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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-09
MISERABLE C0MF0RTERS.
REV. Or. TAlMAGE DlSCOURSES
AT EAST HAMPTON, L. l.

Why Did God Let Sin Come Into the
World?-No One Can Tell Until He Gets
on the Other Side Of the River of Death.
Imparting Comfort to the Troubled.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-09
THEDAILY JOURNAL
Every Morning Except Monday.

The OHoiai Paper of Caster County.
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A Phenomenal Medical Case.

George Solomon, a lifelong invalid,
died recently at thu home of his mother,
in New York, in his eighteenth year.
From the date Of his birth to the hour
of his death he was afflicted with con-
genital hydrocephalus, commonly known
as "water on the brain" Since his
birth he has shown no sign of pleasure
or knowledge of any kind except to his
mother, whom he seemed to recognize.
He was born a healthy child, but at an
early age his head began to become en-.
larged, and at his death it measured
twenty-six inches in circumference. For
a few years during the middle OF his
life he was comparatively strong, weigh
ing 130 pounds, but finally there was M
assimilation of food, and for the past
few years he has weighed only about
fifty pounds. He has never uttered
At various stages of his disease emi:
nent physicians of this city have treated
him. DR.. George E. Hubbard has been
treating him of late, and stated that the
case of young Solomon was marvellous
one. Usually a person afflicted WIFI
water on the brain dies in the first year,
as the accumulation of fluid produces an
abnormal development of the Uranium,
a distension of the brain and separa'
tion of the "stitches" in the skull. oc-
casionally one so afflicted lives fifteen
Years. but not once in five hundred times
can q being so afflicted live as long
as did young solomon.-Ns~ forS
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A Few Hints On Health.

Never 90 to bed with cold and damp
feet
Never lean with the back upon any
thing that is cold.
Never begin a journey until the break
fast has been eaten
Never take warm drinks and then i'm
mediately 60 out into the cold.
No doctor can prescribe diet. Eat
what you like if it agrees with you.
When hoarse speak as little as possible
until the hoarseness is recovered from,
else the voice may be permanently lost
or difficulties of the throat produced.
When going from a warm atmosphere
into a cooler one keep the mouth closed
so that the air may be warmed In Its
passage through. the nose ere it reaches
the lungs. - =.
Merely warm the back by the fire, and
never continue keeping the back ex-
posed to heat after it has become COM
fortably warm. To do otherwise is
debilitating.
Never stand still in cold weather,
especially after having taken a slight
degree of exercise, and always avoid
standing on ice or snow, or where the
person is exposed to cold wind.
Keep the back, especially between the
shoulder blades, well covered; also tho
chest well protected. In sleeping in a
cold room establish the habit of breath
ing through the nose, and never with
the mouth open.
Never omit regular bathing, for un-
less the skin is in active condition, the
cold will close the pores and favor con-
gestion and other diseases. After exer-
cise of any kind never ride in an open
carriage or near the window Of car for
moment; it is dangerous to health or
even life.
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Hereditary Inebriety.

In the International Congress of Anthro-
pology, held in this city last month, among
the papers read was one contributed by DR..
Norman Kerr, of London, President OF the
Society for the Study Of Inebriety, upon
hereditary inebriety. The paper, which was
read by Dr.. Lewis D. Mason, Of Brooklyn,
awakened much interest. Heredity, it was
affirmed, was the most potent cause of those
beading to inc: riety. Fully one-half OF
inebriates," says DR.. Kerr, shave had this
fatal Inheritance handed to them" Again he
says: IA morbid state of organ or tissue may
descend Thus, the first child Of inebriate
PARENTS may be an idiot, the second an epilep-
tic, the third a neurotic, and fourth an Inc.
briate. The heredities are SO powerful that
the health history of inebriates should be
carefully traced, SO that proper allowance
could be made for the physical inability un-
der which many suffer- The lesson OF this
paper emphasizes very strongly the. wisdom
and duty of total abstinence, especially for
all those who would assume parental re.
onsibilities.-National Temperance Aduo'
innf
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How insurance fs Erected on Vessels

