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THE EED CLOUD CHIEF.
M. L. THOMAS, Publisher.
RED CLOUD,
NEBRASKA.
THE, LOVE THAT JjASTS.
' I liked a ricteh-rlilc, too, fho sriM.
Dour grand mother. wlioe face la fair.
Though five and seventy years havenjiread
Ttiuic silvery snow-showers on her hair.
" I liked a sleigh-ride, too," miM nhe.
" And Ihero was one 1 us"d to know
Who liked full well to ride with me."
" Hut that was lonar ajo,"'
I Mild,
V6s; that was lonirnso."
" And I was fond of moonlight walk?.
We'd paoo the vllliifrethniujfh anil through,
And have such friendly, pleasant talks,
Such friendly, pleasant uuarrels. too.
My eyes were t!uc and his were brown:
My tonvue was 'julck and his was slow;
I ultrnys laiiphed his loie down."
" Hut that was lour ago."
1 said.
"Yes; long and long ago."
' Sly looks wcro few, in those old times;
Hut each a world of sweet delight!
And I remember writing rhymes.
And thinking I was born to write.
The foolish verses! Vet, 'tis true.
They tlowed as fountains upward llow,
l-roc as the wiud as empty, too."
" Hut that was lonar ago,
I said.
"Ah! long, lony, longajjo."
" Yet, first and last and best of all,
I loved great Nature's rcg'ul grace:
The stars that glow, the norms that fall
Across tbo beauty of her face;
The ripened fruit, the whirling snow.
The tresh jrriiss springing by the way."
44 Hut that," I said, "was long ago."
'Jfay, that was yesterday,"
She said,
44 To-dayhnd yesterday."
Mary Aingc be Vert, in K. Y. Imlejicndmt.
READING SIUXS IX THE SKY.
Cloud Thnt Foretell Ntnrm nnil Oilier
That I'romUc Fair Wt-iiHirr-IIiitllea'J'hiit
Arc Fouicht ?y MWty Niuadrona In the
hky.
It's easy enough to be a weather
prophet. All you've got to do is to j storm has partially cleared, there is
keep your eye on the sky, and it will be war in the sky. The cloudy squadrons
a very sly storm indeed that steals a encounter in mid-heaven to settle the
march on you." j question whether suushinc or storm
The speaker was a gentleman living , shall prevail. If the cirro-eumulksuc-ou
Columbia Heights. Brooklyn, who j ceed the weather will clear; if the
has done a great deal of sky gazing, but ! cirro-strati are victorious, thero will be
who says.he lias no desire for a public ! more foul weather. It is a war of de
reputation as a weather-wise man. J stniction, and the battle usually ends
"Look out of the south window. Do ' bv the total disanncarancu of one or the
von notice those long, narrow, misty-
looking clouds in parallel rows that
seem to be advancing upward from be
hind Staten Island with the precision
and steadiness of a line of battle? Thev
are the advance guard of an approa-h-
ing storm. The barometer has not ;
given the slightest sign, audit probably '
will not until that skirmish line has
reached the zenith, which may take ,
hours, ana yci i am as certain that a
storm is coming as though I saw the
rain falling."
4'Do you mean that you can foretell a
storm by the clouds sooner than by a
barometer:1" .. j
"Anybody can. These winter storms,
cspceiallj, announce ,'lheir approach
sometimes two or tpreo days in ad
vancc. Whenever you sec Ihosa par
allel .stripes of clouds rising in the
southwest and moving in ranks slowly
across the sky, jou ma' be sure that
wet or snowy weather is at hand. Why
snouiu not tne cioiuisioreieiiineweain
cr.-" Ihero cannot Do a storm or an v '
r?
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"considerable change of weather without i intimidated bv the fearful appearance
clouds, and thero is almost as much of the heavens, and show their fear bv
difference perceptible in clouds as in ! trembling and hurrying to places h
faces, if people would but notice them , shelter. These clouds commonly make
clo-ely." I their appearance lirst in the northwest,
"Do clouds always foretell storms?" i rising black and threatening above the
"No some clouds give assurance of horizon. Soon the rumbling of heavy
fair weather. A very little practice thunder is heard, and as the clouds ai
will enable am body to read this proach the zenith, blotting out the sun,
language of Uie clouds. It is more like litful gusts of wind arise, followed by
studying tv language than you would periods of oppressive calm. Sometimes
suppose. You know in Latin a change ' :t whirling motion is seen in the clouds,
in the termination of a word hanges its Then look out-! If a black funnel seems
meaning. Just so a change in the form to drop from the cloud to the earth, it
of clouds changes their meaning. It is is a tornado, and nobody can tell what
no mere cnance woik, out a certain
cnange aivvajs means mo aiuc thing.
If 'cirri1 turn into 4cirro-stntti,' every
lnclorologist knows what that means
. just as well as the 003' at the head of
the Latin class knows the difference be
tween 4Hic1 and Hujus'
"J lien clouds are not all of one kind?"
"15v no means. Abo-it eichty years '
ago Luke Howard, an English Quaker,
whose busness required him to take '
long walks in the open air. completed
a classification of clouds that has ever
since been in general use. One of the
inot wonderful phenomena e er wit
nessed in the sk led Howard to study
the clouds. This was in the great dry
fog of 17S:l, that overspread the whole
ot Europe and part of Asia and America,
rea-hing to the .summ'ts of the Alps,
and lasting from one to three mouths,
according to the locality. The greatest
terror prevailed and the end of the
world was thought to be at hand.
"Howard noticed that there are
three principal kinds of clouds, which
he called cirrus, cumulus and stratus.
Anybody can see the dillercnco be
tween these clouds at a glance. The
cirrus is the highest of all the clouds.
You must have often seen it in the
form of white filaments, sometimes
called 4 mares' talcs' and 4 cats' tails.'
Stretched across the blue sky like deli
cate lace work, it is very beautiful.
Travelers sav that on the summit of . of local peculiarities is therefore neees
lofty mountain peaks, from which thev I snrv- 'Am- nm wlm ivntflu thi 1ml;
could look down upon the heavier
clouds, they have seen these wispy
cirri floating overhead, apparently as
far away as when seen from the earth.
In calm summer cveuings, long after !
suudovn. these clouds may be seen re
flecting the most delicate tints of color
from the last rays of sunlight that il-
laminate the higher regions of the at
mosphere. 44 The cirri are composed of little
crystals of ice. These clouds and their
derivatives cause the halos that are
sometimes seen about the sun and
moon. it was probably cirro-strati 1
that caused the great display of moon- i
ver. Cirrus clouds indicate both storms !
and clear weather, according to their ,
uogs anu circles the other nay at Den
appearance. If
the' appear
forms atter.
m their 1
most delicate
stormy -
weather, they are a sign that a period j
kjl ouiueu uuaiucr is at nana. When
they show themselves in parallel
streaks after fair weather has lasted
for some time, they are the first indi
cation of approaching change. Cirri,
when greatly tangled and knotted,
show stormy weather close at hand. If
their borders grow faint and indistinct,
there is rain coming.
44 Cumulus clouds are characteristic
of summer. The farmers call them
thunder heads when they poke their
smooth, white, rounded summits, "lit
tering in the sim like silver, above "the
horizon. In that form they are the
forerunners of local thunder storms.
These mountainous-looking clouds
sometimes actually exceed the greatest
peaks of the Andes or Himlayas in size.
