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The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-23
DO Ants Talk?

/ one day saw a drove Of the small
black ants moving, perhaps to better
quarters. The distance was some 15o
yards. Most all which came from the
old home carried some Of the household
goods. Some had eggs, some had what
may have answered for their bacon or
meat: some had thing and some am
other. sat and watched them closely
for over an hour. | noticed that every
time two met in the way they would
hold their heads close together as if
greeting one another, and no matter
how often the meeting took place this
anne thing occurred. as though Il short
chat We're necessary.
To prove more about it, | killed one
who was on his way. Others being eye
witnesses to the murder, went with
speed, and with every ant they met this
talking took place as before. But in
stead Of IA pleasant greeting, it was sad
news they had TO communicate. know
it was sad news, for every ant that these
parties met hastily turned back and fled
on another course. as much as to say,
"For the KINGS sake and for your safety
do not so there, for / have seen a mon
ster just behind that is able t destroy
US all at one blow. saw him kill one
of our family. | do not know how many
more are killed" So the news spread.
and it was true. How was the news
communicated if not by speech.-ILaga-
zine of Natural History.
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The capital Of the nation is infested
with a human insect that devotes its en-
ergies to boring into places where it is
not wanted Possibly its kindred exists
elsewhere, but there has been so much
freedom Of access to the houses of men
whose careers depend upon popularity.
and SO much dread among those in high
places of unwittingly trampling upon
influential feelings, that the breed is es.
pecially encouraged there. Then, again,
there are two notable features which
mark the society Of the capitalize pres
ence of officials and statesmen who are
known far and wide, and the absence Of
men who are distinguished in the sci
ences and the arts.-H. l.. Nelson in
Harper's.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-23

The first glass cups were made at
Alexandria. Some were colored like
Bohemian glass and decorated with glass
pastes, initiating precious stones and
canoes. Some were opaline, others clear
as crystal. and still Othe-s formed #
Opaque layers welded together Ike the
famous Portland vase. IN which the
white upper layer had been cut away
Ike that Of a cameo. leaving a blue
ground around the fgures.-H0use Fur
5isbing Review.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-23
Human Curiosity.

The inventors of the penny in the slot
machines make their profit out of h.
man curiosity, and their experience has
shown that a very comfortable revenue
can be derived from that source. Prob
ably few people have any idea of the
number Of men. women and children
who daily buy chewing gum or other
trifes from machines. or learn their
weight by stepping upon Il little plat
form and putting a cent where it will do
the most good. In d down town store
much frequented by those waiting for
cars is n Of the weighing machines.
which has a record Of earning $50 in a
month. That means that in that time
5000 persons paid a penny apiece to see
the hand on the dial go round.-New
York Times
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-23
HOTEL HERMlTS.
Men Who Find Solitude In the Very Gen.
tiers of I.iyeliness.

Men Who Find Solitude In the Very Cen.
tiers of I.iveliness.
One of the most interesting studies in
human nature about the city is the nan
who lives in hotels. | do not mean the
| commercial traveller or the man who il
engaged in business of any kind. but the
man who has nothing 10 do but TO lock
around him and enjoy himself. He may
actually enjoy himself, too, for all !
know. 1hope he does. iIe is interest
ing as an illustration of what some men
call enjoyment.
The fashionable hotels of New York
and questionable hotels for that mat
ter-are the shelter of many men who
are not in business other than the bust
ness of looking pretty and observing the
rest of the world move. l do not say
they are the homes of such men-they
merely shelter and feed them.
In many instances this life is that Of a
hermit. Possibly a man accustomed to
the wild, hilarious career offered by a
country hotel may cavil at the express
sion in this connection, but it is because
such a man does not understand city
ways. Ayear or two ago a well to do gen.
tlelman died in a New York hotel. He
had lived in the hostelry for years. and
yet not IA soul-if l may use the word
soul in speaking of a hotel corporation
knew him personally or anything about
him beyond the fact that he paid his bills
promptly and regularly. He chose to
make no acquaintance and was salts
fed to appear to the hotel managers as
''No. 81. X" or by whatever number his
room was designated. The hotel man
agement had changed several times, but
he lived on there, q calm, unruified eX-
istence.
AS a guest such a man is a jewel, and
as may reasonably be supposed he was
not likely to be harassed by unnecessary
attentions. When he died and it was
found that he was a gentleman OF indie
pendent fortune-the newspapers, of
course. making the discovery-solne peo-
pie marveled for a day or two and then
forgot him. | recall the incident now
only to illustrate that in a great city like
this what appears to be the most public
life may be in reality the los exclusive.
There are plenty of men living hermit
lives in New York hotels-as much so as
If they occupied a poor hovel in the soil
tary Businesses Of the wilderness.
l know men who reside at swell hotels
who do not seek to avoid their fellows.
but who might as well be confined in
the penitentiary or be dead. SO far as
their usefulness to society is concerned.
They remind me of convicts-so appar-
emily ~listless, aimless and inert their ex-
istence. They eat. drink and sleep.
Life holds 10 more inviting cupfor them
than that offered by the hotel corridor.
They have exhausted what men call
pleasure or are beyond the age Of phys
ical enjoyment, with no reserve capacity
for mental pleasure. To a man of some
temperaments such a life would be a liv-
ing death.-New York Cor. Pittsburg
Dispatch.
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st. Dunstan and the Devil.

