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The morning call., 1893-06-04
THE PEOPLE OF LAPLAND.
Civilization at Its Worst Is Prefer
able to Life Among Them.


The Lamps have reconciled me to civil
iZation. They are as cunning and sharp
as they can be, and not in the least good
natured, but somehow manage to live
together without flying at each others
threats. In all instances they are not
frghts. l saw few c0mely young women
and a few crones with really intelligent
and interesting faces, and some beautiful
infants. But the men, without q single
exception. were hideous, bow legged
dwarfs. To the deteriorating influences of
dirt and marrying-in-and-in they superadd
that of drink. The wife of a drunken
husband is allowed, without the formality
of divorce, to leave him and take sober
one. or to neglect him tor man that suits
her better All have talent for making
money, and they hoard what thew scrape
together. The peculiar bad smell of
Lapp settlement is compound of the
smells in summer of shambles, dirty
dairies, dirty kennels, and of gatherings
of dirty human creatures. Bluebottle-
flies swarm on the reindeer hides and on
bladders filled with RENDERS blood that
are out in the sun to dry. Their bite is
venom0us and may be fatal, except to
Lapps. The huts reek with foulness IN
mentlOnabe.
1t seemed counter to the fitness of things
be subjecI to these frightiul dwarfs. a
herd of 1900 we're fetched down by dogs
from the field for us to see. Thev were a
picture, and so gentle that they would
stand to be petted. The dogs were told,
when the reindeer were wanted. to 60 and
fetch them. OFF they went by themselves.
In about half an hour we saw them, with
their charges. come down a mountain and
vice ford a river On their way to the in
closure where they usually come to be
N liked. | was offered bowl of the milk,
hut the wooden vessel holding it was so
filthy that / declined. However, a Nor
wegian MIXED IA doe into drinking horn
he had with him and let me taste the con-
tents and offered me a draught, which
took. 1t was like he richest and sweetest
cream, and | suppose is just the beverage
for a cold climate. A deep drausht would
give one indigestion. Lapps themsel yes
cannot drink much of it at q time. Diaries
on the fields for supplying timed REIN
deerS' cream to the Paris market would,
have no doubt. De financial success. A
teasDooniul of it would 60 further than IL
tablespoonful of cows cream and be more
Dalata BILE.
The morning call., 1893-06-04

the little old bay mare was too much for
him in the next one. distancing him in
2:2nh.
The war of the rebellion closed Flora
Temples racing career. Her owner was a
Southern synpathiZer, and the mare was
cOntis Gated by the Government, sold, ami
retired from active life in 1864 She lived.
however. for thirteen years alter that, and
died in 1877, fun of years ana honOrs.
The trotting queen was of untraced ed-
gree on the sire side, though an eff"rt has
been made to trace the descent of Bogus
Hunter, Fiora's sire. TO Kentur ky Hunter.
Her dam. however, Madame Temple. by
the Terry Horse, was also dam of Pilot
Temple. who held the, for the times, good
record of 2:24R.
Goldsmith Nj aid. the next queen of the
track, like her predecessor, earned for her.
self bad name. in youth. by her iutraet-
able conduct and apparent vicIousness.
She was eight years OH before she came
into possession of a hOrseman who had
sense enough 20 know how TO deal with
her. This was Alden Gold smith, who was
so wise and pitirnt IN his dealings with
her that ne was able in 1865. to give her
record of 2:26. in race, the first she ever
won, at Goshen, New York, and three
years later she fell into the hands of Budd
Doble, the great trainer who drove Nancy
Hanks to victory, and then her career OF
triumph began. From 1868 TO 1874, she
campaigned from Maine to California,
meeting every great horse in the country.
and sweeping all records before her in her
irresistible rush. Her record of 2:14 was
made at Boston, Mass. September .. 1874
A great many Californians will recall
the mares famous visit to this coast in
1872. when she met and defeated the Cali
fOrnia champion-Occident- the Sacra-
mento course. A newspaper man named
Kelly since then gone 10 the reward reserved
for all newspaper men after this stormy
sphere, is responsible for telling story
in connection with the great contest. The
grand stand was crowded. of course, and
n OF only the grand stand, but every availa-
Bile inch of standing room about Agrcul-
tural Park. The very roof was invaded
by the genus small boy, and excitement
was at fever point.
During the last heat the excitement was
so great that the entire audience rose to
Its feet. Handkerchiefs waved, hats were
tossed in air. and men and omen yelled
themselves hoaIse. Next to Kelly sat
The morning call., 1893-06-04
HOW A SNAKE CLIMBS A TREE
The Surprise of Naturalist on Dis
covering the Way 1t Is Done.


