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The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17
Treasury Receipts Increased.

WAsHISGToS. Aug. l6 The treasury
officials anticipate very great increase
in receipts from internal revenue sources
within the next ten days in case the
president allows the tariff bill to become
a law. At Pekin. ILL.,, the receipts yes
terday reached s2i0.0O0. and in the dis
trict of Maryland they amounted to
$4,000. Large amounts Of whisky and
spirits at all the great distillery centers
have. been regauged at the solicitation
of owners. and as il cannot be regaaged
again. it is assumed that practically all
Of it will be drawn if possible before the
bill becomes a law. During the next
ten days the internal revenue receipts
are expected to reach 81 100000 day.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17
PROPOSALS FOR MILITARY

PROPOSALS FOR MILITARY
Supplies Office ofChief Quartermaster,
Department of Dakota. st. Paul. Mimi,
August /, 1894. - SEALED PROPO-
AIS. in triplicate. will be received at
this Office. or at the following named
posts. and at Helena. Montana. until IL
o'clock a. m, on September l, 1894. and
opened then. for furnishing and delivery
of such CORN as may be required
during the fiscal year ending June 30.
1895. at Forts Assinniboine, Custer,
keogh. and Camp Merritt, Mont: Forts
Buford. Pembina, and Yates. North Da-
kota; Forts Meade and Sully, South
Dakota; Fort Smelling. Mimi. and Fort
Yellowstone, Wyo. Blank forms OF
proposals, with full instructions to
bidders. will be furnished on application
to this Office. or to the quartermasters
at the various points named.-JOHN
V. FUREY, Quartermaster. U. S. Army
Chief Quartermaster.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17
WITH WOO, IN THE FREE LIST.
Sheep VIII He Sent to Market and Our
FIocks Forever Disappear.

Sheep VIII ne Sent 10 MDrAet onu OOh
FIocks Forever Disappear.
II wool be put ON the free list, the
American woolgrower will have to
submit to the disadvantages OF raising
wool in this climate on even terms with
his foreign rivals, who do not have such
difficulties to contend with, and SO with
out adequate protection must necessari-
ly be driven out of the business Our
seventh largest agricultural industry,
producing annually $66, 900, 900 worth
of wool and representing an investment
Of 800, 900, 900 in sheep, will be de-
stroyed by free trade.
Sheep will be fattened and will then
be sent to. market as food, and fiocks
will disappear forever. Our food supply
will in time thus be decreased, and our
manufacturers eventually will be driven
to buy their wool in London or in Aus
tralia. Gold will be thus sent out Of the
country again, increasing the harmful
influences that must follow with the
balance of trade permanently against us.
The woolgrowers will be forced into
some other industry. They will proba-
bly, plow up their present sheep pastures
when the land is suitable and raise
wheat of which we already have an
overproduction and surplus. and the
probabilities are that i'll consequence OF
| the great increase in our surplus OF
4 wheat in a short time we Will have
/ only 40 cent wheat. 1t Is to the interest
Of American farmers to diversity their
industries and to produce such articles
| as will find market at home instead
/ of abroad. The farmer who can sell di-
rect to the consumer close to his home
saves the middleman's profits and the
cost of transportation, which otherwise
always lessen the net price to him when
he has to find a market abroad
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17
A Test Of Civilization i.

One of the principal tests by which
we may estimate the degree OF civiliza-
ton to which a nation has attained, is
it's treatment OF woman. When man
was a savage. woman was no more than
a companion animal. When he attained
to the stage Of a barbarian, and had
enough intelligence to abandon caves
and build for himself dwelling. woman
became the household drudge, doing the
heavy labor Of the field also. and being
a chattle, disl osable at the pleasure OF
her lord or master. Among the Greeks,
the Romans aud the Jews, her condition
was somewhat improved, but polygamy
was awful, The Teutonic nations OF the
nineteenth century have placed her on
higher plane, and she is accorded q
respect and Difference that excites the
astonishment of Orientals, among man!
of whom woman is treated as being
without a mind to be cultivated or {
soul to be saved 1t is, however. in oul
own country that woman has attainet
the position of the beloved and honorec
queen. In truth it may be said tina
among the better classes. all things ex
list for woman. The railroads, especially
take every means to provide TOR he
safety and her comfort, and II she
travelling alone, great pains are taken +
insure her pleasant journey. In thi
respect. THE Huntington" takes tn
lead, and the Burlington Route is wide
| ly known for the courtesy Of officials ant
employees to :lady patrons. Tickets vi
this line can lbe had from any agent
this or connecting railroads. or by ad
dressing W. j. c. Kenyon, Gen. Pas
! Agent. st. Paul, Mimi.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17

