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OF DIRE requiring = constant supply OF
fuel. where dos that supply come
from? Sir John HerYchei states thA;
it would require tho combustion Of
10000 pounds Of ooAi per hour on each
square foot of The suns surface 70 pro
duce the amount OF hea; constantly
rsdiAtsd. . total b the whole which no
figures could definitely present 70 the
mind.
Professor Mitchell Acknowledges tha,
science has given no satisfactory nc
count Ut the origin OF solar light and
heat. Some astronomers think that the
u Is constantly attracting Ia itself
miiiionsof wandering stars and floating
nebuls. stray masses U: solid substance,
which fall into its fiery embrac. and
die that stable worlds ike ours NAV
live. Such theories are, however. little
better than Wild c~onjec.ures. This
luminous orb. the parent. Is science has
almost proven. OF all the other orts
that come within its influence and
belong 70 its system, has existed an
unknown, and certainly a very long
period, and 10 make II dependen, On .
daily supply OF material. would not only
render its light and heat variable. but
would expose 1t 70 the possible ca,ss-
trOphe Of a sudden extinction. The
mind that created the sun. We may be
sure, left nothing To chance. aud We
know well that the sun that shone last
week was quite up to the mark Of the
luminary that 1rst rose upon a created
world.
A philosopher who lived more than
q hundred years ago attempted TO solve
the mystery Of the sun. but he did /.
after q fashion % metaphysical that he
obtained but few adherents, and even
his name is but rarely mentioned among
~scientista He asserted that the sun is
pure dre, by which he mean that it is
in itself self-sustaining. and needs no
extrane0us help for combustion. 1t is
according to him. the neareet visible
representative OF what lies beyond in
the spiritual world. and corresponds to
that Divine love which warns the
heart, and that Divine wisdom which
illuminates the understanding. From
this he extracted many ingenious and
fanciful theories. The question is still
an open one, for the sun is still an un-
revealed mystery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-29
The Locust Moving Westward

Dr. n. =. TeTckend, JT, Secretary ~
the United States chronological Com.
mission. returned early in October from
an extended journey In the Western
Territories and the Pacific Coast. which
was undertaken for the purpose Of n,crr
tanning the western limits Of IN. M
grafton Of the Rocky Mountain locust.
and to determine whether IL was this
locust orr similar species which for two
centuries past has periodically mai.
ravages In certain localities In Oregon
and California HIS trip has been sue
cessful In settling both these points. 10
was found that the Rocky Mountain
locus: had this summer emigrat-i from
the region about Boise City. In south
western Idaho. into Northern Nevada
by way OF Brnnean Valley. where they
Are abundant and destructive In July.
During the first week in Angus. they
invaded Nevada. proving very annoying
In the Owyhee Valley. near C~Ornucopia.
Nevada They eat up the crops. even
filling wells. such was their a~buniance.
They had never been seen or heard -
by the settlers previous To this summer.
The locust also migrated from " ,ntana
or Idaho into the Burnt River country.
IN Oregon. about the 10Th of July. de
stroying the crops on several ranches,
and II In feared by the farmers tina, an
D year they will reach the vicinity
oil Walla WAlla, where q good deaf Of
wheat Is now raised. This Ia the nrs.
year that 1t has been 10 far Vest. thoagh
from the nature OF the country there
seems no reason Why WARNS OF locus,s
should not extend as far Wes. an the
DAiies OF the Columbia. or the eastern
flank OF the Cascade Mountains. II ap-
pears "a a matter Of fact that the locus.
ranges a. far west as the 10Th nerd
Ian, and extends from Latitude 50 de-
grees To 81 degrees along the meridian.
1t was found that . grHnshopper clos~lyk
resembling the Rocky Mountain locust.
but smaller and with shorter wipgrs
aoounds In the Pacific coast on bo,a
sides OF the Sierra Nevada. and extends
into Oregon and Washington
Territory. 1t II believed by the Com
mission that this Is the locust which has
In former years in places devastated
wheat fields in Oregon and California
Many facts were collected regarding the
cricket which h>s devastated Idaho
Eastern Oregon, and WAshingsOa Ter
ritory. In n locality in Nevada in
1916, 5000 worth 0l wheat was devour-
Cd BY these insects. The Commission
made q general survey OK the locus.
region during the past season. and accu.
mulated q large aso Of information re-
garding the habitsof the locust and bes.
OF preventing liz rzvaees, which
VIII be presented To Congress early in
The winter. The Commission and their
correspondents have been eyeryvhere
AIDED M encouraged by farmers and
directly concerned in sgrieul,ure.
1t is hoped tina. the result OF the
work thus Tar accomplished will be Of
lasting value TO the agriculture Of The
=
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Table-ktiQuette.

