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Year: 1879

WARRIORS OF THE SEA.-The life of all
fishes is one of perpetual warfare. The
carnage of the sea exceeds that which is
allowed to perplex our reasons on dry
land. The herring satisfies many stom
achs "a broilrd fresh herring is luxury.
and it is an unfortunate fish withal. An
old whaler has known of a hogshead OF
herring being in the belly of a whale; and
fifteen good sized herring have been found
in the stomach of II cod. Proceeding into
mathematics for moment if we allow Il
Goldfish only two herring per day for his
existence and suppose him 10 feed on her
ring for one year, we have 730 herring a.
his allowance for twelve months, and fifty
goldfish equal one fisherman in destructive
power. COMPARED with the enormous
consumption Of fish by each other, the
draughts made upon the population of the
sea by man seems to dwindle into insig-
nificance The Soland goose can swallow
and digest six full-sized herring PER day.
1t has been calculated that in the Island of
St. Kilda, assuming it to be inhabited by
1000 of these birds. feeding for seven
months in the year, and with the allow
ance of five horring each per day the
number of fish for the summer subsistence
Of single species of bird cannot be less
than 2l5,000,000.
Year: 1879

A marine insurance case came before a
distinguished judge during the recent sit
tny4, the scene of the disaster which led
to the litigation being Tub IIarbor, Lab
rhor. Lamentable to relate, his lordship
was reduced to inquire of the learned
counsel, Where is Labrador9" To which
that gentleman replied, Labrador is the
place where Tub lIarbor is


You are more sure of success in the end
if you regard yourself as man of ordin
ary talent, with plenty of hard work be-
fore you, than if you think yourself man
of genius, and spend too much time in
watching your hair grow long, that you
may convince people that you are not like
other folks.
Year: 1879

A little girl who had been on a railroad
train when an accident occurred. was told
by her mother that she ought to thank
God for her escape from injury, when she
made her evening prayer. She did it in
this way" Thank you. God, for not let
ting me be hurt to-day but the next lime
| 90 to the city I'll go in wagon"
Year: 1879

BISHOP HAVEN advocates a union of
all of North America under one gov
ernment. He is sure that Canada Is
ready for such change, and as to Mex
leo, he says, in the Independent: Why
not? Her treasures are even more at
tractive and necessary than those of the
Dominion. She has wealth unsurpassed
in her many mountains. Our railroads
are pressing into it on the north, west
and east. Three or four lines are NOV
ing upon it. Its lands adjacent to ours
are fertile and empty. Three hundred
miles from Monterey to Matamoras is
one belt of magnificent emptiness, rich
est of pampas, and practically without
inhabitants. So is Chihuahua and so is
Durango. That superb land awaits our
honorable asking" The enthusiastic
Bishop finally settles the question of
the religion of his proposed country as
follows: "The world will look with ad-
miration and with awe ON the sublime
spectacle, and the earth and man be far
advanced by that consummation to the
fulfillment not only of pagan and dpolit-
ical prophecies, but of those further
seeing men of old who spake as they
were borne along and borne aloft of the
Holy Ghost, when they declared that all
nations and tongues should accept one
Gospel"
Year: 1879

EX-GOVERNOR HoRATIo SEYMOUR, of
New York, has been urging the Com
missary General to have cheese made a
part OF the army ration, but General
Macfeely objects on account of the diff
Guilty Of procuring a good quality at a
reasonable price. The factory made
cheese is made for immediate consump-
tion, and the processes employed for
hurrying up its maturity also hurry its
decay and make it to a certain extent
unhealty. When a cheese of good
quality which will keep a sufficient
length of time for ordinary issue to the
army is made and offered at a reasonable
price, it will be made one of the com
Ponents of the army ration. An earnest
effort is being made to have the suppl,
OF tobacco to the troops stopped. 1t il
alleged that it is not only injurious tt
the health of the men, but that it create
thirst for intoxicating drinks.
Year: 1879

