Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-03

hold them. ~ this time onezhaif OF /
he heavens to the south OF us was
overcast with huge masses OF deem.
tinted. blne-black. surging couds |
tossing and tumbling like the pillows
on the ocean.
Look! look there!' cried one OF |
the boys. ''By lingo! There's bat |
tie 10 you'll" ut the same time indi. |
eating what he meant by pointing
southwark. One look. and nv atten.
ton was riveted upon the most
singular sight l had ever before
witnessed in my experience on
the great plains. The great surg
ing body Of clouds had been rent in
twain midway. and while one body re-
tanned the deep. blue-black hue, the
other had assumed deep orange tint at
the center with light saffron hued spots
constantly changing position. while
the entire western line of the mass
was illumined by rapid and vivid
flashes of lightning. Midway the ad.
vancing. threatening clouds the sky
lay u clear expanse OF azure. while
mounting rapidly like beetling crags
the blue-black masses were o'erlapping
the slower-moving. luminous clouds.
! The whole was taken in by me in
moment. and in the same moment the
wind from the northeast had died
away and IA dead calm ens,ied A mo-
| 1af 4
the now FESTIVE cattle, sound like
distant thunder and q steady gale Of
I, hot wind from the southwest caused
me to again note the approaching
storm. | can compare what beheld
to nothing save the bubbling masses
OF a rapidly boiling caldron Of soap
SO interminglad and sudden were
the evolutions of the light:sh-
tinted with darker hued tossing
vapor-. Almost as quick as thought the
panorama of battling elements
changed What hM hitherto formed
the base or heavier masses OF the
clouds suddenly shot upward. leaving
long pendant train, the center OF the
body black as night--the outer rim
filled with electric fiashes-the whole
gyrating. whiring. bounding upward.
and then as the wind began to blow a
gale, app oaching US with the speed
of race-horse and sound represent.
ing distant cannonading. Ten min
utes did not elapse from the moment
of its assuming its funnel shape ere
in, nj of haI
mist, dust, flying pebbles. and thick
suphurous vapor. Riding like mad
our shouting, whipping, screaming
and all were vain attempts to hold thu
thoroughly frightened cattle, and thu
best we could do was to let then
drift" and, if possible amid the blind
ing storm, keep pace with them. Tn
famous ride OF John Gilpin wa
, in no way equal to ours that LAY. ant
, by FIVE o'clock we succeeded in stop
Z ping the stampede and found ourselve
eighteen miles distant from our start
ing point--sore and bruised, hungr
, and drenched to the skin--minus on
OF our number who "had ridden t
, DEATH" ne having been caught by tn
frightened cattle. endorsed an
, trampled into shapeless mass {
flesh and bones. Poor Christover!
a more faithful lad never bestrode
d, bronco. The return to camp nes
morning exposed situation by q
means encouraging Five of the hug
= Government wagons, freighted wit
:, from &. 800 to 1000 pounds. were con
: pletely wrecked and their valuab
! freight scattered for miles over I'll
;, prairie Harmon had had his lie
. shoulder dis!ocated, two drivers wei
seriously injured by Commissions, an
four valuable mules killed outrigh
y. Still, savants contend cyclones to be
- recent origin, and some people T.
: ligiously believe them to be coniint
to Kansas. Poor Kansas, like Il
..girl with many tribnlations. iin'
y the least OF her to be the greatest
:. other folks eyes. Chicago Times.