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About Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1895)
V m h & j WAS FULTON FIRST. MOREY RAN A VESSEL 14 YEARS EARLIER. Wan Bank, He Thought, by RlTals Palton Saw Ills Model and, It Ii Claimed, Stole the Vermonter's Idea and Became Famous. HO invented the first steamboat operated in this country? Robert Fulton has earned immortal fame as the inventor, but -was he really en titled to it? asks New York World. In 1803 Fulton ex perimented on the River Seine, in France, with a small steamboat, and in 1807 launched an other steam vessel on the Hudson river. The latter trial gave him the credit of what has ever since been ac cepted to be the first practical opera tion of a steamboat. But it is now claimed that Capt. Samuel Morey of Fairlee, VL, Invented a steamboat which, in 1793, made a trial trip on the Connecticut river. Among those who witnessed this event was the late Rev. Cyrus Mann, at that time a boy. In an address at the centennial of the town of Oxford, N. H., where Capt. Morey was born, he said: "So far as is known, the first steamboat ever seen on the waters of America was invented by Capt. Samuel Morey, of Oxford, N. H. Tho astonishing sight of this man ascending the Connecticut river, be tween that place and Fairlee, in a lit tle boat Just large enough to contain himself and the rude machinery con nected with the steam boiler and Just a handful of wood for a fire, was wit nessed by me in my boyhood, and by others who yet survive. This was as early as 1793, or earlier, and before FuU ton's name had ever been mentioned in connection with steam navigation. "There is no reliable evidence from history to show that Fitch was the in ventor of steam navigation in this country, from the fact that the progress in that art cannot be traced back to him; but it can be traced to Robert Fulton, nnd from him directly to Capt. Samuel Morey, and nowhere else. It is settled beyond all question that Morey had launched his boat on the waters of Vermont before Fulton had accomplished the same thing in New York. It is also a well-established fact that Fulton visited Morey at Fairlee for the purpose of witnessing his suc cessful experiment before he himself had launched any kind of a steam craft; and it can be shown that Morey had been engaged in such experiments for years before," Capt. Morey on this first trip suc ceeded in making four miles an hour acalnet the current This first steam boat was a rough craft with crude ap paratus. It was propeHed by a paddle wheel at the bow, and the engine also was located near the bow. ' Morey after this first trip visited New York and consulted with Fulton and Livingston in regard to his invention, showing them the model. They thought favorably of his invention, but advised him to place the engine in the middle or side of the boat rather than in the front part, and his paddle wheel in the rear. Capt. Morey now made a much larger boat. This also was propelled by steam, and the power was applied to a paddle wheel in the stern. It was also fitted with paddlewheels on the sides, which could be turned by hand power. .The boat was called the Aunt Sally, and was painted white and adorned with fan tastic red stripes. In the year 1820, it is alleged, the boat was sunk in Morey Lake, a sheet of water in the vicinity of Fairlee, named after Capt. Morey by jealous enemies who filled It with bowlders. Others assert that Capt. Morey, fear ing that his contemporaries might see the boat and deprive him of his patent by infringement, Bank it himself. It is said to lie in about eighteen feet of water at the south eml of the lake, a few rods off shore. The spot is cov ered with pickerel grass and the mud dy bottom is very soft. In all proba bility it is by this time completely cov ered. Some attempts have been made to raise it. In 1874 the New Hamp shire Antiquarian Society appointed a committee to find the boat, but the commltte searched in vain. Up in Vermont it is Bald that Fulton, conceiving the idea of the invention from the model he had seen, despoiled Morey in later years of the fame and name which he should have had. And Morey, his friend said, in his last years was of the same opinion himself and spoke bitterly of Fulton. The model of the boiler and engine are still in existence, and are in the possession of C. F. Bracey, of Wells river, Vt., and Judge Kibbe, of Fairlee, VL Trade In Tarantula. According to a Fassadena paper the capturing and shipping of tarantulas may be classed as( one of the