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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02
WONDERFUL POWERS OF GASES.
Some OF the Marvellous Discoveries of
Modern Science.

Some OF the Marvellous Discoveries o.
Modern Science.
Our familiar IDEAS and beliefs are
continually changed by fresh scien.
tidc discoveries. Who would have
supposed. for instance, that gas
could polish d rock, not by rubbing Oh
brushing against it, but simply by
moving very rapidly over it under
high pressure? Yet it has recently
been proved not only that gas car
polish rock in that way, hut that it
can striate or scratch In, can bore
holes through it. and can pulverize II
and then press it again into a solid
mass
The experiments by means of which
these surprising results have been OBJ
tanned were made in France by NJ.
Daubree. He used exceedingly strong
and thick-wailed cylinders of steel,
capable Of resisting pressures amount.
ing to as much az twenty-four hun
1red atmosphere, or thirty-six
thousand pounds to the square inch.
Specimens of rock to be experiment ted
on were placed in the cylinders. and
xuncOttOn and dynamite were ex.
p.Oded in them.
1T was found that blocks Of granite
and limestone were crushed into flne
fragments by the sudden shock, and
then treconsoIidated by the trcmen-
dous pressure, being nodded in their
outer form 10y the walls of the cylin-
der. Not only did the gas pulverize
the rocks, but under certain circum-
stances it perforated them with pol
ishcd holes and scanned them with
situations.
A hole being left at one end of the
cylinder through which the gas, after
travcrsjng the rock. could escape, it
was found that tine dust, formed
from the breaking upof the rock, was
blown out of the hole, and that some
OF the disintegrated material CT the
rock was forced outside the apparatus,
forming protuberances that resembled
miniature volcanic cones
Some OF the conclusions drawn from
these experiments are that many of
the great natural pits and channels
in the earth's crust, through which
matter from beneath has been thrust
up. may be due to the action of gases
accumulated at high pressure under
the surface rocks, and that such phe.
nomena as the diamond "pipes" of
South Africa may have had a similar
origin.
Other experiments have shown
that an essential condition Of the
formation of diamonds is that carbon
shall be subjected to immense press.
ure while UNDERGOING the process of
cooling and solidifying from gaseous
Or liquid state
Most amateur geologists have seen
the phenomena known as .slicken-
sides"-smooth, polished surfaces,
striped with grooves, occurring at
olaces where large masses of rock
have slipped down In such way as
20 form what is known as a fault,
VI. Daubree thinks that 'slicken-
Sides are not the result Of the fric-
lion of rock upon rock, as has gen.
orally been assumed, but that they
nave been created by the action of
ligh- pressure gas.
There is something very impressive
in the thought that gas, as invisi.
BILE perhaps as the air, is able, when
sufficiently compressed and moved
with sufficient rapidity, to crush and
mold the rocks composing the solid
globe
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02
Baltimore's Railroad Princess.

One of the richest women in this
country is Mary Garrett Of Balti-
more, daughter of the great railroad
king and sister Of the present head of
the Baltimore and Ohio system. She
is about 80 years of age and is worth
perhaps $40, 5000 much of which
she herself has made by judicious in.
vestmentS She is of medium height.
has pale face, and blue eyes much
dependent on spectacles She is said
to be walking Poor's Manual on
railroad affairs. She inherited heI
fathers love for the business and is
acquainted with every detail of the
railroad he founded. She gives a
large share Of her time
to charitable work, but very
little to society. She is a great
traveller and is a most entertaining
conversatiOnalist, speaking in q
peculiarly soft, low voice.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13
FASHIONS fANCIES.

