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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
The Continental Divide.

Not being far from the Continental
Divide, / logged over to the latter place
to see what the backbone of America
looked like. Reading or thinking upon
the subject, one would be apt to i'm
agine that the division Of the conti-
nent was lofty and rugged range Of
mountains, impossible and perpetually
snow-capped. As matter of fact the
Continental Divide is level prairie,
green and luxuriant with buffalo grass
and wild flowers, and almost as smooth
and fiat as a table. To be accurate, 1t
rises gradually from each side and cul-
inmates in beautiful lake called 1.-TWO
Ocean Pond" where originate the
sources Of the Columbia and Missouri
river systems. From one end a trick
ling stream finds its way into the At
lantic, and from the other end simi.
lar rill begins its journey to the Pa
cific, so that if chip were dropped In
the center of the pond it is hard to say
which ocean would ultimately receive
the frail traveller. The lovely sheet Of
water Is correctly named 1.-TWO Ocean
Pond. Cor. st. Louis Globe Demo
crat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30

WHILE there Is no doubt in the
minds of many people in the west
that some additional land legislation
by Congress is desirable, yet it is very
gratifying to learn that the Senate and
House are at a deadlock over the vari.
GUS land bills introduced. owing to the
crimp Lord High Executioner Sparks
desires to put IN the progress of the
country. We can still live under the
present laws, hut II the ideas Of the
land commissioner are carried out We
will all have to go east and grow W
with the country.-N. w. l.. s
Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
Shanghai Fond of Hor.. ssov..

Shanghai is one Of the "horsiest"
places on the face Of the globe. There
is no evidence that it is fond of horse
shows, but there are two great racing
carnivals in the year, of three days each.
and when all Shanghai is not engaged
in training and betting for these events,
polo, drag hunting, paperchasing and
steeplechasing fill up the time. The
most influential clique is the "oreymen,
who always live in boots and breeches,
are never as happy as when in the at
mosphere of stable. Then there is
upcountry shooting Of pheasants, deer
and wild boar. about which another
class Of men go crazy; and If this will
not suit you, yachting, boating. cricket
and every other conceivable sport are to
be had.-Cor. Charleston News and
Courier.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
Thickness of shower Clouds.

An interesting paper by Mr.. Arthur
w. Claydcn. recently read before the
Royal Meteorological society at London.
gives the result Of series of observa-
tions to determine the connection be-
tween the "blackness" of cloud and
the heaviness of the shower which falls
from it. Mr.. Clayden first ascertained
by means OF an azimuth compass and
sextant the hight of each clouds base
above the earth, subsequently determin-
ing its thickness. He found that from
clouds the thickness of which did not ex-
ceed 2, 200 feet, the rain is always slight,
while the rain drops are rather minute.
ness the amount of rain and the size of
the drops proportionately increase, and
the clouds from which hailstorms come
reach thickness of over 10000 feet. It
is very noticeable also that as the cloud
thickens the rain drops which fall from
it are colder. It is suggested that con.
densation begins on tie upper surface Of
tle cloud by the cooling of the liquid
cloud particles.
In this view il is easy to see how hail.
stones (the formation of which is still a
mystery with many people) can be
formed in the middle latitudes. The
snow line over southern England is prob
ably. as he says, between 5000 and 1000
feet above sea level. So that a shower
cloud even less than 10000 feet thick
would rear its pyramidal head into a
freezing medium. 1t is certain. how
ever, that the snow line in England is
often higher than Mr.. Clayden assumes.
as English aeronauts have found the
thermometer registering over As degrees
at an altitude of 10000 feet. II does
not, therefore, follow that either snow
or hail will necessarily be formed in
clouds of great thickness. s.-Philadelphia
Call.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30

THREE Navsjos were robbed and
two killed, by Apaebes while hunting
in the Mogollon mountains, in Ari-
zoua. Three months later nine Nava-
jos came hunting In the same district.
Thirteen Apaches marked them for
their own" watched when they
camped, and when Morpheus was
supposed TO render them an easy prey,
fiercely charged upon-nine logs, cum
ningly rolled in the Navajos' blankets,
who themselves charged the Apaches,
threw them into a panic. and returned
home laden with the booty and scalps
of thirte en- unlucky Apaches.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
Practical Hints Concernins Health.


