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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25

When .I,n.-- ur other bright i.rort
riuu~ lrr H..i rauh-l.u most pleasing
substitute is Juri.i Boy tHp comes u.
pine or NORWAY spruce. These boo their
natural color are very pretty bur their
effect cam he greatly heightened hy
bruuz.u- ur aIlu- fNem Th. Liquid
gold paints Sold hy 900 dealers boo arrl-r-
goods ar. cheap and produce rrri ra
,Ilr> Apply two r.1'.. go j.ut thu
cone v.ll he we'll covered. a cluster eft
them shining against "a background of
dark green. viii stand out brilliantly Ly
lampl.-ht Fora good deal Of the dec
orltiyr work about arches over the al
tar and iu the making of crosses and
similar design, they are much prrirra
bile % flowers or fruit. a. they are mor.
ia harmony with the eycr.rceus among
which they are used
Provided your gliding Is good, most
pleasing results can be- secured boy Civ.
Ing cones such "A covering Try il, and
you will be sure To be- pleased with this
new method. IL is always well % r..
member that artistic effects do not de.
pend upon elaborate designs. The sim.
plest decorations. especially in church
altar. are Outlines the most effective,
and where taste is used rather than
quantity success l. a. "A rule far more
certain. -Eben +. Rexford in Ladies.
Home Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25
~sKOBELEFF's REVENGE.


A story About How the Russian General
Returned the Cars Insult.
During the Russo-Turkish war. the
day after the passage of the Danube
had been made good, the emperor of
Russia crossed the river to congratulate
and thank his gallant soldiers. In front
Of the long, massive line formed on the
slope below Sistova. awaiting the com
ing Of the great white ear, stood Drago-
mirofT. Yolchine and SkobelefT-the
three generals who had been the lead
ers Of the successful attempt.
DragomiroT, the divisional com
mandcr. the emperor embraced and
gave him the cross of st. George; he
shook hands warmly with Nolrhiue, the
brigade commander, and gave him, too
"a 81. George To- add 20 the decorations
which this CHEEKY little warrior had
been gathering from hnyhuul iu tHa
Caura,u, and Central Asia Then the
emperor ~rrlde rp vlnr. ~kuhoIril
stood and men watched tIIr little SCENE
with interest. for it was notorious that
Shub,ietT Was Boo ii-fHyur with hl~ son
,rai-u. and yet of him rha camps were
ringing with the story of his conduct 90
the previous morning
Would Alexander maintain his uu
bragg. ur would hr make Do manifest
that il had been displaced hy >hubc
lctTs hcrUi~m. For az least 20 minute
the ear hc,ltatcd as the twutall proud.
>uldivrly men confronted each other
You could trace iu hi, cuuutcuaury the
struggle between disapproval and ap
probation
1t was soon over. and the wrong way
for SkobcleG The emperor frowued,
turned short on his heel and strobe alb
ruptly away without a word or a ge>
ture Of greeting or recognition. man
Of strong p~rejudices, lac was uot yet
able 10 exercise from his mind the cal
umnies that had blackened "a him the
character of Skobeleff.
That officer, for his part, flushed
scarlet. then grew deadly pale and
seemed to conquer an impulse as he >et
his teeth hard and maintained his dis
ciplined ~immobility. IL was a fragrant
insult. in the very face Of the army,
and a gross injustice, but Skobeletf en-
dured it in a proud silence that seemed
"a me very grand, nor did | y e hear
him allude to the slur.
The time soon came L that gallant
and brilliant soldier when he could af
ford 10 be magnanimous. A. the cam
paign progressed he distinguished him.
self again and again. 81 that his name
became "a synonym in the army for
splendid daring a. well As for oppor.
tune skill.
on sept. 3 Skobclef. after exploit uu
exploit. devised and led tine storm ut
the Turkish position iu Luitcha. and
drove his Anniversaries 20 OF that strong
place ON rhr following night. ar h-
own dinner table. 100 the GuruI SUDDEN
headquarters. tire emperor stood uI
and babe his guests 20 honor with IIu.
the toast of ">kub,I'T the hero u'
Loftcha Il i~ NOT given To- many men
10 earn 70 revenge go full and so grand
a, that archibald Forb-- iu Nine
tceuth Century.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25

Der and eraser will disclose on analysis
quite a large percentage Of zinc.
Rubber that Is transparent is fire.
quently prepared with gun cotton II
j. difficult to imagine which of these
three ingredients is the most objection
able, and people who have a habit of
chewing rubber need not be surprised
if very unpleasant feelings result. OF
+, course rubber adulterated with mineral
matter is less elastic than the simon
pure article. and it is no longer possible
to stretch "A pair Of overshoes as it used
To be.
The same thing IS apparent in rubber
used in machinery Not many years
ago "a three ply belt was considered
strong enough for any purpose. whereas
now six ply has frequently Co be used.
The ~jN ply does upt cost 80 much "a,
thc old three ply used To-. but ou ID
question of rheupur~~ iu the long run
/ 10 h. probable tir old high priced pun.
| artIrl. rlmr cont ahead Interview boz
| -. Louis G'uhe Democrat
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25