One Of the most famous smiths or the
Weald was st. Dunstan, archbishop Of
Canterbury Maytield in Sussex is the
site Of an ancient archiepiscopal pal
ace. and here, according to some, took
place the terrific encounter between st.
Dunstan and the devil. At any rate, the
anvil, hammer and tongs which are al
legged 10 have belonged to the saint are
still preserved at Mayheld palace.-Gen-
tleman's Magazine.
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the DEAD CHILD.

Sleep on. dear. now,
The last sleep and the best;
And on thy brow
And on thy quiet breast,
Violets ! throw!
Thy little life
Was mine a little while;
No fears were rife,
To trouble thy brief smile
With stress or strife.
Lie still and be
Foreverinore a child!
Not grudgingly.
Whom life has not deiled,
render thee.
Slumber So deep
] would not rashly wake.
hardly weep:
Fain only for thy sake
To share thy sleep.
Yea! 10 be dead
Dead here with thee today.
When all j. said,
'Twere good by hes 70 lay
My weary head.
That is the best:
All, child. 80 tired or play,
stand contest:
/. too. would come thy way
And somewhere rest.
Ernest Dowson in Atalanta.
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General Grant's Well Meant PoIiteness.

The story is told Of General Grant
that while engaged in an animated ar
gunent with Mrs. John A. Logan onone
occasion he opened his cigar case and
offered her a cigar and took n himself
He lit his own and proceeded with the
discussion. Mrs. Logan quietly accepted
one, too. but secreted il without attract
ing attention. She now preserves that
cigar as a souvenir.-Springfield kepub-
lican-
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Looking Tor Information.

y good brother who recently offered
prayer at a prayer meeting started 10
make "A reference t. Noah, but got a
tgt.= fustcrel and forgot the name gi
.ie patriarch. After EenmIHg and la
zlg Er a few moments be t.rAed L. a
aalzaJUr and a-al IL a loud wnIsp-.-
y. ITO was ii IuliI She atkT'-WasniAg-
syl sey-s.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-23
M Need nfPr3iSe.

you never sit and talk to me a you
did before we were married" sighed the
young wife.
NO replied the husband, who was a
draper's assistant. 1.-The guv'nor told
me to stop praising the goods as soon as
the bargain was struck. London Tit
Pits
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-23

A curious book. in which the ext is
neither written nor printed, but woven.
has been published i'll Lyons. II was
made of silk and was published IL %
parts, each part consisting Of but two
leaves.
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NOT

Guest wearing large diamondTltrust
you understand my bringing a detective
with me to yOur reception:
Hostess-Oh, perfectly. You could
easily be acquitted if we missed any
t~hing.-VogUe.
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pooRBIs DEMOCRATS ARoUsED.

