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SUMMIT OF THE R1EsENGEB1RGE

dawning for the pretty resort, when the
projected cog-wheel railway, which is to
lead from Warmbrunn to the "Shnee-
Hoppe" becomes matter of reality.
From Warmbrunn, with its bliss-bringing
sulphur springs. my way lies in the direc-
ton of Hermsdorf. Not far from the vii
lage stands on powerful superstructure
the 'Kynast," the legend-crowned ruin of
that notorious burg, around whose wall
rode many knight Grant, tempted by the
beauty of cruel woman, to be dashed into
the deep, precipitous III oelenschlund."
From the battlement of the tower mag
nificent panorama spreads out before him
who has ventured to climb its height.
There lies the giant ridge in all it magni-
tude, the proud summit strue Cling skyward.
and at our feet the yawnng. terrible abyss
in which Frau Kunignnde's daring suitors
found their miserable death.
On the following morning marched on
toward Petershot, prosperous village.
where all kinds of industries flourish and
whers fruit is raised in abundance. Toward
the end Of the village the landscape as
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NElEW YORK, Aug. Ii, 1S90.-Durlng
HANK the last few months. in the dearth
HWY of nything more important and ex-
citing, some would-be refOrmers and rest
less novelty-seekers have fallen afoul Of
the neat and comfortable riding-habits and
the side-saddle, beloved of all eQuestri-
ennes, and are endeavoring to persuade
themselves and the public that it would in
every way be far better for horse and rider
that women should adopt the masculine
mode of riding. They have quite an array
of arguments at their tongues ends, and
have been SO far convincing that in En-
gland more than one woman has adopted
the cross-saddle; and as whatever is En-
gish goes in certain sets here, it is very
likely that their example will find some
imitators among our society women. One
young woman, indeed, who poses as an adj
vocate of dress reform, aud is much given
to dispensing with corsets and arraying
herself in statuesque Grecian draperies,
has already declared herself enthusiastic
ally in favor of the rather startling innova-
ton, and promises to ride in the park in
surtout, breaches and top-boots. As her
example may prove CONTAGIOUS, Redfern
has created a new style of riding habit, of
which we present a couple of sketches to-
day.
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he can see the trout gayly dancing and play
ing in the silvery food.
In overwhelming variety the creative
hand Of nature has blended into one fantas-
tic poem the sublime with the lovely, the
dismal with the bright. luxurious c0lors
with gray rigidity, tue dead and desolate
with dashing, winsome life; the wanderer
stands mute with awe and admiration be-
fore this gigantic, Kaleidoscope picture,
which in its details and its entirety re-
sembled miniature fragment from the Al
pine world.
The "Riesengebirge," or Great Noun
tains, are the finest scenery in Silesia,
which, us everybody knows, has long been
a province of Prussia. They we'll deserve
their name, for the highest peaks attain an
altitude Of 5266 feet. and is snow-clad dur
ing most Of the year.
Before closing mention one more point
Of interest, the "Brueckenberg," with the
little church Of Wang" enc Of the most
singular structures Of its kind. This house
of prayer with the adjoining school build
Ing was. in 1912. transferred, through King
Frederic William ~, from Dronthein in
Norway to its present location. Inwardly
and outwardly it is richly decorated with
beautiful old-fashioned carvings, Its bell
tower, standing by the side OF the strange
structure, rings its silver greeting over the
mountain tops and into the valleys below,
reminding me that it is time to seek
friendly shelter for the night In one OF me
picturesque "bauden," not far away, and
thither hasten fur to-day.
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Il Tape,oorm Trap.

urally drops down and deposits the oceu-
pant on the floor. Highly practical, but not
the most pleasant mode of being awakened.
but the most eAtraoroInary patent saw
II, 1854, by Alpheus Myers of LoRansport,
Ind, who certified when taking out the pat
ent that he had used it efficaciously on him
self. 1t was simply small hollow tube
about an inch long and a third of an inch in
diameter, with an opening in the side and a
spring This tube had a string attached to
it, and was to be swallowed by the afflicted
patient. The tube was closed at the ends
and was baited. The worm, or part of him.
once in the tube, the theory was by pulling
the tube up by the string the intruder could
be removed. If the worm broke then sec
Ond trip would have to he made after the
rest of him.-N. Y. Herald's Washington
Correspondent
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THE R0CHL FALL.