industries of the Pacific coast. The business in this unique traffic resulted last year in the shipment from that place of over 20,000 tarantulas to meet the demand of the tourist traveler, and it is esti mated that in the last five years 250,000 spiders have been sold. Daniel tloone's Gnn. Daniel Boone's gun is still carefully preserved. Its stock and barrel are five feet long and it carries an ounce ball. It is now owned by Nathan Boone Van Bibber, a, descendant of the famous Kentucky pioneer, and is in Charleston, W. Va, Tha origina powder born and bullet mold are with the weapon. WITH A RESERVATION. rerpleslty In a Colored Congregation Orcr an Unexpected Donation. Recently a bishop of tho Methodist Episcopal church returned from a tour of the south nnd mado his headquarters at one of the big hotels uptown, Bays the New York Tribune. To those who called upon him at tho hotel ho told a funny Btory about his experience among the negroes of the south. He went down with a party to one of tho fashionable winter resorts along the coasL One Sunday he was told of a service that was to be held at a col ored Methodist church several miles in land. It was suggested that the party attend these services, and accordingly carriages were ordered and tho drive was made. Tho rest of the story is best told In his own language. He said: "When wo arrived at the church wo found that it was to be a sort of special service to raise money to pay off a church debt. Thoy had recently erect ed a new church, and It was only part ly paid for. The local bishop had been summoned and a great effort was being made to get the money. When wo had taken our seats a colored brother came around and asked ub if we would not go to the front, but we declined. In the course of his remarks tho bishop dwelt upon the good work that had been done in the name of the Redeem er, and called upon everyone present to contribute something toward paying off the great debt that tho church had as sumed In building a now houso of wor ship. He said that the debt was 1142.35, and thnt it must be met His elo quent plea reached our hearts, and we made up a little purse among our selves and raised $100. Tho money was handed to me, and I, when tho plato was passed around, laid a crisp $100 bill on the plate. While tho money was being counted a song service was held. It was plainly evident to us that something unusual was going on, and there was a subdued air of excitement among those counting tho money. Fi nally the bishop stepped to the front and raised his hand. Tho music ceased at once. He began to speak very gravely, and imagine our aston ishment when he said: 'Brethren, we have mot with remarkable success in our efforts today. We have received enough money to pay off the debt and a surplus of $14.12 that Is, providin' the bill which tho gentleman from the north gave us is genuine.' " Tiano l'laylng and Neurosis. A corresponding member of the PariB Academy of Medicine has sent to that learned body a memoir in which he maintains that the numerous cases of chlorosis, neurosis, and neurasthenia observed among young girls is duo to learning to play on the piano and to the hours devoted to practicing. He has drawn up careful statistics from which he concludes that, among 6,000 pupilB obliged before attaining the age of 12 to learn to play tho piano, nearly 12 per cent suffer from nervous troubles. The author does not attempt to draw up statistics of the victims among per sons who have to listen to their per formances. British Medical Journal. Draining a Lake. The Fanfulla of Rome announces that the projects of the draining of the Traslmenian lake, which has been talked about for more than 2,000 years, will at last become a fact. A syndicate of capitalists has bought up the ter ritory surrounding the lake, and the Immense undertaking will be started this year. The circumference of the lake, in which there are three small Islands, is more than thirty miles. Its depth averages nine feet. It is pro posed to finish the work inside of two years, and it is to cost 12,000,000 lire ($2,400,000). WHAT WOMEN ARE DOINO. MrB. George Lewis of Boston thinks she 1b the youngest grandmother in America. Her age is 32 yars. John Oliver Hobbs (Mrs. Cragie) has been elected president of the society of women journalists of London, Sarah Bernhardt is to begin her first tour of Germany next fall at the ex piration of her American engagement Miss E. Thornton Clark, the sculp tor, is said to be fond of pets of all Eorts, and her prime favorite is a mouse. Three