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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-18

Prof James ID. Dana, LII. D.. Of Yal,
has long been known as one of those stu
dents OF high repute who fud the accoun
in the first chapter OF Genesis OF the ori
gin of the world 10 eu ubsiRniial accord will
the latest conclusions Of Science la th,
July and August numbers Of the Ola nut
New Testament Student he Iosalcs will
great elsborateness his position:
II believe the record TO be divine rec
ord. believe not only the first verse Il
be true, but each verse 10 be worthy OF ia
place in the Bible. would not separate
this verse from its pronounced theism, and
call the next w adapted fable, meaning
thereby that 1t is little worth studying and
interpreting, for | find 10 evidence OF this
in the chapter itself, which has Gods up
probation stamped on each days work,
nor in the events announced when viewed
with the aid OF modern science. II the
narrative m ust be regarded as one of Sc,
eral documents that we're compiled to
make ND the early portion Of the Bible, as
some Biblical scholars hold, ! would still
claim for it place among the earliest and
most extraordinary Of historical records
aud none the less worthy Of study.
The degree Of accordance between sci.
ence and the Bible which has been made
out should satisfy US OF the divine origin
both OF patnre aud the Bible. II one in
origin, they should be in essential barmo
ny, and not upart IN ccsmognic ideas,
aud so they proved to be- TIE events Of
creation recorded in Genesis were known
only to the Creator; aud the stately review
ot the ages making the nt oduction TO the
Bible stands there as the impress Of the
divine hand on the first leaf Of The sacred
book. The leas carries tie history in
sabllme announcements, onward to man; i;
and then man 10 bis relations to bis Maker,
mans duty and destiny, becomes the ab
sorbing themes.
Nature has her words OF hope. For II
myrids Of ages were used 10 perlccting
single sphere in space and fitting it for it,
final purpose, and countless tribes OF sn
nimals lived and died before the series
reached living soul, man has reason TO
believe that this noblest form OF life,
whose likeness to the Eternal one is such
that he is able to interpret and utilize
His laws and fnd deligbt in the beauty
and wisdom Of bis works, will not, after a
few short hours, be bloted out forever.
But the eure word Of prophecy is given
him in the sacred book which came as y
sequel to the volume OF nature to be mans
special gpide TO life and Immortality.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-18

i the general TO bc scen today
Fair, ! think be Is that. sorr. said Corp
Michael
Then ! viii step 10 Il you please
The corporal bowed the visitor into iht
generals alieroom, There was 10 sign OF
Sheridan, bat ihe visint thinkiag that he
bad stepped out fer mofaent aud would
presently reiutn, sa, dosn 10 wait
He visited bali an hour or more, and
then began 70 srow im Inpatient. Finally be
returned 70 the corporal a, the door.
Sec here, corporal, said be, | thought
you told me Gsn. Sheridan was to be seen |!
Aud 80 he i' sorr at Washington said
the corporal 10 matter Of fact way.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-18

When Gen sDcri!su was 10 c0mmsDa
OF the military depsrment OF iLe Boiib
west st Chicago, 40 the story goes. be had
as a sort of door tender and iactoium al
bis Office 10 the cily al ifisn corporal
Who's. faiibinlnrss va, lot 10 be question :
cd. bai wbo had Ssy. ..omeiines trouble
some. Of iskipg everything eIscsiy as u
wn sil.
oae day . ger,Iemsn called q, ID. head
quarters and ssked;
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-18

IL vts . brave act. yopre nsn. ssid the
srsle,ui father With deep feeling At the
peril q your life you rushed into the burn
ing Luiidirg and saved my daughter
How can ever .epsy jour Would cou
pie Of dollars he to mnchf suggested the
brave rescusr.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-18

A tramp whose ieteiieeinal eaiibsf was far
sboys his profession ~ss recently fouad at
Bangor. Ne. His Only baggage xss
small but choice collection oi books. 10
eludlng The Coptessiors Of Jeso Jseqaes.
Rou,sesn. the works ot Bslzle. Damas,
cory Of Shakespeare and the iiisd.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21
A NOISY Fish.