Buttons to match accompany many
of the new girnps and galloOns for trim
ming coats and costumes.
The BOAT shaped hat IL felt, with a COL
ored cloth crown and ostrich tips. is one
Of the successes of the season.
The empire round waist. with belt
fastened ut the side by a buckle or ro-
settle. is growing in popularity.
The openings OF gowns are more deftly
concealed than ever before. a close and
thorough search of some corsages fails to
disclose the tastenings.
Velvet ribbons and GALLONS in both
wide and narrow widths are in great use
for skirt borders that reach to the kness
from the hem up and for decorating the
corsages of directoire gowns.
Bias cut double ruches of velvet, gath
cred with heavy b~uttonhole twist twice
through the center, trim the skirt hens.
neck. front and wrists of fine wool, satin
striped and plain or figured bengaline
gowns.
Worth is dressing all his devotees in
empire style or that of Louis AV. Dou-
Get favors the quaint garb of 1880. La
ferrler's customers are being dressed IN
Henry Ii period costumes, and NORM
Blossier favors Louis XIV and directoire
suits.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13

Officer Scherrenhroesch Of the Helena
police force, who went to MINNEAPOLIS
recently to identify a suspect. who was
believed to be wanted in Helena. per.
mitted himself to be interviewed while
in the Flour city and while under the
influence of Appolinaris water or some
other laxative gave Helena the following
admirable send off:
Speaking of Helena. Mr.. Scherren.
br0esch said the city is governed on the
wide open policy. and the saloons are
open day and night every day in the
week. Nearly every man goes armed TO
n teeth. There is a law against carry
ing concealed weapons. but il cannot be
enforced. A case came up for trial al
one time and every man on the jury had
a gun sticking out Of his hip pocket.
The officer is said to be q valued man
On the force. which fact viii no doubt
save him his job. but he will doubtless
have to put up with a large sized repri-
mand when he returns to duly. Butte
is the only town in the west that can
flourish on this sort of a reputation.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13
The WAYS of Elephants.

A big elephant which was employed TO
drag away the carcass OF a dead bullock
and had allowed the burden to be at
tached by ropes without observing what
it was happened to look around and in
stantly bolted. its fright increasing w.
cry moment as the unknown object
jumped and bumped at its heels. After
running some miles. like a dog with a
tin can tied to its tail. the elephant
stopped and allowed itself to be turned
around and drew the bullock back again
without protest. London Spectator.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13

PHYSiOGNOMY.

Coarse hair always indicates coarse or
Sa~ui4ation.
Very full cheeks indicate great digest
i've powers.
A projecting under lip shows malig
nifty and avarice.
a small mouth. with nose and nostril
also small. shows indee ision and coward
ice.
a long, thick chin is commonly found
only in persons of low mental organiza.
ton.
A round. bullet head shows obstinacy,
often combined with many petty mean.
nesses,
A mouth that. when viewed in profile,
turn up in d curve when smiling is q
sign Of frivolity.
A small head does not necessarily
mean little wit. the old adage to the CON
trary Notwithstanding.
A forehead rounded at the upper tenn
Piles indicates large imagination, mirth-
fulress and good nature.
When the under part of thu face, from
the nose downward. is ! IS than a third
of the wLo!e face. the Indication is Of
stupidity.
Prominent, arched eyebrows show
great powers OF perception in regard TO
form and color. All great painters had
such brows.
Finely arched foreheads are often seen
on stupid persons. The deficiency is
generally apparent in the scantiness Of
the eyebrows.
Strongly projecting foreheads, which,
in the upper part retreat to a marked
degree. associated with a long under face.
are certain indications Of folly.
Men of marked ability in any line have
usually n deep. perpendicular wrinkle
in the middle of the forehead. with one
or two parallel to it on each side.
Whenever, in laughing. three parallel
curves are formed in the cheeks round
the corners of the mouth, the indication
Is OF Stiffness and stupidity.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13
ODDS N ENDS.

st. Louis has an electric street railway
mail car. No passengersar are taken. Mail
clerks sort the mail us they ride.
California is greater in area than all
the New England states. New York. New
Jersey Delaware and Maryland COM
bined.
There are 1900 places for the sale of
liguor in Paris. and throughout the re-
public there is one saloon for every s,
people.
The LanQnedoc ship canal i'll France.
by "A short passage of lis miles. saves a
sea voyage OF a.0U0 miles by the straits Of
Gibraltar.
\ London confectioner says that he IS
sometimes called on to furnish wedding
cakes weighing 1000 pounds each and
buildings Of a size sufficient for 500
hearty appetites.
The Chinese are shown by statistics to
be longer lived than any other nation.
which fact il attributed to their absten-
ious habits and their remarkable free
dom from phthisis. or pulmonary con-
sumption
To guard against poisoning, a law has
been passed III Germany that all drugs
intended for internal use must be put in
round bottles. and those which are only
used externally must be placed in hex
agonal bottles.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13

