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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-09-24
A Diamond Head-Lght.

'I've run locomotives in every State
in this country" said veteran engi-
neer to an inquisitiye young man who
stood around while the machine was
being oiled up, asking questions; ''and
that amt all, neither. I've run loco
motives in England, Germany, France,
Italy, Egypt and India, Yes, sir, in
far-off India"
"Do they use headlights on their
engines over there q inquired the
young man.
"Head-lights ? No, indeed Not in
India. They don't know what head
light is in that heather country. But
| had always been used to usin' head
lamps, an it was kin O tough to run
without EN-. So | applied to the su-
perintendent for lamp, but he JUS
laughed at me, an told me if | waited
to use a light | could furnish it myself.
OF course | didn't want TO go to this
expense, seems my salary was purity
small any how; so l concluded to 90
without light. But on my next trip
east, as | gas arunnih' along through a
gorge in the valley o the Bramapootra
river, Just about dusk, had one of the
greatest pieces of luck you ever heard
of. saw somethin' shiny lyin' side
of the track, an stopped an went
back an picked it up, 1t was great
big stone, full of light, an by gosh, l
stuck it up in front of my locomotive,
an had the best headlight l ever rode
behind The only trouble with it was
that the brilliancy of the light kind O.
hurt my eyes for | got used to it.
But it was daisy, an made the track
almost as light as day for halt a mile
ahead
"What was it ~
"a diamond, of course. You
wouldn't expect man to run train
by the light he could get out OF com
mon nigger-head dornick, would your
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-12
FROM ALASKA.
A Montanian Gives Some of His
Impressions of that Great
Territory.
St. Paul's Ice Palace Succumb-
ing to the Pleasant Weather
In the Probate Court
The Question of Improving the
Mouth of Tongue River
The Entertainment.
The New III Dorado.

From letter written by J. ]. Healey
to the Choteau Calumet we take the
following practical information rela-
tive to Alaska, which will doubtless
be interesting reading to those who
have longing eye turned toward the
gold fields of that territory:
"Furs are fine and there are plenty
of them, but very hard to get at. A
man might as well be without horse
in Montana rs to be without canoe
here. Everybody is transported by
canoes along the coast. There is one
steamship a month from Portland to
this place and Sitka. The fare Is $50
first class TO either place, from Port
land, and S35 in steerage. They feed
well and 1t takes ten days to make the
trip. The vessel leaves Postland about
the first of every month. III this coun-
try had territorial form of govern.
ment 1t would soon settle up. Mining,
fisheries, oil manufacturing and lum-
Der will be the industries. At present
it is a hard country for one accustomed
to the plains. There are no pralries-
all mountains covered with timber.
What prospecting has been done Is
along the coast; but there will be many
outfits for the Yukon next season, as
understand there has been good fioal
gold prospects found on Stewart river
q tributary of the Yukon. There arr
nine men wintering there and every
one here has confidence In the future
of the great valley of the Yukon. My
advice to MontaniaDs-that Is, to thost
who have homes and business-is Il
remain where they are. To those who
are hardy, young, and possessed with
some means, wanting new field TO
adventure, and possibly profit, l would
say come. They can find all the ex
element here they want, and wheI
they get here the star of the empir
will have changed its course from
west to north. This Is the weeterl
limit, but you can go north with
safety to the Beahring Sea, a distanc'
Of about 1000 miles, by canoe. ! can
not write you long letter this time
as have not been here long enough
to get posted. My next will give wha
news I can learn. Buffalo coats ar
not wanted here, and Nc ntanians viii
be surprised at the change Of climate
You can buy twenty.pound salmon
here for ten cents and deer for 81 I
$3.50. Flour is 81 per barrel. So 20
see living is cheap. Freight fror
Portland here Is Sl2 per ton, 100 Q
500 miles,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-12