At recent meeting of the Berlin Phys
iological Society Professor Moebius de.
scribed peculiar fish-which he had met
with in Mauritius. While on a visit to
that island last year he observed bright,
blue-colored fish in the waters of the har-
Dor, which, when caught and held in the
hand, emitted from its interior a most
striking noise, like that of drum. A
careful examination of the creature failed
to reveal any obvious movements, with
the exception of one part of the skin ly-
ing just beyond the giIl-slit, which was
in continuous vibration.
The portion of the skin which vibrates
stretches from the clavicle to the bron-
chial arch; it is provided with four large
bony plates and hes over the swim blad-
der, which in this fish, for the most part,
projects out of tho trunk muscles. Be-
hind the claviclc is curiously shaped
long bone, which is attached to the cla-
vicle at one point in such way as to
form lever with two arms. The long
arm of this bony lever is imbedded in the
ventral trunk muscles, and is capable OF
easy movement to and fro. The short
arm slides during this movement over the
rough inner side Of the clav;cle, and gives
rise to q cracking noise. This noise is
then intensified by the swim bladder,
which lies In Close proximity to the short
arm OF the lever, and acts Is resonat0r.
- CiesiRNati EnQuirsr-
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21
Catching Rats with a Pct Snake.

Thomas OxleE, farmer of Lincoln
County, w. Va, who lives near Grifiiths-
vile, has queer pet, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch. It is huge black snake, eight
feet six inches long. The snake has been
an adjunct of the farm for twelve years
and is considered by Mr.. oxley as among
his most valuable possessions.
It stays about the barn summer and
winter, and is the most indefatlgable ex-
Termination of rats, mice and other vermin
ever owned by 0xley.
'sJim, as the snake is called. is per-
fectly tame aud docile, and answers to
his name as promptly as the family dog
or cat. He is fond of being petted by
the family and seems to highly appreci-
ate acts OF kindness. jim casts his coat
at regular intervals Of twelve months and
every one of his suits have been kept by
Mr.. Oxley as curiosities.
The big black fellow never attempts to
harm any living thing except the rodents
about the farm and them he keeps com
pletely exterminated. Mr.. 0xley would
not part with him for large sum Of
mons This, it IS believed, is the only
instance >whlere hugo black snake has
been domestid ted and become useful.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21
Vhy the Dayaks Hunt Heads.

Many Dayak tribes of Australia are
still addicted to head-hunting, prac-,
tice which has made their name motor
ioas, aud which but lately threatened
the destruction of the whole race. 1t is
essentially religious practice-so much
so that no important act in their lives
seems sanctioned unless accompanied by
the offering of one or moro heads. The
child is born under adverse influences
unless the father has presented head or
two to the mother before its birth. The
young man can not become a man and
arm himself with the lnandau, or war;
club, until he has beneaded at least one
victim. The wooer is rejected by the
maiden of his choice unless he can pro.
ducc one head to adorn their new home.
The chief fails to secure recognition un-
til he can exhibit to his subjects "a head
secured by his own hand. No dying
person can enter the kingdom beyond
the grave with honor unless he is acconi-
panied by one or more headless compan-
ions, Every rajah owes to his rank tue
tribute of numerous escort after death.
Popular Science Monthly.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21

lint oacs-O most unhappy day
For you, my brook =s=
Come Cousin Sam along that way;
And, having lived spell out west,
Where creeks aren't counted much at best,
He neither waded. swan, nor leap,
But, with superb Indifference, slept
Across that brook-our mighty broo..I
Why do you scampe- on your way,
You little brook,
When come back to you to-dayl
Is it because you fes the grass
That lunges at you as you pass.
As j., in playful mood, it woull
Tickle the truant if it could,
You chuckiing brook-you saucy brook
Or is it you no longer know.
You tickle brook
The honest friend of long ago3
Theyears that kept US twain apart
Have changed nay face but not my heart
Many and sore those years, and yet
fancied you could not forget
That happy time, my playmate brook
Oh, sing again in artless glee,
Ny little brook.
The song you used to sing for me-
The song that's fingered in my earg
Sosoothingly these many years;
Ny grief shall be forgotten when
! hear your tranquil voice again
And that sweet song, dear little brookl
Eugene Field, en- Chicago News.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21

! An Ohio clergyman surprised his con-
gregation on a recent Sunday by making
the following announcement: "Nearly
every member of this church is either
wealthy or well-to-do, although no one
would think so from an inspection of the
collection plates, which are burdened
principally with nickles. Iwould re-
mind you, brethren, that the collection
plate is not nickel-in-the-slot machine,
and that few bills would come in very
handy in the work of the church."
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21

