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The Aurora BOrealis.

From the Literary World.
What is the Aurora Borealis? many
men have asked and asked in vain.
Scientific personages have been
much interested in the matter. 1t
was as a participation in the work of
the international Polar Research Ex-
petition that Herr Trombolt visited
the most distant parts of the Euro
pean continent. His task was to take
observations of the remarkable phe-
nomenon known as the Aurora Boz
reals, or Northern Lights, and princi-
pally in conjunction with the Norwe-
gian station at Bossekop,in Finmark-
en-, and the Finnish one at Sodankla;in
the very heart of the wilds of Finland,
to effect measurements TOR determin-
ing the height of the phenomenon
above the earth's crust. Science, he
owns, is still at fault; but in answer
to popular hypothesis, it can de-
clare that the Aurora Borealis is
not sunshine reflected from the ice
fields of the Arctic regions, nor the re-
lection of sunshine on the surface Of
| the sea, nor the reflection of sun rays
in ice crystals suspended IN the upper
strata of the air. Further, science
tells us that the Aurora Borealis is of
Electrical nature, and closely related
to the magnetic forces of the earth.
While our author was at his post
every night the Aurora Borealis APP
peared; at any rate, there was not a
single clear eveningwhen it was absent.
| Some times it filled the whole sky; of
ten it's displays were confined to insig-
niicant and faint phenomena,
low in the north, just like those
observed in Southern Scandinavia;
but sometimes they obtain
magnificence which defied descrip-
ton. He came to theconclusion that
the great many different forms might
certainly be reduced to a few simple
ones. In most instances the Aurora
forms belts, or zones, which stretch
across the earth in thedirection of the
magnetic east-west, which one are
ormed by a conglomeration OF thin
sheets of luminous matter, ranged one
behind the other, their direction being
parallel with the INCLINATION needle.
The luminous matter In these sheets
is even, or diffuse, or divide into
streamers. The red colorin the lower
edge of arss and bands often under
goes remarkable changes, and becomes
crimson, or purple, or pink, or red
ochre or violet. The light, however,
is weaker than was to be expected.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
Gambling In the Army.

Mai. J.. A. Payne, OF the Nineteenth in
fantry, recently tried al Fort Clark, has
been sentenced to forfeit SIS per month OF
his pay for six months. The specifications
we're that he played poker with gamblers
in. a public saloon and refused to pay his
losses. The charge was conduct unbecom-
ing an officer and a gentleman" The court
found him not guilty OF the charge, but
guilty OF conduct to the prejudice OF good
order and military discipline Gen. Stan
lev, department commander, approved the
sentence, but said in his order OF the case:
The reviewing authority is compelled to
differ with the court upon the finding on
the charge OF conduct unbecomiDg an officer
and gentleman. He believes that the find
ings upon the specifications fully sustained
the charge. At this very time every orderly
community in the state OF Texas has ar
rayed itself against the gambler, and the law
OF the land relegates him to the iails, OF
forces him into Punishment from The COM
monwealth. 1.-THE association OF an officer
OF the United States army with common
gamblers. squabbling about money lost to
them. be not conduct unbecoming an Off
Ger and gentleman, the military service must
be far behind the spirit OF morals upon this
frontier, the people OF Texas must be sadly
mistaken in their code OF ethics.
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Too Much for a Bass.

