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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
HOUSES OF WASHINGTON CITY.

without the Darkness of New York Res-
idences-The Apartment House.
Washington houses have not the costly
features of those in New York, but they
have not also the darkness of New York
houses. The New York residence in gen.
eral has only front and back, its sides
being Theoretically closed up by other
houses; consequently in the middle of the
house there is always dark place. In
what are called English basement houses
this is lighted by a skylight, the stairs
being thrown into the center Of the
house, and houses of that class are COM
ing more and more into request.
The problem in New York is how to
get the ashes and garbage out of the
house, because there are no alleys in that
city, neither through the houses nor
back of them. Therefore the houses are
made high-stooped, the owner having to
go up ten or twelve steps, while the SER
wants come out under this stoop with
the ash-barrel. In the English
basement houses the servants base
ment is reached by stairs in
the middle of the house front; in WASH
ington, however the obliquity of many
of the streets permits the .louses to over
lap each other, and exposes their sides as
well as the front. These houses are like
stairs which are turned upon their side.
The city in general being right angled,
while the alleys are oblique to these
streets, you can either have side win
dows to your house or large bays.
Washington is also going into the
apartment house business, having been
inspired thereto by the success of the
first apartment house built here, the
Portland, which was supposed originally
to be foolish experiment; but / under
stand that every apartment in it is taken
and that there is demand for more.
These apartments are adapted to house.
keeping, are all on one floor, and the
building is situated where two broad
streets come to point, so that it has
light and air everywhere. They retain
the absurd names of English baronial
families for these houses. One is called
the Portland, another is the Richmond
and another the Woodmont. There il
no need of excellent names of our own
region to put upon those houses, and it
seems very preposterous in the capital Of
the United States to know no other
nomenclature than the leavings of Brit.
ish feudalism. "Gath's" Washington
Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
scarcity Of Wood In Italy.

Wood is so scarce in sunny Italy"
that it is actually sold by the pound; and
yet it is almost the only fuel used by the
common people. In Venice we saw
steaming-hot -boiled potatoes and other
cooked food for sale in the groceries.
Every device is resorted to to save fuel.
American tree-murderers ought, by all
means, to see Italy as warning of what
a country stripped Of wood may become.
The climate Of southern and middle
Italy in summer appears to us tourists
very like that of America. There is the
same brilliant sunlight and fierce heat
The dust is binding. Mountain and val.
ley are as parched and brown as the
Ohio river clay hillside in August. We
have now journeyed over half of Italy in
one direction and another and have yet
to see the first good-sized tree. They are
scrawny, little, dried-up things such as
the American farmer would chop down
and throw away. There are not very
many even of that kind.-Foreign Let
ter
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
DI.eoyerie. in Old Aztec Ruins.

A citizen of Tempe Arizona territory,
has been excavating in some old Aztec
ruins near that place, and has found
quantities of flint arrow-heads of splen-
did workmanship, superior to those now
found among the Indians, nicely painted
pottery, ornaments made of shell and of
slate representing different birds, a num-
Der of toys made Of clay, beads made of
shell, a number of what seem to be
precious stones, stone axes and ham,
mers, stone and bone tools, "metates" or
mills for grinding grain, large stone
mortars and pestles, and numerous other
curiosities. He also found during the pro-
cess of excavation anumber of furnaces,
which had evidently been used for smelt-
ing ores, as there was among the debris
Stag and considerable rich copper and
silver ores that had been taken there by
the Aztec miners.-Chicago Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
A Christening Dress for the Baby.