The number of cattle In Indian Ter
ritory is now found to be only 500, 600
head. This is great falling OF from
former years, and shows, argurs the
Boston Cultioator, that hereafter the con-
sumers of beef must depend on stock fed
with cultivated forage and grain, instead
of relying on tho product of pastures
costing nothing. It will be much better
for all branches Of farming in all parts OF
the country when the decentralization OF
ranching has finally had its day.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21
T exNEE DEEP KNEE DEEpp'

.,y
.Knee deepi knee deep" / am child
! again!
Lhear the cowbells tinkling down the lane
The plaintive whippoorwills, the distant
[ call
! OF quails beyond the hill where night,
hawks fall
From lanbent skies to feldsof golden grain
1 hear the milknaid's song, the c.ankings
chain
OF plowman homeward bound, the lumber
ing vain,
And, down the darkling vale mid rusha
tall,
'.Knee deep! knee deep"
We're all at home-John, Wesley, htth
Jane
Dead long agol-and the Hoy-soldiers twain
+ That sleep by purling stream or old seoaS
wall
In some far-oR and unknown grave-we'rG
all
At home with mother !-heartache gone and
painI
''Knee deep! knee deep?'
Henry j. Stockard, in the Cosnopo'1tGiS1
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21
russian Solder In th country.

10USSA1A <oV10AOAS AA eAk SVN~@ASAJ -
One sees less of the mill AIRY element
in provincial Russia than might have
been expected. There aAe camps at
every good-sized town-a tented field
for in Russia the army goes into camp
all summer. But garrison towns are few
and far apart, and it is only by bearing in
mind the vast extent of Russian territory
that one can come to accept as probable
the numerical claims of its army.
It is curious to see soldiers in uniform
working in the harvest fields ormending
the roads. The pay of the Russian sol
dier is only seventy kopecks month
less than Uncle Sam pays his boys in
blue per day. As an offset, however,
the Russians are permitted to hire out as
laborers or artisans-anything they can
find to do. In the cities the soldiers OF
the garrison usually have the preference
over Others as supers in the theatres, and
among them are often found amateur &C.
tors, singers aud musicians of consider
able talent. In the provinces they work
at harvesting, blowing, ditch-digging or
anything the large landed proprietors
can find for them to do.
In every village are young men who
have returned home from their three
years military duty. The Russian peas
ant breads going to the army, but when
he returns is Immediately proud of his SER
vice. He then considers himself far su-
perior to those whom three years before
he would have given an ear to change
places with in order to remain at home.
The secret of exaitatlon is that while in
the barracks he has received very
meagre education and knows thing or
two more than the rusties about him.
The military burden, apart from the
expenses of keeping up the army, seems
to sit lightly enough on the population.
Neither the eldest son nor son on
whom depends the support of his parents
is required to serve. The young man
who can pass a certain examination is re-
/ CURED to se1ve only one year in the reg
ular army as volunteer recruit. Men
York World.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21
rmperiaI nidcs IN China.

Tho Emperor, Empress and Empress
'Dowager of Ghina take daily rides in the
handsomely furnished arat-class carriages
on the little railway round the Nan hal
:lsouthern Sea-, adjoining the new palace
Of the Empress Dowager. No locomotive
Is used. only coolies being employed to
mil and .aasaa1r.II At the Kwenminc Lake
- ~ $500 ..ais o. the late imperial visit
sl,a m Tr,,'sre,s. pt up steam in the little
s 80 ~ lssss but for fear Of an expIo-
s;,'. l,;s - bad to advise him to de-
s sist aud n consequence 4 rowing barge
l IN been oras for his majesty : Ion,
doa EiQzz
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21

Several California papers recently Goa.
tanned matrimonial appeal, signed by
ga young and beautiful Hungarian
maiden, an orphan without means, but
we'll educated and with domestic tendea-
cics, who seeks q companion for life. !"
The answers were to be directed to Paris,
where the young lady was employed as
nurse. Incredible as it may appear
dozen offers from manageable young
'Frisconia1s came over the sea. A lively
correspondence ensued, and finally each
of the wooers received an exquisite pho
tograph and an affirmative answer from
eae>beautiful Hungarian maiden, with a
request that the lover should send the
necesss.ac cash for transatlantic ticket.
The swiudler or the syndicate of swind.
lers nettod 5000 marks in all by the
trick. And now the prospective BRIDE
grooms, among whom are some we'll
known names, dare not whisper their
misery,
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21
&eorPEs.