Readers who are not scqusinted with
maritime affairs are often puzzled by thel
references they occasionally find in thef
newspapers to what is known as sThei
Lloyd's." Cassslrs Magazine gives some
very interesting information on this SUBJ
ject.
If an underwater is desirous Of be-
coming a member of Lloyd's at the pres
ent day he must pay an entrance fee OF
$500, and annual subscription of twelv6
guineas, and FIVE guineas for the pres..'
ence of a substitute in the rooms. In
addition to underwriters there are nom
underwriting members VINO pay 1915 for
entrance fee. I'll
All members, whether underwriters or
not, have to pay five gulneas year for q
seat at one of the many desks in the
rooms. Upon the payment of five gum
cas- per annum any individual is entitled
to visit the rooms, read the papers and
notices, and collect shipping intelligence
generally. It is not needful here to at.
tempt to describe the busy throng which
frequents Lloyd's rooms daily, with it's
merchant princes, anxious brokers, pros
porous underwriters, and their attendant
clerks, captains and others interested in
mercantile pursuits, mingling, gliding;
and here and there crowding in groups,
anxious to make the best of the day. II
may, however, be of interest to furnish
q brief sketch of how marine insurances
are generally arranged
An insurance broker having received
instruction from shipowner to effect
insurance upon particular vessel to the
amount of, say, $25, 900, proceeds to the
underwriters with ''slip' on which is
gwen the name of the ship, with its
masters name, cargo and destination.
The broker endeavors to procure the
name of well-known underwater to
'slead off " or head the "slip" with q
large amount, say $500; others are then
easily induced to follow suit with names
and amounts they agree to stake. The
insurance is considered effected so soon
as the full amount is subscribed. A
policy is then duly filled up with the
names of the underwriters and amounts
written on the back of the form. In
surance on cargo is similarly dealt with;
but 'sship" and ''cargo" policies are
effected quite separately, for various
reasons-among others, ship might be-
come q total wreck, and yet the cargo
might be wholly or partly saved; OF 9
ship might run aground, and receive
little or no damage to hull, while her
cargo might be completely ruined by the
accident. The rates of premium for sim
gle voyages vary from two shillings six
pence to six guineas per cent. Any
amount above this would be deemed q
sporting risk" An underwater effect
ing an insurance has, therefore, to con-
slider every particular appertaining to
the vessel-owners, class, cargo danger
Gus or otherwise, duration of voyage,
and weather likely to be encountered,
and many other items too numerous to
mention. --s
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A Drill by Sightless Soldiers.

Forty-fve sightless boys recently went
through the evolutions of company drla
with all the precision of trained veter'
ans on the trimly-kept lawn OF the
grounds attached to the Blind Asylum
in Philadelphia. They comprised the
cadet corps attached to the institution:
The boys carried dummy muskets and
marched with perfect step. "By col
umns of fours," shouted Major W. King,
the commandant, and from single flt
the boys made the movement without
single misstep. Company front. wa va
formed with equal perfection, and the
wheels were made without a break.
Each boy kept his distance by placing
one hand on the shoulder of the boy jus,
in front of him, and by this means went
through the drill with but one mistake
Equal proficiency was shown in INC mar man. l.
ual of arms, the young soldiers handling
their wooden muskets like West Point
ers - Rsc0rI. 4.
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A Plague of Bugs on Board a Ship

