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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-01
SOMETHING BIG IN RUBBER.

a Single "Biscuit' Tha Weighs over a
Thousand Pounds and Cost sI.OIO.
The biggest biscuit" Of rubber ever
see in North America is on exhibition
m a store in Warren street IL came
from the upper Amazon, weighs a trile
over a thousand pounds and cost its
owner 81. 01O. Around its largest cir
conference il measures 10 feet being
composed of successive layers that form
a practically solid mass throughout
There is enough rubber in the lump 70
= make 5000, 900 election" bands, or,
hmade into a single string. there is
enough 70 make a line which would
reach $50 miles.
Although the biscuit is now perfectly
black, il wa pure white. like the Juice
Of the milk weed. when taken from the
tree. The native who made the lump
first drove two crotched stakes in the
ground at a distance Of ten feet apart,
and in the crotches he rested a smooth
pole. Then he built a fire midway be
tween the posts, in such a position as
To concentrate the heat az the center Of
~ NAboERATNts N4blEA III - AnlA
consistency, was poured on the hottest
= surface Of the %stringer, and As it felt
the warmth Of the TIRE il CONCEALED
By turning the pole slowly around the
layer Of rubber took Is present shape,
which Is that = a BIZ. ~overCrOwn bis
cult
IL is slow work turning the stick and
c~ongealing the rubber. and a whole
, day is consumed % making a single
layer. Il took forty days 20 complete
the biscuit in Q e>tiou. for, besides
hardening IT, il ? al o. be- cured and
, smoked - proc s~es very similar 10
those used In eur ~ and smoking hams
The Amazon alive, use a peculiar
bark % effect tie curing process. which
is burned in -ue fir. and which i'm
parts certain prop rites that prepare
b rubber for preservation.
The rubber which j. here described
smells 50 much Ike the ordinary sugar
cured ham that one could not tell the
difference p blindf0ldel In this ~
spect the rubber from the Amazon pos
sesses a distinct superiority over that
from Africa In the latter country the
natives seem 20 know nothing what
ever about the curing and smoking
prOcess, and the result Is that their
rubber has an indescnbably vile Odur.
In preparing this big lump for com
Dercial use it viii be first put into the
Rinder or mill where il will undergo a
Treatment very like that Of mastication
Ths makes it pliable. 1t will then be
put into a calendar. where il viii be
AarteDed and drawn out into the ~
quEred size and shape, after which it
win be cut up into the shapes used in
commerce.-Nev YORK Times
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-01

A richly but not ovendressed woman
a day or two ago entered a well flied
Fourth avenue car, and without 80
much as q look dropped into a seat w
Gated for her by a man who on rising
had politely raised his hat.
The w1mau's behavior was so mark
sdly uugTae.ous that the other Occu-
pants Of %. car smiled broadly at the
victim Of misplaced ~politeness, who did
not fail tJ notice that he was being
laughed aL
Turning to the Lady and once more
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-01

Five is a number but little employed
in the Scriptures, but il Is a number Of
great convenience and utility. Man
was created with five natural senses
and with five fingers on each hand and
five toes on each foot The earth's
surface is divided into five zones, and
the rose has five leaves, or some null
tiple Of fve-Chicago Herald
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-01

Complaint was made in the house Of
commons that some pubhcans were in
the habit Of oblging their customers
by selling postage stamps after the post
Offices are closed Il was stated on b
half of the government that no one u
entitled 70 sell stamps without first TAX
ing out a license.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-01

The production Of electrically welded
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ant industry in this country. The
steel chain VIII be oDe-third lighter
than tie present chain With a. great q
tensile strsng1h, and can be produced
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-01

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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-01

We mean business. Do not Let this opportu-
nifty slip by you. Remember there is plenty of
hot weather in store for us yet, and you must
have a summer suit anyway.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-01

Owing to the extreme wet Spring and chilly
weather, we have a much larger line Of Summer
Goods than we care to see, hence
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-06-13