~In our city schools all the training is
mental training. and not physical. The
courses of study are so elaborate that a
mere superficial knowledge is gained,
while the brain is simply overloaded, and
instead of being strengthened il is weak
ened. Perhaps some one will say, why,
the children are all taught in calisthen-
ics.' Did you ever see children 60
through their calisthenic exercises?
They make me think Of an old teacher
of mine who one day set us boys at work
translating English into Greek. worked
pretty steadily until the teacher came
over to where was sitting and scanned
my work. That's right Blaikie,' said
he; III you can't do the real thing, why
go through the motions So il is with
the children. They go through the mo-
tions, but don't get the real good out Of
the exercise. When they are older and
get into business they are hollow
chested, or pale, or weak lunged. How
can you expect such men to amount to
anything? Why is it that the elder Van
derbilt. or Cyrus Field, or Russell Sage,
or Jay Gould have succeeded as they
have? II was because they worked hard
physically in their youth. Perhaps the
business man will say 4 have no time to
exercise now,' but there he is mistaken.
II he will watch himself he will find
that he can get half an hour day to put
into a gymnasium. William Blaikie's
Lecture.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
Biscuits for Dogs.

Twenty years ago the business Of
making dog biscuit was represented by
small shop in Holborn, nearly opposite
Chancery lane, and a weekly sale of a
couple of tons. Now there is a vast
factory near London bridge and another
in New York, between which is daily
output and sale of from thirty to forty
tons. This dog food is made of wheaton
-four Chiefly that known as midjlings),
oatmeal, dates, beetroot and prairie
meat. Dates were the first article of a
vegetable or fruity nature introduced,
and have had the anti scorbutic effect 30
desirable in the feeding of dogs. For
many years they only were employed,
and at that time it was advised that
fresh vegetables should be given twice a
week, additional to the biscuits.
Searching for something that would
obviate the need for this addition, it was
discovered that the only vegetable which
did not lose its distinguishing properties
under the great heat to which the cakes
are subjected in baking is beetroot, and
as it has all the desirable elements; for
some years all the biscuits sent out have
contained beetroot. The last ingredient
is prairie meat, which is not, as many
suppose, tallow greaves or butchers
refuse. II is meat from mid and South
America. From it all fat has been re-
moved, but the most valuable gristle
and bones remain to be ground up, and
is not only OF the highest quality from a
feeding point of view, but perfectly
sweet and good. Analysis has shown
that il is much more nutritious than the
beef usually sold in our butchers shops,
for it contains only 8 per cent. of water.
London News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
Wsddipg Among She Lapps.

Down the fooh was a loAg tdble, COW
aed Nth coArss cloth pefhsbs, IL fos
grand folks. bus muc& more II ely in its
native baroness Upon the arrival Of
the wedding tarty thp fesst began.
Boiled meat was brought in large dish,
or just as likely piled up on the table
till IL was full. On the top of this came
dirty bowls full Of grease. Round this
savory and appetizing fepast gathered
the hungry Lapps, ravenous as wolves,
and fell upon it with appetites that
would astonish any western dweller IN
cultured land. They came % eat, and
they did eatl Lumps Of meat were
seized by natures forks-ingers as black
as Goals, innocent Of water for unknown
periods, clad in ancient grime-plunged
into the grease, and then, all luscious
and dripping, conveyed to the cavern
GUS mouths of the assembled. After
this came the dessert-reindeer cheese
cut into pieces, dipped into grease, and
eaten with a horn spoon or fingers.
Huge draughts of corn brandy washed
all down. Right diligently was the
bottle piled, with ever and anon quaff
from the grease bowls to keep the
brandy from taking too much effect,
the grease leaving its traces on the
drinkers faces. till at Last they shone in
their fatty coating.
Now began the "real wedding Joy
guests singing and shouting with all
the vigor of powerful and healthy lungs.
Songs were improvised, generally sense
less, because the improviser was SO.
Soon some of the guests fell asleep on
the table, and were shoveled on to the
seats-or under them-against the walls
by such Of their comrades as were able
to take part in the next proceedings, |.
e., dancing, il such it could be called.
Afresh rose tempest Of shouting and
jumping-a wild scene, we are told, our
ears can not conceive. Fiddlers scrapcd
and scraped, and were encouraged to
scrape yet louder, while some Lapp
more musical than the others, beat time
with pothook on the kettle bottom.
Soon the floor was dotted with the forms
Of those who were too drunk to jump
any more. and there they lay snoring
while their comrades hoped and roared
over them until they, too. fell amid the
slain.-Notes and Queries
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30

DENVER is overrun with crooks.
The city police have been much puz-
z'ed by these fellows numbers, and the
smoothness and secrecy of their work.
The numerical strength Of the Demo-
cratic members elect to the next Colo
rado legislature has, however, at last
been remembered, and 1t Is now
thought that these gentlemen are In
the city preparing for their forthcom-
ing legislative duties.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
Thursday, December 30, 1886.