The christening dress of the first-born
of the young Princess di Galatro Colonna
formerly Miss Eva Mackay) is perhaps
the most unique specimen extant of the
finest point d'Alencon lace of great
beauty and rarity. The dress, made as
a loose slip, is bordered with antique lace
of quarter Of yard in width, the re-
mainder of the garment being woven to
correspond, and having the arms of the
Colonna family designed in lace upon
the corsage. The Princess Anna Murat
declared that the dress surpassed in
beauty the famous christening robe of
the late prince imperial.
The lace is the most superb that has
been seen in Paris for years. Even the
wedding flounces of the queen regent Of
Spain can not be compared to it. Mrs.
Mackay, the mother of the princess, has
a collection of lace that surpasses any of
the royal houses of Europe-so it is said,
at any rate. She possesses the cele-
brated tunic and hounces in point
dAlencon manufactured for the Empress
Eugene in 1869. This lace was copied
from piece originally in possession OF
Nine. de Pompadour.-London Court
Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
The source of the Ice supply.

There is hardly anything about which
families should be more careful than in
scrutinizing the source of their ice sup
ply. do not mean this in seasons of ex.
pected epidemic, when people are afraid
of cholera or yellow fever. Those plaques
are principally feared so much because
they are uncommon, but where they kill
one in our climate, scarlet fever, diph-
liberia and those classes of disease kill
hundreds. Now, it has been shown re-
peatedly that fatal outbreaks Of such dis
eases that have occurred in otherwise
healthy localities, and which at first
seemed mysterious and unaccomtable,
have beeisdue TO ice taken from stag.
nant or polluted waters. Ice that seemed
as clear as crystal has been found to con-
tain disease germs, which only needed
the application of warmth to restore 10
fatal activity. Such things have been
demonstrated time and time again, and
repeat that too much precaution can not
be taken in ascertaining the sources Of
family ice supply.-Cor. Globe-Demo-
Graf
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
The Multiplication of A phides.

Perhaps no more striking illustration
of the wonderful reproductive powers Of
certain insects could be given than that
contained in new work by Theodore
Wood, an English entomologist. 1t is
assumed first that 100 aphides weigh no
more collectively than single grain;
and secondly, that only very stout man
can weigh as much as 100000 grains.
Then it is found that if multiplication
were entirely unchecked, the tenth brood
alone of the descendants of a single
aphis would be equivalent in point Of
actual matter to more than 500, 900, 600
of very stout men, or one-third Of the
human population of the globe, suppos-
ing each person 10 weigh $50 pounds.
Boston Budget.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
The Readers of Book Manuscript.

A large publishing-house states tbas it
generally employs as readers men and
women Of culture, who themselves have
done literary work; sometimes a lawyer
who finds time from his professional du-
ties, or doctor similarly situated, and
sometimes woman of refined education
qualified TO do the work. When any
manuscript on scientific, medical, or
special subject is handed in some recog.
nized professional man in that particular
is engaged. Nearly all writers bear a
part of the expense Of the first edition
all new writers do. 1t is a fact not gen.
orally known that Longfellow paid within
a small amount of the total cost of pro-
duction of his first volume of poems, an.
James Russell Lowell paid all the ex.
pense of his first work.-Chicago Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
To Make Up for Infant Mortality.

The turbot lays 1900, 900 eggs, well
knowing that 10, 900, 800 will be eaten up
in the state of spawn or devoured by
enemies in helpless infancy, or drifted
out to sea and hopelessly lost, or other
wise somehow unaccounted for. The
fewer the casualties to which q race
is exposed the smaller the number
of eggs or young which it needs to pro.
duce in order to cover the necessary
losses.
In fish generally it takes at least 1OO,.
900 eggs each year to keep up the aver.
age of the species. In frogs and other
amphibians. few hundred are amply
sufficient Reptiles often lay only a
much smaller number. In birds, which
hatch their own eggs and feed their
young, from ten to two eggs per annum
are quite sufficient to replenish the earth.
Among mammals, three or four at a
birth is rare number, and many Of the
larger sorts produce one calf or foal at a
time only.
In the human race at large, a total Of
five or six children for each married
couple during a whole lifetime makes up
sufficiently for infant mortality and all
other sources of loss, though among
utter savages far higher rate is usually
necessary. Even making allowances for
necessary deaths and celibacy, however,
I believe that as sanitation improves and
needless infant mortality is done away
with, the human race will finally come
to state of equilibrium with an average
of three children to each household
Cornhill Magazine.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
GROWTH OF BOYS AND GIRLS.
Startling Facts ~ to the Developments 81
the Body During Childhood.