Apple Cream destard-Bake five ap.
pies and then rerhove cores and skins
beat whites of thk rec eggs to froth, add
apple and beat. {SerVe with boiled Gus.
tard made of ono quart of milk, yolks OF
three eggs, small cup of sugar, quarter
OF cup of tiour4 little salt.
Cream Pie-LSne plate with crust.
stir to cream oie-half cup of sugar and
one tablespoonful of butter, add two
we'll beaten eggs, two tablespoonfuls OF
flour and two CUPS of milk; mix all to.
oether we'll: favor to suit the taste, pour
into the lined nlate and bake like Gus
tard pie.
To Make Raspberry Salad-To
quart of ripe raspberries you need half
pint of red curnadt jelly and a gill of
clear syrup, mad by dissolving gill of
sugar in a sauceAan with tablespoon
full of hot water when melted add the
currant juice; hen cold pour this all
over the raspbe lies, and set on ice till
morning.
Flannel Cake Lone quart of -four,
one gill of corr heal, four eggs, one ia
biespoonful of litter melted in a pint OF
fresh milk, sal to taste, and two tea
spoonfuls of b&iing powder, or half a
pint of sour crg hm and one level tea
spoonful of SOFA. The eggs must be
beaten separately, very light. Bake
quickly, as you would buckwheat cakes.
Apple Shortk{ke Make crust as for
baking powder biscuit; butter n pie tin,
take a piece of the dough sufficient to
press out with the hands to half an inch
in thickness AMI the size of the tin;
place in the tin, Ind spread the top with
| butter; mold oul another similar piece
and lay on the oR os this, and bake.
asart- e s % g sauce, adding
piece Of % as slze Of q ncsG q,
divide the layd spread with butter,
and put the hot apple sauce between.
Serve with sugar and cream, or other
sauce as preferea.
Veal Outlets Steam, the outlets for a
few minutes, Sc as to party cook them,
| then wipe them dry Have ready dish
with finely powdered cracker-dust. In
another dish have four egg yolks, beaten
LIGHT and mixed with two tablespoon
fuls of rich, sweet cream. Season cut
| lets and e4gf nixture with salt and pep
per. Have ready a frying-pan half full
OF boiling lard. Dip the outlets, first
one side andithe1 the other, in the eggs,
and then in the cracker dust, after
which put themln the boiling lard; dc
not distur5 then antii the under side il
brown. then carefully turn, and when'the
other side is brown, remove to a hot
i dish and serve at once while crisp. Do
q not attempt to serve Navy with cut
Il I I.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21

The experiments in the cultivation OF
plants under the electrical light, recently
made by the botanical departure Mt of the
Cornell University, at Ithaca, N. Y,
have given soma curious and interesting
results, and results which are in some re-
spects conirmatory of somewhat similar
experiments not long ago reported from
Russia. The first and most noticeable
effect of the treatment is an enormously
increased rate of growth. The plants
which are lighted seem to work day and
night and to ''run very much to leaf. I"
Vegetables shoot up very quickly, and
peas in few weeks are two or three
times As tall as those planted at the same
time in daylight. In the case of seeds
and fruit of any kind, however, the re-
suits are entirely different, and the plants
which had grown slowly and by daylight
we're ahead. It was observed that in
every instance the reproductive powers
Of tho plars were strongly affected, being
9sacrifcsd to mere foliage and rapidtg Of
sincrease n general size.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21

The american Agricuturist notes that
TWENTY-FIVE separate agricultural insti-
tutions in Great Britain receive Govern
ment aid for the purpose Of assisting in
providing general agricultural teaching,
special practical instruction. in dairy
work, lectures on forestry, and the car.
Iryinz on of agricultural experimeb BITS.
Isontl hlOnsrscefves FthispuFps- an
nnnl Government grant Of nearly $1,000,
distributed among eleven institutions, of
which the University of Edinburg re-
ceceives the largest appropriation, of
$4,000. This looks picayunish to Ameri-
cans, for most of our States giye more
for such purposes. F" - i .':ss.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21

The Chicago Herald says that "Florida
and California arc each making q strong
bid for winter visitors by sending out
cars filled with tropical and seni-tropical
fruits attractively displayed. There is 8
car of this kind known as FLORIDA on
Wheels which made the tour of the
Eastern resorts and did good missionary
work during the summer months. A
train of cars known as California on
Wheels and containing superb exhibit
of fruits, is now en- route for the East foI
the purpose of booming Southern Cali
fornia as o winter resort, and will un'
doubtedly influence many people to cross
the continent the coming winter"
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21

| Switzerland keeps the 60Oth birthday
of her Confederation next year. In 1891
the ssForest Cantons"-Uri, SchYYz ana
observation-disclosures the On hgue for
mutual support and against
fhe House of HaHs6 ed to
the fouss sederatina.
The chic sss.,esato DO held at
BrHplRAecH, ID Lake OF Lucerne, the
spot whereSwiss Independence was de-
clared formally some years later.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21
SELECT sIFTINGs.

