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MESSAGES TO THE CLoUDs.
kite flying everywhere IL Decreasing. To be
sure. moro k!t.s are made and sold now than
ever before. but the trade has increased SO
slowly ip proportion to tho vast Increase In the
number OF boys that 1t may be said to show
relatively heavy decline.
lfyou want to buy Q kite In this city to-day
you must leave the big thoroughfares whore
fortunes nto made In toys every ysar and 10
into tho aide streets and tenement house dis
ir!cts. Pass by every toy shop that has n big
sh w window and looks IS II II did a lara bust.
ness You won't ind kites for sale there. Tho
buys who afr, niZe these shops have collars
to the pennies heir fathers had when young,
They ride bicycles instead OF flying kites Go
far over east or west. where small shops Of
every sort snuggle. under tall tenement houses
and whore ragged and dirty.faced children
little shop with = few hoops and tops and
will lind kites.
Tns .mutts-facsd, bsre-legged street ur-
chins. Whose pennies are oftener stolen than
acquired honestly. are the kite nyera OF this
city. A cent. will buy q Kite and whom the
wind blow. that sum Of money can buy no
mo,s fruitful ,n source Fl ioy: The 6are:leSysd
mother f4rnishes rag. enough ior tbs tails q .
& f's Ths ,Tn that comes with
lot kite 90 80 high that II will stay up. But
whats you going 70 DO II you have only q
CONT Two cents will buy q. better kite. and
three cents will procure enough thread or cord
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DIVING.

D"'S's calculates Tie happi-
The sizo OF tn. kites that country boys mako
wou astonish thu city boys who put their
money 'oRether to buy 20.cent Kite. What is
makes Kites as tall aud taller than himself.
till sometimes on q breezy day 1t takes three
or four boys to hold the monster In. though 1t
looks no bigger than q silver half dime. so for
In II aWAv
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FLYING KITES IN THE COUNTRY.
its grip on the air. and II comes hutteriDg
down. Tina. 10 why Q kite with Insufficient
tail will dive" The centrsboard does the
work OF the tail. because II gets side grip on
70 turn its heal siiesiss aud p"int downward.
i kssrs the Kite trim aud sra sht. The nm
than The tail kis. goes n up p' stsashi. aud
win stand notionless at any height in the lace
Of any Wind. II never dives.
Will the American boy Ike the tailess kite
There will DO pleasure IN guiding an air ma
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continually. To-day q kite 10 only one OF .
thousand plAythines within reach OF the boys
pocket snd 5scsyo so put little o. hii ,sttsni
other BIZ cities, but all over the country for
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generate nitcr all. Go into tho country IN
March and April and again In September and
October, the great kite months. and you will
see sights that would make the bare logged
kite flyers OF our tenement-house districts
open their eyes The country boy makes his
own kite. and = great kite It ls Sometimes It
e diamond SHAPED, but oitener hsxneonai.
for the hexaRonnl kite as every boy knows is
tttul In the air. There is no making
kite IN minute for him. The
selection OF wood Of the proper faultless
grain requires more tino than 1t takes
Mr.. Rnse to mako several dozen kites. Then
tho whiting OF the sticks to the exact balance
OF lightnes- and strength. the careful proper.
tioning OF the parts, the tight binding of the
etlcks. the careful strinpins and tho. paperlng.
adjustment OF the belly band. and a work az
care and expert mont and rare judgment Il 10.
The boys face ia grave with responsibility as
he hangs" the kite or determines exactly the
point on the belly. band to which the string
should be attached. Finally. tho length and
weight OF the tail require the expenditure Of
infinite caro- and Judgment. 1t Is an after
moons work for the country boy to make his
kite. and that afternoon IL filed to oyerilowing
With pleasure.
The lying Of tho kite is a great event, too
The boy friends accompany him to tho lot to
help aud pnss judgment. They weigh tho Kite
on their fingers and discuss It. Finally they
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ono keeps track Of tho
mum Der OF times 1t ID
pulled down to shorten
or lengthen tho tail
till exactly the desired
steadinass and motion
arc obtained. And then
tboy take turns hold.
Ing the line. and shout
1leefully W b en- the
Rus:s make the big kite
dive and toss. As for the
rRper messages that
are sent fiuttering to
heaven upon tho kite
string. no one even
knows their number or
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-12
CALIFORNIA; BIG TREES.
The Effect of the Magnificent Monsters
on the BehOlder.