persons were recently saved from drowning at Hythe, England, by the courage and skill of Miss Evans, a girl of 21. Mrs. Bertha Welch, of San Francisco, has given more than $150,000 in the last tour years to St. Ignatius' church of that city. Miss Allco French ("Octave Thanet") Is a Yankee by birth (partly of Vir ginia lineage), an Iowan by adoption and a southerner by choice. An American woman Is about to make a tour of the mikado's realm on a bicycle. She will publish a book called "Unpunctured Tires In Japan." Miss Douglas, the champion amateur markswoman of England, recently scored fifty-seven bull's-eyes In suc cession with a revolver at twenty yards' range. A bust of Charles Sumner, made by the colored woman sculptor, Elmondia Lewis, will be one of the attractive exhibits of the negro building at the Atlanta exposition. It !b expected that Lady Betty, wife of Chief Secretary Balfour, will do her best to make his Irish administra tion popular, She Is a woman of great talent and social tact Lady Haberton, inventor of the di vided skirt, is said to have a new fad. She contends that female servants, should wear knickerbockers, as such costume facilitates movements, Mrs. Frank Weldon, wife of Frank Weldon of the Atlanta Constitution, is in correspondence with the Princess Nazle, of Cairo, Egypt, In reference to exhibits at the cotton fair next fall. SLEEPINQ IN COFFINS. Strange Religions Community In Mont real, Which Renonnces the World. The strnngest religious community in tho world Is one founded in Montreal by a certain Dr. Jacques, a graduato of tho Victoria School of Medicine, who, during the year in which small-pox raged In Montreal, visited no fewer than 1,200 patients and did much good work in tho city. Among those patients was a family from St. Fiorenco named Aubln, and tho father and mother, with five daughters, now llvo under tho doc tor's roof. Tho parents, who do not belong to the cbraraunlty proper, llvo llko ordinary mortals, but tho five chil dren lead a llfo almost as severe as tho terrible austere regime of the Carmel ite nun. They are robed In red ma terial, with a white headdress falling down over their shoulders. These girls have no education whatever, yet their medical protector says they are very learned in things pertaining to the celestial sphere. By tho Bide of a nicely decorated altar stands a post about stx feet in height, nnd upon the latter hangs an ox chain ten feet long. When Montreal is given over to carnivals, to balls and parties, and when it Is easy for frail man and womankind to bo tempted, it Is at these seasons that tho five sisters devoto themselves most In tently to penitence nnd prayer. This heavy chain is hung around each sis ter's neck for an hour at a time, while they kneel in prayer for their sisters of the world whom destiny has thrown in temptation's way. Each bod is a large deep coflln, painted black, and covered over with gray cotton. Tho pillow is made of soft wood and not a single article of clothing Is visible. The five sisters sleep upstairs, tho second lloor being divided fhto n half dozen smnll, cheerful rooms or cells. Tho furniture in each of these sleeping apartments consists of a black coffin, a table and a tin wash-basin, tho same absence of clothing being quite as marked as on tho floor below. Dr. Jacques himself occupies a room on the ground floor, and sleeps in a large, bare coflln throughout tho Bummer and winter. The only recognition of this famous community by tho Archbishop of Montreal Is In the fact that one of tho city's clergymen Is spiritual di rector of the five sisters In question, of wHom three go to communion every morning and two or three times a week. WINDING ROPES FOR MINES. Uelglan Makers Are Turn Ins: Them Out of Great Strength and at Low Cost. In tho Comptes Rcndus an account 1b given of some flat winding ropes made by Belgian machine builders for use In the deep collieries of the Mons and Charleroi districts. The largest of these is Intended to lift a load of six and one-half tons, made up of three and one-half tons weight of cage and six tubs and three tons net load of coal from a depth of 1,200 metres (3,937 fdet). The ropes are made of Manilla aloe fibre ot a flat section, with ten strands tapering in breadth and in thickness. The average weight per metre is 11 kilograms (24.2 pounds), giving for the length of 1,350 metres a weight of 14.85 tonB for each rope. The working strain will be 90 kilograms per square centimetre (1,280 pounds per square inch) at the thick and 110 kilo