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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-11
CAN TALK WITH THE MONKEYS.


San Francisco Man WHO Is Believed
to Have Mastered the simian Lingo.
A mysterious individual haunts Wood
wards gardens to whom is attributed
the gift of conversing with monkeys in
their own language. He is a little old
man who has seen about three score
years and ten, but as he is always alone
and speaks to no one very little is known
about him. For nearly year past the
old gentleman has daily visited that
former popular resort, deposited the en-
trance fee, and as quickly as his feeble
strength will allow and with eagerness
depicted on his scanned and weather
beaten countenance proceeds at once to
the monkey cage.
The monkeys recognize him and set
up chattering and bowling that would
CRATE on a sensitive persons nerves, but
the old man does not mind it bit. He
enjoys it, and beams on the quadrumana
that make every effort to reach him
through the iron bars with an expression
that would lead one to think that his
soul was wrapped up in them.
Finally, the noise subsidies and the old
man gaZes into a dozen comical expect
ant faces pressed against the bars, with
twenty-four pairs of bright eyes looking
at him, and utters a few cultural sounds
that astonish and please the monkeys.
He perfectly initiates the sounds of most
of them, and all arrange themselves in q
semicircle and with great seriousness
listen to all he has to say. Sometimes
his tone is serious, when all the monkeys
put on very abject expression and look
as sorrowful as q monkey can.
Then again, when the tones are differ
ent, the monkeys will dance about with
every evidence of delight, and all begin
to jabber at once, until the old man
points his finger at one of the largest.
All remain silent while he seemingly
carries on a conversation with one of the
older ones, initiating all the grimaces
and actions of a monkey as well as any
human being could.
Sometimes the conversation lasts an
hour or more, when the little man bids
his friends adieu until the morrow.
1t is said by some that the little man
was once q sea captain, whose crew was
murdered by the natives on the coast of
Brazil, and he made his escape to the
forests of the interior with no COM
panions but the monkeys for many
months, and subsisted entirely on the
wild fruits and other food berries that he
could gather. It is supposed that he OBJ
tanned some knowledge of their method
of communication during the months of
his enforced residence in the wilderness
that enables him to engage the attention
of the monkeys at Woodward's Gardens.
When accosted the old man will not
reply, and his mysterious behavior is
source of much comment. San Fran
cisco Examiner.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-11
To the North Pol. by Balloon.

The solution of that fascinating prob.
lem, whether there is water, land, or
ice at the North Pole, is again about to
be attempted, and in very novel way.
An aerial expedition is now being organ.
lied by two young Frenchmen, by name
NJ. Besoncon and NJ. Gustave Hermite,
the latter a nephew of M. Charles Her
mite of the institute, and these daring
explorers are having an elaborate airship
or balloon built, in which they hope to
make an ascension which will carry them
across the territory where that tantaliz-
ingly remote and inaccessible bourne, the
North Pole, is located. The balloon is to
to be called the "Sivel," and will be in
fiated with pure hydrogen, and win be
connected with four ballons pilots, or
pilot balloons, and 16 small balloons, for
storage of gas, to make up any loss from
the great balloon. The envel, - of the
latter will consist of China silk in 4S
pieces or cores, in form perfect sphere.
and is to be provided with a small in
terror balloon, or air pocket, the object
of which is to keep the exterior balloon
always completely inflated and under an
equal pressure.
The basket Of the balloon, made of
wicker with steel framework, insuring
absolute rigidity, will be closed over and
made impermeable to water, like boat.
Its interior win be padded, so as to keep
Up comfortable temperature in cham
Der occupied by the aeronauts. The bas
iet will be made unsuitable, and viii
oe about four yards wide and five
md half long. It will carry, besides
the two explorers and their three assist
lnts, eight dogs, sledge, small canoe.
md provisions for dogs and men for 81
lays. The explorers will leave some por;
in France, accompanied by two steam
vessels carrying the apparatus for the
production of the hydrogen necessary to
initiate the balloon. They will leave in
May to arrive in Spitzbergen in July.
where they will make the ascension
as soon as the winds are favorable.
hoping to land again, in from four to ter
days, in North America or northern
Asia, passing the North Pole en- route.
1t will not be until May, 1892. that the
preparations will be all completed; but it
does not seem at all likely that the bold
French explorers will be forestallsd by
any one in arriving at the frozen uu-
known land they hope to reach.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-11
Moor Baths.

