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The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

1t will probably be a matter Of sur
prise to the general reader to learn that
the petticoat was first worn exclusively
by men. In the reign of King Henry
VII the dress Of the English was SO fam
tastic and absurd that it was difficult to
distinguish one sex from the other. In
the inventory Of Henry V appears a
''petticoat of red damask, with. open
sleeves" There is no mention Of Q
woman's petticoat before the Tudor Pc
Hod.-Exchange.
The inhabitants of this earth have
never seen but one side Of the moon
The explanation is this: The moon makes
one revolution on her axis in the same
period of time that she takes up in re-
volving once around the earth; thus the
same geographical region Of the lunar
surface is always toward Us.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

A recent improvement in photography
enables the artist to overcome to a con-
siderable extent the difficulty of presery-
ing the natural expression of the sitter
during the necessary period Of exposure.
1t seems that, Notwithstanding this be-
nod has been greatly shortened in vari-
Gus ways, particularly by the adoption
tosuch an extent of the magnesium light,
with its unique advantages,
is 80 prevalent among those who sit be-
fore the camera that the operator has
still found the interval too prolonged for
the perfect accomplishment of his work.
Herr Haag Of Stuttgart claims to meet
and overcome the trouble in question by
means Of q change in the management
It the magnesium light, making for this
purpose what are called lightning car
6Sdges, which cause a tremendous de-
volOpment Of luminosity and are set
adght in one-tenth of a second by means
q electricity. The SO called natural
photographs taken by this process are
sid to preserve the mental expression
and momentary play Of the features with
extraordinary clearness and exactitude.
but the operation requires so much skill
and practice that it is said to be carried
q only by a single photographer in Ber-
lin.-Berlin Letter.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25
An Escape In the Sky,

Once In awhile a meteor plunging in
to b atmosphere of the earth is neither
consumed by the heat developed through
friction mo precipitated upon the surface
OF the globe. but pursues its way ont
into open space again.
Its brief career within human ken NAV
be compared to that of a comet travelling
IN aparabolic orbit, which, as if Welding
to a headlong curiosity, almost plnnges
into the sun and then hastens away
again. never TO return.
In July, 1892. one of these escaping
meteors was seen in Austria and Italy.
Careful computations based upon the
observations which were made in yari-
Il places have shown that it was yisi-
BILE along IA track III the upper air about
$50 miles IL length. When at its nearest
point to the earth. it was elevated -
miles above the surface.
From this point it receded from the
earth, its elevation when last seen being
no less than 9S miles.
Although the resistance of the atmos-
phere was not sufficient to destroy the
motion OF this strange visitor, which con-
tented itself with s. brief a glimpse of
n globe, yet it carried the effects of
that resistance out into space with it
and a never shake them off.
No matter what its previous course
may have been, the r%etardation that it
suffered during its passage through the
air sufficed to turn it into a different d.
rection and to send it along another
path than that which it had been follow
ing.-Youth's Companion.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25
Wednesday. October %, 1893.
COULDN'T FOOL THE ROOSTER.
The Farmer Tried to Stop His Growing,
but 1t Didn't Work.

The Farmer Tried to Stop His Growing,
but 1t Didn't Work.
When Charlie Trif1es went out into the
country for his health, he put up az
Farmer Ellery Cranberrymarsh's place.
Farmer Ellery was something of a poul-
try fancier and had one Of those big,
melodious, gamy cockerels Of Buff Co.
chin extraction, with a voice that was a
cross between the blowing of a geyser
and the sound of a three tined whistle on
. boiler factory. About 3 o'clock every
morning the rooster would arise on his
perch, and standing on his tiptoes make
all the hens sick by letting go his voice
like the sound of many waters.
1t also broke mp Charlie Trifies' slum-
bers, and he was unable to woo them
back by cigarettes or philosophy. He
made considerable complaint to Uncle
Ellery, and the old gentleman hunted
over his poultrybook and read as fol
lows:
There is one simple device by which
q rooster can be reduced to complete
and acceptable silence. The bird can
not crow unless he is able to stand erect
and raise his head to the fullest extent.
Now if a plank, OF even a lath, be placed
above his perch SO that he cannot gain
an upright position. he cannot possibly
lift up his voice"
Here was the solution. and Uncle Ell
lery arran ged laths above all the perches.
In the early dawn before milking time
Uncle Ellery crept out to the hennery to
see how the device worked. The cock
had just awakened and was trying to get
uptoturn his lungs loose in his usual mat
utinal vociferation, but he was unable
to raise his head. A hen opened one eye.
and seeing his dilemma smiled and
dropped off to sleep again. Uncle IL
lery chuckled.
But the rooster was not to be foiled.
Recognizing his dilemma. he dropped off
the perch to the floor, got a good grip
on an adjacent crack in the boards so as
to take up the recoil of the crow, raised
himself up o ii tiptoe and let out his
lungs in a way that pulled Charlie Trifes
out of bed and drove him to cigarettes.
Then after a satisfied ..cIt, cut, cor
r-r-r-r." the rooster kicked a hen or two
on the roost and dropped off into a CON-
tented lumber.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