grams (1,564.5 pounds per square inch) at the thin end. The winding engines are intended to be worked with steam at four atmospheres boiler pressure, and to be capable of bringing the load from the bottom of the mino to the bank in C5.4 revolutions. These are the first 10-stranded ropes that have been made In aloe fibre, and it 1b expected that their life will be about two years. Flat steel ropes are also in use at what is known as the Providence pit in the Charleroi district of Belgium. These are made of eight parallel four stranded ropes tapered by reducing the number of wires in the strand from 12 to 11 and 10, according to position. The breadth of the rope varies from 200 millimetres (7.8 Inches) at the thick to 170 millimetres (6.6 inches) at the thin end, and the average weight is 12 kilograms (27 pounds) per metre. The winding engines at this pit handle a gross load of 12 tons, 6 tons for the cage and 12 tubs"and 6 tons of coal, from a depth of 950 metres (3,117 feet), This rope lasts only twelve months. Advertising Himself. An Ohio revivalist named Jonas ap pears to have gone into the business of reviving as a profession. His "ad" in the paper declares that "ho has a strong voice and is able to speak to the largest audiences at grove meetings. He is not backward about speaking twice a day where opportunity Is afforded. His heart is full of the work and he is anxious to reach people with his mes sage of deliverance. He can preach on Sundays as well as talk politics on week days. He Is a very efficient revivalist. He has a wonderful faculty of enter taining, holding and convincing audi ences and can speak in the same place night after night with continually in creasing attendance." Playing Cards. Playing cards were introduced into Europe by a crusader about 1390, to amuse Charles IV., King of France, who had fallen Into a gloomy state of mind bordering on mndness. The hearts were originally called Caesars, and were de signated to represent the ecclesiastics. An 18 1-2 rnnntl 1'rlncr, Not far from the bathing beach at Rye, N. Y., is a camp of prosperous gypsies. Recently Mrs. Tryphena Zut, the queen, gave birth to a son, which weighed eighteen and one-half pounds. Local doctors say this beats the record. .Inst Like Them. A Bethel (Me.) experimentalist has discovered that potato bugs can faBt sixty days in an air-tight bottle without serious discomfiture. LIVED LIKE THE EATS. DISCOVERIES RESPECTINOSOME ARIZONA INDIANS. They narrowed In the Rarth In Fact. They Had Subterranean Hotels on a Grand Bcale Imagination nnd Sens of Dignity. N EXPLORATION in tho Rio Vcrdo valley of Arizona, conducted for tho bureau of ethnol ogy by Cosmos M indole ft, has brought about somo new nnd interest ing discoveries re specting a prehis toric race. Thcso peoplo burrowed in the earth llko rata. Their houses wero holes In tho hills, some of thom so extensive as to bo vcrl tablo subterranean hotols, tho apart ments being in suites for the occupancy of families. Eight miles south ot Verde, on tho cast sldo of tho river, is tho now empty homo of a once prosper ous underground community. It haB 200 rooms on tho mnln lovol, divided In to seventy-four distinct nnd soparate sets. On a level above, constituting a Becond story, are fifty-six roomtt In twenty-four Bets. It 1b bolloved that tho entire establishment accommodated 150 to 200 peoplo. Hollowed out of the faces of tho cliffs in that region are thousands of rooms, sometimes In clus ters of two or three, while now nnd thon will bo found such an elaborate excavation as that just described, af fording quarters for a community of considerable size. The places chosen for such workings nro along tho faceB of cliffs whero strata of soft rock ap pear. Tho rooms genorally are rudely circular, tho largest being thirty feot and the smallest five or six feet In dl nmeter. In the underground hotclB a suite ordinarily conslts of one large main room in front, entered by a nar row hall from tho face of tho bluff, and a number of smaller rooms connected by narrow doorways or short passages. There is no outlet Into the open, except through the mnln room or parlor. Us ually there are a number ot little stor age rooms, or cubby-holes, correspond ing to closets. These aro from ono foot to five feot In diameter, on a level with tho floorB. Tho deserted dwell ings of these burrowing people have been found In New Mexico and Colora do also. In some places the hills have been literally honoycombed by them. W. H. Holmes, the ethnologist, has de scribed a picturesque