A bat flew into the billiard room of
anhotel at Greenwood Lake the other
evening, and was knocked down by
one of the players who struck it with
q billiard-cue. 1t 1uttered behind
some wine-cases, and was not found
until next morning, when one of the
boys pulled it from its hiding-place
and tossed it into a boat, in which
Cofair, the guide, who was about TO
cross the lake. A fisherman occupy
ing the stern seat laid aside his tackle
and picked up the bat to examine it.
He found that one of the creatures
wings was broken, and in turning it
over got his finger too close TO its
mouth. In aninstant, four needle-like
teeth were driven into his fnger-tip,
and with an exclamation of pain and
anger ne shook the bat loose and cast
it out on the surface of the lake. AS
the manned creature huttered about
in the water the guide stopped rowing
to watch it, and his passenger sucked
his finger and muttered a few deep
drawn imprecations.
Suddenly, with a swirl and splash,
a magnificent bass, fully eighteen
inches long, engulfed the bat in his
capacious jaws and shot full length
out OF the water. s'Served him right"
said thevictim of the creatures teeth,
and, turning to the guide, he asked:
whats the matter with getting some
more bats for bait?"
Before the guide could answer the
bat rose to tie surface, crushed, but
still gasping. Cofair smiled as he said:
81 thought that q black bass was hog
enough to eat almost anything, but /
guess a bat is a little too strong even
for a bass. "-Philadelphia Times.
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Deserves to Swing.

At Atchison, Kansas, a jury in the Bald
win murder case, which has been on trial
for several days returned a verdict Oh MIR
nerin the first degree. The verdict gives uni
versal satisfaction. The murder was the
most atrocious committed in the communi-
ty, the victim being 4 beautiful girl oftwenty,
the only sister of the defendant. She was
found lead in her bed on the evening of Ju-
IL s last, and the circumstances proved
that she had been smothered with chloro-
form the night before. There was no one
sleeping in the house but herself at the time.
A panel had been cut from the back door,
and the house was in confusion to indicate
burglary, but nothing of value was missing.
Suspicion pointed at once TO Baldwin as
the murderer. He had about spent his
portion Of his lathe estate. His sister
still preserved her share intact, and was
about to marry. To prevent this marriage
and at the same time secure the inheritance
to his mother, so that he might get the en-
tire estate finally, was the theory adopted
by the prosecution.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
The Coachman's wife discarded.

katory was prip ted in New York with a
great deal ofdetail. about the future of Nine.
Victoria Notwithstanding 1t stated that
her father, mortified at the manner in which
his daughter had drawn his name from one
end of the country to the other, would
shortly set his son-in-law up IN business.
The story created q sensation, especially
in Wall street, and when Mr.. Morosini APP
peared i'm his Office he found a dozen dis
patches OF inquiry and numerous callers.
To say that he was annoyed is to put it
mildly. He flew into IL rage then he heard
it, and denounced ii as entirely unfounded.
ut is bitter cruelty" he said. She has
passed out Of my life forever; her assoeia-
ticns place her beyond hope OF such a real
i~zation. / am a Roman and know how to
hate. She married a loafer who left me
with marks that / shall carry to my grave.
No, there is no forgiveness for her; she is
dead to me and my family. Furthermore,
/ have no idea of going to Europe, and ex-
pect to be here al my business for many
months to come.'
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
The Patrons of Husbandry.

The National Grange OF the Patrons OF
Husbandry, elected the following officers
for the current year:
Hon. p. A. Darden, worthy master; j.
G.. Draper, overseer OF the grange Mortimer
Whitehead, New Jersey, lecturer; A. j. Rose,
Texas, chaplain;J. Il. Hale, West Virginia,
steward; w. III. Sterson, New Hampshire, as
sisant stewart; x. M. Mcdowell, New York,
treasurer; J%HI Trimble, Washington, ID.
G., secretary; .denry Thompson, Delaware,
gate keeper; Mrs. Kate Darden, Mississippi,
Pomona; Mrs. S. III. Neal, Kentucky, Flora;
Mrs. James C.. Draper, Massachusetts, lady
assistant steward.
The committee on resolutions, through
Gov. Robe of Maine, presented a series oil
resolutions recommending:
That officers and members OF subordi-
nate oranges make their instructions and
principles a matter OF special and careful
study; that above all party considerations
stands the American government, and
pledging the order to defend law n order
everywhere; deploring attacks of the pri.
yate character of candidates for official
position; recommending biennial state
elections; opposing the creation OF all un'
just monopolies by force of law; recognize
ing the equality OF the two sexes, and mailing
with delight any advancement OF the legaI
status OF women; urging farmers to united
and determined efforts in protecting their
interests through the ballot, and ~favorine
the promotion of the Office of commission
err of agriculture to a cabinet position.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
The Government Secret Services.

