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• AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY JOURNAL —DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE. CITY AND COUNTY.
VOL. L NO 8. ANNAPOLIS, MIX, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1884. PRICE ONE CENT.
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The Arctic Watch.
i.
TfohoM upon the frozen loam,
A little ve-sel liir from home,
The yacht Jeannette.
The polar afar above her lie*,
A award of light net in the *kiea;
The An lie wave i on her deck,
And h< |>e has left the broken wreck
Bereft of nil thing* eUe but
Arul Kinking, winking, milking jrefr
Behold her lying dekolate,
The loHt Jeannette!
ii.
Dead hero * on a field of xnow.
One lonely heart that heating alow,
Yet dream* ol home,
Where golden fruits are on the bough.
And all the woods are crimson now
The lout of that (high-hearted ixuul
Keep* vigil in that bitter land;
And crowned with thorn* of fro*;.
Liven o’er hi* boyhood day* again:
And in hi* drear death-watch uplift*
Hi* g>7.e, and seen beyond the drifts
The iceberg tall, a cry util gate,
By which hi* ri*en comrades wa : t,
Not weak and worn like men wh > died,
But rolled, anil crowned, and glorified.
Familiar voices greet hi* ear;
The lip* that love him eall him dear;
Frost-flower and thorn that bound hid head
Melt off, and it i* wreathed iindead
With ii ic* of the pure-in-heart.
Hi* icy garment* fall opart;
The pain, and toil, and danger prat,
The long death-watch is done at laab
He stand* a form <4 living light,
He join* hi* comrade* in 'heir flight,
They pa** the award *et in the skies,
No waste white desert* now to roam,
They upward, upward, upward rise,
And win the gate* of Paradise —
Oh, welcome home!
Minnie Irving, in the Manhattan.
CATCHJNG A_ BUFFALO.
XUII Ryc'a Itcflection* I'pnn a IMeaalng
Anecdote.
4 4 A pleasing anecdote is being told
througli the press columns recently, of
an encounter on the South Platte which
some years ago between a
Texan and a buffalo. The recital sets
forth the fact that tw r o Texans went
out to hunt buffalo, hoping to get
enough, for a mess during the day.
Toward evening they saw two gentle
men buffalo on a neighboring hill near
the Platte, and at once pursued their
game, each selecting an animal. They
separated at once, Jack going one way,
galloping after his beast, while Sam
%vnt in the other direction. Jack soon
got a shot at his game, but the bullet
only tore a large hole in the fleshy
shoulder of the bull, and buried itself
in the neck, maddening the animal to
such a degree that he turned at once
and charged upon horse and rider.
The astonished horse, with the won -
derful courage, sagacity and sang froid
peculiar to the bronco, whirled around
two consecutive times, tangled his feet
in the tall grass and fell, throwing his
rider about fifty tfeet. lie then rose
and walked away to a quiet place
where he could consider the matter and
give the buffalo an opportunity to re
■cover. The infuriated bull then gave
chase to Jack, who kept out of the way
for a few yards only, when, getting his
legs entangled in the grass, he fell so
suddenly that his pursuer dashed over
him without doing him any bodily in
jury. However, as the animal went
■over his prostrate form. Jack felt the
buffalo's tail brush across his face,and
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rising suddenly, he caught it with a
terrific grip and hung to it, thus keep
ing out of the reach of his enemy’s
horns, till his strength was just giving
out, w hen Sam hove in sight and put a
large bullet through the bull’s heart.
This tale Is told apparently by an
>ld plainsman and scout, who reels it
■off as though he might be telling his
own experience.
Now, Ido not wish to seem captious
4 alid always sticking my nose into what
is none of my business, but as a logical
iA Ana zoological fact I desire, in my cur
|\| sory way, to coolly take up the subject
| the buffalo tail Those who have
in the habit of killing buffaloes,
■instead of running an account at the
■butcher shop, will remember that this
■oble animal has a genuine camel's
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hair tail about eight inches kong, with
a chenille tassel at the end, which he
throw s up into the rarified atmosphere
of the far west whenever he is sur
prised or agitated.
In passing over a prostrate man
therefore, I apprehend that in order to
brush his face w ith the average buffalo
tail, it would be necessary for him to
sit down on the bosom of the prostrate
scout and fan his features with the
miniature caudal bud.
The buffalo does not gallop an hun
dred miles a day, dragging his tai*
across the bunch grass and alkalki of the
boundless plains.
