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The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21

Americans can do the SAME thing regard
less of the climate. competition or soc
ial deman.'r if they will act upon III.
suggestion.
The Hon. II. $. tirecnlcaf. who Mas
recently seen at the house Of represen
t~ittives in Washington. added his test
mony in the following outspokon words:
The exlaustions of public life are Ger
taiult vefs great. but 50 also are the
strains =. business life. Of professional
life. IF social life. In counteracting
their dangerous effects Warmers Safe
Cure is unsurpassed. 1t is a splendid
remedy. ! speaks from personal cXrer-
fence"
The dangers Of modern life are great.
but they can be avoided by care and tie
use of the right remedy. Will q ne
glect So important Il matter:
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21

should like to call attention to the
fact that the history of the great tele
scopes at Mount Hamilton and al
Washington will serve to lay away
finally a widely published opinion
which we used to hear repeated every
few weeks-namely, that great tele
scopes are Of little use. The work OF
these two great telescopes mot tc
speak OF many others has conclu.
sively shown their great superiority
over less powerful instruments in
every field Of astronomy, in the OBJ
servations of planets, nebula, stars,
comets, satellites, in sp~ectroscopy,
and also in those departments Of
astronomical photography for which
they are adapted.
Smaller instruments have their ap
propriate fields, and in some of these
they will always be O convenient
than larger ones. But the great tele
scope, when properly used, is and al
ways will be pre-eminent.-Professo
Edward S. Holden in Forum.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21

In the month of MAY 1850. there WAS
an evening party in Cer,s.ir& %-inar,
and in the early part ri the day Lnr',
Rosebery had me- in Piccaaiily aSea1fe.
farmer with whom he had SOME a.
Guaintanre. and he asked his tr.r..! IT,
look in" III the course OF the night
The farmer duly presented himself II
something that r~esembled his idea Of AZ
evening dress. Al went well until ihs
Scotclrman got into the supper room
and after eating a variety of d~elicacies
he lighted on al ice crealn-a form Of
ing taken IL itf-r spoonful ie managed
TO cor.eal his discomfort. But Seem.
his host he thought ii his duty to inform
him of what Lad taken place. Il don't
suppose you know. my lord" he loudly
whispered. "uut ! think | ought to tell
vou-there las been Il mistake so,ie
where and this pudt!ing'S froze.
Lord Rosebery graspel the situation
in a moment. With perfect courtesy
and with a pretty appearance OF critica!
inquiry. he tasted the ice cream. 50,
it is" he said; THAT'S very strange
And then. after speaking to one Of the
servants. he returned and said to the
Scotch farmer: Its all right. am told
that this is IA new hind Of Pudding they
freeze on purpose" and taking his
friends arm led him ont of the room.-
II. W. Lucys Salisbury Parliament.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21
Baldnes. 4 Among Young People.

II the unsatisfactory statistics that |
have been able TO COLLECT can be relied
N the proportion of badness in boys
and girls under twenty is about eighty
to ven As the majority of girls Ut
the age under consideration wear their
hair loose. or i'll simple Marguerite"
braids. 80 that there is little likelihood
of deception. while unwholesome head
gear OF other individual practices can
hardly as yet have had time to produce
any material effect upon either sex. we
may regard the differences indicated 81
the figures as practically due t the
working of heredity alone. Miss E. F.
Andrews in Popular Science Monthly
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21

The bishop of Exeter it seems was
constantly annoyed by the intrusion
of strangers into his grounds, and
he had put up very stringent notices
forbidding trespassers. One morn
ing he was walking along in a medi
tative mood when suddenly two Ia
dies broke through the shrubs and
stood awkwarsily enough confront.
ing him. They stammered out some
excuse, saying they did not know
they were n private grounds.
His lordship made them a profound
bow, pointed to the printed notice
adding, But perhaps you do net
read; however, rs you seem to have
no scruples, pray go on, go along the
paths, into the flower garden, across
the lawn, enter the house, visit the
drawing room, dining room and
study, but let me recommend you no.
to penetrate into the bedrooms a,
this early hour, as the housemaids
may not have done their work" The
intruders must have wished them.
selves in another diocese Temple
Bar.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21