The chief OF the secret service division, in
his annual report to the solicitor OF the
treasury, shows:
During the last fiscal year 444 arrests
were made by the operatives OF the service,
assisted by local officers, a large majority
oil which were for passing, dealing In or
manufacturing counterfeit money. The
amount OF counterfeit money captured dur
ing the year was $305, $50, mainly in flash
notes. A large amount of plates, dies,
molds and counterfeiting material was
seized and destroyed. The chief OF the
division expresses the opinion that there
are now in the hands >tGounterfeiters about
500, 600 in base money, OF the following
character: Twenty-dollar silver certificates,
SO United States notes, $40 note OF the
Third National Bank OF Cincinnati, and SO
United States notes. The counterfeiting OF
coin is on the increase, which in the case OF
the ive-cent nickel is due to the disparity
between it's face and intrinsic value. The
report speaks of the good results OF the law
for the punishment OF persons w~hocounter-
felt foreign money and securities. While
countcrfeiters ofpaper money ave been UNI
usually active during the past year, they
have been generally unsuccessful in their
efforts to float the result of their work. A
recommendation is made for legislation
prohibiting the making OF dies and moulds
for making iacsimiles for business purposes
OF Unitsd States coins, and another Tor
legislation to extend the powers OF the
service so as to include classes OF fraud
against the government.
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Americans Rushing to the Cities.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Population seems to seek its kind,
and such inducements as our cities af-
ford prove too attractive fortherural
population. In 1880 only one-ninth
Of the population of Minnesota lived
in cities. If the states census, just pub
lished, may be credited. one-ffth Of her
present population lives in cities.
Speaking roundly, itmay besaid that,
in 100, one-thirtieth of the popula-
ton of the United States was foundin
cities of more than 5000 population;
in 1900, one-twentyffth; in 1910 and
also 1920, one-twentieth; in 1880, one
sixteenth; in 1910, one-twe:fth; in
1850, one-eighth; in 1860, one-sixth;
in 1870, more than one-ffth, and in
1880, halfway between one-ffth anz
one-quarter. The tendency ofmodexi
civilization is to mass population.
The strong lights and shadows Of our
cities, the love of society, the satisfac-
ton of better shelter, better roads,
stronger institutions, lead men to
crowd together, even when unable to
be anything but dependents in thesys-
tenn to which they unite themselves.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
Lincoln ON the Battle cid.

Mrs. General Custer in the Chicago Tribune.
Our Minister to the Argentine Re
pnblic has been telling me OF a scene
which has as yet been unpublished.
Being thepersonal friend of the late
President of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, he asked the official to tell
hint the truth regarding an accusation
against the Precedent during the dark
days OF our war. A newspaper para
graph went the rounds attributing to
Mr.. Lincoln q want Of solemnity in
singing a frivolous song at the very
outposts of our advance pickets. Mr..
Garrett, who accompanied Mr.. Lin
coin on many a journey to the front,
gave the true version of the story
from which the CARRIED account had
been first evolved. General Nc
Clellan sent for the President in a
critical hour, and he responded by
starting at once. They had no soon
er alighted from the car on reaching
headquarters than Secretary Stanton
approached General Mcclellan and
brusquely addressed him by saying:
"Why are you delaying an advanced.
What keeps you from hurting this
army on to the foeg" 81 have asked
the President and you to come per-
sonally," said the General, chat you
might see for yourself the neces-
sity of achievements, the depleted
ranks of our army, the brokeg
condition to which the last engage
ment has reduced us Meanwhile
the dead ard wounded were being car
ried from the battlefield. The lantern
of the men as they moved among the
slain shone out like f~irefiies as they
progressed. AS one stretcher was
passing Mr.. Lincoln he heard thevoice
of a lad callingto hismother magoniz-
ing tones. His great heart filled. He
forgot the crisis of thehour. His very
being concentrated itself IN the cries of
the dying boy. Stopping the carriers
he knelt, and bending over him asked:
"What can | do for you, my poor
child?" ooh, you will do nothing for
me-" he replied: "You are a yankee.
| cannot hope that my messages to
my mother will ever reach her" Mr.,
Lincoln's tears, his voice full of tbs
tenderest love, convinced the boE
of his sincerity and he gave his good
bye words without resarve. Thepres-
ident directed them copied and ordered
that they be sent that night, with a
flag of truce, into the enemy's lines.
He only told the soldier who he was
to convince him that his word would
be obeyed, and when told that time
was precious, as the distant outposts
must yet be visited, he aros reluctant
ly aad entered the ambulance. With
sobs and tears he turned to Mark
Lemon, his friend, and said: MARK,
my heart is breaking. Sing me some
thing; sing the old song | love, eft in
the Silly Night"
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

