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VOL. LX?V. NO. 28.
The world is queer in its awful way;
% ^JTmaa may sTruggfe to reach tho top,
xAjid be to h?; work a slave;
But, though the best, he follows the rest
To death and a six-foot grave.
A man may sink to tho lowest depths
And drink of the dregs orilfe; "
Though steeped in sin whim death steps in
He leaves the world and strife.
ti*.* ?1
THE TRAGEDY S
A BRAVE MAN WHO
ind rii-Bpigg *a
JSone of us. out.iii Montaua ever
Ku?w, where^lie came' from or anything
" of.iiis p?sf; li? just- drift?(T-Uri am?jig
-?tf?a ^?o^'^?ef^hy^ia^rWecling ?lir
*vent :6u*n*sa?ay*M-:I ^?re^he '<v?V
iou^sab gestions 'w&i?'-as?'euY for* fn
those days it wasn't considered good
form to be inquisitive. Some men
didn't care to have their antecedents
particultuSy*- tiKprirl? i^t?,pjah<r one,
who per*isted-in loo1cing*lip tnerecortl'
of people he met sooner or later found
himself looking into something differ
-eni^-tl?e ?hufc?le of -W?W-3fc?kt?r>,';-: -
He had evidently come from some
mining country outouto the plain?, for
* ^re^iioticed: fha* one- of'^his-pack hoSruos
carried a pi0k;sh6vW krill goMpan'and
other implements jdf-: ."th? prospector.
But he wasn't broke H&eJifafe'TuajoTfty.
of tfoseuwamlei;et's.a? the-iearth.foi'-lia
carried a little sack ofigpld evin, ai.d
.after siUinjiarqiind^a few..days,listeu*
v rh g to thc Doya'?rioV getting tue fay of
the land, he purchased a" waggon"and
trading outfit of the compaiiy'nntl^be
came an lud?an trader ou a-small'
scale. On thc company's books -his
vjB?m^j^)peaceid> a$? jCTorien: ?s^ociie:
Perhaps it was his right name, and
perhaps it wasn't. The 'boys s;c4Ued
him Briny. He was .a thin, ;round
shouldered man of medium height,
black-ha?'ed and black-bearded. .Ho
had*'\*eTy^*^eVdriar"?eyes; they were'
deep set, behind great bushy eyebrows
and had an appealing,^ 'supplicating
?.<prpssibn:?n: ?keir-, gray depths- ll?c?
that seen in certain timid animals at
bny. The Inc1' >ns, quick to note any
little peculiarity of a man, named him
Ko-jjop-in-e (Afraid Eyes).
"When Briny came into ttie fort with
a load Of furs he would at ' once buy a
new outfit of trade goods nud then
spend his surplus capital arno :g the
boys. The last dolluV expended, he
would bitch up.Jjps team, al?d drive*<
.put oversee great plains--to ti?e ludian
camp, wherever it might be located at
the time, to tradejor^ auq^he?. ioajLof.
robes and furs.
Briny was >^:????^~,^*~;et and *
uga
t?e?, consider1*
and physically. -
men madjfeftj ^iatake: """^ST"*!
when thoy-: .sized Briny ??<*f the way
they d?. ? \Puei?*iey ^fod?rtf ?tft
their error, however, they acknowl
edged their if ault Trnd.;frOni'-t^at time'
oh treated'- him' lfke the man be was
up to the hour of his untimely death.
One.'w?itpr "Briny made .a'snccessful
.ti-ade with the Fiegdu. Indians, whu
wcrer hunTing and camping along the
t Missouri river in the vicinity of Cow
island. The ice beiug very thick-and
strong, he concluded to strive up the
vive? With iris Ibid 'of f-urs. tb the fo: t.
iu?t?atVoT^tTavelrng'ove? Tho cblcT,bar
ren prairie where neither-wood nor
shelter was to be found. lu those
times men not inaptly called wood
hawks were strung along the. river atl
con veuientj^infa-Sj^ei^fc^eYfoof '
of a Ioug'raphl^uc^?ade?:aisdll?ieod'?'
by selling fuel to the steamers which
plied uu and dpwii the stream during
" the high water bf -"spring and early
J ro?guset of men and their occupation
hazardous, in.-, tho extreme, for they
were constantly * exposed to the at
tacks of war parties from the surround
i ng- iribes, esneciallyif he"'f"iotty7"As3'ht-,
beinl, ?'heyjranei aid Threes? HXYooa
cost ^'?0 a cord andanbre, and where
money is to be made men nra always
to be found to make jt? ji-egardless of
the risks involved. It was "? very
. cointon, x^puj^Mnoer-rfeur? steanrwrto
land at a woodyard and fiudjhe owi^.
?rs scalped and dead by the smpulue'.-.
ingruine^ff thoJ? ?bin.v--TrirvelHrf'
along o? "the ice^theu,^ Briny .rcacjigjd,
au ces
one afternoon and camped-with: th era
for the night. The woodhiuvks were
gl id to see him, for not a living, soul
conld give them many a bit of news.