The moor baths, of which much is now
heard, and which are provided at many
Austrian and German health resorts.
were first used at Frazensbad. In 1929
Doctor Poschmann, physician there,
believed that he had found in them new
curative medium, and they have since
become popular. Some physicians still
question their efficacy, while others in
Austria and Germany rely upon them to
render good service in many maladies.
Though the bath is composed of peat
or moor earth to which enough water
has been added to make thick paste of
the mass, yet the peat is different from
that which is extracted from a bog in
Ireland and Scotland. In both Ireland
and Scotland the peat is used as fuel; at
Frazensbad the 'mineralized peat will not
serve such purpose. The bog from
which it is extracted has been saturated
throughout countless ages with mineral
water, and the product is strong chem
ical compound. Thus moor bath is a
mineral bath in concentrated form, and
effects are produced upon the system by
taking a course of these baths which can
not be produced, according to experts,
by any mineral water.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-11
ALTITUDE AND POPULATION.
Density of Population Moving Toward
the Higher Regions.

DembAty Oh reputation moving VOW0r0
the Higher Regions.
The Census Bureau has issued buIle-
tin on the distribution of population in
accordance with altitude. 1t appears
that in the area below 500 feet is included
nearly all that part of the population
which is engaged in manufacturing and
in the foreign commerce of the country
and most of that engaged in the culture
of cotton, rice, and sugar. The interval
between 500 feet and 1 500 feet comprises
the greater part of the prairie States
and grain producing States of the North
west. East of the 98th meridian 1900
feet is practically the upper limit of pop
ulation, all the country lying above that
elevation being mountainous. The pop
ulation between 1900 and 5000 feet is
found mainly on the slope of the great
Western plains. Above 5000 feet irriga-
tion is almost universally necessary for
success in agricultural operations.
Between 900 and 5000 feet, and more
markedly between 5000 and 5000 feet,
the population is decidedly in excess of
the grade or grades below it. This is
mainly due to the fact that the densest
settlement at high attitudes in the Cor
dilleran region is at the eastern base Of
the Rocky Mountains and in the valleys
about Great Salt Lake, which regions lie
between 1000 and 5000 feet. Of these
the extensive settlements at the base of
the mountains in Colorado are mainly be.
tween 5000 and 5000 feet.
Above 5000 feet the population, which
is confined, of course, to the Cordilleran
region, is almost entirely engaged in the
pursuit of mining, and the greater part
of it is located in Colorado, New Mexico,
Nevada, and California.
While the population is increasing nu.
merically in all attitudes, its relative
movement is decidedly toward the region
of greater attitudes, and is most marked
between the country lying between 900
and 5000 feet above the sea.
The density of population is greatest
near sea level in that narrow strip along
the seaboard which contains our great
seaports. The density diminishes grad
ually and rather uniformly up to 1000
feet, where the population becomes quite
sparse.
The average elevation of the country,
excluding Alaska, is about $500 feet,
The average elevation at which the in
habitants lived. taking cognizance of
their distribution, was 6S7 feet in 1870;
in 1880 it had increased to 739 feet, and
in 1890 to 1888 feet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-11
Eugene Field ON Literary au..t,.n,