elegant, handsome villas are scattered over
fowery meadows and above them towers
the 'Reiftraeger" and the rocky summit of
the "Schnee-Gruben."
Pretty soon we come to the Josephine
furnaces, the world-renowned glassworks.
whose principal product are all kinds OF
articles Of luxury. From here wonderful
forest path conducts the tourist to the
"Zackenfall." From solid walls of gran
lite. out Of whose stony veins the moss,
lichens and ferns spring in luxurious album
dance. skirting tall pines and fir trees, the
waters dash In dazzling diamond splendor
down into their nocturnal bed. From the
Zackenfall" the road leads gradually up
to the ridge of the mountains, which sepa-
rate like granite wall the Silesian lands
from Bohemia. The higher we climb the
smaller and lowler grow the trees, the fir
trees shriyel up more and more. and the
reign OF the small timber, the dwarf pine,
begins.
Here we come across the first "baude."
This Is the name given to log house, rest
ing on stone foundation, in which the
g0od-natured, hardy mountain folks live.
These habitations are divided into two
kinds-tle summer bauden and the winter
bauden. The first belongs to those whose
inhabitants go with their cattle into the
valleys below during the winter, and the
second which are inhabited all the year
around. But the days of gay and happy
existence in those dwellings are limited. for
ere long the white-wiuged butterflies Of the
winter begin their mad whirl and the poor
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The Plough Gun.

A trip through the model-rooms revealed
many unique and curious inventions, some
of the more unusual of which I venture to
describe and illustrate.
One of the most original is an ordnance
pillow, patented by c. NJ. French and w. II.
Fancher of Waterloo n. Y, in June, 1862.
The object OF the invention was to produce
pillow equal in point of strength and light
ness to the one ordinarily in use, and yet
which would combine the elements of
small-sized cannon, so that it could be util-
lied by the frontier settler both for de-
fensive purposes as well as agricultural.
As seen by the accompanying illustration
the beam or tongue Of the plow to which
the horses or oxen are yoked is in fact
gun-barrel OF piece of light ordnance capa-
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0y THE WCLAp HEIeBTg

In order TO get an adequate idea Of the
sublimely picturesque beauty Of the Elbe-
fall" it is necessary to climb up from the
lovely valley through which it leaps. This
valley, called "Elbgrund," after the river,
scape beauty. Leaf tees and pine timber
mingle in a lovely medley of color. Be-
tween snmber, dreamy fire slender beech
lifts up her shining branches; the maple
and the birch shake their leafy tops. and
over the moist, fertile ground tall ferns
have spread their pretty fans, while here
and there fragrant flower thrives. The
valley is skirted by the Krokonosch and the
main ridge of the Silesian mountains.
And now let US hurry TO the lakes or
ponds. They are as supremacy peculiar as
pond" which the people have termed
"Black Lake.; rigid, immovable and omin-
GUS, lost IN deep silence, it looks up. at us
from its dark recess, closed in by tall walls
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Honastr I'm The Dark.

A Detroiter who was down in Kentucky
on business few days ago put up at hotel
which was very much crowded, and found
himself obliged to occupy room with
stranger, who claimed to be from Wiscon-
sin. The pair sat up and conversed for
while to size each other up. and then each
retired to his own bed. They might have
left their money and watches with the land
lord, but each seemed to feel that the valu-
ables would he no safer downstairs than
up, After the light was turned out proper
disposition was made of personal property,
and no doubt each mar lay awake for an
hour or two to watch the other Both
awoke about the same time in the morning
and as they got up the Wisconsin man OBJ
served:
Isn't thatyour wallet there by the wash
stand?"
Good lands, but it Isl 1t must have
worked out from under the mattress.
What's that under the foot of your bedP"
"Bless me, but it's my $500 watch. l
must have kicked around q good deal.
What's that under the head of your bed?"
Hang me II it isn't my watch. 1t must
have worked loose and dropped through.
Is that anything belonging to you there on
the floor2
!" l should remark! That's my walletW
Thus, despite all the precautions taken,
the property of each had been exposed to
the taking, and the next night as they
tumbled into bed everything was left to
hang with their clothing.-Detroit Free
Press.
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shanties are buried In snow up and beyond
their windows, and there is nothing left
for those inside but to climb through the
chimneys or up the ''stollen" or post, which
the mountaineers set up in their huts. And
if one happens to die during these long and
dreary winter months he cannot be con-
signed to his last resting place until the
spring time comes with its warm. mild sun.
Another of these mountain huts Is the
"Grubenbaude," and close by stands the
"RuebezahP' or Devils Pulpit" large,
powerful block OF stone. which has been
named after the aged mountain sprite.
Among the grandest and most peculiar
creations of the "Riesengebirge" are the
"Schneegruben (snow-pits). A feeling of
horror seizes upon US as we look down into
those terrible abysses in which the snow
often lies during the entire summer. The
''great snow-pit" separated from her smaller
sister by sharp, bare ridge. reveals more
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OUR BETTER SELVES.

