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Drainage.

How few people realize the results of
extensive drainage, such as a highly civ
ihzed country presents. No inconsider-
able changes are wrought by artificial
drainage. Much of surface water, in
stead of being left to form marshes, sat
urate the soil or be taken up by evapora-
ton, is carried away underground
through drain pipes. Consequently the
air is not so moist as formerly, and the
soil, instead of being constantly chilled
by evaporation, is rendered warm and
genial. This result has been sparticu-
larly noticed in England and Scotland,
where very extensive areas have been
artifcially drained.
Holland has been, one might say, re-
claimed from the sea. The water has
been dyked out, and many parts of the
country that were the bottom of the sea
are now dry land, and though below sea
level form the homes of happy and in
dustrious communities. Years ago there
were. along the lower banks of the Mis-
sissippi drowned lads, " subject to over
flow and uninhabitable, covering an area
larger than. the state of New York
Many of these lands have been reclaimed
by means of levees. Thus, by mans in
genuity, are the surface, climate and
general physical condition of the earth
being changed.-New York Ledger.
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Antiquity of Playing Cards.

The game of cards was first played in
the east, and seems to have had mill
tary origin. Cards were introduced
from Asia into Europe at the tisne of the
.Crusades, and were first used by NEGRO.
mancers to forete1 fortunes. They soon
became a popular amusement in the
south of Europe, where the Saracens
and Moors taught the people how to use
them, and card playing spread to all
parts of the continent. The state records
of Germany mention the fact that Ru-
dolph l, in 1875, was fond of the game
and played with his courtiers.
After the invention of paper the manu-.
facture of cards became extensive, but
declined somewhat when card playing
was forbidden by several of the German
states and by the English government
on. account of the supposed immoral
tendency. Before the era of paper, cards
in the Orient were made of ivory, papy-
rus and canvas, less frequently of the
precious metals, and quite commonly OF
wood.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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Bear shooting in rhibet.

As l drew nearI saw large bear
standing in the river feeding ON the car
cass of a yak. Taking a gun from one
of my men 1 fired at it, breaking its
shoulder. When my men saw what I
had shot at they turned and beat a hasty
retreat. shouting to me to. run, that the
wild man" might not devour me. An
other shot, better aimed, put an end to
the bear, but not to the fright of my
4ongols, who even then would not ap-
proach. Our failure to skin my prize
nearly broke my 'Tientsin servants
heart, for by it he lost his chance to Sc
cure the gall, a much valued medicine
in China, and worth eight or ten ounces
of silver in any drug shop. Mongols and
Ihibetans attack bear only when they
area strong, well armed party. My hav-
ing killed one of these dreaded monsters
alone seemed feat of great daring, and
the story was told to every Thibetan we
met afterward as proof positive of my
dauntless courage.-W. Woodville Rock
hill in Century.
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A PRETTY ROMANCE.


Gifted San Francisco Young Woman
Artist Had Interesting Start.
People who noticed in The Examiner
window splendid cast of the head of
Sitting Bull will he interested to hear
the pretty romance of the young artist
whose work it was. Esi11
1t was modelled by Miss Alice Ride
out, young lady of less than Is years
of age. who has already shown such tai
ent that she bids fair. to take front rank
among the host of artists that the Pacific
slope can claim as its own.
Her first start in her chosen profession
can be directly traced to a large English
mastiff owned by her family, although
her artistic aspirations date back to her
early childhood. One day, while accom-
panied by the mastif, she passed the
open door of sculptor's studio. The
animal rushed in and, with apparent de-
liberation, knocked over the pedestal
upon which was placed for exhibition
the artists latest work. An arm and
leg were shattered, and the piece lay a
seeming wreck on the floor. The at
tendant was wild.
The girl endeavored to make excuses
for the dog, but nothing would answer.
Offers were made to pay for the damage,
but to no avail. The man, dreading that
upon the artists return he would lose
his position, was inconsolab1e. The girl
begged to be allowed to repair the piece,
and after repeated entreaties the man
consented, with the remark that while
he did not believe it could be fixed, he
was very certain she could not injure it
He mixed the clay for her, and watched
with interest the unpracticed fingers
doing the work that the accomplished
artist had SO lately finished and taken SO
much pride in. An hour passed with
most gratifying results: the arm was re-
stored and was perfect; the attendant
was happy.
Another hour the leg approached com
pletion, when 10, the artist appeared on
the scene. He took in the situation at a
glance, and unnoticed by the occupants
of the room watched the work. Fin
ished, explanations are in order and
given. The artist is. charmed, declares
the work of restoration has added new
charms to the piece, and having heard
from the girl the great ambition of her
life, went with her to her home and in
sisted that her parents should allow her
an opportunity to learn the art for which
she evidently had so much inherent tai
ent.-San Francisco Examiner.
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Has Been to Mecca.


