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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
TESTED BY A STAR.
The Old-Tfme Method of Calculating
Time and Measuring Distances

Time and Measuring Distances.
Some very old printing that was
brought to light the other day contains
curious suggestions for making certain
calculations that will interest many
people. One of the suggestions runs
TO the effect that a person may ascer
tain his rate of walking by the aid of
string with a piece of lead at one end
OF It.. The string should be knotted
at distances of forty-four feet, which
distance is the 10th part of an English
mile and bears the same proportion to
mile that half a minute bears to an
.nour. If the traveller, when going at
MS usual gait, drops the lead, letting
the string slip through his hand. the
NUMBER OF knots which have passed
in half minute indicates the number
or inches he walks in an hour, saws
the Detroit Free Press.
Ap easy method Of correctly regu-
latlng a t1mepiece by the stars is sug-
gested as follows:
AS the motion of the earth with re-
gard to the fixed stars chose that twin
kle) is uniform, timepieces can. in a
most simple manner, be correctly reg
ulated by the stars with greater facil-
lty than by the sun. Choose a south
window from which any fixed point.
such as chimney, side of a building,
etc, may be seen. To the side of the
WINDOW attach a piece Of cardboard
having small hole in it, in such a.
manner that by looking through the
hole toward the edge Of the elevated
object some fixed star may be seen.
The progress Of the star must he
watched, and the instant it vanishes
behind the fixed point the observer
must note the exact time it disappears
Inc folloWing night the same star will
vanish behind the same object three
minutes and fifty-six seconds sooner
II tlmqfeptece marks 9 o'clock when
the star Yanishes one night, the follow
Ing night 1t will indicate three minutes
and hfty-six seconds less than 9 IF
the t1mepiece be faster or slower than
the indication of the star, then it has
gained or lost the indicated difference
II several cloudy nights follow the first
observation Of the star, it is onIv
necessary to multiply three minutes
flfty-six seconds by the number of DAYS
tnat nave elapsed since the observa-
ton, and the product deducted from
the hour the clock indicates the first
night clear enough for the second oh
sefVatlon, gives the time the clock or
watch ought to show The Same star
can only be observed during a few
weeks. for as it gains nearly an hour
IN fortnight, it will in a short time
come to the meridian in broad DAYLIGHT
and become invisible.
In making the observation care
must be taken that a planet Is not
chosen instead of a star. Additional
to the fact that the light Of fixed stars
twlnkles, while that Of planets is steady
because reflected, a sure means of dis
uhgu1shlng between them is to first
watch a certain star attentively for a
few nights. If it changes its Mace
with regard to the other stars II is
a planet, since the fixed stars appear
TO maintain the same relative positions
with regard to each other.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
DULUTH GRAIN.

DULUTH, Mimi, Dec 23.-The local cash
market fair today, and $4,000 bushels
changed hands. The mills took Is, O00 The
mills paid PIC under May and the shippers
272c under, most of the morning, but toward
the close dropped their price and bid PIC
and 2A4c under. The May option advanced to
size, and fell to Sic; from that point it rose
steadily to size, and closed at size asked.
The close: Cash No. hard, S0Ac; No. 1
northern, 1870; No. spring, 72@73c; rejected
l northern, 7S%c; December, No. 1 hard,
SOAc; No. 1 northern, 7S4c; May, No. north
ern, S14c asked.
Receipts-wheat, 1872, $50 bu; shipments.
3,lSS bu; cars inspected, rs last year, holiday
receipts corn, none; oats, TO- 797 -bu; rye,
5,972 blu; barley, 1858 blu; fax, 1892 bu
Oats, close, 1S14@1Sc; rye, 36Ac; fax, rye;
May, TIC.
Cash sales were as follows: / car No. 1
hard, soc; cars No. 1 hard, 79%c; cars
No. northern, 79Ac $1,000 blu No. north
ern, 7Sc; cars No. 1 northern, 78Ac; cars
No. l northern, 7S1ac; 5000 Blu No. l north
ern, 7SAc; cars No. 1 northern, 78c; 800
Blu No. northern, 7614c; 1 car No. 2 north
ern, 7S1&c; 1 car No: spring. 1850; LOCO
blu flax, May, 7Sc 5000 blu fax, The /, 900 blu
fax, 731sc; cars fax, 73c; 2 cars fax, 721bc:
cars flax, 72c.
SUPERIOR GRAIN.
SUPERIOR. Wis, Dec 23-Close: No. 1
hard, SG12c; No. 1 northern, 79c; No. north
ern, 76Ac; No. northern &c. rejected Tie:
cash fax, 721zc. The receipts of wheat were
1882 bu.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
ST. PAUL GRAIN.