When cumulus clouds appear in a warm,
pleasant day, not very large, distinct
though soft in outline, and resembling
cotton balls, they indicate continued
fair, dry weather. On the other hand,
when the- crow larger, darker and
more formidable-looking they foretell
storms. Just before a rain they tome
times seem to throw off little lleecy
clouds around their edges. Goethe, the
greafGerman poet, who was fond of
studying the clouds, said that as long
as cumuli have sharply defined borders
and a white color a continuance o'f good
weather may be exDected. Cumulus
clouds often fnrm snnn flftorsnrricnfinil
-.. .wwu ....... .;.. ..jw mva
temper the heat of a midsummer day.
ji uusy grauuauy disappear towaru
oiuuuuj uiu reamer win remain serene,
hut if as the sun goes down they grow
darker and more numerous, then look
out lor rain. The cuniuli are the capir
tals, or condensed summits, of invisible
columns of vapor vising from tho earth.
They do not attain nearly so great a
nuignt as the cirri. (Jumuli arc gener
Buy from half a mile to two miles high,
Cirri vary in height from two or thre$-
iuiius iu six or uignu
" The stratus is most common at night
and in winter. Those long ranks of
clouds that I pointed out to you in the
southwest, ana which show a coming!
nnrlripnst.Bt.nrtn nrn i irip.t.tr nf ctrutnaN
They always appear in the form of
stripes or broad, low curtains, covering
more or less of the sky. The niglit
stratus is formed of mists from swamps,
rivers and moist ground. It generallv
rises and changes into small cumuli on
summer mornings.
The other kind, of
8iraius,
appearing at considerable
heights in the fall, winter and early
spring, is, as I have said, an invariable
forerunner of stormy weather.
44 These three kinds of clouds do not
always appear in their simple forms.
They are frequently mingled together,
and four varieties of these derivative
clouds have been distinguished. The
cirro-cumulus consists of Tittle round sh
white clouds, floating at a high eleva
tion, and often resembling a Hock of
sheep resting upon the blue background
of the skj In winter these clouds fre
quently appear before a thaw. Between
summer showers they accompany in
creased heat. They are common in dry
weather.
44 The cirro-stratus commonly ap-
fears in shoals resembling fish in shape.
t3 popular name is the 4 mackerel sky.'
It is almost, a .sure indication of ap
proaching stormy weather. When it
settles down into a thin veil, covering
the sky, and making the sun and moon
look dim, it is certain to be followed by
snow or rain. You will see it in that
form following those streaks that are
now rising in the southwest and cover
ing the sty before the storm comes.
Did 3'ou ever see a battle in the
clouds? The cirro-cumuli and cirro
strati are natural enemies. The lir.st
named is a fair weather and the last a
foul-weather cloud. When they .meet,
as thev sometimes do alter a summer
other of the two kinds of cloud, all
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assuming the form of the successful
party.
" Cuniulo-stratu3 is the grandest of
all clouds, and .o it is the appropriate
forerunner of groat htorm.s. If you
ever happened to go up the Hudson
when a thunder storm was gathering in
the CaLskills vou must have sunn this
cloud dropping on the mountain tops
and hiding the great peaks like a vast
curtain. Whenever vou s-ce these
clouds looming up you may be sure that
a violent change in the atmosphere is
ilo5o nt. Iiriml. Tim iMimnlo-stratus
, w-w.w .-- .........
, consists of a layer or foundation of
1 dark-colored stratus cloud nearest the
earth, surmounted by bulky pile of
i very dense cumulus, not white and
smooth like the fair-weather cumulus,
but rough, dark and threat en ing.
44 One' of the gr.mdest sights in the
world is the majestic march of the
cunrilo-stratus clouds across a hilly
countrv district in advance of a violent
'
storm. Animals. n well as men. are
danwe it may
do. The cuinulo-slrati
foretell a storm several hours in ad
vance. The longer they linger near
the horizon the more violent the storm
is apt to be.
44 The last class, or rather sub-class,
of clouds is the nimbus, or black rain
cloud, which spreads over the heavens
just as the ttorm begins. It is made up
of a mixture of all the other kinds, anil
amnnnrs in overv storm, b.it is seen in
its most characteristic form in a thun
der storm. Sometimes it approaches,
within a few hundred feet of the earth,
and at other times it is 2,000 or :i,000
feet high. While it always appears
black or gray from beneath, it is, in
fact, surmounted by a snowy-white cap
of cirrus or cumulus. 1 have some
times, in the hills of Central New York,
seen from an elevated station the pass
age of a storm throush a distant valley.
The glittering upper surface of the
clouds then preserve a beautiful appear
ance, while underneath 'they are dark
and .forbidding, and the pouring rain
hides the landscape.
44 On account of the mixing together
of the various classes of clouds', it is
sometimes diilicult to aceuratclj- distin
guish them apart. A little practice,
however, will enable any observant per
son to detect the prevailing characteris
tics. Indications vary slightly for dif
ferent localities, and some knowledge
can form many weal her rules for him
self that he will find at least as trust
worth' as the predictions of Old Proba
bilities." AT. j". Sun.
A Doctor's Liability.
It is.related, as a legend of the med
ical fraternity, that the Emperor1
Augustus was once so highly pleased
at a cure effected in himself by his doc
tor, Antouius .Musa, that he raised that
gentleman to the rank of knight, and
relieved the whole profession from the
burdens of taxation.
Probably at no time before or since
that event has the lot of the physician
been such a happy one. In the earlier
days of Rome the" practice of medicine
was uespiscu ami conhneil to the
hummer ranks ot society and. to slaves.
Xot until the influence of Grecian
civilization made itself felt in- thb
lfonian capital did physicians gain hon
or or standing. ,' -
In the middle ages "the calling suf
fered a relapse, to speak medically.
Surgery was an ill repute, and Spfengcl
tells "us that in Germany no artisan
would employ a young man as an ap
prentice without ti certificate that he
was' born in marriage of honest par
ents, and came of a family in which
were found neither barbers, bathers
nor skinners," as surgeons weru
called. s t
Even at the present1 day,- although
the meritorious claims of the medical
and surgical, practitioner have been
recognized, and an honorable social
status awarded him, his mind is not at
rest. Tho advancement and refine
ment of ideas have begotten deeper
anxieties, and a feeling 'of responsi
bility. So jealously does the law guard
tho lives and persons bfkthc people that
every time the physician writes a pro
scription, or the surgeon makes an in
cision, he takes his purse,- his liberty,
or. perhaps, his life in his hand. The
risk is not" all on the part of , the
patient, despite a popular impression
that the only pocket-book likely to be
depleted or. the only life liable to be
sacrificed is that of the sick man.
Pojjular Science JtfontMy. j -
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j There "arc in the
Cabiuet. three
mustaches, two
pairs side-whiskers.
one mustache with whiskers, and one
goatee. No face is completely bare,
and there is no bald-headed "man hi
the group. .
By a strict enforcement of a new
and rigorous law against opium deal
in? and smntinir. Idnlin ia onnrirfnnr. nf
i her ability to crush the growing vice.
Goods for Spring Wear.
What is the reason silk is the only
fabric in which a modem woman con
siders herself dressed? It is often stiff,
awkward and diilicult to manage; it is
also often thin, glossy and unbecoming
as-glazed paper. Fine dark wool hold's
color and light and shade better; it has
greater depth and softness; and some
inexpensive cottons have a modesty,
grace and freshness which may be cred
ited to the wearers, and are wonderful
ly cheap at the price. It is not long
since a silk dress was a rare acquisition
for the wives of comparatively rich men;
now, every woman and every young girl
must not only have a silk dress but
many who cannot afford it must have
several, and have them frequently re
placed, also, at aty cost and any sacri
fice made by others; for the selfish
anil inconsiderate are too apt to put tho
best things to the worst uses, and de
mand the best long before they have
learned the conditions of its being.