They Pas. Resoiution. and Appoint n Com
n,ittee TO Look Into Thiner.
With new Democratic factions organl zing In
different quarters OF the city the spirit OF
activity has stirred up the New York Democracy
which has lain dormant for the past two years.
Police Justice Yoorhis gathered sixteen OF his
iieutenants around him at 3 Abingdon square
last night and for nearly four hours they dis
cussed the result OF the recent election. Robert
Gtier Monroe and the Steckler moveme nt, aud
asked one another where they we're coming In
II the opposition Democracy should happen to
get on top.
been the custom. the resignatio was solemn
y tabled, and Mr.. Voorhis will continue to do
the bossing.
The result Of tho four hours Of talk was the
adoption OF the following preamble and reso-
luton: -
Wh,r.o. The New YORK Democracy having in view
Sef.t. ~ III. county sRd STATE Win tRs msbss.nynt
Of the affairs NJ the Dcmocratc party In this and var
Gus counties in this state. and
r,.scs g .SsSs 'S 3. s. he
Views OF Democratic voters may be more truly repre-.
ssnted and carried into effect: !hsrefore, belt
Chairman. be appointed to confer and consult WITH
leading representative Democrats oil the city for the
purpose OF devtsng such measures ~ may seem wise
ami are designed to remedy the a,nentsble misna
election
Mr.. yoorhis named the following committee:
John II. voorhis Peter B. Masterson, w j. v.
Hart, David N. Carvalho. John kerrigan. and
Bernard Mcintyre.
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NORTHERN racine AFFAIRS.
Security Holders Desire Braytou ives ~
Receiver In Place OF 7. 2. Oakes.

Security Holders Desire Braytou Ives -
Receiver In Place OF 7. ?. Oakes.
The feeling OF a very large proportion Of the
security holders OF the Northern Pacific Raii-
road Company was voiced on Tuesday. when
tho directors OF the company passed a resolu-
tlon asking Thomas 1. Cakes to resign his po-
sition as receiver. Mr. Cakes was President OF
the company at tho time that the company
sought the protection Of tho courts and his
appointment as one Of the receivers was In
accordance with recent practice in such cases.
Since then, however. the management OF
which he was the off1cial head has been COM
pletely overthrown, and he himself was not
able to secure enough votes to retain his
mem bership In the Board
The rebuke administered by the stockhold-
ers has not been sufficient to rid them OF Mr..
Cakes. however. and tho directors have re-
solved that II he does not Voluntarily resign
they will appeal to the courts Tor his removal
Mr. Brayton Ives having succeeded him as
President OF the Northern Pacific, IL is the wish
OF the security holders that he should take
the place OF Mr. Cakes also as receiver. IL IL
considered I'm 30 rtant that the receiver in Now
York should have q thorough knowledge OF the
financial needs Of the company and standing
with the .moneyed institutions that would ena-
Bile him better to provide for such needs
ST. PAUL Nov 22.-President Cakes said to-
night that he had not hoard OF the movement
inaugurated by the Northern. Pacific Board OF
Directors requesting his resignation and that
OF one OF tho receivers and applying to the
court for the appointment Of Brayton Ives as
President Mr.. Cakes would not com NIT him.
self. but tis understood here that he Will not
resign at the request OF Mr.. Ives or the Board
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TBNOw AWHITE ELEPHANT.
TIE WORLDS FAIR FOLKS ANXIOUS
TO GET RID OF TIE HHITE CiTR.

They VIII Aeoept AI-ost Auy ossr froua ths
Park Bo.-d 90 Tshe ~ on Their Hands
Ia their opiptes Thsy rsrnsnentiy Hsne-
ntsd the Park 90 the Account OF si.eOo,-
900 - Ths SOD Cost Them 100000.
CHICAGO. Nov. 22.-The worlds Fair people
are ready to make final settlement with the
Park Com missionsrs abandon all the build
ings and wind up the affairs Of the Exposition
Company at once. The Chicsgoans expect to
clear the decks In six months.
On Tuesday afternoon several directors OF
the Exposition. including Director q eneral
Davis and President Higinbotham, met the
Park Commissioners and asked them to con-
slider q proposition to accept the Exposition
buildings aud tear them down at their leisure.
The Park Board. assuming that It would be
put to great expense In tearing the buildings
down. asked the managers Of the Fair to make
Q schedule OF it's improvements In the park,
which would naturally stand as an Offset In
the final settlement against the cost OF clearing
The statsm snt was. prepared to-day The
rspiiity with which q was gotten out gives
some indication Of the anxiety OF the Worlds
fs Ds sspS. e sSss had been
paid out for. permanent improvements in the
park. The figures were larger than many di.
rsct2rs IMAGINED would be charged against
They did not include dollar OF the mil llons
expended for buildings or any embellish-
mems tnft must n9 hnen sTg y, ms sss ,ts
More than 500. 900 worth OF sod was hauled
in on freight cars and spread around the build
ings and about the Court OF Honor.
After the Executive Committee adjourned,
President Hisinbotham. Solicitor General
Walker. Lyman J. Gage, and II. Il Stone ex-
amined the figures carefully. and then a n
nounced their readiness to meet the Park
Board and make a final settlement.
member OF the South Park Board said he
consi dered the park had been damaged to the
extent Of S4500Oo. II the directors would
consent TO nay that am cunt the Com m ssionera
would probably assums the responsibility Of
tearing down the buildings. otherwise they
would Insist on the directors getting to work
at once.
In the event that the buildings are accepted
By the Park Commissioners 1t Is not likely that
The Park Board will not spend dollar for
that purpose. but will take the structures
down as fast as they can be sold to wreckers.
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SPARKS FROM THE 1ELEGRAPH

