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Mental TeIegraDhy.

The most remarkable of mind reading
exploits, known as the wire test, was given
by j. Randolph Brown in the presence Of
large party of congressman and others.
An insulated copper wire was used. One
end of it was held by Brown across his
forehead. The other end was taken pos
session of by a gentleman selected from
the party and stranger to Brown. At a
signal this gentlemen placed the end Of
the wire upon his forehead. He opened
his watch and looked at the number en-
graved upon It, Brown, at the other end
of the wire and with his eyes blindfolded,
wrote the number, figure by figure, upon
blackboard. The test was performed
under such conditions as to make fraud or
trickery impossible.
The gentleman who opened his watch
frankly admitted that he did not know
what the number was until then. The fig
ures were small. He made a mistake in
one figure, thinking six was a five. The
mental telegraph was true to the blunder.
The figures which brown traced upon the
blackboard were exactly as the gentleman
thought he saw them in the watch. There
was absolutely no possibility of communi~
cation between the two men except by the
wire, 1t was u clear case of mind tele-
graphing to mind. Brown has been ex-
perimenting on distances Ex-Governor
James Pollock, of Pennsylvania, held the
wire at Wilmington, Del, not long ago,
while Brown, at the Philadelphia end,
twenty eight miles away, successfully wrote
numbers upon which Pollock fixed his
mind. This wire feat of Browns is far in
advance of anything which has hitherto
been performed in the way of mind read
Washington Cor St. Louis Globe
Democrat
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Effect of Bad Positions.

An erect bodily attitude is of vastly more
Importance to health than most people gen
orally imagine. Crooked bodily positions,
maintained for any length of time, are al
ways injurious, whether in the sitting,
standing or lying posture, whether sleeping
or waking. To sit with the body leaning
forward on the stomach or to one side,
with the heels elevated on level with the
hands, is not only in bad taste, but exceed
ingly detrimental to health; it cramps the
stomach, presses the vital organs, inter-
rupts the free motion of the chest, and en-
feebles the functions of the abdominal and
thoracic organs, and in fact unbalances
the whole muscular system. Many chill
dren become slightly hump-backed or Sc
verely round shouldered by sleeping with
the head raised on a high pillow. When
any person finds it easier to sit or stand or
walk or sleep in a crooked position than a
straight one, he may be sure his muscular
system is deranged, and the more careful
he should be to preserve an upright posi-
tion.-New York Ledger.
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Why Bismarc1k,s Grandson How1ed

An amusing story is current in Berlin re-
lating to the young sons of the German EN-
peror. Bismarck's little grandson was
taken by his mother to a shop where she
was in the habit of buying his clothes ready
made because they are less expensive than
those specially made" On this occasion
the young man set up a loud howl when his
mother indicated that she preferred the
clothes Of her growing boy to be rather
large, so that there would be room for his
"growing into them" "Whatever makes
you behave in this babyish way?" asked
Countess Rantzau, and the reply was:
whenever go to play at the Schloss with
the Crown Prince and Prince Ethel they al
ways laugh at my large clothes, and say
that have to wear out grandpapa's old
trousers. New Haven Palladium, .
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The Twenty Moons of the Solar System.
The solar system has twenty moons Of
these the earth boasts but one, Latin name
Luna; Mars, two, discovered by Aseph
Hall, Aug. 10, 1877, named by him Deimus
and Phobus, at the suggestion of Rev. H.
G. MADAM, of Elton, Mass. Jupiter has
four, all discovered by Calico, who saw
three Of them Jan. Z, 1910, and the fourth
on the 18th of the same month. AS gen
eral rule they are not called by name, but
as 1, 2, and 4, according to their nearness
to the planet around which they revolve,
the names 10, Europa, Ganymede and Cal
isto, proposed by Mayer, having never
come into general use.
Saturn has eight moons, named in order
of their nearness: % Mimas, (2) Enceladus,
(9 Tethys, "a Dione, % Rhea, (0 Titan,
~ Hyperion, (0 Japetus. Titan was dis
covered by Huygens, March 25 1855; Jape-
tus, by Cassini, Oct. Is, 1871; Rhea by Cas-
SIM, Dec. "a, 1872; Tethys and Dione by
Cassini, in March, 1854; Enceladus by Sir
William Herschel Aug 2s, 1889; Minis by
Sir William Herschel, September, 1889, and
Hyperion by Professor Bond, of Cambridge,
Mass, Sept. 16, 1S4S.
Uranus has four satellites, named in order
of nearness as follows: ~ Ariel, (2) UNI
briel, (S) Titania and ~ Oberon. Titania
and Oberon were discovered by Herschel,
Jan. II, 1887, and Umbriel by Otto Strive,
Oct. 8, 1S47; Ariel by Lassell, Sept. IA, 1847.
Neptune, like the earth, has but one moon,
but that one is enough to swell the grand
total of moons in the solar system to twenty.
st. Louis Republic
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New Diving Dress.

