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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-09

The bulldog chews the darkey's pate, And then he gnaws his feet, Thus, in his cheerful way, succeeds In making both ends meat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10

The treatment of beggars IN Cuba gives
them a certain NATURALIZATION and
character. Evidently most of them
quickly take place as genuine public
characters, permitted with consideration
to ask aims, and il detected in imposi-
ton, are instantly subjected to severe
punishment. So those who are tolerated
are most alphabetically treated. While
this is an odd social condition, it is still
more odd that the beggar does not be-
come over bold and i~nsolent. But the
recognized mcn6igo is not only permitted,
but encouraged everywhere. You will
stumble oyer him at the church doors;
give him the sidewalk on the principal
thOroughfares: see that hc has a com
Portable seat In the cabin Of the ferries:
walk all around him in his various forms
II the doors Of tine cafes and shops: defer
TO his being agreeaDly located in the
parks and plazas; give him the pleasant
rst corner beside your potero in the en-
trada Of your dwelling; and, If you are
not in a mood or condition to give him
aims, you would he socially damned il
you did not at least humbly respond to
his request with "Perdon a por Dios!"
(''Pardon me for Gods sakel')-Edgaf
L. Wakeman in Kansas City Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
Tragedy of the Pet Dog.

! had been to a picnic luncheon with
some friends in a glade near the lovely
valley of Kuiiar. We walked back,
having our dandis Digit palanquin) car
ried behind us; and when dusk began 10
fall we put the dogs which had accom-
panied us into the dandis, knowing it
was no longer safe for them to run by
our side. At length n lady became
tired and called for her dandi. 1t was
brought and set down for her to enter.
As it touched the ground the little dog
jumped out TO welcome his mistress; but
in a moment his pretty gambols were cut
short. Like a flash n great creature
sprang into the road, and swapping up
poor little Prim, vanished with the rapid-
ity of thought down the steep hillside.
We felt thunderstruck, and stood for
some moments in Mortified silence, gazing
down into the bushes where the gliding
form had disappeared: but nothing was
to be seen or heard. The elastic tread of
the leopard left no sign or track, and so
noiselessly had it passed that we could
not tell whether it had slipped at once to
the bottom Of the ravine or whether il
was then lying only a few feet below us
hidden in the brushwood. The latter
we imagined TO be the case from the sud-
den silence that fell upon the other dogs,
which, instead Of whimpering as before
and rebelling against their imprisonment,
now covered, mute and terrified, in the
cushions of the several dandis. Poor
Prim must have been killed by the first
clutch of the cruel claws. for he never
uttered single cry. We hurried home,
grieving much over lis dreadful fate.
and the gentlemen Of the party immedi-
ately returned to the spot with their rifles
and heaters, but Huthing was thea to be
seen OF the leopard. Chambers journal
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
A Burial I'm AlgieFs,

One day I witnessed here the burial OF
a child. The young boy was laid in the
grave wrapped in a yard OF two Of white
cotton; a smaller hole was dug at the
bottom Of the grave, and served as coffin,
being covered with flat slabs Of stone 20
prevent the earth from falling directly
on the body. Twenty or thirty men
stood round in silence, the earth was
hastily replaced and temporary stones
were placed at the head and feet; the
cushions and pieces Of embroidery in
which the body lay on the donkey which
bore it to the final resting place were put
back on the animal, and the procession
moved silently away. The women and
girls always come afterward to weep on
the grave and place flowers, and es.
pecially branches Of myrtle. They often
spend the greater part Of three days
round a new grave, sitting on mating
and carpcts.-F. A. Bridgman in Har.
per's Magazine.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
The Lest He Could Do.