IF you never saw snake climb a tree"
said naturalist. 'yoa have missed sight
that is worth going a good ways to see. |
never saw it myself until two years ago, and
l could hardly believe my eyes, for had all
ways supposed that when a snake wentup a
tree it elm bed by throwing itself in a
spiral around the trunk and gliding up bv
moving round and round it, The books
Will tell you that is the way snake climbs
tree, and will show you pictures of
snakes in the a of twisting themselves
about the tree trunk and working upward
toward the branches. And the fact of the
matter is they don't do anything of the
sort.
II was up in Monroe County. Pa. and
one dav went out to look up some botanical
specimens in deep and Tricky wooded
rayine, when | came suddenly upon
bla ckSnake clinging to the side of a small.
rough barked tree. The reptiles head
was about ten feet from the ground
and its body was drawn up bv
number OF very short and abrupt
curves. The straight places between
these curvatures fitted close in the perpen-
dicular corrugations of the bark on the
Tree for several inches at a stretch and
tOnk advantage of every rough spot or
crevice in the bark, both to the right and
wondering how the snake had managed
to get itself in that queer position. | soon
found out. for the reptile, alarmed at
my approach, gave me a most interesting
explanation of it by moving slowly up the
tree trunk, working the curvatures of his
long BODY on the tree with his head raised
five or six inches. just as If he were pick
ing his way along on the ground. At first
it seemed that he was coming down the
tree, as his movements now and then
brought him with his head pointed
toward the ground, but he was going
up just the same. He did not once
attempt to encircle the tree WITH his hody.
but scaled the SHE of 1t with the greatest
ease. He went up into the tree nearly to
the top. and then, as If he didn't intend to
he forced to a place where he haG no par
ticular business, he turned and came down
the tree in the same t0rtuOuS wav that he
had gone up it. The movement was slow.
the snake Occupying at lrast minute in
going the length of his body, about six
feet"
The morning call., 1893-06-04
FIRST USE OF COAL.
1t Was Novelty in 1856 and Was
Preceded by Wood and Charcoal.
Contemporary Review

Though coal has been employed for
centuries in the manufacture of salt Oh the
shores of the coalfields wood had hitherto
continued to be the fuel a: the inland salt
works. The use of coal at Nantwieh is
mentioned as a novelty in 1856. Drowch
wood fuel and leaden pans were in use up
till 1851. In this era the Sea-salt manu-
iacture was in the zenith of its prosperity.
But the substitution of coal for wood in
the inland salt trade. aided by the discov-
cry of rock salt. which took place acct
dentally in boring for coal in Cheshire in
1850. led to the gradual decline and final
extinction of the manufacture of salt on
the coast. The only traces now remaining
of this once flourishing industry exist in
such names as HOwdon Pans on the TYNE,
PreStonpans on the Forth, Saltcoats in
Ayrshire and Saltpans in Arran and Kim
tyre, or in the Scottish proverb. Garry
salt to Dysart," Synonymous with the
English, Garry coal to Newcastle" In
no branch of industry WAS the scarcity of
wood more keenly felt than in the smelt-
lIC OF the metallferous ores. Continued
efforts to accomplish this with coal began
immediately after the accession of James
l, ana were persevered in throughout the
seven teeuth century. But for prolonged
period the new fuel proved very intract-
able and scheme after scheme ended in
failure and disappointment.
Alter eighty years of oft repeated trials
the tantallZing pro lem remained unsolved,
Wood and charcoal still held the field in the
smelling furnaces, and all hope of ever see
ing coal subtltut' d for them had wel-nigh
died out. In 1856 Sir John Psttus in his
Essays on Words Metallick," concludes
his observations regarding sea coal and Dit
coal with the remark: These ere not use
full TO metals" The unpromising prospect,
however. soon began to brighten Imme.
diately after the revival of lead and copper
mining. W ich took place about 1692-hav-
ing probably been more or less in allowance
since the Interruptions caused by the civil
TaTs-these ores came to be smelted with
coal.
The extraction of silver from lead with
coal was accomplished by Mr.. Lydal In
1897 and the same individual appears to
have been the first to successfully employ
coal In the smelling of tin in 1905. The
iron ores proved more refractory, no sub
stantial and permanent success in smelling
them with coal being obtained till near
the middle of the eighteenth century. when
the manufacture OF charcoal iron had
dwindled to very small 'proportions-in
TACT, was dying out for want of fuel. It
then at length became an accomplished
fact at CoalbrOokdale Iron Works in
Shropshire. The success was at first
ascrlbed to the Shropshire coal, bnt prob
ably the employment Of strong blast had
great deal to do with il. From this The
coal became the life of the iron manufac-
ture.
The morning call., 1893-06-04
MONARCH OF ALL.
The Office-Boy Who Has His Own
Ideas and Follows Them.
New York Tribune.