We will give one of these
spoons free TO any one send
ing US 6 new paid-up yearly
subscriptions, or for 4 new
paid-up yearly subscriptions
and Sis In cash; or it will be
sold TO a subscriber for So2is In
cash. lc. postage must be
added in each case.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

A frog cannot breathe with its mouth
oDan. Its breathing apparatus is 20 ar
fnnged that when its mouth is open its
oogtrils are closed. To s~uffocate q frog.
tfs necessary only to prop its jaws 20
t1et they cannot shut.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25
A LUCKY

The food Luck Coffee Spoon shown here
bears all the emblems OF luck. namely, the
clover. horse shoe, wish bone, bow
Knot and forcet-me-nots. This spoon is made
OF eoiid Coin Silver. One of these spoons
makes a beautiful souvenir present.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25
COLUnBUS
SOUVENIR Spoon

Columbus Souvenir Tee
Spoons are now all the rage
everybody should have one,
We show . beautifully en-
graved spoon, bearing An ex.
cellent bust a Columbus and
engraving Of the vessel Of Co
lumbus landing on our ahorea,
This spoon b triple silver
plated. oxidised. and tho bow.
is gold lined : it win b giver
free for . new paid-up yearly
subscriptions or one new paid
mp yearly Subscription aad &c.
be sold for o0c. Soos postaus
Ease.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25
Solid Handle Steel Knives.
SILVER PLATED
l l.A...s..


WARRANTED - owTs. siIsea 70 GAen ooxss
Forks to match. Half dozen of either knives
or forks given free for 10 new yearly sub
scriftlons. or sold to subscribers for S3.U. One
aoZen. S5,s5. Retail price of these goods in
So.So per dozen. Postage prepaid in all cases.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

VALUABLE
SILVERWARE OFFERS
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

We have Arranged with the selling agents Of
the justly celebrated firm of Rogers & Hamil.
ton, whose goods have a world wide reputa-
ton. and were purchased exclusively by the
Worid's Fair Commissioners for use in the
Administration Building of the Worlds Fair
at1nicago. 10 o1er to our subscribers the pro-
duction of this concern at wholesale prices. A
glance at the terms we offer these magnificent
wares at will no doubt create astonishment
anu cause an enormous demand for them.
These are not Cheap John goods. poorly plated.
but are all heavy triple silver plate on steel or
"hite metal and will last a lifetime. as there is
an extra thickness of silver where the most
wear comes on a spoon or fork. This is nor
done by any other manufacturer.
(lI H. N
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25
c

mr.. E. F. FISH,
PHYSICIAN SURGEON AID OBsTETRIcIAN.
-fArat, Wundarzt und Geburtshelfer) Office at
W. Z. Savages' Drug Store.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

PRESBYTERIAN Church Corner Main Street
and Montana Avenue. Services Sundays at II
am. and 7 80 pm.
= Rev. J.. Scott Miller, Pastor.
Christian EndeavOr Society meets one hour
previous to the evening service.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

ALDERMEN.
First Ward-H. W. McIntire. n. P. Sorrenson
Second Ward-Thos. Glib W. H.. Billiard.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

METHODIST Church corner Eleventh and
PLEASANT streets Services at liam. and Z 8Op.m..
Prayer meeting Wednesday evenings.
The Epworth League holds service every Sun
day evening at Z O'Clock.
G.. N. Ryder, Pastor.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

BAPTIST Church, corner Tenth and Palmer
Street. No pastor.
Post Chaplain l. Newton Ritner breaches once
every Thursday evening, beginning at 7:3O
o clock. During mid-winter these services
are suspended,-6 r.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

O.. A. X. U. s. Grant Post, No. II, meets at Odd
Fellows hall on the first and third Thursdays
of the month.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25
CHURCHES.

