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The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1893-09-22

We have some very nice subscrip-
ton receipts and it is no trouble for
us to sign them. Send a dollarand
see.
The Irish standard., 1893-07-15
t3recian Antiouities.

Archaeological research in old Greece
continues with the passion and dura-
ton worthily characterizing the scien-
tific enthusiast. The site Of the exca-
vations now being conducted under
the auspices of the American school
Of classical studies at Athens and the
archaeological institute Of America is
the great temple Of Hera. at Argos, a
sanctuary only less renowned than the
temple Of Zeus at Olympia, and the
Parthenon at Athens. The presiding
genius of the work Of exploration is
DR.. Waldstein. A find of architectural
significance, because bearing upon q
mooted point, is the discovery Of color
upon cornices, triglyphs, metopes and
other parts Of the Doric order. OF
small r.lics sixty-three baskets had
been collected at last accounts
The Irish standard., 1893-07-15
!. a Novel swindle. Z

A novel kind of swindle was prac.
ticed in German town the other day.
A man struggling along under q heavy
burden suddenly stumbled and crashed
through q plate glass store window.
The proprietor Of the store demanded
payment. The porter said he had no
money. Paasers-by advised that he be
searched. a thousand mark note was
found on him, which, he said, belonged
TO his employer. The storekeeper, how
ever, deducted one hundred marks for
the value Of his window and handed
nine hundred marks change to the
porter, who went away swearing and
protesting. a little later the store
keeper discovered the thousand mark
note 81 NJ iIua1r ioua 8Sss1
The Irish standard., 1893-07-15
Mems Innmunities.

A woman must be at home to bores,
says writer in the Washington Post,
while her brother has the absolute
right to avoid dull women. She must
wait for partner in the dance, while
her brother may seek one. She must
smile ON old Stumbleover and accept
his moist hand for the dance, although
she knows that bruised ankles will be
the swift penalty. A woman equally
clumsy, old and unattractive, has the
right to put herself in bold relief
against the wall, as q part Of it's human
dado. Why should not Stumbleover
take his place beside her? Also, as II
life were mere .cotillion must our
daughter watch and wait the coming
Of her lord and master?
The Irish standard., 1893-07-15
sat TON SIN Eli ING.
rhat the Desert VIII Again

Indications That the Desert VIII Again
sfs. Become = Sea-. IS.
81 The famous Salton sea is likely tore
appear at very early date, w ether
it will make q permanent stay of It
this time Or not, says the San Francis
CO Examiner, is Of course a mystery,
but that it's coming back is the opin-
ion Of old desert men. Two years ago
the transformation OF Salton Sink on
the Colorado desert into a vast but
shallow sea startled the world. and for
a time it appeared rs if the great basin
which centuries ago had been acontin-
uation of the Gulf of California was to
return to it's original condition. But
in some way the break in the bank. of
the Colorado river whence the water
came was closed, the supply ceased, and
the rays of the sun soon knocked out
the same.
E. W. Lang is one OF the most expe-
rienced desert men in the country, and
he has large bunch of cattle now in
the vicinity of Indian Wells. He is in
this city and in conversation with a
reporter said: Eyes, the water will
come into Salton basin again this
year. Whether it will be as large as
last time or larger cannot tell, but
the flow from the Colorado river has
been going into the desert for some
time past and may continue. There
was very large fall Of snow last win
ter in the mountains of Montana. Ida
no and Utah, and the melting of this
has caused the present break into the
desert. The overflow of two years ago
was the first in twenty years, but ev-
erything indicates that few hundred
years before the basin was literally a
sea, as the beaches are still plain about
the foothills, and the rocks show wa
ter wearing.
'sWhen the overflow Of two years ago
occurred the water followed the iden-
teal channels that had become almost
obliterated from age. The water is
now running into the desert in two
branches. One is Carter river, and
leaves the Colorado about fifteen miles
below Yuma. The other channel is
New river, and is fortyfve miles fur
Their down the river. Salton is about
two hundred feet below the level of
the acknowledgements of these rivers.
The water has been flowing into both
of the breaks I have named for several
weeks past. Both New and Carter riv-
ers had advanced about thirty-f five
miles when I left, and think the wa
ter will be into Salton in few weeks
more. A number of large lagoons
have already been filled between
the Sink and the Colorado. One
of these is fully ten miles square. It
will not take long before these depres-
sions between the river and the big
basin are filed, and then the water
will slide over into Salton''
The Irish standard., 1893-07-15
A Popular Chinese Game.