At the present time there is not the
least excuse for buying silk when it can
not be afforded, or when wool and cot
ton would do just as well. Tee cotton
manufactures, for dress purposes, have
been gradually improving for several
years past, or rather, the' have revived
some of the stj'les that were known long
ago, before silks became so common
as to drive them for a time from the
market.
Thisspring they are daintier, prettier,
more varied' and more attractive than
ever. The soft satins are fine as silk,
and there is a new "cotton batiste,"
to which the name does great ipjustice,
for it is not so slazy,'as the linen batiste,
and will not wear "stringy" as docs
the linen batiste, unless it is of the very
highest grade, and then it is too costly
for a majority.
What is called cotton "batiste is made
like linen dress lawns.. It Is "sheer,"
as ladies say, without being diaphonoiis,
and line as well as firm. It comes in
small, charming designs some Old En
glish, and some a'modifieation of the
Japanese. Some lovely patterns
are iu shaded blue, and others
ih very dull buff, with minutest leaves
a'nil tiny brown berries iu tho delicate
designs.
Last ycaiHho very large plaids had a
vogue in consequence of the sudden de
velopment of the "handkerchief"
dresses which the plaid ginghams easily
represented. Plaids of enormous size
have also sold again this year, but the
more recent patterns show stripes on
varied clusters of lines, some line as
hair.- and shaded from stripes that are
almost solid to distinct alternates which
form a very wide stripe of a different
lone or color. The colors are gray,
link, blue and brown in different com
i nations, and there are also some that
arc very dark wine, cheeked with old
gold, bottle-blue and black; but these
are moderate plaids plain. Very new
combinations are shown in wine-colored
satine, and a satine with wine-colored
ground well covered with a figure in
shaded daffodils, the colors being dillcr
cnt tints of olive, old blue and gold.
The short skirt trimmed with plaitings
or gathered lJounces is of the plain
color; the princess polonaise, partly
open and draped away from the front,
is of the figured fabric, and is finished
with a deep round collar and culls of
the plain satine, bordered with pale
coffee-colored lace. Some of the line
cottons are dotted and have plain ma
terial to match the ground; others are
in very small checks, and upon some of
these latter the trimming material is
dotted also. The new trimming of best
qualities can bo selected to match fab
rics and arc equally fast in color. The
colored cotton embroideries wash and
wear with the goods and are of a uni
form fineness of texture that corre
sponds exactly witlr the ginghams and
the pretty, soft-finished satines. percales
and cambrics. The trimmings need
not be drawn b' its gathering thread
into rullling, but may be laid fiat if pre
ferred, and thus form a very pretty and
durable embroidery. The Maderia em
broidery is manufactured in colors also,
but it cannot be relied upon for the
preservation of its color, and it is not
of uniform qualityso that texture and
pattern can rarely be found to suit a
new and fine cotton fabric, and when it
is, the price is exceptionally high.
The short dress is still in the ascend
ant, and it depends upon women them
selves to keep it so, or at least so well
sustained and protected that any woman
can wear it without feeling herself re
markable. At present, the short dress,
as before remarked, is in the ascendant.
The majority of evening dresses of silk,
satin and brocade worn by young girls
are cut short, and spring walking and
visiting dresses of the richest material
clear the gronnd so that they can bo
worn with comparative comfort. Un
like the modo of some ten or fifteen
years ago, which ran into all sorts of
eccentricities and made those who in
dulged in it look like mountebanks, the
style of to-day is, or maj- be, modest,
sensible and convenient. It is not too
short, and it is most fashionable when it
is simple and free from overloading.
Can we not keep it that is in its essen
tials? There ought to be women enough
now of thought mid intelligence to ad
here to a single idea which is undenia
bly good even essential to health,
economy" and cleanliness and which
offers no restriction except where re
striction is necessary to save waste and
the attributes becoming every consci
entious woman. JcnnieJune."
Protective Resemblances of Insocts.
" The KaUima paralikla, when open
and flying around is much like any oth
er butterfly; but let it alight on a twig
and fold, its -wings, anil a wonderful
transformation takes-place. The under
sides of the wing, in color, form and
structure, arc perfect imitations of the
leaves of certain plants. The lower
parts of the wing form narrow points,
so that when joined they form the stem,
and "as the "creature alights the tail
(stem) is pressed down, the wings
standing out. The very veins of the
wing radiate from a central one, as in
the plant. Even "most curiously col
ored niarks arc found'.on the wings,
thai, exactly imitato.the mold spots"of
tho leaf. "In fact, in even way the cu
rious insect is a mimic, protecting it
self by merely resting. -Wallace re
fers to this species and to another
equally wonderful. Certain butterflies
are poisonous to birds, and one partic
ularly is avoided by them that has a
peculiar flight most noticeable. The
above-mentioned ooserver has seen a
butterfly that is acceptable as food,
when pursued by birds, assume the pe
culiar lumbering flight of the poison
ous insect-, utterly "deceiving the bird,
which would immediately give up the
chase, while the wily insect would fly
away, probably laughing in its entomo
logical sleeves.
it has been claimed that these resem
blances are accidental, but never was
method more maligned. They are so
prominent"" that the most careless ob
server cannot but bo impressed with
the evidence pf design. The protec
tion afforded the butterfly-is as perfect
in its way as is the shark's month to
itself; they about avert the possibility
of attack." The writer has been fortu
nate in observing instances' of this in
-the Gulf weed'floating on th surface of
the water. The animals that inhabit it
are -more than usually exposed and
open to the attacks of wandering sea
birds. Lying in the green weed, they
would .offer a striking mark for their
enemies, but they.are so protected by
mimicry that.it takes a skilled eye to
detect "them from the weed. A fish
found there is not only mottled green,
the exact color of the Sargassom. but
has white spots on its body that resem
ble the white coralline formations
that grow on the weed. The head,
fins and various parts of the body hare
curious disconnected barbels of fringed
flesh, in many cases the exact shape of
the sections of its vegetable home.
The backs of the crabs are similarly
painted by nature, different shades of
green llecked with white, and only by
careful examination can they be de
tected. - The "physalia, a hydroid animal, al
lied to the jelly fishes, affords an inte
resting case of mimicry. "'The tipper
part of the animal is merely a bubble
lloating on the surface, surmounted
with a delicate pink membrane that
can be raised and lowered at will. From
the lower part descend numerous
bunches of tentacles of the most intense
blue, that arc for different purposes.
They arc extremely poisonous, as they
conceal mvriads of" minute darts called
lasso cells," that instinctively are thrown
out like an exploding shell, piercing an
enemy. The writer can attest to the
power of these minute projectiles, hav
ing accidentally swam over one and
been rendered "unconscious. Tbo blue
mass had to bo scraped from the body
with knives, and only by use of power
ful stimulants was animation kept up.
A year after the occurrence the lace
like tracery of the marks could still be
seen. Close up among the death-dealing
darts are little fishes that evidently
find there a home and protection. In
color they are the exact shade of the
tentacles, so that close scrutiny is nec
essary to discriminate between them.
On'the eastern coast a crab is found
living solely in the white sand and bur
rowing in it. From its peculiar color,
or waut of it, it is called tho spirit crab.
Its movements arc extremely rapid,
and it is such a perfect mimic of the
beach in color that it cannot be observed
by -birds. In wandering among the
prickly pear brush ou one of the Florida
Keys, in search of their fruit, which
resembles a fig, although of a rich pur
ple in color, the writer was somewhat
astonished by being severely nipped by
what was mistaken for a pear. It proved
to be an atrocious mimic. A crab with
a purple back had lodged between tho
branches, and when alarmed curled up
its legs, appearing a mimic of the fruit.
