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The evening times., 1896-11-02
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY LECTURES

NUN. IANNVLt u. WRlGh l, IL. L.,
u ). COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
Mundav, Nov ,. at i:ij p. m. in the
Mcmahon Hall of Philosophy,
And every Monday thereafter at the same
hour. except during the Christmas and Easter
holidays.
These lectures are open to the public with
out charge. Nov.l2aSIll2.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

bash, Constitution. Dale. Independ-
ence, New Hampshire. St. Louis ana
Vermont. or these the last six are
sailing craft.
Summing up the progress made dur
ing the last ten years Constructor
Hlchborn reaches the following facts:
in 1885 there were In commission
or fitting ont at navy. yards ~ wooden
vessels OF Il displacement OF 0G.00O
tons and iron ships Of $500 tons,
making total OF 80 ships, with dis
placement of $4,000 tons. On July !,
1896, there were in commission or fit-
ting out IL wooden vessels of $1,000
tons displacement. and - steel or iron
vessels of 10000 tons displacement,
or Il grand total of - vessels of ID
500 tons displacement. The above fig
ures are exclusive of torpedo boats.
tugs and receiving ships"
Thus the total displacement Of our
vessels i'm commission or fitting out IL
nearly double now what 1t was In
1885, and the continuance Of the pres
ent building program will increase the
contrast in subsequent years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
A Color Test on q Large Scale.

A color test on a large scale &C.
The Volmed, the Waid, and the Heder
are three brooks which have their
source near Geseke, and according to
tradition their waters had subterran-
can connections with the Alme. q
mountain stream whose bed is some
five miles distant. Millers located on
the lower Alme dumped refuse in cer-
tain eddies of the upper stream. and
the. millers on the Volmede, the Waid,
and the Heder claimed that by doing
this the water supply of the latter
streams was materially diminished.
TO determine this connection, about
four pounds of potassium fiuorescin-
ate was dumped into one of the eddies
five miles from the source of the
Heder. This substance is marvelOusly
powerful. and solution containing
one part in 100000 shows distinct
nuorescence i'm transmitted light.
Twenty-Five hours later the Heder
took on beautiful dark green color,
showing conclusively the connection
between the two streams. An expert
ment at another point showed with
equal clearness that there was sub
terraneous connection between Tie
Alme and the Waid and the Volmede,
though i'm this case fOrty-fOur hours
elapsed between the depositing Of the
dye-stuff in the Alme and the appear
ance Of the coloration in the other
streams.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
Herons that Choke.

Herons sometimes choke themselves
by attempting to swallow large trout.
how large may be judged to some cy-
tent from the feet that l recently lis
sected a bird of this species i'm whose
nav was Il large water rat in per-
feet state of preservation. An cider
duck has been killed through at
tempting to swallow toad. and "A bull
head, or "miller's thumb" has proved
too much for water rail, little
grebe, and "A kingfisher.
A member of the last-named species
was discovered a season or two back
in a Cambridgeshire ditch by some
sportsmen. unable to fly, except for a
short distance, and upon being caught
and examined it was found that The
bird had a young pike protrudlng from
it's gullet. As soon as the fish, which
measured no less than four and three
quarter inches was removed. the king
fisher flew away apparently none the
worse for it's experience.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
Cast UP by the Waves.

Edwin h. McClelland, of this city,
has received a letter from j. b. Burke,
OF Crolby, Attorney Channel Isles.
which he prizes very highly. 1t con-
tains two visiting cards, his own and
that of a friend which had tossed
about on the waves Of the Atlantic for
ten long weeks in a bottle, and which
Mr.. Burke writes he picked up on the
shore October %.
Mr.. McClelland told most interest
ing story about the cards, which were
thus cast up by the sea and returned to
aim. Said he:
'The other card besides my own, you
see, is that of David MCGOWAN. IT.,
Of Newton, Kan, whom met on board
rope last August. On the morning Of
August II we were somewhere in the
middle Of the ocean. and he suggested
to me in his state room that we put
our cards i'm a bottle and throw It into
the sea. A small, fOur-ounce bottle
was soon obtained. and you can see
how our cards were crumpled in put
was written below the names. 1t was
about 10 o'clock in the morning when
the bottle was cast overheard. I am
sure j never thought of the affair again
until / received this letter. showing
that the bottle had been washed ashore
just eleven weeks later OH the Alder
ney Islands.
'As near as / can judge the place
where the bottle was found is about
1000 miles from where we dropped it.
The little craft held the cards we'll.
There is Il brown weather color OH the
edge of each, but that, figure. came
from the sun beating through the
glass as the bottle rode the waves.
one thing / yet want, and that is the
bottle. | shall write Mr.. Burke to-
night, thanking him for his kindness
and asking him to send the bottle i'm
ease he did not break it in getting cut
the cards. My friend in Kansas, of
course, will get his card and photo
graph Of Mr.. Burke's letter as soon as
l can get 1t fixed up"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
Death in q Bootleg.

