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The Grenada gazette., 1889-01-03
HABITS OF GORiLLAa.
Contrary to Common Belief, 1t Il Now
Stated That They Can Not Walk.

Contrary to Common Belief. 1t Il Now
Stated That They Can Not Walk.
There are marked points OF differ
enee between the chimpanzse and gor-
lila, The ears Of chimpailzee are
large, pink and stand out widely fro,ti
the head, but those Of the gorilla are
very small. blaeki and are pressed
against the sides OF the head, like thoss
Of man
The hands II the gorilla are unlike
those of any other known monkey.
The fingers, instead of being free as
far as the palm Of the hand, are united
up to the first khuekls-i Joint, SO that
they can not be spread. The nails, In.
stead Of being long, convex and claw
like, as are those of the chimpanzee.
are comparatively short and fat. iiSt
reaching to the ends Of the fingers,
and much resembling those of mai.
Contrary to former belief, it is now
.claimed that the gorilla car not walk
or even stand on its hind feet, as the
weight of the body is borne entirely by
the outside edges ot the little toes.
When adult, the gorilla occasionally
runs for q few yards Upon its hind feet,
but is obliged To balance itself by hold
ing the hands over the head.
That 1t should fight in the erect posi-
ton, as stated by Du ChAilld; 's rhys-
ically impossible; so with theudrum-
ming. on the breast, of which Du
Chaiilti makes So in.lef.
That the gorilla does make drum
ming noise is true enough, but it pro-
duces the sound by beating a hollow
tree, and hot BY striking its hreast'
The natives are not afraid of 1t, say
ing: "Soko"-another Of its names
'sis man, and hnthinf bad In him. :"
When attacked it mostly bites of tile
mans fingers and lets him 60.
Like the orang-outang, it twists to-
gether branches 6f trees, hnd rssts
upon them. The natives laugh at 1t,
BECAUSE When rain falls heavily the
gorilla never thinks Of creeping under
the platform which it has made, gnt
sits in the rain with its hands on it's
head, allowing the water to stream
frdln the hair OF Its elbows, for, iii;a
all the anthropoid apes, it has the
long hair OF the upper arm pointing
downward from the shoulder to the
elbow, while that Of the lower arm
points upward from the wrist. So
when the ape sits with its hands OH its
head, the hair OF the arm acts MS d
thatch, and shoots the rain off the
body.
According to Doctor Livingstone,
the gorilla sometimes picks up a negro
baby and carries it about The natives
rescue it in rather an ingenious man
ner, They place large bunch Of
bananas in the way OF the gorilla,
which seizcs them with both hands
and lets the baby drop. Had the baby
been one of its own kind, it would
have clung to its nurse. But, being a
human baby, il naturally falls, SO that
the rescuers can drive away the anil
NAL and carry off their prize. - Golden
Dams
The Grenada gazette., 1889-01-03
Progressive College Life.

The process of civilizing American
colleges has gone on gloriously for tho
last three or four years. No ono case
Of fatal hazing has been reported this
fall. The practice is abolished from
nearly all colleges OF high rank, and
for the most part without the Interior
ence OF the trustees or faculties. Tho
Yale Sophomores recently voted
against it, and this will probably
abolish it forever from that institution.
Cane-rushes are sometimes rough, but
they are not brutal, tyrannical and
contemplate. There could be no
worse element of culture for our young
men than to suppose it manly, by
numbers and force, to browbeat and
make sport of harmless stranger.
The contemplate habit, when resist
lnce was offered, led to brutality that
would shame savages. Probably not
,ne OF the leading colleges but has on
It's record at least one hazing that
ended fatally--in palmer English case
II murder. --St. Louis Globe-Dsnocyak
The Grenada gazette., 1889-01-03
COUGHING IN CHURCH.
An Evil Bred of Habit and Apparently
- Thoughtless Imitation.

