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The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1894-03-16

WATERFOWL FLOUR!
The Worlds Fair Prize Winner, best
in the market, for sale by
MRS. ANNA DoNER, Onida.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22
Disease in Railroad Coaches.

In the laboratory of the Imperial
Board of Health of Germany expert
ments were made, and the results which
have been published show, says London
Science Siftings. that the seeds of con-
sumption we're found in abundance in
the dust collected, not only on the
floors, but on the walls and seats OF
the carriages. Samples Of dust were
taken from As compartments Of 21 diff
'sssse... i;u@ssssss sse- csrs an1 ts- -aaimals
we're inoculated with them. Part Of
these died very soon thereafter of var
ious contagious diseases before they
had time to develop consumption; of
the rest, killed four to six weeks aftel
incubation, three had tubercles.
These three, however, were inoculat-
ed with sleeping carriage dust, taken
from the floor, but from the walls cush-
ings, and ceilings.
Bacteria at the rate of 78, per
square inch were found on the floor of
fourth class carriage, and "a, 400,
$4,000, and 16, 500 per square inch on
the floors of the third, second, and
first class carriages. Thus even in the
latter, the average passenger, who u.s.
ually has at least half compartment
to himself, say 5000 square inches of
floor, has an army of 40, 500, 900 dead
ly enemies aiming at his vitals on the
floor alone, to say nothing of other
millions in front and rear, on both
hanks, and overhead. 1t would seem
impossible TO escape; but a Board of
Health is said to have reported meas
ures for removing orreducing the dan
ger which the railroads are consider
ing.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22
The Orange Cure for Alcoholism.

The new virtue claimed for the or.
ange-that if consumed systematically
it will wean the veriest sot from all al
coholic potations-is being widely dis
cussed in England. Six oranges per
diem form the ration, to be consumed
at intervals of two or three hours. In
answer to the inquiry propounded in
daily newspapers, ''What must man
do if he can't get oranges?" cor
respondent says: 'Let him take ap-
pies. Apples, even more than oranges,
have the power to diminish and, if
eaten Systematically, to entirely eradi-
cate the craving for stimulants This
is owing to the malic acid, which com
pletely renovates and puriiies the
whole system. If fruit were freely
taken as part of the daily meals, we
should hear far less of the troubles
and ailments now so common. 1t may
not be generally known that oranges
are also specially valuable in lung
complaints, the acid citrate of potash
preventing the development of pneu-
monia. Chicago Record.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22
Sound anIL.ght Compared.

The velocity of sound through the
atmosphere with the temperature at
sixty-two degrees Fahrenheit, is at
the rate of 1,125 feet per second.
Through water it is four and a half
times through iron it is ten times,
and through wood of the different
kinds it travels with a velocity from
eleven to seventeen times greater than
that with which it travels through air.
The velocity of light is 1872, 500 miles
per second. Estimating the distance
to be even 95,0OO,OOO miles, light
wonld pass from the sun to the earth
in traction over eight minutes, and
in One-elghth of a minute would flash
around our globe. If an explosion
should occur on the sun today that
was SO gigantic in its nature as to ul-
timately penetrate to our earth, we
would not know it until the year 1908,
simply because it would take the
sound fourteen years to travel the in
tervening distance. st. Louis Re-
public.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22
Orc Of the lost Tribes.

