcently when he may: For peo-
pie who are not especially fastidious it is
easv enough to live in Cuba. The climate
is tropical all the year round a shirt, a
pair of trousers, a cap, is all that the negro
needs in the way of clothing, and pair of
slippers down at the heel. The whole out
fit costs him, at a generous figure, about a
dollar of our money. He can live well
enough on fruits and vegetables. The ne
cessity of paying for labor gives him sure
income when he cares to work at all. Phys
ically he is stronger than most of the whites,
and his African blood can better bear the
heats, the sweats and the labor of the day.
Fruits, vegetables and a little meat or a
soup are enough to sustain him in climate
where two meals day fully cover the bill
of life So that if he makes dollar in
paper day, or two dollars or three dollars,
as any one of them could easily make who
cared to work at all, in the cities at least,
he could lay up money at his very cheap
rate of living. If he does not choose
to work he can steal enough food to live
upon. The negro is good creature in a
multitude of ways, but whether rightly or
wrongly he has come to regard the white
man as his enemy. All these ideas enter
into policy affecting class of people whose
social condition, without their ever dream.
ing of it has been changed by stroke of
the pen. No man is more faithful than the
negro who is faithful; and no man more
treacherous than the negro who chooses to
be treacherous. Even in his new found
freedom he still feels himself to be men,
ber of despised and oppressed race. He
has bitter sufferings to remember and what
he considers wrongs to avenge. TO free him
at bound, where the liberators do not pre-
dominate, as they scarcely do in Cuba, is
like freeing chatfed and chained and hum
cry tiger. His bonds have fallen from him.
He is free to roam where and as he wills.
He has little or no education. He has little
or no sense of the force and worth of what
we call civilization. His life has been one
of bondage and of suffering. His freedom in
a country the disturbed condition of which
offers easy inducements to lawlessness
means, or in too many cases takes the
shape of revolt against all that is.
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IDEAS IN THE HOLY LAND.-Ine cnanS-
es which have been going on in the Holy
Land are beginning to make themselves felt
by the tourist While Palestine must for a
long time wear the Oriental aspect 1t mas
maintained from time immemOrial, it
shows already the distinctive marks OF mod
ern times and western progress. A good
carriage road has been built from Jatfa to
Jerusalem, and thence to Bethlehem. A
telegraph wire runs from the seaboard TO
the interior, offices being established at
"Nablous, the old city Of Shechem'' where
Jacobs we'll was, and where the blessing
and cursing were read from Ebal and Geri-
zim, also at Nazareth, Tibarias, and Damas-
GUS" Women grinding at the mill IS now
a spectacle rarely seen at Nazareth, steam
Touring mill taking the place of the an
CINE is heard in that city. 1t is only little
while ago that nothing in the way OF build
ing was seen outside the old walls Of Jeru-
salem. Now two or three thriving villages
lie to the north and west of the city. A
German colony has built town out toward
the plain of Rephaim, which for thrift and
business, looks like manufacturing village
in Massachusetts. On the outskirts of the
city school for training boys in farming.
carpentry, and other trades is maintained
by the London Missionary Society. The
country ABOUT Betnienem Is qulte recoveleu
to it's ancient fertility. Stones are gathered
from the fields and utilized as fences, and
the ground is we'll titled. At Acre, Naza-
reth, and, indeed, in most of the towns OF
Palestine, quite thrifty congregation may
be seen, worshiping in good church build
ing. Mechanics and other artisans, from
England, Germany and America are found
in most of the chief cities. Jerusalem has
an orphanage for boys founded by the Ger
mans, and having 300 inmates. There is also
an orphanage for girls, in which about 100
inmates are supported and trained for some
useful industry.
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THREE MEALS A DAY.-An English wri-
ter gives some much needed advice as to the
times and frequency ofmeals. In his opin-
ion the present usual practice of three meals
day has good reason, as well as custom, in
it's favor. When work of any kind is being
done, whether mental or bodily, the inter-
walls between taking food should not be so
long as to entail demands on the system
when its store of material for the generation
of force is exhausted. An ordinary full
meal, in the case of healthy man, is gener-
ally considered to have been completely di-
gested and to have passed out of the stom-
ach in four hours. A period of rest should
then be granted to the stomach. Assuming
that two hours are allowed for this, the in:
terval between one meal and another would
be six hours; and this accords with the ex-
perience of most men. During rest and
sleep there is less waste going on, and espe-
cialy during sleep there is greatly dimin-
ished activity of all the functions OF the
body. The interval, therefore, between the
last meal of one day and the first of the
next may be longer, as it generally is, than
between the several day meals Assuming
that breakfast be taken about or o'clock,
there should be midday meal about or 2.
The character of this must depend on the
nature of the days occupation and the con-
venience of the individual. With women
and children this is generally their hungry
time, and the midday repast, whether called
luncheon or dinner, is the chief meal. Soft
is with the middle and laboring classes, for
the most part. But for merchants, profess
sional men and others, whose occupations
take them from home all the day, this is in
convenient, and, moreover, it is not found
conducive to health or comfort to take full
meal in the midst of the days work. There
can howavar he no no doubt that much evil
arises from attempting to 60 through the
day without food, and then with exhausted
powers sitting down to a hearty meal.
Something of light, easily digestible, but
sustaining character should be taken toward
or . o'clock
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-09-25

