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Buffalo Courier.
The wildwood home of Col. E. z C. judi
son, better known as Ned Buntline," in the
Adirondacls is one Of the attractions of that
famous region. The house, if it may be dig
nitied by that name, is constructed of logs
in the most primitive style, and contains but
two rooms. 1t stands near Eagle Lake at the
foot of Blue Mountain As far back as 1856
Ned Buntline" invaded the Wilderness and
built his little log cabin in the heart of the
woods. At that time he was a slave to in
temperance, and recognized the fact that his
safety lay in fight from the busy haunts of
men. He succeeded in clearin. little farm,
and when the cabin attained the appearance
OF home he presented it with a mistress in
the form of a young and handsome wife.
The furniture was of the simplest description,
and the pair We're dependent upon their labor
Tor the necessaries of life, but notwithstand-
ing these-drawbacils they lived happily, and
"Ned Buntline" produced volume after vol
ume Of thrilling backwoods stories.
The war Of the rebellion called the author
from his wildwood haunt, and he did not re-
turn until long and arduous service had ele-
waited him to the rank of colonel In the
meantime his wife and only child died, and
they were laid to rest near the cabin. Four
cedar trees mark their lonely graves. 'fNed
Buntline" is now lecturing on temperance
down among the Catskill mountains, and the
Adirondack home has passed into the hands
of strangers. It has many visitors each year,
who look upon the graves beneath the cedars
and try to imagine the sort of life the little
family led. The thought of the brave wife
who willingly abandoned home and friends
FOL aI,1 ho,. bJ,cI hoI
appetite is invariably a source of sadness.
Chimney Sweeps and Their Work.
Rochester Union
''How DO you go to work to clean modern
chimney with small f1uesg" was the first
question which troubled the reporter.
''We have peculiar tools-scrapers, brushes
and rubbers-nade on purpose for the bust
ness. We go up on the roof and scrape the
SCOT down to the bottom of the chimney and
make it entirely clean. How do we get
the SCOT out? Well, when le chimney ex-
tends to the cellar, we have no trouble.
When it ends in parlor OF other furnished
room, we take it out Of the stovepipe hole
and are obliged to take good deal of care.
We never leave any SCOT or dirt in a room"
''Do you often go down a chinaney?"
always, if the ffue is large enough. We
elbow our way down, cleaning the chimney
as we go. We go out the same way; then we
take out the SCOT in the way told you. We
take chimneys by the job-so much a CHM
ney. We clean great many tall factory
chiuneys. Most of these have iron bars for
steps inside, and we climb up them and clean
down. Sometimes we have to go up with
ladders on the outside and let ourselves-dowr
with ropes. We get from s25 upward for
cleaning these large smoke stacks"
SIS the business unhealthful9'
eyes; it can not be any other way. You
see we can't help making a great dust, and
we inhale good deal of it into the lungs
When we go inside the chimney we coTerour
mouths with sponge, but we always catch
good deal Of the SCOT, do the best we can.
How much does it cost to clean a chimney.
Well, from rs cents to $780, for common
chimneys, and it takes from one to three
hours. In the larger factory cf1imneys we
run a good deal of risk In most of them the
mortar around the top is rotten, and we
have to look out for loose brick falling. Very
often a sweep is injured by a falling brick,
and it is almost certain to be bad injury
Make money at it? Wen, yes; but we
don't last long in this business, and we have
to make money while we cam