He snorts a little, turns his blood
shot eyes toward the enemy a moment
and then, throwing his cunning little
taillet over the dash boardlet, he wings
his way in an opposite direction.
The man who could lie on his back
and grab that vision by the tail would
have to be moderately active. If he
succeeded, however, it would be the
question of the sixteenth part of a sec
ond only whether he had his arms
jerked out by the roots and scattered
through space or whether he had
strength of will suflicient to yank out
the withered little frizz and hold the
quivering ornament in his hands. Few
people have the moral courage to follow
a buffalo around over half a day hold
ing on by the tail. It is said that a
Sioux brave once tried it and they say
his tracks were thirteen miles apart
After merrily sauntering arouod with
the buffalo one hour, during which
time he crossed the territories of Wyo
ming and Dakota twice and surround
ed the regular army three times, he be
came discouraged and died from the
injuries he had received. Perhaps,
how r ever, it may have been fatigue.
It may be possible for a man to catch
hold of the meagre tail of a meteor and
let it snatch him through the coming
years.
It might be that a man wrilh a strong
constitution could catch a cyclone and
ride it bareback across the United
, States and then have a fresh one ready
to ride back again, but to catch a buf
falo bull in the full flush of manhood,
as it were, and retain his tail w r hile he
crossed three reservations and two
mountain ranges, requires great tenaci
ty of purpose and unusual mental equi
poise. —Bill Nye.
A Fancy Farm.
T! a man becomes a fancy farmer,
he may obtain health, recreation, and
lots of simple pleasure, if he is fond of
country life, but his pecuniary in
come will resemble that described in the
following sketch draw’n by the Wall
Street News:
A Baltimore man w r ho bought him
a farm two or three years ago was re
cently approached by a man who had
some money to invest, and who ask
ed, —
“Can I buy a farm for fifteen thou
sand dollars?”
“Yes about that figure."
“And I’ll want to lay out about ten
thousand dollars in improvements, I
presume?*’
“Yes, fully that”
“And I can invest another ten thou
sand dollars in blooded stock?"
“I think you can.*’
“And five thousand more in grading,
filling up. creating fish-ponds, and so
forth?"
“Well you may get through with
that sum.”
“That’s forty thousand dollars; and
now' let's figure the income.’*
“Oh, you don’t need peucil or pa
per,” said the victim, as a shadow of
sorrow’ darkened his face “The in
come will be about three dollars for
turnips, two dollars for potatoes, five
or six for corn, and a calf or two at
three dollars a head. To save time
call it twenty-five dollars. I’ll see you
again in a day or two. Maybe I’ve
forgotten something which will be a
dollar more Morning to you."
Fish as Food.
The efforts made by the government
to restock our streams with fish has di
rected considerable attention to them
as an article of food in the community
generally. It becomes a matter of in
terest not only to understand the value
of fish as food, but also the relative
value of the various substances as i
nutrients. The elements that compose
the flesh of fish are the same that com* j
pose the flesh of other animals, though
differing from them in flavor. To j
compare the nutrient value of differ- i
ent kiprts of flesh, the offal, •entrails
l>ones, skin, etc., must first be removed; I
then allowance must be made for the
water contained. The proportion of
these differ greatly in different kinds
and also in kinds in different
states. Thus a sample of flounder con
tained sixty-eight per cent, of refuse t
and only thirty-two of flesh, while hak
ibut had only eighteen per cent, offq
and eighty-two of flesh. Lean
contains seventy-seven per cent, water
and fat beef only fifty-five. Investiga
tions in this direction have for some
time been made under the supervision
of Prof. Laird, of the Smithsonian In
stitute, of Washington, 1). C.
The value of all articles of food is
determined not only by the amount of
edible solids, but also by the amoujits
of their chemical constituents. The
most important ingredients may be
divided into three classes—albuminoids
or protein, fats, and carbo-hydrates
Examples of albuminoids are such
substances as albumen (white of an
egg), lean meat, curd of milk, and the
gluten of wheat. Lard, butter, tallow*
olive oil, cotton-seed oil, etc., are fats.