otartling Facts ~ to the Development 81
the Body During Childhood.
During the international medical con-
ference held in Copenhagen in the sum-
merof 1884. a paper read by the Rev. Mall
ing Hanson. principal Of the Danish in
stitution for the deaf and dumb, was
listened TO with marked attention and
interest. 1t gave the results of the daily
weighing and measurements Of height
which he had carried on for nearly three
years ON the 1870 pupils-seventy-two
boys and fifty-eight girls-of the institu-
ton, and demonstrated facts as to the de-
velopment of the human body during
the period of childhood that perfectly
startled and astonished the assem-
bled medical authorities, opening an EN-
tirely new field for investigation and re-
Election.
Since then Mr.. Hanson has continued
his observations, and, though he has yet
a tremendous amount of work before
him, he believes himself able to state
now the outlines of the results he has OBJ
tanned. The children are weighed four
times daily in patches of twenty-in the
morning, before dinner, after dinner,
and at bedtime-and each child is meas
ured once a day. The common i'm
preston is, no doubt, that increase in
bulk and height of the human body dur
ing the yearsof growth progresses evenly
all through the year. This is not so.
Three distinct periods are marked out,
and within them some thirty lesser
waverings have been observed. AS for
bulk, the maximum period extends from
August until December; the period of
equipoise lasts from December until
about the middle of April, and then fol-
lows the minimum period until August.
The lasting increase of bulk or weight is
all accumulated during the first stage;
the period of equipoise adds TO the body
about fourth of that increase, but this
gain rs almost entirely spent or lost again
in the last period.
The increase in height of the children
shows the same division into periods,
only in different order. The maximum
period of growth in height corresponds
to tho minimum period Of increase in
bulk, and vice versa. In September and
October child grows only a fifth Of
what it did in June and July. In other
words, during a part of the year
autumn and beginning Of winter-the
child accumulates bulk, but the height is
stationary. In the early summer the
bulk remains nearly unchanged, but the
vital force and the nourishment are ex-
pended to the benefit of height While
the body works for bulk there is rest for
the growth, and, when the period of
growth comes, the working for bulk is
suspended. The human body has, conse-
quently, the same distinctly marked
periods of development as plants
Chambers Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
The Ridge ON the House Roof.

The origin of the ornamental ridge
with which large steep roofs of houses in
England and sometimes in this country
are furnished is a curious incident in
architecture. In early times turfs or
clods were placed on the upper ridges of
the slanting sides of the rough roofs TO
keep out the rain. Out of these humps
Of earth clusters of flowers and weeds
grew freelys which builders afterward
reproduced in the conventional foliage of
the ornamental ridge.-Chicago Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30

King Milan's queen is said to be the
most beautiful woman in Servia, and by
this charm, together with her decision of
character, she has completely established
dominion, not only over her husbands
heart, but over his actions likewise. II
Queen Nathalie may lay claim to be the
handsomest women in Servia, King Mi
Ian is far from being the handsomest
man there or anywhere else. His head is
round and large-too large for his body
his checks fiat and wide, with small
nose and little mouth. When atschool
at Paris he was thought to resemble
Prince Napoleon, and always considered
himself flattered by being complimented
the likeness.-Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
a. washington ~ an Aristocrst.

