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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26

A Russian MiIiionairs's smoking Room.
A Russian millionaire has recently had
built for him in st. Petersburg a most
sumptuous smoking-room, which Is the
astonishment of all the northern capi-
tai. Its richness consists not so much
in its furniture, which is a model Of
simplicity, but in its walls. These are
literally lined with European bank
notes. Instead of the mass of white
ceiling which forms the desperation Of
disciples of William Morris is seen pro-
fusion of Austrian notes most artistic
ally grouped around a blue 10 form
bank note. Charming designs composed
of French, English, Italian, and Russian
bank notes adorn the walls.
The curious room has received many
famous visitors from all parts OF the
compass. Among others a celebrated
Hungarian painter was introduced. He
glanced up at the eccentric millionaire,
and said with smile: "Sir, it is pity
you have already thus disposed Of your
money. for for the same amount l
would willingly have decorated your
walls-perhaps more artistically, indeed,
than is now the case-by covering them
with paintings, even as Michael Angelo
died for his holiness, Pope Julius the
Second. Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
Novel Cu.tom. in Mexico,

Ell Cronista de Morelos, a paper pub
lished in Mexico, AYERS that it is custom
ary among the Indians Of the Jonacate-
pee district of that country to exchange
wives. Occasionally these trades are
permanent, but more often they are for a
stipulated length of time, at the expira.
ton of which each woman returns TO
er former husband, and the event is
celebrated in each family by feast, at
which the pulque flows freely. Where
the wives can not be traded even, a dog,
cat or pig is added on one side to make
the barter fair. In the district of Ten
ango, at Tescaliacac, the still more novel
custom exists of selling or trading off
mothers-in-law. A very fair article of
mother-in-law can be bought for lamb
or sucking-pig. Boston Budget.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
The smiths Of the Army.

The Smith family was largely repre-.
sented in the army of the Union, and al
one time there were upward of 600 in
the army of the Potomac. On one oI
he regimental rolls in the Teutonit
division, which gave names and birth
places, were entered, Giovanni Smith,
Italy; Juan Smithas, Spain; Han:
Schmidt. Holland; Ivan Schmithiweski
Poland; Jean Smeets, France; Ion Skim
milton. Greece" and twelve Johr
Smiths born in this country, besides on'
whose native land was sweet Erin. oI
whom it was recorded, ~named Pat
rick, but says that he is called John fol
short. BEN: Perley Poore.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26

A new tricycle. cab or ~three-whueler"
has just passed the usual police inspec'
ton and is now duly licensed for hire in
the streets of London. A newspaper
says that the new vehicle is comfortable
and roomy, that ladies' dresses can no,
get spoiled by coming in contact witt
the muddy wheel, and that the driver
can be communicated with without dis.
location of the neck. All that is needed
for its success is, it is said, that passen
gers should be satisfied that, with its
odd looking single wheel in front, it l.
by no means dangerous.-New Yoai
Commercial Advertiser,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
Gladstone "a a LInruist.

The Vienna Neue Erie Presse expresses
its astonishment on learning that Mr..
Gladstone during his recent visit to
Austria conversed with everybody
around him in easy and elegant Ger
man. This is not SO remarkable after
all when it is remembered that the
Grand Old Man can do his thinking
when he pleases in ancient Greek OF
Latin. can converse fluently in the mod
ern Hellenic language, can make after
dinner speeches and write verse in ltal-
ian, and talk Spanish like a Castilian
and French like a Partisan, while his
mastery of English is such that the
phrase-making Disraeli once raised a
laugh at him in the house Of commons
by describing him as a man "who was
intoxicated with the exuberance Of hi:
own verbosity. Chicago Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
Biggest wheel In the World.