promontory of rock which must have been at ono time a veritable human hive. Says ho: "As one from below views tho rugged window-pierced crags he 1b unconsciously led to wonder if they are not the ruins of an ancient castle, behind the molder ing walls ot which are hidden the se crets of a long-forgotten people. But a near approach quickly dlspelB such fancies, for the windows prove to be only doorways to irregular apartments, hardly sufficiently commodious for a race of pigmies." Along the Rio Grande, la New Mex ico, near the modern Pueblo of Santa Clara, are cliffs of volcanic Band and ashes. Into the face of these cliffs many chambers have been excavated, tho rock being friable and easily worked. Tho specific gravity of some of the rocks Is so low that they will float on water. For mile after mile tho hills ore studded with dug-out rooms, of which there aro many thousands. Some of them evidently were used as stables for asses, goats, and sheep, judging from the accumulations of droppings found. Others wero for the storage of grain. Often steps were cut In the cliff-faces, forming rude stair ways by which the chambers could be reached. Not much is known about the history of the Rio Verde valley. With in recent years that region has been a stamping ground of the hostile Apache and Walapal. So late as twenty-five years ago, when settlement by the whites was begun, the rifle was more necessary than the plow for success ful agriculture. At present, the valley Is ono of the best-known mining dis tricts in Arizona. In early times the Verde was known as tho Rio San Fran cisco, and trappers and prospectors told many tales of wonderful ruins to be found along its banks. Three Tricks for Slender Folk, Dainty shoulder finishings are In great numbers, and aro highly regard ed, especially by slender women, to whom they bring the appearance ot In creased width, so much desired. One of the most beautiful of these devices is the long scarf of chiffon, tied into fes toons by butterfly bows of ribbon and finished at the ends by bunches of flowers and ribbon. The festoon that passes about the shoulders is allowed to droop well over them, the little bows coming Just to the front or over the round of the shoulder. Elaboration is accomplished by giving to this pair of bows long and fanciful ends. These scarfB are offered at big prices in the stores, but four yards of chiffon and a pair of deft fingers accomplish the same thing for very little money. Stopped a Runaway with Her ShawL John J. Daly was driving along Bull's Ferry road in New Jersey the other morning, when one of tho wheels of his buckboard Btruck a stone and the sud den Jolt threw Mr. Daly from his seat He fell upon the axle between the wheel and the body of the wngon, but mnnaged to hold on, though the fright ened horse ran away, Mrs. Mary Fischer of Miles avenue. West New York, stepped Into the roadway and spread her shawl out in front of the animal bringing him to a stop. iir. Daly was badly shaken up, but was not hurt. SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS. The Mythological Story of Two Famous Monsters. In ancient writings Scylla and ChnrybdlB nro always mentioned In con Junction and interesting myths aro con nected with them. Scylla Is a rocky capo on the west coast of South Italy, Jutting out into the sea bo ns to form a smnll peninsula at tho northern en tranco to tho Straits of Mcsinn. Early In tho fifth century, B. C, a fort wns built upon tho rock, nnd In courso of tlmo a small town grow up, straggling down tho slopes toward tho sea. Tho nnclonts looked upon the navigation of thlB plnco as attended by great peril, though at tho present day the danger Is not more than attends tho doubling of any ordinary cape. It Is no wonder, however, that the ancients considered it a dangcrotiB point, for, according to Homeric legend, the rock was tho homo ot a vicious monster called Scylla, pos sessing twelve feot, bIx long necks, six big mouths, with thrco rows of sharp tooth in each and who barked llko a dog. This hideous monster, they be llovcd, wns over ready to pounco down upon nnd destroy Bhlps whenever op portunity occurred, If they wore fortu nate enough to escape Scylla they wero still in danger of running into Cbaryb dls unless they kept a sharp lookout Galofaro is tho modern name of Charyb dl 8, and it Is a celebrated whirlpool In the Straits of Messina. Homer places ChnrybdlB exactly opposite to Scylla, probably to exaggerate tho danger of the navigation, nlthougn It is not im probable that the