SA4NNSUOs
In a newspaper article on table eti-
quette, Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher says
that in handing your plate up to have it
replenished you should first remove the
knife and fork, and thus prevent their
being Jostled off by those annoying acci.
dents which are so liable to occur. Ap-
preciating the fact that it looks awk-
ward to hold the knife and fork in your
hand, and equally suspicious to stick
them in your pocket the lady recon-.
mends that you lay them down ION the
solitaire " piece of bread" so as not to
soil the cloth. Mrs. Beecher ought to
remember that we do not all receive .
salary Of Us 600 a year and three months
at the White Mountains, and are not,
therefore. likely to b provided with sol.
itaires. Even in the case of those per-
sons who can afford such a luxury it
seems to us to be asking a great deal of
them to take it OF for the purpose of
propping up a greasy knife and fork.
And then, il a man lays down his soil.
taire in company he takes great risk
Of never seeing it again this side Of the
grave. 1t vert cheaper, We take ii, to
grease the table-clOth and pay the dam
ages after ~dinner-buy q new cloth, if
need be, and take the old one home for
q horse blanket The horses would net
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A Hundred Year, Am

One hundred and ten years ago there
was not a single white man in Ken.
lucky. Ohio. Indiana and Illinois. Then
what Is the most %flourishing part OF
America was as little known as the
country around the mysterious noun.
tains OF the moon. It was not until IN
1867 that Boone left his home in North
Carolina to become the first settle. in
Kentucky. The drst pioneers Of Ohio
did not settle until twenty years after
this time. A hundred years e Cana
ds belonged TO France. and the populs-
ton did not exceed l.5D0,OOO people, A
hundred years ago the great Frederick
OF Prussia Was performing those grand
exploits which have made him immor.
tai in military annals. and with his Lit.
tie army was sustaining a siDgle-hand.
cd contest with Russia. Austria and
France. the three great powers of
Europe combined. Washington vas q
modest Virginia colonel, and the grea:
events in history OF the two worlds. in
which these great but dissimilar men
took leading parts, were then scarcely
foreshadowed. A hundred years 2
the United States we're the most loyal
part of the British empire. sand on the
political horizDn no speck indicated the
souggi. which. within a score Of years
hereafter, established the great reput.
lie Of the world. A hundred years ago
there were but four newspapers in
America Steam engines had not beeo
imagined. and railroads md tssesraphs
had not entered into the remotut o,n
ceptiOn Of man When We come To look
back 1t it through the vista Of history.
We and that to the century jus. passed
has been allotted more important events
in their bearing upon the Happiness OF
the world. than almost any otter which
has elapsed since the creation.
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What q tho Sun?

W03t - mo SU0f
Our knowledge Of the sun is yet but
superficial Spots have been discovered
upon its surface, but no one knows
whether they are riffs in its gaseous
atmosphere, showing the main body
beneath. or the product of awful storms
and whirlwindA. The s~pectroscope has
discovered traces of some known min
erals in the rays of the sun, but that is
only of indirect value. Powerful IN
struments and acute observations have
given to the world nothing but what
lies upon the surface, and everything
that science has really demonstrated
can be put in q paragraph. The u is
$4,000 miles in diametes. and 1t would
take one million four hundred thousand
worlds like our own to make up the
bulk. It has. as far ~ we can learn, q
surrounding envelope of 6ery gases.
fifty thousand miles in thickness, and
there u no definite information Of what
lies beneath. Certainly if there is .
fiery envelope of that size nothing solid.
of a material character, can maintain
itself within, and no life could b pre-
dictated ~ existing. And. according to
some astronomers, there arc appearAn-
ces which in other spheres would indi-
cate volcanic action. tongues Of flame
darting upward City thousand miles.
and luminous matter often elected 16O,-
COO miles A sublime and magnificent
globe, truly; but whence came it and
what supports itp II the sun il . ball
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Oriental ShaWls.