SINGLE LIFE.-A state of single blessed
ness has it's mischievOus side. The mischief
of divorce is Il mere bagatelle, as compared
with the harm done by the influences which
operate in both sexes to prevent marriage.
We do not say to delay, but to prevent; for
the alarming fact is not the numbers who
believe that they can achieve the ends and
the happiness of life better without being
entangled in the matrimonial web. This
opinion has more prevalence among young
men; but it is the other sex who suffer most
under it's operation. 1t is not altogether
loose and libertine reasoning which leads
young men and young women to this con-
cusion. 1t may be forced on them by the
cogency of special facts in the worlds way
of thinking. There is a great mass of self
ish and worldly convenience and comfort
which induces them to take that side at
once. There are risks in domestic life which
are so great in the higher ranges of society
as to take the ignoble look from young
mans selfish cowardice. The public discus
sions of woman's position and prospects have
drawn the sexes apart in feeling and antago-
nistc interests, Welded life is less attract
i've to young men. Its promise does not
seem to equal its burdens. The young Wo-
men, on their part, are frightened by the
dismal pictures spread before them. Mater
nifty, the crown and glory of their sex, is
dishonored and while on the one hand
they have been morbidly informed of its
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-09-25

sD" Oh, We who strut your little hour on
the stage Of life, reflect upon the fact that
General James Shields was the hero Of three
wars. He had the honor of representing
three different States in the United States
Senate. He was one Of the bravest, hearth
est, kindest of men, and yet his grave at
Carrolton, Missouri, is unmarked by stone
or monument. Nine-tenths of the rising
generation probably never heard of him.
Vanity of vanities!
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AN IGNORANT SCHOLAR.