A Divers equipment consists of three
parasitic helmet which is of metal; the
breastplate, also of metal, and the dress
proper of waterproof fabric. The man gets
into his dress through the neck opening, as
If it were a sack, and when it has been
pulled up into position water tight joint
is made between the dress and the breast
plate, which is dropped over the mans
head and rests on his chest and shoulders
like tippet The helmet is then screwed
into the neck opening of the breastplate
and the toilet is complete. A new diving
dress has been devised which presents
many points of advantage over the old one.
In the latter there are two water tight
joints, four cover plates and twelve nuts;
in the former there is only one joint and
no loose pieces whatever. Its superiority
in convenience and facility of adjustment
is self eyident-New York Telegram.
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Aprons in Paris.

Would you believe, for instance, that
Paris wears eighteen different styles of
aprons, and never by any chance mixes
these aprons up? Ali thought not. You
might be in Paris many weeks, Swimming
the usual sightseer's ground, and come
away in ignorance of fact of which even
residents of years are surprised to learn
The working classes, you think, are pic
turesque element in the gay throngs fire.
quenting the public squares and gardens,
but, beyond noting the general neatness Of
their attire and the fact that so many wear
aprons, any particularly or uniformity
about the article escapes the tourists OBJ
servation And yet the butcher boy would
as soon be guilty of appropriating the style
of apron his comrade, the green grocer's
apprentice, ties about his waist as he would
of decking himself in the belaced and en-
broidered tablier crossing the generous pro-
portions Of a Champs Elysees nurse.-Wide
Awake
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Only Three Hundred Remained.

Local story tellers spin the following
yarn: IT'S said that party of the towns
people dubbed together and visited New
York city. One evening during ramble
upon the street member of the party be-
came separated from the others. After an
Intellectual search he bethought himself of
the theatre as being the most likely to at
tract his bucolic fellows. He chose the
most pretentious edifice, paid his money
and went in. At the first opportunity, be-
tween the acts, he arose and inquired in
loud voice:
is there man in this hall by the name
of Jones? If SO, will he please stand up?"
One thousand people, as the searcher
afterward related it, Immediately rose to
their feet.
IT mean Mr.. Jones, of South Nashville,
Me-"
Only 300 men were left standing,-Lewis-
ton Journal.
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Josh Billings Philosophy.

Plezzures make folks acquainted with
each other, but it takes trials and grief tew
make them know each other.
1t IL a curious fakt, that the meanest
pashuns ov our heart are the strongest
when we hav grown old, and the best ones
the weakest.
Truth doesn't require the aid ov elegant
and high stepping words tew express its
force or buty; it IL like water-tastes better
out ov wooden bucket than it duz out
ov a golden goblet.
Them folks who are sudden amt apt tew
be solid; lively streams are alwus shallo.
Az we gro older, what we gain in expert
ence we looze in zest.
About the meanest critter thare il now
travelling around loose on the breast ov the
earth il bashful hypokr.te.
Solitude IL the idleness ov natur
A man who hain't got emmy pride IL like
a dog who hain't got emmy strength to his
tail.-New York Weekly
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Photographing a Bullet.

Nothing is too difficult for the expert
menter to attempt-witness the photo
graphs of rifle bullets in motion, obtained
recently by two Austrian officers Scien-
tific journals of high standing considered
this feat SO difficult that at least one of
them Ola Nature, of Paris) refused to be-
ieve that it had been done, even after the
publication of the pictures, and discredited
the conclusions drawn from them by the
officers. Yet on examining the original
photographs (Which were not as large as
ones little finger nail, and so had to be pho
tographed on q larger scale when pub
lished) the editors had to confess that they
were not only genuine, but the results of
wonderful knowledge of photography and
skill in manipulation. The condensed
wave of air in front of the bullet could
plainly be seen, and from its shape inter-
esting deductions can be made as to the
proper shape of rifle bullets.-New York
Saturday Review,
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A Comb on Fire.