''Do you know that man over there?''
asked n Detroiter of another on the
Lansing train the other day.
'No."
swell. he's a drummer for a jefferson
avenue house, and I've known him by
sight for fifteen years. His employer
told me the other day that he hadn't lost
a day for twelve years"
'tHe looks the picture Of health"
$50 he does. but | want to make n bet
with you. I'll bet YOU q silk hat he
carries remedies for no less than six diff.
ferent ailments"
I'm do Ill"
They went over and the case was ex.
planned to the drummer, who laughed
and replied:
''Well, | dunno. / carry some troches
t avoid hoarseness. | carry a bottle of
cough medicine to ward off pneumonia.
| have a porous plaster in my grip to put
on if | get a lame back. ! have some
corn salvS a bottle of Jamaica ginger,
some quinlne capsules, a vial of pepper
mint essence, a box of mandrake pills, a
liver medicine, q gargle for sore throa'
and a.
"Good landsl'' cried both gentlemen
in chorus.
"Oh, well, what did you expect" he
inquired, with a injured air. "a man on
1000 a year can't carry around a whole
drug store, can he;"-Detroit Free Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
Luck Among Exchange Operators.

On the Consolidated Exchange, especi-
ally in the shouting, gesticulating, push
ing and r~ollicking oil group, 1t Is con-
sidered a very bad omen TO open nm um-
brella and raise it over the head. Putting
up m umbrella in n board room would
seem under all circumstances TO be UNI
necessary. II is worse. IL brings bad
luck. There is a skeptical wag in the
crowd, however, who, on dull days,
when the brokers are skylarking, will
raise an umbrella and run into the trad
ing ring and hold Il over ms many brok-
ers US lac can. They scamper like a flock
OF frightened sheep.
Coming down on nm elevated railroad
train not long ago, n Of the largest
room operators on the Stock Exchange
remarked with extreme satisfaction and
perfect conviction;
81 shall make some money today"
"How do you known" asked a friend.
IA black cat passed me this morning.
was the exultant answer.-New York
Mail and Express.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
How Ostrich Eggs Arc Hatched.

The ostrich egg is very delicate and
will not keep its vitality more than thirty
days. Now, as the laying lasts a couple
of months, it is evident that half of it be-
comes worthless for sitting and can serve
no purpose except as ~curiosities in
bazars. 1t is, therefore, the business of
man to provide against this %improvident
character of nature and utilize what Is
wasted by that force. No occasion to 60
into detail about incubators; the princi-
pie is well known. Practically they are
padded boxes, each holding fifteen to
twenty eggs and heated by hot water,
which can have its temperature readily
under control. The eggs are taken away
as laid, n always being left in the nest.
Each one is numbered and dated, aud a
list made out with its weight and de-
scription Of the parents. They are kept
in a dry room till the necessary number
is obtained, when they are placed in the
box and the heat is applied. The tenn
perature is 40 degs. centigrade at first,
80 degs. at the end of eighteen days, and
then 36.5 degs. to the finish. During
the whole process each egg must be
turned upside down every day at a regu-
lar time. This is absolutely necessary.
About the fifteenth day the eggs are
examined to see which are impregnated
and which not, This is done with a box
containing a lamp and a reflector, in
front of which is an opening which fits
an egg supported on the outside bya little
shelf. If the egg is clear it will not
hatch; if Opaque, except at the larger
end, where the air chamber is, it goes
back to the incubator. Sometimes the
egg is rotten, in which case the gas
formed within forces the liquid through
the shell and turns it yellow. After
forty days the greatest attention must be
paid day and night TO listen to the noise
of the chick. On the forty-third day a
small hole should be made in the shell
near the air chamber, which has already
been marked with a pencil. Next day
this hole is enlarged soas better to notice
any movement inside. When this is
seen the shell must be broken. the men,
brane torn away and the chick freed,
taking care to use the greatest d~elicacy
in every movement. The chick is
wrapped up and kept warm for twenty
four hours, when it has a very small lot
of finely chopped greenstuiT with a few
bread crumbs. On the third day it gets
a little milk; on the sixth q little grain
with the vegetables and a little water to
drink.-An the Year Round.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
cop,enIrnee OF lne TeIerhone.