-
A recent issue of the Philadelphia
Record says:
The mate of the newly arrived British
bark Douglass, from Montevideo, tells
the biggest bug story of the season, and
it is no romance. The voyage from the
River Plata to Philadelphia was one
long fight with myriads of loathsome
insects, swarming up through the
matches from the cargo of bones below,
more dreadful than continuous tempest
and more irrepressible than hunger on an
unprovisioned raft.
Barrels of the pestiferous bugs were
scooped from the vessels hold after her
arrival at this port, and the painful ma
ture of the ordeal through which crew
and officers had passed on the voyage,
was shown in their drawn countenances
and discolored skin. A half bushel Of
small crawling things, with dirty brown
backs and a wormy squirm, crawled
about the after part of the deck as the
mate told the painful story of the voy-
age and pointed them out as the living
evidence of his narrative. "We have
been fighting these torments ever since
we left Montevideo," said he, "and it
has been painful struggle, in which the
crew were not always sure of survival.
We lay for many days at anchor in the
River Plata awaiting an advance in
freights which never came, and, finally,
in despair, took on a cargo of bones for
Philadelphia. None of us will ever for
get that cargo or the voyage which fol-
lowed"
The bones had been gathered from the
plains of the Argentine Republic and
Uruguay, and were hurriedly lightered
on board, the flesh still remaining on the
inside of the skulls and on the vertebrp.
We had hardly landed our Spanish
pilot before unwelcome passengers began
to appear from below the matches and to
make themselves acquainted with the
halyards, store-rooms and the sleeping
apartments. When we came into the
warm latitude of the Equator their at
tacks were terrible, and nights sleep
was impossible.
The bugs would creep the through
anything, and at night would crawl into
our mouths and ears. Often the crew
were compelled to seek refuge in the
rigg ng, and the men stretched ham
mocks between the masts to avoid the
bugs.
When the Douglass arrived here the
insects had multiplied by the thou ands,
and after the cargo had been discharged
it became necessary to resort to sulphur
fumes to ride the vessel of them before
another cargo could be taken on board.
Bushel after bushel of the asphyxiated
pests were taken out of the hold.
The sailors on the Douglass declare
that in all their lives on the ocean, and
in all the stories they had heard of
strange things at sea, their experience
on this voyage was the strangest, and
that nothing could induce them to ship
for the River Plata again if the return
voyage shall be made with a cargo OF
South American bones.
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Seeking God.

Men have lost sight Of God. Even the
knowledge of God has vanished from whole
nations and from continents. The sight OF
the nations covered with gross darkness, sit
ting in the shadow Of death, and cropping
blindly in the dim domain Of nature for q
touch of their lost God, tif haply they
might feel after him and find him, though
he be not far from every one Of u.s." (Acts II,
20, is most pathetic. But that search after
God is the source of Pagan religions, and
their one redeeming feature. Religion with
out revelation would have perished from the
earth were it not for this unquenchable de-
sire that remains in the sad heart Of despair
ing humanity, to feel after God, If haply it
may find him. Sin has robbed US Of God,
US. We may feel as if we could manage
without God in this life, but when the
thought of death and beyond oyershadows
the soul, we feel like orphans in need of a
protector and guide. So long as that sense
Of want remains, the altar to the "UDknown
God" will not be torn down, and when that
altar once disappears, then all other affairs
and fanes and idols Of Paganism will crum-
bic and decay. The heart that feels no de-
sire for God, at any time, is dead. The dis
ciples spoke more wisely than they knex ,
for thee" Mark l, 81.
But God can be found. He Is not far from
every one of U.S. His presence, though un-
seen, and often unfelt, wraps our little being
round like the soft, unconscious enswathe-
ment of air and light on this glorious May
day. True. by our sin we have wandered
away from him, and the bridges and arches
of the road have been broken and destroyed
behind us, but Christ has opened "a new and
living way, whereby we may come to God. "
A hig ghway is there, cast up for the redeemed
Of the Lord, that leads from every soul to
the throne and to the heart Of God. Yea,
if we but reach out the hand Of trust, we
may touch Him, and in that touch is life.
He has said, seek, and ye shall find; they
that seek me early shall find mel seek ye my
face; draw nigh unto me and I will draw
nigh unto you; come unto me, ye weary. I
will give you rest. And many more are the
grtat and exceeding precious promises Of
His Word, whereby we are made partskers
of the Divine nature. And should anyone
be 80 utterly lost and helpless that he cannot
find God, like the lost sheep, God will find
him; He will find him though the road be
rough and steep and thorny, and though he
must 60 to the widest desert. Blessed be
His holy name!
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Long Search for Submerged Treasure.