It was late whan Jtheyjreihed, after,
eating & SCOOT Jl^lipper ' oT -bu ffa I o ?bV
roasted in front of the wide fireplace.
The woodhawks arose <?t-an. early
hour the next morning, Briny re
?naining in his bcd until breakfast
should be re?dy?.' One of the men
went io the river .for a pail qi water
while1 the bfh?rbflg?u "to chop'some'
splinters^ iroja^L-dxx icig^ sma?-??ty-|
yal'ds from the cabin with which to
start the morning fire, {n the^parly
light of dawn, or perhaps some time
during the; nigh t,- a war party of" six
?or seven AifSinil&rw HB^Miliscoverletl
^he lonely little cabin and laid plans
to kill its occupants-without amy risk
to themselves. Choosing '-places in
the dense brush within short range,
they lay concealed and patiently wait-?
ing for the men to appear. ?v?ry-'
thing happened a%thi?'wii?h|(l. tWtyn!
one of the men re?'cne'd till river amt
the.ptherihe log&they,'ojfe|i^T^re,aii^
' poor Joe Hines fell "dead on the ice.
Briny vas aroused by the shooting
and rushed out of tbe door, Winchester
in baud, jnsl iujime^see* IbriejU-:
siniboins" rrfsumg^owatdnr/e' other*
woedbawk, Arnold,-.'iiosele?; had been
broken'by- i&e vb?l?yT In ai second
or two more^ihej; ^voi?d^ htfpe If pp,
upon the uiiforln-b?t? ?ahf mit*before''
they realized what was np Briny
dropped t^fo&VtifQV''TffijF&X^ 1^1
ran off intosth? V^hJgfa^f^ngcajA
Briny theil ran down the patirtowarcl
i iver andy'yw the otb WI
proceeding to 8?tffp and ai?mem
ber. Two of them jfell ?as^r&ilt f^rstl
shot, and the rest ran a'cr?srtfie ice
MAN,
A man may have at hjs beak and call
Great ?torcB o?, woalth a?fl.of gold; .,
V But sh?v? ito he may) no can stay --.
The de?tt^ an?ljls stormi! told. ; _
? i \*JT JI i 4 \ ' . ^ ??A
A man may fight tho wolf from the door
And breathe of poverty's breath;
Yet long may wait for the band of fate,
The sweep of tho scythe of death.
The world is queer in its awful way;
'Twas so since the world bogan; '
For man may fight,for wrong or the right,
And still he is only man.
-Storrs Nelson, in Denver News.
WAS A DERELICT OF P?
ONTIER. j? Q / . '^Jj
toward tho other shorer but only Arie
of..thenireached.it, for. at tboi.ioiirth
shot Briny managed, to bit tho.. other,
hud'he tumbled^, ov.or, w.ith*a wailing
"ye^ll. Not knowing' how many more
Indians might be concealed i'd the:
brush or in tho vicinity, Briny'went
quickly back to where Arnold Was ly-,
ing and packed him into, the cabiu. ;
'He "knew Hines "was dead' and that;
there was no use m risking a shot
from the Indians by going after hist
body then. . Closing the door and fas,
t-enfng insecurely, he go't Arnold'into
a bunk,- sttfnehed tbe'-fiow of blood
from his wound and temporarily ban
daged the broiieu limb. 'He next pro
ceeded tb knock tlie'mud chinkingi
out on the three ?idest)f thecabia,
-, where theve was- no door Or'window
?nd from the small ; openings-' there1
-made watched carefully for -auy signs'
of the enemy. .. Hours vant, abd no.
,bne>was to '.bo, se?n, not. a sound was(
To be heard.;. Arnold^ rn great pain'
'aud grieving"'over tlie^cjeath of his
partner, "spoke nd"a word aud merely
shook- his* liea'd'when Briny .asked
him every ?ew bSi?rti?s if-he'could do
??anything.'fo?^hlm. ;
. i Ifciwas.-uoout noon- wben: they heard
in the direction of .the. river a faint
wailing, quaveiiugtobant which, grad
ually increased . in volume aud then
died away.
" "Whit's that, ' clo '.you, ; ?'pose?":
B^iny asted. ','.* y
^'?i'ItV one- o' them'"fellers yon shot
out on tbe ice singin' his death" song}l,;
replied Arnold,' who -was better verged
in Indian ways.; .". ? ?.'' ' '
"Then his parduers mus.t a' lit out
and left him, "said Briny. '"Anyhow,
I can't staud this any longer. I've!
got to go out and sea if the rest really
are gone. "
' "Yes, go,?' Arr ,v
a ball through, th
yowl any mor?. '??
gun, so I eau f<
you're- srm&4'
V .\it . ...