Quotations on hay, grain, feed, etc., fur.
nished by Griggs Bros, commission mer-
chants:
wheat-No. northern, 77Q 7Sc; No. north
ern, 75@761ac.
oats-No. 2 white, 16@1s1kc; No. 8. 15@1sc
Corn-No. 2 yellow, 2O12@21c; No. 3, 1870
Barley and Rye-sample barley, 2O@25c
No. 2 rye, 35QS6c; No. 8 rye, 94634a4c.
Seeds-No. flax 70@71c timothy, coca
$1.e0; clover $4Q4.50.
Ground Feed and Millstuffs-No i feed.
blu corn to 1 blu oats $9@9. 80; No. 2 feed
1 blu corn to blu oats, So 1910; No. feed
cornmeal, bolted, $13014; cornmeal, unboited
$S.25@S. so; bran, bulk, IS .25@5. rs.
Hay-No change in the situation; market
demoraliZed on account of heavy receipts and
continued light demand. Quotations: Fancy
upland, $5G5.50; good to choice wild and
upland, $4Q5; common and coarse qualities
$3q3.75; good to choice timothy, $500. 90
Straw-Good demand; oat straw, S36325;
rye straw, So. 2593. so.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Dec. S.-Flour-Receipts. n.-
200 bbls; exports, ,294 bbls; held higher.
but still dull, as the trade appears well
quiet. Buckwheat -four dull. Buckwheat
quiet. Cornmeal quiet Rye nominal. Barley
quiet. Barley malt dull. Wheat-Receipts.
1900 bu; exports, IS, 405 blu; spot frmer: No.
vanced on higher cables, foreign buying.
bullish sentiment and local covering, finally
easing off under realizing, but closing firm at
QS7xc; closed at S7Ac; December So 1-16@
$3.50; closed at 8912c. Corn-Receipts, 80 200
blu; exports, "a, 1868 blu; spot firm; No. g. zee :
closing at &c net advance; May s12t0s1 7-l6c.
closing at 31$c. Oats-Receipts, 104, 400 bu !:
exports. 81, AT blu; spot dull and firm; No. q.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24

house deliveries from the United States, 1866,
including 2,271 from New York. New York
STOCK today 401 1874; United States stock $685.
$751; ahoat for the United States, $4,000. Total
visible for the United States. III, 6s6, against
1914 last year.
IRON OUTLOOK.
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-The Industrial World
tomorrow will say: A stronger tone has come
10 the western iron market this week. Con-
servatism has taken the place Of democrat
izing tendencies. There are even advances In
view OF the progress made In the settlement
OF steel billet pool. Later advices are That
9. future agreement is still very uncertain
manufacturers Of steel products have been
witnhoidtng quotations or making up prices.
Biliets are 81 stronger than the low quota
lions OF week ago. But the range of prices
TOR crude steel will probably be about So be-
low the former association prices that have
ruled during the past year. Rails have found
the new level, and are quoted at s26. Nails ap-
pear to have struck bottom at $1.55. Chicago
and some manufacturers have advanced to
Sl.oO. The pig iron market is quiet and firm.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 23.-The butter mar
ket is steady at prices unchanged from yes
terday. Receipts are moderately large and
the demand better than yesterday.
Creameries-There is no quotable change
in the market Receipts are quite large and
the demand only fair Some accumulation
exists. Extras are held at &c., and firsts at
1Sc. Seconds are quiet Thirds are in small
supply. Dairies-The market is about steady
today. Receipts are quite free and there is
a moderate demand at 16@17c for extras and
12413c for frsts. Roll Butter-Roll and print
choice, sweet with 9@91kc best bids. Packing
Stock-The market is firm, with a good de-.
mand, at The, and occasional sales reported
at &c.
Eggs-The egg market Is steady at quota
tons. Receipts are light and the demand
fair. Quotations are: Strictly fresh laid.
cases included. loss of, 2shc; seconds, cases
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
HEAT MOVEMENT.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.

