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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1896-10-23

bois de construction ont 6t6 f.brl-
mes par les soieries de Saltwater
l'et6 dsrnier.
Dimanchs dernier q eu lien ,
L Eglise canadienue-fraro .iss Fin
oosante o6r6monie de la b5n6dlc.
ton dune Douvelle clocha.
Ls Raw PAre Christie d, MINI.
eapolls, oonnu CONNIE Fun DR.
plus eloquents ct emioents or I.
tours sacr6s de l'Oaest a prononc
5 sermon de ciroonstance.
LIE r ~ PAre Pettigrtw, le de.
vou6 cure de cettaegtise m6rite ].
reconnaissance dse . souaillr'
pour les nombreuses amAliofatlon,
qui ont etc faites 4 leur 6glise de
puts quill en- est lie pesteur.
David BONN, ]sune homme bier
Gonna 4 Saltwater s'est fsit tus'
dams une collision de locomotive.
pres dc GLASGOW, Montana, mard,
dernier.
II 6tait ag5 de % ans.
La mere, deux smurs Marie et
H5Iene ct deux frAres Gso,g, e
Leon demeurent B Saltwater Sud
Les restes mortels de l'infor
time jeune homme ont 6t6 trans.
portes = Saltwater Oh les fan6rall.
les ont Gu lieu.
Les citoyens do Saltwater ont
6,6 peines d'apprendre Ia mort d.
A feed Gagn6 a~utrefois de cette
vile.
NJ. Gagn6 6tait employs CONNIE
ooncierg, de mutt au bureau d
poste de Minneapolis, ct jeudl DIR,
al, /, retournant 4 81 residence SUI
l'avenue Universit6 sur une bicy.
clette quill ca. le malh ,ur de. con
duire entire les deux votes f.rfeea
des chars urbains, il Fat frsppe
oar le tramw.y.
La mort a etc lnstatan6e.
LIZ maIhaureux laisse pour de
p'orer SO mort nne 6pouse incon
.solable ct quatre enfsnts.
II etsit age de IS ans ct etait
tres estim6.
@ ,atre de SEES frees demeusent
d Saltwater: Are4ne, Jose..b, DO
tAve ct Felix, ct une soeur Nine
w .lliam Alsenault.
L'excallent drame tie retour d
rexil6" q ct reples nt6 lnndi der
nj r avec beaucoup de success.
Les amateurs SO sont adm r4-
element acquitt6s de leur roles
respectifs.
L'assist8uce 6tait tres nombreu
sc. o. remarqnait parml les spec-
tatenrs une delegation dps Fores-
tiers catalogues ae Minneapolis.
Toutes les personres qui 6taient
pr6sentes sc sont retit6rs eDchsn-
tees de la maniAre hablle avec lA-
quelle les acteurs svaient jou6
lsurs 1oler.
Voicl lenrs nome.
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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1896-10-23
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MINNEAPOLIS. % Octobre 1896

L,EoHo DE- L'OUBsT nest pas respon
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,es correspondents.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1896-10-23
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Differences varieties DE- Manteaux,
ponr enfants de 50. $l2.
D f5rentes varieties de Manteaux
Longs on Courts eli Bea eer ct
Ohinchllla de SIS, asp.
AEssi grande vari6t6 de Manteaux
pour danes de 81. a$4O.
Chau6suYes pour enfants,
49c, 75c, CSC, SIPS q
$l.75 la pare, e prix ne peu-
vent etre compares a%illeurs.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1896-10-23

8i vous voulez savOir les non
vellaa, Uses PEoHo On LOURsT.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1896-10-23

bois de construction ont etc f.brl-
ines par les scieries de Saltwater
I'et6 dsrnier.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25

Maj-Gen. Birney, who is now, at the age of 75, practicing law and doing depart mental work in Washington, in letter to Wells & Richardson Company, says:
 My wife has been taking the Paine's celery compound for some time past. and is so much pleased with it that she wishes me 10 express to you her high opinion of its merits. She thinks it is the best remedy she has ever tried"
 GenI Birney's hearty acknowledgement of the great and lasting good that his family has received from Paine's celery compound is repeated, in substance. in countless testi- monials. written in the same grateful spirit and sent from every part of the country.
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The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
History in a Tree.

In the British Museum of Natural History there is a section of the trunk of a large fir-tree from British Colum- bia, the growth rings of which indi- cate that is was more than 500 years old when it was cut down in 1885, A correspondent of Nature calls atten. tion to the fact that about twenty of the annual rings of growth, making the latter part of the first hundred years of the trees existence, are crowded to- gether in remarkable manner, indi- eating that during those twenty years some cause was in operation greatly re- tarding the growth of the tree On look ing into history the correspondent found that, nearly at the time when the tree in question was evidently suffer- ing from very adverse conditions, Asia and Europe were undergoing extraor- dinary disturbances from earthquakes, atmospheric convulsions, the failure of crops, pestilential diseases, etc. China, in particular, suffered even more than Europe. He therefore suggests that possibly the crowded rings in the trunk of the tree may be record of the ex- istence of the same unusual conditions affecting animal and vegetable life at that time in North America also; and he shows that if the tree had reached its full growth, and ceased to form new rings a few years before it was felled in 1885, the correspondence in time would be complete.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
A HomeIy Court.