A considerable trade is carried on in
the district between Orenburg and
Orsk in shawls and neck.wrappers
These are made of gossamer-like webs
of goats hair woven into the articles
above mentioned. These are marvel
lousy light-a very large shawl can be
put into al ordinary sized Official en-
velOpe, not weighing more than q few
ounces. What most surprises the trav.
e!er is the excessive warmness of these
Oriental wraps, as well as the softness
of their texture. Many of them are so
delicately made that they can be passed
through a finger ring. Any one who
has seen the extraordinary lightness and
softness of this material can under
stand what the author Of On Eastern
tale had in his minds eye when he in
vented the story Of the fairy tent which
could shelter an army, and yet was so
light as to be hardly perceptable to the
touch. Amongst other kinds OF shawls
offered for sale at the various station
houses on the road, and where the good
woman and her daughters entreat the
traveller to purchase in so plausible and
winning a manner that it is difficult to
say nay, are wraps made of hare's down..
That is woven by the wives ofthe farm.
Frs and peasants in the neighborhOod
into very warm shawls, and which are
softer, if possible, than those made of
goats hair, although they are not near
ly so light. The price of these articles
of female attire is not by any means
exhOrbitant. A good shawl a he OBJ
tanned for from thirty to forty rOubles.
l feel convinced that if some of our
Boston tradespeOple were to send their
travelling agents to those parts, a very
profitable return would be made on the
capital invested; for the sha wis in
question would command a ready sale.
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Echoes From Dead Voices.

The Scientific American OF this week
contains the first announcement of what
may be the most wonderful invention
of the day.
Nothing could be more incredible than
the likelihood of once more hearing the
voice of the dead, yet the invention Of
the new instrument is said to render
this possible hereafter. 1t is true the
voices are stilled, but whoever has spO.
ken or whoever may speak into the
mOuth-piece of the photograph, and
whose words are recorded by it, has the
assurance that his speech may be repro.
duced audibly in his own tones long af.
ter he himself has turned to dust. A
strip Of indented paper travels through
a little machine, the sounds Of the latter
are magnified, and pOsterity centuries
hence hear us Is plainly as if we were
present. Speech has become, as it were,
immortal. The Scientific American
says:
"The possibilities Of the future are not
much more wonderful than those of the
present. The orator in Boston speaks,
the indented strip of paper is the tangi-
bic result. But this travels under a
second m. chine which may cOnnec
with the telephone. Not only is the
speaker heard now in San Francisco,
for example. but by passing the strip
again under the repr0ducer be may be
heard tomorrow, or next year, or next
century. His speech in the first in.
stance is recorded and transmitted 81.
multaneOusly, and indefinite repetition
is possible.
The new invention is purely mechan.
ical-nO e!ectric.t y is involved. 1t is a
simple affair of vibrating plates, thrown
into vibration by the human voice. 1t
is crude yet, but the principle has been
found, and notifications and improve
ments are only a matter Of time. So
also are its possibilities other than those
already noted. Will letter writing be a
thing of the past? Why not, if by sim.
ply talking into a mOuthpieceO ur speech
is recorded on paper. and Our CORES
pondent can by the same paper hear us
speak? Are we to have a new kind of
books? There IL no reason why the
Orati0ns of our modern Ciceros should
not be recorded and ~detachably bound
50 we can u the indented slips thro'
the machine, and in the quiet of our
own apartments listen again. and as
often as we will, to the eloquent words.
Nor are we restricted to spoken worda
Music may be ~crystalized as we'll. In
agine an opera or an o~ratorjo, sung by
the greatest living vocalists, thus re-
corded, and capable Of being repeated As
we desire.-NesO York Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-29

Twenty eight missionaries LEFT San
Francisco for China the other day, to
teach the poor heathena how to walk in
rihgt paths. This is in face Of the fact
that every city In America has its hun.
dreds and thousands Of worse than Chi.
nese heathens.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-29