-to
r ib,^
nts*
rug?
hoi'river. The* tifo" "be
itjer hole were lying just
.. . .. ell, ono of them partly
tssifg fop |hiSlyJ\ The oue
founded %henv pWt way across the
river had mauaged to drag himself gun
and all," tcTthe other'shore,. but.'ha^u't
sufficient strength to climb the steep
bauk into the brush. There he was
on his hands aud knees, his" body
swaying and Jieiul drooping, again
chantiug.th?t weird death song,but in ,
fainting, -weaker tones. At the crack
of ' Briny's rifle he pitched forward
with a "-lurch, aud all was over.
II Having made a tour of the big tim
bered bottom, and' found the trails of
the two snrvivors-who bad left it at
diff?rent poiuts .and nt good speed,
judging by the long distance between
their footprints, Briny returned to
the house arid reported to Arnold, who
bad feect?int?iVei^,uneasy a?ter hearing
The shot fired. Tbe horses were safe,
he found, and that waj souifc??ngJq
l^^"^kfp? fb!.V1; \ \\ fl \ ?'? '?
?''Briny,,". said.. AxnoltV->Jiiter.. they
had made a pretence of ealing some
dinner-."we've 'got" to- light out o'
here. lu a few clays the whole As
siuiboiu camp will bc here for rc
yenger^v 1 ?T? T \fl i
"j '?T??UOW: i? ?Ml dig uicqp q?ep
.gravp-somewhat' this afternoon aud
bury jim as good as I kin, and to
morrer we'll strike for the fort."
" ? few days later they drove into the
.lirtteHrndin^po^t,^
a soft and .easy bed on top of the load
of furs. 'JjBriny^-ha?lu't m$cb tip say;
but AHnofd lost^fco "finie in "belling all
that had happened, and- thea th?rbuys
learned their mistake and couldn't do
enough for_lhe mau they had before
treated* rudely.
The buffaloes, hemmed in on ^all
sides?weije practically exte?miua^ed^in
1838-'4|-and W?if'them VenVtne-clays
ot prosperity for most of the white in
habitants of the country and for all
the Ind?a?s, who were brought sud
denly face to face with starvation and
want. Merchants failed, aud most of
the small traders and the hunters left
the country. Steamers no longer
brought goods up tijo 3000 miles of
swift river from St. ^Lbuis to return
loaded ttv ike., guards .with . bales of
fur's and robes.' Railways were enter
?iug^ih e-co?-ntr vj- . IMMI - ? -c rv i featron . was
close at hand. The few whites who
.remained in, the^ountry^turned their
.^ittent?on to "stock r,nia^g?br farming,
and lucky were those who stayed with
^n^??Vu'c&a* ot-cattfe they mauaged'to
get together. In a few years they
.ionnd ' themselves rich beyond their
' wildest "dreams.
Briny located a rauch on .the Marias
river and p^tin'to iitact jce isome eher
ished theories he . had about raising
crops on the^benchlandsi without irri
gation. "Like many another old-time?
he bad married au Indian! w/>mau, aiu;
withtbeir child bf, six or seven year?
they lived- frugally and for a time in
peace." Two or three miles up the
river another former . trader had !o
'catecTI who" was also married to an
Indian woman, and Briny's wife often
went up there to stay a day or two
wtfb ber Jne-ed) J$Sj>:WSS pi the 3ama
'tnb'e?l herself. LatV in the fall a;
big bull outfit, or freight traiu of;
^wapr^m^c^.T^n^by^^ntJ\amo to tho
l-ivCT^tff wlAejg^icJmc^oyuer of it, ai
man named Tricket, made ariauge-j
nieata^'ith'*p(rfny's nei^&o?. teJ?yrdl
h i m's, l|f icfcSu?.meiv.? 'Jii<S^??1>??^ai
fine looking man and evidently wcdli
^?Sf, antl:Tse?ii?g Bribe's w*"e at thej
i ranch.of ten, he finally persua^qd her.
to quit lier husband. When Briny
heard that his wife had deserted him,
.which he did iu the course of a few
days; he Trn-Mly ?addled his horse and
went Hp to where she was stopping;
His little son was playing out in tho
yard with some, other children, and
calliug the child to him he lifted him
up on to tho saddle and returned to
his home.
While the boy's mother didn't care
for hex husband she did ' for her sou
;<and fretted continually about h'm.
? One day^she told Tricket that if, he"
?did nofr.go and bring the child back td
her she would leave bini. Tricket de
murred; he had no ilse for the boy and
.didn't want him around; so he kept
iputtiug the woman off with all kinds
?of excuses; Filially Trickeys herder;
.a wild young fellow who had come
jwest with" his head filled with dime
. novel yarns, told the woman he would
get the boy forcer and saddling his
1 horse rode away down the river: Ar
riving in front of Briuy's cabin he
shouted to him to come out; and when
?Briny came to the door he levelled Iiis
trifle at him and : aid:
i "Now; then, you .old potato < eater;
'I've?"??inejafter that kid; his mother
want!?, him. . Give him ??t here quick
;or I'll fill youji?l of boles;" .
I Brihy'looket him quietly in the eye
;and replied: '.'The boy is miue; I
will not-p-^-". But he never finished
; his sent?n ce; the herder shot him
. squarely inJhe.forehead,.and down he
Iwent in a heap. The murderer got off
his horse and stepping over Briny's
;bodyinbo the cabin grasped-the=ter.?
i rifled, child, threw him " up into the
I saddle ??tl returned home.