THE s~tranyest accident that eve fell
within my observation. said Harold
Chapman: t,:. friend IN the Lindeil. tuc.
Cured III my home in Medicine Lodge
saan Onr day in May. 1889. | w:-
driven into the house By II thG.!;!cr
shower. The rain n,oicrat.1 in Il few
minutes. however. and ! took il ci..iir
ar,. sat ont on the porch My yornHes,
hoy was playing with IL Til GRIP. catch
ing water from the rain pipe and lsiitr.
ing il along II rut in the floor. The water
ran along this rut ont onto I'll" c!"tern
platform. While he vas sicopin.: 10 III
the cup from the rain l.lr n flash ct
lightning came. seemingly attracted by
the iron cistern pump. The current
leape,l FROM the pump to the current Of
water that ram along the porch aud
flashed along its course tn the end
AS providence. accident. i'll luck or
something else would have il orr Thomas
cat hal co;ne out from the Kitchen AID
was standing close to the wet gutter
made by pouring of the water, The cat
received the full benefit of the flash. and
Eay scorchcd and dead III an instant.
Now saw that fash distinctly. and
saw it travel from the iron plnai' along
that gutter to the rat. II MY boy a:i
been there the result would have been
the same. II ne had not. why | s],lit.n.e
it world have been attracted toward unp
OF us and serious results might have i"i
lowed | Slightly imaaille that ! nH,e
my life to that eats i'll fate. ! am iluch
obliged to tbs. cat."-St Louis Globe
hnIlprraf
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21
Western keparsee.

A nan from the wc>i WA, doing a bit
of society in the .ne.e east. and he was
cornered by a New York woman
'You western people ARE 20 original"
she twittered.
Yes. We say things sometimes" he
replied.
You are very good Il: -erArtee. ! un-
derstand:"
Come again. please he said. putting
his hand up over his eas.
'Yon are good at repaitee; getting in
on your adversary. as it were. she ex-
planned.
Well, yes. We amt SLOW" he admit
ted, when II guns is IL good working
condition. Detroit Free Press.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21
.NvEi TOR or TIE BAGGAGE CHECt

IStCi-ion VT i'C CSCa>A@ IN
A Device That Made lis Way Rapidly to
General .Auopti"i.
The alleged origin of the decidedly
useful baggage checks has been to.'.
by Mr.. d. Merreli. Of Union City.
Mich. as follows:
John Palmer. of my town. Is the
inventor OF the baggage checking
system. Twill tell you his story rs
b. told it 10 me. John Palmer was
horn in England some cightytwC
years ago. and came to the CnitSt:
States in l>29. and to Union City i'll
1885. In those early day, he was III
great demand. for his violin enliy
ened many and many a winter night.
One great annoyance he experienced
was the constant troH.le people haa
in finding their coats. hats, wrap,
robes, etc, after the party broke ~
Well, it Vas announced that TIER,
was to be ii big dance at Burlington
on Thanksgiving evening about 1850,
and Mr.. Palmer WIS to have chai'g
of the music. He knew that Their
would be i. terrible crowd there. an
that there would he lot, OF trouhi
with the clothing. and he went /
work to devise IL plan to ohvi.ata It.
Well. after studying on il for !
long time he had solved the n.s
terry. He got out eight cards an,
marked them i'll pai;S-l |. 22, B.:
44-and one of the greatest bless
ings to the hu>iies, world was bo.Il.
Now tor the first test. He had toul
stockings. lied each up by them
selves. put ,ags l. ? ;, !, Gu cacl, lot
and put tnem away. Wh"a tic
children got up tiiey inquired fol
their shoes. He gave each one thu
check that ~corresponded with tn
check on their shoes, and told them
to go into the other room and pici;
out their by comparing the
numbers. Each child got its own
Now for Il trial on IA larger scale
He prepared Il lot of checks in til.
same way .or the guest, at the party
About tin, first to arrive We're the
four railroad men from Marshall
Three took heir cheeks; II would
not have tic thing and threw it OF
the floor. When they called for tilei,
clothes thev had forgotten al abou,
the checks and demanded tiei;
clothes. Mr., Palmer asked them fel
their checks. After lnuntin. somt
time the three produced their check.
and at once received their goods
They had to identify the goods 70,
the fourth man.
Shortly after that there was an
other party at Burlington. and among
the first to arrive Were six railroad
men from Marshall. including the
first four. They said they wanted
their things checked the same as be
fore. They watched the plan the
whole evening. and went away con
vinced that they had found a grani
idea. Inside of three months it wa.
adopted blythe railroads Of the United
States. -Chicago Tribune.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21
Another SNAKE story.