Washington's pompous ways were BE-
verely criticised at this time. His gor
Reous, cream-colored coach with its six
horses was talked of, and they said that
it was ridiculous for one who posed a.
the great champion of American liberty
TO keep men in livery and to own 500
slaves There was probably some truth
In this charge. Washington was great
swell, and he liked to strut about and
have his fellow-men toadying him. He
believed in high honors being paid to the
president of the United States, and his
receptions as president were of the stiff
est kind. He dressed in the richest of
clothes, wore silk, satin and lots of gold
lace, and / doubt not he was little
proud of his figure, which was tall and
well formed, with the exception Of the
chest, which was sunken.
Washington had probably as fine an
establishment in America as any man in
the country at the time he lived. He
kept the finest of horses in his stables,
and had an army of hveried servants.
At Mount Vernon he had 100 cows, and
he entertained like an English lord. He
always had wine on his table, and he
drank several glasses at every dinner.
His wife was addressed as Lady WASH
ington in those days, and hi friends gave
him the title in private life of "your ex-
cellency." have seen manuscript pri-
vate letters to Mrs. Washington, and j
doubt not that during the first admins
tration of our government she was toad
led like queen. She and the president
had their coat-of-arms, and George
Washington had buttons made, at least
there are such buttons in existence, with
his initials ON them. The Washington
family had the finest of china. They
liked good furniture, and even now at
Mount Vernon one might keep up an es-
Enlistment which would not discredit
the times of to-day.-Cor Cleveland
Leader,
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
No proxr... i'm r,ddl.-ssal,ns.

In walking through the exhibition Of
musical instruments at South Kensing-
ton was much struck with the contrast
which does not appear to have thus
forced itself upon general attention, If /
may Judge by the critical notices that
have been published. l refer to the
great and still continuing progress of
improvement in the construction of the
pianoforte, as compared with the abso-
lutes absence of even the smallest step Of
improvement of the violin, violo, violon-
cello, or violone. The clavichords, harp
sichords, clavicymbalums, spinets, grav-
icembali col piano forte, were all mere
tom-toms compared with the modern
piano, while the fiddles, big and little, Of
the same date are the models which our
manufacturers can only endeavor to ap-
proximately initiate.
Innumerable attempts have been made
TO improve upon the model Of Stradiva-
rius, but all have pitifully failed. Every
curve of his models, their thickness,
their bulge of back and belly, and even
the queer unaccountable f-shaped open
ings must be initiated with abject servil-
ity in order TO produce fine instrument.
Had the Cremona makers any theory, or
did they work by -rule Of thumb" or,
more probably, did they, by patient and
persevering study Of a number of fail
ures, arrive at practical truth by prac-
teal exhaustion of error?LGentleman's
Magazine,
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30

Lieut.. GreeIy's Tribute to Celia Tnaxter.
Concerning Celia Thaxter's poem, "A
Tryst," which Lieut.. Greedy says his men
were so fond Of reading during their
Arctic exile, writer in The Philadelphia
Press relates that, in the summer of 1884,
Greely, who was seeking rest and health
at Portsmouth, n. H., went over to the
Isles of Shoals one day to visit Mrs.
Thaxter. As he reached the porch of
her house the poet came forward and ex-
tended her hand. Greedy took it,
dropped on one knee, and kissed it, Il
have come" he said in his husky, tremb-
ling voice, ION pilgrimage to thank the
poet for the lines tLIt have hghtened
many weary day and night for hand
full of men who never expected to see
their home and friends again. Here he
had to pause, and, raised by the kind,
motherly woman, sank into an armchair.
Among those who witnessed the scene
there was not dry eye. After he had
rested little, and had told of the many
times he had read aloud the poem lin the
desolation of the north" he asked her
how she could have written it and if she
had ever seen an iceberg. NO." she re-
piled, but have ever lived by the sea,
in summer and winter, and suppose
imagination has done the rest" WON
derful!" was all that the pilgrim could
reply.-Chicago Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
How the Brides Veil Came To a..

II was once the custom for the bride at
her wedding TO wear her hair unbranded
and hanging over her shoulders. At the
celebration of her marriage with the
Palatine, Elizabeth Stuart wore "her
hair disheveled and hanging down her
shoulders" 1t has been suggested that
the brides veil, which of late years has
become one Of the most conspicuous
features of her costume, may be nothing
more than milliner's substitute, which,
in old times, concealed not a few of the
brides personal attractions, and covered
her face when she knelt at the altar
Boston Budget.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
Saw Hin mt the Very Moment.