Weichi is the greatest game of the
Chinese, especially with the literary
class, and is ranked by them superior
to chess. Like chess, this game is Of a
general military and mathematical
character, but is on much more ex-
tended scale, the board containing two
hundred and sixty-one places and en-
ploying nearly two hundred men on a
SIDE All of the men, however, have
the same value and powers. The OBJ
ject is to command as many places on
the board as possible. This may be
done by inclosing empty spaces, or sur
rounding the enemy's men. Very close
calculation is always essential in order
that loss in one region may be met
by gains in another, thus employing
skillful strategy when the contestants
are evenly matched. The game has
come -down from great antiquity, being
first mentioned in Chinese writings
about 625 B. C. It was in all proba-'
bility introduced by the Babylonian
astronomers, who were at that time in-
structors of all the east.
The Irish standard., 1893-07-15
NEW USE FOR CATS.
Here Is q Man Who Extracts Electricity
- f to Run Factory.

Hero Is q Man Who Extracts Electricity
~ @ to Run Factory. &
4 81 had large cork and bung factory
in Grand avenue, and needed power
to run my machinery" writes Mil
wauleean in Harper's Weekly. "You
know, of course, that there is an i'm
mense amount of stored up electricity
in cat. The problem for inventors
has been to invent a way to extract it
proftably. In the rear Of my factory
I constructed one-story circular build
ing, some sixty feet in diameter. On
the floor Of this coiled glass pipe
six inches in diameter. The first coil
ran around the outside Of the room,
the coils gradually growing smaller,
till at last, in the center, it was no
larger than table. 1t gave me some
thing like mile of pipe. The top
and sides of this pipe were lined with
rather stiff hair brushes, the bristles
being little more than an inch in
length.
cat that tim Milwaukee was over
run with cats. 1t was impossible to
sleep nights. put notice in the pa
per that would pay ten cents dozen
for prime cats, delivered at my factory.
/ got sixty dozen the first day and
stored them in the basement of the
power-house. The motor operated
thus: Placing in the outer end of the
glass pipe an imitation rat made OF
rubber and propelled by a small inte-
rior storage battery, would then ad-
just cat immed iately behind it. The
rubber rat would start off at terrific
rate-it was made to go through the
mile of tubing in from two to three min
utes-and the cat, of course. lowed fu-
rious1y, thinking to catch the supposed
animal throughout the entire distance.
Gentlemen, it vas exciting to watch a
healthy, active cat whip about those
spirals, with the mechanical rat about
a foot ahead and going like q cannon
ball. The cats back and sides rubbed
against the brushes and her electricity
was thus extracted. With q storage
battery, andby sending q cat through
every five minutes, generated enough
electricity to operate my entire plant,
light my factory and sell power to run
neighboring passenger elevators and
small machinery. It also took the
yowl out Of the cats and gradually the
city became quiet. At the end Of q
week cat could be caught and used
again
The Irish standard., 1893-07-15
THE BALTlMoRE's GOAT.
The Brlndle Butter Which Is the Pet of
q Steel Cruiser.