A novel exhibition in anatomy was
given yesterday afternoon to the stu
dents OF the Rush Medical College At
four clock the large amphitheater lee
ture-room was filed with fedged and


unfedged doctors, and in the arena
stood Charles Warren, man of about
thirty years of age, of athletic appear
ance, and apparently jointed the same
as ordinary mortals. But he soon showed


that he differed from most men in his
makeup, for there was hardly joint
in his whole body that he. could not
throw out of place, OF at least give that
appearance. He went through with
his distortions, much to the amazernent
as we'll as the amusement of all. He
commenced by giving circulatory


movement of the scapule, moving either
one or both at time, and without any
apparent motion of the shoulders. He
then threw the humerus into the axilo,
disjointed his elbow, wrist and pha-
langes. This was done merely by the con-
traction of the muscles of the arm, and
not by the pulling of one member by
another. In none of his feats was there
any such wrench of one joint from
another. Without touching any part
of his body with his hands the joints
would move out of position. He forced
the femur from the thigh-bone. This he
co aid do while standing on one or both
fs tor while reclining The dislocation
ca Ised an apparent shortening of the
limb. Another striking feat was the
turning of his feet so that he could
touch the bottoms of them while his legs
| were perfectly straight. Perhaps the
most remarkable of. all his powers was
the wonderful ezpansibiIity of his chest.
| Medical works, upon the strength of ex-
aminations of thousands of them in the
army and navy, generally give five
| inches az the maximum ofexpansiom51he
exhibitor could expand his from nine
! to twelve inches. Those who did not
take much interest in 9th er perform
| ances were wonder-struck at this. This
feat was performed by the. remarkable
degree Of the. compressibility of the
chest and his power to force his heart
and lungs into the abdominal cavity,
and then of the power to force his Wis
cera into his chest. The abdomen was
hardly less curious when the viseera
Was forced upward by the diaphragm
than was the inflated chest, for at such
a time there seemed to be an entire abb
sence of organs in that part Of the body,
and to be no distance at all from the
front walls of the abdomen to the
spinal column. IGs-.>5 ID. ~ .a5gi1i
This subject proved a fine study in
the anatomy of the muscles, because he
could contract them so as to show the
position Of each from. origin to insertion,


He had this power over the muscles in
pairs or separately, and could make
them as distinct as if dissected. q
MIR. Warren concluded with an exhi.
bition of his ability to comfort his whole
body, drawing himself through rings
and performing other things, much to
the amusement of the students and the
professors, if they had only felt at lib


erty to give way to laughter. Mr.. War
rem has daughter who takes after him


self, and can .dislocate her joints with
such ease that they sound like rattles
Year: 1879

IT is said that between two hundred
and three hundred men and women of
St. Louis drink daily from a half to a
pint of blood, piping hot from the veins
of slaughtered cattle. More blood
drinking by consumptives and aged
persons is done in September and Oc-
tober than during the remainder of the
year. The blood of young steers is the
best, and should be caught as it comes
from the animal and drank while the
foam is still ON and the steam rising.
Consumptives are advised, in addition
to drinking the blood, to sit in a
slaughter-house for a couple Of hours
every day at killing time to inhale the
"steam" of the running blood.
Year: 1879

ALTHOUGH Williams of the Norris
town Herald has denied that he lately
fell heir to a large,fortune, it issurmised
that this denial was made to prevent
grave-robbers from stealing his body and
thus obtaining a large share of that for
tune for its return. In view of the late
Stewart affair this is wise plan on Will
liams's part, and in this connection we
would say that if any body starts the
report that a Dutch uncle of the Times
editor is in danger of falling off and
leaving us million or SO, no credence
must be attached to it. Our nncle in
Holland, if we have one, is not rich
enough to leave us more that fifteen or
twenty dollars, if he should ever die, and
that sum would be Immediately expen-
ded for an ulster overcoat, or sun UNI
brelIa.- WhitchdU Times.
Year: 1879

COMMANDER CHEYNE, of the English
Navy, has new scheme for reaching
the North Pole He proposes to go by
ship as far as possible, then go over the
ice with sledges until that method OF
conveyance is no longer practicable, and
finally, by means of three balloon:
lashed together, he would try to get tc
the Pole. After making observations
he would send back two of the balloon:
and endeavor to proceed with the thi-d
to an inhabited part of Russia.
Year: 1879

An old lady in Glasgow was left a
legacy of 1000, having already small
fortune of some $4,000 or 10000. She
invested the legacy in the City of Glas-
gov Bank, and when the crash came
went distracted at the thought of beg
gary that was awaiting her. To her sur
prise no call was made upon her, and on
investigation she found to her delight
that her agent had embezzled the money
while pretending to invest it in the
shares desired.
Year: 1879