Among the mangroves were innumer
able members of the FhasmidiE family,
insects that resemble dead and living
bare twigs and branches, and so great
is the resemblance that a previous
knowledge of their character is required
to detect them.
A walkiug stick comes from the East
Indies, over eight inches in length, and
the peculiar woody appearance of its
joints is most noticeable. Probably the
most wonderful inecttmimic, however,
is the walking leaf, or phillium. Tho
wings when closed form a perfect leaf;
the legs are twigs, the color greening
ome, while in others curious morbid
spots, similar to tho butterfly above de
scribed, are shown. The veins of the
leaf can be followed exactly as they
radiate from the body, which is analo
gous to the mid vein of the leaf. If the
reader possesses an oleander that does
not thrive, let the leaves be closely ex
amined, and a most consummate mimic
will be found sapping the life of the
plant. A microscope is needed to ful
ly detect it a mere scale of the exact
color of the leaf and llattened upon it,
forming to the naked eye a component
part of the tissues of the plant, and
easily deceiving the horticulturist who
is puzzled at the drooping condition of
the plant.
In the examples cited the resemblance
has been used as a protection, but an
other class of animals use their odd
shapes to procure them a living. Among
them are the lophins of our coast and
many of the gurnards. Covered with
fringed barbs of flesh and waving fins,
they lie among the muddy bottom weed,
to all intents a part and parcel of it, and
the unsuspecting fish, while swimming
among these waving weeds, is engulfed
in the mouth of the mimic. N. 1. Sun.
llelicf In Spiritualistic Phenomena no
Evidence of a Man's Insanity.
A novel case was decided in the Chi
cago Circuit Court, the other day, in
which Judge Tuley hold that proof that
a man believed iii spiritualistic phe
nomena w:is no evidence of a man's
insanity or incapacity to take care of
his own affairs. The undue influence
in this case was that exercised by a
spiritualistic medium, Mrs. Chamber
lain, over Colonel II. W. II. Cushman,
now deceased. Cushman held a policy
in tho ltepuhlk Life Insurance Compa
ny for $ 10,000, which his executor
claimed as an asset of the estate. Mrs.
Chamberlain claimed it on an cqtiitablo
assignment, which the executor resisted
ou the ground that at the time of the
assignment Cushman was incapable of
making a binding coutract, owing to
insanity caused by spiritualism. It
was proved that for many years Cush
man had been a firm believer in com
munication with departed spirits; that
he had been in the habit of consulting
spirits daily, and placed much value
upon counsel purporting to come from
them through mediums, and atone time
had invested largely in a worthless mino
through their advioc.
Judge Tully said that men who stand
high in science. Judges who adorn the
bench, attorneys, solicitors, clerg-men,
physicians, literary men of the highest
nbilit, and, in fact, men in every walk
and condition of life honestly believed
in these phenomena; and so it would
be the sheerest nonsense for him to hold
that belief in the phenomena known as
spiritualism was jcr sc any evidence of
unsound mind. It might lead to un
sound mind, but not necessarily so.
15ut in the case before the Court it ap
peared that the assignment to Mrs.
Chamberlain was in tho nature of a
gilt, for which there was no money
consideration. It appeared that for
years Cushman had lived with the me
dium, and that she was almost con
stantly in his thoughts, aud he claimed
to have received communications from
spirits through her. In following En
glish decisious in regard to the influ
ence of spiritual mediums, which throw
the burden of proof on them that no
such influence was exerted. Judge
Tully held that the gift of a policy in
this way was procured by undue influ
ence, and decided in favor of the exec
utor. He Lived There.
"Arc you the Tax Collector for thi3
want?" ho asked, as they rode together
on the platform of the car.
44 No."
4 'Assessor?"
44 No." ,
44 Waterworks man?"
"Anything to do with
"Nothing of the sort.
net- y
the census?"
Why do you
44 Why, I saw j-on coming out of a
house on Sproat street the other day
with two chairs, a broom and an otto
man living after you, and I said to my-!
self that you were an othcial or agent
of some sort, and had unintentionally
offended the woman."
44 No. I'm no official or agent." re
plied the man, in a lonesome voice;
44 Hive there, and that woman was my
wife. Savey?"
4You bet!" was the sympathetic
response, aud they crept closer to
gether and took a chew out of the
same box. Detroit Trie Press.
West Virginia can scarcely con
tinue to be ranked
among
the States
with a distinctive negro population ia
. the light of the present census. With
j a total population of 618,195, the State
has but 25,760 negroes, or about one in
every twenty-live.
A deed for a tract of land at An
cona. N. J., has been made, on which
a Mormon settlement will be founded-)
The holder of the property reside
there with his two wives.
A Awfal Setae.
I have the same old. old story to tclL
My conduct has been such again at
anyrate. that's what father says; and
I've had to go up stairs with him. and
I needn't explain what that means. It
seems very hard, for I'd try to do my
very best, and I'd heard Sue say:
44 That boy han't misbehaved for two
days; good gracious I wonder what,
can be the matter with him." There's
a fatal litty about it, I'm snrc. Poor
father! I must givo him an awful lot
of trouble, and Fknow he's had to get
two new bamboo canes this winter just
because I've done so wrong, though I
never meant to do it
It happened on aocqunt of coasting.
We've got a magnificent hill. Tho
road runs straight down the - middle of
it, and all you have to do is to keep on
the road. "There's a fence on one side,
and if you run into it. something has
got to break. John Kruger, who is a
stupid sort of a fellow, rail into it last
week head first, and smashed three
pickets, and everybody said it was a
mercy he hit it with his head, or he
might have broken some of his lwues,
and hurt himself. There isn't any
fence on the other side, but if you run
off the road on that side, you'll go
down the side of a hill that's steeper
than the roof of the Episcopal Church,
and about a mile long, with a brook
full of stones down at the bottom.
The other night Mr. Travers said
Hut 1 forgot to say that Mr. Martiu is
back again, and coming to our house
worse than ever. He was there, and
Mr. Travers and Sue. all sitting in the
parlor, whore I was behaving, and try
ing to make things pleasant, when Mr.
Travers said. It's a bright moonlight
night let's all go out and coast." buo
said, "O that would be lovely Jimmy
get your sled." I didn't encourage
them, and I told father so, but hu
wouldn't admit that Mr. Travers or Suo
or Mr. Martin or anybody could do any
thing wrong. What 1 said was, " I
don't want to go coasting. It's cold
and I don't feel very well, and I think
we ought all to go to bed early so wo
can wake up real sweet and good-tempered."
Hut Sue just said. "Don't you
preach Jimmy if you're huy just say so
and Mr. Travers will take us out."
Then Mr Martin he must put in and
say, " Perhaps the boy's afraid don't
tease him he ought to be iu bed any
how." Now I wasn't going to stand
this, so I said, " Come on. I wanted
to go all the time, but I thought it
would be best for old people to stay at
home, and that's why I didn't encour
age you." So 1 got out my double
ripper, aud we all went out on the hill
and started down.
I sat in front to steer, and Sue sat
right behind mo. and Mr. Travers sat
behind her to hold her on, and Mr.
Martin sat behind him. We went
splendidly, only the dry snow flew so
that I couldn't see anything, ami that's
why wo'got off the road and on to the
side hill before I knew it.
The hill was just one glare of ice, and
the minute wo struck tho ico tho sled
started away like a hurricane. I had
jpst lime to hear Mr. Martin say. " Hoy
mind what you're about or I'll get oil',"
when she struck something I don't
know what and everybody was pitched
into the air, and began slidingon the
ico without anything to help them, ex
cept me. I caught on a bare piece of
rock, and stopped im'self. 1 could see
Sue sitting tin straight, and sliding like
a streak of lightning, and crying.
