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Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-05-09

FIovince Oh SgueDeC. 4 ne unIOrtunaIeS
have been farmed out to nuns at 800 q
head per year, and the aim seems to
have been to keep them as cheaply as
possible, and with the least possible out
lay for buildings or repairs. While the
most urgent bodily wants of the patients
have been supplied, no attempt has been
made at systematic medical treatment.
BY curious coincidence the only Prot
estant insane asylum in the province
was inaugurated Tuesday by its new
superintendent. For years the govern
ment has been urged to adopt modern
lied treatment of the insane. and last
summer the mother superior was sent
abroad to ascertain If any improvements
could he adopted from similar institu-
tions i'll Europe; but nothing Of value
seems to have resulted from the voyage.
The patients who had fed from the
burning building wandered about aim
lessly clad III scant garments, many Of
them veritable Ophelias in their fantas-
tic dress. When released many of them
wept for JOY and bounded like deer
across the fields TO the woods Patients
of both sexes escaped, and though COR
don of police was formed not all the pa
tients were included, and horribly sug-
gestive ruInors were brought in by peo-
pie who came through the woods to the
scene of the disaster. A new dread has
come upon the inhabitants from the
presence of SO many lunatics, and they
will connt themselves fortunate if they
are not visited by Series of such crimes
as only madlnen can devise.
The death roll is now estimated at
fifty, tIoucl many more are missing. 1t
is feared that seven Tertiary nuns are
burned Three more are missing.
Among the patients who perished is
Sister La Hale, nun of the Sacred
Heart convent at Sault Au Recollete,
who was under treatment at the Tongue
Pointe institution for some months.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-05-09
DEATH DEALING CYCLONE.

Fifteen People Killed and Many Others
Fatally Injured in Hood County.
Texas.
GRANTBuRY, Tex. May About 5
p. NJ, Sunday a destructive cyclone Wis
tied Salr Creek, in the eastern portion of
Hood county. Fifteen people IN all
were killed, four fatally and many 9th
ers seriously injured. About twenty
dwellings were wrecked, Crops We're
entirely DESTROYED.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-05-09
A Family Grave.

When King George was visiting
Mount Edgcumbe he strayed little
from the rest of the party to see mon
ument which had been put up to de
parted pet pig named Cupid, Her
majesty Queen Charlotte called to him
to know what he WAS looking at, and
the king with great GOODNESS replied,
Family grave, Charly family grave.
family grave y" Macmillan's
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-05-09
The Real STATE o; the case.

Our boy of 5 had been promised
trousers aud dog, 10 be given him In
the autumn If ne were good all sum
mer. One day said to his father:
Henry has been very good all this
week." then, ia aside, | added, 81
think it is partially physical" !" This
did not esape him, for he added quick
ly: No, @tishnt, ith partly puppy and
partly panth. y Babyhood,
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-05-09
THE TARIFF DEBATE.
Mr.. Mckinley VIII Open for the Repubii,
cans aud Mr. MiIIs for the Democrats.

Mr.. Mckinley VIII Open for the Republi-
cans aud Mr. Mills fer the Democrats.
WASHINGTON. MAY In the tariff
debate Mr. Mckinley, chairman of the
committee OH ways and means. will open
for the Republicans, and Mr.. Mills will
reply on behalf Of the minority of the
committee. The debate will be closed
fer the Democrats by ex-Speaker Car
Isle. Mr. Mckinley viii make the con-
cluding speech. Besides the speeches of
Mckinley and Mills Wednesday, Bur-
rows and Mcmillan will address the
house if there is time Mr.. Baynes is the
next speaker on the programme, and
Flower will follow him. The other MEM
bers of the committee will follow in
their order, Democrats and Republicans
alternating. Mr.. McKenna has notified
Chairman Mckinley that he will not ad-
dress the house in favor Of his minority
report on sugar during the debate
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-05-09
The rhlla.,elnhia.s Trial Trip.

/ PHGLApELPHn, May THE new
United States cruiser Philadelphia has
left here u have her preliminary trial
trip. 1t is expected she will exceed the
Baltimore's record of 20. knots an hour,
although the guaranteed speed is only 10
knots an herIr ~~'
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-05-09
TO HeImburs% sonth Dakotn.