EPISCOPAL Emanuel Church cor. Palmer and
Eleventh streets. Services Sunday at II am. and
8 pm. Holy communion first Sunday in each
month after morning services.
Rev. J. 7 Pritchard, Rector.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

1. O. G. T. Star of the West meets at Masonic
ball every Thursday evening.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

e. of r: Crusader Lodge No. Z. meets at Odd
Fellows hall on the first and third Thursdays OF
the month.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

1. O. d. r. Custer Lodgee No. l3, meets in
their hall every Monday night.
Seminal E~ncampment meets firt and thi.d Fri
day of each month.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

4. O. U. w. Tongue River Lodge No. IS. n . ,ts
on the I'd and ath Thursdays of each month.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-25

8. Of v. Col. +. Butler Camp, No. I, meets tn
second and fourth Saturdays Of eacn month.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28

so forth" want to tell You what kind
OF people live in dug outs out.theFs. As
was saying, we got lost. 1t is the easiest
thing in the world to get lost in the
prairie country.
A Member-When you are fishingl
Laughter.
Mr.. Clark-Yes, when YOU are fishing.
Laughter. ] made this kind of prop
ositiOn to the men who were with me
that the first place we came to that had
two rooms we would call for accommoda-
lions to stay all night The first habita-
ton we met was a tent and "a. dugout.
Well, / had an idea such as some of you
gentlemen have that they We're tough cit
liens out there. We drove up and made
our request to stay all night, and they
told us we could do so. We sat down to
supper. They did not have very much to
eat, but it was nicely cooked was well
served, and they had napkinsOu the table
lGreat laughter, Wait minute and |
will tell you something more. &C.
Mr.. Dunn-Will the gentleman allow
me to ask him ques ton
MIR. Clark-Wait till / finish this
sentence. decline to yield until / have
done so. The fact that there were napkins
on the table led me into converse ton with
the lady and gentleman who lived there.
The man had served his country in the
army, and wore medal for heroic con-
quot, ana the woman was as intelligent
and refined a lady as any that lives in the
city of Washington, with all it's palaces
Applause. Such are the people who
live in dugouts in Oklahoma. They are
an honor to any country. They are fit to
have been the fathere and mothers Of the
Gracchi. Applause Now yield to the
gentleman from New Jersey for his ques-
ton.
Mr.. Dunn-Are you in favor of admit
ting state where they have. nothing to
eatl Laughter.
Mr.. Clark-A man may have very little
to eat and still be good citizen. APP
plause. Good citizenship does not nee
essarily mean great riches and clipping
coupons and eating terrapin aud canvas
back ducks, though some people seem to
think so. Applause.1
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28

list. He is not of much value to ANYBODY
else. His value arises like that of many
other things mainly from his rarity, for
oaSklng sharks are not seen every day,
and lchtyologists find few opportunities
10 study them. The basking shark is an
object of popular as well as scientific in
terest. 1t is the largest fish that swims
the sea: II isn't as big as a bow-head
whale, but the whale is not a fish but a
mammal. The specimen captured some
how by the Italian fisherman, who has a
standing order from the Stanford Uni
VefSlty for anything new or queer in his
line, Is thlrty-hve feet long, and meas
ureS nearly fifteen feet perpendicularly
through,the back. Those proportions
make it as large as many a whale and it
II homely and a lubberly thing to
look at. It's called selache maxima in
the books
The report of the size of the specimen
at Monterey, which was all of the details
received at the university yesterday,
show 1t to be one of the largest of its kind,
though they sometimes grow several feet
longer. A reported sea serpent, 80 feet
long, stranded at Stronsa in 1868, is sup
posed to have been a baSking shark This
greateStof fishes is also the least ferocious
OF sharks 1t sticks pretty well to the
bottom of the ocean, is sluggish in move
etc, instead of other fishes. 1t belongs
TO the northern seas. but in summer de-
sends to middle ATTITUDES.
II do not know what Prof. Gilbert will
try to do with the specimen" said Presi-
dent Jordan, but it is worth going after
even to photograph, if nothing else They
are rarely caught, and have been able to
see but one on this coast That was in
1860 at Monterey. We chopped outs
piece Of one of its gills, and it was all one
man wanted to carry. Pictures of the
basking shark are not reliable represen-
tations, for there have been few chances
to draw thems There are probably but a
few hundred in the ocean. The British
museum has a standing offer of 81 900 for
the skin of one, but a man would earn his
money getting it. for it would take two
months to skin the fish and care properly
for the hide. Prof Gilbert may try to
take the skin and he may only take the
head. At any rate it is valuable oppor-
tunity for study"
There are about three hogsheads of oil
in the liver of the unfortunate shark at
Monterey, but that will interest the Ital-
ian fisherman more than it will DIR. Gill
bert
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28
A "a, 800 BEAR HUNT.
Utilizing a Gas Well for Cooking
Causes a Double Explosion.
From the New York Sun.

