The Progress. [volume], July 13, 1889, Image 1

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aaanr new and desirabUM^mtwt* eVel^tuil^x^reaih
tor &A work, amuf wkioh will W'fcund A AOJIULM)
^history of each Stale in the UnJca. Thi* bcMttifu
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^T-'i'fWttaaV acli history buiug *a*oQr rog/B&emein.
fe SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT,
-Pioneer PremmCOi, Stt Paul* la^nn
4SfEFFECT OF CITY LIFE.
4m
of
The General FhyHical Deterioration
Town Populations.
It is generally recognized that the
effect of town life upon the physique
is not beneficial, and as the population
of boroughs has now exceeded that of
the country, the fact becomes one
worthy of our attention. The grat
and rapid increase of large towns at
the present time adtls to the impor
tance of the subject and deepens its
gravity. Of old thero were but
fewlowed
large towns, in our m -m sense of a
"large" town but Lugol, tht? p-eat
Preach authorJly
'^rafyjsv'.' noted
the p-opnfttticM of Paris detoilor
ated, and how scrofulous wer Uo
third generations of persons who came
in from the country perfectly heallhy.
Other observers have noticed the bal
effect of town lifts elsewhere. A-id lhe
recent researches OI7IJJM.IV J.imcs
Cantlie have demonstrated ih rarity
of a )ure-bre Cockney of the fourth
generation. Of old the ron lived
in his castle, while the popul -ce lived
around in villages of limited siz
men of all conditions of life the one
thing to be coveted stbovo all others
was physical prowess. For work, for
war, for games, which were largely
mimic war, bodily strength was essen
tial. No courage, no skill, could ei
fec-.ually compensate for ihu want
of thews au sinews. Work. war.
sports, revels, all, tao. wev. lOiductcd
in the open air.. B.it cinl swtion
brougiit about changes profoundly iu
fl oncing the life of the individual.
The development of commerce en
tailed ihe growth of towns, and then i!
was found that in the new strn-o*i,*fIJl.
existence lhe battle went rather lo the
man with thv active brain th.-in to lh
man with amass vu frame-work. The
active brain became now the
onebut
great Ihing to bo coveted, ratlu-r thai
physical prowess. The tendency of
town populations is to dwindle, ami
this dwindling seen markedly in
the feeble digestive capacity of town
dwellers. They can not eal the p:i-
try, the piecrust, the cakes which
form so large a portion of the dietary
of their country cousins. If they a1-
tempt these articles of food thev giv(
tJiemselves the stomach-ache. )7isc-
quenUy they live on such food MM
they can digest, without .suffer nir
bread, and fish, and meatj nbote "all
the lastthe sapid, tasty fli-hh of ani
mals, which sits lightly on ih-j
stomach and gives an accejt:ibl feel
ing of satiety, so pleasant to experi
ence. The town-lwcller, in his selec
tion of food, is guided by his fueling*
he avoids what is repugnant to liiTn.
Such selection is natural and intel
ligible, but it is fraught wi'h danger
all the same. Pulmonarv phhixis
and Bright1
disease seem Dame Nat-
ure's means of weeding out ler ner
ating town dwellers. The offspring
of urban residents are another race
fi*om their cousins who rema:n
in the
country. The latter are large-limbed,
stalwart, fair- haired Anglo-Danes,
while their urban cousins are smaller,
slighter, darker beings, of an earlier
and lowlier ethnic form, and resem
bling the Celto-Iberian race. Ami
amid this general reversion wo can
recognize a distinot 1.vcr-revrrin
the early primitive uric acid formation
uf the bird and reptilo. A recognition
of these facts must lead to such no li
tications of the fo customs of town
dwellers as are indicated. The spread
of teetotalism and vegetarianism tolls
of a dark groping in the right direc
tion in blind obedience o the law of
helf-proservatiou. T'lem nm^t als.
follow some modiiicition of the existiuo*
Byslem of education, for it is by the
imperfectly-nourished town child that
the weight of the burden of education
is most acirtelv ML-Summary of a
paper by Dr. Fotfterpill, %n Nature.
y., .-a a ,_ rt^
v{-Story of an Auctioneer. -5^-
A*^ rather good anecdote is told Hf
Pilletv tjp!