new 1ork IrlDune
Everybody knows what the New York
office-boy Is. He always comes from the
East SIDE, and be always owns the Office
within a week after he has entered it. He
has his own ideas about dignity, and it is
useless to try and change or even to mod
fly them.
His manifestations of "cuSsedness" are
various. The writer was in the law office
of a friend the other day, when an elderly
gentleman entered and addressed himself
to the black-eved office-boy guarding the
rail before the inner rooms
SIS Mr. c. IMP" asked the white
haired and venerable citizen.
whats your Dame?" asked the boy
coolly.
81 asked you if Mr.. c. we're in" said
he of the old school reprovngly.
"What's your name?" repeated the auto
cratic youth, looking the other in the eye.
THAT isn't what | came to tell YOU"
answered the venerable caller. ~ came to
see If Mr.. c. were in. That is what /
asked you. That Is what 1 want to
know"
well, what's your name. then?" asked
the bow, placdly.
as he IMP" demanded tn g old man.
sternly.
whats your name?" repeated the boy,
calmly.
The venerable citizen looked around and
then gave a gesture If despair.
Pm Mr.. Brown" he said in a subdued
voice.
swell, You can't see him." said the czar
of that office, IN voice in which there was
decisIon, but no trace of triumph.
why? asked the conquered New
Yorker.
Because he's engaged"
well, take my name in and see If he
went see me-
Hes engaged"
II don't care if he is. Take my name to
him."
II can't"
why not"
Hes engaged"
well, young man, you can go into his
private Office and leave my card. can't
yon ?"
mo, SIR
WHY not?"
Cant"
why not?" with great sterpess.
Because he's engaged on case in Ros.
ton aud won't be in town till Tomorrow. -
and the boy began 10 question another WIS.,
ltor In the coolest of cool manners.
The morning call., 1893-06-04

you find yourself is occupied by a strnc-
ture formed partly of iron. partly of glass.
Within the glass doors you see n cOmpi-
Gated arrangement of wheels, rods and
bars. This is the clnckwOrk which set
the lantern to whirling on its axis. \
heavy weight hangs from rope at one
side; n hollow cylinder beneath yawns to
receive il, and as the clock works the
weight slowly deScendS into the depth to
be wound up from the darkness again and
again the night hours pass. Every two
hours the ponderous key is applied 10 the
spindle, and the heavy weight rises to the
top of the room only to descend again into
the pit below.
Within the lower part of the house
there is nothing to see now. The slowly
cITcling lantern is the only object OF inter
est, and you ascend into it only to feel
another disappointment. There is abso-
lutely nothing to see, and the heat is be-
coming inSutferabe, so you step out
moment, but watch your chance to step
from the open side onto the steps, for
there must be no stopping of the motion
now that darkness has come, or some eye
careful person will report something
wrong, because the light stopped for
time az such an hour. But it is rot hard
to get out, even with the lantern revolving.
A visit to the balcony outside the lantern
can be made il you care to climb up the
iron stairs and creep up through the little
opening in the balcony floor. but there is
little to reward you for your trouble.
The very worst place to see the light
house is either in or on the building. You
have seen all there is to see, and decide to
climb those awful three hundred and odd
steps to the upper world
Painfully you toll upward, gasping for
Breath for steady climb is trying to the
strongest lungs. The man beside you
affords all the assistance possible. but tha
is little. Privately you cali yourself hard
names for lndulging your curiosity about
lighthouses and the way they are run.
You are decidedly of the opinion that the
whole thing is sell when your companion
says
Here is the best place to see the light,
madam" and you sink down upon the
steps, glad of any excuse for resting mo-
ment. But gasp OF establishment stops
the sigh of wearinesS before it passes your
lips.
Is that the plain dull black and white
building you saw but few hours ago, tina
glowing. glitteriDg gem shining there in
the darkness? When it flashes into your
eyes as it revOlves you are blinded by the
glorious sight. Slowly revolving before
you it is as if the sun was winking al you
| through the darkness of night You are
blinded by the glory.
Now come up a little higher and you
Will see 1t at its very DrettlpSt. Now it is
grand, but up there it is beautiful"
You gladly Climb the few steps to the
desired point and sink down resolved not
TO move from the place while that vision
! of beauty CLEANS before you. The light
now comes 10 you at such an angie that
the flash is absent, the perpendicular bars
The morning call., 1893-06-04
HE DIDN'T CATCH ON.
The Warning Cry Was Heard, but He
Did Not Understand 1t.
HON e and Country,

