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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-07
One Pure Baking Powder.
Like Telling a Secret.

A story is told and it IL a true story that over seventy
per cent of all the baking powders sold contain either alum
or ammonia, and many of these powders contain both. The
i'll effects upon the system of food raised by alum or ammo
mia powders are the more dangerous because of their insidious
character. 1t would be less dangerous for the people were it
fatal at once, for then such food would be avoided, but their
baneful action because imperceptible at first and slow in its
advances, is no less certain.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is declared by all
authorities as free from alum, ammonia or any other adul-
terant. It's purity has never been questioned, and while it
does finer and better work, it costs nc more at retail than
many Of the adulterated powders.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-07
"wednesday, ostob-r 7, 1891.

IYsTEAD II being alarmed at toe
prospect Of the Northern Pacific road
making a "cut-oft" from DIck'ns m to
Powder river, aud thus shutting out
Glendive, the Independent, published
at that place, IL urging n ''cut-off }"
that will make an air line from Glen
dive to Great Falls. and save one hum
dred and forty-seven miles travel and
the heavy grades at Livingston. A
glanc- at the map will show that
wilder schemes than this have been
suggested.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-07
fn. Bargain was Not Closed.

He that will not when he may is
likely 10 repent his indecision for many
a long day afterward. a lady who had
spent a weary hour in beating down"
the salesman at a Turkish shop in
Paris. returned the next day prepared
TO purchase. Il believe you said TWEEN
ty francs, she began. taking out her
purse. Ninety, madameI" answered
the smiling Turk. But you came
down to twenty" 'Ah, that was yes
serday. madame! Everything goes up
again in the nightr'-Youth's CoInpan-
ion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-07

and then stop.
THERE" said grandma, I'm N of its
active intervals, IT think it's all right
now"
"Oh. no. indeed" said Charlie. 1T
will stop in another minute"
Il don't know about that It's tick.
ing"
eyes. nut you a tell by the sound
that something is the matter. Thu
isn'ta good, healthy tick. It's only =
nrt of q hectic. - Youths Compenion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-07
French Theaters

Almost everywhere IN France the
principal theatre of the town belongs
70 the municipal council, which partly
pecoups itself for the capital sunk by
the rents charged to the temporary
IesseeG The object, however, Of :
French town council is not 10 make q
profit out Of its theater business, but to
provide the ratepayes with a hand
some, commodious building where
they can go to . a play without fear
Of being sti1ed, and which they en-
point out to strangers with some 4ed
ing Of civic prde.-Rxchanga
Inquiry into the subject Of explosions
b mines being caused by dry coal dust
has led to some very valuable experf
ments and plans for clearing the gallo
hes of foul air. One Of these consists
IN moving open water butts through
the affected localities. The coal smut
collects IN the water, and the air Il
thereby cleared before the danger hmb
3 reached
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-07

7. was a cheap little clock. warranted
to run three years, but it actually did
keep on for six, and then, n morn
ing. suddenly refused to do its duty
longer. Z was wound. shaken and
then given up in despair.
Another series of efforts disclosed the
fact that il would start for a moment
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-07

LocketA which n just now 30 fash
tonable as adjuncts to the chatelaine
neck and watch chains. are out IN an
Infinite variety of patterns, and assume
round. square and Oblong shapes
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-07
A SLOW Train.

Brakeman-Passenge is not allowed
IN tn platforms, sir. when the train d
b motion.
4 Passenger-Beg pardon. 1 viii go
In. ! did not notice that the train W.
IN not.ca New YORK Weekly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-07

One Of the mechanical curiosities Of
the gramophone e the fact that the
esched record itseA Is the screw which
propsh the diaphragm from periphery
- canteE
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-07
TlH COLLEGE Of MONTANA.

FACULTY Or 10 PROFESSORS AND TEACHERS.
Five Distinct Departments, viz;
The Academy The College The School Of MineS
The Conservatory Of Music and Art and the
Commercial Department. including stenography
and ~Typawriting. Building new and ample Steam
neat. hath rooms with hot and cold water service
throughout. Both sexes admitted on equal terms
sE- For Catalogue and information apply -
RsV.D.I NCMILLAE.D D Pres. DHeTLOtge, Mon
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12
Action of Hot and Cold Water.