The New York Tribune says: "One
Of the most notable characteristics of
the Hebrew race is the generous con-
sideration and benevolence displayed
by the rich to the poor in general, and
to the impoverished members of their
creed in particular. Rarely, however,
has this trait been manifested in so
munificcnt manner as by Baron Hirsch,
who has cabled to the trustees of tho
Hebrew immigration Fund in this city
an authorization to draw on him for
30, 300, coo. lie adds that if the in
come Of this sum proves inadequate TO
accomplish the good work for which
it is destined among the poor Hebrews
in the United States, the trustees can
make use of the principal, and that he
will make good the amount. Nor does
this IN any way constitute his first
donation to the fund, which has already
received from him sums to the amount
of 100000 during the last twelve
months. Since the death of his only
son, . few years ago. the Baron has
deyo:cd much of his time and his for
tune TO analogous deeds of benevo-
lencc, and has created and endowed
with many millions of dollars organi-
cations both in Russia and Austria for
tie relief of INDECENT Hebrews"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-06-13

The opium traffic is troubling the
people Of California. Within eleven
years 100000 worth of the drug
nave been imported and sevcn-eighths
Of that was prepared. The legislature
will adopt resolution calling on Con-
greSs to prohibit to importation of
prepared opium and limit the importa-
ton of the crude article. The smok-
ers use the prepared exclusively.
Collector Phelps idea is TO bar out the
drug altogether and then destroy all
that is seized. "This will probably
prove a very practical means Of bar
ring out the Chinese" observes the
Atlanta Constitution.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-06-13
Tribal Signs Of the Indians,

Trailing is not all the scouts knowl-
edge. Besides having an intimate &C.
quaintance with the country he also
knows how to hail any passing bands OF
Indians or other tribes of the plains.
The tribe signs are as numerous as the
tribal divisions themselves. The ap-
proach Of an Indian party is stopped by
holding up the right hand. Passing it
back and forward before the face
means, 'Who are youf" as plain as
words can say it. Then comes the an
swer. The Comanche makes a motion
like the course of a tsnake, Comanche
meaning snake. The Arapahoes smell.
ers) take the nose between the thumb
and forefinger. The Cheyennes (mean-
ing cut ARM draw the hand across the
arm as if to saw it off. The Pawnecs
(wOlvesJ put their hands to their fore.
heads, with the fingers pointing ahead
like VOLTS ears pricked up at an unex-
pected sound, while the Sioux (or cut
throats) draw their hands across their
throats.
All these things are in the mind of the
scout and are as familiar to him as the
rising of the sun. In addition, he
knows something of astronomical lore so
far as it tells of the directions indicated
by the stars. He is as infallible as q
barometer in predicting weather changes,
and his acquaintance with wild beasts
wars would be bonanza to a naturalist.
Herald.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-06-13

says the San Francisco Chronicle.
"The free zono is standing nuisance
which will perhaps remain undated
until Mexico becomes part of the
United States. The latter event may
not happen soon, but the manifest
destinations are all firm believers that
The people of North America will one
day find it to their interest 10 live
under one flag, and something is
bound TO come from the belief"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-06-13

-. "
new manufactures in Maine during
1890, as shown by the Lewiston
Journals annual industrial report,
was St,000.O00. just 149 new manu-
featuring industries have been started
and ninety-six old ones have been ell
largel. This growth has given en-
ploymcnt to $500 additional hands.
The two branches of industry that
show the greatest progress are the
shipyards and pulp mills. The largest
single enterprise of the year was the
construction of the new iron ship
building plant at Bath, but the bust
ness of building wooden ships has
been better than for several years.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-06-13

The Bell telephone patent monopoly
TN England has expired, announces the
Scientific American. The patent
there was granted for fourteen years.
Cheap telephones will now prevail in
England the same as in Germany,
where Bell failed to obtain patent.
In this country the Bell patent will ex
pire March Z, 1898, having been origi-
naIly granted March Z, 1876, for a
term Of seventeen years.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-06-13
Saved by an Old law.