The Mexicans eat salt with Their
oranges,
In Turkey, at the present day, the
mourning hue is violet.
One of the highest students at Cam
bridge (EngIand) University is blind.
The music kept up at Irish wakes used
to be for the purpose of driving away
evil spirits.
Mrs, Maggie Ellis, of Chattanooga,
Tenn, has given birth to the smallest
child on record. It weighs thisty-one
ounces.
Arctic whalebone sold recently in New
York at S. o pound, the highest price
known. The entire available supply il
not above 10, 500 pounds.
Birch bark book covers are something
new. They have slip on the side in
which the name of the book, written on
a bit of card, can be inserted.
For the first time in seventeen years
the island of St. Helena has Governor,
the British, crown having been repre-
sented there since 1873 by acting Gov
ernors.
The poet Browning had marvellous
memory. He could always tell the exact
place of any quotation or fragment OF
quotation referred to him, and was greatly
vexed whenever he heard his own lines
mquoted.
"a rug valued at $4,000 Was bought in
London lately. It was about thirteen
feet square and had about 256 stitches to
the inch. The material was wool combed,
not cut, from the animal, and worth more
than its weight in silk.
When child dies in Greenland tho
natives bury living dog with 1.-THE
dog to be used by the child as guide to
the other world. When questioned about
their strange custom they say: GA dog
can find the way anywhere"
Naval expressions are generally noted
for their peculias aptness and brevity.
There is, however, ono nautical term
which for length almost rivals the long
est Greek expression. 1t is the ''star-
board-foretopmast studding sail-boom-
topping lift-jigger-fall."
There is a coal mine at st. Andre du
Poirier, France, worked with two shafts
of depth of 1852 feet and 3063 feet.
The latter is to be increased to 1000
feet. Contrary to theory, little increase
of temperature has been met vita as the
shafts went farther into the earth.
George Fairbault, chief of the Indian
police at the Standing Rock North Da-
kota) agency, is dead. He was the Dan
lei Boone of Minnesota, and a man of
great influence among the Indians, being
himself quarter breed. He saved the
lives of many whites during the Indian
troubles.
The body of the Queen of Corea, who
died June 4, is still kept in brine, the
process of embalming being unknown to
the people of that far-off land. The
bod will be kept four or five months,
according to the custom Of the country,
and then inferred with much pomp and
ceremony.
In the Middle Ages the Iuckoo was
thought to be god who took the form
of a bird, and it was sac6lege to kill
him. The Romans were less Superstition.
and more practical. They Taught HIM
killed him, and ate him, anS I'D no bird
ness of hesE
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21

People who live in San Francisco con-
graduate themselves that earthquakes are
not altogether Objectionable, since they
prevent the erection of high blocks OF
buildings, which keep air and sunlight
out of the streets.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21

The DrocsrSf Journal figures that ths
daily mileage made in cities of the Uni
ted States by cars supplied with electric
motors il now moro than one hundred
thousand miles and is growing rapidly.
Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21
Tha Ilrnnm .rorn Distriet.

Coles and Douglas Counties, in Hi
nois, produce half of the broon-corn
grown in the United States. The soil OF
these counties, which is strong, quick,
aud rich, is well adapted Cor tho culture
of the brush. Fifty years ago the teri
ritory embraced by the two counties was
a great swamp, full Of large ponds aud
was called ''socKem" land. Just what
sssockem'' means in this connection
nobody seems to know. In later years
the swamps and ponds were drained by
means of large opsE bitches andmi of
drain tile. This drainage left an almost
inexhaustible soil. Brosm-corn il sup
posed TO exhaust soil more than any
vegetable that grows Id that climate, bat
there is field near Bushton, in Coles
County, owned byI. w. Sain, that this
scason produced Its forty-ninth consec-
utive crop of broom-corn. = 0sieags
Nsrs.