whirlpool may havo changed Its situation slnco his day. Even nt tho present day the navigation of thlB whirlpool is considered very per ilous, and It must hnve been extremely so to tho open ships of tho ancients. It Is described as being "an agitated water of from seventy to ninety fathoms in depth, circling in quick eddies." In this whirlpool, according to ancient be lief, dwelt tho monster ChnrybdlB, who three times each day sucked down all the water of tho sen nnd three times ench day threw it up again, destroy ing everything that camo within its reach. D. V. F. It Is Common. So arc the stars and the arching skies, So are the smiles In the children's eyes: Common the Ilfe-glvlng breath of the spring; So arc the songs which the wild birds be God, they are common. Common the grass in Its glowing green, So Is the water's gllBt'nlng sheen; Common the springs of love and mirth, So are the holiest gifts of earth. Common the fragrance of rosy June, So Is the generous harveBt noon: So are the towering, mighty hills, So are the twittering, trickling rills. Common the beautiful tints of fall, So Is the sun, which Is over all: Common the rain, with its pattering feet, So Is the bread which we dally eat Blessed be God, they are common. So is the sea In its wild unrest. Kissing forever the earth'a brown breast: So Is the voice of undying prayer. Evermore piercing the ambient air. So unto all are the "promises" given, So unto all Is the hope of heaven: Common the rest from the weary strife, So Is the life which Is after life Blessed be God, they are common. Wires Won't Work In Hoosalo Tunnel. It Is an old fact that the telegraph wires will not work through the Hoosalc tunnel. Messages have to'be sent on wires strung on poles over the top ot the mountain, fully nine miles, and that Is the way ingoing and outcomlng pas senger nnd freight trains are heralded to the keepers of the two tunnol ap proaches. In order to maintain this overland mountain lino a swath ot woodland has to be clear of trees and bushes directly up the steep mountain side. There are supposed to be mag. netlc ores Inside the mountain. LITERARY INDUSTRY. Locke Is said to have spent over six years in the preparation of his essay on the "Human Understanding." Charles Lamb would write one of his essays in an evening, after a day spent at his desk in the East India office, Byron spent the leisure hours of near ly four years In the preparation of the first two cantos ot "Chllde Harold." Grote is reported to have spent fif teen years in the work of preparing and writing his "History of Greece." Spenser, from first to last, consumed four years of tolerably steady labor in the preparation ot the "Fairy Queen." Dryden worked Irregularly, but con sidered that his dally task ought to comprise from 100 to 400 lines of verse. Douglas Jerrold is said to have de voted but a few hours to the prepa ration of each one of his Caudle lec tures. Mulhall, the great statistician, de voted nearly thirty years to the prep aration of bis "Dictionary ot Statis tics." Young wrote his "Night Thoughts" in less than six weeks as a means of comforting himself under his bereave ment Goldsmith wrote "The Vicar of Wakefield" in six weeks. It is said to have been a story ot bis own recol lections. Newton spent over eight years in experiments and the collection of data for his "Principles of Natural Phil osophy." Macbiavelll was many years In gath ering material for "The Prince," but the actual work of writing it was done in six months. Enraged at being refused a dance by a young woman at a ball in Chilepo, Mexico, Louis Martinez shot Into the crowd, killing three men and a woman. A POO AND A CAT. Two Stories That You Will All Ra with Interest. Two Instances nmong many that oc curred In my own experience go far t convince mo that dogs and cats pos sess mental powers identical in kind with thoBO of tho human mind. I lived in a house placed forty feet back from tho street, a picket fence in front and at each Bide, except that, at the side of my piazza, a tight board fence five feet in holght shut us off from my neigh bor's house, which was built against mine. My other neighbor owned two lots, ono ot which intervened betweca his houoo nnd mine. Tho rear ot this vacant lot was encumbered with quite a tnngle of vines and weeds, and be tween this rear pwt and my own very small back yard was a tight board fence five feet in height. Tho piazza fence has to do with my dog story, and the tangle of vines and weeds has to do with my cat story. I possessed a black-and-tnn