Great is staff" With staff at his
command Nero could have afforded to
fiddle nj d fire at least once a year. One
of the wonders of staff as seen at Chicago
is its color. Grayish white Is its natural
tone, and the basis of its success at Jack
son park. but il will take any tint that
one chooses to apply and maintain live.
illness akin to the soft bloom of the human
skin. staff is an expedient borrowed
from the Latin countrie and much cul-
tivated in South America. Any child
skilled in the mechanism of a mud pie
can make it. after being provided with
the gelatin molds and a water mixture
of cement and plaster. How the work
maj appeared to enjoy seizing handfuls
of excelsior or fiber, dipping them in the
mixture and then sloshing the fbrous
mush over the surface of the mold.
When the staff has hardened, the result
ant cast is definite, light and attractive.
i workman may walk to his JOB with
q square yard Of the side of "A marble
palace under each arm and a COrinthiaH
capital in each hand. While ii is aIittle
glean. il my he eaaily sawed and GINS
cic5. aGd nsii are used rs IN zine. Iera
over. rough 5cu4ss are no Objection, s-nc5
a iittle wet plaster serves 10 Weld aIs
pieces into a finished surface. In The
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13
AROUND THE THRONES.

The sultan of Johare has $40. 900 600
in jewels.
Queen Victoria was made colonel of b
Prussian regiment of Dragons in 1883.
The German empress, who is a clever
artist all around, is particularly success
full with water colOrs.
Carmen Sylvia is a rapid worker, writ
ing quickly with a fountain pen and tear
ing off the finished sheets from the pad
with almost feverish eagerness.
The czar's son, Grand Duke George,
has established a new astronomical OBJ
5eryatory At Abastouman in Tifis. 4
3-inch refractor has been mounted 1888
feet above the sea.
Bayaget | Of Turkey was defeated and
taken prisoner by Tamerlane, who locked
MIN ia an iron cage and carried him to
and fro On various expeditions, finally
putting him to death with circumstances
Of extreme cruelty.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13
RAILROAD JOTTlNGS.

The Baltimore aud Lehigh Railroad
company has completed arrangements to
standard gauge the road,
1t is stated that train 90 over the Van
daiia line in 1892 paid the largest per
cent per mile run of any scheduled train
crossing Indiana in either direction.
The l0-whecl locomotives on the st
Louis division of the Big Four are de-
velOpinS IA high rate Of speed. One OF
them. with ~unfavorable conditions of
weather and track. averaged a mile in rs
seconds for 4 distance Of three miles.
4 road six miles long, called the Nj
agara junction, is being built at Niagara
Falls by the Cataract Construction COM
pany. The greater part OF the line is
now under way and will connect with
the New York Centrai's Lockport
branch.
An old project. that of building Il rail-
road along the summit of the Palisades,
has been revived. Tine scheme now is
to run the road from a connection with
the North Hudson County Elevated sys-
TEN at Guttenburg, n. j., to the north
end of Bergen county.
1t is the intention of the New York,
SusGuahanna and Western to establish a
coal storage yard at Little Ferry, Y. j.,
so that incoming coal trains can deliver
cars there for distribution instead of
turning them over to the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western at West End
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13
BRAIN SURGERY.