Sugar, gum. starch, celulose (woody
liber), and glucose (giape sugar) are
carbo-hydrates. The carbo-hydrates
and fats are composed of only carbon
and hydrogen. The albuminoids are
characterized by containing nitrogen
in addition to the other two. The use
of the carbo-hydrates and fats is, by
their combustion in the lungs, to sup
ply the animal heat, and also to pro
duce muscular forces or strength. The j
albuminoids are converted into carbo- j
hydrates and fats, and thus perform
the work of both; but besides this,
they go to form all the nitrogenous
tissues of the body, muscles, nerves,
cartilage, etc. With albuminoids we
. might sustain life for a long time, but
with only lats and carbo-hydrates as
food w T e should suon starve. Albu
minoids are, therefore, the most valua
ble, the fats are next, and the carbo
hydrates are the least valuable. When
the chemical composition of a substance
is known we can readily calculate its
value as food. —Cincinnati News-
Joumal.
How to Boil Water.
I must tell you the old story of how
the late Charles Delmonico used to
talk about the new hot water cure.
He said the Delmonicos were the first
to recommend it to guests who com
plained of having no appetite. “Takt
a cup of hot water and lemon and you
will feel better,” was the formula
adopted; and the cup of hot water
and lemon was simply a little hot *ater
with a drop of lemon .juice in it to
take aw ay the insipidtiy. For this an
ti bilious remedy the caterers charged
the price of their best liquors—2s
j cents or more—and it certainly was
| a wiser way to spend small change
than in alchohoL “Few* people know
1 how to cook w ater,” Charles used to
i affirm. “The secret is in putting g >o&,
j fresh water into a neat kettle, already
j warm, and setting the w ater to l>oil
ing and then taking it right
bffforuseln tea, coffee or other drinks
before it is spoiled. To let it steam
! and simmer and evaporate until the
good water is io the atmosphere and
the lime and iron and dregs only left
in the kettle—bah! that is what mhses
a great many people sick, and is worse
than no water at all.” Every lady
who reads this valuable recipe of
a great and careful cook should never
forget how to cook water.— New York
i Times.
Nature’s Auseslhetic.
Dr. Felix L. Osw T ald says in Popular
Science Monthly: “Rowdy Jack,” as
his comrades used to call him—once
received three dagger-stabs before he
knew that he was w'ounded at all.
Soldiers, storming a battery, have often
suddenly broken down from the effects
of wounds which they had either not
felt or suspected only from a growing
; feeling of exhausnon. Olaf Rvgh, the
| Norwegian Herodotus, tells us that
| when the old Baresarks felt the r.p
--| proach of their end they robbed death
of its sting by drifting out to sea in a
| scuttled or burning boat and thus ex
| pired, “screaming the wild battle-songs
of their tribe.” The Roman gladiators
shouted and laughed aloud w'hile their
wounds were being dressed. A scald
ed child sobs and gasps for a thera
peutical purpose; instinct teaches it
readiest way to benumb the feel
ing of pain. The physiological ration
alt of all this is that rapid breathing is
an anaesthetic. In a paper read before
the Philadelphia Medical society, Dr.
W. A. Bon will ascribes that effect to
the influence of the surplus of oxygen
1 which is thus forced upon the lungs,
just as by the inhalation of nitrous
oxide gas (which is composed of the
same elements as common air, but
with a larger proportion of oxygen),-
and mentions a large variety of cases
in hisown practice where rapid breath
ing produced ali the essential effects
of a chemical pain-obtunder; without
appreciably diminishing the conscious
ness of the patient. Persons who
object to the use of • chloroform (per
haps from an instinctive dread that in
their case the ether slumber might
prove a sleep that knows no w aking)
can benumb their nerves during the
progress of a surgical operation by
gasping as deeply and as rapidly as
possible. “One of the most marked
proofs of its efficacy,” says Dr. Bon will,
“was the case of a boy eleven years
of age, for whom 1 liatl to extract the
upper and low’er first permanent
molars on both sides. He breathed
j rapidly for nearly a minute, when I
j removed in about twenty seconds all
four of the teeth. He declared there
w’as no pain, and w’e needed no such
assertion, for there was not the slight
est indication that he was undergoing
a severe operation.”
Civility and Ceremony.
Nothing is more honorable and
pleasant than civility, and nothing
more ridiculous and burdensome than
ceremony. Civility teaches us to
behave with proportionate respect to
every one, according as their merit de
mands. In other words, civility is the
science of men of the world. A person
of good address who conducts herself
with due circumspection, conciliates
the love and esteem of society, because
one finds herself at ease in her
company; but a ceremonious woman is
the plague of her acquaintances. Such
an one requires too much attention to be
a pleasant associate; is too seldom sat
isfied with what is paid her, and every
moment feels her pride hurt by the
want of some frivolous etiquette. You
cannot be too formal to her, nor can
she dispense with her formalities to
others. In short, ceremony w*as in
vented by pride to harass us W'ith
puerile solicitudes, which we should
biush to be conversant with.
