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The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07
The Caroline Islands.


1t is fact that the American mission
aries in the Caroline Islands are discrimi4
mated against by the Spanish authorities
In 1852 the American Board of Foreign
Missions sent out several missionaries to
christianize the islands of this section Of
the Pacific Ocean, at that time unclaimed
by any foreign State and but little
known, except to hardy New England
whaling sailors, who had found in them
a source of supplies for their ships during
their long cruises in hunting whales from
Cape Horn to the Arctic Ocean.
These missionaries, after many strug-
giles against the heathenism of the ma!
tives OF the islands, at last gained foot
hold and steadily advanced, until now
the entire islands hereabout may be truly
said to be as thoroughly christianizcd
mot civilized as any Of the countries in
habited by the white race, writes New
York Times correspondent. The work
of the missionaries has been almost won
derful They have built churches and
schools, have reduced the native dialect
TO writing and instructed the children in
books printed in the native tongue; in
duced the natives to live in villages and
respect one aEothers rights and property:
have raised the standard OF morality and
established the binding marriage cere-
mony, and have educated the natives so
that the rudimentary branches are we'll
known by the mass OF the people, and
the English language has become almost
os much used as the native tongues.
In return for all this the love Of the
natives for their missionary friends is
very great. They allow themselves to
be governed and directed by the mission
aries without comment, looking up to
them as being always right, aud acknowl-
edgiug the authority of missionaries
above all Others.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07
A PRETTY ROMANCE.
How San Francisco Girl Became
an Artist.

People who noticed Ia the Examiner
window recently splendid cast Of Sit
ting Bull will be interested 10 hear the
pretty romance Of the young artist
whose work it was
1t was modelled by Miss Alice Rideout,
young lady OF less than eighteen years
Of age, who has already shown such
talent that she bids fair to take front
rank among the host OF artists that the
Pacific slope can claim as its own.
Her first start in her chosen profession
can be directly traced 10 large Eng
lish mastif owned by her family, al
though her artistic aspirations date back
TO her early childhood. One day while
accompanied by the mastif, she passed
the open door Of sculptor's studio.
The animal rushed in and, with apparent
deliberation, knocked over the pedestal
upon which was placed for exhibition
the artists latest work. An arm
and leg were shattered, and the
piece lay seeming wreck on the floor.
The attendant was wild The girl en-.
deavored to make excuses for the dog,
out nothing would answer. Offers were
made TO pay for the damage, but to no
avail. Tie man dreadng that upon the
artists return he would lose his position,
was inconsolable. The girl begged to
be allowed to repair the piece, and after
repeated entreatiss the man consented,
with the remark that while he did not
believe that it could be fixed, he was
very certain that she colld not injure it.
He mixed the clay for her, aud watched
with interest the Impractical fingers
doing the work that the accomplished
artist had so lately finished and taken so
mucn pride in. An hour passed with
most gratifying results; the arm was re-
stored and was perfect; the attendant
was happy. Another hour the leg APP
preached completion, when 10, the artist
on the scene. He took in the
at a glance, and, unnoticed by !
he occupants Of the room, watched the
work. Finished, explanations are in
rider and given. The artist is charmed,
declares the work Of restoration has
dded new charms to the piece, and
,aving heard from the gill the great am
'ition Of her life, went with her to her
Iome aud insisted that her parents should
liow her an opportunity TO learn the art
or which she had evidently so much in
erent talent. -fSan Fran cisco Examiner
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

According TO tho Portland Oregon
ian the seal for the State Of Wyoming
contain the figure Of n woman, from
whose uplifted arm hangs broken
chain, while the motto Of the state is
HEqual Rights" This seal was adopt
cd by tho first Legislature, and is en-
blcmatic of tho political status Of a
state which is different In the respect
eaf6.
symbolized from every other in tho
american Union.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07
THE EVENING couEzz.

