The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 01, 1902, Image 4
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THE CPTIMI5T.
Old Uncle Finn was a good ole chap.
But he never seemed for to care a rap.
it the sun forgot
To rise some day.
Just like as not
Olo Finn would say:
'"Oncommon dark, this here we're in.
But 'taint so had as it might 'a been."
But a big cyclone came 'long one day.
An' the town was wrecked and blowed
awav.
When the storm had passed
W? turned around (
And thought at last
Ole Finn had found
The state o' things he was buried in
About as bad as it might 'a' been.
80 we dug 'im out o' the twisted wreck
And lifted a rafter oft his neck.
He was bruised an' cut,
And a sight to see;
He was ruined, but
He says, says be.
With a weak look 'round aud a smashed up i
ftrin,
" 'Taint half so bad as it might 'a' been!"
But after all. it's the likes o' Finn
Makes this world lit fer livia' in.
Wlio>\ il.Qvc uru litMiir
And s-ki'-s arc dark,
It's good to hear
Some old cuss bark,
"Now see here, son !" with a cheerful grin, ;
" 'Taint ha?f so bad as it iniirht 'a' been !"
?Newark News.
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A A A A. A A . A . Jk. A A A A A
I 3 THE PHARTOI VOICE, t:
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Sitting on the veranda of his sum- (
. I mer residence by an inland lake in ,
Michigan, surrounded by his family ]
and guests, the venerable Judge Wat- (
ties told the strangest story of his ]
professional career. ,
"Immediately following my admis
sion to the bar," he said, "I was made (
.: - prosecuting attorney, accepting the t
honor as a deserved tribute to my (
superior abilities. But you must bear j
in mind that this was a good many
|.r, years ago in a little vailey town in t
Pennsylvania, where we were hemmed
in by the mountains and had few with ,
- whom to compare in the matter of j ^
? lriemgence or auammeius.
"In the criminal annals of the county
there were the evidences of a well
disposed community; and it came as a
pj startling sensation when Farmer Jen
kins, driving home late one night,
was beaten to insensibility and robbed
of a large sum of money. Here was
work for me, and I went at it with the
zeal of an ambitious beginner. Jenkins
insisted that he would be able
lo identify his assailant, seen in the
. dim moonlight that sifted through the
trees, describing him as a tall, well
dressed young man with a dark musy.
tache and an angry red scar across his j
p left cheek.
" *Why, I seed that air critter,' de'
clared Constable Joe Huskey, 'I kim
on him sudden like yisterday when I /
was fishin' at Punkey Holler crick.
Th' feller war in swimmin' and tola
me he war jist onten the city fur a q
p leetle recreation. I'd know him e
'mongst a thousan'.' t
"y- ? "By employing competent assistance d
from Philadelphia, we ran down our 1,
man, Jenkins and Huskey both recog- 2
Hp nized him at sight. A few days after l 1
the arrest and while I was working on i k
the case, a handsome, matronly ap- r
pearing woman walked into the office, e
introducing hersefl as the mother of t
the prisoner, who had given the name , v
of Harry Winter. She bore the unmis- ~C
takable marks of refinement, and in a t
brief statement, punctuated by con~
* Tulsing sobs, assured me that a terri- t
. . ble mistake had been made. Harry i:
was her son, her only support, and she h
5 ,*a widow. He was the soul of honor t
rgjt and had never given her an hour's d
anxiety. He was with her the night ii
of the assault and robbery. They had f
walked for an hour in the evening, v
after which he read to her, going to t
his room at 11. It was a physical q
v as well as a moral impossibility for c
him to have done the great wrong laid h
i?%:- at his door. Her story greatly im- n
-?* ""?pfossffd jge. but there was the positive "e
/ 'identification^By"firkins and the'con- o
|||?is stable. . e
j| - ." > "Less than a week later I had an- *
??? other caller; a well dressed man who f
r * walked with a limp and who said he s
had been subpoenaed by the defence c
/-. to show Winter's good reputation. But Q
nothing could have surprised him a
more, for he knew tne accused to have
a very bad record. He declared that ?