Parisian, who ha- .st.
died. M. Fillet had been for long
years the chief commissaire-priseur?
or auctioneer and valuor. at the cele
brnted SLlesrooms in the Rue Drouot
Much valuable
of
property, iu the shape
pictures, bronze*^ tapestry ami
artistic upholstery generally, from the
precious heirlocms of Princes to the
rococo rubbish of actresses, had pas&ud
under his hammer. It is relntcd that
on one ocensiou he had a painting on
his haichfwhich no b-ider wo dd ever
venture to buy. Worn out with ex
pending his exertions over the unst
able arsicle, Piliet at last ahiHitetl out
in desperation oie day: "H r- laditw
and gentlemen, is a painting vrh\u\t has
been for the last five mdrel years ai
Iributetl io the gti'at ipbael Trithixft
his ever pnrtesting!" The nr
d was
instantly kn ck.d down to an ho-iet
provincial collector for the mt f
$100, u M, P.llot d.wve.id.Ml tr-.n. h\
rostrum relieved of a Ing-I.m bur
den.Paris Letter.
The sr of $1,000.000 L*"^o be ex
panded in b'utifyin the parks of
Nw Twk and laying Be
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My-yuck^o-chee-gaid.^|^g|, v^^^^.^^^^ Civilization: The ikintenance of tow*and Order.-
George"You look sleepy, John.*'
John"I did not get to bed nutil
three o'clock this morning. 1 was ot
calling on my girl." "Three o'clock!
I should think the old man would have
come down stairs with a shot gun.1*
"Her father is a widower and is court
ing a lady in the next block. I never
have to leave until he comes home.1'
Omaha World.
Tho Honey Grove (Pa.) Herald
makea this mysterious announcement*
'There is a wedding coming, and the
Herald is under oath. Guess who it
is, then wait about a week or two, and
you'll know whVs in trouble,"- ItfxSti
WHITE EARTH AGENCY, MINlWSOTA, SATURDAY. JULY 13, 1889.
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OOLUMNS OF FIRE.
A Strang* Phnomnou Which In Soofcj
tlineM Seon in Btidoueau by SaUorai
'On deck thoxv!" ?&
The hail came from the foretop of
little full-rigged ship of the old-fafthj
ioned New Bedford type that^
plowing along the waters of J|fy
Atlantic,, hurling the bright,
phorescent waves ahead of the hfoaj
bow in aloud and boisterous mahnc
"Aye, aye." was the answer, fo'
by a gruff "what's the matteii?
from the sleepy mate.
"Light on the weather bowy^eaimt
rtt
"We're a good two thousand miles
from land in that direction,'' muttered
the mate, as he swung himself into the
rigging.
But when he wiped away the spray
that lashed his face there was the
light, and one so strange and unfamil
iar that he stood there for voral sec
onds, buffeted by the waves, yet peer
ing at the strange visitor. Then
swinging around and dropping from
the shrouds to the quarter deck, he
put up his big hands to form a.trumpet
and roared: "Ready about
A moment later the ship was tren
bling in the wind, the blocks hammer
ing the yards viciously, the cordage
groanin?, the sails snapping like tire
arms, while the lunging and pitching
covered the decks with a gleaming
golden spray. The roar and confu
sion brought the skipper on deck, and
in explanation of his order the mate
pointed at the strange light that was
now astern. The men. too, were look
ing at it, having made every thing
snug, and of all the crow not one ,had
ever seen any thing tike it before.
When first seen it looked like a lu
minous buoy floating upon the surface,
it had gradually leng hened out,
grown more attenuated, as it were,
until now it seemed taller than the
mainmast of the ship, of a yellowish
tinta nio4t striking object against
the jet-black sky.