For the convenience OF those who
wish To make comparisons and for the
benefit Of those who can never remem-
ber. the JOURNAL will hereafter keep
standing table Of the corresponding
month Of last year. showing day by day
the principal meteorological conditions.
as obtained from the record kept by the
United States weather observer in this
city. Following is the record for Aug,
1893;
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17
VIII Not Veto the Bin.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 16.-It is stated
with positiveness by members Of con-
gress and others who stand closest to
to Cleveland that he will not veto the
tariff bill. They do not say he told them
30, but he talks in such a way to make
a veto out Of the question. The doubt
remaining is whether the bill will be-
come law by the presidents signature,
or go into effect by expiration without
his signature. On this question those
best informed say there is nothing def.
mite. the only positive point in their
judgment being that the bill will not be
vetoed.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17
Stop Tariff Tinkering.

We quote from letter received by Q
gentleman at Nashville from q promi-
oent gentleman in England who has been
looking for investors in the old country:
"The English and continental people
Nill never invest another dollar in any
southern scheme or in any iron or steel
enterprise until the American people
have picked themselves up ana showed
the world that they were and are caps-
be Of establishing some settled policy.
Indeed the disturbing reactioosin Amer
ics, caused solely by Q want Of soms ct
I'D policy, il unsseslins valuas tn
world over"
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17
TINE Use TRAVELER,
THE 80 ISU IhAVELEn'
In SELF citing HIS Raj irosd Route. Selects

That affoi DIS excellent. and most com.
Portable facilities-The Milwaukee.
That traverses delightful and pictur-
esque portion Of the country-The
Milwaukee.
That has land merits) the reputation Of
strength ant. reliability-The Mil
waukee.
That enovs popularity and is stamped
with public approval-The Milwau
kee.
That has substantial roadbed and most
frequeut train service = The Mil
waukee.
That regards, always, the ease. comfort
and safety OF it's patrons-The Mil
waukee.
That furnishes the latest private com
partment cars and latest library -buf-
fet smoking cars-The Milwaukee.
That furnishes elegant drawing-room
parlor cars, free reclining chair care
ands sumptuous dining cars-The
Milwaukee.
That .hassexclusive fuse OF the electric
berth reading lamp TheMilwaukee
The Milwaukee," combines all Of the
above and more, too. 1t trains are yes
tibuled, heated by steam, electric lightet
and unsurpassed in luxurious appoint
ments.
The immortal Lincoln said: "Follov
the people and you cannot be Tar from
right" The People.us The Milwau
kee."
j. 7. CoxLEY.
Asst. Genl. Passenger Agent.
st. Paul. MINI.
Nork.-Fivs trains daily from Twil
Cities to Chicago one tosSt. Louis an.
one to Kansae CITY.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17

"Castoris isso well adapted to children that
recommendit as 500 Fior to any prescription
known to me- H. n ARcHER. NJ. D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, y. Y.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17
state Republican Convention.

State Republican Convention is hereby
called to meet at O'Clock y. m. Thursday.
Sept. 8, A. d.. 1894, at the city Of Helena. The
purpose of said convention will be to nominate
a candidate for representative in Congress and
one candidate for associate justice of the sup
RENE court of the state the election OF a state
central committee to serve for the ensuing two
ye rs the election of a chairman of the state
central committee. and for the trans action of
such other business relating to the welfare of
the republican party in Montana as may be
brought before il.
Each county in the state will be entitled "a
one delegate at large. and TO the following adj
ditional representation in said convention:
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17

The figures in the right hand column
denote the average thermometer reading
for the day. The highest temperature
was lO6 on the 9th. On the e2d. 9Th and
18th the highest temperature was lO2
on the 3rd il WAS l01
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17
KING &
WODzITzKI.
MUSICIANS.
M. K. q. REDD,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Once at W. Il. Savaxes' Drug Store.

n 3. whitney,
Il. DENTIST.
aain Street over Stocksrowers a National
Bank. = Work guaranteed and at Reasonable
prices.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17

A. r. 4 A. NJ. Yellowstone Lodge No %, meets
at Masonic Hall on first and third Wednes-
day of each month.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-08-17