Anchored in the East River, opposite
Mott Haven, within stones throw of
the New York and Hartford Railroad
tracks, lies large wrecking pontoon
familiar to boatmen on the Sound. 1t
has appeared there regularly every sum-
mer for twenty years, and although its
owner remains unknown it is kept at
work on the river every summer search
ing for trcasure-some $780,, 1000 of the
British ship of war Hussar, which went
down off Mott Haven during the Revo-
lutionary war with all hands on board.
The Hussar came over to pay the British
troops, and anchored where the wrecker
has been dredging for the past twenty
years.
BESIDES the British gold there was a
large number of "Hessian troops" on
board and it was among these that the
mutiny broke out. Whether it was the
desire to escape from the Continental
troops who at that time occupied Mott
Haven. or desire to gobble the Eng.
lish gold that caused the mutiny, will
never be known, but any way the Hus-
san sank in twenty fathoms of water and
not q spar of it has been seen since.
One of the English marines who was
on the Hussar escaped. 1t was he who
told the story of the large amount of
gold in the ship. Years passed and the
sinking of the ship was forgotten, but re-
called again about twenty years ago by
the appearance of the pontoon, which
anchored where the English ship went
down. The river for almost mile
around the spot has been dredged, and
toward the end of the second year
the community was startled by the news
that the wrecker had found the treasure.
People came from miles around and
for short time the sunken ship was the
talk of the country. Divers were seen
going down and reappearing with bags
filled with something, said to be British
gold, and for almost a year the man on
the pontoon made a fortune. For IS
diver would descend to the depths and
bring up a rusty bolt, or perhaps cop
per coin, and to possess one of these
men paid handsomely. Curiosity soon
died out, however, and since that time
but few relics have been found. The
divers have not despaired, however, and
the are working away as hopeful as ever.
-Neu York Telegram.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
che Leadeth.'

He Loadcfh.
Not always doth Christ lead His flock
Beneath sunny sky;
Not always among pastures green
Makes He His sheep to lie;
Not always by the waters still
Doth he their needs supply.
Ger rugged paths they oft must climb,
With aching, weary limb;
Through lonely deserts they must go
Though light is growing dim;
He trod dreary path, and they
Must follow after Him.
Sometimes he turns their Joy to pain,
Their sunshine into gloom,
And oft the things they cherished most
He hides within the tomb,
That they within their hearts may haO
For Him more ample room.
He fears lest, loving earth too we'll,
Their hearts be turned astray
From Him, who with such tender love
Has led them all the way,
And who will surely lead them on
To everlasting day.
If only they will follow Him
Where He has gone before,
Though narrow may the pathway be,
And low and dark the door,
He'll guide them to the fold above,
To dwell for evermore.
Nor thirst nor hunger there they'll know,
For Christ Himself doth feed
His own; and wipes all tears away,
supplies their evry need,
And whee the living fountains flow,
His blood-bought flock doth lead.
-fLondon Christia n.
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What's the Matter With This!

A subscriber writes: "a friend asks
me to multiply So by S.. I do so and
announce the result as $25. All right.
Now multiply 500 cents by 500 cents,
giving the answer in cents pure and sim
Die, notas fractional parts of dollar. I
do so and am surprised to see the figures
climb up $50, 900 cents, which is $250o.
AS S. and 500 cents are equivalent, the
result is puzzling. 1t cannot be urged
that decimal marks should be used. A
cent. as such, is as distinct unit as o
dollar, and, as result is to be announced
in cents, the declmals cannot.be pleaded
in extenuation of the rather surprising
result. But there is clearly something
wrong. What is it?"-Penman's art
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WORDS OF WISDON.
Mirth becomes o feast.

Mirth becomes feast.
He that wants health wants everything.
Force meets force and when resistance
is met motion ceases.
If you earnestly seek for the truth it
will not escape you long.
Having decided for yourself, grant the
same privilege to others.
Life is too short to dwell on failures
push on to new success.
Disappointment often does q person
more real good than success.
All persons are not discreet enough to
know how to take things by the right
handle.
Books are waste papers unless we spend
in action the wisdom we get from
thought.
Felicity, pure and unalloyed, is not
plant of earthly growth. Her gardens
are skies.
He who steals little, steals with the
same wish as he who steals much, but
with less power.
As the ivy twines around the oak, so
do misery and misfortune encompass the
happiness of man.
If we could read the secret history of
our enemies we should find in each mans
life sorrow and suffering enough to dis
arm all hostility.
Every solitary kind action that is done
the world over is working briskly in its
own sphere to restore the balance be-
tween right and wrong.
A more glorious victory cannot be
gained over another man than this, that
when the injury begins on his part the
kindness should begin on ours.
Do to.day's duty, fight to-days temp
tation, and do not weaken and distract
yourself by looking forward to things
which you cannot see, and could not un-
derstand if you did see them.
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C0manche OF the Rosebud.