= - Thoughtless Imitation.
Whoever has attended place OF
worship must have noticed that the
storm of coughing which prevails
therein, and the throat-clearing, which
moves like q rabble of wrong notes
before the church music, are not who'll
ly natural phenomena. They are to q
large extent avoidable evils, bred Of
habit and thoug1itless imitation, and
their very desirable REDUCTION is there
fore by no means hopeless. Even
where n basis of disease unGerlies the
explosion, q little self-controL could
usually do something to lessen its force
or its frequency. The same is OF course
doubly true in the case Of the merely
habitnal cousher. A variety OF medic
inal aids might moreover. be used in
support of such voluntary efforts.
There Is, lastly, the option OF refrain
ing from the use of the voice in wor-
ship should every other means fail to
assure that reasonable degree OF quiet
which is natural and decent in public
worship. Remonstrance or the part
Of the officiating clergymen affords
another possible remedy, and a
preacher must indeed be often tempted
to reprove this form of disturbance as
much in the interest of his hearers rs
himself. Occasionally his judlcious
Interference might be useful. We can
not doubt that it has from time to time
been resorted to. 1t must be remem-
bered, ;. however, that nowhere are tact
and temper so needful as in the pulpit
and that, however easy Of use this cor
rective may appear, it would be un-
wise to establish any set method OF
restraint in a case where so much de-
pends on personal discretion. A no.
tice affixed at each entrance-door
would probably better answer the same
purpose. In one respect, indeed, both
clergymen and their lay assistance are
open to some degree of blame in tho
matter. The arrangements for heat
ing and ventilation are defective in al
most every church. BY seeking out
and amending any evident errors IN
these respects the official members OF
congregation would at least be doing
what they could to abate the coughing
nuisance. Lancet.
The Grenada gazette., 1889-01-03
REST.

Let u rest ourselves q Bit
worrys--wave your hand 10 IT.
Kiss your finger tips; and smile
II farewell u little while,
Weary OF the weary way
We have come from yesterday
Let Fret us not instead,
OF the weary way ahoad.
Let spause and catch our breath
On the hither side Of death,
While we see the tender shoots
OF the grasses-not the roots
While we yet look down-not up
To seek out the buttercup
And the daisy, where they wave
Ger the green home OF tho grave.
Let us launch us smoothly on
Listiess billows OF the lawn, r....-
And drift ont across the main
or our childish dreams again.
Voyage of, beneath the trees,
Ger the fields enchanted seas
Where the lilies are our sails,
And our seagulls, nicbtingalos.
Where no wilder storm shall beat,
Than the wind that waves the wheat,
And no tempests burst above
The old laughs we used TO love.
Lose all troubles-gain release,
Languor and exceeding peace,
Cruising idly DER the vast
Calm midocean Of the past
Let as rest ourselves bit
Worrys- wave your hand to IT.
Kiss you finger tips and smile
1t farewell alittle while.
lanes 'Ihacom5 Ril.h in Home Klqcz'h-.
The Grenada gazette., 1889-01-03
". r. PAYNE,
! Editor and Proprietor.
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
Recent Discoveries and Experiments Of
General Interest.

Recent Discoveries ana experiments "
General Interest.
Eastern wood workers are using
naphthaline as wood preservative.
II ID said to be very effective leaving
the wood dry and with only faint
aromatic smell.
A Swedish scientist claims to have
discovered the secret of petrifying
wood by artificial processes. He thinks
it will be possible ere long to construct
eaifees OF wood and convert them into
stone. As il takes three months and
costs about five hundred dollars to
petrify block OF wood OF the dimen-
sions OF one cubic inch it rill probably
be some time before his process will
be generally adopted. !!
A novel method of locating a leak in
a water main has been employed at
Rochester, N. Y, with entire success.
The break In the main was known to
be between the banks of the river. A
solution of bi-permanganate of potash
was introduced at a hydrant on the
side of the river nearest the reservoir,
aud observers were stationed on the
river along the line Of the main. A
deep redish-purplc discoloration OF
river water at one point soon made
the exact location OF the leak apparent
A mechanical engineer, writing
about betting materials, advises ma
chintsts to select belts Of a light color
IN preference to others. "The best
betting" he writes, "has an unmis-
taxable tisht-buff color, which indi-
Gates that it is not Ouly all oais-tanned.
but that the leather has been thor
oughly washed by the currier to re-
move all matter except the fiber. The
light-buff color also indicates that
only the best quality of greases have
been used; if the latter are OF inferior
quality they darken and impair tho
leather"
One Of the troublesome questions
which architects have never been able
to settle is the placing of permanent
foundations under large buildings. The
latest experiment tried in this city, ac-
eording to the Amfricdn Architect, is to
cover--before commencing the foot
inSs-the entire area of the excaVrd q
tion VI the bgi,dinr~ -
stratum osy,QnTIlS
depth Of thlss n Asu Az
and its object Is to strengthen tlfo =.
that the sentlement may be reduced
to minimum. Chicago NeWs.
The Grenada gazette., 1889-01-03

Young Mr.. Bummer-'My dear.
didn't you enjoy my letters while was
awayP ] Aatter myself that / write
spicy letters" Mrs. Bummer--"Ycs,
! should sayyou carried your letters
in the same pocket with your cloves
for about three days before mailing
them. "--Baylinaton Fsse Press,
The Grenada gazette., 1889-01-03