One has 10 20 10 other cities in order to
thoroughly appreciate the revolution
brought about by the use Of the tele-
phone. In cities like Cleveland. Detroit
and Rochester all the well 10 DO people
have telephones in their dwellings, and
the useful instruments are made 10 serve
instead of letters, visits, and the employ.
ment 81 messengers. The ladies use
them quite as much in the routine Of
household life rs our down town men do
in business.
After breakfast in the morning a pro-
vincial lady who has q telephone is apt to
closet herself with il for a half an hour
oil more, during which time she finds
out what the grocer has that is good 10
offer, sends her orders, connects with
the butcher, and tells him what she
wants; rings up her drcssmaker and has
a delightful chat over trimmings and
flounces, and then calls upon one after
another in her circle Of lady friends. and
gossips with each and all precisely as she
would If she were making a social round
IN her carriage later in the day. The
average New Yorker has scarcely any
conception Of the usefulnc.s Of q tele-
phone as it is employed in other Cities
New York sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
What Woman Has Made Him.

Professor G. V. Riley, formerly state
entomologist Of Missouri. and now ento.
mologist Of the department of agricul-
tlre, created a sensation at the meeting
Of the Six O'Clock club the other even
ing. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Miss
Phoebe Couzins and Belva Lockwood
were among the ladies present. The sub
iect Of discussion wal sexual quality from
q scientific standpoint. Professor Riley
showed how the male, at first insignifl-
eant and apparently a later creation, had
developed and grown to a position of
equality by the side of his female partner;
how this had resulted from natural and
especially from sexual selection-the fe-
male always choosing for her companion
the handsomest and strongest; how the
female of some species is 10000
times larger than the male, aud
how, in other cases, he is a
mere minute parasite, whom she
carries about as a part of her baggage;
how some female spiders are hundreds Of
times larger than the males, and how my
lady Arachnida kills her myriads of sue
cessive husbands, beats them and filings
their ~carcasses out into the back yard;
how, under the influence of preference,
the males of mammals and birds have
arisen to physical superiority to the
female till the lion is finer and stronger
than the ~lioness, the bull larger than the
COW, the peacoc' adorned with a gorgeous
tail with which to excite the admiration
of the pea hen, and the turkey cock
gifted with a self important strut and
arrogant gobble.
The inference was that whatever nan
is he has been made through millions Of
years Of sexual preference by the female
Of his own species and the anthropoid
and other species from which he has
sprung, and that it would be unfair for
him to kick down the ladder by which he
has climbed-GlObe- ,)emocrat-
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
Tho Professional Bumor,,t. Work.

y The task Of a man who is compelled 10
get up a certain amount Of pointed humor
daily is more laborious than that OF a
bod carrier. II is something like il, too
He Just carries stuff TO the level of the
average comprehension, and having de-
posted il before the person TO get the
benefit of il, goes after more. How does
the humorist worki Well. il depends
largely upon his temperament, and
greater or less fitness for his speciality.
Some men. although they may have fair
ability in some lines of writing, are slow
to originate a humorous idea, notwith-
standing that they can appreciate it in
Others. To such, the writing of a humor-
Gus paragraph or article is something to
be dreaded. IL would be a violation of
newspaper ethics for aprofessional writer
to decline TO get up an article OF any
subject OF from any standpoint. Given
a theme and told TO treat it humorously,
the most sedate member Of a newspaper
staff will attack it without hesitation,
and, in his own time, will do the work
well, perhaps as well as the man whose
specially is humor.
But, all, the labor of the sedate mani
How each queer smile. every epigram-
matic sentence and every odd expression
will wiring his soul and make his brain
throb! Funl Tell him that he ought TO
enjoy his own fun, and he will probably
brain you with the office poker. Ask the
regular paragrapher whether he enjoys
his work, and he will think you a fool.
He does it because it is his work, but the
terrible wrestle he has with the English
language every day to evolve those
atrocious witticisms Of his, no one knows
but himself. To the young man who
thinks of going into newspaper work as
a funny man, there is only one word Of
advice to be given, and that, by the way,
was used by the most dismal humorist Of
the present century, London Punch:
''Don'tl'-Pittsburg Bulletin.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
A Pnndlt's Sly Tricls.