Mn. Harris, at the recent fair a, Lex
ngton. Kentucky, was awarded a pre-
MUM for a piece Of blue jeans made by
herself In ls33. The interesting Incl.
dent connected Herewith IS that from
hes same piece she caused TO be made
and presented 10 Henry Clay a suit Of
clothes. which vas worn by him at
Washington.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-29
Found Fortified in STONE

While blasting rock from one Of the
quarries on the hillside west Of town
the attention Of one Of the workmen
was attracted by the curious formation
Of one Of the pieces that had been split
OF. An examination proved that i'm
bedded in the rock wa . wasps nest,
the texture and cells of which. although
turned to stone. were plainly visible.
On breaking open some of the cells the
larva and two perfectly formed wasps
we're found within in the same petrifed
condition as the ret. Theue was no
visible crack or outlet by which the
insects could have penetrated the rock
and the piece in whica this curious for
nation was found vas taken from a
depth Of forty feet from the surface
The rock il . granite sand stone of sedi-
mentaTy origin. Tho specimen Va
carefully cut out and forwarded to the
Institute at Washington.
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HOmeric Geography.

Mr.. Gladstone. in MacmulanS Maya.
zine, says: "a false method has been
far too much observed in dealing with
Homeric Geography. 1t has been the
practice to take the map As we know it,
and the text Of the poems, and then,
assuming that these are the proper and
only materials of comparison and judg.
ment, to found inquiry upon this narrow
and inadequate basis. But Homer had
no map. He had his eye, and he had
the reports of others, and out of these
he had to construct a map in his own
brain. And a valuable one it might be
for a small district, which the eye could
embrace, and which his eye probably
had embraced, such as the Plain of Troy.
Again, great and familiar lines of pas
sage over larger spaces might 20 adjust
themselves as to be conceived in a man.
ner approximately right. Under the
first of these heads he has given, as I
myself can in some degree testify from
having visited the place, a good and gen.
eral account of the general conformation
of Ithaca. Under the second. he seems
to have had a reasonably true cOncep.
tiOn of the coast of Greece, from the
Gulf of LepantO round to Negropont
as to its general outline, and of its posi-
ton relatively to the Archipelago and
the west coast of Asia Minor. But, ex-
cept as to cases governed by such rules,
he had no means of approach to accu.
racy as to measurements and directions:
and it is an entire mistake to take the
map for an authoritative standard in
interpreting the text, and to suppose our
only choice is between this place and
that, as he laid down n it. What we
have to do is carefully to construe the
text as it is, and then construct a geog.
raphy according to it; and however wide
this may be of the map, it is the true
and the only true, Homeric geography"
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-29

Bucks county, Pa, has a smoker who
claims to have averaged Z cigars per
dayduring the last 81 year2,Which would
aggregate $4,000 cigars, worth, at Eve
cents each. $3.50.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-29

When do skipping lambs become like
literary volumes? When they become
boundin' sheep.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-29

prepared for the fray.
She stationed two of the strongest at
the door of the council room. while as
many more guarded the matches. Then
the prisoners were called forth, one by
one. until 81 strong limbed Yankee
sailors stood on Geek, ready to do their
duty.
There was a tumult among the Cap
tain's party when the mutiny was dis
covered, and the officers were apprized
OF the state of affairs by the discharge
Of several pistols in the hold. "Mutinyr'
cried Guilderoy, springing from the
table; and the next moment, having
opened the door, he found himself flung
to the floor by one of the mutinees who
guarded the portal.
Another British officer was knocked
down. when several prisoners made their
appearance, and the inmates Of the cabin
were secured 1t was one of the most
startling and successful mutinies in the
annals of the British navy; but the
most thrilling part was yet to come.
"NOw three cheers for the English
sailors!" cried a stalwart mutineer who
had ably seconded the patriot girl.
Three cheers were given with q will.
They swept far into the night and star.
tied the tenants of another vessels deck.
mo moro such cheers" suddenly cried
Alkaline Temple in 8 tone of command.
"The Meteor is to bear the flag of the
American Congress at her mizzen peak.
The British mutineers will lay down
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spared are fastening to the scene.