~The biggest wheel in the world' was
rolled into the lobby of an uptown ho.
tel few nights ago. Its diameter was
declared to be seven feet-eighty-four
inches. A fifty-eight inch machine is ac-
counted large by ordinary bicyclists, and
to say that any man living can ride am
eighty four inch wheel sounds fishy. But
this is geared machine in which the
power is applied by means of chain belts.
Three men ordinarily are required 10
hold the steed while he climbs into the
saddle. Then they give him a push and
away he goes. He is in favor of the
subway, the telegraph wires prove SO
great an annoyance to him. But sup
pose he should take header and
every wheelman knows the case is a
supposable one.-New York Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
Cigarette Habit Among Women.

The cigarette habit is growing aston.
ingly among the women folks. Their,
are thousands of cigarettes smoked by
the fair sex in this city to-day. Som.
of the ladies high in social circles smoke
them. How do l know? Well, they
send their boys and girls and servant,
after them, and these, after slight &C
quaintance, will tell cigarette dealer.
for whom they are purchasing the cigar.
ettes.-IC. B. w." in Globe Democrat
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
THE PAY OF LAWMAKERS.
what They Receive In the Principle
Countries Of the World.

what They Receive In the Principle
Countries Of the World.
In Belgium each member of the cham
Der of representatives receives 200 flor
ins. or IS pounds Is shillings per month;
or for the session of eight month l34
pounds sterling.
In Denmark the members of the
landsthing and the folkething are paid
the same salary, Is shillings per day.
The average number of working days in
q session is 145; the total amount for the
same is 113 pounds Is shillings.
In Portugal peers and deputies re-
ceive an annual stipend of 81 pounds.
In France senators and deputies each
get 10000 francs, or $50 pounds pei
year; the colonial representatives get
ting, in addition, their travelling ex-
penses.
In Sweden the members Of the diet re-
ceive 1.2OO rix dollars, equal to Sc pounds
IA shillings, for session of four months,
and their travelling expenses. Here
members of both chambers are fined 1C
rix-dollars. or II shillings, day il they
do not attend.
In Switzerland members of the ma
tional council receive 10 shillings per day,
which is paid out Of the federal treasury.
Members of the state council are paid by
the cantons, and their salaries range
from to 10 shillinss per day.
In the United States representatives
and delegates each receive 1000 pounds
per year and their travelling expenses
af the rate of 10 pence per mile.
In Norway the members of the stor-
thing receive Is shillings 4 pence day
while it is sitting, which is usually abou,
twelve weeks.
In Italy neither senators nor deputies
are paid, but they get free passes oveI
all the railways in the kingdom and
some other concessions as TO taxes and
patronage a most Objectionable mode
of payment and long since condemned
in this and other countries where simi
Lar privileges used to be conceded to leg
islators.
In Spain the members are not paid.
In Greece senators get 20 pounds per
month and members of the representa-.
tive chamber 10 pounds per month.
In all the local legislatures in Ger
many the members. with one or two
exceptions, are paid, the salaries aver
aging in Prussia about 0 shillings pc
day and in Austria 20 shillings a day.
The members of parliament in Grea
Britain, as is well known. receive no pay
and have no direct patronage. Wer,
the members of the house of lords paid
at the same rate as American congress
men and senators, their salaries would
amount to about 51S,VO pounds, and tn.
members OF the house Of commons would
absorb about $4,000 pounds.-Chicagc
Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
DREAMS OF THE BLIND.
At What Age May Child Lose All Mem
ory OF the Visible World