I fancy that it is not generally known
that there is in this town man who has
twice made the perilous journey to
Mecca. Hadji Brown he is called in the
east, the '.Hadji" meaning pilgrim. Mr..
Brown is an Irishman by birth and a
traveller and journalist by profession.
HeIhastraveled much in Persia, Afghani-
stan and other oriental countries. He
speaks Arabic like native, and in
Turkish costume he easily passes for a
Turk. 1t was in this character, of
course, that he visited Mecca, for with
out some such disguise he would have
been murdered long before reaching the
sacred city. Sir Richard Burton, whose
single visit to Mecca made him famous,
would have been slain by fanatic on
the journey but for the fortunate fact
that Sir Richard was bit quicker with
his weapons than was the would be as
sassin. ys44..,.t i
Brown is taken for Mussulman in
the east, and he says his prayers in ad-
mirable oriental fashion. As matter
OF fact, it Is not very difficult feat to
pass as a Turk, even among Mussulmen,
for Turks are of all complexions, and
even a blue eyed man who spoke the
language and wore the proper costume
would not be challenged unless he
aroused suspicion by some un-Moslem
act. Sir Richard Burton's moment of
danger came from very simple neglect
to observe custom of the people with
whom he journeyed.-NewY York Star.
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Character from the Fingers.

As far as the fingers are concerned,
experts in palmistry divide hands into
three classes. Long, slender. tapering
fingers determine the first, and denote
delicate, trained perceptions. A subject
with such fingers has an innate fondness
for art, poetry, music and the higher
tOrms of literature. In the second class,
the fingers are shorter, are nearly equal
in length, and have blunt ends They
denote a practical, material mind, thor
ough and reliable, rather than brilliant.
A woman with such fingers would make
careful and efficient housekeeper, and
n man with similar ones would be eau
tous and thorough in business. In the
third class, the fingers are short, thick
and square, and have short, large nails,
with cushions ON each side of the nails
A subject having these fingers is active,
athletic, opipionated, selfish, has strong
appetites for the material things of life,
and is liable to form strong prejudices.
ID. D. Bidwen in New York Ledger.
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Health is Wealth !!
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< The Daily X

four pages Of six columns each will be
issued every evening, except Sunday,
and will be delivered in the city, or sent
by mail for the moderate sum of fifty
cents a month
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TIE aopso.

Deem, down the dark canyons we ride IN q
furry, f
The cedars.sweep by in their mystical hurry.
Zone into the wind are the languor and worry
Gone into the west with the phantom moon
Hal there is the lord of the hills and the val
leys;
1t is he that leads in the midsummer sallies
High into the sleeps where the gray chapar-
It's he that leads to the long lagoon.
Where the wild mustard splashes the slope
with yellow
He has turned at bay. Oh. the powerful fell
lowi
-see the toss of his headi hear the breath and
the bellowi
How he tears the ground with his ansr5
hoofs!
Now he breaks wild path thro' the deer,
plunry rushes;
"a loud bird high on a tarnarack hushesE
Right on thro' a glory of crimson he crushes-
On into the gloom under leafy roofs
Oh. the joy of the wind in our facesi We fol-
The cattle; we shout down the poppy hung
Bsei out of the cliff we have startled the swal-
And startled the echoes on rocky felfs-
Hoi what was it passed? were they pigeons or
That whispered away like a hurtle of arrows?
Tho rose odor thickens, the deep gorge mar
Now the herd swings down thro' the scented
= dens. .-
speedI speedl leave the brooks to their pebbles
and prattle; -it7 -.E 1tsfs
Sweep on with the thunder and surge of the
cattle
The hurry, the shouting. the wild joy of battle,
The hills, and the wind, and the open light.
Now on into camp by the sycamores yonder,
Now DER the guitar let the light fingers wan
der: a-.f I
let thoughts in the high heart grow pensive
and fonder;
Then stars-and the dreams of a summer
night.
Charles E. Markham in Overland Monthly.
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q. Tateno, the japanese minister to
che United. States, has been in official
HE for thirteen years. In 1878 he was
one of the commissioners appointed by
Japan to receive Gen. Grant He was
appointed 10 his present Office in March.
1890.
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Careful.