Campbell W. Adams. State Engineer elect, has ap-
pointed frank r. Becker Of Amsterdam deputy state
kngInesE Mr.. Becker IL SO years OF axe.
Capt James W. Manyils OF whitehall has announced
his eAndtdAey for the once OF OF The
next Assembly He held that ONCE In the last Rspab
heAn Assembly. In 1850
The Jury In the OF PAsguAe Leonard. an Italian.
on trial In Fonda, n u. Tor the murder Of ANAh n
ConOVsr yesterday brought m verdict Of murder in
lTdAy.
Cor. Flower has appointed Dr. Blocker I. Hoyey OF
Rochester OF the state Industrial school
In the place Of the Hon George Woman, whO re-
By the Governor
John MeRvoy OF Buffalo y r. was fatally shot IN
hsAdVile, IA. on TuesdAy might while tobolns thS
the shot from his bedroom, usng doublsbAEFshsa
shotgun. hcEYoy cannot 1--we.
I've bgAmists pleaded guilty yesterday In the sArA
tOHA CoHnty Court and received sentences one 81
them. Nellie DuclO. had within short time mArIls4
three men, The other. James u Daniels married Mira
Samuel Smith OF Saratoga, he hAVtnR al the time .
wife living IN ulOVssyils 10 whom be had been mar
risd ten years
stas Treasurer elect Colvin has notified Mr. James
schOUley u Rochester tie paymAster IN the TrsAS
ursT Department that he W be retained after jan
/ None Of the other clerks have been notlnsd OF Their
probable Tstsnton but nearly All q them have re-
ceTsd notice that their services wall be longer re-
quiTsd after the close Of the year
Gov Flow has postponsd At The request OF counsel
the hearing IN the matter Of the fAtbuEh sewer untu
Tuesday Nov ~ al 4 N, m the executive chamber.
The question up before the Governor as 20
WhsfhsT he shall Ssus order Tor the rArTJ ogt OF
the ndatt0n 90 the state Hoard OF Health whcA
srner for his approval The Governors action viii be
nuAl
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FOR 4 BLANKET BALL0E
A Coaference OF Reform~r- who Will Choose
. Committee to DRAFT y Bin.

A Conference OF Reform~r- who Will Choose
Committee to DRAFT - Bin.
Gustav Schwab presided over the delibera-
tons OF twenty gentlemen who desire to re-
form the ballot law OF this State at q mseting
held at the City Club last night These gentle
men were:
H. E. Deming Of the Reform Club John Fen
mel Of the New York Citizens Democracy, A. j.
Steers and Benjamin Doblin OF the Single Tax
Club. Charles Adams OF the Citizens Union
Club. Brooklyn: ]. Felmer Of the Single Tax
League. Brooklyn: Bolton Hall OF the New
York Tax Reform Club. John Sabine Smith
and A. X. Conkling Of the Republican Club.
county Democrats H. l.. Ryder. biym a n
Third Westchester district: James H. Shot
field Assemblyman elect Of the Eleventh dis
trict: James p. Archibald Of the Central Labor
linton. Jerome 0Eeill OF the Paper Hangers
Union, James a. Bennett. Democratic CLUB Of
Brooklyn: r. G. Lindeman OF the Young Men Q
Democratic Club. and ex-City Chamberlain
The following resolution offered By Mr..
Demne was adopted after discussion:
Rs.arr That II 10 the Of this NEE ting that
should enter up N vigorous campaign to secure the
adoption OF blanket ballot embodyng the essential
principles Of the Massachusetts system,
A resolution authorizing the appointment OF
a committee OF five to draft q bill embodyfng
these provisions was adopted. Tho bill 10 to
meeting. to DO called by tho Chair.
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The shore Towns want 90 Cat Free fron
Their slater Towns Ialand.


