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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-01-05
How to Ear an Oyster.

There Is only one way in which an
oyster can be eaten There it lies on the
shell, hard, white and plump, its con
voluted edge matching the rim of the
shell You pass the thin blade Of your
knife carefully under it, and release the
fibrous heart from its pearly connection.
Then you lay your knife down, take the
frontal edge firmly between your thumb
and finger, bring it up in front of your
face, in close connection with your lips,
look at it an instant, lay your head
back, shut your eyes, open your mouth
place the DELICIOUS morsel on YOU
tongue so as to sense its fine saltiness
then let 90 your hold of it, and--away
it goes, as slowly and as easily as ship
glides far away into the welcome sea
Whoever has done this deei once, anc
felt the full physical rapture of it. ha,
one memory, at least, that will never
die while the sense OF the palate re
mains.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-01-05
4 Koohes~. Ruin.

Kirby, the seat of the bankrupt ear
of Winchelsea and Nottingham. one o
the most magnificent mansions in Eng
land, has by the neglect and wasteful
ness OF its owner been red ced to tn,
condition OF a rooiess ruin. The wall,
of Line white stone and beautiful chin
neys are intact, and the stone carving
is in perfect condition. Twenty live
thousand dollars might yet keen the
place in decent order. rendering restora
ton comparatNe ely easy, hut ! ord Win.
chelsea Eau not put his hand readily on
$25o. No such deplorable case of its
kind is known in England. kirby i,
only two hours from ondon. and wonlt
interest many Americans. 1t was buill
by Elizabeth dancing Char eller, Sil
Christopher Ilaiton, whose armoria
hearings over the grand entrance are a.
fresh 10 day us when put up.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-01-05
Lincoln's Mental Prer ecupation.
I Brooklyn Ma,tzin

As an instance of how thoroughly
preoccupied was the mlni of Abraham
Lin Oln at all times and on all occasions
the following anecdo:e will illustrate.
Upon one of bis usual levees he wa
shaking hauds with a host of visitors
who were passing him in continuou.
stream. An intimate acquaintance re.
ceived the usual conventional hanishake
and salu;ation but perceivng that he
was not recognized kept his ground
instead OF moving on, aud spoke
again. Then the president, aroused by
dim consciousness that something IN.
usual had happened, perceived who stood
before him, and Selling his friend :
hand, shook it again heartily, saying:
"liow do you do: How do YOU do.
Excuse me for not noticing you at first.
The fact IL, ! was thinking of man
down south. lie afterward privately
acknowledged that the man down
south was Gen. Sherman, then on his
march TO the sea.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-01-05
An odd sort of Mixture.

A composition has been invented by
an English engineer which is claimed
10 effectually preserve iron from rlkt,
being also uscfully applicable to other
materials, such as stone aud wood, use,
in con JUNCTION with metal. The com.
position consists Of 100 parts virgin
wax. - OF allipol, 200 Of Norwegian
pitch, 100 Of grease, 100 bitumen of
ludea, ?3i of gutta percha, go Of red
lead, 20 Of white lead. these ingredients
being mixed together IN the order
named in Loller, the gutta percha be
ing cut mp in small pieces or rasped.
The mixture is stirred at each addition,
and poured into mou;ds. For iron il is
melted and laid on with brush; for
stopping holes il is used rs paste.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-01-05
l'ro.re. ~ ~ Half Century.

Dr. Iuain, an eminent London phys
ician, remarked, in the course of his re
cent "llarvean grafton" that fifty
years ago patient could command nc
an sthetin to induce insensibllity e
pain, no antiseptic TO promote the heal
ing of u wound, no chloral TO procure
sleep, no antipyretlc in general Use to
control fever. lie showed thai in the
past forty tive years the mean duration
Of male fife in England and Wales ha,
been increased by Two years, aud that
of women by three and half, the
greater portion If such increase being
subsequent to childhood and prior Il
decrepitude.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-01-05