WASHINGTON, May THE house COM
mittee on territories has reported favor.
ably the bin reiinbursing South Dakots
for the expenses Of the Sioux. Falls con-
stitutional convention of 1885. The SUM
Of $15. .00c Is granted. The bin has al
ready passed the senate
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-05-09
Eesiah,ps Rsscnnes.

LONDON, May 7.--The official state
ment shows the revenues of the United
Kingdom for the year ended arch 81 IN
1890. TO have been s9,304, 1916 pounds,
while the expenditures for tIt same %.
riod were 81. .0s3,314 pounds.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-05-09
THE AGENCY BUSINESS.
Iowa Liquor Dealers Opening UP as tho
Agents of Outside Parties.

IOWA Liquor Dealers opening Up Nv tho
Agents of Outside Parties.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, May 2.-Venders'
of liquors in original packages will soon
become numerous in Iowa. Taking ad-
vantage OF the decision of the United
States supreme court in the case of the
Peoria brewers, dealers are already ne
gotiating for the agency of the products
of outside brewers and distillers, with q
view to handling their goods in this
state. Seven or eight such deals have
already been made in this city and
branch houses will be opened as soon as
the necessary arrangements car, be com
pleted.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-05-09

i. l.. FIsnBAcK, q. A. MATHEWS, II. FtsHrAcK,
ff"Hluehl' v President, Cashier,
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-05-09
THE BRIDGE OF SIZE.
81. Louis Mammoth New Structure
Opened with Imposing Ceremonies.

ST. LoUIs, May 5.-The Merchants
Terminal bridge across the Mississippi
river was opened for traffic amid i'm
posing ceremonies. Mayor Noonan had
declared public half holiday for the
occasion, and the Merchants Exchange,
banks and many wholesale houses
closed at noon. Many thousands of peo-
pie gathered at the scene and lined the
river banks for long distance at each
end of the bridge.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1890-05-09
MINNESOTA. A. o. U. W.
Grand Lodge of the Order In session at
St. Paul. ..

ST. PAUL, May Grand Lodge of
Minnesota. Ancient Order United Work
men, is in it's fourteenth annual session
in the Workinen's hall, in this city. The
session is attended by some l30 dele
gates. The mornings session was de-
voted to hearing reports and the confer
ring of the grand lodge degree upon
about forty members. The increase In
membership for the year was 1875. The
order now numbers 3 1897.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-02-15

Organs and Pianos sold for Cash, Easy Pay
ments, and Rented. Catalogues Tree.
Oct &, 1889 At.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-02-15
The Average NOther-in-law.

There is no femsii woman now sta.
TONED on the buZzum ov this earth who
IL more anxious TO pleszs. and falls
ofrener han the average mother-in-
law.
Her motives are seldum construed
right, and what Y often real good sense
and genuine kindness iz called stick
Ing her noze into things.
ThAre IL no stashuu in life more diff
tikult 10 phil it IL harder to be fust
klass mother in-law and to do the sub
ject justiss than IL IL TO be a wife.
would rather be an old maid than
20 be a mother.in-law, but don't never
,expekt To 5e either.
hav seen mother's-in-law who were
az hard 20 get along with az bunyou ;
but no skOres Ov them who were az
the dew on the mountain grass and az
nice TO hav In the house reddy for us,
as a bottle OF Spslding's glue.
The average mother-iu-law- has mi
sympathy she also haz mi advice, aud
IL IL this,-dnn't liv with yure children
until yu are obliged 10.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-02-15
How Iowa was Carried.

II sat in he door at MONDAY. lonely
and GUM and Sad hrOoding over hs
price OF his corn crop and figuring hog
much he had. He had worked from
early spring ime, early and late and
hard and now be was counting his as
SETS and figuring out his reward. H
figured that IL took two acres 10 buy
his TWO boys new boots and ten acres
more on top Of this TO 6t them ont with
new suits. To buy bis wife a protect
ed dress took one hundred bushels more;
while five acres went in a cold limp
for the carpet on the door. HIS taxes
oats while the interest on bis farm
mortgage took aiI his fattened sbOals,
The shingles for his COW sheds ana The
lumber for his barn had eaten up bis
beef steers and the balance OF his cOrI
So he sat in his door at MONDAY, lone
ly and glum and sore 30 he figured uP
his wealth little less than . was lbs
year before. By gum they say I an
protected, but l know there Is some
thing wrong I'VE been deceived and
gulled and hoodwinked by this hlgt
protection song. They told of re-
beliious traitors and held up the BLOODY
rag and followed along like a pump
kin and now I'm holding the bag. But
from this time on I'll investigate and
frnf IN he hot of apn I'll bE,
81 to begin with that the tariff is tax
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-02-15
The Author OF "Nancy Lee.