We were riding slowly and carefully
down a steep hill in the Sierras The road
was barely wide enough for two horsemen
abreast.
Suddenly a cry rent the air.
In second it was repeated and sounded
nearer.
The Judge, my companion. uttered an
emphatic sentence which l did not catch.
and galloped back in desperate haste. lie "
ing me perplexed and amazed.
At that instant the sharp, weird cry was
repeated and Immediately l was con-
fronted by the head of long. heavilv-
laden mule-train. The mules. with their
panniers, monopoliZed the entire width of
the road.
The animals. painfully laboring. were
on the run, impelled by The muleteers'
cries and whips. Before / realized nv
danger or could turn TO avoid it the cara
van was uron me with irresistible impetu-
osity. 1t doubled up my mule and whirlei
him around as If he had been chiId's toy
or n whisp of hay.
Fortunately the saddle-girth broke and
was spilled on the opposite side of the COL
lisi0n.
How 1 rose and clambered ND that per-
Dendicular wall in time to avoid being
trampled to pulp ben cath the remorseless
heels of those painting beasts I could not
The morning call., 1893-06-04

home, back BY the blue stretch where
Drake first stepped upon this promontory,
through the many gates and along the
lovely, tree-shaded, fiower-scented roads
to where the iron horse stood snorting
and putting, waiting fer the passengers
whose holiday was over, that he
might carry them hack from the
lonely homes on Point Reyes to the busy,
bustling city where half the people do not
and of those who do, not one in a dozen
knows or cares that this Point Reyes light
is the second finest in the whole world,
being surpassed by but one. and that across
the Atlantic on the coast of France.
MABEL II. CLOSSON.
The morning call., 1893-06-04

ney is put in place and the draught regu-
lated. You step outside again and gaze at
the light through the glitterng prisms of
the Ian tern.
These prisms are set in brass frame
work in twelve sections, the inner edge of
which projects enough to give the neces-
sary observation to form the fash which
distinguishes this light from all others on
the coast.
There are twenty-four prsms in divi-
sion, and the center of each division is an
immense bullseye, through which the
concentrated rays are flashed far across
the waves as the lantern turns slowly
around and brings first the blaze of glory,
men the shadow of night before the watch
ing eyes at sea-
Down again to the lower part of the
mouse. ms is where the life of the light
is eonrealed. Did anything happen to the
machinery hidden in these iron walls
Point Reyes light would be useless. The
lantern might be lighted, but the fash
when Tells the mariner which light shines
upon his pathway would not come. and he
would be, perhaps. deluded to destruction
instead of being warned of the cruel rocks
which lie around the foot of the rock.
above which stands the towering jpht.
house.
The greater half of the floor on which
The morning call., 1893-06-04

comprehend at that time nor have ever
been able 10 do so; but there | was and
there L adhered as if glued to the rock
until both mules and danger had disap-
peared. The muleteers never cast even
one longing. lingering look behind"
10 nv astOniShmen, ms poor mule was
unhrrt, an by and by the Judge returned,
looking unfeignediy anxious.
"Why IN the anne Of common sense did
you not ide back with me ." he demanded.
Il heard the diabolical cry" l replied.
but did not understand it and l did
not understand you, and there it is" said l.
The morning call., 1893-06-04
The Genius of the Upraised Hands.