By the time news of the murder
Ireachel the settlers the. murderer had
become- alarmed and had'- disappeared
^without leaving a trac? of his course'.
"The "?ittfe*,bali?'of'ccTeTermiue f men
who hunted for him were finally ob
liged to give up the search and return
to their homos. A :mont.\ later they
hoard some news which caused them
to rejoice tliitt they had not found and
handed him";, The moil carrier,'-froijft
'.'Fort Macleod;' away ?crt?ss?th? border,
in Canada, brought word that on his
way north on the previous trip he
found the'feilo'wMvntfdering about on
the prairie ba ily frozen*. Ho carried
bini in his -wagon to the fort.aud there
the surgeon-was oblige ! to cut off both
hands and both feet. Thue his punish
ment was- vastly greater vthan if he.
had be*en haug?dor shot. No warrant
was ever asked for hisextra-lition; the
.?rieuds.?f ? Briny w^hoi him to live
and suffer.
The following spriug Briny's son
died, and late in tho summer the
woman folio wei him. The writer was
'at th? lanr-li of a Wend - ?.'><? wnj
forget that you
_ ~_r~w .^iny's" death. "
* ? few? moments later she died.
New York Sun.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Dentists in Germany aro using false
teeth, made of paper instead of porce
lain: br-mineral composition- These
paper teeth are said to bo very satis
factory, as they no not break or chip,
are not sensitive to. heat or cold or to
the : action , of the moisture oi the
month.-'iiud aro very cheap!
Two .years ago,,a lady .staying at
Lung:Br.iu6h lost ^^old^rihg while
bathing! " 'A reward was offered and
all the boys of the 2>hico raked tho
wholo shore up in search of it. But
it was never found. The next year
the lady was at Lohg Brauch again,
und while reading on thesliore, never
looking for the ring or thiuking of it,
she turned it up accidentally with her
parasol.
Well preserved flowers discovered
at Dahsourb, iu Egypt, in tomb's of
the" tintes bf tho" Pharaohs, have just
been placed in. the Cairo museum. The
commonest of those were thc white or
blue lotus, the red poppy, the leaves
and,flowers of the.pomegrauate of the
saffron ansi of ^the crocus. It seems
that the flowers} and plants, of today
arerthe same as? flourished then, and
that chrysanthemums wera known
6000 years ago.
The following remarkable inscrip
tion appears;?y'fHo^ribstone . recently
elected in tliecliurehyard htDebrecsin,
Eastern Hungary^: "Hjeue rest in the
Lord Joseph-Moritz, Sr.," who died in
his'62nd year. He was shot by his
son.. FrHu Jdseph Moritz, Sr.; who
died in lier ?Jth year. -.She was shot
by her daughter. Elizabeth' Moritz,
who died- by lier own hand iirher 17th
year, after shooting her mother. Jo-,
seph Moritz, who died in prison, aged'
27, He had shot his father. May
Etgrnal Mercy have pity on their poor
sinful soiilsf*
-JV,.-.-. ?. ?
Harry Bradshuw, executive librariau
of Cambridge university,had a strange
adventure in. the -Paris library. A
book had been lost for nearly a century,
and Mr. Bradshaw went over to see if
he could discover it. Search was fruit
less, though there was a strong pre
sumption as to the part of the library
where it would be found. He stood
one day iu one of tho recesses of tho
library, describing its probable ap
pearance to the librarian, "about the
height, thickne3.% and similar binding
to this," said he, taking a book out of
the shelves. It was the missing book.
A curiosity of vegetation exists- -in
the shape of a good-sized piue tree
growing on a ledgo of a facade of the
ancient cathedral church of Fenionx,
France. This is paralleled by the
tree which grows out of a window of
the.rotiud tower at the Church of St.
Benedict, Norwich, and many other
instances in the United Kingdom. lu
the old church of Boss, at Hereford
shire, two thriving, elms, are^growing,
one on each side of ii passage between
the pews. They are said to have
spriiiig up from the pavement beside
the pew once occupis?l'by Jphn.Kyb3,
who, at conside:abIc-eXT7feus?, ifl?r/tld
elms, about his native town.
--tt>?P ;M^?jp;I\
STo fewer than 10 per cent, of the
iwaiian natives today are lepers, "
?IOPEAN MIES SI
SUPREMACY
. : Devices That th? Next \
In all European armies now great
attention is being paid td th? signal
corps,, and each nation every, how and*
then vaunts itself over the others with
the announcement of the" discovery of
some new method of sign?lingj says
tho New York Press;
The really reliable systems of .mjUt.
j tary signaling aro few? and none of
j them - is exactly new. In our owh
?.army tho heliograph and the 4*wig
1 wag" system of flag signals are most
??relied upon* The captive balloon at
j Santiago was only a qualified success,
but it has not diminished the ardor
with which' European powers are
Seeking td solve the balloon prdblem.