A curious accident which happened in
Paris points out possible danger in the
wearing of combs and bracelets of cellu-
loid. A little girl sat down before the fire
to prepare her lessons. Her hair was kept
back by what was called "crop comb"-a
semicircular comb of celluloid. As her
head was bent forward to the fire, this be-
came warm, and suddenly burst into flames.
The child's hair was partly burnt off, and
the skin of the head so injured that several
months after, though the burn was healed,
the cicatrix formed q white patch on which
no hair would grow. The burning point
OF celluloid is about 100 dogs. Fair. and
the comb worn by the girl had attained the
heat as it was held before the fre.-Mon-
treal Star.
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The Value of Experience.

A good story is told of candidate for
the assembly nomination in this county.
He is also an oil producer. About a year
ago man applied to him for contract to
drill well. "Have you ever drilled any
wellsp" asked the oil man. "No," said the
applicant '"Well,' said the oil man, II
must have man of experience"
These two again met, and our oil pro-
Queer, who had never held an Office, asked
the driller to vote for him, "Have you
ever had seat in the legislature?" was the
driller's query. "No," said the candidate.
"Well," said the driller, ''I'm going to
vote for some man who has had expert
ence. "-Venango Spectator.
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THE SEA.
Dawn is dim on the dark soft water,

Dawn is dim on the dark soft water,
Soft and passionate, dark and sweet;
Loves own self was the deep seas daughter,
Fair and fiawlcss from face to feet;
Hailed OF all when the world was golden,
Loved of lovers whose names beholden
Thrill mems eyes as with light of olden
Days more glad than their flight was fleet.
50 they sang; but for fnen that love her.
Souls that hear not her word in vain,
Earth beside her and heaven above her
Seem but shadows that wax and wane
Softer than sleeps are the seas caresses,
Kinder than loves that betrays and blesses,
Blither than springs when her Powerful tresses
Shake forth sunlight and shine with rain.
All the strength of the waves that perish
Swelis beneath me and laughs and signs,
Signs for love of the life they cherish,
Laughs to know that it lives and dies:
Dies for joy of its life and lives,
Thrilled with joy that its brief death gives,
Death whose laugh or whose breath forgives
Change that bids it subside and rise.
-Algernon Charles Swinburne in Lady.
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Taking Women Out in Rowboats,

The Fall River accident, which resulted
In the drowning of eight people, was only
what is fairly certain to happen when one
or two men who know nothing about boat
ing pack six or eight women into small
boat and take them out on a rough day. A
few rules might be formulated for the ben
eft of men who know nothing about the
handling of sail or even an oar. Wewould
suggest these: 1. Don't take more than
six women out boating when the water is
rough. O. Don't take six women out when
the water isn't rough. g. Don't take any
women out in either case. 4. Don't go out
yourself. These four "don'ts,' carefully
followed, will prevent great loss Of life. 1t
wouldn't be bad idea to post them up in
a boat house.-Buffalo Express.
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Next door to I. WITT & BRO.

A Safe Investment is one which is guaran-
teed to bring you satisfactory results or in case
of failure return of purchase price. On this safe
plan you can buy from our advertised Druggists
bottle of Dr.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton 1t is guaranteed to bring relief in every
case, when used for any affection of the Throat,
Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption Infamma-
ton of Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping
Cough, Group, ETC. 1t is pleasant and agreeable to
taste, perfectly safe, and can always be depended
upon. Trial Bottles free at Hughs & Bells Drug
store. jan31 ly
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washing Men and Children by Machinery.