New York, Special: In the fall Of 1850,
Capt. Antonio Pellitier, owner and com
mander oil a ship running between this city
and the Cape OF Good Hope, sailed.
leaving his wife and two children behind.
When he reached Hayti he was arrested by
the Haytien government as a slave trader
and pirate and confined in acage. Months
afterward he escaped, put TO sea, and was
rescued by a ship which was bound Tor
Charleston, s.. c.. In the meantime his wife,
sunnosing him dead, went to Havana,
where she married a man named Hennenger.
In 1852 her former husband, who had ac-
where the two met. A scene ensued, and
Pellitier promised to leave his wife in peace,
and bequeaths his property to thetwo enll-
dren il they continued TO bear his name.
can't Peljitier returned TO this city and be-
gan 4 suit against the Haytien government
Tor the destruction Of his vessel and cargo,
lime last possessed OF considerable prop
erty in this city, st. Louis and other
places.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
Tax Title Decision.

The Supreme Court OF Minnesota has
recently rendered a decision which is inter
preted to mean that though the owner OF
land may have paid his taxes thereon, if
by error or fraud on the part OF the coun
ty officers the tax is advertised as delin-
quent, judgment given for the councy, and
the land sold for the taxes, the title OF the
purchaser is valid. The only reEaedy OF
the owner is to appear in court before
Judgment is rendered and prove that he
has paid his taxes, or during the two years
allon ed him for redemption the court may
open or vacate the Judgment and permit
the party to defend to the same extent as
before; or, finally, he may appeal to the
supreme court for a review of the case.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

Charles Williams, convicted at Cambridge,
| Md, OF an outrage upon Mrs Eliza Kiene,
has been sentenced to be hanged at such
time as the governor may appoint.
Mrs. Ray Good and Miss Lillian Walters,
who were shot by Asba c. Burras al they
were leaving X. G. Dun 4 Co.'S Office in Chi
| cago three weeks ago, nave so far recovered
that they viii be discharged from the county
hospital shortly.
III. ". Flipper. the wellknown colored
West Point cadet, has gone to Sonora as
| one OF the engineers OF the Sonora Land
company, a Chicago concern.
The statistician OF Dakota figures out a
wheat crop Of 81. 015,1S3 bushels.
Northern Pacific earnings increased $15,-
600 one week recently.
Cvrus w. Field has sued James Gordon
Bennett. proprietor OF the New York Her
aid. and A. Oakley Hall. his London CORE
spondent, for $40, 600 damages.
Secretary Manning has issued an order
fo~rbidding treasury clerks to receive or pay
visits during Office hours.
President Cleveland is laboring over his
message, and refuses to be disturbed by
callers.
The guides around the White House say
they are now making from SIC to $50 a
week out Of visitors.
According to a Toledo commission house,
there has been less winter wheat sown
this fall thar last.
An Iowa railroad is sued for obtaining
$150,000 upon alleged fraudulent represen-
t~ations.
City Attorney Smith OF Butte, Mon,
pambled away the city's money and when
detected shot himself and will probably
die
Morgan Cockrill killed his brother George
with a shotgun at Perrysiiis, Kan. They
had ouarreled over a trivial matter. They
were nephews Of Senator Cockrill OF Mis-
souri,.
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The Royal Horse Artillery will short

