The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-08-25

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With q phosphorescent prep8ra-
tion which makes them visible at
night.
Captain Boynton once thought of
gong through the Il agara rapids in
his rubber suit but he numbered
several railroad ties and sent them
through, When they were recovered
below the whirlpool and Boynton
saw the scars, he packed his rubber
salt and left.
Verw few people know that q letter
mailed in a hotel envelope, which
fails to reach the person addressed, Is
sent at once to the dead-letter office,
notwithstanding the ten days return
notice on the corner. If you stop at
D hotel and use one Of their envelopes
ALWAYS mark out the name and insert
your own if you want your letter again
If it fails to recah the person adj
dressed.
Charles Dudley Warner remarks
that August, Notwithstanding It's
robust name. is a fabby, watering
place sort of q month. ct is fly
time, it is dog-days time, it is Irritation
time, 1t is q period Of general list
lisness and indecision. 1t is said to
be very difficult in August to make
up the mind either to accept him or
reject him. And, worse still, it is apt
to be the latter part of the month be-
fore he makes up his mind to pro
pose. Indeed, to speak of making up
the mind at all III August is nearly
absurd, for there is no mind to make
up"
The country people near Danyille,
Va, were recently swlndlod in a very
simple yet curious manner. -Four
men rode about the country in COW
cred wagons soliciting old feather
beds from families, promising to re-
place them with new ones in the
course Of ton days. The reason for
doing this was that they wanted to
make mattresses to send across the
sea, and that new feathers would not
answer for this purpose. They were
quite successful, getting six large beds
from two families. They gave no
receipts, but got their beds on a bare
promise,
One of the ships advertised for sale
by the United States government is
the New Orleans, which was com
meaced in the latter part Of Decem,
Der, 1914, at Sackett's Harbor
n. Y. Work on her was prosecuted
for six weeks, and was stopped and
never since resumed. She has lain
there and rotted for the past sixty
nine years. OF course she is practi-
cally ~yalueless, but it is suggested
that, as she is an object of curiosity,
drawing thousands of people annually,
canes might be made of her as scu-
venirS, and greatly to the profit of the
purchaser, as she is appraised at but
$40, She was to be Of 4,20O tons
capacity,
During the war the silver level of a
Senior warden, which had been worn
by Washington, had been carried
away from a Masonic lodge at Fred
ericksburg, Va, This interesting
levelwas deposited among the archives
sof Integrity lodge, Of Philadelphia, by
Warren j. Young, a former member.
together with a memorandum stating
that it was to be retured to Freaer.
icksburg lodge "after the state OF
Virginia, as q whole, ceases to be in
rebellion against the government Of
the United States The relic was
overlooked until q few weeks ago
when a newly elected secretary dis.
covered it, and, after a cerrespon.
dence with his southern brethren, re.
turned it to them.
WItifsn an hours walk Of Casino
Station, Arizona, there is a chasm &C
deep That the eye can hardly see iii
bottom. Actual measurement make,
it two thousand feet deep. Tn,
width varies from two hundred
feet at the bottom to fifteen hundred
feet at the top. The sides are sole
rock, but IN layers of perhaps thirt,
feet in depth, each layer having a pro
iecting or shelving edgeextendmg from
six to- twenty feet. Hinder tha Sbalv
ing rock cliff dweIlers long ago bull
tasu abodes. There are seven tier
Of these dwellings. Ii is notable tina
nom are lower than two hundred fee
from Tive bottom. Te what 2 q
the world this race belonged, or tn.
character and nature Of the peopl
who built these cities, neither histor'
nor tradition gives q trace.