Electric and artesian baths at Nick
Golden's shop.
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at Scotland YardT' he continued, taxi
ing pair Of steel hand cuffs from q
drawer. ''See how beautifully the
spring works They fasten in an in
stant"
1.-THE old pattern Is good enough" re-
marked Lestrade, IF we can only find
the man to put them on
Every good, very good" said Holmes,
smiling. 1.-THE cabman may as wellhelp
me with my boxes. Just ask him to
step up, Virgins"
was surprised to find my companion
speaking as though he were about to
set out on journey, since he had not
said anything to me about 1t. There
was q small portmanteau In the room,
and this he pulled out and began to
strap. He was busily engaged at 1t
when the cabman entered the room.
''Just give me IL help with this buckle,
cabman," he said, kneeling over his
task, and never turning his head.
The fellow came forward with q
somewhat sullen, defiant air, and put
down his hands to assist. At that in
slant there was a sharp click, the jan
Cling of metal, and Sherlock Holmes
sprang to his feet again.
CTo Be Continued.)
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Another Bu11et-Proof novelty.

Scientific men have evidently been
stimulated by the success of Tailor
Doves cuirass to make experiments
in devising Haaars for arresting the
perforating energy of pIIjectiles shot
from modern rifles and cannon. 1t 0p-
CURED TO Mr.. +. j. Smith of London
that if a projeetile could be detected
Mt a rather large angle from its line of
flight it's penetrating power would be
greatly diminished. To obtain this re-
suit he made target consisting of a
4Htaber of soft iron rods ene-quarter
of an inch in diameter, placed side by
side on a deal board; on top of these
were placed another layer of similar
Eods, but only one-half as numerous as
those Of the fist layer, and arranged Ia
such a manner that each of the upper
rods was in contact with two of the
lower rods. Two more layers Of rods,
arranged in the same manner as the
agsE two, were then laid at right an
giles TO aHd separated from the latter
by thin sheet If rubber. A bullet
from a Winchester rifs, which readily
perforated a block of hard piae, when
fired at Mr. Smiths target of rods from
a distance of twenty feet failed to
penetrate even the first layer. The up
permost r0d stFlp lSkk by the bullet was
merely Displaced; n9t driven in, as
might have been expected, but Rushed
to one side at right angles to the pro.
jectiles line of fight. Possibly q simi-
lar arrangement, but substituting large
steel cylinders in place of soft iron
bars, might make a satisfactory bar
rier to the projecties IT large guns.
PhiIadSJDhia Record.
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WORKING ON ATOWER.
Gliding the Bali at The Top Is an
Interesting Job.

Gliding the Bali at The Top Is an
Interesting Job.
Away up 'twixt earth and heaven,
on the tip top of the tower of the New
York Mutual Life Insurance building,
two men have been having high old
time for two weeks. To reduce the
matter to the lowest terms, you might
say that one man had been up there Il
month. They are fast approaching a
glittering success. The expense of the
company will reach nearly $500. Thou
sands of people have mopped their
brows and watched the pigmieS toll
ing against the sky. 1t was cool enough
up there, however, for the east winds
from the ocean zip around the flag pole
whenever there is the slightest bust
ness up aloft. A good share of the
time the breezes have been so strong
as to carry off the gold leaf into space,
in spite of the protecting canvas
around the balcony railing, and more
than once the cloth has been rent
asunder. 1t was decided some time
ago that the flag pole and balcony rail-
ing must be gilded, as they had not
had q new oYercoat since the building
was erected eighteen years ago. The
tower is in particularly exposed posi-
ton owing to the nearness to the har-
Dor and the fact that the salt air rap
idly eats away ordinary paint. Gliding
is a good advertisement, too, particu-
larly when the sun shines. So it was
decided that gold it should be. The
balcony is 200 feet above the street,
and above that there is q stretch of
40 feet to the pinnacle. 1t was found
that it would cost $3.50 to build plat
form to the tip, so it was concluded to
attempt the task with extension lad
ders. To judge of the difficulty of the
Job it should be realized that the flag
pole is piece of steel inches square
at the top and not SO rigid as TO pre-
vent 1t leaning s or 6 inches when a
mans weight Is thrown against it. In
measuring with the wire halyards
they were pulled down together.
1t was a predicament, but Joseph
O'Neil, once a cornice worker and now
employed about the building, volunteer
cd to climb up the stone work and then
shin up the pole like a boy. This he
did more than once, but found he could
not adjust the halyards with one hand
while he was holding on with the
other, He finally rugged boatswain's
minutes to pull line through a pulley
block, Mr., Q'Neil was never for q SEQ
ond dizzy, He looked down ut the
hundreds of people who were watching
him below and laughed, but the rays
of his smile were too weak to over
come the distance. Like many man,
he found there was plenty Of room ut
the top. Later professional rigger
was called in to tie the knots and
hang the staging. Finally came the
decorator and his assistants. The
gilders, who had done considerable
first-class work, say the tower, while
the highest point in New England,
with the exception of the Ames build
Ing flag pole, is particularly agreeable
to work on. Mr.. O'Neil says that days
when there is q high wind he Gun
squirt by the Mutual tower and see
Bunker Hill monument sway, over In
Charleston. Boston Transcript.
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sERPENrs ARE NOT NERVOUS.
ITO Be Continued.)