Public opinion in England would
hardly be willing at this time to witness
revival OF any Of the antiquated priv.
ileges in favor of noblemen alleged to be
guilty of serious crimes. And yet those
privileges exist, and might be summoned
into activity, to the serious detriment OF
justice. English law is crammed full of
antiquated methods of procedure, now
seldom invoked. As late as the begin
ming of this century a lawyers acauaipt-
ance with ancient statutes saved a muir
derer, against whom the evidence was
overwhelming. The prisoner had taken
the life OF beautiful girl, and hidden
the body in barn, where it was found.
When the prisoner was brought in to be
tried he suddenly astonished the Judge.
jury and spectators by rising up and
challenging the brother of the girl, hes
nearest relative, to mortal combat, to
prove his innocence. Everybody was
thunderstruck.
Such thing had not been heard Of In
England for centuries. But the prison.
er's counsel rose up and read the law. a
statute handed down from the days of
the Norman kings and never repealed.
Under that law a prisoner could waive
regular trial and have his guilt or inno-
cence decided by a mortal combat, as he
proposed. The counsel for the prosecu-
ton tried to ridicule the proposition, but
the judge sternly interrupted him. 1.-THE
law of England must not be ridiculed,"
said the court.
There could be but one result. The
brother of the murdered girl was a man
OF peace. Beside, he was physically in
ferior to the prisoner, and would be no
match for him in combat. He declined
the challenge, and the prisoner was dis
charged. Parliament fastened to repeal
the law, and thus prevented any one else
from taking advantage of it. But it
would he strange If, among the mass Of
English laws, going back to the time of
the conquest, some provision equally
peculiar has not escaped attention.
Cat'"cc9 Herald.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-06-13
dbe ll)sskIp fftssssnper
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
ALBERT RlENVENU.

The New York Commercial Adyer-
tiser alleges that Germany is already
finding its African colonies an I'M
doubted white elephant Oh its hands.
The European fad OF founding
African colonies for the fun
of the thing and the benefit of
the rum trade is not likely TO be half
as popular ten years hence as it was
when the powers divided up what did
not belong to them in the Dark CONT
ncnt
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-06-13

A WHIST congress is to be held in
Milwaukee soon. Some fitting punish
ment will probably then be devised for
the man who persists in trumping his
partners tricks.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-06-13
KINDRED WITH all

We cannot 20 so far
That home is out OF sight;
Tie morn, the evening star,
Will say, Good-day! Goodnight
The heart that loves will never tie alone;
All earth, all heaven it reckonS as It's own.
i Henry Burton.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-06-13
CAUSE FOR SORROW,

CAUSE FOR SORROW.
He heaved sorrowful sigh,
A weepful tear he wept,
His love had hidden him "Goodby"
And all his presents kept.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-06-13

A special parcel of Ceylon tea sold
recently, after spirited bidding at the
London Commercial Salesroom, for S54
per pound.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-27
THREE KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Fatal Accident to An Excursion Trai
in Ohio.