Tho daylight fades upon the hillg
Son arv the shades that follow.
Nesting into the sneltering wood.
Filling the lonely hollow,
Brooding our earth With silence bles;.
Peace and rest, oh, peace and rest
Tho white, white light, tho iar-aaug Islt.
That nliei my lifted vision.
That law upon the midday aud,
That lit the hills Elyslanl
Oh, morning gleami oh. noontide govt
The sun ia st, the day is low.
Hush heart, and long mott 50 II IL, It's beat
What m4tter II the strong, widereaching
day
Be long or shortl The evening comes
away
The evening hushel aud cool and best,
BE still, oh. henri, be still and rest.
-IAurilla Furber, In Washington Post
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

English writers have frequently re-
fcrred TO the phrase "'too thin" as an
"exeerablc Amcricanism;" but, as o
matter Of fact, discovers tho New
York Tribune, its paternity is English.
The Rev. DR.. William Cave. who was
born In 1857, in his life of ST. Altman
asius, saidi "For procuring synod
10 be called at Antioch, Eus,achius is
charged as hcterodox in the faith,
though they knew that too thin hold
water" And many years later Lord
Chancellor Eldon, in one Of his opin-
aons. declared: al cannot agree that
reasonable notice is subject too thin
for jury 20 act upon"
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

Do we ever need reminder, in our
hurried lives, Of the grace that lies in
the kindly spoken world 1t may be as
VIC pass a friend in a crowded shop, OF
nod to her as we hasten by her door on
our morning walk to the market or the
ferry. that we utter the gentle greeting.
leave behind Us the fash Of the happy
smile, and brighten a day that was per
haps overcast. Kindness costs little.
Why should we not be lavish Of it ia 4
world where nobody stands alone, but
where rich ani poor. sad and glad, loftr
ana iowiy. are boand n one ouHdies--
lHarper's Bazaar.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

EpauIeted statesmen are common in
South America, asserts the New York
Mercury, but not civilian statesmen.
Brazil has sustained great loss in the
death Of Benjamin Constant, Minister
of War. He was rare man. An
carly dcmocratic-republicnn, a teacher
in the Polytechnic School Of Rio
yaneiro, he proved himself to DO
skilled and conservative statesman.
,Constant hid tllc North Am<.speSf
- aslsl s.sl
feaIlres. which Is al exception to the
Spanish and Portugucsc rule Of hered-
aty.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

\ The Boston Transcript asks win
Abe Holy land become competitor
with the United States for the supply
Of cotton to Europe2 The culture Of
cotton Is successfully under way in
The more south6rly portion Of the SEMI
tropical Jordan Valley, and several fine
plantations are said to be nourishing
lin the vicinity of Jericho. II Is
thought that with the projected OPEN
Ing up Of Palestine by railroads large
aggregate Of area will be devoted to
the culture of cotton in the land where
in oldcn times "flnc linen was per-
fiction in the clothing line.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

A thing tho general public does not
know is that there are few, IL any,
patents on surgical instruments.
When a physician gets up come new
device 10 meet the needs Of tho pro-
erosion OF surgery aud medicine, he
docs no, get patent on 1t, but any
one is free to mako 1t, and the pro-
fession gets the benefit Of that fact.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07
High Attitudes and Nervous Disease.
fpsumaster OF Lake
II naner Re has Aeen found guilty

Archaeological aAsoeiati6n ut is recent
meeting In Denver, DR.. EslSridge dis
cussed the effect which living at the high
attitudes Of Colorado has on nervous and
mental diseases. While it is evident
that in the absence OF statistics much
more complete and extending over a
longer period than are now available,
any results obtained must be somewhat
unreliable, yet the impressions of physi-
clans who have practiced on ordinary
levels and subsequently, at the high levels
of Colorado are not without their value.
DR., Eskridge is OF opinion that persons
suffering from insomnia derive more
benefit from stay in Colorado than they
would from residence for similar time
at an ordinary seaside resort, so long as
the insomnia is not due to organic brain
disease. In persons naturally nervous
and irritable on the other hand, he be-
lievcs that prolonged residence at high
levels is deleterious. In the course of
ordinary nervous diseases no difference
seems to be observable, but both alco-
holism and the opium habit seem to pre-
vail to All alarming extent. 1t must be
borne in mind, however, that many adj
dicted to such habits either 60 or are
sent to Colorado in the hope Of being
weaned from the habit. while many suf-
fering from chronic alcoholism naturally
drift westward. No reliable statistics as
to insanity are obtainable, and conse-
quently no opinion as to undue preva-
Ience or abseace of this condition can as
vet be formed Strange but temporary
L
cents to high attitudes in Colorado, have
been noted, and the occurrence of those
IS perhaps significant. II Chicago News.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

An eminent boctcriologist at 81.
Petersburg, Russia, has dicovercd that
CHAMBERS may DO cured by incubation.
This disease Is dangerous to human
beings as we'll as to horses. In the
experiments with 1t The statement is
made that fiyo scientists lost their
aiveS. II is said that DIR. Koch has
gone to Egypt to study leprosy. which
ho thinks incubation will cure.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07
Lightning calculasOr..