tors are allowed TO enter the north
room, but always under guard Of
policeman. Within, the scene sug-
gests nothing so much as large build
ing after heavy fire In the upper
floors. Water falls constantly in n
fine drizzle, which becomes almost a
shower as the southern rooms are
entered. Workmen have been en-
deavoriDg to brace the walls. Their
ladders and partly finished trusses re-
main a. they abandoned them when
il became necessary to quit the build
ing on account Of the danger. The
globes and other apparatus Of the
electric lighting plant have been re-
moved and the cut ends of the
wires hang down the walls.
The palace is beautiful thing still,
but, like all beauty, il is frail. Ii is
not beyond hope, however, by any
means. If the weather turns cold to-
night 1t will probably be saved, al
though ii will entail heavy expense
to repair il so as to render ii safe. An
other day like to-day will, II is feared,
ruin the castle beyond hope Of restora-
ton. Every effort will be made to
brace the walls so as to keep them
from falling. Mr.. Hutchinson, the
builder of the structure, says that il
the weather becomes cold tonight he
can repair it so as to be more beautiful
than ever
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-12
BILL NyE's VIEWS.
The Carnival as h Appear to Him In al
lfs Novel Magpincsncs.

LIS Novei AaSrincsncs.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 25, 1SS6.-In
a few days the great winter carnival
in this city will begin. 1t will be Q
grand sight. No pains have been
spared 10 make the occsston one long
to be remembered. /. quote from
which have been placed In
my hands. or course the great cen.
trail figure lie the Ice palace. Imagine
q beautiful structure 100 feet high,
clear white and deep blue, cut into
symmetrical curves and angles, the
whole palace constructed solely Of
coagulated Mississippi water! 1t Is
wonderful that such beautiful ghost
Of other centuries should be called
forth from the chilly bosom Of the
great father Of waters by poor weak
man. This vision is . remarkable
one and, though ] haven't a dollar In
the beautiful edifice, advise every
one who wiehes 70 see Q rip-snorting
winter carnival at its full height 70
come here and view Il. As Ipnder.
stand II, this festival ID not construct
ed for the purposs Of attracting people
to st. Paul and sfter ,,l,i Il r.
] sKIrNIsa THEN ALIVE 4.
to bid them fearful adieu. but d
make u pleasant for thoss who wish
TO come and visit the phenomenal
city of the northwest. OF eoqne Idf
not wishlto say anything thst might
be construed "a derogatory to Mime
apolis. Both are wonderful In many
respects. and especial, In the census
line. The man who arranged the
census for 81. Paul WIS . geuus. snd
the man who edited the census for
iinnss polls wss 40 iptSIectuai
Chang, Ruf I ned not dWeIl apon
the subject Of census. suflce II that
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-12
Casey the Fiddler.

John Tudor's second entertainment
was given last night at the Rink, and
was received with the most unadulter-
ated satisfaction by the audience. The
proceeding commenced with the in
PRODUCTION of the comedy In one act
entitled Minne-ha-ha. which is q very
amusing and original sketch, and In
which Billy Mack as Sam the colored
servant, and John Tudor rs Squire
Winstanley are especially good. The
Indian impersonations by the latter,
represented as IL was in town where
the noble red man is frequent visitor
was wonderfully life-like. The second
part consisted Of succession Of indi-
vidual performances. That given by
Billy Mack and Edith Valentine
fairly brought down the house, their
love scene, winding up with q clog
dance by the people. meeting with
great applause. The comedy entitled
Casey the Fiddler was then intro
duced, and its merit as an Irish farce
Of the most comic order was fully rec
ognized by all present. John Tudor
as Casey the Fiddler Is wonderfully
suggestive of typical Irish jig player.
and Billy Mack rs Stub Mckinney
played his part to perfection. Billy
has gone to great deal Of trouble to
secure correct representation Of this
very humorous play, and in his char
acter fully maintained his reputation
as a genuine comedian. Billy How
ard was very good Johnny Riley,
and made the most OF q somewhat diff
ficult part. The interest Of the audi
ence was fully maintained throughout
the entire comedy and the curtain
dropped leaving the audience thor
oughly satisfied with what was un-
doubtedly very entertaining show.
The audience was not large, strange
to say, knowing the reputation Of at
least part of the troupe as first class
commedians. AS home institution
and also as a first class entertainment
of the kind, there was much surprise
at the comparatively small number
present. Miles City is not very often
visited by troupe of extraord mary
talent, and at an entertainment of this
kind carried out by citizens Of the
town, IL would seem at least worth the
while of large portion Of the COM
munity to patronize it.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-12