Fatal Accident to An Excursion Train
in Ohio.
DAYTON, O., July 26.-This has been a
day of gloom in this city, caused by the
awful disaster to the Cincinnati, Hamilton
d Dayton excursion train at Middletown
last night. Three persons were killed out
right, William Matthews, aged l3; Lydia
Freyer, aged %. and Frank Simoner. aged
II. OF the injured the following are in a
critical condition: Joseph B. Cieval Frank
Patterson and Joseph FL. Sweverly. The
following we'e seriously, but it d 5s thought,
Harry Reese, Fred Weldner, Mark Emer-
ick, Edith Tuttle. R. s. Tuttle, Kate
Schlein, Eden l.. Reason and wife, Frank
Reiger. William Oman. Mary Gram, Annie
Venard. Samuel Lohr. Charles Myers,
Maggie Frost, Annie Brennan and Pearl
Shorthill. About twenty more received
painful bruises and cuts.
William G. Douglass. one of the commit
tes men in charge OF the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton and Dayton excursion to Woodsdale,
tells this story of Saturday nights wreck.
I7The draw bar about the middle of the ex-
cursion train broke and they stopped at
Middletown half an hour to patch it up.
rear car. and just as the train was pulling
out n heavy freight came in at high rate of
speed. Engineer Schwind saw the aagman
waving the danger signal and immediatdly
called for brakes, shut off steam and with
the fireman jumped. IT was too late to stop
the freight and all instant later the crash
came. The two rear cars of the excursion
train here hurled into the ditch. The next
coach WAS struck fairly in the end and the
locomotive pushing under, elevated it to an
angle of forty-tive degrees and there it stood,
filled with shrieking people. This car
caught fire, but Engineer Schwind and the
fireman were able to extinguish the blaze by
using the hose from the locomotives. Two
cars lay crushed in the ditch with Il mass of
MANNED and mangled people moaning in
agony, pleading for help. Legs. arms and
heads could be seen through the broken
windows. or pinned under the wreck. The
moans of helpless sufferers, mingled with
the frantic cries of mothers seeking hus-
bands and children, many Of them being
cnt by glass and timbers in the rush to es-
cape, and whose bloody faces and hands
bore ghastly testimony to the number of
injured. Physicians and citizens of Mid,
dletown were soon at the scene to join in
rescuing the unfortunates. The dead per-
sons were properly cared for and the in
jured received all necessary attention.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-27
DETIED THE SUPERVISOR.

A Yellowstone Farmer Stops Road With
n Winchester.
BILLINGS July 26.-lSpecial. THE coun-
ty commissioners have been in session this
week, sitting as a board of equalization.
They have valued cattle for assessment
purposes at $l5 Il head, and reduced the
valuation on sheep from $3.50 to three
dollars. In common with other county
boards they have ran against a snag in as
sessing mortgages. The commissioners re-
Gently ordered road to be opened between
Canyon creek and Park City, and as the
section lines do not conform to the
straight line between the points, they have
laid it out across number of farms. Most
of tho farmers have accepted tho damages
allowed them by the county. Sam Smith
considers himself aggrieved, however, and
refused not only to accept the amount of
damages. but stood off the road supervisor,
Frank Church, with his Winchester, for
bidding him to cut the wire fence. Church
retired in good order and applied to the
commissioners for protection. That body
appointed Deputy Sheriff Will Ramsey to
protect the supervisor, and it is presumed
tho road will 60 through.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-27
Frightful Results OF Collision
Between Excursion Trains on
French Road.
Forty Nine Persons Reported Dead
and About One Hundred
Injured.
Details of Saturdays Accident ON the Gin
cinRsti, Hamilton 4 Dayton
in Ohio.

PARIS. July 26.-A collision occurred be-
tween excursion trains at st. Mande to-day,
in which many persons were killed and in
jured.
The guards van and three rear carriages
of the first train we're wrecked aud caught
fire from the gas. The injured occupants
were shrieking in despai: and the other
passengers hurriedly left the train and Is
sisted in extricating the victims. The
soldiers also aided the fire brigade to quench
the flames and rescue the sufferers. II ia
reported now that fifty persons were
killed.
A late dispatch from st. Hande, says
sixty persons were injured and fifteen dead
bodies have been recovered. Most of the
dead victims are legless. Their limbs had
been crnshed through the jamming together
of the seats. There were fully 10000 on
lockers at the scene.
The driver and fireman of the second train
were buried alive.
PARIS, July 27.-At two o'clock this
(Monday) morning it is known that forty
nine have been killed and 100 injured.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-27
A we,,.Laid Plan Discovered.