The late George Bidder, Of England,
at the age CT eight, could answer almost
simultaneously how many farthings there
were in any sum under Re6s, 424, 121.
Zerah Colburn was another lightning
calculator Of the same generation. Once
he was asked TO name the square of
999, 999, which he instantly stated to be
999, 90S. 000, O01. He multiplied this BY
forty-nine, and the product By the same
number, and the total result be then
multiplied BY twenty-five. He eoula
raise the figure eight to the sixteenth
power almost instantly and with perfect
ease. He once instantly named the fac
tors Of 94I and 263, and in Eve seconds
calculated the cube root Of Ala, ga. 34s.-
077.-. St. Louis Republic.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

Insanity shows decrease in New
York State, according to the latest
statistics. A forthcoming official re-
port will show 52S cases Of lunncy In
1890 as against 50s in 1889. About
ono-half the afflicted arc from New
York city and BROOKLYN.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

During the past ten years The farm
GERS of New Zealand have exported
hoo, 900, 900 rabbit skins II seems
that the rabbits aud the number killed
nre both increasing, for the exports
lnst year rose to ll,3iU,0O0 skins,
valued Of $3.50, 900.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07
Wouldn't Be ouswi.ses.

A San Diego gil distinguished herself
AZ Pacific Beach the other day. Sic was
one Of three students from the college
Of Letters who belong u the swimming
clab. They wCnt 20 the bsthhone ii
the cove Of M;ssioa Bay. rot ino suits
aud rOwed out g. a l.ttle Sand = half
uilc Of, lockiag down On San 5lseeo.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

Agent Of Benevolent Society.-The
people in that tenement house on Kay
Street are wretchedlv poor. but they are
prond and independent They say they
need no help.
President Of Society-Then how 80
Won know they are very poorl
Accent stumbled over nine dogs O7
their stairway. =. Chicago Tribune.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

JoE BrRKs. Of Panther Greek. Y. C..
is an enthusiast upon the subject Of exe
eating. he lacks oae inca Of being
seven feet high, and claims 9 record Of
eating 10 eggs AZ one meal
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

YAGoo CITY. MICS

Helena, Montana, with a popuia-
tIon of only $4,000, contains thirty
two millIonaires.
, 1885-01-31

The quiet shades and rambling streets
of Sidney have suddenly awakened from
the lethargy which has characterized that
rural hamlet since the days of the excite
ment attending the building of the Union
Pacific. For the first time since the adj
vance guards Of the Union Pacific drove
stakes on the site of Sidney. town lots
have advanced in price. Indeed it is now
possible to find resident of that place
who does not want to sell a very desirable
piece Of Sidney real estate. After wait
ing about fifteen years the people now see
a boom about to swoop down in that i'm
mediate vicinity.
1t is stated that several hundred corn
field sailors from Kansas aud pumpkin
husken from Missouri will come as a col
ony Of grangen this spring and OCCUPY the
county adjacent and tributary to Sidney.
They will begin farming after the methods
which have proven successful in growing
garden truck and soaring whisky down at
Greeley.
The citizens Of Sidney see in this ad-
vent Of farmers a prospective boom for
their town. Hence the excitement in real
estate, and hence the general joy Of the
people.
, 1885-01-31

