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magnetized. so that pokers. fiatirons and
other metal objects were found adhering
TO each other. Just OF the tornado's track
the same effects were notice d. and several
persons experienced sharp electr cal shocks
during the passage Of the storm. After
ward IL was found that the magnetic influ-
ence was 30 strong that clocks and watches
were stopped anu rendered wholly useless.
The scooping action Of the tornado some
times makes considerable changes In the
topography Of the count V. IA when IL
gathers up the water OF a large pond or
water course and makes n n"w pond or
opens a new chanel. At Wallingford. Conn.
the water in pond of very large size was
taken bodily from its bed. carried up ahill
and dropped nearly In one mass. SO that
gullles and ravines were cut in every direc-
ton.
Many are the stories told Of the way In
which objects are carried away by the
wind and left in strange places. In one
Illinois tornado two children and an infant
were caught up The dead bodies OF the
two chiliren were found only a lew hun
dred feet distant. but the infant was picked
up alive more than a mile away from the
spot where the tornado swept the child up.
An accordion that must have come a long
distance for IL was never ella med-was
found so entangled in the branches OF a
tree that it was alternately pulled apurt
and pressed together by the wind. creating
such weird an uncanny music during a
whole night that an already sufficiently
scared settlement Of negroes wore kept In
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and strikes until wherever there Is n chance
for vibration or fiutter. even in tightly
furled sails, the fabric soon gives way.
One OF the most remarkable effects or "A
cyclone was recorded at Matanzas. Cuba,
where the center passed directly over the
city. As the vortex arrived the air pres
sure outside was so suddenly diminished
that the air inside the houses forced the
window panes ont. and then az soon as the
calm center had passed the violent wind.
having an initiating and ii ting effect through
the open apertures. lifted many OF the roofs
Of.
The local tornado IN at 50 frequently PLAYS
havoc with property and life in the West il.
Ike the cyclone, revolving force. but it
carries with IL "A variety OF phenomena
wholly distinct II ON those that accompany
the larger storm. Many of the effects OF
one tornado are wholly absent in others,
and the indications that in one case have
been followed by terrible disaster are not
infrequentlv found at other times to presage
merely heavy thunder shower.
The freaks OF a tornado are wholly unac-
countable. In some cases not an object in
its track will fail 10 feel its power for long
distances: i'm Other instances IL will seem TO
act like a cannon ball that plougns up the
earth on striking. then rises and strikes
again. leaving the space between untouch-
ed. Sometimes IL will GO through forest
levelinx the trees "a thou n a gang OF ak
men had piled their tools on lines laid out
by surveyors. nothing outside the track
being touched; but again In similar wind
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WelI-Trained Lions.

Darling. a tall, handsome fellow, ac-
companied by splendid mastiff, now
steps in the arena. He cracks his
whip. few revolver shots are fired, and
in they rush straight from the stable
Leo, Tom, Pasha, and Sultan-four
magnificent samples of African kings
of the desert. As soon as they catch
sight of their master they are as quiet
as lambs.
One of them stands on his hind legs,
places his forepaws on Darling's shout
ders and ticks his face. They then
squat on couple of benches, each
awaiting the signal TO go through his
performances. After few preliminary
exercises, number of stands or pedes-
tails were placed close together, and
the five animals executed n series of
tableaux vivants with striking effect.
On being sent back to their places,
three of the lions obeyed the injunc-
ton, but the second of the group re-
NAMED where he was. As neither
coaxing nor entreaties availed, Darling
simply threw his protege over his
shoulder and carried him TO his place.
A swing plank was introduced on
which the merry performers disported
themselves for awhile. Sitting up
right on their stands they had after
ward to hold out flags spread out from
one to the other, over which the mastiff
jumped in mighty leaps. When at last,
to all appearance tired with their la.
bors, they all lay down together, Oar
ling gracefully reclined on the soft
couch and Nero, the dog. skipped
around, barking merrily at the charm
ing picture of still life. After a short
repose Tom mounts tricycle. without
assistance and sets it going with his
forepaws, Leo assists his comrade by
pushing behind, and off they start all
around the ring. Meanwhile Darling
puts the harness on the other pair,
using silk ribbons for blidles. He
mounts his chariot, flouTishes his whip,
and at furious gallop they dash
around the arena. The door is sud-
denly opened. and the performance is
at an end. Parts Temps.
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The Largest Stone Ever Cuarried.