\ recent suicide was being discussed.
"Ne,. said our gentleman. there yuu
see 10 was "a German again. The tier
mans commit more suicides than any
other people ou tine face of the earth
That I> "a mistake. said another.
and 10 reminds me OF the old charge
boy "a French paper that England show
ed 70 higher rate Of death by self de-.
structiou than any other nation such
"a charge is altogether uufpuud-d-iu
As unfouuded rs that with regard 10
Germany.
As "A matter Of fact, by statistic gath.
cred some year, ago. France was proved
to hold first place in the list, and Eng
land came "A long way below IL, and a
curious thing about il is thar Lalf of
the whole number in France belongs 10
the northern portion Of the country.
BY the statistics TO which | have re-
ferred. Russia stood lowest Of all
countries. IL was one Of the jokes
among Frenchmen that the fogs OF
England were responsible for the great
number Of suicides. IL is a fact that
most Of those committed in France
were committed in the brightest and
sunniest portions Of the year."-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25
Kept a Dog All the same.

Does Mr.. Goodheart live hereF'
The third house up the road there. "
"Mr. GoOdheart is very popular
among his neighborsI'
He is that. But then he deserves
10 be, for H. treats everybody with re
spect and confidence. He is "A believer
in his fellow man, says every man is
good and only needs TO be trusted to
show his goodness. Repose confidence
in your fellow creatures, he says, and
your fellow creatures will show them
selves worthy Of it,"
Third house up the road, you sayf'
Yes, you cant miss it. It's the one
with Beware Of the Dog, on the gate.
You'd better look out for that dog, too,
for he's mighty big and savage Cape
Cod Item.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25

After all little children do it best
They are the superlative receivers, and
it is because they are that we delight 10
give them things. They are frankly
and delightfully."- ~appreciative. Obliga-
tons sit on them as lightly as air. They
value their gifts simply by the pleasure
they get out Of them, and prefer a rag
baby TO the deed Of "A brick house.
They take a jumping jack from Mary,
the laundress, and a jeweled pin from
Aunt Melinda Cresus without the least
distinction Of happy approval. The
ear we get 70 their guilelessness, the
nearer we approach perfection in re.
ceiving.-Scribner's.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25
when saddle. wer. rir.t u.ed

IL u, supposed that the saddle was in
vented about the middle Of the Fourth
century, but die fact, in the opinion OF
some. las NOT rceu positively proven.
ZouaraS. the historian. tells Us that
Constantine the younger was killed in
the year $40. when he fell from his sad.
die. The word translated into saddle
also means. however. the back Of the
horse. OF the place where the rider sat.
IL g., true. nevertheless, that Sidoniu-
Apulliuar., used the word that uum,>
takably refers ru the saddletree DE.
trDit Free Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25

Old Lady-No Use talkin, ] used Ia
say this higher edicatiou 81 gals wa all
lolderol but ! see / Wa wrong There
my grandfather. for instance She's
Just a wonder
Friend understand she graduated
with high huuors.
Oid Lady-Nes. graduated and ,he
hin DO what neither her mother nor me-
could ever hope o. cleo It our live, de-
pended uu DO.
Friend Indeed And What b. that
old I.ady-She Bin t,II tuo time "a
train D., yoiu % start Boy Iluhlu 40 70 rail.
wa- guide New York Weekly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25

We author ~ our advertised drug
z So To sell DR.. King New u -coye y
for consumption, cough uud ruli-
upon thi- condition. ! YOU are sf-
Hict-d with "A cougi. cuId ur any lung
throat or chr-t trouble, and viii Use
tht- remedy A. directed. giving uAtuI
trial, and experience %. benefit, you
may return the but.lr uui have your
MONEY refunded. Ne uld uoI maSe
this ,tI-r dId ~ not know that d..
Kiug'- New Di-r very could boz relied
o~. n never di-aprrIu.- Trial ht
tl,- fire.. ~ W. r. savage drug store.
Larg. liz 800. aud Sl.uu.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25

According o. gossip, Lord Dudley "A
few week, before his marriage dis
covered "a quantity Of reputed paste
diamonds ia "a neglected corner. Ad
miring the graceful designs he took
them 20 the jeweler to- see what might
be made Of them. The expert imme-
diately pronounced them real stones Of
the finest size and water. They had,
we are told. been considered and treat
ed as paste from time immeInOrial, 50
il wa an agreeable surprise. This
fairylike story is founded on facts
Detroit Free Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25