One day last summer Thomas Hor-
ton was passing through a piece of
cleared land when he was bitten by a
rattlesnake. The reptile was shedding
its skin. and, therefore. in its most
venomOus condition. The serpent's
fangs had penetrated the cowllide boot,
and it was easily killed.
Horton took off his boots. and his
wife gave them to Napoleon Meeker,
Il cOlOred man who worked on an adj
joining farm. He wore them and died.
Archibald Hooker, nephew of the
dead man, wore them forty-eiGht
hours, and he also died in great agony.
The boots next passed into the pos
session of an old trapper. The second
day he wore them he was attacked
with pain i'm his leg. His experience
rold him it was the result of rattle
snake poisoning. He applied Il remedy
in time and recovered
On examining the bootleg he found
small point of Il piece of bone en-
bedded in the hide. 1t was the fang
Of the rattlesnake. placing i'm such a
way that on drawing ont the foot the
fang. which curved upward. would not
iniure it, but on putting the boot on
it. would be almost impossible to es-
cape a slight scratch from the poison
covered tooth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
A Terrible Scene.

Strohschneider, the famous aeronaur,
astonished the natives of Stockerau.
near Vienna, by carrying young bar
eighty metres i'm length, fixed to the
church steeple. A few days later
flaming posters appeared on the walls
announcing that Strohschneider would
effect balloon ascent i'm the company
OF Herr Pramper, the popular landlord
of the White Rose.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
has n large family, from taking part
in the performance, mine host entert I
the enclosure at the appointed time,
to the no small delight OF the assem-
bled multitude. At a given signal the
balloon rose I'm the air, StrohschneIder
and the landlord sitting on the trapczc
beneath. Some of the spectators lie
clare that the latter turned as pale as
n sheet during his upward fight,
though he did not fail to wave his hat
to the crowd. After reaching dizzy
height the two balloonists were OBJ
served TO quarrel and actually come TO
blows.
All Mt once the landlord plunged
headlong into space. A shout of hor-
ror arose from the spectators. who
ran to the spot where they expected to
find Pramper lying with broken limbs.
What was their astonishment at dis
covering-not corpse, but lay fig
urc dressed in one of the landlords
suits. The mannikin vas conveyed to
Stockerau In triumph.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
Ms PORTRAIT.
A New EnaIand Girl Put to Con-
fusion

She was shrinking, timid blonde
girl. in the first fiuttering spring time
of her first engagement. She had
been wooed and won by stalwart
young dry goods clerk. He, with the
complacence of Il man who had looked
bolts of dress goods and rolls of gorge
Gus calicOes full in the face for years,
had bent his naughty gaze on camera
one day. And the fiuttering blonde
girl was happy, for now she was car
rying the portrait of her lover with her
wherever she went.
Although riches was small matter
under the circumstances, she thought
ii wise to have little pin money Of
her own. and she had began to PIT
money i'm the savings bank.
The other day she tripped into the
particular bank she patronized. her
.nnk book and several other little
;hings in her hands, including the last
paper-back novel; and Il few patterns
af velveteen.
Several people were crowded around
the cashiers window, but as they were
ell men, and she was pretty, they al
lowed her to get to the window first.
"How muchT' asked the cashier,
briskly, indeed rather too briskly for
strict pOlitness.
Three dollars" she answered, try.
ing not to blush, rs she saw that red
headed man was taking warm per-
sOnal interest i'm her affairs.
Il nlI A frht
cashier. He gathered in the three
bills and the bank-note i'm its envelope
with flourish, sloshing around as Os-
tenta tiOusly as Il butcher selling n
chuck steak.
AS he pulled the book from the on
vclope there was heartless grin on
his hitherto blank face, and he rasped
out to the shrinking blonde:
II beg your pardon. This amt the
book"
The cashier was holding up, for the
gaze Of the red-headed man and others,
the portrait Of the man to whom the
blonde had given her heart. She had
slipped the portrait into the big en-
yelope to keep It from the profane gaze
Of the world, and had handed It to that
cashier by mistake.
The blonde is thinking OF retiring
to convent, and the naughty young
man at the dry goods store, innocent
Of what has abashed his fiancee, is
spending all his salary on flowers and
theatre tickets I'm the endeavor to over
come her settled melancholy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