No traveller to Egypt returns with
out words of praise aud astonishment
for the ancient Egyptians as builders
How they handled such enormous
blocks of stone has always been a mys-
terry, and probably always will be-.
But now it appears that We have sur
passed the Egyptians.
at Ninalhaven. Maine. there now
lies in quarry the largest piece of
stone ever quarried anywhere, aud if
erected it viii he the highest, largest
and heaviest single piece of stone
standing, or that ever stood, SO far a.
there Is any record
1t considerably exceeds in height any
of the Egyptian obelisks. The talleSt
of these, which was brought from He'll
opolis to Alexandria by Emperor Con-
stantine, aud subsequently taken to
Rome, where it now stands. is 100 feet
7 inches high. The Vinalhaven shaft
is ll5 feet long, 10 feet square at the
base and weighs $50 tons.
This enormous monolith was quar-
ried "just for fun, )" as the boys say. or
perhaps to show what the granite com
pany could do when they tried; at any
rate, it was not quarried to order.
What a splendid monument it will
make to somebody.
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at thirty inches the pressure is about 1000
pounds to the square loot; whore the
barometer is at twenty inches the pressu .
ts ] 1888 pounds to the square foot. The
difference between the atmos pheric pres
sure in the center ana the outer edge OF a
tornado is. therefore. GCG rounds 70 the
square foot. so that when one OF these at
mospheric terrors passes over n house
there IL an effort OF the air inside the house
TO equaliZe the pressure. The consequence
Is that there is n pressure something like
six hundred pounds TO every square foot
of the house, and it goes to pieces with a
crash"
It is on this theory of different pressures
that observers account for such phenomena
as finding sticks driven through trees.
houses turned upside down. and teams
lifbd into the air. There have been
cases, said Lieut. BE I'll. where "a tornado
has literally picked every feather from
chickens, peeled the wool from sheep. and
plucked geese"
1t Is no little satisfaction TO learn that
Chicago is not likely 10 suffer from totna-
does The reason for this is that few cases
are known whore "a great tornado has been
destructive TO cities situated on the west
bank OF a large body of water. as the
Worlds Fair city is.
The phenomena and effects Of cyclones in
the West Indies have long been subjects of
study and observation. AS the center ap-
proaches "A ship she is assaulted by wind OF
terrible force and n sea that Is almost in
describa lie. The water no longer runs in
waves OF regular onward motion, but leaps
mp in pyramids and peaks. The wind swirls
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a state ofrantic dIsmay until daylight re-

sthte OF ifhnic uismay until uayiSnt re-
vealed the cause
In another case q farmer who followed
the tornado's track in search OF missing
cattle was astonished TO discover ono OF
his COWS standing about twenty feet above
the ground In the branches OF "A half ielled
maple.
Il alters knew that was an active heifer.
he remarked. as he came In sight OF hsr.
standing erect on the slanting trunk, but
never allowed she could climb tree"
Where a tornado passes over "A consider
able body OF water IL takes the familiar
form known "a waterspout That is. IL
sweeps up a mass OF water that goes whirl-
ing over the surface with tremendous
writings and Eyrations. Just after the
close of the war was lying in the Chesa-
peake in a sloop- of-war. A boat heavily
laden with a swimming party ha been al
lowed to go ashore. and Just as II was re-
turning n terrible cloud came down one OF
the small creeks at "A hei hit apparently of
only few hundred feet AS II reached the
open bay "A leaden- colored. snake-like col
umn sprang up 10 meet the cloud. and came
twisting and squrming straight for the
boat. The latter was so crowded that only
a few oars could be pulled. and there
seemed no escape for the men unless they
could reach the ship
Unfortunately not gun in the battery
was loaded, and we could not open tho
magazine and load one before the water
spout would be upon US. III was. OF course.
questionable what would be the fate of the
ship itself IL the waterspout struck US. but
l don't think that idea occurred to any one.
so engroSsed were We in the fate OF our
shipmates in the boat. Two boats crews
were called'away TO be ready TO lower their
boats the instant the spout should pass. In
order TO pick up the men who we o not
swept on aloft. The men at the oars pulled
with the energy of despair but loaded
deeply and closely crowded they made
slow DrOuress
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ENJOYMENT at Home.