The bravery and the efficient work of
tho signal service men in the war with
Spain received high praise from all
the foreign attaches and from our own
j Government, but Europe seems loath
to take up our system of signaling*
With every nation on the Oontinentof
Europe military signaling is a military
hobby, and each rides itsown especial"
hobby hard, and spends great amounts
of money on it.
AU over Europe experiments are
going on constantly in military signal
ing. Every bright young officer and
ever" crank .regards tho signal corps
as t!.a body which shall make his fame
and fortune by ulilizinghisinvention.
And it would stem as if every Kifig
and Emperor auci-every field marshal
lay awake nigh's to t'link up some
hew invention for that, branch of the
' service.
JNo matter what branch of the ser
vice has to go short on funds in a Eu
ropean army, the^ signal corps gets
what money it wants. That the sig
nal sei vice of an army is of the first
-importance is not to be denied, and
our own corps will compare in ef
ficiency with any in the world. But
in Europe the corps is a fad.
future that lue urmy ??>in? ...
effioient system of signaling wili:hold
a trump card which may be of most
decisive iuflnence on the conduot and
success of the war."
Another German authority says:
"Electric telegraphy, with and with
out wires, is a main branch of the
service, and not only with the
'pioneers,' but with every troop, in
fantry, cavalry, artillery and railroad
ers. The German army, adhering to
its principle of meeting the enemy on
the latter's own territory, must needs
possess greater alacrity in and better
facilities for building electric tele
graph lines than the French and Rus
; sians, the Austrians and Italians, who
j might be eager enough to keep war
j out - of their own territory, but who
aro behind Germany in the rapidity of
mobilization."
Neither the German nor the other
European armies rely exclusively upon
i the electrical telegraph, which may
fail for various reasons, the prinoipal
I ono being that the ordinary com
I mercial lines, as well as the field lines
established in their stead or for the
purpose of supplementing them, may
be destroyed by the enemy or the ele
ments, thus robbing the commanding
general of the means for com
municating with his subordinate com
manders.
j The Gormans, like^ other nations,
rely largely upon optical methods of
signaling. The favorite device of this
(rind in the German army is tho sema
? bhore, which is made more efficient
?THE UPPER PICTURE REPRESENTS FL
AIN ARTILLERY. THE LOWER
IN INDIA. USING THE HELIOGRAPH
KyjRedi's system of cones. The. sema
phore proper is quite an ancient" de
vice. It was first introduced by the
French in 1794 for 'conveying in
te'ligenoe from Paris to the armies on
the frontier. As the illustration shows,
the German army semaphore is
/Var Will Bring' Into Use.
-1-;
similar to our railway signal poles and
is worked by arms. There is also a
teleso?p? in the top Which commands
the 'i??st afc the1 next station. The
mast-ie?n be inserted at any place. As
to the consj each one represents* a
humber,'1, 2, 3 or 4. If 1 and 4 are
down*..that means 5, and similar ad
ditions are made' with the ethe/
figures.
Signals can also be given without
the j. cone by moving the arms
horizontally against the body, Or by
placiilg them in any othei* position
agreed upon.
Afeinieht lantern elides of various
LIME-LIGHT SIGNALS IN
colors aire placed in the ends of -the
cones.
Personally the Kaiser has more
faith in the captive balloon than in
any other optical means for telegraph
ing. The German captive balloon is
furnished with means for photograph
ings and the-parties in the car com
municate with those oji thc_ground by
means of . the telegraph"*" or tele
phone. For telegraphing an instru
ment similar to the Morse apparatus,
arranged in compact form, is used.
The system is practically that used in
this, country..
- ?or the signal corps of the German
army the brightest men of each bat
talion and regiment are selected. They
are" thoroughly drilled in all the man
oeuvres connected with the transpor
tation, the erection and operating of
tour I??4? -
for the service.
The French army employs as opti
cal telegraph flags and lanterns. The
flags are worked according to the naval
code abd Morse alphabet? French
signalers are said to be able to execute
120 movements per minute. To sig
nal the "dot of tho Morse alphabet the
French hold up one flag. Two flags
represent the dash of the Morse al
phabet. After each letter there is a
short pause, after each word a longer
panie, the latter being accentuated by
the Bag being held over the'?head of
thesignal man. If the telegram is
fini.hed the signal mau repeats the
lasfcword three times. If the receiver
doein't " understand the operator he
raias a flag with his right baud to his
heal. Of course, flag signals can only
be ?ed in daytime.
Anight the lantern is employed
whe, search and flash lights are not
avaiible.
Sjnal lanterns ave handled after
th?ashion of tho flags, dots being
marled by opening and shutting the
slidjrespectively. A dash is marked
by xposing tho flame four times
long: than in case of a dot. Thus
diBpjches of twenty words can be for
ward^ in a minute.
Tli Austrians follow the French
mefad of signaling in all but the size
andform of flags. To the standard
coles of black, white, red, blue and
yellw they add green. Green plays
alea part in the Italian flag signals.
