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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-05
JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY.
Tho Meaning Of some of the Figures Seer
on Jars and Fans.

ON Jars and Fan
The creation was, according to ira
dition, brought about in this wise. In
the dim ages Of the past there existed q
trinity who dwelt in space. Later came
other deites (Kami), with separate
existences, and after seven generations
begotten from them, the creation, which
was confined 10 Japan, was decided on
and carried through in six stages, almost
similar TO those in our Pentateuch, the
work being delegated Il Isanaghi and
his sister, Isanami. From the goddess
sprang certain terrestrial deities, among
whom were Ama-terasu, the beautiful
goddess Of the sun; lsukoyumi, the
goddess Of the moon, and Susano, god Of
the wind.
A story which finds frequent illustra-
ton in japanese art is that of the quarrel
between Ama-terasu and her brother and
her consequent retirement to a cave,
whence she was inceigled by the dancing
Of a goddess, variously named 0kame,
ouzoume, o. Uzume. 1t is narrated at
length in Griffis' 'Mikado's Empire"
and Reeds Japan" and is one Of the
fairy stories recently published In a de-
lightfully illustrated form as a child's
book under the title Of ''Yamata-no-
Orochi." Masks of the fair dancer are
to be found in every curio shop. The
features upon these masks are always
similar and have been handed down for
centuries-a narrow forehead adorned
with imperial spots Of sable, pulled out
cheeks, dimpled chin and laughing coun.
tenance. One Of them is usually 10 be
seen in every japanese house. In her
full length figures she usually carries In
her hands a bundle of reeds and a dart
bound round with herbs and little bells.
Many ancient customs still exist which
originated in this quarrel, notably the 60
hei. or branches adorned with bits Of
silk and paper, Which are hung in all
shinto places of worship, the drum upon
which OuzouIue danced and the cocks
who now inhabit the precincts of the
temple, and which were then engaged to
attract Ana-terasu's attention by crow
Ing in concert. So too, the cord Of rice
straw, which keeps away the visits OF
evil spirits, and the sacred Furnished cir.
cular mirror, wherein the goddess beheld
her likeness, and which is the origin Of
the round mirror of metal which Japan
csc women still use as their only looking
glass. The dancing Of Ouzoume before
the cavern is initiated in the pantomimic
dance still practiced in every japanese
village. Another frequent subject for
illustration is Susano killing the eight
headed dragon after he had induced him
10 partake Of sake set in eight Jars. HE
exploit is depicted upon the bank notes Of
the country. A sword, which he found
In the tail Of the dragon, is n Of the
three sacred emblems in the imperial re.
gala. lie was the father Of Dalkoku,
the god Of good fortune.-Art journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-05
Useless and Dangerous Animals.

Il Is a consolation 90 know that wiki
mans seliishness, as well rs idiotic folly,
Is celebrating the elk, antelope aud
buffalo, as web as depopulating the
streams Of fnny inhabitants, q great deal
Is also done annually 10 rid the world Of
animals Of n more useless and dangerous
sor.. Twenty thousand rabbits the other
day were corraled, by men, women and
children, in one Of the valleys Of Cab.
fornia, and killed. Thousands more co
capped, but tho rabbits were sufficiently
reduced TO make agriculture possible for
the coming year. There is no section ID
Che civilized world where man fails now
10 fairly cope with dangerous animals,
unless It he with the snakes Of southern
Asia,-Giobe. Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-05
WOMAN SUFFRAGE,