At What Age May Child Lose All Msn-
ory Of the Visible World I.
Among the papers read before the bio
graphical section of the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement OF Science,
was one on The Dreams Of the Blind
by DIR. Joseph Jastrow, of Philadelphia
The object of the paper was to deter
mine the extreme age at which child
may become blind and yet lose all men,
ory Of the visible world, 30 that it no
longer sees in its dreams.
almost all dreams Of normal per-
sons, the paper says, -are sight dreams,
and a dream is often spoken OF as q
vision. The blind are deprived OF this
most important sense; but if they have
not been born blind they may remem-
ber enough Of what they have seen to
enable them to imagine how things
look, and when the imagination has
free play in sleep to picture them
selves as in full possession of all their
senses. Psychologists would explain
this by saying that during the years in
which they saw a certain part of the
brain has become educated to receive
and interpret all these messages which
the eye sends, and that when this part
of the brain acts spontaneously in sleep
the person dreams of seeing. Such a
portion of the brain would be called the
sight center.
IF, now, we find out the latest age at
which blindness may set in and yet the
person keep on dreaming of seeing, we
will find out the time it takes for this
sight center to develop. for of course it
is not present in the newborn infant.
For this purpose about 200 blind persons
of both sexes were questioned at the in
stitutions for the blind in Philadelphia
and Baltimore, and it was found that
those who became blind before their
9th year never dreamed of seeing; of
those whose sight was lost between the
9Th anu ,.h year some did and some did
not see in their dreams; while all whose
eyesight was destroyed after the 7th
year had quite as vivid dream visions as
seeing people, The 9th to the 7th year
is thus shown to be the critical period.
This period corresponds with the age
which authorities assign as the limit al
which a child becoming deaf will also
become dumb, and also with the age OF
ones earliest continuous memory of ones
self.
1T is quite interesting to note thai
blind persons dream quite as frequently
as normal people, and that with thost
that do not see in their dreams hearing
plays the principal part. When dream
ing Of home, for instance, they will heal
their fathers voice or their sister sing
ing, and perhaps will feel the familiar
objects in the room, and thus know they
are at home. We. in such a case
would see it all. l."-Philadelphia Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
What Miss Cleveland Says.

Have, first of all. a home! No mat
ter what your career, let il start from
the home and return to the home.
There is no measuring the length Of
woman's lever; nor how it will and must
reach and raise in all the great affair
of the world, in the areas Of church and
state and society. But however the lever
lengthens and strengthens, and moves
and upheaves, in the spacious fields of
the future, its fulcrum can never change
its place or its base; and that fulcrum ID
the home.-The Chatauquan.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26

The death roll for 1885 by accidents in
the Pennsylvania coal mines foots up 1914
OF these 81 were killed in the anthra.
cite district and SO in the bituminous
Falls of roof and slate occasioned the
greater number of fatal accidents, al
though explosions of fire damp were re
sponsible for the loss of a good many
lives. The non-fatal accidents mum.
bered about three times the fatal ones.
many of the victims being manned and
crippled for rlife.-Philadelphia Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
A THOUGHT.

Whsn the great trembling world was late
convulsd,
And thro each stricken breast q spasm OF
dread
Pass'd for the quick, thought upon the
dead
The new,y-coffued dead-with arms still
pulsed
Crossei DER the breast, and wondered il
perchance
Some poor fiesh-prisond soul, thrilled from
its trance,
Heard not the rumbling in earth's laboring
womb,
And thought twas Gabriel sunmoning hin
TO doom.
-Orelia Key Bell.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
Cultivation OF the Goat.

Professor Long, of England, advises
working people to keep goat, because
it can be kept more cheaply than any
other animal, and will yield profitable
return in milk. He thinks the expense
of maintaining one would not exceed $5
a year, while it will eat almost any kind
OF food and yield from the time Of kid
ding and for six months from one
and one-half to two quarts of milk per
day, worth at least cents quart. In
some parts of the continent of Europe,
where goats are cultivated for cheese
making, it is common for them to mill
for nine months, but in that case they
are well managed and selected. 1t thu
district of Mount dor, France, famous
for its cheese, the number of goats KEEP
many years ago was 1900, and the av
erage yield per head was two quarts
daily. These fiocks have gradually di-
minished, and their place been taken by
cows.-Chicago Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
A Telephone Discovery.