1T was one of those snltry July
nornings at the date referred TO when
Lund, Tankerville. myself. anu live
other chums stood under broad tee
near the main gate of the now botanic
gardens. Through the branches aud
short shrubs We could all but soc Mag.
daien College bridge. We had turned
ent for aD airing that morning cigars
we're lighted aud anecdotes OF interest
were being told. when suddenly the
con creation turned and the subject Of
ear remarks became the belle and First
Lady in .ixon.
"'Bold, cried Tankerville, pointing
n the direction Of the bridge why,
ehere she is. speak VI an nigel and
She rarely ever appears, rejoined.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-01-05

Fear that the worlds supply of coal
would he exhausted century hence or
Whereabouts. Is somewhat modified by
the discovery of enormous deposits in
China, including district larger than
the coal ields of ennsylysnia yielding
the best anthracite.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-01-05

Rice, says an eminent medical man,
contains very little uourishment. II
helps out meal with beefsteak, and is
good IN some cases Of illness when the
stomach rs weak aud litle punishment
Is needed
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-01-05
,,l,l Noii"p.
ftt.,tu YaIs,.

" was once prevalent notion that
signs impaired the strength and wore
out the animal powers. IL was also an
ancient telirf that sorrow consumed
the blood and shortened life.
Lander 4 little praise Is good for
shy temper IL teaches US to rely on the
kindness Of others
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27

cit is fact we'll known to the medl-
cal profession" said a prominent physi-
clan the other day, ''that much less harm
is done in New York by those diseases
most feared by the public and the health
board than by diseases which cause little
alarm in the community. The socallcd
plaques are not likely to cause much havoc
in this latitude. particularly in a city
where the sanitary regulations arc good.
No scourgc is so much feared as Asiatic
cholera, vet the deaths from that disease
in this city during the year of the great
est epidemic were less in number than the
deaths from consumption last year. Yellow
fever has killed fewer people in New
York in this century than whooping
cough has destroyed in single year.
Smallpox, which is causing so much
alarm at present, kills fewer persons here
than docs either measles, Group, or
whooping cough. The deaths from
typus fever in this town has been for
many years less numerous than those
from typhoid fever. These statements
may be surprising to many residents of
the city, but they can be easily substantial
ted by an examination of the death
records. which arc about the only reliable
records to be found in the health depart
ment. 1t would be well for the city, in
my estimation if the sanitary officers
would spend more time in investigating
those diseases which cause the greatest
mortality. 1t would be well, also, if
some of the newspapers would call
attention to the facts instead of causing
useless excitement in the public mind
about improbable cpidemics of cholera,
yellow fever, or smallpox"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27

It will be remembered that a novel fca-
ture of the New Orleans exposition was
the exhibits which the colored people as a
race were invited to offer for the purpose
of showing their progress in industries,
education, art. etc. The experiment
proved only fairly successful in the dis
play then made, but it has borne valua-
bic fruit in arousing interest in similar
undertakings. AS proof of this the New
Orleans Times Democrat says: "Exclted
by the exposition, Mississippi held a COL
ored fair few months ago, which was a
thorough success; Tennessee has jus'
opened another at Nashville; South Caro-
lima will soon follow suit, and it seems
highly probable that every Southern
State will, sooner or later, have its col
orcd cxposition.' We agree with our
Southern contemporary, says the New
York Herald, that these arc encouraging
signs which bctokcn substantial benefits
to the colored people and useful results
to the community at large.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27
WHY People Were Buried.

When men began to bury their dead
they did so in the firm belief in another
life, which life was regarded as the exact
counterpart OF this present one. The
unsophisticatcd savage. holding that III
that equal sky his faithful dog would
bear him company, naturally enough had
the dog in question killed and buried
with him, in order that it mieht follow
him to the happy hunting ground.
Clearly. you can't hunt without your
arrows and your tomahawk; so the flint
weapons and the trusty bow accompanied
their owner in his new resting place. The
wooden haft, the deer sincw bowstring,
the pcrishablc articles of food and drink
have long since decaycd within the damp
tunulllS: but the harder stone and
carthcnwarc articles have survived till
now. to tell the story of that crude and
simple early faith. Very crude and H.
logical. indeed, it was, however, for it is
quite clear that the actual body of the
dead man was thought of as pcrsisting to
live sort of underground life within
the barrow A stone hut was constructed
for its use: real weapons and implements
were left by it's side, and slaves and
wives were ruthlcssly massacred, as still
in Ashantcc. in order that their bodies
might accompany the corpse of the
buried master in his subtcrrancan dwell
ing. In all this we have clear evidence
of a very inconsistent savage, material
istic belief, not indeed in the Immortality
of the soul, but in the continued under
ground life of the dead body CcrnhW
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27
100 SKATERS SUBMERGED.
A Lake in Regents Park. London,
the Scene of an Accident.