THE LAST OF TABLE RoCK.-On the
Oath ult. the last of what was SO long
known as Table Rock. at Niagara, broke
off and fell into the river. The mass
weighed nearly sixty tons, and, up to
1876, over 1000 names of visitors had
been carved upon it. The part which
fell on the Oath composed only half of
the original rock, the rest having fallen
in. On Saturday, Jan. l, 1929, sur
face of the rock supposed to be the side
of half an acre. forming the bed of Mai
den Walk, broke loose, and percipitated
into the immense chasm below. The
crash was heard for a distance of five
miles, and the effect IN the immediate
neighborhood resembled the shock of an
earthquake. The water running under
the bank is supposed to have caused the
fall en- the Oath, and the shock, when
the rock struck the water, was distinctly
felt three miles from the fall. Several
of the trees which stood on the rock are
now seen standing in the river as erect
as when in their original places on the
rock. Where the rock shelved off from
the bank, at distance of twenty feet
from the top, can be seen the root of a
/
tree estimated to be two feet in diameter
1t attracts considerable attention.-.Syr-
acuSe Standard.
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RAILROAD STRIKES AND RIOTS.

One of the most formidable strike
ever known in the country is now in
operation on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road and its connections. Thousands
of strikers, chiefly fremen and brakmen
with such sympathizing friends as they
can muster are gathered along the
roads, burning railroad property,
dumping engines and fighting the State
and municipal Authorities. The Federal
troops are being sent to the scene, and
bloodshed is expected. On Friday and
Saturday there was rioting in Baltimore
and the State troops were attacked and
stoned by the large mob they fred upon
the rioters in turn, and several citizens
in the crowd were killed. The trains
Oh Ine Ddltinore N Onlo roau are Dill
stopped, and there is state of feeling
and alarm almost equal to that of 1861
1t is feared that the strike may extend
to all the great lines, and already
there are signs of discomfort on the
Pennsylvania and New York roads
All the Federal troops that can b.
spared are fastening to the scene.
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THE BoUNTIFUL CRoPs.-All of the
Western journals unite in asserting that
crops in the great grain growing States
will be the largest and best ever gather
ed. The Toledo Blade says that the ac-
reage of wheat is largely in excess of
any since the settlement of the country,
and the yield per acre very much great
er. In Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois the average will not fall much
below twenty-five bushels to the acre.
In addition to the increased acreage and
the large yield, the quality is bet
ter than it has been for years. Corn,
which was considered doubtful a few
weeks since, is declared certainty"
Oats, which have been a failure since
1874, will be much larger crop than
that year. The average yield will be
thirty bushels to the acre. This enor.
nous crop is coming just in the nick Of
time for the West, when breadstuffs are
likely to command high price, and is
the "let-up" which farmers have SO long
been waiting for. In view of the fine
crops and the bare markets, the Bladt
predicts that an immediate improvement
in business cannot be prevented. AL
ready the new wheat is seeking market
and through the Western retailer the
golden tide will reach the manufacturer
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geadimg gutiees.

The Fall term of Derby Academy,
which opens August 29th, offers very
superior inducements for obtaining a
symmetrical education. The Principal,
in the circular just issued, says: eve
invite parents to give US trial, conf
dent that they will become satisfied that
we mean business; and can and will do
as well for our patrons, in kind treatment
and thorough instruction, as anybody
can, anywhere, at any cost. in the branch
Sc we teach - which includes a full
curriculum of English, Classical and
Commercial Science. Students should
be present the first dag, as no abatement
is made from bills of absentees. The
splendid training given in the Specialties
Of Penmanship, Elocution, Bookkeeping,
and Short Hand Reporting is worth
more than an ordinary tuition. Send
for Circular to Daniel Kilburn, Sec'y.
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you tell Mr.. Smith l want to buy his
farm" Mr.. Smith can speak for him
self, but will only get an answer as he
hears it addressed to the ''old horse"
This eccentric individual will allow no
man to sit at his right hand; he will
sooner stand up or leave, and has often
stood up through church services when
he could find no seat without man at
his right hand. He speaks in meetings,
and is quite an earnest, interesting
speaker.