not ut ali uncommon. In rivers the
food Of the salmon consists mainly Of
er hemerae and their larvae, worms.
ind the spawn and fry OF various
fresll-wnter fishes In the sea Its food
Is more varied and abundant. Salmon
are invariably found In the proximity
OF shrimp grounds, and they devour
enormous quantities Of sand cells.
That, however, upon which they must
depend for srstenance Is the myriad fry
of the coarser sea fish. OF course. 1t
Is difficult to follow the fish in its mi
grations In salt water; hut, from sew
eral sources, hints may be had OF its
wanderings.
Salmon seem to swim I'm the sea In
comparatively small droves, probably
of from twenty to "a hundred; and II is
certain that they are much given to
hugging the coast line. They stay long
on banks or I'm channels where Ia
vorite food Is to be had, and are only
driven Off by receding tides. In spring
and summer they do not jnhabit deep
water, but keep more to the banks.
usually In only few fathoms of wat
er. At this time the sand-launce is
much fed upon. as Is the sea urchin In
lis earlier stages. Huxley asserts :
and his assertion stands almost alone
that the salmon's food chiefly con-
sists of Il numerous class of small
creatures (Entomostracous crustacea)
found in semi-solid masses upon the
surface of deep water; in short, that
the salmon swilns in species of ami
NAL soup. in which ii has merely to
open its mouth and swallow what Ell.
tiers it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

payss; Assst IN Alleged Western
phen omsnon.


"Stories about great subterranenn
lake OF sea beneath Nebraska. Kan
sas and part OF Indian Territory are
going the rounds of the press" said
Robert Il. Hill, of the United States
geological survey. "rhey are accom-
panied by details relating to the bot
tcmless ponds occupying areas where
patches of land have sunk and dtsap-
peared. Other reported phenomena
supposed to be In the same cOnIec-
tion are roaring wells In which water
Gibbs and flows.
'Such tales become current period
ically. So far as the wells are concern
ed, they are based on fact. L myself
have seen number of wells In which
the water rose and fell at intervals.
This IL not an uncommon phenomenon
In parts of the West 1t has relation
to changes Of the barometer. When
the atmosphere being greater, the wat
er in such wells and springs stand at a
low level. On the other hand, when the
mercury in the glass is low, the dim
inished pressure permits the water to
rise The surface level varies from
day to night for the same reason.
There are many phenomena con-
nccted with Western wells and springs
Nhich are calculated to excite the at
tentiOn Of the observer from the east.
They are puzzling sometimes even to
scientific student / have never seen
well that rOared. but know of no
reason why such Il thing may not hap
zen. There are wells from which chr
rents of air come up. Stories are told
OF magnetic wells. i'm the neighborhood
of which the needle of the compass
Is affected. i never saw one. and no
facts appear to support this peculiar
yarn. Water is the most common sub
stance i'm the world, and there Is moth
ing about which so much humbug en-
lists.
1.-THE most remarkable well 1 lave
ever seen was on the old battlefield of
Stone River, in Tennessee. A man
digging for water struck an under
ground stream. He made the hole big
enough to hold a water wheel. The
stream ran the wheel and pumped
water up to the owners house. Tn
derground streams, of course, are
common enough. They are frequent
In the limestone region of Texas, in the
gypsum region of New Mexico. in the
Appalachian region, and in the lime
stone region Of Iowa and Missouri.
The very fact that these streams are
flowing shows that they are seeking
base level, and hence ii is useless to
try TO tap them by artesian wells, be-
cause the water will not rise.
''There is no such thing in the world
as an underground lake or sea. New
crtheless, such lakes have been ere
ated frequently by the imagination of
hopeless settlers in the West. The
truth in this matter was established
years ago by the government engin-
eers, who, under the direction of Col
Onel Nettleton, jouineyed across tho
great plains of Kansas and Nebraska.
They sounded every well they could
find, studying the underground water.
or the fact that there was no under
round sheet of water they made GER
tain. The wells were like any other
wells. the water coming from satur-
ated rocks below the level of surface
eyapora ton.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
Facts About the South.