Roulette, Pa, Dec 23.-Henry Wilcox
and A. V. Jones, of Friendship, N. Y,
and " l. Cook, of Belfast, hearing that
there were several bears in winter quar-
tiers few miles from Carlo, Elk county,
went down there to get them They found
convenient and comfortable camp in a
pipeline oll-pumping station in the woods
five miles from Carlo. The region is in
the natural gas belt, and to make things
still more comfortable and convenient, the
hunters made a connection between q
cooking stove in the pump station house
and n natural gas well. The pressure on
this competing pipe was eighty-five
pounds to the inch, which was n little
more than the pipe could bear. and lust
as the three men were bunking in for the
night the gas exploded.
Jones, having had some experience with
natural gas, heard the premonitory svmp-
toms of the explosion and shouting 10
his companions TO run for their lives,
dashed out of the house. He got out
safely, but Wilcox and Cook were envel-
oped by the ensuing flames. They rushed
blazing from the station house, and by
plunging in the deep snow and rolling
about in It. extinguished the flames, but
not before they were severely burned.
The pumping station house was in
stantly IN flames. The boiler and furnace
were in the building. The roof soon fell
in, and dropping on the safety valve Of
the boiler held it down The engineer
and his family lived in a house near by.
They had gone TO bed, and Jones routed
them out, as not only was the house in
danger of catching fire from the burning
pump house, but a boiler explosion was
inevitable. The hunters and the engi-
neer and his family fed into the woods
the boiler exploded and half of it was
hurled clear through the engineers house
demolishing it. If the gas explosion had
occurred ten minutes later the three
hunters could not have escaped crema-
tion. They lost their guns and other
property amounting TO $500 The loss TO
the pipe line company is about $4,000.
There is probably not on record livelier
or more costly bear hunt than this one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28
AS 1T GOES IN CONGRESS.
Champ Clark and an Unknown Make
Some Edifying Remarks.
From the Congressional Record.


''Mr Chairman, feel friendly to the
people of Oklahoma. 1 have tasted of
their salt, eaten of their bread and drank
at their springs. do not know whet her
that territory is ready to be admitted or
not. am not passing on that question
But / want to tell you eastern gentlemen
something abont that territory. In 1890
ran for congress and was beaten laugh
teri by a scratch"
A ember-You ought not to call him
that.
Mr. Clark-Well, fellow in that CON
dition Just after he has been beaJen-you
have all been there and know how it is
Applause feels that he would like to go
OFF for recreation and recuperation, hunt
ing, fishing, and so forth.
A Member-And good deal of the $50
forth" Laughter
Mr. Clark-More Of the $50 forth"
sometimes than anything else. APP
plause. Well. ] went down to Oklaho-
ma and spent three weeks in that Terri
tory, three of the happiest weeks of my
life. Why, Mr.. Chairman, the land down
there is so rich that if they had it up in
New Jersey, Maine, New Hampshire or
Vermont they would sell it by the peck
for seed, or use it as a fertilizer. (Laugh-
ter and applause.l They say there is no
body out there but the people" That
may be true. There is not much out there
except the people and the land. But the
land is rich and the people are brave.
slept one night out there in dugout. l
got lost.
A Member-That was part of the $50
forth"
Mr. Clark-No, it is not part of the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28
WANTED TO SEE HIS saUAw.
How Grow Dog, Under Sentence of
Death, Escaped From and Returned
fo Iail
From the Omaha Bee.