The Helms Herald opens the sub
ject Of carless leg Station as a pointer
to the coming members of the legis.
lature In this wise. "A case decided
on Thursday last illustrates the care
lessness that prevails in much Of our
legislation. In 1881 an act was passed
amending the code in the matter OF
the aIlo vance to shrifis for the board
Of prisoners. 1t gave the power to the
county commissioners to fix the COM
pensation ut what they de med reas-
enable. not exceeding SIPS per day.
In 1888 an act to amend this o Il was
passed. which among other M ,ttets
simply provided that. the fees allowed
sheriffs in the respective counties of
the Territory of Montana for boarding
aud dieting prisoners shall not be
more than $I.25 per dsy for each pris-
ouer.' Now comes the act Of
February. 1885, which is entitled
An act to regulate the fees of
sheriffs for the board of prison.
err. approved February 10, 1884, In
blissful Ignorance or disregard of the
amendment of 1888, which 10 In no
way referred TO or attempted TO be re-
peAied, the act goes on to amend sn
aot which had already been repealed.
Il reduces the maximum allowance
for the board Of prisoners to sevent, /.
five cents per day and when five or
more to sixty cents per day. If this
aes hah been an independent piece of
legislation, not confined to amending
an act already repealed. and had been.
accompanied by another section re-
pealing all former acts inconsistent
Herewith. Ii would have accomplished
Its purpose, but ~ IL IL 1t fell far short
of its object and leaves the act Of 1888
still in force which virtually fixed
the price "f boarding prisoners at
el.25 per day This piece of car-l-ss-
Ness costs Lewis aud Clarke county
several thou-and dollars and the sam.
will apply to every other county in
the territory We have i'efore sug
gested that we ought to have some Of
fetal skilled in the law and familiar
with our legislation, TO put into legal
form aud language every statute be-
fore it |, finally acted Upon and make
1t harmonize with previous legislation.
An encouragement might perform
this duty and be general adviser and
assistant to the county attorney in i'm
portant cases"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
Story Of the "nIAi." Tree.

About nine years Ago q Sensational
story concerning ths rain" tree vent
the rounds of ths tress, TO the eject
that in the Vera Paz nountains OF South
Americas a tree had beam discovered shst
was ever dripping with water, so that
whoever stood beneath 1t was sure Of q
shower bath. This was an exaggera-
ton, but founded on fact. The rain tree
is the one known to science as -Pitheco-
lobium saman," and in the month Of
April fine spray has been seen to drop
from the leaves, 20 that the soil beneath
was moist to some extent. When the
leaves are fully grown the phenomenon
ceases. The liquid is supposed to. be Q
secretion from glands on the foot stalk
of the leaf.
DR.. Bruce, a South American traveller,
in Kew Garden report says: The
Tami-caspi,' or rain tree, of the eastern
Peruvian Andes, is not a myth to GER
tain extent. first witnessed the phe-
nomenon in September, 1855, when re-
siding in a large village a few days east
ward of Moyobamba. A little after Z
o'clock we came under lowish-spread-
ing tree, from which, with perfect
clear sky overhead, smart rain was
falling. A glance upward showed q
multitude Of cicadas sucking the juices
Of the tender branches and leaves. and
squirting forth slenders streams OF
limpid fluid" In Negro canon. oppo-
site Pasadena, l have seen fine rain
dropping from certain trees, where there
were no insects to explain it. DIR. Ernst
has noticed rainy mist in Venezuela
in clear sky, and claims that it was
produced without the Intervention OF
insects.-Pasadena (Cal.) Cor. San Fran
cisco Chronicle
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
The Streets Of st. Petersburg.

Driving in the streets of st. Peters
burg is something to he remembered.
The private carriages are fine barouches,
quite like our own and generally drawn
by black Tartarian or Bulgarian stallion
horses. These animals have long names
and tails and are driven at q rate OF
speed that would make the commission
ers of Central park stare and clear the
concourse of people in a short time. The
drosky is a small four wheeled, one
horse carriage, very low in the body,
seating two passengers and driver in
'front.' All drivers wear long surtout
coats reaching to their feet plated over
the hips and hustled behind. The capis
low, broad on top, with curved rim,
exactly like that of gentleman's stove
pipe hat. Around the top Of the hat are
attached several small quills or feathers,
in numbers according to the Cossack OF
provincial rank Of the driver.
The harness is made of very small
pieces of strong leather. 1t Is attached
to the carriage or wagon with double
traces, one to the whiffletree and one at
the end Of the axletree, outside Of the
hub-an extra precaution against acci-
dents. Over the horses shoulder and his
collar is raised an ornamental ox-bow,
about twenty inches in hight Within
and on this bow are arranged pretty
tassels and small bells. In Moscow
horses attached to omnibusses, hotel
coaches and private carriages are driven
four abreast. Being conveyed from the
depot in one of those Oriental equipages
one feels as if he or she were entering
the chariot races of the Oh mpian
feats.-Brooklyn E,gl..
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
THE cURsG o. CHINA
NE Rapid Grswth 81 Opium smohiss
n shs D1owery kingdonL