Every one who has used the telephone
much, knows how troublesome cross
talk" is at times. Indeed, in lines not
more than ten miles in extent, if there
be parallel wires. good, clear service is
not to be thought o. In this regard, a
curious discovery was recently made by
one of the speakers at the recent con-
vention. He says that when it is found
impossible to work two parallel wires al
the same time, If those using one of
them will speak German or any other
foreign tongue. while those in the other
are speaking English, they will have
no trouble in making themselves under
stood. scientific American.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
London P.riI.msnrs "er.s, Ben. -

Great Ben," as the clock in the tower
Of the house Of parliament at London is
named, has dial of twenty-five feet
ten inches diameter. The works weigh
$4,000 pounds, and it is guarded as care
fully as il it were a gold mine. A record
Is kept OF its workings, and it has varict
but one-tenth Of a second in the last tw,
or three years. A person has to eli
1,4OO steps to reach the clock. II takes
two men four and half hours each day
to wind It up, and every morning tho
record is taken and transmitted 10 Mr.
Dent, the maker.-Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26

The latest invention enables any one
who improvises on a piano to preserve a
perfect record of his ideas as they flow.
Every one is transferred to paper by the
valuable accompaniment to an ordinary
piano. and it now remains to be seen
whether there is much originality in the
usual improvisation, and whether it is
not largely composed of "reminiscences
which scarcely bear elaboration or de-
velopment.- Chicago Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
The HatefnIness of JeIlx,

The other day The Boston Ledger had
leader entitled ''Tbe Mystery of Jelly, y
in which it said: "Tbe human heart is
deceitful and desperately wicked but il
it ever found adequate excuse for its
perversity it surely was in the madden
ing vaearies and intoIerabIe hatefulness
of the Jelly that will not jell.-Ex-
change
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
A New Zealand Fungus.

A curious export of New Zealand is a
peculiar fungus which grows on the
trees in some sections, and which is
sold only in China, where the demand
is rapidly increasing. Its uses do not
seem to be well understood, but Eng
iish officials have reported that it is EN-.
ployed as a blood-purfylng medicine,
as food in soups. and as a dye.-Bostou
BUDGET.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
Row, whats the Time.

wife-Dear, the dining-room clock
must I've fast.
Husband-Impossil,le, love; set it by
my watch.
Wife-And what did you regulate
your watch by?
H,,sband-Well. really. think by the
clock. New York Graphic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
A Common Sense Answer.

There is good deal of practical COM
mon sense in the answer of the old cook
in New Orleans when her young mis-
tress told her Of Virgins coming earth
quake. go long, chile" she said, -gc
long wild yer nonsensep Coda nifty
dom go and tell anybody what He,
gwine ter do; He jes' go long and do it.
New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
Aner n Hearty Meal.

A New York physician says -it is dan
gerous to go into the water after q
hearty meal" And we presume il he
.lId 90 In after one he wouldn't find it,
6Ioe and Leather Reporter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26

my dear childrel said the deacon,
addressing the scholars, ''can you tel
me why you come to Sunday-schoo
" Cause our pas would wallup us il W,
didn't" promptly responded a small
scholar.-Life.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26

The typewriter now in such common
use. dates back to TIA, when Henry
Mill got patent for it in England, but
1t was not really made practicable until
1867.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
What We May Expect

Scene in hotel twenty-five years hence.
Guest to porter-Can you tell me what
time it is?
Porter-Yes, sir. It's half-past 12.
Thatll cost you so cents, please.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26
The Largest Theatre in the World.

The largest theatre in the world 10 the
new opera house in Paris. Il covers
nearly three acres Of ground; its cubic
mass is l. 2s7, 900 fest; IL cost about 100..
600, 600 francs.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26

Unlike what is generally supposed,
Paul Revere was man Of 40 when he
took his famous ride.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-26

In Northern Asia now they are max
ing whisky Of reindeer milk, which is
rich in alcohol
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-03-12
TRIMMING.
Revival of = asrnitur- In Vogue /. seer 70
OF Years Ago.