One of the latest inventions in sanitation
is machinery for personal washing, A
French colonel ascertained that he could
wash his men with tepid water for a
centime, or one-tenth of a penny head,
soap included. The man undresses, steps
into tray of water, and soaps himself,
when a jet of tepid water is played upon
him. He then dries and dresses himself in
five minutes, against twenty minutes in the
bath, and with five gallons of water against
seventy in the usual bath. In Germany
they have an arrangement under which
half million Of soldiers are regularly
washed. By an adaptation Of apparatus to
the use of schools, a child may be COM
pletely washed in three minutes q Christian
at Work
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Bucklen's Arnica SaIve.

The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter
Chapped Hands, Chilblain, Corns, and all Skin
Efuptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts
action, or money refunded. Price % cents pc
box. For sale by Hughes & Bell Druggists
Jan 81 lyr
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-07-18

Merit WinS.-We desire to say to our citizens
that for years we have been selling Dr. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, Buchlen's Arnica Salve and Electric
Bitters, and have never handled remedies that
sell well, or that have given such universal sat
isfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee them
every time, and we stand ready to refund the
purchase price, if satisfactory results do not fol-
low their use. These remedies have won their
great popularity purely on their merits. Hughes
& Bell, Druggists. jan31 1y
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Canary Rearing Industry.

Germany carries on a large trade in the
export of canaries Every year she sends
no fewer than 10000 of these birds to
America, 5000 to England and about 2, 200
to Russia. The great nursery for the
breeding of canaries is the Hartz noun
tains. Many of the peasants are engaged
in the work of rearing the birds, and re-
ceive wages of from e10 to Eos year for
their trouble, an important addition to
their earnings. Many canaries come also
from the Black Forest, but they do not
fetch such high prices as the Hartz birds,
not being considered such good songsters.
New York Telegram.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-07-18

Three descendants, one son and two
daughters, OF De Quincy, the English
author, are now living, The son is Paul
Frederick de Quincy, sergeant at arms to
the New Zealand parliament, and at one
time brigade major Of the English army in
India -@=------- - --------
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GUPERB LIVERY II desire TO announce 10
y my friends and the public generally, that l
have now one of the most complete and thor
oughly equipped LIVERY STABLES in or out
of Virginia. Fast and stylish teams, single or
double: First-rate saddle-horses; Carriages which
for comfort and elegance cannot be surpassed
with careful and polite drivers, can be secured at
all times, day or night, at reasonab BILE prices.
Baggage delivered called for at any point in the
city, and carefully handled.
am prepared to offer SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS
to travelling men. Horses boarded by the day,
week, or month at reasonable rates, and the very
bes' attention guaranteed.
will give my personal attention and assis-
lance to any one leaving horses at my stable, to
sell them to the best advantage.
Give me call and you shall not go away dis
appointed ALEX. HARTMAN,
marlS Staunton. Va
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r OOK HERE.-COOK'S HOG CHOLERA
IL CURE is recommended to prevent and cure
hog cholera by all who use it. 1t is also splen-
did flesh producer. Address GEO. E. COOK,
Sole Manufactu
Urbana, Frederick County Md
R1-Liberal discount to the trade. may 30-6m*
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-13
safe,y From a Pe.tiI.u,iaI seourr@.

Protection from the disease, not a medicinal
agent which merely checks the paroIysms, is the
grand dc-idcra,um wbereyer The endemic scourge
Of malaria prevails. Qlinine does not afford this
protection. The chief reason why Hosle,ter's
Stomach Bitters has won such immense popular.
ity is, that It prepares the system to resist the ma
larial pest. This it does 10y hfacing and toning
the physical organism; regulating and pro noting
an equal h0w and distribution Of the animal
fluids, and establishing digestion on a sound
basis. Not on'y j. fever and sgue prev ntei, but
the worti pes "fthe disease are conquered by it.
such j. the only conclusion 10 he drawn from the
Overwhelming evidence in its favor. It IS equally
ei eacious m dyspepsia, con ~tipatiun, liver coin-
ilsin, g neral debility and rheumatic complaint
and is a reliable diU'eiie and nervIni.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-13
A Cheap Park Excursion.

From now until September 10Th, the
Northern Pacific Railroad will sell
tickets from Miles City to Livingston
and return flor Park tourists) at one
fare for the round trip. These tickets
have a thirty days return limit but
will not be good later than October
10Th. These tickets are for sale only
10 bona fide Park tourists, and In or.
der to ecure them the purchaser must
at the same time pay for q tourists
park ticket, at either SS5, or $40, the
latter covering the round trip from
Livingston through the Park and all
expenses Of the trip.
&. II. GRIFFITH, Ag't.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-13
Skins on Fire
with Itching, burning, bleeding Eczemas
Instantly Relieved by Cuticurs
Remedies.