A recent pamphlet by Mr.. Il. H. Ed.
monds, Of The Baltimore Manufacture
crs' Record, gives in condensed shape
so many interesting facts about the
South that we would like to see It ex-
tensively circulated.
The South produces more than 60
Ter cent. of the worlds cotton, but this
statement is exceeded In value by her
grain crops, which aggregate about
csc, 600. 900 bushels a year.
More than one-half Of all the stand
ing timber in the country is in the
South.
Iron and coal exist In unlimited guam
titles, and pig iron can be made here
cheaper than anywhere else In the
world. Pittsburg and Chicago are
now using Alabama iron and basic
steel making.
Nearly every Southern State has an
abundance Of the best water power.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
SCATTER YOUR CRUMBS.


Amid fine freezing sleet and snow,
The timid robin comes;
yutplty drive him not away.
\ hut scatter out your crumbs.
AMI ssave your door upon the latch
For whatsoever comes:
The poorer they the more welcome
give,
And scatter out your crumbs.
All have to spare, none are too poor,
When want with winter comes;
The loaf is never all your own.
Then scatter out the crumbs.
Soon winter falls upon your life,
The day of reckoning comes;
Against your sins. by highidecree.
Are weighed those scattered crumbs.
ALFRED CROWQUIII.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
New Use for the Banana Peel.

The New Orleans bootblacks have
discovered that the heretofore worth
less banana skin Is a capital thing
with which to put polish on tan or
russell shoes, says the New York Her.
aid. They say 1t gives fine AMI
more lasting shine than any oil or dress
ing to be found in the market. and
their customers agree with thcin.
Some northern visitors to New Or
leans brought the discovery to this
city recently, and have satisfied their
friends 1t is worth knowing. All that
Is necessary is to rub the shoe we'll
with the inside of the banana skin.
and then give the shoe a good rubbing
with piece of cloth. One banana
skin will provide for three pairs Of
shoes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
SoeiabiIity Of indians.

Indians, contrary to widely re-
ccived opinions, are of Il social nature,
and fond of paying friendly visits. rhe
etiquette of which would make chap
ter of itself. Not much attention is
given to the order of their going while
I'm the dust of travel. but when arrived
within short distance of their des-
tination "a halt Is called, the ponies are
relieved of their burdens. the rawhide
packs are opened, and gala dresses aud
fine ornaments come to light The two
young men selected to be the bearers Of
gifts OF tobacco deck themselves for
their mission and ride on in advance.
n surprise party is not in the In
dams list OF amllsements: he takes his
enemy unawares. but not his friend.
The young men return with messages
OF welcome; sometimes members of the
family to be visited come with them
personally to conduct the party.
Meanwhile all have been busy prirk-
ing; brushing and bruiding their locks,
painting their faces, and DOMINIC
their best gear, the wide prairie their
dressing-room. their mirrors each
others eyes. When the visiting party
is again en- route. there is not a man or
Il woman who is not gorgeous with col
or and the glitter of shell or feather
finery. Even the children have da dbs
of fresh paint on their plump little
cheeks, while the dudes are wonder
full to behold, Respondent in neck
laces, embroidered leggings and shirts,
and with ornaments innumeralIle
braided into their scalp-locks The
visit over, the Indians go back to their
homes pleased and contented happy
If they find, as may not always he the
case. that the enemy have not been at
work during their absence.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
The Life Of . Salmon.

Entering rivers to spawn, going down
to the sea, and re-entering the rivers,
constitutes, shortly, the life history OF
the salmon, Speaking generally, 1t
feeds but little in fresh water, and
loses weight; I'm the sea 1t feeds raw
cnously. and increases at most re-
markable rate. One British-killed sal
mon has attained TO seventy pounds in
weight and four and half feet In
length. This fish was taken In tile
Tay, and cast of III is now I'm the
Buckland Museum. Although this
was monster fish, almost without
precedent, yet forty pound Snlmor are
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

Photography has had many TIL
unphs. One Of the latest IN assocl-
ated with the name Of Professor
Macy, famous for his feats lin in
Simultaneous work. He has just sue
ceeded In photographing a dragon fly
on the wing, an operation which ne
cessitated an exposure of only one
twenty five-tbousandth part Of a scc-
ond. The Photographic part OF tie
performance is wonderful enough. and
surely some credit should be awarded
to the man capable Of accurately III
viding a second into $4,000 parts.
Certainly man who can compute the
25.000th part Of second can compute
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