1t is somewhat surprising that cold
water and hot water should differ SO
radically in effect upon corpulent. peo-
pie. The former certainly favors their
complaint. 1t is we'll known fact
that beer is fattening, but it owes such
action almost entirely, if not absolutely,
to the water. Here it is interesting to
note the experiment of German ply
stefan. For four years he drank two
gallons of beer daily, and increased his
weight seventy-eight pounds. On stop
ping the beer he lost fourteen pounds
in seven days. In corpulent people the
fattening effect of cold water is always
greater if it is INDUCED in freely with
the meals or shortly after them.
A probable explanation is that by
distending the stomach and diluting
the digestive fluids it retards digestion,
which process, as already said, is sell
dom, if ever, as active as it ought to be
in corpulent subjects. Hot water, on
the other hand, stimulates digestion,
and at the same time promotes a freer
action of the liver, kidneys and bowels.
Beyond this it favors the elimination of
waste through the pores of the skim
Boston Herald.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12
The Tower of Babel.

Only two out of the eight stories OF
the tower of Babel are left standing,
but they rise to such an elevation as to
be distinctly visible within radius of
fifty miles. The base of the tower oc-
cupies a space of 2,100 square feet.
The bricks used in its erection are COW
cred with cuneiform characters i'm
printed on the soft clay.
The pitch, or bitumen, which was
used in the place of cement, was OBJ
tanned from spring, still to be seen in
the neighborhood of the tower. A mis-
sionary of the Order of the Carmelites
has recently erected on the summit of
this ancient structure a statue of the
Virgo Victrix" Victorious Virgin,
which had been blessed by the late
Pope Plus TX. The ceremony of I'M
yelling was performed with due sol
emnnity, a large number of Moham-
medans being present.-L'Orient.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12
A Story of Jefferson.

When Jefferson returned from his
triumphal engagement in London a
number of New York swells determined
to honor the actor who had made Sc
great a stir in England. Accordingly q
splendid dinner was given to Jefferson,
and all the conspicuous representatives
of Gotham swelldom were there. 1t
befel that on the very morning of the
day when this great banquet was served
Jefferson's son Tom married a very
pretty and estimable girl who had been
a member of one of the spectacular bal.
let's. So, during the banquet one OF
the guests "a very swell personageD re-
ferred to a newspaper item in which
Toms prospective wedding was men
toned.
Eyes, it is true" said Mr.. Jefferson.
TON was married today"
"But it is not true, I suppose, that he
married ballet girl9" inquired the aris-
tocratic person.
eyes, it is true" answered Mr.. Jeffer-
son, laconically.
"Ah, l did not suppose you would
allow your son to marry ballet girl, p"
said the other.
"And why notg" asked Mr.. Jefferson.
''His mother was a ballet grill"
The aristocratic party lapsed into a
vociferous silence at once.-Eugene
Field in Chicago News.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12

The Heat Of Deep Mines Due to the
Molten Core OF tho Earth.

The Hest Of Deep Mines Due to the
Molten Core OF tho Earth.
The workmen in the deepest mines
of Europe swelter in almost intolerable
heat, and yet they have never pene-
trated over one n-thousandth part
of the distance from the surface to the
center of the earth. In the lower
levels OF the Comstock mines the men
fought scalding water, and could labor
only three or four hours at time until
the Sutro tunnel pierced the mines and
drew of some of the terrible heat.
which had stood at 100 degs.
The deepest boring ever made, that
at Sperenberg, near Berlin, penetrates
only 4,172 feet, about 900 feet deeper
than the famous artesian well at St.
Louis. While borings and mines re-
veal to us only few secrets relating
solely to the temperature and constitu-
ton OF the earth for few thousand
feet below the surface, we are able, by
means of volcanoes, to form some no
ton OF what is going on at greater
depths.
There have been many theories about
the causes of volcanoes but it is now
generally held that though they are
produced by the intense heat of the in
terror Of the earth. they are not directly
connected with the molten mass that
lies many miles below the immediate
sources of volcanic energy.
Everybody knows that many rocks
are formed on the floor of the ocean,
and it has been found that twentieth
to seventh of their weight is made up
of imprisoned water. Now, these rocks
are buried in time under everything
strata, which serve as blanket to keep
in the enormous heat of the interior.
This heat turns the water into super
heated steam, which melts the hardest
rocks, and when the steam finds fis-
sure in the strata above it breaks
through to the surface with terrific
energy, and we have q volcano.
We find that these outpourings that
have lain for countless ages many thou
sands of feet below the surface are
well adapted to serve the purposes of
man. Many vineyard flourishes on
the volcanic ashes from Vesuvius, and
volcanic mud has clothed the hills of
New Zealand with fine forests and its
plains with luxurious verdure. The
most wonderful display of the results
of volcanic energy is seen in the north
western corner of our own land, q re-
gion of lofty forests and of great fertil-
ity.-Goldthwaite's Geographical Mag
azine.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12
Better Pork Than Pianists.