Nine. X, who has never been outside
Of Montmartre, has the innocent fault Of
trying to make her acquaintance be-
ieve that she has travelled all over Eu-
rope. when you were at Venice" in
quires a visitor one day to whom she
was telling the story Of her travels, 4did
you see the lion Of st. Marks" did
see him :" replied she. What a ques.
ton! Why, saw him ct the very mo.
ment when they were giving him hil
dinner, and l gave him piece Of meat
myself Paris Figaro.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
where tn. daughter Missed Il.

Anxious Mother-Well, darling, did
you have pleasant time?
Charming Daughter-Oh! so nice.
George was all attention, and we had
oysters twice and terrapin and canvas
back duck. He is 20 liberal.
Anxious Mother hoarsely)-Wretched
girl, you have ruined your chances for
life. Rather would have heard tale
Of q walk home to save car fare.-Phila-
delphia Call.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30

There is one garment which is sacred
from the craze for change that attacks
tailon and those who make mems
fashions, and that Is the dress coat. The
body coat, the sack coat, the cutaway
and the blouse all change with the sea-
sons, but the dress coat changes 60 little
that no one Is able 10 detect the difference
between the old and the new, except by
the signs Of wear.-Globs-D Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30

There is constant fever in my breast,
A something hoped which dies when hope ~
given;
A sweet delight, and yet strange anrest;
A thought that trembles betwixt earth and
heaven.
Would loved lessl or would the power were
here
To own my love, and triumph over fear.
Kate L. Robertson
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30

In oIden times ghosh were supposedto
maintain an obdurate silence ill inter-
rogated by the person 10 whom they
nade their Special appearance. Boston
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30
bRllllANTS.

Mans greatest strength II shown In standing
still
The first sure symptoms Of q mind In health
Is rest Of heart and pleasure felt at home.
Young.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30

Sweet woman Is like the fair flower In its
lustre,
Which in the garden enamels the ground;
Near it the bees, in play, hutter and cluster,
And gaudy butterflies frolic around.
Gay.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-03-30

As many as $4,000 tints are used In
0cbeiin tapestry work, . great increase
in numbers and fineness due mainly n
chemistry.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-24
She Wanted the Kisses, Too.

t'6m the Gfe'H'tt.rq Press.
The other day, while our young De
putty postmater was engaged ut his work,
in stepped one of our bashGul maidens of
sweet sixteen with money order, which
she desired to have cashed She handed
it, with bashtul smile, to the official.
who, after closely examining 1t, gave her
the money it called for. At the same
time he asked her if she had read what
was on the margin of the order. No,
have not, she replied, for | cannot
make it out. vii! you please read it for
me" The deputy read as follows: Il
send yen three dollars and dozen
kisses" CHANGING at the bash III girl lie
said NV, have paid you the money
an | suppose you want the kisses. -
"Ies, she said, ''if he has sent me any
kisses | want them, too" 1t is hardly
necessary to say that the balance of the
order was promptly paid, and in scien-
tific manner at that. and eminently salts
factory to the maiden, for she went OFT
of the office smacking her lips as if there
was taste upon them she had never en-
coun.ered before.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-24

dress. She tugged petulantly at some
thing for a moment and then yankcd
out small handkerchief aDd-aboul a
dozen cigarettes. They flew around in
all directions and the populace grinned,
while three or four men stopped forward,
picked them up and put them gently
into her outstre tched hand Her COM
posture was wonderful. Not a tirge of
color was added to her face as she bowed
her thanks and resumed her devOut ex.
preston aud her vigorous clasp upon
the prayer book. She had what is some
times called repose.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-24

Drew : Yeast Pow der is sold 10y all gro
GERS, tea dealers, and country merchants
everywhere.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-24

When Baby was sick, gave her CAST0RIA
When she was Child she cried for CASTORIA
When she became Miss she clung to CASTORIA
When she had Children. she gave them CAST"A