Minneapolis got chance to look over
st. Pauls shoulder and see her hand.
She then scooped in the checks by
judiciOus use OF the automatic adder.
st. Paul Is now filled with snowshoe
clubs, tobbogan clubs, skating clubs,
aud other clubs. BEL Great induce
ments TO getters-up Of clubs. The uni
forms are uniformly handsome aud
comfortable looking. though presume
that high wind would ascertain in
short time whether man had his
usual underwear with him or not.
These suits are not always becoming
to ladies, however. j saw fat woman
yesterday dressed In a white blanket
suit, a pair Of Indian moccasins on her
feet, and a white government sock
on her head. and she was not as
BEAUTIFUL AS VENUS.
A fat, red faced and purple-nosed
woman In moccasins, fiat feet and
mustache that gets iciclss on it in
frosty day, does not turn the heart OF
a loyal married man away from the
one he loves. Especially is this the
case when the same fattish woman sits
behind you on a toboggan and puts
her wet Indian moccasIns into your
overcoat pocket with her feet inside
the moccasins.) 1 have not, as yet,
tobogganed. went up to the slide
intending to break leg in the inter-
ests of the great carnival, hut backed
out. So did a man who slid down
just as l arrived. The reason that he
backed out was that fidgety dude on
the same toboggan had got the
thing to wobbling on the start, and
when this gentleman arrived at the
foot Of the slide he had no pantaloons.
This is true. His overcoat had long
tail to it and his socks were high. and
so the police allowed him to go three
blocks to q ready-made clothing
store, but the slide was abandoned
for half an hour. Every one went
with him to see him get measured
for pair of ready-made pantaloons.
Another gentleman tobogganned sit
ting on the instrument behind his
wife. AS they journeyed down the
hill he fell off the toboggan, but his
wife, with a low cry, caught him by
one leg and dragged him down the
half mile slide. When be got to the
foot of the hill he sat down on large
block of ice and .ook a long draughi
of some kind of stuff from a leather.
covered flask in the hand of 9
friend. When he got up and led hi.
wife home he left a large fleox o.
human gore on the chunk of ice
This, also, is true. And yet people
who toboggan, and do it right, often
live to an advanced age. 1t is through
nervousness, timIdity and idiocy, as |,
general thing, that the 81 edge is turn
| al out of tho courao as tho sl;yhtas
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-12
Montana Mention.


Nelson Story. the banker of Booze
man, lie about to build q 100000 res
idence.
At Portland, Ore, February sth, Olef
Radlsy, carpenter Of Butte, Mont,
was arrested for robbing g. c. F. Cob
bin, Of Butte, of $1,000 last wednes-
day. About $500 was recovered on
him.
Dodgers are being circulated In
Butte requesting Butte workingrnen
not TO 60 down TO Anaconda to take
the place Of Caplice & McCune's men,
who are on . strike for IS . day. The
dodgers are issued by order Of the An
aconds Knights OF Labor.
The Bozeman Chronicls y trying 70
convince the sleepy citissns Of Bose
man 70 the advantages Of . far The
coming fall. 1t says, The citiseps n
Gallatin valley were done up 70 the
tune Of Sill 900 Last yssf at Helena. but
neglects to say thas the major part q
the money went Into faro banks and
pool tickets. i.ale. ., .e.s...as yas.
Judge Pollard under date Of Janu-
airy slst, wrltss TO WIN. Ime~, . lAv-
yer Of Bossman, 70 the effect that he
has refnlez al the charges sgainst
himself, and that Delegate Tcole has
expressed himsslf - perfectly satis-
f,ed. he says b. will return 70 Mos
tsus n . fen days, and may tpta .
hard IN holding court In hile CITY
next week. 1,-.IiI "a
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-02-12
%. Paal's lee Palace Slowly Melting
~ Away IN the warn sun.