G. J. Austin d CO. hsvs . very
large stock Of misses and chIldreno
Double.Knss Stockings, The bef'
manufactured, n astonishingiy lou
usiaaA
The Grenada gazette., 1889-01-03

Mick" according to the New
York Sun, is a corruption Of Mike, in
its turn nickname for Michael. A
'.mick" is a rowdy, q tough; we pre-
sumo the name was first applied
by some man, who, having in mind a
particular ne'er-do-well Michael, lik-
ened his new acquaintance to him,
calling him "a regular Mick"
The Grenada gazette., 1889-01-03

A Scotch lassie objected to her
lovers smoking, and said TO him:
"Choose between your cigar and me. :"
He promptly chose the weed, and the
girl sued him for breach Of promise.
The court held that by offering the al.
tentative she was responsible for the
broken engagement.
The Grenada gazette., 1889-01-03

--Vocalists are not always oppressed
with care, but the well-known tenor
frequently looks upon his solo ~
C.rious undertaking,
The Grenada gazette., 1889-01-03

0Passngsss sAosl1 pusshass 1sstets w
tins linsi n u snphaticaily ~ most attrss'
tive route u Tie 1outA to-day.
The Grenada gazette., 1889-01-03

The Equipment and Physical Condition q
the line ars Arst-class In every particulas'
psvmItting high rate Of speed and insnrins
the comfort and safety Of passengers
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-12
MILITARY NOTES.
Emmet Guards ction-Necessity of a
-. General ArmOry.

Emmet Guards Inspection Necessity of a
General Armory.
The Emmett Guards are called to assem-.
ble at their armory on Saturday evening
for inspection. The company has been
drilling regularly every Monday evening at
Turner Hall and keeping up it's efficiency.
The ball OF the Parnell Rifles on We'd
nesday evening at Miners Union Hall was
attended by about eighty couples, who
passed a very pleasant evening dancing to
the strains OF the Emmett Guard band until
after o'clock yesterday morning. 1t was
pronounced by those who were there the
pleasantest affair OF the kind they lad at
tended for lone time. The company has
not been drilling regularly OF late. owing
to the impossibility OF procuring hall to
drill in.
In this connection it may be stated that
the want of an armory where
all the companies could drill on designated
evenings is a want frequently expressed by
members OF the local militia. Since the
major part of Turner hall was given up to
Manager Mcguire for theater after the
burning of the opera house, the companies
have been put to considerable straits for
room to maneuver in. There are enough
of them to warrant the erection OF an
armory with separate quarters Tor each
company and plenty OF space for regimen
tai drill il necessary.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-12
IN ADROIT SCHEME.
How Jones Raised $25 Draft to $12 $500,
and Got 1t Cashed by Helena Bank.

How Jones Raised $25 Draft to $12, 500,
and Got 1t Cashed by Helena Bank.
A man who gave the name OF Jones, al.
tered $25 draft to $4,000 at the First
National Bank in Helena, January I'd.
Last November he was in Helena, and did
business with the bank, placing his sigma
ture on the books. New Years day he
returned, fell in with a real estate man, and
intimated that he was on the lookout for
a residence, as his mother lived in Butte,
and she wishd to remove to Helena.
The Herald" says that January 3,
Jones aud the real estate man went to the
First National bank where Jones intro.
duced himself. He said to avoid the
trouble of Identification he had taken the
precaution to have his banker in Butte
send over his signature to the First
National, which he said would also be
found on the register in the bank, as he
had done &c me business here in November.
The officers said they had received the sig
nature from Butte and that it Tailed
with the autograph on their register.
Mr.. Jones then presented draft for 50 500
on the Traders National Bank of Spokane
Falls. He explained to the cashier that he
desired to leave 5000 in the bank to pay
for the lot he had purchased, and would
turn over the money on the presentation
of the deed next day, and also retain the
deed until he called for it. This the obligDg
officials agreed to aud cashed the draft,
ing the balance for the lot. Jones then left
the bank and soon after left town. The
next day the real estate man called at the
bank, turned over the deed to the lot and
received his 5000, the deed being placed in
the vault to await the return OF Mr.. Jones.
But Mr.. Jones has not returned as yet.
On Thursday the First National received
adv, ce from the Traders Bank at Spokane
that the draft paid Jones had been raised
from $25 to $4,000. This gave Mr.. Jones'
scheme away, and the officers were at once
put on his track. A man has been arrested
at Winnipeg, answering his description
and having in his possession q 81 900 b II.
As Jones took bill OF tnis denomination
from the First National, it is thought the
right man has been caught.
Jones represented himself to be a logging
contractor in the Ceur d'Alenes and the
draft he raised was from the bank OF
Wardner upon the Traders bank at Spo.
kane Falls. 1t is since learned that only q
short time ago Jones played similar trick
on another bank at tfat place, the Bank
OF Spokane, getting cashed draft which
he had raised from SIS to $1,5OO. He
worked his game in Helena so adroitly that
the bank officers were at first inclined to
think that he had himself been victimized
and that some other person had raised the
draft, but in the light Of subsequent de-
velopments the guilt is firmly fastened up
on Jones.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-12
PI3TSBURG'S DISASTER.