W& he had a full confession of that very
crime from thep risoner who had re- 1!
i* lied upon the cripple as a loyal friend p
srinp^1-because they had met occasion- c
ally at the mother's house. This 0
-. swept away the doubts that she had t
created, convincing me that her cling- ^
ing love had overcame her regard for
?|f- the truth. I gained a promise from the ; p
PA cripple that he would say nothing till I e
called to the stand by the other side. 11
"When the prosecution h?d made
his case at the trial I was entirely a
vV>. . satisfied. Just after Jenkins and Hus- p
key had sworn point blank as I knew u
; % they would, word reached me that ! p
there was a private detective in the s|
court room who wanted Winter for a :
crime committed in New York. This :
was help from an unexpected source, i a
jand J^Qon had it before the jury that I S1
the ugly scar on Winter's cheek was %
' made by a man defending his home
against burglars. There was not a j ^
weak link in the chain of evidence
that had been coiled about him.
p "On his behalf the testimony of the ;
weeping mother made a deep impres- i ^
Iff sion, but I was confident that the spell t]
she had put upon the 12 men sitting i
in judgment would yield to the cool de- ?
liberations of the jury room. After
several unknown witnesses had given
V ' testimony tending to show that Winter
had led a reputable life, the man who ,
/f had called upon me limped to the ;
stand, and I must confess that I re- !
joiced at the anticipated confusion of
the defense.
"But there was a most unaccounta- | o
tie intervention. No sooner was the ' h
oath administered to the witness than '
a voice from overhead solemnly ?
warned him to remember that he had 1 ^
made the sacred promise before his !
Maker to tell nothing but the truth. \
The prisoner dropped heavily into t,
his chair, the jurymen went white as j
ghosts and the judge cast a troubled '
look about the ceiling as if to detect
the bold offender. 'Order in the ! S1
court' was gruffly demanded and the !
case proceeded. The first material j v,
question asked was as to the charac- i tl
ter of the prisoner, and that same
phantom voice this time from the rear
of the judge, called the collapsed witness.
by name and said in measured ^
tones: 'Remember that the pains and
penalties .of perjury are not inflicted
in this world alone, but are imposed s
through all eternity.' k
"The court whirled and gasped with 0
a terror that his pride sought vainly
to conceal. An unknown dread was t<
I .
upon me and jurymen were stricken li
with fright. Har'dheaded and practi- tl
ca! old farmers as they were, the su- a
perstition that had lain dormant and ! t:
dving through generations was quickened
into life. But it was the witness
who cringed and stared as j ii
V*
though in tho presence of death. He j
admitted a bitter enmity toward the !
prisoner whose liberty he had meant ,
to s^iear away, tnough called In his I
behalf, anu wound up by not only I ;
swearing, that Winter was a model ?
young man. that he was seen j ]
walking with his mother by the wit i
ncss on the night in question.
"I felt the ground slipping from j ^
under me. bu| the dramatic climax was j c
yer to come. From an open doer into i ]
one of the small adjacent rooms hur- ! f
iled an excited man with striking feat- ;
ures and blazing eyes. He rushed to j
the prisoner, embracing him as a fa- !
ther might have done, and then de- i g
manded. rather than requested, that !
his evidence mi gut be taken. It was I v
to the effect that he had been a cap- ! t
tain in the Mexican war, that Winter, j
then a mere boy. was a drummer i ^
whom the captain loved as a father; j
that when he was shot from his horse j t
in a charge, the boy gallantly fought 1 t
back the murderous Mexicans till j
stronger assistance could come, and : j
f 1 , O f V* y~v k A ^ rV? A
mac invi c xit: uau i tv. ?cvi cue wvsuiiu |
which left such a g'hastlv scar. The !
impetuous witness even got in a state- I !;
meat that there must be some vile j i
conspiracy against Winter and wanted j
to confront the private detective. But ! A
he had disappeared. The jury ac- j
Quitted without retiring, and I thought !
I IT
their verdict a righteous one. i ^
"One evening some years later, when '
south on business. I fount] time heavy j t;
on my hands and dropped into a place I oi
amusement. I was indifferently in- i {
tercsted until uiat voice of the courl | |
room, which still haunted my memory.
came from an upper corner of the : ]
hall. I felt like running, but. turning j
to the stage. I saw my hero of the j
Mexican war. He tipped me a rec- i
jgnition, and later went with me to '
he hotal. There, under pledge of se- !
uecy, he gave me the inside facts of !
that mysterious trial. j ^
"The alleged mother, the alleged de- e
ective. the alleged captain, the crip- d
>le and Winter were all members of : J
i shrewd gang of crooks operating in ! c
he east. Winter had committed the j
aim swaiiowtu up ui. me vicims,
and others are buried in ruins j
vhere they never may be disturbed, i f
)ver 300 bodies had been recovered at j
he latest accounts. 1 g
To the student of seismic phenomena j c
he interesting and suggestive feature 1 I
n the Shamaka earthquake is that it e
las occurred in the neighborhood of | _
he Baku oil district?the most proactive
Held in the world, not except- I
ug that of Beaumont, in Texas. It is, |
urthermore, a section of the world "
rhich has hitherto been exempt from j ,0
hese phenomena. The scientific in- ! &
uirer will naturally?search for a ^
ause, for cau?e and effect go together !