Although Liszt's is one of the gen.
tlest memories the world has ever
known, 10 could be severe at times.
On one occasion a young man from
Kassan, in Hungary, town famous
for its hams, applied to List with a
view of taking lessons from him. AS
was usual with him at such times, he
invited the young man to take a seat
at the piano and play something.
When he had finished the piece he
waited for several moments to allow
the able an opportunity of pronounc-
ing judgment on his playing. At last
the master, noticing that the young
man was waiting for him to speak,
asked him, where he was born and
where he lived TN Kassan," replied
the youth, with pardonable pride.
''Well,p returned List, II can only say
that / prefer the Kassan hams to Kas.
san piano players. -Etelka Illofsky in
Ladies' Home Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12
Worth It's Weight in Gold.

In China there is a root called Khe-
ki-ye, which often sells for from twenty
to one hundred times it's weight in gold.
In Nanchuria the same root, under a
different name, if anything more unpro
nounceable, sells equally as high. These
roots, which in order to be highly valu.
able must be of peculiar shape, are
bought only by mandarins, priests and
others of the .wealthiest classes. Single
roots of this plant not weighing more
than the tenth of an ounce are said to
often sell for from fifty to seventy-five
dollars each. What is still more re-
markable about this valuable eastern
root is the fact that it is closely allied
species, if not identical, with our COM
mon ginseng.-St. Louis Republic.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12
General spinoia,s Retort.

Two or three members of the Fifty
first congress have occasion to remem.
Der the late General Spinola from the
thrusts he gave them whenever they
offered him battle at repartee. Elijah
Adams Morse, the "Rising Sun" states
man from Canton, Mass, is one of these
members He, in common with many
Others, joked the New York man about
his high collars. One day General
Spinola had the floor and was making
a vigorous speech against some parlia-
mentary ruling of the speaker. The
general had been overlooked by Speak
er Reed when he was entitled to recog-
milton. He was asserting his ghts
when Mr.. Morse interrupted him with
the remark:
"Your collar was so high that the
speaker couldn't see you"
'Iet me say to the gentleman II
Massachusetts,, retorted General n
ola, that if he had on a collar vice
as high as mine he would not hid
den; it would not cover his ears."-
New York Times.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12

Tin Mining in England by the Romans.
As soon as the Romans made a con-
quest of Britain they formed in the tin
province camps and roads (still visible),
and left behind them. vases, urns,
sepulchers, and money that exhibit
daily proofs of. their having been u
stationary people in these parts, and
that Damnonium extended even to the
Polerian promenotory or the Lands
End, limited by she western parts of
Somersetshire. The Romans, as is we'll
known, occupied Britain from b. G. IS
to A. ID. 400, or 464 years, during which
period the Cornish tin mines were large
ly worked by the ancient Britains, pos
sibly for their own advantage, but more
probably as. serfs, and in A. d. 400 the
Romans had to give way to the Saxons.
Boston Herald.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12

On her lap gran'ma did hol me;
Smoothed my apron down-just 20;
Had me fol- my hans, then tole mo
She's May queen-long ago;
Wen they had May queens, you know,
Long ago, long. long ago.
Gran'ma's hair is thin, an SO white,
An her face is-puckered so;
But she's sweeter by enuff sight,
Than some younger folks know;
Don't you see how dandeli'nes blow?
Turn their gold all into snow?
Gran'ma's hair-it done Jes SO,
Long ago. long, long ago.
Hair was golden, like the sunlight.
Eyes wuz blue an cheeks wuz red.
An her skin wux smooth an, 80 white.
That Is jes wat gran'ma said.
All in white from tip to toe, goo
She was may queen, long ago,
Long go,hoIncgs long ago.
Jes like fairies In green bowers
Singin'. dancin' on the green,
Piekin' out the brightest flowers
Fur to deck their little queen,
Lads and lasses, round they 90,
Dancin', singin', bowin' low,
Long o.long, Long ago.
Gran'ma stops, I'm tired, !" says she,
Now go away, dearie," an go,
But it's queer what she can see now
Lookin' far of an sighin' SO,
An hear her whisperin' low,
Polly, Betsy, John an 10
Gone, all gone, SO long ago,
Long ago, long. Long ago."
-Libbie @. Baer In Golden Voice.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12
Strange Groceries.