No defence need ever have been made for
the study Of "the classics" if graduates had
always understood that these are helps and
means to a liberal education, instead Of ma
king them the main thing. AS mental
discipline and as immensely enrching ones
knowledge of his own language, and his
po,cer of language, the study and drill in the
Latin and Greek is an invaluable privilege
to every true scholar and every worker in
the Learned professions" The trouble is
that too many college students have allowed
these studies to take the place of common
school education, and have thus brought
their classic requirements into contempt, as
they simply present spectacle of Learned
ignorance" when tested in actual business.
Accordingly we can understand Horace
Greeley's disdain Of "liberally educated"
young men. He had tried some of them,
and found them wanting. An anecdate told
by the Hon. Oliver II. Smith, of Indiana,
illustrates the foolish mistake we have
spoken Of.
"The student" (of law "should have a
good sound English education. He should
spell we'll, read we'll and write well, and un-
derstand the principles Of arithmetic and
English grammar. The higher branches
may be added, but do not hold that in this
country a knowledge of the dead languages
and familiarity with the classics is essential
to the student, nor even to his success as
practitioner, although I do not object to
their study where favorable opportunity
is afforded. But do mean to say that
have known many graduates Of colleges who
were so deficient in the English department
of their education as to be disqualified for
students in my Office
ga fine-looking young man called upon
me one day, desiring to study law with me.
l inquired of him as to his education.
"'I am graduate of an Eastern college,
said he 4 understand Latin, Greek and
Hebrew; I stood number two in large
class
"Do you spell well? ?"
"I presume so, but never thought much
of that
"'Spell balance
"'B-a-l, bal, l-a-n-c-e, lance, balance
""That won't do. DO you read well?'
"'Certainly.'
"'Read this
"'My name is Norval on the Grampian
Hills
"'What was his name of the Grampian
Hills? DO you write well"
"'No, l never could write much Of hand.
Indeed, I never tried to learn. Our great
men out East can scarcely write their names
so they can be read
"'Let me see you Write.'
"He scratched off some caricatureS look
ing like turkey-tracks.
a"That is sufficient. Your education is
too imperfect for lawyer. The dead Ian
guages may be dispensed with, but spelling,
reading and writing cannot be-
81 advised him to 60 to one Of our COM
mon schools and begin his education over
again, and he might yet qualify himself for
the study of law"
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as% "Every man is the architect of his
own fortune" remarked prosperous man
to his friend. "Yes," was the reply; "The
architects plans are always beautifully
drawn, but what miserable failures some
men make in building after them."
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FIVE LITTLE ONLYs.-Only a stray
sunbeam! Yet perchance it hath cheered
some wretched abode, gladdened some
it's way throu gh the leafy branches of a
wood, kissed the moss-covered banks where
the violets grew, and shades of beauty adorn
its lovely form. Only a gentle breeze! but
how many aching brows hath it famed,
how many hearts have been cheered by its
gentle touch! Only frown! But it left a
sad, dreary void in the childs heart; the
quivering lips and fearful eyes told how
keenly he felt it. Only smile But, ah, it
cheered the broken heart, engendered a ray
of hope and cast halo of light around the
unhappy patient. Only a word of encour-
agement, a single word! 1t gives to the
dropping spirit new life, and the steps pass
on to victory
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INDIAN THIEVES INGENUITY.-"Ialk-
ing about sly thieves" remarked passen-
ger from the west, "maybe you have them
in New York and Chicago, but for thorough
bred sickness I'd take a PaWnee Indian
every day in the week. Them redskins'll
steal any thing that can be carried off, and
the worst Of it is they get away with the
stuff so completely that you can't find it:
Remember one time, shortly after | went
out there, surveyor lost lot of his instru-
ments one night. We know'd the Injuns
had took 'em, because there wasn't no other
thieves around, but what they wanted of
them instruments was puZzler. The Injun
agent and lot more of US made thorough
search of every tepee and cabin at the agen-
CIV, but no trace of the missing articles could
we diskiver.
When we got through an old Montana
mining prospector, named CoWen, came up
an said he was in hard luck, an wanted a
bit o. brandy to taper off hisspree with, an
if we'd pay him for his trouble he b'lieved
he could find the instruments. The survey
or made that all right, and we started out
again. Did We sarch that patch O. under
brush there?' he inquired. Every foot of
it, replied the agent; I'VE poked around in
there for hours; no use goln' there agln.''
But you don't want to do no pokin' around, ,
said Cowen: Just follow me and do as do;'
Then he started in; he wouldn't look
around in the bushes at all, but just skipped
along catchin' 'em by their tops one after
t'other, trying to pull 'em out. Pretty soon
he struck one that was loose he gave yelp,
pulled harder, when out it came, and down
under the roots we found the surveyors
things. Can't fool me on their brush-craft,
if hev bin drunk for a month"; said old
Cowen, as the surveyor handed him gal
lon jug O. brandy, ,ist to taper off on, ye
know. 'N-(Nic0qO Herald.
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costs and perils, they have little but the die
tates of their own nature to encourage them
to assume it's burdens or to reward them
with the honor they deserve for having
done Uarerly Magazine.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-11-16
Sunday. November 10. 1884.