No further particulars regarding the
sad death of Joseph Apperson were learn
ed yesterday, and the exact manner Of his
death can never be ascertained. The
switchman saw him hanging to a coal ear,
but whether he attempted to crawl under
the train when it stopped amoment before
backing. or whether he endeavored to
pass from one car to another and in 50
doing fell between them, is not known.
His death was undoubtedly instantaneous.
The funeral will be held to-day at the
First Methodist church and friends are in
yited to attend.
Coroner Moore called a jury yesterday
consisting of E. S. Smith. E. A. Rogers,
j. R. Jackson, ]. NJ. Whitney, F. j..
Jones and J. II. Jones. The jury met at
l O'Clock yesterday afternoon and render
ed a verdict in accordance with the facts
as known.
Mn- Apperson and her two lovely chill
drcn are left with no means Of support, as
the deceased was a poor man. He has
worked hard, but during the past year
has been unfortunate and has not been
able to save any money. The family will
have the sympathy Of all who know them
in their very sad bereavement.
, 1885-01-31

During the past week examinations
have been held at the Academy Of the
Holy Child. The irst tenn of this now
fiourishing institution closed yesterday
with a very pretty concert. at which the
appended programme was carried out:
Piano duet by Misses Sally Brady and
Maggie Cahill-
Birdie Told Me So" a song by the
juvenile class.
Piano duet by Misses Mary and Lizzie
Mckay.
''The Weaver, A" a recitation by Aggie
Brennan.
Come Where Flowers Bloom song
By the entire class.
Piano duet by Misses Mollie Mcclure
and Maggie Cahill.
German recitation, Miss Lizzie Stewart.
Wandering in Maytime." a song by
the entire class.
Solo by Miss Maggie Cahill-
ave Maria, by the class.
The sisters in charge Of the academy
presented Rev. Father Nugent with a
very handsome handmade alter robe in
token of the interest and untiring energy
displayed by him in aiding the institution
to reach its present state of success.
, 1885-01-31

pied by smokers, One was a Chinaman,
who seemed to be smoking in a matter
Of fact and businesalike way as though
he was doing it by the
job. At the fartherest one of the room
a woman lay upon her bunk in the aban-
doned attitude Of opium stupor. She was
a rather good looking young person, but
was evidently a member Of the demi-
monde, and an habitual smoker. Three
white men occupied the other hunks. One
Of these was a stranger, and had evidently
just commenced his pipe. One was a
well known man about town. His face
was SO pallid that the reporter hardly re-
cognized him at first, and the man did moi
seem to notice the intrusion. Shocked
and panied by what he had seen, the re-
porter turned toward the Chinaman. The
heather was standing in the doorway with
his right hand thrust under his flowing
gown and with a half desperate, half
frightened CLEAN in his black eyes.
This will do, John. | have seen
enough" said the visitor, as he took a
step toward the door.
What ylou want2 You 'liceman ?"
but he did not move from the doorway.
mo, l am not a policeman; but | have
seen all | want to" and the reporter drew
a handkerchief from his pocket. In so
doing the handle ola revolver was ex-
posed. Johns quick eyes caught a
glimpse of the weapon, and he at once
turned and led the way out.
Upon arriving in the front room. the
Chinaman stopped at the front door and
said: "You tell? Diam Why ylou
clome?"
II anne to see how you smoke opium,
John. l am satisfied. You need not be
alarmed" md lighting a cigar, the re-
porter passed out into the night and the
pure air How sweet it seemed after the
stencil Of the opium denl The police
have suspected that such a place has been
operated in the city, and to-day will prob
ably cau it to be closed.
, 1885-01-31
down IN A COAL NINE.
Vast Proportions OF an Industry at Rock
Springs.