n the scientific analysis of all phe- _
opiena. As the great natural oil res- j a>
rvoir tapped by the oil wells of Baku. ;
n the shores of the Caspian sea. locat- .
d under the site of Shamaka. and has j
he tremendous drain of mineral oil ! i
rom the same caused a void and a
ubsequent shrinkage in the earth's j [
rust in that neighborhood? The in- ! V
i?irv is not far-fetched. It is usually !
ssumed that water takes the place of j ?
tie oil withdrawn from the measures, J
lling the vacuum created by the lat?r's
withdrawal; but if the water, beig
more tenuous, should find an inde- ,
endent vent elsewhere, the vacuum t
reated by the draining of the mineral j =
il would remain, and a shrinkage of i ^
he unsupported crust of the earth ! '
rould naturally follow sooner or later, j \
It has been suggested that the tap- I
ing of the oil measures in the south- |
rn part of this state has relieved the j
lineral oil-bearing formations from j a
ie pressure of the gas created in them, j
nd the possible subterranean gas ex- | ,
losions produced by excessive press- | ^
re, and thus removed one of the sup- j 4
osed causes of earthquakes in that \
action. There may be nothing in the K
leory, but it has been observed that .
ie Los Angeles district has been notbly
exempt from seismic disturbances
ince the oil measures were tapped and
ent given to the gases generated in
lem. Likewise, the theory that the '
harnaka earthquake was due to the
rain 011 the petroleum reservoirs in 1
ie Caucasus by the Baku wells may 1
e entirely at fault. But the two phe- <
omena seem to invite the attention of 1 i
[ie scientist, and open a new field for ]
ie study of seismic disturbances.? i 1
an Francisco Chronicle. j 1
PEARLS OF THOJGHT. 1
1
It is not easy to flatter people who
o not flatter themselves.
I
The smaller the intellectual fountain
ie more continuously (iocs it squirt. !
The false witness of his foes affords
pportunitv for true witnessing by j
is friends. j ~
Politeness towards "cubs" pays.
Joys are wore gallant than the un- ; ,
houghtful believe. ^
One of the most prevalent hailu- j
inations is that of those persons who j ?
hink they are over-worked. . j*
One whose heart is filled with God's
>ve never refuses food to one whose ' '
tomach is filled with nothing. 1 ^
There are quite a number of people j |
rhose chief objection to sinecures is *
tie fact that other people have them, i
Many a man after attaining a high
osition forgets all about the laws of
ravity until it is everlastingly too j>.
ite. t c;
Success is seldom attained before the
eeker's feet are stone-bruised and his ^
ands blistered by climbing the steeps o
f difficulty. *
Society may wear a new face; cus- *
Dms may vary; rules and standards, %
ke human opinions, may change. But
he soul and its life, man's religious ; o
spirations and his religious activi* : "
ies?these abide. j
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California is the only state produc- j ^
ng asphaltum and bituminous rock, j
MINNIE'S KINDNESS.
"Minnie lias a good heart.."
"Has she?"
"Yes: just as soon as she heard
ibout the poverty of that Bagg street
amily she sent them such a lovely
)ouquet."?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ask Your Dealer For Allen's Foot-Ease,
t powder. It rests the feet. Cures Corns,
3uni<"?ns, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous,Aching,
sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Ally's I:
foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At
til Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Ac ept
no substitute. Sample mailed Fkee. a
tddress Allen S. Olmsted. LcKov, N*. Y.
Some men are known by the company 1
hey keep and others by the fellows they
hake. S
Dyeing Is as simple as washing when you
ise Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Sold by all i
Iruggists.
f
The bacillus of the grip is the smallest
lisease germ yet discovered.
NIrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children 4<
eething, soften the gums, reduces iuflaminaion,allays
pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bcttlo
777 77 "1 1 , , lis
'obbery and his pals had put up an |
:iaborate scheme which saved him. !
['hev enjoyed many a laugh over the !
nanner in which they had 'done' the \
Rubes' up in my country. Winter j
vas then doing a life sentence. The
rother was dead, the detective fled |
rom the country and the cripple went /
vith liim. The captain was one of i 1
he best ventriloquists of the day. and : '
lad become a professor who made an
:onest living. It was his voice,
hrown at will, that left us simple
oiks thinking that we had encounered
the supernatural."?Waverly
lagazine.