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The English .mode of signaling by
flags differs from the French in minor
details, which are kept secret. But
this secrecy doesn't amount to much,
considering that the Britishers, like
other nations, use the Morse alphabet.
The Russians have adopted the
French lantern system for distances
from one to two miles. These lanterns
are constructed on the lints of bicycle
lamps, having a bulls-eye lens, and
being fed by oil. On long distances
tho Russians use lime light appara
tuses constructed as follows: There
are two tanks filled with oxygen and
hydrogen respectively. The hydrogen
is lit and, the oxygen gaB mingling
with it, produces a colorless f?ame. A
lime block placed in the flame is ren
dered incandescent and its light, re
flected from a mirror, is sent forward.
The mirror is a powerful parabolic,
resembling in shape the end of an
egg. The concave portion is the re?
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THE RUSellN ARMY.
Sector. This apparatus is so con*
irived that the beam light can be sent
in all directions. The telegraphing is
?ffected in the same way as the tele
graphing with lanterns by the French,
All tho apparatuses described are,
if possible, set Up on natural or arti
Scial elevations. The signal officers
must also be careful to find a suitable
background for their operations, so
that "the signals from the other side
?au be readily interpreted. There is,
aowever, one great drawback to all -
;hese systems, As all armies use as a
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iasis for their systems the Morse J
Iphabet, friend aud enemy alike are
apable of reading the messages sent
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MOORO am. Caribou Cemeteries.
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illowing contribution from a Quebec
orrespondent concerning the habit
loose and caribou have of going to
ie same place, season after season, to
lied their antlers
"Thc idea of the animals seeking a
efiuite place for this purpose waa
uite now to me, but lately the effi
ent Superintendent of Game aud
isheries at Quebec, L. Z. Joncas,
sq., has told me that they do fre
11 eut such places, and that this habit
as quite well known to him. - He
lew of many and mentioned several
aces where horns could almost cer
inly be found at any time. And not
lly do they go to shod their horns,
it they go there to die. These
aces are known a3 cemeteries, and
hole skeletons are occasionally
und. This, however, would be rare,
the bones would usually be torn
iart and scattered by bears and other
rnivoro.
"Mr. Joncas instanced the case of a
nlleman going to a certain region
t geological exploration, who asked
: a permit to i shoot a moose out of
ison in order to get a good pair o?
tiers. He was told .that by diverg
; a little from his route he might
ich a place where he would find
mty of them. He did so and se
red five excellent specimens."
Now Gauio of I<avf n Golf.
Those who ara anxious to learn th
a?e of golf without all the violent
?rcise and immense amount of
mping up hill and down dale which
i real thing call 3 for, will welcome
new game of lawn golf. Of course,
f cranks and enthusiasts will scofl
t, but lawn golf will give beginners
ery good idea of the rules of the
ie, and from this they may gradu
into full fledged golfers,
'he most particular and cranky
n owner cannot object to lawn golf
lg played on the velvet verdure of
cherished lawn. No holes need be
le in the ground, and after the
ie is played, the clubs and cups
bunkers can be gathered up,
ked in their boxes, and put away
of sight. ,
awn golf is played with a small
d golf ball and implements some
g like golf clubs. The course can
aid out on an ordinary lawn, and
stantly altered at will. In place
unkcrs little fences provide the
?ssary obstructions, and, instead
ie holes of an ordinary putting
tn; there are saucers of tin. with
s in their centres. The saucers
turned upside down in arty de
1 position, and, as might be im
ed, it is no easy matter to drive a
into them.-New York Herald.
The English Language in Cuba.
ere is an advertisement that ap
ed tho other day in a Havana
ir: "This is without doubt one of
factories of first class and of the
; universal credit, and we affirm
no other has this credit with
i merits, by tho goodues intelli
y and care employed in the
aretion and^perfeotionment of his
actions."-New York Tribune,
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FACTS ABOUT TORNADOES.*
When Ono is Seen to tho Northeast See)
Safety; Otherwise Fear Not.
William A Eddy, the kite expert ol
Bayonne, 1\. J., who visited many tor
nado tracks in the Central West and
the Eastern States as a tornado re
porter for tho United States Signal
Service between 18S?and 1892, said,
in referring to the recent tornadoihal
tornadoes are caused by the rush of
warm air from the ' southward coming
in contact with cold air from the north
ward, the collision resulting in a vio
lent shaking up of air currents, ;;.
The results when studied reveal the"
fact that the safest place in a house
struck.by a tornado, if anyplace can
be called safe, is the southwest cornet
of the cellar, because the wreckage ii
always thrown to the north and east,
and beyond and away from the south
western.
The greatest previous loss of life in
recent years, he says, occurred in the
tornado at Louisville on March 27,
1890, when seventy-five lives were
taken and property worth many mil
lions of dollars.was destroyed.
Tornado statistics show that the cen
tre of greatest tornado frequency ia in
Missouri and Kansas, near the Kansas
line, and that mountainous regions are
almost entirely free from them.
