Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-05-06

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1t was with difficulty they were beaten
Oft and, whom the boat was clear Of the
vessel, they s%queaked in a horrible
manner in their anguish, many of them
trying to swim after it. But they were too
far from land to swim ashore.
The different nations of the world,
both ancient and modern, have employed
various symbols to represent the fires
that flash from the thunder cloud. The
Chaldeans symbolized it with u trident;
the learned ~Babylonians used a human
arm for the same purpose. The bas-re-
liefs of Nimrud and Malthia, the work of
later and more refined Assyrian artists,
show the trident doubled or transformed
into q trifd iascicle. This triumph of
the classic art secured for the ancient
Mesopotamian symbol the advantage
over all other representations of the
~thunderbolt. The Greeks represented
the s.orm-fre with the features Of q bird
Of prey. Later On. when they had be-
gun the the use of the Asiatic form Of
symbol, they put it in the claws Of an
eagle and made it the soeptre Of Zeus.
Gaul received the symbol from Italy,
but % altered 1t to the familiar two
headed hammer seen on the Gallo Roman
monuments. The same symbol 10 seen
on amulets found in Germany, Scandina-
via and Brittany.-(St Louis Republic.
A surprisingly strong bit Of evidence
in proof OF u woman's inability to remain
calm in the presence of q mouse wal that
contributed by Bridget Colgan, the ser
want girl who was recently treated for o
broken ankle atthe Philadelphia Hospital.
Miss Colgan is u fine, strnpping young
daughter of Erin. who would give most
men q hard tussle in o trial Of physical
strength and her nerves are usually as
strong as her muscles. Yet when Bridget
was cleaning the second-story windows
Of the house where she was employed 40
chambermaid and she saw u mouse run
out from under the bed, she instantly
turned and leaped into tho street below,
at the same time screaming "A mouse!
q mouse!" Perhaps no more remarkable
instance Of this strange fear has ever
been recorded, and Miss Bridget's escape
with only the injuries mentioned 10 not
tho least curious part Of her adventure.
The highest clouds, cirrus and GIRO
stratus, rise, on an average, to q height
Of nearly 10000 feet. The middle
clouds keep at from about 10000 to 49,
600 feet above the surface Of the earth;
the lower clouds seldom lower than g..
600 or higher than 1900 feet. The Gu
mulous clouds float with their lower sur
face at a height of from 1000 to 5000
fnnA ~rkslo %ho,p ,,,uuA. T~oun,nk1,r o~
tend upwards 10 a height of 16. 600.
The tops Of the Alps are often complete
ly hidden by clouds of the third class,
while those Of the other classes are fire.
quently seen shooting up the rayines
like sheets Of smoke. Prof. Moller took
observations on n cloud, the vertical
dimensions Of which was over 3.70O feet.
A Portland Me. lady, who is now on
her way home from India, writes to a
friend that she had a good opportunity
to witness one Of the ceremonies peculiar
to that far land-a marriage Of q girl
child to a middle-aged In this in
stance the bride, who was of high social
rank, was regarded by her people as
really old, having reached her twelfth
year. Etiquette requires that the newly
made bride shall not be seen to smile Or
take notice Of any person for q period Of
three days. But the Portland lady was
determined that she would see how the
downcast face looked, and finally got
down on her knees upon the same mat
upon which the ~richly-attired bride sat
and took a good look up into her face.
A singular condition has developed in
the buffalo herd ut the Philadelphia Zoo.
Late in last year the hoof and mouth dis.
ease affected the cattle of Europe very
seriously. und there were slight visit.
atoms of it in this country. One Of
| these was ut the Philadelphia Zoo among
the buffalo. Eight Of the herd were
isolated. Since then the symptoms OF
this disease have disappeared from oil
but one of those isolated. This one,
however, has lost q hoof, and is now hard
at work raising o new one, hobblina
around on three legs. This is the only
case OH record in America of a buffalo
losing Il hoof and growing o new one in
captivity.
Miss Annie Mccormick, besides being
one of the lo-eliest and most popular
young ladies in the city, is endowed with
rare musical talent. She plays the piano
with un exquisite touch. She is able te
play on six different instruments at one
und the same time, that is a banjo
guitar, bass violin. triangle, harp and
,ambourine. This is something almost
unheard Of; but what is fur more won
derful, is her ability to carry three sepa.
rate and distinct airs at the same time
playing with each hand a different piccs
upon tho pinno. and for the third singing
some familiar song.-lHawkinsville
Ca Dispatch.
The queer case Of John Sousley, 4
farmer living near South Bond Ind. j
attracting much attention. Sousley fol
lows threshing in season and quit las
September with u badly infamed eye
1t has puined him continually since, un'
til ono day recently when an oculis'
found that q grain Of wheat had lodged
in his eye,s prouted in it, growth had
forced a passage up between the scalI
and skull, and had found an outlet neat
the apex Of the right eye. The stall
was carefully removed and transplsntef
in q hot-bed. where it 10 expected TO grow
Souslcy is doing finely.
A lumberman ut Wytopitlock, Me.