The Effect of the Magnificent Monsters
on the BehoIder.
The sequoias dominate among SPLEEN
did rivals only by magnitude that has
no comparison in the world. think
no one can anticipate the effect that
one of these monarchs will have upon
him. He has read that a coach and six
can drive through one of the trees that
is standing; that another is thirty
three feet in diameter, and that its vast
stem, $50 feet high, is crowned with
mass of fol- re that seems to brush
against the sky. He might be prepared
for tower one hundred feet in circum-
ference, and even four hundred feet high,
standing upon level plain But this
living growth is quite another affair.
Each tree is an individual, and has
personal character No man can
stand in the presence of one of
these giants without new sense of the
age of the world and the insignificant
span of one human life; but he is also
overpowered by a sense of gigantic per-
sonality. 1t does not relieve him to
think of this as the Methuselah of trees,
or to call it by the name of some great
poet or captain. The awe the tree in
spires is of itself. As one lies and looks
up at the enormous bulk, il seems not
so much the bulk, so lightly is it car
ried, as the spirit of the tree. the elias
tic vigor, the patience, the endurance of
storm and change, the confident might,
and the soaring almost contemptuous
pride, that overwhelm the puny specta-
tor. 1t is just because man can meas
ure himself, his Httleness, his brevity
of existence, with this growth out
of the earth, that he is more per-
sonally impressed by it than he
might be by the mere va
ration in the contour of the globe
which is called mountain The imag-
ination makes plausible effort TO com
prehend it, and is foiled. No. clearly it
is not mere size that impresses one; it
is the dignity, the character in the tree,
the authority and power of antiquity.
Side by side of these venerable forms
are young sequoias, great trees them
selves that have only just begun their
millennial career-trees that will, if
spared. perpetuate to remote ages this
race of giants, and in two to four thous-
and years from now take the place of
their great grandfathers, who are sink
ing under the weight of years, and one
by one measuring their length on the
earth.-Charles Dudley Warner, in Har-
per's Magazine.
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JOURNALISM IN INDIA.
Founding of the Periodical Press in Early
Times.

Times.
An important movement in India IN
the latter half of the eighte enth cen
fury was the funding of the periodical
press. The FIRST newspaper esta 0lished
in India was Hicky's Gazette, which be-
gan its history on January 20, 1850, and
soon took its place as an organ for the
representation of the large Anglo
Indian colony in Calcutta. The free
dom with which it discussed social
topics made it great power. Hicky S
Gazette was the parent of large num-
her of newspapers and periodicals, not
only in Calcutta, but in other parts OF
India. These periodicals, which had
grown into very respectable number
by the year 1880, became the medium
by which young Englishmen Of literary
tastes made their acquaintance with
the public. The Calcutta Literary Ga
zette, established about 1885, and edited
by d. s. Richardson, was ably conduct
ed. The editor himself became known
in Europe as the author of Literary
Leaves, Home Visions, The Ocean
Sketches and the Selections From the
British Poets. Macaulay, during his
residence in Calcutta, was SO pleased
with this last work that he drafted 9
plan for a similar book of selections
from the British prose writer's, but
never completed his undertaking. The
Bengal Annual, of 1888, was a great
favorite with ambitious young Anglo
Indians 1t had list of fifty contribu
tors. and there seemed TO be no end &c
the enterprise and daring of those
young and aspiring tyros in literature
in the far-off land of their adoption
Rev. John Z. Hurst, ID. D., in Harper's
Magazine.
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in the barn. Dear me. they'll lee
frozen. must run right out and get
them
She put baby down hastily, hung "a
string ~ spools from the cradle top.
then Ser ID rocking, and while he >trug-
gled with sturdy. Intellectual clutches
a grasp the swing wonder. She caught
up the little red blanket. threw II over
her head ami started for the barn
The trees stretched a lace-worlS Of
bare branches against the golden-tinted
sky, the crescent moon was silver
thread. all tempting her 10 ljuger. hut
the frosty AIR hurried her on down the
snow-trodieu path To the bara She
heard Bruno's step pitapst, pitapatting
at her heels. and pVt out her hand say
ing Cheeril =: Nice old fellow but in
stead Of res bonding with a touch Of his
cold nose h. seemed 10 pause and draw
back Yet Martha, without lcoking
behind her. sterpci brislzIy ON To the
harm A. she neIred IL she again spoke
20 her four-fr ted escort Il forgot
about the cattle, Bruno j am Just a.
well pleased that you came Lets har-
ry.~
She half paused n the door; then
with an uneasy laugh. forced herself 70
60 on.
u was a dark as a pocket inside. brt
she remembered Just where she had
left the eggs, on the meal-bin in the cor
ner. Feeling for them her hand struck
the basket ana picking itup she hurried
ont feeling a vague sense OF danger.