The appearance of an approaching
tornado differs from that bf a thunder
storm in that the. tornado is blaoker
and seems to. reach the earth with a
dark, narrow centre filled with flying
wreckage, the clouds spreading out
aloft and giving the effect of. the well
known funnel-shaped cloud. The
thunder storm shows the whiter line
of rain under the nearing black masses
of cloud preceding it.
Lieutenant John P. Finley organ
ized the corps of tornado reporters,
and they made a careful classification
of more than 2000 tornadoes. Lieu
tenant Finley disoovered by.specially
classifying 600 bf the Kansas and Mis
souri tornadoes that' all except thirty-,
five moved along tracks extending
from southwest to northeast, hence ari
observer who sees a tornado or funnel
shaped cloud to the northward can
feel safe, ' ?
Hoars of Labor in .Tn ?mn,
From the official records of the "De
partment of State it is learned that la
borers in Japan begin their work very
often at daylight and do not leave il
until sundown, but they take two
hours for luncheon and a half hour or
so in the morning arid in the afternoon
For a smoke. They do riot work so 1
laboriously or so continuously as an
American workingman. They take
:heir work leisurely and patiently,and j
?re not indisposed to waste time if it i
ls possible to do so.
Among the farming classes the :
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he little shop or store attached,
Bice is there a commodity of even
greater necessity than wheat is to the
>eoples of the West. The range of
^ap??ese food products is not so great
s that of such products in the United
Hates or in Europe. Common laborers
lo not consume meat, milk, or dairy
iroducts of any kind, except under
xtremely exceptional circumstances,
nd then generally when prescribed
or the sick by a physician of the
lodern school. Pastry is practically
nknown to the average Japanese.
Ike ordinary food of a laborer con
ists of rice, a bit of fish or other
ea product, and some pickle.
'outh's Companion.
This Dog Can Spell.
There is a south sido lady who owns
Gordon setter which she believes is
iidowed with almost human intelli
ence. This is not a hastily formed
or unfonnded opinion, but has been
eveloped by years of experience.
'.eve is one of tho many incidents
om which has sprung her faith in
sr dog:
Last Sunday, having finished her
inner, the lady went into the drawing
iom to read tho paper. On a rug
;ar the window the setter was h&sk'
g drowsily in. the sun. The lady'e
TO sons were still in the dining room
risking tho repast and the mothr*
-erheard something said'about bones,
ow the good lady has a moral dread
at her beautiful dog will choke to
tath on a bone some day, so, raising
ir voice, she called out: I ic
"Boys, don't give Dan anyc-h-i-c.-k- I aB
a b-o-n-e-s," spelling these two
>rds so the dog's tttention would
t be attracted. "I am afraid he will
oke."
As she spelled "chicken" the dog
ised his head and listened and at
iones" he got up, walked into the
ling room and looked at the bones
5 boys were' picking. - Chicago
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Australian Weildings.
Cn Australia there are so few na
es left that anything but a white
n's wedding is a comparative rarity,
e curious difference, however, be
;eu weddings there and in the
ther country is that in England we
mse the place for the solemnization
the ceremony, and at the Antipodee
y license the man who performs
rites. Marriage can be performed
:he registrar's office for ?5, but if a
lister knowingly marries a minor
bout her people's consent he is Ha
to imprisonment and a fine of
00. If, however, the contracting
ties have taken the oath that they
of full age, he is safe, though it
happened more than once that
ng lovers have gone to the r?gis
office and obviously perjured them
-es on the age question. A smart
very young-looking girl in Ans
ia who was once asked, "Have you
written consent of your parents?"
londed, "Xo, but I'm over twenty
," "Are you sure?" doubtfully,
sure as I stand here," was the
vtr, and indeed what she said was
irate enough for she had wiitten
number 21 on the sole of each of
shoes!-Cassell's Magazine.
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MARTHA, \ - ,
Martha was a model woman.
Wife of Moses Jacob Browny .
Fiaetf cook.in ?ll the coq'ntry, [ ? ? .
Beat housekeeper in town;
But ehe died ana went to heaven,
lhere to wear a martyi'* oe?wa? ?
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Mose?B.. had kine and cattle, . i
Sheep'and horses ?airto fiee,: ?? ' Vo
But a iioman'6 holp was needed. ,} ...J*
Hiring much too dear would be; - |f j
So he carne a twelvemonth later, .1 3?.T
Courted, won and married me..
Now at breakfast time he .tells rae "
How she used:the oakes to bake, .
Dinner comes and still be praised \
Soups and stews ?Ho used to make
While for tea I hoar laudations : : i
^ Of her quinoe. preserve and cake.
Now a woman's only human,
And a pretty girl when wed,
For her solden curie and dimples;. ,. ;
For ber laughing lips so rod,
Sometime* tires of endless lectures',
Each extolling one that's dead. . . ?
So I fancy some fine morang . \
'Ere my temper's quite subdued, .
I shall tell him, what a pity- . ..