The Royal Horse Artillery will short
Nv be armed with a weapon which
gives the Gatling the go-by. The guns
are IL IL FOUNDER breechloaders,
and are said to surpass anything yet
produced in accuracy, range, and
auickness of loading and firing The
range is up to about 5000 yards, but
the charge of powder is very iisfse,
viz:-four pounds. The naturally
heavy recoil is obviated by the car
riages being fitted with brakes. The
~projectiles are fitted IN the base with
q copper driving-ring, by which rota-
ton is given to the shot, thus securing
both accuracy of direction and great
or length of range.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27

The Washington Republican prints the
following list OF United States consuls who
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-27
The New Oregon Senator.

j. ii. Mitchell vas elected United States
senator by the legislature at Salem, Ore
gon, on the third ballot, the Democrats
docking to him. This is the alleged result
OF some sort OF bargain made between
Mitchell and q number OF Democratic
members. Mitchell, it is asserted, deliber-
ately entered into a bargain with the Dem
ocrats TO stand by the national admins
tration in whatever way he should be re-
quired. On the commencement OF the
third ballot three Democrats broke away
and went over to Mitchell. This was q
signal for Others, and fourteen more Demo-
Gratis followed in rapid order. Several Rer
publican members, seeing how everything
was going, also went over, thus giving
Mitchell nine more votes than were neces-
sary for election.
John Nipple Mitchell lives at Portland.
lie was born in Washington county, Pa,
June %, 1896; received a public school
education and the instruction OF a private
tutor; studied and practiced law; removed
20 California and practiced law, first at
san Luis Obispo and then in San Francisco;
removed to Portland In 1860 and there
continued his profession; was elected cor
poration attorney of Portland in 1861,
and served one year; was elected as a re-
publican to the state senate in 1862 and
served four years, the lasttwo as president
~ ehdU Douyi WaS coIHmi5elohcu ~ eHv
lieutenant governor in 1865 lieutenant
colonel in the state militia; was a candidate
Tor United States senator in 1866, and was
devoted In the party ANGUS by II vote;
was chosen professor OF medical juris-
prudencein Willamette university at Salem,
Or, in 1867, and served in that position
nearly fonr years; was elected TO the United
States senate as a republican to succeed
henry w. Corbett, republican, and took
his seat March a, 1878. Upon the expii'
ration Of his term in 1879 he retired to pri-
y,ate life, and has held no public position
since.
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On Sept. A Commissioner Black OF the
pension Office made a ruling refusing to al
low applications for pensions In cases
where the records Of the war department
showed that Che applicant WIS q deserter.
The commissioner has furnished an ex-
oianation OF the intent 81 the ruling and .
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-30
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, DEoEmRER 80
LIVING OR DEAD.
HUGH CONW
A POSTHUMOUS PUBLICATION,

The great novelist, Hugh Conway, left
unpublished u story which has been sold
TO syndicate of newspapers, among
which is THE GAZETTE. Competent
critics have examined this story and pro.
nounced it one of the best ever written by
the world-famous euthor. The first in
stallment win be printed in THE GAZETTE
on Sunday, January 8, next, and run
some time. Those who want to read all
tins intensely interesting story should sub
scribe at once, as we cannot promise to
furnish back numbers,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-30

THE infamles Of federal deputy mar
shals and their interference in elections
could never be strongly enough depicted
by the Democrats few years ago. They
once attached rider to the appropriation
bill requiring that no money appropriated
should be used to pay deputy marshals,
and the resistance by the Republicans OF
this provision caused deadlock In con
gess. But we have not heard any move
rnent made toward the abolition OF the
obnoxious deputyships The Democratic
fury has suddenly Gained down, since
they now control the marshols. But if
the thing was bad one a few years ago,
what is there good about It now?