Received-wheat POI, $50 bu; corn, 5,12o bu;
oats, 49, $40 bu; barley, $3.50 Blu; rye $3.50 blu !;
fax, $500 bu; hay So tons; fruit, Ill, 100 lbs ;
merchandise, 1,1O0,740 lbs; lumber, ii cars
coal 552 TONS wood, 11O1 cords; household
goods, 10000 lbs; live stock, cars; dressed
meats, 10000 lbs; hides, $500 lbs; railroad
$40.
shipped-wheat, 1920 blu; oats, 1920 bu /;
fax, 2,7S0 Blu; flour, 1881 bbls; milstufs,
goo tons; fruit 152,500 lbs; merchandise, L.
579,6l0 lbs; lumber, q cars; coal, % tons:
household goods $4,000 lbs; live stock, l car !;
tallow 10000 lbs; railroad materials, 8 cars /;
sundries, cars; car lots, 5S4.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
Quiet Wheat-No. 2 spring, 7Sss@7S5sc; No.
3 spring, 74@75c; No. red, 9O14@90Ac. Corn
white, I. o. B.. 1S1z@2OAc; No. White +. O..
b., 1S@1SAc. Rye-No. 2, 371ac. Barley-No
2, nominal; No. 8, f. o. b., 231z@33c; No. 4, f.
o. b., 23Q26c. Flaxseed-No. l, 73@75c. Tim
othy Seed-Prime, $265. Pork-Mess, per bbl
s6.75@6.sO. Lard-Per 100 lbs, So. 75
Ribs-Short sides Qoose), $3.75@4. Shoulders
Dry sailed Cboxed), 4AQ4hc. Sides-Short
finished goods, per gal, s1.1S. sugars-Un-
changed. Receipts-Flour $1,000 bbls; wheat
81, 900 blu; corn, 100000 Blu; oats, 492, 900 blu !;
rye, 900 bu; barley, 80, 900 blu. Shipments
blu; oats, 1873, 900 blu; barley, %, 900 bu. On the
produce exchange today the butter market
was firm; creamery, 15@21c; dairies, 10@17c.
Cheese steady, 81k@9c. Eggs firm; fresh, 2Oc
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
LIVE STOCK.

UNION STOCK YARDS.
Receipts-Hogs 200; cattle, 500; calves, Is;
sheep $50.
Hogs-Market opened slow and weak. Quail
ity not so good as yesterday. Yards cleared
about noon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
SEED MARKETS.

opened at 1sc higher than yesterdays close
and ruled fairly active and strong through
out the session. Receipts here were 20 cars. "a
cars at Duluth and Is cars at Minneapolis.
The official close, as reported by the Weare
Commission company is as follows: Cash flax
at 75c per Blu and May at TIC. Cash timothy
seed closed at S2-55 and March at 1910 per
lbs. Minneapolis faxseed quoted at foe per
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
PRODUCE.
ST. PAUL MARKET.

Note-The quotations which follow are for
goods which change hands in lots in the open
market. In filling orders in order to secure
best goods for shipping and to cover cost in
Cured, an advance over jobbing prices has
to be paid
Butter-Market firm on creameries; diaries
in good demand.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION.