The Seventh United States Cavalry IS
making a long march in changing Its
post from one at the far north to one IN
kansas. All along the route the people
crowd to see an old riderless horse which
marches proudly with the regiment.
This horse is old " Comanche," >" the one
living survivor of the Custer fight, in
which he was ridden by Captain Keogh.
Since that fight he has never carried a
rider. having been adopted by the regi-
ment, in which he has now served the
better part of twenty years. He brought
away from tho battle two scars, which
are examined by visitors and of which
he seems as proud as any other veteran.
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TEMPERANCE.
independence Day.
lis is Independence Dayl

1uuCpChoOIiSO D$SIs
This is Independence Day!
Who is independent
Who can raise his hand and say,
Truth is my defendant9
A slave is he who takes his toddyl
A slave to rum in soul and body!
How the guns do crack and roar,
Across the continent.
Over mountain, lake, and moor
The cracking flash is sent;
'Tis followed fast by freedoms thdnder,
And grape-shot knocks its victims under
Filled with stars the bannsr flies,
Unhindered everywhere;
Copied from unclouded skies
Coqueting with the air.
A million throats greet with hosannas
Our clean, cold-water, shining banners.
All hail to the whitest day
In freedoms historyl
Well keep it, unstained for aye,
Sacred to Liberty.
And temperance and peace forever,
Deserving from our army never!
-Georgo W. BunaaM in the Banner.
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A Babe Made Drunk.

A case of shocking depravity was brough1
to light recently, at Youngstown, Ohlo.
John Kirby and his wife were found on me
floor OF their miserable hovel dead drunk,
and their baby, aged three weeks, bestae ae
them, also drunk. The child had been ted
on whisky until it became insensible. Kirby
and his wife were arrested and the child
placed in good hands. A few days previously
the house occupied by the Kirby took fire,
and the baby was rescued from under PED,
where it had been placed by its heartless
parents.
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Iowa Saloons Must Close.

A decision of Importance, and involving
new point under the prohibitory liquor law
Of Iowa, was rendered recently by Judge
Phelps, Of the District Court. Two years
ago a saloon keeper, whose place was en-
ioined as nuisance appealed to the Iowa
Supreme Court and after filing a superse-
deas bond continued the traffic. The injunc-
tion was sustained, and the saloon keeper
again gave bond and carried his case to the
United States Supreme Court, where it Is
not likely to be reached for year or two
vet. Recently proceedings were brought to
have him arrested and fined for contempt Of
court in continuing the illegal traffic not
withstanding the injunction. His defence
was that pending the decision Of the federal
court the injunction did not apply, but the
District Court now decides that the injunc-
ton must stand and that the saloon must
close. The saloon keeper at once closed up
and others will follow suit as they admit
that further resiGtence to the law Is useless.
Saloons Depend Upon Drunkards.
The cost of alcoholic liquor in the United et1
States is $500, 100000 annually. IN looo
there were 20j,9 go liquor dealers ana manu-.
81, COO, 600, 0O0 The saloons could not e4ls1
upon the patronage of moderate drinkers.
The maint, nance Of these places depends
uuon the drunkard In,emperance Is olten
an intangible quantity. The sufferer nm
self is not conscious Of its ravages. Every
morning the police calendar is black WIN ien
the names of men and women arrested tor
drunkenness. The Bureau of Labor OF DOS
ten, after a careful investigation, declares
that e;ghty.four per cent. of all crime Is the
direct dire Or Indirect @ fruit Of alcohol. An stud.
les of American political economy bring the
conclusion that poverty would scarcely e1-
ist were it not for drink.-Prairie Farmer.
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Kentucky distillers have organized trust
to limit the output OF whisky: Now, Will the
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slept, and dreamed that life was beauty !;
woke,-and TO lnd that life was duty.

Preach the Truth in love, but tho whole
truth faithfully, if you wish to build up
strong church.