The last issue of the Billings Posi-
-ays editorially: "ln view ofthe trade
which is beginning to come to Billing,
from Buffalo and the adjacent parts OF
Wyoming, it is highly desirable that
this community should bestir itself TO
improve the road between those places
and further facilitate communication
between them. The wholesale trade
ri that region will be done either at
Billings or Miles City. With mod
crate amount of work Billings could
lie made more accessible than Miles,
willie our merchants can offer better
Inducements To trade here, surprising
those of Miles or any other town In
astern Montana. The question
,resents itself right here, and to this
fleet: Will the people Of Milessc
stand still apd let some other section
or community Of our territory do
what We should do-build road 10
Buffalo: A heavy trade from that
section can I've brought to our doors by
well directed efforts speedily applied
10 the end In view.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-11-16
charmed by o Boa.


remember little bout ] had in AZ.
RIGA once with boa: | sllanl forget it
in hurry, and got my first dash of
gray hairs that day. wonder ! didn't
get gray as a badger. My teeth were As
loose a. string of beads for two weeks.
Folks thought ! had the old home made
Illinois aguc. shook 80 whenever any.
body snng out Boa coming was
with party Of Englishmen hunting
tigers. jagiars and leopards. and after
AN unsuccessful tramp through jungle
and morass We stopped for a cold snack
from the hampers. grew Internally
sleepy and lazy aftcrwarl, and the party
left me TO smoke. had mind 10 fol.
low, and then again mind 10 take a
rest, AZ the spreading tree made CRATE.
ful shade. and J WAS safe there from
proving beasts. the natives said soon
! began 10 have the plcasante>l dreams
n man ever had, and SAW the most
gorgeous visions. Talk about hash.
heeslI and opium smoking: they
amt IA patching 10 my feeling.
Ny head dropped lower. and |
felt rs if in the seventh heaven
Suddenly ! came 10 myself Just as sound
As u nui. and knew that had been mag.
netizei by n boa. swept my hand
across my eyes. and there he was, hang.
Ing from limb near he, his bright, gilt.
tering. -cr;ou, eyes wide open, charming
me while making ready TO drop on me-
Although ! saw death yawning for me,
wa, in n nightmare aud couldn't move to
save my lille. Then felt with thrill
Of nnB'lcrable horror that be had begun
10 wrap himself about me- In that last
embrace. Ny limbs grew cold. and one
little squeeze made me scream out in
agony. My God Would no one come.
Already thai strong musky odor made
me faint aud sick. Another coil half
made, when Eel, rud" shock, the boa
frightened bis grip for AN instant, then
loosened il rs his head was violently
jcrked by the lasso thrown by Cant.
I.nybridge, an old tiger-slayer. Bang.
bang. went four guns. and the boa Law
drad-a monster fourteen feet long ami
rs thick as a young iamarind tree. I
wanted to come home. and did. q
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-11-16

TmE report issued from the Depart.
nent Of Agriculture at Washington
in the present month l. decidedly ell
couraging for the American people,
especially those Of this remote but at
tractfve section. This official docu-
ment shows that the rate of yield la
corn indicates the product somewhat
in excess Of eighteen hundred million
bushels. or the average rate of Il small
fraction above twenty-six bushels per
acre. The hest yields are. as IN 1883,
in what has been termed the great
American desert, of which montana
may be considered II part and parcel.
The arid regions IN the vicinity Of the
hundredth meridian have produced
heavy crops of maize of high quality.
That line Of longitude has ceased to I've
an absolute barrier 10 corn production
az general farming.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-11-16

SoME very valuable suggestions are
made by Dr. ID. r. salmon, chief Of
the bureau Of animal industry. who
has recently submitted to the commits
-ioner Of agriculture voIuminous re-
port upon contagious diseases. the
results of experiments and ] investiga-
ton made 10y the veterinary division.
Considerable space is given to details
of the recent outbreak among the, cat
tie of Kansas aud to "A description .of
the symptoms. DIR. salmon reaches
the conclusion that the disease WAS
ergoti.m, due to eating fungus known
as ergot. This point being fully set
tied much, that was In doubt Is now
determined. This much gained, there
need no longer be any difficulty exist
ing as to methods of prevention and
cure 50 necessary to the interests Of
stock men.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-11-16