Some of 'the men looked at thethe
strange form with grave apprehen
sion. To them it boded no good, per
haps harnf others were not so easily
disturbed, but every one on board was
at least astonished at the curious a|j-
parition that every moment seemed ,t.or._jMe..
grow larger and toller.
"Keep her away a point.** said the
eaptain to the helmsmen, and the ves
sel fell away and slightly increased
her speed. "Whatever it is," he con
tinued, it's coming after us. It looks
to me like a waterspout, but I never
saw one that was on fire, and that one
is if any thing ever was."
The curious object was rapidly gain
ing on them, and now presented an ap
palling appearancea huge column of
ghastly light, hundreds of feet high,
of a dark, golden, yellowish hue
standing out in strange contrast
against the sky, or the intense dark
ness of the night. It came on so
quickly, evidently before the breeze,
that the vessel was hauled on thebrooches
wind, just in time, perhaps, for lhelady's
strange column went hissing and.
roaring by not a thousand yards
astern, its base where it joined the
water surrounded by a seeming mass'
of firo, while the upper portion bent
gracefully, and was lost in the clouds..
In a short time it had entirely disap
peared from view. The column was,
as the skipper has suspected, a water
spout a midnight visitor, coursing1
over the ocean like some weird phan
tom. Since then several have "been1
seen at. one time, veritable pillars
of fire,fv moving ^rapidly over
the surface.f/i- It finally Oc
curred to a 'scientist to examine
the water in which these fiery columns'
Avere seen, and he found it completely,
filled with the forms of two minuter
plants, known to science as pyrocislis
pseudonoctiluea and P-pisiformi3.'
whose nucleus, the little spot seen"in
the center, was vividly luminous.
Here, then, was the secret of the7
column of fire^a waterspout had beeij
formed and enormous masses of th*
little light-givers borne aloft, giving
the entire apout a fiery appearance
These spouts differ in color, depending
on the intensity ol the light of the
various animals some are a dull yel
low others, on moonlight nights
quite paler while others again, on the
extreme dark nights when the sea is
high, present a truly frightful appear
ance, resembling a piliar of fmv the
base representing a caldron of seeth-.
ing flame.Go'den Days.
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PICTURES IN COINj
powoled Xads Wtalek Ave Delighting the)
Hearts of Dudea and Dudtues.
4*Igave yon a silver dollar for some
.jfltgars half an hour ago. Will you
a^ok over your money drawer and see
it has been passed out?"
.'It was in a Chestnut street cigar
etore late'Saturday afternoon. A well
dressed young fellow was tbespeaker.
Sis face wore a worried and anxious
look, and betrayed considerable per
turbation over the loss of the silver
dollar. The dealer found that he had
.Just eleven of the coii s, and lie spread
them in a row.on the counter. The
vjbung'man took them up one liy one,
xeighedeach in turn in his hand, and
ai^ixpressio of vexation overspread
his" face as he laid tin last down very
carefully ami murmured:
*I ki^ewI couldn't tell that way."
Then he went at them again. This
time he grasped the dollar firmly with
one handXand pressed the nail upon
the letter ^E" in states." A therich,
eleventh do\lar to which he applied the
nail of thenjtlo finger, all the others
having bt-en broken in the tray, there
came a sudden change in the appear
ance of the coin. Half of it slid one
way and halftho oth r, and in thewater
lower half, ciystal, was the miniature
of an extremely pretty girl. The
young man heav.da sigh of r. lief, laid
down a greenback in exchange, and
left the store ruefully regarding his
broken finger nails.
was one of the numerous vic
tims of a fad that has Intuly struck
Philadelphia with all the vigfrof oddi
ty and cxpensiveness combined. The
pocket-pieces are made of two coins,
hollowed oui and fitted together with
such exactness that they can not be
distinguished from a genuine coin,
even by a microscope. A picture of
the owner's best girl is the correct
thing to go inside, and the faddist
may pay from $6 to $35 for the frame.