A wise parent thinks twice before an
swering a bright boys question.
Papa" said Johnny, who had re-
Gently Joined debating society, lis it
correct to say, The noes has it, or The
noes have itY"
1T depends, my son, on whether you
are talking about vote or about cold
in the head. "-Y Youth's Companion.
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A Rude FELLOW.

Pretty Girl-Did you see the way that
man looked at mea It was positively in
sulting.
Big Brother-Did he staree H.
Pretty GirlEStare? Why, no He
nan his eyes over me and then glanced
off at some one else, just as If wasn't
worth a second thought.-New York
Weekly.
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,sadaer Than. the Romeo Juliet Case

lSadder Than the Romeo Juliet Case.
Miss Bond-Alas, Comte, papa says
shall never marry you
Comte de Sanssou-And did mademoi-
selle show monsieur ze proofs zat I am
ze Comte de Sanssou?
Miss Bond-Yes, and he said if you
could have proved you were am impostor
he might have given his-cousent.-Mun-
sey's Weekly.
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> Girls of .1s to 151years. comb. their hair
back from the forehead, and braid it to
hang its length or. tied in a low loop.
Their gowns arc made with waists of
natural length, neither too long nor too
short.
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In the industries now established in
tine United States, in which beautiful
objects are made-suclf. as wall hang
ingA furniture, silverware, tablecl0ths,
glassware, articles of brass and wrought
iron, stone carvings and the hke-very
excellent wages are often paid to skilled
Uorkmen -f 3
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Hygienic Item.

Teacher--So you can't remember the
names of the gre;ss lakes. Can't you
keep them in your
Johnny-No, mul1, If 1 was to keep
them lakes in my head, / might get
water on the brain.-Texas Siftings.
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A TELLING CONTRAST. I
IN THEIR OLD LIMITED SPHERE
WOMEN ARE WELL PAID.

A Comparison Between the Condition of
Women Who Do What Used to Be Called
Women's Work and Those who Do What
Used to Be Called Mems Work
The working woman's sphere used to
be confined chiefly to household work.
And it is a notable fact that in those
days the newspapers contained no stories
about women dying of starvation and
oyerwork in tenement houses If any
body died from these causes it was a
man.
Descriptions of the agonies of starving
workingwomen and their families are
now a feature of the penny papers. Only
few days ago woman in Jersey City
who had worked in a big tobacco fac
tory and was thrown out of employment
by her advanced years and inability to
handle the tobacco leaf as deftly as the
younger generation locked herself up in
her room to wait till the pangs of hunger
snapped the life cord. She almost sue
ceeded
Such an occurrence twenty years ago
would have been commented upon by
the newspapers and statesmen all over
the country, and the philosophers would
have philosophical to the extent of a
book on the subject: but SO common
have such events become in these days
since 1.-The extension of women's sphere
that they attract little or no attention
Perhaps some newspaper may. for the
purpose of advertising itself, get up a
subscription fund to buy few necessa.
ries for the support. but the average cit
izen reads the little story without emo
ton 1t disturbs him no more than a
view of the dirty streets or struggle to
get seat in an elevated train
The sun., 1891-05-24
LAUGHING HIMSELF Away
What Seemed Good Luck Has Cost Him az
Pounds, and May Cost His Lifo,