Poor Richard erred that "A man
who rises late ma trot all day without
overtaking his b Isiness, but that de
ponds wholly uuon his gait. II his
sleep has been plenty and refreshing
he can trot pretty fast without causing
fatigue. In a word. it is the recupera-
tive power which we have gained by
sleep much more than the time We
arise which determines our working
power in any direction Tor the day.
To be sure il will not do for the bak
en- or the milkmen who lie in their
beds too late in the morning but the
merchants or the professional men need
not get about 81 early, providing Of
course that their business has been
properly attended 10 before retiring
The merchant need not bee ou hand
much before his customers, who are
Not wont tu stir about until they have
parrakeu of their morning meal
We are often informed that overtr
tivity. NOT Incidence. D., the be>rtting
sin of the average American; hence
the nervous pro>rratiou~ and their at
tending brain disorders. Insomnia
with them j.. ala>. too common And
pale, haggard looking individuals are
more often encountered here than ro-
fund. we'll favored. comfortable APP
pearing people Fannie L. Fauch-r ia
H~ou~ekeeper.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25

me top OF the stairs The bottom came
ont Of the barrel and fifty pounds of
flour dropped down upon the girls
head. knocking her down TO the bot
tom Of the stairs and nearly -uH. 'ating
her. Sine was picked up more fright
rued than hurt, with -four inside and
outside of BIER clothing. % decidedly
ludirraus spectacle. she precedeS aI,
>ucl loads IN tue future. d Springfield,
Homestead.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25

A strange adventure once happened
in this way Il me My little SOL was
sent for a walk 10 the park, not above
a quarter Of a mile from our place, in
company with his eldest brother, aged
nine. Here they were met by an old
woman, who gave the eldest boy a
penny To 90 and fetch some sweets,
saying she would mind baby for him
till he came back. While he was away
she stripped him Of his clothes and left
him crying in the road, where his elder
brother found him, on his return, with
nothing on but his little shirt. II may
seem strange, but il is true, that this
same woman came and offered to sell
me my own child's clothes. London
Tit-Bits.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25
How h walked.

Susy lived on a farm, and the nearest
neighbOr was perhaps a quarter of a
mile distant One day she vent down
70 Ms. SIS, and childlike walked
backward all the way. Greatly elated
over the difficult feat. she rushed into
the house, exclaiming, "Oh. Mrs. 8,
| walked down here all the way wrong
side cut,'-New York Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25

The Girl who om ont ut coile-.
with uo sense Of proportion, mo- eye i"r
color. -, sense of the fitness ~ things
no knowledge of the present conditions
Of the world Of which. from her stand
point. she forms SO large "A part. will
need another training, that Of painful.
experience. o ft her 70 use the tools
given 10y her alma mater. Harper
Bazar
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25

Syrup"

We have selected two or
Group. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents who have given German Syrup
to their children in the emergencies
of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, sub
stantial people, happy III finding
what so many families lack-a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con-
hdence to the little ones in their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through.
Ed. l. WILLIS, Of Mrs. JAS. W. KIRK,
Alma. Neb. / give IL Daughters College,
TO my children when H~anodsburg, Ky. I
troubled with Group have depended upon
and never saw any It in attacks Of Group
preparation act like with my little daugh-
Il. II is simply mi ter, and find il an in
raculous. valuable remedy.
Fully one-half of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children.
a medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment for
the sudden and terrible foes of child
hood, whooping cough, Group, diph-
liberia and the dangerous inflamma-
tons Of delicate threats and lungs. "
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25
what Il Cost, Rich People to Live.

nat IL Nu-ts hifh iepple 10 Live
Mr.. Ward McAlli,ter undertakes TO
tell what il costs 10 live in upper ten
dom. His figures are rather startling.
lie tells rs. for example. that he knows
Of at least four men in this country
who spend annually 800. 600 a year.
This includes the charities and the in
terest on the capital invested in their
town and country houses. Then there
are about thirty men who spend from
500, 600 10 $50. 600 a year, though Mr..
McAllister tells Us these men are really
no happier than the man who lives on
S35, 600. which McAllister thinks about
the right figure to enable a man TO
maintain his establishment in style and
dispense elegant hospitality. As for
the average fashionable woman, we are
told that she spends from -, 900 10
s., 900 a year on her toilet and gener-
ally manages e. look handsome New
York Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25

The popular belief that occupants Of
the highest floors iu "a city house live iu
the pure>t air seems To- boz upset by tests
made of the atmosphere Of London.
which showed that the purc,t air was
obtained between thirty and forty feet
above the streets New York Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25
InrredI.nt. % M-anufaelured nubbsr