A backwoods court is thus described in the Cincinnati Enquirer: "A desper- ado was offended at the court and used unbecoming language, and when fined for contempt claimed that he could not be guilty of contempt, since there was no courthouse. The squire Crdereds a circle made to represent a courthouse whereupon the desperado got outside of the line and renewed his insults. When told that he disturbed the court, he said, Make your courthouse larger. Another line was drawn, with similar results, and still others, until the mur- murings ceased to disturb the court Another defendant was guilty of a breach of the peace. The court sent him to jail, writing the following mittimus 'Jailer of Garrard county, you will please lock John Blevin up in jail and keep him until I call for him. He has been cuttin up and cussin and tryin to fight. ''
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
Going Astray at Sea.

The difficulty of keeping q modern steamship on a straight course is point ed out in the Scientific American. The helmsman steers by the compass, and while a single degree of deviation ap- pears very small on the compass card, it would, if continued, carry a fasc steamship four miles out of her course in a single days run. Yet the compass gives the course more accurately than the sh'p can be steered. Owing to the defecting power of the waves and the rolling of the ship, which causes first one of her propellers and then the other, if she be of the twin-screw type, to exert the greater effect, the course is continually shifted a little this way and that, despite the helm. The only safety is in correcting the compass course by frequent observations of the sun, moon and stars.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
Colorado Cloudbnrst.

A writer in Travel describes cloud burst which came without warning, one hot, stif1ing day, upon the dwell lers at Magnetic Springs, in Southern Colorado.
 The clouds gathered in the hills be- hind the turn, and came drifting like frightened sheep before the breath of a strong west wind. No thought of danger occurred to us until, In an aw- full hush, with no lightning-fash, no thunder-peal, they broke, and death came down.
 The flood seized the canon like Q channel; hume-wise it bore to the val ley the cloud-sent torrent of the hills. The hotel stood full in the path of the flood. If the builder had not wrought better than any man knew, not one of us would have lived through the stress full time of boiling, foaming, hissing,
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
NEW AND CURIOUS MIRROR.
Invention of German Chemist Which
 Is More Odd than Useful.

 Is More Odd than Useful.
 An ingenious German chemist has patented process for making the most curious mirror in the world. Looking into it from one side you see your re- fection. Looking into it from the other side It seems transparent. It's uses are likely to be manifold. It may be put up in front of the prescription coun- ter of a drug store, for instance, and the outsider cannot see behind the case. but the pharmacist can see out into the store readily.
 The magician Hermann is said to have ordered the importation of several for use ill some new illusions he is pre- pairing for the astonishment of the pub lie Holding it up in front of him he will be hid from the view of the audi ence, but he can see them through it readily. The process of manufacture, as remarked, is patented and has been given out as follows:
 Dissolve one part by weight of silver nitrate in ten parts weight of water and label "No. l."
 Prepare another 10 per cent. solution of silver nitrate, but in larger quantity. To this add ammonia water, drop by drop, stirring carefully until the precipi- tate formed at first is completely dis solved, and label ''No. 2"
 Now add solution No. 1 to solution No. ? until the odor of ammonia is no longer recognizable and the liquid has again become very turbid.
 Next add 100 parts by weight of dis titled water for every part of silver nitrate originally used in solution No. .. and filter until it is clear. Label this No. g."
 Prepare reducing solution by dis solving eight parts weight of rochelle salts in 3S4 parts by weight of distilled water; boil and to the boiling solution add gradually q solution of three parts of silver nitrate In ten parts by weight of distilled water, and filter when cool and label "No. f."
 Clean the glass to be coated thorough. ly, lay it on perfectly level surface in room of the temperature of about o0 degrees c. CT degrees F.).
 Mix equal parts of No. 8 (the deposit ing fiuid) and No. (the reducing tluid) and pour over the glass. The glass may, if preferred, be dipped in the solution.
 The time required for the deposition of the layer of just the correct thick ness has to be determined by the judg- ment of the operator in each case. This may be aided somewhat by observing a piece of white paper laid below the glass.
 When q sufficient deposit Of silver has been made (and much less Is re- quired than for an ordinary mirror, pour off the silvering liquid and rinse thoroughly with the distilled water and stand the mirror on edge to dry. Coat the silvered side with a solution of shellac, colorless, in alcohol, and final ly frame the mirror with a backing Of clear glass to protect the mirror surface from being scratched
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
ONE OF TIxE ougeagsT OF LAKES.
4 Puzzle to Geologists In the Blue Grass
 Region of KentuckY.