A Useless Pad.
“It is really astonishing how many
j different kinds o f pads are being in
vented,” remarked Fizzletop at the
I breakfast, a few mornings ago.
“Y'es,* r isponded Mrs. Fizzletop, “if
we are to lelieve what we read in the
newspapers, almost any kind of invalid
can be restored to health by some
kind of a pad.”
“There is one kind of pad
that doesn’t help a man much,” inter
rupted Johnny, who reads the papers.
“What kind of a pad are you talking
about ?”asked Colonel Fizzletop,harshly.
“A footpad. 1 read in the paper
that a man was knocked down in
New York and robbed by a footpad.”
A STKANGE BIUD-BOX.
Story of an Indian** Skull, now (JtillfrA
by Hilda and Squirrels.
There is in the possession of a family
liviDg on Baldwin’s creek, N. Y., near
the scene of the bloody and decisive
battle between the American forces
under (Jen. Sullivan and the Six Nations
under Brant and other great chiefs, in
1779, a curious relic of that battle,
which has a tragic story of its own. It
is the skull of an Indian with a bullet
hole in the center of the forehead. The
ancestor of the present owner settled
on the farm still occupied by the fami
ly just after the revolutionary war.
The story that has been handed down
with the skull is as follows:
The Indian to whom the skull be
longed was one of Brant’s bloodiest
and bravest warriors. He participated
in the Wyoming brutalities,the horrors
at Minisink, and the bloody Cherry
Valley massacre, lie w*as the leader
of the marauding band that burned the
settlement at Ilarpersfield, Delaware
county, and murdered the settlers there.
An act of his at that massacre is alleged
to have led to his ow n death at the
hands of an Indian enemy, an adopted
ion of the peaceable chief, Corn planter.
Young Cornplanter, w'ho was friendly
to the w’hites, hearing that an attack
on the Harperstield settlement was con
templated, sent a squaw of his tribe
clear from the shores of the Alleghany
river to w arn the settlers. She arrived
too late to perform the service, as the
Savages had reached there first and ac
complished their work. She w f as cap
tured, and, knowm to boa Cornplanter
squaw and her errand suspected, she
was killed and scalped by the leader of
the hostile band.
When this became known to young
Cornplanter he swore vengeance against
the murderer of his squaw. When
Sullivan was sent into the Susque
hanna country on his errand of de
struction, Cornplanter was employed
as a scout to precede the army and
keep the general informed as to the
plans and strength of the Indians. In
the performance of this duty he was
creeping through the woods near the
present village of Wellsburg, when
suddenly he saw an Indian also steal
ing along. Cornplanter stopped
behind a chestnut tree. The other In
dian was a Seneca and hid himself
behind a fallen tree. Cornplanter, un
certain whether the Seneca had seen
him, remained motionless behind the
chestnut, but peered around the trunk
with one eye, bringing the hiding-place
of the other Indian in view. Present
ly the head of the Seneca rose stealthi
ly above the fallen trunk, and a
moment later the Indian rose to his
feet and glanced caitiously about.
Cornplanter recognized Us bitter ene
my, the slayei of his squaw, and the
Indian he had sworn to kill. The next
instant his rifle covered the Se.eca
brave, and the report that foliared
was the bloody warrior’s death knell.
Cornplanter scalped the chief and left
him lying where he fell. The next
day the battle of Baldwin’s Creek was
fought and the Indians were routed.
Twenty years later young Corn
planter, who had gone to the w r est* re
turned to the vicinity of Baldwin’s
Creek. One day he wras wralking in
the woods with the grandfather of the
present owner of the Indian skull.
I whose guest he was, and, stopping
suddenly and looking about him on
every side, said to his host that it w f as
on this spot that he had killed Brant’s
warrior in 1779. Cornplanter went to
i certain spot, and, digging away a
j Jeep layer of leaves, uncovered the
fholdering bones of the Seneca brave.
The skull was as sound as ever. Corn
planter kicked it spitefully away from
I I im into the w oods. His companion
11 eked it up, and taking it home put it
i n a tall pole, and the bluebirds nested
In it for years. It now serves as a re-
Ireat for two pet ground squirrel*.
The small hole in the forehead shows
i.uw unerring was the Indian Corn
j| i dan ter’s aim.