Strange Muscular Power That AS
sists Them In Fascinating Their
Victims.
The power of continuing motionless,
with the lifted head projected forward
for an indefinite time, is one of the
most wonderful of the serpent's mus
cular feats, and Is one of the highest
Importance to the animal both when
fascinating it's victim and when MIN
licking some inanimate object, as, for
instance, the stem and bud of an aqua
tic plant; here it is only referred to on
account of the effect it produces on the
human mind, as enhancing the SER
pent's strangeness. In this attitude,
with the round unwinking eyes fixed
on the beholder's face, the effect may
be very curious and uncanny.
Ernest Granville, South African
writer, thus describes his own expert
cnce. When boy he Frequently went
out into the bush in quest of game,
and on one of these solitary excuri-
sions he sat down to rest in the shade
of willow on the bank Of a shallow
stream; sitting there with cheek rest
ing on his hand he fell into a bOyish
reverie. After some time he became
aware in a vague way that on the
white, sandy bottom of the stream
there was stretched long, black line,
which had not been there at first. He
continued for some time regarding it
without recognizing what it was, but
all at once, with an inward shock, be-
came fully conscious that he was look
ing at large snake.
Presently, without apparent motion,
so softly and silently was it done, the
snake reared it's head above the sur
face and held it there, erect and still,
with cleaning eyes fixed on me in
question Of what / was. 1t flashed
upon me then that it would be a good
opportunity to test the power of the
human eye ON snake, and set my
self the task of looking it down. 1t
was foolish effort The bronze head
and sinewy neck, about which the wa
ter flowed without ripple, were as il
carved in stone, and the cruel, unwink-
ing eyes, with the light coming and go
ing in them, appeared to glow the
brighter the longer / looked. Gradual
ly there came over me a sensation of
sickening fear, which, if had yielded
to it, would have left me powerless to
move, but with cry, leaped up, and
seizing a fallen willow branch, attacked
the reptile with species of fury Pro-
badly the idea of the Icanti originated
in smaller experience of some ma
tive"
The Icanti, it must be explained is a
powerful and malignant being that
takes the form of great serpent
and lies at night in some deep, dark
pool, and should man incautiously
approach and look down into the wa
ter he would be held there by the pow
er of the great cleaning eyes, and
finally drawn down against his will,
powerless and speechless, to disappear
forever in the black depths.-For
nightly Review.
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TIRED OF BEING A SLAVE.

The Henpecked Husbands Revolt
and Oath After Ten Years Servi-
tude.
The strange sight of a respectfully
dressed man kneeling at the base of
L'ncoln's statue attracted the attention
of park guard the other evening at
the foot of Lemon Hill, says the 'Phila-
delphia Inquirer. Stealthily concealing
himself behind some shrubbery, the
guard waited for the outcome of the
strange scene being enacted before
him. The strangers hands were fold
ed across his breast, and the electric
light revealed a tear-stained face, up
turned as if pleading for some favor
from the bronze form of the great man
that lowered above him. His words
were rhuttered in a meek voice, and
were unintelligible to the ears of the
astonished guard. After remaining on
his knees for few moments the man
arose and started toward the boat
houses Hold on there" shouted the
guard, as he rushed out of the shrub
berry and grabbed the meek-looking
stranger.
JOu DCCA putting
under that Statue?" The man said
nothing, but looked crest-fa1len and
annoyed.
"Come, now, tell me your business
or I'll run you over to the Sedgely
guardhouse."
''Wait minute and / will tell you
why l am here" said the prisoner,
slowly. II have been married Just ten
10 1ir1,f r
ing but henpecked slave all these
years. I resolved tonight to be the
boss of the ranch in the future, and !
thought perhaps it might help my cour.
age liz I came up here and registered
my vows before old Abe, the enamel
pator of the down-trodden and OPP
pressed
The guard saw the point and, warm
" grasping the strangers hand, said:
II know something about trouble of
that kind and you have my sympathy"
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A WARM CORNER
The Hnir-Raiaing Experience OF o
British Soldier.