OIL WELLS AND. EARTHQUAKES. *
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P
l ^uggeation That the Dis'nrb inces May ^
He Cause*) by l et tins; Out Gas. ^
One of the most disastrous earth- a
[uakes of recent times is that report- !
d from Russia Transcaucasia. The j
own of Shamaka has been practice Uy ! ^
lestroyed, only a dozen houses being I ^
eft standing, while a population of ! n
5,000 has been rendered homeless, i
"he number of fatalities is as yet un- ti
mown. Perhaps it never wil be cor* P
ectly determined, for the fissured "
?u J .t 11 &
ltie amount ot t>iood in tlie numan uoay
s one-thirteenth of the body weight.
FITS permanently cured. No fltsornervomless
after Urst day's use of L>r. Kiine's Gre it <
ierveKestorer.$2trial bottle and treatisei r-j i
)r. If. If. klin'e.Ltd., 931 Arch St.. Thila.. P.i.
Usually when a man starts on the down- 0
vard road the brake refuses to work. ,
h
riso's Curo for Consumption is an infallible b
ledicino for coughs and colds.?N. W. v
amuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900.
Russia now possesses a school of miliary
ballooning. j:
SORGiCAL OPERATIONS !
a
low Mrs. Bruce, a Noted Opera
Singer, Escaped an Operation. a
Proof That Many Operations c
for Ovarian Troubles aro Un- n
necessary. 1(
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44 Dear Mrs. Pixriiam : ?Travelling &
or years on the road, with irregular t
neals and sleep and damp bods, broke a
lown my health so completely two c
cars ago that the physician advised a ^
omplete rest, and when I had gained
mils! g. 'bruce.
ufficient vitality, an operation for
varian troubles. Not a very cheerful a
rospect, to be sure. I, however, was s
dvised to try Lydia E. Pinkliani's a
/egetablc Compound and San- u
ttive Wash; I did so, fortunately ?;
or ine. Before a month had passed I ^
elt that my general health had im- ..
roved; in three months more I was
ured, and I have been in perfect ^
ealth sin3e. I did not lose an engage- I
lent or miss a meal.
" Your Vegetable Compound is cer- s
ainly wonderful, and well worthy the a
raise your admiring friends who have _
een cured are ready to give }'ou. I
lways speak highly of it, and j'ou
rill admit I have good reason to do
0."?Mrs. G. Brucr, Lansing, Mich.
5000 forfeit If above testimonial Is not genuine. q.
The fullest counsel on this t;
uhject can be secured without v
ost by writing: to 3Irs Pinkham, f;
jynn, Mass. l our letter will lie n
ntirely confidential. v
^CANDY CATHARTIC^^^T Q*
o A" h
e. 50?. *'- DrupritU
jnoine stamped C C C. Never sold in bulk. P1
Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "
"something just as good." h
removes fr?m s?ii S a
u ftWjk large quantities of s
Potash. I i
vfer\ The fertilizer an- 0 d
ffirA M^la^ lit
plied, must furnish
enough Potash, or the v
|r X land will lose its pro- h
s$S? \ \ ducing power. s,
BleSSI \ \ ? 1 d
r\lf Read carefully our books I
oa crops?sea: free. ? a
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 8 S
* 03 Nassau St., New York. I ^
,?,? / c.
I Lad a general rnn-down feeling, lacked
imbition, and had no appetite whatever, ^
with a v<ry languid feeling at all time?, ^
3n going to supper one even ng my boardng
mistress recommended my taking Ri- ^
aans Tabulcs. Shr- told me her experience P
a ith them, as well as that of others to a
whom she had spoken about the Tabules. 11
I decided to make a trial and since I have ^
been taking them I feel like a new-made Y
man, and have none of my formed co'mpl
tints, taking a mor decided interest in
mv work and in life in general.
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At druggists.
The Five-Cent packet is enough for an
ordinary o.*<\usiun. The family bottle, P
CO cents, contains a supply for a vear. n
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ASTHMA :
CAM BE e CI "RED. p
: eck's .Asthma < lire" will d<> it It relieves fi
ietrfli'8' attack of Asthma m out* minute. It
equally Kv<>d !?>: ( r.-uu or 1 olds. Try It. tl
i t*e s;uuJ>i?' sent any address
. PKC'lijCT I y Street,.Atlanta Ga.
IT $0,000 :
j>on( bark "J our Gnaranty of Positions.