From the Rock Springs Independent.
Strangers passing through Rock
Springs cannot realize what the town is.
Five hundred votes were cast here at the
last election, which indicates a population
Of ABOUT 1900. Besides this there is a
Chinese population of 500.
A few days since we visited No. l mine,
The slope starts near the depot and runs
eight and one-half degrees downward in 4
northwesterly direction, $3.50 feet. To
visit every portion Of the mine would re-
quire a walk of more than 100 miles.
there being a triie more than 6ffy-eight
miles Of tunnelling.
Standing in n Of the cross cuts from
the air courses to the slope, a train Of
coal cans passes so rapidly that it seems as
if but a mass Of debris was being hurled
by superhuman force to a bottomless pit
The noise Of the running train is deafen-
ing as it passes, but as downward it goes
the sound grows fainter and fainter and
finally dies away in the distance. Before
one can scarcely realize what he has wit
messed, a rumblIng Of cars is again heard.
in an instant there dashes upward ten
cars ladened with coal.
They move so fast that to count them
would be an impossibility. Each Of these
cars contain about Q, 100 pounds or LOO
pounds Of clean coal. These cars are ca
pable Of making a trip every four or five
minutes during the day, bringing ~out
2, 100 pounds, or 657. 300, 900 pounds per
year. A close estimate shows in fourteen
years the amount of coal taken out to be
4, 1852, 1888 tons, or 9,704, $40, 1000 pounds.
Suppose a person should begin counting
at the rate Of 100 a minute, twelve hours
per day, at the end of 100 years he would
have barely commenced the task of num-
bering. the pounds taken out. The task
would not be completed until the year
2249, beginning at the present time, s64
years hence.
There are 1872 men employed in this
mine, o (which n~inety-one are Cinnamon.
This is but one Of the five mines in
active operation here and Is by no means
the largest. The others will be visited in
turn and figures given, after which the
total capacity of the mines.
, 1885-01-31
THE VERY BEST OF CHEER.
Nebraska Cowboys Riddle the Roof of
Doc Middleton's Saloon with Bullets



From the Valentine cNeb.) Republican.
Ten or twelve cowboys came to town
last Saturday night, and, as they had not
seen one another of late, decided to have
a jolly time by rounding up the town.
They first purchased enough cartridges
for thirty or forty shots each, 20 they
could make good use Of their six-shooters.
They first rounded up" Hitler, conduct
ing him to Doc Middleton's bar and made
him set EN- up" to the crowd, which
was done willingly. Then they repeated
the process with McCarty and several
others. After the firewater began to
make the boys feel exceedingly happy
they pulled their reYolvers and for many
minutes the atmosphere truly rang with
the reports and the roof of Middleton's
saloon presented the appearance of a
sieve on very short notice. The boys,
however, treated the citizens with the
best of respect No one was injured in
the least, and everything ended in the
very best of cheer.
, 1885-01-31
Trouble with Cattle.

From the Greeley Tribune
They are having a serious time around
Eaton with cattle from the range. About
1000 head of stock, occupying the coun-
try between Grow creek and Cheyenne,
have been troubling the settlers more or
less all winter. About n month ago the
cattlemen turned out. and after consider
able trouble, got the animals over to the
Grow range, but having got a taste of the
Eaton forage, they went back the next
day. Last week some twelve or thirteen
of the stockmen, with several of the
Eaton people, drove the cattle, after a
severe effort, down to the Platte, below
the mouth of the Grow creek, but the
animals went back again within twenty
four hours. Mr.. Ogilvy and other cattle
men went to Eaton yesterday to make an
other attempt in driving the cattle out to
the range. Mr.sOgilvy, whose herd is
not very large, says he will put his cattle
into corrals. The cattlemen complained
that the fence is not kept up as it should
be, while the farmers charge the sheep
men with CARRYING off the pole bars.
, 1885-01-31

An Idle and UnexcIting Day In the
Police Courts.

A young man named Herman, a jewel
er, was brought before Justice Lee yester-
day and was made the victim of an official
investigation. Herman was out with the
boys the other night and when he last
emerged from the halls where Bacchus is
the presiding deity, he was drunken a
lord" He paid the assessment levied
yesterday and promised to swear of.
Justice Fisher was entertained by a
criminal proceeding brought against a
hack driver. Shingle, the lessee of Alb
news stables, claimed that the driver had
failed to account for money he had col
lected and the Jehu was accordingly
charged with larceny IS bailee. The
court ordered that the money, only 81 by
the way, be paid to Shingle, and also
charged the costs to the driver. The case
was settled accordingly but the driver is
now out of a job.
, 1885-01-31

Mr.. NJ. Sachs. the well known travelling
salesman, has severed his connection with
the firm of 1delman Bros. of this city. and
is now representing the Schmidlapp Live
Oak Distilling Co., Of Cincinnati at an
advanced and quite muniticent salary.
Mr.. Sachs will cover the territory between
Omaha and Ogden and North as far &c
Idaho. He is probably the best known
travelling salesman in the West For two
years he was employed by Idelman Bros,
and previous to that time travelled for Stub
bendorf, of Omaha. As a salesman Mr..
Sachs is very far from slow.