From the Phfi1d,iphta Record
ccuntv S1s 1aEhiIgsr ' Bucks
NeWhope extension o. the Reading iaiiroad' Hi i'
S%sisn @ngIna Tuns " his farm Three months ago
On 81 Ma1oS Tas fs, barhnHsssss
BarbnEs4 i5S bHHaDas irsoSs Ths SosSTs sl.
with mingled feelings OF alarm and cSrios,ty.
DuEhlinger is about 50 years OF age. He Is a
on the Isl Of March. 1890, the Newhope OK.
ass ar%Sssy az %syon pas .bSn
His farm increased in value Of once. and nTrS.
iinGer began TO glt1., Al q his talk WAS OF the
impioyed value which the extension would
af,, ,b.sh ,hnd ana now LIS posteTity would benz
Then he began to neglect his own work, and
.o fss hs rI0ad ha oot %Sa s ss
railroad men to board at almost nothing Der
week week; an Snd did nothing but laugh and talk
degrees his mirth bocame more hIiarioums m
Mhen the sXtepsiop was flushed and the first
beams ran W MiS farm
wat ior the trains to go by; His keen ears do.
and this was 80 dellciousiy refresh,ne I" HI,
he would burst into uncontroiiabie Iamrbter
AIter train has passed no inspects the
hous e6askIns e await ihs eomins nsnsii q
shs me nsNt n he knows tho time tablo by heart,
Ii. aam ns. He XasS rsn snoua ID
60 70 pieces on the farm. and the wa'chiny Tor
ana hiiaughing At the trains became his Que ab.
ID, He 6sSan e lose flesh. and is gradually hs-
hSsSand SsS.Y o. In the Thing may wear OF and that her
pp2t laugh now quite SO much as be did. but
s1a care I. % he r1ss
70 testify Tor The railroad co%psny h case s 81
uespass on the track.
The sun., 1891-05-24
Almost Buried Alive.
From n, Indianapolis Sentinel.

..LAPonTE. Nav l4.--Tho Rev. Mr. Johnson.
Methodist Episcopal, stationed ~ Rolling
irie dS here, gavs the following account Of a
alive:
He was located at Lafayette some twenty
years ago when he wa: tGk.n very sick. fle
fingered Tor time but his life was despalred
ne diot. Preparations Were made ior the NJ
neral; ana in une time the boiy was aeed IN
the Rev. joyce now Bishop joyce camt into
the room 70 look at the remains He faisd 10
n,. s,o me door after him, an shortly after $
force that caused quito u loud noise. He WAS
looking intcnily at the ieature- OF the sill-
posed dad friend when the n ise Occurred.
ana TO his great aston shmcn: he plainly saw
the eyes o. the nnn In tho coin nrr, ,ousIy
move. This led TO a hurried Investigation and
g tho discoyery that tho man was Sill alive
Ihe work OF restoration was oegun ut once,
ed In his resuscitation, which Was followed by
sspeedy recovery.
The sun., 1891-05-24

right and moved across tho field In the direo.
tion Of the bridge. The one was Q man with
yellow flowing beard and very long hair of the
same tint dropping over his shoulders; his
dress OF good Norwich cloth and his assured
bearing marked him as man OF position. while
the sombre hue OF his clothes and the absence
OF all ornament contrasted with tho flash and
Glitter which had marked tho Kings retinue
By his side walked a woman, tall and
slight and dark. with 1.-the graceful
figure and clcar-cut. composed features.
Her jet-black hair was gathered back
under light pink coli. her head poised
proudly upon her neck. and her step long an d
springy. like that OF some wild. tireless wood
land creature. She held her left hand in front
Of her. covered with Q red velvet glove,
and on the wrist little brown falcon.
very fluffy and bedragGlcd. which she
smoothed and fondlsd ss she walked. As shs
cams out into the sunshine Allsyne
noticed that her light gown. slashed
with pink. was all stained with earth
and with moss upon ono side from
shoulder to hem. He stood In the shadow OF
an oak staring at her with parted lips. for this
woman seemed to him to bs the most beauti-
full and graceful creature that mind could con-
ceive OF. Such had he imagined the tangels;
and such hs had tried to paint them In the
Besulieu missals; but here there was some.
thing human were 1t only in tho battero hawk
and discolored dress, which sent tinRls and
thrill through his norves such as no dream OF
iadiant and stainless spirit had ever yet been
able to conjure up. Good. quiet, uncomplain-
Ing mother Nature. long slighted and mis-.
called. still bides her time and draws to her
bosom tho most Grant OF her children.
The,two walked swiftly across the meadow
to the narrow bridge, he In front and sho q
pace or two behind. There they paused. and
stood for few minutes face to face talking
earnestly. Alloyne had read and had hoard of
love and lovers Such were these. doubtless
this golden bearded man and the fair dsmsel
with tho cold. proud face. Why else should
they wander together in the woods or be 80
lost In talk By rustic streams3 And vet, as he
watched. uncertain whether to advance from
tho cover or to choose some other path to the
house. he soon came to doubt the truth OF
this first conjecture. The man stood. tall and
square. blocking the entrance to the bridge
and throwing out his hands as he spoke in q
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-03-11