Scattered over the breezy downs OF
the Nilgherries, in little villages of
wicker houses, that look at little
distance like nothing in the world so
much as colony of beehives, lives
community of 500 or 700 people who
are yariously believed to be the de-
scendants OF one Of the lost tribes of
Israel, the abOrigines of Southern
India, and community of Manlch-
ans
They believe IN strange trinity
and a hell, dismal stream full OF
leeches aud this they must cross by
means OF a single thread. The soul
burdene1 with sin is too heavy for
this slender support and the sinner
falls into the streams, but the thread
sustains easily the souls Of the good
The funeral Of toda, for that is the
name Of the singular tribe, is as old
in its way as itsrelig Gus Lel:ef His
uJcsf - " 80 ss,ir4ssl in u new cloth; aud
his toes tied together with red llread.
grain, sugar, tobacco and money are
wrapped in his funeral toga to
provide him for his journey across
the dark plain beyond. Two buTa-
loes are slain beside the corpse and
the dead mans hands are placed upon
there horns; a piece of his skull, his
bair and his finger nails are removed,
to be used later on at the great cell
ebratlOn of the death OF all those
who during the twelve months, have
'taken the leap over the great pre-
cipice into the bottomless abyss"
When these tokens are removed,
clarified butter is smeared on the
fragrant wood of the funeral pyre,
and the body is burned to ashes and
the ashes scattered to the four
winds
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22
ii One I Plant Dis ,asc.

~ y eaI.iifwl proof Of the deli
caes the balance OF forces On wnlcn
the life and health of animals and
plants depends is furnished by some
recent experiments at Cornell Uniyer-
sity.
Tomatoes grown in the forcing
houses OF the university had the veins
of their leaves greatly swollen and
turned white, and the leaf-cells were
enormously stretched so much SO, in
fact, that at length they burst, and
water poured plentifully from them.
The cause of these singular phenom-
ena was found to be that in conse-
quence of the great amount of moist
ure contained in the warm air of the
forcing houses, the leaves were not
able to give out water by Transportation
as fast as it was sent into them by the
action Of the roots. 1t was case of
vegetable dropsy.
Another instance of similar effect
has been seen in the case of apple-tre
which were ruthlessly pruned during
the winter. When spring came, and
the roots began to set currents of
moisture flowing upward into the
twigs and leaves, the latter had been
so greatly reduced in number that
they could not take care of the too
abundant supply thus forced upon
them, and as a result, the leaves be-
came gorged with water, and the tree
suffered from dropsical disease.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22
The Ups with the Downs.

Say, pa, will you tell me what makes all this
trouble?r
Said my little son Jimmy to me.
81 skinned both my feet as walked Ger the
stubble,
An the thorns are still stickin in me.
There's the long, tirescme hill where we carry
the water
An drive down the cattle to drink;
II would save lots o work, an IL seems that
you oughter.
Move our house down there, think"
Well, Jimmy, my son, since you profrer the
query,
Philosophy's guidance is none;
Ef your work Is so light that you never grew
weary,
'Tis work just as well not beguR;
To have a high hill we must have deep
hollow,
An the ups always go with the downs;
From the clouds of today there is sunshine
to follow,
An smiles travel tandem with irowns.
Ell you never had pain or nervous depression
You would not know the blessing o. health !;
An its only by hunger an gaunt deprivation
Thet we learn o the value o wealth.
The troubles an trials, my son, you complain
of
Are blessings to you an to me.
For we must get a prod from the brad o
oppression
In order to know that we're free.
ELMER L. STEVENSON, in St Paul Despatch.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22
DURING A STORM.
The Perilous Predicament OF PassonCe
Aboard n steamship

The Perilous Predicament OF Passengers
Aboard Steamship
Every one has heard of the way in
which passengers on some European
railroads are locked la la the ears, said
Henry l.. Luker, of Denver, who has
Just returned from a European trip
and passed through St Louis on his
way home. "The way passengers are
treated on some, at least, Of the
ocean liners seems to me even more
unreasonable. In locked car, with
no conductor in range, a passenger,
appears TO be in bad scrape in case
OF a collision, but a passenger who is
locked In the saloon of a vessel dur
Ing storm is worse off stlll. While
we were crossing the ocean eastward
In January we were caught in what |
thought the most terrible storm the
ocean had ever seen, although my
views we're not shared apparently by
the members OF the crew. Still the
water was so high that the hatchways
we're nailed down, no passengers
were allowed on deck, and there was
a general consultation among us as
to what our chances would be II the
ship went down to the bottom. 1t
would be too late then to open the
hatchways and provide us with life
belts OF boats, and it certainly looked
as though we should Just die cooped
up like lot of prisoners W thout
any redress or assistance being possi-
BILE. | mentioned the matter to the
captain the following day, and lie
told me that there was no more
chance OF his boat sinking than of
the world coming to an end. That
reassured me good deal, but on my
return trip the captain of The steam
er told me that the one / had crossed
In before was no safer than it ought
TO tie, and that he would hlte to be
on 1t In genuine hurricane. The
latter estimate, although perhaps as
prejudiced as the former, was far
less satisfactory in every respect, and
rather weakened my feeling OF conf
dence in ocean greyhounds."
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22
Comparative Mortality Of the Sexes.