Our little son will 10 four years old on the 18th
inst. In Nay, 1885,, he vas attacked with a very
painful breaking out u the skin. We called In .
physician, who treated him for about four weeks,
The child received title or no good from the
treatment, a. the breaking out. supposed by the
physician to be hives In ah aggravated form, be-
came larger in blot ehes and more and more dis.
tiessipg. We we're frequently obliged TO get up
IN The night aud rub him With coda in water,
strong linimsnts, etc. Finally. We cali ed other
PHI ~sicians. until no less than six had attempted
10 cure him. al alike failing, and the child stead
ilv getting worse and worse, until about the Goth
Of last July, when we began 10 give him Cutieura
Resolvent internally, and the Cuiicura and Cuti-
cura Soap externally, and by the last Of August
be wsss nearly well that we gave him only one
dose OF the ResolyeDt abaut every second dsv for
about ten days long =, and he ha, never been
troubled since with tbs horrid malzdy, In all We
used less than one-half Of . bottle Of Cuiicurs Re.
solvent, a little hss than one box OF Cuticnra, and
only one cake OF Cuti ura Soap. II. /. RYAN,
Cayugs. Livingston Co, III.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me, this fourth
day Of 49,. c. y. C0E, J.P.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-13

I produced the world was enriched with
the only perfect laxative known, as 1t
Is the only remedy which is truly
pleasing and refreshing to the taste
and prompt and efIectual to cleanse
the system gently in the spring time
Of 10 fact, at any time, and the better
1t is known the more popular 1t be-
comes,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-13
Through Trains Via Butte,

Commencing Sept. LIST a new train
service will 70 into effect on the
Northern Pacific railroad, whereby
trains 3 and 4 Pacific and Atlantic
limitedl will run through solid be
tween st. Paul and Portland via Lo.
gan. Butte aud Garrison. Short train
service between Logan and Butte viii
connect with trains l and 2 and simi
lar service between Helena and Logar
will connect with trains 8 and 4. vir'
tually giving double train service be-
tween 81. Paul and Minneapolis and
Helena and Butte.
@. X. GRIFFITH, Ag't.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-13
. blast from the big whistle at d

A blast from the big whistle at the
Electric Light station vest rday
morning about slf past nine created
considerable excitment on the ST Gets
for a few moments, 1t being first taken
~ IN alarm Of fire. As II was not fol-
lowed up the next thought was that it
mean some trouble Mt the well, and
on arrival at the spot this was found
b. he the ease. Owing to the rain the
night previous. the walls Of the well
had become water soaked and during
the work of putting in the curbing n
large section of the earth wall became
disiodged and caved in, carrying with
il all the curling on that side and put
ting n stop To the ~eXcavsting. A big
crew Of men were put to work at once
to rer air the damage. This and the
replacing Of the curbing occupied al!
day, but they finally succeeded in
getting things In much better shape
than before the accident and the work
OF e%xcavatin2 will go on rapidly FROM
this time forward.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-13

On Thursday afternoon Red Lodge
wa visited by a heavy snow storm, as
were all other cities In the state Of q
higher altitude than ours. One Miles
City man who was there aiding In
shipping cattle left the scene In disgust
before bis job was finished, not being
used to such ''damnabls weather." an
he termed II.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-13

Miss sa'lie Holt departed on yester'
days east bound train for st. Joseph,
Mo-, where she will attend school for
the coming year. She was acrompan.
led to the depot by her Miles City
school mates, who yer sorry for her
departure, as wss Miss Sallie herself
to leave Miles City and her friends
behind her.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-13
Notice Of Dissolution.

Notice 10 hereby given that the co.
partnership heretofore existing be
tween the undersigned under the firm
name Of Long & Thomas. 10 this day
dissolved by mutual consent. Mr.
Long continues the business and will
collect all bills due the firm and pay
oil debts by them owed.
STEPHEN ID. LONG,
VERNON B. THOMAS.
Dated Miles City, Mont, Aug. Z, 1890