01'?:S M.I. TilK YEA 11. a
1dorsad by Bankers. Officials, Business Men. fl
H. Faro paid Board at cost. W:ito Quick to a;
A.-ALA. HI'S. C OLLKGE, Macon,Ga. tl
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, .^o d by DiUL'ifists 1 > au I 'S>c bottle. ,?f
<ft C a 0 ?3 0 ? 0 ? 0 ?8 0 <4 0 "dt 0 U 0 O *3 o A o 5
he person in the pulpit e<
fixoour.ding of his views, a
[ears never any creaking soles a:
Since folks wear Rcil Seal Shoes.
S^^TOluain I
(pp /' I :
A Fable Keloid.
lave you heard of the kid with the lion's
heart?
How he stood on the roof one dav,
,ixl defiantly railed at a grim gray wolf,
Who was passing by chance that way?
'lie incident happened in Aesop's time,
And the old man wrote it down
o that young and old ever afterward
Might lead this tale of renown.
'he kid fairly pelted the old gray wolf
With epithets lierce and strong,
'ailed him renegade, murderer, thief and
knave,
Then vauntingly cried "begone!"
You are wise," said the wolf, "that you
choose your time,
And a place that is high and dry.
'are you well, valiant kid, we will meet i
again
When you fall from your eminence high."
?New York Mail and Express. i
A Doll v'* Day.
Lotta's dollies. Belle and Violet, sat j
>n the sofa facing one another. Lotta
iad gone to sleep, forgetting (o put her
rabies to bed. and now every one j
ras safe in Dreamland and the dollies
ould talk.
"Oh, dear, how tired I feel," said
lelle, yawning. "What a lot of things
did to-day!" j
"Did you?" said Violet. "I've been
n bed till supper time with a head,che.
Tell me what happened to you."
"Well, let me see," Belle said, with
. tired smile. "First I was sick and
ouldn't get up. and Lotta fussed over !
ae and sent for Doctor Tommy. He
ooked wise and gave me all sorts of i
ueer medicines. I didn't mind them,
or Lotta took them all for me. Then
he doctor decided my leg was broken,
nd he had to cut it off?make believe
ut it off, you know. What a time
here was over that leg!"
"When Lotta got tired of that, she
hought that I ought to marry that
ross o!d china soldier on the mantelicce.
He is such a stiff fellow, and I
now he doesn't like me, he kept
rowning so all the time. I don't |
hink he was ever married before,
rhile I have been married a great
lany times and to a different person
very time. After that we kept' house i
nder the piano, and had all sorts j
f troubles, squabbles, fires and every- I
hing. I think we ended up with an
arthqu?ke just before lunch."
"You poor thing," said Violet, "I
on't wonder you're tired. I hope that
,ras all."
"No," said Belle, sadly shaking her
ead, 'it wasn't. After lunch Lotta
nd. I went for a walk, and it made me
o sleepy looking at all the windows of
11 the toy stores when Lotta held me
p to them. When we came home she
at down to sew on some new clothes
or me and I had to stand up to be
ried-on and fitted. My, how tired I
as! I fell over several times. I think |
must be getting?worn?out."
"No wonder," said Violet. "There i
he's asleep. I guess I'll sleep, too,
nd we'll hope for a better tomorrow."
-Brooklyn Eagle.
r?r*na*ion of Mr*, f'etly.
Mrs. Betty was an important personge
in Miss Hunter's out-of-town "Esablishmcnt
for Young Ladies," and
rhen it became known that she was
ailing off in her special line, ther was
inch anxiety. Even Miss Hunter, J
rho knew everything was at her wits' j
nd. Mrs. Betty was apparently well j
nd seemed to have nothing on her
lind, but she was not doing her duty j
nd neither argument nor persuasion
ould force her. She had one virtue, !
owever; she was fond of young
?cple. always looking round and nodd- i
ag when the girls came to inquire
ow she was, and it was on Mildred's
isit early one morning that a sudden
iscovery was made which wrought
strange and speedy cure. Indeed,
Irs. Betty has Mildred to thank, for
therwise she might have lost a good
osition.
On this particular day she heard Milred
singing, and the sweet childish
oice had a remarkable effect upon !
er; she turned her head and gazed
t her visitor with, a pleased express- |
m in her mild eyes. It was evident j
he had an ear for music; the muchnduring
maid grew excited, for Mrs.
ietty seemed more like her old docile
elf.
"Go on with your singing. Miss Milred.''
she cried; "it's like old times?
; is. See!" and she pointed to the
ail now rapidly filling with rich milk,
rhich up to this moment Mrs. Betty
ad refused to yield in any but the
mallest quantities. Much elated, Milred
sang on, Mrs. Betty's dun-colored
ead moving rythmically to the music,
s she stood patiently under the maid's
killful hand. By this time a crowd of
iris and teachers had gathered in the j
ow shed to wonder at the result.