Their sister Towns Ialsnd.
IoNG BRANCH. Nov. 22.-The initial move
ment toward a division OF Monmouth county
took place here to- night In the Town Hail. when
the local Board OF Trade held meeting to
consider the desirability OF the project and to
devise ways and means to further the scheme.
A large number OF representative citizens
were present to lend advice and other aid to
the Board OF Trade. 1t was decided to move
cautiously. there being q fear Of the back
country towns. which are opposed to the pro-
posed division.
Tho meeting. appointed the following legls-
lafive committee; Henry s. Terhune, Judge
John W. Slocum. and Richard " Breeze. The
duty OF this comm ttee is TO prepare necessary
legal papers, all Of VIII oh must be ready for
presentation before the Legislature ten days
before the assem bling OF that body.
The following committee was also appointed
to confer with the several Boards OF Trade In
tho towns known to be In sympathy with this
movement. Col. C. ". N.wison. Daniel Edwards
Waller Taylor. and ex-Mayor George W.
Other meetings are to be held throughout
the shore dstriSt week. from now on. and q
determ ined effort will be made to create SUI
hcient sentin ent In the Legislature to accom-
plish tho divorce OF the sea shore townships
from their non-paying .neighbora from the
inland, which will. II is said. II successful,
break tho back bone OF the so-called court
house ring at Freehold.
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WILL ASK FOR A RECEIVER.
The American Casualty Insurance Company
80 De eides Just as Sup. Pierce Comes In.

The American Casualty Insurance Company
80 Decides dust as sup'. Pierce Comes In.
Superintendent Pierce and his deputy Mr..
Shannon OF the Insurance Department took
possession at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon OF
the American Casualty Insurance and Secur-
ity Company. whose officers are at A Pine
street
The company's officers had already deter
mined to apply for q receiver. Mr.. Pierce was
DO informed but he said he was there officially.
1t had been known for some time that the
affairs OF the company had been In a peculiar
condition. and on Oct. IL Gen. Henry W.
Slocum undertook to reorganize the com pany.
Expert accountants who were employed re-
ported to Gen. Slocum that the books OF the
company showed that 1t had not only lost the
whole capital OF Sl.OOO.OOO and o surplus OF
$500. 900. but nearly 1000 besides.
Gen. Slocum therefore called the meeting.
which was held yesterday. He told the gem
tlemen that he would not he justified In con-
tinuing longer the attempt to carry on bust
ness He said he had determined that an ap-
plcation for q receiver was the only proper
He therefore recon mended q resolution.
which was adopted. instructing the ompany's
counsel to make application to tho proper
court for the appointment Of q receiver. just
after this action had been taken superintend-
emit Pierce came In After looking over the
reports and resolution. he telegraphed the
Attorney-G General to take Immediate action.
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BROOKLYN MUGWUMpS BRANCH OUT.
They VIII Try TO Eject a Reorgani.ation of
the Democratic Party.

They VIII Try to Erect a Reorgani.atien of
the Democratic Party.
The Brooklyn Democratic Club met last night
In It's rooms OF 20l Montague street. to con-
slider plan for the reorganization Of the party.
The plan was set forth In a report submitted
by f. NJ. Shepard. A. Augustus Hesly. S. p
Sturges. Henry Yonge. J. Warren Green. and
George Foster Peabody. a committee to which
the question had been referred.
With some slight notifications the plan is
substantially the same ss that under which
the Republican party In Kings county was re-
Gently reorganized. and which Is known as the
&c Philadelphia plan" The committee said in
organization OF the county is not truly repre-
sentative. and that the proposed reorganiza-
tion cannot be safely intrusted to the men now
In control. The first and main feature OF the
plan is the designation OF the election dis
tgict as the basis and source OF organization.
ton. From the district organizations will be
formed the ward committees and the County
Com m ittee or governing body. Public officers
arc to be excluded from serving as delegates
to the nominating conventions
Enrolled Inemb ers OF the reorRanized Dem:
action SO far as supporting candidates for
municipal offices 10 concerned. One OF the
tests for nembership 10 that. tho applicant
supported Grover Cleveland In 1892.
The report and an accompanying resolution,
RroydinE l9E the spp0ntmeht o. Ia Pp5oysi0nal
were adopted. 1t is understood that the Pro-
vislonal Committee will begin work at once
and 1t 10 expected that before spring the Or
ganizatlon will be complete