She walked with a rapid footstep, for
EGs pretty dark and-but then she
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INDIANS AND MOUNTAIN SHEEP
How Superstitious Red Men Spoiled
Mans Big Hunt i'm Washington.

How Superstitious Red Men Spoiled
Mans Big Hunt i'm Washington.
"The wilds of Northern Washington
are the greatest big game country left
in the United States" said j p NJ.
Richards, of New York. In October
! landed in Spokane Falls, at which
place ! secured an entire outfit for a
weeks hunt up there, with the excep-
ton of few pet rifles and fishing rods
that have had for many years. After
hiring my guide we left on the Spokane
& Northern railroad. and at Colville, a
little mining town not far FRI the
British Columbia line, | hired three In
dams and twelve ponies. and made my
start from there. 1t is best TO hire Ia.
dams and ponies together If you buy
your horses outright they are sure
TO go lame, and some of them
will get lost; but when the Indian is
the owner every thing goes smoothly
and there is no worry. ] paid each In
dian one dollar day and fifty cents a
head for the ponies. Crossing the Co
lumbia river at Marcus, we went up &c
the falls of Kettle river. and from there
to Osooyoos lake. From that point we
struck off into the Methow range OF
mountains. Black-tail deer and elk had
been very plentiful all along our route,
but as we entered the Methows we found
game of all kinds. Black bear. deer
elk. carriboo, mountain goats and big
horn sheep were seen every day. My
first mountain goat brought about q
panic in camp that came near proving
most unpleasant in its results. When
the Indians saw me bringing in the white
hide with the head and horns still on
they set up howl of dismay. At last
| was able to make out that in killing
goat | had jeopardized the very lives
of the entire party The Indians have
a superstition to the effect that hunter
who kills a mountain goat will never &c
home again, but will get lost and buried
in deep snow. That very night we had
the first snow of the year, and found
it impossible to prevail OF the Indians
to push away farther into the mount
aims. They were SO frightened, in fact,
that had to begin my return trip, the
Indians saying that if we did not start
at once they would go off with the
ponies and leave me. My score for the
trip was five mountain goat, three car
riboo, eight big horns, seven bear and
twenty elk, to say nothing of blaclx-tail
deer | have all of the hides and most
of the heads, which had mounted and
shipped to New York as presents for
some of my friends. Chicago Post.
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DYSPEPSIA IN WOMEN.
1t Is the Result of Exhaustion and Not
LaZiness.

1t Is the Result of Exhaustion and Not
Laziness.
A London medical journal, IN a long
article. recently exploited the causes OF
dyspepsia in women. citing as the main
ones the lack of exercise and the eating
of indigestible food at unholy hours.
But a woman physician shook her head.
Not so, she said; that belittles the
sex. Laziness and self-indulgence are
not the greatest causes of dyspepsia in
women. Laziness and self-indulgenee
are mems attributes rather than wom-
ems. / have found that women are
usually victims of the atomic variety of
dvspepsia-that variety which comes
from lack of tone in the stomach,
rather than from any disarrange-
ment of its functions. II is some
times caused by generally en-
feebled condition of the system, Dut is
oftener the result of their getting over
tired and then attempting to rest them
selves by eating a hearty meal. Women
are so reckless in the expenditure of
their strength-they go shopping for a
whole afternoon, or they call or enter
TAIN. or are entertained, without a
thought of their bodies, until they sud
denly find themselves utterly wearied
out When this exhaustion occurs, in
stead of lying down for an hours com.
plete rest before eating any thing at
all, they will sit down to a hearty meal
in order To rest themselves, as they
think And the tired-out stomach Is
too weak to care for the load of food
that is thrust upon it. BY and by
a dyspeptic condition is induced, and
the poor souls wonder what they have
eaten that has brought on Dyspepsia
San FRANCISCO Argonaut.
