The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-11
A REMEDY FOR BILLIARDS..
Forestry Should BE Greatly stimulated
hy Dakota's Sad Experience.

Forestry, by the sad experience of this
winter, should be greatly stimulated IN
Dakota A blizzard is simply n strong,
cold wind, moving unchecked over leagues
OF HIGHT, unpacked snow 1t sweeps up
that which has previously fallen, carries
il away in the color Of vast shaken
fleece. distributes il so that almost each
atmospheric atom has its little particle,
and drives along all with steady fury.
Whether fresh snow is falling can seldom
be determined by people out in IA real biz
zard. rs far rs the eve can see upward,
and TINT is but q litilt space, the hurry OF
minute pellets hurlilg through ether
across an unrevealcd ky prevails, and the
hurrying samencss on every side is varied
ONLY bv occasional tail and bending
wraiths where the wind whirls in shifting
column 4 confusion OF the senses. com
parable 10 none produced otherwise,
aupals one submitted To the enormous and
binding force Of such a Snow filed wind,
and scarcely . distinct thought romans
except that the awful cold iorbids crouch
Ing for rest and shelter
TO our personal knowledge, one in such
a storm keeps with difficulty upon q rail
way track lifted three feet above the sur
rounding prairie, and may hc LOST 10y five
steps the wrong way after stumbling
down from the embankmeut, which, being
white. becomes instantly invisible. 10 is
recorded on good authority that bands Of
teamslcrs hating with their horses have
been showed over thirty feet deep 10y
blizzanls and have survived hy beating
ont breathing chambers till the cessation
Of the storm enabled them to dig them
selves 20 upper air. The formation of
drift about halted man, or horse, or
sleigh IS sometimes wonderfully speedy,
and the drift, once established, grows by
virtue of its obstructiyeness. In some
Well authenticated eases loot persons have
been found By the drifts over them and
duo out alive. in others the spring has re-
vcalcd corpses still unthawed among the
last white relics of winter In Billiards
people have often been unable 60 see across
the street of a northwest town. and some
times men lose their direction in trying to
reach the opposite side Of q well built
WAY.
This does not indicate that the blizzard
would prevail If large tracts of wood OBJ
structed The wind, as The buildings OF
CITY 90 he storm Is iullF developed
before reaching the town, aul RACES
through and over the comparatively mall
buldcd space But extensive forests on
many roadside belts OF wood would keep
the blizzard down. Their frequent occur
renee aud the great loss Of life from them
enforce the need, which exists from other
causes, for systematic tree planting ontne
plains To branch out roads. rs they do
over lakes. rivers ana plains iu The Quebec
province. IS impossibi8 on the treeless
prairie. Nor would the device always
save travellers Che Meunonltes have
wisely established a POST road many miles
long ia southern Manitoba The posts
are about ten inches ia dancer fifteen
f.et high, and hot more TO our recolec-
tiou, than fifty feot apart Yet travellers
often stray from that road in Billiards -
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