A resident of St. Evansville. Pa.
vouches for the following snake story:
William Brown. a friend of his, found
an artificial egg floating in the river,
and it being a good imitation VI a hens
egg he cut mis- initials on it and used it
for a nest egg. Last June his mother
went to the nest and found = Llacksnake
in possession. In a few days the egg
was missing. One day last week Lot,
Augustine killed a large blacksnake, and
noticing a lump on it stepped on it and
ont came the artificial egg with w cut
on t."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21
kOyaI Road to Wealth.

:.There's a man. said Jobbins. that
came here two years ago with only $500
to his name. Now he's worth a cool
million if he's worth a cent"
"You don't say So" said jerks. How
did he make so much money in SO short
. timer"
Well" said Jobbins. ''he invested his
5000 in a tailor's shop and then made
love to the very richest girl in town.
Somerville Journal.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21
THE WAY or In6 World.

Greai men and little n,en
short men am! tai.
Great men have git.,t minds.
And snail men. small.
Great minis rob ta.tie iiifld-.
All To make IL itaE,e:
So great mind, Grt greatest minds
And this j. ft.iar
Rich men and poor men.
@ Rags at Riches door:
Rich men have ricl, friends,
And poor nleii. poor.
Rich men live by poverty.
Poor men tive by stealth.
So risi, men gel richest mea-
And this IL wealt:.
Pretty maids and plain maids.
Na..tn~ altogether:
Pretty flaits have pretty ways
To keep mankind in ~t-i'ier.
For maids are weak and men are
strong.
Till cupid iiits atnoNt.
Then men are weak. and maids a1r
strong
And This j. love.
/ ~url.iili M.t-,Iinc.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21
On the Subject Of lDreAn,

Il have not much time 10 think of
dress" said Mrs. Bentham Edwards in
an interview. land | WAS srea...; amused
by the remark of IA former old -Andlady.
who. anxious that | should look my best
at some social gathering. remarked AUS
terely to me, Really, madam. You do
not dress according to yo;;r talents!
Upon which | replied, My good woman,
if all folks dressed according to their
talents. two-thirds. l fear. would go but
scantily clothed"
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21
Phi Of

When a resident Of Bellefonte, Or.
picked up a pheasant he had shot in the
mountains near his home he was sur
prised to find that the bird was con-
structed on the plan of tie Siamese
Twins. Both birds. he asserted. were
perfectly developed and the connecting
link was half an inch long and a quarter
Of an inch thick and joined them just in
front of the ings.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21
Two Famous Opals.

In the last century a very round and
brilliant opal was the property Of the
amateur Fleury. Another, said to be
fascinatingly vivid, was owned by a
noted French fnancier. These two were
regarded as marvels Of beauty among
gems.-Ha-per's Bazaar.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21

A good conscience is to the soul what
health is to the body-it preserves con-
slant ease and serenity within us and
more than countervails all the calamities
and amictions which n befall US with
out. Addison.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21

The late Lord Clifden was firmly per-
shaded that no luck would ever befall
him on the race course unless he wore Z
particular necktie, and Mr.. Frank Pop.
ham. the owner of Wild Dayrell. would
run back at full speed TO avoid meeting
q hearsa-London Tit-Bits.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21

Cowley. who died in 1867, made q re-
mark applicable to new as well as old
England about his surprise ''to see ladies
wear such high shoes that they cannot
walk in without one to lead them"
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-02-21
DANGER OF TO-DAY.
" - GrpMsn. More toInnius and II l.
Invading She Huine.

EMINENT M sHosa II, VICTIMS
The Arizona sentinel., 1893-08-26
Two Kinds of Tempest.