44 Jimmy father Charles Mr. Martin O
my help me." Mr. Travers wjis on his
stomach, about a ro I behind her. and
gaining a little on her, and Mr. Martin
was on his back, coming down head
first, ami beating them both. All of a
sudden he began to go to pieces. Part
of him would slide off one way, and
then another part would try its luck by
itself. I can tell you it was an awful
and surreptitious sight. They all
reached the bottom alter a while, and
when I saw they were not killed, I tried
it myself, and landed all right. Sue
was "sitting still, and mourning, and
saying, " My goodness gracious 7 shall
never bo able to walk again. My comb
is broken and that boy isn't fit to live."
Mr. Travers wasn't hurt very much,
and he fixed himself all right with some
pins I gave him, and his handkerchief;
but his overcoat looked as if he'd stolen
it from a scare-crow. When ho had
comforted Suo a little (and I must say
some people are perfectly sickening the
way they go on), he ami I collected Mr.
Martin all except his teeth and
helped put him together, only I got his
cork-leg on wrong side first, and then
we helped him home.
This was why father said that my
conduct was such, and that his friend
Martin didn't seem to be able to come
into his house without being insulted
and injured b me. I never insulted
him. It isn't my fault if ho can't slide
down a hill without coining apart.
However. I've had my last suffering on
account of him. The next time he
comes apart where I am. I shall not
wait to "be punished for it, but shall
start straight for tho North Pole, and if
I discover it tho Uritib Government
will pay me morna million dollars. I'm
able to sit down this morning, but tin
spirits arc crushed, and I shall never
enjoy life any more. "Jimmy Brown,"
in llarpcr's Young People.
Missouri's Iron Mountain.
Colonel J. L. D. Morrison relates the
following interesting bit of history con
cerning the Iron Mountain of Missouri:
In 18:55, Colonel Morrison's father, then
residing at Kaskaskia." III., received a
letter from his friend Hugh Boyle, of
Baltimore, requeuing him to procure
specimems of the iron ore of the Iron
Mountain of Missouri, of which very
littlo was known at that time. Mr.
Morrison fitted out an expedition, con
sisting of his son Don, then a mere loy,
and two colored servants, mounted on
horseback, to go over to the wilds of
Missouri to procure the desired samples
of iron ore. The expedition crossed
the Mississippi River at Stc. Genevieve,
on a ferryboat belonging to Moreau.
The boat was too small to carry more
than one man and horse at a time, and
it required three trips to ferry the ex
pedition across the Father of" Waters.
The explorers reached the Iron Moun
tain on the second day, and found the
mountain without any" difficulty. Tho
three men filled their saddle-bags with
iron ore picked up from the surtace of
thc-ground, and returned to Kaskaskia.
The elder Morrison packed the ore in a
box and sent it by stage coaches to Mr.
Boyle at Baltimore. Mr. Boyle, shortly
afterward, wrote to Mr. Morrison that
he had caused a thorough chemical test
to be made of the iron ore. and the
chemist reported that it was worthless.
The. Iron Mountain ruld at that time
have been purchased for a few hundred
dollars, and subsequently proved t le
worth millions. The want of skill of
the man who made the test lost Mr.
Boilo a colossal fortune. SL Louis
Qlobc-DcmorraL
Private letters state that there was
scene recently at the meeting of the
Privy Council at Windsor. The Queen
said she "would .not give up Candahar,
and Sir W. Vernon Harcourt very qui
etly pointed out that her 3Iajcsty must
do what her constitutional adviscre re
quired her to do. Whereupon her
Majesty began to cry, and declared
that; like Mrs. Gummidge. she was a
"lone, lorn erector, now." "She's a
thinking of the old 'un." thought Sir
William. "She'll be better presently."
And she was better directly, apologized
with dignity and feeling for her mo
mentary weakness, and went on with
business 3 though nothing had hap-
'pened.
m
A firy steed The horse radish,
l'EKS05AL AftD LITERARY.
Koa Bonhcur. tho artist, U in very
poor health and is recruiting at Nice, s
It is pjoiHU,i London to erect a '
statue of Carlylo" on the Thame cm- ;
bankraerit opposite C'hevne row. and to !
place a bust of him in Westminster Ab- .
buy. ,
The United States Ccnsu of 1SS0
I is expected to be the most complete and
oscollenl in existence, and its digest, by ;
Professor t. A. alker. 1 awaited with :
great interest. i
A glas dress is being made for
Fanny Davenport in Pittsburgh. It
will have a long train of woven glaii anil '
be elaborately tritcmed with gifts hve.
To make the," text.iru tbo g!a5 us first '
spun into fine thrcst! and tiien woven.
The notv ptibTk' build'ng now" goIngT
up on the Government Square nt Dcti- j
ver. Col., is to bo wad of- tho finest '
Structures in th Wosi. One wing i-
designate 1 for the llih School, the!
othcrJor a free public library.jTkero
will'SioIbe alecturo hall wth'aSSling
capacifyoMiOOO.
There has been some surprise that
nothing was left iii her will bv George
Eliot to her husband. Mr. Cross, but
that all the money went to the fatmh of
her tirst husband
mu. wa. nunvivr. ,
ll 1 ..... .
an arrangement enterca into previous ,
-to hcrsfcMnd'rnarriAgefbrthewris
desire of Mr. Lro. who is himself very
welloir-
Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr..
is known in lioston as a worker of
wonderful
euibroidcrv. She has jii"t ,
sold a bit of her own design for -?50X
It represents the lowersash of a window,
through which the starlit Charle River
is seen. The surface is dark blue
satin, in three frame of obony, to
represent the window frame.
HUMOROUS.
Bosom companions Studs.
"The poor ye have with you al
wajs," but the rich go away in summer
time.
- During this cold season 0110 needs
all the clothing ho can get. It is dau
gerous to leave off any habit, be it never
so bad." Hoston Clofc
''Somo.people may.Uiink that the
job of sitting on the safety-valve is a
pleasant one. but Lean .assure, them it
is not." Alexander 111. Cnoi'j'J
Tribune.
Country grocerymen have had to
furnish an extra supply of sitting ac
commodations around the stove the
past winter. Siructtsc Ikntld.
The editor wrote tho headline: " A
Horrible Blunder," to go over a railroad
accident, but, though it was the printer s
fault that it got put over the account o(
a wedd.ng. the editor was thu man
thra-hed. Itoilon I'st.
There was a dance at -the North
"Deacon," said tho widow, as she
gently stroked in a feline manner the
maltose tabby that evidently lay in her
lap for that purpoe, "don't you long
for spring, with its balmy breath, its
warm sunshine and its gentle showers,
which awakens nature, and puts life
into everything that has laid cold and
dead during the long winter, and brings
cveryth'ng up out of the cld. cold
ground into light ami lie?" "Well,
hardly, widow, responded the old dea
con, " vou know I buried my second
wife last fall." Korhrater Herald.
Keeping the Patient Unlet.
44 He seems to bo much worse to
day," said the doctor, as ho contem
plated the patient. "Did you keen
him perfectly quiet, as 1 dirculcil,
nurser""
"Sakesa massy! of course I did."
replied the nurse. " Goodness gracious!
hu hasn't moved all night."
S
"Anvthing going 011 iu the house to '
disturb" him?" t
44 M- sake, of course not. They had
a little dancing party in the parlor, and
a fight tip-stairs, and some burglars got
into the basement, ami the servant girl
set fire to her bed, and the fat boarder
fell down the second flight, ami the man ,
iu the next room licked his wife, and
the water-pipe busted on the floor bo
low, and the gentleman in the back par
lor gave a little supper, and there was '
some music iu the third story, aud the '
cats got out upon the back fence, and
the little girl up the third pair died iu
the night, but he never moved. Bless
your heart, he was the quietest man you
ever saw!"