About 500 years ago there was n cele-
brated pundit Of Nudyn. who was par.
~ticularly fond Of country spirits. and
used 10 take about a quartof IL every day.
People ~suspecting him Of this weakness
watched him. One evening. when he
was returning from his yesper prayers at
the riverside, he was seen tocome out on
the sly from a grog shop, with his water
pot full Of aniseed arTack, and he was
taxed by the crowd for conduct so dis
reputable in a Brahmin Of his learning
and sanctity. He denied the charge, and
placed the vessel before his accuser, when
loi il appeared to contain milk. A
miracle! a miraclel cried the crowd, and
the pundit, instead of being degraded,
was canonized; the fact being that the
willy topper knew well that aniseed liquor,
mixed with a little water, becomes
milky, and he had prepared il accord
ngly.-Report OF British Commission.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
Best Position During sleep.

OF all our sleeping millions who arise
at sun call with more or less reluctance
or promptness, how many are free from
morning headache: Not a large proper
ton. so far as | have observed. 1t is
probable that a majority acquire their
pain from wrong posture during sleep. !
have asked many how they le in bed: |
find generally they rest upon the side.
with legs drawn up and chin upon the
CHESTERFIELD up like a chicken in an
egg she'll. Some few sleep upon the
back, one or two prone, and several with
an arm stretched mp beneath tie head.
but the usual posture is, | think, "a, first
stated.
Now, in this shape, the human body
describes an arc Of Il circle, with lipod
and air vessels constrictod by pressure on
the inside Of the arc, and their caiihcr
sensibly diminished. Jugular veins, re-.
turning exhausted blood from the brain,
find the flow of their contents intcrfered
with. and a condition Of passive conges.
ton Is set up Lungs compressed by
weight of head and curvature Of trunk,
expand but partially. and their work Is
badly done. Therefore it takes nm houl
OF more in the morning, with bath and
toilet. to set wheels going that should
never have been checked. and to get rid
Of the headache. Try this way once:
When fairly in bed, lights out, and ready
for sleep, throw the head well back. upon
a pillow of medium height. chest for,
ward. arms by the side and legs extended.
Fight il out a few minutes and sleep will
come-this time without a headache in
it.-William +. Hutchinson, NJ. d., in
American Magazine.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
Hardness Of Anne lean ualf breeds.

The experience Of the teachers of the
Lincoln institution confirms the views
here expressed. that the mixed Indian is
more exempt frCm pulmonary disease
than the pure indian; and, further, that
If the former are attacked by disease,
they offer greater constitutional resist
nee TO it than the latter. This view is
also confirmed by the large experience
of Capt. r. H. Pratt, superintendent of
the Carlisle Indian school. who saws in
his last report; 'Our experience is that
the mixed blOods resist disease and death
from pulmonary troubles better than the
full bloods; and our best health condi-
ions are found among those we send out
into families-due, | think, very largely
to the regular occupation and varied
di5rr".
Similar views have been expressed by
Others who have resided among the
mixed or half breed races in the north
western part of Canada. These people
are said TO be strong and hearty, long
lived, and not subject TO disease, SO long
as they remain in their native climate.
They regard themselves as the equal of
the whites, and look in q ~patronizing
way on the Indian. Their families are
usually very large, and the female sex is
said to be very handsome. Quite re-
Gently / had occasion to investigate the
question whether pulmonary consump-
ton tends to exterminatc the American
Indian, and ] then found that nearly all
those Indian agencies which show the
lowest consumption rate are precisely
those which are shown in the table of
this paper to contain the largest number
of mixed bloods.-Thomas j. Mays, NJ.
d.. in Popular Science Monthly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
Racial Element. of Russia's Army.

Probably the Russian army is the most
heterogeneous in the world so far as its
ethnology is concerned. From the infor.
nation on the point just issued by the
Russian statistical department we learn
that Of the 227. 906 recruits levied in
1885, the racial composition was MS fol-
lows: Russians, 1884, Poles, l7,2l2;
Bulgarians, 400; Tcheks, i2; Lithua-
mans, $500; Let's, 3,42i; Greeks, 1856;
Moldavians, 2,s5Oj French, 1; Germans,
3,572; A%rmenians, li2; Bohemians, 80;
Georgians, 3; Jews, 10,0it; Karehans,
800; Tcbouds, 20i Esthonians, 2,G0i;
Laps. 1; Morayians, 1,707; Cheremissi.
ans. 7Oi; Votiaks, Sal; Zyrians, ESQ;
Permians, Os; Voguls, 0, Chuynchas,
1.620; Tnrtars, 4,60s; Bashkirs, 3.Oi7,
and about 100 belong 10 three other races
or tribes. In all. then, the Russian army
comprises 80 different races, or at least
tribal elements, among which 1t Is note
worthy neither Ossetians nor Circassians
are represented. 90 far at least as these
recruits are concerned st. James Ga.
zette.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
DR.. L1EB1G & co.