DIR. Hammond. in the April North
American Review. has an article on
brain surgery. which more than any
other publication of modern times shows
the great advance made in medical
science.
To cure idiocy. a strip of the skull is
taken out togiyc the brain a chance to
grow. The skull is opened. the mem
branes are divided. the brain * explored
with q knife and probe. abcesscs are
emptied, clots removed. tumors cut
away. all with a minimum Of danger.
without pain, and without poisoning.
which used to be feared il the most
triting surgical operation.
But a short time ago an unfortunate
who fell upon his head and experienced
a conclusion or a fracture.was hopeless
case, and friends and faculty stood 10y
to see the patient die. 10 bold surgeon
proposed to cut away the bone and re-
pair the damage. To cut into "A limb
was all well enough: but even TO suggest
an operation on the BRAN was to imply
that something was lacking in the brain
Of the rash individual who made the
suggestion.
We have advanced. We NAV expect
in the next decade brain specialists who
will guarantee to enlarge the mind and
to make IDEAS grow upon the smoothest
cerebrum. The old fashioned iagswelled
head will give way to the scientifically
enlarged Uranium. and overworked
brains may be taken out and rested
while the owner waits.
1t will not be necessary to be born
great. but greatness can be purchased at
the nearest surgery. Persons born with
out an appreciation of music or Of art
a acquire either with an operation:
and lacking a talent. one can leave AN
order on Monday and have il delivered
land put in place on Tuesday. Long live
the surgeons Minneapolis Tribune.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13
Thursday. April -. 1883.
I r RAT

The suggestion made by a correspond.
ent in this issue in regard to planting
~rees in our streets is one which We
heartily commend to the consideration
OF our citizens. 1t is an idea that the
city council have alread! had under
crowded under by other matters. The
suggestion made by our correspondent
to plant trees in the roadway at a uni
form distance of twelve feet from the
that as the city grows. the sidewalks
will bc made wider and the trees now
planted at some distance out from a four
or six foot walk will then be at the edge
of the sidewalk. where they proper!
Belong. 1t is not too soon for our citi-
zens to begin to prepare for the future.
There is no town in the state 50 advan-
~tageously situated for beautifying in
this way and now Is the time to begin a
work that will in q few years add so
largely to the n;tural beauty Of the
place. .Arbor daS is close at hand. and
wherever water is available for the care
and cultivation If trees. the day should
not pass withort such an observance of
it ass suggest To ensure the safety
Of the trees thus set out. it will of course
be necessary 10 box them. and to insist
upon a strict observance of the ordin-
ance prohibiting the roaming at large
of ows and horses. but these are small
obstacles when the great benefit to be
derived is considered. and we hope and
urge that a wholesale setting out of
trees be INDUCED III. For the present
and until the sidewalks are increased in
Width. the space between the walk and
the line of trees. could be planted in
grass and by nus definitely milking the
width of roadway as il ultimately Will
he. the trees will be in ID measure pro
tected from injury by careless driving.
and a very beautiful effect gained. Let
the trees be set out anyway.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13

He hadn't really intended TO propose,
but the age of the young woman in the
case made her rather PERCEPTIONS in ker
anticipation.
"ol, Mr.. Notpore." she exclaimed,
blHshing ~furiously at what she Thought
would be a proposal, you are 50 sudden.
Please give me time"
Mr.. n. was not a man to be hurled
over the battlelnents Of emotion.
Very well. Mss Bonypart," he re-
sponded. Il have no desire TO inconveE-
fence you. Just take all the time you
want. I'll call around again in a dozen
Or fifteen years. Good morning"
And he had Went before she recovered.
Detroit Free Press.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13
teN TERS OUTSIDE TIE MAIL BAGS
One Direction Tn Wiiici, tho Mail Service
of England J., Far Ahend of Ours.