Region of Kentucky
 Sinking creek, in the northwestern part Of this county. is not a running stream CT creek, as one would imagine from its name, but it is large lake, which forms only ill the spring of the year, when thaws and rainfall produce an overabundance of water. The forma- tion of lake covering over 200 acres of land and sometimes over 300 comes with the suddenness of a rise i'll the Mississippi river.
 The lake is formed in a hollow en- tirely surrounded by gradually inclined hills Of blue grass fields and meadows. These hills are at first imperceptible to the eye on account of the gradual and even slope of the surrounding country. A closer examination of the country shows that for miles around it all grad ually inclines to the place where the springtime lake forms, but the place it. self is merely a slightly rolling tract of land, over which various fences, trees and shrubberies are seen. As the lake depends on the rainfall for its supply of water, 1t is larger some years than oth- CTS and has been known to cover $50 acres of land and the water all the way from to 30 feet deep. This body of water is yeritable Mecca for duck hunters at the time of the year when ducks pass through Kentucky on their way to the northern lakes.
 There is no outlet above the earth in the way of creek or hollow. There is no cave or sink hole on any of the land which is covered by water through which the water may escape. Yet with in one month this immense amount of water disappears. After the disappear ance the earth which is covered, in- stead of being a wet, marshy place, as is the case of an ordinary springtime rise in water, is beautiful, fertile, blue grass vale, over which blooded Ken lucky stock roam during the summer months and fatten on the rich pastur- age. No appearance of a marsh or water weeds, etc, is found after the lake has gone.
 Exactly what causes the Sinking" of the lake has never been determinated, although various geologists have visited the scene It is we'll known fact that quicksilver thrown into pond or, lake will cause it to soon sink, and it is claimed that the water forming this lake, as it is drained down from the surrounding hills, brings with it com position of some kind similar to mer- .iol-- sinking lake, and that this is the key to the mystery of Sinking creek.-Nich- olasville Letter in Cincinnati Enquirer.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25

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The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25

roaring water, that leaped sav4gely against the walls, bit and tore at the foundations, caught every movable thing, as in the grip of a giant, and whirled and ground 1t to utter destruc- tion.
 "The cloud! The cloud has burst" came the cry on every hand. With one impulse, everybody rushed to the corridor, there to huddle and hold to anything steady, half-med with the sudden and perilous shock.
 Then some one shouted for the wo- men and children to run within the office. We had hardly gained it when the back door gave way; the :-aping flood rushed through the hall and par lors. and whirled their furnishings about like drift sticks in swollen stream. We crouched there, watching them to fear and trembling.
 The office had thick stone walls and but one door, Therein lay our hope of safety. Thought of succor was vain. No outcry we might make could possi- bly, pierce through that elemental clamor, and summon the neighbors % our rescue. Earth and sky seemed to call and answer, one to another; earth in deep sinister rumblings, as though all it's fountains were broken up, and the sky in an overtone of singing water, murderously swishing and laundering about our refuge.
 It was over at last; the roars and hissing died down to the plash and pouring of rain. But still the house stood; we had a roof between us and the angry sky. Comfort is largely matter of comparison. Now We re- joiced, though the Splace was full of wreck and ruin, and though the mud lay foot thick wherever the flood had rolled.
 By dint of hard labor one room was made habitable, and there, that night, we huddled about the stove that had somehow been groped for and dug out of the mud and then set up to warm us through the bitter chill that had come in the wake of the storm.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
A DANGEROUS BIRD.
What Will. Happen Some Day to an In-
 cautious Hunter of Blue Herons.

What Will Happen Some Day to m 1n-
 cautious Hunter of Blue Herons.
 ''Some of these days" said the long shore hunter, ''I expect to open my daily paper and see headline something like this, Killed by Blue Heron. and I'll tell you why The blue heron is big, powerful bird which has already badly disfigured the faces of several men. The men have wounded a bird, and then thinking to capture it-alive they went up to it. Why, I'd as soon try to kiss Q wounded grizzly. The birds grow as tall as feet. and have necks like fish rod and just the kind of muscles to move it the quickest with the most strength. They could drive their bill points through quarter inch panel
 The hunter goes up to the bird and sees it lying there looking as innocent as robin, with only wing broken What fine pet it would make, the fool hunter thinks. Then he picks the bird up and starts for home in a wagon CT boat, with the bird between his knees. The birds neck is drawn back like letter s. All of a sudden the bill shoots up and gives the man a gash alongside the eye three inches long. That is what always has happened. The wounded bird has missed its aim, but sometimes-and you want to remem- Der it-this feathered spearman will drive its bill far into its enemy's eye, and like steel umbrella stick the point of the bill will penetrate the mans brain. I guess the birds aim has al- ways been spoiled by the pain of its wounds, and so many human life has been saved I don't monkey with wounded bitterns, CT cranes-well, scarcely. '-NeW York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
A Hiding Plant.