The Br1ndle Butter Which Is the Pet of
q Steel Cruiser.
The name of the goat on the steel
cruiser Baltimore is Bobby. He hadn't
any name when he was shipped, says
the New York Advertiser, and no one
knows how he came to be called
Bobby. Perhaps the. fact that he
wouldn't answer to any other name
had something to do with it. AS goats
go he is a fair to middling sort Of an
animal. He isn't white, he isn't black,
and he isn't any other distinct color.
He is brindle goat, and his horns are
short and stubby, and his eyes sort Of
sad, like those of an alligator. His
years are few and his experience large
He has been an investigator ever since
he was led up the gang plank and
made part of the ships complement
forward. 1t is difficult to imagine a
more independent goat He does not
ask to be fed. When meal time ar
rives he is aware of the fact and
proceeds to put himself in di-
rect communication with a meal.
II there are no cabbage leaves
doesn't delay eating. Pie is good
enough for Bobby, SO are cake and
bananas and fruits. If it happens
that all these are out of his reach he
has been known to sigh: One sigh is
all he heaves. Then he gets right
down to business. If coil of rope is
handy he will begin to nibble the
tough sisal fiber. In the absence of
rope he boldly tackles an anchor
chain, gun carriage or the forecastle
gangway. BY this time some one will
note the fact that Bobby is hungry
and he will be invited to mess with
the port watch. Bobby is far from
timid. He has undertaken time and
again to climb to the military top and
on one occasion went down the mar
row iron steps to the engine-room,
whore he noted with evident sat
isfaction that the ship was keep
ing up her record in speed, as
indicated by the revolutions OF the
screw. During storm Bobby is as
brave as any blue jacket in the crew
He takes his place alongside the boat
swain's mate and watches the move
ments of the men in response to the
piping OF the whistle. Bobby was one
of the attractions during the Co
lumbus events in New York harbor.
He was prettily decorated and marched
Eup and down the spar deck with the
air of one who had an important part
to play. On the next anniversary Of
the launching of the Baltimore the
Immediate friends and associates Of
Bobby will present him with collar
befitting his station.
The Irish standard., 1893-07-15
Queen victoria's Will.

Queen Victoria made her will 4 In
1856 It is engrossed on elfnm, quarto
size, and is bound as q volume, secured
with a private lock. Several blank
pages have been left at the end Of the
book for codicils, some Of which have
already been added. Thus, when
Princess Alice died, in 1878, modihca-
items OF the requests were rendered
necessary; and Is the snnmerof 1854,
after the duke Of Albany's zdsath.
further revisions were n mp XXI
One entry relates entirely "a u q
posa1 u tho queens
which are not 4 g 5 \
ton ~
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FUNERAL OF a 4 N ON,<EY.
a Butte City Evangelist Delivers An Ora-
81 tion Over His Body.


ti0n Over His Body.
IA monkey named Jocko, which was
quite character in the business cen
ire Of Butte City, died the other day
and Rev. Mr.. Rounder, who has tab
ernacle there, thought him worthy Of
a funeral Grafton. So the little body
WIS placed in q casket and carried sol
EMMY out to the place of worship. Rev.
Mr.. Rounder mounted the platform and
spoke as follows, according to the Ana
conda Standard:
stGod Almighty gave mankind ten
commandments to show him how to
live right. Jocko was never given any
commandments yet Jocko in his own
way managed to average up pretty
well with the general run of mankind
even without any commandments.
When Moses brought the ten COM
mandments down from the mountain
there was one commandment which
said: Thou shalt not swear Yet,
Judging from what one hears at any
time up and down the street, swear
ing with the general of mankind has
come to be considered manly accom-
plishment, and the most fantastic
swearer is the most popular man.
ssMankind was commanded: Thou
shalt not kill yet every year murder
becomes more frequent. Then there
is another commandment which man
kind has revised so as to require only
that women shall obey it. In these fin
de steele days the offense is pro-
nounced to be no sin so far as man is
concerned
Thou shalt not coyet' was another
command given to man. This does
not apply to any who might desire
that a pack of cards should be COM
posed of fifty-two kings and queens.
"God did not help Jocko along by
giving him any commands, so he did
not know how to do right, but he
seemed to do better than most people
you meet. must admit that .Jocko
used to steal whenever he got a
chance, but he was never told by any
body not to steal, and with all his
+; stealing he never took any more than
he wanted for his own use. He never
robbed widows and orphans, and he
ulGu Will ACUAAIAE5 SA Ss1A VA ~~S S~~S
hair on his back.
sJocko never bothered his head
about whether Fred Ritchie's monkey
was hereto or not Not knowing
himself whether he was orthodox or
not, he never wasted any time in try
| ing to make everybody else believe as
he did, except when he was after nuts.
He made no pretensions to religion
and he was no hypocrite. Jocko was
not exactly civilized, but he never had
! to take the Kelley cure; he never
smoked cigarettes, he never chewed
; tobacco. Jocko never had Bible to
guide him, but he never forgot a
friend and he never betrayed friend.
ellis worst fault was that he was q
natural born thief, but he was born
that way. He was never told by his
Creator not to steal, and if there is a
Heaven for monkeys ! think Jocko is
going to be close up to the throne
with never-failing supply of nuts
J. end lettuce, and enough ink to swim
The Irish standard., 1893-07-15