Dies MONIES, Iowa, July GA well-laid
plan to kill the cashier of the American
Savings band and rob the vault of $500,0oO
was discovered here yesterday. The
robbery was arranged to take place Mon
day morning at $50, the hour at which the
vault is regularly opened by Cashier FL
liott. Tho scheme was for one
man to engage the cashier In con-
versation, another to enter by u
side door, slip up behind and sand bag,
or stab him if necessary. while a third fell
low should take the rolls of money from
the vault. Two of the mon, James Dim
mitt, colored tough, and Sam Cooper. a
real estate swindler. are from Des Moines
and the third is q professional tough from
Kansas City. Cooper and Dimmitt are
under arrest. A local newspaper man got
wind of the scheme by pretending to be a
tough from Missouri.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-27
THE MEMORABLE LAW.
Thirty Jewish Immigrants Detained al
tho Port of New York.

Thirty Jewish Immigrants Detained at
tho Port of Now York.
NEW York, July 26.-Thirty immigrants,
all Russian Jews, are in the detention bu-
reau at the barge Office awaiting the decision
of the superintendent of immigration. 1t is
most probable that they will all be sent
back, rs each one has been assisted" and
the law on assisted immigrants is ine1o-a-
able. One of the detained immigrants,
Mendel Rogalsky. young man of 20 and a
carpenter by trade, tells most thrilling
story of his own adventures and suferings
in Russia. He became a suspect while
working at his trade in Riga and to escape
Siberia, which Was unbsarable, he
fed from city to city, pursued constantly.
He was finally taken prisoner, bsaten and
treated most inhumanly and prepared for
siberia, when he again managed to escape.
He succeeded in reaching the frontier, and
by the assistance of his countrymen was
sent to Hrmburg. Here he was further as
sisted and left for America. He has no
money, having been robbed of his little
savings for six years when he was taken
prisoner in Russia. and he says if he is
caught again i'll that country he will be put
to death. The Jewish societies have taken
hold of hiS case.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-27
Probably Murdered by a Rival.

CLEVELAND. q. July 26.-It ia believed
that cold blooded murder was committed
at Mentor last night, William Wood, an
unmarried farmer, being the victim.
shooting and screams were heard in the di-
rection of his house, but when the neigh
bors went so ascertain the cause he could
not be found. He had just been milking
and there was great alarm among the cat
tie. Although search has been made all
day, no trace has been disc overed
and it is believed he was murdered
and his body hid in deep
ravine near the barn. He had been paying
attention to the daughter of neiRhborinR
farmer and a jealous rival named Hermann
is under arrest. accused of his murder.
Hermann protests his innocence.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-27
A MOUNTAIN TOWN SWEPT.
Genoa, New, Almost Wiped Out by a
Cloudburst.

Genoa, New, Almost Wiped Out by a
Cloudburst.
CARSON, New, July 26.-A thunder storm
Friday afternoon came near wiping out the
mountain town of Genoa. About five
o'clock cloud burst near where the big
snow slide occurred years ago. In few
moments great food of water came down
three separate canyons, sweeping every thing
before it. When the first alarm was given
women and children hurried to safer quar-
ters through driving rain. From Genoa
canyon water rushed down in single COL
umn twenty feet high, carrying logs
and boulders with it, 1t struck
@. w. Dake's undertaking shop and swept
it away. Water made clean sweep from
Snow Slide canyon, leaving tbs rocks bare
and dashing over the base Of the mountain.
The stream from Snow Slide canyon finally
struck that from Genoa canyon. Part of
Dake's ranch was almost entirely oblitera-
ted. l.. Fray is the heaviest loser, his large
fiulne being entirely swept away. From
the mouth of Genoa canyon rocks and de-
bris cover much of the finest meadow and
grain land, and a great deal of damage was
also entailed by the loss of crops. North
of town the damage from Schoolhouse can
yop Is Gtifing.