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and Jack burst in full of excitement,
but instead Of paying attention to his
Joyous exclamation: 30, Matte. come
and see what I've shot" she dropped
on the floor and cried. This was all
the answer that her bewildered hus-
band got To kisses and petting protesta-
lions. that Its all right. little woman.
Why. there IS nothing To- cry for
L thought it was BrunO-and-Ch dear.
I'll asrsr go ont to the barn again
but She did the next morning, just to
see her escort of the previous evening.
and it was the biggest panther ever
killed in those parts
There. said Jack. las came down
the road. l heard the cows making a
great racket. 50 / ran across the field,
and there | could see him sitting on the
yard fence. showing black against the
sky. and dropped him at the first
shot"
The great. glossy, tawny skin made a
splendid rug for baby TO play on before
the fire. but it always gave his mother
the ''creeps' 10 see il. for. said she:
10 think IF my putting my hand back
and almost on that panther's nose.
know if / had happened to stop or
started 20 ran he would have sprung.
Z Oh, never see the old skin but
hear his cushioned paws pitapat, pita-
patting after me"'-Gertrude Wimans,
in American Agriculturist
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HOW SNAKES GET MEALS.
They strike the Fishes. Poison Them and
Then swallow Them.


Then swallow Them.
Having repeatedly been interested in
watching how water snakes feed. | was
careful in noting how one particular
snake maneuvered To get meal in
Crum brook one of the trout streams
preserved by the Quaspeale club. OF
Rocllland County New York. of which
I am warden. says a writer.
The snake darted from under the
bank and seized club about three
inches long. half of its body being in
the mouth Of the snake | struck the
reptile smartly with my cane and it
darted away aud the fish wiggled off
slowly for few feet and then lost all
power of motion. although it did not
seem even to be slightly bruised. Upon
taking 1t ont of the water | observed a
thick slime or mucous covering the whole
body. which ! Scraped off. and returned
the fish 20 the water. Al first it was
very active. swimming around lively,
but in a few moments seemed once
more To lose the power of motion.
again took it ont of the water and
found tine coating Of slime thicker upon
its body than before. | scraped il off
again. with the same result but
finally the fish turned or its side dead.
and in about five minutes, spent
in perfect quietude on my part, the
snake came from under a submerged
stump. seized the fis;s aud disappeared.
The incident led me To believe that the
snake poisoned the fish by coating ii
with the thick secretion | found upon
its bodv.-Sature's Realm.
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al day. She wishes there was nothing
else b DOL" but as this reminded her
Of rer work. she topped f3nalng him.
and grooming softly. Swayed back and
forth in the crcakv rocking chair
Baby popped his thumb into his mouth,
sucked Il vigorously for a moment, then
grew quietcr and quieter. Mother
rocked more and more slowly, and at
last sure that his majesty was sound
asleep. rose and laid him carefully
down In do. r1ugh oaIzeu cradle. She
tucked mp thr blanket and stood for
moment patt.n- him aud gently jog
lnr the cradle Bruno came from his
.r.ace hy thr fire ana p1lzed his black
nose iuIuiriu ~ into bIhya rosy face
With a lifted warming fiHZ-r. Mr.
WadswUrth Ua,ie him. No, no. sir, Go
lie down, Then She built MP the big
fire. gave a knowing little poke To- the
fat loaveS took her knitting and. with
one foot On tho rocker. settled herself
for quiet afternoon
Sire glanced around her coy kitchen
with a smile 81 approval. To D. sure.
the frontier home iH the wiId~ II New
York State was not like old Couuccti-
cut. but then il was snug and CHEEKY.
Il know mother has no better fire than
this. az any rate She said. gazing
musingiv into she ruddy Goals. They
said a pioneer life would be- 80 hard.
but II isnt-vyrv. and then have Jack
70 myself ~o much. and ] couldn't do
that AT home. and the dimplcs crept
around the lowing mouth. But with
something very like a sigh tine girl
mother whispered 10 baby. IF II only
wasn't grt- - far away 80 that your
grandma could sce YOU once before you
are bi- boy
Pau>iur in her mcditations. she list
cned "a moment and then glanced from
the winter sunshine on the r.oor 20 the
little Dutch clocil on the shelf. saying
cloud -Why. only three o'clock and
the cows coming home already, Jack
said he had put their fodder in the little
pasture where they would be- sheltered
from the wind"
She rose and went "a the window.
murmuring. Perhaps j wolf has fright
ened them. Well. the gates arr open
and they've gone into the yard
Baby. rou~cl by her exclamation. Mt
tered a sleepy protest II being walked
fIou his nap for even the most aston
ishIng cause 80, sitting down Size
hushed him 20 sleep again and then
went on with her knitting saying saS.--
Is i need not worry. If 1t Is anything.
it won't come into the cles1ing oy day
light ANA Jacl, viii he home before il
Is dark
Meanwhile the sunlight slipped
quietly away from the little window.
the freight grew redler and r.dler,
and the shadows darlseued as the
carly winter twilight came ON. Mrs.