They were walking about the Grand
Court of Honor at the Worlds Fair,
gazing at the colossal female figure of the
Genius OF the Republic. when the bride
with the peachbow cheeks appealed to The
happy hus band:
George. DEAR" whispered the shrink
ing creature. why does she hold up her
hands?"
George thought moment.
She is not native, darling" he replied,
soulTuliy, and Chicago compels all visitors
to do that"
The morning call., 1893-06-04
Great Success

Treetop-Our debat tin society has been
all winter arsyin' The question. "Is mar
riage failure ?"
Hayrick-W nat'd they decide?
Treelop-'Tain't decided yet, but them
meetin's has growed a bigger crop of en-
gagements n any singin' school we ever
had.-Puck.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-10-14

CHATTER TIryAN.
Official Papsi Of BIule County.
Delinquent Tax List

ii. u. r,uac, Tscas,,rtr Of Brulc c,,unty.
siuessasYf sstftt Ii .spYtds.. do hereby certify hat
tkn tsxes IN The lailnwitis list vi real property
itsts hattsf,ir delinquent by reason of nallay-
81 itetit thfreof. tnr iie ytar 1T lS92 :tnd prior years
~ sl,1wd rs ttle following 1t.t-wii.
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glntownsl,ip ioi. n ssti, Of rn,a;c q we-t 5,i. y. n.
Tarrey Lake Township.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-10-14

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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-08-31
Pnper-Muking Materials.

Almost everything in the vegetable
kingdom, with large additions from the
animal and mineral, will furnish the
raw material for the making Of paper.
The only question is whether it can be
reduced at allowable expense. Horns.
hoCfs. hides and bones, line, alum,
rOsin, soda and soap, divers things
from divers places, so into paper. The
mining of clay for Dapermakers' use
is very considerable industry Of itself
The clay adds to the body and finish Of
the paper. and likewise 10 the profit.
Paper has been made Of wood, hay and
Stuhbie, Of numluieS and hornets nests.
The list Of paper-making materials in
cludes about 400 items. 1t would be
easier to catalogue the materials of
which paprr cannot be made. Almost
anything can be used except nails, nee
dies ami pearl buttons, feathers, pig
iron and syntaN, the only question be-
ing the cost Of reducing the stuff to
pulp.
IN the ages B. C. the "reeds" lorded
it. over the papermaker. and even for
800 OF the years Of our Lord the papy-
rus roll held its own. Then for ten
centuries the lowly and despised rag
w:ls king. But kings are 4 little passee,
and now wood is boss" or at least
divides the empire. The supply Of
paper reeds is exhausted, the supply
Of rags will not begin to equal the de-
mand; a substitute must be found, and
for it we go to the forests.
Wood pulp has achieved mighty
revolution in the art Of paper making,
and the revolution is not ended. The
wasp has used wood paper for immam-
orial ages, but man has been slow to
use it as Il fiber. The invention was
finally suggested by observing Il wasp's
nest made of wood transformed into
paper. In the search for IL substitute
for rags, wood has been experimental
with in many places and for many
years, but to Frederick Gottlob KEEL
Ter, Of SaXony, is due the credit Of the
invention about 1S45.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-08-31
ITO BE CONTINCED)


Two broken pieces Of tortoise shell
can be fixed together by filing the edges
down with Il rasp till each piece has IN
edge like Il chisel. These two edges
are then made to overlap one another,
and. after softcning in boiling water,
are tightly held together in a clamp or
wise. The heating must be very care
fully done. so rs to avoid warping or
otherwise damaging the rest of the ar
tclc. Be sure that it is tortoise shell.
A vast amount Of tortoise shell is in re-
ality only ccllllloid; OF Xylonite and the
application OF heat to this will distorU
it all: also, it is inhammablc, not 70 say
explosive. Imitation tortoise shell can
be cemented with decentralization
Queen.