An original feature was introduced into the performance of Shakespeare's Tempest" in French provincial town recently. The actual tempest was pro- duced by fifteen men hiding under the green cloth which served as the surface of the sea and produced the swelling of old ocean by bobbing up and down. On account of a falling off in the box office receipts the manager lowered the mems wages, whereat they decided to strike. Next evening when the wind howled over the stage and hailstones made of beans fell on the boards the green sea remained sullenly silent.
 Swell and roar at oncer' the director cried in despair. eff you promise to to give us eighty centimes instead of fifty we will" ''No; sixty; not a sou more" The audience shouted with laughter; the sea remained calm. Seventy centimes?' "We said eightv.o And eighty it had to be Then there began roaring and swelling of the ocean which for vigor had never been equaled. The result was that suddenly the green cloth burst and the heads of the fifteen appeared on the stage, to the upTcarious delight of the house. = 1c thcater paid" after this
The Arizona sentinel., 1893-08-26
AN INDOLENT BRETON.
His Of-Hand Manner of Disposing of
 Rebels.

HIS On-dand Manner or D1SpOB1nR OI
 Rebels.
 A correspondent, writing of the late Lord Strathnairn, says he was the most indolent, lackadaisical, languid person who ever dawdled along Piccadilly. When he was devastating central India, winning the splendid victories that im~ mortalized his name, he was so lazy that he could not be got to dictate the dispatches recording his own triumphs, says the Sheffield (England) Telegraph. Months elapsed before these documents could be extracted from him, and then they were brief and meager to the last degree.
 One day, when Sir Hugh Rose, he was entertaining gallant company to din- ner during the crisis of the mutlny. With the utmost sang froid he was de- lighting those near him with one of his best anecdotes. In the middle of it his orderly entered and, after saluting, ex- claimed: ''We have captured two hun dred rebels, sir.''
 To him the general turned and, with that elegant courtesy of manner on which he prided himself, serenely re- piled: ''Thank you, sergeant"
 But the man still remained. Again irfterrupting his chief, he said: ''But what are we to do with them, sir?"
 ''Oh!'' replied Sir Hugh, with a soft smile, "hang them, of course," and he resumed his anecdote.
 Ia little while Sir Hugh was again interrupted in the middle of another story by the sergeant, who came in and said: Please, sir, we've hung the lot, sir"
 The general turned, bowed slightly, and in the sweetest manner isped: "Thanbs, sergeant, very many thanks and then went on with his anecdote as if nothing had happened.
 This story came to the ears of the queen and she was so angry that it nearly cost Sir Hugh his peerage.
The Arizona sentinel., 1893-08-26
.n METHODS OF vuLruREs.
They Are Guided to Their Food by Thei
 Remarkable Power of Sight.

They Are Guided to Their Food by Their Remarkable Power of Sight.
 In the month of December, as our party was ascending the gorge which leads to Petra from the Wady-el-Arabah, one of our camels suddenly dropped down dead, says a writer in the Spec tator. This was in the evening, and we returned to our camp without suc- ceeding in our object that day. But early next morning we started again for Petra, and on reaching the carcass of the dead camel in the early dawn we found about a.dozen vultures congre- gated around it, some of which had al- ready gorged themselves and were al most unable to fly. Now, when the camel dropped down, none of these birds were in sight; but here next morn ing, while the carcass was still freshs they had swooped down on their prey. There could have been no smell of car rion from this carcass; but it might easily have been within sight of bird soaring at an elevation which would have rendered it invisible to a traveller; at the same time, an animal of the size of a camel lying motionless on the ground would have been easily visible to vulture while out of sight.
 In order to account for the assem- bling of group of vultures in so short a time as is here indicated, while none of these birds were apparently within sight, we may suppose that the birds spread themselves at wide intervals throughout an extensive district and at high altitude; each bird scars about, keeping steady gaze on the ground for the carcass of some animal, at the same time being within sight of his fel- lows. As soon as prey is sighted by one of the group he swoops down toward it, and this action is the signal to the other birds that meal is to be had where the bird descended, and they all flock down accordingly. ''Wheresoever the carcass is there will the eagles (vul- tures) be gathered together"
The Arizona sentinel., 1893-08-26
PANAMA ABANDONED.
Utter Failure of the Great Canal
 Project.
Uncle Sam's Gold Now Held at a High Premium in the Desolate Region
 Everything Gone to RCin.