"It is certainly strange," said Miss
[ inter, "I've heard that in Switzerland
this peculiarity among cows is j
-ell known; all the milkmaids are
ood singers. We shall have to teach !
ou. Bridget," she added, with a smile. !
"Shure, an' the young leddies can j
o me job, ma'am," answered Bridget, j
rith a grin, and her suggestion was
allowed enthusiastically, the girls j
egging to take turns, and thus it has i
roved beyond a doubt that music had
melting influence and filled the milk- j
ig pail. So it was decided to give ;
Irs. Betty the singing class.?New j
brk Mail and Express.
Wild Animal* in the Snow.
Pandemonium brook loose at dayght
in the New York Zoological Park, j
1 the Bronx.
All night the six watchmen had been j
atrolling the dens, yards and cages j
Bady to rescue any of the animals ,
vercome by the snow, but the big
rtowstorm demonstrated, that the ani- t
lals arc better able to take care of !
Biemselves than the watchmen are.
When daylight crept through the !
ark and the wild creatures realized
I
:e depth of snow the rejoicing among
:iem amounted to a riot. The wolves
owled till they were heard at Tre- :
* ~ ;i -I
iuui, a unit: a vv ay.
There was a six-foot drift in the j
en of the Alaskan bears, and they |
iscovercd a way to climb up on the I
ill and jump down into the drift, j
hey went out of sight every time ;
lid came floundering out as white as j
our. One jumped on another's head, j
nd then there was a fight in the snow j
lat looked like a Canadian Pacific j
Dtary snow plough in full action.
When the watchmen went around to |
le buffalo range the great beasts ;
ere not in sight. Instantly there was
xcitement. Out in the field were a j
iries of little mounds of snow. The j
uffaloes must have frozen!
But when a watchman had climb>1 i
lto the yard and had oarelesly kick- ,
i into one of the piles of snow he
ime to the sudden realization that tlttr
nimals were very much alive.
With a bellow Black Beauty and
I
1 Romeo jumped to their feet, shook of!
the snow drifts and pursued their disturbers
to the fence. They had been
enjoying their nap under the warm
snow and were angry at being disturbed.
After a while they lay down again
and the snow once more drifted over
them and covered them, only a little
round bole showing where their breath
st^srned upward.
Ihe elk and moose raced wildly
through the snow, charging everything
in sight. The timber wolves fought
each other in the deep drifts. The
mrld-eyed prong-horned antelopes
rolled in the deepest part of their yards
and went fast asleep with the snow
drifting over them. The foxes rolled
over till their fur was full of snow.
?New York World.
Jack, the Talking Crow.
In the northern part of Connecticut
is a lovely little lake, almost four miles
in length. It snarkles in the sunshine
like a blue ribbon striped with silver.
On the north are mountains, tall and
woody, on the western bank many
I hotels and cottages where people
from the city come to rest during the
summer. They row their boats for
pleasure, and catch fish in the bright
water, or gather lilies with golden
hearts, and greatly enjoy the life on
the lake among the hills. On the eastern
shore are fine and productive
farms, which furnish good things for
the people in the hotels and cottages.
Mr. Beeman's farm was at the northeast
corner of the lake. He was a carpenter
as well as farmer, and had a
j shop near one of his farms, where he
| did all sorts of work with his valuable
tools. He had contrived an ar|
rangement to catch fish, too, that was
not only a convenience to him, but
a great source of profit. Near
his farm was the beginning of the
stream called the Asptuck. This is
the outlet of the lake.and rushes along
through the valley with considerable
force. Many mills are run by it?
saw mill, grist mills and cider mills.
The trap Mr. Beeman constructed
was designed to catch the fish alive.
The trap was so arranged that they
I entered a box-like affair, from which
they could not escape. The water
| flowed through it and the fish apparent!
ly were contented and could be caught
! at any moment. Mr. Beeman supplied
j some of the hotels with bass, pickerel,
! suckers and ells. It was a source of
income to him and no trouble, as all
he had to do was to open the door at
the top of the trap and take out whatever
was needed.
Some time ago Mr. Beeman thought
his fish were not so abundant as they
should be, so he determined to watch
for the thief. At last he saw a flock
of crows stealing some of the fish out
of the trap. They would wait for a
shiny beauty to coine to the top of
the trap, then seize it and fly off
with it. The farmer brought his gun
and shot several of the crows; one was
merely lamed, as he was a-very handsome
fellow he fitted the ring to his
: leg with a little chain attached and
fastened the chain to a post where
i Master Crow could sit at his ease. He
fed him and called him Jack. Jack
grew very tame after a little, and Mr.