Many insects and other members of the animal kingdom mimic the forms and colors of plants and other natural objects, for the supposed purpose of concealment from enemies, but it is rare to find a similar peculiarity in plants. An instance of this, however. has been noticed at the Cape of Good Hope, where a species of mesembryan- themum, or fg-marigold, so closely re- sembles the stones amid which 1t grows, both in color and form, that 1t frequent ly escapes the attention of cattle and other browsing animals. South Africa presents other instances of what is called protective mimicry in plants.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
Ingenious Chini panzees.

A recent report by Prof. O. F. Cook on colonization in Liberia gives some interesting facts about the chimpan- gees living ill that country. It appears that these animals, which bear such curious resemblances to men that the natives call them "old-time people" :" are very fond of the flesh of land crabs, which they dig out of the burrows. To crack open the shells of the crabs they dash them against rocks. They also crack nuts with stones in the regular human fashion; and most curioU~ of all, perhaps, they kill pythOns by grasp ing the huge serpents about the uec& and beating their heads with stones.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
Mineral Fertilizers for the Cherry


 In no one of OUT fruits is the stone or seed so large in proportion to the whole as it is in the cherry For this reason, and also because it perfects its fruit in very short time, mineral fertilizers in available form are always needed for the cherry tree. Some of the most productive and largest kinds of cher ries are very apt to Tot before they ripen. This is almost always an indi- cation that mineral fertility, especially potash, is needed. It is the potash in the soil that not only perfects the seed but is necessary also in giving the color to the fruit that makes it attractive The most highly-colored fruits require, therefore, liberal supplies of the potash fertilizers
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
Texas SulDhur.

The best known sulphur deposits in the world are those of Sicily, but ac- cording to MT. Eugene A. Smith, of the University of Alabama, Texas may pos sibly enter the field as a producer of commercial sulphur. The deposits eX- amined in Texas are situated in large basin some forty miles northwest of Pecos, but others are said to exist both to the west and north of this locality. The nearest railroad Is twenty miles from the sulphur basin, and the sur rounding country contains no fuel and very little surface water.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
Odors and Photography.

Every photographer knows that sin gular differences exist in the actinic ac- ton of light on succeeding days which, so far as general appearances go, seem to be equally favorable for photograph ic purposes. This may be partly ex- plained by the recent discovery by Monsieur Declaux of Paris, that the odors arising from vegetation and dis seminated through the air diminish the actinic power of the solar radiations which reach the surface of the ground.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
Improving the Telescope.

Prof. c. s. Hastings, of Yale, has de- vised a method of shaping and combin- ing two lenses of ordinary optical glass in such manner as to do away with the outstanding color due to chromatic alteration, which has always been a source of more or less trouble, even in the best of modern telescopes. It is es- timated that the improvement will in- crease the effective power of telescopes about 10 per cent.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
Woman's Experience on a Jury.

Mrs. Warren, who recently served as foreman on a jury in Denver, says: AS a matter of interest to the public, and particularly to ladies who in the future may be called upon to serve upon juries, will say that in my own experience there has been noth 'ng which should deter any lady from serv- ing on q iurY."
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25

A fat French lady despairingly says, 'I am so fat that I pray for disap- pointment to make me thin, but no sooner does the disappointment come than the joy at the prospect of getting thin makes me fatter than eyer. :"
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
Ho1rr's SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
TKRM CoNMENcEs AUGUST 4Tn-)

" An excellent institution, beautifully situated at Burlingame, San Mateo County, Cal. Having had otcasion to investigate the management and methods of Hoitt's School, we are satisfied that for careful supervision of boys and thorough moral. mental and physical training it has no su- perior. It has fairly earned its increasing popularity. ."-S. P. Erening POst.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
Boston's Badly Planned Library,

The great new Boston public library has already been found to have been i'll planned and inadequate. It cost S2,5O0,O ,O0O, and now $25,000 is about to he expended to construct Suitable reading-room."
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25
IF REMOTE FROM MEDICAL HELP

Doubly essential is it that you should be pro vided with some reliable family medicine HOstetter's Stomach Bitters is the best of iis class, remedying thoroughly as it does such common ailments as indigestion, constipation and biliousDess. and affordieg safe and speedy help in ma srlal eases, rheumatism and in. activity of the kidneys.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25

She-Every time one of us girls gets married father plants a tree on his estate. He-A much better plan would be for him to plant house tbere.-Life.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-07-25

Many a man is very liberal in buy ing whisky who does not pay for the meat and bread his children eat.