"Quito right; quite right; did you
give him the pills?"
44 My gracious: I forgot the pills, hut
I gave him all the powders, eight
set-i
litz powder., four Dover powders, and
all the quinine powders and the mix
tures, thrccof 'em, and all but the pills."
44 Just so. Did you change the band
ages'on his head?"
44 It wasn't any use. He wouldn't
keep 'cm on. You never Saw anything
like him. I put four pillow on his head.
and he kept still .is mice af.cr that.'
I see. Was he delirious during the
..l-UiS'l
"Oh! wasn't he? but ho hasn't hoi-
Inreil nitieh for two hours. He's been
lllllk.
prettr quiet since he fclloutof beil. UcH
r iiwutr. y cr wvat ,
fore that he was restlcs
I'Stleas."
44 Of course, naturally. Any of his
friends been to fco himr" "
"There wore ten or a dozen heroTill
night, playing card and enjoying them
selves. But he paid no attention to
tUn.r. '
44 1 suppose not-
Ha3n't asked for
anything. has he?'
4 Not for a long time.
?. .lnn..
well, isn't he, doctor?"
"Yes, yes, as well as could bo cx
cted. As ncur as I cau judge, he has
en ilcaxl about twelve hours. You
pec
been
needn't continue tho medicines. Just
keep him quiet, and don't let anybody
taiK
rest.
And
bili
Brookly
Ilntr
2vow that red-headed girls are In
ctt-1 sirrrrrrtctir.ns are. bo:nor madf n.s to
the wav ihev should dres". A fashion .
writer savs: "There are three tvnes of '
nnburn-haired women brown-eved.
l.'no.ntiul.tnd nr-Ar-oved. Stranfu a .
you may thinkit,"evcn the Mtio-eved
rosas shouui never wear oue, xor oiae.
Intensifies the color of blue eyes. Here
I SU..: .w ;n-t.n .r. An OT.f.TnT. am
is a fabric, for initan c. on which arc
r 1 ti .1 1 .1 hrfeik I. tho ogsaro sent down tin
End the other evening, and the : only ; b k Jthu jVm nJl ,, , ,
musician present was a fuddle! tiddler. ; 0 t,c ,ak T,,(, ,0,n.aIU!,s
whom a witty par, e.pant ju the oxer- a sanded, the logged nitum to
c.ses of the floor characterized as a full , r , , thrnv;rr.ir,ver, alono
orchestra --Huston lost. . . ,..t. . . ,... .... .1 ; ... . .
to mm. uafc wai iww n 7tVit." 1 7..TIU5JII LTTi"' ",u 1 u tlL:-ti- . iT.7 CTJ- i" " .
u vi. kui, i"ii-;iun.i mqj iitajr in; THJClCll. jL-V j jw mo-- it.vti. it--
the doctor certified to tho relia- ini-iwra:u jogs now cfjtne sailing '" moruant inav woniu ren-
ty of the nurse, and departed. aiong. l'" 5P'i quicKcning a they rwjuiB.coiBPi iKHroanrnu
n Fttnlr mar uicuuivc ttiicn incv rcacil it -wwiuwiB'iw-jBtrfiii iih iivr,
'J -ntu',1rt "tUrr.,,,." 1 'fi.a-r.t.lit - r 1 ' A nwment ni. tbn sf ur to.r -
iiAii.HlrM KirU Should n. continuous thud rainghng with the roir V?' " change It Ul
red. blue and green spots. I fatcn on 1 vast arrayof logs and I oace aw i Tfe Prtty women wlw loot ugly a
it a piei e of blue riblKin. and yoa in- twenty-four thonsand in one driTc not photograph wight to. ia wine &,'
stantantly sec tha: the blue spot? be. one goes through the iduico but L Bhocr benefactions upon bltn. Dtit
come moreconspfcuot than cither tcI jded on to it by one or more of the ' ruCs XonlJdy. j
or green ones. Savr. I put on a bit of" drivers. Tfcey often ridcasdiag on
green ribbon, and the green fro'.5 take the floating log, condocting this pmh-, The foUowin- rcach-d the Xw
your eyp; now a red ouc: and the red ing that, fanrrying another, straighten- Orleans Picayune last month with tb
spots stanu oui- ina ganm; .0 ;
blue-eyed girls who are not red-headed,
anu to gins wu gru-uu zia
w,th prominent transparent
vvho can. bv weanng a bine
blue ribbons, or turquois jewelry.
nance tae ome 01 inetreyeu. jorevurn
to the roas. they can Txexer wear
pink, albeit there is a shadow of pale
yellowish prak tnat can be vcnturcil
nr n OAtilprrtpn. oIiTft-orriw.n. (frsr.
. ... .-
- " V . , . ----' v.
greca Cnerer bright green), ston
ray. claret, maroon, plum, ataethy
r brownish-purple, dark amber, reds
withaa amber tint, pale yellow: and
dark brown. Velvet is the fabric above
all others which should be freely used
in the toilet of the roasa-s. Pearls, ,
amber and gold ornaments are becosi- i
212 to them- Diamonds axe too Cajhy." ,
upua ptviiucuou jjac3u wi.i;t:c j wiooiaMa ana an. loiiow ut kxni. r vears ob a'e. a
,v w.w. -w ; '-- -.-. .M. w v.,1 .c pU. iBiW-U iOC 'SUUKMUXJ31 StCC
auu apjuuuu. uzj iub. vwiuji; i jiuict. cohjeuhic wsen toe clam small "av Xt
uii;uCT. t.1 nna.n u a uwui;Mur, c .HMr oi icu nver-arr7ers go laco worxli sbot
gcauanne oiue 01 a ueep wne, mvaio.c i uiroHga ia the ooat3--a diawmnt ith ha ft
. 0ur loUIlfC ItoulcrS.
.1 good-is r to rrrSTKii.
Crttln Wmtcr 5 ..
UtfrutU(r lr t j-M.c.rit tviif.
.Kit tsiftnjr vumW vtcrf to.
!3 4
k rn"'n.r4tuiTrtia.
Aml riw w E
vrr t4Hsim irmn rc& nrrs ii;
P, hurry up, ! Wjirr. bwrtT '
swHHiiw.nr txf J" Hww agn;
Put hr-i tr Nprif. Jo wrh a tmttj.
KcT?iMn. Kwk r iitt t ni:
Vr. jn-l-tr. rHf. l Mkwl
W Kfc yn c"ir. tVatm. ft:
Urtnt nmm more tr iwtt forrwiwr,
Wimth ta Summer l4jr an 4utwv.
fMf nn rti. .vhh"1 Wmt
.!waj lm.-ei la jour vj-.
YYI. he ftt TJh ttn-4" & feMi4.!
Now ihc tpt r"K '! -itm.
5,. wrtcmi t'ithtwiitjcrtrtn.1.
l-auKbtatrvltlUiur. iriUl Mr
Mr. S. V. ctwn'. In Twfc C m-fn-u
(iCmMt M'T .SAW-LUGS,
411 Uv.; j-iii.1 "irl- know that board
Are made of nawct log-, and that Iocs
r., InmU nf tn-.vt. KkiW. IniWeTiT.
""- - V 7 . ' . .. .
know Ulh uhat l,arvM,jp and dlUlcuUV
... ,..., ...... ..n...i . ,,..,....! nA mr
j rk,,j fram uwr woo,Wlwrt ,jiv grow
, to lht, m.!l3 whert, llu.v aru ttuue ,Mll
tlard.