Don't shut up your house, lest the
sun should fade your carpets; and your
hearts, lest a merry laugh should shake
down some of the musty old cobwebs
there. If YOU want to ruin your sons,
let them think that all mirth and social
enjoyment must be left on the thresh-
old without when they come home at
night When once home is regarded
as only place TO eat, drink, and sleep
In. the work is begun that ends in
endless degradation. Young people
must have fun and relaxation some
where: if they don't have it at their
own hearthstones it will be sought at
other and perhaps less profitable
places. Therefore, let the fire burn
brightly at night, and make the home
stead delightful with all those little
arts that parents so perfectly under
stand.
Don't repres the buoyant spirit OF
your children: half an hour of merri-
ment around the lamp and freight of
home blots out many a care and an
noyance during the day, and the best
safeguard they can take with them in
TO the world is the unseen influence OF
bright little domestic circle. Put
home first and foremost, for there will
come a time when the home circle will
be broken; when you will "long for the
touch of a vanished hand and the
sound of voice that is still, and
when your greatest pleasure will be
in remembering that you did all in
your power to put song under every
burden to make each other happy
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the sky IL iull OF crrhus clouds and ii at
the same time there Is bank OF dark
clouds gradually rising in the northwest.
these signs mean in allibly that when the
cold storm from the northwest encounters
the hot wind. the two. rushing together.
will start a tornado spinning on it's travels.
By day. the color OF the tornado IA il is
seen approaching is almost brassy; by
quickly detected by experienced eyes. The
only thing to do at such times ia TO make
for the cellar unless one il confident he is
already in place of safety.
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'-S~es~>a~> bord frum a circus
tent, an wed better stay to home.
How air YOU, fraid frog" SEES Sally
to William Henery. He made a grab
fur her, but she lodged an got away,
an SO when the day the circus kira
We all whit reel airly to see the pur-
cession.
Dolly sed she didn't wunt to go. so
we whit alone cleer over to the other
end o the city. WHARF we hednt never
ben before.
"Oh, deer eff only Mister Cruckshin
wus hear" sithed the wilder. He
lowed to cum in his last letter, but he
haint got to-"
He'd make purity long letter." SEES
William HenerY.
"Humph Awful smart, amt you,"
SEES she, and then she stopped awful
student.
"Do YOU see tibet hevingly man
dressed in blue close?" she whispered
to me.
WHARF," ses I, lookin all aroun.
Rite thare, strate ahed YOU, an
he's lookin this way. I've a notion
to bow to him." SEES she, all of futter.
/ looked an thare he stood, an myi
want he dressed an he want bad
lookin Teller, nuther.
you've made a mash at last, ole gal,
by the way he gaps at you, SEES William
Henery.
"Yes. feal thet hev met my fate at
last, SEES she. Il felt tibet l wood this
mornin when 1 drapped the fine-tooth
comb. Pursent me, won't you?"
Great Guverner! how kin /, when L
i don't no him my self" SEES William
Henery.
81 most no he's furren prince or a
duke, or mebby a lord" whispered
Sally, IAN l jest must git acquainted
with him."
An jest es we got up even with the
Teller she dropped her Handkerchief, but
the Teller never let on as he seen it
and KEEP a lookin' away off over the
tops of our heads; so Sally picked up
her own Handkerchief awful red in the
face, an after we'd got past him little