The squadron for special service, con- sisting of the Baltimore, San Francisco and Charleston, which sailed from Re dodo, Cal, on October 10, on a round of friendly visits to the various countries that lie to the southward of us, and more particularly to Chih, to invite her to participate in the naval review next April in New York harbor, arrived at Panama November II, says a Panama dispatch to the New York Recorder.
 This place, which was so busy and wore such delusive aspect of prosper ity when the canal works were under full headway, is now pumping along the corduroy road of the hardest of hard times.
 The good yellow gold of Uncle Sam brings premium of 75 per cent, and there is brisk demand for it at that.
 The streets arc quiet, almost deserted, and grass grows in spots. Nowhere is there any activity except in the neigh borhood of the omnipresent market woman, clothed in her peculiar sleeve less waist, which is charac' eristic of the people. -----,' '-0=r@>-r ----~' s-.
 Many of the Jamaica and other West Indian negroes who worked on the canal are still here, some because they are so poverty stricken that they cannot get away, and Othcrs-the majority because they are under six feet of earth. The very air of the city seems charged with death, and peculiarly offensive and unhealthy smells strike ones nostrils in every street.
 The great trouble with Panama is that ships have to anchor so far from shore that communication is difficult. This disadvantage is compensated for, perhaps, by the healthier air, for were we close in shore we would get the full benefit of the miaSmatic exhalations of the swamps.
 Fevers are so prevalent and the gen eral health is so bad that there is no such thing as a health officer for the port, from which it is to be inferred that at no place from which a ship could come would the sanitary con- ditions be worse than they are here
 Although it is supposed to be the dry season, it rains every day, and when it does rain there is a businesslil1e man. ner about the downpour that leaves no doubt of its intentions.
 !" The canal and the machinery for the work are in a dreadful state, the one given up to long grasses and sedge, the other rusted and unfit, to all appear ance, for any use but to be sold as old iron. Scows and dredges are moored just where they were last used, with no one to look out for their movable be- longings. The workmen's shanties have fallen into ruin and the picture of desolation presented could hardly be bettered. -=~s,1.s-->
 The canal company's office on the plaza is closed. .:s=ss,r5e
The Arizona sentinel., 1893-08-26
AN APPALLING RECORD.
First Half of 1892 Has Been a Most Dis. astrous One.

aStrous One.
 ! Since January 1 there have been four destructive windstorms, killing nearly 200 persons, viz: April 1, Missouri and Kansas, 75; May 16, Texas, 15; May 27, Wellington, Kan, 53; June 16, southern Minnesota, 50.
 In the same period there have been four great floods, viz: April II, Tom bigbee river, 25O; May IS, Sioux City, Ia., 25; May 20, lower Mississippi, 37; June 5, fire and flood, Oil Creek, Penn, 196.
 There have also been four mining dis asters, viz: January z, McAllister, I. T., 65; April 20, Minersville, Pa., 12; May 10, Roslyn, Wash, A; May 14, Butte, Mont, II.
 Three fires have been unusually dis astrous to life, viz: January 21, h. dianapolis surgical institute, 19; Feb uary 2, Hotel Royal, New York, 30; April 2S, theater, Philadelphia, 12.
 Besides these there was, on March 27, an explosion at Jordan, Mich, by which 10 lives were lost; June 13, the explo- sion at the Mare Island navy yard, which killed 13, and June 15, the fall of bridge over Licking river, by which 62 lives were sacrificed. These are the principal disasters of the year thus far, and they involve an aggregate loss of 96O lives.
 Adding to this total the sum of losses Oy minor accidents as reported, we have the following sad and unusual record: By fire, S76; by drowning, 1864; by ex- psosions, SIS; by falling structures of various kinds, 267; by mine disasters, sos; by windstorms, $40, and by light ming, 12O; grand total, S,5SS.
 The total loss of life by these causes during the whole of last year-and 1891 was one of the most destructive years on record-was 5, 5,762. So it is evident that 1892 will probably surpass. its DredeceSSOr ..-s- ,-...-...