The use of crystal - a garniiurc Tor
eveuingdre>>c this season j. a revival 81
a very effective trimming much worn
fifteen or twenty years ago. II is 80
pccially appropriate for IN. orusmcn-
iaiion Of the thin fabrics in vogue nj
present. but. like all such gliticrIug
affair. should be- worn with care. that
j.. nj "a fitting time and with not too
much layi.hnc.s IL owes IT, rr-tors-
ton TO popular favor 10 Worth who.
taking all has Inspirations from Mother
of his matches evening owns. a. that
good dame Uses tn. dewdrD2 IN = 'sgi.-
fying a ro~"-bush with inst enpu.l pro-
fusion to make IL b-auiifll. Worth
sprinkle- the crystal giobulcS over a
ball dress If tullr AMI .s.i ~ in a way to
make the costum- look charming. whiia
q les, art -tic band piles j: on en- mass~
till the gown looks weary aud heavy
lad n VITA IL embarrassment II riches.
and ,hvn some fat old dowagcr w 81 aI-
pear in u AZ q morning wedding or on
some such inappropriate occasion. aad
one thinks only % q fr~p~i-colorsd cab
hage instead Of a dew~Punkled rose.
Toe eternal fitness o! things DEGREES
that crystal trimming should be worn
only at nigh; and los those who car
carry IL off nth some grace aud favor.
II belongs with taile and gauze and
youth and freshness. rather than with
satin aud wuakle. Chacago
yxg.r
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-03-12

4 Ma -ssir,ssR sns . ~ssaS~sssg Csssses
f-ess tho J~sr.Ai Of The ussss-

- !.
February Hon. Me-. L~&sherIuns.
o. the fes1r N Opposition io Hon Nr.
Riowgan. bEl for ;hr snns,ztsoa II
the North i'ol~. ">r. this vsciosss
scheme o. vicious denssosue-ssr i
can x; dignity n, one by calling 10
measure az - author \ s~.strsnan-ns
worthy o. the dtshoBc., heart and cnr
rup; brain ia waira i Bad ia foul and
d~ishonorahle 0r<ia Roht~r larks IA
the vrry tide Of tAss eHi-pursr BAL. pss-
lacc - hidden in every line. ~villasas.
hypocrisy. shameless msndacity and
m~casar~lss- rrr.-i .;ain rvcv pAs-.
and az TIE foul blot tia; mar AL POI
ir'c the fair paper ups,n ~hsrh j. -
printed. a.. the -oEu~r. az The wing.
al the ihievcry and iobh-rY thai lass
Ike mora poison aat raff.rai cs-rap-
ton in i. lne>. frtsi WITH fostering pol
luton and hi1r,u. v IN mora arform.-
~. AR characteristic q. The Infamous
@gthoT - iAi- mos; ,~uiArnous mra-urv,
a man Who daily Degrade Aul~rtcaa
pols;ic>. shame. and ouirs-r. hon-.,
craftsmanship. and Disgrace. e~teruslly
dis-racc.. The chair he uerupirs and
the d,lui-d constituent. hv - bAs.ls
mi,-s presents, a man who's hear; nr,-
er Nj throhh-.i "a An honest motive
or a generous. impulse. sr. ! have
done
February 3 Hon Mr.. L~aih-rlung.
rising - - the iloa~r the
death % hi. esteemed colleague. Hon.
Mr. BiowEun. said ">lr. my rrcrrant
tongue would clcayr in ahj~ci shame
to the roOf ~ nv mouth. and nv
night arm would forever NOR drop in
palsicd h~elplcssne,s 10 nv sldc. dfi |
perini; this occasion 10 pass hy without
paving INV humble but heartfelt tribute
10 the memory oi that great man who
has passed away just ai a time when
bis country least could SPAR him. just
when the republic mos, need. hi> clear
brain, his pure character. his hone.i
~ y AAiA ~ tAhaAs'~N NAstf a.. 80 y
No irsrr man, lofty and noble ia ever
characteristic - perfect manhood. ever
c%nnohlci the profession of politics.
adorned the loit!e>t paths Of sta,c--
m~anship. ~ honorcd. Nrs. ar. hon
orcd this house by hi> presence, L~gi~
laiioa was purified by the touch nf hi.
hand; jobbrry. corruption. schcminc
polite, fled from hjs coming. - the
darkne,, ilir, from The light. That his
name wa> connected with any m~a-urc
wa ever sufficient - ind.rs- that
Measure a. worthy 81 the hrpadr.t CON
fidcncc and fullest support. Although
II was my misfortune twccpsl TO differ
with this mighiy mind on some minor
questions of IA political nature. Vet
never. by though; OF word. did | I'M
putc - him. or even think the hidcuus
thought Of imputin= 20 him. aughi save
only the purc>,. i%ofi,e,t motives of a
soul i~ncorruptibly honest. Sir. ] have
done (Evcry body wccps. save only
eNcep, The reporters. who never weep
-EETd,N an EvDyEiyu E1Jl.
The Red Cloud chief., 1886-03-12