ST. PAUL. Feb. S.--The continued
warm weather is playing havoc with
the magnificent walls and towers OF
the ice palace. Thelvisitor, as he ap-
breaches the, carnival grounds this AZ
ternoon, finds the great arched en-
trance way closed by stout ropes. The
water pours In little streams down the
walls. The keystone is separated from
its adjacent blocks Of Toe by wide hs-
sures and 10 In momentary danger of
falling. Blocks have dropped in large
numbers from the top Of the arch and
their fragments litter up, the drive
way, melting and forming little mud
pools on the anowlee ground. The
south wall Of the oestls which 10 seen
first, has complstsly lost its crystal
translucsncs and fFnm The battlements
10 the ground h the color Of snow.
Blocks OF Ice nom the top Of the wall
have fallen and lie In fragments on
the ground. The round turret
an The sostheast corner of the
main tower bulges far out and at this
writing q r., NJ seems likely to fall
from its height Of 100 feet. The Ice
blpsks everywhere except In small
portion Of the north wall are turned TO
the color o. snow, and split up into
needles which very little more warm
weather win cause to separate from
each other and crumble into slush.
Nearly all Of the outer walls are com.
pletely rotten. In rare instances visi.
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WHOLE NUMBER 1920.

honor, and oath and integrity. and
compares them with his own. snl
willing 10 stand by the comparison.
Whatever / say. I say boldly and
openly. l do not believe in sscre,
ways. l do no. believe in hypocracy.
or in circumventing anybody" MIR.
Beck had more respect for the man
who meets his enemy In tho open
field and either knocks him down OF
takes fair knock down himself than
he had for tho man who stabs his
brother under the fifth rib while
shaking hands with him and asking
him. How is it with thoe. my
brother ?"
He proposed TO have oil the pro.
ceedings in March 1881. October,
1881, and December. 1887, and all
the papers filed with the Judiciary
Committee, Of which Mr.. Edmunds
is chairman, and oil the proceedings
had before that committee bearing on
the Duskin case made public. 30 that
the country could Judge whether be
has told the truth or not. II he had
not falsified, he wanted q chance TO
prove it, since comparisons had been
made between the oath and honor of
himself and the Senator from Yer.
mont. Dru
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matter contained in this act be, and
the same are, hereby repealed.
Prorided, That rights acquired in
actions now pending under existing
laws shall not be affected by any
thing herein contained.
SEC. 80. This act shall take effect
and be IN force from and after its
approval by the Governor.
Approved, Feb. 3, 1856.
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The Knights Of Labor are not Of
the class who earn their bread by
the sweat Of their chin.
| The sailors OF the United States
talk Of organizing . union aud
afiliating with the X. Of L.
The Law prohibitiug The imposta-
ton Of foreign contract labor nssA
be made moro effective. The Law il .
shallow protense and o hollow
mockery.
Now that the prices Of msnuiaotur.
ers products are tending upward In
tho markets Of the world, Let there
q corresponding increase Of wages
everywhere.
The seameu Of the Pacific coast are
on q strike. They demand go .
month on foreign voyages and e35
coastwiss. The strike originated In
San Francisco.
/
Wortingmsn having nothing 10
fear for the eventual success and
vindicstion Of The cause II they will
make up their minds 10 b elm,
eonsidsrats. cautious and paaisst.
Tb.Ch;,... u.,.h.,,. =, po,.,.,a
have combined TO Offer q reward Of
800 for the arrest and conviction Of
any person trying 10 drive out any
Chinese person from his place Of res
idsncs or from tho state.
Under the nov law the cour
clerk foes have bean materially out
down. In place Of Q copy Of . CON-
plant being served with summons,
tho latter alone 10 issued. Isoludsd
In the summons ID stated the naturs
OF the complaint. together with the
material points.
A Chinaman made his appearance
at the Ellensburg school house ON
Monday OF last week, with his book
and slate and applied for admission a
a scholar. He was allowed 10 remain
until noon, whsa lhs dirsctors vsrs
called In, and John was Informed
that the Chinese must TO-"
r,,.,s =, u, u,
one Of the "shot gun brigade" oi
Seattle. and loud howlsr for Law
aud order. was last wsel srv,s,sd
for violating the revenue laws In
selling smugsled cigars without .
license. Being one Of The every
elect, ;" his friend attempted 10 keen
the matter quiet, bss The Cali
caught on" and The exposure
caused . ssn.stion.
Tn. unconditional .urrs.a.v n
tho late victims Of or.a.i,.A I.,,o,
,hrouehou, the oounsrv ,..,i,.. A.
wage. vort,r, Win r.,s-.A .c.s.
a.ncs An N. hovs.., n. ~.
down a, ssvsr,, arr a,-, ~ -.
co,.,;o,. ~ Ia. -. - s-,,-. -.
withs,ood tss attacks Of oreasissd
labor fos Year,. sseisss mush surprise
and admiration from shoss who s,s
unused 10 X. Of l.. methods.
o, , ,,
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s .. " s.y
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many people sF,oseoss'y sos!esnd
'ns Na'R"s o' LABOR movement WIN
."' .nu.o0o"s ae'.soon' sad sspseaai'
'."' ,s.'''s o." ""'an nss ied 70
."e 'o'0'o'' sAPa's'o" Oh sae Ohansss
io'n .s''ou'' 'ocs""es' Inc heighss
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VirMirv. exhausted by ovsrwork
or disease. is surely restored BY The
uss Of Ayers Sapapssllla.
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Flattery Reward.