Buildings Blown Down and Many Peo-
pie Killed and Injured-A Dreadful
Storm.
PITrsBuRG, January 9.-This city was
visited by terrible wind and rain storm,
this afternoon, during which large build
ing on Diamond street collapsed, kill
ing many persons, and iniuring many
others.
The building fell with an awful crash,
which was heard many squares. The force
OF the fall was so great that the rear walls
OF two other buildings, those of Rsa Bros.
and ]. r. Wilder & Co., were crushed as if
they had been made of paper, and their
front walls fell upon Wood street, burying
and horribly mangling several people,
among them two girls and boy, and
an unknown man. A barber shop
in the rear was almost demolished, and it's
six occupants buried in the ruins. The
top story in the rear OF Eichbaum's build
ing ON Fifth avenue was also knocked in,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-12
A DISASTER At SUNBURY.
Smoke Stacks Blown Over, Crushing the
Life Out of workmen.

Smoke Stacks Blown Oyer, Crushing the
Life Out of Workmen.
SUNBURY, Pa, January "a terrible &C.
cideDt occurred in this city this evening.
A rain and wind storm came up suddenly,
and blew over one of the stacks of the Sun
bury nail mill. The mill is situated be-
tween the Reading and Pennsylvania rail-
road; it is pudding mill having six fur.
naces. ...
Stack No. 2 was thrown over on the
room, and dropping with it was stack No. 8.
They crashed through the room, completely
demolishing the pudding department oi
the mill.
Thirty five men were employed in this
department, and half OF them were buried
in the debris.
A fire alarm was sounded, and soon hun.
dreds surrounded the mill. Men we're car.
ried out half naked, and men are at work
yet, as it is supposed several Others are
in the ruins.
&C. Showers and an unknown man have
been taken out dead. The wounded SO lar
recovered number nine, aid a number OF
other employees are missing. Several oi
the wounded cannot recover.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-12
To Save Costs.

The fall of snow that occurred yesterday
must have gladdened the hearts OF team.
sters and livery men as the snow has be-
come worn away in 30 many places that
wheeling was resumed by many as the m ost
desirable. After the change has once been
made from wheeling to sleighing, everyone
wants to continue the latter to the end OF
the winter. The additional covering o
snow added yesterday therefore comes ia
the nick OF time.
But hous. holders and storekeepers are
reminded OF the ordinance requiring them
to remove the snow from their sidewalks
az soon as possible after a snowfall, and in
order to save costs, as the City Marshal
intends to act with vigilance, they are ad-
vise1 to see that it is removed today be .
fore he gets around.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-12
Two Prize Fights on Wednesday.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 1O.-Light.
weights Mulholland, champion OF Austria.
liza, and Billy Mahan, champion OF the
Pacific Coast, met at the Golden Gate
Athletic club, last,night. The fight was the
longest held on the coast. At $50 this
morning, at the end of the eighty.eighth
round, the fight was declared draw.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, January 1O.-Mervin
Thompson Of Cleveland and Bert Schiller
fought fierce fight of twenty-eight rounds,
London prizs-ring rules, near here yester.
day. Both were fearfully battered up.
Thompson really whipped Schiller, but the
fight was given the latter on a foul,
Thompson having struck him while ON his
knee in the twenty eighth round.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-12
HOW CONTROL WEAVER?
Extreme Measures Talked of but the Ex-
ecution too Arbitrary.