An invoice received by the caterer OF
an English regiment stationed in India
contained this bewildering item, Zone
case of tomcats. !"
No one had asked the caterer to or
der any dainties of that kind, and the
mystery remained unsolved until the
package arrived.
Then it appeared that the grocer's
assistant had fancy for abbreviation,
and that "tomcats" was only his way
of writing the name of that useful con-
diment, tomato catsup.-Youth's Com
panion.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12
Defending His Dignity.

A gentleman who is fond of making
friends with children attempted one
day in horse car to become acquaint-
ed with child who sat next to him.
The little one wore a crimson plush
cloak and had long yellow curls; so
the gentleman began with confidence:
''How do you do, little girlT'
"Fm not. a little girl" was the shy
reply.
"Oh, aren't you9 Well, then, how
do you do, little boya"
"rm not a little boy" came the un-
expected answer.
'Indeed! Who are you, then"
"I'm my papa's little man," said the
small stranger, with dignity. -Boston
Transcript.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12

Walter Besant Says There Was No Leisure
In tho Eighteenth Century.
1t is conventional to represent the
Eighteenth century as time of leisure
and quiet happiness; when poet
writes about this time he tries to
breathe into his verse an atmosphere
OF peace; he does his best to throw
into the poem a calm of the soul. Then
people applaud the poet for catching so
wonderfully the very spirit of the time.
Well, Icannot for my own part find
anywhere in England during the last
century anything at all to justify this
belief in !. the universal leisure. The
Eighteenth century was desperately
turbulent. dangerous, hardworkipg,
poorly paid time; it was torn by con-
tinual contests and struggles, by party
faction and by civil wars; it began
with long war, and it ended with a
long war. ~ - '1'e''' 3 s.''2t- Z
England had three civil wars: two at
home and one in her colonies. The
press gang was busy in every port; the
recruiting sergeant In every country
town; the floggings, by which disci-
pline was maintained, seem almost in
credible; the iniquities of the govern
ment-not on this or that side, but on
both sides-the jobbing, buying of
places, sinecures, pluralities, nepotism,
simony, as we read them now, appear
css v,lx snfDlawo114
rest or peace without, there was little
within.
Religious men who were affected by
weakness of faith simply tortured
their lives. Johnson, always praying
and meditating, dreaded death with a
constant fear which poisoned at least
twenty years of his life. Cowper, after
life spent in religious exercises, died
in despair unutterable." No peace or
quiet anywhere, save, perhaps, in some
quiet cathedral close, where the canons,
keeping aloof from controversy, dozed
away their harmless lives as still they
do; or outside the little country towns,
where, to quiet women and retired
men, the seasons passed then, as they
may still pass, unvexed by questions,
doubt or thought of danger or OF
change.
But as regards the life of action, the
life among ones fellows, the only life
worth having, the life Of London, it
must have been filed and perpetually
troubled by the pain of witnessing con-
tinual injustice and needless suffering,
the stupid engagements in war after
war, with no end and no settlement.
and the noisy struggle of opposing
opinions, in which every man must
play his part. But leisure, peace and
quiet-these things I cannot find.-
Walter Besant in Harper's
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12
The Angry Tree.

The ANGRY tree" woody plant
which grows from ten to twenty-five
feet high, and which was formerly sup
posed to exist only in one state in the
Union, Nevada, has been found both
in Eastern California and in Arizona.
If disturbed, this peculiar tree shows
every sign of vexation, even to rufiling
up its leaves like the hair on an angry
cat, and giving forth an unpleasant,
sickening odor.-St. Louis Republic.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12

Difficulties Encountered In Getting and
Arranging the Land.