A Lake in Regents Park. London,
the Scene of an Accident.
What might have proved to have been
most serious accident, ,rivaling the disaster of
1867, occurred few days ago in Regents
Park, London. The weather was delight
full, though a thaw had set in, and the lakes
in the parks were crowded with skaters
who have had "royal time" of it during the
recent severe weather throughout Great
Britain AS there was a prospect that the
thaw would soon put all end to the sport, an
unusual number of persons were enjoying
themselves on the ice Suddenly there was q
series of loud, cracking reports, and the
ice on one of the ponds guve way and
at least one hundred men, women and
children were submerged in the chilling
water beneath. A cry Of horror arose from
the vast throng of people on the ice and in
the ncighborhood of the lakes, while those who
were lucky enough to escape made hasty
scramble for the shore. The ''life-savers"
and police assisted by hundreds of volun-
teers, soon pulled the drenched pleasure
seekers from amid the slabs Of floating
ice Women and children naturally suf-
feretl the most from their involuntary
cold bath, but up to the present, thanks to the
fact that tho water was not very deep, no
serious results have been reported. Intense
excitement prevailed throughout London
when the news of the accident was spread
throughout the city, many recalling the fatal
18th of January, 1867, when, in the same
park, at least 200 people were suddenly sub
merged through the breaking Of the ice,
forty one Of whom were drowned,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27

Joseph Arch, who commenced move
ment in favor of clevating the condition
of farm laborers in England some twenty
years ago, has been elected to parliament
from the northwestern district of Norfolk
county. His opponent was Lord Henry
Bentinck. The business of Mr.. Arch was
that of setting out and trimming hedges,
but he obtained national reputation as
founder of the agricultural laborers' un-
ion Farm laborers in this country are
not elected to Congress, or even to State
legislatures.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27
POLYGAMY DOOMED.
The United States Senate Passes the
Edmunds Utah Bill.

The United States Senate Passes the
Edmunds Utah Bill.
In the United States Senate on the 9th the
Edmunds bill for the suppression Of Mormon
ism, having been brought to vote, was
passed by thirty-eight yeas to seven nays, asfol-
lows: Yeas, Messrs. Allison, Beck, Berry, Chace
Cockren, Coke, Colquitt, Conger, Cullom
Dawes, Dolph Edmunds, ,Eustis, Evarts Frye,
George, Harris, Harrison. Hawley,, Ingalls,,
Jackson, Logan, Mcmillan, Manderson,
Maxey, Mitchell, Of Pennsylvania; Morrill,,
Palmer, Payne, Platt, Pugh, Sawyer, Sher-
man, Spooner, Van Wyck, WalthaH ~ wilson,
of Iowa; and Wilson, Of Maryland-SS. Nays
Blair, Call, Gibson, Hampton, Hoar, Nor
gan and Vance,.
The bill is substantially the same as when
reported from committee. The only change
of consequence is the addition Of section
declaring marriages incestuous that are con-
tracted between persons within, and not in
Guiding, the fourth degree Of consanguinlty.
The main features are as follows:
It makes the lawful husband or wife OF the
person accused Of bigamy, competent wit
ness, who may be compelled to testify with
out the consent Of the wife or husband,
as the case may be. An attachment may
be issued for q witness without previous sub
poena when there is reasonable ground to be-
1ieve that subpoena would not be effective.
Every marriage shall be certified to in
writing by the persons concerned, including
the priest. Women are prohibited from
voting in the Territory. All laws recog-
nizing illegitimate children are annulled.
The Territorial laws providing that prose
cutions for adultery can be begun only on
the complaint of the husband or wife,
are annnulled. The Territorial laws
creating and continuing the Mormon church
corporation are annulled; and the President
is to appoint-by and with the advice OF the
Senate-fourteen trustees to manage the prop
erty and business Of the corporation; and the
attorney-general is ordered to institute pro-
ceedings to forfeit and escheat all prop
erty acquired by the corporation in
contravention of the United States
laws. the escheatcd property to be
then sold and the proceeds devoted to COM
mon school purposes in the Territory; but no
building is to be forfeited that is used e1clu-
sively for worship
All emigration companies Or organiza-
tions created by the Territorial government
are abolished, and the attorney y-general is to
take steps to have the Enligrating Fund COM
pany wound up. The existing election dis
tricts Of Utah are abolished and new
ones that will give the people equal
representation are to be marked out.
Marriages between persons within, and not
including, the fourth degree Of consanguinity
ere declared incestuous. Adultery is punish
able by Imprisonment in the penetentiary not
exceeding three years. The Office Of district
school Superintendent is declared vacant and
the court is directed to I'LL the vacancy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27
A CITY IN RUINS.
Amatitlan, in Central America,
Visited by an Earthquake.
More than One Hundred Successive
Shocks During the Day.