One Direction Tn Which the Mail Service
of England l., tar Ai,ead OF Ours.
1t Is more than a year since Il con.
tributor called the attention OF the
United States postal authorities to
The fact that British railway com
panic were carrying letters, under
al arrangement wita her maje-ty's
postoffice. outside the mail bags, and
that this was Il grand convenience 90
many Of her majesty 5 subjects.
The British railway companies have
been carrying letters in this way for
two or three Years. and what was
originally an experiment is today a
demonstrated success. The number
Of letters so carried in one year in
Great Britain was l45. 600 and in Ire
land 1900.
We are indebted to Mr.. Henry L.
Goodwin, of East Hartford. whose
alert interest in postal reforms dur
ing the past forty odd years has been
of substantial service t. the whole
American people, for a copy of the
agreement between her majesty's
postmaster general and the seventy
five British railway. tramway and
steamship companies that are thus
cooperating with the department.
Each company agrees to receive at
any of its passenger stations and for
ward any letter bearing a postage
stamp or stamps of the value of one
penny, not exceeding one ounce il
weight and not containing a watch.
jewelry or coin of the realm. For
this service the company is author
lied to collect two pence from the
sender of the letter, and this is the
sole compensation it gets.
Any subject of her majesty can
post a letter and have it delivered
into the hands of his fellow subject
to whom it is addressed. If living
within two miles of the postoftice. by
the payment Of additional postageat
the rate OF three pence for each mile
or fraction of a mile. If the distance
exceeds two miles and there is no
public conveyance available in both
directions. the actual cost of a spe
cial conveyance must be paid in adj
dition." 1t is this service which the
department desiresto extend so as to
cover the letters sent outside the
mail bags.
How great a convenience the
chance to send letters in this new
British fashion would often be to cit
liens of this glorious republic hardly
needs pointing out. At present some
OF our passenger trains have railway
pOstotfices attached to them. and the
sender of a letter can post it on the
train personally. The railroad men
are not allowed to do it for him. IL
the cities there are mail boxes at the
railway stations. but in the country
towns these are c~onspicuously alb
sent.
Aoreat many passenger trains now
carry closed mails. If there Were
Sits in the mail bags for the inser.
ton of letters. and if the baggage
master in charge were allowed for q
reasonable fee TO pop the letters OF
belated citizens into them, a great
deal of time would be saved and q
great deal of inconvenience and al.
R0yance avoided Hartford Courant
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13

From Cape Horn to Cape Town ny Rail.
it adds something to Zest of life-if
one has Il healthy. active fancy-to ro.
fleet that there are people now livin.;
who may travel by continuous rail from
Cape Horn to the Cape of Good Hope.
The plan of Il ''pan-American" railway to
connect the South American systems.
through Central America, with the sys.
tens of Mexico and the United States is
already well advanced.
There are to be roads from the Cana
dian Pacific away up to the Peace river
and Mackenzi evalleys. and it is not very
hard to believe that these may ultimate.
ly be extended across the Rockies to the
Ukon valley in ALASKA and continued
finally to the narrow and shallow Beh.
ring straits. across which a connection
would be made with the Siberian road
Continuous rail travel from Siberia to
Constantinople will soon have become in
accomplished fact, and the link from
Constantinople to Egypt may he expect.
ed quite confidently.
At the present rate of developments il
Africa the construction of "A road from
Egypt to tine cape ought to be realized
within 2j years. The channel tunnel
will Of course have been built, and elec
tricity or some still more powerful NO
tive force will have superseded steam. SC
that tine Californians and Puget sound
denizens would naturally go to London
by fast Alaskan and Siberian express.-
Review ct Reviews.
Er VrnxN
An elderly man of sedate and s.le
whiskered appearance sat down with
great violence Oh the sidewalk near the
corner of State and Madison yesterday
afternoon to the serious damage of an If
reproachable suit Of black and a shiny
silk hat.
As he rose slowlyto his fec. picked up
his demoralized hat and looked about
him-his face purple with rage. his lips
firmly compressed. the veins in his neck
swollen. his features working as if in an
epileptic fit, and his fingers opening and
closing as though moved by an mncofi-
trollable impulse to clutch something or
somebody-a young man who wa hur-
rying along slipped and fell at the same
place on the sidewalk where the gray
haired and sedate old party had come to
grief.
.'Blanketv blank the dad hinged, billy
be dad busted slippery old coal hole COW
ers to stagnation and back again." he vo-
Iiferated. picking himself up.
Young man. exclaimed the elderly
victim, grasping him fervently by the
hand. Il thank you. You have saved
my ife.'-Chicago Tribune.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13
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The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-13

Cncle-When you find that you've
made a mistake. start again right where
you We're before and try to do better.
Nephew-Thank you. sir. I've made
the mistake of spending that 800 you
gaveme two weeks ago. Please give mt
800 more. SO ! can start where ! was be-
ore.-Chicago News-Record.