When we were boys "a blow on the
head from a rubber ball was "a matter
of no consequence, but nov the rubber
balls played with by children are 50
hard that If thrown with sufficient vio-
lence they can cause serious injury, If
not death. This is because in the rush
for low prices a number Of ingredients
have been introduced into rubber to
such an extent that absolutely pure
rubber is now something more easily
imagined than found Ordinary black
rubber, which is hard to the touch,
contains a considerable quantity Of lead
in various FORMS while the white rub
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25

En-ct Of sun aud Moon 100 Edg-d Tools.
Il is not generally Known that the
light Of the sun and thr moon cNer-
ci~es "a deirtrriuu~ effect uu edged topl-.
KNIVES. drills. ~rythn~ and ~irkle> a,-
sumo 20 blue color if they are exposed
for some time 20 the light and heat uf
the sun. the sharp edge disappears.
and the tool D., rendered absolutely Use
less until 10 is rrtemperrd. Purchasers
should therefore bee on their guard
against buying tools from retail dealers
aud peddler- which. for show pur-
poses. have probably been exposed for
days together 10 the glare of the sun.
The uu~rrviceableues> of tools ac-
quired under these conditions is gen
orally wrongly attributed 10 bad ma
terial or 20 inferior workmanship. \
similarly prejudicial effect has been "A
erci~ed by moonlight. An ordinary
crosscut saw is asserted 10 have been
put mi Of shape in a single night by
exposure 10 the moon. Iron.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-25
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American Geography

The confusion which foreigners make
Of our geography is well illustrated by
a German poem which appeared sew
eral years ago. The poet with utter
about locations and dis
tances, makes sucn amusing blunder
that its literary value is entirely lost
The Argument is something as follows
Under a palm tree OF the shore Of
Lake Erie the hero is devoured by an
alligator. The heroine, hearing Of his
fate, rushes from her home in the
everglades of Florida on the banks Of
Lake Superior, captures the alligator,
extracts the heros body and buries il
with magnificent pomp in Greenwood,
In the city Of New York. in the state Of
st. Louis -Youth's Companion
DiokenS a. a Grandfather.
To some men who have vecu, and
hope 70 vivre encore the unavoidable
position Of grandfather is fraught with
horror. Even Charles Dickens, with
all his straightforward common sense.
could not bear IT,. As little reference as
possible was made in his family to the
dreadful fact; the word grandfather
was utterly tabOOed, even by his chill
dren's children, who were instructed to
address him 40 "Wenerables, " a comic
conceit which, however, failed to hide
the soreness with which the patriarchal
condition was borne. London World.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-23
CRUELTY MURDERED.

A New Hampshire tiirl Dragged from Her
Mothers Arms aud Shot by Crazy
Assassin.
HANOVER. y H., July 20-As Miss
Christie Warden, accompanied by her
mother and her sister Fannie and
Louise Goodell, were returning on
foot to their home, located l mile
from the village at late hour
Friday night, Frank Amy, about
80 years of age, jumped into the
road in front of them and, SEEING Chris
tie by the arm, said: II want you"
The mother and sister attempted to de-
fend her Almy fired at them,
but missed. They ran for as
sistance. Then Amy dragged his
victim to the bushes from the
road and shot her twice through
the head, one shot tearing out her left
eve. When help arrived the girl was
dead and her body was stripped of
nearly every article of clothing. Almy
had fled Miss Warden was beau
tiful and most estimable young
woman about 25 years old, a
graduate of the State Normal
school, and a popular teacher. Almy
was former employee of her father,
and his attention 10 Miss Christie had
been repulsed. She was the daughter
of Andrew A. Warden, a wealthy
farmer and leading citizen. The father
of the murdered girl offers reward of
$500 for the capture of the murderer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-07-23

used to it and to many tricks in the
trade. They slept in barns and they
ate when and where they could. 1t
cut him to the heart to see his wife in
such hunger and fatigue. But her
spirits kept up better than his-or at
least they seemed to. often he re-
pented of having started upon such a
trip But he kept that to himself.
when the wife at last did give in to
the cold, the hunger and the WEAKNESS,
it was to collapse all at once. 1t
happened in the mountain country. In
the evening of a cold duh day they
were trudging along on the railroad
ties. keeping ON the westbound track
so they could face approaching trains
and get off the track in time TO avoid
being run down.
"sWe1I stop in the town ahead the
husband said; we can get warm in the
station, and you shall have supper If
we have to knock at every door in the
town
and the wife slid:
".Yes, well stop; for ] feel. Harry,
as if-as if / co1ldn't-go any fur
Harry, where arc you?'
s.She fell forward on the track. When
the man picked her up she was un-
conscious. Clasping her in his arms he
set his teeth and fixed his eyes on the
lights of the town ahead and hurried
forward.
But before he reached the town he
found it was dead body he @ss car
yy!Dg.