The Hmir-Raiaing Experience Of o
British Soldier.
Mr.. Forbes-M Mitchell, author Of REM
iniscenses of the Great Mutiny," found
himself without an overcoat after one
OF the battles at Lucknow, and being
unable to sleep for the cold. got up in
the night, went into room OF the Shah
Nujeef, where his regiment was en-
camped, took a lighted lamp from its
shelf, and, shading it with his hand,
walked to the door of the great domed
tomb, or mosque, hoping to find coat
which some sepoy in his hurried de-
parture had left behind him. He peered
inside. and then, holding the lamp high
over his head, walked in till he was
near the center of the vault.
Here he felt his progress INSTRUCTED
by black heap four or five feet high,
which felt to his feet as il he were
walking in loose sand. He lowered the
lamp, and saw instantly that he was up
to his ankles in loose gunpowder!
About forty hundred weight of 1t lay in
a heap before mis- nose, while glance
to the left showed twenty or thirty bar
rels also full of powder, and another
glarce to the left revealed more than
a hundred eightinch shells, all loaded
with fuses fixed, and spare fuses, slow
matches and port fires lying in pro-
fusion beside the shells.
Il took in my danger at glance" he
writes. "Here was up to my knees in
powder, in the very bowels of maya
zine, with a naked light! My hair lit
orally stood on end. / felt the skin of
my head lifting my bonnet off my scalp.
My knees knocked together, and despite
the chilly night air, cold perspiration
burst out all over me and ran down my
fl ce and legs.
II had neither cloth nor handkerchief
in my pocket, and there was not a mo-
Int MT to be lost. Already the overhang-
ing wick of the Indian lamp was
threatening to shed its smouldering red
tip into the magazine at my feet.
"Qcick as thought l put my left hand
under the housekeeping flame, and
clasped it with grasp of determine
ton. Holding it firmly turned slowly
to the door, and walked out with my
knees knocking one against the other.
II felt not the slightest pain from
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BOUND TO EAT PIE.
An Army Builds Bridge to Get at
the Object of Its Desires.

An Army Builds Bridge to Get at
the Object of Its Desires.
The following story, told by an eye
witness, is entitled to a place among
the instances of intelligence among the
lower animals. A cook was annoyed
to find his pastry shelves attacked by
IL is. By careful watching it was dis
covered that :hey came out twice day
in search of food, at about 7 in the
morning and 4 in the afternoon. How
were the pies to be protected against
the invaders? The cook constructed
bonner of molasses about the pastry
and waited.
He did not have long to wait, for at
$50 O'Clock he noticed that off in the
left hand corner of the pantry was a
line of ants slowly making their way
in the direction of the pies They
seemed like a vast army coming forth
to attack an enemy. In front was a
leader, who always kept a little ahead
of his troops. They were of the sort
known as the medium-sized red ant,
which is regarded as the most intelli-
gent of its kind, whose scientific name
is formica rubra.
ABOUT lOfIy anus out OF 0UU stepped
out and joined the leader. The general
and his aids held council and then
proceeded to examine a circle of mo-
lasses. Certain portions of it seemed
to be assigned to the different ants, and
each selected unerringly the points in
the section under his charge where tho
stream of molasses was narrowest.
Then the leader made his tour of in
SpeCtiOn. The order to march was
given, and the ants all made their way
to a hole in the wall, at which the
plastering was loose. Here they broke
ranks and set about carrying pieces of
plaster to the place in the molasses
which had been agreed upon as the
narrowest. To and fro they went from
the nail hole to the molasses, until, at
II 80 o'clock, they had thrown a bridge
across Then they formed themselves
in line again and marched over, and
by 1:45 every ant of the foraging eX-
petition was contentedly eating pie
Rocky Mountain News.