The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-12-18
a SHOWER IN THE VILLAGE.
Ihis Word Picture Somehow AvalIens
Pleasant Memories,

Over the whole village that stiffness
reigns which only Sunday in summer
can produce. 1t is nearing the noon
hour, and there Is a glare Of sunlight
everywhere.
The quiet of the streets seems to be
intensified as one approaches the corner
where the small stone church stands
alone. There is a service going on in
! eide, and the rolling music of the organ
family waited from within reaches the
deserted streets outside. Rows Of houses
with closed blinds and unoccupicd door
steps meet the eye on every side, ana
| down narrow lane near at hand IA
freshly painted barn CLEANS kotly III the
| 6erce sunshine Three or four pigeons
have tluttered to the roof and are sun
ring themselves and softly cooing.
Near the door of the church "a horse
and buggy stand, and now and again
| the animal bothered by flies, stamps
and splashes i'll the shallow puddle TN
| der him.
4 dog trots laZily Up TIE street and
! stops on his way to chase and bark at a
! few belated spanows. One Ct the pigeons
stalks with dignity across the roof, ana
another tiutters into the air with
whrring sound and disappears.
The sound OF tic organ has died quite
away and only the distant cluckiny Of a
! disturbed hen breaks the quiet. The sun
| light. seems TO have taken Oh /. darker
| shade.
A sharp gust Of wind sweeps up and
down the street and Tushes through the
| foliage Of the sleeping trees The spar
rows that occupied the street are not IN
/ sight. No living thing Is to be seen, aud
! the newly painted barn, that a moment
| ago looked seorched and bllstercd, seems
! TO have taken OF Il cooler tlnge The
! breeze has died quite away, and there
Is q moment Of supreme Stiffness
Then IA dull. sullen sound that seems
ike the rear Of a distant train steals
upon the ar. 1t comes again, ard there
j. 10 mistaking Tit is thunder. 4
lUTrlca hen runs across the lale and
disappears behind board Just as three
large drops mark the dust covered SIDE
walk, Drops are falling everywhere,
anG as they Increase IL number they Ge-
crease III size. There Is a gentle patter
OIL the sidewalk, GIL TIE house tops
through the trees, which becomes more
and more hurried until it generates into
Il steady rush Of falling ram. The LAND
scapc IS almost shut out from sight.
Slowly ana by hardly perceptlbIe de-
grees the steady rush becomes a patter,
and the sun, with sudden bTilliance,
changes each drop to d glistenlng aia-
LlOnd.
The rain ceases, and the sparkling
trees gently shake themselves III the
sunlight.
The shower is over Walter n. Eg
ginton III New Bohemian.
The Nose.
The nose is intended for breathing,
the mouth for speaking and eating. Vino
has ever seen u horse breathing other
wise than through his nostriIs? Minute
scientific investigation has revealed the
fact that tie number OF people who
breathe through their nost11ls are be-
coming gradually but surely fewer III
number. The consequence is that the
nostrils decrease IL size, while 1T has
been found that tie prevailing nose Is
quite an inferior organ to that CT oar
| tore.athers.
Doctors 1t the present time are fye-
guentlv asked 70 operate Oh nosoa aAl
to enlarge them. Their owners have
found that they do not fulfill their fuue
tions as well as they used to. 1t is A4-
/ ginning to be feared BY scientific people
| that II matters grow much worse we
shall lose the use Of our nasal organs
entirely.
1t IS well known physiological facs
that unused muscles ard bones gradual
| " disappear. Fish who live III the
dark, for instance, or the mole, who re-
sides underground, become blind. Thus.
! If we cease TO use cur noses for breatA H.
ing. they Will cease TO exist They Viii
become superduols Pearson S Weekly.