81 declare" she exclaimed, o. DO
assisted her to put on a pair Of new
gloves. cit is too provoking. The
gloves fit mo perfectly except that
the fingers are too long. / think
my hand is deformed-tho fingers
are too short"
"On the contrary" ho replied.
your hand is perfect. The ma
joriiy OF hands arc deformed. how.
ever, the length Of tho fingers being
disproportionato to the size Of the
other part, and all gloves are made
to meet that defect. II this glove
had been made for perfect hand.
it would have been an admirable Al
The proportions Of your hand are
such as would almost start the statue
Of the Greek slave into life with
envy"
George" she murmured. with
a rosy blush suiIusing her checks
and bright light in her eyes, IL
believe you asked to kiss me las,
night and l refused. You-you-a
may do so now"
And George did, and tho canary
IN its cage twittored. and tho camel
in tho grats glowsd and the clock
licked tunefully on tho mantelpieee
and modestly kept its hands on his
face while the osculating exercise
was in progross. Oh, there are
some verdant and howery Gases In
the desert, after all.
-.
Now n word 10 men, women, BOYS
and girls who hope and expec. 10
get tho place in tho fields Of labor
now occupied by the Chinese. A
great responsibility rests upou you.
On your industry, sobriciy and ell.
cheney. moro than anything olse. dc
pends the success Of this move. No
body is interested in i,s success moro
than you. Nobody. therefore.
should strike harder than you 10
make o success. II is said, a. an
excuse, that white help is not rslia.
BILE. and not 30 efficient m the Chi
nese. The reverse Of this must be
proven, and only you can prove 10.
For the sake OF your race. then, and
for the sake Of yourselves. In the
hour OF your trial. we trus. that
when given q place by some man
who is honestly striving 10 supplan,
the Chinese, you will exert yourself
in every way for the benefit Of your
employer. and do what lies In your
power to provo 10 him that his inter.
ests are advanced by the change.
AMONG many other stories told oi
the lato Mrs. Rich. who was shot by
her husband in ~. Paul. 10 ono Of
how she frightened q New York
Governor into signing . bill. She
had called on him two or three times,
and he had treated her lightly and
chafiiingly. as busy man nigh,
have treated n spoiled child. Sud
denly during her las, visit. she |.
said to have flung himself in his lap,
with an arm wound about his neck
Now, Governor" she said, "rlI
give you one minute in which Il
sign that bill. OF course. I do not
need to tell you what would happen
should any ono como in here and
see me seated ibus." The Governo,
signed the bill. Hc is alive now
and no good could come Of saying
which Governor IL was.
WM Payne recently sold h,s farm
at Dungencss To &. +. Clapp, FOL
~, 800 and the latter soon after sold
it to MIR. q. II. Loizgesell for o., ,OO(
MIR. Lo,zgescll IN n thrifty Qeima,
farmer who has accumulated a for
tune at Dungeness during the pas
twenty-five years. He now own,
six Ans farms.