THE report Of Governor Crosby upon
the present condition Of Montana to-
gether with Its prospects in the near
future, ~ presented IN a synoptical
form upon another page Of the JorR-
NAI to-day l. "a document Of consiiera-
HE merit. The ex-cbief magistrate
touches forcibly upon some vital
points of interest to our people and the
recommendations which he makes
ought 10 have great weight with the
national government.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-11-16

IrIs alike interesting and satisfac-
to know that the great cattle and kin
bred Interests of our nation are Ia he
properly cared for at the Worlds Fair,
New Orleans. Its managers have APP
propriated si2,W1 for premiums ON
live stock. This sum il to he distrib-
uted as follows: For horses, SIC, 900;
breeding and dairy cattle, sl2.0OV fat
stock (cattle, sheep and hogs, siO,OOO;
sheep, 5,5oo hogs, s5,ioo; poultry aud
fat stock, 5000; dogs, 4,5m. These
premiums ought certainly to form In.
centives enough to bring forth the
finest Of the animal kinds in their sew
eral departments.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-11-16
A sreakaass with Horace Greeley.

A BreskGast with Herscs Greeley.
lCroffut's Letter
4 gentleman who breakfasied with
him IN 1869 tells me about it. Mr..
Greeley WAS BOT living at home at the
time: he was what Mrs. Greeley calmly
called boarding somewhere else" This
somewhere else happened to be the West
morelsnd. on MON square, only couple
of blocks from his house. Prof. :. T.
Packard and were invited TO breakfss,
with him al O'Clock. We reached the
dining room of The hotel before him. in.
quired for his table and sat down. Pres.
emily hr came in. handed his Oyercoat
and hat to a waiter. and, without look.
ing ut Us. ordered u breakfast for one
a poached egg, some milk toast and a
cup of tea. Reaching the table he looked
q little surprised. but said; Have you
ordered your breakfast; We as
sured him that We had not. but
We ordered the same tina, be- had
done. What paper have You: he in
quire'l Of Packard rs he sal down. ID
Was The Citizen. after Nike VRcilly left
it and while Roosevelt had il. ANY
thing in IL he asked. Not much. ex-
ce,d an artiri" attacking YOU. said
Packard. II WAS column and half
long. hui Gr'ciry read il through Alb.
Mrd. he said. 10 take 80 much space
for that. II isn't good journalism. u
all ought to have been said IN one-thir,l
of the space. TIL. article ought never
10 have been permitted to 60 below
there, he said. indicating place with
his finger. IL did not allude TO the
substance of ia" attack at all but de.
nounccd the sloycnlines, and extrava.
gance Of using - much space We took
ha,iy cup of tea and departed. Pro.
frs,or l'ackard's school was one Of his
hobbies. The last speech OF his life, !
believe. was made before its students
during the campaign Of -.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-11-16
idiots Loose In Paris.

fnris morning News.
Sunday afternoon an cytraordinar,
corlege passed down the boulevard
Moninarirr. II consisted of f0ul
landaus, n break, and a pleasure van,
well borscd and ,umptuously decorated.
II proceeded. stopped, and turned in re.
spouse TO signals made by means of a
whistle. The occupants Of the yariou.
vehicles were well dressed men of all
Sgcs They wore Tyroiese hats and
were provided with q banner of green
and red velvet inscribed Admirers Of
the Far Sey. As they were driven
along they bowed and smiled 10 all
women they met, and moreover dis.
iribuied fine bouquets Of flowers.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-11-16

Vow that the constitution has been
adopted, lie; our people spare no en-
icavor to make state admission n suc-
eess So far as lies within their power.
Under siaie form Of government we
can better regulate our internal
affairs. Let our incoming legislature
do liz part well toward Fastening the
contamination of the much needed
change In our form Of government.