Although woman has been deprived
of SO many rights and privileges, she
has at least the advantage of man as
regards longevity; she suffers less
from accidents, injuries and many
forms Of disease she is, in fact, moro
tenacious than man of the limited en-
ioyments allowed her. DIR. Brandreth
Symonds has collected and studied
large number of statistics to illustrate
this interesting fact. The comparative
mortality Of the sexes at different
ages, shows that in the first year OF
life the mortality of the female is
much less than that of the male, being
at birth 92.64 per 1000 as against
1880, and at the end of the year,
31.sS as against 35.0S. This differ
ence continues up to the fourth year.
From five to twelve the female NOR
tality is greater than that of the male,
being at the latter period 800 ior
males, and rs for females. At the
age of forty-six the male mortality
equals that Of the female, the latter
having been up to this time slightly in
excess. During the years forty-six to
fifty-six, the period of the climacteric,
the male mortality gains rapidly on
the female, being 6.32 per annum for
the one and only 3.47 for the other.
Hence the climacteric is really much
more serious time for man than for
woman. After fifty-six, the female
mortality gains on that Of the male,
but is always slightly below it. Woman
has not only less mortality and
greater longevity than man, but
there is, according to DIR. Symonds,
a plurality of female births, though
the contrary view is usually held. Ma
ture seems determined to keep up
full supply of women. New York
Medical Record.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22

NNlne y ~ n the Chi
hese 1o'e,'.p 20otse " foreign
srs from ,s,s sls'1n,sgetaI,re me-. a, cts where
rived from theANALYsIs aerebai,ts at
the shipping p an p5o, '''l' as it was.
not being dep'.s seth any Ger.
tainty' mich p,.'n wy Ind confusion
Tor . long 'lpF Tay.au regarding the
species yieiol' s,.to ieties known to
trade as ss,,s,..l, toas -. ,sh;at =
names 'nea - known to the
puplle' mn ma BopSies contendine
that she III for Gene produced exclu-
sisel5 iio'n-- We Il tea plant and
tne iae'sr IN the black tea
variety Fin it was held by
others thatN Numerical var;et;ea
were p1o0a MTTI IA single species.
pne "illeho'iiD 5r, flavor and effect
peile ""o eHl LII to q disparity in
'ne son, s''p bnd process en-
pioye'' ~ 'i' leaves for mar
ket; also ffoIos,ieos were grown
from pau ID on the plains
or low Ia ! soil enriched Inv
manure u nck teas from plants
grown q lUll les or mountain slopes.
later "nu Fore careful inyestiga-
tions, howgE,R disproye all these
opinions, ! Ing now admitted, even
Dy 'ne oplH themselves, that the
green aue lack teas of commerce
may be and -e prepared at will from
elehef an' both species of the tea
plant, difeI bit methods being pursued
in the pro,tsses of curing from the
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22
Names Of Continents.

The name Europe signifies "a coun'
try of white complexion, and arises
from the fact that its inhabitants are
of a lighter complexion than those OF
Asia or Africa. Asia signifies "be-
tween or in the middle, the ancient
geographers imagining that it lay be-
tween Europe and Africa. Africa sig
nifies "the land of corn" 1t was eel
ebrated for its abundance of corn, and
the Romans and other people used to
import grain extensively from that
continent. San Francisco Chronicle.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22
A Novel Den,rlment.