A Panama dispatch says that at ? o'clock
on the morning of the 18th ult, the inhabi'
tants of the quiet little Spanish city Of Anna,
titlan, twenty-four miles south by rail from
Guatemala City, about five thousand souL
in all, were awakened by slight but
frequent shocks of earthquake which
continued all day until 5:22 P. ~,
when very heavy shock was felt which
so alarmed the people that they began to
think of leaving their houses. At $50 P. NJ.
the heaviest shock came, throwing down
many walls and houses already fissured by
the earlier shocks
People were thrown down. The air was
filled with dust from the fallen adobe houses.
Shock followed upon shock. The frightened
people rushed to the large plaza or square
in front Of the church of San Juan,
and dragged the image of their guard
ian saint, La Virgen del Rosario outside
the trembling walls of the church and erected
a temporary shrine in the middle Of the
square, before which all prostrated them
selves. No one thought Of sleeping in what
remained of the houses that night, but re-
sort was had to the square OF open places
where houses had been thrown down.
One hundred and thirty-one shocks were felt
the first day. principally from east to west
eighty-one of which occurred between + and
1886 r. n. Had the severe shock occurred at
night many persons would have been killed,
but as it was all were on the alert. and the
only casualty was broken leg. The second
day was nearly as bad as the first. and the
shocks continued for some days subsequently.
Amatitlan has been the scene of many dis
asters. 1t was destroyed by earthquakes in
1890, which lasted from April 81 to May ;.
In 1876 it was overtlowed by the rising Of the
waters of the lake, and again in October.
1852, when the water gushed up in the middle
Of the streets, and on the 24th of the month
when, after eight days duration,
the waters subsided, dead fish
were found everywhere, the
sons died of fevels. Then again it was de-
stroyed by earthquakes in 1862. Lake ANA
titan is supposed by many to be the crater
of an extinct volcano. An adjacent volcano
until recently quiet, seems to be seeking a
new outlet through hill called the DuraZno,
lying back of the inactive volcano OF PecayO
The volcanoes of Fuego, in Guatemala,
and Gzalca. in Salvador, not far away. which
have long served as the safety valves of these
restless regions seem TO have become stopped
up lately, thereby causing much alarm to the
people of Salvador, who say that there
was precisely similar occurrence
before their last great earthquake, in 1913.
A Guayaquil dispatch says that volcanic
disturbances have occurred in the last few
days. There have been at different places
showers of earth and ashes accompanied by
loud r,lmblings. The Cotolmxi volcano is
supposed to he in eruption. The real state
of the mountain is unknown, owing to the
interruption Of the government telegraphs
Slight Shocks of earthquake have also been
IL
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27

A Genoese gentleman has just disclosed
the fact that he is in possession of the
chains with which Columbus was bound
after his discovery of America. The
gentleman has owned the chains for
twenty years without telling. In 1865,
becoming aware that the chains were in
existence somewhere on this continent,
he came hither and secured them. He
was likely to have kept his possession
of them secret for still longer time,
but reading so frequently newspaper
paragraphs regarding the celebration of
the four hundreth anniversary of Colum-
bus's discovery, his conscience reproachcd
him, and he permitted the facts concern
ing the chains to become known.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27
CALLED BACK TO LIFE.
AWife, Pronounced Dead by Doctors,
Revived by Her Husband.