Face to face in the light with our better selves
Sometimes for a moment the mind that delves
In the problems written below aud on high,
In the flowers OF earth and the clouds OF the sky:
The enigmas penced on star and stone
Stands face TO face In the light with Its own
And looks as the stone to the shining STAR
To what we might be from what we
And we try to dash of OF memory's shelves
Some volume from sight of our better selves.
IT'S then that we long for a nobler part;
For broader mind and larger heart;
For that better self-how II speaks and shames
Our small deceit and our petty aims,
Till we sigh TO be noble, and good, and true,
And do what our better selves tell us to do,
Turn back from the zlgzag path we have trod
To a highway broad as the love OF God.
We shall stand time face to face with the past
When the die OF our lives is forever cast;
For the soul-the sOul-it can never forget
VIII it shudder and sicken in vain regret,
And sigh TO return to the sphere of mea-
To be, to be, what 1t might have been?
UktdA, Cal, 1890. MARTHA L. HOFFMAN.
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sumes an entirely different character; from
the narrow ravine, which l have entered,
cool, refreshing forest-air greess me. The
grade is slow and uniform A voluptuous
vegetation thrives in the damp, rich ground;
birch trees, beeches, NAPLES and pines clus-
ter in happy harmony over the rocky sur
face; innumerable waterfalls dash past me-
a veritable wonderland for the painter,
But the gem in this panorama Of beauty is
the "Kochelfall," which, about hundred
feet from the path. in profound forest soli-
tude p0urs its golden-brown waters into a
deep-furrowed gully. After q half hours
further travel, the dusky ravine broadens,
and "Schreiberhau," that charming resort
of the Riesengebirge," lies before me.
PICTURESQUE, friendly looking houses and
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-17
A PARIS BONNET.

Deacon SmaIlman to the city
Was called one bright spring day.
Bring me home pretty bonnet"
Said his wife, pretty May.
She was quite living picture,
Gypsy-faced and full of life;
Far too worldly-minded," gossips said,
" For sober deacon's WIFE"
At the miiliner's the deacon
Heaved regretful sigh;
True. the bonnets were "reaI pretty"
But-the prices were $50 high"
At last the charming milllner
Said: Heres a Paris poke
Only six bits"-then she coughed
Till the deacon thought she'd choke.
1t will be so sweet" she said.
Trimmed with buttercups, you Know,
And poppies-and-and-c loyer-leayes-
And-with Just tiny bow"
Well, the deacon bought the bonnet,
And Mays bright gypsy face,
Under the stylish "Paris poke,'
Was the envy OF the place.
One day, through quite snow-storm,
Marching down the village street,
Came the Salvation Army,
With music shrlll-but sweet
OH clouds blot out the daylight
Each Salvation Yaman wore
"a Paris poke''-minis the flowers
Alas 1.-THE deacon swore.
" This world is but STAGE"
" Men are actors"-so that day,
At Deacon Smalman's rural home,
There was matinee.
august, 1890. GRACE HIHHAsp.
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A GREETING.
ITO Mrs. L. o. Robinson Of Indiana.

The brethren which are with me greet you.-Phi-
ippians iy:2l.
Welcome again, dear herald of the King,
Who com'st with hands outstretched to bless and
aid
The weak and weary, and those half afraid
To kneel at mercy's door. Thou com'st to bring
Souls to the Christ, who finding him shall sing
or all the glories of the Fathers homei2
While Heaven with angels triumph notes Shall ring
Because no more they'll wander forth to roam
In that " far country whore they know but shame;
Where all their pleasures turned to "Dead Sea
fruit,p
And where were lost both name and farest fame:
Even from thence shall they be brought-once
mute
To tell to men the great things God has done
For them, through thee, dear servant OF his SOM.
alameda, CAL, dug 10, 1890. ASElAn-
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IN TINE, THOU TOO.
written for THE SUNDAY CALL.