Wadsworth rolled mp her knitting and
put the bread in tine oven Baby had
walked amt was growing restless. 50
she took him mp. puusing in her plans
{ for Jacks supper u assure her ''litrie
man that he should have his dinner
| '.veS DE should" GIaucing 1T the frost
gathering on the window. she added.
"It-s cold. and he'll bc terribly hungry.
but the biscuits will bc hot and I'll Just
cook up some eggs To eat with them
Now ! wonder what did with those
found this morning. Yes, I left them
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-12
The rIr.t Electric Motor.

Vermont claims the distinction Of the
invention of the first electric motor.
Thomas Davenport. a blacksmith in
Brandon. had a model Of an electric
motor in successful operation in 1855.
by which he ran a small engine on a
circular track. He secured a patent ON
his invention and exhibited his model
m Troy. y Y. and later NJ Saratoga
Springs. lie succeeded. after much diff
ficulty, in forming a company. with
headquarters in New York. for the
manufacture Of engines under his
patents. aud work was actually begun.
but the company soon became embar-
raised through the dishonesty of an
agent Davenport died before he could
secure new capital 10 carry ont his idea
His model was purchased 10y the Rens-
selaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy.
where it was kept as a curiosity until
the destruction of the institute build
ings by fire in Is62.-N Y. sun.
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COMING SPRING STYLES.
Pleasing Homespun Clothes win BE In
Great Demand.


Great Demand.
The new clothes sent over from En-
glish and French manufacturers, for
early spring wear, are chiefly home
spuns and other rough stylish goods in
homespun colorings and effects. These
twilled woolens are shown in the colors
which peasants in the north of Scotland
and in ireland are accustomed to dye
their homespun goods, from dyes made
of native forest banks. The familiar
homespun blue, or electric blue, Is q
very prominent color among the
new goods, and will, no doubt
be the leading popular shade fol
spring. 1t appears in some way in the
majority of the new fancy cloths i'm
ported. either as short thread, cross
barred line or a figure. There is also
new nankeen yellow shade, which is in
troduced in the same way in Other
cloths. There are natural brown anC
gray shades and dullish red, called to
mato or peasant red, and vague shade
of green These homespun woolens
were first introduced into fashion by
English tailors, who used a few of the
cloths woven and dyed by peasants il
Scotland and Ireland as novelties, be
fore similar goods We're made by the
large cloth factories of France As E
matter of truth, the majority of the
cloths now known as Scotch homespuns
are manufactured in French factories.
There are many soft, rough camels
hair goods, which are shown for spring
wear, and are lighter in weight thar
the goods shown now. Rough boucle
and Rourette effects are freely shown
in the new fancy camels-hair cloths
Thus there are many cloths in biegt
brown or homespun blue, woven in lines
or inch checks, which are outlined by
lines of brouette. There are camel's
hairs and homespuns. figured will
rough balls and other designs, which
look as if they were made out of knit
ter's travelled yarn; there are also fig
ures of soft wool, matted and caught
down, and others tufted with long tufts
of white goat's-hair, like some Turkish
goods These fancy-fgured cloths are
intended to be used as part of g
gown. Thus a dress of homespur
blue mixture will be made with front
and trimming of figured cloth in the
same shade, a little dark velvet being
introduced TO give relief to the effect
Or such plain blue cloth may be made
up in connection with a blue cloth
striped with white and figured with blue
balls on the white stripes, or with q
blue figured cloth.
1t seems to be an assured thing that
the new spring house gowns, and dresses
intended for elaborate wear, viii be
made with fuller skirts. Paniers are
shown in the French plates and a single
ruffle. or soft cluster of ruffies, is a
feature which looks toward the return
Of more bouffant, frou-frou styles OF
dress. Street gowns, which to be in
good taste must be somewhat severe in
style, viii be but a little fuller.-Good
housekeeping.