Mr.. Farieon j. below the medium
height. with a jolly. round face and
small side wnisGer>. lie Is excellent
company. and cntertains many choice
spirits al bis home IN Adelaide road.
South Hampstead Mr. Farjron j. an
omnivorous reader. and has the faculty
Of remembering what he read strongly
developed When he retire. for the
night he always has a table on which
are a heap Of books and three or four
candles placed beside his bed. In his
literary methods Mr. Farjeon is singu-
larly unaffected
He writes all his novels on a type
writer. in the manipulation Of which he
has become an adept. On N occasion
he composed and set up a complete
hotel at a case which he had ia his
house. He is a shorthand writer. and
Away Carrie q notebook in lis pocket.
II an idea strikes him, nO matter
whether lac is on the street or in bed,
he promptly makes a memorandum Of
il in his notebook. Mr.. Farieou has
been engaged on three novels at the
same time. and he has seldom less than
two under way. He has made "a great
deal of money from his writings, but
he is an extremely liberal man, and
spends it freely Cor. Florida Times
Union.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-03-11
BURNING DIAMONDS
Costly Experiments Finally settle a Much
Disputed sabject.

Costly Experiments Finally settle a Much
Disputed subject.
In the year 1884 IT was discovered by
actual experiment that a diamond
would burn. Then Cosmos III had
one fixed in the focus of a burning
glass, and after some exposure TO the
rays of the sur it cracked, cOrruscated
and finally disappeared like a ghost,
leaving not a single trace that il had
ever existed, not ever an atom Of ashes.
But experiments Of this sort were
costly they were long in yielding any
scientific result. 1t was only a king or
a sovereign prince that could afford to
see his jewels vanish llke the gifts 81 a
fairy godmothcr. Another p~Otentate.
Francis ]. tried the quality Of a mum
Der Of valuable diamond, in the heat
Of a furnace. and may have felt some
qualification when he found that they
had disappeared This was in 1850,
and about twenty years later scientific
experimenters burned a magnificent
diamond ia Paris.
A jeweler named Leblanc now am
forward and denied the possibility Of
burning a diamond, even going 50 far
as to accuse the chemist, Maequer, Of
fraud in conducting his diamond bum
ing operations. lie had often, he as
serted, exposed diamonds 10 great heat,
with the sole result Of increasing their
brilliancy.
A Mr.. Streeter had done the same
with success; but it seems that lie
Blame only knew half Of what Mr.
Streeter knew. When Macquer de
manded that the jeweler inclose ONE
diamonds in coal in a cucible he rash
ly assented, and in three hours they
had all disappeared.
Then Maillard, who seems to have
had his suspicious of these operations,
put three diamonds in an earthen bowl
packed in powdered charcoal and Ell
posed them To intense heat without in
jury. Next. Lavoisier came forward
with his explanations Of the phenomena
attending the results of these various
experiments. lie says that by shutting
out the air. diamonds are preserved in
the intense heat Of a furnace, bat that
the admission Of oxygen, which com
bines with the carbon Of the diamond,
allows il 70 burn almost as readily as a
piece of coaL-St. Louis Republic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-03-11

ters out Of breath and minus slippers
and shawl. II took but a few minutes
10 rouse the plantation, and not many
more TO surround the house. but we
were too late to catch the thieves.
They got of, but in their hurry left
most of their intended plumber behind,
so / was well content to let them go,
only too thankful 10 have got rid Of
them so cbeaply.
Ny robust health prevented my feel
ing any i'll effects from my midnight
adventure, and as for my boy he slept
perister ~ through the night, and
woke up as fresh and bright as the
glorious autumn morning that followed
the storm.
But poor old Aunt Sukey, though
she had no broken limbs 20 complain
of, paid for her exposure TO the wet
and cold by a long spell of rheumatic
fever, through which | nursed her as if
she had been my mother. II was the
least / could do in return for the devo-
ton 10 me and mine that had nearly
cost her life.-A. q. Garfield in New
Orleans Times Democrat.