The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-05


is not SO bad as prairie fire, it is yet formid
able enough, some Canadian gentlemen
who were laying out the line OF a railroad re-
Gently found In the prose cution OF their la
bors, they had penetrated the Long Swamp
about half mile, when suddenly the atten-
tion OF Mr.. Tate, one of the party, was at
tracted by a loud roaring, as of the approach
of O hurricane. On looking in the direction
whence the sound proceeded, to his horror he
observed fire rushing toward them at q rapid
rate, licking up every thing in its way and
telling large trees in every direction MIR
Tate ordered stampede at once, and then
began race. At the start, the fire was fully
800 yards off; away rushed the whole party,
white men and Indians, scrambling over logs,
through brush-heaps, tumbIing headlong into
holes, barking shins, spraining ankles, and
tearing clothes, but not word was spok en- no
stopping to look back or asking for compan-
ions in the rear but each one struggling to
reach the clearing. Owing to the denseness of
the swamp, though every muscle was strained
progress was like walk compared to the
apid march Of the fire. Fortunately. thew
reached the clearing in safety, not moment
too soon, for the fire was but ten feet behind
them when they emerged from the woods ;
had, they delayed minute longer before start
ing the probability is that they would have
lost their lives.-LjndSay Canada Post
How TO RENDER LIGHTNING CONDUCT
OR SAFE Lightning conductors, says the
Scientific american, frequently have not as
good connection with the earth as thev
should have. A lightning conductor having
its earth extremity partially Insulated soon
becomes charged if O storm cloud passes
ov + it, and then lateral discharge takes
place; hence the accidents which have fire.
quently taken place in buildings supposed to
be adequately protected. Sand and gravel
brickwork and stone, are bad conductors of
eec tricity, and if the rod has such o base,
and the surrounding earth he likewise dry, it
is practically insulated. The difficulty Of
getting what telegraph operators call good
earth is one that should weigh with those
putting up lightning conductors. They
should not rest satisfied that all is secure un-
| less they can reach q running stream of
water, or else sink considerable surface Of
copper plate till permanently damp Garth is
reached.
| THE SPORTING MAN How easy this hawk
of human species is recognized Clothed in
gaudy rAiment he struts proudly along the
streets, the envy OF bummers and loafers. but
mentally despised by those whose pursuits
are honest and legitimate There is some.
thing, too. notwithstanding his broadcloth
and diamonds, that tells the close observer
! that he is sporting-a character that infests
rambling bells, and who subsists bv fleeing
and swindling unwary and verdant young
men from the rural districts. The sporting
man who plies his vocation of trickery and
chicanery in inland towns is one of the worst
Of the species, and those who will allow him
to cheat them are deserving of their fate.
A few weeks ago, dispatch was received
at San Francisco from the head quarters Of
the weather signal corps at Washington
stating that a storm might be expected in
California that day The storm had ALREADY
begun, and was pretty general throughout
the State, being especially severe in portions
of the Sacramento Valley, where it was ac
Ecompanied by terrific thunder and lightning
The San Francisco Bulletin says this ia the
second time the present season that storm
predictions from Washington, where Oh
servatlons from all parts of the Union are
received and compared, have been promptly
realized. t sts7 II
In case of war Russia will not be in the
condition she was during the Crimean strug.
gle, when she had no extensive railroads 70
bring her troops from the interior and ex.
tremes of her vast domains This ruined her
in that fight. She was further. practically
from Sebastopol than were the allies But
network of eleven great railroads NO W unites
the different parts Of the Empire, and in the
shortest period she can make her immense
1 population of seventy millions of people
available in o national struggle. 1907 =