A STREET. CAR motor to be run by
quicksilver is being manufactured at
Aurora, Ill. About eight hundred
pounds of quicksilver is to. be placed in
a reservoir at the top of the car, and to
pour down over cast iron overshot
wheel, producing an equivalent to three
horse power. The quicksilver is to be
returned to the reservoir by pumps
placed underneath the car, 10 be
operated by a brakeman by means of a
crank on the front platform.
Year: 1879

The Government of Honduras is
making great efforts to develop the
agricultural resources of the country.
Coffee planting has been vigorously
carried on, and the government makes
free grants Of land to all persons desir-
Gus of undertaking the cultivation of
coffee, Of sugar or of cocoa, and gives
free transport OF the necessary material
and labor TO the site OF the grant. Be
sides these advantages, planters are
exempt from military service, and all
implements and materials necessary for
the use of formation of plantations are
admitted into the country free of duty.
Strangers are admitted to the same
privileges as citizens of the republic.
Year: 1879

NEW ORLEANS is busiiy preparing for


the carnival which is to take place on


the 25th Of next February. Many have
wondered whether Rex would make his
appearance after the sad experience of
the late epidemic. To this inquiry e
special messenger who announces the
coming Of Rex makes answer: "All sea-
sons of sorrow must have an end the
clouds of gloom which the epidemic
brought are now happily dispelled, and
a people so joyous and full of life as the
subjects of Rex can not for long pc
riod-sit in sack-cloth and ashes, bemoan-
ing over evils which have passed away
Year: 1879

DIpHTHtRIA and typhoid fever are
two foes that no guard keeps out OF tne
old palaces, although every days lessons
60 to show that they are or may De pre-
ventable diseases, and there is no reason
they should gain an entrance ln'o tne
humblest house. Both seen to come in
a mysterious way from underground
contamination of the water that is drank
and the air that is breathed in either
palace or tenement house.
Year: 1879

please, who would delight to tram
pie the Democratic party under the
heels of every mushroom organiza.
tion which caprice, disappoint.
ment, the gangrene of envy or cal.
culating treason, can throw to the
surface. They would like to draw
an historical organization through
every sewer and mire that devious
ingenuity could discover in pain.
full journey towards Office at the
sacrifice of honor. They would
like to see party, which is power.
full in the nation at least, made u
mockery and synonym for irreso.
luton and surrender of principle
Such people are beneath the con.
tempt of true partizans, and the
Democratic party will have accom-.
plished at lenst one great thing ii
1t emerges from the present CON
test with the assertion of the truth
that it can be converted into the
ministrant of no mans unholy and
trading ambition.
Year: 1879

THERE are a number of political
hermaphrodtes. to whom success
is everything and principle moth
ing, who are eternally pratiDg
about the mistakes OF the Demo-
cratic party. We assert, with In
territorial emphasis, that the DEM
ocratic party can only make one
mistake. and that Is a detection
from principle. There are a num-
Der OF people in this State, call
them by whatsoever name you
Year: 1879

twelve men met Standing and
another Mormon In the road near
Ringgold, 100 miles north Of Allan
Ia. The men said they were going
to whip the Mormons. A parley
ensued, when one of the men laid
down a pistol. Standing seized 1t
and demanded that the party
should retreat. Immediately one
of the party shot him through the
head and he fell dead. The other
Mormon was not hurt. He will
carry his friends body to Utah.
The two surviving Mormons will
leave here at once.
Year: 1879

The general market for Government bonds by
reason Of this and the activity of money, was
weak. lower, and altogether demoralized during
the greater part of the week bUt later II became
strong and advanced smartly all around, under few
purchases though the reasons for the Tree buying,


excepting TO cover a short interest made on the
general tloOh are not apparent. The District OF
Columbia 3-65s were dull and generally steady the
entire market to-day being without feature. The
following are the highest and lowest prices Tor the
Year: 1879

Sow not wisdom In other peoples
gardens wish not for that which you
are not, but earnestly desire to bo tho
very best Of what you are. Endeavor
your best to perfect yourself where you
are, and bear manfully all tho crosses
you may encounter. This is the lead
ing principle and the least understood
in good life.
Year: 1879

