The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-03

the timber is being cut is extremely
ragged and broked by huge bowl
ders and rocky cliffs. Over these
rocks the little streams which from
Wolf Creek come tumbling down
from their snowy sources en- the
mountain tops. Near ono of these
streams couple Of sturdy woods
men set to work to fell Il large pine
tree which stood close to II high
smoothe wall Of granite. About
thirty feet from the foot Of the tree,
at which point it seemed to be de-
cayed, the trunk divided into two
large branches, one leaning over the
perpendicular wall ofrock. A small
stream of water poured over the rock,
and, falling upon the limb, fell in
spray down along the sides of the
tree. The water made the wood
choppers position very uncomfort-
able, but they kept at their work,
and soon the tree began to totter,
and fell with resounding crash and
broke in twain. The men followed
its course with their eyes, but their
gaze turned to astare of wonder and
their surprise found vent in a loud
shout, which ran from mouth to
mouth and sent its echoes ringing
through the mountains. "Fishl fish
in the tree!" cried the woodmen. for
from the top of the tree poured a
a volume of water as it fell, and with
it hundred or more of mountain
trout, which were left squirming and
wrigghng helplessly upon the stony
ground. The excited woodchoppers
crowded around and began to pick
up the fish as they could, all at a
loss to account for the presence of
the trout in the tree top, The most
plausible theory is that the water
caused the tree to decay and became
hollow, and the fish, being swept
over the rock, fell down into the tree.
In whatever way their presence
there may be accoented for, the sight
of the tree emptying itself of its live
ly contents was wonderful, if not to
say startling.-Alpine argus.
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A BRAKEMAN's MELANCHOLY EX-
PERIENcE.-"Talking about sudden
changes in Temperature" said a st.
Paul brakeman, 'let me tell you of
little experience 1 had one day
few weeks ago. TWAS nice, warm
day, and was out on my run and
was just congratulating myself that
we'd get through on time this trip.
We'd had tough times with snow
and cold, and I was particularly
pleased with the fine outlook on this
occasion cause wanted to get home
in time to lead the prayer meetin',
bein' as it was my turn. Pm a
religious man, you see, an so you
can place the utmost confidence in
what tell you. Well, as l was a.
sayin', it was nice warm, thawing
day, and we were making good time.
Pretty soon, though, the train stop
ped, miles from any station, and I
stepped out to see what the matter
was. I noticedthat it seemed slight
ly colder and | shivered bit as l
stood in the slush and water looking
ahead where theengineer was fixing
something about his machine. By
the time the engineer had concluded
his fixing, probably three or four
minutes, was chilled through and
ana wasn't sorry TO see MN Jump
into his cab and to hear the bell ring
for starting. made a move to get
on the train, but it wasn't much of
a move. In fact / was struck. l
could no more move my feet than
if the Court House had been sitting
on one of them and the City Hall
on the other. You see while I had
been standing in that water the
temperature had suddenly fallen so
that the water had turned to firm
ice and my feet were frozen fast.
The train moved off without me,
despite my cries, and l stayed there
three hours and missed my prayer
meeting. That beat all the sudden
changes in temperature I ever heard
of, and you can bet it was cold
day when I got left"