The international Council OF
Women" have held their annual con.
gre-s In this city and departed. The
rustic OF their skirts lie heard no
longer. Only q few OF their spring
bonnets will light up with vernal
colors the churches to-day. Our resi-.
dent feminines will gradually o
from the emotional ecstacy into which
their visiting friends have thrown
them, and by and by the world will go
on as usual, men and women will be
given in marriage, men will dig and
women will cook, and the old, old
drama Of life will be played with the
usual scenery and the usual accom-.
psniments.
Yet out of the turmoil and efferyes.
cencs, out OF the crude mixture Of fact
and fancy, of visionary aspiration and
emotional enthusiasm engendersd by
the council, there will survive what.
ever OF needful truth may have been
presented, survive to blossom into
beautiful flower, and to ripen into
stately fruit. Underneath all the yag.
aries which the advocates of the cen.
tral idea of woman suffrage manifest.
underneath unshapely and oftimes
ugly debris which in their unframed
and u%nscientifc eageruess these
women throw over and around the
roots Of whatever Of goodness and OF
truth may be planted there, there is
enough OF virtue in the germ 90 hid
den 10 come up, in Gods own time, In
shape OF the fairest blossom. The mil.
ienium is not yet come, It is too doubt
sui whether universal male suffrage is
an unmlxed blessing for IN to vet
have any hope for the ballot them.
selves, and the aspirations and the
dreams so freely expressed last week
must become purified of all their
crude materially, must become adapt.
ed not merely to the caprlces of
feminine nature but 10 the neces.
stiles OF human nature before they are
realized in actual human life.. Yet the
dreamsrs among them, as among men
need not be discouraged. The nine.
teenth century has seen prodiglous
advances made IN the elevation of hu.
manity, In which elevation woman
has necessarily shared. The lofty
ideal OF our race, the woman whom pure
and honest men love, is still the ideal
woman for the masses. The nine.
teenth Centuryhas not elevated her.
because no elevation for herIis either
necessary or possible. On this earth
the human imagination oannot con.
csive anything higher, %loftier, more
beautiful, than the ideal woman.
That ideal has been In the
past, and still Is found In real life. Not
- a rarity, not as the aloe blossoms
which blow but once ina century. but
a. the beautiful rose which blooms
Indeed In the garden OF not every
mans life, but in Hives lenough to
show to oil the world Ehow incom.
parable, how supreme. how adorable
IL ia. To this.ideal the mass Of women
j. slowly but surely reaching upward
and yearly even tbough.l .feebly, /.
steadily progressing This Interna.
tional Council OF Women, with Il,
forms but the imitation Of mems, with
its prevailing tone Of envy Of mem,
advantages aud Of selfish emulation o.
mons faults as we'll as virtues, THU
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-05

THE Wyoming board of equalization
at its recent session at Cheyenne re.
duced the valuation of range cattle
from $l3 to Sll per head. Territorial
papers o,n-ider the reduction liable to
prove a detrinent to the towns, where
n full two-tb rds valuation is assessed
on real estate.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-05

HELENA is no lsnger a Democratic
city. The left wing of Pap Price's
army has evidently scattered itself
elsewhers. At the municipal election
Monday, CAPT. Fuller was made
mayor by a handsome majority, and
oil the other officers are Republican
with the exception of one alderman.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-05

No bills against T Y YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL
PUBLISHING Co., contracted by any Of The employees
Ofsaid paper or others, will be recognized unless
accompanied by a written order signed By the pub
nshvr or business manager.
The editor OF II l~ELLowsTONH JOURNAL
h not responsible for any II the opin.
Ions or uiterances Of its correspondents.
Notice Is hereby given TO all concerned that
n YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL PUBLISHING 60.
holds the contract TO do all printing and ad-
vertising, Of Whatever natu p ehargeahle 10 Gus
ter county, and Is also the designated aud only pap 7
In Custer county la W ich services by publication
can BE- legally made. Legal notices Published in
sther papeps Of Custer county, aTe weld aud
worthless. AS has been decided by the courts Of
Montana.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-05

An English pathologist thinks thai
cancers may DO developed by arsenic eat
ing.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-05

THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF CUSTER COUNTY
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-04-05
ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF CUSTER COUNTY, MONTANA TERRITORY, FROM March Iir, 1871,
DEC. lsT, 1887.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, !
FTHE COUNTY OF CUSTER, 7
MILES CITY. March LIST, 1855. J
To the Honorable, The Board Of County Commissioners Of Custer County, No"
Gentlemen: In compliance with the Compiled Statutes OF Montana, Sc
1861, page 1899, Filth Division OF General Lave, ana See. 49, page 100 OF tn
Extraordinary Session of the 10Th Legislature OF the Territory of Montana,
prewIuhs submit the annual statements hOwiDgl the financial condition of Cute
County for the fiscal year ending d. cembeT let, 1887:
STATEMENT or CASH RECEIVED AND DISBURSED BY TREAS.
URER FROM MARCH lT, 1857, to DEC. Isl, 1857.
March lst S7.
To balance cash on hand. S5S, 400 76
T" total amount received from collection OF taXes."...-. 6SG63 Sc
To total amount received from collection Of fees, fines,
penalties and forfeiture" Tl7 80
To total amount received from collection Of CeDses..... s $50 70
TO total amount received from Yellowstone county and
all other sources" ,"". """ "".-.. ".".". ".-"""" . IA, I3S Ia
Observation-Disclosures.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-14
READING MEN sEEe BETTER.
Hearty Efforts to be Made to Secure
Arbitration.