Tho st. Louis Republican suggests
that tho administration will go into
the market as a borrower rather than
Weld to the demand OF the Democratic
House for the repeal of tho test-oath
ciauao
Year: 1879

The acclimated young man who has to
work for his living can't afford to marry
an unacclimated girl, one who has not
had the fever. Even the richest mer-
chants and largest property owners
complain of the expense OF running
away and summering up North for four
months in the year. The acclimated
Girl is treasure in Memphis. She may
not have yellow hair, but if she has had
yellow fever she is worth a mint OF mon
ey as a household gift. The unaccli-
mated young man who has to work for
a living can not afford to marry at all
because he can not pick himself and wife
up every summer and skedaddle towards
the polar star Among the counting
questions to be propounded prior to
asking girl to marry are the important
ones: "Miss -. have you ever had
the yellow fever?n "Was it typical
casep' Are you certain your physician
was correct in his diagnosis OF youl
casep'' If the answers are not quite sat
isfactory other questions might be pu
that would develop the desired facts
Menlphis Appeal.
Year: 1879

The public have not held teachers TO
their true responsibility. We send a
young lad or young girl to school, and
find that, while we are paying out
great deal Of money for them, they are
gaining nothing. We complain, and
are informed that our children are not
industrious, that they do not seem inter-
ested IN their studies, that they are alb
sorbed in play, ETC., etc. In ninety
nine cases in hundred, our disappoint-
ment is entirely the fault of the teacher.
He or she is simply incompetent for the
duty they have undertaken. A first
class teacher always has good pupils.
Lack of interest in study is always the
result of poor teaching. We send boy
to college and find that he regards his
studies as grind-that he is only inter-
ested in getting good marks, and that ne
is getting no scholarly tastes, and WIN
ming no scholarly delights. Weinquire,
and find him in the hands Of a young
tutor, without experience, who really
pretends to be no more than a task
master, and who knows nothing, and
seems to care nothing, about the office
Of teaching. The placing of large masses
of Young men in the hands of inexperi-
| enced persons, who do not pretend to do


more than to set tasks and record the
manner in which they are performed,
without guidance or assistance, is


gross imposition of the college upon a
trusting public, and it is high time that


an outcry so determined and persistent
is raised against it that it shall procure


a REFORM scrtbner for December.
Year: 1879

A day or two ago, some workmen in
the Rail Dad locomotive works, narrow
ly capped serious injuries. An immense
engine, which was just being completed
and which was raised above the floor fell
suddenly and hurt one of the men quite
badly. A few minutes after it had been
fixed in its former position, It fell again
but this time no one was hurt.
Year: 1879

The undersigned takes this his
the people Of Yankton particularly and to his many
friends throughout Dakota and Nebraska for the
patronage which has been bestowed upon late Of
DUDLEY & HAWLEY through the many years in which
has carried on business in this city, and he now
desires to call the attention Of these friends and that Of
the people generally to the enlarged facilities
sive assortment and conodous rooms
firm had provided and which the Dudley
Ia Hawley, now possesses.


In the line of the Hardware trade in
Of Tin Copper and Sheet Iron Ware claims
equal in all respects anything north
west occupying three grand rooms,
tent.


to see the Hardware trade the region which naturally
utay to this point cntered here spare to
for the interest Of the people within this region pur
chase their Hardware Tnware Copper Sheet Iron ware
Stoves and all other articles in this line from


Yours gratefully and respectfully


GEO. e. HAWLEY,


Union Block, Third St.
Year: 1879

Before you begin Jour heavy spring


work after a winter Of relaxation,
your system needs cleansing and
strengthening 20 prevent an attack Of
Ague, Bilious or Spring Fever, or
some other Spripg sickness that will
unfit you for seasons work You
will save time, much sickness and
great expense if You viii use one bot
tie of Hop Bitters In your family this
month. Don't wait. See another col
umn.
Year: 1879

The paper gave one spasmodic
kick after l left it. that is to say it
came out the following week for the
National Labor Greenback party and
that poison dose finished il aud now
We hear 10 more of it ID the land. /
have no more ambition to own CT run
newspaper.
Year: 1879

Another month past, during which
more than once. | was tempted to gc
secretly on to the roof and look at the
thing again there was no harm in
that. that was not forbidden in the
bond. and l need hardly say, | saw
nothing to provoke any new ccm'
ment.