The European Medical staff and special surgeons
and Physicians Of the Iiebig World Dispensan
and international Surgical Institute.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-10
or Doggie ?

Mistress CseverelySMarie, didn't !
hear you make use Of the expression you
little brat In the nursery just now?
Marie "a French bonne)-Yees, ma
dame. but Mees Flossie do wexes me sol
Mistress less severely)-oh. thought
you were speaking 20 Fdo. Send Miss
nossie 10 me at once The Epoch.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-25
The Ouaker's Peculiar Ideas.

The Quaker never makes oath. He
avoids as far as possible coming where
such procedure is necessary, but if obliged
to make declaration, the falsity Of
which would subject him to legal PEN
atty, he affirms. Nor does he observe
any holy days or feast days. He believes
that the obligation to regard one day
more than another ceased with the
Mosaic dispensation. The visiting Of
theatres, race courses, dancing halls, or
the investment in any kind Of lotteries
grab bags in church fairs included-are
declared to be incompatible with the
teachings Of the society, and are forbid
den. No matter what station in life you
occupy, Quaker does not use the pre-
fix "Mr." As soon as your Christian
name is given you are addressed by it
whenever necessary. All these things
are of course known to the Quakers
themselves, but not to the average Phila-
delphian. Philadelphia Cor. Globe-Dem-
OCrat' r1t .H .l
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-25
A Vast Fortune in Furs.

''No one will ever be able to tell the
real wealth of Alaska said furrier to
a reporter SIT consists OF the abund-
ance of its skinned animals. The
Russians used to value the country for
its furs, and it was mainly for the furs
that this country acquired it from Russia.
The trade has grown very much since its
annexation to this country. The ship
ments of sea otter and fur sealskins alone
have more than doubled during the past
ten years, and now average annually
$1,000, 600 in value. The list of furs
produced in that part of the country is a
long one. The land furs comprising
otter, beaver, brown bear, black bear.
red fox, silver fox, blue and white fox,
mink, martin, polar bear, lynx and
musk rat. Rabbits, marnots and wolver-
ines are also common, but their skins are
retained by the natives. The annual
value of the furs, sea and land, now OBJ
tanned from Alaska is estimated to aver
age $4,000, 900, and there is no sign of
decrease in the yield. The competition
of the, traders for skins has stimulated
The natives to greater industry in hunt
ing, and the prices now paid to the
hunters are from four to ten times more
than were current during the Russian
rule. New York Mail and Express.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-25
Overcrowdtng in Siberia.

The overcrowding of the Siberian
prisons is appalling. ''The Tomsk trans
portation prison." writes The Siberian
Gazette of that city, sis overcrowded. To
the 1890 people we had here 700 new
ones have been added, and SO the prison
which was built for 900 people contains
1900. There are 207 persons on the sick
list" The central prison, on Sackhalin
island, which was built for 600 people,
contained 1,1O3 in 1879. Michela, a ST.
berian official and ex-prison director,
writes about two prisons which were
under his control as follows: "The jailer
brought me to the rooms. Everywhere
dirt, overcrowding, wetness, want of air
and light. After having visited the
rooms entered the hospital. AS soon as
entered the first, room was involun-
tarily thrown back by the inconceivable
smell. The water closets were luxurious
apartments in comparison with the
hospital Everywhere the number of
prisoners is thrice the number permitted
by the law. At Verknendinsk, for in
stance, the Jail is built for 240 inmates,
and it usually contains 800. Michael
Malkof in Chicago News.