Other Grains-Winter wheat, 1 car; No. 8
corn, 1 car; no grade corn, cars; No. oats,
80 cars; No. rye, cars; No. 8 rye, 2 cars;
No. barley, cars; No. 1 fax, IL cars.
Cars Inspected Out-Wheat, No. 1 northern,
4S cars; No. northern, 5 cars; No. g. cars;
rejected, II cars; no grade, cars; no grade
corn, cars; No. oats, IA cars.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
NEW YORK COFFEE.

NEW YORK, Dec. =23.-Cofee-Sa Santos. firm:
good average Santos. IL, 500; receipts, 20. ,
600: stock. $4,000. Hamburg, quiet, un-
changed to 4 pig decline. Sales, 1900 bags.
Rio, firm; No. Rio 10, $3.50 Exchange.
s 11-16d. Receipts, 10000 bags two DAYS.
Cleared for the United States, 81, 600; cleared
for Europe. 5000; stock, $780, 900. Total ware
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
BOND LIST.

o. R. & N. lists. .112N
G. P. firsts of 's5.1O2
D. & r. G.. Is. ITO
do As ........... S21a
G. H. & s. A. IS. 1851
DO 7s ........... So
H. & T. G. IS. !. .1O8
DO % .......... los
M, X. & T. 1st As SOsz
do second As -. 57K
Nut. Union IS. ITO
n. J. G. G. 5s. ;. .118
N. P. f1rsts. 49,. IFS
do seconds. -. .116
N. w. cons. 139
do s. F. deb. 5s.11O1h
Rio G. w. firsts. rs
st. Paul con. Is. .1SO
do G. & P.W. 5s. 113%
S. L.& I. MIG. IS. 1911
s. LIZ S. FIG. 6s.11O
Tex. Pac. firsts. 855s
do seconds 49,. 1919
o. P. f1rsts Of '96.102h
West Shore As. :. .107
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
DR.. TELLER
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Dr. Teller, who has had many years OF ex-
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24

The following were the closing quotations
of other stocks as reported by the Associated
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-24
MINNEAPOLIS HAY MARKET.

MINNEAPOLIS Dec. 23.-J. H. Hunt 3
Co. report the hay market as unchanged. The
market is dull and weak with no relief ex
pected in the immediate future. Stocks are
heavy and largely Of the undesirable sort.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-11-21
Has winner II rourteen.

Ed jenkins is a ~14-year-old hoy liv,
ing in Garrard county, KY, whose
claim to distinction is based on the
fact that he has a fully developed blach
mustache that many a man of 30 would
be proud to boast. The boy was hardly
ten years old when the fur began to
sprout on his upper lip. Contrary to
the usage of boys he did not encourage
its growth by surreptitiously shaving.
He never put a razor to his face, but
the hair needed no encouragement, but
continued 70 grow and become darker.
until the mustache was thick and long.
The remarkable feature is that the boy
is not particularly developed beyond his
years in any other way. He is not
above the average in height or weight
He still wears knee pants, and it is a
queer sight to see the kid fumbling
at his mustache and curling the ends.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-11-21
ARE YOU