In the far Wot and in the wild. of
Mnin,, an asm uikjii acnu. and mM
iumiii uuIim. of ownrroen forU. Ono
wooded tract in MtTiic 1 st vast that It
' takesannrmy of cluiiprr twoHtt cr
to cutit'ovtT. Bv uVi- Urn it i ilimr a
new growth has sprung up, Wii an iu-
! turmed.ate.tmo u Luge enough to cut,
. tho chopping goes on ear ater
Uear. The hr-.t or pr.tuuvnl growthjs
pitie.
ri.-t i .,.wf v -,!...,.!.. fr-r
the pine are cut. spruce
and houdook
spring up and grow.
Mmi of thu mcli whi live in the vicin
ity of tho lake region work hi tho
woods iu thu winter. They camp in
tents and logjiuts nn.tr the tracts whrtn
they tiro felling trefj. All day long,
day? after da". week after woe. thy
chop down Mich trees as arc largo
enough to 1 ut. lop -oil' the bran he Mini
hud the logs tu llic nearest water. Tin
work is done in winter boeausp the- logs
arc moro easily managed over .nnyw
and ice. All brooks large enough to
carry them, all rivers, (tonds and lakes
ro prct)cd into service- and made to
convoy the pouderou freight towards
civilisation. All along tho idiom and
iu the wtods ate l'ii-v sew ne men.
oxen and horses hard at work, the
smoke from tho h'gijiug camps curling
ainoug tho trees.
Every log has tho initial or mark of
the owner choppe.l deep into the Wood
to ide.nl if v it. Then, when tho u
arc IcfUodiegiu thci&dula'.
' "The rivW-drivers are 'the men' who
travel with the logs fioin thu beginning
, of their journey till thev nnrsurrender-
od to the sawmill. Each wears shoos
t thu soles of winch nru thickly studded
with iron brad au inch long; and each
' carries along polo called 11 "piek-polo,"
which has a strong .harp pointed iron
spiku in the end. This they drive into
' the wood, and it supports and stendiet
them as they spring from log to log.
1 Their first duty is to collect "the
1 drive."' Tho logs which form 44Tho
drive"' are packed together and held !n
place by a chain of gimnMog.s which
stretches entirely around the drive.
forming what is called "the boom"
t Tho guard-logs arc chained together at
the end about two feet apart. Tho
guard isalways much larger, than the
! Immiiu of log.4, sjo hattho' .sbapo of the
' boom may bo changed for wide or nar-
low wuiun.-
And ihpJiiiad.oL oachJjini I . mft
which Mipport-s two largo windlasses. ;
each of which works an anchor. On
this head-raft about thirty rivcr-drivurN
take upjhyir position to direct the
course of the boom.
To change its position or fdtapc. tun
of tho drivers spring into a boat or
bateau; one takes 11 pad d to at the bow;
eight take 'oars; ami one, at the stern,
Holds the anchor. They row with quick
iiruKi't 10 war 1 mu niioi wneru llio
t ..Thodk.at (hen dart-vbaeklo thubead-
i- . u r - - - k ni i-nw --
works. Out spring the men to Juip
turn the windlass to wind the cable in.
Thev lng as limy work, and thu wind,
lass creasu a monotonous necompatil
iiieni as ".icet mo ov moonlight." or
t Ik, unmil'tp ("A ufiJ t.v..rV '.a.T..
-? ..j -. i v i .""?, .-v-' ,j'"'vi-
' cuuies uoaiiiig oier llie npjillllg water.
Meanwhile another bateau lias been
, out with another anchor; and as both
j windlncs 'turn. tli'c boom mviii-'s
toward the anchorage, anil thus Is so
much further on its way.
anchor in to be droppcil. tho cabin ail twonly fotir honr. IvU citlmatc4! tht
the time running from the windlass. tlfqunUty diaehftrged wilt & in
"Let go!" shunts tho foreman. ef&Mt'd hefon many vtr to .4WM),0'ii
.SoIashLirous thu. anchor, overboard, tatttc rnotoM dally. Kauh cubit in.flr
Though tho men sing as tkejr ivork, Jatioii. and th niudly ppos-iafp -.n-aml
make the best of 'tl'elr 'mishaps fe?'tly t'xtrtnding- farther :dywu. Uo$ rW
with 'y.iU and laughter, they often K.W. hd at the Fsm: lltflr ljih1lK
-:"'-' "'W& -KWflli" "'" "
, pin, my we.mu.T inoir HiniMrps are
. - , , . .... .
B" " nvoiuniarj oath in the i-y
wat-r being an cu-M of froquent 00-
I - I ' 1 t t
- - - ' - , ', 5J17'",V,r "Mr-nu.t n
" -rl... ". .-..v...ii ..imu m
very trvmg; frequently a heaii-uind
kvjill drivu Uuynback. from h, pasitiou
tichnfam&hjk?rn il!ui$n.
and all tho toil of fresh anchorage
must be repeated. "
5I' Tlio mmt danf erotm n.trt of itm u-rtr
"'hiiciBg" the lojs. When theboom
reaches the run which connects thu
lake or river with the dam thromrh the.
. .
Ksltxkeof yhiclLthgJrga ciust paii, the
K0k Fnrfol0 S jfc-Jsjchei!. and
fasten, in lines along Ik,iH nidcs of the
fniol thJrzlU,au:udfa.wauXMun:
fidc and anchored to tree.. The river-
drivers. hod vrUi their, uiot-po'e.
ot the water. Uu. thev jdioot the
nTt tfiw faitinni'iLffUrtlii mf.nii... riJOTU the liaiej would f.ot itfa it
sluice! lojr.afler log two,u. d.zcn i ' :4 nue, -ffIl J'hoiograplfjr to
togctherpilching, tossing. strug"l:r.:. A? f:ui 4Itcc to many cutr-
leaping end over end, finally ubm?ttfnlr
to destiaVandJing tcrenclvdown thn
river toward aootherlaktr. -
Maa white tho river-dritrf.r with
their long po'cs and quick movement.
iwudhoi unuxe a oaoaol ikavaen,
have enough to
Will HTM All fh
do. with ftteaiiv UnU '
is
and eyes on the. alert- For of alL the
.;, - 4 c.'g; ana just tw-
fore the Jog on which a dnvcr stands
among the rocs m the seething water
After all the logs arc safelv In?!rf.
the chains o! the guardj are alippcl. f
tre rafw are broken up. and these.
. .. ..
eye-. .,CJ,priIlg,ujaBoujer ccaperone that knoww hnr t rr.
corneas. TV oc to bun if his foot uhould slip, or ahoaw ia iu nroncrrBn.r,n th v,..'l'
drc5 or his leap faill He would be erch! , Lelo makAl ihrln., ,, ., '. -n r
en- among the log in the sluice, or dashed pected in good society with ood el-
it - ; "" .. . twcjiu m 10 lEarrv anil thms, you nJ
have gone uader water, eatirely ,& of IU! the place vitc to me fcrl mm
I sight, to come op below the faH-vand. whatissr Direc to " er
more than once have lives been loft in "
1 this foolhardy feat- I -n, - f
A boom "enerallv frn- thmJi. n-Bpwniag companies
to ,i'iJJ)2J rwolw.1 le
r1-.tiw fc?. fv rJi . U- ...
month to rrh t mU
" ' .- . v -YHMtfv ifcwj iAi .
. Occasionally the lobetooeiawed
intbenveR, aadxapjt wait for xaorc I
water: U thi ran b supplied frnm a
UVtr-ftbovc tho diaiculty l y
fumedted.