He of course may think it rude- '
That he isn't up in heaven : ? v;
Eating.Martha's "angel food."
-Lalla Mitchell, in What to Ea*. ?" "
HUMOROUS. .:!?n,n?
"Father, could you please: tell me-'
what you consider fine.woqd ?",. "TVhy,. ;
sawdust, my son." 4 ;.
Sweet Sixteen-And do you have .lo
expel students often? College Pr?t
Oh, no! Once is.usually sufficient, .f u
: ' 'Haven't you any faith in ;jnen ?Dox*. *
othy?" "Yes, I ha*e mk, in ?iem,
but I never believe a,word they* say;" ?
Wayworn Watson-Mister, r.'ifthV '
slowly starving. Hargi-eav?s ^Of .;
course. No one would expect yqa to; \
do anything in a hurry.
"Henry, we'd get along better if
you had move, will-power." "Np,
Martha; we'd get along better if you
didn't have quite so much."
Stay]ate-Just one moro kiss, dar
ling; just one, and then I'll go !
Voice from the Stair-Then for heav
en's save, Nan, give him one f. : ..;
If ever there comes a time, we note, j
When the winds got up and squeal.
It's when tbe man with the long-tailed coat .
Goes out to rldo bis wheel.
Pendipp-I don't suppose you have
any confidence in faith. cure, doctor?
Dr. Donna-Well, to an extent, all
doctors take patients on faith, you
know.
He-Be mine, darling. You. aro
the lamp that alone can light my ex
istence. She-Yes, dear; but papa
doesn't think you are a good match
for nie.
"Pa, what's a .rebuff?" '/You,watch i
ina the next time I come home late tor '
Jinner and ry to say. something: -that '
?viii tickle .' er; then you'll-see wW ?
rebuff is." '
"WB'*.'<iw?s Se ?aXe titw
Fieri? with Uta ,r;c frf&t 5
iapa aoontr iiuviug mnv-taaer yon vAfoja
meiness, but he, couldn't do it,"Aje?.''
:anse you hav? too many vagu?Ideas; ^
ir. Darlington -"?Huxral? ! y-rTbat'a
lever of tho old boy. , - My first, wjie'.s^
ather used to say I bad no .ideas at ,
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TT. . : - .-. M?ci&i 'i
It Costs Something.
"People don't think, when they are '
iding in our comfortable cars," says \:
n official, "that it costs the company . ,
ood money every time the train is ,'
topped and started; this cost is a part
f the regular expense of operation,
bough nobody .^eenis to be able to
all exactly what it amounts to.
"An amusing .variety of guesses have
eeu made of the exact cost of stop
ing trains. A sensation was created,
few years ago by the statement by an
sport that a stop without Jetting off a
assenger or taking on one involved
a expense of from $1.28 to $1.70.
his proved to be a ridiculously ex-..
avagant estimate. One manager be-'
eves that it costs-18 cents to slop ? '
ain. Another makes the expense -18
mts for passenger trains and 70 or
3 cents for freight trains.
"Aside from the actual- cost from -
ear and tear and extra fuel ?onsump--.
on, one should take account of the
anger of breakage to couplers, draw?- !
ara and their fastenings which re
lits from stopping long and heavy ?
eights. But when a road is crowded .
ie saving of time is important in
eight as w --ill as passenger traffic. :
"On a division of a Western road
!3 miles long, 'some tests were made
st year with freight trains weighing .
>80 tons, exclusive of engine, tender
id caboose. The average time con
med when fourteen stops were made
is eight hours and thirty-five min
es. Without stops the time was
ven hours and twelve minutes. To ?
ul one car a mile, on an average, 3.2
und? of coal were burned in the
.mer case, and only three in the
ter."-Bangor (Maine) Commercial.
Discovery of a Mammoth.
A. few weeks ago a Swede and his
i-tner, while marking their claim on
?mingo Creek, discovered, accord
; to a Dawson newspaper, a body of a ?
mmotb forty feet below the surface. \
e story was that the body was in a
.feet state of preservation. TJnfor
?ately, there wero no scientists in'
wsofc to examine the body, but,
ordug to press statements, it ?neas
id forty-four and one-half feet long.
right tusk was broken, but its
: tusk was perfect, so that it
9 probable that the right tusk
y have been snapped off in the*
that caused its death, j The!
k which remains measures four
n feet three inches in Jengtk
[ forty-eight inches h^circunrfer-'.
e. The flesh was covered with
>lly hair, hair "fifteen inches long
a grayis'i-black color.. The neck"
t short and. the limbs long and stout,
feet short and broad, and had five'
?. The .flesh was cut aud tasted"
.ot- Mammoth-flesh has been
;ed on other occasions. . ItJ? very
ortuaate that an expert geologist
not upon the ground at the time
:he"find, as it is of considerable
ortauce.-Scientific American.
When Heitern-mbcrs. ,
We hardly ever see any congress
era now," said the elderly boarder.
That's a fact," said the Cheer*
idiot, "though I can remember
n they might have been seen on
y hand,"-Indianapolis Journal