AWife, Pronounced DeaQ ny DOCtOFS,
Revived by Her Husband.
A Chicago dispatch tells this astonishing
story: Five weeks ago the wife OF Charles r.
Pruin, dentist of this city, gave birth to q
child. This was followed by an attack OF
puerperal mania. They were living at
Oak Park As his wife rapidly
grew worse Mr.. Pruin consulted
a city physician, who, after see.
ing the patient, recommended the use OF
annsthetics. The city doctor did not CON
tinue to handle the case, but an YAK fark
physician was called in He also adopted tne
same treatment. administering strong doses
of morphine. The lady was found to be rap
idly sinking till on Sunday night she fell back
on the pillow lifeless. Her breathing had
ceased and the pulse was gone. The attend
inc physician distinctly pronounced her dead.
The husband was frantic, and rushing. to
the bedside of his wife put his ear to her
heart He thought he could detect FAINT
throb. The physician again assured nm tnat
life was extinct but in order to satisty y Mr; th
Pruin he called in another doctor or the
village. He. too, made an examination,
and confirmed the report OF his
brother physician that his patient was
dead Still the husband would not be con-
yinccd He placed his hand upon his wlte,s
chest and tried to produce an artificial respl-
ration. having long made special study or
the 1,sa of anTsthatics in connection with his
profession. He proceeded to work the arm
back and forth, pressing his hand on the
chest. thus producing an artificial movement.
The two doctors demonstrated with him for
committing what they deemed proclamation
of the dead He continued his efforts, and
after a few minutes the patient began slowly
to revive. She is now able to move around.
The doctors confess that she would have died
but for these extraordinary efforts at restora-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27
At recent gathering of medical men

AT a recent gathering of medical men
in Philadelphia, DR.. w. s. Janney, late
coroner of the city, made the startling
statement that mo healthy man or
woman ever dies in this climate from
cholera morbus.' He repeated the re-
mark to the editor of the Medical and
Surgical Reporter, saying that the records
of the coroner's office would substantiate
his words. He explained that by
''healthy" he meant person without Or
ganic diseases and of average strength
and vitality. ''Such person." he said,
"whcn dying with symptoms of cholera
morbus, always dies from poisoning (usu-
ally arsenic), and the case is one of sui
eide or homicide" The eX-coroncr first
examined into these cases when stout
healthy man of his acquaintance died
after an illness of thirty-siN hours with
symptoms of cholera morbus. He had
been attended by four reputable physi-
clans, one of whom had signed the death
certificate. Yet he instituted an investi-
CATION, and found enough arsenic in the
deceased to kill a dozen men. He after
ward met with FIVE or six similar cases.
DR.. Bartholow, in conversation with the
editor Of the Reporter, said that he had
not the least doubt of the correctness OF
DR.. Janney's assertion. Another promi-
nent physician stated his belief in these
views.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27

Ex-President Arthur suffers from in
somnia. Until recently he has been in
the habit of trying to read himself to
sleep when in bed. But not very long
ago says Harper's Weekly, ''having
placed pitcher of ice water beside him
on retiring, he awoke to find that he had
unconciously upset the pitcher and emp
tied its chilling contents upon the bed" :"
The incident has caused him to break the
habit of reading in bed, lest some time
he should upset an oil lamp in a similar
manner
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27
A St. Louis hairdresscr has invented

A St. Louis hairdrcsscr has invented
an apparatus which, if adopted, would
rcvoluntionize railroad travel. His OBJ
ject is to overcome delay caused by stop
ping a train at various stations, and he
intends to have all trains speed on from
terminus to terminus. At every inter-
mediate station automatic machinery
would remove the rear car, containing all
those who. wish to get off there, and an
other car, containing passengers who
wished to join the train. would be sub
stituted without decreasing the speed Of
the train.