Dimculties Encountered In Getting and
Arranging the Land.
As most of our readers know, there Is
plenty of land in New Hampshire that
Is Just as wild now as it was when Hud-
son first looked on the ground where
the Statue of Liberty now stands. There
was deal of it in Sullivan county
perhaps not the widest in the state,
but certainly a plenty of unbroken
forest that covered hills and valleys and
surrounded little lakes-forests of birch
and beech and maple and pine and
spruce and hemlock and balsam; for
ests beautiful and fragrant enough to
give a city man the heartache when he
thinks of them.{ Mr. Corbin deter
mined to boy from 10000 to $4,000
acres of these hills and valleys and there
establish park for his new found four
footed friends in which they would find
the conditions as near as possible to
which they were best suited.
? 4 Everybody knows that New Hamp-
shire farms in the back country will not
bring the price of the buildings at ordi-
nary sale, but Mr.. Corbin could not
buy all that land without people learn
ing that much land was wanted.
Thereat prices rose amazingly, and soil
that wouldn't raise oats brought the
prices of truck farms in Jersey. 1t takes
a stack of money to buy a game park
where 500 different people hold the
titles to the tracts. Still, the location
was suitable for the purpose, and more
over, there was the old home. Mr..
Corbin had to have it at any price, and
he eventually got $4,000 acres in one
tract.
The next thing was to fence it, and
only those who have tried building elk
tight fences can appreciate the job.
Here was a tract of over thirty-fiv
square miles of land to inclose. They
started out with wire net six feet
high, secured to stout posts ten feet
apart. Above the net they strung ten
lines of barbed wire, and that made a
right good fence. But when eighteen
miles had been erected they abandoned
the net and used barbed wire only for
the rest of the way. That was cheaper
and just as good. 1t is not uninterest-
ing to note that the fencing cost S74,-
600.
In all nine gates are placed in this
fence, with keepers lodge at each
gate, something made necessary by the
presence in every community of the
skulking lout who will steal or destroy
the property of the well to do, and es-
pecially such property as this fence will
inclose. Mr.. Corbin is sure his park
will not in any way interfere with the
rights of legitimate sportsmen.
Here in this tract of woodland, with
only enough cleared land on it to af
ford meadows over which the animals
would like to wander at times, are
gathered twenty-five buffalo, sixty elk,
over seventy deer, half dozen each of
caribou and antelope, eighteen wild
boars imported from Germany and an
unknown number of moose, perhaps a
dozen. He had four reindeer brought
from Labrador, but all died. He ex-
poets to have community of beavers,
for the lakes and streams of the park
are admirably adapted for these beau
tiful animals. and Stream.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12
Horses and Horsemen in Ancient Time,

Horses and Horsemen In Ancient Times
The East was the original home of
horsemen, and war the early training
of the horse. Though he appears first
as a beast of burden, and though riding
preceded driving, there is evidence to
show that chariots in great numbers
were used in war before cavalry be-
came common. The use of the horse
vas all but limited to war. Bullocks
were the usual means of transportation,
and were no doubt then, as now, in tho
orient, steady and rapid travellers. The
higher the warrior above the common
soldiery, the more terrible his aspect
and the deadlier his aim with lance and
arrow. Hence the steed's early appear
ance in battle. To debase him to the
purposes of pleasure was never dreamed
of.
We find the very best of cavalry in
ancient times. The Greeks ran against
a serious problem in the Persian light
horse when they first trod the soil Of
Asia Minor. They were nothing like
so good horsemen as the Asiatics until
Alexander's Companion cavalry showed
them what drill could do; and the
Roman was still less apt. Philip of
Macedon first utilized the excellent ma
terial of the Thessalian plains, and or
ganized cavalry which, from its ma
neuvers and fighting, must have con-
sisted of admirable horsemen.- II.
A. Dodge in Harper's.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12

A French engineering firm at Bou-
logne has begun to use a very cheap
and efficient non-conducting pipe COW
ering consisting of mixture of wood
sawdust with common starch used in q
thick paste. The mixture is said to adj
here perfectly to iron pipes If all traces
of grease are removed before applying
it, and one inch of this coating is said
to be as serviceable as the most costly
non-conducting materials. New York
Journal.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12

Alaska is now the roomiest of our
territories 1t contains eighteen square
miles for each inhabitant. It's popula,
ton consists of %, 1876 natives, 4,419
whites, 2,215 Chinese, eighty-two blacks
and 1,56S half breeds.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-06-12
Caution.

''Can you cookT' he asked anxiously,
ere he popped the question.
81 don't know" she answered, 'sbut
II can try"
mot on me-" he rejoined, reaching
for his hat. New York Sun.