of good proportions. When ho was out In the etrcet he could not get over the picket fence, but he had learned that by a bold leap he could catch his fore-paws on the top of the piazza fence and scramble to the top, whence it was easy to descend on the home side. One evening we were sitting on the piazza, and I happened to be close to tho fence, when I saw Mr. B.and-T. como to the gate. Finding it closed, ho trotted into the neigh bor's yard and leaped up the fence; but tho lnBtant his head appeared above the top of It, I gave him a sound ing box on the ear, which sent him backward to the ground. Ho went back a little way and eat down to think about It. After a while he walked out Into the street to our gate and decided to wnlt until somebody should open-It After a little while I let him in. He ran immediately to tho fence and spent fifteen minutes trying to find out whero that blow had como 'from. Ha waB satisfied it had como from our side, but he evidently had no suspicion that I was connected with it. His entire nctlon showed conclusively that ho had thoughts about what had befallen him, and a determination to find out the truth. We also had a favorite cat, which understood perfectly well tb'at she was a member of our family. After tho manner of cats, sho one morning in formed us with maternal pride of the advent of five little kittens In the wood shed. Our domestic relations were un changed and unimpaired for some days, until, in fact, the kittens began to sprawl around too much under foot in our very contracted back yard. One morning, without thought that Tabby was within hearing, and much less that she was capable of understanding, I said to the servant girl, quite In a busi ness way and without any demonstra tion klttenward: "Louisa, these kittens will soon be too much for us. When the boy cornea with the milk, s.c If he won't take four of them away." That's all there was of It; yet In less than twenty minutes the five kittens had disappeared over the fence, and we saw them no more until they were well grown and able to take care of them selves. Tabby was faithful to ub to the end, but no more kittens of here ever appeared on our side of the fence. Our Animal Friends. Cure for Hloomers. A cure for the bloomer croze has been found at last. It Is the Invention of a shrewd Vermonter, and in the sev eral Instances In which it has been tried it has worked almost as magically as magic. The inventor had a wife who rode a bicycle, and who insisted upon wearing bloomers every time she went out for a spin. Neither protests nor appeals nor threats could induce her to wear another coBtume. So ono day the husband, with a patience that would have caused Job to open Jils eyes, sat down and made a pair of bloomers for every hen in the poultry yard, and drawing them on the hens, called his wife to look at them. They looked just like she did, he said, when she was on the wheej In costume. A little more graceful, perhaps, but not a bad repro duction. There were some sharp words for a moment, but the woman hasn't worn bloomers since. What's more, she now declares that she never will wear them again. RELIQION AND REFORM. In 1894 the production of wine in France was 1,031,000,000 gallons, while In the United States it amounted to but 25,000,000 gallons. The W. C. T. U. Homo for Women at Eau Claire, Wis., has been established eight years and In that time has helped 149 young women to a better life. The empress of Japan Is president of the Red CrosB Society, which organiza tion gave such Christian and humane help to the wounded Chinese prisoners. Sixteen of the Samoan group of islands have been evangellzod entirely by native missionaries. The drink traffic is, as usual, the greatest hind rance to their work. The Christian Advocate notes that the Uwn of Duham, Me., with a popula tion of 1,253, has furnished 30 Metho dist ministers, and how many of other denominations it does not know. Finland has demonstrated that spirits are not necessary in cold countries, having become practically a total ab stinence country. This change has been effected under local option and woman suffrage. Mission work In New Mexico com menced In 1866. There are now 25 schools, more than 40 ministers and na tive helpers, and over 800 communi cants. There are about 40 missionary teachers on this field. The city of Texarkana voted the sa loons out, and immediately the Cotton Belt railway moved its machine Bhops from Pine Bluff to Texarkana, The company prefers to have its shops where there is no whisky sold.