"The Scented Gardens" was the tito
of translation which the late Captain
Burton had made from the Arabic.
Finding it in manuscript Lady Burton
burned it up rather than profit by its pub
ication, and for this the lady is being
complimented by many people who, We
suspect, do not know what they are talk
ing about. "The Perfumed Garden has
already been done in English. 1t belongs
to that class of oriental erotics of which
the "Ananga Ranga" is a notable ex-
ample, and which has been published
by the Kama-Shastra Society, SO called,
of Benares NondonD. These poems are
curious and beautiful specimens, well
worth the study of mature and scholarly
men, and as Burton was unquestionabIy
the most proficient translator of this time
we regard the destruction Of his manu-
script as a piece of wanton vandalism.
All books are not for everybody in liter
ature there is a distinct aristocracy of
intelligence. There are many who should
be prevented from reading the songs of
Solomon. Literature is not so likely to
be unfit for readers as readers are likely
to be unfit for literature.
There is one greath truth that seems
not to have become deeply grounded as
yet, and it is this: Woman Is by nature
wholly, irredeemably, and irreparably
disqualified for the offices of literary ex-
ccutor. A woman and kitchen stove
will do more damage in five minutes
than a horde of hungry savages in i.s
yeaIs.-Chicago Daily News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-11
A Maine Tom Sawyer.

A disciple of Tom Sawyer lives on
Middle street; he is a professional gem
tleman, and his sign swings to the breeze
on Main street. Last week he noticed
the grass around his house needed cut
ting, so, investing in a scythe, he ap-
preached the job and prepared to con-
quer or die, In about three minutes his
back gave out, and he sat down to pom.
der. Tom Sawyer and the whitewash
job came to his mind. an do it," he
exclaimed, under his breath. And from
that time onward he sat there, and every
man or boy that came along was invited
to try his new scythe and "see how easy
It works. " Inside of two hours, says the
Rockland Courier, the job was finished.
and our friend hadn't removed his coat
tails from his easy perch. Brains ara
what most people need; muscle doesn't
amount to much in the battle for SUI
premacy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-11
Remarkable vitality of Seed.

1t has been claimed that the seeds
taken from ancient Egyptian tombs are
capable of growth, but proof of the
CLAIM is lacking. It has been demon
strated, however, that seeds of very
great age are capable of development.
Raspberries have been raised from seed
taken from the stomach of a man who
died during the time of the Emperor
Hadrian, who reigned in the Second CEN
tury Of our era. Think of it, a seed
springing into new life after lying dor
mant sixteen centqriesl-St. Louis Re
public. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-11
where Crystals Are Made.

At Hot Springs, Ark, clear rolled
pebbles from the Washita river are sold
in quantities, being more highly priced
than the ordinary rock crystals. The
demand for them is so great that the i,-
habitants thereabouts have learned 10
produce them artifcially by putting a
humber of crystals in box and keeping
them revolving for a few days by water
ashington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-11
A vleNETTE.

High in the blue the swallows swim like moths;
Bronzed brambles lean ocr chalky cliffs; be-
low,
The stream beneath the mill wheel whirls and
froths,
Then, wounded, writhes along the meadow
slow.
White roads with iinty margins rise and fall;
Red houses look from out their orchards
green;
The garrulous magpies to each other call,
And, scant of grass. the tethered oxen CLEAN.
A silvery sound of horse bells shakes the air,
Now calm with coming night The acacias
stand
Etched on the orange sky, where shadows rare
Guard, as mute sentinels, the enchanted land
Through which the sun sinks to the unseen sea
Behind the wooded heights of Normandy
John Hogben in London Spectator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-11

If you would please woman, praise
her children; if you would please man,
praise him. Globe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-11

Men preach from tho housetops while
the devil is crawling through the base.
mont Windows.-Texaa SlfdnCs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-09-11
Physicians Co.alsfr.st Cure.

Physicians COmliEast Cure.
SEDAMsvLLE, Hamilton Co., O., June, 1859.
Ono bottle of Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonic
eured me entirely, after physicians he'd tried
unsuccessfuliy for eight months to relieve meof
nervous debility. w. HUENNEFELD.
DELHI, Cat, jan. IA, 1891.
My wife has taken six bottles OF Pastor
Koenig's Nerve Tonic J; shs hos had no retust OF
the fits, and think this remedy has had the
desired effect. / cheerfully recommend it to any
one suffering from that dreadful malady.
Epilepsy JOHN GRANT.
BRoCKToN, Mass, June H. $780,
About year ago noticed my right hand CON
tinually shaking. I tried different medicines
but they all had no effect. After using
three or four bottles of Pastor Koenig's Nerve
Tonic my hand ceased TO shake end foHpl my
self gaining every day. ] think this medicine is
one OF the greatest remedies.
THOS. OTEIILY.
Fn EF-A. Valuable Book ON Nervous
N a1,a poo, gsasqts u.s. can n also obtain
This remedy has been prepared by the Reyerene
Pastor Koenig, of Fort Wayne Ind. since 1876 and
isnow prepared underhis direction by tho
KoEHiC MED. CO.. Chicago, ILL
Sold by Druggists at 81 per Bottle. 6for Sc.
Large Size. &1.75- Bottles for SO.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-21
GRAIN INSPECTION.
Commissioners Reduce Fees and
Reappoint a. @. Clausen Chief