Hectic. sud st,~. wh.sh Ar. tatIsiss TO
the tattI,stor's Frsts.Ei.s-

Hectic. s.a si,~. witch Ar tatIsiss TO
the saitisst"r's rs"tssss"a-
Ia all excellent article on insect. ~
William Saunders. oi London. Dat.
published 10 the proceedings Il the
Fruit Grower. Association IF Ontario.
be say that inseCtiyorous birds are
useful helpers - the cultiEAtpr. al
though hot - important as insect
friends The birds dryoIr alike the
useful aud the injurious. the oue a.
readily a. the other. not being AZ all
discriminating IN the scry essential
particular. Irof ssunder. remarks:
Bird. appear to do comparatively
lii,ie 10 keep down injurious insects,
the sven balance hsiw zen the "a. fsi
nnd the oNiotg sp.cses. sirn dis
iurisd d. the overdue accumulation Il
iAe latter. j. st rgat sinly ihroash
the agcnct %. friendly iH.ret@ Irss.
Saunder. names the follow in. u.etsi
insects 10. sand b~.iies fCss~fssisi.-
dr.. uf wkica there aSu n number Il
species. which are very active ia their
work The carIbtft. ot which is-rs
are IA America north 81 MeRiop. Over
a thousand named .pecias Thsy arc
nearly al insect eaters. .s,fne tn "a.
DAY nm oIh~rs in t5- night They
often climb tr-cN In search 81 eankrr
~ orm-. Tent cs.cryillsr. sad oib-r Ia
J~urioas species. and censafar th~ra
attn great gJs;a. A tbiri ussfal fam
ily are the Lady bug (Cseesa1hsIgl.
nearly al u which feed on in&ocss. aai
are especially food 81 plant lsce. nsrps
os them are known - dcvosr the vg.s
81 the Colorado potato beetle. Ansoox
the f~our-~ins.d ses lHyrssa~Feora,
we have many active zni u~.fsl
friends. Agd many oi them lsy ap .
store os insects a. foo5 for their yostny.
A sens important ani s~fsl family Of
in~ec; ALTERS arr tn s~oharansps Ese>.
h~-longing To the ara order n. sss
~Asy-. which are GA sh~ wiag az day.
searching in sv~ry naoa and corner snt
ca;srpilizr-. iaso sbrss ssiss= sh~F
dspo-t; their szxs and ~h@rv TIE tusars
insects obtain tbsir I5giny Nyrats os
eateI; iIlzr.. szy. Nr. saasiers. are ts
this iaznasr yearly destroyed In
rn@ass numbers 0f cztgrpalizrs arr si>s
destroyed BY the Tscsins e.. The
syrPhas sics deToer grs& nsnsaer. "a
plant lsc~s aud tn ~wrII~sno~a drsyvs
flies are great ia@ec: eaters. szt-hisg
fseir PREY OF tie ~iB=
The biri.. wh0ss asefnln~@ ). 80
often com fr.snded. Ezzk~ 30 disssn~ssu
bet~.~n the sbyve-snrassp8~i la-~w1
and ;bo~e ~hseh arr ,nerss- 10 fs~
~eu;ivsfor. bet dssonr zA a~Eke-c~s-
Try G,aaeaaan