armor was in good taste, but his
shield was out of all propriety, being a
round rondache, or Highland target, a
defensive weapon which it would be
impossible to use on horseback, instead
Of being three-cornered or leather
shield, which in the time Of the tilt
Yves suspended round the neck.
Pardon this antiquarian scruple.
which you may believe occurred to few
but myself. On the whole, this striking
part Of the exhibition somewhat dis
appointed me. for would have had
the champion less embarrassed by his
assistants and at liberty to put his
horse on the grand pas, and vet the
young lord Of Scrivelsby looked and
behaved extremely well. :5
The last time the ceremony Of the
challenge was carried out was at the
coronation Of George ", when
! Henry Dymoke, the deputy Of his
i father, a clergyman, threw down the
gauntlet IN Westminster hall. This
Henry Dynoke, soon after Queen Vic
toria's accession, was created . knight
as q recompense, it was said, for waiv-
! inr his claims to discharge the duties
sof his office 81 the queens corona ton
Sir Henry was q succeeded by his
brother, Rev. John Dymoke, and he by
Isl, CON- Henry Lionel Dymoke, whom
4 rar,cis Seaman I)ymoke, just de-
HAx,,ealsed, succeeded III 1s75. The pres
Hsr,t onllJ sor,. lseo
4! 4 = Y Az
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OA AOOg d1 d 1a1lO Sc1AG VACA VIC LICE
senger arrives at station he hands
over the mail to a fresh carrier. "He
starts at once" says Consul Gracey,
s'no matter what may be the hour of
the day or night, and regardless of
winds, rain, heat or cold, he continues
the journey until he, too, has completr
ed his service and handed the parcel
over to third messenger, and thus it
reaches its destination. !"
This pony express like that which
was in use across the western plains Of
the United States forty years ago, is
sometimes subject to interruption by
highwaymen, but the Chinese have a
way of compromising such villainy and
thus protecting their postal service.
The robber bands Of each district coli
lect blackmail from the shopkeepers,
and for regular sums paid they not
only do not modest the messengers
themselves, but they agree to keep
other marauders from doing so. Large
firms engaged in the carrying business
and in transporting travellers by carts
between given points are II the habit
Of contracting with the brigands for
the safe passage Of their goods and
customers. Thus. 2 comments the con-
sui, .sthe evil Of mail or express rob
berry, common enough insmore civilized
countries, is recognized as probable
and duly provided for. Although, Of
course, not legal, this practice Is quite
common and IS not far removed from
IL 80 & a4Ei -
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-12

This is the weather for planting trees
and getting park work under way, and
as something decisive is soon TO be done
in the location of new parks it is timely
for the citizens to give this Important
matter their attention.
Great Falls is admirably situated to
become one uf the most beautiful as
well as the most Important commercial
ly Of the western citics. and it bchOoves
her now to lay the foundation for future
urban adornment by the planting Of
trees and parks. The work has been
will begun under the constant care and
refined foresight Of Mr.. Gibson, but from
o on it must DO carried forward on a
larger scale, and provision must be made
for the great future which is so neal at
hand for the city.
Nothing will attract settlers with cap
ital like beautiful! surroundings, and her
situation will make * possible for this
city to become one OF the most attractive
in the world. Some people are opposed
to doing anything for posterity, and
when a proposition in that direction is
made will answer with a sheer, What
has postcrity ever done for me-" If pos
terity can do nothing else for a man it
can honor his memory, and the man who
thinks only of the present moment and
his own selfish interests is never thought
of after he is dead.
The men who do the most noble works
do not always live to enjoy their fruits,
but they find their reward in the good
deeds without reference to their share
in the results. Inspired by lofty mo-
tives Columbus set sail for the new
world and did not turn back until his
mission was realized. But the results
Of his work are better known to the or
binary school-boy Of today than they
we're TO the great discoverer himself, who
lived to reap but a meagcr reward and
died ~"unwept, u%nhonored. and ungung."
But his service 70 posterity could not be
ignored and today. after he has been
uedu bcdI4y ~ JedIH' lHt "oIiu rs d. DIb
feet and the earth rings with praises Of
his achievement.
50 it is and must ever be among man
kind. and the lesson il one to be taken
10 heart in everyday affairs. The fossil
or moss-back who suppOses that he can
ignore the demands Of progress in a com
munity like this is going 70 be severely
mistaken. Property owners and tenants
should vie with each other in making
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-12
WEEKLY TRIBUNE.