Commissioners Reduce Fees and
ReappOint A. G. Clausen Chief
Inspector.
The railway and warehouse commits
sion met in adjourned session yester-
day. The full board was present,
together with the chief Inspector. The
purpose of the meeting was to fix the
Minnesota grain grades for the ensuing
crop year. 1t had been expected that a
number of dealers and WarehOuSemen
would be present, but none came. The
only change effected was at the recon-
mendation of Inspector Clausen. The
grade of No. oats was changed so as
to read:
No. 3 oats shall include all oats that are
warebOuseable and in a merchantable cOndi-
ton but not suitable for higher grades.
The question of fees for inspection
was next settled. The fees on all grains
except fax was reduced from % cents a
carload tO20 cents, and from 80 cents to
40 cents per LOCO bushels for inspecting
out of store into vessels. The fee for
inspecting flax was fixed at 65 cents per
car into and out of store, and 81 per
LOCO bushels for inspecting from store
INTO vessels.
The inspection and weighing fees, 1t
was related. were hitherto lower than
any other market in this country, and
this further reduction is construed to in
dictate the economy and judicious man.
agement Of the department.
A. c. Clausen was reappOinted chief
inspector and then the commission list
ened to Col. c. Ii. Graves, of Duluth,
and A. j. Sawyer, of Minneapolis. re-
speeding the Duluth and West Superior
elevator interests on the question OF
licensing warehouses as public recep-
tacles for the coming crop year. 1t be-
ing known that several interested par
ties, who were not in attendance, want
ed to have something to say, the COM
again.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-21
THE WORLD OVER.

Nine. Patti has declined an offer for
concert tour, but has signed with Abbey
for an operate tour of America i'll the
late autumn and winter.
Dispatches from Rangoon, the capital
of British Burmah, state that the har-
vest prospects almost throughout Bur-
nah are of the gloomiest description.
Dispatches from China to Europe in
dictate that the situation is most alarm
ing and that the Chinese government is
not able to guarantee security to
foreigners.
A special commission has been ap-
pointed by the national chamber of
Hayti to examine last years budget. 1t
is reported that there is deficit of
S2.000.00O.
4 st. Louis morning paper Is author
ity for the statement that after six
years retirement, Jack Haverly, the
theatrical manager, will, on the opening
of the season, reappear on the stage.
The Tagblatt of Berlin says: Eng
lands interest lies on our side. Should
France aud Russia defeat the drelbund,
the immediate consequence would be
the expulsion of England from Egypt.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-21
FIX OPENs AIs EYES

We are getting so accus-
toned to remarkable things
that it is pretty hard to as
tonish us nowadays. The
father who said Don't be
surprised at anything, my
son, gave his boy good adj
vice, but then he didn't
know the time would come
when we would offer a IS
Child's Suit for So. SO. 1t
looks very much as though
we didn't know what we
were about, but we do. We
have the choice of two evils
keeping them on hand
and letting them go at a sac
rihce, and sacrifice wins
this time. No wonder the
man in the picture is open
ing his eyes when we are
offering osr stylish and we'll
made Children's Clothing at
such prices.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-21
THE GLAzIER EXPEDITION.
The Party Now at Park Rapids
Doings En- Route.