There is a rage j.it now for quaint
conceits and queer little kickshaws in
jewelry line. The heart of the
ultra-fashionable youth has latterly be
gun influencing his pocket lo the" ex
lent of $12 or $15 for a half
ounce weight cigarette holder.
The tiny bowl and stem
made oi solid^ ^old^iwjth
daintily enameled forget-me-nots scat
tered over the surface. The mouth
piece is of clouded amber. The
lorgnette craze bowls along as liv -ly
as ever, but the laiest, fad is to have
the nine-inch handle of gold-pierced
and chased. The run on the tiger
eye, which was so pronounced a few
weeks ag has begun to decline, and
the beautiful little miniatures are tak
ing its place. The run on these
miniatures does not amount to a craze
as yet, but if it does, and it is very
likely to, the faddists will betray the
possession of more common .sense than
shey usually exercise. \\f
The miniatures are really works of
irt and st in finger rings, scarf pins,
and even as pendants on a
fob chain. It is the thing now
for a girl to carry a small puff
with her of solid gold just au inch and
& half square and three-quarters of an
Inch deep, with a wee bit of powder
puff that don't look big enough to
whiten my lady's dimple. The ivory
Miniature set in the lid makes miss'
papa pay to the tune of |65 for the
whiteness of her face.
The latest fad, and one which has
saught on dversally, is the driving
watch. A loalher band of a size to
fit the wrist, and strongly resembling
an ordinary strap shawl, in appeal
snee, with punched holes and a
buckle, has stitched to its buck a
imall watch, the fac* where* is cov
3red with heavy rock crys.aL The
leather is wrapped around the wrist,
lhe watch toward the back, and its
xpen face may bo referred to at any
time while driving literally by a "turn
af the wrist," ,559$
In gems, the favorite now" is"the
ruby, principally because the mines
have been exhausted and rubies are
sxceedingiy high priced. Black pearls
ire also becoming the rage, but not
for beauty, for, to au amateur mind,
they haven't half the charm of the
white pearl. But black pearls are
freaks, and expensive freaks, and fajd*
Philadelphia jVett& ism
$''
G.
gggabtf
Argnnd, a poor Swiss, invente a
tamp with a wick litte-i into a holinw
cylinder, up which currMi of air
was permitted to pist, thus giving
supply of oxygen to the interior*a*
well as the exterior i the circular
frame. At first Arg.uid used lann
without ag:*** chimney.. One day he
was busy in his wnrk-rooir, and stilting
before burning lamp. His Htth*
brother was amusing himself he plac
ing a bottomless oi! fl s.c over differ
ent articled. Suddenly he placed it
upon the flame ot the lamp, which in
stantly shot up the Ion*-, circular neck
of the flask with inrre:t*-d bri'. iancv.
It did, more, for it had llishcd inro Ar
gand's mind iho idea of the ht.ikj -chim
ney, by which his invention was pur-
AZ^t^a^*^^M
THE GREAT
i*x
Kgservatio 7y,
A2U
MIKK RIVER VAL'EY
OF agMONTANA
flaye just been opened for Settle
ment to the Homeseeker. You
have aright to a Homestead under
your governmont rights. Why
not use it before it is too late
Land all free*trjrsettlerB and is tite
only part of the United States
where free land suitable for stock
and grain raising can be taken St
or near stations on the line of a
railroad. You can take your choice
from level valley lands or gently
rolling bench land. Soil very
and produces all grains and
vegetables without irrigation. Cli
mate delightful, being made very
mild in winter by warm Chinooks
from the Pacific ocean, Timber,
and coal in abundance.
Cheap land seekers' and settlers'
tickets. Buy tickets to Glasgow,
Chinook (Dawes), Benton, Greai
Falls, Helena and Butte. Plenty
government land near those point*
For farther information see thr
new pamphlet, "The Great Reser
vation" maps, etc., apply to F. I.
WHITNEY,
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NO. 31.
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