Were the AbOriginals AmhidextrOus IL
Their Practice of Art?
DR.. Daniel G. Brinton discusses the
question of left-handedness in North
American aboriginal art. If hands
worked in the past as they do to-day,
then in primitive times the left-handed,
it would be supposed, were not many.
Take 100 Americans, and from two to
four per cent. only are l~eft~handed.
This two or four percent. may do gem
eral work better or more easily with
the left than with the right hand. In
the 90 per cent. of right-handed peo-
pie there may be some few who are am
bidextrous. HAS this proportion all
ways been the same in the human spe-
cies, and does it obtain to-day among
savage tribes?" DIR. John Evans, az
quoted by Sir Daniel Wilson, believes
that there was a manifest predomi-
nance of right-handedness among the
paleolithic flint-workers of southern
England" On the other side, De Nor
tilIett, after a careful study of 354 stone
scrapers coming from France and
Switzerland, arrives at the contrary
opinion. In the University of Pennsyl-
vania, among a collection Of fiints Of
the very earliest types, found on the
Libyan plateau, near Abydos, there are
two, both ofwhich, DR.. Brinton writes,
are made for a left-handed man. 1t is
difficult to describe, without giving
great space to the subject, how the
~archaeologist can exactly determine
whether a tool was to be used in the
right or the left hand. Studying 200
stone or flint blades coming from vari-
Gus parts of the United States, the
largest proportion was made for the
right-handed. But, nevertheless, there
was 1913 per cent. for" probably left
handed persons, or, as DR.. Brinton
writes it, "for persons, as I prefer to
believe, y X y who were ambidex-
trous." That there must have been
left-handed artists becomes more clear
in this way. Ask anyone to draw a
profile, and almost invariably the right
handed person makes the face looking
to the left, while the left-handed per-
sons sketch is to the right. In ex-
aiming, then, a collection of Amer
lean aboriginal rock drawings there is
a predominance of profiles looking to
the left, but not infrequent occurrences
of profiles in the opposite direction.
DR.. Brinton comes to the conclusion
that De Mortillet was correct, also that
there were more left-handed or am
bidextrous American aborigines than
Europeans. Perhaps, as DR.. Brinton
indicates it, the specialization of hands
came with a more recent culture
American Anthropologist.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-11-21
Early Days Of a Great Chinaman.

Ii Hung Changes career is strikingly
interesting to young people. Not of
distinguished parents, he first leaps
into prominence by carrying off honors
at an examination where there are 20,-
600 competitors. The subjects are not,
as with us, mathematics, geography,
arts and sciences, but the teachings of
C~onfucius, theory of government, and
Chinese poetry and history. Passing
this examination promotes Ii into of
fetal circles, and he becomes a compiler
in the imperial printing Office. But the
TAPPING rebellion breaks out, and the
student is soon called upon to become a
soldier. He raises a regiment of home
militia, and enters upon the field of war.
In less than five years he achieves honor
and distinction, and then Imperial GEN
eralissimo Tseng Kwo-Fan appoints him
on his staff.-Harper's Bound Table.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-11-21
THE WORLD oVEn.


w. II. Manoek is 70 edit new Iondos
weekly modelled after the Spectator
but 70 be sold for half its price.
New zealands legislative council hai
Just voted 20 exclude tho Chinese and
ali other Aaiattcs from the colony.
IN commemoration Of the thirteer
hundredth anniversary Of the estab-
lishment Of the see Of Canterbury, 1t i
proposed to erect 3 statue OF Theodor.
Of Tarsus, the only Greek archbishop Of
Canterbury.
By 9 FIRE ia the RumanzieR museum
at Moscow the Panin hall, containing
the public library Of the city, was de,
stroyed. The collections in the ad
jacent Rumanzief and Dolgorouki gal,
leries r damaged by water.
Robinson Crusoe's island, Juan Fer,
nandez, is said to have disappeared II
the earthquake which shook up Chill
last March. The Gillian government
has sent . vessel to verify the story.
In the banks of London are deposits
to the amount Of G6,54S,017, which
have remained unclaimed for 80 years
During that time the depositors have
not added to their accounts, nor drawn
upon them; consequently they arc sup.
posad to be dead
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-11-21
MAN Of SON MERvE.