Judge A. J. Plowman, of Deadwood, s.
D., was taking dip in his morning news
paper at the Paxton House, Omaha, when
approached by reporter for a talk on
timely topics. He has held many respon-
sible public positions at Deadwood, and
attained national renoWn in 1888 when he
defended Crow Dog for the murder of
Spotted Tail. The memory of Mr.. Plow-
mans plucky legal fight, in which he car
ried that celebrated case to the United
States supreme court and secured the
acquittal of his red-Skinned client when
the hangman'S moose was about to
tighten around the neck of the condemned
prisoner, still lives in the minds of the
legal fraternity throughout the west. In
speaking of the matter Judge Plowmau
related an incident which has never be-
fore appeared in public print.
After Crow Dog had been sentenced to
- hanged, , said the eminent jurist, Il
went to Washington to lay the case before
the supreme court of the United States.
l instituted habeas corpus proceedings TO
secure his release on the question of juris
diction While in the nations capital |
was surprised to receive a telegram an
nouncing that Crow Dog had escaped
from prison. I returned TO the reserva-
ton after had completed my business at
Washington, and then | learned for the
first time the cause which prompted the
famous Indian to escape. 1t seems that
he was walking in the corridor of the Jail
one day when half-breed told him that
he would surely pay the penalty of his
crime, and that the supreme court would
not interfere. This caused Crow Dog
some uneasiness. He was quick to act.
He watched his opportunity to escape and
did So That stoical Sioux, who had the
reputation of being a man with
a heart of marble, deliberately struck
out on foot over two hundred miles
of country to the reservation. Suisse
quently he voluntarily returned and gave
himself up, with the expectation of going
on the scaffold In response to the ques-
ton why he made the trip and returned
so soon he replied that he did not want to
die without seeing his squaw and papoose
once more. Events proved that he spent
one day at his tepee, bidding his family
what he regarded as a last farewell, and
then, with wave of his dusky hand, he
mounted pony on his return trip to the
Jail from which he escaped. This clearly
demonstrates that Indians have big
sp6U in their hearts for their families,
Notwithstanding surface indications OF IN
difference to their squaws. That is one
reason why Indians would make poor sol
diers They get homesick. Crow Dog is
now on the reservation, and at last ac-
counts was hale and hearty, He is hit
ting the pipe of peace, and has no desire
to wage warfare on the government. he
is a oOnd Indian now -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28

There was a sudden fash of fame and
Mr.. Hallenstein, screaming at the top Of
his voice, leaped from the. chair. Fritz
grabbed towel and as quickly as possi-
Bile smothered the flames.
MIR. Hallenstein was burned badly about
the face, ears and neck The skin all
peeled on. His eyebrows, mOustache ana
hair were badly singed. He was taken to
DR. Jewett's ofice, whore his wounds
were dressed. Fritz himself had not es-
capped injuries. His right hand was Sc
verely burned. One-half of his long
moustache was burned away. When one
OF his fellow BARRIERS took a pair of shears
and clipped the other side to make it
match, Fritz almost cried with grief
During his excitement he threw away the
bottle containing the mysterious tonic. 1t
struck square on the back of Ellsworth
Hawley. the barber who was cutting a
man 5 hair in the next chair. The man
jumped up and ran outside and did not re-
turn for half an hour There was a great
deal of confusion in the barber shop, and
during the afternoon curious people
peeped through the windows to see what
was the matter.
Mr. Otto, the proprietor, was not in the
shop when the accident happened. He is
German When he saw the barber's
hand in bandages he inquired what the
trouble was. When informed of what
had happened he became excited and
could say nothing, He would not say of
what the tonic was made, and ran out of
his place over to the Doctors Office.
Later in the evening Mr.. Hallenstein
was seen at his residence. He could not
speak, as every movement of the mouth
irritated the burned flesh His head and
neck were covered with bandages. All.
that could be seen We're his eyes and lips.
His face and even his lips are burned"
said Mrs. Hallenstein. He suffers a
great deal, but of course no one is to
blarna -