READING, Jan. 13.-No event since the
present labor troubles began has caused
such genuine good feeling throughout the
Schuylkill Valley as the expressions of lead
ing business men and manufacturers at last
nights Board of Trade meeting that the
joint committee of the board and councils
should not only call on President Corbin,
but also on the labor leaders who are con-
Quoting the present strike, confer with them
and endeavor to bring influences to bear on
both parties to come together and amicably
adjust their differences. Those expressions
were entirely unlocked for but they embody
the feelings Of the entire manufacturing and
business interests of the Schuylkill Valley
that the strike should be settled as quickly
as possible. Several iron manufacturers
stated that they had refused very large or
ders simply because they had no assurances
that they would be supplied with coal. 1t
will be represented to President Corbin that
the entire Schuylkill Valley is now actually
suffering, and that the company cannot af-
ford to ignore every business man. manufac-
turer and private consumer from Williams
port to Philadelphia nearly all OF whom are
dependent on the Reading Railroad for coal
and in return pay the company thousands of
dollars in freight charges every year. The
joint committee from this city will represent
millions OF capital. Coal traffic is at vlrtu-
al standstill, and the small dealers in the in
terror towns are almost entirely out of coal.
The farmers have fallen back upon wood,
and the old-fashloned fire places of fifty
years ago have been brought into use in
place of the coal stove.
READING, Jan. 13-The committees of
the board of trade and city councils to confer
with President Corbin and prominent strik-
ers in regard to measures for ending the
Reading strike, have decided not to visit
Corbin at present, but to send him a memo
rial asking the useiof his power and influence
to bring tine strike to a close, on the ground
of its injurious effect ON business, playing
sad havoc among the manufacturing indus
tries of the entire section.
SHENANDOAH, Jan. 13. =. The Reading
miners confidently look for speedy offer OF
arbitration from President Corbin, based on
the Posts remarks.
SHAMoKIN, Jan. 13.-The miners at the
Enterprise colliery quit today, rather than
have their coal hauled by the Reading COM
pany.
Bitter Fight.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-A special from
Philadelphia says there is no longer doubt
that the battle between the ReadingRailroad
and its employees is struggle between capi-
tai and labor and that the merits or dement's
of the strike do not enter into the case to
any extent. While it is reported that efforts
at compromise are being made, it is GER
tain no real progress toward a settlement
has been made and the prospects are long
and bitter fight.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-14
art on Safe Doors.


There are more than 100000 safes In use in
the United States" said New York manu-
facturer to a reporter. "and with few ex-
ceptions their great iron doors are frightened
with artistic designs in oil. The centre Of
the safe-painting trade is in this city. Half
dozen artists are engaged In the work.
They are all men who have left the private
studio and buried their identity for money. .
One man in particular was an artist OF
recognized ability. His studio uptown was
one Of the finest in the city This man bad
a good start from his father, and his ability
was recognized; but it didn't pan out In cash.
When he found a customer for $500 paint
ing he lived in clover. and when the art mart
was drugged and pictures went slow he found
it hard to make both ends meet; I've made
a name, said he one day, but the artist who
lives ON his name without money can do
more than can.'" "A week after that"
continued the safe manufacturer, he aP-
piled to me for work. III you want to- talk
with him come with me-" The reporter
then went into the rear apartment and found
their men at work. One was paintings scene
in the Catskills on the cold black front Of
6O00-pOund safe that was billed TO be deliv-
cred within ten days to Western manufac-
turer.
Don't imagine" said the artist after the
introduction, that have given up being an
artist. Oh, mol / am still turning out origi-
nal studies, but my Work goes with the safe
like the chrOmo with the pound of tea. We
paint two 6x9 landscapes In day. Ordina-
rily one man lays in the ground work, another
fills in the middle ground, and third adds
the foreground. We get up quite a number
OF designs TO order On the inner doors of
that safe over there you will find good
painting Of the lower falls in the Genesse.
That picture Is TO please the fancy Of a
Rochester man who ordered 1t. We have
several orders for the Volunteer In oil. 1t
requires more time to paint waterscapes and
boats than anything else. Every line Of a
crack yacht must be perfect. or fault will be
found with 1t. III landscape happens TO be
a little too red or brown or green, we can ac-.
count for 1t by saying that the green paint
ing shows the scene In early spring, and the
brown in midsummer, and tho red In autumn
That, Of course, Is one Of the tricks Of the
sell on canvas with frames around them for
$50
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-14
GENERAL NEWS.