Beemnn grew very fond of him. He
fed him himself, and always bade him
good morning.
| "Jack," he would -say, "Say 'Good
morning.'"
Jack would cock up his head and
snap his bill over ahd over again; but
no sound came. When Mr. Beeman
gave him his. food he repeated
"Thanks" several times, but the bird
made no sound.
This went on for a long time, and
Jack had never uttered a word. Mr.
Beeman clipped Jack's wings so he
could not fly, and gave him his liberty.
He thought perhaps the bird would
be happier free. One morning as he
^ont out to find Jack he did not see
him as usual, and called "Jack! Jack!"
j All at once over his head he heard
a hoarse and plaintive cry of "Jack!
Jack! Jack!"
He was very much surprised and
could hardly believe it was Jack really
speaking; but it was. Jack was in
trouble. He had flown into some
bushes, and was so caught that he
could not free himself. Mr. Beeman
went to the rescue. Jack, solemn as
ever, hung by one of his legs; in a
short time he would have been dead.
No doubt he was -glad to be rescued,
for as Mr. Beeman took him out of the
briers, and smoothed his gloosy feathers,
he opened his mouth several times,
and said "Morning, morning; thanks,
thanks; Jack Jack!"
People came from far and near to
hear Jack speak. He was never shy,
but those three words were the only
ones he ever said. He began to be
very mischievous, and stole all the
keys he could find.
The farmer one day missed the key
of his tool chest. He got another,
and that was taken. The neighbors
began to complain of losing little
things, and at last Jack was discovered
in the act of taking a door key. He
was watched and followed. Chattering
and muttering his three words,
"Jack," "Morning" and "Thanks," he
hopped over to a corner of the garden
and tug away for some time. Then
he went to his perch and fell asleep.
Mr. Beeman went to investigate the
corner of the garden, and such an
array of stolen articles he found there!
keys, spoons, bits of tin ? anything
bright that had attracted Jack had been
carefully hidden.
Poor Jack! his day of freedom was
short. Once more the ring was put
upon his leg, and the little chain fastened
to a tree. His proud spirit resented
the less of his liberty, and he
became sullen and peevish. His bill
snapped sometimes, and he seemed
about to speak, but he never did. Mr.
Beeman kept him, however, and gave
him the best of care as long as he
lived.?New York Mail and Express.
Come to Us for Card.
The coal miners of New South
Wales have been suffering from the
same trouble as our own, the short
supply of cars at the mines and the
delay in transporting coal to cosuming
points. In New South Wales there
is only one party to blame, the railroads
being owned by the state; and
the responsible minister has been
bombarded with complaints according- j
]y. His explanations indicate a growth j
of traffic, for he says that the railroad j
department has been hampered by conti
actors' delays in delivering 40 new
locomotives and 1250 cars ordered especially
for the coal traffic. Of the
cars it may be noted that 450 are steet. j
cars built in the United States. They
are smaller than are usually employed
here, their capacity being only 15
tons each.?Engineering and Mining
Journal.
The namin? of a Japenese baby is
not simply the bestowal of a name
upon it soon after its birth, by which
it slia'l be known during its life-time.
The name of a Japenese is changed at
various periods of his life.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
Adrenalin, the newly-discovered active
principle of the suprarenal glands. ,
will not become a common drug.
Every pound made requires the glands
of 14,000 cattle, each single gland
weighing but two-fifths of an ounce i
and yielding but one quarter of a grain
of adrenalin. The new product has
promised much as astringent, opium
antidote, etc.
Experimental proof has lately been
obtained of the repulsive force of light,
which is deducible from Maxwell's
electro?magnetic theory of light. The
value obtained from the experiments
indicates the probable correctness of
that deduced from theory. This result
of the experiments is not merely confirmatory
of Maxwell's theory, ^ut, .
what is of especial interest to astrono- ,
mers, it supports Arrhenius' theory of
cornets' tails, namely, that they consist
of finely divided matter emitted from
the head of the comet and driven from
it by the force of the solar light. j
In a lecture given recently before the J
Royal Geographical Society Dr. Vaugh- j
an Cornish said that daring storms (
waves with periods of from eight to 11 j
seconds were observed, with lengths '
from 328 feet to G20 feet. A ten-second 1
wave was 512 feet long. The sides of
these waves had an average slope of
not less than 1 in 10. yA set of such
waves would have a height of 25 feet,
but there was generally a "swell" running
at the same time,-which increased
the total rise and fall of the water.