Mother.
The boy opened his eyes for n mo-
ment, but the whitewashed hospital
walls, the narrow cot and Saunders
bending over confused him. The eye
lids Quivered and closed.
Slowly it all came back to him-the
long ride, the hot sun, the dust and
the stampeding cattle.
"Where is Mason?" he asked by and
by, looking up again into Saunders
kind blue eyes.
Hes all right now, poor old chap"
said Saunders gently, and there was
more in the tone than in the words,
but the boy understood.
He lay quietly for long while, with
the bed clothes pulled up over his eyes,
and the sheet was wet when he looked
out from under it again.
mason was kinder to me than any
body In the world had ever been-ex-
cept my mother" he said, by and by.
II wish / had been the one to co." lie
added, YEARLY.
Don't you say that, lad, don't you
now" Saunders said stroking the
boys hand with his own brown palm.
It'll all come right"
"But you don't know, Saunders, you
don't know" and the boy turned his
| head over on the pillow YEARLY.
Maybe do, mon you think fur
| Saunders went on sOOthingly. you've
been lynn here prit nigh two months
now, you know, an durin' that time
I've been here, Off an on, sorter con.
slant, an you've said things as maybe
you wouldn't a said to me, confidential
like, eff you'd bin at yourself, but
reckon they amt no harm done. ]
was only waitin' tell you got strong
enough to travel to asst you eff you
wanted to go home"
"Oh, no; 1 can't. Saunders, 1 can't"
the boy cried.
"You mean bout the levee, don't
you?" Saunders asked gently. "You
see, you've toll mos everything, an
jest pieced out the rest, little chap, an
blamed eff amt felt mighty sorry for
you. That's straight, now, an no mis-
take, but the mo- / study erbout 1t the
mo- 1t seems to me there was kind OF
a hitch somewhur. Don't you mison
derstan' me now, little 'un. 1 ain't
never had no call to preach; 1 AIM
even been a good man, but somehow
when a feller's spent the best part el
his life aridin' over these here Of par
aras where they don't seem to be moth
in but jest God and the universe, ht
natchelly has time to do deal err think
In. An anyhow, seems to me the
Lord puts diffunt thoughts In a head
after 1t begins to turn gray to what
He did when 1t was young. Now, littl,
chap, maybe so I'm wrong, but it seems
to me that the bigges' forgettin' yor
done warnt erbout that break In the
levee. know 1t looked mighty big tc
you that night wnen the overflow
come, an you knowed a word fun
you an few san bags maybe could a
KEEP II out, but what aim to say II
your furgsttin' didn't stop there.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23


has not yet been built.
or our ten torpedo boats, three. the
Gushing, Ericsson, and Stilctto, are
built and the others building. The
highest speed, 271a knots, is expected
from the new Herreshoff pair. with 20
knots from the Seattle boat, 24Ib from
the Baltimore trio. and "a from the
Ericsson.
Our six iron unarmored vessels are
the Alarm. laid up in ordinary; the
Alert, the Monocacy, the Michigan, the
Pinta and the Ranger. Our wooden
vessels are the Adams. Alliance, En-
teprise, and Essex. of 1,375 tons each,
the Hartford of 2,70O, the Lancaster OF
$3.50, the Marion. and Mohican Of
1000, the Thetis, of $50, and the Yam
tic of 9O0 Some Of these vessels carry
good modern batteries, the Alliance
and Essex having six rapid-fire finch
guns. the Hartford thirteen rapid fire
5-inch. and the Lancaster twelve D.
inch, Of which ten are rapid-fire.
our wooden sailing ships are the
Constellation, jamestown. Mononga-
hela, Portsmouth, Saratoga, and st.
Mary's. Our tugs are the Iwana, Mar
kceta, Triton. Unadilla. Wahneta, ana
one not yet named, all Of steel; the
Fortune, Leyden. Nina, and Standish
of iron. and the Rocket and Traffic Of
wood.
There are also fifteen wooden YES
sells. no longer suited for sea service,
hut used as receiving ships for the
naval militia. or laid up Ina ordinary,
and so on. These are the Franklin.
Iroquois. Minnesota. Nipsic. Omaha,
Pensacola, Richmond, Swatara, Wa