About a week after my last visit
to the roof, lengthy debate KEEP,
me late ct the House Of Commons
and walking home for the sake Of
fresh sir, / found the midsummer
dawn bresking. as struck into Parh
Lane. Reaching Oxford street l wal
startled BY observing in the western
Year: 1879

Senator Carpenters home organ,
the Milwaukee Sentinel, lets in little
light on that gentleman's election 60
the Senate, which won't be very con-
solipg to the third~termers. Tire Sen
tinel says that Senator Carpenter
was elected in spite of the stalwart
element. That element was support
ing Keyes and was less favorable to
Carpenter than to'Howe. His elec-
ton was in spite Of and not because
of the machine. IN his speeches Both
before and after hi5 election Senator
Carpenter pronounced tie bay6net
policy in the South d failure. In his
card he declares TIE good Of the SER
vice and not the welfare of the party
or-the appointing power is the thing
to'be considered" There isn't any
thing very stalwart about this.
Year: 1879

Our large me varied that nothing but personal Inspection
vii enable idea of what doing As inend
Milan, will complete General Merchandise;
will such Will insure Mr.
charge n Milan, and viii Always be happy
tie acquaintance the citizens Of the surrounding Country Mr.
hGyg goods person. and always the
lookout M bargains for which he cash. thus enabling goods
prices other duplicate Our
are
Year: 1879

PURCHASED the stock Of the r. j. Robertson Estate from
DAY Trustee, ENORMOUS REDUCTION from price
viii sell goods lower than they have been sold before
Clothing which will give
extraordinary bargains If want anything in that line and
us before purchasing elsewhere


Our Stock the best selected in West Tehhe5
and sell them lower than other buy them In Mems
Brogans Shoes offer inducements purchasers
will enable the during Cheap Sale Af
Of APRIL will make Ladies Fine Shoes Specially


stock JEANS hand and determined to knock
these Rock Bottom Prices You have them cheaper than
they be bought atwhoesaie from the manufacturers.


In amora you sells for 81 for 50 cents
Year: 1879

THERE is general complaint among
the Republican newspapers of the
North because Senator Blaine did not
take hold of that investigation him
self The Hartford Courant says that
"It is to be regretted that Mr.. Blaine,
who was so profoundly impressed of
the necessity for the Investigation,
should not have been willing to assist
in it. And the National Republican
thinks that Senator Blaine, after ini-
tiating the fight, should be in the fore
front of the battle, instead of at the
rear, among the baggage train"
Year: 1879

NAMES once prominent industry,
shipbuilding, gives employment to a
constantly decreasing number of per
sons, not half the work having been
done in the season just closing that
was done in the previous year. In
deed, only eleven ships were built in
the State, and of the ninety-six YES
sells constructed, the average tonnage
was only 425, or, taking out the ships,
less than 300. The prospect is that
less shipbuilding will be done in 1879
than in any single year in the last
thirty.
Year: 1879

LoRD BEAooNsFTELD's appearance
in parliament after the reception of
the news of Princess Alice's death is
somewhat sarcastically described by a
Manchester correspondent. He was
perfectly made up in the deepest of
mourning, which could not we'll have
been deeper had the Princess Alice
been his own daughter instead of the
queens. He had on, as far as ono
could judge, new black hat, with the
deepest Of cloth. His scarf was black
his coat vest and trousers were of the
sablest hue and, altogether. a more
funereal figure could hardly bo i'm
agined than he presented as he walked
to his seat with bowed head and soft
tread, as if he were in the chamber of
death itself. This was very much
over-acted, and SO, for that matter, was
the speech in which he moved the ad-
dress. He overdid the emotion. He
Year: 1879

TWENTY thousand dollars year is
the inadequate sum the Third Avenue
Railroad Company of New York is re-
ported to pay its president. By means
of this good management the company
is able to reward its drivers with near
ly enough to keep their bodies and
souls together.
Year: 1879

Women have a great respect for old
age. Watch a young lady seated in
street car between young gentleman
and an elderly one, and see how de-
termined she is not to incommode the
latter by crowding against him.