There is man living quietly in I.on.
don who is one of the most successful
writer's OF verse set to music that js :,
England TO day, yet be is not very
widely known by name. 1t is Ereser
lex Z. WeaLheIley, and is the author NJ
Nancy Lee" song that has been
sung in every quarter of the globe. And
has brought to the author an amount NJ
fame and money that makes him mar
tlcally independent. Tne song was
written at Oxford in an hour. Ws..
therly had made an appointment for
pupil who he was coaching for tbs
annual commencement. The pupu
failed to keep his appointuen,
and while waiting for him the
p zee came suddenly TO his mind. aud 1t
Was written then and there. One Of
the Strange things about the scug was
that it was in the heydey Of is prpu
larity about the time of the Pr'uc-s.
Alice disaster. Il was being su a-
deck just tefore the vessel went d r.
The fact was printed in al E s.
papers, and The song suff-red feupl-
rary check m Us popularity. Bus sh.aH-
ands of copies OF ir are g0R sold. ay.
only in Great Bri, ain. bot hrgugl
a usiraiia, Canada, and IN fac
wherever he E4g'ish isagu5Fa g.
spoken. NJ. Weather : the surhl
of scores OF other songs fhal ar- nor
well known. He has been writing
songs ever since lie Vas an undergrad
udte, twen y>fge years ago.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-02-15
Quaint Sayings.

News of the season-Neuralgis sDd
PneumSo:s.
After a man has bout on ale he gets
out on bail.
Who kills ali the dead letters? Miss
Direction.
The sick man wants constitutions
anne ndment.
Isn't the man whe paints q fence
hue-er Of wood.
A sewing bee can't sting, but i. dos
lots OF buZziBg.
The man who tore his coat IllpH
rents are increasing.
The chief symtoms of cod 10 :"
head is handkerchief.
A gen lemsuiy fool IS more enddI'.'
than d oOorish sage.
L. doesn't take much OF u IksI'-
TO draw a head on beer.
When schemes are on foot the P''
ticisns are generally on hand.
There 10 said TO be remaIAa''
movement On foot IN some par oi ~
West. 1t IL TO gee back TO Est
Butter says learned vi g.
was unknown to the aucien''
Then some of it cannot be as o'd - -
seems.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-02-15
Germany's Royal Children.

The young Emperor of Germany
William II. has five little bows. Tue
eldest is seven yesrs old. He is the
Crown Prince and the heir TO the throne.
He will some day be Emperor of Ger
many. He is fine, manly little fellow.
Germany is a very military country,
and the Emperor William is such a
thorough soldier that strict military
discipline % the order of the day in the
nurseries of his little people. AS soon
as petticoats are left off the tiny boys
are dressed in baby uniforms, and the
young Crown Prince looks quite like a
little soldier.
When their father visits them in their
own quarters, as l suppose ought to
call such military nursery, the Crown
Prince commands his military brothers
to "fall in." Then Frederick and Al
bert, who are scarcely more than babies,
"fall in" Little Prince Albert is such
a mite that be IL not able to keep his
position for long and he soon trots away
TO his nurse's side. But The Crown
Prince and Prince Frederick stand sIlff
and staIched like real soldiers till their
father returns their salute IN proper
fashion.
When the little Crown Prince was six
years old he was given a bedroom to
himself, instead of sleeping in the nur-
sery with the others. He was very
pleased and said -'Oh that ia nice /.
now l need not be with the children
any more"
In The summer of 1888 all five boys
had a charming holiday with their
hof, in the forest of Thuringis. Their
father was away. A little fort was
built for them in the corner of the gar
dens. with tent and two small cannon.
The three eldest, dressed In officers
uniforms, psraded in front of the fort.
Then while the Crown Prince beat the
drum, an old soldier showed the other
two how TO attack and defend the fort.
Little Prince Augustus William, who
was only a year and half. was DIRE ssed
in white and wore a Tiny helmet. He
| looked on aud clapped his hands. Iu
| Germany every boy, whether be is the
son of the Emperor OF of a peasant. has
seme day to oe q soldier. The Emperor
| is very fond of his five boys. Almost
his first questisl is, when he return.
| home, How are the boys p''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-02-15
What Produces Death.