Extreme Measures Talked of but the Ex-
ecution too Arbitrary.
WASHINGTON, January TO- Regarding
the deadlock in the House over Weayer's
persistent efforts to force consideration
OF the Oklahoma bill, the Democrats be-
lieve it would be useless for them to disci-
pine Weaver by means OF q caucus as he
refused to obey the edict OF the last one.
One Democratic member significantly re-
marked that the House would not brook
Weaver's action many days longer, but
that. if necessary, a resolution OF expul-
sion would be brought in.
Such an extreme measure, however, is
hardly to be expected, especially as Weaver
is merely exercising the right which the
rules accord to him. Some OF the Repub-
lican members contend that the speaker
should decline to recognize Weaver or to
make his filibustering motions. They.
claim that, although such action of the
spea ker would be in the nature OF a despotic
exercise of power, it would be justified by
the present exigency, and would be in
with precedents see by other
speakers.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-12

/ Nh0 Dead, wounded and missing 81
Pitfsburg and Reading Probably
Fifty Fatalities at the Latter Place
The Storm Goes of to Sea After just
Tonching New York City.
PITFsBURG, January 10.-The search for
victims in the ruins wrought by yester-
Iday's storm was prosecuted all night,
and will be vigorously continued until the
debris is cleared away. This will proba-
bly, take several days, and the exact num-
Der OF victims will not be known until the
work is completed.
This morning the mangled remains of
John Rogerson and Thomas Jones, brick
layers, were found under one OF the walls
|of the Weldin building. Joseph tiehring.
aged 16 years, who was rescued last night,
died This morning. The death.list now
foots up to II, the wounded to 35, and the
missing 8, and there are number of
wounded in critical condition. whose
deaths are momentarily expected.
There are all kinds OF rumors in regard
to the number still in the ruins. One OF
the men working on building yesterday
said he was certain that there are at least
twelve more. This is believed to be too
high, and that eight are still buried in the
debris. There is no hope OF any now in the
ruins being alive, 30 that it is sale to say
the death list will exceed score.
The morgae was besieged with callers all
day. Many heart-rending scenes are
enacted as the visitors discover in the
bruised and distorned features OF the dead
the well-kuown faces OF loved ones.
MANY BODIES STILL IN THE WRECK.
The officials are satisfied that at least
twenty persons are still in the wreck.
Many eye-witnesses state that they are
positive that when the first shock occurred
8 number Of persons " ere in the alley back
OF the Weldin ami adjacent stores. II
have no doubt" said Coroner Mcdowell,
"that twenty-five or thirty more people |
lie buried in the ruins. Several persons,
am informed, saw large crowd OF men
run into the alley, which was filled the |
next moment with debris twenty-five feet
Deep"
At l O'Clock this afternoon, the list of
dead was increased to IA. The names |
are: Thomas Jones, John Hill, colored,
James McGough, George Mason, Charles |
Fitch, John 8. Rogerson Samuel Strirger,
Joseph Goehreng, Thomas Mckee, John |
Donnelly, Richard Carroll, Leonard
Samuel Brown. Jr., DR.. James
l.. Read, Willie Goetman.' The bodies OF
the five last named have not been re-
covered, but it is known positively that
they are in the ruins.
TOUR OF THE HOSPITALS
this morning, found all the wounded doing |
well, except William Springer, Bernard
0'Connor, colored, Michael Ryan, Thomas |
Lemon, Ernest Rhinehart and Alfred Lam |
bert, who are in critical condition. The |
bodies OF Samuel Brown, Jr., and an un- |
known man were found this afternoon.
MORE BODIES FOUND IN THE RUINS.
PlTrsBURG, January 11.-At midnight |
the 18th body. that of Charles McKowen,
vas found in the rear OF the Weldin store.
It is thought the remaining bodies will be
before morning.
PIrTsBURG, January 1.-Two more |
bodies were found in the ruins at 1:30 this |
morning.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-12
FAMINE IN DAKOTA.
Many Families Destitute-They are Said to
| be Living on Green Wheat Porridge.

Many Families Destitute-They are Said to
be Living on Green Wheat Porridge.
FARGO, Dakota, January 10.-A letter
from Rev. c. W. Riches, OF Park River,
Dakota, conveys the first authentic infor-
nation OF the extreme suffering and priva-
ton among the Norwegian settlers in the
western part of Walsh county.
About seventy families are in about as
destitute circumstances as it is possible for
human beings to be and still exist. Many
were found with barely enough clothing to
cover their nakedness, and that of the
ti.inest material. Shoes were almost un-
known. These farmers have lived on their
little capital until nothing remained.
Most OF them have been living on kind
of porridge made by cooking frozen green
wheat and oats. One family had no; seen
any flour for six weeks. Nearly all were en-
tirely out OF -four. The people have been
dividing with each other their potatoes
until now they are gone too.