In the Spriag of J" a si occurred
at Mpttan in Mainp. On? lo -ww
piled forty feol atJT th" wjtfr nl
covrrvd n Mtnt of arn rv ktf)p
an ordiBary villace "DH ifrwU frrtn
attracted ninnv visitor frl H prt
of thf rounlrv until th rrK lrvi
of :ko iwxt rwrcM ijty k rtiw
wrth irnlnf tfW t U kw tW Ml
lr tfemt n vWtr wr. - Mr. S .
The Iflhinct? of Bid (Vsipn;f.
It km dnrtaj; m rUK Iw Yo
kr. muuit Hr as1. ihnt I iiwwwd
tJo deirMCUr iH'ttt'me ( fcI -pony.
vou ia lh kusUw ot MUtf
1 had a bomUtfu! jmribMi. U .
A ot.tt, nejtto J trvV. wa4tq
row of lnre aMntfcu-M. WTwwfw
tall foliae. Mrlr in tin prc A1
wre rtrybcnutftu) 1 U f4smtri ng
KwnJn.-ud'.t. xKH!jr wrfcft Hit
tj;rtmth tK di!rnnt v,?h
liwv atPArwd ar xmuad. w? t
xn dii'Yrrd that h th phutl ttmr
thoe trro- Uifnn i Imv mrftW -
P arnn.r. and )u ctvly mar 4 Item
a'a'lO WWUItfil
.. 'It .1 . . . .iUUt- .. ..
rhnallatithufr'.rr. wkfih ltlttmAt-
rfeal inIorta'itnd of batKifl l4wjr. t
tipverthp'r a pHo Iter. ,V I
looked upon mi sttrdwa in mtttwimtnor.
and miw Um rirb. ,MiNrt vnjrtMiin
iu i-ttp tnrt of H ttd vtl.i5
d wnrted m Ur Mhmr, wtnr tW nlUclhu-..
I'jtutd., -
RliM' iKu
cffl tniHlt(Hf ( ktvl
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"" ir ""J1- Jf "" lv
wuouff lw tr u tdlv W a mml
". h"' " w4 m.t
Un. , wmp on W nil ...m
'Pi1 "Wj4 inlhirit.? Ii -warn
aurintr mv iwu. n wnswr. n-. 1
en a rood Ihv irnnvMiie fa'tly ait
Ins td u-i, aiui !uif rm r!iiu
ing his cilmi havd.fouml Ikat wkfflt l
of school he w a 111 lit pumpMM ' l
bov s 1hv h w h i1mhwUp " tl an I
laiV, and jtrrbnpi guUty of m tt
pF-ftlcos
lloro was the KnU Ju ti wm
pauv of ,lliu I oj b lMrd HoUuaj b.
iw'n6thg fflWitjf or jrnU'ff kr
Their w!uciiuh ovur htm vv !
ward, and oulv dowmvwd. A r rt
thu ovd uilot-Ui ire not mi jfpfcbl
but bv di'greos they bnpm U It fU
and icPii.
John, nl tho ago of frMtrttNM. Ipm
home for a btmrdiniJ'stdiwol. o tin
bet and mot 'jiNttW. Up Wa l i
onrcfidlv trained at hum It t
bv punts parents. H h a mAiim b,
beloved bv all who know him. II
litarcJumip with the lKWnlK'Us'
lorlng- parent. -Murn nil. fcrtrfttt.
lloetitPra a tunv world.
Tim principal of th strhtud nm kt
w f art devoted to th welfare f all
under tholr nnf. TIipy iw twrvtutt.
far iu lies In thir powr, to iwtftvv
bad hoy into their suluwl.
John" has fr his rootu-mt n k 11
littlo oldur than hiittlf. !! hu h-ii
In the "chOol but atww wiwfU. Uul tint
far was ooMslderd a p bjr. lm
has however, on or two wrr ut
mrahlo trniU of chnrntr. W Md
not iiatiio them heri- SnV i tv
that, iu .11 idiurt time. Jlwi null h-
riHhi'-tuuto are both 'IUd frimi
school. Tho uiMtnuieo of hi rHitu.mirt
over John noon list him to co'mksU ttp
same crime." of whleh holtvl oUp Ii-ii
ginly bufore John oiitirt-d tin 'Uml
Had n loom mnt been j(ivii Jltt
who would hove led him iu right wy..
as ho had beoti trained wiwii at Uhb.
ho might hnvo graduated frwm tW
ttchool w.th it h'gheit In hod.
Lot this one v.x.unp e no'ltae fur thu
saitjh of n niimiar hara tor.
Boy, n you hop f.r it itvbt I
tnio "uiatiuood. bo careful who your
companion are. Seek tlio eontjKinlmi
hiof thum who will (iiooumito yw
iir all noblu eilort to u vour miiy pa '
bov to vour parent and tjnphc,r. and
nooviitll. to yourneil ami yinir mi
The difference botweon th in tin
of good nnil bad coliijwitv Is wid tm
the diMnnrn between heatmi ntwl blt.
U'mAiw'ou iw't.mk-I, l'rmriU j
.V. . Stale Xmtid .AW.
I'.irls mill Its tilth.
Tho ewers of Pan diehnrg Jfi,
Glfl cubic met(t of liquid matter ijvvrr
. m .
of Jfjjuld ronlaltiH two and a half kRo-
griwmei oi uoiui maur, ox wimmroti"
kilogramme and ti lutlf invrely In so.
&ninn Thbt suiff. flowing fiito th
So Jie, ratines nu wx-timtilatioii of lit.
OX cubic metert of mud in ayo.tr nltJt
tiKinlliii nf tli coliiIililK nnil innliH rtM'.
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J '' o' inii'iiiH mi nmumi miwh-
ditum of tionriv u(Xi,(JW fraiioj. liVfti
'Ihwaum in not adeqimte for tfce pur-
. fofQ. Far from srcuriiig thu ichiov!
of tho ohtn:ctioti, it U not ovt'fi rl-
ficlent to prevent a rontiniel neoimm.
rJNiekttr. ftim'e ito uier imvo inwom
Fnb&ul. yanl thh k, and ocoiipy" nvariv
a quartProi-UKi ik-u ox my rirfngirom
AtnieriH to hevond Chat on. Thdj1
haH, moreover. M!cn xnado foul, aud -i
traters have beeotne unfit for d"incjtk.
in poKoaou to fili and a ouru ol
icOd cmaoatlotis. Vtpulnr Aet'rK
Motitiil'j.
lUfrwluclnz Ifae Color of .Valtirr.
They ny it ha l;m JceomplIh4l t
lasti 'Frotich betnlti It claimed.
"""" psomgrapas m wnicn an? f-
-..Z fc. 1 I LA .
Pro'4"c,'1 the colors a wtdl a Hot fomi j.
' tt objot-t. H.N
" th pobilitw
ffraP,,--J V"
uim ikinaj -iff-ii
w 01 tins pli'rfo-
vw at !irt doe a-
lua!- rcproduco color a HiLaJirit .
anifif it eoukl be kept in a vrv dark
-wfa. A chwic outline, nt tt-
u'r wnnt lco ctnpl?xJon. take veil m
aa ordinary portrait. But tho? fu
: blonde woma with tlihoi
n, charnung complexion, all jen
l4" ,,,awy k"'-j r vrumnwi uy to
JMzrapBer. Uliw hajl the Krcn i
w:r, and crown htm with Iptirwl-.
reqoe that it hotdd U ptibbtbfrd w
aa advertbement. "I waai xhtmn
fcatioB but not thrograduakr wiih orn
tTroTrtv n tt-. 1, -,.it -.. . -
thotmad dollar or roore Mdiits
elrl bat not to execute Tritr'rAr
that is roragcJaaL
maa with darelc bair
umall erenrand rotiad
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