ways she ses to William Henery:
mister Scooper, eff you'll pursent me
TO that gentlemin I'll pay yur fair in
to the show"
But it woodn't be proper" ses he.
Eyes it will if only Hester Ann 'uld
be my cicerone, SEES she.
"Why, yes, that's the very latest
stile,' ses she; so we went back, an
when we got up to the Teller agin VIII
lam Henery fetched him on to the
sleeve an SEES "Mistur," ses he, shear s
lady what is jest suffrin fur to be
pursented to YOU, an so permit me to
pursent Mis- Sally Boggs, who was the
wilder Muldoon, an prier TO that the
wilder Stubs, an before that the wild
Trotter, an prier unto before that
wus plane Sal Murphy" an then
VIM. Henery bruck off, for the man
hedn't never turned his he'd, an so he
repeted it lots louder, an a big crowd
ge herd round, but the Teller never
let on.
Hes struck dunn with my stile O
butv," ses Sally.
Hey, mister. wake up" ses /, an ]
Civ him punch in to the ribs with my
parasole; an good laws, L seen then he
want nuthin but an eemig man.
yum away rum near rte oll, SEE
], an l made EN- go, jest es William
Henery wus beginnin to purseut
Sally the third time.
Il node what it wur all the time,
ses he when L tole EN- what it wus.
"Yure a meen. hateful thing" SEES
Sally a hittin at him with bandanner
she wus eatin. An then we whit on
in to the circus. So good-by.
HESTER ANN SCooPER.
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self may be travelling at the slow rate OF
ten or twelve miles an hour. the wind may
be rushing ahead at a velocity OF 100 miles
an hour.
No cyclone or tornado ever begins earlier
than 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The at
mospheric conditions are never present
before that hour. Nor will cyclone ever
OIL gin ate later than shutdown. Should one
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SUaAR-cANE, according to Mr.. d.
Morris, is nowhere found wild, and it
has been supposed to have lost it's
power of producing seed. In speci-
mems received at Kew Gardens, how
ever, seeds have been found. This dis
coyery is important, rs it is anticipated
that GENERALIZATION and selections OF
seedlings may greatly improve the
ylant
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ometer. where there Is absolute calm, the
greatest force of the wind being found at
the edge of this circle OF quiet. The area
of influence may be from one hundred TO
seven hundred miles in diameter and rs a
rule the smaller the diameter the greater
the winds velocity.
The lorna 10 is a local disturbance, often
accompanying in the interior the progress
of a cvclone. Sometimes the track OF the
tornado Is limited To few hundred feet.
and il rarely has "A width OF hale n mile.
The cyclone carries with 1t velocity OF
as much as 100 10 lao miles an hour. IL
sends n certain amount OF warning ahead
OF its track, and the acceleration OF the
winds speed at any given point is gradual.
The tornado falls almos with out notice.
or rather the indications are often so SINH
lar to those OF an ordinary thunderstorm
that only u skilled and careful observer
can detect the difference.
The circular motion OF n tornado Is be-
Heved to pi oduce an extremely low pressure
in the center" said Prot. Beall. of the United
States Signal Service, in recent lecture
before the Chicago Academy of Sciences.
For instance where the bal ometer regis
tors thirty inches on the outer edge OF a
tornado, it is probably not over twenty
inches in the center. With the barometer
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The RAGING CYCLONE
FACTS FROM PROFESSIONAL DEAL
ERs IN HIGH WINDS.