The Party Now at Park Rapids
Doings En- Route.
The party for the headwaters of the
Mississippi, under the audience OF
Can't. Glazier, left Minneapolis on Mon
daY the nth. as announced in the
GLOBE of Sunday the 10th. Before
leaving the party were photographed
bv MIR. frost. the artist OF the eXpe-
dition. George Croker, at whose
house on Harmon place was the head
quarters while in the city, had been
unremitting in his efforts for the
pleasure and comfort of the company
while there. The party took the cars
of the Northern Pacific for St. Cloud,
arriving there at noon. A room was Sc
cured at the West for headquarters,
and dinner taken at the Grand Central.
A walk about the town was had and
the gentlemen of the press called at
the newspaper offices. At S:25 cars
were again taken for Brainerd, which
was reached at 11:45 and rooms Sc
scured at the Arlington. The members
of the party have been quietly doing
this river town. finding much to inter
est them. 1t was soon noised about
that the GlaZier party was in town and
ali were anxious to see them.
~
call on the party at the Arlington from
Miss Lolita Grandelmyer, great grand
daughter of William Morrison, the first
white man to see Lake ItaSca. In 1904,
twenty-eight years before the discovery
of Sch0olcraft, Morrison had his cabin
at the lake, although he was unaware of
its geographical Importance. Owing to
Gen. Pixies not meeting with HIM on
his visit to Cass lake in 1905 and not
possessing himself of the information
held by Morrison, Pike laid down the
source of the river in Turtle lake, which
it is believed he would not have done
could he have at that time met the
hunter and trapper who was the first to
see the veritaS caput of SchoOlcraft.
The party greatly enjoyed the call OF
Miss Grandelmver. Also among those
who called on the members of the eX-
petition was DR.. +. a. Seal, the gov
eminent physician at the Ieech Lake
Indian Agency. The doctor has been
at the post for about four years and has
had great opportunities for gaining an
insight into the Indian character. He
expressed himself as much interested in
the purposes of the expedition and be-
lieved it would have much to do with a
final settlement of the question. it Will
be remembered that it was at Leech
lake that Capt. GaZier procured his In
dams and canoes for his journey up the
Kabakanka river Ell route for the head
waters in 1881. Our party left BraineTd
"Wednesday night for Wadena, and all
are in good health and spirits.
j. c. CRANE.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-21
FOR LACK OF WATER
The Residence of r. @. Bross Is
Completely Destroyed by Fire.

The Residence of II. Q. BrOss Is
Completely Destroyed by Fire.
The handsome two-and-a-half-stOry
frame residence of r. G. Bross, at S24
Ohio street, was completely destroyed by
fire at an early hour this morning; to-
gether with its contents, only few
timbers being left to show where, an
hour previously, perfectly appointed
home had stood. A few minutes after
midnight the uncle of Mr.. BrOsS had
occasion to enter a bed room situated
on an upper floor in the rear OF the
house. AS he opened the door volume
of smoke poured out and he realized
that the house was OIL fire. He at once
aroused the family, and an alarm was
turned in from the fire box at the corner
of Ohio and King streets, some blocks
away. In a few minutes the apparatus
was on the spot, but it was found that
the nearest fire hydrant was on the
corner of Stevens and Orleans streets,
5000 feet away. The hose carts pres
ent had but barely third of this length,
and of course nothing could be done.
The chemical engine proceeded up the
heavy hill TO the burning house, Wnlcn
by this time was roaring like a furnace,
anu IOlAlllS W OONAN w N'OAAS ~
stem the fierce fury of the flames.
The firemen. with desperation thor
oughly commendable, das he'd into the
burning building and saved some of the
contents, but after few minutes were
driven back by the terrific heat.
Fortunately the house was some dis
lance from adjoining residences, which
thus escaped a similar fate. One hour
from the time of the outbreak walls and
chimneys collapsed. sending the flames
leaping high into the air, illuminating
the scene for miles around. Mr.. Bross
owned the house and valued 1t at S3,5OO
and contents at 81, 400. The house was
insured for 1000 and the contents for
S1.1OO. The fire slowly burned itself
out, though detachment of tiremen re-
manned on duty for some hours in the
event of the flying cinders setting fire
to adjoining residences.