How h snatensd = lighted Candle fRsR
= Keg Of Powder.
It happened in London many years
ago. On the third floor of a large ware
house was stored 3 considerable guam
tity Of gunpowder. One of the barrels
containing the explosive had been
opened for the purpose Of examining
the contents, and bad been left uncovs
cred.
In the establishment was employed a
young nan of a peculiarly headstrong,
needless temperament-just the sort Of
fellow who nowadays picks up a pistol,
pulls the trigger and shoots a comrade,
and then explains with many tears that
he "didn't think it was loaded" This
clerk was sent upstairs one evening
on some errand. He carried in
his hand a lighted candle, and on enter.
ing the store-room, without paying the
smallest attention to what he was doing,
clapped down his tallow dip right in
the midst of the powder in the open bar.
rel. There was no candlestick-he sim.
ply jabbed the bottom of the candle into
the loose black dust in which a single
spark would let loose a force that would
rend him in fragments and lay waste
the entire neighborhood.
He had scarcely lifted his hand when
he realized the whole situation; but his
a soul was too weak to face it. He
fled in AFFECT terror, and related
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-11-21
HUMOROUS.

-Friend-"Why do you drink
whiskyg" Col. Blood-"Id don know OF
any better use / can put it to..-Town
Topics.
-Parke-"I don't suppose, old man,
you a really appreciate how bright
my children are" Lane-"No; I have
never met your wife.H-N. Y. Herald.
Mrs. Wiggles@aWas that Il good
box of cigars, Ephraim, that ] bought
for your birthday" Mr.. Wiggles
craftily)-"I never saw a better box.r-
Someryille Journal.
"A Poor Rule, Etc.-Radbourn-sMy
dear fellow, it is always better to begin
at the bottom of a ladder" Chesney-
Nonsense. How about when you are
escaping from a fire pm. Y. World.
-"Well, the bicycle has been tine
means of closing our church." "Is that
so? Did they really fight over it?''
Eight over it? No; the minister has
gone on a wheeling tour."-Cieveland
Leader.
Just the Thing.-"I intended this
poem merely as a pot-boiler,' said the
young Audu III IOIGy lnatS
a good idea. Take it right home and let
yourfolks start the fire with il. '-Wash-
ington Star.
Farmer guess there's somebody
fishing in our trout stream behind the
barn." farmers Wife-'How do you
know? Have you found a line and
hooks?" Farmer-No; Ifound u whisky
fask."-Boston Courier.
Teacher (about to expatiate on the
virtues of the dog)-"Now, children,
can you tell me the animal which is
capable of the greatest attachment to
MANI" The Brightest Boy in the Class
IT know; the Ieech."-Excliange.
The Bellies Strategem.-"Isn't it
rather annoying to you to have them
both call On you at once?" asked her
dearest friend. "No; perfectly de-
lightful" said the young woman with
two devoted slaves. "You see, dear. /
seat one on each side of me-" "Weli?"
"And there is such a delightful GOODNESS
between them" "Oh!"-Cincirnati I'm
quirer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-11-21

what he had done to the horror-stricker
group below.
1t was a crowded district and the dan,
ger was indeed fearful. Many of those
who heard him rushed out into the
street shouting the alarm, and a general
panic ensued. A frightful catastrophe
seemed imminent.
There was, of course, one way-one
only way-in which the disaster might
be averted. 1t might be several minutes
before any spark fell from the wick;
there might still be time to lift the
burning candle from its p~erilous rest
i~ng-place. But who dare undertake the
task!
Happily for the community, there wal
one man among those who heard the
words of the affrighted boy, whose
nerve was equal to the emergency.
While the others fed for their lives, he
CROPPED his way through the dark pass.
age-way and up the narrow stairs. In a
far corner of the big loft he perceived a
faint glimmer, and made his way to.
ward it through the piled-up bales and
boxes. The lads story was only toe
true. There was the candle, stuck aslant
among the deadly black grains, the
wick already burned and dropping
downward. There was not a moment
to lose.
And there was not a moment lost
Quickly, but with steady touch, the
brave mar caught the candle between
his clasped hands, sheItering the flame
with his palms. As he lifted it out OF
the powder, the wick sputtered and a
glowing fragment dropped hot upon his
outspread fingers-but that was all. Tho
town was saved.