William f. Kidder Il Co., Of New York,
chemists, have assigned for S15O,0O0.
The diphtheria scare in Durham, N. H..
has subsidized, and the schools will be re-
opened.
The 150th anniversary Of the incorporation
Of Waltham, Mass, will be appropriately OBJ
served Monday.
Thomas farrell. chief engineer OF the Low
ell, Mass, fire department. died last nlght.s
Trains were blocked by snow on the Au-
burn branch Of the New York Central yes
terday.
The Vermont copper mine at Bradford has
been bought at auction by +. II. Il. Casein Of
New York, for S36,OO0.
Nineteen Of the twenty-one reaper, mower
and binder manufacturers In the United
States formed an association In Chicago last
night.
Forty lasters in SIMPSONS shoe shop at
North Adams, Mass, are on a strike.
The report that yellow fever still exists In
Tampa and Plant City, Florida, Is without
foundation.
1t is reported from Painesville, Ohio, that
Mrs Garfield, mother Of the murdered Presi-
dent'is dying.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-14
DOWN an Embankment.
KENTUCKY CIVILIZATION.
Friends Of the Murdered Mccoys
Walt In Ambush for the hatfieIds.

CATLETTsBURG, KY, Jan. 13.-Informa-
tion has just been received of another battle
between the Mccoy and Hatfield families
yesterday. Three were killed and more
wounded.
1t will be remembered that the Hatfelds
proceeded in most deliberate way to wipe
out the Mccoy family some two weeks ago.
They surrounded the Mccoy house on the
other side of the Kentucky line, and setting
fire to it drove the family out on to the
muzzles of their rifles.
The Hatfields' first victim was young Nc
Coy, who fell dead in his tracks with ball
through his heart. Then came the young
daughter, who was shot down mercilessly.
Next followed the mother, who likewise fell
under the unerring aim of the Hatfelds. The
old man Mccoy ran the gauntlet OF rifle
balls safely, got into the dense underbrush
and escaped
The house was then completely reduced
to ashes. Neighbors who had heard the
fusilade soon after came upon the scene and
tenderly cared for the bodies. They were
afterward followed to the grave by all the
settlers for miles around.
After the butchery was over the McCeys
organized posse and visited the Hatfield
settlement in West Virginia for the purpose
of annihilatlng the gang. The posse visited
the Hatfield house, and finding no one at
home, they repaired to the woods to medi-
tate for few moments. Their secrecy was
Of short duration, for the Hatfield gang was
soon upon them and regular war ensued
After the smoke of the battle had cleared
away it was found that the Hatfield party
was badly worsted, and three of their num-
Der were killed, while none Of the Mccoy
posse were hurt.
Those known to be killed were johnson
Hatfield, Thomas Chambers and James,
Vance. Vance was shot seven times.
Satisfied with their days work, the Mccoy
posse returned to their settlement to await
developments. The greatest excitement
prevails in the neighborhood, and the end is
not yet
The authorities are powerless, and the war
will doubtless be waged until one side or the
other is completely exterminated.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-14
RAGING FLAM Es.
The Worst Fire In the History OF In
dlanapolls.

INDIAN APoLIs. Ind, Jan. 14.-What
promises, at this hour. 1890 a. m, to prove
the most destructive fire ever known in this
cits, broke out at II p. M, in the wholesale
district. The flames were first discovered in
the cellar in the rear part Of ID. P. Erwin q
Co.'s dry house and spread rapidly. The
building and wholesale grocery house Of
G. w. Strout Il Co., both handsome four
story structures stocked with valuable mer-
chandise were destroyed. On the south, a
new four story building belonging to Scar
son & WetzeIl, just completed and not yet
occupied, was consumed. The intense heat
of the bur ming buildings on the east side of
the street, in spite Of the efforts of the fire.
men, started blaze in the cornice of the
buildings on the west side. Firman. Tonner
Il Sullivan, tanners supplies; q. b. Coner's
Sons, overalls Mckee & Bramham, boots
and shoes, and Pearson & Wetzell, queens
ware, are almost certain to be burned out.
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-14
Pronounced Insane.
PRAISE FOR BURGESS.
Correspondence on the Presentation
of the fund.