NE Rapid Grswth 81 Opium SMOKING
h shs Siowesy kinsdos-
The growers of Opium in India are
much alarmed over the rapid decrease
in their exports to China. The poppy
fields Of the Flowery Kingdom are
driving the foreign product from the
market. There Is q law in China for.
bidding opium raising. but it has been
dead letter ever since England, simply
because she was deriving an annual u
come Of 90, 000, 900 from the tax On In
dian opium, forced China 10 rsopsa hsr
markets to the drug.
Opium growing for several years past
has been rapidly increasing in China
About one-third Of the cultivated land
in Yunnan is now devoted to poppy
raising. Travellers describe the valleys
of southwestern China a. whits with
poppy blossoms. China d now raising
about two.thirds Of all the opium she
consumes Other foreign opium is COM
ing into competition with the Indian
product. The Mozambique Opium COM
pany is putting $4,000 acres of land in
the lower Rambesi valley into opium,
and the African product is already sell.
ing in the Shanghai market.
Meanwhile the curse of opium smok-
ing weighs more heavily every year
upon the people Of China. One fifth of
the population of Pekin and Tientsin are
opium smokers. 1t is said that 5000 of
the attaches of the imperial palace are
victims OF the terrible habit in spite Of
the fact that the Chinese government
jiscourages the practice. There are .
number of native anti opium societies,
which are doing work in China simi-
lar to that of our temperance unions
here. The government has also estab-
lished large number Of refugees, where
victims Of the opium habit may go for
treatment. Sedatives, stimulants. and
tonics are administered to cure them of
the vice.
Great Britain herself is likely soon to
suffer some of the evils with which she
has helped to curse China In parts OF
India the opium habit Is making alarm
ing progress among the natives. The
Marquis Tseng called attention TO this
fact In letter 10 the Anti Opium soci.
ETY. OF England the other day. He
added that IL Great Britain would put q
stop to the expectation OF opium from
India, China would effectually stop the
growing Of opium within her territor-
les. He ssid China was willing to Co
operate with Great Britain in strikinp at
the root Of the evil.-New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
An Antedote for Arsenie.

DR.. Joseph Jones, Of New Orleans, re-
commends most highly the drinking OF
large quantities of fresh milk in cases OF
arsenical poisoning. His explanation
of its action is, that IL dilutes the poison,
incloses it in its coagula, sheathes the
infiamed surface of the mucous mem.
brane. and when the stomach is capable
of absorption and digestion, it forms an
aliment of the greatest value. His ex-
perience includes more than thirteen
casss, all Of which recovered. New Or
leans Times Democrat
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
Dog Law Reform.

There has been formed in London an
association, @The Society for the Pre-
vention OF Hydrophobia and the Reform
of the Dog Laws" having for its main
object the enforcement of better con-
troll over dogs. One Of its methods will
be 70 accomplish the destruction of doU
Of low degree. Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-30
summons.

In the the District Court Of the Fourth Judicial
District OF the Territory Of Montana within and
for the county Of Custer.
\ Ac' ion brought IN the
Andrew J. Maxwell, District Court Of the
Fourth Judicial Dis
PLAINTIFF trict Of the Territory Of
Montana, In ant for he
AGAINST county Of ,uster, and
the complaint hled In
Marcella Maxwell, said county OF Custer,
In the o Of the
Defendant. clerk Of said District
Court.
The people Of the erritory OF Montana send
greeting to Marcella Maxwell, defendant. You are
hereby iequired to appear in an action brought
against ycu By the siove named painti6. In ths
District court OF the Fourth Judicial district Of
the Territory OF Montana, in and for the said
county OF Custer, an TO swer the complaint
fled therein within ten days exclusive Of the dsy
Of service) after the service on you Of this sum
mons-if served within this unity. or. II served
In twenty daysi otherwise vi hin forty dAys-of
judgment by default vii b. taken against you, &C.
cording to the prnyerof said complaint.
The said action 10 brought TO d ssorve the bonds
defendant upon the ground that the said defendaH
dnregariing the solemnity Of her marriage VOWS.
wilfully and without cause deserted and abandon
ed the plainti6 in the year 1871. and ever since
that time has and still continues 20 10 vlfull and
without cause desert and abandon said plaintiR
and TO live separate and apart from him without
MS cOn~en'. anu TOT costr, ~ VIII mofr fuIy ep-
pear BY refer nee 10 the comula nj on Ale herein.
And you re hereby notified thst II yos fsil te
appear and s"sver the said complaint, = shove ~
9slrsd. the .sid plnin,iG vim spply 70 The esafs
Given under ny hand and the seal Of the Dtstriee
Court Of the Fourth Judicial District
o. the Territory OF Montana, In and
for the said county Of Custer this 18th
fsEAL.l day OF December, in the year Of oar
Lord one thousand eight hundred ~
eightysix.
eTREvELL a GARLocw.
Attorneys for tiaintf6