One Of the most novel of the Gov
ernment departments in Washington
is the petrided lumber mill operated
by the Geological Survey. In this
building the survey lapidaries grind
thin sections of rock and minerals of
Ill sorts for microscopic examination,
and there is band-saw that is able to
cut any mineral. San Francisco
Chronicle.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22

him after so many years, but he does
not mention the details of their meet
ing.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-22

There are 4, 800 different species of
what are popularly known as wild
bees, of which 8, 200 are found in North
and South America.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-19
The Baby's Bath.

The most sacred rite in a household
which boasts IA baby is the baby daily
bath 1t should be conducted with due
ceremony, and not with haste, splashing
and squealing. The tub, which may be of
porcelain, tin, wood II rubber, should be
placed on broad bench high enough to
save the mother from much bending. The
baby will appreciate having a straight
backed mother when he grows up even
more than he will low bath in his infan-
cy. The tub should not be too deep and
should be large enough to allow the baby
to kick without knocking his feet against
the sides
The water should be about the tempera-
ture of the baby's blood, which is about 9S
degrees f. Thermometers placed in
ring of cord can be bought, which float in
the water and prevent the danger of a
mistake in temperature. Care must be
taken to place the bathtub out of the way
of drafts. screen placed around the tub
Is safeguard not to be despised
The sponges used for the body should
always be the softest and finest procurable
and the soap plain and pure-castile is the
best-and baby himself should be scrub
bed from the crown of his bald head to his
rose petal feet till he looks like "a pin
cherub and then wrapped in warm
Turkish towel and rubbed briskly, if his
little constitution will allow Of such treat
ment. An alcohol rub makes the skin
hard and the baby strong After the bath,
breakfast flannel wrapper and "a nap for
baby and the little rub, the spOnges and
all other accessories of the baby's toilet
should be washed out thoroughly and
placed in the air and sunshine to dry
New York News
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-19
Her Noblest Duty.

The forms of life are subject to law, and
broken law avenges itself by making an
end of the law breaker. Tho new woman
will rot continue long in the land. Like
other fashions, she is destined to excite
notice, to be admired, criticised and for
gotten. Tho liberty which she invokes
will be fatal to her. If on mems selection
of their mates the future dcpends-and
they are still by force of numbers able to
choose--what likelihood is there that an
untamed Marcclla, still less the scientific
Evadne and the savage viper" with
chloroform on her toilet table, will attract
either Hercules or Apollo?
Who would bind himself to spend his
days with the anarchist, the athlete, the
bluestocking the aggressively philan-
thropic, the political, the surgical woman?
And what man would submit to an ALI
ance which was tcrminablc, not when he
chose, but when his comradc was tired Of
himY Such arc not the ideals to which he
has looked up or the qualities that win
affections
The age of chivalry cannot die so long
as woman keeps her peculiar grace, which
is neither rugged strength nor stores of
erudition, but human nature predestn
ed to motherhood. She is called upon in
the plain language of Mr.. Carpenter to
bear children, to guard them, to teach
them, to turn them out strong and
healthy citizens of the great world " And
she has divine right to all that will fit heI
for so noble duty Quarterly Review.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-19
Infants Collie.