Some one says that few men die of
age. Almost all persons die OF dlssa-
pointment, personal. mental or bodily
toll or accident. The passions kill men
sometimes even suddenly. The COM
mon expression "chocked with pas
sion. +" has little exageration in it, for
even though not suddenly fatal, strong
passions shorten life. Strong bodied
men often die Young-wesk men live
longer than the strong, for the stIoLg
use their strength and the weak have
none to use. The latter take care of
themselves, the former do not. as it is
with the body, so it is with the mind
ard temper. The strong are apt to
break, or, like the candle. run the
weak burn out.
The inferior animals, which live
temperate lives, have nearly their pre-
scribed term of years. The horse lives
twenty-five years, the or fifteen or
twenty, the hog ten o. twelve. the
rabbit eight, the guinea pig six or seven.
The numbers all bear proportion to the
time the anima. takes to grow its full
size. But map, of all animals, lie oEe
that seldom comes up to the average.
He ought TO live q hundred years, ac-
cording to the physiological law, for
five times twenty are 100 but, instead
of that, he scarcely reaches an average
of four times the growing period.
The reason is obyious-man is not
only the most irregular and most in
temperate, but the most laborious and
hard working of all animals, and there
is reason to believe, though We cannot
tell what sn animal secretly feels, that
more than any other animal. man
eherishes wrath to keep i: warm and
consumes himself with the fire of his
own reflections.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-02-15
A Stove FUSED as a Bed.

In the north of China the climate is
quite cold, and there are no stoves or
fire.places in the wayside inns. In
some or the general IRONS are small
charcoal braSiers. but the bedrooms.
which are very scantily furnished, cons
tain neither stove nor bed. In their
place is a brick platform long enough
for a man to stretch himself at full
length upon and raised foot or two
from the floor. wi h an opening in the
side. Into this aperture the servant
pushes pan of burning Goals, and when
traveller spreads oGt upon them the bed
ding ne has brought with him, and lies
down to rest oG his stove,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-02-15
Life In "Malberry Bend"

1t is upon The Bend" in Mulberry
street, New York, that this Italian
blight has fallen chiefly. 1t is here the
sanitary policeman locates the bulk Of
his -Four Hundred, and the reformer
gives up the task in despair. Where
Mulberry street CROOKS like an elbow.
within hail of the old depravity of the
Five Points, are the miserable homes Of
the ragpickers. The law of kaleidoscopic
change that rules life in the lower strata
OF tnat CRY long since put the
swarthy. stuhted emigrant from south.
ern lay IN exclusive possession OF this
field, jus, as his black-eyed boy has mo>
nopolyz~d the boot-b!ack's trade. and
the Gilman q the laundry. Here is
the back alley in its foulest DEVELOPMENT
naturally enough, for there is scarce
ly lot that has not two, three or four
teuements upon it, swarming with
unwholesome crowds. What squalor and
degradation inhsbiU these dens the
health officers know. Through the long
summer days their carts patrol The
Bend, scattering disinfectants in streets
aud lanes, in sinks and cellars, and hid
den novels where the tramp burrows.
From midnight till far into the small
hours OF the morning the policeman's
laundering rap on closed doors is heard.
with his stern command, "Apri port ~
on his rounds gathering evidence of il
legal overcrowding. The doors are
Opened unwil!insly enough-but the or.
der means business ard the tenant
knows it even il he understands no word
of English. In a room not thirteen fee.
either way slept two men and women,
two or three in hunks set in a sort of
alcove, the rest on the floor. A kero-
sene lamp burned dimly in the fearful
atmosphere. probably to guide other
aud later arrivals TO their beds. for /.
was only just past midnight A baby's
fretful wall came from an adjoining
ballroom, where, in the semi darkness.
three recumbent figures could be made
out.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-02-15
Some Facts About 'sReII,, -