New YORK, Jan. 13.-The correspondence
between the committee of the Burgess testi-
monial fund and Designer Burgess, OF the
occasion of the presentation of $10.17225 to
Mr.. Burgess, is given to the press. In their
letter to Mr.. Burgess, dated New York;
December 23d, the committee says: "The
net amount received here in behalf of the
National Testimonial Fund is sent in
grateful recognition of your splendid genius
and careful study, resulting in the modelling
of the yachts Puritan, Mayfower and Vol
unteer, which, making such marked ad-
vance, one after the other. on previous de-
signs, so successfully defended the Ameri-
cas- cup against three English yachts. sue
cessively sent to wrest it back. No event In
late years has redounded more to the credit
of this country abroad, rejecting the earnest
concentration of the ingenuity OF our people
when occasion should require and forcing
the acknowledgment by the English press
aud people that they have met more than
their match on the element on which they
held themselves pre-eminent. To the firm
resolve, nautical knowledge and great liber--
ality of Gen. Charles j. Paine sre indeed
due the first need of praise, for without
him these results might not have been so
successfully attained. But it needed sci
entifc designer to carry out his ideas to sue
cess, and in this matter he had the wisdom
and foresight to select you as his faithful
lieutenant"
Replying, January 18th, Mr.. Burgess says !;
sit is impossible for me to express, as L
would, my deep sense Of the unparalleled
generosity and kindness which pr ompted
such an unexpected gift. But magnifcently
generous as it is, | can assure you that L
value it far higher for its testimony to the
existence. of so many kind friends and we'll
wisherS."
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-14
THE REFORM SCHOOL.
nhr. Wood Reports and Makes Some
Recommendations

AUGUSTA, Jan. 13.-Hon. Elliott Wood, of
the Executive Council, one of the visiting
committee to the Reform School, submitted
his report to the Governor and Council, Fri
day, of which the following is an abstract
Mr.. Wood has made monthly visits to the
school as required by law, and reports that
no complaints of serious nature have come
to his knowledge. The committe visit and
inspect. each time, all the departments,
chair shop, mechanical department, the DOR
mitory, hospital, dining hall, kitchen and bath
room. and find everything neat, clean and
orderly. The boys report food good and
plenty of it.
The letter box is constantly used by the
boys, mostly to inform the committee how
nicely they arr. getting along and to ask. to
lege to talk with the committee. What few
complaints have come to the notice of the
committee, when investigated, proved
groundless or frivolous, and were SO ac-
knowledged by the boys, when, explained.
is not to be wondered at There is no more
than at our common schools.
Mr.. Wood says the State is doing noble
work for these boys, but not its full duty.
When it takes a boy it should do for him all
a parent should do, give him good moral
and religious instruction and common
school education. He thinks boy who re-
mains there until he is Is or 20 years of age
should be taught some means of gaining
livelihood when set at liberty. Some learn
farming and some to bottom chairs. Some
dislike farming and country life. and pre-
fer to live in cities even If they have to beg
or steal their food, while the business of
bottoming cane seat chairs is so limited that
but very tew can find employment in this di-
rection after coming out
The mechanical department he thinks. a
blessing to many of the boys, who get in-
struction and learn the use of tools, and the
working of wood. Mr.. Wood thinks that a
liberal appropriation should be made by the
State to enlarge this feature of the school,
so that all who desire can reap its benefits.
Now only twelve boys can work at time.
twelve work half a day, then twelve more,
half class of "a.
Mr.. Wood thinks the State cannot dis
charge its full obligation to this class of boys
until some means are adopted to separate
the older and more vicious from those sent
for some minor offence, and naturally good
boys Many boys sent here are confirmed
criminals and ought rather to have been sent
to Jail or the State prison than turned loose
with younger boys to degrade them in spite
of all the school can do. He thinks this de-
feet in the school can only be remedied by
adopting the family or cottage system"
The Portland daily press., 1888-01-14
THE RATE WAR.
Further Concessions to the Chicago
and Grand Trunk.

CHICAGO. Jan. 1s.-A further allowance
has been given the Chicago and Grand Trunk
on dressed meats to Boston via Montreal.
This is three cents lower than the rate grant
ed month ago but not enough to give the
road what it considered its share of the bus
mess The road threatened to reopen the
fight unless granted five cents The Trunk
lines acceded and agreed to advance the rate
on January %, two cents hundred on all
roads. This is the fact of the fight which
the Chicago dressed beef shippers are max
ing for reduction, by law, of 33 per cent. in
the established tariffs.