FRIDAY. MAY :. 1898.

1t is now apparent that the city is in
for further annoyance and loss on ac-
count of the Tuck sewer contract, and
about the OF ly consolation left is that the
CITY will have learned q lesson from this
wretched business that will last il for
some time to come.
First Of all a grave mistake vas made
in even considering IA bid from an ire
sponeible adventurer like Mark Tuck,
while the granting of the contract to him
was simply suicidal. 1t seems strange
that such a man was able TO secure
bondsmcn, and il is now readily seen
why an effort was made during the win
ter to have his bondsmen released from
responsibility.
Notices for bids in these days gcner-
ally contain the clause: "thc undersign-
ed reserves the right TO reject any or all
bids which is intended to give the
principal some discretion in awarding a
contract SO that a bidder may not Sc
cure the prize simply because his bid is
the lowest. There are other considera-
tons of importance. his ability to do the
work, and his financial standing. 1t is
now perfectly plain that Mark Tuck pos
sessed neither or these essentials, but
he was awarded the contract, and the
public knows how he has enGeavored to
make up his deficiency by baro-faced
swindling and all manner Of crookedness
and trickory,
Whenever public works are TO be un-
dertaken there are respectable business
men in every community who arc ready
to prosecute them at a fair rate of profit.
If the awarding OF such contracts is done
by honest men there should be no diff
Guilty about them. bit we are constrained
to believe that thu best way for a city
like this 20 carry CA it's public works and
improvements is ~ a department OF lis
own TO the duties Of the park com
mission as 1T present organized might
readily be added those of "A board Of pub
lie works. which could bc readily
equipped 10 carry on all works provided
for by the council. As the city grows it
might be necessary to have "A separate
board, but it is not unlikely that this
commission might be made the pcrma-
nent conservator Of the public interests
in this dircctio. by an addition Of one or
two men to It's membership. one Of
these could be selected with special ref
ercnce TO his business character and tit
ness and made the supervisor Of works,
all Of his accounts to pass the board at
regular intervals.
We believe that by this system all
public works could bc constructed at less
cost to the city and in a moro satisfac-
tory manner than by the contract sys-
tenn. 1t has been adopted generally in
many of our own cities and is almost
universal in Great Britain and on the
continent Of Europe, where all public
works are done in a mastery manner.
With a board Of public works as here
proposed Great Falls would be free from
such scandals as those of the Tuck
sewer contract Tor all time to come.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-12

MAJ. MAGIHHIs has given official no
tice that he is not seeking any Office, and
this ought to silence the tongues Of his
republican traducers in this state. One
thing is certain, the major has Sled
every Office he has held with honor and
efficiency, whether in war or peace, and
he has always been in the front ranks
graphing hand to hand with the foe,
Men who think they are laughing at
Martin Maginnis are simply making
grimaccs az themselves.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-12

Surveys Of township -, range | west,
township ID, ranges ] and 3 east; town
ship ~, ranges |, >, 4, D and 8 east. and
township 10, range 8 east, have been &C.
cepted and filings can now be made.
Please remember that Randall d Prior
OF Great Falls, are the only parties who
make a specially Of the government land
business, and who have complete maps
and records OF all government land and
land entries in Cascade county.
We have been located here in this
business since 1886 and have a thorough
knowledge Of this line Of work. We
guarantee any filings made with US 10
be correctly made solicit the patronage
Of AL settlers on public lands.
RANDALL d PRIOR,
First National Bank building, entrance
~ Thru street.
You can buy a Lamp cheap at the Bee
hive store.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-12
SHOULD he ARRESTED.


Who: What should be arrested: All
excessive NERVOUSNESS, dyspepsia, head
ache, dizziness, eleepIessncss, neuralgia,
nervous dibilty, dizziness, confusion Of
mind, nervous progtratiOn, etc. They
should be arrested. or stopped, before
they develop into a condition that can
but result fatally. For this purpose no
remedy equals DR.. Miles Restorative
Nervinr, the discovery Of the rcnow ned
specialist, who's remedies are the won
der ~ the civilized world. Neryine il
sold by Driver Bradley Drug Go. on a posi-
tive guarantee. Ask for his book free.