Charley Howard wac ta,ki,,
Burke, the old book store man
evenings ago, when q stranger ,,e.'
from New Orleans slipped up s,vi,,
Mr.. Burke
what will yon give for t,v f,.,
of JEFF Davis's hair P''
"Ah, have plenty of IT. af,s.,..
M. Burke. Quite qusntity.p
Then as the Stranger walked a.
surprised that any one should havs =.
treasure he thought so valuable ".
Burke said
THE truih is n We anything r.f.
hunter wants. have hair rr.p b.
bead Of msuV dis IuRurs1ed mn a,
OF alive. NJ ybe you wbU cnT b-r.--
II, bur one quarter ,he MONEY 49,.
into my house me from The s.i
bai: on George Washing on's ~
"DO you know" Mr.. Burka v.-,
Oh, That the reiic-bnnter Is ths -
gest fool on earth. A1y relic he NJ.
want has no vs:uP. Il is sim,5,
question of how much he is abrs =.
pay. l Can always SIZE a man m -,
be comes in, and am therefore ~.
to hit him just night.
Take battlefield relic" said ",
Burke, after a pause. II 90 hon.
say, and get my wife 10 mark 2 b.I,
dozen pieces OF ribbon as l want j,
Then l pound two bullets together .,5
fasteD to the ribbon. They are bnrls,,
you know, which met 10 midair on ~.
Kipnesaw field. put ore in the sbon
case with the card. and the Others IN g.,
drawer. A relic-hunter buys the only
one. bu. as soon as be is gone the
drawer is opened and another tsk-,
its place, They cost about q dina
and bring in hYe."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-02-15
Can Light HIS Breath.

The strange case OF William Jackson.
whose breath was lDf.mmsble, excited
a great deal of interest in medical and
scientific circles two years ago. At that
time, says a prominent writer, Mr..
Jackson was photographer in Fay
etteville, n. Y. More recently he has
been engaged In this same business in
Middlebury, VT. One evening a. ten
O'Clock he lighted a lamp with a match.
Then with breath OF air sought TO
''blow out the match" Instantly his
breath took fire with a slight explosion.
Jackson gasped with fright. and the
fame of the combustible air entered
his mouth and blistered his tongue. His
lips and face also suffered, and his mus
tache, eyebrows and the hair above his
eyebrows were sIn9ed 10 a marked de-
gree. The man was Al first badly frght>
ened and his wife, WIN was a witness of
occurrence, cresmed with alarm.
After waiting an hour 10 see if there
would be q repetition of the phenome-
non, Jackson went to bed. The next
morning he consulted his physician, DIR.
T. Z. Quinly, who recognized the case
as a singular one, and eng ged the
writer of this article to report 1t for the
medical Journals. The truth of the
reports was at FIRST questioned on all
sides, but, after the matter was thor
oroughly Investigated, It was admitted
that such a case might possibly occur.
Then in 1874 it was learned that an
European medical journal had published
a report of a similar phenomenon, and
DOsty scientific tones were searched,
and one item discoyered that substan-
tiated the present. Then jackson
discovered that he could reproduce the
phen oDmenon almost at will, but as the
experiment sometimes resulted in
unpl. asant burns he would exhibit his
popularity only OF special occasions.
At last medical men fig ured out a theory
TO explain the freak. They came to the
conclusion that it was not the breath
from JacksOn's lungs. but air belched
from his stomach, that would take fire.
The patient had never been a drinking
man, so the gas was not rendered in
fammable by the presence of alcoholic
vapor, but for years he bad suffered
from peculiar kind of dyspepsia. DIR.
William ManIius Smith, professor of
chemistry in the Syracuse Medical
College. after careful study con-
cluded that food in Jackson's stomach
underwent bu.yric acid fermentation,
one of the products of which was car
bureted hydrogen, sometimes called
''marsh gas" the ''fredsmp'' OF mines.
Jackson understood little about chem
istIy and one day be and the W tier
wert TO an old, stsgnant pond and COL
llcted bottle full OF marsh gas"
When lighted il exploded, and burned
precisely as did Jackson's breath. The
gas was collected by holding the bottle
under the surface of the pond, stirring
up the mud in the bottom OF the pond.
and catching in the bottle the bubbles
of gas as they arose. Jackson is about
thirty years old and a genuine Yankee.
He is a bright humorist. and as genial
fellow as one ever has the pleasure of
meeting. He has been a newspaper
man, Indian fighter, photographer and
half dozen other things. He is also
at artist of no mean ability. His wife
was formerly his shcOol-teac her.