It made the waves irregular, and caused
waves of much larger size than 25
feet to recur not infrequently.
Coloring glass by penetration, as M. :
Leon Lemal calls his interesting pro- i
cess, offers varied and attractive re- !
suits. Silver salt in small quantity,
but varying with the intensity of color .
desired, is placed upon the surface of
the glass, which is then heated to 500
degrees or 550 degrees, baking for five
minutes, giving a yellow stain to a
depth of 150th of an inch, which is
increased to a 15th of an inch in eighteen
hours. The yellow shows a beautiful
greenish or bluish flourescence in
reflected light. Lace patterns can be
transferred to glass Dy inis memou,
colored monograms may be obtained,
and even collodion negatives may
be printed in various colors. Silver
and copper give a red, white gold and
iron salts have been used for other
effects.
A remarkable instance of a battery
of accumulators working under water
was recently given at the municipal
electric plant in Munich. The station
is situated on an island in the Isar,
and during the flood the water covered
the batteries. According to the Scientific
American, one of the batteries
which "ran the car lines was completely
cut out, and it was thought that the
other, which furnished light, would
have to be treated in the same way.
The flywheels of the engines were half
in the water. Nevertheless, as it was
almost indispensable to light at least
the principal streets of the city, it
was decided to try to operate the submerged
battery. The attempt was successful,
and the battery, which had
been constructed to give C000 amperehours
with a GOu-ampere discharge,
was able to furnish 4000 ampere-hours
during the night. The remainder was
lost in discharges in the water.
London'* Tiamwuy*.
Since the London county council
took to buying and managing their own
tram-cars, they have materially assisted
the taxpayers with the profits
therefrom. The report for the workings
of the municipal trams for the
past twelve months shows that the
"rates," as local taxes are generally
called in England, have been" assisted"
to the extent of 3315.000 by the
profits of the past year an advance
of 3145,000 over the assistance given
from the same source during the previous
12-month. At present the London
county council, which is made up
of delegates from all sections of the
great metropolis, and legislates on
matters which are of greater scope
than mere district questions, owns
all the tram lines on the north (or
Strand) side of the Thames, and those
on the south ( or Surry) side as well.
The latter they operate with a complete
staff of their own officers and
employes, but the northern lines are
at present leased to several companies
at fixed prices, the total being a
trifle over 3375,000 a year.
Solvin; If.
Patrick, a thrifty tradesman Ir the
neighborhood of the Dublin docks, was,
the story goes inTit-Bits, a man who
never spent a penny more than he
needed to spend; but he was, nevertheless,
as good a man at the making
ot an Irish bull as any who lived between
Bantry and Ballycastle.
Having one day occasion to send a
letter to a place at some distance, Patrick
called a messenger and asked him
his price for going such a distance.
"It'll be a shillin'," said the man.
"Twice too much!" said Patrick.
"Let it be sixpence."
"Nivver," answered the messenger.
"The ivay is that lonely that I'd nivver
go it under a shillin'."
"Lonely, it is?" said Patrick,
scratching his head. "Faith, an' ye're
roight. Now, man, I'll tell ye what
we'll do; make it sixpence, and I'll go
wid ye to kape ye company!"
Major Andre an Toet and Artist.
The unfortunate Major Andre, who
fascinated so many Philadelphia girls
during the revolution, was something
of a poet and something of an artist,
as witness the little exhibition of his
work in the Philadelphia Library. An
autograph poem, rather graceful in its
form and rather fresh in its sentiment,
is there, and beside it are a
number of silhouettes that the young
man cut. The poem is dedicated to a
young woman, and, if the lines are
true, she was a very beautiful person,
tnough she has been dust for manyyears
now. The silhouettes are of
British army officers, and seem to be
as vigorous and full of character as
that slight form of art admits of. It
was Major Andre, by the way, who
painted the scenery and drop curtain
of the old Southwark Theatre on South
street below Fifth.?Philadelphia Record.
A Husband to Itolieve I.onelinp**.
A woman from Southern California, '
who wrote to a New York house for a
book of insiructions on knitting and
ciocheting, said: "I live alone on a
farm and sometimes it is so dreary I
almost go crazy. Perhaps the knitting
will help to pass the time, but I would
rather have a husband. Ir you know
a man who is not more than 50 years
old, in good health, willing to work
and who has a good temper, will you
let me know. I wouldn't be so lonely,
I think, if 1 had a husband. I enclose
10 cent3 for the book on knitting."?
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Stage Manager?And the emergency j
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Stage Manager?Is the author in hia j
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