what Is o Tornado. Anyways-Points by
Whic;. the Devastating Aerial Monster
May lie Distinguished from a Cyclone
Some Extraordinary Effects the Wind
NAV Produce.
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EEoK-oR- NoTHIN' HALL, !
KILKENNY CORNFRs.

II. EDITUR: We
3 wimmin all felt
purity sreelsin to
think wed m a d o
SIGH fools of our
selves, but when
we seen thay wus
a show a cummin
to town w o III
wanted to go emmy
ways. L h g m i N
folk $ tole us we
woodnt no a sine
bord frum a circus
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SPARKS OF WIT.
An American biz-mark s.

AN American biZ-mark-'c
A SLOW match-four years OF court
ship.
ARTISTS are generally designing crea-
lures.
PASSING away time handing over
your watch TO a highwayman.
AN educated hog-the college profess
sor who spits tobacco juice on the
floor.
HoUsEKEEPER wants to know wheth-
err bakery couldn't properly be classed
q pie-plant.
IT'S funny that blind boy can't even
see his father although the old man IL
always parent to him.
sod how this chilly weather affects
me; l have goose-flesh all over me-.
"Oh, that's quite natural.
WHAT do you find is the first requi-
site in BUSINESS" Pluck returned
the dealer in livegoose feathers.
JAcK-This silver watch has cost me-
over eighty dollars. John -You must
have pawned it good many times.
"LET me give you pointer" as the
justed a pin in the school teachers
chair
FATHER-Now, tell me. George, how
are you getting along lifting the mort
age on your city property? George
Well, it's higher than it was.
An American liar writes that onions
are so strong down in his district that
if placed in the cellar for any length of
time they will lift the mortgage Off the
house.
Mrs. CHATTY-If there is anything
do hate, it's tattler. Now, only this
morning / heard that Mrs. Mr..
Chatty raising his hand)-Now, don't.
l hate tattling, too
"YoU look sick. What is the NATTER"
table, and Dobbs, who had just drawn
the deuce of clubs to four hearts, feebly
gasped, He art failure"
Hal BoRINUE-I never see you at
the play now. Jack Bloodgood-NO,
don't 60 to the theater much now /
prefer to stay at home. Il suppose you
think there's no plays like home"
Mr.. JOKER see by the paper that
old Fishkin, who was in the glue bust
ness, has gone up. How unfortunatel
Is it a very heavy failure? Mr.. Joker
Yes. Everybody was badly stuck.
CLARA's mother calling Clara, Mr..
Smithers is in the parlor and says he
wants YOU. Clara (entering the par
lor and throwing herself into Smithers'
arms oh, Charlie, this is so sudden.
EASTERN farmer (contemptuously-
Catch me going West, where you have
neither coal nor wood Mighty incon-
venient burning corn for fuel, isn't it
Western farmer - Well, yes, it is,
rather. The ears is so big we can't git
EN- in the stove
Two BUSY doctors meet and speak of
the influenza You must have plenty
of work, says one. Don't speak of it,"
replies the other. II EN- absolutely
played out The patients are killing
their doctors at present" Revenge il
sweet" the other retorts.
The sweet innocent children were
playing house. Mamma and parc,
scarce less innocent, were watching
them. I'll be papa" said little Bob.
III be mamma" cried Alice. And
I'll be new nurse" broke in Effe; "and
when you try to kiss me. Bobbie, III
scratch your face and say I'll tell
mamma" Tableau.
A PROPOSAL
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EOPLE who h a v a
never seen a tornado
or "A cyclone have very
little idea what wind
can do. 1t is hard to
conceive tho amount
OF force that IL eX-
pended. and the man
ner IN when II acts Is
little understood.
There are two Vari-
cites OF powerful win
storms. the cyclone
and the tornado. The
former is a evolving
storm. travelling about
"A center o. low bar
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come after tina you may set il down as q
visitor tb at has travelled ever since after
noon. and which will keep on travelling un-
til the supply OF material is exhausted. In
the Southwest we can tell by the appear
ance of the sky whether there is any likeli-
hood of "A tornado. If. during the'aiter
noon. there Is a warm. southwest wind and
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A PROPOSAL.

Dear Phillis. viii you share my lot2
dts not IA corner lot. It's true
And yet methinks that any spot
Would be a paradise with you.
very much admire your face,
And yet do not face you now.
fear 10 lose my wonted grace
In breathing forth lovers vow.
The grace is what I'd have you grant.
O matchless maid divinity
Abjure those mOurnful words. Il cant
And send IA tender yes" TO me-
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immense distances sometimes over 1000
miles. Its rotary motion Is similar to that
OF the tornado. out less concentrated. Ow-
ing TO its wider expanse. It's line OF prog
ress Is marked by curves. showing q sway.
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falls there will 10 found occasional pocxecs
scored In the forest growth jutting of the
right line. like small lagoons opening into
q flowing stream. These seem TO have been
Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11

be completed by September. 1890,
will be one of the greatest industrial
undertakings IN the northwest.
The dam across the Missouri at
Great Falls will cost about $5OO,OUO
and will r,vide water power for
many mills and factories.
The construction of the Great Falls
dam shows firm confidence in the
growth of Great Falls.
Water and water power, cheap
coal and railroad facilities are among
the inducements which Great Falls
offers to manufacturers.
Great Falls is the leading wool
market of Montana. Her receipts in
Great Falls tribune., 1890-01-11

These works have ample capacity
to meet the growing demands of the
city. They can be readily enlarged,
but at present they could provide
water in abundance for 10000 people
The supply is unfailing. The
water of the Missouri is always pure
at Great Falls. because it comes, in
great part. from mountain streams
and approaches the city over beds of
hard rock or gravel. In summer. as
we'll as winter, the mighty river,
formed by the union of the Gallatin,
Madison and Jefferson at Three
Forks, flows iu large volume by the
city of Great Falls where its size