Translated from the German of Adolf v. Stepnitz1
JHiLE yet boyhoOd's happy years were
IHE mine,
wv, OIL wished for manhOOd's days of
power.
An, my dreaming spirit saw no sign
OF clouds that dark Ger life's fields lower,
And on mothers lips smile there grew
I'm time, thou too; In time, thou too"
Through the meadows the silver brook sped;
It was hasting onward unto the sea-
I cried TO the waves swift they fled:
aye poor ones. is there then no rest for ye?"
And they murmured they said adieu-
" In time, thou 700: in time, thou too"
When the swallows winged their fight away,
In sorrow l called. "Oh, why must ye fly"
To the flowers that withered round me lay.
Grieving spake, "oh. wherefore must ye die :"
And their faint whispers answered anew,
" In time, thou too; in time, thou too"
LOT the darkest OF all days draws nigh
The mothers loving heart in death is stiiled.
Breaks from my lips now the anguished cry
"why was not that same hour my life-blood
chilled ?"
And the solemn bells toll stern and true
"In time. thou too: In time, thou too"
San Francisco. August, 1890. SELMA SCHMIDT.
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ANOTHER DRUGGIST
SPEAKS

SAN FRANCISCO. March "a, 1890.
KanuFs Great Sierra Kidney and Liver Cure:
GENTLEMEN:-l NOTICE
A GREAT INCREASE IN THE
SALES OF YOUR REMEDY,
AND JUDGE BY THE RE-
PEATED CALLSFORITT THAT
1T GIVES ENTIRE AND CON-
PLETE SATISFACTION TO
THE PARTIES USING 1T. 1T
is THE BEST SELLING
KIDNEY AND LIVER
CURE THAT ! HANDLE IN
STOCK. Resp'y yours,
JOHN VIM. SALTERy
2445 Mission Street, Cor. 2lst.
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powerfully peculiar and rimous walls than
the latter, which is not quite so steep. A
little depression from the Grubenbaude"
brings us to the magnificent waterfall
formed by the fresh, daring waters of the
"Elbe." Not far from her rock-lned
source it hurls itself down into the Elbe
bed, lover crags and stones of strange forma
ton and more than fifty meters high. In
terrnpted in its course it scatters its white
madly on until it finds a peaceful resting
place at last in the wash0ut granite rubble
stones which form its bed: Near this gil
gantic cascade there is another, that of the
Pantshe, which comes from height of $50
meters. but not near so grandly powerful
in the mountains of Ruebezahl."
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GEMS IN VERSE.
Written for THE SUNDAY CALL.
SONNET.

uJE are so far apart, even from ocean to
AHt ocean,
NVE. AS devotee courts her beads, only with
devotion.
Counting the days when met:
AS the chain slips over my fingers,
over each thought of you my heart caressingly
fingers.
The long, bright lance OF the sun,
Reaching away from the sunset,
Touches my hair and eyes.
And the lips you kissed when you told me
Constant you'd always be while the sun in his shin
ing should hold me,
The heart and the lips you love grow warm his red
rays under.
Constant know you are, though we are so far
asunder.
God bless and keep you so on the shores of another
ocean,
AS a devotee counts her beads, the hours TELL only
with more devotion.
LdytonvilJe. CAL, 1890 ANNA MORRISON REED.
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So Called Yankee Ingenuity as
Demonstrated in Model Form
at the U. S. Patent Office.
A NEST TO FOOL LAYING HENS.
All Sorts of Invention-PIow Guns
for RepelIins Indians and Loco
motive Guns TO Brighten Cattle
OFF the Railroads. Bed That
VIII Tumble the Sleeper Out.
A Tape-Worm Trap.

@lNE of the most curious of all curious
I&Ak inventions ever presented at the
SN United States Patent Office at Wash
ington was hens nest, constructed with a
spring trap at the bottom of the nest. The
weight Of an egg was sufficient 20 press
down the spring and allow the egg to slip
out. The theory of this thoughtful inventor
was that as soon as the hen laid an egg it
would press down the trap-doOr and dis
appear. The hen, as is her custom after
laying an egg, would rise and cackle, but,
finding no egg, would conclude that she had
made a mistake and would proceed imme-
diately to lay another, and so on al infni-
tum. On this principle the owner of hen
would have had great monopoly.
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Hesters oonn.