Humorous illusions to "colicky babies
are never fully appreciated until the con-
dition is observed in each individuals
own offspring, and then somehow the hui
morous side is gone, for of all rest disturb
ing ailments collie takes the lead.
Overlooking is n prolific cause, and very
often by reducing the food supply the all
ment disappears of itself, but some quail
ties of the milk will produce collie, so that
it is as well to have a cure ready. 1t near
ly always comes at night, but cannot be
timed invariably, for If the mother or
nurse count on a couple of hours of rest
through the day it is just as likely to ar
rive then. Total depravty'' can be ap-
piled to collie as well as other things.
The symptoms are sudden, piercing
cries and contraction of the legs. Some
attacks are very severe, while others arc
mild. Catnip tea and paregoric, the rem
edies of our grandmothers, are of littll
use, for they only soothe without eXpcll-
ing the wind which causes the disturbance.
Drops and cordials are useless for the same
reason Peppermint was about the only
thing then used which removed the cause.
and that was made to stupefy by adding
laudanum.
The remedy now in vogue, with uni
formly good results is soda mint Tho
tablets are sold extensively for Indigestion,
BIT a liquid form is the best for babes
Get "a 10 per cent solution, and for a child
up to a month old take one-half spoonful
of mint to three of warm water, slightly
sweetened Increase the dose with age.
The effect of this simple remedy in most
cases is almost magical. The wind il
thrown off in an incredibly short time,
and the after effect is to soothe the nerves,
so that sleep comes swiftly in its train,
There is nothing deleterious in its cOmpU.
stion, for the sole ingredients are carbon
ate soda, ammonia and pip. menthul.
Enough water must be added to kill thu
taste of the soda, which is very dsagreeu-
BILE.
Hot applications TO the stomach are oi
first Importance in this complaint. Elan
mel bands heated at the fire or wrung out
of hot water, hot salt wrapped in flannel
or hot water bottle next the skin all help
a speedy cure, but no medicine is lasting.
With attention to the diet the number and
duration of attacks may become shorter,
but it will very likely be three months be-
fore they subside -Kennett Wood in st.
Louis Republic.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-19
Lack OF Time.

Women, far more than even the busiest
mon, are given to complaining of lack of
time IL Is true that women do have more
to do than men. Their occupations are
more varied and absorbing and unendinp
But this is not why they have mo time -
The truth strange rs it may seem, is that
the busiest people are the ones who man
age to crowd in the most extras, and of
those who habitually proclaim want of
time an indefinite continuance of their
plight may be safely predicted
The principal reasons that women leave
undonc the hundred and one things they
wish to do are, first, a lack Of system
which is considered Indispensable in Il
business career, and the fact that women
are subject to inccssant trivial interrup
lions which men would not tolerate for a
moment, but from which women lack the
force and the courage to free themselves
A man who has a casual caller during his
business hours does not hesitate to look at
his watch and excuse himself. but for
nothing short of desperate illness or hav
ing to catch n train does a woman consider
herself justified in what she and her caller
would both consider rudeness. Yet the
woman's time may be as valuable to her
as the mans to him. She may have had
her days occupation planned, and long
sequence of performance may be broken
up irretrievably. And her Interruptions
are innumerable, though mostly of a so
cial nature, none the less serious on that
account.
In consequence of these breaks in her
day her duties overlap one another, be
come confused and tangled, and much of
her effort is rendered Intellectual. -Phila
delphia Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-19
The New England Girl.

fancy that even beyond this, and even
beyond that divine curiosity which is the
love Of learning her most distinguishing
characteristic is her positive truthfulness,
says writer in the Boston Herald on the
subject of the New England girl. A temp.
tation to deceit or treachery would glance
off from her as an arrow from armor of
plate steel. 1t is this uprightness, this
lofty standard OF rectitudc which gives
her an inner pride that makes coquetry
impossible to her She will not stoop to
win by small and detestable arts. When
she loves, it is as faithfully, as tenderly
as everlastiEgly as any woman ever born
of woman, but she demands respect before
she will accept love. If she is often I'M
married, it is not because she has not the
opportunity Of marriage, but because men
who reach her standard are not plentiful,
for her intellect and her taste are Guilt
waited. She has "a fine knowledge of art
and a deep enthusiasm for music She
PAINTS, she models, she sings, she sews,
she cooks.
The rough east winds and sea tonics,
strengthening the throat by long selection
till they have made such throats as Nor
dicas and Kellogg's have given her a
pleasant voice, with less of the nasal
wang IMAM belongs 10 any other sectlon
Of the country; have given her, too, by the
same process a robust health that makes
self support possible and pleasant and
often preferable and she is SO much a
mistress of the science Of home that she
can happily make her own. And speak
now neither Of her generations that have
gone or are going, but of that which has
just come forward to take hold Of the life
of the world, blooming, sparkling, eager
for the beautiful and the best.