While on the subject Of firearms ] will
call attention to curious style Of revolver
invented by II. S. JOsselyn Of Massachu-
sets. 1t was patented in 1866, and was
, called an improvement in revolving fire.
arms. The curious feature was the cart
ridge chamber, which in this case, instead
Of the usual cylinder, is an endless chain Of
cartridge cylinders carried upon shaft.
whose rotation is effected by the cooking of
the hammer, which moves a cylinder into
place and explodes the cartridge. The num-
Der of shots ready for use depends merely
on the length of the chain, or rather on the
weight one could carry, for with chain
enough there might be no limit The mod
ell at the Patent Office had twenty chambers.
How awkward and cumbersome such
weapon would prove may be conceived by
glance at the accompanying Illustration.
1t is needless to say that Mr. Josselyn has
not grown rich on the strength of his inven-
tiOn.
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The other illustration has. as far as gen.
eral effect goes, more conventional look.
as the pleated skirt, although divided back
and front, falls to the instep and is there
fore as modest as the ordinary style Of
habit. 1t gives as much freedom and CON-
fort as the eoat-habit. but is not as striking,
and if one is going in for audacity it would
seem as though she might as well adopt the
boots and supplementary masculine habili-
ments along with the mans saddle. R.
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plement, and one hardly inferior to expen-
difference to the originality of the concep-
ton of the inventors it does not appear
that the pillow gun" or 'gun pillow" has
come into very general use.
A brilliant idea was that of Mr.. Franklyn
G. Smith, of Columbia, Tenn, who in 1865
invented and patented a railroad gun
which was to be attached to the boiler of
locomotive and used by the engineer to
clear the trace. of animals. The guns-for
there were to be two, one on each side OF
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to be served with
white balls of clay for ammunition, which
would sting the trespassers, but not seri-
ously injure them. The velocity of the
balls was not to be very great, and as the
range was to be about three hundred yards.
it was claimed that shower Of these balls
would brighten the animals and drive them
from the track,
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MY BRIGHT LIGHT.

Lo the night was dark around me.
And the clouds above me rolled,
As stood upon her doorstep
And my tale OF love told.
Long fingered, long pleaded,
For could not let her go,
Till her love was mine forever
Mine In veal and mine in woe.
As the ancient Hebrew wrestled,
In the far-of Holy Land,
For the blessing Of his father,
So pleaded for her hand.
There struggled in the mi dnight,
TIL at last the promise came
Came from lips that are the sweetest,
That did ever sweet words frame
And that night was dark no longer.
Though the clouds W ere still above,
But 1t seemed the fairest daylight,
And my bright light was her love !
San francisco. august. 1899. ARTHUR L.
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The Engine Gun for Bloi0in0 CoiDs Of tae Track.
Bile of throwing projectile of one to three
pounds weight without rendering it cum
bersome as a plOw.
The plOwshare takes the place of a gun
carriage and serves 10 anchor the impro-
Yised cannon firmly in the ground and en-
able it to resist the recoil, while the handles
furnish the means of giving the pillow or
gun, as the case may be. direction or aim.
To use the language of the inventors, las a
means of defense in repelliDg surprises and
attacks on those engaged in peaceful avo-
cation, it is unrivaled, as it can be instantly
team, and in time of danger may be used
-cllsaEEged with Gladly grape. This e0mbina-
tion enables those engaged in agricultural
pursuits to have at hand an efficient
weapon Of defense at slight expense, in adj
dition to a common ana indispensable i'm
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A REVERE.

As l sat alone
BY the fire one night
And gazed at the Goals,
With their fading light,
thought OF our life
On this beautiful earth,
And 1t seemed like the Goals
Dying out on the hearth.
Many gifts for us all
God In love did provide,
But we know them not
TIL the test Is applied.
The Goals give their light
When heat is applied,
And we see our gifts
when through God we are tried.
LoBENA.
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Here let us bow reverentially to a public
benefactor. Franz Vester is his name and
he halls from Newark, n ]. Who of us
has not read narrowing accounts of people
buried alive? How often, in removing. the
remains of deceased friends from one place
of burial to another, have the bodies been
found turned over in their collins and the
clinehed hands and agonized look told the
story of an awakening from trance, only
to fnd death in a grave. These are well
known fatalities, and it is from such hor-
rors that Mr. Franz Vester would save us,
and the process is so simple it merely in
wolves the use of certain kind of coffin.
Here tits. The Vester coffin is like other
eofins, except that a square tube is placed